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AndreaLee EWSIS

America Replacing Imperial Units With "Jingo" Measurement System « The Newfou... - 0 views

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Jingo Ameria Units Measurements

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    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 08 Oct 09
       
      JINGO by 2010
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 08 Oct 09
       
      Feet=Libbys Pounds=Blues
  • “Is the flight from New York to LA 15,840 ‘Swimmys’, or 1584 Aircraft Carriers or whatever they’re called…’Carrys’ I think? Oh no, wait a second, I think I have to use ‘footys’ for this one”.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 08 Oct 09
       
      So confusing!
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  • On a related note,  time will continue to be measured in 365 day increments relative to the birthday of a bearded Jew 2009 years ago.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 08 Oct 09
       
      LOL
  • AndreaLee EWSIS on 08 Oct 09
     
    Exactly as it says on the top.
JackeyQ EWSIS

Global warming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The most commonly discussed measure of global warming is the trend in globally averaged temperature near the Earth's surface.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is impotant, many people do not know that the temperature of the earth is cahnging significantly.
  • An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.[7] The continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice is expected, with warming being strongest in the Arctic. Other likely effects include increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The temperature is affecting not only regular temperature but also changes in the agriculture facilities. It is merans that food industry prices as well as food companies will "sky rocket", because of temperature changes.
  • Political and public debate continues regarding climate change, and what actions (if any) to take in response. The available options are mitigation to reduce further emissions; adaptation to reduce the damage caused by warming; and, more speculatively, geoengineering to reverse global warming. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Politics is making the Climate Chnge issue, unimportant, I beleive that Govermnets are just "selling their image", so they would look good. There are many, many policies pacts that have been made in order to "control Clmiate Change/ Global Warming". When will there be a policy that actually help the meniviroment?
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  • Human activity since the Industrial Revolution has increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, leading to increased radiative forcing from CO2, methane, tropospheric ozone, CFCs and nitrous oxide. The concentrations of CO2 and methane have increased by 36% and 148% respectively since the mid-1700s.[23] These levels are much higher than at any time during the last 650,000 years, the period for which reliable data has been extracted from ice cores.[24] Less direct geological evidence indicates that CO2 values this high were last seen about 20 million years ago.[25] Fossil fuel burning has produced about three-quarters of the increase in CO2 from human activity over the past 20 years. Most of the rest is due to land-use change, particularly deforestation.[26]
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Industrial Revolution was bound to happen, people would live in the stone age for the rest their lives. When the Industrial Revlotion did occur things did not look bad, as of 2002 and futher did the climate change was becoming a issue to looked upon as an issue.
  • If the atmosphere is warmed, the saturation vapor pressure increases, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere will tend to increase. Since water vapor is a greenhouse gas, the increase in water vapor content makes the atmosphere warm further; this warming causes the atmosphere to hold still more water vapor (a positive feedback), and so on until other processes stop the feedback loop
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The atmosphere is warming up, there is no way for stoppiong the warming up but there is a way of slowing this down or going green
  • When ice melts, land or open water takes its place. Both land and open water are on average less reflective than ice and thus absorb more solar radiation. This causes more warming, which in turn causes more melting, and this cycle continues.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The Ice is melting. If you look at the The cold continent of Antartica, the ice caps are melting there. The North and the South Poles are melting. The sea levels are rising and inhabitants such as polar bears and Penguins are getting affected. The sea levels are afftecting Island Nations as well as sea bordering nations.
  • Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century.
    • Mei EWSIS
      Mei EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      basic information about global warming.
  • However, warming is expected to continue beyond 2100 even if emissions stop, because of the large heat capacity of the oceans and the long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
    • Mei EWSIS
      Mei EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      people are using air conditioner in the summer and the gases come out of air conditioner are bad for the o-zone.
