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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Food Inc. Reflection

Food Inc. Reflection
Nov. 28th 2010

Food Inc. Reflection

1) The Food Inc. video was not much of an impact to me since I never abide by the rules of thinking about the poor chickens or cows etc. As far as I know about my religion, devout person of Christianity doesn’t really care about consuming meat (only vegetarian). It is great that technology is developed to alter the lives of us however treating the animals harshly should be disallowed (ex stuffing animal “chicks” all in one whole”). When technology is a part of our lives, there are ways to harvest crops, support animals which tell that the technology would make the farming system better.

2) Food Inc. gives clear information about the negative impact upon the animals and farmers however it gives a positive upon us, the consumers today. The technology is an efficient tool but nothing good for our Earth.

The technology seems to pollute the earth and make troubles; therefore we should try to reduce gases by utilizing no technology materials. As our class watched the part where the woman’s son died due to salmonella disease, it is not always safe to consume any nutrition.

3) Everyday fresh choices of nutrition arrive in markets for consumers to purchase; foods look nice and the market seems much organized but it would be arduous for us to live without all these materials when no more food crops can be available. The stores today have varieties of products which grabs the consumer’s attention. Many products come from various farm animals and more but there won’t be use when too much products compete for more profit. Consumers today choose the best product for safety purposes, if they don’t want to buy a certain product then the industries providing the foods will bankrupt. We like to buy organic materials for our “safety.” We don’t want to produce the “bads” for our own good, someday too much products in the stores will be the causes of our survival.

4) This links to the other video “Human Footprint.” Humans (us) tend to use up too many resources than what we anticipate. The food Inc explained the usages of all these materials in our lives and what will be the effects beyond. Humans are the creatures who eat up the earth, in other words dominate the world. When we use up the left resources of Earth, the earth will be on the verge of extinction. The earth won’t be necessarily extinct but anyway we can support the Earth but living like well and sustain humans do.

5) All of the humans now a day’s look forward to the How part since why is not too much economical. What I want to say is that industries and business companies usually want advantages from their jobs. What we need to do is to find more and better solutions for our lives. Probably all the reasons started because of technology devices in our routines and this is why all of us need to think back.

6) Natural farming is the freedom farming and an affectionate farming to animals by giving them rooms to bunch up and live, give light resources. On the other hand, Industrial farming is the farming style of threatening the animals. Animals with no light has to live in a stack not knowing where they move and industries give animals twice or more foods to increase their size. It is not secure to rely on the Industrial farming style which KFC does (but it is still delicious). A good farming style would be consuming an average chicken. However both should be needed for the wise world since the problem is the “livestock” of the nation. The video mentioned that both styles of farming would be necessary, if not we wouldn’t be able to obtain meat.

7) In Korean lives, it isn’t much of deal because we don’t prefer the technology usages too much. According to Korean farming, we would be growing fatter than now but no impacts would be made until decades. In the present, food companies like to add what they call “Stuffs not healthy and secure for our lives” since it attracts attention and most of all it will taste good (Again KFC). The specific reason beyond is because of stuffed chemicals inside the animals. Faster we cause us to be unhealthier; more mass production will be affecting the lives of ours.

8) I didn’t really mind about the costs in the video since once again I don’t really mind but I took quick mind notes about the health cost of mass production and cultural costs. Health cost is one of the menaces of our routines because as much as we live like this, more viruses will occur. Technology destroyed the cultural cost of healthy lives. Some environmental costs are companies who try to alter the ways of organic farming which leads to ethical cost. Companies love earning profits by utilizing the technology and this would be the reason no one can stop it. When farmers need money they have to follow the industries worse farming skills.

Notes: The video seem to be engaging in the first parts where they linked it to our daily routines however as soon as the video kept moving on it was more like business deals of peasants.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Current Event 8: Somatic Cells

Nov. 24th 10
Science Daily
Date is unknown (it was approx 30 days ago)
Internet Web
Science Daily Team

Once we know the meaning of the cell (as what we did last year) it is time to move on to a unique cell called Somatic cells. Somatic cells are the entire cells forming some kind of organism. However Somatic cells don’t cover germ cells since in germ cells, the DNA is much circular shape than Somatic Cells. When doctors utilize an instrument called probe to examine the parts in our body, they could notice the Somatic cells which contains 23 “homologous” pairs of chromosomes and 46 normal chromosomes. The Somatic Cells come from Greek term “soma” which translated body. All of the cells in organism’s body, excluding reproductive cells, are Somatic Cells. Somatic Cells are probably a common language in milk companies; since lower SCC (Somatic Cell Counts) milks tend to give more cheeses. Less/Lower Somatic Cells will save milk sections in stores.

For Mammals, mammals contain germline cells also known as ova which “fuse” to produce zygote cells. Besides, ova and “gametocytes” are Somatic Cells; the examples of those are bones, blood and tissues etc are made up of Somatic Cells. As I mentioned on the top Gametocytes are eukaryotic cells which contains bunch of cells on the other hand prokaryote contains one. Though this cell is not too much a deal for us (except when we get to a high level in biology), it is a knowledge we should know. This topic was bit difficult to comprehend it was efficient to learn about this topic. The Milk problem will be some type of discussion for farmers over the region because milk is one of their highest incomes (for average farmers).

Bibliography: http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/s/somatic_cell.htm


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Owl Pellets Lab Report

Owl Pellets Lab Report

Kyle C.
11/18/10

Questions 1,3,5 review

1. Based upon the class data, rank the most frequently consumed prey for the class "owl population".

Most frequently consumed prey was known as rat in 7A. The percentage of owl biomass which owl consumed was bit over 40% (42% according to our data). After finding the percentage of owl pellets or the biomass, we knew that rat was one of favorites to owls. But according to our graph, the amount of rat we founded were less than birds, mice, and voles. I recorded that birds, mice, and voles surpassed in amounts than rats however comparing with the mass we know that rat has an advantage.


