South Korea aims for space in 2017
In south Korea the governments said on Monday that they will push the exploration of planets as early as 2017. This it because South Korea wants to join the exclusive space club. The government in south Korea have decided to spend huge amounts of money “won” around $3.8 trillion meaning for around $4 billion. That amount of money will then be used over the next 10 years to improve technologies in building satellites and rockets, said Jeong Hae-yang, an official of the Science and Technology Ministry.
The exploration is almost like “an investment for the future,” said Jeong. Also by doing so the Exploration would help resource-poor south Korea pool more resources and information about space. According to the ministry of South Korea, the ambitious project will be made public at a hearing Monday will be finalized in June. “South Korea also aims to join international space exploration programs, including the international space station, to help master core technologies in building satellites and rockets”, said Jeong. I think that it is great that South Korea is doing more explorations in space but if they want to compete they are already to far behind.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/29/skorea.space.ap/index.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Blog 19 Whales swim under another busy bridge
Whales swim under another busy bridge
On Tuesday May 29th The two whales were once again spotted swimming near a bridge in Sacramento River, New York, California. This is a follow up news to the previous one. The Biologist now worry about the whales health from the big wound that they got from boat’s propellers and also the suffrage of the long stay in Fresh water. Antibiotics were injected by using guns and darts, and shooting them into the whales on Saturday to try to slow the damage of the wounds and also ease their pain.
Although they stayed long in the river of California they are making good progress. When they first arrived they swam around 90 miles inland, by now the mother whale and her calf are now at around 40 miles inland making a progress of around 50 miles. During the journey when they first arrived at the river there was an memorial day where all the people swarmed the two sides of the river to catch a glimpse of the whale, and the coast guards had to maintain a 500-yard safety zone around the whales. "It's still anybody's guess. The whales are going to decide what they're going to do and how they're going to do it," said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game. I think that the police did well in trying to help the whales to get better and also to help them find their way back to home.
On Tuesday May 29th The two whales were once again spotted swimming near a bridge in Sacramento River, New York, California. This is a follow up news to the previous one. The Biologist now worry about the whales health from the big wound that they got from boat’s propellers and also the suffrage of the long stay in Fresh water. Antibiotics were injected by using guns and darts, and shooting them into the whales on Saturday to try to slow the damage of the wounds and also ease their pain.
Although they stayed long in the river of California they are making good progress. When they first arrived they swam around 90 miles inland, by now the mother whale and her calf are now at around 40 miles inland making a progress of around 50 miles. During the journey when they first arrived at the river there was an memorial day where all the people swarmed the two sides of the river to catch a glimpse of the whale, and the coast guards had to maintain a 500-yard safety zone around the whales. "It's still anybody's guess. The whales are going to decide what they're going to do and how they're going to do it," said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game. I think that the police did well in trying to help the whales to get better and also to help them find their way back to home.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Rescuers to turn fire hoses on whales
Rescuers to turn fire hoses on whales
In California a whale mother and her calf took a wrong turn a week ago entering Sacramento River and travelled 90miles inland . They have been proceeding the right way, but now for some unknown reason they have been circling around for days. The two whales have spent more than a week in the river and now the scientist have thought of a new plan of pushing them back to where their homes are. They have never used this technique of spraying water from above and below the river.
The whales have been circling a point of the river around 70 miles inland. Their destination have not changed for a few days but their wounds have gotten worse. It was cause by collision from the boats’ propellers and caused a big cut across the back. The scientist also got veterinary science at the Marin Mammal Center in Sausalito to create some antibiotics for the whales but the scientist are still working and developing the drug. The injection of the antibiotics would help the whale to recover faster from the wound. They said that the medicine would be given to the whales through dart needles.
I think the reason for them to be circling the area is that they do not want to go back with the large wound as the salt water gives them enormous pain. They stayed in the fresh water for that long is because after they realized they were not on track they went back but with the help of human they got their cuts and now are suffering. I think that if the scientist really want to help is evacuate the boats from that area or not permit any activities that involve boats as accidents might accrue again and might be fatal if the whales get any more physical damaged.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/25/delta.whales.ap/index.html
In California a whale mother and her calf took a wrong turn a week ago entering Sacramento River and travelled 90miles inland . They have been proceeding the right way, but now for some unknown reason they have been circling around for days. The two whales have spent more than a week in the river and now the scientist have thought of a new plan of pushing them back to where their homes are. They have never used this technique of spraying water from above and below the river.
