Grow Up!

   Who matures faster? Men or women?

  Maturity is the state or quality of being fully grown or developed. Although newborns, both male and female, are born the same way, around the same size, and most likely, a majority of the time in the same condition PHYSICALLY, you would think that it would automatically occur the same way internally, right? But it does not! Scientific researchers have proven that from birth a baby's brain has already begun to shape into a male or female's brain. Being that further research has stated that female brains develop faster than a male's, it is safe to say that females mature quicker than males.

     Often times most women wonder why they are always stuck meeting a man who is immature, plays too much, and/or is just plain childish. We would think they would be able to control their boyish thoughts, words, and actions but unfortunately due to nature they cannot. It is not because they do not want to, it is simply because they are not on that woman's level of maturity yet. From personal experience we all know that a lot of females prefer to date older guys. Only because we know that males our age are probably not equivalent to the standards that we want to be met. So we seek guys that are maybe 2-4 years older than us because we feel as if that age range will be on the same (or higher) intellectual and romantic level that women prefer to take interest in.

     Women's Brains have been shown to progress ahead of a man's brain by two years at a young age. The male advantage in general intelligence does not emerge until after puberty, mainly because genetically girls mature faster than boys. Men and women are so diverse in so many aspects. Possibly from being more well rounded at a young age, women could easily and simply elaborate on why they develop quicker than men. Men have a very simple lifestyle compared to women. It ranges from the different routines they may perform in the morning to the number of words they use throughout one day.

 Immature Man

     "We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Catsenada. We can imply that his statement means that only you can decide to become mature or not. We have to transcend above anything that is going to have us acting immature and become hungry for maturity. "The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man." -Roy Smith. We have to practice and seek out growth and measure it with maturity and the principle of the matter is that we all have to grow up at some point and when we stop growing is when we die.

 

Blog post #2 Sandusky scandal

Going into the summer of 2012 the Penn State Nittany Lions had high hopes on next season they began practicing for the upcoming season. They were ranked, and known for being an elite team and was presented to America as an old fashion team that does everything the right way. An out of nowhere on one November day “the abuse scandal touched off by Sandusky’s Nov. 5 arrest rocked Penn State, bringing down famed coach Joe Paterno and the university’s president and leading the NCAA to levy unprecedented sanctions against the university’s football program.”


So this brings me to the question of have you ever sit and thought if your child away at school was actually safe? It is really a good question because if your child is just a regular student you are paying thousands of dollars for your child to go to basically a random place that you don’t
Know much about. In Penn state's case it was different. They had a coach that was violating his players for about a “(15 year) period.” This is a scandal that puzzles most because how could you coach under one of college football's greatest coaches Joe Paterno for 40 year which and some claim that Joe Paterno didn’t know. They were most then just on a coaching staff they were actually friends so i’m sure that he knew about the sexually abuse that was taking place between Sandusky and his players. So ask yourself if Sandusky was a sexually predator what is Joe Paterno since he knew about the molestation.


This scandal has cause all type of controversy over America because Penn State is not a place where something like this would usually happen because it is a classic type school that is based off football and academics also known for having a great coaching staff and a dependable experiences coach. This rocked the fans of Penn State when they found out that their assistant coach had been molesting his players for some of 15 years. Then you had some that were such true fans that they didn't believe it. However Jerry Sandusky was charged with 52 criminal counts of sexually abuse on 10 players in 15 years. This cause Jerry Sandusky to get fired and possible played a part in Joe Paterno death. By Paterno’s passing it made this controversy even worst because some blamed the death of Paterno on Sandusky which made the weight of every worst on Sandusky.

As of now Jerry Sandusky is awaiting his sentencing on his trail which is Oct. 9th. From all the media and reading stories on the web most say he will spend the rest of his life in jail. He is currently 68 years of age, and the least amount of years he is said to get his about 40!! You never know because anything could happen in the courtroom only way to know what’s going to happen is to wait until Oct. 9th.

