Project 4 Draft I Factoids (Betcha Didn't Know...)

The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

The adult human heart weighs about ten ounces.

Of the 206 bones in the average human adult's body, 106 are in the hands and feet. (54 in the hands and 52 in the feet)

Men have more blood than women. Men have 1.5 gallons for men versus 0.875 gallons for women.

Women breathe faster than men.

A red blood cell can circumnavigate your body in under 20 seconds.

It takes an interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human speech.

The average Human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid.

During sleep, if you are snoring, then you are not dreaming.

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.

Project 4 Draft I The Unpopular Wild Ones

Leaf Muntjac (Leaf Deer)
The Wildlife Conservation Society, based at the Bronx Zoo, says the animal is the world's smallest deer species. It is found in dense forest habitats at an elevation of 1500 - 2000 feet, where it s solitary and eats mostly fruit.




Chacoan Peccary
When frightened, Chacoan peccaries flee, raising the long hairs on their back and spraying secretions from their dorsal gland, presumably to keep the group together in the dense brush via odor. These secretions are rubbed against group members.







Kinkajou
Found in the Americas with its slim dark body and clever paws, you can see that this mammal is related to our raccoon. The kinkajou's long grasping tail helps it travel around its home in the rain forest trees. Although its diet is varied, its love of honey earned it the nickname "honey-bear."



Okapi
It inhabits the almost sunless rain forests of the upper Congo and feeds on leaves. Its shape is reminiscent of a giraffe's, but it is smaller, with a much shorter neck. It is deep reddish brown with black and white zebra-striped legs. Its head is giraffelike and in the male bears blunt skin-covered horns. The okapi was unknown to zoologists until the beginning of the 20th cent.

Journal Entry # 11

Project 4: Stacy, Yasim, and Xiance

• Graphic Cover (incorporating magazine name and highlighting contents) Yasim Stacy
• Front Matter (lists staff, magazine title and description, and table of contents) Everyone
• Piece of fiction (any type of fiction) Stacy
• Piece of non-fiction (this could be an interview, profile, process-description, or any number of other non-fiction genres) Yasim
• Factoids (facts about your topic; these could be presented in several ways) Xiance
• Editorial (a persuasive piece of writing with a clear thesis) Xiance
• Review (evaluation of a work related to your theme—an artistic work, a venue, etc.) Everyone
• Advertisement (for a product you imagine; related to your theme in some way). Stacy

Interview

Puzzles/ Brain Teasers

Questioners

Technology

Around the world technology

Science Project

Quote of the month

Calendar

Medicine News

Biography

Article: Too Much isn't always good

Plastic Surgery

In the News- "Juiced"

1. Do you believe that Jose Canseco was right in the fact that he gave the names of the baseball players involved with steroids in his book "Juiced"?
I do not think that Jose should have revealed the names of the baseball players that were involved with steroids in his book. Especially since he respected them and thought of them as his friends. Thats just not something that you do to people you think highly of. It was very disrespectfully of the other players. And if the other players wanted to be known they themselves would have come out. If Jose wanted to use their names he sould have asked permission or at least you a suto name.

2. To what degree do you think the "steroid era" will tarnish the history of the great American sport baseball?
I think there will become stereotypes about the game as well as the players. I think that itll never go away as well especially since so many people have been caught and admitted to using them.

3. What is your view of some positive and negative aspects of performance enhancing drugs?
I think if you make a world record or beat it by using drugs it should not be considered. Of course you will preform way above average but thats not really you preforming, that a hulk version created by the use of drugs.

4. Do you believe that performance enhancing drugs play a major role in all sports today?
I definitely think that it is a factor, and that anyone who is using drugs to enhance their performance should take a look and weigh the outcome: Doing really well on a game or having your reputation at stake and your health which can ultimately prevent you from playing the game you love. I also think that if you really love the game that much you would want to strive to do you best and you would want to do that naturally, so you could be known for doing your best the right way. Today in any game there has been leaks about people using drugs to enhance their performance so yes, they do play a major role in ALL sports today.

In The New - Democrats in the White House

My question to you now, is do you think that the democratic party and the new elect President is capable of bringing the change that we need to the United states and its economy?
I have faith that he can. So far Mr. Obama has come through with all his promises and one of his promises that he has made to the American people is that he is going to bring about change and do things a little differently than thing have been running. So since he has never bailed on his prmoises I don't expect him to bail on this one.

Do you think the state of the economy will improve or get worst in the years to come?
Right now I don't really think that it can get any worse than it is now, but I think with immediate action and the right choices made with constant attention I think that in the years so come the economy will improve not right away but in a few years.

Do you think inexperience is a big issue that should be considered?
I believe that it is an issue that should be considered but if Mr. Obama is surrounding himself with people who are more experienced than him then that somewhat makes up for his lack of experience.

Journal Entry # 10

Abortion Pentad

Act: Research, Go to dr. appt
Actor: Women, Men, Fetus, Doctors, babies, the families
Agency: Embroy, Sperm, Egg, Surgical tools, ultrasound
Scene: Dr. Office, Medical Place (hospital)
Purpose: When a woman gets pregnant but does not want to give birth to the child some women do recearch and choose to have an abortion in a medical facility to remove the fetus.