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In recent years there has been greater use of the Internet to affect social change. From the Arab Spring to micro bloggers in China, people have begun using the Internet to make their individual voices heard and provide a venue for discussion and change. Governments are beginning to look at this and see it as a threat or concern for their rule. What are your thoughts or opinions on this topic? Is this a positive aspect of use of the Internet or does it cause unnecessary problems? Should governments be able to "shut down" the Internet to keep order? Spend 10-15 min writing on this topic.
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04/02/2012

In my own opinion if the government feels threatened or concerned by the actions of their own people that's saying that they don't trust their people, their society. A government should feel safe with it's own people and not worry, if they are a together and not broken apart they shouldn't worry about influence of the internet. And I think everyone has the right to voice their own opinions without worrying about the government throwing them in jail because they spoke up. I think having a choice of voicing your opinion is a positive thing, maybe sometimes they cause problems, but I think it's problems that are needed to be discussed and not ignored by everyone and society itself. If the government feels the need to shut down the internet, I would say that is impossible, Because the internet is everywhere by now, even if they ban a website or a media site, the government having power to shut down the internet is but a dream to them, even if they do it, the people will not stand for it. And I still think that the voices of the people will be heard, the people will not be silenced. They will speak up, they will be heard, and their words will have effects. Everything changes, don't fear it, embrace it. be opened to what society says don't be narrow minded, always have an open mind to anything that happens and be positive.

The first permanent movie theater opened on this day in 1902 in Los Angeles. What is your all-time favorite movie and why?
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04/03/2012

When I think about movies there's always a movie that comes to mind, Nightmare Before Christmas. It's a fun movie with a twist, I like movies that are fun yet somehow a bit creepy. I love Tim Barton movies, he always knows how to keep an audience on their feet waiting for a moment they want. another movie that he made that's simliar to Nightmare Before Christmas is Corpse Bride. Tim Barton movies always mostly are about imaginary things, and I love that about the movies. There should always be imagination when making a movie or else I think it'll be dull. Nightmare Before Christmas is about a skeleton named Jack, he's the main character of it. He's the pumpkin king in the movie, he always has to be creepy and mean but yet Jack couldn't help but think something is missing, and he goes on thinking about what is it, what's missing. My favorite part about the movie would be the singing and dancing, I just love a good show.

On April 11, 1968, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. This act protected the rights of people, including African-Americans and women. Do you think it’s important for all people to be treated equally? Why or why not?
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04/05/2012

I think it's very important that everyone has the same rights as everyone else. When President Johnson signed the Civil Rights act I was very pleased that African-Americans and women could have the same rights as men, they were finally equal. In my opinion everyone should have the same rights no one should be treated differently than anyone else. When women were treated like housewives and maids only, I thought that was a degrading state for them as they weren't allowed to work the same jobs as men and had no right to, So when the Civil Rights Act was signed women are now equal to men and could even achieve more than men nowadays. Before Civil Rights Act was signed African-Americans were treated badly and couldn't work the same job as a " White Man " could work, they were treated worse than dirt and had to work horrible jobs. But after the signing they had a choice to where they work, how they were treated and what they wanted to do. So I believe that the Signing had a important role to how the world is now and how it changed from before.

In 1936, Henry Ford established the Ford Foundation. This organization supports a variety of causes, including artistic and educational programs. If you were able to create your charitable foundation, what type of foundation would it be and who would you help?
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04/06/2012

If I were to create a foundation, first thing I would look into is what kinds are there, and what do they contribute to others. They are many foundations nowadays. But if I had to create one I would probably create a foundation that would help the hungry and the starved, people may think that everyone's okay and have a roof on their head and eat well, but that is far from the truth if you did some research you'd see that there is still many people still suffering from hunger and need help. For example if you were to look up Africa their should be quite a good amount of articles and pictures to prove to you that they still suffer from hunger and starvation. So mainly my foundation would help Africa but I still want to help others who are suffering from hunger and starvation all around the world and I hope I can. If not I'll try my best to help anyone I can. You should also look into helping a charity that is near, you never know maybe in your own area there's people hungry and starved and you maybe the one who can help them.

