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Q4 A2 Art progression

Posted by Saul Salas in Advanced Art - Hull - a2 on Friday, June 10, 2016 at 9:10 pm
Through Quarter 3 to Quarter 4, I have been busy working on the continuation of my art collage on a big piece of paper. Everyday I had that class I would work on it. At the end of the week, I would upload my progress of the collage on the slide since I wasn't doing anything different the class was doing. When I finished, I started doing the last objective Ms. Hull never assigned me when she left and that was to sketch for 4 hours. I drew my last masterpiece before turning it in using a pencil. Not much is really said, but I drew a picture of a knight helmet.

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Tried for something that wasn't your fault?

Posted by Saul Salas in Science And Society - Best - Y on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 9:56 pm

The Insanity Defense

It is a legitimate excuse to blame your actions on psychological effects, and not yourself. For example, you could be a dilutional person. If you are convicted for murder, you can use the insanity defense, where as you say this wasn’t my fault and I am, or was not honest with myself for what I did. It’s not always the case and most likely hard to get away with something you have done. You will not serve jail time depending on your claims, although you might be sentence to an asylum. In the case of John Hinckley, he was suffering a mental illness that believed in order to win the heart of an actress of Jodie Foster to Reagan was by killing him based on a movie, John believed that this was the only way. But who are we to blame? Sure, one might argue that the events for John was completely his fault for targeting someone with very high power. Others may argue because of the effects of this was because of a diagnosed mental illness he grew up with which his parents knew about. See who’s fault it is now?

“John Hinckley Jr. was 25 years old when he quickly emptied a six-shot, .22-caliber revolver to try to win the affection of Jodie Foster by assassinating President Ronald Reagan. He had become obsessed with the actress after seeing her portray a teenage prostitute in Taxi Driver, in which Robert De Niro's deranged character, Travis Bickle, plots to kill a presidential candidate.”

His intentions were indeed wrong, but he never would have done this because his reasoning was because he wanted to impress someone he cared about even if it meant his life. He truly believed this was the only way as he said so himself when sending letters to Jodie. “Jodie, I would abandon this idea of getting Reagan in a second if I could only win your heart and live out the rest of my life with you, whether it be in total obscurity or whatever.

     I will admit to you that the reason I'm going ahead with this attempt now is because I just cannot wait any longer to impress you.  I've got to do something now to make you understand, in no uncertain terms, that I am doing all of this for your sake!  By sacrificing my freedom and possibly my life, I hope to change your mind about me.”

Readers, you may be asking yourself, “Ok, so what? What does this have to do with science?” This man is confused, how do you pled not guilty after trying to murder the president of the united states? The answer is not so easy to explain, but if you compare it to a different case, you might see why. A 40 year old teacher had a mental illness because of a tumor he had in his brain. This tumor caused him to have sexual urges around small children, in this case, he was a pedophile. Once his tumor was removed, he had no such desires and could continue teaching without being a child predator (without the kidnapping). Now who's he to blame? The tumor or the man?

In society, these are real life cases that are really hard to point out. But because of his psychological condition, maybe the man did have urges before, but kept it in a controlled and professional manner that it was harmless, much like trying to conceal an erection when giving a speech in front of an audience. This is a valid reason to why a person like himself should’t be tried, if ever so. The doctors couldn’t even tell exactly why these urges ended once the tumor was removed. This is like trying to prove how kids develop autism, even though there are no evidence to how it is lead. See the similarities? The insanity defense is a valid excuse to use if someone is unable to stand trial because of something they probably had no control over, and some people might need a psychiatrist in court to prove whether or not they should or should not be guilty.

Sources:

  1. "The Trial of John Hinckley." The Trial of John Hinckley. Famous American Trials. Web. 06 June 2016. <http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleytrial.html>.

  2. "Doctors Say Pedophile Lost Urge after Brain Tumor Removed." USA TODAY. USA TODAY, 2003. Web. 06 June 2016. <http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-07-28-pedophile-tumor_x.htm>.

  3. The Insanity Defense. Psychology Today. N.p., 16 Aug. 2012. Web. 06 June 2016. <https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/almost-psychopath/201208/the-insanity-defense>.

Winter, Michael. "John Hinckley: The Man Who Shot Brady, Reagan." USA Today. Gannett, 2014. Web. 06 June 2016. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/04/james-brady-john-hinckley/13598699/>.

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Zika Virus

Posted by Saul Salas in Science And Society - Best - Y on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 12:33 pm
ZIKA VIRUS
We’ve been hearing it all over the news and online articles, and what we have been seeing is that it causes babies head to shrink. Before I go in depth, we need to know where it originated from.

THE HISTORY
Before it spreaded in the land in the western Hemisphere and cause an outbreak in Brazil, a forest called Zika had many of these mosquitoes that transmitted this virus, monkeys also carried these disease since they could be victims to mosquitoes. It was found as late as 1947 discovered by scientists and was very common in Africa and Asia. Originally the scientist were researching for a disease called yellow fever until they discovered the zika virus. The virus of the disease were common and/or related to the dengue fever.

