Sam’s Social Studies blog

 Citation: AP, COLOMBO. “Sri Lankan Navy Destroys Tamil Tiger boats” Taipei Times.

Sunday, May 06, 2007. <http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/05/06/2003359695> (Sunday, May 06, 2007, 5:30pm.)

Link to new article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/05/06/2003359695

What new Information has emerged?

            The new information which has emerged is the Tamil Tigers have struck again with boats. The navy saw a group of boats coming to the coast of Pulmoddai. The group had 10 big boats, 12 small ones and 4 suicide boats. Two sailors had minor injuries.

What did I find interesting about this topic?

            What I found interesting about this topic was everything. The reason I say everything is because I am really interested in aircraft and boat wars. I like aircraft and boat wars because they are different from just a another war with people running at each other and things like that.

What did you like about the initial blog posting?

            I liked how Oscar put the information in bullet points. This made it easier for me to read and it made it look more professional because he is stating the important facts and making it look like he knows exactly what is going on. I liked how at the bottom he said that little note, “All information correct at time of post. Oscar does not stand responsible for any incorrect information.” This made me feel like he knew exactly what he was doing because he read the article, understood it, then put his information straight from that article.

 Citation: AP, COLOMBO. “Sri Lankan Navy Destroys Tamil Tiger boats” Taipei Times.

Sunday, May 06, 2007. <http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/05/06/2003359695> (Sunday, May 06, 2007, 5:30pm.)

Link to new article: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/05/06/2003359695

What new Information has emerged?

            The new information which has emerged is the Tamil Tigers have struck again with boats. The navy saw a group of boats coming to the coast of Pulmoddai. The group had 10 big boats, 12 small ones and 4 suicide boats. Two sailors had minor injuries.

What did I find interesting about this topic?

            What I found interesting about this topic was everything. The reason I say everything is because I am really interested in aircraft and boat wars. I like aircraft and boat wars because they are different from just a another war with people running at each other and things like that.

What did you like about the initial blog posting?

            I liked how Oscar put the information in bullet points. This made it easier for me to read and it made it look more professional because he is stating the important facts and making it look like he knows exactly what is going on. I liked how at the bottom he said that little note, “All information correct at time of post. Oscar does not stand responsible for any incorrect information.” This made me feel like he knew exactly what he was doing because he read the article, understood it, then put his information straight from that article.

picture of event

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 Map

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Picture of the event:  

Map of the location:

?What Is The Issue?

The issue is a helicopter was making an emergency landing but went into a lake. One of the people in the helicopter died, 3 people are missing and 12 passengers survived the landing.  

?Who Is Involved?

The people that are involved in this accident are all of the people who were in that helicopter when it made it’s emergency landing.

?Who Is Affected and How?

The people that are affected are the people who were in the helicopter, close relatives to the people in the helicopter and U.S people because now they are scared that more helicopters will have to make emergency landings.

?What Would you do if you were directly involved?

I think the best solution to solving this problem is to make sure before a helicopter takes off that there are no technical problems with the helicopter and make sure it is armored if it is going into a war field. Peoples lives are impacted because some people lost ones they loved very much. They will feel not good at all. They will also miss those people who died very much.

Citation:

Associated Press. “U.S. chopper ditches in Iraq lake; 3 missing, 1 dead.” http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.main/index.html. December 4, 2006. <http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.main/index.html>(December 4, 2006).

Step 1. 

Country Name: Albania

Type Of Government: Emerging Democracy

Political Leader: Annex Kosovo

Population: 3,581,655

Age Structure: 0-14 years: 24.8% (male 464,954/female 423,003)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 1,214,942/female 1,158,562)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 148,028/female 172,166)

Ethnic Groups: Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (1989 est.)
note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization)

Religions: Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%

Languages: Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects

Literacy Rates: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 93.3%
female: 79.5%

Fertillity Rates: 2.03 Children per Woman

Life Expectancy: total population: 77.43 years
male: 74.78 years
female: 80.34 years

Infant Mortality Rates: 20.75/1000 live births

Step 3.

