The Last Samurai:Reflection

One of the theme of this movie is Traditional ways(samurais) vs. modernity(emperor). I wanted to chose this theme because i feel like in this movie this it what it was all about. To me i think that they shouldn't have a war just because they wanted to stay traditional or be more advanced, especially they shouldn't have a war against their own country. It was sad to see people fighting against their own people. I think that they should just keep some of the traditions because traditions are the ones that started the whole thing. And some traditions are really cool. But they should also have some modernity because if they always stay in the past then they will never be advanced. And when other countries try to invade them they would probably die pretty fast. The modern equipment can protect them, so that is why they should be more modernized.
I think this is a great movie because it was educational and there were some action in it so i wasnt bored. Normally when i watch educational movies i tend to fall asleep, but not this one because it is very awesome.

Climate Change

Global Warming
The release of carbon dioxide and some heat trapping gases, tailpipes, and burning forests are the major role in the rise of the temperature. The Earth's surface has raised by more then 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900. I feel like if we keep doing this the Earth will keep heating up and heating up causing a lot of droughts, and later on when it gets very hot it will melt the polar ice caps which will cause a lot of floods maybe another ice age. This is like what we studied in Humanities about how civilizations fall. In Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Indus River Vally Civilizations it all collapsed because of climate change and soon there were droughts. So it means one day our world might collapse too.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=climate%20change&st=cse

Climate Change

Greenpeace: China should attend UN climate talks

The Green Peace is telling China to attend to the conference about climate change because China is the biggest producer of green house gases. China says developed countries bear most of the responsibility for climate change.
Even though i heard that China is the biggest cause of global warming but i was not sure if that was true. And I am not really surprised to see in the news that it says China is the biggest producer of green house gases.

2 current events

Australian wildfires death toll rises to 200

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/australia.bushfire/index.html
These forest fires are threatening some of the water supply. Because some of the fires are burning some major reservoirs that hold billions of liters of water.As the amount of forest fire keep rising the amount of death had also raised.The fires have destroyed more than 1,800 homes and displaced about 7,000 people.

SPECIES PROTECTIONS RESTORED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
http://web1.audubon.org/news/pressRelease.php?id=1360
Because of global warming and habitat destruction more and more animals are on the brink of destruction. And then Obama said he was going to help restore it.

What Happened to Jaguar Paw

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Later on Jaguar Paw will enter the forest and meet some Mayan people, and some of the kids that were left behind and survived. When Jaguar Paw saw them he told them"I am Jaguar Paw, son of Flint Sky. My Father hunted this forest before me. My name is Jaguar Paw. I am a hunter. This is my forest. And my sons will hunt it with their sons after I am gone. " Then one of the person who seems like a leader of some of the people told Jaguar Paw " Our lands were ravaged. We seek a new beginning."
They all decided since Jaguar paw was the person who knows this forest the best, they wanted him to be the leader. Jaguar Paw wanted to create a place where people can live together in peace, and make friends. Just like when their village before it was invaded. Later on Jaguar Paw and his family then creates a place of their own, and they became the leaders of that place. Years later when his son grew old Jaguar Paw teaches his sons how to hunt and how to get around the forest without getting lost. And he taught the rest of the children and people how to hunt.
At night he would tell of his stories about the cruel people of the other tribe how they sacrificed people to please their gods. Every time when he tell his story people will listen carefully to him. Sometimes after he told his stories people would ask him question sometimes Jaguar Paw will answer but sometimes he can't because doesn't understand it either.
After a few years they started to face a crisis, their crops will not grow it has become dry. And there is no longer water in the well. A lot of people because of some weird sickness. Because there was no water a lot of the children and elders grew weaker. Jaguar Paw sometimes sends people to find water, he could not do anything now because he had grew weak from the sickness. Sometimes he insists on going but the people did not agree to this. And things went on and on like this, eventually people kept dying and dying and there was nothing they could do, Jaguar Paw himself also died from the disease. It was a sad day for the people when he died.
Everyone was in sorrow that day of his death. And then his first son then became the leader of the forest. When people passes by he would introduce himself saying "I am Turtles Run, son of Jaguar Paw. My Father hunted this forest before me. My name is Turtles Run. I am a hunter. This is my forest. And my sons will hunt it with their sons after I am gone."

