Looking at the news last night I found a headline that caught my attention. Under the bright lights of Las Vegas are tunnles ment to protect the city from floods but they seem to have another use that people don't choose to pay attention to. Miles into those tunnles people set up homes and live off of the left over coins that people leave in the vending machines.
The residents of the tunnles got down there by being chased by the police and drugs but even though they are living in unsanitary conditions they claim that they can get enough money to survive down below.
A comment that I read said that the US was giving $100 million to Haiti and other nations but we should be focusing on the conditions and issues in the states.
I agree with that comment because even though it's nice to help others out we have issues in the US that we need to fix and overcome before going out and helping others.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
A chain that Pigs would die for
Russ Kremer, farmer in a village near the foothills of Ozark, was contacted by the Chipotle executives and asked to supply pig meat for fast food lines. This is different because normally the meat for fast food and other places consists of processed tainted meat. Russ's farm is all natural with happy pigs. But Chipotle's meat was only 7% organic meat.
McDonalds owned Chipotle until 2006 when the "Fast food Nation" came into view against the animal cruelty and abusive labor practices.
The man who fully owned the Chipotle company started to produce fully organic food.
America is starting to get healthier foods and finally the US is working towards health. But a downfall of all organic foods would be prices because then it takes more time and such for all healthy meat and it's not as convenient.
I think we should try being healthier and stop the animals suffering in these more 'cconvenient' processors. It'd be beneficial for the animals and our people.
Kuchment, Anna. "A Chain That Pigs Would Die For." Newsweek 12 May 2008: 45-46. Print.
McDonalds owned Chipotle until 2006 when the "Fast food Nation" came into view against the animal cruelty and abusive labor practices.
The man who fully owned the Chipotle company started to produce fully organic food.
America is starting to get healthier foods and finally the US is working towards health. But a downfall of all organic foods would be prices because then it takes more time and such for all healthy meat and it's not as convenient.
I think we should try being healthier and stop the animals suffering in these more 'cconvenient' processors. It'd be beneficial for the animals and our people.
Kuchment, Anna. "A Chain That Pigs Would Die For." Newsweek 12 May 2008: 45-46. Print.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Katrina documentary
In class we watched a documentary about the Katrina disaster and this is what it was about.
Part 1:
The hurricane Katrina devistated Louisiana and the automatic thought was that since it was a sad time of loss for the people in the area that they would help each other and stand together. Some of the people however were going balistic. People were out stealing, raping, killing, etc.
Part 2:
The News crews were down there in the next day after the hurricane but help didn't come for a week or so and the president was late and things were timed wrong. The president that was in office during the time, George W. Bush, didn't help as much as he should have.
Part 3:
New Orleans was still a mess a few weeks after but it seems as if the USA was hesitant to help them. When Haiti got hit America and a lot of other nations went over to help the Hatians. America called the people of Louisiana refugees but the people were AMERICAN!
Part: 4
The culture of New Orleans was different from that around it. Jazz was born there and the French incorperated some of their culture into the place that changed a little over time and the slaves were there and stayed there.
The people are obviously in pain and struggling about the loss of everything, even loved ones. A lot of people are taking different pills and medication because some can't sleep, post-dramatic stress syndrome, depression, etc.
Part 5:
The people needed something to help them through the times and the solution for the time was to have a Mardigraw Parade. The spirits of people raised but when it was done the mess of Katrina was still there. The people left and the smells and debrees was still there.
People were searching the houses for the dead but most houses weren't actually searched.
The Levees were built as a 3.5 storm protection but Katrina was a 5 point storm. And now the Levees were built again... the same way as before.
Part 1:
The hurricane Katrina devistated Louisiana and the automatic thought was that since it was a sad time of loss for the people in the area that they would help each other and stand together. Some of the people however were going balistic. People were out stealing, raping, killing, etc.
Part 2:
The News crews were down there in the next day after the hurricane but help didn't come for a week or so and the president was late and things were timed wrong. The president that was in office during the time, George W. Bush, didn't help as much as he should have.
Part 3:
New Orleans was still a mess a few weeks after but it seems as if the USA was hesitant to help them. When Haiti got hit America and a lot of other nations went over to help the Hatians. America called the people of Louisiana refugees but the people were AMERICAN!
Part: 4
The culture of New Orleans was different from that around it. Jazz was born there and the French incorperated some of their culture into the place that changed a little over time and the slaves were there and stayed there.