3. A predator expends energy when hunting for food. Which is the more " energy expensive" cuisine, 35 insects at 1g each or one 35 g vole?

The question is actually the matter to the answer, depending on what my minds says I think it will be better for the predator to obtain a vole rather than using up all their energy to find something. Consuming both of the preys will be like consuming the same amount of energy. Since predator "owl" can't synchronize catching insects at the same time the predator has to consume more energies to catch one insect by one. Nevertheless, finding a vole near by (maybe) will be a nimble idea. Although insects are easy to find, catching a vole in the environment will be efficient. Therefore, the owl should rather search for a vole for their meal instead of wasting time to catch insects 1 by1.


5. Based upon your data, suppose the shrew population seriously declined. Would it affect the areas owl population?

According to the class's data, shrew only dominated 1% of the pie chart/ the biomass of owl's. I am not sure if other predators prefer shrews since owls didn't seem to like shrews or maybe shrews were rare to catch. However if other predators or owls didn't prefer shrews, it wouldn't matter if the shrew population shrinks because the preys owl usually obtains/consumes are either rats or vole (sometimes mice). So as concluding, owls wouldn't start wandering because of disappearance of shrew population.


Short Reflection:

First when the assignment was assigned to our group I had no idea what to do and also our group mates (Luka, Jan). But as we start discovering the biomass and the left preys of animals we soon found the principal of the assignment. This lab/experiment was bit gross however it was an experience which I don't think I will take a try again. It was a short lab, bit unclear, though it was done in short term the lab was very full of enthusiasm.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Current Event 7: Silk is Awseome?

From Silk Cocoon to Medical Miracle
Nov. 15th 2010
David Kaplan and Fiorenzo Omenetto
Scientific American

Nov. 16th 2010
Kyle C.

Scientists today prefer benefits from there works which is why they researched about the Silk. Silk is a soft thread material which comes from caterpillar species, silk is likely to appear when the caterpillar evolves/changes to cocoon. The first silk making process started in China as an secret in the palace however over time it became known to everyone. For many years when trading was a major importance to ancient economy, Chinese traders brought silk fabrics from km (s) away. Nevertheless the great story of silk lasts here, scientists and bio-engineers today are infusing natural protein fibers. They process the modified silk under varying temperature and after analysis in the lab they anticipate for a ultimate result. Although this might sound as a good result but if we want to cure more then we have to kill more silks which will cause silk population to shrink. Scientists tend to choose good silk sutures , for example the ones scientists choose are strong and a helpful resource for human tissues. The analysis from Tufts University has said that this procedure of creating a medical miracle could take some time. The scientists in Tufts University extended traits of tubes which can be grafts to substitute “Sections of Clogged Arteries.” “By substituting we could eliminate the extract vein”, responses the researchers. As I mentioned on the top, the success relies on how well does the lab report goes but if it works this kind of medical usage will be a common resource for healing in the future.

Though this topic was bit difficult to understand the words which are not used often, this was interesting and if it is perfected, it could revolutionize the medical hospitals. It was bit broad topic however it gave clear information what did the researchers and the scientists were looking for.

Bibliography:
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?...silk-cocoon-to-medical-miracle



Monday, November 15, 2010

Human Footprint Reflection

Human Footprint Video Reflection

Nov. 16th 2010
Kyle C.

The Key word of today "Sustainability" is a main concept of ecological environment which keeps our circumstances balanced. It is an also configuration of our activities in our society, by studying and linking sustainability (studying more on ecology) we can easily tell biodiversity. Biodiversity is like a form of life in a biome or it could be a planet. Sustainability provides goods for organisms living in an ecosystem in the present and the future (hopefully). I basically think that human footprint is the evidences gathered to tell us that how much resource we have utilized in a life time. When we use more than what we needed then there will be chaos. The video was in-fact just a guide to what we wasted or used efficiently in our lives. The theme of the story for me was that, trying to use efficiently will be more useful. In the video for ISB Time we watched called "Teenage Influenza" the protagonist of the video was growling since the iPod only contained a GB. If we had to donate that to poverty then it will be better than rather seeing catastrophe.

Ecological Footprint is a calculation of how much land was appropriated by each person, calculation of how much nutrition, waste management, transportation, water etc. When humans don't appreciate these resources (which might be gone in decades) the earth won't be as it was now. And we are the ones who are responsible for these mistakes. If we make more campaigns to inform others, it will be a solution to pollution however it will take at least 10 or more to inform everyone.

"Your total ecological footprint is 4.58 hectares. If everyone lived the same as you we'd need 2.52 earths!
Thanks for doing this."

I received probably an average score of 4.58 hectares; I answered all these long questions which were incredible to learn. I usually/always follow these steps such as carpool in my country since the school isn't that far and apt are always near the school. If I lived alone in this world I would probably maintain or need to cover 2.52 earths. I learned that the resources we leave here are goods forever.
By looking at the video and the site, I found that humans need more time spending on learning the environment. The majorities of the human population don't seem to mind about the environment as if it was "Every person for it selves." Nevertheless some people in this world are trying to recycle. Recycle can support the planet and be a help to the planet covering at least 20 percent of the junks. If Mr. Scientists in the video "Plastic Into Oil" had created more electronic machines to reduce plastics and create more oil than it would be very nice. The best way to save the planet is to make a habitat for animals. The video mentions a good fragment " Junks = Tresures."

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