MWA #3

So my conclusion post wasn't may last post here is my final assignment my argument essay

Jonathan Shepherd

Argument Essay

Professor Goff

August 11, 2014

There has long been a debate about whether cell phones cause cancer? I personally believe that they do not mainly due to the many studies that agree with me. There are many carcinogens in the world but I personally believe that a cell phone isn’t one of them. You have cigarettes that cause cancer because they constantly irritate the lungs. You also have radiation which in large amounts has been found to cause cancer. The reason people believe that cell phones cause cancer is because of the small amount of radiation that is put off by the antenna of the phone. This is considered low-grade radiation but some believe that since people are constantly on their phones it makes them more likely to have cancer.

No large scale health organization to date believes that cell phones give you cancer. Some however believe that cell phones may make you more likely to get cancer, in particular brain tumors. To understand this you must first understand cancer as the terrible condition it is. Cancer isn’t like chicken pox where you can be fine one day and then you drink some of your friend’s soup and then you have it. Cancer is your body rapidly dividing cells for basically no good reason it is believed to be caused by the body’s genetic code becoming almost confused. So some people believe that this radiation could cause your body to “get” cancer. They believe that the low grade radiation will eventually cause your body’s genetic code to be altered therefore giving you cancer.

Some then may wonder why radiation is given to cancer patients to treat the disease. It is because radiation kills rapidly dividing cells and this in turn kills cancerous cells. So radiation isn’t always a bad thing when it comes to cancer. Now one reason that I believe it is not a factor that causes cancer is because there have been many studies that prove even the physics behind the idea that radiation can get through the skull. Therefore I feel it is a hard thing to be able to consider radiation a factor in causing brain tumors due to the physics involving the skull.

Lastly there have been many studies about cell phone use and cancer. They have conducted research in which they have given people cell phones and recorded the instances in which they have ended up with cancer. The results have been very inconclusive which means that scientists really don’t know whether cell phones do cause cancer or not. In these studies they found that for the average user the risk doesn’t really increase while for the heavy users it may increase.

So overall the many studies and professional opinions are very inconclusive on whether cell phones should be considered carcinogens. As for me I personally believe that if you aren’t constantly on the phone you will be able to avoid many health problems including cancer. As for the idea that talking on the phone every now and then will give you cancer is baseless claim. So overall we will never really be able to know whether cell phones are a carcinogen until we are able to truly understand cancer as a disease. So I am agreeing with the WHO for now which lists cell phones as “possible carcinogens”.

Works Cited

Auvinen, Anssi, Tim Toivo, and Kari Tokola. “Epidemiological risk assessment of mobile phones and cancer: where can we improve?.” European journal of cancer prevention 15.6 (2006): 516-523.

 “Cellular Phones.” Cellular Phones. American Cancer Society, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/cellular-phones>.

“Cell Phones and Cancer Risk.” National Cancer Institute. National Cancer Institute , n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones>.

Christensen, Helle Collatz, et al. “Cellular telephone use and risk of acoustic neuroma.” American journal of epidemiology 159.3 (2004): 277-283.

Deorah, Sundeep, et al. “Trends in brain cancer incidence and survival in the United States: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, 1973 to 2001.” Neurosurgical focus 20.4 (2006): E1.

Durkin, Claire. “Cell Phones and Cancer.” Cell Phones and Cancer. N.p., 11 June 2012. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph250/durkin2/>.

Glazer, Sarah. “Cell Phone Safety.” CQ Researcher 11: 201-224. Web. 7 July 2014.

Hardell, Lennart, Michael Carlberg, and Kjell Hansson Mild. “Use of mobile phones and cordless phones is associated with increased risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma.” Pathophysiology 20.2 (2013): 85-110.

Hours, M. “Cell Phones and Risk of brain and acoustic nerve tumours: the French INTERPHONE case-control study.” Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publiqu 55.5 (2007): 321-332. Web. 6 July 2014.

Lin, James C. “Health effects: the blood-brain barrier, cancer, cell phones, and microwave radiation.” Microwave Magazine, IEEE 2.4 (2001): 26-30.