  • Temperature changes vary over the globe. Since 1979, land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as ocean temperatures (0.25 °C per decade against 0.13 °C per decade).
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this sentence is important because this shows that global warming is causing the earth to get warmer. This changes things lik melting of ice bergs which can lead to rising sea level and cause major changes.
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it descibes why and how the temperatures all around the world are going up. This also shows that as we get more technology, we are destroying the earth more and more.
  • The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanoes produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.
  • The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of models with differing sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the use of differing estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this means that no one can predict what would happen or how much emissions we produce. Less is the best, but none is great
  • The greenhouse effect is the process by which absorption and emission of infrared radiation by gases in the atmosphere warm a planet's lower atmosphere and surface.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This means that how much emissions we would make is how much global warming we create or how much we would make our own doom.
  • Clouds also affect the radiation balance, but they are composed of liquid water or ice and so are considered separately from water vapor and other gases.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this can also help since it can cool down the face of the earth and also it can help by reflecting solar light back into space as it makes it's way through the atmosphere.
  • Global dimming, a gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, has partially counteracted global warming from 1960 to the present.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This means that global dimming helps by reflecting the warm sunlight away from earth so that we can keep it cool itstead of hot.
  • Observations show that temperatures in the stratosphere have been steady or cooling since 1979, when satellite measurements became available.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this can really help out since it has really little effect, while we release tons of gas into our atmosphere.
  • Warming is expected to change the distribution and type of clouds. Seen from below, clouds emit infrared radiation back to the surface, and so exert a warming effect; seen from above, clouds reflect sunlight and emit infrared radiation to space, and so exert a cooling effect.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important since it might trap heat, but it relfects even more heat out than it traps. It also helps cool the earth, but trapping those gases in can harm us since those gas can be toxic.
  • Measures including water conservation,[99] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[100] construction of flood defences,[101] Martian colonization,[102] changes to medical care,[103] and interventions to protect threatened species[104] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.[
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if we would really need to evacuate earth if there is no possible answer for saving our lives and the earth as well.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.[106] An example is greenhouse gas remediation, which removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, usually through carbon sequestration techniques such as carbon dioxide air capture.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important because if we do have to evacuate the earth, then we would need to bring this information to our new planet so that we can preserve that planet and hopefully learn from our mistakes.
  • In 2007–2008 Gallup Polls surveyed 127 countries. Over a third of the world's population were unaware of global warming, with developing countries less aware than developed, and Africa the least aware. Of those aware, Latin America leads in belief that temperature changes are a result of human activities while Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East, and a few countries from the Former Soviet Union lead in the opposite belief.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      This means that geoengineering is the study of changing the environment of earth to suit human needs. This is like constructing more land or to shape the lands so that buildings can be built or changing the land so that it can be used for vegetation.
  • one study suggests that projected rates of extinction are uncertain.[80]
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      I wonder will this be true since there are many theories of when the world will end like the upcoming 2012.
  • United States President Barack Obama has announced plans to introduce an economy-wide cap and trade scheme
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
  • Measures including water conservation,[100] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[101] construction of flood defences,[102] Martian colonization,[103] changes to medical care,[104] and interventions to protect threatened species[105] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important because this is our means of survivial if anything happens to our planet earth or what we might have to do in the future to prevent anything from happening again.
Hiba EWSIS

