tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55651534297684742802024-03-12T21:40:22.529-07:00Ms. Chelle's Blog-ness! :)Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-63927806514199934492014-01-06T18:52:00.002-08:002014-01-06T18:52:23.108-08:00Banning firearms are good... But what about the amendment?Recently in New York federal judges ruled that a New York gun law restricting assault weapons and large-capacity magazines was constitutional. This a benefit because it reduces violence. It can reduce drug wars by causing drug lords not to carry weapons. it can Longer minimum mandatory sentencing for repeat violent/invasive crimes and increase counseling and intervention. It also reduces military conflict and issues in schools that result in violence. All of these benefits are well needed in our government but the real question is, Are these bans constitutional?<br />
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In the second amendment its states that the United States Constitution protects the right of individual Americans to keep and bear arms regardless of if they are active in the service of the military. The right is not unlimited and does not prohibit all regulation of firearms and similar devices such as knives, clubs, or fists. So even though these bans are beneficial as far as saving money and protecting the citizens of the United States in some way it sort of conflicts with what is outlined in the constitution. Furthermore it in some ways removes the second amendment from the constitution all together. This is how we see the negative side of the gun control and the banning of fire arms. This also brings up the issues of does this even solve to problem. People who are leaning towards violence can just simply finds new ways that will help them achieve their negative goal. The banning of firearms will just cause knives and other objects to become more popular in violent acts.<br />
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Further, gun bans have failed to achieve their objectives and, even with best real estimates would take years to show any kind of significant effect. Few, if any, of the most spectacular crimes of this year would have been affected in any way by such a ban. It also must be said that the federal government hasn't given gun owners any reason over the last 100 years, let alone the last 10, to believe that the Second Amendment is anything less than an absolute necessity. <br />
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So if the government officials believe that removing the Second Amendment all together would save lives, then it should be willing to demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt that it simply isn't necessary. At the end of the day people know their rights and it will be hard for the government to argue with seeing that it is written in the constitution and trying to change that will just simply take to long to process.Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-71455445350138698722014-01-06T18:01:00.001-08:002014-01-06T18:01:37.179-08:00Ban against Same-Sex marriage UNCONSTITUTIONAL ?In Salt Lake City, Utah there was a law that was recently banned. There ban against same sex marriages was said to unconstitutional because it conflicted with guarantees of equality and equal protection among all citizens. This effected the state of Utah so much that even an openly gay state senate vowed to not marry his partner until they are able to marry in Utah. After making this law what attributes made them decide to make this unconstitutional? Well, in the constitution it states in the fourteenth amendment that in The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people within its jurisdiction. This clause was the basis for Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court decision that precipitated the dismantling of racial segregation which was the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. This separation may have applied to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, riding on a bus, or even in the rental or purchase of a home. But what a lot people seem to forget or look over is that this equal protection clause also meant the the same for many other decisions rejecting irrational or unnecessary discrimination against people belonging to various groups that excluded the issue of race. <br />
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There are several different types of state constitutional amendments banning legal recognition of same-sex unions in U.S. state constitutions, and this has been a growing trend over the years since about 1996. These laws are able to be made because lawmakers interpret the amendments to define marriage as only a union between one man and one woman which means they prevent civil unions or same-sex marriages from being legalized. But what about the opinions of the people and what if that doesn't seem very equal? This is what can cause people to feel that this is unconstitutional.<br />
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So what makes this unconstitutional is that it can come off to people who agree on same sex marriage that they aren't being treated equally or the same as people who agree on marriage of the opposite sex. They feel that they will possibly be deprived of the the same rights as others who look at what they are doing as wrong. So with these strong opinions floating around it is easy to recognize how these laws can seem unfair and also unconstitutional to the outlines of the fourteenth amendment of the constitutionMs.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-58218875527581980112013-12-09T20:34:00.001-08:002013-12-09T20:34:56.941-08:00obama care and expansion of medicare<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The Affordable Care Act website
