There's a lot of volonce going on in Philly. In my opinion the most dangerous part of the city is 52nd and Market street It was not that long ago, that 52nd and Market were hailed as the "Main Street" of West Philly;seemingly it had so much to offer.

Thanks to tit being the state-of-the-art transportation hub, there is plenty of hustle and bustle as folks came from far and wide to take advantage of its unique shops, dynamite restaurants, and classy nightclubs.

But like so many other once-proud sections of the city, this area has suffered a devastating fall from grace.This formerly thriving thoroughfare is pockmarked with boarded-up storefronts, dive bars, careless drug dealers, and roaming bands of lost souls who lurk in the shadow of the Market-Frankford El.
living and growing up in the area and see it deteriorate is very painful i just wish that things can change for the better because is a thurving city of brotherly love where have all the love gone? i would hate to have my childern to grow up in this city because i'm so scraed that something jeapordize their future we need to clean up our acts and our cities

We were blessed with five guest from different countries. We were blessed by people from Egypt, Rosseta, Jordon, Malaysia, Algeria. They were teachers all english teachers. While they were here they just got a basic input on what we do here and how we live and learn. We also had the oppurtunity to ask them questions about the places they were from and and get the basic foundation of their cultures and their learning engagements.
After our discussion we had a chance to take them to our main projects and give them a little insight on how we learn. They got to sit in these rooms and interact with the students for about 20 minutes. Once their twenty minutes were up we gave them a tour through our school so they get to see our enviroment. In the afternoon the tour guides had a chance to sit and talk to them on a one on one bases as they ate lunch. When lunch was over unfortunately we had to say good bye to our visitors.

I think today was a great oppertunity for all of us kids at S.O .T .F. ( School of the future). I think that it was a big eyeopener to the people that came from the different countries, because they learned how we function and how we live and learn at the School of the future. To me this was a big eyeopener for me in general, because I learned about how things are being functioned outside of the country I live in. I really enjoyed it alot and I sure they did. I am happy i got to expeirence this today.

I was fairly selfish yesterday…. My mother sent me to the doctor to receive my meningococcal injection, as I missed the injection day at school. I, being a self confessed needle hater…well didn't I moan… 'I don't need it, I'm not going to go, this isn't fair…'



Once I got home that night, with a sore arm, I looked back at those comments with shame. Most nights before logging on to The Blender, I check out Reuters Alertnet, to read about the things that aren't usually captured in my six o'clock commercial news. I've had a long time passion and motivation to inform my peers, friends and community about the forgotten war and conflict, which is still present in Sudan.



For those of you who don't know, let me provide some background…. Sudan is one of the largest countries in Africa, and the country has been at war for the past fifty years. Throughout the past fifty years, these have been broken down in to three main conflicts. A civil war between the north and south that lasted for twenty-one years which ended in 2005, an extreme humanitarian crises throughout Western Darfur which has seen two hundred thousand die, and two point five million become displaced by fighting since 2003, and continual confrontation in eastern Sudan which has strong presence of insurgents whom are set to challenge the government for a bid of the share of the country's power and natural resources. Sudan has a population of 35.5 million, a life expectancy at birth of 57 years, an adult literacy rate of 59 percent. Sudan's under five mortality rate per 1,000 lives births stands at 91, and the country has 6 million internally displaced persons. (Taken from the United Nations Human Development Report, 2005).



So why did I feel selfish?? When logging on to Reuters, I read the following article; Meningitis epidemic confirmed in southern Sudan-WHO. The article talks of an epidemic having broken out in south Sudan, with sixteen deaths among two hundred and thirty suspected cases since September.



When I told a friend about this, she said its only sixteen deaths, haylz? And I'm sure that's a view shared by many… my response is that it is a death of daughter, a son, a grandchild, a cousin, a niece a nephew. We see the statistics, but do we think of that persons story, their potential, right to life or effect on their loved ones.



231 cases. 16 deaths. With the potential to spread. On top of the countries continuing conflict is what I find alarming. The outbreak is in Greater Yei Country, and the World Health Organisation is conducting an investigation and they hope to create a vaccination programme targeting three hundred thousand. But is this enough? And I know this happens in many countries all around the world but what can we do to help?



