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Invisible hand

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Invisible hand

Invisible hand is all about how the owner runs their business by increasing or decreasing their product’s prices catch the consumer’s attention.

Invisible hand works well with two businesses competing against each other to get their profits and their customers. But in order for one business to gain more profits then the other, which business has to have the quality that the consumers demand or the right price that the consumers willing to pay for their demand. It’s up to the consumers choices.

For example of the invisible hand would be, two gas station competing against each other by increase/decrease the price of their gas per liter to change the buyer’s mind and give the consumer special like “For every $0.50 per litter, you will get a free cup of coffee”

The “monopoly” comes in play when ONLY one business is in the area, and consumes need those demand on their basis. So they will pay for whatever the product cost. In this case the supplier can increase the price to whatever they wish because they know that they don’t have to compete with other business.

Election Speech

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On this issue of a balance budget, Hal Tagg, the candidate for Wild Rose Party led by Danielle Smith is the best choice for the Stony Plain riding.

I believe that balancing the budget and saving is the top priority, I believe that it’s time to get serious about controlling our spending and saving money for Albertan’s future. Over the next 20 years, the Wild Rose Party can see Alberta’s heritage fund growing to about 200 billion dollars for our next generations to rely on. This is all achievable without raising taxes, personal or business, but through proper spending. I believe that they are the only party to eliminate the deficit, giving us a balance budget.

Every day, families make difficult spending decisions and save money for their future. This means, sometimes families have to wait for unnecessary items until they can afford them. These are some qualities that a responsible government needs to have.

The Progressive Conservative is weaker on this issue, because they have run a deficit for the past 3 years. They believe raising taxes to eliminate the deficit is the best solution. The New Democratic, The Evergreen and The Alberta Liberal parties believe that large businesses specifically oil companies should pay more taxes in order for the Alberta`s income to increase. This will slowdown the economy and will reduce the amount of job opportunities available.

Alberta is the richest province in Canada, so running a deficit is unacceptable, it is time to change for the better, vote for Wild Rose.

 

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This year I have discovered that I work better by myself, rather than working with a group of people because I get distracted very easily and in a group of people and I like to work at my own paste.

Another thing I learn this year is that I am a visual learner and I work better when I can see the big picture, instead of imaginary in my head. Graphic such as maps, pictures and videos help me both visually and verbally. I am better comprehending new ideas when they are connected to previous information. My friends and family have notice that whenever I tried to memorize something, I will close my eyes and picture that piece of information.

Kony 2012

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KONY 2010

This is a background about: Joseph Kony

Joseph Kony is in the top spot on the most wanted list of the International Criminal Court. The history of Joseph Kony and “the Lord’s Resistance Army” is a really harsh story to listen to. He kidnaps boys to become child soldier, and he kidnaps girls for sexual slavery, and often offered as sexual gifts to his senior army for a job well done and he also force children to kill their own parents. He has abducted at least 66,000 children, forcing them to join the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army).

Before this video was showed I have no clue what’s going on the other side of the globe, but now I truly believe that we should do something about this because it’s just hard to hear all of these news and social media about children like us have to go through. This situation is breaking my heart. That man is evil.

I think this event is important because if we accomplish this event, we can prove the world that as a team anything is possible, even if they say it’s impossible. It’s horrible to hear that something bad happened for over twice the age I am, and we don’t know what is going on in the world or anything about it for so long until this video is created and shared. The saddest part is that Joseph Kony is still a free man… AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING… because he do not deserve to get away with this..

immigration report card

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Immigration Report card

Should we change the immigration act to better insure Canadians and immigrates safety?

C

 On page 167Respect the bilingual and multicultural character of Canada

Reason: The Canadian government wanted only British and French immigrants because they spoke both English and French but they denied other immigrants from coming to Canada. In the Charter of Right it said that “Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination”.

F

 On page 177Fulfill and affirm Canada’s international commitment to protect refugees.

Reason: When the boat full of immigrant refugees, Canadians only allowed some refugees to enter Canada but the rest to leave because the government don’t have any knowledge background about them.

B

 On page 176Save lives and offer protection to people who are displaced and prosecuted

Reason: refugees from south Vietnam, Who were fleeing the imposition of communism. Canada accepted 600 refugees and got Canadians citizens to support refugees. Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter

 

 

Verbal-Visual Essay

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Verbal/visual essay

The Night Spies by Kathy Kacer

Presented by: New Thomas

 Jew is a short term for Judaism, is one of many varieties of religions around the globe. It is not a word that people should be disrespectful to or think that they are awful, dangerous group of people, and people should not get picked on because of their religion. My theme for this book is that no matter what you are, you have the right to be treated the same as other.

Quote 1: “We’ve packed you bundles of hey to build your hiding place. You won’t be able to stand up in there but you, but there is space to stretch out and sleep” said Mr.Kos (page 36).

Quote 2: “… my dear Judith, I won’t be able to write to you again. This will probably be the last time. So many others have been sent on vacation, my mother, father and brother, along with the others. We’ll probably be joining them…” (page62)

Quote 3: “Don’t you see, Gabi? Magda’s mother, father and brother are all dead! They died several years ago. Magda is telling me she is being sent away to die as well! That’s what this letter is about. It is a warning that she and all the other Jews were arrested and sent away by trains will probably be killed.” Mama’s voice broke again and she fell silent (page 62).

Quote 4: “Isn’t it great to be free outside the gate? Stop worrying no one’s going to see” (page 67-68)

Quote 5: “I know, but I must have been mad to do this.  No one- not one of the neighbors- would risk their lives like this. People around here would turn them and feed them and put ourselves in all kind of danger.” (page 83)

Quote 6: “And now, my young soldiers, you need to leave,” said Vladimir, as he stood and glanced up at the sky. (Page 103)

Quote 7: “Yes, Mama. It feels like we`re doing something to help, instead of just sitting around, hiding and waiting. Please say you`ll let us go.” Gabi pleaded with her mother

Quote 8: “We`ll you and your partisan thugs haven`t stopped us have you Now you’re working for Hitler and I`m telling you to work faster!”

