In My Honest Opinion #2
Another California crisis: Unemployment fund facing $7.4 billion deficit
It is sad to me that this flourishing nation of the United States of America is STILL in a huge deficit and continuing to increase in unemployment. It seems that as the most powerful nation is the world to its citizen is far from a world power with the inability to get jobs and make money. The issue of unemployment is something that Americans would never think as one of the biggest issues of the decade. The decrease in employment is continuing to rise as more and more Americans are losing their homes, jobs, and once middle class families are becoming a part of the lower class. It seems that although are nation is struggling to provide jobs to its citizens that we are continuing to donate millions of dollars to other nations and our government is continuing to put their interest in foreign issues.
Although I find that the United States aiding desperate and faltering third world nations we need to spend some time finding a solution to our enormous amount of unemployment. With the unemployment fund growing due to an increase in unemployment they state will have no choice but to pull funds from the school system and other important aspects to citizen’s lives.
Loree Levy, spokeswoman for the state's employment department, “Call it another casualty of California's worst downturn in decades. The grim news for the unemployment fund was laid out in the same report last week that forecast a $20.7 billion deficit in the state's operating budget.”
It seems that our superstar governor no longer is having a star performance as more and more problems arise in California. It is sad to think that my children may not be able to go to a quality university or that my parents may not have a large social security fund. All those years my parents worked may be a wasted due to the lack of government and state ability to fix our current issue with unemployment. I hope that this issue can be resolved and that the state does not continue to take away from important areas such as education and our states infrastructure.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13836894?nclick_check=1
It is sad to me that this flourishing nation of the United States of America is STILL in a huge deficit and continuing to increase in unemployment. It seems that as the most powerful nation is the world to its citizen is far from a world power with the inability to get jobs and make money. The issue of unemployment is something that Americans would never think as one of the biggest issues of the decade. The decrease in employment is continuing to rise as more and more Americans are losing their homes, jobs, and once middle class families are becoming a part of the lower class. It seems that although are nation is struggling to provide jobs to its citizens that we are continuing to donate millions of dollars to other nations and our government is continuing to put their interest in foreign issues.
Although I find that the United States aiding desperate and faltering third world nations we need to spend some time finding a solution to our enormous amount of unemployment. With the unemployment fund growing due to an increase in unemployment they state will have no choice but to pull funds from the school system and other important aspects to citizen’s lives.
Loree Levy, spokeswoman for the state's employment department, “Call it another casualty of California's worst downturn in decades. The grim news for the unemployment fund was laid out in the same report last week that forecast a $20.7 billion deficit in the state's operating budget.”
It seems that our superstar governor no longer is having a star performance as more and more problems arise in California. It is sad to think that my children may not be able to go to a quality university or that my parents may not have a large social security fund. All those years my parents worked may be a wasted due to the lack of government and state ability to fix our current issue with unemployment. I hope that this issue can be resolved and that the state does not continue to take away from important areas such as education and our states infrastructure.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13836894?nclick_check=1
Fish Out of Water
An event that my friends and I attended was a African - American step show which was a very interesting cultural experience. I had never seen a step show in real life the idea I had of a step show was in movies. Many movies such as "Stomp the Yard" and other recent films have incorporated this popular type of event. I had an image of a very competitive dramatic ceremony type of event, because in the movies it is a dramatic and intense scene. In "Stomp the Yard" they have the stage and everyone in the audience is split into their “crews” fans and very serious. When I attended the “step” event at the amphitheatre by the student union it was filled with a majority of African- American fraternity and sorority members. There is a strong African-American cultural fraternity and sorority culture and I witnessed the unique experience they share with this type of dance. The dance was held at the amphitheatre and different “crews” or in this case African-American cultural fraternities performed the step show. This step dance includes five to seven members of the fraternity who do a variety of step moves which look as if they were “stomping” the ground.
They also do a serious of clap moves to incorporate to the stomp moves which make a rhythm. The dance does not have any music, but instead the beat is created by the stomping and clapping. Also, the performers say a series of chants that a majority of the time is about the fraternity they are representing.
I found the experience much different from the movies and more of a bonding experience than a competition. There was cheering from all members’ not just members from a certain fraternity and found it very much a bonding experience. As performers did intense series of the stomping the cheers grew louder. This type of dance is not seen in “pop” culture such as clubs or at my sorority dances so I found it very interesting and a learning experience. As a young teen I was in dance routines for popular types of dance such as jazz, and tap but I have never seen a “step “performance. I would definitely see another “step” performance and recommend others to attend as it is a fun and new experience.