VOCAB
- Pathogen
- Microcephaly
- PKU (Phenylketonuria)

WHAT IS ZIKA VIRUS?
Think of it as like the new STD and virus but without any known symptoms. You or your partner could be infected without knowing and if you are pregnant, your baby could develop a small head which is called microcephaly which cause long term effects. It will be heartbreaking for future family holder's, choosing whether or not to dispose of newborn infant. It shares similar traits to the PKU disease (Phenylketonuria) and can cause seizures to your child. It’s a mosquito/animal transmitting disease can cause mental problems only to newborn babies when developing a child because it is carried by the blood in our body.
Why is this such a problem? Well if a mosquito that is a carrier infects you and another mosquito bites an infected person, that mosquito that bit you can now travel it on to newer mosquitoes or other people which can be spread worldwide. This is how outbreaks start and people who are infected and sexually transmit it to others without knowing because of its chances of no symptoms.

SYMPTOMS
There doesn’t need to be any symptoms to detect this virus, but some can include...
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Loss of appetite
- Headaches
- Rashes
- Vomiting
- Chills
- Sweating
- Certain area pain
 
TREATMENTS
Luckily for the human body, this is the easiest virus our body can resist. Avoid exposure from mosquitos near ponds, shaded areas, or black trashcan during a rainy day. It’s pathogen is only spread by bites from mosquitoes and some animals. And as for treatments to struggle against the virus include well resting, staying hydrated, and medication: pain and fever relief. It can take about a week (or more) for the virus to not be carried to mosquitos and other human beings (sexaully).
But if you do plan on having sex and ignore the consequences, by all means wear a condom to not transmit it to others

MY OPINION
Another new outbreak that has rapidly been spread thanks to the media, much like the ebola outbreak and racism/stereotype that began to start associated with it. But is it a thing we should really worry about? No. If you would want the world to be a better place, don’t spread pathogens or traits otherwise the world is going to end like it is today with people wearing glasses for poor eyesights. This disease is self curing and you shouldn’t make societies job harder by having more special people we have to worry about, especially their future and likelihood it will further spread. Also if you do have zika virus, don’t allow any mosquitos to bite you otherwise they can spread the virus.

Sources
"Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 01 June 2015. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. <http://www.cdc.gov/zika/symptoms/>.
Mcneil, Donald G., Catherine Saint Louis, and Nicholas St. "Short Answers to Hard Questions About Zika Virus." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 Feb. 2016. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/health/what-is-zika-virus.html>.
Hornak, Leo. "Uganda's Zika Forest, Where the Virus Was First Discovered." Public Radio International. Public Radio International, 01 Feb. 2016. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. <http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-02-01/ugandas-zika-forest-where-virus-was-first-discovered>.
"PKU News | News & Information on Phenylketonuria." PKU News. National PKU News. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. <https://pkunews.org/>.
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Saul Salas Capstone

Posted by Saul Salas in Capstone - Pahomov - Wed on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 10:51 pm

My capstone for 2016 was to teach the benefits of the learning experience of computer building in the most fundamental way. Ideally, building a computer does come with many misconceptions, one mainly how it can break or not work entirely and this is where my project explores these myths. PCPartPicker is a site I highly recommend to start building your computer. It has most computer parts that can be bought in their database, and has all the retailers of that part and the price. It tells you all about the parts, has guides to builds, and also a compatibility check to tell you if the parts you chose work, or if there will be any issues. But why should you care about computers? We use technology pretty much everyday and it’s hard to go by without internet at least once a day, and building a computer for yourself not only saves you money, but if any future problems occur, at least you’ll know what to do to solve this problem.

The picture below shows all of the parts I have used to create a working PC, showing knowledge that what I have created was ground up, easy, and accessible at a affordable cost.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

"Apple's Shameful Secret: Watch Factory Worker's Dead Body Discovered In River After Suspected Suicide –– See The Shocking Video." Radar Online. Radar Online, 23 Apr. 2015. Web. 05 Feb. 2016. <http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/04/apple-watch-sweatshop-scandal-death-factory-worker-body-discovered-suspected-suicide/>.

Shameful events happening in china because of consumer products are constantly being bought by Apple’s customers. Apple is notorious for their products being made in china. They underpay their workers and sometimes force them to stay. Reason why this is being brought up is because of the laptops purchased from this school supports these deaths. As more and more people buy these computers made by Apple kills off someone in china and is a big reason why we shouldn’t support them. Building a computer is the most you can do to avoid a human’s life being wasted.


Mick, Jason. "Foxconn Installs Anti-Suicide Nets at Its Facilities." DailyTech. DailyTech, 29 June 2010. Web. 5 Feb. 2016. <http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Installs+AntiSuicide+Nets+at+Its+Facilities/article18877.htm>.

These safety nets installed are to prevent suicide caused by china workers. It has been studied that a lot of these workers who fail at making a set amount of Apple products are forced to work overtime without extra pay, or else risk their jobs and the money they use to support their family which they can only see maybe once a year. It’s no wonder why these deaths occur, it’s because people don’t want to suffer the long hard working they are countlessly putting effort to make these Apple products, such as laptops. They even go as far to using child labor. This is one of many other companies that treats their workers like dirt if we continue supporting these brands we may or may not know about.


"Compare Mac Models - Apple." Apple. Web. 04 Feb. 2016. <http://www.apple.com/mac/compare/>.