Trust (social sciences) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Some philosophers argue that trust is more than a relationship of reliance
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it says trust can be much more than relying on each other.
  • we are not trusting when we are suspicious of the other person, because this is in fact an expression of distrust
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because when you question another's actions and words, you don't have trust in them.
  • Trust is a statement about what is otherwise unknown -- for example, because it is far away, cannot be verified, or is in the future.
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this means trust involves proving yourself to another.
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  • From this perspective, trust is a mental state, which cannot be measured directly. Confidence in the results of trusting may be measured through behavior, or alternatively, one can measure self-reported trust (with all the caveat surrounding that method)
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      In my own words, this means trusting in yourself. When you success in something, it allows you to gain confidence and trust yourself that you can do it again or improve.
  • A time lag exists between the extension of trust and the result of the trusting behavior.
  • In psychology trust is believing the person who you trust to do what you expect. It starts at the family and grows to others.
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Trust is with relationships within your family as well as relationships with new people.
  • Trust is being vulnerable to someone even though they are trustworthy; Trustworthiness is the ability to trust, and trust propensity being able to rely on them Relationship and Risk taking. Once trust is lost, by obvious violation of one of these three determinants, it is very hard to regain trust. Thus there is a clear a-symmetry in building versus destruction of trust. Hence being and acting trustworthy should be considered the only sure way to maintain a trust level.
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      It's difficult to build trust after you have been betrayed and it takes time.
  • Conversely, where trust is absent, projects can fail, especially if this lack of trust has not be identified and addressed.
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Trust is an essential factor in every type of relationship or otherwise it won't be stable.
  • However, once again perception of honesty, competence and value similarity (slightly similar to benevolence) are essential.
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it's saying that honesty is key in building trust.
  • People may work together and achieve success through trust, while working on projects that rely on each individual’s contribution.
    • Hiba EWSIS
      Hiba EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this means that equal commitment from each partner is needed to build trust. If one completely gives up, it is almost impossible to rebuild trust.
Robin EWSIS

SSPP Reads: Multiple Intelligences - 0 views

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reads multiple sspp EWSIS

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  • Robin EWSIS on 13 Jan 10
     
    I'm learning more about the multiple intelligences right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is how did Howard Gardner come up with the multiple intelligences. I was researching this online, and this blog post caught my attention because it mentioned Howard Gardner and the multiple intelligences. The title also showed a preview of what the article is about. I read the blog post and didn't show what i want, however i did find this quote to be intriguing. "Howard Gardner has questioned the idea that intelligence is a single entity, that it results from a single factor, and that it can be measured simply via IQ tests. . . challenging also the cognitive development work of Piaget. Bringing forward evidence to show that at any one time a child may be at very different stages for example, in number development and spatial/visual maturation, Howard Gardner has successfully undermined the idea that knowledge at any one particular developmental stage hangs together in a structured whole. (infed.org/thinkers)" The quote i chose here is basically saying that Howard Gardner noticed that people learn differently through the study of basic children. I think this is informative because it makes me wonder how he figured this out without using really complex technology.
Jose EWSIS

agricultural technology - future of agriculture - innovations in agriculture - 0 views

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EWSIS Evoke Africa Farming Technology

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  • Ming Liu on 16 Mar 10
     
    Farmers have seen profound changes in agriculture in the past 10 years, but revolutionary technology is just on the horizon. This is a interesting article about how the technology of farming have changed in the past 10 years, and how it is likely to develop in the next 10 years. With the more advanced technology, more food can be produced, this can definitely help food security. Although in "sucky" places like Africa, the people are very unlikely to gain that kind of technology even if it is developed...
  • Jose EWSIS on 16 Mar 10
     
    "Within the hallowed halls of academia, one of the best futurists is Mike Boehlje at Purdue's Center for Food and Agricultural Business. He sees three types of technology at the farm level that are in the process of coming to market: technology to manipulate growth processes of plants and animals, technology for monitoring and measuring systems, and automated process control technology. On its own, each area is significant, he says, but it's their coming commercial convergence that will bring the most significant change." This is very cool to read. In my previous bookmark on diigo, I talked about how technology in general can't really help farmers, especially the whole idea of the cell phone but this... this is interesting. Going forward in providing this for farmers sure as "heck" can help farmers. I mean this is what farmers need correct? More of their supply to sell, how they are going to sell it and well pretty much the time it will take to sell it. The faster they get their money the better. I sure hope that farmers don't have to pay a lot of money to get this advancement or at least will be able to get their hands on it somehow.
Anthoulla EWSIS

Queens sees huge surge in demand for emergency meals and food - 1 views

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  • The number of emergency meals provided to the city's hungry has jumped in every borough since 2006, with the Queens tally topped only by that in the Bronx, which saw a 110% boost. In Brooklyn the jump was 75% and in Manhattan 62%. The smallest increase was 29% for Staten Island.
    • YuDi EWSIS
      YuDi EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
       
