Ms. Xia's Modern World History Class Blog

This year in MWH

2010-06-01T23:26:00.000-07:00

This year in MWH I increased my researching skills by a ton. When asked to research something now I can easily do it without a problem. I believe that the blogs helped a ton when it came to research, because they asked for us to do research. It was a fun way of researching. At the end of the semester when we were asked to write a research essay I felt a lot more comfortable than when I was asked

Blog comment to Kaitlin

2010-06-01T22:59:00.000-07:00

Kaitlin: Also do most of the people planting Opium do it just for the money, or is it for other reasons as wellAnswer : No, the farmers don't do it as much for the money as one might believe. The amount of money that these farmers get is very small. The middle men who sell the Opium in Europe and the US as heroin, are the ones that end up getting most of the money from the Opium. The Afghanistan

What i have learned this year

2010-06-01T17:42:00.000-07:00

I think the most interesting thing that i learned this year was about World War I. I remember asking my parents a couple years ago how that war started and they had no idea. After looking into it myself, i learned that the only war not represented in the National Mall is World War I. I think that just because we entered the war late, does not mean that we should not pay tribute to the thousands

Monterey Bay Aquarium robot sub used in oil spill

2010-05-29T22:42:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!A robot from the Monterey Bay Aquarium's research center has begun operating in the Gulf of Mexico to assist in the oil spill. The submarine robot is named the Dorado. It's job is to help analyze the extent of the spill by monitoring the undersea currents

State and local budget deficits affecting motorists

2010-05-29T22:30:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!The state and city budget deficits are really taking a toll on California drivers. Literally. The Golden Gate Bridge is now going to charge a $3.00 toll for Carpools. It used to be free. Parking tickets in San Francisco have increased substantially and

Unbelievable Politicians

2010-05-29T22:17:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!It is amazing. When we had sky high oil and gas prices, the Republicans wanted off shore drilling. They blamed our oil dependency on the Arab nations. Their mantra was "Drill, baby, Drill". In the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the two

5 interesting things

2010-05-26T23:19:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!1. The police in Arizona have the right to detain anyone they suspect are in this country illegally. I believe that if people break the law, they must be accountable. Being in this country without a citizenship, passport, or visa, is illegal.2. Being

What I learned in World History

2010-05-26T23:06:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!There were many things that I learned in this year's class. The most important was probably the ability to do research. I read articles in both print and on-line. I learned the power of the internet and it's ability to provide information. All kinds of

What I learned in MWH

2010-05-26T22:38:00.000-07:00

This year in MWH I learned a multitude of things. Ranging from how to write a research paper, to how to use chicago citations properly. But most of all, I learned about nations all of the world in every kind of situation. I enjoyed most of the units and feel that every time we learned about a new country we found that within that culture there were thousands of things. And within those were

Extra credit blog

2010-05-25T21:55:00.000-07:00

This year in Modern World History I feel like I learned a ton. I really enjoyed the format of the class and the way we learned things. I liked making presentations and doing blogs, because it was more refreshing than just memorizing dates and names for tests. This was a better way to learn in my opinion and I will remember the concepts much more. We learned a really wide variety of things about

MWH Extra Credit Blog

2010-05-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

This year in Modern World History I learned numerous amounts of concepts that will benefit me throughout my life. Some of the major ideas that I am going to remember for a very long time is the Industrial Revolution and the amazing machines that came with it. The Industrial Revolution as a whole was thrilling to hear about and how it really started a new era. The machines that were manufactured

"This Year in MWH I..."

2010-05-25T16:46:00.000-07:00

learned a lot. I really enjoyed the blog and the new ways we were sort of learning. We sort of had to teach a lot of information and sort be able to explain it rather than just regurgitate it on tests. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this period of history, I guess it just felt more relevant to the world we live in now or something. I just had more fun learning and I was actually interested

This year in MWH...