A Friendship between Mars and Venus

Can males and females truly be friends? I would like to think that males and females can
be friends without any physical attraction, just genuine feelings for each other. So many people confuse friendship with lust and love, but can the genders just be friends? Since the beginning of time males have always had a companion which is the female and even since they had been made to be with each other. I think there is a line between friendship and what we would say today “Friends with benefits”, but the question is where do we draw that line? I think it should stand firmly in front of the thing we call romance. Romance is a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. We all know most male-female relationship turn into some kind of romance and ruins perfectly good friendships. So if we simply avoid romance we should be able to just have a stable friendship between gender. There is no reason a guy can’t just can’t be friends with a female because of something they have in common. Yes males and females can have things in common. Sports isn’t only for males; I know a number of females that like sports just as much as any guy I know.There are also girls that are “sneakerheads” and into more things of that nature just like there are guys that are more in touch with their feminine side and there isn’t anything wrong with that. We all need someone you can just sit down and talk to without all the worries of hurting feelings because of what you might say. Now you see that men and women can also be friends. As males we sometimes may need advice from the perspective of a female. So can the two truly be friends? A psycology report says “The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace”. Therefore the two can actually coexist as just friends. It is much easier to communicate with someone of the opposite sex as well so why let the nature order of things become clouded by the irrelavant things like romance or anything else of that nature. Rabbi Shmuley states "men and women can be friends as long as they follow certain rules". "Starting with, you can't go on late night dates. You can have lunch in public but you should not order alcoholic beverages. Second you shouldn't take long drives or flights even if it is for work. Third you can't put yourself in a position for romance to grow and thrive. Forth you can't share secret with a platonic male or female friend that you wouldn't share with you spouse. Fifth and final you should not be friends with ex lovers". As we see there are certain boundaries that we must follow to maintain the stable title of just friendship. Avoiding these simple things should make it easy for you to have a true friendship with a male or female. As one can see, our society sets boundaries that should be held between a man and a woman to have a stable friendship with out having relations. In my opinion, if we uphold these boundaries we should be able to reach true friendship between male and female.

Men and Women as Equal

Blog Post Two
Are Women in America Treated Differently Than Men in Today’s Age?

    Everyone has their own opinion on whether men and women are treated equally. Some believe that women’s rights have evolved incredibly, going from “housewives”, to holding careers like senators and lawyers; others believe that we as a country, are far from equality between men and women. In fact, as unlikely as it may seem, studies show that women are still primarily treated unfairly compared to men. As the “Washington Post” states, “women make only 76 cents compared to a man’s dollar; make up the majority of Americans living in poverty; and hold only 17% of the seats in congress”, which shows the lack of power they have in the U.S government to date. Although women are just as educated as men, the numbers continue to drop as time goes on. After reading the statistics, It would be safe to say that they are not taken as seriously as men. This should be changed immediately, due to it having an important impact on the entire country, rising as high of a status as the president of the U.S.
    Females also experience more violence compared to males. As the “U.S Department of Justice” study states in 2008, “females experienced about 552,000 nonfatal victimizations”. That same article also states that, compared to only 101,000 (450,000 less) that occurred to men from women, a ratio of 4.3 to 0.8. This rate shows the large amount of turmoil afflicted to females as compared to that to males. Males also experience turmoil in the country although the more troubled situations happen to the women. The study also states that violence to women declined 53% from the years of 1993 to 2008, which is a positive, and is one thing that speaks highly of our countries culture toward women.

As the “Scholastic” article “Women in the U.S today” states briefly, “Although more doors are open to women today, there seems to be a ‘glass ceiling,’ a level above which women do not rise”. Some women carry executive positions in in the workforce, although it is not too common that they will. It also states that women have slowly become leaders in professions, especially in medicine and law; not to overlook sanitary workers, police officers, and firefighters, which are dominated in the workplace primarily by men today. “Not only have women often been denied fair salaries, but they have paid a price for trying to "have it all" — both a career and a family. More and more women are feeling the pressure of trying to balance their personal and professional lives.” They also have to balance their lives with raising a family as some do, to support them. Many men see women as just a “housewife” type of figure in society, while the male works. However, more and more women are beginning to break out of that shell of, the things that are only done by the men in society.

