Friday, April 30, 2010

20 things I hate and like about facebook

HATE:
1.when people tag you in random pictures just because they think you look alike
2.people taking “quizes” and telling everyone about it
3.stupid “hahaha” comments
4.invites to random groups
5.stupid facebook notification like “you have to update your email address”
6.changing the layout every so often
7.relationship gossip
8.stupid games like FARMVILLE, HATE THEEEEEM!
9.Random people that don't know you “introducing themselves” over facebook chat
10.notifications about EVERYTHING you've been tagged, or even “looked at”
11.pictures of girls on a bikini who think they're sexy and they're just 12 years old
12. people tagging you on "pictures" they just say "if you had one word to describe me, what would it be?"
13. the dislike button
14. the dangers of someone having access to info about your private life and manipulating it the wrong way
15. stupid applications
16. omg the five thousand mails they send you for every little insignificant detail
17. the ads on the side
18. it is addictive
19.  provides fast-travelling gossip, or also misundertandings. "where'd you here this from? am.. facebok."
20. my grandmother has facebook.......pretty self explanatory

LOVE:
1.birthday reminders
2.the fact that you can tag on a post
3.the “privacy” to a certain extent of Inbox
4.facebook chat for when you don't want to open up msn
5.the fact that you can find almost anyone and communicate with them
6.blocking people you don't want to hear about anymore
7.status updates
8.original groups
9. the fact that there is not a dislike button 
10. privacy setting
11. the fact that you can have someone as friend but not allow them to see aspects of your choice
12. fast access to comunication when talking personally becomes an issue
13. logging into facebook and knowign where people are without calling them
14. bumper steakers
15. music for fb
16. marking a picture as spam
17. event application, you learn about most of the parties going on aroung
18. mutual friends between you and someone who added you
19. i like the new layout
20. you save money from calling long distances with the internet

Sunday, April 25, 2010

air pollution

The most serious environmental problem facing earth today is air pollution. For many reasons, both our world and the human race are being tremendously damaged by this form of contamination. Air is our fuel to life and we cannot go on for more than a minute without it. The moment we run out of clean air to breathe, everyone inhabiting Earth is going to die. There will be no privileges or distinctions amongst the damaged, and neither money nor power is going to be able to save you. We must make ourselves believe that this is our only home, and by destroying it, we only destroy ourselves.



Pure, clean air is made up nitrogen, water vapor, oxygen and other harmless gasses. Our bodies and every other living organism’s require oxygen in order to function accordingly, so air pollution is doing nothing but condemning our chances of survival. Inhaling toxic gasses that should not end up in our system, will contaminate our body and kill it; same as will happen to our planet Earth if we don’t stop air pollution. Allowing certain chemicals or materials into our atmosphere deteriorate it and keep it from performing its natural tasks, which by the way, they ease our lives in number of ways that we don’t even think of.



Our dear atmosphere protects us from extra harmful UV light coming directly from the sun that would kill our skin and our eyes instantly. It also maintains an appropriate global temperature, and assures to keep it steady all year round. Without it, Earth wouldn’t even have the right conditions to embrace life. It protects us from objects from outer space like meteorites which hit our planet everyday without us noticing it. The gasses in our great atmosphere burn them and prevent them from causing major destruction to the surface we walk on all the time. These are just a few examples of the important role the atmosphere plays in our lives; just a little hint as to why we should consider not letting it die.



Smog, acid rain, holes in the ozone layer, and the greenhouse effect are amongst the common consequences of air pollution. Perhaps you have heard of the term “global warming.” How couldn’t you? It is a terminating disease and planet Earth is dying of it. All the drastic changes in the weather, meaning, places in the northern hemisphere like the U.S., Canada and all of Europe being immobilized for months by a single yet most powerful snow storm; earthquakes shaking up the homes of poor people in Haiti; Chile or China; huge ocean waves in Indonesia the raze everything along their way; melting ice caps in the North and South poles that are altering the current systems in the ocean and sea levels; wildfires consuming miles and miles of forest and tearing down houses carelessly; hurricanes drowning entire communities throughout the whole world and so on. Every tragedy caused by a natural force is related somehow to global warming, which is only one of the side effects of air pollution. Here are some major disasters familiar to us that derive from our irresponsible attitudes.



Now stop and think about it for a second? At this pace, how are we going to end up in a couple of years? Is this what you wish for the future generations? Would you like to be held responsible for such an atrocity? You may think you are one in billion, and that your actions don’t trigger reactions, but imagine 6 billion people triggering 6 billion reactions thinking they won’t make a difference… Governments should forget about wars and start spending money innovating solutions and educating people about this. Why? Simply because you don’t want your sons or grandchildren to suffer the consequences of your reckless and foolish actions. Take matter into your hands.

Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution

http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html


Air Pollution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution