martes, 26 de mayo de 2009

Resolution

SUBJECT OF RESOLUTION: Unfinished Street

SUBMITED TO: Marion Mitenzwey

SUBMITED BY: Luis Felipe Ruiz

AWARE OF the 30 days that the works were paused in the 2.2 km of Av. Palo Solo Street,

KEEPING IN MIND that the time for the work to be done has passed the two months of delay,

HAVING HEARD that there have been over 136 days with project unconcluded,

SEEKING that the original head of this project finishes all this and stops hiding,

1.- CONDEMS that absence of responsibility of the authorities;

2.- FURTHUR INVITES everyone to stop parking on the street in order to make everything easier;

3.- CALLS UPON the news media to keep announcing the problem in order to keep the pressure on authorities.

viernes, 22 de mayo de 2009

Influenza H1N1

1. What is an epidemic?
Epidemic: an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) occurs when new cases of a certain disease occur in a given human population, during a given period, substantially exceed what is "expected," based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a specified period of time is called the "incidence rate"). (An epizootic is the analogous circumstance within an animal population.)
2. What is a pandemic?
Pandemic: a pandemic (from Greek παν pan all + δήμος demos people) is an epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through populations across a large region; for instance a continent, or even worldwide.
3. What is an infectious disease?
Infectious diseases: an infectious disease is a clinically evident disease resulting from the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including pathogenic viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions.
4. What is a virus?
Virus: a virus (from the Latin virus meaning toxin or poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell. Viruses infect all types of cellular life.
5. What makes the H1N1 virus a "novel" or "new" virus
It’s considered new because in some way it is. The previous virus did not affect humans, but a recent mutation became dangerous for humans.
6. How do virus mutate?
To survive: unlike plants, animals and other organisms, the only way a virus can reproduce is through a host cell, which it does by attaching its surface proteins to the cell's membrane and injecting its genetic material into the cell. This genetic material, either DNA or RNA, then carries with it the instructions to the cell's machinery to make more viruses. These new viruses then leave the cell and spread to other parts of the host organism.
7. What does it mean that this virus has "parts" from other known swine flus, human flus and American bird flus?
Because it has different shards of two already existent viruses, Which are the swine flu and the human Influenza, which suffered a fusion (in some way) and the result was the virus now known as H1N1.

8. How does that process happen?
Well first of all we need a animal, of any kind, that shares genetic patterns with another animal. Then we need two animals with a disease that share the genetic pattern. Then we need a contact off those two animals with the other that’s going to work as a type of vessel. Finally the vessel gets infected with those two viruses that attack the same cell, after both of them leave their genetic codes and mix up comes up and finally a new virus is created. This is in the case of the H1N1 virus.
9. How is the flu vaccine created?
Usually they simply put you a very small and weak does of the virus, the body learns how to defeat it in a safe way and in the future when that virus comes up it will be easier to attack.
10. Why are some viruses transmittable from human to human while others are not (avian flu)?
If we don’t share a similarity with them, there’s no way the virus knows how to affect the cell.
11. How does Tamiflu work?
Tamiful (Oseltamivir) is an antiviral drug that is used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both Influenzavirus A and Influenzavirus B infection. Like zanamivir, oseltamivir is a neuraminidase inhibitor. It acts as a transition-state analogue inhibitor of influenza neuraminidase, preventing progeny virions from emerging from infected cells.
12. Scientists worry that H1N1 might become resistant to Tamiflu. How might that happen?
1. What is the most predictable thing about influenza?
1.- Its unpredictable nature
2. How many people have died in Mexico? (based on the article as well as on latest news)
2.- 150 but the WHO only recognizes 78 up to date.
3. Name 3 countries where swine flu has been confirmed in the last three days.
3.- Ireland, Portugal and Denmark
4. What are the symptoms of the swine flu?
4.- The same as flu, only that in a few hours you get a chest pain, headaches and muscle pain (if that’s how it’s called).
5. When was the outbreak of the Spanish flu?
5.- Between 1917 and 1919.
6. What percentage of the world population died of influenza then?
6.- Around 1% of the population.
7. Why was there an emergency vaccination program in 1976?
7.- Because two people at New Jersey had similar symptoms to the ones of the Influenza pandemic of 1917.
8. Name a few actions the Mexican government has done to curb the spread of swine flu.
8.- Close schools, prohibit big concentrations of people, release many ways to prevent it by announcing on TV, radio and newspapers.
9. What were the consequences for Mexico and Mexicans due to the actions taken by the government?
9.- Well, everything really got more controlled, although it wasn’t the perfect plan it worked out pretty well, there were almost no consequences now that I think it.
10. What industries were particularly hard hit?
10.- Perhaps all the stores that don’t sell food and medicines.
1. Mexico has shut down schools and other public spaces; do you think that was the correct thing to do? Why or why not?
1.- I really think it was the correct way of control it, maybe not the best way to turn it down, but still very good and fast action.
2. More people die from the regular flu then from swine flu, why do you think this became a big news story?
2. - Flu is something that’s always everywhere and kills slowly, but the swine flu comes from nowhere and kills a large amount of people in almost no time, also it is more contagious.
3. Why did people stop visiting Mexico? Why have Mexicans been discriminated? Do you think the fear of the disease is justified?
3.- People fear what they don’t understand, ignorant people discriminated Mexicans thinking they were the source of all this, but they aren’t, simply they were the unlucky people to get it, can happen anywhere and still I don’t think it’s bad, because it is the best way to keep the problem in a specific place.
4. What questions about individual and human rights does preventing the spread of flu raise?

