“CRIT” in Sonora

Maybe this new has nothing to do with class, but it is important to know that a CRIT (Centro de Reabilitacion Infantil Teleton) will be constructed here in Hermosillo at the end of the next year.
It is said that it has never been build a CRIT because the government has refused to donate land to build on. Guillermo Padres announce officially the process to build a CRIT here in Hermosillo. Different from other years, this year just one CRIT will be constructed. The State of Congress approved to support annually with 34.3 millions of pesos this new center. The parties in favor were PAN, PRI, PRD and PVEM.
The last census made in 2000 shows that over 42 thousand people have disabilities in the state of Sonora. This put Sonora in the 15th place nationally in terms of people with disabilities.
The government and Teleton consider of great importance the construction of the new center here in Sonora. A CRIT in Sonora represents hope for children from the northern states of the Republic (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora), since they occupied a large territory.
Imagine how the state will change. We will grow as a city and as a state. Nowadays, Teleton supports 200 kids form Sonora. This people now can have support closer instead of going to other state of the country.
I now that many of you help each year, but this year we have to help more than the other years because now the money is for our state and even more important for our city.
CRIT:-The center will cost 250 million pesos.-The annual contribution by the government will be 34 million pesos.-Teleton’s goal this year is 442 million pesos.-The campaign will begin on November 9 .

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New Banks in United Kigndom

The United Kingdom will create three new chains of banks from the sale of three institutions saved from financial crisis. The three institutions are the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Lloyds Group Banking Group and Northern Rock. The British government owns 43% of Lloyds, 70% of RBS, while Northern Rock is completely nationalized. These banks received a lot of financial help from the government about a year ago due to the financial crisis.The British government confirm this Tuesday the creation of the new institutions. The creation of the new banks will be done by 2015.The new banks will focus on retail operations, especially in deposits and mortgages.
They will be sold to new groups that enter the bank market. The government confirms that an owner of a bank in United Kingdom can’t participate in the new institutions. Because of this, the institutions may be owned by groups from the United States, Australia and Middle East. Regulators are worried that institutions help by the government have an advantage over other banks that did not receive it. What functionaries want is something better for the consumer by recovering the cash from taxpayers. Also they want to create a stronger mortgage market and more competition. If there is an advantage, competition will not exist.

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Genetic modified crops in Mexico

Mexico received some protests of Greenpeace because of the decision of the government that is to cultivate genetically modified corn. The environmentalists said that they could affect all the nation’s native crops.
About 45 Greenpeace activists hung protest signs at the Angel of Independence. This was made because is the major traffic city and many people will see it.
The nation agriculture and the environmental department approved two of the 35 applications to grow genetically modified crop.
Genetic modified crops can cause the lack of nutrition or pest and disease. The modification also can increase cold and drought.
Corn is not the only modified crop, also cotton, papayas and soybeans.
Mexico said that the modified crops are and experiment that will be controlled by the government and isolated from other crops. The modified crops will be planted in states that do not grow native corn.
Mexican protesters said that they are worry because of the effects that the modified crops cause to the consumers, other crops and the environment. Also they said that they are scared that the modified corn could damage the native corn. Scientific studies have determined that this modified corn has already contaminated some native corn fields. Some protesters said: “Without corn, there’s no country”.
Greenpeace asked Mexico to stop immediately the use of the transgenic corn because of the effects.

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President of the EU

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, best known as Tony Blair was the prime minister of Britain from May of 1997 to June 2007. Also he was a member of the parliament from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. It is said that Blair is the Labour Party’s longest serving Prime Minister. He had been the only person in the Labour Party to win 3 consecutive general elections, and also He had been the only Labour Prime Minister to serve consecutive term, ones were of more than four years long. As we can see he has a really good politician profile.
The ex-prime minister of Britain is the leading candidate to become the first President of the European Union. This is a point of the Lisboan Treaty that would come formalize in 2009 if every country is in favor just if all the countries accept it. Czech Republic is one if the countries that haven’t accept this treaty.
Blair has the support of many countries like France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Slovenia, Hungary and obviously Britain. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was the first one to propose that Blair have to be the first president. The president of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapartero, accept that Blair became the president of Europe, but obviously he prefer that Felipe Gonzalez, the ex president of Spain, take this position. Gonzalez said that he didn’t want this president job.
He also counts with countries that are against his president of the European Union. Some if these countries are Austria, Luxembourg and Belgium. Angela Merkel doesn’t like the idea of Blair being the president of the European Union.