is finally up and running, but hospitals are closing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is going on?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Republican leaders in 25 of the 50 states are
refusing to expand Medicaid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When what
has come to be known as Obamacare was passed, along with it, subsidies for
uninsured patients were cut, in anticipation that the states would expansion of
Medicaid would take up the slack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
on the contrary, in states that have Republican leadership, there has been a
resistance to expanding Medicaid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ironically,
the same people who bellow about strengthening states’ rights and getting the
federal government out of their business, have the power to alleviate the
problems in their state by expanding Medicaid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Though there is really no downside to not expanding Medicaid, the
perception is that Republicans are refusing free federal money to spite the
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As time goes by, more and more
hospitals will shut their doors and with them thousands of jobs will be lost to
our economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, the mortality
rate is bound to increase among the uninsured citizens of Republican-controlled
states such as Texas, Georgia and Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The effect of this alone on the economy is obvious, because dead men
(and women) tell no tales, buy no products, hold no jobs nor do anything else
that increases the nation’s GDP. Also, as hospitals close, to the chagrin of
ACA proponents, the supply of available healthcare service will diminish and
the price of healthcare will most likely rise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will also be a reduction in productivity
as people lose time from work to travel to where they can receive healthcare
service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Sally Kohn’s article she
mentions a story reported in Bloomberg News about Pam Renshaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. Renshaw had an accident in her
four-wheeler and sustained second and third degree burns on half her body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her local hospital has closed in Folkston,
Georgia, so poor Ms. Renshaw, in pain from her injuries, had on travel two
hours to a hospital in Florida for treatment. </div>
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Most of the “endangered”
hospitals are in rural areas, the redder part of the red states where the
hospital is not only the major source of healthcare but could possibly be one
of the community’s largest employers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
these hospitals close, the affect could be like a wrecking ball on commerce of
the entire community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It scares me to
think of what would happen if the Terrell State Hospital closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only would thousands of patients be
displaced, but the entire town would look like a ghost town of the Old West in
a matter of weeks because the hospital employers such a large number of the
town’s citizens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-10223662506257636232013-11-10T20:13:00.001-08:002013-11-10T20:13:31.897-08:00Shut down causes increase<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After the government shutdown people had a uniform guess to how it was going to effect the economy. People expected the economy to suffer and cause prices to rise. They also felt that this would put a halt to job creation and job availability. But according to CNN this hypothesis is indeed wrong. For the month month of October it actually shows that there was a job increase in the economy. This recent increase in jobs makes it seem as if there was ever a government shutdown in the first place and people are less worried about the outcome. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So how many jobs were added to turn around the possible outcome? Well the US economy added 204,000 jobs to the market which was way above the expectancy of the job growth. Since they added so many jobs , what made economist and citizens doubt this growth in the first place? If it has done so well what made them concerned about the outcome? What made them concerned what the budget of the economy. What caused the shutdown what budget battles in Washington. The battles led to about 800,000 federal employees being out of work. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So what does this increase do for things like the bank? Well it makes the banks try to do thinks that will get their customers to spend money and not try to save it. Interest rates are very low around the developed world; near-zero in nominal terms and negative in real terms. This is part of a deliberate policy by central banks to discourage saving and encourage borrowing. It has also been seen as a way of boosting the stockmarket and thus as creating a wealth effect for individuals, and boosting confidence. So this increase in jobs makes the bank make decisions that cause the economy to be more equitable of fair to the people.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So though people the thought that the decision of the government were harmful and selfish and could also cause a lot of clean up, the decision actually was some what helpful to the coming rather than harmful. The decisions of the Fed impact, literally, every financial decision you make. The Federal Reserve has its fingers in your pocketbook to a greater degree than the IRS.The Fed's mission is to encourage as much economic growth as possible without raising inflation. The Fed has a dual mandate. 