"Just Slow Down"

Drive Safely

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I chose this topic because I remember watching football with my family when the commercial was on and we saw this really life-changing commercial about safe-driving from the Winnipeg Police Service. I was really affected by the video. When I first saw it, I went straight to the computer, searched for the video below and shared it on my facebook account and I told my brother whose currently taking driving classes, to drive safely at a moderate speed limit even if he's in a hurry and even though he is well experienced. Thinking of our safety is so much better that costing his life or another's.

The video below is by the Winnipeg Police Service to remind the people of the possible causes of road violations just like over-speeding. I'm sure that it'll have a great impact on you and will make you very concerned about driving pre-cautions.

In this video, the woman was put in-jail for running into a girl because of speeding, proved by herself, admitting that she did not stop at the "STOP" sign she passed by and by not slowing down for the fact that there is a "SCHOOL ZONE" sign meaning that she should decrease her speed rate for the safety of the students/children crossing the street.

The techniques of persuasion that were used in this ad are: Fun( a portion), Friends, Family, and Nature.

• I think Family was used in this video because there was a dad and a little girl who was crossing the street when the accident happened. But before it happened, I saw how excited the little girl was upon seeing her dad across the street. 
• I think Fun was used in this video because as I've said, I saw the look on the little girl's face because of her excitement upon seeing her dad across the street wanting to hug him for the fact that she raised her arms up then ran. But there's only a wee-bit of that.
• I think Friends was used in this video because the little boy and the little girl were together and treated each other like friends but they are actually siblings.
• I think Nature was used in this video because of the setting where the accident occurred, where the woman's car was parked and the school where the children were dismissed at and basing that there were crowds of children around them because obviously, it's a school.

I think that the reason why they used these techniques -- Family, Friends, and Nature, is to show that each and everyone of us matters and even from my own experiences, I lost my pet and I was so sad. How much more of a family? For Friends, they were together no matter what. He waited for her sister, they treated each other like friends. And lastly, the Nature. I think they used it to make us realize that no matter where we are, or whenever it may be, accidents could happen and it's better to think of our own safety and the others around you because you can't possibly know or predict what would happen in your future.

But I also noticed the mistake that the girl did. She didn't look if there was even a car coming, anyways, I can't blame her, she's still young and have lots to learn yet.

Techniques of Persuasion

Persuasion is the act of convincing people to do or engage themselves into something beneficial and nevertheless entertaining. In other words, persuasion is the way of promoting products for the people or the audience to see and get interested in at, then leads them to consuming that product and if so, the promoters were really successful onto what they did, and it is of course, persuading people to buy their product.


 The commonly used techniques of persuasion are:


Humour: Amusing videos or images that shows comical events or whimsical events that are very entertaining yet clever enough to take the joys out of peoples faces and make them burst out of tears, out of laughter.


Macho: Very manly, strong, and epic/heroic people -- usually men who's commonly in a state wherein they are in tough and dangerous situations.


Friends: A circle of chums that usually bonds doing their hobbies and that they are happy and having fun together.


Family: A basic unit of our society. A group of people who has resemblance and shows affection for each other , Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister or sometimes even our closest friends.


Fun: Everyone is happy out of amusement and it is a result of humorous actions or whimsical stimuli that often raises peoples' spirits.


Nature: Often showing the great outdoors and our green environment and nowadays they are usually promoting the ways of conserving it because of the global/ environmental changes.


Sexy: Excitingly appealing images commonly portraying the physical appearance of  the models' bodies--clothings.


Cartoon: Animated characters performing fictional actions usually demonstrating comedic and hilarious stuffs.


Celebrity: Someone known for their fame and works. Often attracts peoples' attention pursuing them to be the same.


Wealth: Money, treasure, riches, big houses and valuable possessions.