Second Week

04/10/2012

Games, are they good or bad ?

Games in general are not bad to play, but the issue nowadays is video games. Are video games dangerous ?. what do you think ?. well if you ask that question to a group of people the answer will be colorful as the rainbow. You would get a yes here, a no there and even some maybe's would probably occur, but if you think about it video games aren't dangerous though, but the thing is on how long do you play the video game, is the video rated M for mature, then the answer will be different. In my opinion I think video games aren't dangerous but you need to be careful, I myself am a gamer, I love to play games. I play a variety of games but I love shooting games because they relieve my stress from the day. Some of my friends are gamer's too but they choose to play games on the internet, most of games nowadays are played on the P.C itself. I enjoy any kind of games and I don't just essentially limit myself to video games, I do play others like UNO with my family and friends, and I play a lot of board games like Monopoly and Life. games are only a way to spend time and have fun. How about you ?, do play games?, if so I hope you don't take it to seriously or you'll probably end up addicted.

04/11/2012

Water, do you drink it ?

Nowadays water is not really everyone drinks. Everyone likes to drink caffeine and don't even bother with water anymore. All that they drink is coffee, fizzy drinks and vitamin water, but that's because most of people now are always in a rush and need energy to stay awake. So basically everyone just drinks coffee in the morning instead of a glass of water. I mean a person who goes to university would choose the coffee over the water to stay awake in class, the bus driver would have something with caffeine to wake up. I myself would prefer something sweet yet sour like orange juice in the morning, when you ask someone what they drink most of the answers would be either juice or pop drinks. the people that drink water are mostly that are on diets, but on the bright side everyone now are on diets. People are worried about their health, and that's a good thing. Your health is the most important thing, that's what I think myself. Almost everyone cares about their health, so that's why they should drink more water. I hope everyone tries to drink a bit more water than their used to, even one cup makes a difference.

04/12/2012

Technology

When taking about technology, the thing you'd think about would probably be computers. Computers are one of the most bought items, everyone has one in the 21th century. there's many different types of computers, there's also laptops which is used by mostly everyone now, because everyone is on the go. Other things that everyone may have would probably be an Ipod or an Iphone, Apple products are well known in the past few years. Iphones are bought because mainly everyone wants one, they want to have Application that the Iphone offers. Since most applications are free from App Store which is something that apple thought of as well, Apple products are everywhere nowadays. There's also other things from phones the smart phone and more. For example; galaxy tab, nokia and sony ericsson are all known designs. Don't forget camara's, from nikon to canon everyone has a digitial camara today. Everyone takes pictures and videos these days. Also television, like plasma, and LG ones all offered in high definition.

04/14/2012

Managing time

Managing time could be very hard for some people, because it's a schedule you have to fallow basically everyday. What most of the people do is learn from a young age or begin to practice. The first thing you do when trying to mange your time is to have goals. So when you choose to do a task, you need to set when it needs to be done, and figure out how you can do it. You need to have a good sleeping pattern because if you oversleep it's possible that your hole schedule will be ruined. Make sure you eat or you will have no energy to go through with what you set to do, and probably end up not doing it. Time management is important in these days, it's because everyone is in a hurry and want things done. You should have a little treat for yourself that way you get enough encouragement, and fallow through. I hope everyone can manage their time because it is important to get things done and not do it too late.

04/17/2012

Hobbies

Hobbies is something that people like to do when they have free time. There are many different hobbies in these times, they can be from sports to arts. Some prefer psychical contact when practicing their sports, because they want to vent out steam. Others like the more spiritual hobbies, like writing poetry, writing journals or even drawing and painting. But the main thing about hobbies that they are to be enjoyed, no hobby should feel like something that causes stress. Even if they do cause stress they should let you feel greater accomplished when it is done. I myself like both sports and writing some poetry, but it always depends on my mood and how much do I have to get done that day.Everyone has a different definition for hobbies, mine is it's something that I do to have fun. To everyone else it's probably just something to do to keep your mind off things. What does it mean to you?, something fun?, free time?, Hope you figure that out yourself.