2010-05-25T15:44:00.000-07:00

I learned about geography as something I think I should remember for the rest of my life. I may not remember exactly where the Ottoman and Mughal empires where and when but I will no the general area and where other events where located. I never learned much about geography and where places were or even the general area they were in. Now I know what is around Latin America and Asia.This year I

Extra Credit Blog

2010-05-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

This year in MWH I learned a lot of different aspects of the world, and what different cultures and countries go by. I learned a lot about nationalism and how each country presents their aspects differently. I think the biggest and most important thing i learned this year was geography. Now I know where a lot more countries are on the map, before im not going to lie but i barley knew where any

Hillary Clinton condemns North Korea

2010-05-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the United States would not allow North Korea's attack on a South Korean's warship to go "unanswered". Together with Japan's Foriegn Minister, Hillary Clinton said that both the US and Japan will push

The NUMMI plant

2010-05-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!This week Toyota Motor Corp and Tesla Motors struck a surprise deal to re-open the NUMMI plant in Fremont. For the last 25 years, Toyota and General Motors were partners in producing cars at the Fremont plant. The new partnership between Tesla and Toyota

President Obama speaks out against Arizona law

2010-05-20T22:39:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!Together with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, President Obama spoke out against the Arizona immigration law. The President said that the law had the "potential to be applied in a discriminatory fashion". That means, arresting potential illegal

South Korea promises "stern action" against North Korea

2010-05-20T21:59:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!South Korea has confirmed that it was a North Korea torpedo that sank the South Korean naval warship back in March. The ambush killed 46 South Korean sailors. It has taken until now to prove that it was indeed a North Korean torpedo. It was a

My Uncle Yo

2010-05-20T02:25:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!My Uncle Yo passed away last weekend. He was very important to me and I will miss him. He was a Japanese American that was interned during WW11. He then went on to fight for the US in the Korean War. After the war he went to work at the Berkeley/Livermore

Yum, Curry

2010-05-20T02:17:00.000-07:00

Research Paper blogging:Okay, the final stretch! You know the drill:- Label with your name and #Research- Cite your source as best you can.Away!This weekend I went to eat curry at a Tai restaurant, a Japanese restaurant, a Chinese restaurant and an Indian restaurant. I love curry, but was curious about how so many cultures use the same food ingredient, and yet, there are continents and oceans

5 interesting facts

2010-05-09T20:30:00.003-07:00

Nuclear power plants need less fuel than ones which burn fossil fuels. One ton of uranium produces more energy than is produced by several million tons of coal or several million barrels of oil. In France, nuclear power is the most widespread, supplying 80 percent of the country's electricity. A protest movement exists, called Sortir du Nucléaire, or "Get Out of Nuclear," but it appears to have

2010-05-09T20:30:00.001-07:00

5 Interesting Things

2010-05-08T10:50:00.000-07:00

1) Madonna adopted a child from Malawi 3 years prior to today and she able to adopt the baby with no "adoption requirements." I thought it was interesting how now she has to go by the requirements, as if she was a normal person trying to adopt from Malawi. 2) I also found it interesting how the people of Malawi didn't want to give their baby to Madonna even though the baby would have an easier

Oil Spill Interesting Facts

2010-05-07T08:03:00.000-07:00

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, worth over $560 million, sinks to 5,000 feet below the surface and a five mile oil slick emerges.17 people wounded, 11 dead. This is the deadliest oil rig disaster since 1968.Nearly 2.5 million gallons of oil have spilled into the ocean since the explosion on the oil rig.After initial attempts to stop the oil leak failed, new attempts will include drilling to 18,000

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Citations

2010-05-07T07:54:00.001-07:00

Oberman, Mira. "Ships rushed to Gulf islands as first oil arrives" Yahoo News. (5/4/10) Oberman, Mira. "BP to use domes to capture giant US oil spill" Yahoo News. (5/4/10)CNN Wire Staff. "As oil spill nears Gulf Coast, experts issue dire warnings" CNN U.S. (5/1/10)Polson, Jim. "Rig Sinking Prompts Fears of Gulf Oil Spill, 11 Still Missing" SFGate. (4/26/10)Seba, Erwin. "Factbox - Chronology of

5 interesting facts

2010-05-07T07:54:00.000-07:00

In the past 5 years Opium production has gone up 50% in many places of AfghanistanIn 2001 the opium production in Afghanistan was about 100 tons, and from that point it started to skyrocket.Afghanistan produces more than 90% of the worlds Opium.Now Opium addiction is estimated at an astonishing 1.4 million people.A lot of the farmers that are producing the opium are not actually affiliated with

McDonald's Points

2010-05-07T06:51:00.000-07:00

McDonald's has changed culture in Asia. It has changed the appetite of young people who normally only eat main meals, now go to McDonald's as a snack meal and increase their meat intake.McDonald's is also changing the way people in Asia order food. Normally, one person would order for the entire group. Now, each individual orders their own meal.McDonald's has also played a huge role in

5 things that I found interesting in my research

2010-05-06T23:22:00.000-07:00

Before 1991, when Somalia was ruled over by a dictator, there was extreme media censorship. For example, only one newspaper was allowed to be published. Dissent or disagreeing with the government was a violation of the law, punishable by death.In 2001, the UNDP published the following statement: "the 21-year regime of Siyad Barre had one of the worst human rights records in Africa."In 1980, as

Learning Five New Facts on Oil

2010-05-06T22:35:00.001-07:00

1. Oil takes over the world, it is in such high demand, that people obsess over it. It is crazy what people or Saudi Princes will do for oil. 2. People in the oil rich countries are very very poor and have nothing. This is because the people in the government do not care about the people, they only care about themselves becoming rich and their country for being known for having lots of oil. 3.

