Blog # 8 Just Because...

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Just because you get low grades,

doesn't mean you should get my underwear on the top of the flag pole

Just because I tell you I didn't brought my lunch,

doesn't mean I hide it in my locker

Just because I've got no more money for the day,

it doesn't mean that another bully got it first,

nor that you are a slow bully

Just because I get straight A's

it doesn't mean you should make me do your homework

Just because I'm physically weak

doesn't mean you can use me as a punching bag

Just because I'm writing this poem,

doesn't mean I'm intended to cause your suspension

Just because I've drafted this in a computer,

it doesn't mean I've send it to the school's principal

Just because it's not written in pencil,

doesn't mean I was avoiding it from getting to your hands.

Blog #7 Revolutionary Community

Mr. T

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Community

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In the strong society of systems; they were suffering a replacement in which the new technology were going to substitute them, the old technology. Old technology had been there for about ten years straight and their owner; Mr. Jonas was loyal to all of them. Mr. Jonas wouldn't change them for not even for the world’s fortune. Unfortunately for them the new technology had managed to capture Mr. Jonas and now the old technology were going to be conquered by the new one. Due to this dilemma, Mr. T seized to power and became the ruler of the old technology. Mr. T was a very old television that was used to transmit all the news to their community. He had two strong antennas that he used to communicate with the rest of the technology and to receive the signal from the countries antenna. Mr. T had two switches and one of them had a double function, the upper one was to regulate the volume and the lower one was to change of channel or to save viewed channels. This community consisted of the first technology in America used by their habitants. They were normally used for the communication of the human’s populations. Each and every single of them loved doing such things because they were made for this and they liked doing their job, by helping others. Their community was pretty old, but they desisted new changes.
With his rectangular shape, Mr. T ruled his community in such way that everyone would collaborate. Committees were made by him, the war committee, in which the computer (John) directed and the security committee, guided by the telephone (Lenny). By his old screen; Mr. T was transmitting the new technology that were arriving to the costal reef. He ruled with gentleness and benevolence, listening to each of the technology's ideas. Suddenly sorrow, sadness and selfishness were now reining the society. Sorrow came because the members of the old technology thought that they were going to loose their territory. Sadness was felt because they were now going to be ruled by the tyrants that will settle in their region. Selfishness reigned because everyone started to just care for themselves and not care for the rest.
After the event Mr. T called John and Lenny because they were the committee leaders and they needed to settle such problem. John was ordered to introduce his committee the new method of security. This one consisted of using an old file that would lock up the room in which all of them were held, this followed immediately after Mr. T’s orders. Lenny was supposed to bring all the artillery of Mr. Jonas and prepare his committee for war. They accomplished just to get: five knifes, an atlatl and some pieces of obsidian. Orders consisted that the atlatl and the five knives were going to settle in the room in case the security couldn’t resist enough the attack. While the obsidian pieces were going to be thrown from the roof to the enemies.
At twilight, the new technology was eagerly moving inward and as each second past Mr. T’s society grew more terrified. They’ve been prepared for war, but unfortunately for them that was not going to be enough. Mr. T was in awe at the first moment he could presence the great advances that they had in comparison with their technology. As they got closer Mr. T decided to raise a white flag, giving the signal of surrender. It was appreciable that they were going to lose the battle so instead of loosing his friends he just surrendered. After the day of their arrival, the new technology have been treating the old technology as slaves and Mr. T is now showing his penitence for his decision because it would’ve been better for them to just die instead of suffering what they were suffering now.

Blog #6 The Strange Traveller

Mysterious Traveller:

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The Joker:

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Plan to Threat France

A week ago, I met this fellow citizen that seemed so mistreated. I knew who he was at first sight, the dishonest Jean Valjean. I could watch him being rejected from every home that he went to. I was thinking to threat all France, because the bread (my favorite food) was getting really expensive. Who better than Jean Valjean, could be my colleague in this threat? He knows what is being in the gallows just for stealing loafs of breads. There must be some sort of evil in his heart that wants vengeance. Therefore I thought in making him my apprentice and his first task would be; to threat the French nation to lower the costs of the breads.

