• What happens to the electronic waste produced by the United States?

A big part of it, is not recycled and it is send to Asia, China in particular. And the little part that is recycled, does it in a very primitive process.

• What happens to e-waste after it arrives in developing countries?

They are recycled in a very primitive way, in which the main objective is to obtain the worthy metals this products have.

To do this they burn the E-Waste, and this is done with any protection equipment, so people is constantly exposed to toxic elements.

• Why does so much e-waste get shipped to Asia?

Because in China there is a settled market, in which people sell the worthy metals of this e-waste, although they don´t have the infrastructure to prevent the import of this e-waste, so in other words this import of e-waste sometimes, is illegal.

• What are the negative effects of dumping e-waste?

It pollutes the air we are breathing in a global way, and also it is affecting the health of lots of communities. And it also affect the water system. 

• How do the toxins in e-waste return to the United States?

In some of the children jewellery, because the same plastics that are burned in Asia or India are used for this toys, which are actually toxic.

• What can concerned citizens do about e-waste?

They can start asking to the companies to sell electronic products, to create a payback system for used electronic devices, or get in contact with specialized enterprises to recycle this e-waste.

Discuss the questions and share students’ reactions together as a class.

Life in Nazi Germany 1933-9

1) How did Hitler try and encourage marriage as soon as he came to power?

  

"One of the earliest laws passed by Hitler once he came to power in 1933, was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage. This law stated that all newly married couples would get a government loan of 1000 marks which was about 9 months average income. 800,000 newly weds took up this offer. This loan was not to be simply paid back. The birth of one child meant that 25% of the loan did not have to be paid back. Two children meant that 50% of the loan need not be paid back. Four children meant that the entire loan was cleared." 

(http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Women_Nazi_Germany.htm)

2) According to Nazi ideology, what roles did men and wome have?

Nazi ideology stated that according to the law of nature men and women should carryout different and separate roles.

Women in Nazi Germany were expected to:

• Give up employment once married.
• Have children and look after them.
• Care for the home and their husband.

The Nazi party constitution excluded women from all senior positions within the organisation. From 1933 onwards, women were excluded from jobs in medicine, law and in leadership posts in the civil service. The number of women teachers was also reduced.

A cap of 10 per cent was put on the proportion of women attending university.

(http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/the-nazification-of-germany/impact-of-the-nazi-state/the-role-of-women-in-nazi-germany/)

German men were supposedto be creative andproductive in politics and war.

3) Using te infomation on this sheet, create a spider diagram clearly showing what women were expected to do, and what was not acceptable.

Dear Mr. Besoain.

I red your e-mail and I understand yor concern, but don't worry because im writing you this e-mail to clarify some points in which you shuld worry about or not.

First of all there is something clear, every sngle addition is bad, so i would like to give you specific techniques to reduce the amount of hours your son Felipe is spending on a game console.

One effective method is to create other productive distractions for your child, it is extremely important, to present them in an atractive way. I recommend the company of a pet, in this case a dog would be very apropiate. For a child playing with a dog is a very enyojable activity, and it has may positive effects, it does an amazing job on calming your boy and make him more responsable.

Another technique is to make him understand violence isn't right out of the video games, you can achieve this by using real experiences in wich violence resulted in smething badfor him or for someone he cares, remember always to dont mention things that may be traumatic.

I hope this advices help you.

Greetings.

Dr. Craig Anderson.  

Letter to the editor

Dear Sir:

Based on your statement, I must say that my opinion towards the increased number of third culture children, is someting positive.

First because this premature exposure into other culture, can result in a more comprehensive and respectful child, specially to other cultures, nevertheless, this method has to be always accompanied with the constant support of their parents, so that they don't feel uncomfortable with the new culture they are exposed into.

In addition, I would like to show my point through an example. In The Mackay School, there are several children coming from different countries and cultures, and every single one of them has used elements from his native culture to have an advantage in this new culture. In fact Filip Morris, a new student of The Mackay School, with only ten yeas old, has eficiently used the skills he learned in his native culture, Australia, to be selected to present a brief comment about St. Patrick's day.

In conclusion, I think that the existance of third culture children, can b aways positive for them and fo society if they have a good parental support.

 

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4442457868167188066#editor/target=post;postID=6913340001054618942

I notice that this is a pro-ecological picture that belongs to the "world wildlife foundation"

the emotions present in his photograph are pity and regretment, about what people has done to the planet , especially the forests of the world. And this has caused the dissapear o a great percentage of them risking the air quality of the planet and the life of living beings. The most especial colour in this picture is the green and the lack of it in som part of the photograph because this is showing the important that the vegetation is to the planet and what the humans are doingwith it.

In other words this picture is trying to convey us to stop the sistematic poluton on the planet's forest, it is extremely against the way of life that we are living in. All this presenting the message that the way of living and the types of fuels that we are using wich are constantly killing the nature life in the world.     

Transhumanism

http://prezi.com/nobpm8koeb7d/copy-of-transhumanism/

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ACT I Midsummer Night's Dream

Title: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Author: William Shakespeare

Date: 1595 app

Period/Style/Genre: Drama

Number of characters: 14

Setting: Scene 1 --> Palace of Theseus, Athens

               Scene 2 --> Athens, Quince’s House

Character name/age/genre/other:

-Theseus/ Young adult/ Male/ Duke of Athens
-Egeus/ Middle adult/ Male/ Father of Hermia, wants her to marry Demetrius
-Hermia/ Young adult/ Female/ In love with Lysander
-Lysander/ Young adult/ Male/ In love with Hermia
-Demetrius/ Young adult/ Male/ Also in love with Hermia, at first, but later love Helena
-Helena/ Young adult/ Female/ In love with Demetrius
-Hippolyta/ Middle adult/ Female/ Queen of the amazons, betrothed to Theseus
-Philostrate/ Middle adult/ Male/ Master of the Revels

Summary: The scene starts with the wedding preparations of Theseus and Hippolyta, then Egeus, Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius enter. Egeus congratulate Theseus and tell him his complain, he was planning to marry her daughter with Demetrius, but Lysander was flirting with her and make her fall in love with him. Then Hermia starts complaining about the situation saying that Lysander is a good man to marry her. Then Theseus advice her to follow her dad’s will. Then Lysander being ironic tells Demetrius “You have her father’s love, Demetrius; Let me have Hermia’s: do you marry him”. Then enter Helena (she is in love with Demetrius), she starts ironically flattering Hermia, because she tell her that she would like to have her beauty so she could have Demetrius’s love. Hermia is angry because as she says "The more I hate, the more he follows me" (referring to Demetrius), and Helena is angry because as she says “The more I love, the more he hateth me” (referring to Demetrius).