They also do a serious of clap moves to incorporate to the stomp moves which make a rhythm. The dance does not have any music, but instead the beat is created by the stomping and clapping. Also, the performers say a series of chants that a majority of the time is about the fraternity they are representing.
I found the experience much different from the movies and more of a bonding experience than a competition. There was cheering from all members’ not just members from a certain fraternity and found it very much a bonding experience. As performers did intense series of the stomping the cheers grew louder. This type of dance is not seen in “pop” culture such as clubs or at my sorority dances so I found it very interesting and a learning experience. As a young teen I was in dance routines for popular types of dance such as jazz, and tap but I have never seen a “step “performance. I would definitely see another “step” performance and recommend others to attend as it is a fun and new experience.
Word of the Week #10
Word #10
1.Conviviality
2.Seattle Times / Restaurant Review
3.Spinasse: Elbow-to-elbow conviviality at rustic little trattoria
4.friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
5.The active members displayed conviviality as they welcomed their newly intiated sisters into their sorority.
1.Conviviality
2.Seattle Times / Restaurant Review
3.Spinasse: Elbow-to-elbow conviviality at rustic little trattoria
4.friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
5.The active members displayed conviviality as they welcomed their newly intiated sisters into their sorority.
Japanese War Memorial
The Japanese War Memorial although small has a large impact to the Japanese community in San Jose as the memorial stands for a time period in which their culture went through so much. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated the Executive Order 9066 to allow military officials the right to exclude all those of Japanese ancestry from the entire West Coast including : California, Washington, and also parts of Oregon.. The irony of this situation is that more than 120,000 Japanese citizens were interned on the West Coast while in Hawaii where nearly a third of the population is Japanese only 1,200 to 1,800 were interned.
Ruth Asawa chose to capture this time of struggle and cruelty against the Japanese- Americans during the internment period by designing the Japanese Internment Memorial in San Jose. Ruth experienced this difficult period when she was 16, and her family was relocated to the Assembly Center at the Santa Anita Racetrack in 1942 then at Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas. Ruth Asawa describes her experiences impact on her life as she states, “"I hold no hostilities for what happened; I blame no one. Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the Internment, and I like who I am."
In San Jose during the time of internment most of the 3,000 Japanese that lived in the Santa Clara/ San Jose region were sent to Heart Mountain, Wyoming to relocation centers. So this time period definitely had much significance to the people in San Jose and more specifically the Japanese Americans.
One of the vignettes on the memorial that I felt was most compelling was the families being taken away to be relocated on the trains. In this memorial you can see their pain and sadness in leaving their homes and being sent off to a horrible relocation. In the memorial you see family members trying to catch the train with other family members and some not making it. The military would send people on the train with nothing but their luggage and be shipped off to areas such as Wyoming and other far along places.
Another vignette that I found compelling was the soldiers taking these families and forcing them to live and sleep in theses small barracks where there was no room at all. It is a very sad image as you can see the distraught in the eyes of these families. The barracks in the memorial look very small compared to the amount of people going into them. Also, Asawa did a great job in this scene making the soldiers much larger than the Japanese prisoners which exemplifies their tyranny.
Comparing Asawa’s other work to this memorial I felt that it should’ve been bigger in size and more noticeable. Although it is small it has a powerful meaning and truly displays the pain and suffering of those who experienced the Japanese internment camps.
Ruth Asawa chose to capture this time of struggle and cruelty against the Japanese- Americans during the internment period by designing the Japanese Internment Memorial in San Jose. Ruth experienced this difficult period when she was 16, and her family was relocated to the Assembly Center at the Santa Anita Racetrack in 1942 then at Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas. Ruth Asawa describes her experiences impact on her life as she states, “"I hold no hostilities for what happened; I blame no one. Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the Internment, and I like who I am."
In San Jose during the time of internment most of the 3,000 Japanese that lived in the Santa Clara/ San Jose region were sent to Heart Mountain, Wyoming to relocation centers. So this time period definitely had much significance to the people in San Jose and more specifically the Japanese Americans.
One of the vignettes on the memorial that I felt was most compelling was the families being taken away to be relocated on the trains. In this memorial you can see their pain and sadness in leaving their homes and being sent off to a horrible relocation. In the memorial you see family members trying to catch the train with other family members and some not making it. The military would send people on the train with nothing but their luggage and be shipped off to areas such as Wyoming and other far along places.
Another vignette that I found compelling was the soldiers taking these families and forcing them to live and sleep in theses small barracks where there was no room at all. It is a very sad image as you can see the distraught in the eyes of these families. The barracks in the memorial look very small compared to the amount of people going into them. Also, Asawa did a great job in this scene making the soldiers much larger than the Japanese prisoners which exemplifies their tyranny.