When asking that question, I think the main answer is we can advocate. We can learn about the injustices in Sudan, we can request our democratically elected politicians to be global citizens and do something about it!



In Australian media, we hear a lot about waiting lists, nurse shortages, and in general how our health system is failing citizens. I do agree, that something needs to be done… but with fixing the system I also believe we need to be grateful for what we've got. Reading the article the night after receiving my injection certainly reminded me despite the pain, the inconvenience and the certainty that I will faint… that I am in a country and a position to advocate for those who don't have a voice… and that despite the inefficiencies in my countries systems, at least there is a system there…

I woke up early and turned on talkback radio as I've always taken an interest into the concerns communicated by fellow citizens in my community over the air. I've also had the odd appearance on air, to sometimes defend the exaggerated opinions in concerns to how bad the young people of today are.



And today was going to be one of those days especially after the third caller. This lady based her call on a conversation she had with her next door neighbour, but had called the radio to say and I quote 'young people today don't accept anyone in our community, and they are a racist generation.'



This angered me… for many reasons, but the main reason was being present at the Make Poverty History Concert last Friday night, and the activities in Victoria over the weekend. Sooooo this is how I felt throughout the night… I was more excited than the guy with the wings on the Red Bull ad, and it is debatable that I was more excited than Lord Mayor John So, but never the less I had my stir shirt, my make poverty history banner around my waste and I was ready to rock!



In general at the concert we had fourteen thousand young people, which to me sent a clear message that we can be the generation that makes poverty history!! A team of young people put the concert itself together, and the impact it had was immense.



Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision Australia spoke at the concert about the failure of his generation to eradicate absolute poverty and how the challenge ahead lied in the hands of my generation, which was strongly represented in the audience. When Tim spoke, I believe he had every single persons attention, as it was the most silent the concert was throughout the night. His speech focused around how it is time to hand the reigns over to our generation and give us a go, later in the night hearing and seeing Hugh Evans and Dan Adams, was an example for me personally that we can be the generation that eradicates absolute poverty if we all stand together like we did on Friday night!



* head banging * hayley singing : Keeeeep on ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLDDDDDDD



Ok, maybe I will stick to my day job…. But BONO was there, and performed with Eddy Vedder, and The Edge. And yes, all that is reading this most likely already knows of this… But can I say how amazing it was to see the man himself. You see him on the ads, you hear about his advocacy in the news, and I personally start to take a man like that's word as gospel. At the concert he provided the same message as we see on the TV… and to hear it come from 'horses mouth as such,' continued to reaffirm that we CAN do it!



A quote from the man himself, which somes it up:

"When poverty kills 30,000 children a day.Solving Poverty Isn't a chartity issue anymore its a justice issue. It's not a great cause it's an Emergency!"-Bono on ABC lateline

So the musical highlights for me:



Always been a fan of Evermore, and they were terrific live! All my dance moves came out during the John Butler Trio's Funky Tonight, I want to have the moves like Sarah Blasko, and have never heard of Lior but think I may be a fan!



But it was more than just the A grade music…. I am still amazed that we were all there for one reason. Sometimes back in your own small communities, but still passionate that we need to Make Poverty History, you can become a little bit disillusioned, that no one cares, or you are fighting or making a stand alone! I now have my photos, my memories, and my experiences to remind me that it's a movement that wants to Make Poverty History, and as a generation we can do it!



If we can continue the work we do, and the strong presence at things such as the MPH concert we can further prove that young people do care about others. We already have record number of young people volunteering in their communities imagine the impact if it is US who make poverty history!



Soooo the concerts over… Did you miss it? I believe there is a dvd coming out in the Herald Sun on December 9.. so check out…. And with the concert over, what can you do??



Become a stirrer, and learn how to stir here



Log on and become a part of the Make Poverty History Movement here

the article I have read was about women and mi gration and
For a long time, the issue of women migrants has been low on the international policy agenda. Today, the world has a unique opportunity to change this: For the first time, government representatives from around the globe will be attending a United Nations session specifically devoted to migration. The 2006 High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development offers a critical opportunity to ensure that the voices of migrant women are heard. The explicit recognition of the human rights of women and the need for gender equality is a basic prerequisite of any sound, equitable and effective policy framework that seeks to manage migration in an orderly and humane manner
how do you feel about migration?
do you know anybody thats in migration?

