Blog #12

P1 looks all alike because they contain the dominate gene. Due to that their children will have the dominate trait instead of the recessive. This causes many of the offspring to be either heterozygous or homozygous with the dominate trait.

Blog #11

I believe that parents should be able to select the traits of their children. Children that are born with these selected traits will be freed of all kinds of horrible diseases. They wouldn't have a huge burden on their shoulder of having a disadvantage. Everything would be advanced with this children with good features. Technology would advance and the human race will continue and live on.

Blog #10

Fermented Pickles Recipe

Materials Needed:
2-one gallon crocks or glass jars
4 lbs. of cucumbers
3⁄4 cup kosher salt
1 bunch dill weed
1 head of garlic, peeled
1 onion, sliced
pinch of black peppercorns (optional)
10 grape leaves
1 gallon boiling water

Procedure:
1) Wash cucumbers and insert a bamboo skewer almost all the way in the end.
2) Slice onions, peel the garlic, and rinse the grape leaves.
3) Boil the water and dissolve salt in it.
4) Place 2 or 3 grape leaves at the bottom of the jar and as many cucumbers that fit. Then add 5-6 cloves of garlic, a handful of onion slices, a handful of dill weed, and a pinch of black peppercorns (optional). Put another layer of grape leaves on top.
5) Continue this until jar is full.
6) Pour the hot water into the jar and use a chopstick to poke away the bubbles.
7) Find a plastic lid (follower) that can fit in the jar and that will expand to cover the leaves.
8) Place a smaller jar to have pressure on the follower.
9) Finally, let the jar sit for a few days. (3-7).
10) When they taste right put them in the refridgerator and cover them with a lid.

Fermentation helps make the pickles easier to digest, create new minerals, and helps preserve them.

http://www.learningherbs.com/fermented_foods.html

Blog #8

 Procedures/Protections for entering a hot zone biocontainment facility.
-Guards to keep track of who's going in and out.
-Heavy brick-built building with cement
-Low amount of windows
(Entering)
-Undress of all clothing contacting with skin.
- Put on sterile scrub suit.
- Enter Level 2 ultraviolet lights room.
- Enter Level 3 and put on gloves.
- Apply sticky tape to keep the gloves on.
- Put on helmet and make sure it's on correctly.
- Zip up suit.
- Enter Level 4.

http://www.aia-nj.org/images/des_awards2007/usamriid.jpg

Blog #9

The government should go extremely far in isolating infectious carriers. The army should also be involved in keeping them in a certain location. The reason why I believe this is because this disease can spread very quickly and kill millions, maybe even billions, of people. Just like shown in the movie "Outbreak" the Motaba disease will spread and infect the entire United States in only 48 hours. By using exterme measures, this can be prevented and instead of the whole country being killed, only a few thousand will perish and millions will be saved.

Blog #6

Virus
Devastating, Horrfying
Bleeding, headaches, vomiting
Infects,spreads,strengthens,destroys
Marburg

Helpful and Harmful Bacteria.

There are many helpful bacteria that help people and other living creatures. E. coli is a rod shaped bacteria that live in the stomach of animals and they help them digest their food. Streptomyces is found in soil and it is the main building block of antibotics. There are also harmful bacterias such as bacilli which are responsible for many disease such as tuberculosis and influenza. On the other hand, there are some E. coli that can cause serious illness in humans through food poisoning. One other harmful bacteria is spirilla which causes serious diseases such as syphillis.

http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/these-are-some-of-the-helpful-bacteria-found-in-the-environment-around-us-356913.html
 http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-harmful-bacteria.htm

Bacilli

Streptomyces

Spirilla

E. Coli

blog 5

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63868/title/Distant_world_could_support_life

Scientists have recently discovered a dwarf planet (Glises 581g) that is possible to inhabit life. Unfortunately, the temperature varies greatly from the dark and illuminated side by more than 500 degrees farenheit. Water viewed by the scientists showed that this planet contains an abundant amount of water. Some scientists believe that there is a 100% chance of life on this planet. WE still do not know the physical surface of this planet and whether it can sustain greenhouses.

Blog #3

No, I don't think non-carbon based lifeforms are possible. First off, carbon is a very abundant element in the whole universe which means that lifeforms are most likely to be made up of carbon. Secondly, carbon is a unique element due to the fact that it can connect with four different elements that make up an organic compound.

Source:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/980221b.html

Blog #1

My goals for this year are many things. First, I would like to pass all my classes with atleast a B. Secondly, I would like to improve in basketball. I would also want to learn new things to do on the computer. Finally, my last goal is to pass the CAHSEE.

Metric System Why or Why Not?

I don't think that the U.S should switch over to the metric system. By changing our systems everybody will be confused because they were all used to using inches, feet, etc. Also, companies that create items that display inches will now be useless since nobody would use it anymore. Those companies would have to throw away all their products or they'd have to recycle them. This will cause everyone to throw away their rulers and measuring items that are not from the metric system.