Current Event 4

Dogonews

Meera Dolasia 

12/04/2010

http://www.dogonews.com/2010/12/4/the-2010-la-concept-car-design-challenge

For some odd years the Los Angeles car shop has made a car challenge, where you make a dedign of a car that you would like to have in the future or a car that you want built. So the car that you design shouldent have so many of earths materials so that you are helping the earth as well. So people had to make cars that were energy used and they had to be light weight no more then 1,000lbs and it had to be able to hold 4 passenger or more. 7 people went into the challenge and there are some pics below about the car a pic with the car. 

So the first car is a Honda Air, It is a electric car that had the inspired by the skydiving wing suits. The glass of the car is able to recycle and the cars metal and others are from a junk yard that were spray painted and the car is only 800lbs. The car has a vegetable based polymer panel.

The next car is made by Mercedes in Japan. The car is called Mayback DRS, the car is fully electric and the car is controlled by a computer that is plugged into a big city transport instructed. The cool thing about the car is that it can be pedaled by the man/ woman so that will driving it is giving you exercise. 

   The next car is a Mazda MX-0, the Mazda is also electric, the people who made this car had three things in there mind to make the car perfect zero weight, zero carbon emission and zero mass. To make the car they  had to use lightweight materials and the car has a super suspensor in the back. 

 

Design

So as you an see the car shops are trying to stop pollution and the destruction of our earth, so they are trying to make environmentally friendly cars that look super cool and that people will enjoy and will keep for the rest of there lives. I think that this paper of these cars is a great idea and if i had my license i would absolutely  get one of these cars. 

Current Event 3

Kosovo Customs is Back on Disputed Border Crossing 

16/09/2011

http://middleeastinfo.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/kosovo-customs-is-back-on-disputed-border-crossings

 

There is a argument between Kosovo and Belgrade. Kosovo would like to be an independent country, run its own borders, have its own schools and have its own post box. Belgrade is not agreeing to let Kosovo have its Independence. During the situation Kosovo has road blocked the roads and Belgrade has done the same. During the argument one Kosovo army man has been killed and shot by a Serbian border security man. When he did that it made everyone crazy and there is a company called KFOR which has France, Italia in it which is a group of army people and they are blocking the roads so that Serbs may not cross. Right now nothing is happening.

 

To me i think that the Serbs are really stupid for not letting the Kosovo people become independent and have there own place and currency. But i think the Kosovo people are right to have blocked the roads so that the Serbs can not intrude and bring illegal stuff in to Kosovo.

Current Event 2

Zinc can be an effective treatment for common colds.

Michelle Roberts 

16 Feb 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12462910

Scientists are looking for new ways to take care of colds, one of the ways they found is that taking Zinc will help get ride of the cold. 

The Zinc can take away colds, sore throats and running noise. But they advise that you do not take the Zinc for a long period of time because the Zinc can make you really sick. If you take it for to long it can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. Once you start taking the Zinc medication it will try to stop the cold to get in your body in the first place but it will also stop them from going through your noise which they usually travel through. Another thing is that the Zinc will stop you from having it again so if you have it once you shouldn't have it again.

To me this paper or report sounds kinda interesting and i learned that elements such as Zinc can be used to help make people better. This is a good report and sound pretty cool.

 

Science movie

Periodic table metals, and none metals

Peridic table

Current Event 1

Mongolia Seeking to Float Coking- Coal IPO in three Financial Centers

Joao Peixe

Friday, 02 September 2011

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Mongolia-Seeking-to-Float-Coking-Coal-IPO-in-Three-Financial-Centers.html

            In East Tsankhi area of Mongolia has the largest amount of untouched Coking coal in the world. There is about 7.5 billion metric tons of coking coal in that deposit. The government is asking companies, to bid for the ability to take the coal out of the ground.

The government is going to develop the mine with a foreign partner. Like maybe Japan or Korea. The government is going to keep a share for itself, and sell this on three different stock exchanges in what is called an IPO (initial public offering)

This article is really interesting to me, because I first have never heard of Coking Coal until my dad explained to me what it is. Learning about Coking Coal and what Mongolia is doing to develop their country and to start using the resources in their land. I also think is was cool to learn about because my mom works for coal mines, and so now I have a better grasp of what she does.