I believe that you could make the world a better place, by changing your packages, they are inappropriate, did you know that the plastic that your doll packages are killing our planet because they are not recyclable.
Please do something about it.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Reflection Food Inc
What are your impressions of how science of food industry, technology of food industry, and society are interrelated?
1. No I am not because of the ways that they are killing almost the whole world.
How did the film describe science & technology as a positive or negative impact on society or the environment?
2. A negative society because it showed us how bad and wast full it is.
How do our consumer choices affect what is out on the market and therefore, our own species survival?
3. Being a product is like voting for it, now simulare to an election which ever product gets the most "Votes" stays on the shelf, and mostly the unhealthy products get picked, therefore there is a bigger possibility for people to get diabetes or any disease, which might lead our species to extinction.
How are we as humans connected to how the Earth is used?
4. We basically use Earth in every situaticion, although the use of Earth reaches a certain point, that point has already been reached a few years ago. Many of use don't realize it but we as humans are cheating it, and this causes Earth to create natural disasters.
When do we say "no" to more high tech devices and go back to what caused the problem in the first place? Why are we only into the "HOW" things work and not the "WHY" things don't? What did this farmer mean?
He basically means that we never say no to something done fast and cheaply most of these products are unhealthy for you, we are not interested into how they don't work because we only WANT so we don't really wonder WHY but only HOW.
What is the difference between natural farming and industrial farming? Which is better? Are they both necessary for human survival? Why or why not?
The difference between Natural and Industrial farming is that, Natural is expensive and takes long to make products and its good for you. The Industrial Farming on the other side is cheap, really fast to create a product and very unhealthy for you. Only Natural Farming is necessary for survival, actually the Industrial Farming is a necessity for extinction, this is because the natural farming is good for you it has proteins and other necessities of life, but industrial farming causes diabetes and strokes etc.
If technology and industry have improved so much that we are getting faster, fatter, bigger, and cheaper, how are science and technology held responsible for improving or ruining human health and survival?
Because only they know why exactly this is actually happening, and this is mostly feeding inappropriate diets for the animals.
What economic costs, environmental costs, ethical costs, health costs, and cultural costs did you observe while watching the film?
I saw money costs, job costs and even life threatening costs.
Finally, state your final thoughts about this film and any changes you see happening in the food industry in the future or even your own eating habits.
I think health/eating disorders are a major problem in our planet today. Not really many restaurants/fast foods actually pay attention to these problems, but many individuals have changed their diet because of this, one of those individuals is me.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Current Events 8 Death Of the Polar Bear
Polar Bears Soon to Extinct
Have you wondered about this question“ Will polar bears survive in a warmer world?“ well the answer is probably no. Imagine your grandchildren not knowing what a polar bear or not seeing one, that would be very sad. Now I will present the facts why this is true.
As polar bears lose habitat due to global warming, these biologists say, they will be forced southward in search of alternative sources of food, where they will increasingly come into competition with grizzly bears.
To test how this competition might end, the UCLA biologists constructed three-dimensional computer models of the skulls of polar bears and grizzly bears subspecies of brown bears and simulated the process of biting. The models enabled them to compare the two species in terms of how hard they can bite and how strong their skulls are.
The implication is that polar bears are likely to lose out in competition for food to the Grizzle bears, therefore they would die out. This will shake the whole food chain, and the animals habitats.
Grizzlies as warmer temperatures bring them into the same environments, because grizzlies' stronger skulls are better suited to a plant-rich diet, said Slater and Blaire Van Valkenburgh, UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and senior author of the research.
In conclusion as you see there are many possibilities for these animals (polar bears) to die out (go to Extinction). I believe that this has a very negative effect to the environment, if these animals do die out the food chain could corrupt or be severely shaken. I believe that extinction is a huge issue in the modern world, not many people are trying to stop it, although many laws have been passed about pollution, and I believe that if there was any chance for us to abide these laws there could be a possibility of stopping this major pollution issue (this would also help us for other problems that have something to do with pollution.)
