The Story of... a Reflection

After watching The story of stuff and the story of Bottled Water, i felt that they were both extremely good ways of looking at things from a bigger picture and a broader perspective.
Many of the facts quoted in these videos seem to shed light on the fight for a greener lifestyle and it's pro's.

The entire video is basically and symbol for how we can become a greener world. The words used at the end of the first video suggest that the goal is sustainability, among other things. This means that the video itself and the topic it speaks of and promotes are all part of a bigger cause, and within that cause is sustainability.

sus·tain   
[suh-steyn] Show IPA
–verb (used with object)
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.
to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.
to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.

The many definitions of sustain all have to do with keeping up, and maintaining the state of something. sustainability surrounds the idea that we as humans must maintain the resources on the planet that we live on or we will lose the only thing stopping us from extinction.

The most interesting thing i learned, was actually something i already knew, but to have confirmed the fact that appliances can be programmed to become obsolete, was still very interesting. Like how my PS2 suddenly died when PS3's came out.

I believe that we do need to watch the world and our treatment of it because nothing is eternal. However the increased exponential way we are deteriorating our planet makes me feel like it will be impossible to stop.

The problem is that we all believe that we can just do whatever we want but if we continue to do so, we will all get a big fat slap from reality and we will finally understand the dangerous position we put ourselves in.

GOALS FOR SENIOR YEAR

My goal this year is to achieve higher than a 95 % in this class, in order to do so i need to tackle every assignment fully and thoroughly, to do that i must be organized and focused throughout the year. so far i have focused my organizational skills and i am making sure that all of my work is done at least a day before it was assigned!
i am actually looking forward to HL English this year and i hope it will be as enjoyable as it is difficult, this year is no year for jokes and i am really bringing my A-Game, 110% every time, the real question is, are you ready?

BIOLOGY NOTES FOR MY BIO CLASS: ENJOYYYY!!!!

BIOLOGY NOTES FOR MY BIO CLASS: ENJOYYYY!!!!
UNIT 5

Biology Notes:
New Unit 5: Anatomy and Physiology
April 27th quiz- may 12th dissection!
Email about lab
side notes – cells -> tissue-> organs-> organisms
1. Respiratory system- provides oxygen or O2 for cellular respiration and removes CO2 A.K.A carbon dioxide from the body.
Parts in the Respiratory system:
Lungs
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Trachea
Nose/mouth
Larynx
Pharynx
Air sacks
Alveoli

functions
lungs : an organ that functions w. gas exchange in the atmosphere
bronchi: 2 tubes branching from the trachea
Bronchioles: tiny branches off the bronchi in the lungs
Trachea: the windpipes- a tube leading from the Pharynx to the bronchi
Nose/Mouth:-opening to take in o2 and breath out co2
Larynx: voice box
Pharynx: an area of the throat between the mouth and trachea
Air Sacs: an organ of gas exchange that opens off trachea
Alveoli: very small air sacs at the end of each bronchiole
the way we take in air, it first goes into our nose mouth-> trachea-> bronchi-> alveoli-> capillares-> rbc (red blood cells)
pulmonary- lungs
Cool Fact- 3 days w/o water-3 mins without air- 3 weeks without food
P. 958- 957
Circulatory system- fights infections, removes cell waste, and helps to regulate body temperature.
Parts- heart, veins, arteries, blood, capillaries, blood vessels.
Functions: 1. heart- a muscular organ that pumps blood through an organism
Contains 4 chambers
2. veins- a blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
3. arteries- carry oxygenated from the heart to the body.
4. blood- a liquid that functions as an exchange medium b/w an organism and its environment. Job bring nutrients, oxygen, hormones to cells
5. capillaries- microscopic blood vessels having thin walls through which gas and nutrients exchange
6. blood vessels- carry blood
cool fact
-circulate comes from a word that means “to circle”- blood circulate(circles) the body
it takes__one minute________ for blood to go around (circulate) your body
p. 945 pict of your heart p. 892
Digestive System- converts food into simpler molecules that can be used by cells or the body.
parts- esophagus, large intestine, small intestine, liver, rectum, stomach, mouth. Pharynx.
Function: mouth- uses saliva and teeth to break down food into a digestible size digestion starts here
Pharynx-An area of the throat b/w the mouth and the esophagus.
Esophagus- a tube that connects the mouth H-4 to the stomach
Stomach- a hollow organ that receives food.
Liver- secretes a digestive juice called bile, it is required for the digestion of fats.
Small intestine- locate db/w the stomach and colon, where most chemical digestion occurs, nutrients are absorbed in the lining
Large intestine:- located b/w the small intestine and rectum, absorbs water from the indigestible food
Rectum- at the end of the large intestine
Cool fact:- molecules of life: lipids, proteins, carbs and h20, digestive comes from the word that means to divide.
When food is digested it is divided into smaller parts
1 minute to chew
2-3 seconds to swallow
2-4 hours to digest
1-4 hours for absorption 10 hours to several days until defecation
p.979 (digestive system)
Endocrine system- controls growth development and metabolism
Parts- ovaries(in females) testes (in males) hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenals, pancreas.
Functions:-
testes- the male gonads that produce sperm and the male sex hormone testosterone.
Ovaries- female reproductive organ produces estrogen (required for the development of eggs) and progesterone (prepare the uterus for the fertilized eggs)
Hypothalamus- a region in the brain that controls many of the body’s internal activity, such as maintaining homeostasis
Pituitalary- a small gland @ the base of the brain that secretes hormones affecting all other endocrine gland.
Adrenals- a gland located above each kidney that secretes corticord hormones and adrenalin (fight or flight) helps the body deal w/stress
Thyroid- a gland on the trachea that secretes thyroxine, which regulates metabolism.
Parathyroid’s- 4 small endocrine glands on the surface of the thyroid that produces para-thyroid hormones. Helps regulate Ca levels in the body.
Pancreas – an organ that secretes enzymes for intestinal digestion as well as hormones insulin and glycogon- which help regulate the level of glucose
Facts -> has no ducts: hormones it produces are released directly into the blood stream.