This is all the price range if you were to buy a MacBook. In SLA, when I was a freshman, MacBook computers were given to all students, they were older models and ran pretty fast. But checking the store page for buying a computer for today shows that these computers weren’t very cheap at all. The cheapest one on there is the MacBook Air that cost $899. The most expensive one on there is a bigger 5-pound laptop. The price is $1,999 for this suppose upgrade to the lower end models. Everything made from apple is inexpensive and the parts exactly used can be cheaper and justified if you go inside the physical computer itself. It’s evident that my own price range in comparison to theirs is way more cost efficient, cheaper, and faster.


"Computers and Their Impact." Computers and Their Impact. Web. 04 Feb. 2016. <http://www.csun.edu/~lic42878/computers.html>.

The quotations such as “Our need for a practical philosophy of self-knowledge has never been greater as we struggle to make meaning from our lives on the screen” is a quote taken from a book (as it is cited) called “Who am we” and describes the importance and everyday uses of these wonders of technology and computers. It explains the importance to our needs and states that we grow more knowledge from our philosophy in the first paragraph. As it is kept reading, you’ll start to learn self inflicted benefits to these machines as we learn about the deep web and emotions brought by others as we are connected closer than we realize, and the transcendence of how we lose ourselves once we are thoroughly engaged on a computer.


Evans, Austin. "How to Build a $300 Gaming PC! (2014 Boson)." YouTube. YouTube, 02 Aug. 2014. Web. 02 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtUWjgxrd8>.

Austin Evans is a geek when it comes to technology and goes far in-depth when it comes to building computers, looking into technologies latest design, or goes over the parts of which is affected the most when building a computer. He goes as far to explain whether or not you should buy and how does these different types of hardware you decide to buy on is suitable for your needs. He builds computers very quite often and gives out tutorials and helpful guides for newcomers for building a computer. He also compares them to other hardware and software such as music, games, and TV.


"Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual." Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual. Web. 05 Feb. 2016. <https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=13§ion=3&tasks=true>.

A lot of students uses their computer for personal needs, and as mention in the bibliography below. Shooting movies for project is another big one since spanish class and Herman requires good editing and clear presentation to upload on vimeo or youtube and a lot of our projects are saved on these computers. This source goes in detail the quality we finalize our video we shoot. But it’s not calculated on how the environment you shoot will combine your total amount of disk space required. But this information is useful to compare to the Dell Chrome Laptops that their business is selling, because it proves that making your own computer with the things you need shows how superior and smart building one is.


Miller, Nathaniel. "Building a Computer from Scratch - Nathaniel Miller." Nathaniel Miller. Web. 03 Feb. 2016. <http://www.people.eku.edu/mahaneyb/CISStudentClub/1006/index.htm>.

A to get list of all the possible parts you will need to build a computer. Ignore the USB port since the motherboard comes with it by default and the floppy disk drive. It also mentions that the CPU heats which doesn’t inform the reader to get a thermal paste for the cooling. So using this cite is a source to find the basic needs of what you need to build a computer but doesn’t go in-depth and should be used as a reference if you’re looking for parts that makes a check list. This acts as a checklist of things you would need to get if you need to find your parts if you need help searching for shops with these items online.


"New Dell Chromebook 11." Dell. Dell. Web. 05 Feb. 2016. <http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/chromebook-11-3120/pd>.

Reason why it’s much more cheaper is because they’re providing their customers with very little disk space, RAM, CPU, and a battery that can have a short lifespan which will require you to replace every 6 or 8 month so, depends on how power you use. The disk space is so very little, you will run out of space if it were primarily used by students knowing that we use these computers more than just working, but for music, filming, photos, music, and games. Filming would be a major problem especially since an average 30 second shot is worth about 40 MB and seeing how these devices have only 16 GB to spare. Another reason why it’s cheaper is because my project is building a computer from scratch with items that are needed such as a DVD Drive, bigger computer case, a monitor, and mouse and keyboard.


"PC VERSUS MAC." PC VERSUS MAC. Web. 04 Feb. 2016. <https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~viettran/background.htm>.

Misconceptions and myths about the PC and Mac. Both systems are taken comparison on the website itself if you explore and tells which basic brand provides a chart. But in the link provided explains the misconceptions with sources to back up its evidence. It also shares the history of these computers and what makes them so cheap and speed for the two operating system with pros and cons. Some of the myths mentions are both relevant and confusing to get mistaken, but it digresses.


"Tomcat I7230W." TYAN. TYAN Computer Corp. Web. 3 Feb. 2016. <ftp.tyan.com/manuals/m_s5162_100.pdf>.

A pdf form that has worked with computers in the past. At the top of the of page shows the table of contents if you wish to skim through in you’re stuck on a specific area. This is very helpful to get through the bios and tells which option does what. It shows highlighted grey words that have settings on default. If it’s your first time going through the bios, skip to 3.6 to get to the boot menu to select your boot sequence in order choose the drive you want to boot your operating system. Once you’re done hit save and exit and don’t press anything. Keep in mind that a lot of motherboards have a different format of where these settings are placed but most of them should be located in the same place and name as it shows in the pdf.
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Le infograph by Salas Saul

Posted by Saul Salas in American History - Jonas - X on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:49 am
​Le infograph shows the interest and reason why the U.S. invaded the island of Puerto Rico. The actions conflicted on it caused Spain to do that was originally involving just with Cuba because of a American ship exploded, which was called the Maine, and because of that, the U.S. saw this as an excuse to conquer land to invest money and build military.

