Amusement and theme parks background PART I

In my presentation I would like to present different attractions from amusement and theme parks. While amusement parks mostly contain rollercoasters, carrousels, and other generalized forms of entertainment, theme parks are modeled after films, toys or other interesting fields. Theme park attractions are usually organized, funded, and owned by various big companies. For example, a big company such as Warner Bros is connected in various ways with Six Flags Parks. Six Flags is the largest amusement park company which owns many of the best rollercoasters around the world. In their parks you can meet characters from Loony Toons cartoons like Sylvester the Cat, Bugs Bunny, Tweety, or Duffy the Duck. Kids love to take photos of themselves hugging big mascots.

Black Pool Pleasure Beach in UK.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/386908241_a51bf38967.jpg

The history of amusement parks started in the Middle Ages. First there were periodic fairs with live entertainment, fireworks and games not unlike the circus. The oldest park still working is in Bakken, north of Copenhagen. It was first opened in 1583. In Denmark there is also the oldest still in use wooden roller coaster. In the late 1800s amusement parks began to appear in America. They were usually built at the end of trolley lines and were a very popular Sunday destination for families with children. In 1919 there were almost two thousand amusement parks in America. Today there are only 600. Older, small local fairs with wooden coasters were replaced by huge parks with rides manufactured with steel components. The first theme park in America was Knott’s Berry Farm, which opened in 1940.

In the 1950’s, Disneyland was created. Many speculated and assumed it wouldn’t last long but it turned out to be a great success. The public gradually lost interest in the smaller amusement parks in favor of theme parks similar to Disneyland. Over time, the larger theme parks became more commonplace.

A Disneyland commercial from 50's.

Here is a film showing the background creation of Disneyland.

Here is how one of Disneylands' parks looks like nowadays.

Do you think those abandoned old parks are still attractive to visit?

Some abandoned amusement park in Japan.

http://ruinsds.sakura.ne.jp/t_rando/t_rando05.jpg

Have you ever visited an amusement or a theme park?

Which one?

Did you have fun?

Animal - our therapists - part 2

The dog might be man’s best friend but the same definitely can’t be said of the other critter whose medicinal service is one of the longest standing. The leech returns in triumph!!



Leeches having been used over 3500 years ago by Egyptians that we can find out from the old murals. Deployed to suck out the “bad” blood responsible for pain, fever, malaise, skin and circulation problems, they were also popular in ancient Greece, China and Arabic countries. Leeching was so popular all over the world that eventually the price of this “medicament” went up very much and in the middle of 19th century leeches were faced with extinction.

Today, many leech species are endangered and the medical leech (Hirudo medicinalis) is protected in most countries. This is just as well as it making a triumphant comeback - along with other species of leech - to conventional medicine after a break of more than a hundred years. Research has confirmed the efficiency of leeches in healing wounds, especially where blood vessels are largely damaged. Hirudotherapy is deployed in skin transplants, finger microsurgery, and reattaching limbs, as leeching prevents the risk of necrosis. It also reinforces the treatment of haematoma, joint inflammation, and tongue enlargement. All this is due to the blood thinning, pain relieving and anti-inflammatory substances found in the saliva of leeches.

The hygienic requirements of modern medicine are such that the creatures are not fished from rivers but bred in sterile certified colonies.

click here to watch the movie


Another aquatic therapy animals are two small species of fish (5-10 cm) from the carp family that are inhabited the hot thermal waters in the town of Kangal in eastern Turkey. They are used to cure skin diseases such as psoriasis.



The patient is submerged in a pool filled with warm selenium-rich water and the fish nibble flaking cuticle to facilitate the access of the medicinal water to the skin and provide a relaxing massage. The result are truly amazing. Looking at the before and after patient photo in the movie attached below , it is hard to believe that this is the same guy...

click here to watch the movie


QUESTIONS:
Have you ever heard about those kind of therapies?
Can you imagine the situation that you are undergone the leeches therapy?
How do you like such a "nice" creatures like leeches?