The whales have been circling a point of the river around 70 miles inland. Their destination have not changed for a few days but their wounds have gotten worse. It was cause by collision from the boats’ propellers and caused a big cut across the back. The scientist also got veterinary science at the Marin Mammal Center in Sausalito to create some antibiotics for the whales but the scientist are still working and developing the drug. The injection of the antibiotics would help the whale to recover faster from the wound. They said that the medicine would be given to the whales through dart needles.
I think the reason for them to be circling the area is that they do not want to go back with the large wound as the salt water gives them enormous pain. They stayed in the fresh water for that long is because after they realized they were not on track they went back but with the help of human they got their cuts and now are suffering. I think that if the scientist really want to help is evacuate the boats from that area or not permit any activities that involve boats as accidents might accrue again and might be fatal if the whales get any more physical damaged.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/25/delta.whales.ap/index.html
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Saturn's rings are dense clumps
In the US scientists had discover something new to the Saturn’s B ring. In photos and studies before shown that the ring was supposed to be very smooth and made up of many small particles. After further results and studies done on the ring the opposite of what the theory was wrong. When people or scientists look through the telescope the rings appear to be smooth and are far apart, but in fact they are made of clumps of particles.
These facts were presented by NASA along with the corporation of European and Italian Space agencies Cassini spacecraft also show that the ring’s particles are constantly colliding rather than going in an orderly form. From these results it surprises everyone. As the thought of Saturn’s rings being smooth and particles flowing in a direction constantly it is actually the opposite.
A scientist said “The rings are different from the picture we had in our minds,” said Larry Esposito of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Larry Esposito is an expert at studies using ultraviolet imaging. “We originally thought we would see a uniform cloud of particles. Instead we find particles clumped together with empty spaces in between” exclaimed Esposito. Other scientist also began to question that what the information they had gathered from before is wrong and in fact the ring might be 2 or 3 times denser that what they had thought.
Now the scientist have a new method of discovering how the rings are by the usage of light. "By studying the brightness of stars as the rings pass in front of them, we are able to map the ring structure in 3-D and learn more about the shape, spacing and orientation of clusters of particles," Colwell said in a statement.
From a journalist Lcarus said that the clumps are formed because of the gravitational attraction and the colliding of the rings particles. Also if the clumps were further from the planet Saturn, they might combine with each other or even form a moon. This didn’t happens as because the clumps of particles are so close to the gas giant/ planet, they would all be stretched apart from each other.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/24/saturn.rings.reut/index.html
These facts were presented by NASA along with the corporation of European and Italian Space agencies Cassini spacecraft also show that the ring’s particles are constantly colliding rather than going in an orderly form. From these results it surprises everyone. As the thought of Saturn’s rings being smooth and particles flowing in a direction constantly it is actually the opposite.
A scientist said “The rings are different from the picture we had in our minds,” said Larry Esposito of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Larry Esposito is an expert at studies using ultraviolet imaging. “We originally thought we would see a uniform cloud of particles. Instead we find particles clumped together with empty spaces in between” exclaimed Esposito. Other scientist also began to question that what the information they had gathered from before is wrong and in fact the ring might be 2 or 3 times denser that what they had thought.
Now the scientist have a new method of discovering how the rings are by the usage of light. "By studying the brightness of stars as the rings pass in front of them, we are able to map the ring structure in 3-D and learn more about the shape, spacing and orientation of clusters of particles," Colwell said in a statement.
From a journalist Lcarus said that the clumps are formed because of the gravitational attraction and the colliding of the rings particles. Also if the clumps were further from the planet Saturn, they might combine with each other or even form a moon. This didn’t happens as because the clumps of particles are so close to the gas giant/ planet, they would all be stretched apart from each other.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/24/saturn.rings.reut/index.html
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
blog 15-Doctor finds spiders in ear of boy with earache
In U.S a boy found spiders living in his ear’s. It was on one day that the boy couldn’t bear the fact that he could hear creaking noises in his ears. He told his mother about it and both went to a doctor. At start there were popping noises then the boy started to have an earache.
Later during the day while the doctor examined the ear’s of the 9 year old boy. The doctor noticed that something was inside this boy’s ear. When the boy got treated with liquid spray into the ears the spiders came out. The first one came out dead but the second one came out with the second spray. When the spiders came out the boy wanted to keep them as a display. The spider were almost the size of the pencil eraser on the top of the pencil.
I thought that this was really weird and sick of course. Although it truly is amazing how spider can live inside a person’s ears. When this happened what would people do to prevent this from happening, by putting in ear plugs when they sleep? Although it is disgusting I think that the spiders would leave by them selves sooner or later because it would need food to survive. This article scares me as I really wouldn’t want insects growing in my body.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/07/spiderboy.ap/index.html
Later during the day while the doctor examined the ear’s of the 9 year old boy. The doctor noticed that something was inside this boy’s ear. When the boy got treated with liquid spray into the ears the spiders came out. The first one came out dead but the second one came out with the second spray. When the spiders came out the boy wanted to keep them as a display. The spider were almost the size of the pencil eraser on the top of the pencil.