The people are obviously in pain and struggling about the loss of everything, even loved ones. A lot of people are taking different pills and medication because some can't sleep, post-dramatic stress syndrome, depression, etc.
Part 5:
The people needed something to help them through the times and the solution for the time was to have a Mardigraw Parade. The spirits of people raised but when it was done the mess of Katrina was still there. The people left and the smells and debrees was still there.
People were searching the houses for the dead but most houses weren't actually searched.
The Levees were built as a 3.5 storm protection but Katrina was a 5 point storm. And now the Levees were built again... the same way as before.
Iranian Government
The people of Iran are complaining about the ‘walls’ being put up to keep them from information from the outside. Google has observed a drop of activity from Iran and Iranian Gmail users have questioned why they can’t access Google well.
The Iranian government is putting up walls to keep the information from the people. It’s a bold move that’s against the outsiders and angering Iran’s people. Some leaders have actually started a protest and people are in the streets rebelling.
Google is having troubles lately because just last month they were going to take their services out of China due to terrorist hacks, etc.
The problem with Iran seems to be flaring and what I got from the State of Union was that Obama was just going to ignore them to death excluding them from the UN and not giving them any information on anything. Even though I agree we should be excluding certain information, ignoring them is childish and will only anger them further.
Even though Iran is threatening and troublesome, the world needs to step up and take care of this issue. The world and the Middle East seem to have issues constantly. I don’t think this is such a great idea but maybe we should (the world) just eliminate our issues.
I feel like Iran is violating its people’s right to freedom. The Iranian’s need to fight back and overcome their government. I also feel bad for Google because there’s always some issue.
"Iran to shut down Google email service: Report." Egypt Daily News 10 Feb. 2010: 1.
The Iranian government is putting up walls to keep the information from the people. It’s a bold move that’s against the outsiders and angering Iran’s people. Some leaders have actually started a protest and people are in the streets rebelling.
Google is having troubles lately because just last month they were going to take their services out of China due to terrorist hacks, etc.
The problem with Iran seems to be flaring and what I got from the State of Union was that Obama was just going to ignore them to death excluding them from the UN and not giving them any information on anything. Even though I agree we should be excluding certain information, ignoring them is childish and will only anger them further.
Even though Iran is threatening and troublesome, the world needs to step up and take care of this issue. The world and the Middle East seem to have issues constantly. I don’t think this is such a great idea but maybe we should (the world) just eliminate our issues.
I feel like Iran is violating its people’s right to freedom. The Iranian’s need to fight back and overcome their government. I also feel bad for Google because there’s always some issue.
"Iran to shut down Google email service: Report." Egypt Daily News 10 Feb. 2010: 1.
Friday, February 12, 2010
February 13, 2010 class question on Oligopoly
If we are serious about democracy, we need decent journalism And to get decent journalism, we need to make fundamental reforms in our media system.
What do I think?
I do think we need to change the way journalism is done in the world and stop having all systems biased. We need a way to make journalism interesting and eye catching.
What do I think?
I do think we need to change the way journalism is done in the world and stop having all systems biased. We need a way to make journalism interesting and eye catching.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Fixing cars and womens appreciation
Last night I was helping my father fix a headlight on our Nissan Altima and my view of cars changed a little bit.
My mom asked my dad to fix the headlight around nine at night and it was kind of rushed because she wanted it the next day. It was also extremely cold because we were in our garage so our fingers were rather frozen.
The point is that my dad took apart and had to figure out how to put back together the front of the car to get to the right side headlight. He had to take apart the air vent that leads to the engine and then figure out how to put together the headlight again. To those people who know how to take apart and reassemble cars you think it’s probably really simple but to the others, such as my dad and I, we know it’s difficult if you don’t know what you’re doing.
We stayed out in the cold for about two hours or so and cursed the people who manufactured the car in a way that’d be easier if you just took it in to get it fixed which is part of why I’m even writing this.
We couldn’t find a way to get the actual whole headlight out without taking the whole front of the car off so it made the job a bit more difficult and the little spring that is meant to hold the small light in place fell into a small opening right below the light and luckily I was there to fit my arm down and get it back. All in all the manufacturing seemed to be purposely done to make the buyer go into the show and spend hundreds of dollars on something that would only take you five bucks and about an hour to do.
But also another reason why I am writing this is because the mothers and wives. There are women out there who are car crazy and love to work on cars or even know the hardship that others can put into one but there are also those who don’t know and don’t care as long as it’s done right and on time. A lot of those women don’t even appreciate it.