Moulder, JE . “International Journal of Radiation Biology.” Mobile phones, mobile phone base stations and cancer: a review, , Informa Healthcare. International Journal of Radiation Biology, n.d. Web. 28 July 2014. <http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09553000500091097>.

Moynihan, Timothy . “Is there any link between cellphones and cancer.” Cellphones and cancer: What's the risk?. Mayo Clinic, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/expert-answers/cell-phones-and-cancer/faq-20057798>.

Muscat, Joshua E., et al. “Handheld cellular telephone use and risk of brain cancer.” Jama 284.23 (2000): 3001-3007.

Savitz, David A. “Mixed signals on cell phones and cancer.” Epidemiology 15.6 (2004): 651-652.

Söderqvist, Fredrik, et al. “Childhood brain tumour risk and its association with wireless phones: a commentary.” Environ Health 10.1 (2011): 106.

Vini G. Khurana, Charles Teo, Michael Kundi, Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlberg, “Cell phones and brain tumors: a review including the long-term epidemiologic data”, Surgical Neurology 72:  205-214. Web. 8 July 2014.

Works Consulted

de Vocht, Frank, Igor Burstyn, and John W. Cherrie. "Time trends (1998–2007) in brain cancer incidence rates in relation to mobile phone use in England."Bioelectromagnetics 32.5 (2011): 334-339.

Kohler, Betsy A., et al. "Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2007, featuring tumors of the brain and other nervous system." Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2011).

Desai, Nisarg R., Kavindra K. Kesari, and Ashok Agarwal. "Pathophysiology of cell phone radiation: oxidative stress and carcinogenesis with focus on male reproductive system." Reprod Biol Endocrinol 7.114 (2009): 1-9.

Conclusion Post

Well this will be my last post for the class but first I have to address a current issue. Today it was discovered, at least by me, that we have lost Robin Williams. He was a great guy and a hilarious comedian it is so weird for people to now be dying that I watched while growing up. Now back to what I am supposed to be talking about which is the English class I have been in for the past 7 weeks.

It was a really fun class and a good way for me to kick off my long college career ahead of me. The best part of this class was the discussions. While they weren't very in depth at the start of the class but as time progressed they got better and better. Also as a little shout out to my professor she was the best and it was a really low stress environment for a college class which was great. So this is goodbye to the blogging world because in all reality I'm probably never going to have a blog again.

MWA #1 and #2

Jonathan Shepherd

Professor Goff

Wednesday July 2, 2014

Annotated Bibliography

“Cellular Phones.” Cellular Phones. American Cancer Society, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/cellular-phones>.

This is an Article that was published by the American Cancer Society. It states that cell phones do emit low grade radiation but are not considered a definite carcinogen by the medical community. It talks about many studies such as the INTERPHONE study. It also establishes that cordless home phones are also not believed to be carcinogens.

“Cell Phones and Cancer Risk.” National Cancer Institute. National Cancer Institute , n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones>.

This document was published by the National Cancer Institute and it talks about whether cell phones are considered to be carcinogens. It also talks more about how cell phones emit radiation through the antennas of the phone. Overall the site says that cell phones are not considered carcinogenic.

Durkin, Claire. “Cell Phones and Cancer.” Cell Phones and Cancer. N.p., 11 June 2012. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph250/durkin2/>.

This paper stated that while epidemiology may suggest that cell phones cause cancer physics says otherwise. The author of this article is not an expert in the field though so the findings may be bias. So overall this paper said that cell phones can’t literally cause cancer due to physics.

Glazer, Sarah. “Cell Phone Safety.” CQ Researcher 11: 201-224. Web. 7 July 2014.

This article discussed two main topics associated with “Cell Phone Safety”, driving with them and as possible health hazards. This article talked about a study that was conducted in Denmark to test cell phones as possible carcinogens, but again results were inconclusive.

Hours, M. “Cell Phones and Risk of brain and acoustic nerve tumours: the French INTERPHONE case-control study.” Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publiqu 55.5 (2007): 321-332. Web. 6 July 2014.

This is an article about the INTERPHONE study, which is a study that was conducted in France about cell phones and their link to cancer. The findings of the study determined that for the mild cell phone user there were no significant increases in brain tumors. In the heavy cell phone users they found a slight increase in brain tumor occurrences.

