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Egypt Election - Bach | Gina | Fangda

Posted by Bach Tong in Globalization - Laufenberg on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 8:16 am
​About Egypt:

Egypt is located in northern part of Africa known as the Middle East. The country is known for its vast desserts, and its rich ancient history of Kings and Queens with pyramids that still exist. Today, the country is the worlds 6th largest supplier of liquified natural gas and oil is the main export. Although the country's oil and tourism industries are still very prosperous, the recent revolution and overthrowing of former president Hosni Mubarek has left the country's current political state in disarray. 

About Egypt's Election:

Election in Egypt is universal and compulsory to all Egyptian citizen over 18 years of age. Egypt has a two-round system for its presidential election. Previous to the revolution, Egypt's election process included a popular vote by the citizens for the head of state or president of Egypt. The president would be elected for a six year term after being nominated by the People's Assembly and then later confirmed by the popular vote. The People's Assembly is composed of 508 members, 498 of them are elected for a five year term and 10 members are added by the newly elected president each new term. The elections for the People's Assembly are carried out in three phases, in which there are 12 election days held throughout the country. Now that the revolution has occurred, the Egyptian people are currently writing a new legislature to carry out presidential elections.

Candidate Qualification:

- Be born in Egypt to Egyptian parents
- Not holding dual nationality
- Not marriage to a non-Egyptian
- Support of 30000 voters


Now in Egypt the top two candidates have decided to enter the runoff election next month (06/16-06/17). They are Mohamed Morsi from the Muslim Brotherhood and Ahmed Shafik who served under Hosni Mubarak as the prime minister.


Mohamed Morsi has been Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party(FJP) after the revolution happened in 2011. During 2000 and 2005, he was a Member of Parliament. Before the Freedom and Justice Party was founded, Mohamed Morsi had been a member of the Guidance Office of the Muslim Brotherhood. After that, he was elected by the Muslim Brotherhood's Guidance Office to be the first president of the new party. Mohamed Morsi was at first being nominated as a backup candidate, but later on he took the place of Khairat El-Shater as a formal candidate when the latter was disqualified.

Ahmed Mohamed Shafik was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later served as Prime Minister of Egypt for a period of 33 days, when Hosni Mubarak was in charge. Ahmed Shafik served in the army as an young officer and had attended the War of Attrition and 1973 October War. Later in 1983, he was appointed a military attaché in the Egyptian Embassy in Rome. In 1991, he had become the Air Force's Chief of Staff, and lasted for 5 years, when he became the Commander of the Egyptian Air Force. Seen as "one of Mubarak's old guard", Shafik became a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in February 11, 2011. Ahmed announced his candidacy in the Egyptian Presidential Election in November 2011.

We interviewed Mohamed Zayed, who works for the Ministry of Education and was also one of the visitors to SLA during the two weeks of May.
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We also reached out to Sharif Kouddous, who came to our class and spoke as part of the Pulitzer Center. He is now a senior correspondence in the Middle East for Democracy Now.

Here is an interview he did with Democracy Now on the topic of Egypt Presidential Election:

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Reflection:

The process of corresponding with an Egyptian person to interview them about their presidential elections was very long and required patience, however we are glad that we were able to learn something. Our group gained a new insight into this foreign land and was surprised to learn that presidents are elected in Egypt for a longer term than those in the United States and also the People's Assembly of Egypt has almost the same number of members as our American Congress and it functions similarly. We think that this was a good experience. If we were to do this again, we would definitely not procrastinate and spend more time talking to each other about the project. Our advice to others would be to pick a country that you're interested in so that you'll be able to fully appreciate the knowledge given to you in the interview.
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Option 3 - Evidence of Globalization in Philadelphia

Posted by Bach Tong in Globalization - Laufenberg on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 12:34 am
  • What did you find most challenging about this project?

    The most challenging aspect of this project option did not lie on the photo, but rather figuring out ways to connect the picture with the larger globalization themes.

  • How did you go about collecting the images or selecting the images?

    I skim through the collections of photos that I have, as well as wandering around the city with the lens of globalization in mind. Sometimes, I had a very clear vision of the connection between what I see and globalization. However, when it became less relevant and significant once I put it down in writing.

  • Which image is your favorite? Why? Elaborate.

    My favorite was the pictures of Italian Market. I like the transformation that the place has witnessed over the years. I really wish I have the picture of the place 10, 20, 30 years ago to compare the change.