Animals - our therapists - part 1

Hippotherapy, adder venom - some animals have been used in medicine for centuries.
Have you heard of dogs able to diagnose cancer or fish that are dermatologists? I bet you have never suspected our “brothers” to be so adroit!

Animals feed, dress and defended us. They can also become a vital element of therapy. Animals were first employed in medicine thousands of years ago and they are only getting better today.

Firs of all I would like to mention about the therapy dogs.



http://magazine.ucla.edu/depts/quicktakes/therapy-dog-530.jpg


Therapy dogs is used to find out the cancer. It started when one Corporal William Wynne, hospitalized during World War II, was allowed to see his Yorkshire terrier. The dog became a major diversion for almost all ill and injured soldiers. This was how 12-year career of the first therapy dog began. The animal brought relief and cheered patients up. As time went by, dog therapy grew to become a recognized method of reinforcing medical treatment with its own methodology, dog selection and training standards and dog therapist certification!!!


http://www.unitedwhiteshepherdclub.org/therapy_dog.jpg

What can therapy dogs do? Unlike horses, which assist in the treatment of neurological and motor disorders, dogs are at their best in rehabilitating mental conditions. They usually assist children, elderly people and patients suffering from autism, cerebral palsy, central nervous system disorders and chronic diseases. Stroking and hugging, giving commands and doing exercises together opens up patients in an amazing way. They begin to to initiate much better and active interactions with the environment, speak more, learn new words more quickly and concentrate better. Fear and anxiety disappear, memory improves and there is more motivation to participate in other element of therapy. Patients even become more physically active and their blood pressure goes down.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYmFY2Mha1A&feature=grec_index

How Dog Therapy Can Help Ailing Children

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-Dog-Therapy-Can-Help-Ailing-Children-253296038


But dogs can do a lot of more than that. In one astonishing research dogs were trained to diagnose cancer in samples of air exhaled bu patients! After few weeks, the animals were almost never wrong!!! Additionally, the quality of their measurement was not affected by the patient having smoked or eaten immediately before the samples was taken. Furthermore, dogs were even able to “nose out” the type of cancer - lung, breast or other cancer types...

Questions:
Have you ever heard about dog therapy?
Do you believe in this kind of reinforcing medical treatment is rather than traditional pharmacology?
Do you have any pet at home?

Lost comments

Hello guys,

I would like to ask you if it has ever happen to you here to lose your comments? Few days ago I commented Football fans or hooligans Part1, Football fans or hooligans Part2, http://pjwstk2ms.blogspot.com/2011/05/pomodoro-technique_11.html and http://pjwstk2ms.blogspot.com/2011/05/strange-bevaiors-part-1.html. Today I noticed all my comments are lost. In some presentations my comments were first, but in some others - not. I have no idea what has happened. Anyone can help?

Thanks for reading :-)

Footballl fans or hooligans Part3

Hello all again.

As I have written in Part 1, this time I would like to describe how other

governments and the police were solving the problem with football hooligans.

England

English were the most dangerous football hooligans. They terrorized all

stadiums in the seventies.

There were many dead and wounded during these fans combat.

The extermination of stadium's banditry began in the late eighties when the

government introduced new stadium laws. This law's acts restricted

entrance to the stadium only for these fans who has ID cards. During

production of the card, English police collected all information about the

fans. When they needed to identify the hooligans they could use this

information.

In the UK penalties for football hooligans are issued very quickly. A Person

who throws anything or enters the grass is arrested.

The most common penalty are:

-

lifetime stadium bans

- very high fine - even a few thousands pounds

- penalties for clubs - even a few tens of thousands pounds

- during the match hooligans must stay at the police station

Germany:

Football hooligans entered the stadium during the Saturday's match in

Germany. But their police took control of this situation very quickly. You

can see the whole action at the video above. It's a shame that our police can

not handle it so well. Germany has very similar legal acts as the United

Kingdom so their hooligans have calmed down in recent years.

If you are interested in this situation at other countries, I encourage you

to familiarize with this

website.

