Blog Feed
Blog Post #2: Curfew
Frank DiCicco voted for curfew. In 2010, he stated the reason he votes for curfew is because of Flashmobs from teenagers. He said that it has created fear for residents and something needed to be done. On September 22, 2011, Nutter announced the new curfew for minors. My legislator is arguing something different from me. I am against the curfew. Now that I think of it, I am not against it. But I would like for the government to realize that there are minors that work after school. Here is a link to the document that was made to make sure the curfew was definite:
Blog Post #2: Curfew
Frank DiCicco voted for curfew. In 2010, he stated the reason he votes for curfew is because of Flashmobs from teenagers. He said that it has created fear for residents and something needed to be done. On September 22, 2011, Nutter announced the new curfew for minors. My legislator is arguing something different from me. I am against the curfew. Now that I think of it, I am not against it. But I would like for the government to realize that there are minors that work after school. Here is a link to the document that was made to make sure the curfew was definite:
Lobbying for funding for Philadelphia After school programs: Blog post #2
Congressman Robert Brady and Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. are two of the several political leaders that represent me and can, quite possibly, support my lobbying case.
Robert Brady is Philadelphia's congressman. He represents us, District 1 (the city of Philadelphia) in the house of representative. He was born and raised in Philadelphia. Later in his life he became a carpenter and joined both the Carpenter's union and the teacher's union. His main priorities are to defend the rights of veteran officials and other members of the armed forces. Despite his emphasis towards the rights of soldiers, he is pushing to withdrawal American soldiers from Afghanistan. Some of his other priorities directed towards making more laws for the development of Philadelphia and helping people with low economic income. He also supports laws that supply Americans with quality healthcare and prescription drugs.
Senator Robert P. Casey Jr is an advocate for the state of Pennsylvania in the Senate. His main goals are to create laws that will better our economy, raise employment rates in America, and benefit the children in the same. In the past, he has supported laws that have covered more than 14 million children in America with health care and that work to raise business tax cuts in order to raise the rate of employment in the U.S. He also supports America's economy and pushed to make it stable. An example of this is his opposition to China's devaluation of its currency,which raises the unemployment rate in America. He wants to help stabilize our economy.
I feel like both of these political leaders share something in common with me. Robert Brady and I are alike because we were both born and raised in Philadelphia and feel a strong need to help those less fortunate then us. Senator Robert P. Casey Jr and I are similar because we both support the rights of children and want to make conditions better for them in America.
I feel like Senator Robert P. Casey Jr will be more likely to support my lobbying case because he is more concerned with the rights of children than congressman Brady is. Congressman's Brady's interest's are concentrated more broadly on the rights of the citizens of Philadelphia in general, and not specifically of the children of Philadelphia. Congressman Brady might also support my lobbying case, as he works to help people with disadvantages. Some students in Philadelphia are at a disadvantage because of where they live- they feel unsafe in their own neighborhoods. This is what has compelled me to support after school programs in Philadelphia public schools. It might also compel Congressman Brady in the same way.
Sources:
http://casey.senate.gov/about/biography/
http://www.brady.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=40§iontree=6,40Net Neutrality - Blog post #2
Robert Brady has served seven terms, and is currently serving his eighth term as the Representative of Pennslyvania's first Congressional district. Robert Brady has consistently earned high marks ("A" or 100 percent, depending on the grading system) from every national human rights organization that scores Congress. Robert Brady is a huge advocate for improving the quality of life for financially disadvantaged people, as well as the well being of veterans. In addition, he voted no on H J Res 37, a bill intended to stop the FCC from enforcing rules that would keep the internet a free place, which supports my cause.
Robert Casey Jr has been a Pennsylvania senator since 2007. He's very interested in the U.S job market. He's made many pushes to give tax breaks to small companies, and eliminate tax incentives for large companies to send U.S jobs overseas. He is also a huge supporter of future generations, and is an avid advocate for child education and child care. He voted yes on S Amdt 3907, an amendment to a bill that prevented telecommunication providers from performing surveillance on their consumers through the services they provided. This is another key point in net neutrality, that internet service providers cannot do anything with the information sent through their service unless it violates a law/terms of service.
Lastly, Patrick Toomey, even though he was elected to the first Congressional district of Pennsylvania just this year, he had previously served the fifteenth Congressional district of Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2004. He is very interested in improving the economy, and as such serves on many boards and committees regarding the economy. He voted yes on H.R.3709, a bill that prevents local and state governments from taxing internet access for another five years. Even if it's not the most related bill to net neutrality, it does illustrate some interest in maintaining internet accessibility, one of the founding principles of net neutrality.
Although it seems that net neutrality is on the back burner of legislation, based on these voting records, I think it's fair to say that they would all be in support of net neutrality, or at the very least neutral.