"Helping Others"

Plants-Herbs
 Legends:

• Black: My words
• Red: Borrowed words

"Herb Garden"

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Nowadays, only a few people around the globe knows what herbs are and what their benefits are and I'm one of those. It isn't that surprising because as a Filipino, we're often using them as a substitute for medicine for hundreds and hundreds of years. This is most commonly used in remote areas where hospitals or markets are far and even if they do reach these places,  they're too expensive. But there are also some public health centres where they cure and give medicines for free.

For those people who doesn't know or needs further information about herbs, here's more information and and ways that tells us how herbs could help us.

According to the website Wikipedia and Healing Feats, herbs have a variety of uses including culinary, medicinal, and in some cases spiritual usage. General usage differs between culinary herbs and medicinal herbs. In medicinal or spiritual use any of the parts of the plant might be considered "herbs", including leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, resin, root bark, inner bark (cambium), berries and sometimes the pericarp or other portions of the plant. Culinary use of the term "herb" typically distinguishes between herbs, from the leafy green parts of a plant (either fresh or dried), and spices, from other parts of the plant (usually dried), including seeds, berries, bark, root and fruit.


In my opinion, herbs are a type of plant that are valued most for their medicinal properties, flavour, scent. Herbs are also the highest quality of  food known to man containing vitamins, minerals and trace elements in natural balance and harmony.It is our sincere belief that our Creator put herbs upon the earth to maintain and restore our health and for further reasons.


Herbs helps us in various ways:

• It's the best substitute for medicines: About a month ago, I and my family went to a family friend's house. There we celebrated a small family reunion and sort of get along with my cousins whom I didn't know that they were. Coincidently, my little brother, has a mild cough and cold and now, my aunt (she's kind of old) comes and brings us to their backyard and showed us her garden and it was full of plants like tomatoes, and oregano. She grabbed a plastic bag and picked some of those green, hairy leaves, which is the oregano and I was actually surprised by that because I didn't know that they would grow here too. Oreganos are usually boiled in water until its juice or extract, comes out and its really the water that you'll drink and it's really not that bad either, it's kind of minty.
• Food: Now, this is a common thing. Usually, when we are eating pasta delicacies, there's always a portion of a leafy plant or something, which is the basil. Plants of these kinds are adding spices to foods, giving it a stronger and excellent taste making the consumers, want more.
• Adds beauty to our surroundings: Whenever I'm strolling through the streets, I'm always looking at the houses' front lawn or windows where there are plants. It's amazing how they make me smile by just looking at them. I don't know, I'm just so amazed of their simple beauty and structure. I'm sort of concerned about plants and herbs. These are called "Ornamental Plants".
• Environment Friendly: Herbs are absolutely harmless, both to us and the creatures living around them. Animals are also a part of our eco-systems and they are taking-part with everything that involves plants -- herbs. They live there, they eat them, they make them grow.Herbs don't need animal testing which is a kind of animal cruelty. Herbs don't need processing too, it doesn't have harmful and toxic chemicals in it but just pure nutrients and minerals coming from the earth.
• Buisiness: A lot of people out there are smart enough to think of businesses that's totally beneficial. Selling these may not be a big source of income but it still helps you through a budget crisis and it doesn't need that much effort especially if it's coming from your own backyard. It just needs effort and patience in planting it. But more than worth-it when harvested.
• Protection: Herbs are also useful in means of pest-control. Just like "citronella", it keeps mosquitoes away for a certain distance. We tried it once, and it actually works.

In conclusion to that, I think that herbs are really useful in terms of medicinal properties. You'll be cured with no side-effects, full with no hunger left, your environment will look so nice, it's jaw-dropping without even worrying about the expenses for the fact that you'll earn more.


Sources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb#Medicinal_herbs
• http://www.gardensablaze.com/Herbs.htm
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/herbs
• http://www.healingfeats.com/whatrhbs.htm
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/oakleyoriginals/3621470678/

Works Cited

Wells, John. "Herb." Wikipedia. Longman Education, 18 November 2011. Web. 21 Nov 2011. .


Wolfe, Frankie. "Herbal Information."Healing Feats. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov 2011. .