Thursday, March 30, 2006
Stem Cells Regulate Insulin—Health24
November 20, 2002
http://www.health24.co.za/news.asp?action=art&SubContentTypeId=49&ContentID=20074
Summary
Stanford university researchers were able to customize stem cells to make an insulin producing tissue. This was tested on some mice with diabetes and the blood sugar was regulated. The insulin producing tissue in humans known as beta cells are not exactly the same as the customized stem cells. These customized stem cells are not ready for humans yet. The stem cells were not used along side of the beta cells in the mice but they were replaced. The experiment was not corrupt, in order to prove and validate their experiment the insulin producing tissue was removed and the mice died of too much sugar in their bloodstream. Researchers hope to actually make beta cells from stem cells to replace non-working beta cells or non-functioning stem cells.
Importance
If it were possible to replace beta cells in diabetic people than people would not have to suffer the consequences. Many people around the world have diabetes including a few in my family. This article could show people that would be interested in sponsoring or funding the researchers for a cure to diabetes.
Opinion
I did enjoy the article because I know some people that go through diabetes and it would be nice to see some sort of a cure. At least it was interesting to know there is a development on diabetes. I can not understand why there is not a test being done on humans. We can obviously relate to humans better than mice.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
9.1 Honors Chemistry (Book Work)
6 Reams
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4 moles
8 moles CL Atoms
6.023 E23
6.023 E23
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46 g/mol
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64 g
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Monday, March 20, 2006
Spanish 1: Extra Credit - G5 “c” ; G6 “ch”
- Èl es mi amiga.
- La es mi profesora.
- Èl es mi profesor de historia.
- La es mi amiga.
- Èl es mi amigo.
- Èl es èl director de la escuela.
- La es mi profesora de matemàticas.
- Èl es mi amigo.
- ¿Quién es su maestro español?
- ¿Quién es las Moral de Sr.
- ¿Quién es su amigo?
- ¿Eso es su amiga?
- ¿Quién es su maestro de matemáticas?
- ¿Quién es su mejor amigo?
- Dígame acerca de su amigo muy bueno.
- Usted es estúpido porque usted huele como la basura en el descarga.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Spanish 1: Extra Credit - G9 "a" "b"
Aruro es de Perú en la sudamérica.
- Enrique es de Paraguay.
- Sara es de Chile.
- Marta es de Ecuador.
- Ana es del Uruguay.
- Rafael es de Venezuela.
- Mario Mendoza de la Ciudad de Yuba, California ahora vive en un País Nuevo en la sudamérica. Su país nuevo es Bolivia. Su ciudad favorita en Bolivia es la capital, La Paz. Bolivia tiene también dos capitales.
- Lola vive en Brasil.
- Samuel vive a la cabeza de sudamérica en un país llamó Bolivia.
- Luisa vive en Argentina.
- Asunciòn es la capital de Paraguay.
- Bogotà es la capital de Colombia.
- Lima es la capital de Perú.
- Buenos Aires son la capital de Argentina.
- Quito es la capital de Ecuador.
- Montevideo es la capital del Uruguay.
- Brasilia es la capital de Brasil.
- La Paz es la capital de Bolivia.
- Santiago es la capital de Chile.
- Caracas es la capital de Venezuela.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Spanish 1: Extra Credit - G3 “b” “c”
- un boligrapho
- una carpeta
- una cuaderna
- El perro.
- La alfombra.
- Haga camping con un libro dentro de lo.
- La tabla. La sofá o la Silla.
- El enchufe eléctrico.
- La pared.
- El papel pintado.
- La pluma.
- La pared Recorta.
- La pared.
- Llenar.
- El piso.
- La alfombra.
- El oxígeno
- el Agua de la humedad
- El polvo
- Las fibras
- Los microbios
- Las bacterias
- Las hormigas
- Los bichos
- La ilustración o dibujar
- El texto Scribled
- ¿Dònde està el cuaderno del profesor?