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The ex-finance minister of Japan was found death

The ex-finance minister of Japan, Mr. Shoichi Nakagawa, was found death. Mr. Nakagawa of 56 years old was found faced down in his bed next of his wife at his home in Tokyo on Sunday morning of October 4 of this year, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Police said that he was encrusted with dried vomit stains.
The police that are investigating, affirm that it was possible a natural death because there are no traces of damage or injury neither a suicide note. In the autopsy were no evidences of injuries.
Mr. Nakagawa, who served the parliament for 26 years, was one of the several politicians with high-profile from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.
On last February Mr. Nakagawa was accused of being drunk in the G-7 news conference, Group of Seven leading nations’ meeting in Rome. Mr. Nakagawa didn’t accept he was drunk, he affirms that what he had was the effect of the combination of a glass of wine with some pills for his cold during the flight to Rome.

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Some currencies

US dollar 1.00 USD=14.9678 MXN

Euro 1.00 EUR=19.0846 MXN

Yen 1.00 JPY=0.153024 MXN

Aussie Dollar (Australia) 1.00 AUD=9.72624 MXN

New Zealand Dollar 1.00 NZD=7.63759 MXN

Canadian Dollar 1.00 CAD=11.9306 MXN

Colombia 1.00 COP=0.00579811 MXN

Pakistan Rumpees 1.00 PKZ=0.187314 MXN

United Kingdom Pounds 1.00 GBP=21.3381 MXN

Egypt Pounds 1.00 EGP=2.66125 MXN

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Parliamentary System

The parliamentary system is a type of government that the power to make and execute laws. This system has the characteristic of a no clear cut separation of power between the executive and legislative branches. This is the contrast of the presidential system. It is divided in two: head of government and the head of state. The parliamentary is distinguished by the head of government that depends on the direct or indirect support of the parliament. In the parliamentary a country is not ruled by different parties.
The head of government are the prime minister or premier. He or she the majority of the cases is the leader of the largest party in the legislature. In parliamentary systems the head of government is normally the leader of the largest party in the legislature. The Prime minister is the most senior minister of the cabinet.

The head of state may be a president or a hereditary monarch. The person in charge serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, etc. The roles that they normally do are personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties like being in charge of the constitution and its good use.

References
Ansers.com. 4 de Febrero de 2009 .
Answers.com. 04 de Febrero de 2009 .
Economicexpert.com. 4 de febrero de 2009 .
Wikipedia. 4 de Febrero de 2009 .

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Global Warming

Over time, the climate has always variety and it is a big problem. The problem with the climate change is that in the last years these variations had increase and accelerate brutally, to the point that it is affecting the world life. Looking for the cause of this variation, scientist discovered that was in the relationship of the climate change and raise of the green house gas. This climate change is called global warming. Now days, global warming has convert in one of the biggest problems in the world.

First of all global warming is not only a climate change, it is too the result of the raise of temperature in the world and in the oceans. Green house effect exists to control the temperature of our planet and it can maintain good. The atmosphere is layer that covers the Earth. Its function is to capture some of the sun gases and help them maintain the temperature of the planet to have an average temperature of 15°C. These gases are carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrogen oxide, ozone, and other gases. This is called the green house effect. If this does not exists the temperature of our planet will fall -18°C. A correct portion of the green house gases help this effect to be correct, but if the gases increase the sun rays are not be able to go out of the earth. Now, thanks to the raise of carbon dioxide (CO2), that is produce especially by fossil fuels and other industrial fuels, the green house effect has been intensified.