So, I just waited to Jean Valjean to knock at my door. He took a while to do so. But finally I went and opened the door; first I passed as an incognito because I am very notorious for my reputation. He first fell into my knees pleading me if he could stay home. Jean Valjean offered a good amount of money for his stay in home. Needing from my help I acceded to his plea with his pay. Dressed as a business manager I took him into the dining room to give him some food, for he was starving to death. While I watched him devouring the food I tried to deceive him. Successfully he appeared to believe that I was a very powerful business owner and that I was impressed by the inflation of the bread costs. In one moment I felt pity for Jean Valjean, because it was very improbable that he was going to be alive after my mischievous plan. The problem was in making him cooperate with my proposal to him.

The proposal consisted in “demanding” a store by stealing all its bread. Afterwards “demanding” a company by claiming all their bread and finally “demanding” all France to monopolize all the bread. I needed to make him believe that demanding was a formal way of obtaining justice. Even though it was very tough I made him believe that what I meant with demanding was basically stealing the bread without being send to the gallows. After the dinner he thanked the marvelous food that was given to him and not left not even a morsel.

Next day, I invited him to have some breakfast. He informed me that during the night he dreamt that he was an ally with the miscreant Joker, being trapped in the crime scene. Suddenly I was very nervous because I thought that he was going to reject my wily plan. So, I proposed him that if he was so preoccupied, then I was going to start by “demanding” as store and afterwards he was going to “demand” the company. In such way that he was going to be sort of my apprentice in learning how to “demand” or as I call it (steal).

As hard as I remember, Jean Valjean was stealing all the bread from my house. He took off with a giant sack of not only bread but also my food and drinks that I had. Now the apprentice had practically “demanded” my food. Like some people call it, the apprentice always surpasses the master. When I was about to persecute him, I encountered with a bunch of policemen that had discovered were I was being hidden. There is only one explanation for this, Jean Valjean discovered that I was the Joker and skillfully made me think that he didn’t notice my identity. Now I am being kept in jail, in which I have nothing better to right and learn from my mistakes. NEVER TRUST A STRANGER! Next time, hopefully in about twenty-years I will have a better tactic to take over France (just one man wasn't enough).

THESE COLONIES ARE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES

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Summary:

At the beginning of the letter John tells Abigail that he would've love to go with her to Plymouth with her. John Adams also thanks the collaboration of Dr. Bulfinches for opening an hospital and for inoculating Abigail agains smallpox. He also says that he has the right to think what he wants to, meaning that he could have his own personal bias as a right. The best resolution passed was that the united colonies have the right to make war, establish commerce, have peace and do all what other states have the right to do. America has much more wisdom than those of the British and he completely agrees with a separation having a good effect for them.

Rehtorical Devices:

Appeal to Reason: "In private Life, no one has a Right to censure me for following my own Inclinations, in Retirement, Simplicity and Frugality: in public Life, every Man has a Right to remark as he pleases at least he thinks so" (Adams 684).

This is important to the passage because it is stating the fact that everyone can think what they want to. No one has the right to restrict others the opinions of somebody. Relating to the passage because that is the only way they can have a free and independent states, having that specific freedom.

Appeal to Pity:

"America shall suffer Calamities still more wasting and Distresses yet more dreadfull" (Adams 684).

This is important to the passage because it expresses what people should feel for the calamities that could happen. Relating to the passage because if they don't get freedom and be independent, then they would suffer things that they shouldn't.

