NASA Finds 'Significant' Water On Moon

NASA finds 'significant' water on moon. (2009, November 16). CNN. Retrieved November 17, 2009, from www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/13/water.moon.nasa/

After a satellite accidently landed in a crater, NASA discovered they had found water. "If the water that was formed or deposited is billions of years old, these polar cold traps could hold a key to the history and evolution of the solar system, much as an ice core sample taken on Earth reveals ancient data," NASA said in its statement. "In addition, water and other compounds represent potential resources that could sustain future lunar exploration." This means that NASA could basically build a station on the moon where astronauts could stay for long periods of time and they could do work on the moon, closer to other planets.

The Clean Energy Scam

A tiny sliver of transitional rain forest is surrounded by

hectares of soybean fields in the Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

Grunwald, M. (2008, March 27). The Clean Energy Scam . TIME. Retrieved November 15, 2009, from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725975,00.html

It's been overshadowed lately by global warming, but the Amazon rain forest also happens to be an incomparable storehouse of carbon, the very carbon that heats up the planet when it's released into the atmosphere. "You can't protect it. There's too much money to be made tearing it down," says the author. "Out here on the frontier, you really see the market at work." This land rush is being accelerated by an unlikely source: biofuels. An explosion in demand for farm-grown fuels has raised global crop prices to record highs. This is making a dramatic expansion of Brazilian agriculture, which is invading the Amazon at an increasingly alarming rate. Propelled by mounting anxieties over soaring oil costs and climate change, biofuels have become the vanguard of the green-tech revolution, the trendy way for politicians and corporations to show they're serious about finding alternative sources of energy and in the process slowing global warming.

How Your Body Uses Your Energy During Hypothermia

Sones, B. (2007, December 13). Hypothermia Prompts Some To Undress . BNET . Retrieved November 7, 2009, from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20071213/ai_n21156071/

"Paradoxical undressing" is well known to mountain rescuers who in freezing weather will encounter sufferers of hypothermia who refuse warming blankets and may even have removed some of their clothing. 20 to 50 percent of deaths from hypothermia involve paradoxical undressing of some kind. One theory is that the fine blood vessels near the skin's surface contract to slow heat loss, then as contracting muscles become exhausted, blood rushes to the skin and causes a deep flush and sense of overheating. Now in the confusion of the moment, the victim disrobes to try to cool off.

Equally mysterious is "terminal burrowing," or "hide-and-die syndrome," seen also in certain cats and other species. When things get really bad we find somewhere to "curl up and die." One elderly man whose furnace had failed was discovered partly undressed and under overturned furniture, with bruises all over his hands. Police suspected foul play, but autopsy revealed hypothermia as the cause of death.

Oregon Volcanic ENERGY

Katski, D. (2009, September 10). Geothermal Energy Under Newberry Volcano, Oregon. Volcanology. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://volcanology.suite101.com/article.cfm/geothermal_energy_under_newberry_volcano_oregon

Located about 30 miles south of Bend, Oregon, USA. stands Newberry Volcano. Covering about 994 square miles in volume, it is one of the largest Quaternary shield volcanoes in the United States. In 1988 the USGS published a 10-year study evaluating Newberry geothermal potential. Out of twenty drill sites, nine were tested for hydrothermal alteration mineralogy. The final conclusion was that geothermal development would be viable in most areas, particularly within the caldera. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), under their own study estimated energy output to be around 16,000 megawatts. Development however, never got off the ground as environmental groups successfully lobbied Congress in 1990 to designate Newberry as a national monument. For over twenty years exploration at Newberry has been dormant. As the demand for energy in Oregon has increased, the cry for a renewable energy source has also increased. In 2007 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the Newberry Geothermal Project for Davenport Power.

Stem Cells

Medew, J. (2009, November 7). Pioneer's Appeal On Stem Cells . The Age . Retrieved November 18, 2009, from www.theage.com.au/national/pioneers-appeal-on-stem-cells-20091117-iiib.html

Support for embryonic stem cell research has increase over the years. President Barack Obama lifted America's ban on government funding for embryonic stem cell research this year, a decision hailed by scientists as a new boost for stem cell research. Australia, however, isn't firm in stem cell research. Stem cell research helps with HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. They apparently know it works; they just need to do it in an effective way on a large scale at a low cost.