Climate Change

Russia: Global Warming to Cause Droughts, Floods

Because of global warming a lot of places are getting hotter, Russia is one of the places that are suffering from global warming. The climate changes resulted in Russia having more forest fires, droughts, and floods. But the benefit is that before Russia has brutal winters now with the temperature warmer there will be less snow and ice. Siberia and the Far Eastern region of Chukotka had a decrease in winter snow, resulting in the volume of river water increasing. The scientists had measured the soil, and they say there is a increase in climate. ( climbed by 1.8 F)
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/02/19/98043.htm

Mayan Technology vs. Egypt Technology

Similarities
Both of the civilizations had built temples for the rulers. And both of the temples were very structured. The two civilizations both had hieroglyphics to record their writing and important events. Both of the civilizations had a calendar counting the days of the years accurately. And they both had a math system.

Differences
Even though both the civilizations had math but they used different ways. The Mayan and they Egyptians used different calenders, meaning the Mayans had three different kind of calendars. The building styles of both the civilizations were kind of different.

Current Event Blog

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2008/12/today-climate-t.html
POZNAN UPDATE
This paragraph is talking about China and India wanting Obama to show some more commitment on the climate happening right now. And Obama has pledged to do something about this and the top US representatives held a conference on some plans on this event. There is bias in this article becasuse it said China and India wanted Obama to do something about it, maybe some people didn't want to do anything to help the world. I think it is good they are doing something about the climate change, becasue right now there is a big climate change happening resulting in global warming.

Current Event Blog

Gaza 'looks like earthquake zone'
After the attack of Gaza city it looked just like an giant earthquake had hit Gaza city. The attack happened 3 weeks ago and now the Gaza city is completely destroyed. The houses of this city was mostly flattened and the bodies are still being recovered. The significance of this article is saying that because of the difference of religion the Israels attacked Gaza city, and therefore resulting in a flattened city. I believe there is bias in this article because the people in Gaza city said it was terrible and it is an opinion since some others might be glad that the city was destroyed. I agree with the people from Gaza city, it is a terrible thing to do, I mean they just destroyed another place just because they believed in something different.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7838618.stm

Life imitates art: 'Sopranos' actor goes on trial

This post is about a actor from the "Sopranos" called Lillo Brancato Jr., he is suspected to have murdered a cop. His life got worse not long not long after he befriended with a guy called Steven Armento. After awhile And then both of them was in drug-related arrests and the death of Enchautegui, which was a cop.
This article is very important because it shows how ones life can turn all wrong with one mistake. But to me i feel like mistakes help you, it is just sometimes that once you made a mistake you can never go back and fix it.
I think there is bias in this article, since some people say this guy is innocent, and some people think he is not. And that means there is bias.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/17/sopranos.actor.trial.ap/index.html

Read an Article

Please read a news article relating to Humanities. And answer the following questions:
1) What is the news article about?
2) What is the significance of the article?
3) Is there any bias (opinion) in the article?
This article talks about the different people's point-of-view about Obama's speech. I believe that this article is there to show how many people thought Obama's speech was great. And it showed how much Obama can create and effect on people's thoughts. In this article there are some quotes saying Obama is great so i believe that is bias, because it is only an opinion. But i do agree that Obama's speech was really good. I think this article connects to what i have been studying is by showing there is always a great leader that affects people. Like the pharaohs that affect the people, so the people help them build a tomb.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/obama.speech.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText

Reflection on Movie

Well i felt like it was so cruel, because the person in power just killed people because they wanted to. They also kill people for their money and just because they feel like they are more smart then them they will kill that person. Good thing there is still people like Schindler that comes to their senses. Schindler may be like a bad person on the outside like he says he will not just hire a person with o skills. But at the end he decided to help them and get them a job and help some of the people prevented from gett5ng killed. I feel like the war is the most dangerous time, it could easily change a person;s personality weather to good or to bad. Like the leaders, because they got in power they still wanted more power so they just killed people. But in a good case Schindler knows that he is beside a person mad with power so he tries ways to save the people that he is trying to kill. I feel bad for the Jews that do not have a job, because if they did not have a job they will be automatically get kicked out o their own house. And also they would be send to a concentration camp which they will be killed at.

