https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t3zh38nizlltSChKW-6Pcl9hbEB4toLhZ4Rr5mG0Ap0/edit
A lot has gone into this. Hopefully we can pull this off. Now to recall all I learned in Moziers class.
And here's the Info graph itself:
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Infograph Info
Here's the info that has been accumulated from all five members including yours truly. Her is the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t3zh38nizlltSChKW-6Pcl9hbEB4toLhZ4Rr5mG0Ap0/edit
A lot has gone into this. Hopefully we can pull this off. Now to recall all I learned in Moziers class.
And here's the Info graph itself:
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t3zh38nizlltSChKW-6Pcl9hbEB4toLhZ4Rr5mG0Ap0/edit
A lot has gone into this. Hopefully we can pull this off. Now to recall all I learned in Moziers class.
And here's the Info graph itself:
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Mental Exercize or Dementia??
I looked at one aspect of Dementia. There's a site that goes into a dementia Dog, that helps the person remember his or her medication, walking sleeping and eating routine, and active and engaged in their community. A dog is stimulating to the person as well as the dog. Here's the link for more info:http://dementiadog.org/
And heres another site on a different angle:
Dementia is not normal aging. It is characterized by multiple cognitive deficits with memory impairments as a frequent early symptom.
These cognitive deficits include:
perform basic household duties and monitor appropriate social behaviors. Often it is difficult to determine exactly when a person should be concerned with cognitive changes they may be experiencing. Symptoms vary from person to person, what is normal for someone, may not be normal for someone else. This contributes to the challenges clinicians may face when determining whether or not cognitive decline is due to a physiological or psychological (excessive worry, depression, anxiety, etc.) condition.
Symptoms to watch for:
The progression of cognitive deficits observed in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease may be accelerated in the few years immediately preceding the diagnosis. Accelerated cognitive decline may not occur until events, like a stroke, reach a threshold where the brain can no longer compensate for damage. Thus, it is important to receive regular medical check ups in order to monitor the extent and severity to which someone may be experiencing cognitive decline. Independent living should not be compromised during normal aging, unlike the transition to a neurodegenerative condition.
These cognitive deficits include:
- Executive functioning
- Language
- Working (immediate) memory
- Spatial memory
- Verbal memory
perform basic household duties and monitor appropriate social behaviors. Often it is difficult to determine exactly when a person should be concerned with cognitive changes they may be experiencing. Symptoms vary from person to person, what is normal for someone, may not be normal for someone else. This contributes to the challenges clinicians may face when determining whether or not cognitive decline is due to a physiological or psychological (excessive worry, depression, anxiety, etc.) condition.
Symptoms to watch for:
- Getting lost in familiar places
- Repetitive questioning
- Odd or inappropriate behaviors
- Forgetfulness of recent events
- Repeated falls or loss of balance
- Personality changes
- Decline in planning and organization
- Changes in diet/eating habits
- Changes in hygiene
- Increased apathy
- Changes in language abilities, including
The progression of cognitive deficits observed in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease may be accelerated in the few years immediately preceding the diagnosis. Accelerated cognitive decline may not occur until events, like a stroke, reach a threshold where the brain can no longer compensate for damage. Thus, it is important to receive regular medical check ups in order to monitor the extent and severity to which someone may be experiencing cognitive decline. Independent living should not be compromised during normal aging, unlike the transition to a neurodegenerative condition.
Risk factors for cognitive decline
- High blood pressure, diabetes, poor nutrition and social isolation are associated with a higher probability of developing a neurodegenerative condition
- Heart disease
- Family history of dementia
- Psychological factors such as stress and depression also negatively affect the healthy aging process
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Population and it's outcomes
This is s link to the article I've read:
http://www.uwlax.edu/murphy/environment/overpopulation/overview1.html
and another
http://carlsbaddesal.com/
And this is from Oceansides site (no gimmicks).
http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/gov/water/recycling/default.asp
It made more sense just to link back to the original article.Explains more than I ever would. I thought it would go well with what we're doing because it mentions the possible outcome if we keep going in that direction. But I'm hopeful there's a solution.Hopefully we can combine what we've researched so far and come up with a working project. (as long as the data gells. Can't have one piece of data contradicting the other, as long as it relates to the project we're on). Hopefully I'd like to present it on the Tuesday two days before the final. Hope you're all studying (thank God for the power point lectures).