Golden Triangle Facts

2010-05-06T22:16:00.000-07:00

These are facts that I found astonishing and really show how big this trade was. Its also interesting to read about how the UN is cracking down and all of their various tactics.1) This trade generated up to 90% of the heroin used on the European and 70% of all opium sold worldwide as of 1995.2) The trade has fallen 94% in Laos as of 1998 because of efforts from both the UN and China3) Contrary to

Some Pictures from Taiji

2010-05-06T20:59:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from Taiji, Japan, one of the main places where the killing killing takes place.

Aquariums that buy Dolphins and Whales Illegally

2010-05-06T20:51:00.000-07:00

Here is a list of some aquariums that have boughten and shown dolphins and whales that they have gotten illegally. Miami Seaquarium: Obtained two Risso’s Dolphins (Grampus) from Taiji, Japan, via Jay Sweeney. Both dolphins caught in a 1989 hunt. Both died at Miami Seaquarium in 1989 and 1995.Miami Seaquarium: Obtained two bottlenose dolphins from Iki Island (drive hunt), Japan, via Jay Sweeney.

Interesting Facts

2010-05-06T20:44:00.000-07:00

1. Mohammad Khatami, a previous leader, let women go skiing without the normal gender barriers. Women were allowed to wear ski attire rather what all women were supposed to wear. They were also let on ski lifts and gondolas with men and were allowed to ski with men. The gender barrier was nonexistent on the ski slopes and so women saw this as a chance of freedom sort of. They have police that are

Interesting Facts about The Killing of Dolphins and Whales but mainly Dolphins

2010-05-06T20:42:00.000-07:00

• 23,000 permits are issued each year by the Japan Fisheries Agency to kill dolphins, porpoises, and other small whales. The total kill varies from year to year (for example, in 2007, 13,107 dolphins and small whales were reported killed in Japan waters. These numbers do not include the large whales killed under so-called “scientific” whaling permits in the North Pacific and Antarctic Oceans.).

5 intersting facts

2010-05-06T20:32:00.000-07:00

So far i've decided that my essay will look at the fate of children in Cambodia, and a how the Khmer Rouge affected what happens to the youth in Cambodia. The main source of income in Cambodia come from agriculture, specifically rice farming. Families become desperate if crop fails, which is a main cause of the rising human trafficking in Cambodia. Sweatshops also employ many people. WIth these

The Killing of Dolphins and Whales Citations

2010-05-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

Information Website about the Killing of Dolphins - Earth Island Institute. Save Japan's Dolphins. 2010. http://www.savejapandolphins.org/index.php (May 6th, 2010)Information Website about the Killing of Whales - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. WCDS North America. http://www.wdcs-na.org/ (May 6th, 2010)Article by BBC News about Killing of Dolphins - Michael Nelson. BBC News. April 22,

theeeee five interesting facts

2010-05-06T19:12:00.000-07:00

Stetson University students spend a day wearing a veil to feel the perspective of those women. A professor, Khadher said, "They were ignored, despite the visibility of the veil itself, they became invisible for most people. Some students talked about their closet friends who would look at them and not see them, would not know who they are."During International Women's Day, a Muslim woman named

5 Interesting Facts

2010-05-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Potatoes were not always loved. After they were brought to Europe they were seen as food for the underclass. This was due because of their relationship to poisonous plants, if let in the sun for too long the potato turns green on top of having a bitter taste they would make some people ill.Potatoes became popular until Antoine August Parmentier with a skillful plan made them popular. Parmentier

Opium Bibliography

2010-05-06T07:34:00.000-07:00

Bibliography 2001, November, the collapse of the economy, and 300&. "Opium production in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan (accessed May 6, 2010). 2008, as more areas in the north, centrally appointed officials allegedly reached power-sharing agreements over drug routes.Today, even as

citations so far for Cambodia

2010-05-05T22:03:00.001-07:00

Citations: Carvin, Andy. “From Slideshow to Genocide.” http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/khmeryears/index.html (Accessed April 27 2010) “Communist Party of Kampuchea-Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.” April 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Kampuchea (accessed May 5, 2010) Gale online Student recourse center Gold, s.v. “Vietman Troups