miércoles, 22 de abril de 2009

Part three

1. Do you agree with this new law? Why or why not?
I do, because althought so politicians have used them as publicity, I think it has passed that part.
2. What has been done so far?
It has only been aproved, still a long tim euntil it gets to its final part
3. What needs to be done to enforce such a law?
Campaings that dont involve politcins at all.
4. What campaigns would you suggest?
Publicty in T.V. and streets, but also on super markets and drug stores.

Part two

a. What are some of the potential benefits of charging fees for and/or banning plastic bags?
Charging a fee for plastics bags means that people would be in some way forced to use other type of bags, specially because nobody likes to loose theyre money
b. What are some of the potential drawbacks of such programs?
The mayor problem with all this is that goverment dosent take the program seriously and stop taking care of it.
c. Which benefits and drawbacks seem the most compelling? Why?
I can´t tell. One thing I know very well is that everythig has the quality of being very good or very bad. Im saying these because evrything of what I have read says that this a great way to prevent that plastic bagss keep affecting our world, but since this subject has been involved with politics, I woulndt say any of the is more compellign than the other.
d. Would you support a local law charging fees for (or banning) plastic bags? Why or why not?
I would as long as it was take under the control of an specific organization that is related to this, this way no politicians that are interested in gaining popularity can use it in thaeir benefit.

martes, 21 de abril de 2009

First group of questions

I. Why are plastic bags so common?
Because they used on almost all the general stores or drug sores and they are very handy as they can transported ans stored without taking to much space.
II. In what other ways is plastic used?
You can find plastic in objects that work with electricity, in clothes and in other ways of transportation and storage.
III. What are the benefits of plastic bags?
Well, the only benefict I see in there use is that they dont take much space and they are cheap to produce.
IV. What are the dangers of plastic bags?
The number one problem with them is thte fact of them being plastic. Plastic is very difficult to be reused since plastic cant be transformed and people dont have the concience to recycle them. Another mayor problem is that they seem to dissaper, but this only an illusion result of the plastic bags tearing into smaller pieces that finish into pieces so small that cant be seen.
V. What has been done so far?
Campaings organized by people and restrictiopns from the goverment, such as a tax for plastic bags and theyr prohibition in some places
VI. Has it been successful? Why or why not?
Thgis problem as many other is not over with a ajor acction, it takes time. It takes time because people dont get organized in one day, it takes of hard work and patience to solve this issues.

domingo, 22 de marzo de 2009


Who: Tim Kretschmer
When: 11 March 2009
Where: Winneden, Germany
What: Teenager Tim Kretschmer 15 people in a school shooting
Why: When I was supposed to finish this, the reasons were unknown, but in a recent article one of the hostages told the Tim mentioned to do it for fun.

Who: Charles Joseph Whitman
When: August 1 1966
Where: University of Texas, AustinWhat: Charles Joseph Whitman killed 14 people inside and around the University of Texas in Austin
Why: Familiar dysfunction

Who: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
When: April 20 1999
Where: Jefferson Country, Colorado
What: The two students killed 13 students and a teacher.
Why: No real reasons have been confirmed, only pressure from authorities and class mates, but this pressure was at a normal level.

Who: Seung-Hui Chao
When: 16 April 2007
Where: Blacksburg, Virginia
What: Seung killed 32 people in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Why: Anxiety disorder

Who: Thomas Watt Hamilton
When: 13 March 1996
Where: Dunblane, Ireland
What: Thomas Watt Hamilton shoots sixteen children and one adult at the Dunblane Primary School
Why: Pedophilic

martes, 3 de marzo de 2009

News

Reacomoda Raúl cartas de gobierno

Who: Raul Castro
Where: La Habana, Cuba
When: March 3, 2009
Why: Its act to try to improve Cubas economy
What: President Raul Castro announced he ig going to change some politicians in an atempt to improve Cubas economy.

http://www.reforma.com/internacional/articulo/487/973079/

viernes, 13 de febrero de 2009

Partial: Conflict

1.- North Korea
2.- Japan objects to US N Korean move
3.- Japan objects to US N Korea move