Blog #4 FH

I've stand up, to refute what Patrick Henry is telling all of us. He is clearly trying to deceive us from what we truly need to think of. In his speech he refers to "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interpositions to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament" (Henry). Patrick Henry refers that we "have" done everything that could be done to prevent the war but, he is totally lying to you. Have we tried to live with their rules? Have we tried to live with their taxes? Have we taken into consideration the great nation they are and all that protection that they are trying to give us? The British are actually trying to help us. Even though they are imposing tax on us they are giving us protection with their armies. But why do we respond with such boycott? They are helping us; they are not keeping us as slaves. Are they wiping us as slaves? Are they making us do hard work? No, of course not they are just imposing tax on us, for us to be safe. Patrick Henry also refers to "we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!" (Henry). Fight is not the only way to solve the problem; it will just end up in the death of many people. Patrick Henry, don't you realize that by fighting we could most probably lose the battle. Britain is already a great nation we are not. They have great technological advances, we know it. British are clearly superior than us, so if you can't beat them then join them. Imagine what a better life it would be without that fighting and living with peace with no deaths. The union between us is much better than trying to beat them or separate from them. Imagine us with the British united, wouldn't that be fantastic? All those different kinds of developments that would be lost through war, all those new relationships you could have and remember you were once a British. So those are the reasons why fight is not a solution, fight will just bring the colonists down for nothing, there will be no such independence through fight because we would lose. At the end, Patrick you also state that, "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" (Henry). So now tell me, are we actually slaves? Is giving us taxations, just for a better safety is for you that word you recall as slavery? If you call that slavery, tell me what was then what they did to Africans. Accept that we are not being treated as slaves you are just exaggerating. We aren't slaves we are free, we have liberty, we want to prosper but people such as you, Patrick Henry don't let us flourish. The only one who knows when to take your the life is God, you cannot take his role. So we must unite with those of the British, we must learn to live with them for a better nation!

Blog #3 FH

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This is a proposal that must be taken into consideration by all the nations of the world. If you really love and appreciate your life then you should follow this proposal, even though there will be people that won´t follow it there will be regulations for them. Suggestions such as this one are the ones that going to have a great impact on the world because this one consists in the eradication of all type of cigarettes. The next regulations must be used by all the congresses, to live in a better world and have better surroundings. First of all, people are severely damaged by the cigarettes. Cigarettes cause the lungs of an individual to be contaminated because of all that smoke that enters his or her body. Pollution is another factor that affects the world because of the cigarettes. All the smoke that is produced by the cigarettes just not affects the smoker; it affects all the community because the smoke does not disappear it just expands through the atmosphere affecting the health of all the societies in the world. So the congress needs to follow the next regulations to help the world. Regulations; all the companies that include cigarettes need to be shut down so that there is no more manufacturing of cigarettes. Even though people will lose their jobs, hopefully they will look for diverse options of other types of work. For those who don't stop the selling of cigarettes then, they should be fined with a life imprisonment. This should be able to pass as a law. That way it will bring benefits to the world. Treatments for cigarette diseases are not that cheap, they are actually very expensive. By eliminating all the cigarettes then this treatments will be no longer useful so that means that it will lower the costs of public health. Health is the most important things in every human beings life because without a good health there will not probably have a good life, meaning that with the eradication of cigarettes more people will enjoy their lives. Some cities of the world have not been able to develop because of this problem; many clever and intelligent citizens have not been able to help to the development of the world because they have been induced to the viciousness of cigarettes. Without cigarettes there will be a faster development without recidivists and there will also be less pollution. Even though the individual itself will have their own consequences (life imprisonment) if there is information of that person manufacturing or trying own, there is another consequence for the nation. Government will have the problem of higher health costs for them because there will be people with diseases and they will need higher health costs to maintain the society. In conclusion, these are the best regulations you could take to have the world have a drastic change this way we will have a safe future for us and for all the new generations that will be stepping the world sometime.