      The statsics shows the insecure of the meal and food supply. The whole city is missing food supply and it already become a huge problem that effect many's life.
    • diane ewsis
      diane ewsis on 18 Mar 10
       
      I am suprised that many people are going hungry and that since 2006 the rates of hunger have increased tremendously the tally that this has been in the bronx, brooklyn, manhattan, and staten island has gone extremely high.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 18 Mar 10
       
      What I found interesting about this article is that people are starving in a urban where food is plentiful yet people cant get to it.
    • KatherineG EWSIS
      KatherineG EWSIS on 18 Mar 10
       
      It's hard to believe that so many people are starving. Some thing that stood out for me was when the article stated Queens tally topped only by that in the Bronx, which saw a 110% boost.In Brooklyn the jump was 75% and in Manhattan 62%." & a 29% for Staten Island. Staten island has the smallest percentage due to how small the island is.Either way the rates of hunger have increased drastically.
  • "Because of the bad economy, New York families that typically donate food, warm clothes and other basics to those in need just can't afford to this year," Gillibrand said. "As a result, food bank shelves have gone bare, and hunger and food insecurity have reached disturbing, historic highs." The Food Bank for New York City, which supplies food to 1,000 agencies providing 300,000 meals a day, found that 93% of city food pantries have seen an increase in first-time visitors over the past year. Half of the pantries reported more than 25% in increased demand over last year.
    • YuDi EWSIS
      YuDi EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
       
      Many people in NYC need food after the economy went down. New York families miss their home and they couldn't handle their life well. Those people are the ones who really need help from others. The govenment is trying to help, but the government's food bank is missing supplies too.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 18 Mar 10
       
      The reason why the hunger rate is high these days is because of how popluated the cities are and the lack of recognition towards the poor class and the homeless.
  • "Because of the bad economy, New York families that typically donate food, warm clothes and other basics to those in need just can't afford to this year," Gillibrand said. "As a result, food bank shelves have gone bare, and hunger and food insecurity have reached disturbing, historic highs."
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  • "We need to make sure we're helping children and families who were hit the hardest by this economy," Gillibrand said.
    • YuDi EWSIS
      YuDi EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
       
      Everyone is meeting the food supplies missing problem. The children and families who were hardest by the econmoy especially needs the help. The government is trying to help them in order to save more people from starving.
    • diane ewsis
      diane ewsis on 18 Mar 10
       
      we have to make sure that we try to help as much as possible and also help the children that are currently hunger and they need us and also many families that are being hit by poverty and dont have enough money to feed their children.
  • Zhapa EWSIS on 16 Mar 10
     
    I'm learning more about Queens sees huge surge in demand for emergency meals and food right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: why more than half of food pantries still had to turn people away because they ran out of food. I was researching this question online, and this news item caught my attention because it explains the problems about giving food to elder people. It also talks about Gillibrand and Sen. Chuck Schumer are co-sponsoring legislation to make permanent the Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive that encourages businesses to donate unused food items to food banks. It also states that another piece of legislation Gillibrand is co-sponsoring to help support food pantries and other charities is an extension of tax credits for seniors when they make charitable donations from their retirement savings. Such credits are set to expire at the end of this year. A paragraph that caught my eye was " Emergency measures taken in Washington over the past year dramatically increased the availability of food stamps and government purchases of food for emergency relief programs, according to Triada Stampas, the Food Bank's director of government relations and public education, but failed to fill the gap in the city." This is because it explains about food emergency. "Because of the bad economy, New York families that typically donate food, warm clothes and other basics to those in need just can't afford to this year," Gillibrand said. "As a result, food bank shelves have gone bare, and hunger and food insecurity have reached disturbing, historic highs." " The quote I chose here is basically saying the because of the bad economy that we are having right now sometimes it hard for them to find food. I think this is strong because without money sometimes it's hard to get food. But if people donate or give food that they don't eat then that's good.
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  • Tian EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
     
