FIGHT NIGHT

Many can testify that boxing has lost its shine in recent years, but in the last few months, the richest fight of all time has been developing. This fight has been dubbed “The Fight of the Century” by the boxing community and is drawing the public’s eyes back into boxing.  The cocky American persona of Floyd Mayweather Jr. will meet in the ring with the noble Filipino Manny Pacquiao this Saturday night in what is the biggest event to come to Las Vegas. The fight's outcome is in the air right now. It seems that everyone has a different idea on the winner of the fight. Some argue that Mayweather’s tough defense will win him the fight against the offensive Pacquiao.

Personally, I think Pacquiao will come out on top. The fight will not end early, and PacMan’s fast hands will tire out Mayweather.  Mayweather’s tough defense must be picked apart by Pacquiao, and lots of punches are the secret to Pacquiao’s victory.  Psychological hurdles are the only thing standing between Pacquiao and the win. He can keep his mental strength into the later rounds and strike when the gassed Mayweather slows down. Hitting counter punches is PacMan’s specialty. When Mayweather gets tired, he’ll let his guard down, and pretty much hand the win to Pacquiao.

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WWII Vet Restricted from Handing Out Meals

A Florida man has been cited for giving meals to the local homeless people in public. A charitable worker, he has served the community for over two decades, passing out lunches to the local homeless. One may ask why a law preventing charitable works exists in the first place. Well, Fort Lauderdale legislature passed an ordinance on Oct. 22, an ordinance restricting charitable groups from feeding homeless people in public. The law was created to keep trash out of the streets, among other reasons. Business owners are complaining about trash left behind and homeless people living in public areas, arguing that they are a nuisance.

Now, I’m going to take a step back and look at this. To me, it seems like those supporting the ordinance are trying to get rid of homeless people. Instead of worrying about eliminating homelessness, they are trying to dump the underprivileged somewhere. Suppose you spill hot magma on your nice hardwood floors. The smart thing to do would be to get the magma off the hardwood floors and eliminate the problem as whole. Instead, you keep putting paper towels over it in an attempt to eradicate the molten lava. When you continually give a perpetual problem a temporary solution, you cannot expect a good outcome. How about instead of taking the food that keeps the homeless alive in an effort to make them go away, we attack the problem at its root and give some sort of place to live and a chance to get back on their feet?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/04/man-90-arrested-feeding-homeless_n_6100738.html

Radon?!

Radon is a carcinogenic gas. Readings of radon levels have been constantly increasing in areas like Pennsylvania, where fracking, a method of acquiring natural gas, has become more common. Fracking involves bombarding pressurized water onto shale and other solid fuel reserves to release natural gas. But the water and rocks used in fracking give off radon, which is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US. Recently, fracking and other methods of horizontal mining have increased in use. Although the industry denies any sort of contamination to the environment or water supply, many researchers say otherwise.

I believe that natural gas is a great alternative to dirty coal use, but I think more risk comes from these mining methods than reward. In the world today, many countries are facing drought conditions, including the US. Even without our aquifers and rivers being contaminated, we are facing huge numbers of cancer patients in the US. The radon level in houses in Pennsylvania has been steadily increasing since 2004. Sacrificing the health and well-being of people to harvest a better fuel is a bad deal, and as of now, cancer is an incurable disease. Why would we contribute to the causes of cancer in times like these?

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/fracking-or-drinking-water-may-become-choice-n202231