Top 5 Reasons Why People Go Bankrupt

By: Mark P. Cussen

The most common causes of bankrupt are from medical expenses, job loss, poor/excess use of credit, divorce/separation, and unexpected expenses. First, medical expenses cause bankrupt for the reason that if an illness or injury comes along it costs so much money that it blows out savings, education funds, etc.. Even if it doesn't blow them out it will decrease you amount of money tremendously. Second, job loss, whether being laid off from a job or quitting it still is devastating. Also by loosing your job your loosing insurance's which causes even more problems, and will bring you further into bankruptcy . Next, poor/excess use of credit, people, not all, can not control their spending. Some things that can eventually spiral out of control would be credit card bills, installment debt, car and other loan payments, until finally the the person can not reach the payment cost. Then its divorce/separation. divorce/separation causes several problems for both partners. There are legal fees, marital assets, child support and or alimony, then keeping your own household after they have split. Meanwhile the legal costs alone are expensive. Last, unexpected expenses, there is loss of property due to theft or casualty, such as earthquakes, floods, tornadoes etc. and if the owner is not insured it can lead to bankruptcy. So there are many reasons for bankruptcy. In my opinion all of these reasons are accurate. They all make sense to why it would cause bankruptcy and i believe they do and are the top five reasons.

I found my information from:http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/109143/top-5-reasons-why-people-go-bankrupt?mod=bb-checking_savings

How Math Relates to Child Soldiers

How does math relate to child soldiers?

Math relates to child soldiers because of the numbers. They have to count how many child soldiers there are. Thy have to calculate how many die, or survive each day. So each time they loose a child soldier they have to recalculate. It is a constant use of math, for the reason that there are children as soldiers who die every day. Also they use math to count how many places use child soldiers. In each place they have to count how many child soldiers they have to see who has the most. Then they have to calculate how many there are in the world. So that is how math relates to child soldiers.

Study: Running Shoes Could Cause Joint Strain

By: Rachael Rettner

The decked out running shoes may not be as good as we think for your feet and joints. Study finds that the running shoes currently on the market put more stain on the feet and joints than running barefoot or even to walk in high heels. However scientist don't suggest leaving your running high-tech shoes. Also while running and walking is great for your health it could also put stresses in your joints and feet. High heels can give damage to your knees and since running shoes typically have a heel, damages could occur. In my opinion running shoes don't do damage on the joints and feet I believe they help them. For the reason that you can personalize them to fit your own feet and they have support.

I got my information from: http://www.livescience.com/health/running-shoes-joint-strain-injury-100112.html

Oceanography

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Chocolate Reduces Stress, Study Finds

By: Carla Moskowitz

There has been some new evidence that eating dark chocolate every day can reduces stress! People who have rated themselves highly stressed with lower levels of stress hormones after eating chocolate everyday for two weeks! The subjects of this study ate 1.4 ounces of dark chocolate a day. To prove this study doctors took urine and blood plasma samples of the participants in the beginning, middle, and end of the two week study. From these samples they found lower levels of the stress hormones cortisol and catecholamines in samples at the end. Written for everyone to see by the researchers; "The daily consumption of dark chocolate resulted in a significant modification of the metabolism of healthy and free living human volunteers with potential long-term consequences on human health with in only two weeks treatment." Also "This was observable through the reduction of levels of stress-associated hormones and normalization of the systemic stress metabolic signatures." This research shows that certain substances in chocolate such as antioxidants called polyphenols can be helpful health benefits. Previous studies have found chocolate does help fight heart disease and help prevent the chance of developing cancer. But since chocolate is not very healthy for the reason that it contains a lot of sugar and fat you have to watch how much of it you eat. My opinion is that a lot of people will like the fact that chocolate reduces stress because then they could eat more of it. Which will lead to more people being obese and a lot of people in this world are already obese so i don't believe saying to the world dark chocolate reduces stress because people will take advantage of it.

I got my information from: http://www.livescience.com/health/091111-chocolate-reduces-stress.html

Extra Credit (tv show)

A show that I watched that connects to science is, Survivor. Survivor connects to science in a few ways. One being they have to deal with the weather and adjust to it, which involves science. Also in order to survive they have to think in scientific ways to keep them safe and covered, like building a shelter. As well in challenges they have to think outside of the box when they have challenges that include science. Lastly, and most important, they have to make fire. Making fire involves science. So science is connected to the TV show Survivor.

Another Choice Responce Quote

In Science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurred.

Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician.

This quote means to me that even if you discovered something, you might not get credit for it. This might happen because someone else tells the world and teaches it to them and they understand it. So even if you discover something you have to take charge of it, and tell the world what you discovered.