http://www.uwlax.edu/murphy/environment/overpopulation/overview1.html
and another
http://carlsbaddesal.com/
And this is from Oceansides site (no gimmicks).
http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/gov/water/recycling/default.asp
It made more sense just to link back to the original article.Explains more than I ever would. I thought it would go well with what we're doing because it mentions the possible outcome if we keep going in that direction. But I'm hopeful there's a solution.Hopefully we can combine what we've researched so far and come up with a working project. (as long as the data gells. Can't have one piece of data contradicting the other, as long as it relates to the project we're on). Hopefully I'd like to present it on the Tuesday two days before the final. Hope you're all studying (thank God for the power point lectures).
Friday, July 19, 2013
Garbage Island
I was watching this video, and I couldn't believe we've gotten this careless. That all our garbage has ended up between our coast and Hawaii. I guess our dumping of trash has gotten out of hand. Wouldn't surprise me if my old glasses are sitting there. It's from VBStv.com. The reporter says it takes a week to get out there. Its in the Gyre.
Charles Moore discovered it in 1997 when returning to California from Hawaii after a yacht race. He decided on a shortcut through the gyre and got a shock of his life. He found all sorts of garbage including fragments from plastic bottles. Who knows what sea life that have been eating this have ended up on our dinner tables. This has gotten pretty serious when it might affect our food supply. Now to find a solution, but it's not going to be an easy one. Why not instead of dredging for fish, dredge for garbage, or at least get something that attracts the garbage. Not cool when things like this come back to bite us in the butt.
Direct Impacts - Studies have shown that fish and other marine life do eat plastic. Plastics could cause irritation or damage to the digestive system. If plastics are kept in the gut instead of passing through, the fish could feel full (of plastic not food) and this could lead to malnutrition or starvation.
Indirect Impacts - Plastic debris accumulates pollutants such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) up to 100,000 to 1,000,000 times the levels found in seawater. PCBs, which were mainly used as coolant fluids, were banned in the U.S. in 1979 and internationally in 2001. It is still unclear whether these pollutants can seep from plastic debris into the organisms that happen to eat the debris and very difficult to determine the exact source of these pollutants as they can come from sources other than plastic debris. More research is needed to help better understand these areas.
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/plastic.html#harm
By: Courtney Arthur
We are thrilled to unveil a new tool for the marine debris community!
Today, the NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) is launching the Marine Debris Clearinghouse, an online resource for the rapidly growing marine debris community to discover, explore, and apply knowledge in marine debris research and operations. This resource will benefit the nation’s coastal managers, researchers, policy makers, educators, industry, and communities studying to mitigate marine debris and its impacts.
In its first phase, the Clearinghouse is an extensive database housing current, future, and historical MDP-funded marine debris projects related to removal, research and outreach. The site’s sophisticated search function allows users to query specific project data, such as date and description, location, or marine debris type. Its mapping and reporting functions also allows users to quickly obtain information in multiple formats.
In the coming months, the site will grow to include a library of documents, including best practices, regional action plans, technical documents, and papers that reflect the state of knowledge of a given topic area within marine debris study. In the future, the program plans to expand this database to include information from federal partners and the broader marine debris community.
We are thrilled to unveil this new tool and invite you to visit the Marine Debris Clearinghouse. Please investigate and report back! We’re open to comments and suggestions for improving usability, so feel free to email us at marinedebris.clearinghouse@noaa.gov.
Best wishes,
Peter Murphy and Courtney Arthur
http://marinedebrisblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/clearinghouse/
Charles Moore discovered it in 1997 when returning to California from Hawaii after a yacht race. He decided on a shortcut through the gyre and got a shock of his life. He found all sorts of garbage including fragments from plastic bottles. Who knows what sea life that have been eating this have ended up on our dinner tables. This has gotten pretty serious when it might affect our food supply. Now to find a solution, but it's not going to be an easy one. Why not instead of dredging for fish, dredge for garbage, or at least get something that attracts the garbage. Not cool when things like this come back to bite us in the butt.
