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​Writing is creation. Unless, of course your writing what someone else wrote, then it's just copying. But if the question is why I write, the answer must be the need to create. Creation is the son of adapting. Adaptation is a basic, yet complex part of being human. Writing is a form of creation. Let's recap: Writing is adapting. Usually the motivation to write is a teacher or the promise that good grades equal better money. All in all I very seldom find myself writing for myself, writing for my "now". 

I write because it helps me to express my feelings by typing or writing them down on paper. 

I write because although actions speak louder than words, words sometimes can make a difference in life

I write because sometimes written humor can brighten someones day

I write because I feel free to tell a story to and audience or myself

I write because through these words it explains who I am

I write because when I write, I write for myself not for others

I write because things that are written down show proof, rather than speaking with hear say

I write because it's a way to empty your mind when stress takes over

How would it be like to ask someone in spanish, what's the weather like? It would be kinda cool right... well if you wanted to you need to know some key things about weather. One you always say hace right before you say the weather like for ex: you want to saw its hot you will say hace calor,or if you want to say its cold you say hace frio. Another thing you would need to know is you need to play close attention to the pronouncation. Another thing you need to know is when you want to say it's really hot you would say, hace mucho calor, or if you want to say it's really cold hace mucho frio.

Here is owen's lesson on http://scienceleadership.org/blog/Where_are_you_from  where you are from and where do you live.                                                                                                            Here is owen's lesson on http://scienceleadership.org/blog/How_to_say_hello_and_basic_conversation_starters basic conversation like hello, and ect.

Frio	Cold
Calor	Hot
Viento	Windy
Sol	Sunny
Fresco	Cool
Lloviendo/llueve	Raining/rain
Nevando/nieva	Snowing/snow
Nublado	Cloudy

 

​Why I Write

 

Expressing myself is hard enough

 

To say it out loud is really tough

 

Thinking what I say will be so bad

 

Worrying about if people would laugh

 

Figuring out what to do

 

How to get my words out for people too

 

Homework assignments easiet thing

 

Writing down my own words to say

 

Only thing I can do is write

 

Scared of the wrong I might

 

What to do when I can’t speak

 

Will my words I say get the best of me

 

Afraid of embarrassment from my peers

 

Now I just write down what you want to hear

 

Why I write is a question that I need to answer

 

Why I write something I can’t answer

 

Because I write for many reasons

 

My writing changes more then the seasons

The purpose of me writing this monologe to my video was to get a sense of the other side of the whole Keystone XL pipeline. Some people like the workers and the people who this might effect may have a different view then the people who are promoting it,so what i did was I made a news cast and interviewed a worker and also interviewed a citizen on the way they felt and what were their thoughts.Hope you feel the same way..Enjoy!



Anthony morning

my name is anthony morning 

i have lived on this plantation for about three generations

for political reasons i can not show my face

therefore i am darken by the camera

this plantain has seen me and my whole family grow

now recently i was informed to move away from plantains in NORTH Dakota

because of the pipeline coming from the north

it would affect or family greatly and we do not appreciate it

now i told my daughter Ashely stares at moon

because she saw  me trying to figure out a cuter for my family

and she says hey every things donna be ok so i tell my wife whats going on

she cries and says way are we going to do

so i ask you  what are we join to do 

are e going to let this happen and do nothing

or stand up for our rites as people of north dakota

i ask you would you want your kids to go threw this

( look away)

Pablo hernandez (interview)

I don't think that this is fair either to me and also the community 

I don't know what's going on north dakota do we the community not have a say in what goes on in our homes and lives.this pipeline threatens the safety of our kids and that is not ok with me.my kids all all i have i have no wife mom or dad i no that i am an immigrant but i am also a citizen of this country. i didn't go threw all this debate all all the noise the construction would motive me to not let me let this happen. I don't want my kids to go through all this.how would you fell if you would have to go 20 to 30 mins more to you schedule 

I do not like this one bit!

