I read another website on Japanese internment called "Japanese-American Internment Camps". The article talks about the evacuation of the Japanese in American and how they put them into internment camps. One thing that stuck out to me as i was reading was this quote, "What is extremely interesting is that the Nisei and Issei living in Hawaii were not subject to a mass evacuation even though they formed a third of the population in Hawaii and were a lot closer to Japan than the Japanese-Americans on the West Coast of the U.S.", to me its amazing how only certain areas of the US had to evacuate while areas that could potentially be more harmful like Hawaii cause of the attacks at pearl harbor were not evacuated. Many Japanese-Americans were not to blame but all of them were punished. Since things like internment camps have happened in the past its very likely that they could happen again, we just need to do something to prevent history from repeating itself.
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/camp.html
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
# 14
Love is something that can not be measured, love can only be felt with the heart. There are many different kinds of love. Love is not something that can only be between a man and a woman, love can be between friends and family too. I believe the best and truest kind of love is when it comes to you rather you searching for it.
"Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's
called falling in love, because you don't force
yourself to fall, you just fall."
When people search for love, it just ends badly and hurts you in the end. When love seeks you everything seems to fall into place and work out the way it supposed to. A lot of people confuse love with lust. Love and lust are two way different things but sometimes attraction can get in the way of knowing the difference. That kind of love disappears quickly and can only leave you feeling empty and lost. When two people find that they are in love , it is the best feeling in the world. They accept you for who you are, flaws and all. That is the kind of love everyone deserves.
http://www.latestngreatest.net/. Fist quote on the page.
"Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's
called falling in love, because you don't force
yourself to fall, you just fall."
When people search for love, it just ends badly and hurts you in the end. When love seeks you everything seems to fall into place and work out the way it supposed to. A lot of people confuse love with lust. Love and lust are two way different things but sometimes attraction can get in the way of knowing the difference. That kind of love disappears quickly and can only leave you feeling empty and lost. When two people find that they are in love , it is the best feeling in the world. They accept you for who you are, flaws and all. That is the kind of love everyone deserves.
http://www.latestngreatest.net/. Fist quote on the page.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
japanese internment
ARTICLE---
I read an article about japanese internment from an "exploring Japanese internment website" online. The article talked about how the Japanese Americans were put into internment camps because the US didnt know if they were spies from Japan or not , so they put most them into the camos.. "Within hours of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, two American citizens of Japanese ancestry, with no prior history of anti-Americanism, shockingly collaborated with a Japanese soldier against their fellow Hawaiians" explains the author of this article. At the beginning the Japanese were not considered bad but when attacks started happenning on the United States the Japanese turned against the US. The US couldn't trust the Japanese any longer so they decided to take action and lock them up. A lot of the Japanese in the internment camps were innocent but they had no way to prove that they werent spies from Japan so they had to suffer the consequences too. It's sad when things as tragic as this can happen to such a wonderful country.
http://hnn.us/articles/9289.html
I read an article about japanese internment from an "exploring Japanese internment website" online. The article talked about how the Japanese Americans were put into internment camps because the US didnt know if they were spies from Japan or not , so they put most them into the camos.. "Within hours of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, two American citizens of Japanese ancestry, with no prior history of anti-Americanism, shockingly collaborated with a Japanese soldier against their fellow Hawaiians" explains the author of this article. At the beginning the Japanese were not considered bad but when attacks started happenning on the United States the Japanese turned against the US. The US couldn't trust the Japanese any longer so they decided to take action and lock them up. A lot of the Japanese in the internment camps were innocent but they had no way to prove that they werent spies from Japan so they had to suffer the consequences too. It's sad when things as tragic as this can happen to such a wonderful country.
http://hnn.us/articles/9289.html
Sunday, March 15, 2009
# 13
War-
Today I read an article about the continuing war in Afghanistan. The war continues on and the United States is still there fighting trying to keep the Taliban insurgents from coming back full force as well as Al-Qaeda from regaining power.
The specific goals are still uncertain, but the current adminstration is considering trying to talk to the insurgents who are more moderate instead of the extremists in the hopes of some common goals being defined. The goal seems to be to try to discuss resolutions without letting the Taliban back into power and trying to get more citizens involved with the running of their own country.
We have deployed more troops there in recent months with an additional 17,000 being added to the current 38,000 number of troops deployed there right now. The hope is that with more troops there they will at a minimum keep the Taliban from returning. The ideal goal is to have a greater impact on the economic lives of the people living there and restore development, and of course, get the people to take over their own country.
AFT Interview with Defense Secretary Robert Gates 2009 March,10, 2009.
Today I read an article about the continuing war in Afghanistan. The war continues on and the United States is still there fighting trying to keep the Taliban insurgents from coming back full force as well as Al-Qaeda from regaining power.
The specific goals are still uncertain, but the current adminstration is considering trying to talk to the insurgents who are more moderate instead of the extremists in the hopes of some common goals being defined. The goal seems to be to try to discuss resolutions without letting the Taliban back into power and trying to get more citizens involved with the running of their own country.
We have deployed more troops there in recent months with an additional 17,000 being added to the current 38,000 number of troops deployed there right now. The hope is that with more troops there they will at a minimum keep the Taliban from returning. The ideal goal is to have a greater impact on the economic lives of the people living there and restore development, and of course, get the people to take over their own country.