Bibliography

2010-05-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

Brain, Marshall. "How Nuclear Power Works." How Stuff Works. http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm (accessed May 4, 2010) Talks about how nuclear power works to generate energy and the reactions that occur."Nuclear Power: Energy from Splitting Uranium Atoms." Energy Sources Info. http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/nuclear.htm (accessed May 4, 2010). Talks about advantages

Bibliography

2010-05-04T22:24:00.000-07:00

1) Melt, Carl. "Eyewitness: The Golden Triangle Poppy Fields". January 2002. BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1768035.stm accessed on (May 04, 2010).Talks about the actualy poppy fields and their effects on Thailand and the rest of SE Asia2) Fuller, Thomas. "Notorious Golden Triangle Loses Sway in the Opium Trade". Septermber 2007. NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/

Work Cited

2010-05-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

Works Cited Hoedt, Rudolf . "Ghana racing against the oil curse | Ghana Business News." Ghana Business News :http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2010/04/17/ghana-racing-against-the-oil-curse/ (accessed May 5, 2010).Ghana's struggles with Oil Birdsall, Nancy , and Arvind Subramanian. "Saving Iraq from Its Oil." foreign affairs 84 (2004): 77-89. http://www.jstor.org/pss/20034048 (accessed May 4,

Current Event #2

2010-05-04T19:47:00.000-07:00

On CNN.com, I found an article about Picasso selling his art for a record price of $106.5 million dollars. For one piece of art, it costs more than to buy a humongous mansion. Art nowadays are more expensive especially from famous artists because they are not alive anymore to make such marvelous art. This connects to the lack of art ambition in the 1900s in the United States. During the 1900s,

Research Sources

2010-05-03T22:55:00.000-07:00

BibliographyAn article about Madonna fights to Adopt a kid from MalawiFisher. "Madonna fights Malawi to Adopt Mercy". April 3, 2009. < http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=7249278&page=1 > (accessed April 29, 2010).The poem about the White Man's Burden Wikipedia. "The White Man's Burden". < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man's_Burden > (accessed April 29, 2010).Angelina Jolie gets

Sources

2010-05-03T22:48:00.000-07:00

Werdigier, Julia. "To Woo Europeans, McDonald's Goes Upscale." May 2010. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/business/worldbusiness/25restaurant.html?_r=1 (Accessed May 2, 2010).Mickelson, David."Ware's the Beef." May 2010. Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/mcdbeef.asp (accessed May 1, 2010)."McDonald's." May 2010. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's (

Research Bibliography

2010-05-03T20:25:00.000-07:00

Doherty, Joseph."From West to East: Sport's Emerging Superstars Are Not Americans" Bleacher Report April 29, 2010 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/386098-from-west-to-east-sports-new-superstars-are-not-americans (Accessed April 29, 2010)This article shows the pride of the Japanese when they see their star performing at an elite level of play.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_in_JapanThis

5 Resource Sources

2010-05-03T18:57:00.000-07:00

Mudditt, Jessica. “The slippery slope to freedom in Iran.” April 17, 2009. Spiked. http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/6552/. (accessed April 29, 2010). “Islam supports working women: Ex-Shoura adviser.” September 2, 2009. Gale. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/hits?docNum=CJ207088657&tab=64&locID=menlo_schlib&origSearch=false&hdb=ALL&t=RK&s=1&r=d&items=0&secondary=

THEEEEE five sources

2010-05-03T17:31:00.001-07:00

Tristman, Pierre. “A Veil Uncovers Stereotypes.” Middle East Issues. http://middleeast.about.com/od/booksopinions/a/Islamic-Veil-Experiment.htm (accessed April 29, 2010). “Activists Unveil Positive Power and Diversity of Muslim Women.” March 2010, Human Rights and Law. http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/

Russia Posts Katyn Massacre Documents on Internet

2010-04-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, Russia's archives posted documents about the massacre of over 20,000 Polish officers and citizens during World War II. This was the first time the documents had been posted by Russia since the war, although they had been public for many years. They did so as as gesture towards Poland to mend relations because the case looms large in Polish history and has soured relations between