Moynihan, Timothy . “Is there any link between cellphones and cancer.” Cellphones and cancer: What's the risk?. Mayo Clinic, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/expert-answers/cell-phones-and-cancer/faq-20057798>.

This article discusses whether people should be concerned about cell phones as carcinogens. Again it says that the data is disputable but warns against high cell phone usage. The author is an oncologist so his opinion is an educated one.

Vini G. Khurana, Charles Teo, Michael Kundi, Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlberg, “Cell phones and brain tumors: a review including the long-term epidemiologic data”, Surgical Neurology 72: 205-214. Web. 8 July 2014.

This was an article talking about a study that was conducted by the above authors regarding cell phones and brain tumors. These doctors found that cell phones could cause brain tumors especially on the side of your head you talk on the phone with. Also they found that long term cell phone use could be another possible reason for brain tumors.





Jonathan Shepherd

Professor Goff

Monday, July 28, 2014

Literature Review

My topic discusses whether cell phones can be considered a carcinogen. Now what that means is, if cell phones do indeed cause cancer. This argument has been raging ever since cell phones were widely introduced into the public. Many scientists think that the low amounts of radiation coming off the antenna of the phone may in fact cause cancer. While opinions widely vary there are three main groups in this argument.

The first group is those who believe that cell phones cause you to get cancer. Now to clarify the meaning of that it means that cell phones give you cancer. While the second group believes that it could cause you to develop cancer. The difference between the two groups is very small the first simply believes that cell phones make you more likely to develop cancer. While the second group believes that it may cause you to develop cancer. The last group believes that cell phones have no relation to weather you will have cancer. These varying opinions have caused many studies to be conducted and many articles to be published concerning this subject matter.

In one article published by the American Cancer Society it discusses if cell phones cause cancer. In their article they say that there is no consistent correlation between cell phone use and the development of cancer. They also say that at this time there is no health organization that believes it causes cancer, but a few do consider it possibly carcinogenic.

Also the Mayo Clinic has an article written by Timothy J. Moynihan. In this he also states that while several studies have been conducted concerning cancer and cell phones, there hasn’t been enough evidence in the studies to give a definite answer either way. As for a little background on why people believe cell phones may cause cancer it is due to the knowledge that radiation causes cancer. Now the difference is that while an x-ray without protection will make you more likely to have cancer a phone antenna since it is low frequency radiation shouldn’t. Still some believe that due to the proximity of the radiation and due to the constant presence of the radiation that they can cause cancer.

Now other studies conducted by outside sources disagree with these large organizations beliefs. In a study conducted by Vini G. Khurana in Australia they found that cell phones do in fact increase your likelihood of developing cancer. In their study they found that people who had used a cell phone for more than 10 years were almost twice as likely to develop a brain tumor. While the WHO and other worldwide organizations still don’t know if cell phones are carcinogenic.

Now there have been other study’s conducted that agree with Vini Khurana’s findings and one of them is the INTERPHONE study. This particular study was conducted in France, in it they found that while cell phone use in general didn’t make you more likely to get cancer if you were a heavy user your chances increased. These two studies fall in the second group which is the group that believes cell phones could be carcinogenic. Overall most of the medical community falls into the second or third groups.

Many studies have been conducted by many professionals including Lennart Hardell, Fredrik Söderqvist, David Savitz, James Lin, Helle Collatz Chistensen and many others. They all say that while cell phones may increase your risk for cancer it will not give you cancer. So overall there are only two main groups in this argument the ones that believe that cell phones can increase your risk for cancer and those who believe that it doesn’t. Right now though there is no definite answer to the question of “Do cell phones cause cancer?”

Works Cited

Auvinen, Anssi, Tim Toivo, and Kari Tokola. “Epidemiological risk assessment of mobile phones and cancer: where can we improve?.” European journal of cancer prevention 15.6 (2006): 516-523.

“Cellular Phones.” Cellular Phones. American Cancer Society, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/cellular-phones>.

“Cell Phones and Cancer Risk.” National Cancer Institute. National Cancer Institute , n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones>.

Christensen, Helle Collatz, et al. “Cellular telephone use and risk of acoustic neuroma.” American journal of epidemiology 159.3 (2004): 277-283.

