Life

In America, the average person lives to be 79 years old. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way we could live longer? I know I want more than 79 years of my life.

Americans’ life expectancy is only 26th highest. Life expectancy in the U.S. has risen, in 1970 life expectancy at birth was 70.9 years, and it rose to 78.7 by 2011.

 Recently, Wall Street researched countries’ life expectancy rates based on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development releasing a report with the latest life expectancy figures for its thirty four member nations as well as several other developed nations.

In the countries with higher life expectancy, the people that live there tend to be healthier than in other countries.

The majority of these countries with high life expectancies have below-average rates of cancer and diabetes.

Spain, Iceland, Japan, Italy and Switzerland are rated in the top five for highest life expectancy.

See y’all later guys looks like I’m moving to Spain!

Spain is ranked number 5 for longest life expectancy. The average life expectancy in Spain is 82.4 years old. That sounds a little better than 79 years here in America.

Iceland ranked number 4 for longest life expectancy also has an average life expectancy of 82.4 years old. According to the article linked below: “Only 14.3% of Iceland’s population were daily smokers as of 2011, less than all but three other countries reviewed. Alcohol consumption in 1990 was low compared with most European countries. Eighteen years later, alcohol consumption was still relatively low, at just over seven liters per person, less than most other developed nations.”

This is impressive. This is how people are staying healthier as a nation and living longer. You go Iceland!

Number three ranked Japan has a life expectancy average of 82.7 years old. This sounds even better! According to the article: “Just 4.1 percent of Japanese adults were obese in 2011, vs. 36.5 percent in the U.S.” AKA the U.S. is fat. We need to find healthier ways of life.

Italy is ranked number two on the average life expectancy list with an average age of 82.7 years old. Most of the country of Italy is on a diet called the “Mediterranean diet” which consists of fruits, vegetables, and olive oil and is very healthy for you.

We need to get on this diet plan!

To top of the list, the number one country for average life expectancy is Switzerland, with an average age of 82.8 years old. It’s probably Switzerland’s health care plan that makes them the most healthy and to live longer.

Take a few minutes out of your day to read up on this subject. It will educate you and make you want to become part of a healthier nation.

Looks like I will see you guys in Switzerland!

http://money.msn.com/retirement/5-countries-where-people-live-longest

Thanks for the laughs!

For anyone who has watched Saturday Night Live in the last 12 years you’ve probably caught a good laugh at the segment that airs every episode called “The Weekend Update With Seth Meyers”. Seth has probably got you laughing more than you think with his outlook on things in the news and his comical twist on them.

Seth Meyers had his last episode of Saturday Night Live yesterday, Saturday February 1. This was a sad moment for members of the cast and many Saturday Night Live fans. Seth Meyers segment is a segment that many people, including myself look forward to toning into every week.

Meyers called his "SNL" journey "the job I always wanted." Wouldn’t you love to have a job you’ve always wanted?

 So why leave Saturday Night Live you ask?

 Well Seth Meyers will be expanding his career and taking his lovable talents to new heights. Seth Meyers will now be the new host of the show “Late Night”.

 This will be an exciting adventure for Seth and I know he will attract new followers to that show including myself.

 As for Saturday Night Live and their “Weekend Update” head writer Colin Jost will replace Meyers at the anchor desk alongside Cecily Strong who has been hosting the “Weekend Update” this season with Seth Meyers.

 This will bring a new twist to this sketch of Saturday Night Live but if it’s anything like the rest of SNL it will be a good twist.

 The new Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” will appear on March 1^st. As for the rest of the month SNL will not be airing new episodes.

 Information for this blog post provided by:

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=850309

 I feel that Saturday Night Live did a great job ending Seth Meyer’s career with them. They still stuck to their true SNL comedy but they also shed a few tears and brought back some old friends on Seth. SNL alumni Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader and Fred Armisen all cast members helped Seth say goodbye.

This was a great way to show that the cast and the fans of SNL love Seth Meyers and thank him for his 12 years on the show.

Congrats on your new beginnings Seth and thanks for all the laughs! 

Be sure to tip!

10 people you aren’t tipping enough.. Hmm.. this actually sounds like an interesting article.

Makes me wonder what people are not getting tipped. Recently, I have started my working experience in the restaurant business and I feel that sometimes people don’t tip us, and usually it happens to be the people who were the most difficult and frankly, the people who were actually not very nice to begin with.

This article explains how much percent of your bill you are expected to tip for certain services. I find this very intriguing. Good job news outlets!

This article can be found here:

http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-people-youre-not-tipping-enough/

 According to the article, people are often wrong when guessing how much to tip people for their services.

The part of the article that got me however, was the part where it states that only thirty-eight percent of Americans feel obligated to tip someone who delivers something to them. I think this is wrong.

People need to think about things from the other person’s perspective more. Think of it this way…

You are a delivery man moving a couch into someone’s home. You get paid less than you should but you work hard without complaining. The house you deliver it to has some difficulties with getting it into the door, so you problem solve because this is your job and you and your co-worker get the couch through their garage door verses their front door. This works out for you but it also took up more time and more heavy lifting for you because you couldn’t use your machine to help you. Then the people you are delivering to, don’t tip you.

How would that make you feel? Not very good is my guess. I know I wouldn’t like it if someone didn’t tip me when I’m serving them. People need to have more courtesy in this world. You obviously have some money, just a few dollars, to spare if you are buying new furniture so pay the poor man who is slaving away to help you!

According to the article you owe that man five or ten dollars. So think about you just shorted him money to buy his lunch. Good job.

This is not unreasonable at all. People who provide a service should be tipped that’s just how it works. So think about this next time.