    I'm learning more about food insecurity right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: what cause the rate of food insecurity to increase. I was researching this question online, and this news article, "Queens sees huge surge in demand for emergency meals and food" caught my attention because it explains what I'm wondering. The quote I chose here is basically saying that as the economy goes down, those who always donate clothes and other food supplies stopping donating because they cannot afford to. This is one of the biggest reason that food crisis in queens is becoming more serious. I think this is very sad because it makes me wonder how many people in our city right now don't have food to eat and can barely survive. I'm now recalling how much food that I have wasted since I was born. I believe that if I had saved all that amount of food, I would have saved a lot of people. Therefore, from now on I will try my best not to waste any food and join those who donate food to poor people.
  • Houin EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
     
    I'm learning more about the food security right now,and in particular what I'm wondering about is :What is the food problem in NY? I was researching this question online,and this news item caught my attention because we have look for the food security in the Africa,and we are looking for the food security in America now,then i saw this topic,and i think it is interesting. "The number of emergency meals provided to the city's hungry has jumped in every borough since 2006, with the Queens tally topped only by that in the Bronx, which saw a 110% boost. In Brooklyn the jump was 75% and in Manhattan 62%. The smallest increase was 29% for Staten Island.The report found that 340,000 households across the city are now considered "food insecure" - meaning that these families are unsure when or how they will get their next meal - with 53,285 in the Bronx. " The quote I chose here is basically saying that the food security in New York is very important,because the news said that the number of the emergency meals provided to the city's hungry has jumped in every borough since 2006.Queens tally topped only by that in the Bronx,which saw a 100% boost.Brooklyn jump was 75% and Manhattan 62%.the less increase was 29% in Staten Island. I think this is amazing because i don't really know that was a big problem in the New York,it make me wonder that not only the food problem in Africa,it also happened in the place that I lived,that i have never know before.so it make me very amazing.I think we should solve the food problem also.
  • Jose EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
     
    "The report from the office of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand shows a dramatic 55% rise in the need for emergency food relief statewide, and a 75% increase in New York City overall. The number of emergency meals provided to the city's hungry has jumped in every borough since 2006, with the Queens tally topped only by that in the Bronx, which saw a 110% boost. In Brooklyn the jump was 75% and in Manhattan 62%. The smallest increase was 29% for Staten Island." This is something that I couldn't believe. Are these numbers really true? I mean there are these many people who need food in my area? I mean I know in Queens I have seen many homeless people and food drives all around the city but I never knew it was due to the fact because there are these amount of people who need it. Its sad and shocking and I think I am going to start putting in my two cents and try to hep out. I think I will start volunteering at a food drive or something. This is crazy how people are in hunger like this.
  • Adriana EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
     
    "Emergency measures taken in Washington over the past year dramatically increased the availability of food stamps and government purchases of food for emergency relief programs, according to Triada Stampas, the Food Bank's director of government relations and public education, but failed to fill the gap in the city.\n\n"More than half of food pantries still had to turn people away because they ran out of food," Stampas said. "
  • Rachel EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
     
    I'm learning more about food security in queens right now, and in particular what i'm wondering about is why are people hungry all of the sudden. I was researching this question online, and this new posts caught my attention because, why is only Queens having this food problems and why does the title have the borough queens and not any other borough. "The report found that 340,000 households across the city are now considered "food insecure" - meaning that these families are unsure when or how they will get their next meal - with 53,285 in the Bronx. " The quote i chose here is basically saying that food is really scarce and people don't know when is the next time they will be able to eat. Several people in the Bronx have to worry about this for sure because there are so many of them in this condition. I think this is a true statement because, several people are having such a low amount of food and they don't know when they gonna have their next meal.I think that why their are so many emergency security food and meals are being passed out all around the boroughs in NYC.
  • LawrenceY EWSIS on 17 Mar 10
     
