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A day without technology, Is like a day without breathing. I spend the majority of my time texting, on facebook, playing video games, or watching tv, so this assignment was hard from the RUBRIC! Thank god i had a thanksgiving requiring loads of attention, and college apps coming around the corner. I cannot say that i was perfect though....

I started off the day, and already broke my assignment! My phone alarm went off at seven thirty, and i looked at a text message before i realized that i couldnt! So i quickly closed out of the text window, and went downstairs to eat breakfast. I made myself food, and began helping clean and get ready for guests. I looked at the clock and what seemed like hours was only ten minutes. I thought to myself, could my life really revolve this much around technology?!

I tried my hardest to not use my phone or the computer, and i feel i did an okay job for a novice. If i needed information, i asked and didnt look it up on my phone. If i wanted entertainment, i played with my dogs. So on the day went and it was very relieving.

We finished dinner, but then i broke the assignment again. I had to call my girlfriend for information on when i was meeting her. I felt terrible about it, but it was a necessity. I then drove to her familys house and enjoyed an amazing second feast. I was surprised what it felt like to not use my phone or other technology. I realized that i was alot more social than i usually am. i felt more comfortable talking to people, and found out alot more than i would just being quiet and relying on technology for entertainment.

I wish i could have stuck to the rules 100% and would greatly enjoy this assignment in the future at a time not around the holidays... LOL

Food Inc Articles

The Scope of the World Food Crisis
900 million people suffer from hunger each year. The growing of population and the middle class has increased the demand for food. With the new laws the larger food corporations are growing so large that they are taking over the smaller companies. People that are not involved with the big companies are being drained and bought out.

This is the issue that I would chose because it plays a role in not only our country but it is happening all over the globe. This would be an issue that is not only effects our country but it helps the rest of the world. I know that some countries are worse than others but most need some help.

Cheap Food
Everyone is cutting back on prices of products so in turn they can get paid more by more coustoumers. This travels down to the bottom of the work chain when the farmers get their wages cut. Their wellfaire is being cut off so that is effecting them there. This forces them to work longer days which is what lowers their heath.

The Financial Crisis and World Hunger
This article was mainly about food prices and how people in poor countries can't grow their food anymore. It also talks about micro loans which are loans taken in very small amounts to farmers in need of a little money.

Feilds of Poison
The pesticides that are being applied to the crops are effecting the farmers. The farmers usually live next to there farms where the pesticides can leach into their drinking water. The harmful chemicles are causing health problems in the farmers. They can't afford healthcare in America so they go back to Mexico to deal with their health issues.

Biome HW#2

Tundra: Ice paradise

Q:2,500 people live here year-round, many working in Svalbard's coal mines.

Q: How can people live up there with the unsurvivable conditions?!

C: The fact that it was surprising that animals could survive in those conditions to scientists, and yet humans also live there is very interesting to me. That a person could work, and survive there is a wonder.

Marine: Ultra Marine

Q:What the Bird's Head Seascape holds: 2,500 islands and reefs, nearly 1,300 fish species, 600 coral species, 700 mollusks (including seven species of giant clam), sea turtle rookeries, and more.

Q:How can you protect all of that life?

C: i think it is remarkable that so many species can live amongst eachother, and benefit the community as a whole. I wish humans could learn from other animals, and that we could FIX things rather than ruin them.

Desert: The Cruelest Place on Earth

Q:Then we would come to know it not simply as a place of harsh rocks, gravel, and lava but as a shelter, a home, an open stretch beneath the sky that offers all a man and his family need: grass for the livestock, palms for weaving the thatch of a home, special shrubs for making a toothbrush or curing a stomachache, and canyons with deep, cool water holes.

Q: How come more dont live there?

C: i think that many people overlook the benefits of the things they think would suck. I think that ya if i took a look at a piece of land, that had dead carcasses and blistering heat, and no rain, i dont think i would want to live there. But these people have mad e a home for themselves, that they love.

Biome HW#1

Biome hw #1

Freshwater

Q:What is the difference between a lake and a pond?

A:Ponds are man made.

Marine:

Q: How can the earths surface be 71% ocean, and still have less organisms than on land?

A: i believe that a lot of the oceans species have not been recorded and discovered.

Desert:

Q: What kind of desert is San Diego?

A:?

Forest:

Q:When a forest is burned, how long does a full recovery take?

A:40-50 years

Grassland:

Q: is anything produced in grasslands?

A: it is where a lot of livestock are hunted.

Tundra:

Q: How was the arctic tundra formed?

A: The tundra was formed by a retreating continental glacier only 10,000 years ago.