- ¿Dònde està la silla del profesor?
- ¿Dònde està el boligrapho del profesor?
- ¿Dònde està el papel del profesor?
- ¿Dònde està el carpeta del profesor?
Friday, March 17, 2006
History: Ch 6 Napolean French Revolution
Section 5 The Congress of Vienna Convenes
Metternich Restores Stability
- Metternich a minister of Austria, wants to keep things they way they are stating, “The first and greatest concern for the immense majority of every nation is the stability of laws - never their change.”
- Metternich wanted security for the entire continent so he held meetings called the “Congress of Vienna.”
- He had three goals for the “Congress of Vienna”
- First he wanted to prevent the aggression of the French, by surrounding France with strong countries.
- Second he wanted to restore a balance of power, so that no country would be a threat to others.
- Third, he wanted to restore Europe's royal families to the thrones before Napoleon.
- The Containment of France
- Congress made surrounding France countries stronger
- Austrian Netherlands and Dutch Republic combined to form Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Group of 39 German states joined to form German Confederation, dominated by Austria.
- Switzerland is now an independent nation.
- Genoa was added to the Kingdom of Sardinia in Italy.
- Balance of Power
- Leaders of Europe did not want to weaken France too much, then French might take revenge.
- If they broke up France then other countries might take it over.
- France was required to give up all the land Napoleon took over, but France remained in tact. About the same boundaries it had in 1790.
- Legitimacy
- Great powers made up the principle of legitimacy.
- Legitimacy said as many as possible rulers should remain back to their thrones before Napoleon.
- King Louis XVIII returned back into power. He adopted a constitution and ruled as a constitutional monarch.
- Many other rulers, though not all, returned to the throne.
- Participants in Congress of Vienna thought return old monarchs would stabilize political relations among nations.
- Until 1853 none of the five great powers caused a war with anyone.
- Some were at peace until the First World War in 1914.
Political Changes Beyond Vienna
- Congress of Vienna was a victory for conservatives.
- Kings and Princes were restored to the countries, following the goals of Metternich.
- Conservative Europe
- Late 1815, Czar Alexander ruler of Russia, Emperor Francis I of Austria, and King Frederick William III of Prussia entered a league called the Holy Alliance. This was a loosely bound alliance.
- Another series of alliances Metternich created was called Concert of Europe. This means other countries would help each other if revolutions broke out.
- France after 1815 was deeply divided politically.
- Conservatives happy with monarchy of Louis XVIII wanted to make it last.
- Liberals wanted king to share more power with chamber of Deputies and grant middle class right to vote.
- Austria, Prussia, and small German states had ideas and factions that would contribute to revolutions in 1830 and again in 1848.
- Revolution in Latin America
- Actions of Congress of Vienna had other problems beyond Europe
- When Congress restored Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne, Spanish colonial revolts against Napoleons brother King Joseph Bonaparte should have stopped. Instead, conservatives, liberals, and radicals, fought.
- Revolts against the king broke out in many parts of Spanish America.
- Mexico was the only loyal country to Ferdinand. In 1820 liberalists in Spain urged the Spanish King to take more control over Spain and American Colonies.
- Long-Term Legacy
- Europenas modified old economic patterns of taxation and property ownership, and adopted equal treatment for all.
- A new era had begun.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Colorado State University
- Total new undergraduates enrolled: 5,509
- New freshmen enrolled: 3,720
- New transfer students: 1,789
- College with the most new undergraduates - Natural Sciences with 979
- (Intra-University had 1,734 new undergraduates)
- Undergraduate programs with the largest number of majors
- University Open Option
- Open Option Seeking Business
- Psychology
- Computer Science
- Biological Science
- Graduate programs with the largest number of majors
- Education & Human Resource Studies
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
Demographics
- Students who are residents: 77%
- Students who are nonresidents: 23%
- Students who are ethnic minorities: 11.5% (excludes international students)
- Undergraduate student population who are female: 52.4%
- Undergraduate students who are 30 years old or over: 4.4%
- Undergraduate student population who were enrolled part time: 10.5%
- Five student home states for the largest number of nonresident students
- Texas
- Illinois
- California
- New Mexico
- Nebraska
Campus
669-acre main campus which (includes 103 acre Veterinary Teaching Hospital)
- A 1,715-acre foothills campus
- A 1,152-acre agricultural campus
- A 1,177-acre Pingree Park mountain campus
- 3,999 acres of land for research centers and Colorado State Forest Service stations outside of Larimer County
Academics
Colleges
- College of Agricultural Sciences
- College of Applied Human Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Engineering
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Natural Resources
- College of Natural Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Degrees
- Awarded 5098 degrees in 2000-01.