  • How prevalent is the evidence of globalization in Philadelphia? Do you think it is more or less so (evident) than in other large cities in the US? Why Why not?

    Globalization is conspicuous arguably everywhere now. However, it has a stronger presence in urban than rural, and even more so in larger urban area. In Philadelphia, it is certainly not that hard to find evidences of globalization, as it is the hub of major activities involving multinational interactions. In larger city, such as New York, it is more ubiquitous, as there are more people, and activities.

  • What did you learn?

    - That escaping globalization seems to be impossible in Philadelphia.
    - The root of Globalization is strikingly inhuman.
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Inside/Out

Posted by Bach Tong in Capstone - Manuel on Friday, May 25, 2012 at 9:21 pm

My capstone was working to create a mural with a youth group in Pennsauken, NJ called BPSOS Delaware Valley Basement Breakers (B3) on a project called Inside/Out.

 

The Inside/Out project was started by a French street artist who goes by J.R. He won the TED global prize last year for his idea of using photography to turn the world Inside Out. People from all around the world participate in the project, as they take photos of facial expressions, submit to the website, and receive large black and white copies to paste in a public space. SLA had done similar project under the JFK bridge. Through this project,  participants journal extensively with questions about their identity and hopes. Through exploring questions such as “where is your home? Where do you come from? Have you ever felt like you are the problem?” participants would be able to have a space to start thinking deeply about themselves and the world around them.


Digital Artifacts come soon!!!

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"Collapse"ibility - Q3 Benchmark

Posted by Bach Tong in Globalization - Laufenberg on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 12:29 pm
The project is also viewable online here.

The countries of my project are Egypt and Greece. The research on information about these two countries was not as hard. However, it became really difficult to find information about "Society Response to Environmental Problems", due to the overshadowing presence of other current issues like financial crisis, Egypt's revolution, etc. It was fairly easy to find an approach of presenting the information. I chose to compare Egypt and Greece side as I go through each of the 5 points framework. Jared Diamond's 5 points framework was an interesting theory to assess a country's collapse'ibility. On the other hand, the framework was reflected based mostly on past civilization that does not seem to adequately apply to today world. The main reason was due to the hyper connected world as a result of today technology. Therefore, it is hard to single out a country to examine whether it is going to collapse. The process for this benchmark could have been much better if I began a bit sooner! I guess I never learn the lesson of procrastination. I should make my product more interactive and some graphs.



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World of 100 Analysis

Posted by Bach Tong in Globalization - Laufenberg on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 11:28 pm
World of 100 Geography
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The graph above shows the percentage of the distribution of the world's population by regions. For this category, I was pretty close with the predictions. It is interesting to see that the places that are occupied my more people are generally more economically disadvantaged, namely Asia and Africa. However, it is also important to know that Asia is the largest continent geographically, and Europe is relatively small comparing to others, as it would help explaining the gaps of population between continents. 
World of 100 language
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​The graph of language was tricky, as there was an overwhelming number of choices. On top of that, the English language centric view and the lack of multilingual perspective resulted in clear gaps between my personal view and the correct answer. It is especially interesting to see how class's average for English is way off the actual result. 
World of 100 Religion
World of 100 Religion
​This is probably the most precise graphs out of all three, where answers have the least gaps. It might be because of the multi-religious presence in the US that created the view. 

1. I was most accurate in Gender and Age. I think it is because of the highly exposed information about this category that I was able to get the answer correctly. However, I was not very accurate in categories about education and technology. I believe this is plainly due to my lack of knowledge on the question as I never inquired on the matter. 

2. I think I was shock the most in finding out the percentage of cell phone users vs. the percentage of people who live under $2 a day. I think that it is fascinating how technology has become an extremely integral part of human's function that it is used across the board despite the level of poverty. 

3. I was way too of course on the category of urban vs. rural dwellers. I predicted that 95% of the world population would live in an urban area. Although deep down I know that it is not true, but it is hard to resist such though when all places I have been to in the past fews years are urban areas.  
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The Bach[ery] food project

Posted by Bach Tong in Science and Society - Best on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 3:14 pm
​Recipe for Sushi Roll Philadelphia Style

Serving size: 1

Material: Bamboo rolling mat, a butter knife, a sharp knife, and a bowl of warm water.

