American Asian Containment

The main point of this article is to make the point that we are containing China and explain how we as America control the world.  It explains how we are keeping from going to war with China by making truces with other countries.  We are making sure that China being a bully lately doesn't go to far later.  We just want to trade with them without problems.  If they do anything we don't like we can get our stuff from India and other countries.  They are done when we aren't there to "run China's economy".  We don't want to start a cold or hot war with China.

The title of the article is "Containment- Lite".  We are kind of containing China, but we are taking less extreme measures than a cold war.  We are keeping them at peace with our treaties.  We are also getting ready for if China "goes off the deep end".  We are just trying not to use military threats yet.

I agree with the author completely on that the tactics will keep us in control and China where they belong, a communist country that does what we tell them.  Containment is definitely what is coming.  We haven't pulled out our "big American guns" yet and we are trying to make it so we don't have to, so no one gets hurt.  If we went to war with China it would be the literal end of the world.  We are keeping China in check.

Article: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/opinion/10friedman.html?_r=2&ref=india

"Do You Believe the Hype?" Article Blog

I believe the hype.  We should be where these Indians are, running their cellphone banking system.  If we want to make it in the world of globalization we have to be thinking and coming up with these simple but great ideas.  People know they want thing like this unique business to come their way, but people don't take time to think about it or make it happen.  The bottom line is we need to start making things happen.  India definitely effects us in the US in this time and day of globalization.  India effects us because our credit card companies are run over there and we have to keep up with them in this race of globalization.  India also effects us because our businesses, which are our money are moving there and something needs to done about this situation.  The government has to start making the right moves to fix our economy and make us a working, money making country again.

Article the Blog uses:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/opinion/03friedman.html?_r=2&src=me&ref=homepage

Companies Moving Overseas

I have researched for a list of companies that have moved overseas and one big thing that I noticed was that they moved overseas when they were not doing well or when business started to go downhill along with their money.  The companies are going overseas because it cheaper to operate there.  Because the value of our dollar has become low people are needing more money.  When the companies go overseas they don't need to pay overseas employees as much.  The employees overseas will work for a lot more because money in their countries is worth a lot more, therefor the companies don't need to pay out as  much.  This leaves them money to function and thrive.  There have also been cases where companies get a bad reputation and people will not buy from them.  Because of this situation they can move overseas and change their name so that people will buy from them.    To sum it up most companies move overseas because it is cheaper, there are more people to work for them, and there may be a reputation issue.

List:  http://www.hrworld.com/features/10-overseas-companies-060408/

Essays Questions and Summaries on Earth in Peril PBS Site

Density- What are dangers that population density can cause both to people and our environment?

This slide is about how the population density and big population destroys the Earth and will soon ruin human relationships and the environment. 

Growth- What will happen to our resources if many of the Already fast growing countries continue to grow more?

This slide is about how fast some areas are growing so much and how the population will destroy so many resources.

Cities- What does urbanization do that effects the globe more than ruralization?

This slide is about how cities usually mean more demand for resources and how they tend to make more air and water pollution.

Water- What might water do to the population that might help it replenish itself?

This slide is about how water being plentiful will be a big issue in the upcoming decade.

Air- Why is air pollution and deforestation a bad combination?

This slide is about how there needs to be stricter rules on emissions and how the air pollution will rise if nothing is done.

Climate- What might happen to the tempetures if too much carbon is released and why?

This slide is about how to much carbon and heat released is trapped in the atmosphere and heats up the tempeture. 

Forests- What do experts believe about many of the remaining forests and why?

This slide is about the devastating deforestation that has occurred and how now it is hard to restore those forests.

Land- How much land has been transformed and what might this cause?

This slide was about how the land being transformed and urbanized can cause land slides and other disasters.  It can also ruin or topsoil supply to grow food.

Habitats- What important habitat is disappearing that protects our land and why?

This slide was about how different habitats are being destroyed and how this will backfire on us when our land isn’t protected and we run out of resources.   

Chinese vs. Indian Populations

1.  Not everyone cares about the populations in India and China because what happens in Asia effects everybody as a global community even though they may not be effected directly.  A lot of governments care and other countries care because if a country becomes overpopulated they might need to take over other countries for more space and less population density.   When the populations go too high governments may take immoral actions like China when they made a law that only one child is allowed.  It is also by the immoral means of using other people to have sons and selling brides in India that the population is growing.  Populations also effect pollution in our air and immigration.  I care and everyone should care for all of these reasons.