In all, women and men in America are treated differently, some in positive ways, and some in negative ways, but as most research actually shows, most, unfortunately, are in a negative way as it may seems. It may be this way now, but I am sure it should change as years progress, and as the country moves forward with accepting women into higher levels of authority, and with much more respect to others as well. No one’s perfect and everyone has their own opinion about many topics and social issues throughout the country, ours being the treatment of women in contrast to that of men. If the world was perfect, men and women would be treated as equals, but since it’s not, we could agree or disagree on the topic chosen in the writing, which I hope makes you think about the discussion in this writing. Thank you.

Concussions Change the Game

Over the past number of years, there have been numerous head injuries throughout football on all levels. It has become a bigger issue each year because the injuries seem to increase and cause more problems. These problems being, that there are rules that have been changed to create a safer environment for the sport and there is still issues with concussions. Also, management has created new helmets to adjust to the force being created with big hits and that has cut down but there are still ways to be put in that harmful situation. So, why does it seem like concussions are becoming more out of control as much as we try to make the game safer?

Simple, the game will evolve and there will be changes made but that doesn’t mean we will get different results. Time after time, there is this new rule or equipment to help make the game better but concussions always seem to appear almost every other game. In today’s game, we have stronger, bigger, and faster athletes. So, its liable that more injuries occur and especially if guys are getting hit in the head. Then, how can this problem be fix. Honestly, I feel that there may always be concussions in the game of football because players play a certain way and the game of football is about being totally aggressive. Most players have been taught to play aggressive and to be instinctive. If a guy plays defense, he has to do his best to get the ball back from the offense. There have been steps to improve this violent situation and hopes to prevent such violent acts. If a player hits another player helmet to helmet, then that player is penalized for that play and cost his team yards. Although, these rules has been put into play and that they are crashing down hard on this rule, it doesn’t stop players from hitting with their heads. Here is a link that shows football players how to tackle:http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CEIQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyfbca.org%2Ftackling_tips&ei=8Z1YUMDAOJKO9AT5iYFI&usg=AFQjCNFdKkllx5WV1QMc1o-uovr3Kw6eQQ&sig2=MfRueJ9L-cMyEwj9OH6m6g

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This situation also have a long term effect on the players too. There have been formers players who are now dealing with brain damages for past concussions. At one point, there were more than 2,000 former NFL(National Football League) players filed a lawsuit against the NFL. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FUS%2Fnfl-players-file-lawsuit-league-concussions%2Fstory%3Fid%3D16514359&ei=u6BYUOi2EoO68wSiqIHoCA&usg=AFQjCNFzp5dX6AUEYkW31641dgEb5MW55w&sig2=E29sA0M5B5Yu7UH1vzi50Q.
I do not disagree with the former players because maybe this information could have helped their situation. If a player risk his life and is entertainment for the NFL, then at least the NFL can provide them with information that is so valuable concerning their well-being. There was a survey done in 2000 and if you go to this link, then you should get an idea on just how bad it was back in only just ten years ago.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CDcQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopics.nytimes.com%2Ftop%2Freference%2Ftimestopics%2Fsubjects%2Ff%2Ffootball%2Fhead_injuries%2Findex.html&ei=JpBYUPPHE5Tk9gT78IGQBg&usg=AFQjCNGUH_G4GSU6DBAqPWB2NxW5lL-qJA&sig2=bRZFjjVLEP7DlNfU73NTuQ
Hopefully, the game of football can become safer because we don't want to see the concussions. It's all about wanting to want to do better. People will say they want the game to become safer but they also have to let their actions speak.

Daily Journal

September 14, 2012

Overall, my day was wonderful. My mom came to pick me up to go back to Birmingham, to visit family and old friends. I seen so many people, that it felt like ages since I've seen them, visiting my high school I was happy to see some of my old football and basketball teamates.  Even though the football team came out on the loosing end I am proud of them for playing hard, and I will always be a Minor Tiger.

Falcons V Cheifs: The Sportings Edge Blog

After scoring only 2 points in their playoff loss to the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, the Atlanta Falcons were determined to solidify an offensive identity and become one of the most feared offenses in football. Newly acquired offensive coordinator Dirk Kotter quickly brought in a new scheme that would center Matt Ryan and Julio Jones’ talents. As for the defense, the Falcons not only added Mike Nolan to run the defense but All-Pro cornerback Assante Samuel will be a key in the secondary.

