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= = =O: Ryan, Joe, Danielle, Kellianne, Brad, Nick, Claude, Krysta= =B: Korleen, Matt, Josh, Mike M, Taylor=

Link 3 I think it is good for some people who want to be an Organ donor. Eli was lucky he was able to find someone that was able to give one. Some people are on a list for years. Some people die waiting. If you want to donate you should fill out a doner card.Should everyone be made to fill out a donor card? Kellianne June.3/10

Any way you have to do I guess is fair. I agree that he was lucky but when you run out of options you got to try every thing right? I'm saying to do this every time but when you have to you have to.he is beter now so it does not mater how he got one it is the fact he got one. i do think that every one should go through the peocess but time is always ticking and it might take to long.michael June 3rd 7:38

I think that whenever you are put into this situation you're going to do everything and anything you can to save ourself. Unfortunately he went through every option and when everything else failed he had to turn to facebook. I also think that it is amazing that he managed to find a kidney transplant over facebook. If he is still alive then it was worth it. Taylor 6/4/2010 3:08pm

i'm just surprised that he actually found someone on Facebook to donate kidney... guess facebook is good for something eh?, what do u guys think? Jojo park 6/5/2010 By the way, whats "O" and "B"?? up beside our names....

I agree. i always though facebook would just for contacting friends and stuff like that. But it got that guy a kidney! I dont really think it matters how or where you get your kidney (as long as its not illegal) if you get one its good and everyones happy. And Jojo, it means witch class your in. Ryan may 6

I can't believe that he found someone to donate him a kidney, expessially on facebook! but if you think about it, it was a really good idea, beacuse so many people have facebook. Anyway, I don't really think it matters how he got the kidney, its just good that he was able to find one in time. Danielle June 6 @ 11:06

This shows how good facebook is and how everyone should have facebook. Im also suprised that he could find a donar for him and his long lost friend all in one on facebook like wow! and joe the "O" and "B" is are teachers names.Brad Rostin! june 7th(i just woke up)

I think that Eli is extreamly luckey that he has a friend that would do something like that for him. Its quite a big thing for someone to offer to give up a kidney, especially since the recovery time is two months and during those two months neither of the two men will be able to work. Eli is just very luckey that someone is willing to go through this with him. This shows how face book is a very hepful social networking site with out it who knows if Eli would have ever foun a donor. june 7 Josh

I agree with every one so far. It is lucky he found a match. If i was in his boat I would have done the same thing tried every thing to get one. I would have done any thing to get that kidney. This is why social networking is useful. Michael June 7th.

This just shows one of the many reasons why social networking is useful. I think it was amazing that he was able to connect with an old friend as well as get the kidney he needed in time. Not only is he going to be able to live and be healthy, but also I think that a really strong friendship is going to come between the two of them. This was a very good idea and it paid off in the end. Taylor 6/7/2010

Well just as Taylor said social networking is always useful. It is amazing how facebook brought them back together and his friend would be able to save his life. As wel it takes real friendship to give someone a organ of your body to someone. The odds of the kidney being right for this man's body. What are the chances of this happening? what do you guys think? Claude june 7 2010

This is a great story. Obviously social networking is a huge part of our lives and I'm so glad it is going to help change someones life. I agree with Claude that this would take a real friend to give up an organ for someone else. I wonder if anyone else would have stepped up to the plate and helped this man out. What do you guys think? I think the chances of finding someone who could help him out were very slim. Lucky for him he found a match. Krysta June 7

I don't think very many people would have steped up to the plate like Krysta said. One is it very painful like they sad some scars and 2 months of pain or something along those lines. Aswell as to the posibilitys of it being a good match with his old one is an even greater triumph like say 1 in 100? So in what odds do you think a person could have the right kidney for you? Ask yourself would your friends do this for you? Becasue hey, you only need one not two, so share! :P Claude June 7

I agree that social networking can be very useful. I mean if it wasn't for facebook, do you think this man would have a kidney? Because I have a good feeling that he wouldn't of found anyone. Even though you only need one kidney, there arn't a whole lot of people that would be willing to donate. I'm sure alot of people wouldn't even consider it, even though it's only a few months of pain for them, and it could cost someone there life. Danielle Pond June 7 @ 11:53pm

social networking is deffinitly a very useful tool, this just shows how useful it can be. The guy that is getting the kidney is very luckey that someone was willing to give him a kidney because most pople have to wait a long time to recieve a transplant of any kind and that is if they are luckey enough to get the chanse to have one, not everyone is. Mabey as a result of this more poeple will join face book for medical related reasons and have the same luck as this man.6/8/2010 Josh

I think I am most impressed to find out that these two men were not close friends when they attended school. Therefore I am surprised that this man was willing to give up his kidney for the other man in need. I agree with Danielle, I think that without facebook this man probably wouldn't have found another kidney donor. I hope that people start using facebook for more useful things like this situation. Facebok could change the lives of many people if it was used in this way. What do you guys think? Krysta June 8

Link 2 - Watch the video (if you are unable, read the article) and make your comments.

