Thursday, December 2, 2010

Mumbai riots

It mostly happened in Mumbai

It was between the Muslims and the Hindus

the Hindus would attack the Muslims by killing them

The cost from the damages of the riots was estimated around $3.6 million 

2,000 people have been injured in these riots

The riots started because both religions lived in India and they both believed in different gods... therefor there was a lot of conflict which resulted in the riots

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Indian movie post

Mumbai
  • It is the capital of Maharashtra in India
  • It is located on the west coast of India
  • It is the second most populated city in the world with about 18 million people
  • It is the richest city in India
  • In 2009 it was named an alpha world city

Bollywood
  • It is the Mumbai-based production empire
  • It is one of the largest filming industries in the world
  • It is derived from Bombay and the word Hollywood
  • It is not a physical place

Dharavi
  • Often described as he largest slum in Asia
  • It is about 427 acres in the shape of a triangle in the central of Mumbai - 18,000 people crowd into one acre
  • It houses about 600,000 people
  • An average of 15 people live in one house
  • It is known as Mumbai's "Shadow City".





Wednesday, November 24, 2010

India Mini Project

1.) The current population of India is about 1,173,108,018.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
2.) The total fertility rate in India is 2.65 children born per woman.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
3.) 26% of the Indian population lives below the poverty line.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india
4.) One of the terrorist attacks in India was when nine people were killed when a bomb hidden in a bag detonated in the western city of Pune. Another terrorist attack was when another bomb ripped through an eatery in Pune.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest
5.) India ranked 119 on the list of poverty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india
6.)The monsoons in India have pretty much "swallowed" the cities, killing hundreds of people and animals and causing the city to lose millions of dollars in damages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/asia/01india.html
7.)  India struggles to get clean water to its people because the water contains trash, human waste, methane gas, and even dead bodies.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/09/28/world/1194817098866/part-1-water-woes-in-india.html
8.) The literacy rate in India is 61% of the total population: 73.4% are male and 47.8% are female.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
9.) The major religions in India are Hindu (80.4%), Muslim (13.4%), Christian (2.3%), Sikh (1.9%), and other (1.8%).
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
10.) India achieved their independence on August 15, 1947 from the United Kingdom.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Today.... 11/12/10

Today I missed class because, again, I was in the play matinĂ©es for a couple middle schools :) 

Today.... 11/11/10

Today I missed class because I was doing the play matinĂ©es for the middle schools :) 

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Today in Class... 11/9/10

1.) Who is the biggest coffee exporter in the world? Brazil
2.) How is coffee made? It come from the coffee bean.
3.) Coffee is the most heavily traded crop in the world.
4.)  commodity - anything that people buy and sell
5.) Coffee fuels tons of coffee allover the world
6.) You can pretty much buy coffee anywhere in the world.
7.) Where is most coffee made? In other foreign countries.
8.) Who consumes the most coffee per person?
9.) per capita - per person
10.) Where does the U.S. grow coffee? Hawaii (the Tropics).
11.) Who makes most of the money when you buy a specialty coffee? The companies that sell it; not the farmers who make it. 
12.) Fair Trade coffee -an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries obtain better trading conditions
13.) Organic Certified coffee - an item has been grown according to strict uniform standards that are verified by independent state or private organizations.
14.) High Quality Coffee -  something that is superior (the best of the best)