All of the seats in the Laughing Goat in Norlin Library were taken, so I ambled over to the Pekoe cafe in the ATLAS building. The Pekoe was full of patrons, so offered no available seats from where I could observe the goings on. As I was making my way back to the library, I decided to watch people from the small courtyard outside the Laughing Goat, on the east side of the library. As I approached an empty table I overheard a student tour guide explaining to a group of prospective students how the library works and that they get about $10 worth of credit on their Buff One cards each semester to make copies. As I sat down the tour group shuffled off to their next point of interest.
Two students at the table nearest mine were talking about their first tours of the campus and how they still occasionally see their tour guides. The male student told the female student that he saw his tour guide at a party after he had taken his tour of the campus.
I pulled my AP style guide out of my backpack so that I would have something to pretend to do while I was watching what was going on around me. The young couple continued to talk about classes and what they were planning for the weekend. A friend of the guy walked up to the table and asked the guy if he was going skiing this weekend. "I'm hoping to," the guy replied.
There was a steady stream of people entering and exiting the library and Laughing Goat cafe and crossing the courtyard. After a short spell the young couple stood up, kissed, and went separate ways.
At about 10 minutes till noon I got up and made my way to the new visual arts building.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Assignment #5
JOUR 3001
Assignment #5
Lee Pruitt
Left-handed people die younger
Why are elderly people predominately right-handed?
According to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine left-handed people are more likely to die early of accidents or natural causes than right-handed people.
Psychology professor Diane Halpern of California State University at San Bernardino and University of British Columbia researcher Stanley Coren used 987 deceased persons in two Southern California counties as subjects for their research. They found out which hand was the dominant one by corresponding with the relatives of the deceased.
The researchers found a marked difference in the average age at death between right-handed people and left-handed people.
“The results are striking in their magnitude,” Halpern said.
According to Halpern and Coren left-handed people represent 10 percent of the U.S. population and die at age 66, on average. On the other hand, right-handed people live to an average age of 75. The report gave no theories as to why this is the case.
Halpern and Coren found that left-handed people are four times more likely to die from driving related accidents than right-handed people and six times more likely to die from accidents of any kind.
“Almost all engineering is geared to the right hand and right foot,” Halpern said. “There are many more car and other accidents among left-handers because of their environment.”
For years researchers knew there were fewer old left-handed people than right-handed people. At first it was believed this was because in the early part of the 20th century left-handed children were trained to use their right hand as the dominant hand. However, it has been determined that this is not the case. There are in fact fewer left-handed people than right-handed people.
Halpern says her study should not be interpreted with too much gravity and mothers should not try to train their left-handed children to be right-handed.
Speaking about her study Halpern said, “It should not, of course, be used to predict the life span of any one individual. It does not take into account the fitness of any individual.”
Assignment #5
Lee Pruitt
Left-handed people die younger
Why are elderly people predominately right-handed?
According to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine left-handed people are more likely to die early of accidents or natural causes than right-handed people.
Psychology professor Diane Halpern of California State University at San Bernardino and University of British Columbia researcher Stanley Coren used 987 deceased persons in two Southern California counties as subjects for their research. They found out which hand was the dominant one by corresponding with the relatives of the deceased.
The researchers found a marked difference in the average age at death between right-handed people and left-handed people.
“The results are striking in their magnitude,” Halpern said.
According to Halpern and Coren left-handed people represent 10 percent of the U.S. population and die at age 66, on average. On the other hand, right-handed people live to an average age of 75. The report gave no theories as to why this is the case.
Halpern and Coren found that left-handed people are four times more likely to die from driving related accidents than right-handed people and six times more likely to die from accidents of any kind.
“Almost all engineering is geared to the right hand and right foot,” Halpern said. “There are many more car and other accidents among left-handers because of their environment.”
For years researchers knew there were fewer old left-handed people than right-handed people. At first it was believed this was because in the early part of the 20th century left-handed children were trained to use their right hand as the dominant hand. However, it has been determined that this is not the case. There are in fact fewer left-handed people than right-handed people.
Halpern says her study should not be interpreted with too much gravity and mothers should not try to train their left-handed children to be right-handed.
Speaking about her study Halpern said, “It should not, of course, be used to predict the life span of any one individual. It does not take into account the fitness of any individual.”
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
research
Question 1:
a. The estimated population of Colorado is 4,939,456, based on 2008 estimates.
b. The Asian and Pacific Islander population in the state of Colorado was about 3,294,394.
Question 2:
a. http://www.familywatchdog.us/
b. Shankar Gurung, William Haumesser, Ronald Simonds, Krystian Logay-Giri
c. http://sorm.towson.edu/mapview/ The viewer is able to look up offenders by county, city, etc.
Question 3:
a. There is definitely a discrepancy between the CU Website and national Website.
b. According to the CU Website there were seven forcible sex offenses on campus in 2008. The CU Website states that there were 44 burglaries on campus in 2008.
a. The estimated population of Colorado is 4,939,456, based on 2008 estimates.
b. The Asian and Pacific Islander population in the state of Colorado was about 3,294,394.
Question 2:
a. http://www.familywatchdog.us/
b. Shankar Gurung, William Haumesser, Ronald Simonds, Krystian Logay-Giri
c. http://sorm.towson.edu/mapview/ The viewer is able to look up offenders by county, city, etc.
Question 3:
a. There is definitely a discrepancy between the CU Website and national Website.
b. According to the CU Website there were seven forcible sex offenses on campus in 2008. The CU Website states that there were 44 burglaries on campus in 2008.
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