Questions:

1. What do you think about legal acts concerning football hooligans in UK?

2. Do you think that our government also should make such acts of law?

3. Which country, in your opinion, does have the most dangerous football hooligans?

Sources:

http://gwizdek24.se.pl/pilka-nozna/inne/uczcie-sie-od-niemieckiej-policji_183973.html

http://lucasinho.blox.pl/2010/05/Sposob-na-pseudokibicow.html

http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,9546313,Bat_na_kiboli.html

Football fans or hooligans Part2

Hello again

As I mentioned in the first presentation this part will be about our police

and government reaction for brawls in the stadiums.

In the police eyes

The police drew up a report about the situation that took place in

Bydgoszcz. They listed a few weaknesses, for example:

-badly prepared entrance to the stadium

- no control of entering football fans

- agreement to enter without any control of a few of Legia's "football fans"in order to decorate the stadium.

But for me the most interesting fact is that they - organizers - allowed a car with 20 "football fans" to enter. This car was not controlled at all by

anyone and thanks to that a few people with stadium bans and some of

dangerous things appeared in the stadium.

Police blames the organizers

Another issue which is mentioned by the police is the stadium. According to

them this place is not suitable to organize this type of events - this

stadium is the athletic facility.

Police spokesman about the stadium

Police spokesman about the stadium

But if these are not just excuses? This is not the first brawl during the

match.

Government Wake up

As I mentioned in the first presentation, once again our government declared

war to the stadium hooligans - once again they woke up after the fact.

As the first weapon they chose stadium bans for all footballs fans of Legia

Warszawa and Lech Poznań for all their matches. This decision caused a huge

disappointment of pseudo and real football fans.

The match between Legia Warszawa and Korona Kielce, which took place at the

6th of May, held without football fans presence. Those fans cheered their

team outside of the stadium. In addition to cheering the fans expressed their

view/opinion about our Prime Minister - it was a small protest;).

On these films you can hear and see what they were singing

Polish football fans protesting against closing the stadium - This is the

first time when I saw the true union between different teams' fans.

Questions:

1. What can the police and government do to improve security at stadium?

2. What do you think about fans entering stadiums without any control?

3. Do you think that closing stadiums will solve this problem?

Source: gazeta.pl

Football fans or hooligans Part1

Hello again;)

This time my presentation will be about Polish "football fans".

Probably everyone of you heard about what happened during the Polish

Football Cup in Bydgoszcz. In this game players from Legia Warszawa and Lech

Poznań played against each other. Match ended in a penalty shoot and than

everything began.

*

* - Summary

Representatives of UEFA and PZPN who wanted to see our preparations for

the European Championship were observing the game from the stands - and

they saw it;). The security and police response was very fast, but they were

unable to protect the entrance to the grass. The stadium in Bydgoszcz was

demolished and its losses are valued at about 100 000 PLN and police guard

cost about 1 million PLN.

One of the interesting facts of this game is that the police were opposed

to organising the Polish football finals on this stadium. Another, is that

there were "fans" with stadium bans. After the match the media immediately wrote about this fact. They also informed the public about the recommendation

letter which was written by the police officer for "football fans" with stadium bans.

To defend themselves the Police said that it was better to let them ("football fans") get into the stadium than if they would have demolished the

surrounding area. But contrary to the police's predictions, the "fans" came out into the city.

On the Internet and newspapers we can read what happened on Bydgoszcz's streets when hooligans were going to the match:

"They threw stones into my window" - recalls old woman from Bydgoszcz

"They were cursing and demolishing streets"

"The police had to use water cannons, but it didn't help for a long time" -

said Mr. Zygmunt

More about the situations on Bydgoszcz's streets you can read

HEAR

After this championship the police and Polish government again declared the war against pseudo-fans.

It took 7 days to arrest 21 of the most aggressive hooligans who thought that covering their faces would make impossible to stop them.

If you want to see or read more information about this action go to this web

PAGE

In the next part of my presentations I will present you the effects of

these events. How the government, the police and the football fans have

reacted and will react soon. The third part will be about stadium situations

in other countries.

Question:

1.What do you thing about this whole situation?

2.Do you think the situations on Polish stadiums make true football fans be afraid to go to the match?

3.How do you think we can improve the situation in our stadiums?