AdlowitzE2BM
3. I learned how to conjugate better in the past tense and about other people's summers.
4. I feel like I understood it really well from the get go. I feel like I moved forward a lot more once I sat down with my step dad to find pictures from previous summers.
5. I would look for more pictures of past summers and use a lot more descriptions.
6. I enjoyed this project a lot. It helped me learn something I wasn't very good at (past tense conjugations) and it felt like a good, and laid back way to help me learn spanish.
Bike paths lobbying-Blog #2
The second step to my lobbying topic is to find out the State representative regarding to my topic. My representative is also the representative of the State of Philadelphia Traffic Court. The representative for the Philadelphia Traffic Court is FRANK DICICCO, along with seven traffic court judges.
Frank Dicicco councilman is currently serving as a Philadelphia’s First District City Councilman. Dicicco started out his life resident in South Philadelphia and his career began at Philadelphia Traffic during the year of 1967. After 1986 Dicicco left Traffic Court and became a Budget Analyst for the Pennsylvania State Senate. However, in 1990, Frank Dicicco advises his skills to bear as the “Deputy Director of Special Investigations for the Philadelphia City Controller.” But after 1993, Decicco decided to return to Philadelphia Traffic Court and work as an Administrator, which he then run for the First District City Council. Dicicco is now working for the Philadelphia district 1 and the founding of Philadelphia.
During
November 18, 2009 Councilman DiCicco introduced a Bill regarding to bikers and vehicle in Philadelphia. The bill is
basically states for riding safety purposes and to recognize more laws in
Philadelphia/Pennsylvania that is relating to double wheels vehicle. Dicicco
and other council members are working together to enforce more laws as well as
rights for the bikers out there in Philadelphia.
Q1 BM spanish Max Amar-Olkus
I used the research part of the core values in this project when I needed to look up a word or conjugation. I used the inquiry value when i asked questions about this project. I used the collaboration part when I peer edited to improve my project. When I did the voiceover i used the presentation value. I am doing the refection part of the core values right now.
I learned about conjugation in the past tense for normal verbs and even some irregular verbs. I also learned more about imovie.
If i could do anything differently, I would add more pictures.
I enjoyed this project because I got to look through pictures from past summers.
Spanish Lesson (Anita Hutchins & Maribel Kang)
What if you were placed in a situation where you had to ask for the time in Spanish or someone who only spoke Spanish asked you for the time? Here is what you would need to know:
1.What time is it?(English)=¿Que hora es?(Spanish)
2.
If the hour is 1, say "es la".
If the hour is 2-12, say "son las".
1:00=Es la una. 3:00=Son las tres. 5:00=Son las cinco.
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Movie%20on%2010-28-11%20at%2012.32%20PM.mov?w=d25ef6b7
3.
If the minutes are 1-30, say "y" between the hour and minutes.
If the minutes are 31-59, state the hour ahead. Then, say "menos". Finally, say how minutes there are until the next hour.
2:12=Son las dos y doce. 7:36=Son las ocho menos veinticuatro.
Additional Information:
-If the hour is 1, say "una" instead of "uno".
-If the hour is on the dot, say "en punto" after the hour.
7:00=Son las siete en punto.
-Cuarto=15
3:15=Son las tres y cuarto. 3:45=Son las cuatro menos cuarto.
-Media=30
7:30=Son las siete y media.
If you want to start, then end a conversation with a Spanish-speaking person, what would you need to know?
1.Openers
-¡Hola!= Hi
-¡Buenos Dias!= Good Morning
-¡Buenas Tardes!= Good Afternoon
-¡Buenas Noches!= Good Night
2.How are you?
-¿Como estas? (informal)
-¿Como esta usted? (formal)
-¿Como estan ustedes? (plural)
3.Responses to “How are you?”
-Feliz= Happy
-Bien/Regular= OK
-Mal/Horrible= Bad/Poorly
-Mas o menos= So so
4.Farewells
-Adios= Goodbye (Generic)
-Chao= Goodbye (Slang)
-Hasta luego= See you later.
-Hasta manana= See you tomorrow.
-Mucho gusto= Nice to meet you.
-Un placer= It’s a pleasure.
-Encantada/o= Charmed.
If you want to be friendly with a Spanish-speaking person, what terms do you need to know?
-Gracias. = Thank you.
-Muchas Gracias. = Thanks a lot.
-Mil Gracias. = Thanks a million.
-De nada. = You’re welcome.
-Por favor. = Please.
-Con permiso. (when someone’s standing in your way)= Excuse me.
-Disculpe. (to get someone’s attention)= Excuse me.
-Perdon. (if you accidently bump into someone)= Excuse me.
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Movie%20on%2010-28-11%20at%2012.41%20PM%20%232.mov?w=7fe47089
If you want a basic conversation with someone new that speaks Spanish, what questions would you want ask? How do you respond to these questions?
