Blog Topic #16

This summer I am moving to Cantrall, Illinois, to work at camp CILCA. It is a Lutheran camp that does a wide variety of different camps. They offer sports camps, kindergarten to high school aged camps and family camps. I am going to work as a camp counselor along with about 20 other people. I am very excited for this opportunity and can't wait till it comes.

Blog Topic #15

The name I searched was "Jacobitz" and not-surprisingly the two main countries are the United States and Germany. The top cities were Cottbus, Brandenburg, and Kenesaw Nebraska. Which is where my family is from and has lived for many generations. Other places that came up were Hamburg, Germany, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Spencer, Wisconsin. This is not surprising because our family is very German, from our name to our origins.

Blog Topic #14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8JbKpuWBlg
This link is a slide show of China and surrounding points of interest. This slide show depicts China as idyllic and with a booming economy and the perfect place to live. It shows perfect pictures of its landscape and busy pictures of its cities that show development and growth.

Blog Topic # 13

The strangest thing that I have ever eated is probably Alligator. I was tricked into eating it by my cousin. He has relation from Louisianna and they brought some back with them when they visited Nebraska.
I believe that culture has a great effect on our diets. And I think for the most part globilization will spread other foods to different parts of the world, but I think that most cultures will retain their original eating habits. This is what is usually available to them and they have a long history with the certain food.

Blog Topic #12

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

This picture is of President Hu Jintao and his meeting with US Treasury Secretary John Snow.

Blog Topic #11

This particular image was one that I thought was at an angle that really showed the earth from a view that is not normally seen. We have always heard that the earth is 3/4 water, but rarely do we see images that display this. We concentrate on the land masses, which makes sense, because that is where we live, but that is only a small percentage of the earth. It is amazing to think just how much water there really is on the earth, and how much of the earth is still undiscovered and unknown.

Blog #10

When I watched the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" it really opened my eyes. I thought that this movie did a very good job of relating life as a Slumdog. I also really like the presentation of the movie and the story. Basing the movie around "Who wants to be a Millionaire" and then explaining how he knew the answers was a good way of portraying the movie. It really showed what life can be like living in India and having nothing. I thought that the politics played in the movie showed just how corrupt life can be.