Not at all!

interview

Pablo hernandez

I don't think that this is fair either to me and also the community 

I don't know what's going on north dakota do we the community not have a say in what goes on in our homes and lives.this pipeline threatens the safety of our kids and that is not ok with me.my kids all all i have i have no wife mom or dad i no that i am an immigrant but i am also a citizen of this country. i didn't go threw all this debate all all the noise the construction would motive me to not let me let this happen. I don't want my kids to go through all this

Abou Hinson

Dear Mr. President

My name is Carlita Rodriguez. I am a latino-American in Austin, Texas. There hasn’t been much work available, let alone for a latina in a border state. The Keystone Tar Sands would provide much needed work and a healthy income for my four year old daughter and I. It would also significantly improve the economy for other Americans. If the Tar Sands were built it would also help others like myself find work. The only problem is I have to think about my daughter’s future.

The pipeline would emit pollution just like any other pipeline. Since the Tar Sands are a pipeline that means that they will leak. If it were to be built, the pipeline would run over a fresh water source, now rare in America. Some believe that it would be “Game over” for the environment. Its not so much a concern for me, but for my daughter. I know that I might not live to see the negative results of this project, but I couldn’t rest knowing that I was a part of my child’s environmentally instability.

Honestly I really need the work, but the price I’d have to pay would be too much. I vote no for the Tar sands project. The environment is to much of a price to pay for a little more energy.

Sincerely, Carlita Rodriguez

To know the greeting in Spanish, and be able to use them, you need to know how to:

-Say hello in Spanish
-Say goodbye in Spanish
-Say good morning/afternoon/evening is Spanish





The Spanish word for hello is Hola. If you were to greet your friend in the morning, you might say "Hola!". You could aslo say Buenos dias which means good morning. Other greetings include:

Buenas tardes- good afternoon
Buenas noches- good evening.

Here is a video of someone asking for directions in a Spanish speaking country.

When you want to say "hi" to someone in spanish and ask how they are doing.
-How to say "Hi" in spanish
-The different ways to say "How are you"
-And Goodbyes

There are many ways to say "How are you doing?"

- ¿Qué tal?
- ¿Como esta (Usted)?
* You say this when your speaking to someone who is in a higher or more authoritive position than you are.
-¿Como estas (tú)?
* You say this when you are speaking to a friend or someone who is in the same range as you.

Hola- Hi
Adios- Goodbye

Two hispanic people meet up with each other and greet. They say "hi" and ask how each other are doing. One says "bien" while the other one says "muy mal", after they end the conversation with "Adiòs!"

​Constitutional Question: The case of Florence V. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the Country of Burlington was followed with a question from the Supreme Court, the question is “Does the Constitution permit the government to strip search every person admitted to a jail, even if there is no reasonable basis to suspect that the person has hidden weapons or contraband?” In another word, does the Constitution have permission to violate the fourth amendment to follow security order and to investigate minor Crimes.

 

Facts of the Case: A citizen named Albert Florence from the state of New Jersey was arrested on a bench warrant from Essex County. Florence was charged from the arrested for non-indictable offense and not capable to pay a fine. However, Florence argued for his rights and protested the validity of the warrant due to the fact that he had paid the fine. However, after his arrested and detention, the charge was, in fact already been dismissed.

During the arrest, Florence was stripped and search as subjected to a visual body cavity search during his arrival at the Burlington County Jail. From the time of his arrest he was being consume to visual body cavity search and after six days upon his transfer from Burlington County to Essex Country Correctional Facility. But soon after, the charge against him was dismissed and Florence was released.

However, Florence decided to bring a civil rights lawsuit to the United State District Court and to the District of New Jersey for claiming the right to his privacy and the rights of all persons in the class of alleged minor offenders of consuming in the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.  Also the Constitution were violated the Fourth Amendment by strip and search a visual body cavity searches for a minor arrest. This District Court agreed to Florence request and his claim to the charge.