Simple bibliography
Info
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101124085607.htm
Pictures
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Current event 7 (Techno VS. Infections)
Brin Mrzel, 7A
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Technology Fights Hospital Infections
Hey! Wouldnt it be sad if your grandmother is in the hospital and suddenley gets a Hospital Infection, that the doctors cant cure and she might die! Well you should britten up your mood because i have something that can cure your granny, it was made a cuple of thousand years ago, its called technology. But its actually HINS light (wich is Technology). In this Report I will explore the ways that this type of technology can cure patients.
The technology decontaminates the air and exposed surfaces by bathing them into visible-light, known as HINS-light. The clinic at Glasgow Royal Infirmary has proven that Environmental Decontamination System provides significantly greater reductions of bacterial pathogens in the hospital environment than can be achieved by cleaning and disinfection alone, providing a huge step forward in hospitals' ability to prevent the spread of infection. Technology was discovered and developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, Professor Scott Macgregor (Electrical Engineer), Professor John Anderson and Dr Michelle Maclean (Microbiologists) and Professor Gerry Woolsey (Optical Physicist.) Professor Anderson stated: “The technology kills pathogens but is harmless to patients and staff, which means for the first time; hospitals can continuously disinfect wards and isolation rooms.” This means that it can help the human kind with no problems.
In conclusion I believe that this is something that can really help us because there are no Cons to this “invention” there are only Pros which will really help humans but mostly patients, and even staff (staff of the hospital.)
Simple Bibliography
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101115101143.htm
Monday, November 15, 2010
This Video that we watched in class was called "Human Footprints" it was Posted by National Geographic.
The video spoke a lot about sustainability. What is sustainability?
| Sustainability is the property of being sustainable so it basically means how it is possibly to stand against to sustain in varuis situations. |
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Current Events 6 (Energy Harvesting)
Eco Harvesting
Have you ever though “oh it would be sooo...... cool if a Nanogenerator would be able to power electrical devices so it would develop our environment” of course you have! And I am going to make your dreams come true, because they are true, I will explain to you why they are true.
The laboratory of Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech, discovered that the blinking number on a small LCD signals the success of a five-year effort to power conventional electronic devices with nanoscale generators that harvest mechanical energy from the environment using an array of tiny nanowires. The mechanical energy is able to fit in between your finger (it is very small). These sources of energy could be used to power nanoscale and microscale devices and even to recharge pacemakers or iPods. "By simplifying our design, making it more robust and integrating the contributions from many more nanowires, we have successfully boosted the output of our nanogenerator enough to drive devices such as commercial liquid-crystal displays, light-emitting diodes and laser diodes," stated Wang. Recent improvements in the nanogenerators, including a simpler fabrication technique, were reported online last week in the journal Nano Letters.
Conclusion
In conclusion I believe that this could really improve our environment because of all the energy. This device can power every day materials without hurting the Economy which in my opinion is very helpful, this product would also be cheap (affordable) which is great again for the Economy.
Simple Bibliography
Info
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101108151416.htm
Pictures
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101108151416.htm
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Current event 5
Two Tons of Carbon Dioxide Through Eating
FOOD 
Have you ever thought about how much CO2 you are breathing wild eating in a year? Of course you have not that why I’m bringing it up, over 2 tons of Carbon Dioxide is being inhaled!
A group of Spanish Scientists have discovered that human excrements play in the life cycle of food. It is the first time that a scientific study of this type incorporates the role played by human excrements. “Food in Spain produces emissions of around two tons of carbon dioxide per person and per year (more than 20% of the total emission per person and per year) and consumes 20 gigajoules of primary energy," states Iván Muñoz, the main author of the study and researcher at the UAL. According to the study, producing food from animals, such as meat and dairy products, causes the greatest impact. Human excretion contributes dramatically to water polluting through providing organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which fosters the growth of algae, a decrease in the level of oxygen dissolved in the water, bad smells and other problems associated to eutrophication.
In conclusion I believe that this Event is not needed because there is no way to stop humans from excreting waste, and even if there was it would be extremely unhealthy. So I believe that this event should not be valid.
Simple Bibliography
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Information:
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101102131108.htm
Thursday, October 28, 2010
current Event 4
Thursday, October 28, 2010
The Power of Thoughts
How cool would it be to be able to control indavidual braincells with only your thoughts? I will tell you it would be really cool, and possible today.