04/18/2012

Fashion

Fashion in the old days didn't really exist, but people still did dress in a certain way. " Fashion " was considered to be something that everyone wears and who follows is fashionable, and if you didn't follow they fashion trends you'd be an outcast. But fashion today changed greatly, it's okay to be different now, it's actually more favorable to be different. When being different in fashion, you can wear anything you want, it's about making a statement when wearing it,say you are wearing bright colorful colors, it means your happy. When you want to be different don't be afraid, wear what you want, don't hide behind shyness. Anyone can wear what they want now, thought there is still some people who may disagree to what you wear, but there's still people who do what they want no matter what happens, or what the world say they still stick with what they choose.

04/20/2012

Music

In the old times, music was something totally different. Music was played only by a hand full of people, people had to have talent and money to actually get an album out. There was always a lot of poor people who had talent, yet they were poor so they couldn't do much. Music had many genre's but Blues were the most played, mostly because many of the people who had no money would sing the blues. But in these times has changed greatly, music today has many genre's like pop, techno, dubstep, rock and even rap. The way things work changed as well, more people who have no money can be scouted by managers, there's also companies who would look at someone's demo tape. But the one that that music will never have back is the hard work and pride that went into it. I would advice anyone who would like to go into the music business to never lose themselves and sell out to a company, always be true to yourself.

04/21/2012

Travel

Traveling has changed from the prior times, in prior time no one could travel long miles. all transportation was limited, like their was people who would travel by riding a horse or a camel before the invention of the car. When the car was invented people could travel further and be a bit more comfortable, but there was also the invention of the train which made everyone else rest while the train. Also there was the invention of ship, which made it possible to travel by sea and visit other countries which were further. The last invention that made travelling easy was the airplane, it made traveling from one place to another really easy. You can now travel from the middle east to america in hours instead of months and maybe even a year worth of time. If you would travel I would recommend you to travel my plane, it's the most convenient way to travel.

04/24/2012

First time on a bicycler

I remember back when I was about 12 where I couldn't drive a bike, I had to use training wheels. Since I couldn't ride a bike I mostly used a ride a scooter but I still couldn't catch up with the others who rode a bike. I remember the first time when my cousin taught me how to ride a bike, his bike was silver with a blue stool. I was afraid to get on because I thought I'd fall off, but as soon as I got on I noticed I could reach the ground so I was a bit more relaxed. We started with me getting on the bike and pedaling without falling, he held the back of the bike and said he wouldn't let go. After a while I asked him to let go, and he did I didn't fall down but I was wobbly for about a second or two. After a minute I gained full control of the bike and knew how to ride one, I still enjoy this memory and hope that everyone gets a chance to ride a bike at least once.

04/25/2012

Living in the dorms

When I started living the dorms I didn't really have any expectations. From day one I found out I had more things in stored for me then I thought. I had moved into the room and I noticed that the bed is in a higher place than I can reach. I went down to the office downstairs and they said maintenance would come by tomorrow and lower it for me, I felt I couldn't do more so I left.After a bit it got dark and I wanted to sleep, but I noticed I couldn't really sleep because the bed was upper leveled and I didn't have a ladder or anything to get to the bed, so I went back downstairs telling them I can't sleep and how it was too high and I couldn't climb on the desk and my foot was injured. The final result was that I could move out of the room and get a normal bed, I agreed seeing I just wanted to sleep and be comfortable. After moving again to the new room I thanked the Residential Assistant and finally went to sleep. I'd advice everyone to check where they are going to live before moving in and unpack.

04/26/2012

Skype

Skype is a program used for keeping in touch with family and friends. Skype is a program used everywhere and at all times these days. It used from people who are traveling to people who are staying an a country, and even people who like to make free calls. Skype is well known to everyone to the world and is used globally, I myself use it to talk to my family and friends. It's very easy to use and free of cost as long as you have internet, but there are some use's that you can't use like conference call without paying and subscribing to it. It's mostly used when people are traveling a long period of time, they use it to keep in touch since it's the most known, and can be used everywhere. I would advise everyone to use Skype if you are traveling and want to keep in touch, but if you know another program I hope it's easy to use as Skype is.