Summary of the Arguments before the SCOTUS: The Court pointed out the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1979, which stated “Inmates do not have the right of privacy in prison that is guaranteed to ordinary citizens.” This is to protect the process from unreasonable violations to any citizen’s privacy. The Court decided to applied one of the cased called “Bell v. Wolfish,” which were also involved visual body cavity searches for being arrestees including charged with a minor offense and was striped and search.

The Court decided to apply the rule of the Third Circuit panel that was persuaded by the recent Eleventh and Ninth Circuit that ruled balancing the jails’ security concerns. These circuits are –

(1) The detection of smuggling weapons, contraband and drugs into the facility.

 (2) The identification of gang members by observation of their tattoos.

(3) The prevention of disease, particularly MRSA, against the privacy interest of the arrestees, a blanket policy of strip searching and subjecting all arrestees to visual body cavity searches, irrespective of any particularized suspicion, does not contravene the Fourth Amendment. 

 

Prediction: Since the Supreme court had involved in a similar case and was pass with the Bell v. Wolfish, this case probably will be done with more of a complex explanation by the judges and the court. However, since this case is being reenact, Florence V. Board will not be abandon by lawyers because the Fourth Amendment was violated for Florence, which also was prohibited in the Three Circuits.

 http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/florence-v-board-of-chosen-freeholders-of-the-county-of-burlington/

 http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/093603p.pdf

 According to Philadelphia.Gov City Council website the person that represents me is Anna C. Verna who runs the district of number 2 that includes Center City, South, and South West Philadelphia.

 

My legislator Anna C. Verna would have voted on my issue in the past of curfew with it being a lot stricter. According To City Council City Of Philadelphia Life Liberty and You it states that she has be a strong supporter of curfew centers therefore should would want the curfew law to be more enforced then what it is now since teens get out of hand after being told what to do.

 

My representatives and I have in common that the curfew should be a lot stricter then what it. Teens should not be out late at night and ruin it for the people who don’t do anything at all. As previously stated from the first blog A first violation of Philadelphia's curfew law will result in the imposition of a $250 fine and/or community service. Parents are held responsible for the actions of their teens.  The fine for the first offense of breaking curfew is $300 and up to $500 for the second offense.

 

 

 

 

President Verna main policy was to make sure Philadelphia was well protected and making sure the needs were meet She is  involved with a lot of stuff. For example She has been a consistent supporter of wage and business tax reductions while remaining firmly committed to public services.

Anna C. Verna community is interest is making sure that they live by her ways in the past. such as hard work, perseverance and integrity. She is a very powerful person who tends who made sure that they people’s needs were being met.  

resources:

 

http://www.phila.gov/citycouncil/AnnaVerna.html

 http://teens.lovetoknow.com/Facts_About_Teenagers_Curfews

¿Qué Tiempo Hace Hoy?

 

(How to respond when someone asks you what the weather is like today.)

 

If someone who doesn’t speak English and asks you “¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?” here are a few ways you can respond:

 

 

¿Qué tiempo hace?         

What's the weather like?

Hace frío.

It's cold.

Hace calor.

It's hot.

Hace viento.

It's windy.

Hace sol.

It's sunny.

Hace buen tiempo.

The weather is good.

Hace mal tiempo.

The weather is bad.

Hace fresco.

It's brisk.

 

Other weather expressions use the verb esta along with an adjective:

Está oscuro.

It's dark.

Está nublado.

It's cloudy.

Está lluvioso.

It's raining.

 

There are also weather expressions that use the verb hay:

Hay niebla.

It's foggy.

Hay neblina.

It's misty.

Hay sol.

The sun is shining.

Hay luna.

The moon is out.

Hay relámpagos.

It's lightning.

Hay humedad.

It's humid.

Hay nubes.

It's cloudy.

Hay lluvias torrenciales.

It's pouring.

Hay un vendaval.

There's a windstorm.

Hay granizo.

It's hailing.

