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Time: an abstract idea?
How we measure time could not have just been made up randomly once upon a time. There has to be some sort of mathematical, maybe historical reasoning to how time came to be measured. In the article “About Time” by Devlin’s Angle(Keith Devlin), the first section labeled “Time Past” explains how time has been measured in the past. Sundials in ancient Egypt in 1500 BD(before death) were used to measure time based upon the sun, and at night, time wasn't able to be measured. This article discusses the inaccuracy of this method to measure time by explaining that the hours in a day were not consistent throughout the year due to seasons, and not to forget that time varies depending on where you are on this planet. Eventually, sandglasses, water clocks, and candles were used to measure time. The author describes this change in methods as that these methods show time as something that “flows continuously”, which is how we know time today. Also, these different ways of measuring time do not depend on daylight. However, you would need to reset these devices many times, so they were typically used to measure lengths of activities such as cooking. “Time as we understand it today, did not really exist” (in the past). Which I could very much agree on. Time was seen differently then compared to now. This question and overall topic interests me because time seems so abstract and almost unrealistic. I believe that there is a logical reasoning behind how we measure time, and my goal is to figure that out and understand it for myself. It’s interesting to see how the concept of time, and how it is perceived changed to being understood as a continuous thing.
Detox 1
Am I capable of reaching my goals?
This interests me because i'm not sure if i'm able to accomplish my goals. I am sure i can but there is always the doubt that i might not be able to. Also things change about a person every so often my goals could change from now to even a year. Im still not sure on what my goals are but i have some ideas.
I have ideas of what goals i want to achieve, i want to graduate high school. Then I would like to go to college, i don't really care what college, and become a paramedic. Once i finish college and i get a steady job, I’ll work as a paramedic for a few years. After being a paramedic, I would like to become a firefighter.
I'd like to know how much a paramedic gets paid?, maybe take a couple ride arounds with paramedics to see if I would like to become a paramedic, what schools offer paramedic training?. How many years it will take me to become a paramedic? What i can do to accomplish my goals.
What are future advancements in the future?
This interests me because I’d like to become a paramedic after high school and i think it would be cool to know what kind of new medical equipment there is.
I know there are new ways have helping people, new techniques. But i'm not sure if there is new equipment that can further help people in need.
I’d like to know what are the new advancements, how new technology is advancing and how it is used, how much the equipment is,
Detox- Supply of Resources
I am interested in how long the earth resource, oil will last because I am learning about it in my renewable science class, and it interests me. I would like to know about what's going on around me and if it could impact me. They can't last forever and are we using them the right way? I want to find out more information about this.
I know that we, around the world, are using resources faster than they are being created and they are going to run out. Then what? I know we use the natural resource oil in so many things from gas in our cars to plastic bags in the grocery store. I know Saudi Arabia is the world's leading oil producer. There is such a variety of uses, what are we going to do when its all gone and there is no more. I know we would like to think it can be around forever, but it can't, and what are we going to do?
I would like to know just how long raw oil is expected to last. Are we thinking of an alternative to use in place of oil? Have we found new major reserves of oil any time recently? Just what are we going to do when we run out? How long do we have 50? 100? 200 years? What are we going to do with gas to run our cars? How will we make plastic goods and toys? I know there has to be some answers out there somewhere, I know I'm not the only one wondering theses things. Just how long do we have before we run out?
1st Detox Tech v. Sports
The reason I am interested in this topic “How will sports adapt to the world around them?” Is because all of my life I have played sports and I am very athletic and competitive, I always watch sports, I like watch basketball it is my favorite sport. I also watch football, both college and pro and overtime i’ve noticed the advances in the how the sports is watched and how the sports equipment has advanced over many years and i’m very curious on how as our technology gets more and more advanced, how will our sports equipment and sport in general advance and adapt.
Well I know ever since football and basketball were started as sports and commercialized that over time the uniforms for example have changed and advanced drastically from when they started till now. I know that there is a certain relationship between technology and the style of the time and the uniforms and style of the game because basically every 5ish years or so there is a different style, or different trend, and I have seen that trend or style carry over into the sports we watch, and this goes for basically all major commercialized sports we watch today.
What I would like to know and research about is more along the lines of how the new technological advances of the time to come will affect the sports we know and love and watch on a regular basis. Such as, will NFL players visors have the play they are about to run on them or show them where there route will take them on the field in front of them, or how will the communication between coach and players will advance? Will every player have microphones in their helmet so they can talk to the coach and hear changes in the play calling? Or will NBA players have shoes that will improve their jumping capabilities? Or wristbands that will improve handling the ball? Or MLB players wear gloves which improve strength? Where sunglasses that help track the ball better? There are many different advances in technology out there today already that weren’t available when the game started or the years before. So what new capabilities will become available for players, coaches, owners, trainers as the technology advances and the sport advances?
The world ending
What really will happen when the world ends? It’s such an interesting topic to me because i want to know so much. There are endless possibilities of how and what will happen. There are so many theories like, zombies apocalypse, or jesus coming to the Earth. No one really knows what will happen. Thats what is so interesting to me, no one in the world can predict it. We all just wait and we will never know, when or how it will happen.
I don’t know much about the end of the world. All I know is what I have learned from school, the internet,and the bible. There are multiple theories. School has taught me that global warming may be what destroys the world. The internet is filled with rumours saying that the dead will come back to life and take over the world. The bible tells me that jesus will come to Earth and take everyone to Heaven.
