Just ME!

All about me...
I am currently 18 years old and I believe that I am just starting to discover myself. I have always known who I am, but I am starting to realize what is truly unique about me. Its not always easy to realize what an amazing person you are especially in the 21st century when everyone strives to be the same perfect person. Let me rephrase that, it is especially hard to be happy with yourself when you are a girl in the 21st century. It seems that all females want to be 100 pounds, tan, blue eyes, popular, etc. It has taken a loooooong time, but I am starting to be very happy with myself. Because who I am on the inside is so much more beautiful then any girl walking the run way! That is something that I am very proud I can say and I hope that many other girls can learn to accept themselves and discover their true beauty just as I have.

I am a Tree Hugger! I love my planet and I feel that it needs so much more respect. If we don't take care of it now, we will not be able to enjoy it in the future. I love doing local River Cleanups, it is a fun and easy way to do your part!

I love fashion and makeup!
I love raising money for charities, doing breast cancers walks, Relay for Life, etc. My father, sister and grandmother had cancer so I try to support cancer charities whenever I can.
I am a big supporter of AIDS awareness. Many people have a very bad perception of the disease and I believe that it does not get as much support as it should!

I love musiccccc and dancing!
I LOVE animals. I have 3 dogs, two of which are adopted from shelters. I believe that anyone looking for a pet should go to a shelter because there are so many animals there that need a great home. I also have 2 chinchillas who I completely adore!
I love the water. I have been boating just about since I was born. I have had my boaters license since I was about 12. And I love my Yacht Club Eastern Yacht Club. I am also a Chesapeake Bay Princess, proudly representing Eastern Yacht Club!I hate Drugs, Alcohol, Racism and prejudice of any sort.

My dream is to be an animal trainer, marine and exotic animals. I would love to work at a zoo or an aquarium. Another dream of mine is to own a farm/zoo/aquarium. LOL.
Last but not least, I am a lover NOT a fighter. I do not believe in violence. And I am 100% against bullying! Bullying is such a prevalent problem in today's society and I believe that it needs serious attention. Make peace not war!
Family, my boyfriend and friends are the most important things in my life!
God is love.

Me and my boyfriend of over 4 years, Imran<3

My family and I walking in Relay for Life!

Internet Connection Types

kbps=kilobites
mbps=megabites
bps=bites

My Digital Footprint

Digital Footprints: In simple terms, a way for your life to be digitally tracked and followed. You can see someones digital footprint by doing a simple search in good. You can find pictures of people throughout their life, information about them, information someone has entered into websites, something written about them, etc.

I did a search of my name in google...WOW! I'm famous! Okay maybe I'm not, but I was shocked at everything that came up.

Information about my Twitter, which I haven't used in about a year comes up! Links to my blog shows up. But then there is information that I didn't put out there. Numerous links about pageants that I have been a part of. An article about a scholarship that I received when i graduated high school, which i never even knew existed. ETC.

Doing that simple research of my name showed my how easily it is for someone to track me and find out what I have been doing for the past couple years. That digital footprint will keep getting larger as I get older. I would leap to say that in about 5 years I could do another Google search of my name and I would probably find about 10 more things. For some people this digital footprint could be a good thing. But if you put bad things on the Internet, such as bad picture on your Facebook, an employer could look that up.

I think that people need to be more educated about digital footprints and how they are created. You are going to create it for the rest of your life and leaving a "bad" digital footprint could really cause problems for people in many aspect of their life.

Web Browsers

The Web browser that I use and always have used is Internet Explorer. I am currently using Internet Explorer 9 and I love it, it is the best yet. Internet Explorer 9 has advanced graphics, faster speeds, improved javascript performance, etc. Internet Explorer has always seemed to be one of the most popular web browsers. It is the web browser that I use at school or on someone else's computer. Internet Explorer is very accessible and easy to use.

