dimanche 25 avril 2010

Planning

How was imperialism negative and positive to both the US & the countries concerned.
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  • http://www.aldridgeshs.eq.edu.au/sose/modrespg/imperial/essays/effects.htm
  • http://www.edteck.com/dbq/dbquest/quest10.htm

lundi 19 avril 2010

Life in the Trenches

Dear Parents,

In this moment I am writing to you from the trenches. Life here is horrendous. The trenches are about 210 cm at the top and 100 cm at the bottom, which is uncomfortably narrow. We are in complete discomfort and tension. There are so many men living in a very constrained space. Scraps of discarded food, empty tins, and other wastes are all over. The dirt of living underground and not being able to wash for days or weeks creates conditions of severe health and military risks. Pests including rats and lice are very numerous. The rats are cat size. Diseases are spread both by them and by the worms and flies that prosper on the nearby remains of decomposing human and animal flesh.

In winter it is very cold, and the trenches flood sometimes to waist height. Men suffer from exposure, frostbite, trench foot (a wasting disease of the flesh caused by the foot being wet and cold, constrained in boots, for days on end, that would cripple a man), and many diseases brought on or made worse by living in such conditions.

I hope that I will be able to surpass this dreadful life in the trenches, and succeed. I am looking forward to coming back home and meeting all the family. Pray for the best and let God do the rest.

Best Regards,

John Smith

P.S: Say hello to everyone and tell them that I miss them very much.

Picture Source: http://www.1914-1918.net/intrenches.htm

mardi 6 avril 2010

"TYPICAL PROBLEM, TYPICAL RESOLUTION"


A typical problem in a teenager’s life is fighting obesity. The “alternative” solution for this is smoking. This has a potential effectiveness because smoking cuts the appetite. After smoking one does not have the appetite to eat. Therefore, this is effective to become skinny. However, smoking has many side effects to it, for instance, lung cancer and other terrible diseases. To prevent a teenager from using smoking as a solution to obesity we have to identify alternative solutions. Starting a diet, and doing sports is one of them. One can remain healthier this way. One can follow a program that includes the cleansing of the liver, which usually stores the fat for you. After the liver cleanse one can start eating normally. These alternatives will prevent sicknesses from smoking.


mardi 23 mars 2010

Progressive Thinker

Being a progressive thinker is favoring or implementing social reform, or new liberal ideas.
The issues, social concerns, changes etc. that progressive people, politicians, etc. find important in today's world is the economic crisis. This issue affects everyone globally. The people in a high social class almost all went down by one class due to this dilemma. There is an increase of unemployment and poverty during this moment. There are high inflation rates, and this results people to go out of money. They cannot afford what they usually afforded in the past. This major dilemma is a global issue that needs to be resolved before it causes greater depression.

To resolve this problem a progressive thinker would say that loans are not allowed anymore. This is because some banks went bankrupt due to this issue. There were way too many loans and everyone wanted to take their money back from the banks. This was impossible because not all the money is available.
A secure path should be made for money that is sent overseas.
The government should take care of the people in need of money. They should provide a cheap health care. This is because due to the crisis some people cannot afford medicine and health care.
The rich people need to support the poor during this period of crisis. It will be mandatory for each to give away at least $10 per day. This will help the poverty survive and go through this depression.

mardi 16 mars 2010

YR Newspaper!

Imperialism is the policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. It has many pros and cons to it. Different people are affected differently due to imperialism, some positively others negatively.


Causes of imperialism in the USA in the latter 1800s were various. There were people promoting economic growth and the expansion of the national markets overseas. They argued that America was undergoing an economic depression because of the overproduction of goods that was too much for only the USA to consume. Many business leaders thought that this problem would be resolved only by expansion of markets. In addition, annexation of land permitted the USA to come closer to other countries, which made trade facilities easier and less costly.


Militarily, people supported imperialism for the American expanded navy. They argued that this large navy had to be present to support to the nation’s markets abroad. They basically wanted to protect overseas trade.