AFT Interview with Defense Secretary Robert Gates 2009 March,10, 2009.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Blog # 10, 11, 12
I decided to do my blog of a holiday on Halloween because it is my favorite holiday. Halloween falls on the 31st of October every year. Like any other holiday, Halloween was passed down through tradition and from generation to generation. Halloween, or the Hallow E'en as they call it in Ireland, means All Hallows Eve, or the night before the 'All Hallows'. In the United States, children wear costumes on Halloween and go trick-or-treating. Many people carve jack-o-lanterns out of pumpkins. Halloween developed from ancient new years festivals and festivals of the dead. In the A.D. 800's, the Christian church made All Saints' Day on Nov. 1 so people could continue celebrating. Other halloween traditions include bobbing for apples, which began in England, and fortune telling. People once believed that ghosts roamed the earth on Halloween. They also thought that all witches met on October 31 to worship the devil. Most people do not believe in ghosts or witches, but these supernatural things remain a symbol of halloween today.
As many of you already know, Darfur is a region in Africa that is dealing with the problem of genocide. Recently, I read about an outbreak of meningitis that is causing thousands of people in Darfur to die. "With no health care providers to give vaccinations, and with no one to manage the meningitis cases when they come, it's really concerning," said Gemma Davies. In this statement Gemma is telling us that there is a big problem in Darfur and they need some honest help. Darfur doesn't have the advantage like us United States citizens do, so they are suffering on a daily basis. Even though they don't have any vaccinations to help, the Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders group is trying to organize a vaccination campaign. We are very fortunate to have trained doctors and physicians to aid to the ill and find cures for all kinds of diseases. Meningitis is a bacterial infection that can cause a headache or fever, then possibly lead to death. This is very much affecting the population of Darfur, along with the genocide that is already happening in that part of the world.
Christopher Columbus is to thank for finding this great country called the United States. He was a Spanish explorer and people thought he was trying to prove the world was round, but this is not true. Most people already knew the earth was round. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship. He set said on August 3, 1492 and made one stop, then sailed on toward the west. After many days, the sailors were ready to turn around and start back home, but he asked for just three more days. Two days later they saw land, which was an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there "Indians". He then continued on and eventually landed on Cuba, then the United States. This relates to colonization because Christopher Columbus seized new land and adapted to new customs and to new surroundings.
As many of you already know, Darfur is a region in Africa that is dealing with the problem of genocide. Recently, I read about an outbreak of meningitis that is causing thousands of people in Darfur to die. "With no health care providers to give vaccinations, and with no one to manage the meningitis cases when they come, it's really concerning," said Gemma Davies. In this statement Gemma is telling us that there is a big problem in Darfur and they need some honest help. Darfur doesn't have the advantage like us United States citizens do, so they are suffering on a daily basis. Even though they don't have any vaccinations to help, the Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders group is trying to organize a vaccination campaign. We are very fortunate to have trained doctors and physicians to aid to the ill and find cures for all kinds of diseases. Meningitis is a bacterial infection that can cause a headache or fever, then possibly lead to death. This is very much affecting the population of Darfur, along with the genocide that is already happening in that part of the world.
Christopher Columbus is to thank for finding this great country called the United States. He was a Spanish explorer and people thought he was trying to prove the world was round, but this is not true. Most people already knew the earth was round. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship. He set said on August 3, 1492 and made one stop, then sailed on toward the west. After many days, the sailors were ready to turn around and start back home, but he asked for just three more days. Two days later they saw land, which was an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there "Indians". He then continued on and eventually landed on Cuba, then the United States. This relates to colonization because Christopher Columbus seized new land and adapted to new customs and to new surroundings.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Bollywood
Today I read an article about bollywood called, Bollywood Confidential.
" The Indian film industry has penetrated into vast, and unlikely, areas of the globe." This quote really stuck with me as I was reading the article. It really shows that Bollywood movies aren't only popular in India but that they are popular in all parts of the world. In the article it also states that " In New York, whenever I get a haircut, I'm confident of getting a discount if the hairdresser is from the former Soviet Union.". This is another quote that really shows how big of an impact Bollywood movies are making. Also these quotes tell the reader how many people love to watch Bollywood because of the singing and dancing and how it portrays reality instead of Hollywoods picture of reality. The movies that the indians produce are about real things in their culture and they sing songs that relate to them. Here in America not all movies are like that and thats why a lot of people tuen to Bollywood movies if they want to watch something real. It's interesting to learn that different countries can make movies that will be popular in not only that country but countries all over the world too.
" The Indian film industry has penetrated into vast, and unlikely, areas of the globe." This quote really stuck with me as I was reading the article. It really shows that Bollywood movies aren't only popular in India but that they are popular in all parts of the world. In the article it also states that " In New York, whenever I get a haircut, I'm confident of getting a discount if the hairdresser is from the former Soviet Union.". This is another quote that really shows how big of an impact Bollywood movies are making. Also these quotes tell the reader how many people love to watch Bollywood because of the singing and dancing and how it portrays reality instead of Hollywoods picture of reality. The movies that the indians produce are about real things in their culture and they sing songs that relate to them. Here in America not all movies are like that and thats why a lot of people tuen to Bollywood movies if they want to watch something real. It's interesting to learn that different countries can make movies that will be popular in not only that country but countries all over the world too.
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