YOUR SOUL

My Dad is a surgeon, so my whole life I have grown up hearing bazaar stories. Once, there was a woman who hit a moose with her car. The moose’s antler lodged itself into the woman’s brain. My father had to take out the antler. Every time my dad touched the antler, the women said she would see flashbacks of memories she didn’t even know she still had. Another time, a man was riding his snow machine at night when he came across a metal wire that almost sliced him in half. Every once in a while though, my dad will have to bring someone back to life who’s heart hasn’t beat for several minutes. During this time, the person is technically dead. My dad doesn’t tell me much about these stories. Sometimes people say they see a light. This is probably tunnel vision, just like when you faint. Other times, people come back to life and say they had a choice to go on or come back. Some say they see a rainbow. Who knows what really happens? Who knows if your soul and energy are depleted at this point or if it goes on? It’s something to wonder and dream about, but it’s nothing to dwell on. Our time is now. Our energy should be spent living on this earth and trying to do well. One day we will see what happens when our hearts stops beating.

The Energy Your Emotions Can Give

Here is a nice article on emotions

Our emotions trigger something within us. If we feel strongly in something or truly believe in something, we will go through hoops and press through hard situations and have the energy that we normally wouldn’t if we weren’t so passionate about it. Being in the right mindset for different situations makes a big difference. For example, running is a big mental game. If I’m about to do a race and I have a negative mindset by thinking I’m not good enough, I’m not going to do as well. If I have a positive mindset and I believe that I will do well, I will do better.

Emotions control your thinking, behavior and actions. They affect your physical body as much as your body affects your feelings and thinking. People, who ignore, dismiss, repress their emotions, are setting them up for physical illness. Negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, negativity, frustration and depression cause chemical reactions in your body that are very different from the chemicals released when you feel positive emotions such as happiness, content, love, acceptance.

It takes a lot of energy to bury emotions and to keep them buried. There isn’t much energy left over for other activities when your energy is being used to keep stuffing these emotions back down. By nature, buried emotions want to come up so you can become aware of them, feel them and release them. You work very hard to keep them stuffed down. Dr. Maurice Elias says, “Emotions are human beings’ warning systems as to what is really going on around them. Emotions are our most reliable indicators of how things are going on in our lives. Emotions help keep us on the right track by making sure that we are led by more than the mental/ intellectual faculties of thought, perception, reason, and memory.”

The New Sputnik By: Thomas Friedmen

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I bet China will come up with another invention having to do with saving energy that everyone will want. It will be something we don't necessarily need to survive but something everyone will just seem to want. For example, just about everyone says they "need" an iPod, but they don't need one to survive. They will come up with an invention like a car that runs off water and would cost much to re-energize. When it comes to making some sort of invention, the goal is to make something that a large population will want. As we get more desperate for energy resources, I believe China will be there for our need.

Energy Profile With BP Energy Calculator

My Energy use is approximately 29201 kWh/yr.

A kwh means a kilowatt-hour. This unit is used for measuring energy use over time. The BP Energy Calculator gave the example that a 100 watt light bulb left on for 10 hours will consume one kilowatt-hour of electrical energy. One gallon of gasoline contains 35 kwh of energy.

Energy is a strange thing. It feels like you almost have to pay a price for it. I like to think of it like this; Walking 20 miles would exaust you but driving a car would not and you would get to your destination faster. Well eventually the worlds going to get back at you for not giving that energy. It has to come out equal somehow.

CHART OF SOLAR RADIATION- To better understand Seasonal Affective Disorder

To Watch This Charts Solar Energy Change Every Month Click HERE

This chart may help you better understand SAD-Seasonal Effective Disorder

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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that is triggered by the winter season. Symptoms usually begin in late fall or early winter and go away by summer. It is more common in northern regions, where the winter season is typically longer and harsher. This disorder has many symptoms that you might find yourself having and its causes has some traits that Alaska just so happens to have.

It is more common in women than in men. Although some children and teenagers get SAD, it usually doesn't start in people younger than 20 years of age. For adults, the risk of SAD decreases as they get older. Symptoms are a drop in energy; change in appetite, especially a craving for sweet or starchy foods, weight gain, fatigue, a tendency to oversleep, difficulty concentrating, irritability and anxiety, increased sensitivity to social rejection, avoidance of social situations, and a loss of interest in the activities you used to enjoy. It affects 20 percent of the Alaskan population, according to the Alaska Mental Health Association. Experts agree that there is a link between decreasing sunlight during the fall and winter months and a chemical imbalance in the brain.

