Thursday, September 29, 2011

Gang Statistics

1) As of 2009, approximately how many active gang members are there in the US?
24,500 gangs in the U.S

2) What percentage of gang members are under the age of 18?
40% are juveniles
Consider - why do you think this number is so high?
Because alot people like to enjoy and also becasue under the fluence.

3) Out of the boys who have been in juvenille hall, what is the ratio of them that have some type of gang affiliation?
there are like 360,000 tenn boys and 32,000 teen girls in gangs.
4) When female gang members are arrested, what are their crimes usually for?
one is becasue they got busted by the police and for tagging on the walls.

5) What percentage of female gang members have been sexually abused?
 about 90 percent get raipp or  sexually abused

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

It’s a dead end in MS-13

* Beginning of article
The MS-13 gang members are getting young people to bang on the streets doing all kinds of acitivities, robing, killing and everything they do, the police reports and interviews with prosecutors.

* One way ride
One name call lucky was a gang member he new both languages spanish and English and he made friends on the streets.

* Life is cheap
people think that MS-13  is donig all the type of killing and robing just for the money and thats it but the gangs like MS-13 are less structured in Atlanta than in places like california.

* A deadly dis
Pink panther later told police he had second thoughts and that another gang member fired the fatal shot he said he got a beating for not complying with orders.


* No way out
The MS-13 the Corolla driver saw his window shatter and felt a sting in his arm, he turned to Jesus gonzalez, his passenger his head was drenched in blood.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The International Reach of the Mara Salvatrucha, by Mandalit del Barco

1) What is "Mano Dura?"
Mano Dura is when the bang members and the  rights activists and even a former Honduran police commissioner.

2) How are the police in El Salvador trying to prevent gang activity?
        The police of El Salvador are trying to prevent ani kind of gang activity that affects the people where they live.

3) What does it say is the reason that MS13 started in Los Angeles?
Because the most dangeruous gang member was created in L.A. located in California

4) Consider 2 and 3. How do these things seem to fuel each other or make the situation worse?

Gang-members are people that kill for fun and cutting people in pieces, raping women's


What is about the Gang members of Mara Salvatrucha is a group of people that someone of them call MS-13 that kill people for fun and raping womens, and cutting people and pieces just for fun, they are located in many states of the U.S.  and in Mexico at Honduras they get to know each other and be together to be more and more gang members, know the police put any suspect at jail for tatoos and for every person that looks like a gang-member.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of crime

1. How many gang members are there in the US?
    The gang member population are about 20,0000 since 2005

2. In how many states is MS13 active?
are in 42 states MS13 active

3. Summarize gang activity in Omaha, Nashville, and Maryland
The last 24 ms-13 members swept up on federal,
the nashville during the the last two years 14-ms13 members pleaded ghuilty and
the Maryland more than the half of the bang members were charged since 2005

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Week 5 Vocabulary Sentences

 estimate
My dad always resolve the problems of the house in a nice positive way and thats why my family are happy becasue we resolve the problem in a good way.

I illustrate the project to my parents last night becasue on friday I must presented so I can come to a big level grade so I can pass my science class.

About 25 five cars I estimate about 30 cars in total and thats why I sell to much becasue math help people out to do the sell.

Mara Salvatrucha Background Information

1. In 1-2 sentences, describe the origins/history of Mara Salvatrucha.
The majority of the gang of Mara Salvatrucha is located in central amercia.


2. How has deportation of illegal immigrants contributed to the growing numbers of Mara Salvatrucha?
Many Mara Salvatrucha gang members from the Los Angeles area have been deported after being arrested and that why there alot of gang member.


3. Discuss TWO of the publicized crimes. What happened? What was the effect?

one of the most widely publicized MS crimes in Central America occurred in chamelecon, honduras.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Week 6 Grades

What is your grade? 

123.5/216=1.75

How many MISSING assignments do you have?
10
- Are you satisfied with this grade? Why or why not?
no because I was expectec more higher
- What are you going to do to improve these grades
I'm going to redo and do all my missing assigments that I haven't done.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Catadores

Suelem (Suelem Pereira Dias)

shw has been workinf at the garabe since she was 7 years old and she is proud becasue she did not became a prostitute, she likes to take care of child's and she has two kids. Know she stopped working and after the film she met someone and got marry and have another child with him.