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of warm cooked White rice
- 1 Seaweed

 Fillings:
- 2 Crab classic leg style (Can be bought in package at ShopRite)
- 1 Cucumber green
- 1 Avocado green
- 2 tbsps (30 g) of regular cream cheese

Instruction:

Step 1: Preparing:

Start by cutting the filling ingredients. For the cucumber, slide it into long pieces by its length. For the avocado, cut it into two halves then use a spoon to scoop the meat out of its skin. Next, slide the half avocado by its length.

Step 2: Filling:

Put the seaweed on the bamboo rolling mat (make sure the smooth side faces down). Then spread the warm cooked white rice evenly on the seaweed. Next, place the fillings length-wide next to each other. For the cream cheese, use a butter knife to make a slide of cream cheese, and place it next to other fillings.

Step 3: Rolling:

Begin with the side nearest from you and roll it further away. Avoid rolling the mat into the sushi. Use the mat to tighten the roll.

Step 4: Cutting:

Dip the sharp knife into warm water. Using sawing (back-and-forth) motion and very light pressure, slice each sushi roll crosswise into eight or more pieces. For easier cutting, frequently dip knife blade into hot water.

Analysis:

* Approximately, 70% is processed food. All, but cucumber and avocado, are packaged and precooked.

* Approximately, the serving is 300 calories, total fat 10g, 10g of sugar. The body will deal with this food by breaking down the nutritions, then use them. The extra will be stored in muscle tissues and liver. As always, the unnecessary parts will be[come] waste. This type of food is not the healthiest, but also not the worst. One might not get fat from it, since there is little calories, sugar, and fat. 

* The crab is packaged in Wisconsin, seaweeds are from Korea, rice is from Thailand, Cream cheese is made in Philadelphia, cucumber grows locally, and avocado is shipped Guatemala. So the farthest traveler would be rice. So my meal traveled around thousand of miles before reaching my mouth. Most sadly, none of them was organically grown. On top of that, the process of growing rice is particularly harmful to the environment, due to the modern model of farming as to increase number of harvests per year quantitatively and qualitatively by using pesticide and GMO seeds. Similarly with avocado and cucumber, where the new market set up by large corporation created a new farming culture of capitalist oriented. 

* The meal costs around $10. It is as cheap as fast food. There is n regulation on the import of milled rice. For avocado, it needs to meet a certain requirement by a grading system issue from USDA. Other products have no regulation. The major corporation that hold the ground of fruit and vegetable import is Dole Food, which is also the largest producer of fruit and vegetable. 

* These food items can be bought at any super market, and restaurants. The ingredients are well traveled, and that they are grown from GMO seed and went through a highly biochemical process of farming. Since the soil and climate of the US limit the kind of plant and animals to be farmed, there are certain type of agricultural products that need to be imported such as wet rice. Beside these types, there are possibilities of growing avocado, cucumber in the backyard. 

Personal Reflection:

There is definitively a tremendous growth of my knowledge about food, particularly the food industry. I remember walking into the class with a very vague idea of how the two phenomenons science and society are intersected and related. However, with the discussions around different topics, from Fracking to Food Inc, I have consolidated the understanding as I been through the class. 

The biggest problem in my view is the ubiquity of GMOs in daily dietary and its negative effect on human health and the environment. It is even scarier when one re-examined their life and realized that they have been raised on bio-chemical food. The unit also pushes me to be more active in my diet, as I always need to be conscious of what I am eating. At the same time, I have been having conversations with different people about the issues with our food system. The movie Food, Inc has changed my view of what I eat, as well as where are my foods coming from. I have been more critical in shopping for groceries lately because of that. 

There are certainly changes that I could take. The first one is to know my food, and minimize what is unnecessary. On top of that, adding more vegetable into my diet is another step to take. 

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"Left By The Ship"

Posted by Bach Tong in Reading, Writing, and Rising Up - Rami on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4:34 pm
​My educational resource is a curriculum that provides guideline for lesson on the topic about the impacts of US's war and military's presence on other country. It examines the missing narratives of this topic. The curriculum was developed around the documentary called "Left By The Ship", which described the experiences of Filipino Amerasian Children in Angeles City where the former US's Subic Naval Base once located. These children were "Left By The Ship" when the Naval Base inactivated. Typically, war and military forces are viewed as destructive, which became the scapegoat for economic lost and human casualty, rather than the results of a dehumanizing structure. But more importantly, the conversations about the impacts of wars and military forces are usually left out those who born as Bui Doi [Vietnamese term means Children from the ashes], and who have to live their lives being seen as a mistake. 