With high expectations entering the 2012 season, the new look Atlanta Falcons opened the season at Kansas City facing a stingy Cheifs defense lead by safety Eric Berry. But, Berry and the rest of the Chiefs defense were no match for Matt Ryan, also known as Matty Ice, who accounted for 4 total touchdown(1 rushing) to go along with nearly 300 yards passing. 2nd year wideout Julio Jones caught 2 of Ryan’s touchdowns and former Chief Tony Gonzalez had the other. Atlanta as a team put up 40 points versus the Cheifs.

Defensively, the Falcons struggled during the second half, allowing Kansas City it score 17 points also allowing Matt Cassel to get off to a hot start. Jamal Charles, the Cheifs elusive every down back had long run of 40 yards during the 1st half as well. After halftime, it was a different ball game. The defense shut out the Chiefs, forcing 3 turnovers to help win the game 40-24.

As for both teams, it is still very early in the season and there is always room for improvement however, there are concerns for both teams. For the Falcons, the team will have to finish the season without Brent Grims, who is one of the leagues best at his position. And for the Cheifs, the only problem is that for the team to get healthy. Both Brandon Carr and Tamba Ali missed Sunday’s game but, should be available for week 2.

My Daily Journal #2

I had a very exciting day today. I finally found  a car and I just moved in my new place,all in the same day. Everything was very hectic and busy, it seemed as if the time flew by. I had to buy new household supplies, new furniture, decorate, and do things for my car also. That included going to get insurance, getting smell goods, and after I buy every car I take it to be inspected. To my suprise I was told that I needed breaks. So I returned it to the dealer and I am currently waiting on my free repairs! I really loved my day.

Double Standards

     What is a double standard? A "double standard"  is a rule or principle that is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups.
      Double standards have come to be common in America. They play a huge role in most people's lives, but they are mostly portrayed to be negative on the women's sides. Double standards have actually brainwashed several women into thinking that they are not allowed to do certain things that men can. For example, why is it ok for a male to possess several sex partners in the same time period but if a woman were to do it she would be viewed as a derogatory title such as a "whore"? Why do men try to stop females from partaking in activities that they think are only fit for men? Such as: wrestling, playing football, or even lifting weights. In most opinions, mainly women's opinions, double standards are known to be unequally fair and makes women feel inferior to men.
     Double standards can vary from households to workplaces. Have you ever been held to a double standard previously in your life? It has been brought to our attention from personal experience that most parents are more protective of their daughters than they are their sons. Growing up into teenage years, we realize that the time a BOY decides to come home from a party, a date, or just hanging out becomes less and less important. On the other hand, if a GIRL were to come home late, it would probably result in negative consequences because girls usually have a curfew of 12:00am if not before. These observations all result back to the crude effects of double standards.
    Double standards may also differ in age, race, culture, and social standing. According to the author, Bonnie Gayle, from www.yourtango.com, women experience unfair double standards often. She was higly upset and strongly disagreed with Rush Limbaugh's "slut" comment directed towards an innocent woman stating her argument on the topic of contraceptives. We are all human beings so shouldn't we all be treated equally as such?


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The Sporting Edge

Starting in 2009 from 2011 football season for the NFL, the New Orleans Saints defensive players had a deal with their coach. The deal was that the players would get paid extra money for making big hits on the opposing team. In 2009 they were targeting high profile quarterbacks like Brett Favre and Kurt Warner in the 2009-2010 playoffs. The NFL started investigating the Saints in 2010 and then this past 2011-2012 season they confirmed that this deal was happening.

Jonathan Vilma, Anthony Hargrove, Will Smith, and Scott Fujita are the players that had a connection with the deal. These four players will meet with Rodger Goodell, the NFL Commissioner, about their suspension and other action dealing with this scandal. There will also be three players representing the NFLPA (National Football League Players’ Association) in the trials for the four players. Vilma and several teammates including the head coach Joe Vitt, testified in a federal case claiming they were not intending to injure any other players. Only Smith played on Sunday, when the Saints lost to Washington. Vilma was placed on the physically unable to perform list, while Fujita sat out Cleveland’s loss to Philadelphia with a leg injury. Hargrove was cut by Green Bay during the preseason.

