Unbelivable!_#5

The activity that we work on today was surprising and odd because I never took time to actually read about grocieries and where they came from. Like bananas, they come from Guatemla! weird but true. In my community that nearest market to my house and where my mother commonly buys would be Family Farms Market. They offer all like vegetables, meat and seafood, can food, fruit [dried], spices etc.

Locavores is really important because you help the environment, you keep your family strong and healthy. By visiting a local market you save and help at the same time. When you shop near your house you save money for transpotation, lets say gasoline either for your car or the bus. You can help/support the store by purchasing your supplies there and avoiding the store to close up.

Frankenfood I believe is genetically engeneered food. Like cows produce more milk when they put hormones into them as well as chickens and turkeys. Plants are genetically altered like broccoli, tomatos, lettuce and all food that is grown out of the ground.

Organic vs. Non-Organic

Organic is richer in vitamins, minerals and nutrients and they are less harmful to the environment. Non-Organics food has heavy use of antibiotics and growth hormones and are used primarely to make animals grow faster, bigger and disease free. They are now more available in supermarkets. Farmer's market, smaller organic health food stores and community supported agriculture are more reliable outlets for organic produce.

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Services are broken down_#4

As a volcano leaves ashes in the air, it interrupts an important service. Uk and several european conutries have been affected and so has their airlines. At the airport, many employers are not at work due to this situation and so you can also see in the video that the waiting rooms are also empty. Flights have been postponed and people now have to wait until all air is cleared.

Traveling is important maybe for businesses, vacations, family visits and also because it has many people employed. Airplane companies are out of business. They just have to wait and see.

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Supply&Demand_#3

Demand: It is the amount of goods or services that people can afford and that they really like but it is only good in specific times.

Supply: It is the amount that the producers choose to sell it to consumers at various prices. The various prices need to be good so consumers would want to buy but the owners would also need to get profit off it.

During this quiz, I was unfamiliar because i didn't even know not even half of the answers. I was answering randomly. What I found interesting was a question where it asked something about countries, there were more than 6 and that they had something with oil. The question seemed interesting, on how oil I guess is commonly used everywhere but some countries may sell it, have more, or they transport them farther.

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Uses of oil_#2

Today I watched a news report about petroleum and I learned that oil is used for many things, daily. Oil can be found in many products mostly found at home. Most oil is used for car transportation or heating our homes. What i found most surprising is to find out that Petroleum is also found in food! But is mostly canned food. We wash clothes with petroleum! Because we use detergent. We drink/take petroleum i guess, because it is also found in medicine it is made out of petrochemicals. Girls who wear make-up like me are actually putting oil in their faces and this make-up is made up of petrochemicals too.

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World without computers_#1

Each day I got school and use a computer to to access my work and assignments. Out of the no where the system breaks down. The access to our class computers is denied. At this moment I find out that their is an oil shortage and so our computers can not turn on.

I ask myself, how can this be? Why oil? How will we do our work without a computer in a Technology School??

Technology is important and in this case computers. Oil is also important! If there were no computers there would never be any communication between people from one country to another. We use computers to find information in the web, look for photos, research, or just for fun and so oil is found in any place and this makes more dependent on oil than we thought.