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The Fox and the Goat

I think moral of this fable is think before you leap. It is the moral because in the story the goat did not think about his choice and foolishly jumped in without thinking of the consequence. This relates to couple of quotes I've heard which are:

1-Think before you speak

2-Look both ways before crossing a street
These quotes relate to the moral because the general meaning of these quotes are to pay attention and think. To sum up I believe the moral of the story is think before you leap.

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The Crow and the Pitcher

I think the moral of this fable is will finds a way. This means that that what ever goals you set you always find a way of accomplishing it. The connection I have is that one goal of mine was to be faster in swimming and I set my mind to become faster and I accomplished that goal.

The Fisher and the Little Fish

I think the moral of the fable is a small gain is bigger than a big promise. This means that if you gained something even if it is a small gain it is better to keep that gain than trust in a big promise that is less likely to to be accomplished. A connection Ihave is that I keep that gain when it comes buy.

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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

I think that the moral of this story is that looks can be deceiving. This means that you should not trust everything you see because what you see may not be what it really is. It is this because in the text it said the wolf took the mothers skin and tricked the sheep into thinking that it is a sheep. The connection I have to this story is the character Sherlock Holmes because he says you see but you don't observe. This means that we see the same thing but i see the meaning and purpose of it. To sum up I think the moral is looks can be deceiving.

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Wooden Bowls

This Story relates to cares because it shows empathy. The parents felt empathy when they realize that their kid would do what they are doing to their grandfather

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The Four Oxen and the Lion

I think the moral of the story stick together and you have a better chance of surviving because it in the story when the oxen stayed together the lion could not eat them but when the oxen separated the lion was able to kill them. This relates to the saying I heard which said the greater in numbers the more chance you have in surviving. This means that the more people you have on your side will watch your back.

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Augment is a term used to describe a group of genetically engineered Humans created by DNA resequencing in the late 20th century, a group of Klingons, and other genetically-engineered beings. (Those from the 20th century were also called supermen.) The Augments were designed to be stronger, faster, and more intelligent than a normal Human being. Even their resistance to energy weapons was improved, as it took multiple shots with a phase pistol to stun one. (ENT: "Cold Station 12")

Contents [show] 1 The Eugenics Wars 2 Soong's Augments 3 Klingon Augments 4 The Return of Khan 5 Known Augments 6 Background

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Dr. Stavos Keniclius, an Augment scientist involved in the Eugenics Wars

These Augments were five times stronger than the average person, their lung efficiency was fifty percent better than normal, their heart muscles were twice as strong, they possessed remarkable agility, and their intelligence was double that of normal Humans. (TOS: "Space Seed"; ENT: "Borderland") They, however, were aggressive and arrogant – one of the scientists behind their creation said that "superior ability breeds superior ambition." Doctor Arik Soong later theorized that a defect in the genomes of the Augments created a malformation in the base-pair sequences that regulate the neurotransmitter levels in their brains, causing them to be highly prone to aggression and violent behavior. (ENT: "The Augments")

In 1993, the Augments seized power in over forty nations on Earth, leading to the conflict known to them as the Great Wars, as they battled amongst each other and with "normal" Humans. The Augments were mostly horrible despots, treating their subjects like slaves. (TOS: "Space Seed")

They were finally overthrown in 1996; the last to be deposed was Khan Noonien Singh. After the end of the war some eighty Augments were unaccounted for, including Khan. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) Earth authorities collected the remaining Augment embryos and placed them into storage; by the 2130s they were stored on the Earth Starfleet facility Cold Station 12. (ENT: "Cold Station 12") As a result of the Wars, genetic engineering was banned on Earth; the first Human clone, Stavos Keniclius, was exiled from the planet. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan")

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Malik in 2154

In the 2130s, Arik Soong, senior medical director of Cold Station 12, managed to steal several Augment embryos from the facility, which he took to the Trialas system, where he raised the resulting children as his own. A decade later he was captured by Earth forces, but refused to disclose what had happened to the embryos. (ENT: "Cold Station 12")

In May 2154 the answer to this puzzle was discovered when Soong's Augments, led by Malik, seized control of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, jettisoning its crew into space. (ENT: "Borderland") The Klingons recovered these bodies, and discovering the Human DNA on them, threatened war. The NX-01 Enterprise was launched to the Borderland to find these Augments and bring them back to Earth, and Arik Soong was recruited to assist the ship in doing so.

