Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Do you think lowering the drinking age to 18 was a good idea?
I don’t think lowering the drinking age was a good idea. Especially for women as studies show that they are adopting the patterns of their boyfriends, consuming large amounts of alcohol in one go. The alcohol may not affect the body of an 18 year old more than a 20 year old but to allow people of an even younger age to begin these self harming patterns at a younger age is stupid.
Young men and women who were old enough to drink before the law was changed did dangerous and irresponsible things, still they change the law to allow even younger people who are more likely to do most of the same irresponsible dangerous things, e.g. drink and drive.
People at a younger age are not as mature so might not cope as well in situations and are more likely to make bad decisions. This could endanger them and/or put others in danger. Just because it dose not effect them more so physically dose not mean it dose not damage them.
Young men and women who were old enough to drink before the law was changed did dangerous and irresponsible things, still they change the law to allow even younger people who are more likely to do most of the same irresponsible dangerous things, e.g. drink and drive.
People at a younger age are not as mature so might not cope as well in situations and are more likely to make bad decisions. This could endanger them and/or put others in danger. Just because it dose not effect them more so physically dose not mean it dose not damage them.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Women and Alcohol AS 90030
She had a glass or two of wine and feels it go straight to her head. He has the same amount of drink and feels fine.
Research confirms something many women have always suspected-it takes less alcohol for a women to feel tipsy then it dose for a man, and it’s not all to do with body size. Even if the woman is the same weight as a man and drinks the same amount of alcohol, she will end up with a blood alcohol level a third higher than his. It will also take a third longer for her body to eliminate the alcohol from her blood.
Why alcohol effects women more than men and is potentially more harmful is one of a number of topics covered in a booklet produced by the Alcohol Advisory Council.
Alcohol affects women more than men because women have a higher proportion of body fat and less water then men. This means that once it is in the bloodstream of a woman, the alcohol is not as diluted and has a stronger effect. So even if a woman is the size of a man, she will generally be affected more quickly and feel the effects for much longer then the man will.
Both males and females have an enzyme in there stomach designed to process alcohol into a safer substance, yet for reasons that are not yet clear to scientists, this enzyme is 70-80 percent more effective in men than in woman. If the liver of a healthy young woman is compared with that of a healthy young man, it will generally take her liver longer to process one drink than his, and a person starts to feel drunk when they drink alcohol faster then their liver can process it.
New Zealand research has found more women are drinking and the amount of alcohol consumed by women is increasing. Young women are also drinking more, and what is particularly concerning is that a significant proportion of young women are adopting a pattern of drinking similar to their male counterparts-that is, consuming large amounts of alcohol in one go.
Other topics included in the booklet are alcohol and women’s health, alcohol and sex, alcohol and pregnancy and alcohol and breastfeeding. There is also a fide to how much is too much and a section on getting help and advice.
Source: http://www.alchole.org.nz/ 24 July 2000
Research confirms something many women have always suspected-it takes less alcohol for a women to feel tipsy then it dose for a man, and it’s not all to do with body size. Even if the woman is the same weight as a man and drinks the same amount of alcohol, she will end up with a blood alcohol level a third higher than his. It will also take a third longer for her body to eliminate the alcohol from her blood.
Why alcohol effects women more than men and is potentially more harmful is one of a number of topics covered in a booklet produced by the Alcohol Advisory Council.
Alcohol affects women more than men because women have a higher proportion of body fat and less water then men. This means that once it is in the bloodstream of a woman, the alcohol is not as diluted and has a stronger effect. So even if a woman is the size of a man, she will generally be affected more quickly and feel the effects for much longer then the man will.
Both males and females have an enzyme in there stomach designed to process alcohol into a safer substance, yet for reasons that are not yet clear to scientists, this enzyme is 70-80 percent more effective in men than in woman. If the liver of a healthy young woman is compared with that of a healthy young man, it will generally take her liver longer to process one drink than his, and a person starts to feel drunk when they drink alcohol faster then their liver can process it.
New Zealand research has found more women are drinking and the amount of alcohol consumed by women is increasing. Young women are also drinking more, and what is particularly concerning is that a significant proportion of young women are adopting a pattern of drinking similar to their male counterparts-that is, consuming large amounts of alcohol in one go.
Other topics included in the booklet are alcohol and women’s health, alcohol and sex, alcohol and pregnancy and alcohol and breastfeeding. There is also a fide to how much is too much and a section on getting help and advice.
Source: http://www.alchole.org.nz/ 24 July 2000
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Keyboard
Making a keyboard was easy, there wasnt much to it.I have probably improved about 10 wpm scince we started practising our touch typing at the begining of this year.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Font Personalitys
Font Personalitys are different fonts and the way they they are used to creat a mood. For example you wouldn't use the bounce one for a formal letter, but you could use the banana one for a banana company.
Different fonts are fairly easy to make, a big part of it is the colour if you want to make one for your self there are lots of different programs I used MS Paint and MS Word. Inside word I used wordart, Autoshapes and Clipart.
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