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"The general rule of thumb regarding college studying is, and has been for a long time, that for each class, students should spend approximately 2-3 of study time for each hour that they spend in class.  Many students carry a course load of 15 credits, or approximately 15 hours of class time each week.  Doing some simple math indicates that your student should be spending roughly 30 hours of study time and 15 hours in class.  This 45 hours is the equivalent of a full time job - the reason that your student is called a full time student.  For many students, this number is a surprise. "

This article talks about Oregon's Death with Dignity Act passed in 1997. It reviews your personal freedom to die at a time & place of your choice if your facing a terminal illness.

This is surprising to see in the way that it has been kept underground and has had successful results. Although it is not surprising that many terminally ill patients would opt for this.

This article is a tough one. I agree with everything everyone is saying, but initially it is about the person who is suffering. If one of my family members were suffering with an illness that unfortunately ended with an early death and they were in horrible pain, I would rather tem be at peace and end their suffering if it is what they wanted.

President Obama is shown to be a regular shooter of recreational skeet shooting at Camp David. This author suggests that his statements given during an interview with The New Republic are politically driven. The claim is that his statements are meant to mitigate the opposition of his gun control efforts.

This article describes how HOA's got so bad as to the police being called when their rules are violated and the fact that they wouldn't allow someone to build a deck on their house. This would be the point when they go too far with not letting homeowners make any type of changes to their house.

This article talks about penalizing the obesity people who live off of Medicaid. "The overall cost in obesity related maladies is estimated to be around 200 billion a year."

This article talks about which states have the most freedom to the least freedom. I was surprised by Colorado and California's ranking.

The famous reality TV show 'Sister Wives' is using their show to not only educate America about their religious lifestyle, but to help fight to let it be legal once again. Polygamy was outlawed in the 1890s, but it is still practiced today by many Mormon families. The religious practice has to be carefully done in secret for the fear of being convicted. The author states that Mormons just want to freely practice their faith and be left alone about it without legal consequences.

I watched the first season of Sister Wives on Netflix, and, without voicing my personal opinions on the subject, I was really surprised that people are still practicing polygamy.

Last week, if you squinted your eyes and tilted your head a little bit to the right, you might have thought America had magically traveled back in time to the 1950s (or 1850s). The recent shift in the political conversation to contraception has been not only surprising but, for many, downright disturbing (bone-chilling, WTF, "what kind of documentation do I need to move to Canada?" This article explores the hidden issue of birth control. What started out innocent enough allowing certain institutions to not participate in providing birth control for their employees has turned into a debate on whether women deserve it or not. Taking birth control does not promote promiscious activities and it is used for other means other than preventing pregnancy.

Personal freedoms taken away in other states. Sometimes a nuesence, sometimes a really good idea. The boundaries are different no matter where you go.

This article talks about the negative response from a surprising number of readers of Babytalk Magazine when a 2006 magazine cover displayed part of a woman's breast and a baby nursing. While a number of readers were put off by the photo, another responded that she wants people to realize that a breast is more than just a sex object. It goes on to discuss celebrity support for public breast-feeding and how many retailers and restaurants who antagonize breast-feeding women have been subject to "nurse-ins." One of the best lines from the article is from a woman who refuses to feed in a public, questionably clean restroom stating, ""My kid needed to eat. I don't send people to the bathroom when THEY want to eat."

Legal scholar Elyn Saks talks about her struggles with, and surprising triumphs over, mental illness By Elyn R. Saks | December 29, 2009 | Elyn Saks is a law professor at the University of Southern California, a Marshall scholar, and a graduate of Yale Law School.