Dictatorship

Kim Jong-il
He putted people in camps, because of those camps it killed and seperated a lot of families.

Burma <http://socialistworld.net/eng/2007/09/25burma.html>
It used rape and torture, forced labor and violent national oppressions. To keep them self in power. They said they cut YouTube, i think probably so they can cut information. And to prevent them from telling they are poor.

Military dictatorship

Kim Jong-il <http://www.nndb.com/people/261/000024189/>
He was a very smart person, but he had a government that is very secretive and brutal to dissidents. And he had a really good group, like he has an 80 high-ranking officials.

Burma <http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/myanmar.dissidents/index.html>
The dictator/government in Burma cut the internet. I think the dictator cut the internet because he does not want to let the other people know that, that place is poor. Or maybe the government wanted to limit the internet so that the people living there could not get outside information.

News on China and Burma

Thousands dead after China quake http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7390000/newsid_7397600/7397605.stm
They say there all 10,000 people that died because of that earthquake, I was shocked because the number 10,000 is a big number. So much people died just because of one earth quake, I wonder what happened to the others that are trapped. I hope they rescue the rest of the people trapped or else there would be more people that will die.

Burma with the typhoon damage
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/myanmar.vote.ap/index.html
They say there are thousands of people killed, by reading the previous one it makes me feel glad that I am still alive. There are so much disasters in different countries. They showed us a picture of the cyclone, I thought it was cool but it must not be very cool to the people living there.

Reactions on Movie

Stalin
Well judging from the many pictures of Stalin i think the people probably worship him. I mean i see all those people and Stalin must have serve a lot to the people, because i saw so of the pictures that Stalin was holding little kids and talking to them. But then again how can i be sure of what he is talking about maybe he is using all these kind stuff to gain people's trust.

Inside The Reich - Germany
Well when i saw that the people that worshiped the leader were very happy, i can't believe what i saw because there was a lot of people down there i was wondering were the people down there celebrating or were they simply there to show their respect to their leader. It was good that a few people saw further maybe they will have a chance to escape, from point of view i won't believe an war could be over so fast so i will be very sharp. I think that the Nazi was not really good because they bought their way in then that means that people did not really like them.

How far I am at

I think i am not far, but I am finding more information along the way. Right now i have some of the answers for economics, and i learned today what the difference from the meaning of two questions. I answered a few answers for history, i thought of one question which is what did Stalin do before he became a dictator. And basically i answered a few question on each of the topic.

Dictatorship in Myanmar

In my thinking did the leader cut the internet just to keep them quite. Not tell the other people how they are being treated bad? And the kid even said the actions for posting up pictures of the people's houses over there, is it probably because the fact the government did not want to show how poor that country is? Guess they want to use ways to help the leader stay in power.

Dictatorship in North Korea

I can not believe that North Korea still uses nuclear bombs, it feels like the ruler don't take good control of that place. I don't think the people really likes the ruler they are just afraid to stand up for them selves or probably they just don't want to get killed. And i also can't believe Bush didn't really care for it either. To me it is shocking that know North Korea still uses nuclear bombs i thought right now not a lot of places uses nuclear bombs.

Levels of thinking

Remembering= Like me reading in the text book
Understanding= In humanities we created outlines of our essay.
Applying= In science we created circuits so we could get a better knowledge.
Analyzing= In math we made graphs of what people thought about independent learning
Evaluate= In Chinese we had a debate saying weather eating dogs are right.
Creating= In Humanities we created a video.