Deorah, Sundeep, et al. “Trends in brain cancer incidence and survival in the United States: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, 1973 to 2001.” Neurosurgical focus 20.4 (2006): E1.

Durkin, Claire. “Cell Phones and Cancer.” Cell Phones and Cancer. N.p., 11 June 2012. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph250/durkin2/>.

Glazer, Sarah. “Cell Phone Safety.” CQ Researcher 11: 201-224. Web. 7 July 2014.

Hardell, Lennart, Michael Carlberg, and Kjell Hansson Mild. “Use of mobile phones and cordless phones is associated with increased risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma.” Pathophysiology 20.2 (2013): 85-110.

Hours, M. “Cell Phones and Risk of brain and acoustic nerve tumours: the French INTERPHONE case-control study.” Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publiqu 55.5 (2007): 321-332. Web. 6 July 2014.

Lin, James C. “Health effects: the blood-brain barrier, cancer, cell phones, and microwave radiation.” Microwave Magazine, IEEE 2.4 (2001): 26-30.

Moulder, JE . “International Journal of Radiation Biology.” Mobile phones, mobile phone base stations and cancer: a review, , Informa Healthcare. International Journal of Radiation Biology, n.d. Web. 28 July 2014. <http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09553000500091097>.

Moynihan, Timothy . “Is there any link between cellphones and cancer.” Cellphones and cancer: What's the risk?. Mayo Clinic, n.d. Web. 9 July 2014. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/expert-answers/cell-phones-and-cancer/faq-20057798>.

Muscat, Joshua E., et al. “Handheld cellular telephone use and risk of brain cancer.” Jama 284.23 (2000): 3001-3007.

Savitz, David A. “Mixed signals on cell phones and cancer.” Epidemiology 15.6 (2004): 651-652.

Söderqvist, Fredrik, et al. “Childhood brain tumour risk and its association with wireless phones: a commentary.” Environ Health 10.1 (2011): 106.

Vini G. Khurana, Charles Teo, Michael Kundi, Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlberg, “Cell phones and brain tumors: a review including the long-term epidemiologic data”, Surgical Neurology 72: 205-214. Web. 8 July 2014.

In-Class Writings

Sorry I forgot I had to post all of these, now I don't really know what the dates are for all of them but here they are.

What has been my internet use been for in the past week

1. School Work

2. Check E-mail

3. News

4. Golf Courses

5. Religious Stuff

Today in class we read a paper by Jacques Cousteau and it was about the oceans and how if the ocean dies we will be next. I feel that he is trying to almost scare people into keeping care of the ocean. I think it is highly dramatized what would happen but I do feel it is very important to keep good care of nature.

Facebook Friends

While I do have a Facebook I don't really check it that often but I feel that about 10 or 20 of my Facebook friends are my close friends but it is a very nice thing to be able to keep in touch with people that live far away that you have met so just like everything it has its pros and its cons

Thesis Statement

Are cell phones and the radiation involved with them considered carcinogens by the medical community?

Advocate

I would advocate for the coral reefs of the world because they are home to many endangered species and they are being destroyed as we speak. I feel it is important to advocate this because I want coral reefs to still be around for me and my children to enjoy. I'm not sure whether that will be a possibility if people don't change.

Media Break

For this week I am going to not use technology as much as possible. For me I don't think it will be that hard because I love the outdoors and sports so I'll be able to find something to do.

Journal #14

For the past couple of days I have been up at a youth camp in Logan Canyon and it was a blast. I didn't realize that there were so many pretty hikes up there. It was an amazing couple of days we did everything from going ice blocking to hiking up to the wind caves up there. I am so glad I have been able to go to so many beautiful places this summer and it has been a blast hiking around them.

Journal #13

Today I have been listening to hold music for about 15 minutes and it is driving me crazy. It kills me that people can't have hold music be a little less boring it is about the same as elevator music. I also just hate hold in general because It makes me just sit around waiting for someone to pick up their phone and talk to me. Half the times I think they forget that we are even there and then an hour later they decide to pick up the phone. So let’s just get rid of the hold feature on phones.

