How Camera's Work

_At my age, taking pictures is a common hobby. We snap some shot, we flip through tens of pictures we took maybe just minutes before, we might even be posing for the camera with just a timer set to flash. What we never really do is think about how this contraption that continues to get physically smaller but with a bigger storage capacity works. With three basic elements, a "simple" machine can collect and store memories to keep for infinite amount of time. An optical element, more commonly known as the lens, combines with a chemical film strip and a mechanical body structure. _A lens, as my class recently learned with out microscope test, is nothing more then a curved piece of glass (or sometimes plastic.) In the case of the camera, the lens captures light reflecting of objects and composes it to form a picture. This may be even more confusing but like anything, as light travels, its changes speed when switching from one medium to another. You might find it harder to run in the sand as apposed to running on pavement. When light transfers to glass from air it slows down. The curves in the glass allow the light to bend so all the aspects of the image can come together. _When the camera zooms in and out, the angel of light entry changes. If the object is close to the camera, then a sharper angel is applied. In contrast, the farther the object is the more obtuse the angels will be. As the light enters on an acute angel, it exits on an obtuse angel. Likewise when its enters on an obtuse angel it leaves on an acute angel. The bending point although stays the same no matter what distance is between the two. Whats really weird is how a real image of a closer object forms farther away from the lens then a more distant image does. This is what causes an image to be blurry. You want the picture to line up perfectly on the film rather then be to far or to close. Luckily with modern technology we have knobs and buttons to make it easier for us to focus our pictures. _After an image is captured, it prints itself onto a chemical strip with microscopical light sensitive grains. A colored image is exposed to more chemicals the dye of red, green and blue which layer on top of each other. As for black and white pictures, the areas that light was most brandished turned negative/darker. Now with digital cameras, film is saved on a tiny, miniature hard drive located inside the machine. _Its truly amazing how far technology has come. Although it is taken advantage of, cameras are considered a very important part of history. Next time my friends and i waste time with our unofficial photo shoots we'll keep in mind how phenomenal the contraption is. Cite: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/camera.htm

A women crying has been known as a turn-off towards men. And it has been recently proven that this opinion is a fact. Human tears contain a substance called pheromones, which influence behavior through smell. Although tears are orderless, the element still affects cells in the body by reacting through the scent sense. During studies, men found women less attractive after sniffing a sample of female tears. Several men had "reduced brain cell activity in areas that previously reacted strongly to an erotic, R-rated movie" (Bower). Slow breathing rate and lack of endorphins relating to the male sex hormone, testosterone were psychological signs of a reduced sexual awareness. Tears are physical indications of a persons emotional ordeal. Women are more sensitive then men and are much more likely to cry at a sad movie or such. Therefore there have been more opportunities to observe the emotional symptoms of women, however the Weizmann Institute of Science is eager to do more research involving men and children into their studies as well. * Science News / Lonely Teardrops / Bruce Bowler http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68457/title/Lonely_teardrops

Symbiosis

Birds, like every other living organism, require a habitat suited to their needs. The needs of most bird species consist of materials such as pine needles, thorns and twigs to create a nest along with a branch of tree to rest the nest. In this case, blue jay birds are staying in an apple tree. Both birds and trees are biotic factors meaning they are living. The relationships between these organisms and plant is an example of commensalism. Commensalism is the symbiotic interactions between two species in which one of the species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. The blue jays are profiting by having an area to build their home and collect meals on account of the apples, yet the tree is not affected. If the birds were to peck at the wood, therefore damaging the tree, the symbiotic relationship might be considered parasitism. However, parasitism is precisely the interaction between two living animals not just any species so birds living on a tree actually isn't accurate. A better example of parasitism would be ticks dwelling on a host animal and sucking the animals blood for its own health. Mutualism is when both species benefits from their communication. If the birds consume bugs while pecking at the wood, then the tree would be aided along with the birds undoubtedly resulting in mutualism.

Abiotic Limiting Factor

This picture displays an abiotic factor because the glow from the moon came from sunlight behind it. Sunlight is not living because it doesn't go through the life process. Whereas plants and animals reproduce and grow, moonlight does not. As the earth changes, the moisture and energy affects the shine of the moon by weakening it as it ages.

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Lit. Poems

"Black"

Snow is white,

Purple is star light; Black is the cause

For everyone to fight.

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Nazi signs are red,

Green is pea soup;

Rudy fell in black

That smelt like cow poop.

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Hair is yellow,

Silver is Han's eyes;

Black is a soul

That missed out on its goodbyes.

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"They're Not All Bad"

Adolf Hitler

Tenacious, Expedient

Belittling, Incapacitating, Embroiling

Culpable, Complacent, Non-autonomous, Emaciated

Extolling, Alleviating, Acquiescing

Innocuous, Provincial

Ordinary Germans

Big Idol or Boring Freidel?

Recently I have been on a field trip to the Camden Aquarium. I have been privileged to visit the same building the two previous years, in addition. There, I witnessed and learned of many underwater species and habitats. Two that very much surprised me were Penguin Island and the hippos at Feather Ridge. When my chaperon asked my group and I, "Where do you want to go next?" there was no hesitation on stating, "PENGUINS!" However, the tap dance stylings we assumed to attend did not live up to expectations. The frosty little furball's we were hallucinating actually turned out to be tropical foreigners. Out of the seventeen species of penguins, only seven of them live in stereotypical cold climates. My group and I set eyes upon many African Black-footed penguins, but we were not over joyed. Despite penguins known attractions; the waddle-walk, skillful swim, and dandy outfits these adorable animals felt no desire to show off that day. . . or any of the other days I visited the Camden Aquarium. What do they do besides look cute? They are said to be swell fish, but they are birds that can't even fly! Climate played no role in this lack of excitement because the native land of African Black-footed penguins consist of similar weather patterns. Well one thing is for sure, if I were to get a penguin of any type, id take it dance class. Another land and sea creature I was curious of were the hippopotamus's. Not including the dreadful scent captured inside Feather Ridge, there was nothing too memorable about the hippopotamus's. I was very expectant of these suppose-to-be ferocious creatures, yet out of three times I have been to the Adventure Aquarium, I have walked in during nap time. Is it old age? Is it the substitutional environment? Why are they so boring? After doing research on the cause of hippo's lack of excitement, I learned that hippos have very unique skin that takes a good part of the day to moisturize. So due to this information, hippopotamus's tend to spend most of their day relaxing in the water. At night however, hippos go for a mid night feast. A LONG midnight feast. They graze typically for six hours, chowing down to 1.5% of their body weight. That's 88 pounds on average. Much like the everyday teenager, hippos live to eat and sleep and not much more. My adventure at Adventure Aquarium was a fabulous one, but not an overly exciting one. The cause for this was flightless birds and dehydrated hippo's. Maybe a fourth journey to the same place will be the charm. Cite: http://www.adventureaquarium.com/exhibits.cfm http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-hippopotamus.html