Niger's Crop Failure

2010-04-28T10:33:00.000-07:00

In Niger, they are facing a huge drought that is drastically affecting their economy. A lot of the crops that Niger normally produces are not growing due to the lack of water. Nearly 8 million people are affected by this drought and the UN is trying to help. They have stated that it would take nearly 13 million dollars to get the Niger crops and economy back on track, which is looking like

Russia posts Katyn massacre documents

2010-04-28T10:31:00.000-07:00

In this article, Russia's state archive posted documents on the internet about the Soviet Union's massacre of 20,000 polish officers and citizens. Russia posted these articles to calm Poland in case they were still pissed from the massacre in WWII. This relates to our WWII unit because we studies the cold war and the tension between soviet union and eastern europe. These massacres were under the

"Homeless good Samaritan left to die on NYC street"

2010-04-27T19:41:00.000-07:00

I found this link to an article about a man who died on a street when he was trying to help a woman who was being attacked. He saw this woman and a man fighting and it began to get physical so this guy stepped in to help her but he ended up getting stabbed and was then laying on the side of the sidewalk. It was reported that 7 people walked by before an ambulance actually came and an hour or two

"Dancing Across Borders"

2010-04-27T18:35:00.000-07:00

Sokvannara Sar was just 16 when Anne Bass saw him preform in Cambodia as a ballet dancer. She was so inspired that she moved him to her sprawling Connecticut House and tried to enroll him in a New York Ballet school. However, she and Sokvannara soon learned that Cambodian ballet and western ballet are quite different. EVen though he was a performer in Cambodia, he was at the skill level of a 10

Weddings: Now vs. Before

2010-04-27T18:27:00.000-07:00

During the years that Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union, the wedding rituals were much different than how they are today. The family life played out in the Soviet Union as if marriage was just as important as two people holding hands in public. As of today, abortions and abolishing their own wedding rings were not frowned upon. It rather seemed weak to have such a strong family unit.

U.S. Senators Altering Facebook

2010-04-27T17:59:00.000-07:00

The privacy issues Facebook arrises are not just spoken of by concerned parents, but now U.S. Senators are calling attention to them. Due to some of Facebook's latest updates, privacy precautions have been stressed less, resulting in users having "less control over private information, and it was done without the users' permission," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, said on Capitol Hill stated.

UKRAINE PARLIAMENT

2010-04-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

In this current event, ukraine was having a debate on wether or not Russia can use a naval base in their country. The president of Ukraine was explaining and describing this law as betrayal to their country and it got ugly. Fist fights were present in parliament. I think that this relates to modern world history by portraying Nationalism. The president is just trying to get the picture out

Iran's Nuclear Threat

2010-04-27T07:38:00.000-07:00

This article talks about the problem that I believe we have all probably heard of, and its the problem of nuclear weapons and Iran. Iran claims to not having or making any nuclear weapons, and that the Uranium is just being used for medical purposes, but other people are 100% sure that the Uranium is actually being used to develop bombs. If Iran did develop nuclear weapons they could bomb Israel,

Somalia Rebels Battle Pirates, Government Troops

2010-04-27T00:04:00.000-07:00

Islamist rebels made progress towards a pirate haven in Somalia and battled government troops in Mogadishu. Around ten died in the fight. Members of the al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda linked militia, were advancing towards Harardhere, a pirate stronghold on the Somali coast. Pirates had recently intercepted and captured a ship full of weapons and artillery that was intended for al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab

Belgian Prime Minister Resigns

2010-04-26T23:50:00.000-07:00

Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme's resignation was accepted by the King of Belgium on Monday. The Prime Minister offered to step down after a "Flemish liberal party withdrew from a coalition government." Although the Prime Minister resigned Monday, he has agreed to remain in office until the King decides whether to call for new elections or finds another way out of the political crisis. The

Sudan's Recent Election

2010-04-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

Sudan recently elected their 1st president in 20 years however, despite this election, they are still wanting to split between the North and South. The North consists mostly of the politicians while the South is the side with the rebels. Not suprisingly the South is the one who wants to cut ties with the North. This event is very similar to what I presented today about Vietnam how the US got

"Muslim says mistresses are the French way of life"

2010-04-26T18:50:00.000-07:00

This article is a case regarding a Muslim man's mistress charged a payment for driving a car with a veil because it blocks her sight. Following this, a discovery was made that the husband actually had four wives that were not under French law, but only done ritualistically. The head of the Muslim group in France, Mohammed Moussaoiu, had a meeting with the French officials to talk about the