If this happens the temperatures will increase. If the temperatures increase many things can happen. One of them is that the poles will melt. This makes the sea lever augmented. If the sea level augmented 6 meters more, places like Miami, Florida, Beijing, Shangai, and other beaches will disappear. More precipitation will be presented because the ocean water will evaporated. With a lot of precipitation the sea lever can raise. Drought is another consequence of this. With not sufficient water humans can be damage.

The green house effect gases are increasing because of many daily actions things. One is the burning of fossil fuels. This is provoked by many fabrics. Imagine all the fabrics that produce these gases every day, in every hour and in the entire world. The logging off the trees is one of the causes of global warming. The trees absorbed carbon dioxide, one of the gases of the green house effect. By absorbing carbon dioxide, it is helping the planet to have less of these gases. With fewer trees this gas will not be able to be absorbed. The population growth is another important cause. With more population, the demand increases, so more resources such as water, food, and natural resources are needed.

Also humans contributed in the causes of the green house effect. Because of their actions global warming is increasing. These actions are like leaving electronic advices on when they are not use, not recycling, not buying biodegradable things and other actions that does not affect our world.

This is a big problem that each day is affecting all humans, by intervening in their living conditions. Also, they are affected in a progressive way, because with the days is becoming worst and it does not have a back turn. Humans are the very responsible of this action and are the most affected.

Humans can help in many ways to stop the green house effect. One important thing is to buy ecologic bulbs. This is because the normal bulbs spend a lot of energy. Energy produce heat and this became part of one of the causes. Turning off electronic devices is a very important action. Most of the time humans like to leave their computers or laptop on. Some other people have the TV always on without watching it. Disconnect all the things you can when you are not using them. Taking a shower with cold and not with hot water is another good action. Sharing the car is a good option. With this people does not produce more gases that can affect the earth. Buying electric cars or Diesel cars will help because these type cars does not produce damage gases. Make sure the wheels of your car are full of air, so they do not make touch with the floor and to stop heat.

Humans can help controlling this green house effect by buying ecologic bulbs, use less the car, turn off the electronic devices, and other actions. This problem is being produce by many bad actions such as population growth, log of trees and burning of fossil fuels. Global warming has become one of the most popular problems in the last few years and humans have to act now.


Resfources:
http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/fcons.asp
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/effects-consequences-global-warming.html
http://www.planete-energies.com/content/7_11_6_the_consequences.html

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Iran hiding nuclear plant

Iran fired missiles during a military exercise of the Revolutionary Guards, their military elite, because they want to test these missiles. The USA demanded Iran so they can prove its intentions after knowing the existence of a new underground nuclear plant that was construct secretly. General Hossein Salami, Revolutionary Guard’s boss, affirm that it is the first time that Iran do a missile test. In some TV images, some voices that are saying “Alá Akbar” (that means God is big) can be heard while the missiles are firing. Salami said that this test were with the intentions so the other countries that try to intimidate them, sees that they are prepare. Unites States have its doubts about this. They think that this was not for a good intention. Now the US and other countries question is: If they were hiding a nuclear plant secretly, they are hiding something else? In my opinion, I think that they are hiding many things. But they are just looking for protection. I don’t believe that Iran attack other countries, it is still not a very powerful countries like other.

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Merkel wins elections for second time

Last Sunday, September 27, Angela Merkel proclaimed her victory on the parliamentary elections, which is her second term of four years at the head of a new center-right government. Projections showed that Merkel's conservatives are heading with the Free Democrats, with the pro-business tendencies, because they had a good performance according to polls. His rival Frank-Walter Steinmeier, leader of the Social Democrats, admitted that his party suffered an awful defeat.

For me, it is good to know how women can become presidents. I think that here in Mexico it would be difficult for a women to win an election for president. Maybe most of the people,including women, would not trust another women to be a president. People in Germany, demostrate us that women make can make a good role, and evrybody can get to be a president. If people choose it Merkel again, is because she is a good president.