Can plastic marine debris harm fish?
Plastic has the potential to harm fish and other wildlife in two main ways.Direct Impacts - Studies have shown that fish and other marine life do eat plastic. Plastics could cause irritation or damage to the digestive system. If plastics are kept in the gut instead of passing through, the fish could feel full (of plastic not food) and this could lead to malnutrition or starvation.
Indirect Impacts - Plastic debris accumulates pollutants such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) up to 100,000 to 1,000,000 times the levels found in seawater. PCBs, which were mainly used as coolant fluids, were banned in the U.S. in 1979 and internationally in 2001. It is still unclear whether these pollutants can seep from plastic debris into the organisms that happen to eat the debris and very difficult to determine the exact source of these pollutants as they can come from sources other than plastic debris. More research is needed to help better understand these areas.
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/plastic.html#harm
Launching the Marine Debris Clearinghouse
| 6 CommentsWe are thrilled to unveil a new tool for the marine debris community!
Today, the NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) is launching the Marine Debris Clearinghouse, an online resource for the rapidly growing marine debris community to discover, explore, and apply knowledge in marine debris research and operations. This resource will benefit the nation’s coastal managers, researchers, policy makers, educators, industry, and communities studying to mitigate marine debris and its impacts.
In its first phase, the Clearinghouse is an extensive database housing current, future, and historical MDP-funded marine debris projects related to removal, research and outreach. The site’s sophisticated search function allows users to query specific project data, such as date and description, location, or marine debris type. Its mapping and reporting functions also allows users to quickly obtain information in multiple formats.
In the coming months, the site will grow to include a library of documents, including best practices, regional action plans, technical documents, and papers that reflect the state of knowledge of a given topic area within marine debris study. In the future, the program plans to expand this database to include information from federal partners and the broader marine debris community.
We are thrilled to unveil this new tool and invite you to visit the Marine Debris Clearinghouse. Please investigate and report back! We’re open to comments and suggestions for improving usability, so feel free to email us at marinedebris.clearinghouse@noaa.gov.
Best wishes,
Peter Murphy and Courtney Arthur
http://marinedebrisblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/clearinghouse/
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Lifes Greatest Miracle Documentary (narrated by John Lithgow)
Even if some sperm makes it in, it goes through a selection process (sort of like being on a dating service picking the right man or woman into your life). some sperm make it in some get killed off by uterine acid and even if it makes it to the uterus the uterus is blocked by mucus that wont let anything in except during ovulation when mucus is watery, and even in the uterus and fallopian tube the egg may not be there or is surrounded by cell chaperones. Only the sperm with the right combination will get into the Zona barrier around the egg. (whew). Then the sperm gets drawn into the egg. Once together they form a viable embryo. 50% don't survive this process. The rest of the sperm is locked out of the Zona. then it pushes all the chromosomes into a pouch called a polar body. single sperm releases "precious cargo" 23 chromosomes in the roomy egg. Egg and sperm approach each other, then divide. And this after 24 hours! Sometimes the cells split into two groups creating identical twins. The cells need enough dividing before it arrives in the Uterus.Five days have passed. Embryo must break out of the Zona and seek a food source.
It does and uses and enzyme to eat through the zona and the ball of cells squeeze out. The embryone finally latched onto the blood rich lining of the uterus But the blastocist can still be attacked by the mothers immune system as a foreign invader. and cells produce chemicals that fight this off. The blastocyst finally burros into the lining of the Uterus. It develops ar a rapid rate. First the spinal cord and then the brain and then the head and arm buds, and the heart beats for the first time. And the child takes nine months to develop. This documentary revolves around a couple expecting a baby. and then explains the process explained above. I never realized that it would be that hit and miss. I guess they've come up with new developments since the last medical journal I read. It strengthened my resolve for Pro Life after explainign the Miracle that it truly is!
Psalm 139:13-15. “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s
womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your
works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I
was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”
http://clclutheran.org/atlanta/bibleclass/abortion.html
http://clclutheran.org/atlanta/bibleclass/abortion.html
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Reflection on "Bully" the movie
a.