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They're saying that instead of having the increase to 1.7% like we had this year, they will only have a 1.5% coverage by social security this year. The question is how this affect the senior citizens knowing that the benefit so much from social security? Will this effect be good of bad? Well first we have to see how do they benefit from social security.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How senior citizens benefit from social security:</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1) Social Security is the major source of income for most of the elderly.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This means that the elderly people that have retired can still get a check that helps to support their necessities even though they don't have a paying job anymore. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2) Social Security provides more than just retirement benefits.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tho means that elderly people who are diabled can still get benefits that can assist them with there healthcare needs. Also Survivors of deceased workers account for about 11% of total benefits paid.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3) An estimated 161 million workers, 94% of all workers, are covered under Social Security. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This means 51% of the workforce has no private pension coverage. This also means 34% of the workforce has no savings set aside specifically for retirement.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lastly social security has proven to increase life expectancy. For example In 1940, the life expectancy of a 65-year-old was almost 14 years; today it is more than 20 years. By 2033, the number of older Americans will increase from 45.1 million today to 77.4 million. There are currently 2.8 workers for each Social Security beneficiary. By 2033, there will be 2.1 workers for each beneficiary. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With these facts we can see that though this decrease is beneficial to the taxpayers it won't be beneficial to the senior citizens. In other words decrease in taxes means and decrease in coverage and resources for senior citizens in 2014. 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As we are all aware, after 16 days,
the government has been reopened. The government experienced a shutdown this
year because the Republicans and Democrats of the House couldn't agree on a
spending plan for the fiscal year that started as they wrangled over Obama
care. With federal employees not being paid, how much did this whole situation
cost? Well, though this only occurred over a short period of time, the US
government was hit with about a $24 billion dollar debt to the GDP. In other
words, the US economy has been hurt by the shutdown. Workers of the federal
government will be affected along with the prices of resources and
entertainment for the people (gas, restaurants, vacations, etc.)</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Where
was this $24 billion dollar debt lost in? About $3.1 billion was lost in government
or public services. This means that a large portion was lost in the businesses
that supply an essential commodity. These commodities are things such as water
or electricity, or a service, such as communications (telephone or cellphone) or
transportation (buses and trains), to the public in their homes or places where
they work. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About $152 million a day (or
about $2.4 billion in all 16 days) was lost in the US travel association. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The US Travel Association is used to help people
travel on their jobs or for educational purposes. So this money was lost mostly
by people who work and study abroad in other countries. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>About $13
million a day (or $208 million in all 16 days) locally, or in the communities
of the people, and $76 million a day ($1.2 billion in all 16 days was lost due
to national parks. National parks are simply to entertain the people of
society. It’s shocking that something that is just simply for the people to
enjoy caused the economy to lose so much money during the government shutdown. Lastly
$6.2 billion was lost in tourism. This is another act that is just simply for
the people of society to be entertained.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, as
shown above, the government 16 day shut cost more than just employees of the
federal government not being paid. It affected the people and the activities
that they do every day. These low cost and inexpensive activities turned out to
be a huge debt to the economy. Though the government feels that in 90 days the
economy should be back to where it was it is still a pondering situation to
figure out where and how they are going to make up the debt. This has caused
people to really feel that this government shutdown was not a good or smart
idea</div>
Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-51824529539498521402013-10-13T21:53:00.001-07:002013-10-13T21:53:34.936-07:00Advertisement and how it's effects the people.<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Advertisement is a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or, event. Though these are supposed to be used to help people, most advertisements of today's society tend to be more of a "gimmick" rather than a helpful took. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Advertisers use different strategies like free giveaways, discounts or even travel opportunities to appeal to people to gain customers. For example, let's say a cruise is being given away. Advertisers show first a beautiful photo to appeal to the eye of the people. This increases the peoples desire to want to go there because they are pulled in by beauty. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Next they try to include free things they will receive if they take the trip knowing that people of today's society focusing on saving money for buying resources. If they don't have to pay for supplies of a resource it increases there demand to go on the trip. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Next they show people who have done it before or testimonials. People tend to trust things and spend money on things that they seen people do or enjoy, especially if they know the people. People do not want to things that will make them unhappy. So seeing someone on the cover of a magazine smiling and relaxing appeals to the buyer and increases the desire of getting the buyer to want to go on the cruise.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also advertisers use the need vs want situation. They advertise it as being something that they need that way it will look more important to them and they will focus on it even more instead of brushing it to the side. Most people, especially in hard economic times, focus on there needs which means that they are not going to be looking at traveling. So I order to get the people to buy this trip they advertise this as some place they need to go that will better them or help them release stress and make there life better.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All of these examples are ways advertisers use "gimmicks" to get people to make choices on whether to get people to spend there money on things that they really don't need. Without advertisements people would probably focus on there needs rather then there wants and desires that entertain them.</span></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-83955186617709814732013-10-06T18:45:00.001-07:002013-10-06T18:45:07.140-07:00Taxpayers Deserve so much more<div id="wrapper" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="page" class="hfeed" style="border: 0px; margin: 0.6em 0.6em 0.8em; outline: 0px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0745098) 0px 1px 2px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0745098) 0px 1px 2px;"><div id="main" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="primary" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><div id="content" role="main" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><article id="post-6031" class="post-6031 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-insights tag-agriculture tag-subsidies" style="clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px 0px 2em; position: relative; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; margin: 1.286em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In 2008, one farmer from Blackburn in the UK got 32 pence (around $0.45) from the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). That’s not much, but it’s still over 30 times as much as one of his neighbours, who only got a penny. At the same time, some large landowners in the UK and other countries got hundreds of thousands of euros. The food industry didn’t do too badly either, with some food processors getting around a million pounds each. The biggest payout, over £6.7 million, went to a “professional services company in the sugar market”.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Other OECD countries could show a similar pattern for farm subsidies, with the rich getting more than their less well-off colleagues. More what, though? There are problems with vocabulary in such a sensitive area. For some people, we’re talking about handouts or the less pejorative “aid” or “assistance”; others prefer the dynamism of “incentives”, or the neutral-sounding “transfers”. The OECD term “support” describes the various ways in which governments intervene in the business of agriculture, including subsidies, grants, tax breaks and other policies that boost revenues.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So what’s it worth? Over $258.6 billion (EUR 201.2 billion) in the OECD area in 2012 according to <a href="http://www.oecd.org/tad/agricultural-policies/monitoring-and-evaluation.htm" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2013: OECD Countries and Emerging Economies</a>, published today. Support represented 19% of farm receipts in the OECD, up from 18% in 2011. Support averaged one-sixth of gross farm receipts in the 47 OECD and non-OECD countries covered in the report. The Producer Support Estimate increased to 17% of gross farm receipts in 2012, compared to 15% in 2011.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It can be hard to understand the economic justification of support to farmers. If there is a surplus in supply, why should the taxpayer subsidise producers? If there is a shortfall, you’d expect prices to rise and the need for subsidies to disappear (or at least weaken). The reason usually given by governments is that agricultural policies are designed to improve the “competitiveness” of their farmers. Yet sometimes this is meant to be achieved by reducing support in the interests of imposing stronger market discipline, while at other times improved competitiveness means granting subsidies for inputs such as fertilisers; according tax concessions, for example on diesel fuel; or providing financial incentives to meet the costs of implementing new regulations.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do the subsidies and other forms of support really help farmers? OECD research into farm household income suggests that with the most commonly used policy, market price support, only about 25% of the cost finds its way as a net income gain to the intended recipients in farm households. “Farmer” is not the first word that springs to mind when seeking to define what service companies, food processors and other large beneficiaries of support actually do. The CAP, like many other forms of support, does not target farmers, but farms or activities related to agriculture, which is why a confectionary firm ended up receiving 332 000 euros to help buy sugar.