2.  It is wrong and liberal for governments to regulate how many children families have, but yes they can suggest and advise families not to have too many children.  It is wrong to tell families what to do with their lives.  It takes away freedoms we should have.  It is extremely communist, socialist and liberal to regulate people's relationships and personal lives.  People who opt to do this know it is wrong and I know this because liberals in the US now want to be called "progressives" since being liberal is labeled as doing things like this.

Kenya Statistics

Location: Mid-East Africa
Population: 40,046,566
Life Expectancy: 58.82 years
TFR: 4.38
Religion: Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%
Literacy Rate: 85.1%
IndependenceDay:12 December 1963
LFO: agriculture: 75%, industry and services: 25%
Population Below Poverty Line: 50%
% of Arable Land: 8.01%

Blog Post #4

The article was about how the media “downplays the real threats” in the Middle East when it comes to the Israeli-Arab conflict.  The article was more pro-Israeli than pro-Palestinian.  It states that Israel is actually trying to make peace and that news sources are not getting enough different sources to state a position on the issues.  There are also other threats involved in the issue that the media doesn’t express enough.  Palestinians are not necessarily the most anti-terrorist group of people.  They are teamed up with a lot of the Arab terrorist and their countries like Iran.  Iranian, Palestinian, and other terrorist have weapons-caches, and bases in areas like the Gaza Strip and West Bank.  This is where many attacks on Israel are made from.  If these terrorist are not stopped than the terrorist will not only kill Israelis but may threaten the rest of the world.  There isn’t really a lot of information missing in this article since it makes statements from both sides of the Israeli- Arab conflict.  The one thing that it is missing is the details of the occupation of the territories where the Palestine.  The article doesn’t mention much about the level of oppression on the Palestinians that pro- Palestinian articles show.   

Anav Silverman. (2010 October 11). Getting the story wrong. Y Net. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3966747,00.html

Link to Human Geo Glog

http://dashades.edu.glogster.com/glog-7326/

Blog #3: Sunni or Shiite

It is extremely important to know the difference between a Sunni and Shiite.  We need to be able to predict what other people around us are going to do if there are issues.  We are fighting in the Muslim world in the Middle East.  We need to know our enemy and our friends.  It is unacceptable for anyone to not know one or two basic differences.  The biggest thing that everybody should know is that we are mainly fighting the Shiites.  The Shiites are more extreme and have some differences with the Sunnis even though they are both branches of the Muslim religion.  If we do not know the ways of the Shiites we may not know when they are most likely to strike.  If we know when they are most likely about to strike so we can increase security.  Knowing their nature and way of life we can also track down terrorist in the Middle East and know what region they may be hiding in.  It is also important for officials to know them extremely well in case there was some kind of negotiations or talk between them and the religious groups of Muslims.  Especially the United States government should know the difference between them because one day there may be a Muslim civil war, and everyone knows the United States will have to get involved and save someone.  We would need to know who to side with and save.  It is important for United States citizens to know the differences basically so we know what our government is doing.

Blog Post #2

In the story I saw globalization just in the fact that Mozambique was getting bread from Russia.  Globalization also effected Mozambique massively.  The fires and dryness in Russia made it harder to get wheat to make bread.  There for because of the laws of supply and demand the price went up about 20 cents in US money.  There was an uproar from Mozambique citizens and people were wounded and killed.  The government finally outlawed the price raise.  It is globalization because something in Russia effected a country in another part of the world, Mozambique.
Mozambique

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South East African Coast
21,669,278
male: 41.83 years, female: 40.53 years
5.13 children born/woman
Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1%
total population: 47.8%
25 June 1975

agriculture: 81% industry: 6% services: 13% 

70%
5.43%
Had trouble with bread prices because of the fires in Russia. 

Bullying Research Term Questions

Should schools have jurisdiction over bullying outside of school?  Why or why not?


Are schools doing enough to reduce bullying?  Why or why not?


How should schools get kids and parents to take responsibility and do something to keep kids from

bullying?


How should kids be able to stand up to bullies and defend themselves and their friends?

9/11 Impact

The airline industry was hugely impacted by the tragedy of 9/11 when two 7-47 jets crashed into both of the twin towers by terrorist, killing thousands of people.  These weren’t the only two planes and targets.  The pentagon was also hit.  There was also an attempt to hit the White House but the passengers resisted and were able to crash the jet into a Pennsylvania field.  Obviously a lot of people were scared to fly and it cost the airlines billions because because people wouldn’t fly.  There were also security changes that were made on and off the planes.  The tragedy effected the flying  experience and process in a lot of different ways.