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Bach Q4 final product

Posted by Bach Tong in American History - Laufenberg on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Click here for the final product


Click here for the bibliography

My project was focused on the social changes that would result from Great Society plan of Johnson in the scenario of JFK was still alive. The point of divergence focused on the "what if" of JFK's signing of the Foreign Assistance act of 1962. 

The project was enjoyable toward the end, not as same as it was irritating and mysterious in the beginning. The most challenging part was when I began to think about events that would be emerging as result of the POD. I had a hard time to find event that would logically fit with that point in history. Beside that, making the primary source was quite an amusing journey. I was able to be the history writer, where I could decide history and talk bad about people while still can be viewed as a valuable primary source. It was interesting how sometimes however I  modified the event, it almost impossible to not let it happened. If I had to do it over, I would love to start it earlier, and create more primary sources. 





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Blog post 2 - xylophone

Posted by Bach Tong in Physics - Echols on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 5:54 pm
​The xylophone makes sound, as similar to other percussion family instrument, by vibrating. To be more specific, when the mallet hits the bars, it makes the bars vibrate. From that vibration, it creates waves in the surrounding air, and finally, these waves are recognized as sound by humans' brain! It is so interesting to discover how these bars' properties are accountable for the pitch that they make. First, shorter, denser, and thinner bar makes higher pitch(I used to understand this as the other way around). In order to adjust the pitch, the bars need to be adjusted, according to its properties. To higher the pitch, I can make the ends thinner, or carve out a semi oval [or rectangle] section in the middle of the bars between the nodes, or shorter the bars. However, the density of the bars cannot be changed, since that's a permanent property of the material. I only have properties for pitches of rosewood, so I'll be using rosewood as the material for my xylophone. I will be constructing my xylophone by using wooden bars (lengths are according to the property table that I downloaded :D), and hammer them into a triangle wooden box. 


Questions: How does the box underneath the bars amplified its volume? And why does longer bar has lower pitch? Please answer this (or show me how to find out the answer) asap, Ms. Écholsawnsome:)




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Musical Instrument Blog 1

Posted by Bach Tong in Physics - Echols on Friday, May 20, 2011 at 1:12 am
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The instrument that I am very interested in is flute, but I am not sure that it will be my piece for the benchmark. 
Flute it basically a pipe, that has one closed end, one opened end, and multiple other air holes on the pipe, between the ends. Flute makes sound base on the pattern in which air is exiting, through the air holes. That is why, when playing flute, people always put their fingers on the air holes, as a way to control the sound. By this way, player can create variety in frequency that would result in different pitches.
The oldest flute was founded in Slovenia and traced back as far as 43,000 years ago. It was originally made out of Mammoth's tusk, and used to communicating when hunting. Over time, it had developed to become an authentic piece of cultural practice, especially during gathering and musical performances. 
Playing and watching people play flute generate the fundamental point of sound. That is sound is created as a vibration of air, in this case it is that of air through the air hole of flute. Sound waves' properties focus on a few essential parts: frequency, magnitude, wavelength, air pressure...To change the sound means to change on of these thing. Higher frequency create higher pitch sound. Changing amplitude would change the loudness of that sound. 

Listen to flute playing here




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Exxon-Valdez oil spill: Bach's reflection

Posted by Bach Tong in American History - Laufenberg on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:32 pm
a. What went well? 

i. The project was carried out very collaboratively amongst group's                 members. 
ii. Productive communication of ideas
iii. Efficient use of class time
iv. Informative final product
v. Extensive effort of researching

b. What did not? 
i. No effort was put in outside of classroom
ii. Focus too much on research, and leave little time for designing

c. What would you do differently next time? 
i. Work on the infographic at home additionally to class time
ii. Outline research questions before go on to research
iii. Structure the infographic while researching.
iv. Create checkpoints
v. Include some analysis (of datas, political conflicts,...)

d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -

Be Concise

Be Visual

Be Smarter

Be Transparent

Be Different

Be Accurate

Be Attractive

Be Varied

Be Gracious

Be Creative


Which of these areas did you excel in? 
I feel that we did excel in being creative (primarily for the great idea of spiral, but failed to carry it out); being concise as info is straightforward; being accurate by getting on point with what was asking; being attractive for the non-tedious look. 