In 1980, researchers at the National Institutes of Mental Health demonstrated that high-intensity light affects the natural release of melatonin by the pineal gland in the brain. This determined that human physiology is influenced by light. During the fall and winter seasons where daylight is short or nonexistent, less light passes through the eyes, and this inhibits the release of an important brain chemical, serotonin. When serotonin is not released in sufficient quantity, depressive symptoms begin to occur. Melatonin, another important brain chemical, also is affected by insufficient light. The brain releases too much of this chemical. Melatonin is the same hormone that causes bears to hibernate.

Knowing people who suffer from SAD, I’ve been around it and seen its effects. Several people in my family get this during the winter months. Although it is said that 20 percent of Alaskans suffer from it, I believe that everyone who lives here suffers from it to some degree. Some people just happen to endure it more. Taking vitamin D helps because as Alaskans, we don’t get this vitamin because we don’t see the sun. Doing activities that gets your heart rate up helps keeps your mind awake and makes you feel like you are doing something.

My Response

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Adrenaline is a weird thing. I can get adrenaline from almost slipping on the ice. The scare messes with me, and for a few minutes I'm very cued into my environment. There are different ways to experience adrenalin. There is the flight or flight form of adrenalin, which allows you to do things that are unreal. This form is not "addicting" like riding a snow machine or riding on a roller costar. This kind is the type that saves your life and isn't much fun. Adrenalin that is released from thrills like activities is wanted and enjoyable. Fight or flight is released into the muscles, and exciting adrenalin is released in your system to get you ready for something. It is strange how our bodies evolve.

Oh the ENERGY we get from Runner's High

Runner's high is an experience other anaerobic sports can feel too, like skiers, surfers, football players, wrestler's, and other anaerobic sports can all have "highs". Basically, endorphins are released by glands near your spinal cord during strenuous exercise. They work as natural pain relievers. When a nerve impulse reaches the spinal cord, endorphins are released which prevent nerve cells from releasing more pain signals. Immediately after "injury," endorphins allow us to feel a sense of power and control over ourselves and allow us to persist with activity. Studies have shown that after running endorphins produced during exercise attach themselves to areas of the brain that associate with emotions. So that's why I feel good when I'm done running :)

Super Mom: Interesting story

I've always been very interested in the ability of human strength in the face of potential death. We hear stories of women getting the ENERGY to lift a car off her child or of men cutting their own arm off to become free of a rock avalanche. In most cases scientists explain this phenomenon with adrenalin.

Wendell Berry: The Use Of Energy

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She is relating things in the respect of what would happen if everything was a machine, but in my eyes everything is a machine. She quotes, "If people are regarded as machines, they must be regarded as replaceable by other machines.” The thing is, humans are replaceable. As terrible as it sounds, if you died today, someone tomorrow would take your place in society. Now, no one could take your place in your friends and parent's hearts, but your position in this world can be filled. That's how life works. There is an ongoing cycle of replacements. We decompose and are used as nutrients for some other new life form. At one point she states, "If we corrupt agriculture we corrupt culture." But culture is always changing, whether that be for the good or bad. Does she want our culture to stay the same? Change can be good. If our culture didn't change since the 1800's,then we would still have slavery. Her whole point is she is afraid that machines will somehow demote certain aspects in our lives, reducing values like the closeness of a family and love in life.

We are part of life, and humans have an ongoing nature of being social creatures that love and need others. We are also power-hungry glutens. If you don't believe this just look back on history at how every type of governmental structure has fallen. In most every situation leaders like Hitler, King Tut, and Alexander The Great, human nature took a toll in all situations. This side of human nature stains the history books. It's just a way of life. We accept this and try to find ways around this aspect of human nature. Even so, it's something that we can't get rid of; it will always be there, just like we can't get rid of love or our need of oxygen. Machines can't eventually take certain values out of us. It's impossible.

Energy

Energy is the amount of work that can be performed by a force. There are different types of energy ranging from kinetic, light, sound, thermal, electromagnetic, and on. Then there is the energy inside of you. Yes, you are an amazing creation made of millions of cells. All living things are made of cells. Yet, somehow you have managed to rise above other life forms like unicellular organisms, sponges, and all animals alike and become you. Energy is a funny thing. It starts deep within your cells. The mighty mitochondria as we learned as children fuel your bodies and create the energy you need to have your cells work and for you to be able to move around. It's scientific, it’s precise, and it makes sense.
Yet, you aren't precise, and you don't make sense. Within you are something invisible. You have a will to do things. You are filled with emotions of love and hate and everything in between. You use this as energy too. Humans have found another source.