Basic Conversation Questions
What is your name? = ¿Como te llamas? (informal), ¿Como se llama? (formal)
Where do live? = ¿De donde eres?
How old are you? = ¿Cuanto anos tienes?
Basic Conversation Answers
Me llamo es… = My name is…
Soy de (blank) pero vivo en Filadelfia = I am from (blank) but live in Philadelphia.
Yo tengo (#) anos = I am (#) years old.
Lobbying Blog Post #2
Philadelphia City Officials
State Representative Tom Murt
State Representative Dennis O’Brien
State Representative John Taylor
City Council Brian O’Neill C
City Council Jack Kelly
City Council Frank Rizzo
City Commisioner Joseph Duda
Anna C. Verna, who is the president of the city council, became the first women in Philadelphia’s 300-year history to become the president of the city council. Verna is a one of the supports of tax reductions She always been a supporter of wage and business tax reductions and committed to public services. Anna C. Verna represents the 2nd district in Philadelphia. According to Philadelphia’s City Council page, it claims Anna C. Verna fought for $6,000,000 in funding in the city’s operating budget for 100 more police officers and supports the idea of curfew. In December 2006, the council passed a bill that she strongly supported calling for $30,000,000 of the city’s surplus to be set aside for recreation, police and fire facilities. She’s going to make sure there is also money to improve public education.
¿Dónde están mis diacríticos?
Photosynthesis song (Remix to Marvins Room)
Ryan Francis Lobbying Topic #1
In the city of Philadelphia, the percentage of African American males & females incarcerated is gradually climbing. 70% of the inmates in Pennsylvania on death row are of african-american decent, and there are roughly 85,000 people in this state alone jailed. 50% of them Are african american. The topic I chose to Lobby is the african american incarceration rate. (In the chart below, you can see the incarceration rate by typical race)
The reason I wanted to research, and monitor this topic is because Ive been involved in some of the movements to change it, such as the Saving Our Boys seminar, the Think & Grow Rich conference, Daddy University, and the Young Men's Conference. The purpose of these events/conferences was to reach young boys between the ages of 10-17 to connect them positive adult leaders who could push them in a positive direction, to keep them from becoming lost to the jail system and the dangers of the streets.
So far, in Philadelphia, people have been planning and establishing these events at different locations such as Benjamin Franklin High School, the School District Building, even at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Some of the people involved are Howard John of C.E.O. of S.E.I.L. (Success through Education, Inspiration and Leadership), Michele Lawrence, of Call me KING, and Michele Jackson of Positive Impact. Each of these leaders has helped empower the young african americans around the city if Philadelphia with knowledge and drive to achieve new heights in their lives.
There are not really any people opposing it, but a lot of people promote, and accept it. The main point of this topic is to show the change that is proposed to fix the incarceration rate of african Americans, & for people to see the movement that is happening within the community. There is no pending legislation, but there needs to be some type of Law that fixates to not only the black community, but teens at a whole to keep them from getting in trouble, or there needs to be some rally to get teens into doing positive things and staying out of trouble to keep them from BEING incarcerated.
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes/
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/keystone.shtml
http://about.me/howardrjean
http://www.daddyuniv.com/
http://www.clemson.edu/hehd/departments/education/research-service/callmemister/
Hola mi amigo!(Days of the week in Spanish)
How to say proper greetings en Spanish
The
first thing you need know before you can speak Spanish is how to say your
greetings. You can’t just talk to someone in Spanish unless you know your
greetings! This is why I wrote this topic. The first thing you need to know is
how to say hello, and Good morning/afternoon/evening, in Spanish. Then, you
will learn to say, “how are you?” to someone, and how to reply back. Lastly,
you will learn how to say your goodbyes in Spanish.
Kevans span bmark 2011
Spanish Survival Guide:
Joseph Tartaglia spanish Bench mark
2. I don't know how to answer that i really didn't use any.
3. I learned that you can relive the past with photographs.
4. I was proud of myself when i finish my voice over and descirption
5. I would change the design
6. I did enjoy this because i got to see old pictures of the good old days.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12879970/mike%20myers%20spanish%20project.flv
Mi Verano Pasado Maggie Hohenstein
-I used Inquiry by explaining what I did over the summer therefore answering the question “Que hice el verano?” I used research but finding our information from my parents about what we’ve done in past summers and looking through old photo albums to find pictures that I could use. I used collaboration but helping others with their project and getting help on mine. I used presentation by putting everything onto an imovie so that it can be easily shown to other people. I also used reflection by filling out this last part of the project.
-I learned that writing out full sentences with limited vocabulary is really hard and it’s really important to remember everything you can.
-I had a break through when I found pictures of my trips to my uncle's house in Chinquotegue. It gave me a lot to say and made it possible to have so many pictures.