Which were not so well represented? 
We did not represent the government's responses to the action, although we have the info. At the same time, we should have included some basic facts, such as costs, numbers of cleaning up days...so that it could be more specific and informative. The infographic also did not carry out so well the devastation of the incident. 


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Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill

Posted by Bach Tong in American History - Laufenberg on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 9:55 am
​By: Alaya, Bach, Luna

Link to sources:
click here.
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10-20-30 Reflection

Posted by Bach Tong in African American History - Sherif on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 8:55 am
​The wiki looks decently attractive and accessible to audiences. There were some pretty concise analysis about the article and their connections to African American History. The music sections were decorative with videos and audios of preferences from interviewees, who lived through the era of 80s, 70s, and 60s. However, it could've been better. The analysis can be more in depth and there should be connections drawn between the music and the history of that era. 

The challenging part of doing this project was to gather music from people and their explanation of why they like that music. It is necessary to see the connection between the sociopolitical theme of the era, and their influences on music and people lives. Through researching articles and events, one could really tell the systematic theme, especially over 30 consecutive years. 

Click here to be redirected into my wiki.
Tags: 9th Grade, AA History, Ethnomusicology
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Five-photo story

Posted by Bach Tong in American History - Laufenberg on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 10:00 am
Because history repeats itself: From the Roaring Twenties to Post 9/11​

Click here to be redirected to the document.

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The Apache Sacred Run

Posted by Bach Tong in American History - Laufenberg on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 2:54 pm
By: Bach Tong
NHD project - website
Topic:The Apache Sacred Run
A Struggle to Restore Human Right

Please follow the hyperlink above to access the site.


Reflection: 
Why did you choose this topic?
Why did you choose this type of presentation format?
Where did you run into trouble with the project? 
What went well with this project?
If you had it to do over, what would you change about your decisions or your process?
What did you learn?


There are many struggles in the American Society; however, the struggle of Native American has not been depicted very much where I live - in Philadelphia, or the East Coast at large. Personally, my interest is to studying history and current situation of struggles of different group of people. Therefore, I found that the struggle of the Apache tribe in Southeastern Arizona was a suitable and connectable topic for me. Out of all the given formats, web site was the best way for me to go, consider that I am armature in film editing, a bad writer, and unfriendly performer. Through out the process of doing the website, I ran into trouble of find sources that could back up my thesis and provide accurate information. However, I was fortunate to know some of the people that involve in the Sacred Run, so I was able to gather a sizable information and experiences from them. If there is a do-over, I would love to do it earlier and consult more people. I also could have contacted the people there. But that gave me lessons of researching and time managing. Most importantly, I've learned how the struggle of Native American could be linked to what happen today. It was also an opportunity for me to learn about others and their struggle. 


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The American Swedish Historical Museum

Posted by Bach Tong in American History - Laufenberg on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 12:29 pm

Please visit the link below to explode yourself to the wonder of The American Swedish Historical Museum (aka The John Morton Memorial Building):

http://bttong.blogspot.com/

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How to ask and say the months and dates? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 12:08 am
Explanation 1: To ask in a casual conversation "what date is today?", you ask: "¿Cuål es la fecha de hoy?" To answer that same question  you would say: Hoy es el # de....(date).

To say date, you say [the date's number]  [de]  [the month] (refer back to numeros lesson here for help). For example: uno de enero (January 1st), diez de octubre (october 10th)....

Months                                               
enero-----------------------------January                                      
febrero--------------------------February
marzo-------------------------------March
abril------------------------------------April
mayo-----------------------------------May
junio-----------------------------------June
julio-------------------------------------July
agosto-----------------------------August
septiembre------------------September
octubre---------------------------October
nuviembre--------------------November
diciembre---------------------December

You can also ask "What's tomorrow date?" by saying "¿Cual es la fecha de mañana?". Respond would be: Mañana es......(date).

Note: En Español, we don't capitalize the months as we do en Inglés.
Explanation 2: This would be helpful in any environment. We always need to know what date it is for any business or occasion. You can use this in conversation along with other topics that we did in previous lessons. Hopefully you will be able to have a basic conversation en Español using these lessons. ¡Buenas Suerte! (means good luck!)