Comparing Asawa’s other work to this memorial I felt that it should’ve been bigger in size and more noticeable. Although it is small it has a powerful meaning and truly displays the pain and suffering of those who experienced the Japanese internment camps.
In My Humble Opinion : Iraq Car Bombing Kills 147 : Oct. 26, 2009
Sadly on Sunday October 25, 2009 147 people were killed in a suicide car bombing in Iraq to protest the elections coming up in January 2010. This bombing was a Sadly on Sunday October 25, 2009 147 people were killed in a suicide car bombing in Iraq to protest the elections coming up in January 2010. This bombing was a twin bombing in downtown Bagdad outside the Justice Ministry at a time where politics are tearing apart a national trying to rebuild its torn nation. The bombing killed 147 people and injured an additional 700 people as the deadliest of bombings in the last two years. It is sad to see that as the US finally steps back from the Iraq frontier and handling crisis in Afghanistan the nation falls apart. According to the article, "The new attacks come as Iraqi political leaders face a deadlock over a law to regulate the vote scheduled for Jan. 16. Many Iraqis felt it was no accident that violence returned to their streets at a time when their politicians are at odds." Prime Minister Malikiv visited the sites of the destruction finding an excuse to blame Hussein regime leaders to cause the damages of the ministry.
After years spent in the nation of Iraq it seems that after all the thousands of troops and draining of our treasury for the “improvements” of nation. It seems that our improvements have maybe been a temporary pause to the occurring violence that it has not yet solved the problem. It angers me to see that after all the sacrifices Americans have made to aid the nation of Iraq that they have learned nothing
They continue to disrespect the valiant efforts by the United Sates forces who give their lives for their freedom and safety. Still they want to ruin the reconstruction of the turmoil nation. As the United States drains money from the school systems, and away from health care and watch our own nation suffer. We feed the fund of Iraq and supply it with security and once they feel that it is stable enough to uphold simple security they fall apart. People throwing away their lives due to disagreements and killing hundreds makes for a horrific reality. It is not just the government that needs change it is the people who use violence and anger to not solve problems but escalate them. Thinking that the higher and more destructive the violence the more the power.
After years spent in the nation of Iraq it seems that after all the thousands of troops and draining of our treasury for the “improvements” of nation. It seems that our improvements have maybe been a temporary pause to the occurring violence that it has not yet solved the problem. It angers me to see that after all the sacrifices Americans have made to aid the nation of Iraq that they have learned nothing
They continue to disrespect the valiant efforts by the United Sates forces who give their lives for their freedom and safety. Still they want to ruin the reconstruction of the turmoil nation. As the United States drains money from the school systems, and away from health care and watch our own nation suffer. We feed the fund of Iraq and supply it with security and once they feel that it is stable enough to uphold simple security they fall apart. People throwing away their lives due to disagreements and killing hundreds makes for a horrific reality. It is not just the government that needs change it is the people who use violence and anger to not solve problems but escalate them. Thinking that the higher and more destructive the violence the more the power.
Interview Analysis
The topic for this interview was debating if Christianity is good for the world? The interviewer confronts a difficult topic as religion is always a sensitive topic to many in the world today. As science continues to improve many seem to stop having "faith" and to actual have scientific proof to debate the bible's statements. In the beginning the interviewer built an introduction based upon the basic religious facts and the common atheists beliefs. It built suspense as there was dramatic catholic traditional music in the background and a very serious tone. Also, the interviewer does something interesting as he interviews an atheists and a Christian pastor. That is an interesting strategy as there are now two very different views on the subject with extremely different beliefs. The interviewer asks tough questions that really question each interviewee’s beliefs and facts which make the interview much more interesting. The interviewer has a very professional relationship with the interviewee and never went out on tangents or out of control but very much stuck to his questions.
He let both answer the questions from their points of view which also made it much more appealing as both compared answers with their facts. I learned that there is actually a strategy to interviewing and almost framing the interview to how you want it. This interview for example was to clearly display the difference between common religious beliefs and common atheist’s beliefs. With choosing interviewees with different opinions you can make the interview framed to get your point across or to prove how different two sides are. I found this interview to be very helpful as it was well composed and well attained as neither interviewee was arguing or out of control even though there were so opposite.
He let both answer the questions from their points of view which also made it much more appealing as both compared answers with their facts. I learned that there is actually a strategy to interviewing and almost framing the interview to how you want it. This interview for example was to clearly display the difference between common religious beliefs and common atheist’s beliefs. With choosing interviewees with different opinions you can make the interview framed to get your point across or to prove how different two sides are. I found this interview to be very helpful as it was well composed and well attained as neither interviewee was arguing or out of control even though there were so opposite.
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