Five years ago, neuroscientist Christ of Koch of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) discovered that a single neuron in the human brain can function much like a sophisticated computer and recognize people, landmarks, and objects, suggesting, sometimes even memories.
In the October a statement was made by Koch (the Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology and professor of computation and neural) “individuals can rapidly, consciously, and voluntarily control neurons deep inside their head,.” This was also proven in the UCLA.
The study was conducted on 12 patients at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where Fried directed the Epilepsy Surgery Program. All of the patients suffered from seizures that could not be controlled by medication. To help localize where their seizures were originating in preparation for possible later surgery, the patients were surgically implanted with electrodes deep within the centers of their brains Cerf used these electrodes to record the activity, as indicated by spikes on a computer screen, of individual neurons in parts of the medial temporal. Prior to recording the activity of the neurons, Cerf interviewed each of the patients to learn about their interests. "I wanted to see what they like -- say, the band Guns N' Roses, the TV show House, and the Red Sox," he says. Using that information, he created for each patient a data set of around 100 images reflecting the things he or she cares about.
In conclusion I believe that I have stated enough facts to prove that it can help people with diseases and change the future.
Simply Bibliography
Pictures
Information
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101027133158.htm
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Current Events 3 (Rare Japanese Plant Has Largest Genome Known to Science)
Scientists at Kew's Jodrell Laboratory have discovered that Paris Japonica, a striking rare native of Japan(1), has the largest genome(2) of them all -- bigger than the human genome and even larger than the previous record holder -- the marbled lungfish.
The diversity of genome sizes (the amount of DNA) in plants and animals has fascinated but at the same time puzzled scientists since this variation was first detected in the early 20th century. How and why such diversity evolved are important unanswered questions because we know that it has biological and ecological consequences that affect the distribution and persistence of biodiversity.
There is a staggering diversity of genome sizes. The smallest genome (3) so far reported (0.0023 pg of DNA) is found in a parasite of humans and other mammals. The human genome, at 3.0 pg, is 1300 times larger than this, but this pales into insignificance compared to those found in some animals and plants.
Among animals, some amphibians have enormous genomes, but the largest recorded so far is that of the marbled lung fish with 132.83 pg(3) . Among plants, the record holder for 34 years was a species of fritillary until earlier this year when a Dutch group knocked the fritillary off the top spot when they found that a natural hybrid of trillium , related to herb paris had a genome just 4% larger than the fritillary (132.50 pg).
This was widely thought to be approaching the maximum size that a genome could reach, until this summer when a team of Kew scientists discovered that the genome of another close relative of herb paris, Paris japonica from Japan, is a staggering 15% bigger than the genome of either the trillium or the fish at a whopping 152.23 pg
sources:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101007120641.htm information
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101007120641.htm picture
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Presentatoin
On Friday Mr. Wats came to our class to talk about habitats and how animals live in the arctic.
He tough us what kinds of different species of animals there are like penguins and seals (for example). Some of the things we learned were:
- krill is one of the most developed animal.
- krill is one of the most eaten animal.
- krill lives up to only 15 years.
- Animals usually come to the arctic in summer because all of the food is there then, because algae grows in summer because of the sun so the krill comes and eats it and then wales come to eat the krill etc.
- Elephant seals fight for women (when they fight the person who wins gets all the women)
- And the Leopard seals sing to the women.
Questions:
- How did the krill species get so advance?
- Why do mothers of penguins only tend to feed and toughen on baby penguin but not the other?
- If there was no krill in the world would/could the rest of the animals still survive?
- Why do elephant seals slack around most the day?
- How much does an average elephant seal weigh?
Current Event 2
Title: Diabetes Drug Might Fight Cancer
Introduction:
An ancient herbal remedy that constitutes the active ingredient in a modern diabetes drug may soon play a new role in fighting cancer and saving the world. This research was founded on September 7th. The support was found earlier population studies suggesting that diabetes patients receiving the drug, called metformin, are less prone to develop cancer.