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Subsidies don’t help the hungry either. Some of the sharpest increases in farm support have occurred in countries that are trying to promote self-sufficiency, but the OECD sees only weak links between higher self-sufficiency and improved food security, particularly in less developed economies. Access to food would be more effectively improved by reducing poverty and developing safety nets.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Agricultural support policies are evolving, but only slowly. This may seem surprising given the repeated, often violent, calls for change and the massive amounts of public money being spent. Policy makers and the public alike would agree that some programmes no longer do what they were created for and should be modified or scrapped (for instance, one catering company supplying cruise ships got 148,000 euros in subsidies for the sugar and milk powder it “exported” in passengers’ stomachs).</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Why is change so slow and difficult? In agriculture as in other areas, fundamental policy thinking is often born of crises, but can persist even when the original problems have been solved. Key features of agricultural policy in the United States emerged in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Today’s agriculture policy in Europe and Japan can be traced to concerns with food supply at the end of World War II.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Policy shifts can be dramatic however. Airport security is one example of how things can change practically overnight. Agriculture provides examples of this too, for instance the sudden imposition of export restrictions and traceability norms in reaction to the BSE outbreak. However, despite the volatility of commodity prices and regional difficulties related to drought, flooding or other environmental conditions, food security is not a problem in the countries giving most of the support, and the agro-food system as a whole is not faced with any major threat to its existence. The sector even fared better than others during the recent recession.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another factor to consider is who would gain and who would lose if the current system was changed. Actual numbers of people are less important in this respect than how the costs and benefits are distributed and how well-informed and politically influential they are.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Consumers pay twice for agricultural support, first through the taxes used to finance it, second through higher prices. The cost to an average European citizen is over 100 euros a year, but few people are aware of this extra sum they’re giving to the agri-food industry. For those receiving the support, much more may be at stake. The smallest farms receive relatively little support, but the big producers and industrialists who do get public money also have the means to finance sophisticated lobbying and public relations campaigns to block change that would seriously erode their privileges.</span></p></div></article></div></div></div></div></div><div id="bit" class="" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -268px; position: fixed; right: 10px; z-index: 999999; width: 230px;"><a class="bsub" style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(rgb(63, 63, 63)), to(rgb(70, 70, 70))); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px -1px 5px; display: block; float: right; overflow: hidden; text-shadow: rgb(68, 68, 68) 0px -1px 0px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px;"><span id="bsub-text" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: url(http://oecdinsights.org/wp-content/plugins/follow-button-for-jetpack/plus.png); background-origin: padding-box; background-size: 20%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background-position: 2px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Follow</span></a><div id="bitsubscribe" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; width: 200px; float: right; background-position: 0px 0px;"><h3 style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; text-shadow: rgb(51, 51, 51) 0px 1px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em !important;"><label for="loggedout-follow-field" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: normal;">Follow OECD Insights Blog</label></h3><div><label for="loggedout-follow-field" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></label></div><font face="inherit" size="2" style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"><a name="subscribe-blog" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(39, 141, 188); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></a></span></font><font color="#ffffff" face="inherit" size="2" style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"></span></font><form action="" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" id="subscribe-blog" style="font-style: inherit; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(70, 70, 70); border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></form></div></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-74618751801352898412013-09-29T19:22:00.001-07:002013-09-29T19:22:02.803-07:00Internet changes everything<div>Born sometime between 2008 and 2009, when more things became connected to the Internet than people, the Internet of Things has the potential to close the poverty gap, improve distribution of the world’s resources, and help us understand our planet so we can be more proactive and less reactive.