Before Goodell meets with the other players he will meet with Vilma on Monday in New York to discuss his suspension for the 2012 football season. He can still reinstate their suspension time.

My Daily Journal

Today was a busy day. I took my daughter to the doctor for her check up. We were there all day long,at least that's what it felt like. I also went to search for a new car. I felt as if everything I looked at wasn't for me,considering I am a very picky person. There was always something I didn't like about each car. I viewed almost  a million cars. It seemed as though none of them were for me. I didn't want to rush and buy the very first thing I saw, so i decided I would take my time and look tomorrow.After I went hunting for a car I had a very nice family dinner. There was roast, macaroni, potatoes, and green beans. My day was pretty regular, kind of like most days.

Bad Luck

My today literally started off bad really biginnig at 7:30 a.m, but I woke up at 5:30 thinking it was 7 and couldn't go back to sleep so I didn't get all the rest I wanted to get. So I walked to class all confident because I got my lil ticket to class and what not, its taped up and cut up, but its done so I thought but I didnt read the instructions carefully so I didn't make it inside the class room and had to walk back home but thats what I get for trying to rig up an index card.

Paige Suttles

September 7, 2012

Today was pretty interesting. I went shopping today. I got alot of cute clothes and a pair of heels. The heels were on sale foe $12.99!! I got a good deal. I had to get them. Other than that my mom bought me a new phone because I dropped my other phone. I didn't end up going to Indiana. I was pretty upset about the whole situation. My weekend was planned out and now I have to change all of my plans. I guess i'll go to the game for sure tomorrow.

Blog Criteria

I believe a good criteria should consist of a good and reliable source. You do not want a bad source, so you should make sure that your source can help out the reader. Also, when the reader looks up a blog, they should be able to find the specific information that they are looking for. A good blog should consist of the right date of the blog. The blog should have accurate facts. Readers are looking for the real story or the actual facts in the blog. The blog should have an interest title to go along with it.

The Sports Life

I'm liking the sports idea simply because I believe that sports can relate to everyone in some type of way. Sports are played throughout the world and is one thing that all the nations have to exercise their competitive edge among each other and amongst the rest of the world. I feel like the sports issue is very easy to discuss throughout the year because something new is always happening and someone new is always losing or winning. 

Theme (sports)

I think that the classes theme should be on sports. Sports are very interesting to talk about plus there are many types of sports to talk about. People can relate to it in many different ways. Sports are soothing to people and also used to relieve stress and other things, so sports can be discussed in different ways in which in how it helps people and why it helps people. It can be a amazing and easy topic to elaborate on so thats why I think the classes theme needs to be on sports.

Wassup Bruh!!!

Hey, My name is Roderick Turner. This is my second year attending JSU. My major is Veterinarian Medicine. I am a very nice, outgoing, and friendly person. I like to play football, basketball, baseball, and I also like to workout. My goals for working out are to have a max of 400+ in bench, 600+ in squat, 350+ in powerclean, and a timing of 4.3 or 4.4 in my forty yard dash. I am basically trying to become the perfect football player. Well!!! Thats all I feel that I should tell about myself. If there is anything you want to know just ask me.

Blog Post #2

I feel that the blog theme should be UPD and their rules. Do you feel that they are to strict on parking violations and pulling you over? Let's try to make some rules that we feel are a little more leniant and more understanding, and try to take them to the police department and let them go through the system and get them passed. I feel like if we really put our minds too we could possibly change some things around here!!

Hi class i feel as if we should discuss campus tickects Blog post #2

Well class this topic is something i could talk about all day, but ima get straight to the point. Campus tickects are so point less to me, because it's a tickect basically saying you cant park in a certain place. I feel as if we should be able to park in any color zone because we pay VERY high tuition just to be a student JSU. By giving students tickect is not really gonna help anything. I mean think about it's  like buying a house, and saying you have to park in a certain spot in your drive way. The main focus should be staying focus, and doing your work. I think this will be a interesting subject to discuss in class because i fell like my classmates can relate!!!