Preserving American spirit was another factor that lead to imperialism. This is because some people were afraid that the USA was loosing its strength. “Worried that the closing of the frontier would sap the nation’s energy, they argued that a quest for an empire might restore the country’s pioneer spirit.”(356) Prentice Hall American Pathways to the Present. These people took the excuse of Social Darwinism to takeover new territories. Social Darwinists believed that it was the nation’s destiny to takeover land and expand their own religion (in this case Christianity). At this time there was cultural superiority.


Imperialism was well demonstrated in the USA in the latter 1800s. For instance, the USA fought for Cuba’s independence from Spain. In return they demanded for their ships to be kept on the Cuban coast. They did the same with the Philippine’s tricking them into thinking they were here to support them when they were actually helping them for their own benefit. On the other hand, they annexed Hawaii using the USA’s world trade protection as their main argument to support them. In 1898, Congress approved the Hawaii annexation.


The Panama Canal and the open door policy are other examples of imperialism. A $10 million payment was given to the Panamanians in return for the 10-mile strip of land for a Canal Zone over which the USA would have complete sovereignty. The Panama Canal made a shorter route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. This connection between two oceans made global shipping much faster and cheaper. It would also allow the US Navy to move faster overseas in times of war. On the other hand, the open door policy was a policy that was made between America and China. This policy allowed foreign countries in to take part of the national local markets. This means that the USA opened its markets in China, which helped expand its economy overseas.


The effects of imperialism on the USA and other countries in the latter 1800s were numerous. The USA thought they were becoming superior to others after annexation. This created more competition between countries. The USA thought that it was their Manifest Destiny to have imperialism causing them to look forward to annexation. Unfortunately, there was inequality and racism in the annexed territories. The national markets didn’t work as well as they worked before. This is because the USA provided a broad choice in the national markets due to open door policy or annexation. This was a positive for the USA because they expanded their economy. However, this was a negative for the local market’s business because the consumers were taking the best choice, which was usually found in the American markets. This is exactly what happened to China with the open door policy that allowed the USA to participate in the national markets.


Imperialism is beneficial for the American economic expansion and opportunities. The expansion of the markets overseas allowed them to have high economic benefits. They could have their ships in the ports of a specific country. This means that the navy was growing which would reinforce the military force for not only the market protection but also for the USA protection itself. The USA had military that were ready to act anytime and quickly (using the Panama Canal) overseas.


Unfortunately, imperialism wasn’t as beneficial for the USA as was for the other countries. This is because imperialism caused racism and inequality due to the feeling of cultural superiority in the USA. The national local markets were highly affected because the USA took part in them, which wasn’t beneficial to the country that was annexed or that was allowing foreign countries to get involved in their local markets. This is because the USA had a broad choice of products, which caused the consumers to buy from the US markets instead of their own national markets. This means that the USA brought an economic competition to the countries and because it was strong its markets would always gain more money than the national local markets. Though imperialism dominated, it affected other countries negatively.


Though the positives were only beneficial to the USA they didn’t outweigh the negatives because there was way too much negatives for it to be outweighed. People who were colonized were suffering consequences of the imperialism, some economically others socially. Many countries were in crisis at the time of imperialism while the USA was at benefit because it could spread its industries overseas. This increased competition and since the USA was stronger it always defeated the others economy. On the whole, the positives of imperialism were too little to outweigh the negatives.


mercredi 10 février 2010

Globalisation

GLOBALISATION: This is the encouraging of economic interdependence between countries. This involves technological advancements and a demand of labor.

Pros

  1. International trade made people wealthy and gave them diverse lifestyles.
  2. Telecommunications: Internet etc.or consumers and avowed capitalists this is a good thing because more choice of products was provided due to trade. This causes greater spending, rising living standards and a growth in international travel.
  3. Allowed people to know better about other cultures.
  4. This makes Democracy successful over autocracy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/711906.stm

  1. Enhances economic opportunities especially in developing countries.
  2. More efficient allocation of resources.
  3. Lower prices, more employment, higher output and living conditions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization

  1. Competition makes production more efficient.
  2. Greenpeace is against because it destroys the environment.

http://www.investorwords.com/2182/globalization.html

Cons

  1. Raising more problems than it solves.
  2. International Markets could deliver:
  3. Misery, Unemployment, Poverty
  4. Meager share of global income of the poorest people dropped from 2.3% to 1.4% lines overseas to low-wage economies.
  5. National cultures and identities are also under threat thanks to the spread of satellites TV.
  6. The environment is being effected with the pollution that is emitted from factories of multiple industries that were built all at once.
  7. Corporate power is restricting individual freedom.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/711906.stm

  1. Environmental degradation
  2. Lowered quality of life to those who have not been adapted to the change.
  3. Free trade is negative for poorer countries as they try to conserve national markets.
  4. Wealthy companies offer high salaries for more working hours with unsafe working conditions
  5. Weaker labor unions because their membership begins to decline.
  6. A country that experiencing increases in labor demand because of globalization and an increase the demand for goods produced by children, will experience greater a demand for child labor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization

  1. Not all people can compete against the increasing competitive pressure.
  2. Connectivity of world’s international markets and trade.

http://www.investorwords.com/2182/globalization.html

  1. Offer to have a trade regime that is suitable for everyone as well as the environment. (Compromise where everyone agrees and nobody is affected.)

http://archive.greenpeace.org/politics/wto/Doha/html/globalisation.html

jeudi 4 février 2010

Sea Wheel Automobiles Company





Dear Mr. Buffet,
This is the new Sea Wheels Automobiles Company, and we would like to inform you that this company is going to help the future of our environment become a better future. Our planet is in danger today because of pollution. One of the major polluters are automobiles. Therefore, the SWA decided to create a company that will help reduce vehicle combustion. We did this by creating a very special car
that works with hydroelectric energy. This vehicle has wheels to go on the road as well as skies to go on water. This means our company created a 2 in 1 vehicle that will not only try to replace vehicles but also boats. We will try to give an opportunity to wealthy countries to try our car and then we will see its affect on the environment.

Now that I am a millionaire I will try to make a special change in the environment. I will change the lives of humans by adding this special vehicle in their daily lives. I will try to make this car the most affordable possible. This will give an opportunity to the middle class society and high class society to both contribute in buying this product. The SWA will help prevent the increasing of global warming and its impact on the environment.





STOP COMBUSTION!!
BUY SWA!!

WHAT?:

  • · Name of Company: SWA (Sea Wheels Automobiles)
  • · Products of Company: Car that goes on land as well as water
  • · Horizontal Nature of the Company (Explain each segment and where it is located): The shape of the car will be done in the steel factory. After it has it's parts it will be sent to the glass factory to have windows and the rubber company will make the skies and the wheels that would permit the car to go on water(skies) and on the ground(wheels). The plastic factory will be in charge of the materials inside the car's engine. The leather company will be in charge of the seats inside the car, and all other components. After all the materials are ready, they will be gathered by SWA and our company ensemble them.
  • · Vertical Nature of the Company (Explain each segment and where it is located): Our company is in charge of all the products. We make the form with the steel in our company, same as the glass windows and rubber and plastic. We buy from others all the raw materials needed and we do it with out making anyone participate. We work on different things at a time.
  • · Energy (Explain where each segment gets its energy whether for offices or manufacturing): Hydroelectric energy for manufacturing.
  • · Raw Materials- Resources (used to create the products): Glass, steel, rubber, plastic, Leather
  • · Labor (who will be your workers at each location- what is your payment plan- what is your healthcare plan (if you have one) etc.): My workers are going to be experienced car workers because this vehicle will be able to go on the ground as well as on water. I will take 5% of my earnings and I will pay the workers with that. Or else I will make a compromise with them.
  • · Government and Regulations (how will you work with the government and its regulations upon you): I will tell the government that i will start the exhibit in the International Car Fair; and if people are highly interested in it then we will start selling it. There will be insurance if any accidents happen etc.
  • · Profits (Explain to Mr. Buffet how you will make profits): I will make my profits through the insurance that people pay and the selling of cars. I will add 30% to the actual cost that I paid to make the car.