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Help the Homeless?

–> Read this article about giving to the homeless by clicking HERE.

In your blog answer: Do you give to the homeless? Why or why not?

–> Read about how kids can help the homeless by clicking HERE.

In your blog answer: Which idea for helping the homeless could you picture yourself doing? How would you do it at the Island School? u should always help the homeless because if you were homeless u would want them to them to help you and give.  doint really give money to the homeless because if they are acholiaholis or drug abusers if u give them money they will just buy more and get sicker. i give them food and something to drink if i do give them money i give them a dollar and if their homeless children i give them money or a drink or something to make them feel better.

dear gold man sachs thank you for taking out to come see us and interact with us and play with us we also got to learn what you guys do for a living and and you guys inspired us and me for the future thanks a lot AND MY NUMBER IS 347 268 2921 MY EMAIL IS themacboy2005@yahoo.com or themacboy2008@tmail.com my name is armond mcfadden thanks alot

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Assignment 40: Why are Chinese Soldiers Killing Tibetans?

Watch this short movie that shows Tibetans (people from Tibet) being shot by Chinese Soldiers.

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Now, read this article about China and Tibet by clicking HERE

Answer the following questions in your blog:

1. Why are Tibetans protesting? What do the Tibetans want?

2. Who is the Dali Lama?

3. What is China’s point of view?

**Bonus** What can we do to help the Tibetans? (for one idea, click HERE)

i think that the chinese should fight back our join with americans and kill them and see what its like

A friend of mine made this video that asked NYC teens about their relationship with technology. Watch the video and answer the questions they were asked in your blog:

1. What electronic devices do you use?
2. How many hours a day do you use the computer?
3. What do you do on the computer?
4. What do you think life would be like without the computer?
5. Are boys better at using computers than girls?
6. Do you think the computer harms or benefits your schoolwork? Why?

usualy i would use a psp but thats not working and so now i use a playstation 2 i like it it can do a lot of things a like dvd player and i use the ultimate device for a 13 year old a sidekick id lol its fun and i use a pc and a mac book my pc is really slow so i barely useit at all when i do use it during the weekday i use it for like 3 or 2 hours and on weekends like 10 or 12 usually i do myspace look at buses and upload images chat on aim and thats all and some times hw . life with out the computer would be hectic because there would not be any game or anything life would be boring. boys i think are a better because they created the computer and our generetion was created on computer and there are girls that know how to use the computer better then boys but not many. the computer is harmful to school work because u try do do hw on it an du do other things and u forget about ur school wook and guess what u end up failing trust me i know it almose happened t me its crazy and stressful but lol its still fun doint let computer take ooverrrr your life

im so mad my psp has not been working for almost 3 months or 4 idk the new psp is so cheap sony should be asamed of them selvs i mean cmon the psp feels like a feather why doesnt sony try dropping it or leaving it out of its case. once again nintendo ds has the lead the old psp is way better it heaver and more sterdy if u drop it i should have never traded in my old psp for this new crap of a game system

Mega man is so cool they have so many megaman games i used to have almost all the megaman games megamans ace compaion is megaman zero he is my favorite he has 2 versions shown here

NYC’s First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in the Bronx

L-R: Assembly Members José Rivera and Adriano Espaillat, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, MTA CEO Lee Sander and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión at Fordham Plaza today

Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning unveiled details of the city’s first Bus Rapid Transit project, called “Select Bus Service,” to debut on the Bx12 line, which follows 207th Street in Northern Manhattan and Fordham Road and Pelham Parkway in the Bronx.

Bloomberg and other officials also tied expansion of the program to the implementation of congestion pricing.

Connecting Inwood to Co-Op City, the Bx12 SBS corridor will allow riders to prepay the fare at vending machine stations along the line. Transit customers will get a receipt, to be displayed upon request to “enforcement personnel aboard buses,” according to a media release. At first, vending stations will only accept MetroCards and cash as payment, though credit card functionality will eventually be added.

Speaking at Fordham Plaza and flanked by Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, MTA Executive Lee Sander, and electeds from the Bronx and Northern Manhattan, Bloomberg outlined key components of SBS service. In addition to prepayment of fares, the corridors will feature:

• More buses (the Bx12 line will have 10 additional buses running during peak hours, Bloomberg said)
• Additional service hours
• Boarding at front and back doors
• Fewer stops
• Transit Signal Priority, a system that keeps signal lights green, and quickens the cycle of changing red signals back to green, to allow buses to move through intersections more smoothly
• Terracotta colored bus lanes, with stepped up enforcement to keep cars out
• Specially designed “branded” SBS buses, and branded stations with new shelters

The Bx12 SBS will replace the line’s current limited-stop service on June 29. Bloomberg said the development of other corridors — including First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, and Hyland Boulevard on Staten Island — depend on getting congestion pricing through the City Council and state Legislature. This point was echoed by Sadik-Khan, who described SBS as “almost like a surface subway system.”

The “salsarengue bus”

During a brief Q&A with reporters, Sander characterized MTA service improvement delays caused by slumping real estate returns as a “blip,” and encouraged a long-term view. On the same subject, Bloomberg said of yesterday’s announcement: “I think what it shows is there is never enough money to do everything.”

Bloomberg pledged to do “everything [he] legally can” to ensure that all pricing revenues are used for transit capital projects even after his second term ends.

Also on hand were Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión and state Assembly Members José Rivera and Adriano Espaillat, all supporters of congestion pricing. Espaillat, who represents Northern Manhattan, cited the success of Bogotá Bus Rapid Transit, and said he sees no reason it can’t be replicated in New York. The “salsarengue bus,” as Espaillat called the Bx12, referring to the music favored in the largely Dominican and Latino neighborhoods it serves, is the perfect place to start, he said.

The three also had strong sentiments for those who would cast congestion pricing as a “right-wing conspiracy,” in the words of Carrión. Rivera said he has asked Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, an opponent of both the commuter tax and congestion pricing, what he is willing to contribute to the Bronx, which Rivera described as a border between Lower Manhattan and suburban car commuters. “I have yet to receive an answer,” Rivera said.

“We’re not afraid of park-and-ride,” said Espaillat, whose district skirts the asthma-plagued South Bronx and includes “the poster child of buckling platforms” at Dyckman Street on the No. 1 line.

“This [congestion pricing] is not a bogey monster,” Espaillat said. “This is a rational, practical solution to a very serious problem.”