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Title: How to ask and say the days of the week? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Explanation 1: When you want to ask someone what day of the week it is you say:¿Qué dia es hoy?. If you are asked by a person who speaks español, you would answer: Hoy es....
lunes-Monday
martes-Tuesday
miércoles-Wednesday
jueves-Thursday
viernes-Friday
såbado-Saturday
domingo-Sunday
This could also apply when asking:
¿Qué dia es mañana? (What day is tomorrow?). In this situation, you would answer: Mañana es....
You can even ask what day is a certain date is: ¿Qué dia es la.....(date)? For instance: What day is November 2nd? In that situation, you would say: ¿Qué dia es la dos de noviembre? Answer should be as La dos de noviembre es martes. (November 2nd is Tuesday.)

Explanation 2: Using this will help you to better communicate with others in the español community. You can use this to chat with people, asking for day... It is always helpful to be conscious of what day of the week it is. Note: En Español, there is no capitalization require for day of the week as we do en Inglés. For words that start with "h", the "h" should be silent. We don't actually pronounce "h" en Español. For example, "hoy" should be pronounce as /oy/. Also words that begin with "j" actually pronounce as "h". For example "jueves" should be pronounce as /hu-e-ves/.
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Election day assignment

Posted by Bach Tong in American History - Laufenberg on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 10:36 pm
​Interview:


Interviewee: Alex from Penn
Time 06:18 p.m
Location: Chinese Christian Church, 255 N. 10th street

1. What motivated you to come out and vote?
   -- “I am actually from California but I registered [to vote] in Philadelphia because I thought that it would make a bigger difference in Pennsylvania than it would back home. And I feel like it’s an important election just in term of control of Congress.”

2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
  -- “Um..well...honesty, openness, transparency.”

3. How regularly do you vote?
   -- “Every election”

4. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?
  -- “No, I actually don’t.”
[I explained to them after that.]

5. Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning?
  -- “On TV”

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?
  -- “I heard one this morning about Pat Toomy, and it was one of that...um...it was like the radio show host that he’s pretending to be really objective but the callers were saying all of this like nasty stuffs about Pat Toomy, and he’s like “That’s true, but I can only state the facts”...
7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth?
  -- “I am usually sure before.”
8. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
  -- “I am actually voting more on the federal, for the federal seats. I am not really interested in [Philadelphia]. Institutionally, I guess it’s the gun issue. I think that that’s something I’d love to see changed, obviously.”

9. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?
  -- “I think it will have quite an impact here, not necessarily as much if I was voting back in California.”

10. Did you learn about voting in school?
  -- “Yeah, I did. In middle school, elementary school.
     Did that impact how you feel about voting?
  -- “Yeah, absolutely. It helps me to learn about candidates and makes more informed decision when I vote.”

Here are some pictures at the poll place:

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​Chalking sidewalks

Location: 17 & St. James st
Time: 07:17 p.m Nov 1st 2010
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​Passing Flyers

Time: 07:15 p.m Nov 1st 2010
Location: 17 & St. James st.
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How to ask someone for time? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 11:27 pm
​To ask someone “What time is it?”, you say:

“¿Qué hora es?”

        or “¿Qué hora son?”

        or “¿Qué hora tiene?”

Responds could be:

               “ Es la una”= Its one o’clock

            or “Son las dos,tres,cuatro......”=Its two,three,cuatro

             or”......^.......y cuarto”=:15

                 “......^.......y meda”=:30

                 “......^.......menos cuarto”=:45

                 “.......^.......menos (the number of minutes before the hour)

Que horas es
This could be used to ask someone for time. It could also use to respond to people when you are asked for time. Time is important, therefore, it is always a plus for you to know how to keep track of it. 
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Basic knowledge and usage of Numeros en Espaol. Bach Tong and Shannon Powersn

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:45 pm
En español, Numeros have rules pretty much like en Inglés. You only have memorize 1 - 15 (uno - quince), and the tens numbers (diez, viente, trienta, cuarenta, cincuenta, sesenta, setenta, ochenta, noventa). For numbers after 15, you only need to say the tens numbers plus the 1-9 number.
Example: 16: dieciseise
    28: vientiocho
    45: Cuarentaycinco.