-I would use more pictures for each description so that it was more of a collage and it is more interesting to look at.
-I did not because it was the same thing again and again. You just kept going through the same process for a lot of pictures.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44524619/My%20First%20Project%20-%20Medium.m4v
Mi Intersante Verano
·
Explain this project in your own
words. (the mission, etc.)
The mission of this project was to talk about what we did over
the summer using past tense.
·
How did you apply the SLA core
values to your project?
I think I applied the SLA core values by asking my friends for
help, helping them with their project, and asking my teacher for help.
·
What did you learn through
completing this project?
I learned how to say what I did last summer. I learned how to
tell the reader/ viewer what I did.
·
Think back to your process in
completing this project. Did you have any major break-throughs or a
moment where everything started clicking? Or maybe instead everything
fell apart?
At first I thought it was going to be cake. I started lacking
but then I realize that it wasn’t as easy as I thought.
·
If you had the opportunity to
start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?
I would do a collage which is what I was going to originally do
but I ran out of time.
·
Did you enjoy this project? Why
or why not?
I did at first but then after a while it started to annoy me
because I started overthinking about it. By the end I liked it again.
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/My%20First%20Project%20-%20Medium.m4v?w=7f2d59fd
Mi verano vacaciones
I asked myself what pictures, I wanted to use and how I wanted to present my project.
I did learn a better understanding of some of the words I was unfamiliar with.
At first I dint know how to do the project but I as I reviewed through it again, it started to click in my head what I had to do.
If I could do this project all over again I'd use a different vacation than the one from last year.
I didn't enjoy this project because I had a very hard time pronouncing the words.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12838525/My%20First%20Project%20-%20Large.m4v
Spanish BM
Reflection
Exceeds Expectations 20-19 | Meets Expectations 18-16 | Approaches Expectations 15-13 | Does Not Meet Expectations 12-1 | |
Design | 18 | |||
Knowledge | 17 | |||
Application | 17 | |||
Presentation | 18 | |||
Process | 16 |
TOTAL: 86
Strengths of your process or product | Weaknesses of your process or product |
My process consisted of trying to get pictures from my friends who I spent time with over the summer. I recorded using powerpoint and made it easy to see where to click for sound. | I turned in the pictures late and got my project edited late. |
How did you apply the SLA core values to your project?
I collaborated with my friends in order to get pictures. I researched vacations I had in the past. I answered what I did last summer. I posted it up on the blog for others to see.
What did you learn about Spanish through completing this project?
I learned how to speak in the past tense so that I can say what I did the day before.
What did you change about your final project based on peer feedback? What did you change based on Srta. G’s feedback?
I didn't have to fix much aside from some words in the slides.
If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?
I would ask my friend for the pictures before trying to help my dad find the camera charger. I also would have gotten people to edit it sooner.
Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?
yes because I got to try a new form of spanish speaking aside from just "how are you?"
Do you have any suggestions for me if I do this same project next year?
No
Mi Verano Pasado
Explain this project in your own words.
This project is like a summary of what you did over the summers. it didn't just have to be last summer but any summer and you had to present it. it could be an album, keynote, collage, ect.
How did you apply the SLA core values to your project?
What did you learn about Spanish through completing this project?
I learned that some new words and how to use them.
Did you have any major break-throughs or a moment where everything started clicking? Or maybe instead everything fell apart?
When the teacher first mentioned the project I knew automatically what I wanted to do which was a keynote but things didn't go the way I planned so I did an IMovie instead.
What did you change about your final project based on peer feedback? What did you change based on Srta. G’s feedback?
I changed my grammar and the way the project was going to look. I was going to do a keynote but then decided to do it on imovie.
If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?
If I could do this project over I changed my pictures and choose more of them.
Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?
I did enjoy this project because I love talking about my summers and how much fun I had.
Do you have any suggestions for me if I do this same project next year?
I have no suggestions.
Novela Numero Dos
2) "Como se difine poplaridad en la segundaria"
Ejemplos (3):
1- pg 14 ,
"Annie la facil lo hizo otra vez."
-qué sucedió?
-salió con ese vago de Rick Andover"
2- pg45,
"había tardado casi dos semanas para conseguir que Skip la invitara, ya que el muchacho era de los años superiores y aseguraba que jamás saldría con una chica del curso de chica"
3- pg 86,
"Suzanne Devlin es atractiva, talentosa, inteligente, y sofisticada- señaló Jessica."
En el tiempo de las Mariposas
Familia y libertad.
- Concentrando en el tema, ¿hay una pregunta de investigación como una pregunta esencial que corresponde a la novela?
¿Si familia no era importante, la vida de uno puede ser diferente?
¿Familia te puede ayudar ganar la libertad?
- ¿Cuáles son tres ejemplos de la novela que corresponden a la pregunta de investigación? Escribe las citas directas con los números de la página.