</div><div>In 2010, there were 12.5 billion devices connected to the Internet. Looking to the future, Cisco IBSG predicts there will be 25 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2015, and 50 billion by 2020. But how will having lots of things connected to the Internet change everything?</div><div>The answer lies in how humans learn. People process data and turn it into information that can be used in our daily lives. From the results, we gain knowledge and, ultimately, wisdom. With literally billions of sensors connected to the Internet, our ability to gather massive amounts of data has never been greater. With the right filtering and analytics, people across all disciplines will turn this data into new knowledge and wisdom that will change our lives for the better.</div><div>Already, advances such as Cisco’s Planetary Skin and HP’s central nervous system for the earth are under way that will let us sense what the planet is doing in real time. This will allow us to be more proactive in our response to climate change and save lives by being more prepared for natural disasters. Another possibility is the placement of sensors at critical points across the country’s infrastructure, such as bridges and tunnels, that alert workers of problems long before tragic accidents occur.</div><div>Although the promise of the Internet of Things is great, several barriers threaten to slow its development. These roadblocks include the transition to IPv6, establishing a common set of standards, and developing energy sources for the millions, even billions, of minute sensors.</div><div>Even so, I’m optimistic. As businesses, governments, standards bodies, and academia work together to solve these challenges, the Internet of Things will continue to progress and change the world as we know it today. How quickly we get there is up to us.</div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-69529024185160342172013-09-22T17:28:00.001-07:002013-09-22T17:28:59.812-07:00Orphanages<div>EVEN on a sunny day Sarata Noua is a gloomy place. From 1969 until it closed in 2012 this orphanage in rural Moldova housed up to 152 children at a time. Young people aged between seven and 22 slept ten to a room, sharing a weekly shower in a dark bathroom. Though murals of tropical lakes brighten the walls, it still feels much like a workhouse.</div><div>Around the world about 2m children are thought to live in institutions like this. The true figure may be bigger. Some, as in Moldova, are left over from Soviet times, when governments took responsibility for children born with disabilities (occasionally against their families’ wishes). Indian orphanages often cater to unwanted girls, many of whom leave only when they marry. In China around 800 state-run “social-welfare institutions” house abandoned children or those with mild disabilities. Charities in Africa run institutions for those whose families have died in genocides or from HIV/AIDs. But one cheerful fact unites these dreary places—big children’s homes are falling out of fashion.</div><div>In Romania, once notorious for its decrepit orphanages, the number of children living in institutions has dropped from more than 32,000 in 2004 to about 9,000 last year. In Moldova the total fell by 62% between 2007 and 2012, to 4,393. In Rwanda the number of orphanages has declined from over 400 five years ago to only 33 in 2012 and the government has promised to close them all by 2014. Georgia had 41 institutions ten years ago; now it has three.</div><div>Slower-moving countries are starting to catch up. India’s government is looking at alternatives, says Shireen Miller of Save the Children, a charity. International pressure is rising. In December the American government pledged to help children worldwide stay within families or family-like care.</div><div>Reform is essential, for three reasons. First, big institutions are poisonous. John Williamson of the Better Care Network, a charity, and Aaron Greenberg of the UN argue that for every three months that a child stays in an institution he or she loses one month of development. Since 2000 American academics have kept track of 136 children from orphanages in Romania. They have found that the IQ levels of children who remain in big care homes are lower than those put in foster care. Both groups had lower scores than those who were not institutionalised at all.</div><div>Even fairly modern institutions often continue controversial practices. The Chisinau Municipal Institution for Babies in the capital of Moldova is currently home to 44 children. It is clean, light and bustling with nurses. Yet when a child arrives he or she is placed in an “isolator”—a double-glazed glass booth containing one or two cots. Some with disabilities have been isolated for nearly a year. A nurse says this helps the children adjust to their new home. Others think it stunts development.</div><div>Second, orphanages can prevent children living with what family they have. Most institutionalised children are not truly alone—up to 90% have living parents, says Georgette Mulheir of Lumos, a British campaign group. In Sri Lanka almost all children in care have one or both parents living, reckons Save the Children. In Rwanda over a third of children in institutions are in regular contact with relatives, says Hope and Homes for Children, a British charity. These places are a way of dealing with poverty, says Silvia Lupan, a child-protection officer for UNICEF in Moldova.</div><div>Third, institutions are costly. They need staff to cook, clean and corral the children, and cash to warm and maintain big buildings. Studies from the World Bank and Save the Children say institutions cost between six and ten times as much as supporting a child within a family. Sarata Noua cost $300,000 per year to run, says Liliana Rotaru of CCF Moldova, a charity that helped close it down. Foster parents, by contrast, earn about $1,000 a year.</div><div><br></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-78425745329921190792013-09-15T19:45:00.001-07:002013-09-15T19:45:43.997-07:00No More STUDENT LOANS!!!