'I can't afford surgery in the U.S.,' says bargain shopper

2010-04-26T07:58:00.000-07:00

An Indiana man needed surgery on his nose, but could not find a hospital that would do it for less than $33,000. So, he looked for surgeons in other places and found that he could save about $30,000 by traveling to the UK. The number of people traveling outside the US to get medical assistance is greatly climbing as prices for medical aid continue to rise in the US. This trend can relate to many

iPad

2010-04-25T20:45:00.000-07:00

While looking through Nytimes.com, I found this article about the iPad. Basically, it is a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of this new Apple product. Simply put, this device is another evolution of technology that is changing the way people use older things like internet and books. In relevance to modern world history, it can be compared to the industrial revolution. During this

Humans: Not Advised to Contact Aliens

2010-04-25T19:40:00.000-07:00

Stephen Hawking, a british scientist, says that there may be aliens and they may exist but humans should not be in contact with them because they could be harmful. People think that if we were to encounter them, then they may try to take over our planet because they liked some of the resources that Earth provides. They think that it may be like Columbus' discovery of "the new world" but in this

MISSILES IN PAKISTAN

2010-04-24T13:29:00.000-07:00

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/24/missile-strike-kills-militants-northwest-pakistan-officials-say/?test=latestnewsThis website shares that the US sent a missile to the Pakistan and killed people, this relates to war and war crime and would be interesting. Also weaponry we have studied war weapons and how they had improved. So this could be very interesting.

Hubble Telescope

2010-04-24T13:24:00.000-07:00

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/photogalleries/100424-hubble-telescope-20th-anniversary-pictures/#hubble-cloudy-nebula-ngc-602_19426_600x450.jpg This website is about the Hubble Telescope and the photos it had taken. I think it would be interesting to compare and contrast from the first telescope to the hubble and talk about the industrial revolution.

Current Event

2010-04-24T13:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.helium.com/items/1813038-report-states-obama-health-care-plan-will-cost-more-and-may-not-be-sustainable This website share the new health care plan that Obama has created, and how it is not the brightest decision. I guess it would be social, but it is more political. - 1 Possible connection to history would be how the government has changed. Also he is the president of the USA.

Current Event: Slaughter of Dolphins In Taiji, Japan

2010-04-23T10:34:00.000-07:00

For my Current Event I was hoping to do something about the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. I wanna look more into the history and see why we are unable to stop it. Here is a little background sort of article that may help you understand everything a little better. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/14/dolphin-slaughter-hunting-japan-taijiThis is a problem that needs to stop. Maybe I could

Mao and the Great Leap Forward

2010-04-21T21:51:00.000-07:00

Mao started his "Great Leap Forward" with his motivation to surpass the United States of America. His mission was to create a socialist economy. This means he wanted to give more money to the people producing the crops in the fields. Everything Mao tried always seemed to fail and could never work the way he wanted too. The peasants in China were told to build backyard blastfurnaces to make iron

China: The relationship between Taiwan and China

2010-04-20T10:40:00.000-07:00

Taiwan is an island off of the mainland of China. China has many people who believe in the teachings of Confucius where a ruler must protect his people and in return his people must obey him. The relationship between Taiwan and China is interesting because both of them think they are the ruler in the relationship. Taiwan think they rule China, but China has been taken over by an alien and

China - Great Leap Forward

2010-04-19T23:23:00.000-07:00

What happened to China was a complete result of internal issues dealing with Mao. However, they stemmed from a desire to be better than everyone else. I'm talking specifically about the Great Leap Forward. Mao wanted to use, what seemed like good ideas to push China to be surpass the U.S. but ironically hurt them even more. Mao wanted to do this with industrialization and agriculture. He

War Crimes in World War II

2010-04-19T22:12:00.000-07:00

World War II consisted of multiple war crimes. Some of these war crimes consisted of the Holocaust, the Raping of Nanking, Firebombing, and the dropping of the Atomic Bomb. “The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.” (http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143)

China's Internal Problems

2010-04-19T21:17:00.000-07:00

I believe that most of what happened to China was as a result of their internal issues. The biggest issue that China had was the communist government that they had at the time. One of the first things that happened because of China's communist beliefs was that they were forced into the Korean war. The Korean war started because the Americans invaded Northern Korea which was communist. The Chinese

China: events were a result of internal issues or external influence?

