Blood Types

1. What are the four blood types? The four blood types are A, B, AB, and O.
2. O+ is the ost common blood type
3. What does it mean if you have blood type B? Blood type O? If you have blood type B it means you only have type B antigen. If you have blood type O it means you have neither A or B antigens.
4. Blood type O is considered the universal donor. What does "universal donor" mean? Universal donor means that you can donate blood to any blood type, but you can only receive O blood type.
5. Blood type AB is considered the universal recipient. what does "universal recipient" mean? Universal recipient means that you can receive any blood type, but you can only give to blood type AB.
6. What percentage of African Americans have blood type O+? 47% of African Americans have blood type O+.
7. Which racial group has 0.2% of its population with blood type AB-? 0.2% of Latinos have blood type AB-.
8. True or False--- Blood type is passed genetically from parents to children. It is TRUE that blood type is passed genetically from parents to their children.
9. If both parents have blood type B, what are the two possible blood types of their children? If both parents have blood type B, their children have a possiblilty of being blood type O or B.
10. If one parent has blood type A and the other has blood type B, what are the posible blood types of their children? If one parent has blood type B and the other has blood type A their children could have blood type O, A, B, or AB.
11. What does it mean when a person has Rh positive? Rh negative? When a person is Rh+ their blood cells have protein on the surface of their reed blood cells. If it's Rh- they don't have that protein.

Candelight Vigil at Chicano Park

The event that took place at Chicano Park on Friday, October 2, was a very nice experience for me. I loved the ceremony that was held to commemorate the lives of the people that have died trying to cross the border since the gatekeeper was set. I had never attended an event like that, so while it was a new experience for me I felt like it was full of good spirits. I felt the love of the people that were there towards those that have died for the past 15 years since the wall was raised. Although there were not too many people there I felt like the people that were there were honest people trying to fight for a good cause. The speakers were very passionate about the message that they were giving out to the people that attended and the young lady that sung "Si Calla el Cantor", was definetly singing from the heart.

I loved the event, I believe that in a few years the event will grow bigger and evntually the message will rech its goal.

Take down the wall!!!

Domestic Violence Rally

October 1st 2009

The domestic violence rally seemed very random to me, I'm not sure I quite understood much of what was going on. Yet, I felt like the information was very good. I really feel that there could have been alittle more interaction with the people that were there to support the cause. Maybe allowing people from the crowd to participate by talking about maybe personal experiences. that way the people have a bigger reason to encourae others to be part of it.

I really loved the booth were they were doing the mural. I really like that they allowed anyone that wanted to be in it to put their painted hands on it. I loved that they were giving out those shirts that represent the cause that s a good way for everyone that participated to keep showing the message to people that didn't know about the event or to people that don't know that there exist organizations that fight for the cause.

Teen Power and Control (Violence)

Teen violence affect many young women today, some of the most common violence a teen woman experiences often is caused by a Young man or even an adult man. Though this happens among male female relationships these kind of violence occurs within the family as well.

I think some of the most common types of violence occuring today among young women include but are not limited to:

Intimidation

Isolation/ Exclusion

Peer pressure

Anger/Emotional Abuse

From these four I deeply believe that Anger/Emotional Abuse is one of the type of violence actions that mostly affect young teens today. I think it is sad that this happens because most of the time this doesn't only affect teens within their relationships but it also happens within their families and in their own homes. Some times while the abuser can be the boyfriend/partner it can also be the brother, the sister, dad, and even mom.

Friday, (9/11/2009) was the Mexican Independence Celebration at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I was very happy to be there and most of all very thankful that I was able to participate in the ballet folklorico dance performance for the celebration. Along with other four girls, I danced thwo dances the most common dance named Son de la Negra y Las Indias de Tuxuapan. I had alot of fun there was plenty of food to eat all very tasty Mexican dishes: mole, chicharrones con chile, pozole, menudo, tamales, arroz con leche, frijoles, arroz mexicano, and lots of fruit. Everything was really neat and the decorations were obviously mexican themed. I had lots of fun. After the Grito de Independencia and singing the Mexican Hymn we had the DJ Fernando Cervantes play lots of good music to dance and well you bet there were lots of dancers. the Mexican Culture never says no to dancing. VIVA MEXICO!!!

E. Coli

What is E.Coli?

E.Coli is a type of bacteria that can get into foods such as beef and vegetables. E. Coli is short for Escherichia coli. E.Coli is not always harmful. E. coli lives usually in the intestines and helps break down and digest food but, in some rare cases certain types of E. Coli can get into the blood and cause a serious infection.

Is E.Coli a eubacteria or an archaebacteria?

E. Coli is a eubacteria.

How can you get it?

Eating undercooked ground beef, drinking contaminated water or/and unpasteurized milk, and working with cattle can increase the risk of aquiring E. Coli. E. Coli can also be passed from person to person in places such as Day Cares.

What are the symptoms?

Some of the symptoms of E. coli include strong abdominal cramps and belly pains. Also vomiting and diarrhea which may have blood in it.

How is it diagnosed?

E. Coli is diagnose through a stool inspection, The stool inspection is done within the following 48 hours after a bloody diarrhea occurs. If a bloody diarrhea were to occur the doctor might or would make an intestine inspection to further diagnose a probable E. Coli infection.

How is it treated?

There is no treatment for E. Coli. Drinking a lot of water is important thus it won't treat the infection.

How can you keep from getting E.Coli infection?

Using proper hyegene while cooking, before, and after is a good way to prevent E. Coli infection. Cooking all meats thoroughly before tasting and eating is another way of preventing E.Coli. There are many other ways to prevent the E. Coli infection and all contribute to proper hyegene and eating foods that are cooked according to the labels.

Other Information...

E. Coli is most common in children and the syptoms are stronger in children too. E. Coli bacteria can esaly be grown and its geneticws are simple to compare, easily manipulated, and it can be duplicated. These factors make E. Coli one of the best studied prokaryotic model organisms.

I promise you...

there is so much that I can say and so much that I can promise to you, I could tell you I will live forever, I could tell you I will never be apart from you, I could tell you that the world is yours, I could tell you I will gift you the stars. all this things I could tell you and I could promise, but I probably couldn't keep those promises. so the only thing I can tell you that is true is that I love you with all my heart, that I will always be at your side for as long as I live, Ican tell you that I will do all I can to give you as much as I can reach. I want you to know that I love you soo much that I will guide you the best I can so that you can become better than I was. I want to proomise you that as long as you allow me to I will be your best friend, and I will help you acomplish your dreams. I want you to know that I will never give up on you if you don't give up on yourself. I love you so much. I love you so much. my darling, my baby, the most wonderful thing that God could have gifted me with, my hope, my strenght, the light at the end of the tunnel, my inspiration, my life, my everything, I love you so much My lovely daughter.