Unfortunately, Soong managed to escape on Verex III and rejoin his Augments, who then planned to use their bird-of-prey to "liberate" the thousands of other embryos on Cold Station 12. (ENT: "Borderland") All of these Augments were killed when Malik destroyed their bird-of-prey to avoid capture. Soong, who "defected" to Enterprise, decided afterwards to switch his focus to cybernetics. (ENT: "The Augments")

See also: The Augment Crisis

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A Klingon prisoner infected with the Augment virus

After the Augment crisis, the Klingons attempted to create their own augments to combat the Humans, believing that Humans would place Augments on their ships and put the Klingons at a severe disadvantage, despite Vulcan's assurance that Earth had banned such genetic enhancement decades ago. They were able to retrieve multiple embryos left over in the debris of the Augment Bird-of-Prey and implemented their DNA in certain Klingons. However, due to the aggressiveness of Augment DNA, the cranial ridges started to dissolve and the Klingon Augments completely lacked ridges on their foreheads.

These subjects did gain increased strength and intelligence, but they died when their neural pathways degraded. Unfortunately, one of the subjects was suffering from Levodian flu, which was modified by the Augment genes to become a deadly, airborne plague that spread throughout the Empire. An early symptom of this plague caused victims to lose the ridges on their foreheads and to look more Human. Other symptoms included irregular heartbeat, chest pain, and tingling in the cranial ridges.

A cure was eventually created by Phlox which halted the virus in the first stage, retaining the changes in appearance but with no enhanced strength, speed, or endurance. This left millions of Klingons without their ridges, an alteration that was even passed on to their children, though it was hoped that one day gene therapy would be developed to reverse the effects (ENT: "Affliction", "Divergence"; DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations"; TOS et al.). The effects of this virus were reversed by 2273. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

The Klingon Augment situation was used to explain why Klingons in Star Trek: The Original Series had flat foreheads, showed fear more openly, and had straight teeth.

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Khan Noonien Singh in 2267

The fate of Khan and his Augments remained unknown until 2267, when the USS Enterprise discovered the SS Botany Bay, a DY-100 class class sleeper ship. Aboard the ship was Khan and 72 of his fellow Augments (twelve had died due to sleeper unit failure in the interim). At first the Enterprise crew was unaware of the true identity of Khan, but when it was discovered, Khan attempted to take the ship, though he ultimately failed.

Enterprise commanding officer James T. Kirk generously offered Khan and his followers voluntary exile to the uninhabited Class M planet Ceti Alpha V, and Khan accepted. (TOS: "Space Seed") Unfortunately, six months later the nearby planet Ceti Alpha VI exploded, causing the orbit of Ceti Alpha V to shift, which decimated the planet's environment. The dominant remaining lifeform was the Ceti eel, which claimed many of Khan's followers.

In 2285, Khan seized control of the USS Reliant, intending to use it to destroy Kirk in revenge for what had happened to him and his people. In the end, Khan died when Reliant was destroyed by the detonation of the Genesis Device after a heated battle in the Mutara Nebula.

Khan and his fellow Augments were presumably the last from the Eugenics Wars. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

Interesting Fact about Science

Symbiogenesis

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Symbiogenesis is the merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism. The idea originated with Konstantin Mereschkowsky in his 1926 book Symbiogenesis and the Origin of Species, which proposed that chloroplasts originate from cyanobacteria captured by a protozoan.^[1] Today both chloroplasts and mitochondria are believed to have such an origin; this is the endosymbiotic theory.

In Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species, biologist Dr. Lynn Margulis argued later that symbiogenesis is a primary force in evolution. According to her theory, acquisition and accumulation of random mutations are not sufficient to explain how inherited variations occur; rather, new organelles, bodies, organs, and species arise from symbiogenesis.^[2] Whereas the classical interpretation of evolution (the modern evolutionary synthesis) emphasizes competition as the main force behind evolution, Margulis emphasizes cooperation.^[3]

A fundamental principle of modern evolutionary theory is that mutations arise one at a time and either spread through the population or not, depending on whether they offer an individual fitness advantage. Nevertheless, this general case may not apply to all examples of evolutionary change. Indeed, genome mapping techniques have revealed that family trees of the major taxa appear to be extensively cross-linked—possibly due to lateral gene transfer.^[4]

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http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/resources/whats_a_genome/Chp1_2_1.shtml

There are many things I learned from reading the information from the link stated above. An interesting fact I learned was that closely related species tend to have a similar number of chromosomes. Also another thing I learned was that at the gene level, chimps and people are over 98% the same. Which I found interesting because chimps and humans are closely related. Which leads me to find this fact more intersting that Chimps and humans started out with exactly the same chromosomes. Which is interesting if you ask me. Also if you ask me why studying genetics is important? I will tell you it is important because: Scientists hope that comparative genomics will eventually lead to a better understanding of human disease, evolution, and population genetics. This study will help us cure diseases like cancer aids. All in all this is what i learned from genetics.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29

