Blog Topic #11

I chose this map because it shows what the states are worse at such as crimes, deaths, drugs, health, education, etc.

Blog Topic #10

It's sad how leaders of their countries take the money and distribute it out among themselves, family members and friends. Other countries including America have been aiding Africa and nothing has yet to change for the better. It's causing mayhem for them and also is hurting our economy because of the help we give them. If we were to be in a recession we could at least see a difference being made over there in Africa but there isn't. The money the other countries send Africa goes straight into private bank accounts. The U.S. and other foreign government shouldn't provide aid to Africa. They should focus on developing trade , industry, and infrastructure. Obviously what the governments are doing right now isn't helping so they should move on to Plan B which is focus on developing trade , industry, and infrastructure.

Blog Topic #9

For this blog topic I chose to seek more information in Egypt. The president of Egypt is Hosni Mubarak. President Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years. The reason there are protest there is because in all of the middle east right now come down to the fact that there are non-elected dictators sitting in power for a very long time. The people have had no choice but want a choice in who their leader will be. Not a militaristic dictatorship forever. Some oppose this because some leaders have made life better than what it was, or some are special interest groups who have benefited from the ruler while others suffered. There is no clear line, but I go with democracy. No one person should stay in power all their life, it should be a battle left to the people of who is best to lead them. The citiznes of Egypt have been living in poverty their whole life and want change.

Blog Topic #8

The reason I picked this image is because it reminds me everytime that I look at the ocean I say "You can take over anytime you want and we can't do anything about it." That's how big and powerful the ocean is. Around 71% of the earth is covered by ocean. Acording to seethesea.org ocean facts, the average worldwide ocean depth is about 12,460 feet (3,798 meters), with the deepest point of 36,198 feet (11,033 meters) which is located in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean; the tallest mountain, Mount Everest, measures 29,022 feet (8,846 meters). If Mount Everest were to be placed into the Mariana Trench it would be covered with sea water more than a mile (1.5 km ) deep. The ocean determines climate and plays a critical role in Earth's habitability. Most of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is stored in the ocean and helps power oceanic and atmospheric circulation. In this manner, the ocean plays an important role in influencing the weather and climatic patterns of the Earth.

Blog Topic #7

      I chose to use the movie Restrepo for this blog. I watched this documentary twice and couldn't get enough of it. One reason I loved it so much is because I love documentary because they are REAL. There is nothing better than watching a documentary. Everything you are watching is what happened for real. Another reason why I chose the topic Restrepo is because I have an older brother who is in the military. He has been on the inside and outside of Iraq driving the people of higher ranks around such as the generals, etc. He also drove around the families of those who had injured or killed kin. The 2nd Platoon is depicted defending an Observation Post (OP) named OP Restrepo, for PFC Juan Sebastián Restrepo, a Colombian-born naturalized U.S. citizen platoon medic who was killed earlier in the campaign.The film follows the 2nd Platoon of Battle Company on a 15-month deployment in the Korengal Valley of northeast Afghanistan. The Korengal Valley was at the time regarded as "the deadliest place on Earth" (as stated in the documentary itself, trailers, and television commercials on the National Geographic Channel).

Blog Topic # 5

Cartogram

This is a cartogram of gas power in the world. According to worldmapper Japan and North America, followed by the Middle East, are the regions where the most electricity per person is generated from gas. At the other extreme, Central and Southeastern Africa barely generate any electricity from gas. Many territories in Central America also generate no electricity from gas. In absolute terms, the United States generates almost twice as much electricity from gas as the second biggest generator: the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation is a net exporter of gas and coal, whereas the United States is a net importer of these goods. Gas Power relates to geography because gas is important to every country. Gas Power relates to geography because it's important to each country. Observing the chart the countries that use gas power is a MDC and the countries that dont use gas power is a LDC. Gas Power plays an important role for us.

Blog Topic #4

South Asia (Slumdog Millionaire)

In this blog topic I chose to gather more information about the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. This is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for answering questions correctly. As the money increase the difficulty of the questions increase also. The maximum cash prize in the original version which is the British version is one million pounds. This game show orginated in the United Kingdom, where it is hosted by Chris Tarrant. The original name of the game show was Cash Mountain. It first aired in the UK on September 4, 1998. The first winner of the UK version was Kevin Olmstead and the first winner of the US verion was John Carpenter.