It takes time and hardship and when a husband or boyfriend fixes your car up do you really pay much attention to it?
The paragraphs above explain the time and work put into fixing cars in a minimum. But women need to understand the world around them and the effort that is put into different things.
My mom asked my dad to fix the headlight around nine at night and it was kind of rushed because she wanted it the next day. It was also extremely cold because we were in our garage so our fingers were rather frozen.
The point is that my dad took apart and had to figure out how to put back together the front of the car to get to the right side headlight. He had to take apart the air vent that leads to the engine and then figure out how to put together the headlight again. To those people who know how to take apart and reassemble cars you think it’s probably really simple but to the others, such as my dad and I, we know it’s difficult if you don’t know what you’re doing.
We stayed out in the cold for about two hours or so and cursed the people who manufactured the car in a way that’d be easier if you just took it in to get it fixed which is part of why I’m even writing this.
We couldn’t find a way to get the actual whole headlight out without taking the whole front of the car off so it made the job a bit more difficult and the little spring that is meant to hold the small light in place fell into a small opening right below the light and luckily I was there to fit my arm down and get it back. All in all the manufacturing seemed to be purposely done to make the buyer go into the show and spend hundreds of dollars on something that would only take you five bucks and about an hour to do.
But also another reason why I am writing this is because the mothers and wives. There are women out there who are car crazy and love to work on cars or even know the hardship that others can put into one but there are also those who don’t know and don’t care as long as it’s done right and on time. A lot of those women don’t even appreciate it.
It takes time and hardship and when a husband or boyfriend fixes your car up do you really pay much attention to it?
The paragraphs above explain the time and work put into fixing cars in a minimum. But women need to understand the world around them and the effort that is put into different things.
Friday, February 5, 2010
NASA's new engine
NASA has created an engine that uses Positrons to power it and they're using it for the mission they are planning to Mars. This new mission to mars will involve taking people and this new engine and they are saying it will take only days to get to the planet.
NASA mentioned what would happen if the rocket would explode but it seems that they are dimming the issues. Even though there's a low possibility of the rocket engine exploding, the destruction would be catastrophic. Matter-antimatter explodes and causes a BIG boom (To put it unintellegently) and gamma rays are emitted. NASA is minimizing the damage that it could possibly cause.
I think they need to further their research and test their systems further in the time they have before the launch and they need to postpone their launch if needed.
NASA mentioned what would happen if the rocket would explode but it seems that they are dimming the issues. Even though there's a low possibility of the rocket engine exploding, the destruction would be catastrophic. Matter-antimatter explodes and causes a BIG boom (To put it unintellegently) and gamma rays are emitted. NASA is minimizing the damage that it could possibly cause.
I think they need to further their research and test their systems further in the time they have before the launch and they need to postpone their launch if needed.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Another energy source...?
The Star Trek Enterprise seems to have a heck of a lot of energy running it (just pretend it's real because for all we know it could be). Now what is that energy it's running off of? And can we use it in the future or is it really just some other fiction story?
The energy the Enterprise runs off of is matter-antimatter which are negative and positive anti-particles that neutralize each other but when in contact with matter it explodes which would make it hard to control.
If only we could figure out how use the antimatter as a new energy source. If we could find a way to use it as our energy source then we'd have less pollution on this planet and once we start traveling out to other planets we won't start polluting those planets either.
But first we'd have to figure out how. How would you attain matter-antimatter?
Antimatter is thought to be in a parallel universe and break through the 'walls' that hold it in that universe. Also another way was by high-energy particle collisions.
Then there's the question of how we can store and use it.
Matter-antimatter reacts with matter and causes an explosion. Trying to hold matter-antimatter in a metal box or levitate it in air would be futile. Air is matter. Atoms are matter. So technically if you wanted to hold matter-antimatter then you'd have to use a vacuum and also a type of magnetic field around it to hold it out of atoms way.
How would you use it as an energy source?
Hopefully, manipulating and stretching the magnetic field, we'd be able to extract a few particles and move them through a complicated system vacuum to another secured magnetic field in another machine.
The downside (and possible reason why we might not use it) in the use of matter-antimatter as an alternate source of energy is that matter-antimatter needs more energy then it gives to work it. The matter-antimatter engines/etc. would need another source because of the energy it takes itself. So if you have a plane running off of a matter-antimatter engine then it'd need another type of energy source to 'feed' off of.
Now I think that I'd like to somehow research this energy source and see if it would help to have more then one engine together so that the number of engines would feed off of each other and sustain each other with the right energy amounts.