    I'm learning more about food security right now and in particular what I'm wondering about is Is there a food problem in Queens? I was researching this question online, and this news post caught my attention because it mentioned exactly what i wanted to know.\n\n\n"Queens sees huge surge in demand for emergency meals and food." "Queens has seen a whopping 106% sspike in the number of emergency mealss provided to hungry residents in the past two years."\n\nThe quote i chose here is basically saying that there has been a huge jump in the number of emergency food distributed to the people. Amny people are in a food crisis, and is worried about what they are going to eat in days to come. \n\nI think this is not good because what will happen when there are no emergencey food rations left then what will happen to the people? I believe New York State should do something about this before it gets worse than it is.
  • Anthoulla EWSIS on 18 Mar 10
     
    I'm learning more about food security in Africa as well as New York right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: why is food security a problem in New York City, the city that I live in. I was researching this question online, and this news article caught my attention because it shows how my community is suffering from food security. Food security affects the world and the people around us. "We need to make sure we're helping children and families who were hit the hardest by this economy,' Gillibrand said." The quote I chose here is basically saying that we as a country are suffering from hunger. This is very surprising because children and families are suffering and we should help them. The economy affected the rate of food security, because a lot of adults lost their jobs and now they cant afford to put food on the table. I think this is shocking because so many people lost their jobs in the last two years with the economic crisis that now, thousands of children and families are suffering. It makes me wonder how many people are suffering from hunger not only in the US or Africa, but the whole world. I found out that India is going through some food crisis and that many children are dying from hunger. I don't think this is an issue not many people think about. That's what makes me think.
AndreaLee EWSIS

Q & A - New York Times - 0 views

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diigo America flights weight baggage kg lbs

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  • 40 kilograms (88 pounds) in first class, 30 kilograms (66 pounds) in business class and 20 kilograms (44 pounds) in economy.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
       
      conversions.
  • Taking your heavy bags with you to Italy could be costly indeed -- even if the airline accepted them -- largely because of the difference between the so-called piece system baggage rule, which predominates in the United States and on flights between the United States and Europe, and the weight system, which is commonly used in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
       
      hm.
  • Airlines in general are adopting tougher baggage rules to keep fuel costs under control. British Airways, for example, no longer accepts any checked baggage over 32 kilograms (70.5 pounds), except for certain items, including musical instruments, electric wheelchairs and sporting equipment, that have not been approved and registered 24 hours in advance. Northwest and American have recently reduced their baggage allowances for coach class to about 50 pounds an item, down from 70 pounds.
    • AndreaLee EWSIS
      AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
       
      similarities between America and Europe
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  • Can you explain why we would face these charges in Europe, but not, apparently, in the United States?
  • AndreaLee EWSIS on 14 Oct 09
     
    About being charged for heavy bags in Europe, but not in America due to differences in kilograms and pounds.
Binetou EWSIS

The green issue Supermarkets must take more responsibility | Sunday Herald, The Newspap... - 2 views

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recycle reuse blue bands cans people

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  • Binetou EWSIS on 10 Nov 09
     
    I am learning more about recycling right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is why people don't like to recycle. I was researching this question online, and this article caught my attention because it talks about how supermarkets have big responsibilities on this. "Of course it would be easy for stores to claim that in a recession they have had to put ecofriendly measures on hold to prevent passing costs on to consumers. As the Consumer Focus survey shows, however, more than half of shoppers are actively purchasing more environmentally responsible goods than they were two years ago. Over 70 per cent say they want help from their supermarkets in making better-informed choices."
Paul Allison

Summer 2009 / Lexile scales - 0 views

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  • Because of the many problems associated with grade-level equivalents, there is not a direct translation from a specific Lexile® measure to a specific grade level.
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 14 Jul 09
       
      Right! As if grade-level makes any sense. "Ability to read" has so many different meanings in different contexts, different genres...
Robin EWSIS

