The research that I focused on is an animal rescue center called the ASPCA. The reason I am writing about this is because it is one of the biggest teams to help fight animal cruelty. In 2005 they started this team when hurricane Katina happened. It is a group of staff that help animals with all different problems that are natural and man made disasters. The team works with other groups to rescue animals and give them the care that they need. You can adopt animals from the ASPCA, learn how to take better care of your pet, donate and learn ways to get involved to stop it.

The ASPCA happy tails is when they tell you about stories of animals how they were saved and what happened to them. I have got into that pacifically because I wanted to know what was going on with the animals, I didn’t just want to know that there was animals getting hurt I wanted to everything about the situation.

For example there is a dog-named Mercury. His owner was a dog fighter. The ASPCA suspected that he was a dog fighter and the owner kept them in tiny cages in a yard. The man did the only thing he came do at that point was tell him to put his dogs in bigger crates and took photos of the dogs. Mercury caught the mans eyes and knew he would save him one day. The owner winded up putting the animals in a vacant apartment. The men Ruiz got them out right away and bring them to the ASPCA. Now he is healthy and ready to be adopted.

You don’t want that happening to other animals and neither do I? I don’t know why people did it in the first place but that’s what I want to know.

http://www.aspca.org/ 

I am choosing this type issue because I think I should know what government  invested into my money. But not only me but also all people should know. Also to better my self in the world to not make the same mistake some American did with our economy

Their are still things I don’t know like why is it so messed now and who is to blame? There are things people post on the Internet like government dose this with our money and that but I can’t tell if it’s real or not. Its just 1 big rumor going around.

So far in my research about this topic I have l learned is the economy of the United States is the world's largest national economy.  The U.S. economy also maintains a very high level of output per capita. In 2009, it was estimated to have a   per  capita of $46,381, the 6th highest in the world. The U.S is the largest trading nation in the world. Its three largest trading partners as of 2010 are Canada, China and Mexico. That’s all I know the basic of what they do.

I still need to find the basic of what they do but I know I wont have ahorzation to all  people manage to slip some info out but I will  do more work on  my research .

         Childhood obesity is when a child's excess fat effects him in a bad way toward his health and well being. When kids are obese the may often have diabetes, high blood pressure, and asthma.

Quotes from  Sites-

                  "The rate of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States has nearly tripled between the early 1980s and 2000. It has however not changed significantly between 2000 and 2006 with the most recent statistics showing a level just over 17 percent. In 2008, the rate of overweight and obese children in the United States was 32%, and had stopped climbing."

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_obesity

         "Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years."

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/

       "Shouldn't he have more to look forward to than diabetes, high blood pressure and asthma?"

http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/obesity-prevention?gclid=CMDB7LHty6gCFaNd5QodDR3rpA

This is how the tornado looked like when it was hitting in Alabama.

During the past years many Natural disasters has happen but the world became as one and helped each other out. The latest Natural disasters that has happen was the tornado that had hit Tuscaloosa, Al and the places around. It wen close to the south of Philadelphia but didn't do as much damage as it did in Alabama. There were 312 tornado's that occurred during 24 hours. That is a lot of tornado's for that little time limit. The amount of people killed was around 340 but i can't say the exact number since more people couldn't have been injured and died today so this is just a estimation. One thing i wonder about is how do people prepare for tornado's. Do they hide in a corner or under a table? Well I'll be back later so we can get on the topic about the earthquake that had hit japan.

                                       By Eric Loth

For this project you and the World we are picking an issue that is happening in the world that you are interested in researching and learning more about. The issue I am doing is animal abuse. The reason I am doing this is because I love animals. My opinion about this is that I will not eat them or hurt them and its wrong that other people do.

Animals should be treated just like a person, You wouldn’t want anyone hurting you well around the world there are people abusing animals and its wrong. Cruelty to animals should be a crime in all states. The use of animals for testing in laboratories has recently become an issue. Some things that are happening are Killing, injures, neglect, or cruel mistreatment.

I wonder what the people are thinking when they are doing all these things to animals. What’s going through there minds? Also why are they doing it?

Are there a lot of people out there trying to stop it?  How do you think the animal feels? Next I am going to look at different organizations that are trying to stop it and read about different animals and what there stories are.

Bibliography:

http://definitions.uslegal.com/c/cruelty-to-animals/?puslf=gl+defi+Cruelty+To+Animals+Law&gclid=CISD79iXyqgCFUiK4AodFjJipA

The issue I have chosen for a connection between the world and I is gay marriage. I have always been interested in not only this topic, but also the topic of gay rights in general. Mainly because I have am for gay marriage and equal rights. I feel as though everyone should have freedom and be with whom we please. Why must people of the same gender who are in love have to hide it because society isn’t ready to see it?

I have searched for many websites that have information on same sex marriages, and I have learned about proposition 8. Proposition 8 or the California Marriage Protection Act, was passed in November of 2008, legalizes gay marriage in California.  Something that I wonder is why religion is a major factor of same sex marriage and why the government plays a major part. I hope that maybe , just maybe , the world will realize that love is love and who are we to judge when no one is perfect.

I am choosing the type issue because I think I should know what my money is begging invested into but not only all people should know. Also to better my self in the world to not make the same mistake  some American did with our economy.

“One Shot Man Down”

            This blog is part of a project called You and The World. The point of this project is for us to find a problem or issue in our world (that we are interested in) and blog on it.

           The topic I chose was gangs and gang related violence and what causes or influences it. I’m interested in this topic because it’s something that’s all around us, that happens everyday and we just don’t pay a lot of attention to it. I found in my research that 100% of cities with a population of 250,000 or more report gang violence or activity.

           I’ve discovered through real life experiences and research that not all people in gangs are bad. Some of the leading causes of people joining gangs are because of  the area in which they live, relatives or family run gangs, peers and protection. The causes of the actual violence can be anything from rivalry between two gangs in the same area or “turf, drugs and even the music we listen to today.

            As I did my research I found that 94% of gang members are males. I wonder why It is so many males if males are known for not holding grudges like girls etc.

         Hello and Welcome to the first of many articles by Aaron VanBuren on the topic of How Many Wars Are There? I was given this project called You and the World. Today was going to be about basics of the United States Military and the Wars we have been involved in. The sub-topic is War on Terror. I am interested in this topic because of the new we all heard about on Sunday, May 1, 2011 of Osama Bin Laden being killed.

Look forward to a continuation of this topic. The plan for the future is too answer the questions I didn’t answer and give some more information about the topic. BYE see you next time!