Blog Post #2

Dear class,
For this semester I feel as if it would fun to discuss things about your past! And I know somethings from people's past are hard to talk about but you know to be able to learn more about each other and grow closer as a group, we could talk about things or situations that have happened to you before in your lifetime. Because I mean you never know like what you say sometimes could affect other peoples' life's. I mean this is such a wide variety of things you could talk about with this topic I feel like we would have no problem with writing about this for a whole semester. Such as, good things that happened to you in your life like during high school or just at any point in time that you think people could relate too. I think it would be a fun learning experience for everyone! Thanks for listening and considering my opinion!

Vote or Shut Up! (Blog Post #2)

Well since we are all of age and the month of November is right around the corner I feel I should discuss voting and the importance of it. I'm not trying to curve the vote or opinion of anyone reading. You see it everyday, people complaining about the leader of the nation for one reason or another. Criticizing him on his decisions or something that is going on in the world that most of the time may be out of his control or maybe even something that was done in a past term that he hasn't been able to correct yet because you can not just fix political problems in a day. What I wish we as people would understand is while complain about these things we are the ones to choose this official that goes into office so when we are not satisfied we should not take it out on the elected official it's our own fault. That is why we should take it upon ourselves to vote for the person who goes in office. So many people pass up the chance to vote then have the nerve the talk down upon or criticize the leader of our nation. People we have to use our right to vote. Regardless of race we should all take place in voting because the future of our nation depends on us.

Blog post # 2

A big topic we could blog about is Domestice Violance. It's a really big issue that isn't really discussed as much as it needs to be. Men in women everywhere are victims in these situations everyday. Many people don't know how to get out of them or are just scared to talk about them. Some celebrities have been involved in some demestic violance desputes. The whole Rihanna and Chris Brown story was one of the biggest topics in 2009. The most recent case was the football player Ocho Cinco with his then wife Evelyn Lozada. After the whole thing happend he got fired from the Dolphins. It could be an interesting topic I feel.

Hello class! I feel as if we should discuss the presidential election this semester due to the fact that this is the year we are scheduled to vote again. We can discuss our views on the candidates and how we feel about their opinions. Also, we can go as far as comparing and contrasting the pros and cons on President Obama and Mitt Romney's perspectives on America and elaborate on which political party will be more beneficial to our country in the next four years.

The Story of Paige Suttles

Hello, I'm Paige Danielle Suttles and i'm from a very small town in Georgia called Dalton. I was born on August 25, 1994. In highschool I participated in Cheerleading and track and field. I was the co-captain on my cheerleading squad. I love music and I listen basically to anything. 80's rock, 2 chainz,rihanna just to list a few. I also enjoy meeting new people and learning new things about individuals. I hate being surrounded around boring people. I've always been the girl that everyone knows for being crazy, in a good way, and outgoing. I love to laugh and I like to make people laugh as well. I'm a very silly girl. I have one bestfriend and we've been bet friends since the third grade. We're always together but we went our seprate ways when we left for college. She attends GSU (Georgia State University). We are like sisters. In my free time I really enjoy shopping. I can pretty much shop for anything. I hate going to wal mart because I buy everything except the things I need. Fashion is always on my mind. I love fashion. Especially the 50 and 60's era. Marilyn Monroe is one of my biggest fashion icons from those era's. That pretty much wraps it up. If you would like to get to know me better talk to me. I like making new friends.

Gas Prices/Alternative fuel source

Oh my lord!! This is something I could ramble on about for hours. Is it a coincidence that gas prices sky rocket during holidays. Oil companies are making millions. Every quarter these companies post profits that are unbelievable while we pay ever higher and higher prices at the pump. I personally would like to understand why these prices fluctuate so much and why hasn't our government done something drastic to change it. There are an immense amount of ideas about alternate fuel sources that we could use but still there as been no change. I would love to discuss this further and possibly finding a solution to this problem. Oh yeah. I almost forgot. The recent oil disaster that spilled millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico was from a British Petroleum oil rig. The next time you put Castrol into your vehicle, turn the bottle around and you'll notice BP at the bottom. You may have stopped purchasing your gas at a BP station but I bet you're still buying Castrol.