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The truth of Kentucky Fried Chicken

KentuckyFried Chicken has changed its name to KFC. Here is why.
Surely you think that KFC chicken is a normal chicken that has gone through a normal cooking process process to reach your mouth. That process is not exactly the process that you've been imagining. When chicks are born, they are locked in a dark room. They stay in that room for a week. These chicks go blind because they were never exposed to light at birth. The eye is a muscle; as the chicks did not use the eye at birth this is lost. This is done with the intention that the chicken did not look when they injecten them hormones. With what purpose they injected them hormones? The purpose is for the chicken to grow larger and can get more quantity. The hormones cause them to become fat and grow a lot. Because of the weight, their legs are broken so they cannot walk.
Now imagine what those poor by chickens have pass through, the chickens have become a ball unable to see or walk. Kentucky Fried Chicken received a demand because what they call fried "chicken", are not exactly chicken, but evolve chicken. That's why it's no longer Kentucky Fried Chicken, but only by their initials KFC. Did you just do this? Would you go to eat KFC?

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4 THE ONES THAT SAYS THAT WAR IS GOOD!

For the ones that in Panorama class answered that war was good....

W A R SONG
EDWIN STARR lyrics - War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc&feature=related

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WHO ARE YOU: ALCOHOLISM OR NATIONALISM?

Good joke, this picture demostrate us that the person that died because of nationalism is proud of himself because he died for his country, while the other is proud too because of dying of alcoholism. In today's world people don't do anything good for their country, they just contaminated and contaminated themselves too. So, if you where one of them, who will you be?

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Poverty facts and stats

At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.
The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.
According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”
Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. The two regions that account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
If current trends continue, the Millennium Development Goals target of halving the proportion of underweight children will be missed by 30 million children, largely because of slow progress in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Based on enrolment data, about 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 per cent of them were girls. And these are regarded as optimisitic numbers.
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.

I foud this in http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats.
It is very impressive how many kids die a day because of poverty. And all the people who live with less than $10 a day. I can't imagine living like that, it must be very difficult.
Another fact is the one that says that a billion people doesn't know how to write their own names, this is unacceptable, how can someone is unable to write their own name?
I think that it is becasue of the government, not because of the poverty, because if a govenment had a good education system this wouldn't be hapening.

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If Japan dominates the future...

Japan, a powerful country. Organize country, technologic country, rich country, powerfull country, etc. With this characteristics Japan for sure is consider one of the powerful countries. The U.S. has been at the top for may years and for sure they like this idea. Maybe with this crisis it has gone down, but still is a powerfull country. Sometimes I think that Japan is more powerful than U.S..If Japan rises its economy, technologies, power, etc., it will be a clear difference between Japan and U.S.. The U.S. will want power again. This makes me think that maybe this country want war to win power again. In the otherside, maybe the U.S. will be scare of Japan. If the U.S. wants power, this will be related with realism. They want to go fighting for power and competition. So, what will happen if Japan dominates the future?

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Republic vs. Constitutional Monarchy

Today at class, someone asked if what form of government was better, if Republic or Constitutional Monarchy. Obviously both forms have its pros and cons, but how to know which one is better? As we know, republic has a president or government that is elected by democracy. On the other side, monarchy power is absolute. The hereditary of Head of State has the control of the country.

Many people think that Republic is better because of democracy. The citizens have to choose the government they wanted. They think that Monarchy is unfair because always the same family will govern.Also is unfair because in those type of places not evryone can be a "government". It is not dicrimination but something related. Is like saying your family was not rich, you can be a monarch. Other people think that Monarchy is good because with only an absolute power there will not be conflicts between the different parties. Beside living in a monarchy is very expensive, all the money the monarch use it for tourism, royal sites, trade, and so on. People trust in the "monarch family". Maybe people that live in republics think how they can trust the same family for all the years or how a only person can control a whole country. IN my opinion I would not trust our president Felipe Calderon to have all the money in its power. This is because the idea everybody have in their minds: " all the governmetns still". I will like to experiment living in a Monarchy. In my opinion I imagine a country that has many order of everything, since money until streets. I think that it is not a better type of goverment, this is depending on people.

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