2010-04-19T17:38:00.000-07:00

China was led through many issues in their country in which the country's social and economical aspects drastically changed. At first, all these things occurred only because of the internal issues. After WWII, China returned to the Civil War in which there were two groups: Nationalists(GMD) vs. Communists(CCP). The Nationalists were led by Chiang, who fled to Taiwan, and the Communists were led

Mao: His Impact and Leadership

2010-04-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

Some of the main issues that caused a downfall for China were mostly tied to Mao who was for Communism. He thought that everyone should work together and that way they could over power the United States. He tried to get involved in the Korean war but many thousands of soldiers died. He also tried what he called the Great Leap which ironically caused them to fall or go backwards. He wanted

Who was involved with the Korean War

2010-04-19T16:26:00.000-07:00

On June 25, 1950 the Korean war reached the climax of the battle. Once North Korea bombarded and invaded South Korea the finances and other countries began to get in the middle of the war. The US and UN helped North Korea with the chaotic army. Since World War II ended about five years after the US had a lot of military material which was helpful for the korean army because their weapons were

The Holocaust from the eyes of a German

2010-04-19T15:48:00.000-07:00

When I was researching what about the Holocaust I wanted to blog about, I was thinking about my Grandma who grew up in Germany during the time. I came up with a question, should she have to take the blame for what her country did? I think that even since she lived there, she should take the blame because of what some of the people in her country did. She was not involved and did not want

War Crimes

2010-04-14T10:40:00.000-07:00

The Holocausts, around 1933-1945, were one of the biggest war crimes ever committed throughout history. The killing of about 6 million innocent Jews just because of prejudice is not fair at all. The way many of these people died is also a big crime. Burning someone, or starving someone to death is really unethical and torturous. All of this was done to satisfy only one person which is the worst

War Crimes

2010-04-14T10:39:00.000-07:00

War is a brutal thing that has no positive result. Sure politicians may brag and say how the war was a great thing, but there are thousands, even millions of people who die throughout the war. Overall the war is brutal, and shouldn't go any farther than necessary. Unfortunately, they sometimes do, and that is called a war crime. Killing off citizens is a horrible thing. The citizens are unarmed,

Nuclear Disasters

2010-04-14T08:15:00.000-07:00

We all know that it is possible to harness the power of nuclear energy for something other than quickly defeating an enemy. One of the other(and most prevalent) uses of nuclear energy is in a nuclear power plant. However, because of the power of this type of energy, there is bound to be disasters. I was interested to see the effects of disasters regarding power plants vs. the results of the

Who is responsible in a war crime?

2010-04-14T08:03:00.000-07:00

I researched more when I got home about who is responsible in war crimes and why more people should feel bad for the actions that they pursue in a crime. War crimes were happening all over the world during World War II and many followers of the Nazi Party took place in the killing of the Jews. We read a document written in the point of view of one of the Nazi commanders. He states that he was in

War Crimes

2010-04-14T01:13:00.000-07:00

It is not always easy to identify a war crime or a war criminal. However, when we do, I find it interesting that we are always trying to justify this action. No matter what happens, if someone commits a war crime, they always justify it by saying it was in aid of their country or it was going to help finish the war. Whether or not that is true, it is still a war crime the people who commit them

Who started the Cold War

2010-04-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

I think that although America may have over reacted to the soviets stuborness in trying to convert european countries to communism, it is the soviets that started the cold war. Its understandable after all of the losses that Russia went through in both World War I and II, that is not enough justification to split up Germany half of it being trapped into a third world country. Families were

Japanese War Crimes

2010-04-13T20:33:00.000-07:00

So I decided to research a little about the Japanese war crimes and a big one was the Rape of Nanking. They had a hard time finding enough solid evidence to prove it was horrific and a war crime. They now have found that the US may have had some of the more convincing evidence to help the Japanese not be convicted. But why they would do that I am not sure. They think they may have done it so that

War Crimes

2010-04-13T17:44:00.000-07:00

Awhile back in class we were talking about war crimes and we were deciding if certain events in WWII were war crimes. I decided to do some research on the definition war crimes and how the government came to terms in what a war crime is. Searching for a definition of war crimes, I found this definition:war crime n. Any of various crimes, such as genocide or the mistreatment of prisoners of war

2010-04-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

In WWII, nuclear weapons were the foundation for ending the war. We raced against Hitler in an attempt to beat him to the atomic bomb. If he we had not beaten him, I would be speaking German right now and free speech would be limited. The atomic bomb is one of the most lethal weapons to date, and the pure imagining of your enemy having this weapon should be enough to end a war. If you really

Nuclear Radiation

2010-04-12T21:50:00.000-07:00

Even though nuclear bombs are very devastating weapons, often the radiation from these bombs can be even more devastating. About 5% of the energy from the bomb is transmitted into gamma radiation. This number may seem very small, however nuclear bombs are some of the most powerful items on the face of the planet so this 5% energy is still very lethal. After exposure from radiation, effects will

How does a nuclear bomb work?