I have tried out a popularly emerging Web Browser called Mozilla Firefox. I have talked to a friend who swares by Firefox. He says that it is alot faster, has better downloading speeds and is overall better at opening applications. However, I have tried out Firefox on his computer and I do not feel this way. It is not as easy to use as Internet Explorer for one and I think that if anything the speed is equal to that of Internet Explorer. As for Firefox having "faster downloading speeds" I also do not feel that is true. I have an i3 processor and Internet Explorer 9 and I run downloads extremely fast.

However, I will admit that I may be a bit biased because Internet Explorer is what I have always used and I plan on continuing use of it. But I have been pleased with every new version that has been released, each improves in many ways. And statistics do show that more people in the world use Internet Explorer than any other Web Browser. I believe that the majority of the population uses Internet Explorer for a reason.

RFID tags-Ethical Dilema

RFID- Radio Frequency Identification
Since the United States has started using RFID passports there has been much debate on the safety and security of them. One man who really questioned the security of them, decided to do a test to prove to everyone that they were a huge security risk, this man was Chris Paget. In 2009 Chris Paget used $250 worth of equipment to copy and scan the information on RFID passport cards and enhanced driver's licenses. He did this while driving around San Francisco. Chris Paget said that he did this test to show the security weakness in the technology. Although what Chris Paget did was unethical and illegal, it did prove a very good point. There is security and privacy risks. He proved that almost anyone can do it because it does not cost alot for the equipment and you can literally get the information by walking past someone. So in this case, I think that what he proved totally justifies what he did.

I do not think that the United States should consider scrapping the RFID passport program because it can be very useful. However, I do think that they need to alter them to be alot safer and more secure. They need to make better measures to ensure that only certain people will be able to detect the RFID tags because they do contain very important information.


RFID tags are used in many other ways besides passports and drivers licenses. They can be affixed to cars, computers, people, animals, clothing, cooks, mobile phones, etc. There are obviously the same security issues and concerns that come along with them being in passports. People can use them to track information or receive information.

Youtube Privacy Policy

YouTube is a site that I access at least 5 days out of the week. I use YouTube as a site for information and entertainment. YouTube was started in 2005 and has come an incredibly long way since then.

YouTube has a privay policy that could be considered better then many other sites, but it is lacking in some areas.

Positives:

• YouTube allows you to chose your information that is made public
• YouTube allows you to chose and age limit for your videos(an age that a viewer has to be to watch your videos)
• YouTube allows you to make complaints and reports about other videos
• YouTube has a very strict copyright policy, as soon as they are aware of a copyright issue they will remove the video immediately
  Negatives:
• It is possible to lie when filling out your information to create a YouTube account(making it possible for people of a young age to view vulgar or innapropriate videos)
• You do not have to have a YouTube account to view many videosGreat timeline of YouTube, from the start to now.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

Steve Jobs was born February 24th, 1955. Sadly on October 5, 2011 the world lost an incredibly visionary man that contributed so much to technology, and personally my everyday life. Steve Jobs battled with pancreatic cancer for 8 years. This battle with cancer caused Steve to resign as the CEO of Apple in August of 2011.

This a link to the bio and timline of Steve Jobs' life.

Suprisingly, Steve Jobs was not a college graduate, he decided that college was not for him and quit. In 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple in Steve Job’s garage. Stev Jobs grew up taking apart electronics with his father, so this was no suprise. Steve Jobs later branched out and purchased Pixar Animations Studio, which has also come to be very sucessful. Steve Jobs returned to Apple as CEO in 1996. Steve Jobs return changed Apple in many ways, Steve brought many new ideas to the table that would change Apple and ensure its success for life.

The first Apple computer was created in 1976, the Apple I. Now, in 2011, Apple has the iMac, the iPhone, iPod. And what some would argue to be the greates yet, the iPad. Apple lost an incredible team member when Steve Jobs died. But Steve Jobs legacy will forever live through Apple, a company that I believe will never die.