Young boy saves life

In this frigid weather known as the Polar Vortex that is sweeping the nation, you never know what is going to happen. It’s not safe for people to be outside for long periods of time in these conditions.

Many people have gotten frost bite or their cars have went into ditches or not started and its just not a good thing. It’s all over the nation. Which is not good because many places in our nation are not prepared for this extreme weather.

Fortunately or unfortunately, which ever way you want to look at it, in Iowa we are prepared for this crappy Polar Vortex.

Like I said before this weather is not safe and many accidents happen.

According to the following article,

 http://www.today.com/news/he-wouldnt-give-hero-boy-follows-hunch-save-elderly-woman-2D12018216

Ten year old, Danny DiPietro was coming home form his lacrosse practice with his parents and thought that someone had left their dog outside in a garage in this frigid cold.

His parents urged him that the people would bring their dog inside and there was no need to worry. But they were all wrong.

After some time of Danny begging his parents to go back and check this out at his neighbors house they finally did.

And they were all shocked at what they found.

They found 80-year-old Kathleen St. Onge on the floor of her garage. She had fallen and couldn’t get up. She had tried to move herself to the front of her garage hoping someone would see her then. This is what Danny had saw in the car on his way home.

In the process of her moving herself she had lost her shoes and a glove. That would make for very scary and frigid conditions. I can’t even imagine how that would feel.

Danny’s parents called the police and covered her in blankets to keep her warm while waiting for the ambulance.

According to the article above, “St. Onge was released on Wednesday afternoon after being treated for hypothermia and dehydration. Doctors told her family that she would not have survived an hour longer in the extreme cold.”

This is remarkable what this boy did.

His family should be very grateful for his persistence as well as the St. Onge family. Which has expressed their gratitude to Danny’s family numerous times.

Stay warm during this crazy Polar Vortex! It is not a safe place to be! That is for sure! 

Son Surprises his mom!

This is just a heart-warming headline that everyone loves to see. “Son surprises his mom, who is a diehard Seahawks fan, with Super Bowl tickets”

So there actually are really good people in this world.

According to the following article:

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/son-surpries-his-mom-who-is-a-diehard-seahawks-fan-with-super-bowl-tickets-012914?g1=39002

Mike Harris surprised his mom with Super Bowl tickets this week. Wow! What a kid! I thought I was good to my mom.

According to the article, “The family has had season tickets since 2002. She cheered the team on with thousands of other fans as they left Seattle for New Jersey on Sunday, not knowing she was going to the Super Bowl.”

Mike Harris’ has been a Seahawks fan since the 1970s. Wow what a guy Mike Harris is.

This year the Super Bowl ticket prices went down due to weather and people not wanting to travel across the country in the Polar Vortex. So when the ticket prices dropped Mike Harris decided to make his mom one very happy lady.

This is quite impressive. Out of all the things moms do for their children this was for sure the best way Mike Harris could ever pay back his mom for all the moments in his life where she has made him feel special.

We need more people in this world like Mike Harris.

He got her the tickets in the tenth row of the end zone. Wow hell of a place to watch your favorite team in the Super Bowl. Not to mention he bought her plane tickets, and got them a hotel 2 miles from the stadium so that they would always be in the action of the Super Bowl.

WOW is all I can say about this gesture.

There is a video included with the article that Mike Harris took of his mom when the tickets arrived. Let me tell you it is the most heartwarming thing I’ve seen in a while. He had it all planned out from the minute he bought the tickets. Mike Harris had his mother come over and when the tickets got there, he opened the seal on the package and then handed the package to her.

Her face and her reaction, PRICELESS. She was like a kid in a candy store.

What we can all take from this is make sure you do something nice for your mom once in awhile.

The Super Bowl is Next Week!

The Super Bowl, the biggest event of the year for football fans. The Super Bowl is unlike any other event. All of America gathers around their TVs and grabs some chips and sandwiches and drinks to sit down with family and cheer on their team! And of course, enjoy the half time show because that’s everyone’s favorite.

The Super Bowl this year will be played in New York on Sunday, February 2^nd. This years Super Bowl will be played between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. This should be a good match up.

There is always so much buzz surrounding the Super Bowl. Many think it should be an American holiday? Which really most Americans already treat it like a holiday. I think making it an official holiday wouldn’t change the way we Americans feel about this huge event in sports every year.

How did the Super Bowl become such a big event for Americans? How do things like this event of the Super Bowl every year for the last 48 years, become apart of our American culture?

Those are questions we should ponder. This is because the Super Bowl means more to us Americans then a championship football game. It means family, friends, food, freedom, cheers, halftime shows, it’s just a way to celebrate the good things in America that no other country has.

It’s just one of those things that makes America unique.

The Super Bowl is of course about the football game but it also includes the entertainment of the half time show. This years entertainer is Bruno Mars. I find this an interesting choice because he is a very popular performer however for the standards of the Super Bowl, I’m not sure how they decided to choose Bruno Mars. But on a positive note, I’m excited to see his performance. Last year’s performer Beyonce was amazing. Many people bought tickets to the Super Bowl just so they could see her half time show.

The other part of the Super Bowl that many Americans look forward to the most is the commercials. The commercials are definitely a part of the American culture that comes along with the Super Bowl.

This year the University of Iowa’s dental school will get to air their commercial during the third quarter. Being from Iowa this is pretty big deal. The commercial features students and staff from Iowa City Regina high school’s football team. That would be pretty cool to be featured in a Super Bowl commercial as a high school student or teacher from a school in Iowa.

A link to that commercial can be found here:

http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20140202/NEWS01/302020011

Enjoy the Super Bowl!