<div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Last Friday, the President signed into law the student loan “compromise,” promising it would help rein in college costs.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The bill pegs interest rates on federal student loans to Washington’s cost of borrowing (the Treasury rate) plus 2.05 percent and caps interest rates at 8.25 percent. Congress says that this bill will cover 18 million loans, totaling about $106 billion this fall, and reduce the deficit by $715 million over the next decade. But Congress’s promises do not account for the $500 billion in student loans that are currently not being repaid and the one-eighth of students defaulting on their loans.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">What will the unpaid loans and student defaults do to Congress’s promise? Likely force Congress to break it—at the expense of taxpayers.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The details are in the accounting practices. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has used two different accounting measures to evaluate the cost of the student loan compromise: the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA) and fair-value accounting (FVA). Currently, the CBO evaluates student loan costs under FCRA accounting practices, which require that the cost of federal student loans be estimated on “market rates,” but this accounting method does not account for the risk that some students receiving loans will not pay back the government as expected. This is especially problematic when about $180 billion of the $1 trillion in student debt is in default or forbearance.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">FVA, on the other hand, accounts for the risk of default, reflecting the full cost of student loans and other federal credit programs. It is the standard accounting method for academic economists.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">In June, the CBO released cost estimates using FCRA and FVA for federal student loans. Under FCRA practices, a loan deal using the Treasury rate plus 3 percent—not that different from the new deal passed by Congress—would yield savings of $37 billion this year and $184 billion from 2013 to 2023. However, under FVA, the student loan program will yield $6 billion in savings in 2013 and will cost taxpayers $95 billion from 2013 to 2023. That’s a major difference for taxpayers.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Because FVA practices account for market risk, it is likely that this calculation measure would recognize the 1/8 of students defaulting and the $500 billion that is not being repaid, and factor that risk into the interest rates—providing a more honest account of the program’s costs.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Americans today owe more on student debt than they do on their credit cards or auto loans. Over the past 20 years, college enrollment has increased from 13.8 million to 21 million. In 2011, the average borrower who graduated from a private university left with $28,000 in debt; public college graduates didn’t fare much better, leaving with roughly $22,000 in IOUs.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Continuing to expand higher education subsidies through subsidized federal student loans and grants does nothing to put pressure on colleges to lower costs. In fact, access to easy money does the opposite, enabling universities to raise prices, knowing students can return to the federal trough for more financing. Although Congress will sleep easy now on the student loan interest rate issue, they should not delude themselves into believing they’ve done anything to fundamentally reduce the cost of college.</div><div style="font-family: Noteworthy; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-53120085429580852602012-01-22T19:44:00.000-08:002012-01-22T19:45:21.255-08:00Final Evaluation of Einstiens Dream :)<div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b> "</b><b>Einstein's Dream" is a very interesting and informative book about nature and time. Throughout the book it brings up the ideas of </b><b>How does time flow? Why does time flow? and Does time flow? <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This book is filled with short stories that are sure to get anyone thinking. This book does not really have a deep plot. It was written as a book of someones personal ideas which to me makes it more interesting. it kind of makes you feel as if you are actually apart of the different towns. This book was written in a way that was very understandable. </span></b></span></div><div style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I’ve always been fascinated by time and this book has allowed this fascination to grow tremendously. "Einstein's Dream" is ENJOYABLE and a GREAT read</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><b>! I would definitely give it five stars :) :) </b> </span> </span></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-43035355905630081462011-11-27T16:47:00.000-08:002011-11-27T16:47:56.377-08:00Einstein's Dreams Chapter 3 :)<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Chapter 3, Einstein comes too the conclusion that time has 3 dimensions. Each one of these dimensions can be a possible outcome or ending to ones life. This also means that sometimes people can not have complete control of how their lives will end but that can choose a path that will be a guide to one of the outcomes</span></span>.Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-63039848617791258932011-11-27T16:39:00.000-08:002011-11-27T16:41:42.953-08:00Einstein's Dreams Chapter 2 :)<span class="Helvetica12" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chapter 2 is a continuation of Einstein's research on time. This time he adds that time is like the flow of water. Sometimes time can feel as if it is moving backwards and that we have moments of our lives in the past. This flow of time can, in a way, cause us to direct our lives in a new direction. </span></span>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-81008560822141780142011-11-27T16:34:00.000-08:002011-11-27T16:41:31.741-08:00Einstein's Dreams Chapter 1 :)<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">In chapter 1 Albert Einstein starts working at </span><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="color: blue;">the patent office.</span><span style="color: blue;"> For months he has these dreams about time so, he begins to do research on how time works. He comes up with these theories that time is a circle and that it repeats itself over and over. He says </span></span><span class="Helvetica12" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">most people are not aware that "they will repeat their lives and the ones that are aware tend to lead miserable lives.</span></span></span>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-39776457056576532752011-05-04T13:15:00.000-07:002011-11-27T16:41:13.551-08:00My Personal Asthetics :)<div style="color: lime;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some of my inspirations are Lauryn Hill, music, nature, and art. I plan on including small video clips of Lauryn Hill singing and doing spoken word. Also I will include pictures of nature like waterfalls, mountains, grasslands etc. Then a song by Lauryn Hill will be playing in the background which bring in the music part. I chose these things because when I interact with them it helps me to write my songs, make music and overall create which, to me is an art in itself. </span></b></span></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-72371810231308188322011-03-28T13:18:00.000-07:002011-03-28T13:22:19.215-07:00Color and Texture :)<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;">For the project of color and texture i plan on writing my own poem which explains all of what we learned but in a more creative sense. I will explain the colors on the color wheel and how they can be put into emotion and artistry. Now that is just the first part which explains color. The way I am going to include texture is by painting my face in all of the different colors and patterns and wrapping my head in different cloths. Then I will film myself evolving from my eyes to my entire face to show the change in the colors. Also in the film I will recite the poem on the background. </span>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-33696073055494364722010-12-14T13:51:00.000-08:002012-01-22T19:56:04.078-08:00Haiku :)<div style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I believe in dreams! </div><div style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Do you believe in them too? </div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May they all come true!</span></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-60264842953124286452010-12-14T13:49:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:49:09.053-08:00The History of the 1000 Cranes fable and haiku :)<div style="color: cyan;">In nu works we have been talking about dreams. I think is a great subject for us to study coming close to the Christmas season. They told us about an ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a <b>thousand origami cranes</b> will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the tortoise), and is said to live for a thousand years. In Japan, it is commonly said that folding 1000 paper origami cranes makes a person's wish come true. So we were told to fold 10 paper cranes each and write our wishes in them to see if our wishes will come true.</div><div style="color: cyan;"><br />
</div><div style="color: cyan;">Next they taught us about Haikus. Haikus are poems that consist of three lines. The first and last lines have 5 syllables and the second has 7 syllables. most Haikus talk about dreams, peace on earth, and wishes. We did this along with the cranes to help broaden our minds about dreams and it really helped. </div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-69834780748492037232010-11-15T13:22:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:32:28.140-08:00C3 Experience :)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This <b>C3</b> experience has been very exciting so far. Who knew that so much could come out of <b>Circle, Cycle and Change!</b> Once I got myself to look <b>past the physical part</b> and think <b>outside of the box</b>, it opened my eyes to a<b> whole new out-look</b> of things that i see everyday. </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The project really gave me <b>a better understanding</b> of what they were trying to teach us. It let us express <b>the true meaning</b> of things that some people look over. It also brought the whole class together to <b>express their ideas</b> and put on <b>a great show</b> in front of our peers which also helps us to <b>remember it a whole lot better</b> because not only are we <b>learning</b> in our classrooms but we can also <b>mix our talent</b> in to have much more <b>fun</b>. Even though we haven't showed ours yet it is still going to be a <b>shocking and unique</b> show for us all. :)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></div>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565153429768474280.post-13369173323390496942010-10-12T13:59:00.001-07:002010-12-14T13:32:41.151-08:00C3 Circle :)<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would like to consider myself like a <b>Circle</b>... i dont want any points that will <b>stop</b> me from <b>achieving</b> my <b>dreams</b> and i want to curve around the <b>hard times</b>. :)</span>Ms.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673710071304758073noreply@blogger.com1