I did this because I liked Puerto Rico and wanted to know a bit more about it since I go there.

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Due to the innovation of leaders in the medical field, medicine has improved over the course of history.

Posted by Saul Salas in American History - Jonas - X on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 9:46 am
​Check my google doc if you want to see the amazing if you want to embark in a WILD journey through time starting as late as the 1600s of my NHD filled with tons of sources including primary! Click THIS to find out more!
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Diary of a wimpy kid

Posted by Saul Salas in English 3 - Rami - E on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 1:55 pm

“Diary of a wimpy kid” is an illustrated novel By Jeff Kinney. When he was growing up, he didn’t want to write children’s book, his dream was to be a newspaper cartoon artist and publish his own comic strips independently. In 1998, Jeff Kinney came up with the idea of a book titled “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”, a story about a middle school boy named Greg Heffley. Jeff had been working on his book for nearly eight years before publishing it. It was first advertised on a website called funbrain.com. Surprisingly, it had more than 80 million visits, and had around 70,000 kids reading the book. The book attracted many young audiences due to it's cartoonish illustrations. His first book was released on April 2007, and was the New York Times bestseller, it even said so on the bookcover itself! Also during this time, Jeff also created Poptropica.com, where he still continues to express new ideas everyday for the next children book, all of which is sequels of “Diary of a Wimpy kid”, because the fan base is huge and still supports it. Jeff loves his own idea of this book and wants to still make it accessible to many people.

The author connected his own childhood dreams into the book, and then compares it to his own autobiography about his earlier period of his life. Which also explains why there was a comic strip references in his book where Rowley, a character in the book wanted to do school comics, but was rejected by the protagonist saying his idea will be bad. Only later to disprove his assumptions by making him the most popular kid in school. “There was a pretty obvious drop in quality once Rowley started doing the writing. And believe it or not, Rowley’s drawing skills are worse than his writing skills. I told Rowley maybe we should come up with some new ideas, but he just wanted to keep writing “Zoo-Wee Mamas.” Then he packed up his comics and went home, which was fine by me. I don’t really want to be partnered up with a kid who doesn’t draw noses, anyway.” Pg. 170. Stories that reflect everyday reality of a school child pulls in the reader, while reminding him/her the jokes and tricks that are still relevant in his/her life which may have occurred before or after the making of this book.

“Diary of a wimpy kid” isn’t about the regular children’s story where with morals at every turn, it’s about childhood dreams and common mischief. Jeff Kinney and other people they will face ahead in life. Like when he wanted to do when he did grow up, but never could have, and he reference this in the book in a mature manner. He mentions a lot of these problems so purposely and well placed in the book, incidents like vandalism and terrorizing the neighborhood, hurting someone purposely in an accidental way, peer pressuring someone, and then being jealous of something they did you avoided them to accept. We will always be envy of someone or something because of their superior ways, common parts where he is referencing things in the book he may have or you might of experienced in life, then compares it in smaller part in pages, such as how small voices can be spread with ideal fiction about a molded cheese. By comparing the things we have nostalgia or scars,  about or learning how others deal with it makes the interests or curious readers wants to read more because of we don’t know how to understand or how to deal with the same situation Greg is facing. Even in Rowley’s perspective, we might not agree with our peers 100% of the times to make a good argument. Which may lead to frustration.

What really makes this book interesting is not that it refers readers these common things, but its how it turns phobias, peer pressure, and disrespect into something that isn’t necessarily true, into a self story he faced and fear and making it a cheap animated thrill he overlooked in. The book is about an average middle school boy named Greg Heffley, that tells his story in his Diary, where creativity comes to life by his own drawing, which he expresses in a very mannered detailed way, like how he told his mom he wanted a journal and not a diary. He spots out the main things he did or events that happened during his daily life, which typically occurs in common areas which readers will get used to reading from different perspectives. Some places including, school, houses, outside, and holidays. There are recurring character, along with the main protagonist Greg Heffley, and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, incase you were still wondering about them earlier. There are other important characters besides the main protagonist. His family are what leads to tension, like his older brother, Rodrick Heffley who is a troublemaker. He’s a perfect example of how a immatured teenager who hangs out with his friends most of the time and picks on a younger brother, frankly being Greg and causes conflict. And there is Manny Heffley, the young delinquent who doesn’t know any better and often leads to mistakes to lead others to blame for.

The good and bad things that happens in life, in which is read of a narrative tone that is spoke mostly in a first person view, comic gimmicks to exemplify cheap appropriate stereotypes, like how kids can be creative, make fake rumors and be very immature with other superiors to highlight what problems people faced and how they tend to avoid danger. Most of which are reflections on what certain consequences are and the things you may face or decide that can lead to other shenanigans, (or you can be totally ignorant like me and not realize any of these). Like molded cheese and how you can get the cheese touch, this part of the book deals a lot of drama and causes excellent tension and ending climax on how stories are brought up with embarrassing faintly whispers of ghastly murmurs, which are commonly brought up. That kids don't play on the playground anymore (which they tend to avoid being mistaken for) a common misconception of a molded cheese lying on the school’s basketball court. The only context given to Greg is that if you touch it, you will get the cheese touch and people will start passing it to whoever touches them, which will make others avoid the victim until it passes on to another host, which will lead to others avoiding you for whatever they believe. This is an example of common stereotypes and other misconceptions, like if girls touch boys, they could have the cooties. The author implies in this part that it’s fun remembering the things we used to believe and make something that may have impacted us in our youth about some phobias we were too young to understand, into an inside joke to a world. The book was made to attract more of young readers due to it’s non complex cartoonish style of black and white novel with illustrations, but it’s not weighed down with deep metaphors and brings up things older audiences can appreciate.  I was 10 years old when I first read this book and still remember the whole thing because of it’s non-complexity and joy that was brought up. It’s a fun book to read because it has pictures.