After the nation of Albania had been created, they have various problems, their Infant Mortality Rate is towering, their fertility rate is low and their debt total is up to a sum of about $45million. First of all, Albania’s Infant Mortality rate is relatively high. The exact rate is 20.75/1000 live births. This means that they are the 110^th country on the chart for Infant Mortality rate. That is just above average. It is not sufficient enough to be in that position because this means that countless children are dying. One way that they can fix this devastating problem is by trying to prevent the natural disasters that they face such as destructive earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and droughts. The next problem that Albania faces is their fertility rate is shockingly low. Their fertility rate is 2.03 babies are born per woman giving birth. Definition Fertility rate: How many babies are born per woman in 1000 women. In the country chart that shows the ranking from top to bottom of fertility rate, the top being the worst and the bottom being the best, Albania is a lot higher than average, they are ranked 106 in the world and the average rank is 133, this means that women don’t give birth to children frequently. A way that they can fix this is by telling people that they should get married, this should be presented in the newspaper. Finally, Albania’s last problem that is listed is their debt. They owe $45million. Most people do not make this much money in a year combined in Albania so how can they in such debt? I believe they should really try to find a way to pay back at least half of that money in a couple years time. If they can’t find a way to pay back their enormous debt then Albania will start owing so much money that they will never be able to get rid of it . Debt rate Definition: The amount of money that someone or a group/community of people owe. All in all Albania does truly have some challenges and will continue to confront difficulties in the future. Some of them can be changed really quickly but they just don’t put the time and effort into it. Hopefully in a couple years they will have solved most of the challenges that they face today.

Economy: GDP Per Capita: $4,900

% Living Under Poverty Line: 25%

% Internet Users: 2.1%

% Cell Phone Users: 30%

What I learned From this Task:

From  this task  I  learned  that google earth isn’t just about looking at places around the world but for putting information on it about that country. I learned that google earth is a very good source to use as a globe if your globe at home isn’t available. I learnt how to use html which is a very good skill to use when making a website sometimes. I found this task medium difficulty because the html was hard to remember and finding the information and calculating the % of cell phone users etc.. on cia.com was pretty difficult. I would like to learn how to find a country on google earth and make it so that it isn’t a fuzzy view from the satellite. I am thinking about starting up a country information chart on google earth. It will go on every country.

What I have learned about geography is that the Greeks were the first people to use it and study it. The main branches of geography are, physical and human geography. Physical geology is to do with weather climates, the motion of the earth and the seasons. I also learnt that geology is also to do with festivals and religion. Human geography is how we are affecting the earth and the relationships between us and the earth. Romans also used geography as mapping unknown places on the earth. Greeks also had a philosophy of geography.  Another thing I learned was that after WW2, there was a sudden burst of knowledge in the world about geography from the technology they used. Muslims are also really involved in geography. Now I know so much about geography. Thanks Ms. Nash!

In my summer vacation I went to four places. First I went to bali and stayed at a hotel named Segara Village. It was there that we ate at a japanese restaurant and went for long walks along the beach. We went for a 45 minute drive to another resort named the Elysian. There were huge waves in the beach there that were really fun and that’s about all we did there besides eat and play in our PRIVATE swimming pool as you saw int the picture.
The next place we went to was Redang Island. There was where we went scuba-diving and snorkeling.

The next place we went to was Australia which is my home country. What we did there was played tennis, visited our Dad’s mum and dad. My Grandma had a blood disease and my Grandpa had a hip replacement and that is the reason why we went there.

We also went to Langkawi and stayed in a resort named Pelangi. We went on a banana boat, a flying fish, and we went for nice long walks along the beach.

This is the link back to the homework assignment:

This is the link to the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5337080.stm

1.¿What is the issue?

The issue is the anniversary of when the Twin towers in New York blew up from terrorists who hijacked two airplanes and crashed them into the twin towers. The twin towers were the world trade centers.
2.¿Who Is Involved?

The people that were involved were the 2,749 people who died and the people who they knew. Those people are involved because the people who died are no longer with us and their spirits are elsewhere. The people who knew them are now very said because they no longer are able to see those people. The firemen and women who saved lives were also involved. Everybody in New York city at the time of the bombings were involved. Also the terrorists who were associated with it were involved because they’re the reason why people are sad from losing loved ones and known ones.

3. ¿Who is affected and how?

The people that were affected were the 2,749 people who died and the people they knew because the people who lived through that will now never see those people again and it must make them feel sad because they would’ve at least liked to say goodbye. President Bush is effected because

4.What would you do if you were directly involved?

If I were directly involved I would build an orphanage for all of the children that had both of their parents killed and have nobody to look after them. I would raise lots of money for the problem and build new towers to show respect.

Here’s a link to the…

map of the country…

picture of the event… 

The URL to my assignment I was working on is:

http://mkis6.edublogs.org/2006/08/22/block-h-homework-23-august-2006/

This URL is the link to the good article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4775103.stm
It is good because peoples lives who were affected by Saddam are now getting more happy because the right thing is happening to him. It will effect the world because this act will make lots of people around the world happy. The activities that are happening to him are that he is going to a jail where he belongs because he has ruined so many people’s lives.

I have learned that the events can’t be 10 years old or very old. They are events that are very current and another name for them is current affairs. A current event can involve communties of any sort. I also learnt that they are just common interests of the public, they also have something to do with places. (Countries etc…)