Hay lloviznas.

It's sprinkling.

 

Here's a lesson from my pareja, Enthony, on greetings in Spanish.

“WAIT! Can you spell it for me?”

 (How to learn the alphabet with correct pronunciation/spelling)

 

In today’s society, you need to know the spanish alphabet and the pronunciation in order to spell something in spanish to someone.

 

¡EL ALFABETO! ....¿Si?

 

 

A (ah)        B (beh)          C (seh)      D (deh)      E (eh)        F (efeh)      

G (HEY!)     H (acheh)           I (eeee)                 J (hota)         K (kah)   

L (eleh)        M (emeh)             N (eneh)          Ñ (enyeh)      O (ooh)

 

 

P (peh)         Q (cooo)              R (ereh)            S (eseh)      T (teh)       

U (oooo)       V (beh)              W (doble beh)      X (equis)                  

Y (eeegriega)   Z (seta)

 

 

Whenever you come across someone who speaks Spanish and he/she doesn’t understand the way to say your name, you’ll simply need to spell it out the letters in spanish to them. If you don’t, they might say “¿QUE?”

 

Example:

 

Stranger: ¿Hola, Cómo se llama?

 

Me: Me llamo Adam.

 

Stranger: ¿Qué? No entiendo.

 

Me: Adam,  ah-deh-ah-emeh  ¿Si?

 

Stranger:  ¡Muy bien, gracias!

Here's a lesson from my pareja, Enthony, on how to say excuse me in Spanish.

Knowing your Spanish days of the week is very important, so I'm going to teach you them. 

In all 22 of the Spanish countries, the days of the week start with Monday, whereas in the English speaking countries, our days of the week start with Sunday. 

lunes
Monday

martes
Tuesday

miércoles
Wednesday

jueves
Thursday

viernes
Friday

sábado
Saturday

domingo
Sunday

*Note: The Spanish days of the week must be lowercase*


  

Use this Calendar to demonstrate that Monday starts off the week on the Spanish calendar compared to the English calendar where Sunday starts off the week. 

​Writing isn’t easy for me.

How can I put this idea on paper in a way that makes sense?

Yawing all day because it took me all night to come up with a thesis.

 

Irritated because I didn’t get the grade I wanted.

 

Writing is something that I have to do to pass my classes.

Reality is that I rather use my spare time to do something that is easier for me.

I envy those who can create words that make me want to read them over and over.

The ease of writing comes to me occasionally.

Every once in a while I do write something awesome.

​There's an exchange student from a spanish speaking country, and you want to introduce yourself!

You need to know ......
- how to say hi/ start a conversation
- how to ask someone how they are
- pronunciation
- how to end a conversation

Saludos (greetings)

¡Hola!                    (oh-la)                       Hello!

¡Buenos días!        (bwe-nose-d-as)        Good morning!

¡Buenas tardes!     (bwe-nas-tar-dez)      Good afternoon!

¡Buenas noches!    (bwe-nas-no-chez)    Good evening!

Asking someone how they are/ mas saludos(more greetings)

¿Qué tal?                         (kay-tal)            What's up?

¿Cómo estás?(informal)  (como-es-tas)     How are you?

¿Cómo está?(formal)      (como-es-ta)       How are you?

Responses

Muy bien, gracias.      (muy-bee-in-gra-ci-as)         Very good, thanks!

Masomenos                 (mas-o-men-os)                  Alright.

(Muy) Mal                  (muy-mal)                           (Very) Terrible/Awful

Ending a conversation 

¡Adiós!                   (adi-os)                              Bye!

¡Chao!                    (ch-ow)                              Bye!

¡Hasta luego!          (asta-lu-egg-oh)                 See ya later!

¡Hasta pronto!         (asta-pron-toe)                   See ya soon!

¡Hasta mañana!       (asta-man-ana)                   See ya tomorrow!

¡Qué le vaya bien!  (kay-le-va-ya-bee-in)         Have a good one!