Illustrated novel, Diary of a wimpy kid, by Jeff Kinney, 217 pages


Source(s):

  1. http://www.wimpykid.com/about-the-author/ (Kinney, Jeff. "About the Author | Wimpy Kid." Wimpy Kid. 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.)

  2. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196141/fullcredits/ ("Full Cast & Crew." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.)


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Reflection

Posted by Saul Salas in Bio-Chem 10 - Sherif - B on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 8:50 am
​Inquiry:
I wanted to know if pharmaceuticals still works.

Research:
I googled away into many sites including health organizations for the public safety and put sites on my SFP doc for reminders and also gathered historical evidence about herbal medicine.

Collaboration:
Joseff helped me the most with peer editing and changing what needed to be changed in the slides and doc which helped me a lot when I was presenting because I knew what to say thanks to Joseff and my other peers, Teige, and Gamal Sherif.

Presentation:
I practiced my slides and knew what to say since I made this my project which helped my know what to say and did it without showing any weak sides of embarrassment.

Reflection:
I am unsure what I would do differently, but one thing I could change is adding the procedure so people would know how I got my results.

I would upload my slideshow for anyone to study what I did to know my strategy on how well I did my work for others to know but I can't, so I made a PDF which is a slpoppy way of showing no cool speicl animation or staged ideas. But it is what it is and I am sorry about that.
(Also start using Keynote, and not google presentation!)
SFP 5-9-14
Tags: g10 science mini-capstone
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History Portfolio Assignment

Posted by Saul Salas in World History - Block - C on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 10:53 pm
One thing I learned about in history was the French revolution when Napoleon conquered nearly all of Europe, and how successful this made him even when his army was small in numbers. He was a small man whom ran a huge legacy along with france's own independents by starting a revolution while Napoleon was headed out for taking over lands, yet while that was happening, the people were storming the bastille. You can read more by clicking "HERE". "Hello, I am the phantom of Napoleon Bonaparte, here to tell you my opinions and thoughts during the French Revolution." But this was more than just someone in history, it was about how we independent people changed the way how we see france. Who knows what would it have be like if french was like in the 17th? It was also the year where women's made a stand and help shed blood in the bastille, and when they were successful, the mens taught them how to arm a musket and fire it. Since it was a revolution, anybody could be in it to help so they needed all the help they could get.

There was a poem called the nobodies where people were poorly judge and not allow to get jobs and were mostly unequally treated. You can read my poem that was about people having the opportunities and possibilities by clicking "HERE". It's a parody of The nobodies where it states that everybody wants something in their life, but not what they and the others really need. It's about how we try to find a way to escape poverty but not resolve the conflict that we still face, just like the neighborhoods we see today. As I said in my own version, "Da somebodies, one we see others as a wrong thing when we don’t know at all. Da somebodies, people that has hope on others than those whom has the power but abuses it. Da somebodies! My father was the bullet, you son of a gun... Da somebodies!"

This is the pipeline XL project where people were debating wether to use dirty tar which is more polluting and CO2. Canada has a lot of tar to lend to america for whatever reason and while the president was deciding to allow for the benefit or better for our country. Before the decision was even started, the pipes all the way from america to canada, and if the president decides not to allow this, the people who built the pipes will loose money. And if the people from the Pipeline XL project were to make this happen, they would had to have a really long and sturdy pipe if they want to avoid any hazardous area such clean fishing areas and rivers without any tar leaking or breeching of any sort otherwise many life from the water including our drinking water could be poisoned. Many people have stood near the white house to protest just so they could stop killing the planet, many of which were arrested. You can read my play based on this by clicking "HERE" and learning different stories I made based on the events if it were to happen. This world as I said "this world does not have a price tag on it, you can't just own it," and I am right. If you're willing to bet the lives and the well beings of animals and humans on needless desire. By clicking "HEY, OVER HERE!" It is a well thought out idea as I see the world if we can't fix any of our human mistakes we know about, and it sucks how we don't do anything about it and this is a prime example of a world issue we just ignore while others know what is right from wrong. It's wrong to forget about our human nature and let it bypass us ever since CO2 was discovered and seeing this as and on the news and allowing this to happen even if we, the viewers and bystanders can't do much as civilians, the people in charge are suppose to make this world a better place where freedom takes place, and not by arresting others whom really cares about the earth more than their lives just to see a better future.