Quote 9: “we must do something,” he said, raising his voice. “We will not stand by and let our comrades be killed.”

Quote 10: Finally, Mama pulled away and looked at the children. “I saw everything,” She gasped. “I felt so helpless, watching from the barn. I saw the Nazis approaching and watch them surround you with their guns pointed at your heads. I wanted to run outside and throw myself in front of those guns. Oh my darlings, if anything had happened to you, I don’t know what I would have done.” (page 161-162)

Explanation why I picked those quotes:

“We’ve packed you bundles of hey to build your hiding place. You won’t be able to stand up in there but you, but there is space to stretch out and sleep” said Mr.Kos (page 36). People hind because they are in some sort of problem and don’t want to face it. Not when you are when you hiding for something that you didn’t make. It’s wrong knowing that these guiltless people are hiding from something they didn’t create. People that are innocent do not need/have to go through that kind of punishment; just because of their religion is Jew.

“Don’t you see, Gabi? Magda’s mother, father and brother are all dead! They died several years ago. Magda is telling me she is being sent away to die as well! That’s what this letter is about. It is a warning that she and all the other Jews were arrested and sent away by trains will probably be killed.” Mama’s voice broke again and she fell silent (page 62). I felt horrible when I read that paragraph. They are human beings, and should not get treated like they are not human being because the Nazis are bullying the Jews people base on their type, religion or whatever, even if the Jews didn’t do anything wrong, and they will get killed because worrying that people like them are watching over them; they have the right to feel protected and secured.

“Isn’t it great to be free outside the gate? Stop worrying no one’s going to see” (page 67-68) my thought was why anyone has to worry to go outside of their house gate? I mean they should be able to go outside of their house at all time, no concern of getting caught or killed.

“I know, but I must have been mad to do this.  No one- not one of the neighbors- would risk their lives like this. People around here would turn them and feed them and put ourselves in all kind of danger.” (Page 83) I understand that other didn’t want to get their lives on the line to save Jews because they don’t want to get killed. I thought that the Kos family was very big-hearted to put their lives in danger and help Gabi, Her mother and her little cousin.

“And now, my young soldiers, you need to leave,” said Vladimir, as he stood and glanced up at the sky. (Page 103) That quote made me thinks that Gabi and Max are very brave by helping the partisan to gather the information about the Nazis soldiers, so that the partisan could come up with the plan to attack the Nazis.

“Yes, Mama. It feels like we`re doing something to help, instead of just sitting around, hiding and waiting. Please say you`ll let us go.” Gabi pleaded with her mother… I thought to myself what’s on Gabi’s mind when she begged her mother to go out and help other… she’s putting her lives in danger! But on the other hand she wanted the war to end. “We`ll you and your partisan thugs haven`t stopped us have you Now you’re working for Hitler and I`m telling you to work faster!” to me the Nazis are selfish and mean because they don’t care about anyone but themselves.

“We must do something,” he said, raising his voice. “We will not stand by and let our comrades be killed.” In that one short quote I can picture team work, big-hearted, had enough with the war. Finally, Mama pulled away and looked at the children. “I saw everything,” She gasped. “I felt so helpless, watching from the barn. I saw the Nazis approaching and watch them surround you with their guns pointed at your heads. I wanted to run outside and throw myself in front of those guns. Oh my darlings, if anything had happened to you, I don’t know what I would have done.” (Page 161-162) That is probably one of my favorite quotes because it has both of drama and action in one quote. It has that love feeling that mother is worrying about her children and what would she do without them…

This is the Visual part:

http://prezi.com/b2rmvsssugxw/visualverbal-essay/

 

shortning Blog

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The Shorten It

I Am a Taxi by: Deborah Ellis

Get to the heart of it

If I could summarize what I’m think about this book so far… I think this book is probably one of my favorite novels so far because it has a lot of interesting theme… Ex. The jail cell, and I like how the author age one of the characters around the age of 13 and I can somehow related to that even though the character is a boy… maybe because I know boys around that age that I can I can connected to.

“We’ll go back to our farm,” Diego said. He knew that it wasn’t their farm. They just live on it and work on it, but it felt like theirs.

It was hard to imagine what Corina would do. She’s never seen the farm… that pretty much told me that his little sister, Corina was born and rises in the jail and she probably have never see the outside world

  If I could summarize what I’m thinking about this character so far… I think Diego (the main Character) is very generous and kind. He always thinks about how he going to help his family and earn some big money so that his mother wouldn’t have to work. His Family is probably on the top of his life chart then himself comes second; I thought that’s a very gentlemen thing to do.

 The Book has this title because… I Am a Taxi because Diego earning money by being a taxi to raising his family in a Women prisoner

Blast response

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Blast Response
The Blast presentation was helpful to me, because they gave us a lot of information that we might need to know when we get into the real world. I think the presentation was fun but I think grade 5 and 6 should get involve too because they are in the age where they want to try or experiment stuff and want to be cool or feel fit in; they would probably would do anything for it. What I learned from the presentation? I’ve learned so many negative things about tobacco and how well they can trick people like us to buy their product. One thing that I found very useful for me is how to avoid getting into the situation and how to refuse the offer politely without getting in trouble. Overall I think the presentation was full of information whether you will use it or not! It’s up to me…

christmas

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i’m very exited for Christmas because i like to spend most of my times with my family and friends. The Best part about Christmas for me is the Christmas music and the unwrapping presents and see my family’s reaction about their gifts.