Blog #2

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During the last week Leonardo, the great president of the BlackBerry company (mostly known as BB company) had disappeared. Leonardo was a very nervous empresary because he knew that he gained so much money that lots of people could be jelouse of him. President Leonardo used to work in his office, a very stressed man, who didn't valued much his family. Another of Leonardo's aspects was that he only valued all his earnings in the company. After the incident, copious of news papers were sold out for this interesting case to be solved. Senator Ruth had informed the F.B.I. of the case, so he gave the duty to the F.B.I. of solving the crime. In the crime scene the F.B.I. could encounter only three transcendental objects, which were the following: a cellphone that had been appreciably marred by its owner, some gray hair in the sideway and some tire marks outside the company. For the F.B.I. this was more than enough to solve the mystery that was now placed, so they started to decipher this convoluted problem. They first decided to make a conjecture that consisted of an old kidnapper, that arrived with in a car and suddenly he braked in front of the edifice. He abruptly kidnapped the president and accidentally his phone fell during the act. First of all they started to figure out this intricate problem by finding out which was the brand of the cellphone. Experts of cellphones started out this painstaking job by disintegrating all the cellphone's parts. They finally got to the conclusion that the cellphone was the recent opponent of the BlackBerry phone, the Motorola phones. With this clue most of the case was know solved. The next thing the detectives noticed was the DNA of the gray hair corresponded to the president of all the country's taxis, Mr. Joe. After all this hard work to find out who was guilty, one of the F.B.I. agents got a recorded tape of the scene. It is appreciable in the scene that Mr. Joe had "successfully" captured the BlackBerry company president. But why did he had a Motorola phone? Phones like the Motorola one can save the recent calls made, so the next step was to detect who was the receptionists of this calls. Message texts and calls were given out from the evidence to the president of the Motorola company (Johnny), telling Mr. Joe that he would pay him ten million dollars for kidnapping the BlackBerry company president. Now they knew who were the guilty people of the crime but they still had something to find out, were was president Leonardo. They interviewed Mr. Joe and the president of Motorola company but neither both of them gave out info, so a third witness was called to the crime Mr. Johnny's driver. Mr. Johnny's driver was the key to the complete solution of the crime because he did not desist any important information so he confessed himself completely. Johnny's driver confessed that he had the job of taking a taxi to the graveyard and to place it in front of the graveyard. Deducing that the taxi taken to the grave was were president Leonardo was kidnapped they went to the grave and opened the trunk of the car were the president lied completely weak. Leonardo was placed in an hospital because his health was doing very poorly, fortunately for him the doctors prognosticated that he would be fine with in a week and a half. After his captiveness Leonardo started to figure out that money is not all the life is made out of, he now values his family more than he did before. With all this investigations and results Mr. Joe and the Motorola company president were going to be kept captive for their rest of their lives in jail. Finally, the case concluded that Johnny was very jelous that the other company was wining much more money than his so he decided to kidnap Leonardo in a clever way by making Mr. Joe an acomplice, making it more difficult to decipher who kidnaped him.

Blog #1

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This article deals with a sport current event. It consists of an Iranian soccer player called Ali Karimi; he was removed by the team for not following the Islam religion. Ali is the captain of the team, but he did not fast during the month of Ramadan (holy month for the Iranian people) so he was punished by the Iranian Football Federation. The important person involved in this chaos is the player Ali and the IFF. The problem with this article is that they don't explain you what is fasting during the Ramadan. Meaning that maybe Ali Karimi wasn't able to perform it for some reason. The CNN Wire Staff have a personal bias in this article. Along all the article they mention just good things of the player, they state that he is the "Maradona of Asia" (Cnn Wire Staff). They also inform you his response that was "I am a Muslim. I do respect Islam" (Karimi). Using the quote of the player the article used you can infer that they were basically in favor of the player. An aspect of the event that is left out by the article is that they don't support with evidence what the player said when he supposedly insulted the IFF. Soccer players do not have to be judged by their religion. As they say in the article that Ali is "Maradona of Asia" (Cnn Wire Staff). It is appreciable (judging from the quote) that without Ali the Iranian team would become weaker. Even though he is not following his religion the federation does not need to mind if he does or not, its his business because he is the one who is going to get punished by his religion. Finally, if he is a good captain and a good soccer player the team should leave him play instead of getting rid of him.