Why do people use steroids?

There are many reasons why people today use steroids, this is also known as performance enhancing drugs. Most people take steroids because they believe it is a way of gaining muscle and strength. This drug is mostly used by guys that are making a career in sports or a profession that includes muscle and strength. Steroids are commonly seen used by bodybuilders, these guys are using steroids to look bigger and try to win for fame and wealth. Steroids are also used by famous athletes and celebrities that include Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, and also Arnold Schwarzenegger. This drug seems to be good for you but, there are many side affects to this. Some effects are more server than others, one effect it that is it gives you a shorter life span than you had before. It also causes high-blood pressure, heart disease, life threatening infections from the needle, and also there is many more. In conclusion, people use steroids to look bigger and also be more efficient in sports and other professions but it all comes at a cost.

How do muscles form?

In the human body there is around 650 muscles that we have in the body. Muscles work every time you move, even if your exercising or even sleeping. Although we cannot see our muscles, we know by the outer shape that they are there. Muscles are a lot of fibers tied together and this is called a the motor unit. If you have more fibers this means you have more muscles and will be able to lift more. The more you expand your fibers the stronger you will be. Most muscles work in pairs but not all and also your muscles move your bones around so every time you break a bone you are also damaging you muscles that could cause long time injury. For example the biceps and triceps work together to help perform whatever task your arm does. In conclusion muscles are formed by fibers all over the body.

Judaism

INTRO: What country do you think a Judaism is mostly practiced in? Many people would think Israel, well really there is more people that live in the U.S. than Israel that practice Judaism.

FOUNDER,FOLLOWERS

AND LOCATION:

This religion named Judaism, was founded in 2000 B.C. by Abraham. There are many followers around the world that believe in this religion. Most of these followers are in Israel, Europe, and also the United states. There is approximately 14 million in the world that believe in Judaism and the numbers are still growing.

HOLY TEXT

They practice out of texts that are called Tanakh and Talmud. The books of the Tanakh include the following: Torah (law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and the Ketuvim (Writings). Judaism is similar to Christianity in many ways. One way they are alike is that they are also monotheistic.

JUDAISM HOLIDAYS:

Judaism have very many important religious holiday's and celebrations. One holiday they celebrate is Hanukkah, also known as Chanukkah, this holiday is probably the Jewish holiday which non-Jews are most familiar with. It has the same date as Christmas, but is

not the same as Christmas, it is a celebration of God creating of a temple in Jerusalem. They also celebrate Pesach, which is the passover and the Rosh Hashanah is a holiday which is the Jewish new year.

RITUALS/ CUSTOMS

The religion Judaism is a very serious religion and they have special rituals. Judaism revolves around one God and obey his commandments by doing daily prayer. They respect God and his ways and teachings, Jews also believe that divorce is a tragedy and a very bad sin. They also see death as a sign of God's plan and is a good part their life.

DRESS/CLOTHING:

There are some Jews who dress in a manner that reflects a Torah-true life. These Jews believe so much that they dress the Judaism part. These believers get this style from the Torah and an example is this; “Do not round the corner of your head, neither shall you destroy the corners of your beard." They also believe in sideburns and this a symbol to show to everyone that they are Jewish. The Jewish followers also wear black clothes because in olden days the leaders of the city identified the low class Jews by having them wear black

clothes. Also the black clothes represent a symbolic expression divrai yirah shomayim, which

means "fearing heaven." Guys also wear a small hat that is called a kippa or a yarmulka. This symbolizes respect for God.

HIERARCHY/ORGANIZATION:

The hierarchy of Judaism comes from the Rabbi, the Rabbi is like the quarterback of the team, he teaches the ways of the Torah like a QB directs a team. It also has a system, and this is called a Synagogue, which has a president and a council. These include the high priest and such, these are the hierarchy positions of Judaism religion.

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion, Judaism is a very spiritual religion and has a lot a special traditions and holidays.

The 14 million followers accept and believe in this religion around the world and it has been around

for about 2,309 years. If you want to know more about this religion visit this website.

Has Xbox changed the attitude toward gamers?

Has Xbox changed the attitude toward gamers and friends? Many gamers get upset if they lose or if their opposing player. This could cause serious problems for many reasons, one reason is they could be very upset and cuss out at the player that could be any age. Another reason is they could get reported by the head manager by Xbox and they could shut down your account. These are some things that kids or adults could have trouble with and could lead to more sever problems. This could all be avoided by just taking it easy when you lose or get offended by other players. The best idea is to block communications with other gamers that offend people by going to their profile and report and block all communications so their wont be any problems. There is an awesome link that also talks about attitude toward game and this website will explain a little more. This is some of the problems on Xbox that need to be fixed for all gamers.

Video game addictions

Hello, I have a awesome link to one great website and this website is very useful for many things about video game addictions. In this website article it talks about the first video game, to the present day video games. There is a lot of colleges with students that own and use an Xbox in college, teachers think this is bad for the students. I believe it could be good for many reasons. One reason is that students could communicate more on Xbox live rather than meeting someone else and this could save time and money. Usually the average age for gamers is 18 to 30 years of age. I think the student should decide if he or she should have one in their dorm or not. Even with Modern Warfare 2 coming out these college students need to step their game up. That's all for this blog, please comment.

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Intro to C.O.D W@W

As part of team 3, I am excited to be blogging this year on the topic of co-existence.

Intro to Xbox 360 gameplay and Cod series. There is over 4 million people in the world that play an Xbox 360. There is around 185 games that have been created for this game system. I am a very active player and my favorite game is Call of Duty, World At War, but, i also like Call of Duty 4 and Madden '09. More people play Halo series but i prefer Call of Duty series. This blog is going to all about the games, the gamers, ,gamer tags, the glitches, and many more about Xbox 360 and its other problems and questions. This is all to my first blog and comment if you have any questions.

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