p. 998 – drawing

5 lymphatic/ immune system
parts: wbc, lymph nodes, lymph vessels , thymus, spleen

Fucntions:
wbc- any one of several colorless cells that function in protecting an organism against infection. Job- helps to protect the body from diseases.
Lymphnodes- is swelling in the lymph vessels where disease organisms are removed by WBC
Lymph vessels- a networks of thin walled vessels in which excess tissue fluid is connected and drained away job- to collect fluid lost from blood vessels and return the fluid to the circulatory system.
4. Thymus a gland located beneath the breast bone that helps establish the immune in juveniles
Spleen- filters out worn out red, white, blood cells and platelets- help clot your blood
Fact: when you have a cold or any other infection the lymph nodes in your neck or groin or under your arm may swell as lymphocytes fight germs called “swollen glands”
p.955

Integumentary system
Parts skin hair nails
Skin- serves as a barrier against infection and injury
Hair- provides protection from ultraviolet radiator (uv) sun.
Nail- protect end of fingers and toes
Cool fact -> skin is the largest organ in your body
- Drawing p.934 skin diagram, p.892

Excretory system – eliminates waste products from the body, in ways that maintain homeostasis
Parts: kidneys, urinary bladder, urethra, ureter, large intestine.
Fucntions:
Kidney -> an organ that removes nitrogen waste from the blood.
Urinary bladder -> a hollow organ that stores your urine.
Ureter -> tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Urethra- a tube that carries urine from your bladder.
Large intestine -> refer to digestive system definition
O O - kidney (lol diagram)
I I - ureter
I I
O -Urinary bladder
I -urethra

Muscular system:
3 parts-> cardiac, skeletal, smooth muscle.

Skeletal muscles- works w/ skeletal system and produces voluntary movements are striated
Smooth- non striated muscles found in many internal organs like the stomach, intestine, and blood vessels.
Help circulate blood and move food through the digestive track
Involuntary- the move w/o you telling them.

cardiac- the muscle that makes up the heart: involuntary
cardio- heart

fact:- there are 640 skeletal muscles in your body

p.892

Nervous System- recognizes and coordinates the body’s response to changes.
3 parts => brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves
brain: acts as the control center for your body processes
spinal cord: nerves that extend down your backbone and transmits info to and from the brain.
Peripheral nerves: nerve cells that are not part of the brain or spinal cord.
receives signals from the limbs (arms and legs) and transmits info to the spinal cord.
CNS = central nervous system

Fact: N/A
drawing p. 892

skeletal-
Parts- bone, tendons, ligaments, cartilage.
Bones- job to support the body and protect internal organs, provide a site for blood cell formation
hard and inflexible material
Cartilage- stronger flexible material
Ligament- though fibers tissue joining bones @ a joint
Job- allow movement
Tendons- strong fiber tissue attaching muscles to bone
Fact- you actually grow as much as one inch a night, the bones in the pine move apart.
p.892
Random information
Erythrocyte- aka RBC- carries O2 to tissues
Leukocyte- aka WBC lack hemoglobin and are used to fight foreign objects in your body.
Bronchitis: inflammation of the main air passage in the lungs – cough up mucus
Laryngitis- swelling and inflammation (irritation) of the voice look- usually associated w/hoarseness or loss of voice
Cardi- cardio- heart
Hyp- hypo- under, beneath, less than normal, hyper- above, excessive
4 pathogens of life something that harms your body
-bacteria
-virus
-fungi
-protizoan- amibias k-

The Resistance by the Muse when

Hey everyone! i have another 1984 related topic to discuss :) for those of you who are twi-hard fans or people who have enjoyed the movie twilight, do you remember the baseball scene?

The background soundtrack is playing supermassive black hole by Muse, a british pop band. one of their recent albums were inspired by George Orwell's 1984. Personally I found it really cool that a major band would be interested in a book like 1984, I'm going to take you step-by-step through the lyrics of their song, The Resistance, which was directly related to 1984.