Genesis (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Humans devolving





"Genesis" is the nineteenth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation's seventh season, which first aired on March 19, 1994. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Data return to the USS Enterprise to discover the rest of the crew de-evolved into more primitive forms of life, including spiders, amphibians and cave men.^[1]

Synopsis

The given stardate is 47653.2,^[1] the year 2370.^[5] Worf fires a torpedo that veers off course during weapons exercises, and Picard and Data leave in a shuttlecraft in order to retrieve it from space.^[4] Data leaves his pregnant cat, Spot, with Barclay. Barclay, a hypochondriac, visits Crusher, who gives him a synthetic T-cell to activate one of his dormant genes. However it has the undesired side-effect of activating all his dormant introns. The crew begin to experience strange symptoms.^[5] Worf becomes aggressive and feels hot, while Deanna Troi feels cold. Crusher examines a silent Worf in sick bay and notices a venom sac on his neck, whereupon Worf sprays venom (it is not clear if this is inadvertently or deliberately) at Crusher, injuring her severely. As a result of her injuries, Crusher is placed into stasis.^[3]

When they have retrieved the torpedo from space, Picard and Data return to find the ship adrift, with the main power off-line. One of the bridge officers is dead, torn open in his seat,^[6] and most of the crew are de-evolving. Worf has reverted into an aggressive predator attempting to mate with Troi; Riker a caveman; Troi an amphibian; and Barclay a spider.^[3] Picard is overcome by irrational emotions of fear and anxiety, indicating that he has been infected, and Data suggests he might soon de-evolve into a primate similar to a lemur or marmoset. Picard and Data return to Data's quarters and find Spot and her kittens. Spot herself has changed into an iguana, however the kittens are normal.^[7] Data recommendeds that they locate Nurse Alyssa Ogawa who is recently pregnant. While in sickbay, Worf attempts break through the doors searching for Troi. Data concocts a pheromone spray from one of Troi's sebaceous glands, and Picard uses it to distract Worf and lead him off through the ship, so Data can work on the cure. Worf eventually catches Picard in a narrow crawlspace and the Captain uses a power cable to incapacitate him. Meanwhile, Data finishes the construction of the modified retro-virus and releases it into the air which returns everyone to their original state. At the conclusion, Crusher names the condition 'Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome', after its first sufferer.^[3][5]

Battledawn1 thought for winter break!

Are there aliens within are society?

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Is ufology part of science?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29

The Chase (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

[ Plot] About Genetics

Four competing expeditions — Federation, Klingon, Cardassian, and Romulan — attempt to solve a genetic puzzle that proves to be the key to why Star Trek's version of the galaxy contains so many humanoid life forms.

Picard has always been a student of archeology, and in this episode he is contacted by his former mentor Professor Richard Galen. The professor, who Picard said is "like the father who understood me", states that he has come across something in his travels which could be the most profound discovery of their time. Galen, however, will not tell him about what he has found unless Picard agrees to go with him, which means leaving the Enterprise and his career in Starfleet behind. Picard ultimately refuses, although he is torn about disappointing his former mentor. Shortly after angrily leaving the Enterprise, Galen's transport vessel is attacked and boarded. When the Enterprise arrives, Galen is beamed to sickbay and has just enough energy before he dies to apologize for his earlier rude remarks. Picard is fueled by this event and decides to assume Professor Galen's research. An investigation of Galen's ship yields no results other than a series of seemingly random number blocks. After studying the ambiguous number blocks for hours, the discovery is made that these fragments are compatible DNA strands which have been recovered from different worlds all over the galaxy. The crew eventually believe that they have discovered an embedded genetic pattern that is constant throughout many different cultures, and it is speculated that this was left by an early race that pre-dates all other civilizations. This would ultimately explain why so many races are humanoid. Picard resolves that the answer to the 'puzzle' will be revealed when the remaining DNA samples are obtained, and so the Enterprise travels to a remote, uninhabited planet that Galen had mentioned was his next destination. They encounter Klingon and Cardassian ships that appear to be on the same trail as themselves. These two groups believe, respectively, that the puzzle will yield the design of a formidable weapon and the secret of an unlimited power source.

The Enterprise hosts representatives from the Cardassians and the Klingons, and they all agree to combine the DNA samples that they have found so far, since all three parties have pieces of the puzzle that the others cannot find. Using the shared information, they determine a pattern in how several planets were aligned millions of years ago and extrapolate the position of a final planet. The Cardassians warp off ahead of the others, firing at both ships to disable them. However, Picard had already learned of the Cardassians' attempt to sabotage the Enterprise's defenses; the ship is fully functional, and he takes the Klingon captain to the last planet.