Maturity (psychological) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • By this definition, how an individual feels about himself is no more legitimate than how others feel about him, and so it is important that this individual gains a certain level of maturity as he grows older to earn the respect of others. However, maturity need not reflect one's actions in a social situation among well-known peers, as in these situations there is no need to establish a sense of maturity as once maturity is established, it by no means has to be a norm. Furthermore, one need not establish maturity on how others view their personality, because a casual observer cannot totally judge someone he or she does not know on a personal level.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I belive this is true because a lot of people gain respect on the level of their maturity. Another reason is that I also believe that the sense of maturity comes from within thyself
  • maturity is not determined by one's age.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      this is in my words because it is true maturity doesn't come from age and a lot of people don't accept that. It doesn't mean that i except this like if you're a 40 year old acting like 12 year old isn't right but you have to give the person time to grow
  • In fact, judge Julian Mack, who helped create the juvenile court system in the United States, said that juvenile justice was based on the belief that young people do not always make good decisions because they are not mature, but this means that they can be reformed more easily than adults.[2] However, the relationship between psychological maturity and age is a difficult one, especially when it comes to the law. Immaturity is often used to distinguish between adolescents and adults, and there has been much debate over how to tell if someone is mature, especially regarding social issues like abortion.[3]
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder why the juvenille system hasn't worked for most adelecents because more children find it "Cool" to go to juvenille prison rather than being a punishment so they purposely do things to get in with the in crowd even if it means messing up their future
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  • However, for legal purposes, people are not considered psychologically mature enough to perform certain tasks (such as driving, consenting to sex, signing a binding contract or making medical decisions) until they have reached a certain age.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      My father also says this too. He says that im to young to drive and to worry about my school work and to keep in my studies. My mom is more protective than my dad she says that i don't need to be focusing on girls and other nonsense.
  • Maturity is a psychological term used to indicate that a person responds to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate and adaptive manner. This response is generally learned rather than instinctual, and is not determined by one's age. Maturity also encompasses being aware of the correct time and place to behave and knowing when to act with appropriate emotion for the situation.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I also find this important because it explains what maturity is and what is it known as
  • Psychologist B.W. Roberts explains that in an explicit model of personality, one's personality must be viewed from both the perspective of the actor and the perspective of the observer. Therefore, one's maturity is not measured solely on introspection, but by how others view one's maturity as well, in a feedback loop.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I'm not really sure what this paragraph is explaining
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      please help
  • Maturity is something of personal character, or how one acts in stressful or difficult situations, because then a person's true ability to react to a situation can be seen. Fake social interactions are often misjudged as many people rely on outward appearance to mask inner strengths/weaknesses so as to present a simpler version of oneself to the world.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I under stand this because all guys i know change their attitude around just to impress a girl. Me i don't have to do that i could just be myself and still have a girl like me
Houin EWSIS

United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009.
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important,because it shows the country where the conferer is,and the days of the conferer start and the end.
  • European Union To cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 if an international agreement is reached committing other developed countries and the more advanced developing nations to comparable emission reductions. To cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 unconditionally
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This makes me wonder about the contry. Is that all of the country in european union will follow what they accept to do?
  • At this international conference, 250 high-ranking representatives from industry, science, politics and non-government organizations discussed solutions for future road transportation under the motto of "Sustainable Mobility– United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009|the Post-2012 CO2 Agenda"
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important,because it show that why the country in the world need to have a conference,because they need to discuss some thing that will affect the world.
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  • Potential focus areas for TAPs include early warning systems, expansion of salinity-tolerant crops, electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, efficient energy grid systems, and other technologies.[30]
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it show the potenial focus area for TAPs include early warning system, and the expansion of salinity-tolerant crop and some other technologies.
  • A leaked document known as "The Danish Text" has started an argument between Developed and Developing Nations. The document was subtitled as "The Copenhagen Agreement", proposes measures to keep average global temperature rises to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
    • Houin EWSIS
      Houin EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      I have a question about that 2 document.What is the document ''The Danish Text'' that argu about between the develop and develop nations?
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