I read a book called Things fall apart where there is a civilization based off of religion where white men colonizes Umoufia. But before all of that, the story tells that mens are the dominant and can beat their wife, give legacies, and command others and give stories about things that may or may not happen but based on folk tales. Okonkwo is the main character of the book who was married by 3 wives and has 30 kids. One day, the city gets 'corrupted' by another religion called 'the buttocks' who are the white Catholics that will soon take over the Umoufia culture and change their people into slaves. Then after reading the end [SPOILERS] where Okonkwo kills himself because of everything including the people's religion falls apart, therefore making the entire village taken over by the whites. By clicking "HERE" to read my 26th chapter based on the book on what would have happen. This book is also relevant to the event of native Indians where we wiped out their tribes and tricked them into doing our biddings. Here is a quote from my Quiz on Part 1 of Things fall apart. "A lazy drunk who was Okokwo’s dad before he died 10 years. He was also poor borrowed unpaid money."


You can read more of my quotes from my journal entries below.
Ghandi: about a few things I noticed in a clip in world history.
Things fall apart: a comparison in over the similarities and Differences in the modern world and book.
Source for original The nobodies poem. "HEY, OVER HERE!"
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Revolution Digital Guidebook

Posted by Saul Salas in World History - Block - C on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 2:28 pm

History revolution BM 1 from Saul Salas on Vimeo.

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Pipeline monologe project

Posted by Saul Salas in World History - Block - C on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Introduction​ 
The project from this unit, the keystone pipeline XL, I have learn a lot. Because the keystone pipeline is a big pipe that extracts canadian tar sands (dirty oil) so we can provide many benefits to our needs. However, this can also cause us our planet to being worse than it was before. Since the pipe is going to be extra long, there is a risk in the pipe to leek since it’s huge. And if it does, chances are it will contaminate other people’s drinking water from other countries, and we sorta don’t want that to happen. But there are super benefits from taking this oil like more jobs, better economic, and more money from our country so it’s a big trade off in exchange for C02 in the air.

Ugly truth fact:
  • Sea levels rise (greatly)
  • Destroying Forest's
  • Environmental problems
  • Helps the enemies in Iraq
  • We're using tar sand (dirty oil!)
Good facts:
  • More jobs
  • $585 million estimated worth of barrels
  • They say it's safe (no leeks = reliable)
  • 9% of the US is unemployed
  • XL pipes = no fracking
Source(s) used for all paragraphs:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/five-things/the-keystone-xl-pipeline/12200/


Badluck Gus

(Badluck Gus turns on the television on NBC news 7. Madam enters the room.) WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!? NOT ONLY THEY’RE GONNA WIPEOUT OTHER COUNTRIES RESOURCES, BUT THEY ARE ALSO GONNA DAMAGE OUR DRINKING SUPPLY  AND RUIN OUR ATMOSPHERE. THIS REMINDS ME OF WORLD WAR 2, EXCEPT, WE’RE DUMPING A CHEMICAL BOMB INTO OUR CITY ALL OVER AGAIN. WHEN WILL THESE PEOPLE START REALIZING, ‘WAKE UP’ TO THIS PROBLEM. WHEN WILL THESE FAT, LAZY, UNCARING COUNTRY REALIZE THE SITUATION!? PERHAPS WHEN THE END OF TIMES COMES? (Talking to his maid.) IN A NUTSHELL, “OH, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD IS DYING BUT, WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.” SINCE WHEN HAS THE WORLD HAS A PRICE TAG ON IT!? WTF BRO!? THE PRESIDENT IS A FRICKIN’ SLAVE, WHAT A MORON.  MADAM, WOULD YOU BE A KIND AND GO GET ME SOME DRINKING WATER? JUST SPIT ON ME! GREEDY PEOPLE, THEY'RE MILKING OTHER COUNTRIES, AND CANADA IS NEXT IN THE SHOPPING LIST! “ERROR-ERROR010101”

(Madam places new batteries on the KEY-borg 8000.) *Deep breath* I NEED MY ASTHMA PUMP! *GASP* I CAN NOT BREATH EASY! *GASP* I CAN NOT THANK YOU ANY BETTER THAN THIS, THANK YOU.  I HATE THIS WORLD, WE’RE NOT CYBORGS, WE’RE HUMAN, ANIMALS LIKE THEM. WE CAN NOT KEEP THINKING ABOUT OURSELVES. NEXT THING YOU KNOW IT, WE’LL BE DRINKING OUT OF THE OCEAN. OUR FUTURE FOR THE BETTER OF ALL ARE DEPENDENT ON US FOR OUR ACTIONS, ACTIONS THAT SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. WHAT’S THE POINT? THE WORLD WE SOON TO KNOW IT WON’T MATTER ANYMORE SINCE HOPE AS WE KNOW IT WILL BE FADING INTO OBLIVION, DUST WILL BE THE ONLY REMAINS ONCE YOU KNOW IT. C02 RISES ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE AND EARTH WATER LEVELS WILL RISE, WITH A CHANGE OF pH AND THE EARTH WILL BURN UP INTO A CRISP! MAYBE... (TV turns off, they exit.)


Old man Jenkins

These are the new words the people should say when the operation does happen. (Picks up a sprinkler) MONEY MONEY MONEY. IT’S NOT SO FUNNY! They’re all idiots! Seeking only trouble around happy living people and animals. Back in my days, all we had for power, was friction! Don’t think of me as some old coot that lost his mind! Old man Jenkins HAD a farm, till those last pipes leaked into MY river! Used to know the socks right off the youngsters next door when they found out about what happened to all their drinking water. They’re all dirty animals! ALL OF EM! Savages, I feel like we’re all refugees, hiding in a concentration camp during the holocaust. Except, i’m in texas... Thats all what matters.

