Roger

Final Week: Landfills and how they impact our world today

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-06-08/landfill-operators-oppose-rule-changes Following watching the inspirational and fantastic movie Wall-E, this week's (sadly final) post is going to be about landfills. Here, the city officials of Atlanta have passed new regulation due to losing contact with many landfills and breaking several regulation such as dumping hazardous materials. The regulations though are not the main focus of this final blog post. What is more notable is the impact of landfills on the environment and our ability to keep up with the amount of waste we produce. Granted these statistics are outdated, but it is notable

that much of this material can actually be recycled/sent to landfills instead of taking up space and ultimately

being wasted in landfills. Though I cannot claim to be an "expert" and say that the money saved, which is the

driving force behind reform, is greater than the money that is spent, surely becoming more efficient with our

disposables is the correct on the path to complete sustaiability.

Week 3: semi-hurriedly done due to getting back late.

EDUCATION

Due to unexpected circumstances, this discussion will be cut a bit short. So as we covered did some practice with educating little kids during class this week

I think that it is appropriate that this article is brought up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/c-m-rubin/the-global-search-for-edu_41_b_1557762.html

This article provides a foreign perspective on education from Germany, one of the most technologically advanced and educated countries in the world. Some points to note in particular are the discussion of Phonological awareness, things like rhyme identification, and it's impact on the development of a child's spelling and reading skills

Week 2: now with ** COLOR ** Sadly I still don't know how to use word art and what not, but at least my description is easier on the eyes to read. This week I'd like to continue on the discussion Mr. Hans of TEDTalks gave on population dynamics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-safina/how-to-make-population-growth-reverse-itself_b_1508193.html Here, Carl Sanfina makes some conjectures on how the human population may stem its growth and the role that science and technology will play in the future. He cites numerous occasions where population pressures have erupted into violence, such as Rwanda, and ponders that as nations grow, other such conflicts may arise. That being said, many countries are already experiencing a declining or stable population, but the question that remains is whether or not nature can still support the human way of life as it is now. Science and technology may help humanity reverse its self-destructive trend, but if society cannot change its thinking first, then Science and technology may just exacerbate the situation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516174437.htm

This article more or less is directly related to what the pharmacologist graduates were discussing in class. The vaccine is in its preclinical stage, though it has proved to be able to stimulate antibody response in the test rats that were used. By using the algae //Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,// scientists were able to create protiens that inhibit malarial infections, which is extremely similar to the 1st thing the graduates talked about, targeting protiesn to be modified by chemicals. Though the vaccine hasn't even reached the clinical stage, it is evidence of the pharmacological process at work :D