Upon arrival, they discover that almost all life is extinct, but scans by the Enterprise detect a small fragment of algae located on a fossilized sea-bed, and they beam down to investigate with their tricorders containing all previously known information. The Cardassians arrive, as well as an undetected Romulan force, creating a standoff. Reasoning that the sea-bed may not be completely fossilized (and thus still containing some DNA), Picard and Dr. Crusher scan the sea-bed with their tricorder while the other parties argue. They locate the final DNA fragment, which completes and runs the program. The program reconfigures the tricorder's emitter to project a holographic message. The recorded image of an alien humanoid is projected to the assembled company, and it explains that its race is responsible for the presence of life in the Alpha Quadrant. When the alien race first explored the Alpha Quadrant there had been no life other than themselves, and so they had populated various planets to create a legacy and to try to maintain their way of life after they had gone. The alien ends its message by saying that it hopes that the knowledge of a common origin will help produce peace.

The Cardassians are outraged at this (considering themselves a superior race), as are the Klingons (who hate the Romulans and are disgusted to be related to those "without honor"). Only the Federation representatives seem optimistic. The episode ends with all parties diverging, but one of the Romulan party contacts Picard and hints that "One day..." [there may be peace].

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Class Response

The unit we studied in class in class is ecology. I have learned a lot about ecology. But the most interesting thing I learned in this unit was about food webs and food chains. I have learned that all animals in a habitat are interrelated. I learned that if you take out an animal from a food chain and a food web then the prey it feeds on will increase and the food the prey eats will decrease. My favorite activity of learning about food webs and chains is when we did a simulation on how Yellowstone national park was like before and after the wolfs were reintroduced. Another interesting thing that I learned was that there are different levels in a food chain. A piece of information I learned from the internet is a word called trophic level. This word means the different levels or steps in the food chain. So the producers, the consumers, and the decomposers are trophic levels. In conclusion the most interesting thing I learned in ecology is the food webs and food chains.

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Glacier Retreat in Antarctica Has Unexpected Benefit

Global Warming has caused many problems for many years. One of the most serious problems are the melting of glaciers in Antarctica. But recent research shows something new and helpful, caused by this problem. This research has been done by the British Antarctic Survey or known as BAS. The BAS finding are this, as glaciers melt, tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are colonizing places where the glacier melted. As a result the population increased. These animals are beneficial to the environment because they absorb the heat caused by Global Warming. They found that over the past 50 years, melting ice has opened up at least 24,000 km of new open water. This has been colonized by carbon-absorbing phytoplankton. According to the authors this new bloom is the second largest factor acting against climate change so far discovered on Earth. Because of more space and more heat the phytoplankton population has been growing. This article is important because if the population of the phytoplankton keep increasing the climate change will reduce. The most interesting thing I found in this article is that the smallest of creatures like phytoplankton could help the environment.

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Brown Pelicans Recover from DDT, No longer Endangered

In the 1970s, a pesticide called DDT was used within the southern United States, where a lot of brown pelicans were located. Because of using DDT, these brown pelicans were declared endangered. Another reason for the brown pelicans to become endangered was the over hunting of its feathers. The last reason was the constant loss of its habitat due to pollution. In 1972, congress banned the use of DDT. This was the beginning of the recovery of the brown pelicans. Louisiana, long known as the "pelican state," the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish commissions jointly implemented a restoration project. As a result, a total of 1,276 young pelicans were captured in Florida and released at three sites in south eastern Louisiana during the 13 years of this project. Today, there are 650000 brown pelicans around the world. This article is important because if we take the same steps which they took to save the brown pelicans then we will be able to save other endangered species such as the Polar bears. The most interesting fact I found in this article is that while trying to save the brown pelicans, the Wild Life Refuge system was born. This system has now grown to 550 national wildlife refuges, many of which have played key roles in the recovery of the brown pelicans.

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Bullying

If everyone feels that bullying is wrong then why can't society or our own Crossroads community put an end to it? Relate your answer to either The Wave, Slake's Limbo or The Lord of the Flies.

We can't end it because of intimidation. In the Wave Laurie Saunders sees the wave for what it is and tries to stop it.But her class mates are intimidating that they would beat Laurie if she continues to go against the wave.

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About Me

My favorite subject is social studies because it is interesting.
The best book I ever read was Brisingr.
My favorite food to buy in the cafeteria is nothing.(I don't buy lunch)
On the weekend, when all my chores are done, I like to play the computer.
If I won a free airline ticket to any place I wanted, I would go to Bombay because my relatives live there.
My favorite color is blue.
If I had a pet, it would be a rabbit and I'd name it Baxter.
This year, if I work hard enough, I hope to get straight A's