I WAS READING ABOUT HOW WOMEN ARE SOME TIMES USED AS SLAVES AND COULD NOT GET WHAT THEY WANTED. THEY GOT SLOTERD AND RAPED AND BEAT UP FOR STUFF THEY DID NOT DO. AND IF THEY DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THERE MATE. THE LITTLE GIRLS WAS FORCED TO GET MARRIED AT A YOUNG AGE AND HAVING KIDS WITH THAT PERSON THEY WERE FORCED TO MATE WITH. I THINK THAT ALL OF THAT WAS WRONG BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING THEY DO NOT WANT TO LIKE GETTING MARRIED TO SOMEONE YOU DO NOT KNOW AND DO NOT CARE AND PLUS HE'S GROWN. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THREW ALL THAT BECAUSE THAT MAKES NO SINCE AT ALL. MY DAD WILL NEVER WANT ME TO GET MARRIED AT A YOUNG AGE. HE TELL'S ME ALL OF TIME TO STAY A CHILD AS LONG AS POSIBLE. HOPEULLY ALL OF THIS WAR AGAINST WOMEN IS SOLVED WHEN I GROW UP BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO THREW ALL THAT

Woman migration
The article was about woman migration
The relating article didn’t have any solutions to solve the other one problems
So our solutions are to let it be both men and woman to make it easier and its more helpful.
Labor
Parents had to sell their children for money because they was poor and they couldn’t afford them
Our solutions is that they can fundraise or donate money
Another solution is that they can get more jobs or maybe having school for the kids

Woman migration
The article was about woman migration
The relating article didn’t have any solutions to solve the other one problems
So our solutions are to let it be both men and woman to make it easier and its more helpful.

Labor
Parents had to sell their children for money because they was poor and they couldn’t afford them
Our solutions is that they can fundraise or donate money
Another solution is that they can get more jobs or maybe having school for the kids

involuntary traficing is a very bad thing to do to people. i dont think that it was right to take people from there home town and moved them to where ever and treat them like they want to.
1. why do they do this?
2. do the people like when they do it?
3. if you dont go will they kill you?

i feel reall strongly about people taking women for granted number on because i am a young women and without women alot of things could not happen like for examples baby's. i dont understand how some poeple like that towards a sex that mankind depens on.

1. i would like know what is going threw peoples head to make them think men are better then women.
2. i want to know how the women ell when they cannot do diffrent thing because of there sex

Sub-Saharan Africans are increasingly migrating to North African countries. United States has always been a nation of immigrants while others believe illegal entry and threats to national security are unprecedented. Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded in passing a law that he argues will finally allow the government to control immigration.

Why does the United States accept Immigrants ?

What lead to Immigrants ?

Why do they migrate ?

To me the article that I read was about how parents from Ghana, West Africa had to strugle to care for there chidren but they were so very poor they had to sell there children to a local fisherman to be used as diverrs in the Volta river to arrange fishing nets to facilitate heavy catches.

1. How did these parents get so poor ?
2. wasn't there an alternative to selling there children ?
3. Why did'nt anyone help them until know ?

i am a bit nervous about then meeting because i will be representing my school immigrants around the world and myself. i think i am goin to contribute by giving my opion on how i feel about immigation and also giving some of solutions. i look forward to learning new terms and new people, and other people point of view

The other day I went to the Zoo, since it is cold outside, the water fountains were not on. Everyday it costs about one million dollars to open the zoo everyday. The animals I had a chance to look at were the orangutans, gorillas, the "big cats", and the reptiles. My favorite animal was the turtles. A few times I was lost, but there were many signs to direct you to were to go as well as information on the animal displays about them. There is a building called The Tree House. In the Tree House, it is a place where little kids can play around on life-size caterpiilars and things like that. There are paddle- boats shaped like swans. I learned that all monkeys don't swing from tree to tree and they aren't always active.