- Bachelor's degrees are offered in 150 programs of study in 65 majors.
- Master's degrees are offered in 55 fields.
- Doctoral degrees are offered in 40 fields.
- A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree is offered.
Programs of Research and Scholarly Excellence
Program of Excellence is Colorado's higher education's highest honor awarded to academic programs that have demonstrated a long-term commitment to excellence and have achieved outstanding performance records. These programs serve as models for other programs in the state and the nation.
- Biotechnology and Biosciences
- Animal Reproduction & Biotechnology Laboratory
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Neurosciences Program
- Human and Animal Health
- Program in Infectious Diseases
- Department of Occupational Therapy
- Radiological Health Sciences & Cancer Research Program
- Environmental & Ecological Sciences
- Department of Atmospheric Science
- Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
- Center for Environmental Toxicology & Technology
- Social Sciences
- Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research
- Center for Research on Writing & Communication Technologies
- Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center
- Water Management Science & Technology Program
- Animal Reproduction & Biotechnology Laboratory
- Academic Year
- The fall semester begins in late August and ends before Christmas.
- The spring semester begins in January and ends in May.
- There are 12 weeks in the regular summer session.
Student Life
- 300 student organizations
- Undergraduate Honors Curriculum and Program
- 27 honor societies
- Undergraduate Leadership Development Program and Service Learning Program
- 60% of the undergraduate student population participates in intramural sports
- 8% of undergraduate students join one of 21 fraternities and 15 sororities
- Residence Life
- 10 residence halls with a capacity of about 4,500 students
- 718 apartment units for students with families
- 190 apartments for older or graduate students
Bibliography & Tuition/Fees
Rymski,Joe. Quick Facts… August 25, 2002. http://www.newsinfo.colostate.edu/index.asp?page=csu_quick_facts
Rymski,Joe. Contacts. August 25, 2002.
http://www.newsinfo.colostate.edu/index.asp?page=public_relations_staff
For nine credits or more I will give $6,219.00 plus other fees $389.81 total $6,608.81
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Cotton Eyed Joe - Dance Essay
1. cross left foot over right
2. kick out with left foot
3. polka steps going backwards left-right-left
4. cross right foot over left
5. kick out with right foot
6. polka steps going backwards right-left-right
7. cross left foot over right
8. kick out with left foot
9. polka steps going backwards left-right-left
10. cross right foot over left
11. kick out with right foot
12. polka steps going backwards right-left right
13. polka steps going forward left-right-left
14. polka steps right-left-right
15. polka steps left-right-left
16. polka steps right-left-right
17. polka steps left-right-left
18. polka steps right-left-right
19. polka steps left-right-left
20. polka steps right-left-right
The position starts with the men on the right, women on the left. The pairs are setup one behind the other and the dace is looped rotating counter-clockwise around the room.
Dance Disicion
We chose cotton-eyed Joe because many enjoy it through out the United States. The enjoyment migrates elsewhere for its enthusiastic and energetic movements. These basic movements include shuffles, stomps, kicks, and turns around the room. The patterns match the music and beat of your movements.
Summary
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Monday, March 13, 2006
Fifteen Sentences
- A person who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession is an amateur.
- Producing or promoting a favorable result would be beneficial.