It's about bullying that takes place in three Places: Murray county, Georgia , Tuttle, Oklahoma. and Sioux City Iowa around the Three people. Tyler, Alex and Kelbi. You can watch it on Netflix.
Tyler, from Murray County Georgia. Was a happy kid, had an infectious laugh, but had a habit of being a loner. which made him a target for bullies. One point he cried and then that stopped. One day when he was 17 he left a video for his sister Teryn that what anyone says doesn't matter, and he hung himself. Thats how David and Troy found him. He couldn't take any more. Alex, age 12 of Sioux City Iowa, lives with Ruthie his sister and Ethan his youngest brother. Father David and Mother Tyler has to deal with bullying at the stop where he gets picked up, on the bus, and in the school itself. In Tuttle Oklahoma.
Theres a lesbian girl named Kelbi aged 16. She's not welcome in church or other peoples homes. Anyone hanging out with her is assumed to be like her. Kelbi was purposely run into with a minivan when she just wanted a ride. They even talked about burning her with her present, and when they saw they were hurting her kept on doing it. She learned early on that anyone who was different in bible belt Oklahoma would be put down. Makes me ashamed to be a christain
b. At first I was shocked and then got very angry with the treatment of the kids in this movie, that it can happen in a place called learning. When I was going to school it wasn't this bad. There was teasing and some bullying. But never at the level and viciousness, and the poisonous words coming from the kids who were doing the bullying. I was wondering "where are the adults? Have we gotten so politically correct that we cant' make a stand without it hurting our reputation. I've heard say that the only thing for evil to triumph is for good to stand by and do nothing. It's time to make a stand.
c.I'd say if affects them socially psychologically and intellectually. They're isolated. It's psychologically draining, and it affects the learning process. Who wants to learn in a hostile environment?from IAN research Report Bullying/Ian Research Reports/Interactive
d. Parents should take an active response to what is going on with the schools. Bus drivers should no longer be bystanders. Problem children (those that bully or abuse others because they're bored, and don't' have a healthy way of dealing with their problems). And there should be no children who are loners all the time. They need other kids who look out for them.
It's about bullying that takes place in three Places: Murray county, Georgia , Tuttle, Oklahoma. and Sioux City Iowa around the Three people. Tyler, Alex and Kelbi. You can watch it on Netflix.
Tyler, from Murray County Georgia. Was a happy kid, had an infectious laugh, but had a habit of being a loner. which made him a target for bullies. One point he cried and then that stopped. One day when he was 17 he left a video for his sister Teryn that what anyone says doesn't matter, and he hung himself. Thats how David and Troy found him. He couldn't take any more. Alex, age 12 of Sioux City Iowa, lives with Ruthie his sister and Ethan his youngest brother. Father David and Mother Tyler has to deal with bullying at the stop where he gets picked up, on the bus, and in the school itself. In Tuttle Oklahoma.
Theres a lesbian girl named Kelbi aged 16. She's not welcome in church or other peoples homes. Anyone hanging out with her is assumed to be like her. Kelbi was purposely run into with a minivan when she just wanted a ride. They even talked about burning her with her present, and when they saw they were hurting her kept on doing it. She learned early on that anyone who was different in bible belt Oklahoma would be put down. Makes me ashamed to be a christain
b. At first I was shocked and then got very angry with the treatment of the kids in this movie, that it can happen in a place called learning. When I was going to school it wasn't this bad. There was teasing and some bullying. But never at the level and viciousness, and the poisonous words coming from the kids who were doing the bullying. I was wondering "where are the adults? Have we gotten so politically correct that we cant' make a stand without it hurting our reputation. I've heard say that the only thing for evil to triumph is for good to stand by and do nothing. It's time to make a stand.
c.I'd say if affects them socially psychologically and intellectually. They're isolated. It's psychologically draining, and it affects the learning process. Who wants to learn in a hostile environment?from IAN research Report Bullying/Ian Research Reports/Interactive
d. Parents should take an active response to what is going on with the schools. Bus drivers should no longer be bystanders. Problem children (those that bully or abuse others because they're bored, and don't' have a healthy way of dealing with their problems). And there should be no children who are loners all the time. They need other kids who look out for them.
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