MONEY MONEY MONEY. IT’S NOT SO FUNNY! (Starts spraying his crops.)

This... Doesn't look like water! (Turns off water.) What in tarnation is this piece o’ crap. (Groups of men approached) Who are you folks?... What's this? No no no!

Don’t greed what's not ours and don’t grief what's theirs. NO! WAIT... PLEASE!! *sob* PLEASE... I WILL NOT LET YOU BUILD THIS ON MY FARM NEXT TO MY RIVER! If you build this pipe under my farm, destruction will happen ‘er! Pipes will leek! Gets in drinking our water, kills a city filled with fishes, C02 WILL fill in the airs atmosphere, harsher weathers, than once you know it, my FARM will smell like a pile of dong! Is that what you want to happen? You’re all fools, ALL of you! I will not tolerate literacy!

(Holds him still) you’ll regret this, you all will! Dirty animals. If I can’t keep what’s mine, then none of you’s will! Johnny! JOHNNY!! Call earl and tell him I’m going to be home a little late. And I left a message on the fridge with instructions.


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(Kanit Beens takes a stroll down River Bank China mall near Still creak while talking and texting on her phone.) Life as we know it is fading away. This place is all we have to take for granted, all thanks to that god forbidden pipeline... IKR!?!? Jenny? Still there? Sorry you were just breaking up. YEAH... *Snaps fingers x2* Mmm, if the american government wants to make money then why don’t they hire people from america instead of us people in china to get off their fat, lazy american B-HINDS off their couch and fix our country! I mean... Their country. Soon, water level will rise, the atmosphere will grow more thicken, planet earth as everyone know will be a complete wasteland disaster. What's this I hear? riverbank mall? Whaaaaat? Jenny, you’d best be lying to me girl!... A soon to be new build place for a factory, here? But why would these americans take our resource so far out of their region? I refuse to let them inhabit our land in china! Why don’t they build places on their land? Because of that sweet green paper we see it as money and power!?

(Kanit enters Still creek.) Yeah?... I know right!? OMG you remember that time too!? Yeah, I remember feeding my favorite animal back in the northern parts around Still creek. When I was a little girl, I found these cute race of little turtles minding their own business, I remember feeding them, playing with them, and my mom would tell me they were snapping turtles! But we paid no mind lol. Then I found one turtle around here and called him lord tortoise, those species extinct. Now, I see him no more, no more them, their families, kids, and others, all because of the end of times, climate change. Oh right! I have to hurry back to work and tell these folks about the weather and how the pipeline effects the world we live in today! Thx :) # PICE 2!

(Kanit makes it on work on time.) Thanks for the script, what time will we be live? K... Thanks. Hello this is Kanit reporting from channel 82 LIVE from China and todays weather is not going to be so great; it’s going to rain for the next 3 days and then it’s going to be really really hot! How much time do we have before the this is over?... Can I say something else before we go off? Thanks. Hello again people I have a very important message to give to all you lovely people about the Keystone pipeline XL project. If these pipelines proceeds with their operation with canada we’re finished! Gas prices will go up, C02 will be filled in the atmosphere, animal population will decrease! And what happens if a unsturdy long pipe spreads a leek? Our waters will no longer be drinkable! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT OBAMA!? This project is a fraud. Well take my opinion in this but I ain't going to criticize on their american government but... All the government really wants is to make money just like everyone else that sits in their house and watches nothing but pointless advertisements! Here’s the circle of life. Go to work, make money, go shopping, sleep, and forget about everything else and everyone else cause your life is so important than anyone else’s and everything else. Go to work, make money, go shopping and forget about the world. Eventually, we’ll run out of everything and every resources. And speaking of the devil, what about terrorist? Yep. The project will help the enemy because america has to pay their country to dig underneath their land! (A huge amount of people at home and even at her work were shocked!) So what's your choice? Will you choose to greed more on what you have and take what's really not ours? Or will you help stop this project? So what are you waiting for? Stop the keystone pipeline XL project and take care of what's first on our planet! After all, since when did the world had a price tag on it? My name is Kanit Beens and thanks for watching the weather at channel 82.

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E1 U9 Saul y Kevin

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 4:44 pm
​Nuestro amigo Miles es un fantástico hombre y merece una casa fantástica. ¡Es por eso que hacemos la casa sus sueños. Está casa es perfecto para Miles. La casa es en las afueras. Está cerca de la ciudad es Filadelfia. La casa es grandiosa porque tiene mucho interés y es un casa para un persona. La casa es muy moderna. La casa se ​​supone que tiene tres pisos, dos habitaciones, y dos baños

¡Hay TODO en la casa!

* En la casa de Miles el tiene....

- DOS BAÑOS- contiene con una inodoro, tres ventanas, un lavamanos y una ducha.

- LA SALA- contiene con la tele, dos sofás, una lámpara, y una mesa.

- LA COCINA- contiene con una estufa, una fregadero, un horno, dos sillas, una mesa, una nevera, y cuatro ventanas.

-LA BIBLIOTECA- contiene con muchos libros, un escritorio, una lámpara, una mesa, y dos sillas.