Journal #12

Well folks we officially have only 14 days until I am back in school. Now looking back on the summer it has gone way too fast but it has been good fun. This summer not only was I able to start my first college class but I also got my first job and was able to do some fun things with my friends. With saying that I still do wish I had a little longer to just be a regular high schooler and have a normal summer for more than two weeks. On the bright side of things I will be able to see some old friends and party up my senior year of high school

Journal # 11

For this English class we are required to do a post about the future of our topic. My topic was about whether cell phones are carcinogenic which means do cell phones cause cancer. As far as the future of my topic goes I think that it will advance as our understanding of cancer advances. I am not sure however how long it may take till we have a definite answer to the question though. I hope it will be sooner than later but in the world of medicine you just never know.

Journal #9

Well this journal is for all of you golf lovers out there who watched the British Open a couple of weeks ago. For those of you who didn't i'll give you a quick summary of it. Ricky Fowler finished in the top 5 for his third major straight this year. I kind of feel bad for the poor guy because he has been in contention for every single major this year but he hasn't won one yet. Then I remind myself how much money he makes and that feeling is gone in a flash. Now Rory Mcilroy won the event and get this his dad had made a bet that he would win a British Open by the time he was 25, Rory was 24. Overall it was a great four days of golf and now we have only one major to look forward to and that is the PGA Championship.

Journal #10

Today as I was sitting doing my homework for my library science class it hit me. Now what hit me you may ask, it was that we only have a week of school left. That feeling was one of the best in my life, by a longshot. Now this summer has flew by now that is thanks to mainly school and work. I'm not sure whether I'm ready  to go back to high school for another year. Don't get me wrong its a party and all, especially with it being my senior year but I hate homework. I think that we should all have to go to school just with no homework and I know we wouldn't learn anything but right now that doesn't sound half bad. So if anyone reading this blog happens to be a school administrator or something like that I know it will never happen but hey a high schooler can dream right?

Journal #8

Well this past week I have been working on a literature review and for all of u that haven't ever had to write one consider yourselves lucky. While I understand why they are important, it kills me to still have to write the dang thing. Now that it is behind me though I am glad I did it because it gave me a more in depth understanding of my topic. So now all I have left in this class is the argumentative essay and for once in my life I have actually started an assignment before I turned in my last one.

Journal #7

Well I missed class on because I am down here in St. George. While the weather down here is great it is very hot. Some things that I have been able to do include golfing, swimming and playing a bunch of sports in general, so overall it has been a good vacation and I’m glad to be down here.  

Journal #6

This post is talking about my research topic and the many different opinions that are involved with my topic. My topic discusses weather cell phones are considered carcinogenic which means do cell phones cause cancer. There are many different opinions on the topic one of them is that cell phones cause cancer. These people believe that cell phones make people develop all kinds of cancer with the main one being brain cancer. There are also the people that believe the exact opposite of that. This group of people believes that cell phones don't ever cause cancer. Then of course there are all of those fence sitters. They believe that cell phones may cause some kinds of cancer and not others. So those are the three main groups involved with cell phones as possible carcinogens. 

Journal #5

Well this past weekend I was able to go camping in the Uinta’s and it was a bit of an adventure. Me and some friends went up Thursday and started to hike into our campsite. For the hike the weather was great most of the way up. Unfortunately that would soon change, just as we were setting up camp a huge rainstorm blew in and it rained pretty hard the rest of the day. That night however was an even bigger challenge. For those of you who have gone backpacking before you know the tents aren't the most waterproof things in the world and these were no exception. By the time we woke up in the morning we were sleeping in a big puddle, which isn't the warmest thing in the world but the weather had cleared up. So being the optimistic people we are we headed out on a short hike that morning to a couple of lakes in the area. As we started back our worst fears had come true it was raining again, and this time even harder.

So as we returned to camp soaked from head to toe we decided to take a vote on whether to stay or to go. After a pretty unanimous vote we decided on cutting our trip short, mainly due to the poor sleeping conditions. So as we packed up the puddles we called our tents we headed out in the rain. Thankfully the hike wasn't a very long one so we were out of the rain and into our cars within a couple of hours. As for the people that say Utah is in a drought right now they need to head to the Uinta's before making that statement.