Fighting Cancer:
Metformin helps to stabilize blood sugar by decreasing the liver’s glucose (blood sugar, grape sugar, corn sugar) output and increasing the sugar’s use by muscle tissue. This was proven by Scott Lippman, an oncologist at the University of Texas with a M.D (master’s degree). It is estimated that already 40 million metformin drugs. In one of the new studies, Atsushi Nakajima of Yokohama City University School of Medicine in Japan and colleagues measured how metformin affected the development of tiny lesions in the colon cancer. Using colonoscopy data, the scientists identified 26 patients who had had polyps removed during a colonoscopy. The scientists randomly assigned some to get metformin and others to get a placebo. When the patients came back for their check up 9 patients had their lesions than they had before, but the other 17 that were proscribed placebo did not change. In the other study a U.S team induced lung cancer in mice with injections of a tobacco-based carcinogen. One week after the last shot, some mice were given either a low or a medium dose of metformin in their drinking water for 13 weeks. The tumor burden in these mice declined by 39 percent and 53 percent over that time, depending on the dose they received. When the researchers delivered an even higher dose of metformin, this time by injection, the tumor burden shrank by 72 percent, says study coauthor Phillip Dennis of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Masters Degree.
Conclusion:
I believe that Metoformin can help defeat cancer although I also believe that they should try to develop a better drug than metoformin but the same basics, so I think that metoformin can actually help people survive cancer, although they should try to improve the drug to make it more affective. Because the nine patients that were given metoformin were cured but they were not cured all the way.
Bibliography
· http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/62935/title/Diabetes_drug_might_fight_cancer
· http://www.healthspablog.org/2009/06/10/health-day-diabetes-drug-story/
Creator: Nathan Seppa
Made: September 7, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Living Things and the Environment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj7dtYYdKSo
Survival video
After reading the section on living things and the Environment in your textbook, apply your knowledge to answer the following questions in a new blog post on your blog. What needs are met by an organism's environment? What are the two parts of an organism's habitat with which it interacts? What are the levels of organization within an ecosystem? Why do you find different kinds of organisms in different habitats? Think about what will soon start happening within Belgrade. How do animals prepare for such a change?
Now, search for and embed a video showing a living thing in its environment. What would happen if we took away one or more of the living or nonliving factors in its environment? Which factors could they survive without?
Look at (at least) two of your classmates blog posts. Respond to them in their comments section under their post about either their answers to the questions or the video they have posted. Email me the names of the classmates who you respond to.
Now, search for and embed a video showing a living thing in its environment. What would happen if we took away one or more of the living or nonliving factors in its environment? Which factors could they survive without?
Look at (at least) two of your classmates blog posts. Respond to them in their comments section under their post about either their answers to the questions or the video they have posted. Email me the names of the classmates who you respond to.
Answers:
1. An Organism needs Oxygen and nutritious and everything that lives in the same organism.
2. One of them are camouflage and the other one is hibernation.
3. I think the levels are high.
4. because of the tip of weather and species that live in different ecosystems.
5. They would get ready for rain and not much nature.
Monday, September 20, 2010
007 Worms
007 worm 1:
8.20.09 - by Science magazine
What sounds like a gadget that was developed by Q in a James Bond movie is actually a gadget that was developed by nature and is used by a newly discovered species of worms. Karen Osborn of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California and colleagues discovered seven new species of worms that blind their predators when attacked.
By using remotely operated vehicles, researchers found seven previously unknown species of swimmd the attacking animal. By the time the predator's eyes adjust back to the darkness of the deep sea the wing annelid worms below 1800 meters. When in danger the worm throws "Green Bombs" that blinorm is long gone.
007 worm 2:
Ranging in size from three-fourths of an inch to nearly four inches, the worms live at depths of 5,900 feet to more than 12,000 feet. About 2 millimeters across, the glowing bombs are actually modified gills that consist of four chambers, likely holding apart fluids that react when they come into contact with each other to create light. Each worm has eight appendages for holding the sacs. When released, the sacs glow green for about a minute, Osborn reports. "It's a different chemistry than has been found in other polychaete worms in the same phylum," she says. She presumes the worms drop the bombs as a way of distracting predators.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Survival Video
What tactics or adaptation do animals use to survive?
Play dead, sense of smell, eye site, Speed.
Forms of bieng born:
Eggs, live birth, marsupials, deceit.
1 out of 1000 baby turtles die before reaching the water.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Organisms have basic needs. For example, animals need air, water, and food; plants require air, water, nutrients, and light. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. The world has many different environments, and distinct environments support the life of different types of organisms.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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