04/28/2012

Google Google is a search engine online. Google is the most used of all search engine's on the internet, it is easy and fast to use. You can search keywords on it with ease. There's also many other feature's like Translating, images, maps, calenders and now youtube too. Translating feature is very easy to use and can translate basically from any language. images and maps are a nice feature which allows you to look up pictures for something you want, the maps are now used to see a place with clarity. I hope everyone enjoy's using Google, it's a wonderful search engine that makes everything simple. You can use Google to find information but don't forget that using a book may also be better, so don't forget to crack a book every once and a while.

05/02/2012

Comedy

Comedy is known as being funny, there are many things to be considered when you think of comedy. But the main thing about it, is to make someone laugh, meaning being funny. Comedy can be seen on the street from performers, or on television or even on the internet. I myself love comedy, I find it as something to relieve stress. If you ever feel sad or stressful. Doctors say laughing can add time to your life, so it's okay to burst out laughing every once in a while. My advice to everyone is to watch a bit of comedy when they can, it can do wonders.

05/03/2012 Internet Meme's An Internet meme is something that is known from either known videos, pictures or even a word or phrase. A famous one is " Like A Boss ", that was taken from a video on youtube that was a music video. It can stay the same or change with time, the phrase can be added to GIFS or even edited photo's. The most known meme's are Rage Comics they are comics with any emotion or reaction, " Forever Alone " is a meme, where a person is alone and without friends or any partner. Meme's are spreading like wild fire in these times, because everyone uses the internet and browse. I myself enjoy them and find them fun in your free time. I would like to suggest you search for a meme you would regret it.

5/4/2012

Jeans

Jeans are trousers made from denim. Some of the earliest American blue jeans were made by Jacob Davis, Calvin Rogers, and Levi Strauss in 1873. Starting in the 1950s, jeans, originally designed for cowboys, became popular among teenagers. Historic brands include Levi's, Lee, and Wrangler. Jeans come in various fits, including skinny, tapered, straight, boot cut, Mommy-cut, maternity, and flare. J eans are now a very popular form of casual dress around the world, and have been so for decades. They come in many styles and colors; however, "blue jeans" are particularly identified with American culture, especially the American Old West.

5/5/2012

Knowledge

Knowledge can be the strongest weapon, it all depends on how you use it. For the longest time now it was decided that knowledge is important to everyone. It's very important that it's available for everyone, and not limited to few. In the past Knowledge wasn't easy to achieve, everyone had to study abroad or had to have wealth to even try to own it. I think everyone should have the chance to attain knowledge, even if they are poor they should have a chance. I hope that everyone in the future can attain it, even if they have to suffer, I think knowledge really is power.

5/8/2012

Winter

Winter is the coldest season of all four seasons. The four seasons are Spring, Fall, Winter and Summer, winter is known for it's cold weather and snow. The time for winter to occur between autumn and spring, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses. The most famous celebration for American's in winter is Christ Mas, and it's the most known globally. I myself prefer winter over all the others seasons, it's the most relaxing season to me. My advice if winter is to ever happen, I suggest you go outside and talk a walk, cold air is really re-refreshing.

5/9/2012

Facebook

Facebook is a social network service, it's basically for people to meet other people online. It was launched in Feb of 2004, Users have to join/register before using the site, meaning you have to create a profile for yourself. A person can add friends, use the chat and they can get notifications for any groups or application that they joined. You can make your profile private, that way no one can see your information without being someone you have on your friend list. The user base has greatly expanded by the year 2012, now there's over millions that have joined Facebook. If you like to keep in touch with friends, or make new friends I suggest using Facebook.