Journal #4

With this being my fourth journal I feel its important to talk about the fourth of July. Not only am I glad that I was able to do some fun things like golf and go swimming this fourth of July weekend. I am also glad I live in the country that I do. With my Grandfather serving in Vietnam I am able to get ever so tiny glimpses into what it was, and is like for people in the military. So I thank all of our current and former armed services members for all keeping America the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Journal #3

Well this week has been a crazy one especially with the fourth of July. It was all fun especially because I was able to get in touch with some extended family this weekend. But this week also unfortunately the U.S. soccer team lost in the World Cup which was a bit of a downer. I look forward to watching some more soccer as the World Cup continues this week.

Also as a follow up with my other journal the Uruguayan soccer player Luis Suarez, the guy who bit another guy, was issued a suspension from international play. While I think it was good that he was punished I'm not sure that FIFA is doing enough to stop it from happening a fourth time but only time will tell.

In Class Writing Assignment WED JUNE 25

Below is my in class writing talking about my (E) dentity versus my Identity

Identity

Smart 

Hardworking 

Happy

Funny

Young

Enthusiastic

Jovial 

Kind 

Forgiving 

Patient

I am a person that is very happy with where I am in life. I always work hard and try to keep patient with people. I enjoy being enthusiastic about learning. I feel that those ten words describe my identity fairly well I am glad about most of the things that make up my Identity because they are good traits.

(E) dentity

Writing

Working

News

Golf

Shopping

Sports

Email

School

Social 

Presentations

Those ten words describe my (E) dentity because I use the internet to check sports scores, look for and buy golf equipment. Also a large part of my (E) dentity is based around school which means writing papers and doing presentations. I also occasionally will use the internet to communicate with my friends and check the news.

Differences

My Identity seems very different from my (E) dentity in several ways. But I think the most prominent is that my Identity is more about who I am as a person and those traits that I have. While my (E) dentity is more about the things that I do

Journal #2

In class this week we were assigned to read articles out of the book (E) dentity now the first article discussed our “(E) dentitys". This article discussed some of the things that go on with being an internet dependent society. It included talking about things like how ads now know where you have been so that they may be able to predict what you are interested in. Also it talked about how everywhere we go on the internet we are leaving traces behind about what we have been doing. In my opinion the internet is a very valuable resource but it is one that can be overused in some aspects. Many things these days are out on the internet and they are very useful for us but it is easy to get sidetracked on the internet. With this comes the big problem of kids not going outside to play but rather go play a computer game.

As that problem emerges there is only one way that I see us turning this around and that is get kids excited about hobbies. For me I have always loved sports so I have tried to play them as much as I can but even with that I will occasionally catch myself getting sidetracked on the Internet. So parents need to try to not only monitor time spent on electric devices but also encourage their kids to take up hobbies that don’t have to do with video games or the television. I think through this we will be able to establish a (E) dentity without it becoming our identity. 

Journal #1

My journal today is about the World Cup. As we all know the U.S. has advanced to the round of 16. Despite being in the "Group of Death" the U.S. was able to beat Ghana and tie with Portugal to be able to advance. But the U.S. did end up losing their final game to Germany 1-0 which was unfortunate. As I hope for the U.S. to win the world cup, because I'm an American, I really don't see it happening. The U.S. will have to beat some very good teams to be able to even have a shot at the title, some of which include Belgium and possibly Argentina. But I hope for the best and maybe we will see a U.S. team win a World Cup in the future.

In another interesting story that is buzzing around with the World Cup is the Luis Suárez incident. So basically what happened is that the Uruguayan striker bit an Italian defender for no apparent reason. Now FIFA has taken action and banned Suárez for 9 International games. So as Uruguay advanced into the round of 16 they knew it would be difficult because they were playing without one of their best players and against a very good Colombia team. As the World Cup continues I know it will have some more drama to go with it. So I sincerely hope everyone has some fun watching it unfold.

Introduction

Hello everybody, my name in Jonathan Shepherd and this blog will be about just life in general. I am writing this blog because it is part of an assignment for the English class I am currently in. As for me, I am an avid sports player and I will play just about anything but I am best at golf and basketball. I enjoy my current job working as a cart boy at the local golf course and I am always willing to try new sports. Well that's a little about me and this blog.