Tyson, Neil D. Death by Black Hole. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. Print.
The energy the Enterprise runs off of is matter-antimatter which are negative and positive anti-particles that neutralize each other but when in contact with matter it explodes which would make it hard to control.
If only we could figure out how use the antimatter as a new energy source. If we could find a way to use it as our energy source then we'd have less pollution on this planet and once we start traveling out to other planets we won't start polluting those planets either.
But first we'd have to figure out how. How would you attain matter-antimatter?
Antimatter is thought to be in a parallel universe and break through the 'walls' that hold it in that universe. Also another way was by high-energy particle collisions.
Then there's the question of how we can store and use it.
Matter-antimatter reacts with matter and causes an explosion. Trying to hold matter-antimatter in a metal box or levitate it in air would be futile. Air is matter. Atoms are matter. So technically if you wanted to hold matter-antimatter then you'd have to use a vacuum and also a type of magnetic field around it to hold it out of atoms way.
How would you use it as an energy source?
Hopefully, manipulating and stretching the magnetic field, we'd be able to extract a few particles and move them through a complicated system vacuum to another secured magnetic field in another machine.
The downside (and possible reason why we might not use it) in the use of matter-antimatter as an alternate source of energy is that matter-antimatter needs more energy then it gives to work it. The matter-antimatter engines/etc. would need another source because of the energy it takes itself. So if you have a plane running off of a matter-antimatter engine then it'd need another type of energy source to 'feed' off of.
Now I think that I'd like to somehow research this energy source and see if it would help to have more then one engine together so that the number of engines would feed off of each other and sustain each other with the right energy amounts.
Tyson, Neil D. Death by Black Hole. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. Print.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Internet and it's downfall
The internet is a big part of society and life today and using search engines such as Google and Yahoo people can find out anything about anything.
This is a good thing and a bad thing because students and adults can keep in touch with family and friends miles away as well as do work online going international with a buisness. There are problems with having internet because of topics such as Cyberbullying and identity theft. Also there is an unlimited amount of information about weapons and materials in the military posted on the web. It seems to be harmless but other enemy countries could just access the internet as easily as any other and look up the blueprints and information on weapons systems and figure out the weaknesses. Even though top secret information isn't leaked onto the internet, weapons that are used today are shown and described.
It is mans right to know what's going on and it's nice to quench curiosity but it could be a malefactor.
This is a good thing and a bad thing because students and adults can keep in touch with family and friends miles away as well as do work online going international with a buisness. There are problems with having internet because of topics such as Cyberbullying and identity theft. Also there is an unlimited amount of information about weapons and materials in the military posted on the web. It seems to be harmless but other enemy countries could just access the internet as easily as any other and look up the blueprints and information on weapons systems and figure out the weaknesses. Even though top secret information isn't leaked onto the internet, weapons that are used today are shown and described.
It is mans right to know what's going on and it's nice to quench curiosity but it could be a malefactor.
Iran cut off
The states arms export said that the sales of weapons has increased despite the financial situation of the world. The buyers include Iran which the world feels is a threat with their nuclear weapons.
Rosoboronoexport, Russian deffensive weapons manufacturer, said that their income has risen 10% in the past year. In 2005 Moscow signed a treaty with the Tehran to supply its forces (Iran's) with S-300's which are defensive systems that could be used to fight off air strikes. Even after the treaty, there have been no deliveries yet.
Russia might be supporting a sanction to help halt Iran's nuclear program now. The United states have created a treaty to secure all nuclear materials being imported and exported for the next four years. Russia hasn't signed yet but they seem to agree with the nations against Iran.
Abdullaev, Nabi. "Rosoboronexport sees no obsticals to Iran arms deal." The Moscow Times [Moscow] 28 Jan. 2010: 1-1. Print.
Rosoboronoexport, Russian deffensive weapons manufacturer, said that their income has risen 10% in the past year. In 2005 Moscow signed a treaty with the Tehran to supply its forces (Iran's) with S-300's which are defensive systems that could be used to fight off air strikes. Even after the treaty, there have been no deliveries yet.
Russia might be supporting a sanction to help halt Iran's nuclear program now. The United states have created a treaty to secure all nuclear materials being imported and exported for the next four years. Russia hasn't signed yet but they seem to agree with the nations against Iran.
Abdullaev, Nabi. "Rosoboronexport sees no obsticals to Iran arms deal." The Moscow Times [Moscow] 28 Jan. 2010: 1-1. Print.
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