Ashley0986

Ashley0986

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13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Number of Wash. state ... · 0 replies · +11 points

I've been considering finding some volunteer work to do with my boys over the summer - maybe this story should include what kind of help is needed, volunteer guidelines (such as age) and contact information if someone wanted to volunteer to work in the parks.

13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Bears in Wash. zoo put... · 0 replies · +1 points

Now instead of making a mess and moving on, these big furries will have hours of enjoyment! Woo hoo! ;)

13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Undoing health law cou... · 1 reply · +1 points

I recently started picking apart the bill for a research paper... believe it or not, there is a lot of good in the affordable care act; but it is too inclusive and does not really account for individual circumstances.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Man forgotten in cell ... · 0 replies · +2 points

The glass, I'm assuming, happened when he tried to break his glasses with his teeth. I have no idea why he would eat the white powder though.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Wash. schools can\'t n... · 4 replies · +2 points

What about the 18yo that has mutual sexual interactions with the 17yo? Every situation really is different. If you look at his prior history - he had a sexual relation when he was 16 with a 14yo and that was his first crime. I'm sorry - but people of almost any age consider 2 years to count for nothing.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Wash. schools can\'t n... · 1 reply · +2 points

Sex offenders tend to be like smokers - you can stay "clean" for years, but once temptation comes along it's all over.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Burger King\'s new men... · 0 replies · +2 points

I tried their vegi burger the other day and was pleasantly surprised! Till I got home and looked at the nutritional value :(

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Insurers spend big ahe... · 0 replies · +4 points

Funny that to work in a hospital, nurses will soon be required to have four year degree's instead of two year, and yet - there aren't nearly enough schools available to push through the volume of health care workers this country will need. I went to a "Dr" recently that told me to my face about his idea to lie to my insurance company to get me out of paying a premium (that I don't even have to pay).

Maybe if people used their brains, we could find a solution to the health insurance "problem" that is actually going to work for people.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Elderly driver cited a... · 0 replies · -3 points

"Ashley- It's one of those subjects that touches a nerve in some people. Fact is fact, truth is truth. If you cannot, or will not accept them I cannot help you. "

Well aren't we full of ourselves? I can do my own research - but if one decides to do so, and present it in a debate, than it had better be accurate, factual and certain: all problems with your research. I have no interest in looking at your articles, which I'm sure, lack as much substance as the other articles.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Elderly driver cited a... · 2 replies · -3 points

Your second link says older drivers appear to be slower, but points out that it may just be because they are more cautious. No statistics shown.

Direct quote from your third link (again, no statistics):

"the data on older drivers' braking times are not entirely clear. One problem is that different studies have used different definitions of older; that is, sometimes "older means 50, sometimes it could mean 70. Moreover, some studies find no slowing of reaction time with age."

Fourth link is the ONLY one you have provided so far that is remotely noteworthy although it does state that "little is known about the precise pattern of change, whereas evidence for sex differences is equivocal" but if we wanted to actually consider one of your prior links I suppose we could also consider that the elderly are just cautious. Please keep in mind the study sample is also from a select region, not located in America - yes, that does hold weight if you actually consider the scientific method.

BTW: no sight or hearing links yet? Couldn't find evidence to support that claim, could you?

Scanning the fifth I saw "There are special difficulties in finding RT [reaction time] for other types of stimulation: taste, smell, pain, etc. " which actually helps my case, but not yours - I saw nothing age related and have no interest digging into that article further.

Your first link (my reaction time is slower ;P ) says "A University of Michigan study suggests that, as we age, our brain connections break down, slowing up our physical response times." Suggests. Not definite and again no statistics (is it most or not, because that's the issue here). Beside that they talk about the brains hemispheres communicating more than would be normal for a younger brain, that's due to break down as we age but - did you know that other areas of the brain can actually compensate for damage and learn to do tasks originally performed in other areas of the brain? Meaning the brain is talking more but the job still gets done.

I'm not going to bother even skimming your final link. You want to be condescending but you haven't found anything that says MOST people deteriorate in those THREE (hearing, sight and reaction time) ways as they age. All of your links are about reaction time and MOST of the information is faulty and/or non-specific.

I was a CNA, AM going to school for nursing - I may have to bit my tongue on the reaction time but I am not backing down about aging and sight/hearing. If you want to attempt to prove me wrong than you should consider finding articles that address those issues and reading them yourself.