Through the Eyes of an Animal

Ever wonder what life is like from a different point of view? :D

Well, heres a story that show what "red" looks like to certain species.

btw, the pictures are PRETTYYY COOL. LOL

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/24/color.vision.evolution/index.html

Great Debate Opportunity

Hi Guys!

I want you all to check this out. If anyone is interested in attending the camp or even just competing in the tournament, let me know. I will be there that weekend, or we could even all go as a class and watch. Let me know what you think

World Debating Website: La Verne to host Worlds style training

Wow SORRY guys

Well turns out my link on my first recent news story didn't work. (the one with the jelly beans...) However, i found another one that caught my attention. haha
Alot of people love wearing flip flops, but it might not be the wisest choice of shoes to wear at some times. Watch and see! :D

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2010/06/27/hm.flip.flop.fears.cnn

Hydrogen Fuel??

I found this video that explains the development of hydrogen fuel as an alternative to gasoline we now use. Its pretty interesting! Here's the link:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/06/29/pkg.quest.hydrogen.bus.cnn

Additional Post

Hey guys!
Another recent news story caught my attention. It's about a giant whale fossil they recently found in Southern Peru. I just wanted to share this with you guys. You might want to just take two minutes to check it out if you are interested in this type of stuff. :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10469829.stm

Week Two

I watched the Story of Stuff video on bottled water. When it was stated that most tap water is actually cleaner than bottled water, i was really surprised. Those big water companies shouldn't be deceiving people into buying their dirtier and more expensive water. The production of them is harmful to the environment, but people don't even realized it because it is so common now for people to only drink bottled water. Personally, I don't drink much bottled water because I know it is a waste of plastic, which is also detrimental to our health; however, I think that everyone should cut down on the consumption of bottled water, and it would be better for our health and environment, and cut down prices.



Point-We need to stop drinking bottled water
Argument-Bottled water is detrimental to our health
Evidence-Most bottled water is dirtier than tap water and the plastic it is packaged in is bad for our body

Point-We need to stop buying bottled water (promoting their production)
Argument-The production of bottled water is harmful to the environment
Evidence-Oil used during production is being dumped back into the land, and plastic is burnt, releasing toxic gases into the air we breathe

Here's a link to a news article on how federal officials are cracking down on websites that are illegally offering first-run movies:

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_15414327?source=rss

Pirating movies is illegal. It's just like stealing, and it is hurting our economy severely, yet many people are doing it because they don't realize the extreme effects.

Week Two

I watched the Story and Stuff Video clip.

Many things caught my attention especially the section on toxic. An example they gave was the pillows in neurotoxin. Pillows are made and dumped in neurotoxin, a toxin detrimental to our BRAIN! We then buy these pillows and sleep on them for several hours! I was also really surprised how all these insecurities of our economy came from Eisenhower's advisor. He had said that we needed to change our land to becoming a land of consumer goods! What do we do now because of that? Most of our lives revolve around work, work, and more work. We barely have any time for leisure time and when we do have leisure time, what do we do? Watch television or go SHOP. Our minds are manipulated by the commercials we watch, and then we go buy the articles they try to sell.

I must admit that i was surprised, but only to an extent. Its no surprise that all the trash we are buying are leading to the downfall of our global cleanliness (not that there was much to start with these past years) and our economy.

This made me realize how much consumers goods are produced and consumed every year. 2,000 trees a minute are being cut down as you read this! 1/3 of our natural resources are disappearing. We do consume WAY TOO MUCH!!!

I agree with what i saw. We need to change the world... literally! Recycling goods are helping; however its not that effective. Only 1% of every is recycled and used; this means that 99% is trashed in six months. This is TWO TIMES the amount fifty years ago.

Point 1: Reduce the amount of toxic used in consumer goods.

Argument 1: Too much toxic is used.

Evidence 1: Toxic is even found in our pillows!

Point 2: Don't burn our trash.

Argument 2: Burning our trash will create worse toxin.

Evidence 2: Dioxin is the worst toxin in our atmosphere. AND it is man-made!

Point 3: Everyone along the linear system of extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal, need to contribute.

Argument 3: Recycling isn't enough. We need to achieve a state of sustainability and equity.

Evidence 3: Only 1% of everything is recycled. This means that 99% of trash are wasted and good for nothing but bad things.

This caught my attention... Esp. because of the jelly beans. haha jk :P

http://www.latimes.com/news/health/la-ne-nutrition-lab-20100614,0,7648192.story