I thought that this was really weird and sick of course. Although it truly is amazing how spider can live inside a person’s ears. When this happened what would people do to prevent this from happening, by putting in ear plugs when they sleep? Although it is disgusting I think that the spiders would leave by them selves sooner or later because it would need food to survive. This article scares me as I really wouldn’t want insects growing in my body.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/07/spiderboy.ap/index.html
Friday, May 4, 2007
Blog 14-Convicted killer fears his last moments
In united states, a convicted murderer called Philip Workman is once again scheduled to be put into a death sentence for the 4th time. It has been sad and fearful for almost half of his life as he stayed in prison going through all the procedures. On this coming sunday he will be placed in a cell apart from all other people with a window facing him and to be watched 24 hours a day. He will be injected with 3 different types of poisons, the first is to make him fall asleep, then the second poison will stop his lungs from breathing, then the last is to put his heart to a stop. These drugs were known to be cruel and “inhuman” because of the fact that the sufferer might not even be asleep and could feel the immense pain from the needles. From many prisoners say that the first drug put into your body would stop you from talking and even freeze your body from moving. From that it made the drug one of the most feared way of death. I think that this death procedure is really cruel to the people as instead of quick death this can almost last for half an hour of complete pain all over your body as described.
In recent studies from a not for profit organization the scientist were shocked as there were no until 2005. Six scientists have spent 3 years of study in the drug use to execute people. They have looked over all of them and most give similar conclusions. As the amount of drugs found in the bodies and could cause immense pain and so the scientist concluded the drug protocol a failure. I think that it had been stupid for the people in the past to not conduct research before using these types of drugs and with out knowing what they are putting into human bodies. It has been cruel to the people who suffered this death with out knowing the fact “it is a quick way to die” is a lie.
Through out the time and year I cannot imagine how much fear it would be to be in a prison for more than 25 years under going the death sentence and being stopped every time. I think that it has been really cruel to him and his family as the case had not been settled and the court had always given them hope but then crushing it by the death sentence every time. As he said he would not want his families to visit him and he wants to end this quickly. It might be the best for him to let him choose to end this quickly instead undergoing the feeling of hope and hope destroyed again over and over.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/02/lethal.injection/index.html
In recent studies from a not for profit organization the scientist were shocked as there were no until 2005. Six scientists have spent 3 years of study in the drug use to execute people. They have looked over all of them and most give similar conclusions. As the amount of drugs found in the bodies and could cause immense pain and so the scientist concluded the drug protocol a failure. I think that it had been stupid for the people in the past to not conduct research before using these types of drugs and with out knowing what they are putting into human bodies. It has been cruel to the people who suffered this death with out knowing the fact “it is a quick way to die” is a lie.
Through out the time and year I cannot imagine how much fear it would be to be in a prison for more than 25 years under going the death sentence and being stopped every time. I think that it has been really cruel to him and his family as the case had not been settled and the court had always given them hope but then crushing it by the death sentence every time. As he said he would not want his families to visit him and he wants to end this quickly. It might be the best for him to let him choose to end this quickly instead undergoing the feeling of hope and hope destroyed again over and over.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/02/lethal.injection/index.html
Saturday, March 31, 2007
blog 13Body lies in driveway during 16-hour police standoff
Body lies in driveway during 16-hour police standoff
In Auburn, Maine there was a total of 16 hour stand off between the police and a man who killed his mother in the driveway of their house. The man called James “mike” peters, age 42, is believed that he was shot and killed by one of the police in the tactical squad that stormed into the house. A police said that the 70 year old mother shot by his own son was lying in the driveway during the stand off and also said it was too dangerous to move the body during the stand off.The police repeatedly requested a talk with the man but he refused so the 10 tactical squad members were brought into help solve the problem. One got injured by the flying glass when the man shot through the window.
for more information please visit: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/body.driveway.ap/index.html
In Auburn, Maine there was a total of 16 hour stand off between the police and a man who killed his mother in the driveway of their house. The man called James “mike” peters, age 42, is believed that he was shot and killed by one of the police in the tactical squad that stormed into the house. A police said that the 70 year old mother shot by his own son was lying in the driveway during the stand off and also said it was too dangerous to move the body during the stand off.The police repeatedly requested a talk with the man but he refused so the 10 tactical squad members were brought into help solve the problem. One got injured by the flying glass when the man shot through the window.
for more information please visit: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/body.driveway.ap/index.html
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