 

Isis (Isis Rodrigues Garros)

she gates the garabe and she reveals why she was working at the dump, now she is very happy becasue she met's a really nice guy and got marry with him and works at a market with her stepson.

 

Irma (Leide Laurentina da Silva)

Irma became the resident chef cooking and after the film she got out of the jardim gramacho and buil a nice restuarant and after a while she return to jardim gramacho to cook for the catadores.

 

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Week 3 Vocab Sentences

Everyday I focus more in my studies becasue I want a  job that pays me alot thats why I'm going ti study alot and try my best because my mom consist that if I want to be somebody I have to study alot and do all my work thats why I help my little brothers so they can do they best, I appropriate  help them with al my best and my cousin sometimes help me when I don understand something and sometimes I help them to do others activities.

Problems with Landfills

1) What are bottom liners?
A bottom liners are the layers of clay or a synthetic flexible  membrance.


2) Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS (the answers are right there and obvious so you have to be able to put your answers in your own words), the problems with the following types of bottom liners:
a) Clay- Clay is often the fractured and cracked, the memechansim callled the diffusion will move the organic chemicals.
b) Plastic-the more begins the things the most you can cause it do develop stress cracks.
c) composite- the liner that si a single liner made of two parts and the plastic liner and the compacted soil.


3) What is a leachate collection system? Explain one problems with this system.
Is the water that gets badly contaminated by contacting wates and the bottom of the landfill and  the collect by the system of the pipes.



4) What is a cover? Explain one problem with using a cover.
The cap that an umbrella over the landfill that keeps the water out.


5) Considering that Americans produce almost 5 pounds a day (as an individual), what do you think are some alternatives to landfills?

I think that the lanfills is a good think so people and the sociallity can live in a good place and that people has to take care of the trash and everything so we can live in a good conditions and healthy

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Week 3 Vocab Synonyms, Images, and Sentences

1)Appropriate - Correct, proper, well-timed









I wear appropriate close when I go to partys with my friends or my family its all depends what is going to be tha party about.

2) Consist - Contain, include









I consist drive like five hours everyday to go to work, I do like ten hours everyday to go and go back to house thats why I'm  going to move to another place.



3) Focus - Concentrate, target, devote

I'm going to focus more in my studies becasue I have to pass my CASHEE in other to pass it.

Landfills

1. How much waste does one person make a day?
About 4.6 pounds (2.1 kilograms) per day per person.

2. Of all waste created, what percentage is recycled or used as compost?
About 32.5 percent

3. In the US, how much trash is thrown into landfills?
about About 251 million tons (228 million metric tons) per year


4. What is the difference between a dump and a landfill?
an open hole in the ground where trash is buried and that has various animals (rats, mice, birds) swarming around and a dump designed structure built into or on top of the ground in which trash is isolated from the surrounding environment.

5. Why is the flow of water near a landfill important?
The area of land necessary for the landfill

6. When a landfill is built, why does there have to be so much extra land surrounding the actual landfill? What is this for?
the operators have to make sure that they follow certain steps. In most parts of the world, there are regulations that govern where a landfill can be placed and how it can operate.

7. Consider - considering how much trash Americans produce each year, what do you think are some potential problems that we may encounter?
People throw the trash on the streets some people are too duty and that is one of tha causes why it so mucho trah now and days.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Week 3 Vocabulary Definitions & Examples

1) Appropriate (adj) - It is not appropriate to use your cell phone during class.
Suitable or proper in the circumstances.
The appropriate word to use in a sentence is starting with a good start.



2) Focus (verb) - Students need to focus on their teacher's lesson if they want to pass their classes.
when I took a test I focus very well so I can get a very good grade on my progress report



3) Consist (verb) - A great meal consists of salmon, mashed potatoes, and asparagus.
Be composed or made up of

I consist do my homework everyday so I can graduate from sixth grade.

Jardim Gramacho

1. What is Jardim Gramacho? Where is it located?
He is located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.


2. What are catadores? What has their contribution to Jardim Gramacho been?
self-designated pickers of recyclable materials

3. How many catadores live in Jardim Gramacho?
the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives

4. How has the catadores job been formalized by the government? When does it end? What effect could this have?
The only 1,752 are officially registered removing 200 tons of recyclable materials each day.