                The safest air traffic control system in the world actually belongs to the United States.  The FAA runs the air traffic control system and constantly work to make it a better system to make it safer and easier to operate.  The air traffic control systems are constantly upgrading the technology to deal with the multiply air traffic that will probably occur in the future.  Most of the time the air traffic controllers don’t even see the aircraft they guide.  They use satellite, radar, and digital information to guide aircraft when they come into range of the controllers.  Controllers also base plans they make off of weather, military operations, and how many aircraft will be flying in the airspace.  The air traffic control system is getting better with its complex systems and technology.  It is a great and improving system.

                The economic result of 9/11 was a very devastating hit.  It was not as bad as it was expected to be.  But because of this expectation the oil prices rose while stocks fell.  The third quarter was horrible and it was thought by some that 9/11 forced us into a bad recession but the fourth quarter got better and it was discovered that the third quarter for the past quarters haven’t been that productive either.  9/11 economically damaging because of the property destruction.  The biggest reason was that people didn’t fly for a period of time and some people still don’t because of fear and the groundings of air craft.  Air ports also had to make a lot of security changes to prevent another tragedy.  It is obvious that the airline industry is a big industry and the effects of the tragedy practically stopped the flow of money in the industry.  This in turn destroys the economy. 

                The oil companies also knew that there would be issue in the Middle East.  Issues and conflicts would make it harder to get oil.  When the oil companies had and excuse or reason to raise oil prices and make more money they did.  The oil prices eventually went down again, and it was a few years later that they went back up with the same excuse or reason. 

                 The terrorist attack did not only effect the United States air travel, but it also effected air travel on the international level.  All of the airports around the world were forced to improve their security requirements.  They have been using new screening equipment to see what someone may be carrying aboard an aircraft easier and better than ever before.  There have been some issues with people not liking the processes.  They will search your bag and use and x-ray on it.  They will also make you take apart electronics such as laptops or cameras apart to make sure it is not any type of explosive.  They will then make you put it back together.  Next you are run through a metal detector and an x-ray machine.  It is a very long process that takes hours.  Before 9/11 it was a very short process and it was easier to get on your flight.

                They had thought that the process had scared off non-immigrant travelers.  The rate of incoming non-immigrants dipped down on 9/11 but was almost as high as it was previously in 2007.  People still argue against the process but have decided that they need to fly because they don’t want to drive and it also saves businesses time, which is money.  People have learned to deal with the system and are still flying like they did previously to the tragedy of 9/11.

                There is a long list of items that are restricted on flights.  They are very careful of what you bring on the flights.  For example, if you have gel shoe inserts they must be checked to make sure that they are not a gel explosive.  Even snow-globes need to be checked.  Fire arms are allowed if they are checked and in a hard locked case.  Surprisingly you are actually allowed to have a lighter.

                They have even hired sky marshals which are like undercover flight cops with a gun.  It just goes to show that you never know what might happen on a flight or at the airport because of terrorist like the 9/11 terrorist.   

Scources:
http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/briefing/

http://www.ustravel.org/news/press-kit/travel-facts-and-statistics 

: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

                  

5 Things in My House and the Countries They Are From

Penn International 50 Reels: USA
Population: 307,212,123
Below Poverty Line: 12%
Unemployment Rate: 9.3%
Labor by Occupation: forestry, farming, fishing, .7%; manufacturing, extraction, transportation, crafts, 20.3%; managerial, professional, technical, 37.3%; sales, office, 24.2%; other, 17.6%

JC Polo: Honduras
Population: 7,833,696
Labor by Occupation: Agriculture, 39.2%; industry, 20.9%; services, 60.9%
Unemployment Rate: 3%
Below Poverty Line: 59%

Shimano Calcutta 200GTB Reel: Japan
Population: 127,078,679
Labor by Occupation: Agriculture, 4%; industry, 28%; services, 68%
Unemployment: 5.1%
Below Poverty Line: NA

My Boating Shoes: China
Population: 1,338,612,968
Labor by Occupation: Agriculture, 39.5%; industry, 27.2%; services, 33.2% 
Unemployment: 4.3%
Below Poverty Line: 2.8%

Suffix Elite Fishing Line: Taiwan
Population: 22,924,347
Labor by Occupation: agriculture, 5.1%; industry, 38.6%; unemployment, 5.9%;
Unemployment: 5.9%
Below Poverty Line: 1.08%