What I really want to know is, what do different religions believe? Do they believe that this supreme being is going to come to Earth and take everyone to a “promised land?” What do scientists believe? I want to know solid facts of what they predict to happen and when i will happen. Also, what can the people on Earth do to prevent it? Is the world going to end like the scientists predicted it started, with a big boom?
What led me to this question is December 21st 2012, the Mayans predicted the world to end. Clearly it didn’t end, but what would’ve happened if it did? I have been curious since I heard about 2012.
First Detox. Freshman & Peace
Will the world ever be at peace?
This question interests me for i believe lately there has been so much violence and hate. I don't want to sound like a sappy hippy, but our world needs to confront these problems and try to find a solution. I know everything cannot be prevented but together we can atleast make a dent in becoming a more peaceful society. This world is so complex and in depth, and sometimes it is hard to grasp why there is war or why people can be so evil: I would like to find the reasoning behind it, and somehow find the answer to this hatred that has been consuming us all.
Throughout our history, there has been countless violence and many wars. Everyone can recall learning about War World I, World War II, and the Civil War, but what about that not so known crimes and hates that gets pushed under the carpet? One that really caught my interest was the gang rape of an Indian college student. Her 5 attackers viciously raped and beat her, later resulting in her death. The sad thing was this only made light to our nation for the police were not doing anything about this. After getting so much attention, her attackers were finally caught but the case for them is still unknown. Other crimes like these, may not even get any notice, and this was one of the few incidents that violence like this was brought to our world’s attention.
Researching this question, i would like to learn more facts and statistics. These could include the violence and crimes that go unreported or how different countries compare in violence and war. All of this together could lead me to see if there are any patterns or correlation, and if a solution to this madness could be found. Expanding my knowledge on this question will also guide me to understand if our world can ever be truly peaceful, or if its just too hard to fully contain the hate and evil.
Opinion Peice
Name of Author Title of Newspaper. Main Point / Thesis
Bill Belichek. Hard Lose For the Patriots. The Bad Desitions the Coaching
Staff had maid, And Lack of.effort and execution from the players.
In this Story the Writer uses his City to Explain the Thoughts and feelings from New England After the hard 24 to 14 lose against the Ravens this weekend. He goes into detail on how they messed up and it costed them the game and overall got beat by the ravens on all sides of the ball. Losing Tom Bradey his fourth super bowl Ring the one he would have needed to surpass his childhood hero Joe Montana. It was a Ethos lose simply because the odds were in the patriots favor and it was a surprising outcome to see when the buzzer hit 0.00 the Crowd and audience was Stunned.
My Opinion on the topic is they should have not lost and lost there chances at the super bowl but it just shows that if a team comes ready to play then it doesn't really matter what talk is being talked... It's all about the score board.
Online shopping review
I'm a big fan of online shopping. Online shopping is a very convenience way of shopping, no pressure, saving time, consistency between advertised price and site price, sometimes no cost of delivery fee, information on product comparison easily available, reviews on the product from other customers, 24/7 shopping, ease in merchandise cancellation or return, sometimes tracking of shipping delivery, and all that good stuff.
There's also pros about online shopping. Lack of touch and feel of merchandise, not able to try the merchandise on, some size runs large some runs small, more chances to encounter fraud, more chances for mistakes in ordering the wrong item, some products look totally different than the picture we saw online, some website does not require free return. But overall I think online shopping is great we just have to be careful.
LG G2X
This is an LG phone, that I have used for 3 years now, it is in perfect physical shape, and it worked well at the beginning of its use, however over the months of use, it became overrun with viruses, and has consistently crashed since.
I would not recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for a phone that will last a long time without problems, but if you are looking at a phone just to use for a short time, this could be a viable option for you. The Google Play Store does not cover as many apps as the App Store, but can you can still cover most of the common bases with the google store.
The camera is not as good as the iPhone, but is still decent, free are a variety of accessories available to this phone, again not compared to the iPhone, but still an average amount for a non-iPhone smartphone.
Black Ops 2 review
The annual release of Black Ops rolls around again, and to try and make things fresh we find ourselves battling terrorists in the near future, as well as the immediate past cold war era. We return to Alex Mason, the hero of the first Black Ops, and journey through the creation of the story's main enemy, Raul Menendez, the leader of Cordis Die, a acktivist organisation with sinister motives. We battle through Africa, Afghanistan, and Panama. Then, as David Mason, Alex's son, we battle in the near future through Burma, Pakistan and the Cayman Islands, Yemen and Haiti. Oh, and also on the huge USS Obama.
All in all I believe the BO2 campaign is a brand new genre of game mode itself because of the ability to change your weapon class, the incredible map size and the perspective of a future war by using real world facts. Along with a killer campaign BO2 is stocked with a multiplayer with all new kill streaks, weapons and weapon attachments. The multiplayer allows you to make your own weapon layout of the most high tech guns out there; set with grenades, tomahawks, C4, mines, and flash bangs.You can invite and play with your friends or play with others from around the world. I'm not a big fan of multiplayer fan myself but BO2 made me think again.
As in the first Black ops there is a zombies mode with all new maps weapon grenades Easter eggs and wunder weapons which are the most powerful guns in the game. Some things that have been added are a ability to upgrade your weapon multiple times, store your money and weapons in the game so you can use them the next time you play, and a bus that lets you travel around the map. The black ops 1 zombies plot is carried on to BO2 to show the earth in shamble after suffering a missile explosion that you sent from the moon. As a zombies fan I was very much satisfied with treyarch's work and can't wait till they release another.
In conclusion BO2 was a great game and I am very glad I was able to play it.