I think that war is not the only thing the government should worry about, they should start taking care for it's people. people are learning things that are not right starting from such a young age, and some grown ups think its funny and that it's okay to do those things. Even his parents did not even know when he started smoking, and the baby seems like he already have problems, he is twice the weight his age and i would think that he has a temper problem. Jojo Park June 2nd 2010

The government should have a policy stating the harzerous of the effects that it would have on their health. Expecally regarding young children when their parents are holding them while smoking would cause the child to inhale the second hand smoke and would lkely cause them to start smoking. What do you think should be done regarding the young toddler? I think it is not right that children should be smoking so young. Kellianne June.2/10

For one thing, this is awful and should not be happening. For another thing, the parents should be more active in helping their child. In the article the parents don't seem to be doing a whole lot, they are mostly concerned with how much money it costs to by him cigarettes. They say that the child will hit his head off walls and throw tantrums until he satisfies his addiction. Instead of caving, and providing him with cigarettes they should take him to see professional help. Instead of being so concerned about how much money they are spending to by him cigarettes they should be focusing on getting this child help. What do you guys think? Taylor 6/2/10 5:02pm

About 20 years ago smoking was in every add in magazines, like you could even smoke in your work place! but now smoking isnt aloud in those areas and not as much people do it now, but in foreign countrys now people as you seen in the video dont really see it as a bad thing and let their children do it. I also think its a terrible idea to let a 2 year old smoke let alone even a 20 year old, i find it gross either way. Its even worse that the childrens parents care more about the money they are spending then there own kids health and that hes smoking!. How do you guys feel about this? Brad Rostin!! june 2/10 6:58pm

Well this is another shock. Can you really blame the child? His mom said 'i was smoking when i was pregnant.' it's a fact that babys that are born from smoking mothers have high chance to become addicted to cigarettes. Aswell the parents like eveyone else said are completly idiotic in not being conserned about the childs health. Altought the child in Indonesia smoking perfect smoke cercles, the parents must have just thought it was a kick. So really can you look at our world and see how much are world is in need of help. What do you think about the forein contries? Claude june/2/2010 7:16

I agree Claude, and also what about the government? i think he sould put laws about smoking in the foreign countrys also beacsue this is happening everyday even know we dont hear about it. I mean the government cant just stop people from smoking all together because most of the money that the government gets is from ciggarettes vut they should just make the age everywhere like 20 or something like that to stop this! and yes it is also the parents fault for smoking when they had the kid in the tummy and for buy them 40 ciggarettes a day? like comeon if they dont want there child to smoke then dont buy them any and stop bringing everyone else into this, like if the child gets out of had the send them to like a kiddy center for the addicted kids? or something in these countrys, i know it sounds weird but what do you guys think? Brad Rostin june2/10 7:20 w00t!

I agree Brad, and yeah the goverment should do something. But really what can the goverment do? Yes they put laws but wouldn't it jsut spark the rebellion of youth to rebel against the "power". So in the long term is making laws really going to help the problem? I am completly against smoking and against this childs parents but does the kid know any better? I blame the entier family as the problem. Even though everyone thinks it's the kids. So is laws the best way to go with this situation? what do you think? Claude june/2/2010 MOOO!!

I agree with Claude, i think the family is to blame for this childs behaviour. I mean i really don't think it would be that hard to keep a two year old from smoking, all you would need to do, is first of all just not smoke yourself, and second of all watch your kid to make sure they don't get into anything. I don't really think there is a whole lot the government can do about this, the only real solution is parents looking after their childeren. Danielle 6/2/2010 @11:27pm

It's the parents who break and give the kid a smoke when he violently reacts, children are easily addicted to nicotine (according to Mr.Carson) and when the child wants a cigarette parents just have to stay strong and let the kid be and leave him alone, but taking care of him at the same time. Mr. Carson said, when his son was young, he did not wanted to go to bed early, so his kid reacted violently too, sometimes it made him want to cry, or perhaps he did cry. but he stood strong and let his son, cry, run around, throw things, etc... his son finally gave in and now when Mr.Carson tries to put him in bed he just goes to bed. This is a good example of a parent who can take care of his or her own child. What do you guys think? Mojojojojojojo Park June 2 2010

These children smoking is horrible! i can't believe this is happening. Those children are just toddlers and they are smoking like adults would. I agree that it is the parents that break and give their kid the cigarette. Obviously a child can't walk down to a store and buy a pack of cigarette. The parents feel bad for their kid and give it, this is wrong. The parents need to be the boss and let their child know this is wrong. Mulyadi is doing the right thing by trying to help these kids. I hope his methods of quitting will be effective. Krysta June 3

Indoneisia is a totally different world. It seems that children smoking here is just another everyday thing. Although parents are now trying to stop this from happening. With the encouragement of health care professionals, families have become more aware of the dangers and the future problems that can occur. Kellianne June 3/10