5/10/2012

The Arabian Night

Today there was an event held by The Arabian Night, it was a great and entertaining event.It was about the Arab cultures, although it was short I still liked that they put the effort into doing it. I saw many people there from teachers and friends, and the show was sold out as well! I'm glad I bought a ticket and went there, it was a nice experience. The food was sensational and mouth watering. They ended the event with music from the band Salaam, there was also a dance that they preformed called Debka. If you have time, I highly recommend you go, it's not expensive at all, and it's an amazing to experience.

5/12/2012

There was an event today, it was near Gam Hall, it was called Plant a flower. It's where you can come and plant a flower in a pot, and could take it home and take care of it. You could also play with bubbles with everyone else, which was fun since they had a verity of bubbles. There was also chalk where you could draw on the building or ground, it can be removed so that's why chalk was used. Face painting was available too but not many got to do it. If you have time, next time hope you can go and enjoy the sun and the company.

5/14/2012

Junk food is an informal term for food that is of little nutritional value and often high in fat, sugar, or calories. Junk foods contains high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins or minerals or none at all. Junk food is basically anything with no health nitrites a few examples are salted snack foods, gum, candy, sweet desserts, fried fast food, and carbonated beverages. A lot of people eat Junk food because it tastes good, if you eat it too much you will gain weight since it's all fat and sugar. If you love Junk food eating a bit is okay, but eating too much can affect your health.

5/15/2012

The Internet is a worldwide collection of computer networks, cooperating with each other to exchange data using a common software to function. Internet was created in the 1950's it was trough telephone wires and satellite links that allowed us to use it. The internet is now a famous invention and used by many people, it's used by more than a few countries. It's uses of it have increased greatly, but there is still some people who use it for bad causes, such as hacking. I hope in the future that the internet won't be used to exploit other people's privacy

5/16/2012

The main ingredients of Mexican foods are typically corn and b eans. Corn is used to make something called masa, a dough for tamales, tortillas,and nachos and many other corn-based foods. Mexican food is known for being spicy as well as it uses chili peppers are also prominent in Mexican cuisine. Mexican cuisine is considered one of the most varied in world. I advice people who can't handle spicy food not to try the cuisine without knowing what it is, or you will be very regretful.

5/21/2012

05/21/2012

K-pop

K-pop is known as Korean pop, it's not so famous in the united states, but it still has it's popularity. Korean pop is very pleasant to hear, it's quite different since it can involve, pop, dance, hip hop and even R&B. It isn't restricted to one genre. K-pop has grown greatly from when it started, it's not unusual to find people who aren't Korean who are fans, fans can be from different ages, from pre-teens, teens and even adults. It will keep on growing since the media from all around the world keeps reporting it and it keeps sharing information. I hope in the future that K-pop will be known worldwide and grows even more.

05/22/2012

Time

Time is very important, how you use it may cause magnificent things or minor events. Everyone says " Time Is Money " meaning time is valuable as money, and you can gain it, or lose it. How you spend your time maybe the issue with young people nowadays, because everyone use's excuses to waste time but never to gain it. Making time important can either make you or ruin you. Everyone is different, how you spend your time is your own choice. My advice for people who don't know how to manage it though, is to take notice of what you are doing, and write it down that'll make a huge difference.

05/23/2012

Islam

Islam is a religion that is open to everyone, you are not forced to join it's a choice. Islam is a loving religion it teaches you forgiveness, humility, tenderness and pushes away false beliefs. Islam is one of the largest religions that people believe in, it keeps growing. Some people have a false belief that Islam gives too many rules, but if you think of the rules that you think are too restricting, you should think of what happens if you fallow them. My wish is that everyone would re-search about it before thinking false accusations. I love my religion and wish I could talk about it more.

05/24/2012 Laptop

Laptops are portable computers. They were created or the idea for them was in the 70's, it was still a dream that you can use computers, but they had the idea of portable computers. Although it was no more than an idea, it still kept progressing. Nowadays laptops are everywhere, many people prefer using it, for example for business , art or just for the sake of having it with you. There's many designs today, you can choose what you are comfortable with, there's even ones that are used for spesifc reasons, business or even gaming laptops. I advice everyone to look at the qualities of a laptop before buying one, you never know what they have to offer.