US State Department official on North Korea
Japan has criticised as "extremely regrettable" Washington's decision to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7665716.stm
4.-The U.S. remved N Korea from his terrorist list since they provided a complete accees to their nuclear program. Japan objected this desition since they have beeen recently trying to get back a group of Japanese citizens that were abducted between 1970 and 1980. N Korea hasent give any response to the U.S. act.
5.- The conflict start with the abduction of Japanese citizens, which it's not clear because we can't really know why they did that, that were taken to North Korea in what could be called an act of terrorism. The next step in this especific conflict is the desition of North Korea of making public their nuclear program and the desition of the United States of taking North Korea of their teerorist country list. Japan is totally against this desition because they are saying that North korea abducted citizens in an act of terrorism.
6.- Already explained.
7.- -Japan, U.S.A. and North Korea.
-It takes a fisical part in North Korea and a group of desitions in Japan and the United States.
-It started in the early 70's and continues.

miércoles, 28 de enero de 2009

News 2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7846670.stm

Who? Fidel Catro
Where? Its developed in Cuba, but i can also include U.S.
When? Thursady 22 January 2009
Why? Fidel Castro is concerd about his death because he says to feel it come closer every day, so while he spoked about Obamas ruling he aded some comments about his death.
What? Castro wrote some comments about Obamas ruleing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7844600.stm

Who? Fidel Castro
Where? Cuba
When? Thursday 22 January 2009
Why? Fidel castro thinks his going to die soon and he likes Obama
What? This was a really discussed theme, because Raul and Fidel dont think the same way about Obama, so in the article they talk about all this

martes, 27 de enero de 2009


1. Silvio Berlusconi- Italy

2. Michelle Bachelete- Chile

3. Hillary Clinton- U.S.A.

4. Hu Jintao -China

5. Álvaro Uribe- Colombia

6. Ehud Olmert- Israel

7. Gordon Brown- U.K.

8. Ban Ki Moon- U.N.

9. Nocolas Sarkozy- France

10. George Bush- U.S.A.

11. Vladimir Putin- Russia

12. Fidel Castro- Cuba

13. Mahmoud Abbas- Pakistan

14. Taro Asso- Japan

15. José Luis Zapatero- Spain

16. Kim Jong Il - North Korea

17. Barack Obama -U.S.A.

18. Dalai Lama- India

19. Pratibha Patil- India

20. Thein Sein- Myamar

21. Robert Mugabe- Zimbawe

22. Hamid Karzai - Afganistan

23. Raul Castro - Cuba

24. Mohamed Osni Murbarak- Egypt

25. Dmitry Medvedev- Russia

26. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner- Argentina

27. Abhisit Vejjajiva- Thailand

28. Ignacio Lula da Silva- Brazil

29. Angela Merkel- Germany

30. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad- Iran

31. Asif Ali Zardari- Pakistan

viernes, 16 de enero de 2009

a) to the one that has existed for many decades between this small territories.
b)That terrorism on south israel ends or at least gets less frequent.
c) Israel would then become the #1 enemy of all the other highly religious cntries of that zone.
d) United States shouldt get involved in this for any reason.
For the next group of letters i can only say that his is not U.S. fight, this is between Israel and Gaza and others like Egypt that the source of all this, this war shouldnt be diguised as good or bad, its only an argument that shows how stupid and cruell humand can be.
Lebanon and Israel have differences and will always do, but its not the same or at least related to the conflict between Israel and Gaza and i i wouldt say they are similar,becuse the reasons why they fight are different.
The conflict between Israel and Gaza is actually quite simple. Hammas is a political movement that sticks alot to tradition, they belive in fighting for their religion, so they belive that the war with israel is sacred and they give their lifes for it. Terrorism in South Israel is getting out of control so in a final desition the goverment decided to put an end to this conflict by hitting Gaza with all they can, the relationship between this two subjects is that terrorism is impulsed by the Hammas.
Since Hammas were elected to, in some way, rule the territory of gaza, Israel from the very begginig tried to negotiate a respectufl relationship with them, but their different belives make this almost impossible and since Israel was created in what can be know as the birth place of many religions , there should be no doubght on why evrybody fights for that small terrritory.
Icant find the thing about Oslo.

miércoles, 14 de enero de 2009

Israel was originaly created after the second World War. The territory now nown as Israel was a british territory. This territory was in constant conflic between Jews and Arabs so in concecuens during a United Nations meeting the final desition was to divide the territory into two parts.
This thing dosent let me load my images.

viernes, 9 de enero de 2009

Ban Ki Moon.


what? U.N. declared that the organization wont give any more help in the Gaza frontier in concecuense to the recent attacks towards the emergency aid transports of this organization.
where? Gaza frontier
who? It was declared by the U.N. secretary general, Ban Ki Moon.
why? Attacks towards U.N. and Red Cross aid transports.
how? Shooting U.N. truck driver and not permiting that the Red Cross give any help at Gaza.