" is your secret safe tonight? and are we out of sight? Or will our world come tumbling down?"

I think this stanza refers to the theme of redemption. The feeling that someone is chasing you down, and the constant need of a hiding place to seek refuge in.

"Love is our resistance they keep us apart and they won't stop breaking us down and told me, our lips must always be sealed." I think this refers to the theme of love that surrounds Winston and Julia, from the beginning of the relationship the only thing that was "against" big brother, was the fact that they were in love I'm having sexual interactions between each other. That further grew into the relationship that they have when they are fighting the party, love is the fuel to their train of freedom.

"Quell your prayers for love and peace, you'll wake the thought police, we can hide the truth inside."

This is directly taken from the book, the use of the thought police, as an overshadowing figure that watches your every move. It also tries to erase the feeling of love and peace and hope, almost as if this stanza it about surrendering.

"the night has reached its end, we can't pretend, we must run we must run, it's time to run."

This is the climax of the song as well as the book, because of the need to escape from the party and big brother.

Overall this song is very dark and pessimistic, almost like the mood in the novel 1984 by George Orwell.

Check out the video clip of the song, and the YouTube link. Personally I really enjoyed the beginning of the song, it reminds me of the song magnificent by U2. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPE9uSFFxrI

WAR IS PEACE (1984)

For those of you that have read the novel "1984" by George Orwell, will have encountered the motto: War Is Peace.

i have decided (forcefully :p) to Breakdown this Motto and see how many levels it can apply to :D

Theres is of course the classic excuse that in order to have peace, there must be war. This applies to the Motto in the sense that in a state of conflict two partied battle in a war in order to keep there own "peace."

My personal belief is that no matter what you do, you can't satisfy everyone. so i believe that your peace is somebody else's war, its the universal law of duality, in order for someone to win and prosper, someone else must fall and crumble. Its a matter of physics and balance.

People can ask why is there even a "darker" side to everything, why must there be a good and bad, heroes vs. villains etc.

if you think about it, you will notice that if everything in the world was good, we would not know it was good, because we would have nothing to compare it to, for example if everyone in the world donated 1000 $ a year to charities, it would be a normal thing to do so, even though in actuality doing something like that deserves some praise at least. let's say nobody in the world donated ever, and one day a man or woman donates 5000$ to charity, everyone will be shocked to the extent that they feel bad about being on the selfish side, they will sub-cauntiously hate the "good" person. this is a big and twisted way that something like peace or the "addition" of peace can result in war, which will eventually stabilize everyone into a "new" peace.

In the end of the day war and peace are the same thing, people strive for a new goal that doesn't agree with another group of people, in order to find a "common" ground these people will have a war, to achieve peace. this peace then becomes a new war to another group of people who have there own goals to achieve.

War and Peace are mere illusions that are conjured by the uplifting morale of the people and their leaders, a pseudo feeling that blooms from the inside of every goal seeking heart.

ISOHUNT.com Law suit

if you are one of the million P2P users out there, then you will have probably heard of ISOHUNT.com it is a website that contains many legitimate sources of Torrents, from anything like software to movies. In other terms it is known as piracy.

I personally don't believe that downloading torrents illegal, because somebody had to buy the original product in the first place as well as the fact that people only share it.

Recently, the Movie Corporation of America is working hard to try and sue iso-hunt.com, iso-hunt is fighting back by claiming that they are merely sharing what they already own, and we are saying that companies do not have their rights to control what we share. It is not reasonable for a company to want to own a product after it's been sold. It is not like we are stealing their brand-name, if anything you would be promoting and advertising them.

I think this is important information because, let's face it, a lot of people download torrents and those torrents have become a form of media on their own, it is already too big a fad to be controlled by companies, there are way too many torrent sites as well as ways of sharing information. So there is no real way they can stop us, and if you can't beat them, join them.

Personally I believe once a media form has begun it cannot be destroyed, it can only be obsolete so they can only pray that in the future there'll be something that will trump torrents.

Media's Affect on Relationships

Everyone gets caught up in romance movies, but sadly the events that occur in these movies and rehearsed and practiced countless times, and there is a very unlikely chance that they would ever occur in real life. People believe that their relationships can be more like the movies by listening to what magazines and articles about relationships tell them.

Relationships are what you make of them, everyone chooses how much effort they want to put into a relationship.

The typical things they like to comment about are:

• examining likes and dislikes
• examining the chemistry between you and your partner
• the trust issues
• the problems with your partner
• pet peeves
• etc.

Sometimes they point out normal qualities and make you believe that they are negative or horrible to the extent that you dislike your partner, which i believe is a very stupid thing to do.

In the article that i read, which is one of many in the sections on yahoo's article pages, they have 5 "dating tips" you can use, these dating tips involve ignoring certain factors about your partner, ones that woman or men "read too much into." It's ironic because i see it as a the medias way of fixing a problem that they started, because many women and men are too picky today, and very obsessed about how they would like their partners to be, so this is their way of saying its okay if they don't like your music, its okay if they are not as stylish as you want them to be etc.

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