Kaun Banega Crorepati

A game show in India hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, Bachchan was against the movie Slumdog Millionare because it puts India in a 3rd world light which it looks like it because its about a kid who lives in the a shantytown where houses are very close together.

India, what a place!

The total population in India is 1,173,108,018 - CIA Factbook
The total fertility rate of India is 2.65 children born/women - CIA Factbook
25% of Indias population lives in poverty - CIA Factbook
On Feb. 13, people thought to be Islamic terrorists bombed a restaurant in the northern city of Pune, killing 17 people and Dec. 13, A heavily armed suicide squad assaulted Parliament House here today in a brazen attack on the world's largest democracy, killing 7 people and injuring 18 before dying themselves. No elected official was harmed. - New York Times article
The dam 50 miles upstream overflows and leaves parts of India flooded - New York Times Monsoon
Hindu is the largest population in India - CIA Factbook
India's water problems come from a polluted river which would be a main source of water but they have to use a smaller source of water and distribution is bad. - Water Woes in India
India has a 61% literacy rate. - CIA Factbook
India became independent from Great Britain in 1947. - CIA Factbook
  

todays class

Today we finished up our coffee project, feeling pretty confident and had a lot of fun!!

The World of Coffee

GROUP 1: Madi and Clark

Coffee usually comes from places in the topics, some places that have a reputation for good coffee is Brazil, Columbia, and Peru

COFFEE!!

What is the most heavily traded crop in the world? Coffee


Who produces the most coffee in the world? Brazil


Where is the largest producer of coffee in the United States? Hawaii


Where is the most popular place to get coffee? Starbucks


What country imports the most coffee? United States

•  Relationship coffee - is an alternative to the traditional coffee supply chain. It operates with complete transparency and brings coffee farmers, importers, and roasters together on a level playing field
• Globalization -  describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade.

Done....Finally

We finished and turned in our magazine articles!! Fun class can't wait to see what I got on the project, it was really fun, I wouldn't mind doing another.

Almost done

Today we worked on our magazine for the final time before its due tomorrow!! Two pages of pure genious so don't read it or your realize I'm lying.



p.s. I spelled genius wrong on purpose!

Burned

Today we worked on our magazine article...I also went to the nurse because my bandage came off. Almost done the articles and cant wait for the weekend.