2010-04-12T17:06:00.000-07:00

A nuclear bomb creates a nuclear reaction by either one of the two processes. Fission is when the nucleus breaks completely apart. Fusion is when one nucleus collapses onto another with a rapid domino affect. Because of these unique processes, heavier elements such as uranium are used for fission while lighter elements like hydrogen are used for fusion. As scientists continue to make nuclear

War Crimes

2010-04-12T10:21:00.000-07:00

crime [krahym] Show IPA –noun 1. an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited. Crimes are normally determined by laws. If a law is broken it is a crime. In order for there to be war crimes there have to be war laws. The world has not created a complete list of war laws so it is

WWII, Change

2010-03-23T23:00:00.000-07:00

World War 2 definitely changed the definition of war and how it was fought. World War 1 was a war of attrition where all troops hid in tenches for months at a time and fought each other until either side ran out of troops. Machine guns and poison gas were key inventions during World war 1, and when used together they were one of the deadliest combinations. But when World War 2 comes, things

The History of the Atomic Bomb

2010-03-23T22:20:00.000-07:00

Sixty five years ago, the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and dicated war against Japan. The bomb was so forceful that Japan's government decieded to raise a white flag and give up. The era of the bombings were the first of using extremly more powerful weapons then guns and cannons. This bomb destroyed Hiroshima and almost all of its citizens. The controversy of the bombings were

The Evolution of War

2010-03-23T20:57:00.000-07:00

I think that war has completely changed after WWII. Almost every single aspect of the war has been changed varying from the battles, the diplomacy's, and the after effects of the war. If you look at WWI and how people prepared and fought during the war, it had almost nothing in common with WWII. Armies would sit in trenches for months seeing which army could last the longest, however this was the

WWII Changing War

2010-03-23T20:50:00.000-07:00

World War II definitely changed the definition of war. Almost every aspect of war changed, from the weapons used to the strategy and tactics. There was a huge difference between World War I and WWII. In World War I, most of the soldier sat in trenches and would come out only to immediately get shot by the opposing side. Compared to WWII, where the use of bombs became a new tactic. Also,

World War II's change on the definition of war

2010-03-23T20:09:00.000-07:00

World War II introduced a new way of fighting and new weapons. The nuclear bomb was introduced and used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Firebombing also occurred. Both of these methods were very effective in the fact that they killed large amounts of people without much of a risk in doing it for the soldiers because most were done by air. This was very sad because many of the killings were used to

WWII Definition

2010-03-23T18:14:00.000-07:00

I think that the definition of war has changed a bit due to WWII because of the new technology. Over time we have developed from swords to guns and now we have bombs and other machinery that allows us to fight from a far and are even more deadly. WWII was the beginning of the first nuclear weapon and firebombing these weapons are deadly methods of destruction. This was a lot to lay on the USA,

Causes of World War II

2010-03-17T10:34:00.000-07:00

World War II was a war not started by numerous countries at the beginning. I believe the war was started when Germany invaded Poland and gradually captured and took away all of the Jews. Because of that, Britain and France were immediately forced to help Poland since they were "assigned" to be allies with Poland. I actually believe that World War II started because of what happened to Germany in

A Cause of WWII

2010-03-16T22:55:00.000-07:00

I believe that World War II started partially due to the division of territory on September 16th 1939 but there were also many other steps that lead up to World War II. On September 16th Russian joined Poland's territory and spilt it up to territories of Germany vs. Britain and France. But this was all located in Poland, so Poland was over loaded with people and the French and British declared

Causes for WWII

2010-03-16T20:46:00.000-07:00

I think that the main causes for WW2 the governments that were instilled in the countries that consisted the Axis of Evil. These countries had g'ments that promoted war and nationalism however on the other hand, France, Britian, and the USA had g'ments that did not want to fight. The economies did not rely on war and were still recovering the Great Depression, but the Axis g'ments were ready to

Main Causes of WWII

2010-03-16T20:23:00.000-07:00

There were a couple of causes of World War II but they all seem to have to do with Germany and Italy. All the other countries had such a tough time and needed time to build up their forces again. They did not bother doing anything about what Germany and Italy were doing. Italy had not exactly gained or lost much in WWI, and Germany had lost a great amount but after Hitler came into power, he