Mathematical terms: + Más            - menos x por /dividido por = son

Please click link below for a full description table of numeros en Español:
https://acrobat.com/#d=X5YpK6SjUCA3VraMHWjQWQ
numeros
​You can use numbers to do basic math problem:
1) 1 + 9 = 10 (uno más nueve son diez)
2) 78 - 16  = 62 (setentayocho menos dieciseis son sesentaydos)
3) 81/27 = 3  (ochentayuno dividido por vientisiete son tres)
4) 24 x 3 = 72 (vientitres por tres son setentaydos)

You can also use numeros for any purpose that is involved with numbers such as say time, temperature, date...
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Ask someone for weather information. Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:39 pm
​To ask some one “What’s the weather like?”, you ask: “¿Qué tiempo hace?
Respond can be:
a) Hace (mucho) frió:   it’s  (very)  cold
        calor: it’s           hot
   viento:         it’s               windy
   sol: it’s               sunny
   fresco:      it’s               cool
b) Está lloviendo / llueve: it’s raining / it rains
c) Está nevando / Neiva: it’s snowing / it snows
d) Está nublado / neblina: it’s cloudy   /  foggy

*Note: When describing the weather, we use “Hace” for adjective (frió, calor, viento, sol, fresco...). “Está” is used for verb (llueve, lloviendo, neiva, nevando, nublado,...).

To ask someone "What is the temperature in Philadelphia?", you ask: "¿Qué es la temperatura en Filadefia?"

To respond, you could say: "La Temperatura en Filadelfia es (number) grados." You can refer to the Numeros topic for more information about numbers and how to say it. 
Que tiempo hace
These phrases above could be used to ask someone for weather condition. Also, it could use to respond to someone when being asked about weather. It helps enrich the conversation and make it more intersting.
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How to be polite in every day conversation? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:34 pm
​En español, it is important to use the right courtesy phrases to show good manners. Here are a few courtesy phrases to use in every day conversation:

a) Gracias: Thank you

b) Muchas gracias: thanks a lot.
c) Mil gracias: Thanks a million.
d) De nada = Por nada = No hay de qué = you’re welcome.
e) ¿Cómo? = What was it? (when you didn’t catch what someone just said)
f) Por favor: Please
g) Con pemiso: excuse me (applied to ask someone out of your way politely)
   Disculpe: excuse me (applied to get attention from someone)
   Perdón: excuse me (applied if you accidentally bumped into someone)
h) Está bien: It’s ok.
Courtesy phrases
​This could be use along with your responding to someone to make your respond become more polite and courteous. These phrase could be used as similar as how you use courtesy phrase en Inglés.
Example: A: Disculpe. ¿Cómo te llamas Ud?
   B: Me llamo....... ¿Cómo esta Tú?
   A:  Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y Ud.?

   B:  Bien, gracias.

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How to differentiate questions/answer to different people en Espaol? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:32 pm
​En Español, there are two separate way of asking/responding to people, accordingly to their ages. To ask/respond to someone who is younger than you, the informal way should be used: Tú. To ask/respond to someone who is older than you, the formal way should be used: Ud.
Example: ¿Cómo te llama (Tú) ?: What’s your name? informal
       ¿Cómo te llamas (Ud)?: What’s your name? formal
                ¿Cómo esta (Tú)? : How are you? informal 
  ¿Cómo estas (Ud.)?: How are you? formal
Tu vs ud
This could be used to ask/respond to people in real life politely correspondingly to their age. It also shows respect and how educated you are to adults. This rule does not necessarily applied to every questions, but to most of it.
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How to introduce yourself to someone en Espaol? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:27 pm
​Explanation 1:
There are a few ways to say “hi” to someone en español:
a) ¡Hola! : Hi (both formal and informal)
b) ¡Buenos Días!: Good morning
c) ¡Buenas Tardes!: Good afternoon
d) ¡Buenas  Noches!: Good evening.
e) ¿Cómo esta(s)? (Usted): How are you? informal (formal)
Respond: (Muy) Bien, gracias: (Very) Well, thanks.
    Mas o menos: alright
f) ¿Cómo te llama (Tú) ?: What’s your name? informal
   ¿Cómo te llamas (Ud)?: What’s your name? formal

Respond: Me llamo_______

   Yo soy________ (my name is_____)

   Mi nombres es_____
g)  Mucho gusto: nice to meet you
Respond: Igualmente: likewise
Greeting
You can use this list of phrases/questions to introduce yourself to someone, and/or respond back to their greetings. You can also mix these phrases with one another as you do en Inglés. This is very helpful both to greet your friends, teachers or to meet someone you don’t know.
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