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Blogpost 6: Free Topic 2

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Hi, in this post you can write about what you want. Write about something you have a strong opinion or notion about. Minimum: 150 words. I'd like to write about healthy eating habits or nutrition. I think this is a really interesting topic, as well as an important topic. Food is the basis of life. As time has gone on, I've become increasingly interested in the topic of diet. A few years ago, I read a book about sugar: its chemical composition, what it does to us, how we need it, how we don't need it, the sugar industry, and more... I've tried to let my life be influenced by the ideas of this book: Decrease refined sugar consumption as much as possible. Really, we can get all the sugar we need from fruit, some grains, and vegetables. Of course, the occasional chocolate, cake, or ice cream is nice, but these should be occasional treats. Overall, I believe the following: 1. Eat when you're hungry. Don't eat if you're not feeling at least some hunger. 2. ...

Blogpost 5: A Photo and its Story

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Hi, in this post you will choose a photo (picture) that is meaningful to you. It can be a family photo, or another kind of photo. Write abour why it interests you, what it means to you, and anything else you want to say. This post has a 150-word minimum. This is a photo of mom mom and grandmother taken in about 1944...so my mother was 2 years old. It was taken at a very bad time in history--during World War II. It was taken in Germany, so in the villain country in that part of history. At that time my grandfather was away in the war, and my grandmother was sometimes not sure if he was alive (he survived) because contact was often difficult. They had lost their apartment because of bombing in Hamburg, Germany about a year before, and they were living as refugees in the countryside, in a small village. My grandmother had to adjust to the new situation: living in a room belonging to other people who really didn't want her there. She had to go to the forest to chop down trees for w...

Blogpost 4: Free Topic

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In this blogpost, we can write about any topic we want. The requirement is 140 words or more. I am going to write about climate change, or global warming since I've just read a book about it. The book was very informative, very realistic, and I suppose rather pessimistic. It's already too late to avoid the difficult changes. We have a choice: a world that heats up about 1,5 degrees, or 2, 3, or even 4. 4 would be extremely catastrophic, and could even lead to our (almost) extinction. We are already living in a world hotter than homo sapiens has ever experienced, so we are living in a world for which we don't have real experience. The future will just be more extreme: Rising sea levels. Miami, New York, Shanghai and other cities will probably be abandoned before 2100. Cataclysmic heat waves: There will soon be events of extreme heat with humidity (for example 50 degree humid weather) that will especially ravage India. Millions could die. Changing agriculture: There are...