I think that it is absolutely rediculus that any mother would let their child begin smoking at that early of an age, or at any age at all. I found it funny when the childs mother said that she did not know how the child started smokeing. I thought that it was a mothers job to take care of their child and to make sure that they are healthy, and letting a child smoke is deffinitly not good for their health. 6/3/2010 Josh

I think that this is rediculus like josh said. he is way to yung to understand what he is doing to his body, I bet when gets older or if he does he is going to be out of control. this should be the resonsablity of his mother to make him stop. She should be taking control and cutting him off right away and he will stop his teper and throwing up after a while and he will never do it again. michael thursday 7:32

I would dffinitly say that if the boys mother does not do something to help him stop smokeing he is goin to have very seriou health problems in the future. It would be crazy for that boys mother to not stop him from smokeing. Its crazy that she even allowed him to start smokeing. If you think about it she has to be buying the boy cigarettes because there is no way that he is just "finding" all of his cigarettes. I think that she should just make him go cold turkey and quit before it is to late. 6/3/2010 Josh

Building on what Josh said he need to stop if not for himself but for the well beging of his parents. He is going to stop if not by his acord but by their not being enough money to support his habit. Taking him to all of the doctors is not going to help him they are just going to tell him he has to quit. He should quit cold turkey.

I agree with everyone here. 1. The parents are crazy for not realizing that this would happen if the smoke around the child even more so, smoking while you were pregnant with him. 2. I find it horrible that the parents are more concerned about how much they are spending on cigarettes a month to satisfy his addiction. 3. I believe that the government or any form of authority should be stepping in to help end his addiction and or make it illegal for a child of his age to be able to smoke. Although laws and the way of life changes around the world, I think this article should be looked at as an eye opener to start acting towards this addictions and make them stop. Taylor 6/3/2010

=Link 1= I don’t think it is right that the North Koreans shot a torpedo at the South Koreans ship. What do you think? The U.S and the United Nations should do something to stop it, this is bad and people are dieing. This needs to stop or else people are going to get into arguments. If they ignore the problems it will get worse. I hope this gets figured out because if not they might start a war. Kellianne May.27/10

I agree with you. I think it was something that did not need to happen. But i don't think the U.S would do anything to stop it. what about you guys? I think the U.N might do something to preventing it from happening again but i do not think there is very much we can do about North and South Korea shouting torpedoes at each other.Ryan May 29

I agree we with both of you. This is a terrible and sad situation that shouldn't have happened. Something should be done about this but I don't believe that the US will do anything at this point. It would be nice that if in the future things like this could be prevented or even solved. What about you guys? I think that the issues between North and South Korea should be worked out between themselves before anyone else can work on changing these issues. Taylor 5/29/10

I agree that the North Koreans shooting a torpedo at the South Koareas ship was wrong. Obviously North and South Korea don't get along. I wonder why there is such a big hatred between them. I agree in the future it would be nice if they could prevent these kinds of things from happening. I think step one is to get North and South Korea to come together and solve their issues in a non violent way. What do you guys think? I also agree that the US probably will not help out at this point because it's not something happenening in their country. Krysta 5/29/10  Yes that makes since. Get North and South Korea together and let them talk it out between themselves. Sure people like us or the U.N think of it as a big problem but its not our problem. Not saying we should not do what we can to help just that we should let them solve it. What do you guys think? Ryan May 30

Ryan i think the U.S might stop the conflict between the North and South Korea. The U.S usually gets involed with what is happening in the world. The U.S would want to help the South Koreans by coming to their side. Why do the U.S get involed with world events? Kellianne May.31

I agree with all four of you it’s sad about what happened. But North Korea is hostile and they are not afraid to do anything like this. They are despite because of being isolated. I’m not defending them but they are despite they will do what they think they will have to do. Michael May 29 11:13

I agree with Ryan they are going to have to learn to get along with each other. The U.N really should be a mediator but not get involved militarily or North Korea might turn on them. The North Koreans have nuclear weapons and Hawaii is inside their range. The North Koreans would not launch them at the south because the fall out will kill them too but if they get despite they will they will have nothing to loose. Michael May 30 7:30

I agree that North Korea is not affraid of pulling off attacks like this and they will most likely do it again. I wonder the same thing, why does the U.S. get involed with other countries problems? I think it is right for them to take the South Koreans side if they take any side at all. Hopefully attacks like this will become less frequent between North and South Korea but they still have alot of issues they need to figure out in a non violent mannor. Kryst 5/31/10

​ ​I think that it was deffinitly unnessary for the North koreans to shoot a torpedo at the south for no apperent reason. It is litte attacks like this that can lead to full out war. I think that in actuality that is exactly what the Noth Koreans want to happen, and they are just looking for an excuse to start a war. what do you guys think? 5/31/10 josh

It is deffinitly only going to be a matter of time before there is a civil war in Korea. who wins the war will depend on the weaponry that is being used by both sides and participation of other countries in the assistance of either side. It is hard to say what the outcome of the war would be at this point but i would say that the north deffinitly has the advantage due to nuclear weaponry which is a huge threat to south Korea and the rest of the world. 5/31/10 jo