- A supporting pillar consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital is considered to be a column.
- Definite is or determined.
- I will endeavor in my school work.
- My teacher was embarrassed when she fell off her chair.
- My environmental temperature is not optimal.
- Check on that torridly hot, fiery flame.
- The woodpecker pecks, he does not gnaw on the wood.
- I am turning in my grammar worksheet.
- I have possession of the ball, you do not.
- “It is a privelidge,” Mrs Fagundes said, “to go to school"
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Inquiry #2
There were so many interesting things around the room: posters, projects, books, creed projects, metal objects, wood objects, plastic objects, etc. So we carried out an operation called “Room Cruising.” We picked an object, raised our hand until the teacher called on us, and we told the class why we picked that object and why it was fascinating to us. Once the student was done explaining the object. The instructor would tell a story about it. This was valuable because there was so much work students did in the past and posted it up on the wall. Just with that activity we were able to admire students’ work.
The big question meet is where we created an enormous list of questions the day before for homework, and asked other students the questions. This was the most valueable out of all the activities because we were able to get to know each other including the teacher. The big question meet would have been better if the other person could answer the questions we had to ask. Or may be they could have made a theory on it. If I knew what we were going to be doing in class that day I could have made better questions to ask.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Vocabulary 7.1-7.3
Mental health refers to how you use the various aspects of health to achieve positive feelings about yourself and improve your ability to deal with problems.
Defense mechanisms: Techniques people use to protect themselves from being hurt.
Defense mechanisms are techniques used to keep yourself from being hurt.
Self-ideal: your mental image of what you would like to be.
This image represents your self-ideal.
Self-concept: The current mental image you have of yourself.
Rating your level of self-esteem requires a thorough analysis of your self-concept, or self-image as it is sometimes called.
Organic-disorders: mental and emotional disorders resulting from a physical cause.
Mental and emotional disorders resulting from physical causes are called organic-disorders.
Anxiety disorder: a condition in which fear or anxiety prevents one from enjoying life and completing every-day tasks.
If these changes occur most everyday, they can be harmful and become the symptoms of anxiety disorder.
Dissociative disorder: a condition in which someone’s personality changes to the point that the person believes he or she is someone else.
A condition in which someone’s personality changes dramatically is called a dissociattive disorder.
Somatoform Disorder: An emotional condition in which there are physical symptoms but no identifiable disease or injury. The physical symptoms are caused by psychological factors.
People with physical symptoms caused by emotional problems are said to have somatoform disorders.
Mood disorder: A condition in which one mood is experienced almost to the exclusion of other feelings.
A mood disorder occurs when one mood which is often an unhappy mood, is experienced almost to the exclusion of other feelings.
Personality disorder: an emotional condition in which a person’s patterns of behavior negatively affect that person’s ability to get along with others.
Traits that negatively affect a person’s ability to get along with others are called personality disorders.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Catcher and the Rye CH 24, 25, 26
In this chapter Holden meets up with his old teacher Mr. Antolini. I find it weird how he refers to him consistently as “Mr. Antolini” as opposed to Mr. Spencer as “old Spencer” or “Spencer”. When Holden was near Carl Luce, he was very homophobic. When Holden wakes up to find Mr. Antolini stroking his head, he freaks out. Although, whether or not Mr. Antolini made a sexual advance on Holden is a moot point.
Chapter 25
In this chapter Holden's nervous breakdown has peaked. Holden is completely surrounded by phoniness and ugliness at the Grand Central Station. His interactions with Phoebe and Mr. Antolini have made him feel lonely and alienated. Mr. Antolini was correct earlier, Holden has lost a connection with the environment. As a result, Holden makes his own reasonable decision he can think of, he runs away.
Chapter 26
Holden refuses to talk more about his story and wishes he hadn't told so many people about his story, for now he is unable to express his feelings. The story ends when he goes home. He is then sent to a recovery home to recover from his breakdown. He's now in psychotherapy, and he will be attending a new school in the fall.