- DOS HABITACIONES- contiene con una cama, tres ventanas, y baúl lleno de ropas

- EL JARDÍN- contiene con una piscina, y una cancha de frisbi (Miles favorito deportes)

En la casa de sus sueños de Miles que tiene mucho espacio sólo para él. La casa es extremadamente, increíblemente, asombrosamente, totalmente PERFECTO!!!!

Así ¡MILES ES LA CASA DE SUS SUEÑOS!



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Nuestras Actividades

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Mi norbra es Saul Salas y me gusta juegar video juegos todos los dîas. Nunca cocino en mi casa porque es muy elborro. depende en la dia, yo hago mi tarea y estudio por esculo. Siempre dormo en mi casa. Tambien me gusta usar la computadora por  youtube, facebook, y twitter.

Mi madre es Mary Torres. Ella  gusta trabajar duro todos los dias. Ella nunca dorme. Mi madre no importas cuando yo hablo. Ella no va a escuela. ella gusta la computadra y cregslist.

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E1 U4 Banda C Saul Salas

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 2:19 pm
Yo soy Saul Salas y yo tengo 15 años. Soy estudiante de Science Leadership Academy. SLA  es una escuela divertida y por eso me gusta mucho. La escuela queda en el centro de la ciudad. Él es cerca Drexel y Greenfield. Es mucho sociable y trabajador. Alli 500 niños y 33 profesores. Tenemos mucho computadora para niños y 1 hora en escuela. Tenemos ajedrez, béisbol, y fútbol. Yo participo en robótica. Robótica es muy sociable y aburrida.

Las clases que tengo son bioquímica, ingles, espanol, y álgebra. Mi clase favorita es inglés y bioquímica porque en ingles mi maestra es graciosa la de bioquímica es divertida. No me gusta la clases  español porque es aburrida y álgebra es muy duro. En la clase de bioquímica, necesito un libro, lápiz y computadora. Lo mismo en inglés y también eso igual que álgebra  pero necesita un cuaderno. También en español necesita un cuaderno. Todo es lo mismo. Para tener éxito en todas s estas clases necesito estudiar duro y hacer todas mis asignaciones todos los días y entregarlo a tiempo.

El Señor Kay enseña inglés. La Srta. Dunda y la Srta. Kaur enseña bioquímica. Srta. Hall enseña arte y tecnología. La Srta. Thompson enseña álgebra y geometría. El Señor Kay es muy divertido y cómico, es no aburrido. Srta. Thompson es super aburrida y seri@. La Srta. Hull es artistic@ y inteligente. El Señor Kay clase es frío y bueno. La Srta. Dunda y Kaur bioquímica clase es firo y apestoso. El Señor Kay le gusta libros y interpretación en dramátic. El Sr. Kay es muy cómico.


Me gusta SLA porque la escuela tiene buenos niños y profesores. Lo que más me gusta de SLA es que los niños nunca pelean, la niños  siempres ayudan los otros niños y niñas. No me gusta álgebra porque es aburrido y no me gusta el español tampoco.
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Mis Seres Queridos

Posted by Saul Salas on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 10:31 am

Yo soy Saul. Los fines de semana, me gusta jugar video juegos también leer. Tengo 15 años. No me gusta cocinar y nunca me gusto la escuela.


Con mi loco lindo amigo, es el Mr. Mannequin! Tiene 20 años y gana todas las mujeres! Y como si fuera poco, el encata Megan Fox! Y Megan Fox amor Mr. Mannequin! Mr. Mannequin le gusta salir con su novia, Megan Fox. Mr. Mannequin tiene ojos negro.


Nosotros tenemos muy mucho poder en estudiar. Nosotros también gusta jugar videojuegos en Slender, de noche, estoy solo con la luces apagada. Nosotros nos gusta dormir y ir de compras a veces. Nosotros depende del dia nos gusta cairle en sima a los muchachos caundo salen de las escuela. Nosotros nos gusta ver la tele, y bailar.


Conclusion, adios. Aquí esta mi video.

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Adivina

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 2:04 pm
Hola. Yo soy Bob. Yo tengo el pelo negro y rizado. Mi pelo es bajo. Mis ojos son color negro y yo soy feliz. Yo voy para escuela estoy en el tercer grado.
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Mi carta

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 9:57 am
Saludo.

Mi nombre es Saul Salas. Tengo 14 anos, y mi cumpleaños es 19 diciembre. vivo en filadelfia. ¿Cuántos años tienes tú? ¿Qué te gusta hacer? ¿Tengo anos y tu?Me gusta jugar juegos de video. Me gusta ver los Simpson. También, soy algo alto. Cuando fines de semana, me encanta bromear y comico, serio. Casi siempre tengo tarea. Audios.
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Mr. Mannequin

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Se llama Mr. Mannequin. Mr. Mannequin, es súper loco lindo! Es por eso porque es de tener un millon de dolar y ser famoso. Es la también gusta ver la tele los fines de semana, depende del día. el le encanta salir con mi novia siempre. Es la muy loco, rubio, hermoso y lindo, y como si fuera poco, el tiene un abdomen muscular!
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Como llamas?

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 9:24 am
We are teaching you on how to spell the alphabet in spanish and also correct pronunciaion in spanish (the letters you will need to know). In spanish the only letter that is different is ñ.

Here is a web site to teach you how to pronounce it.

Here click this ---> Link
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