Why do women live longer than men?

Once again I am here trying to break the world wide record of being sitting in front of a computer screen. The last person who set a world record spent three days in front of a computer but unfortunately, he paid an ultimate price, he died because of a heart attack. I hope not to have the same outcome, and to prevent me from suffering a heart attack I will change the batteries of my by pass.

I seem to be running a one-man crusade against entries so that is why I decided to take into consideration some myths which involve different types of topics.

It is said that women live about six years longer than men. Evidence suggests that boys are the weaker sex at birth, which means that more die in infancy. Also women do not have, as much heart disease as men. In terms of lifestyle, men smoke more than women and thus more die of smoking related diseases. They drink more and are more aggressive in behaviour, particularly when driving cars, so they are more likely to die in accidents. Also, they generally have more dangerous occupations, such as building work.

Why is the expression “Mayday” used as a distress call?

The term mayday is the internationally recognized radio telephone signal of distress. It is only used when a ship is in great danger and needs help immediately. The signal is transmitted on a wavelength of 2,182 kHz, which is permanently monitored by rescue services on the shore. The use of the expressions has a very straightforward explanation.

It simply came form the French phrase “m’aidez” which means help me. It was officially adopted internationally in 1927

Why are horseshoes believed to be lucky?

So far, I have devoted a long time to find out accurate explanations for my research. Since now, mankind owes me a lot because through out my research people have found answers for their unanswered questions.

In 1700, a French man called Henry Misson, visiting Britain, asked villagers why they had horseshoes nailed above their doors.

They said that it was to keep witches away. Horseshoes are made of iron and the strength of the iron was thought to protect from evil.

Still today they are thought to bring good luck and many brides carry silver ones at their wedding.

The position of the horseshoe is very important. It must point upwards like a cup so that the luck cannot fall out.

The Prison industry

It is widely recognised that only a few cities, especially those with a large number of inhabitants and with a high status in the country are able to satisfy what population really needs, that is, in a way or another cities apply several hard measures in order to avoid having to face up with some controversial issue, for example criminal activities.

To start with, criminals’ actions seem to be a controversial issue to deal with. It is known that several cities reduce rate crime indexes by keeping the most dangerous criminals away from society by sending them to prison, but is it so?

It is generally believed that the main purpose of jails is to punish people who have done something wrong. But should this kind of punishment be used for people who have committed heinous crimes?

Day after day our local justice headquarters is blamed for not spreading out justice. Criminals take advantage of being sent to prison, a place which provides criminals with intellectual weapons for their future achievements, that is to say, educational programmes are intended for criminals not to mention the fact that prisoners can learn new skills to prepare them for life when they leave prison.

In my view, I think that criminals in most of the cases only deserve death penalty. Every single day we are witness of macabre episodes carry out by criminals. They snatch the lives of innocent no matter the age, ranging from babies to older people. What is more; criminals stay for no longer than a few minutes as a price for rapping and killing angels whose age goes from one month to a year old.

But after a while criminals are released in order to continue killing innocent people just for pleasure. That is why I think death penalty should be applied as a potential solution to reduce crime and build up a better place to live in.

I need more entries!

I have been typing since this morning, trying to fulfil my language requirements of reaching 53 entries. So I have been reading articles from different sources which could provide me with food for thought because I do not know what else to take into consideration in order to build up a critical thinking which help me to overcome my burdens. And thanks god, I found an article which I found it quite interesting.

The article is related to playing computers games which highlights the fact that parents worried about their children spending hours on their playstation may be all wrong because it could actually be time well spent. Researchers found that gamers who play up to eighteen hours a week seem able to focus on what they are doing better than other people, have better co-ordination, and far from being antisocial, computers nerds find it very easy to form friendship s than children who prefer activities as reading and watching tv. But a group of scientists in Japan have found that gaming develops only vision and movement, but not the parts of the brain associated with learning, emotion or behaviour.

Exercise

Quoting the rock band U2, “I still can’t find what I’ve been looking for”, is it necessary to say that I could not accomplish the mission which gives meaning to my life “ENTRIES”.

For today, I have an interesting topic which often generates a great deal of heating debate. Exercise nowadays knows the benefits of physical exercise but some scientists claim the key to staying slim and keeping fit is to eat less and take intensive exercise such as walking or cycling. People who take intensive exercise often reward themselves by spending the rest of the day in front of the TV. It is said that at the same time they have to eat more to give them energy for the next workout.

To avoid weight gain, it’s better to take gentle exercise in building over a long period. And it is believed that spending a couple of hours a day doing absolutely nothing is more effective than exercise in building immunity and prolonging life.

We always think that we have to be achieving something but just vegetating for half your free time could be healthier.

Best man’s friend

Over the past years, scientists claim that in the future they will be able to design the perfect human being through out the use of sophisticated medical procedures.

However, diseases such as cancer seems to be a very difficult issue to deal with if not unsolvable, since even today this complex disease “cancer” can not be detected so people can live with this disease without noticing it.

It is said that the early detection of cancer greatly improves a patient’s survival chances, and researches hope that man’s best friend the dog can become an important tool in early screening.

Scientists claim that dogs can identify chemical traces in the range of part per trillion. Studies have confirmed the ability of trained dogs to detect skin cancer and breast cancer between 88 and 97 percent of the time.

There is no any kind of sophisticated system which equals the precision of dog’s nose. Taking everything into consideration I think that no one would be able to reject the idea that man’s best friend is the dog.