daniel

update

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:03:00 +0000

Well, there are many things that I have to share. I will be going to a university next month. I need money because as you know, going to a university is expensive. I am an out of state student. The university is in maryland. I also got my diploma about a month ago. I was really happy. I also moved to a much better place. It is quiet, and it is only me. I have a new computer. The kids of widney high have a comic book. The kids of Widney high is the name of the band that I am in. Check the comicbook out!
http://www.kidsofwidneyhigh.com
http://www.youtube.com
Type kids of widney high in the youtube search box. There are also videos, and tracks of our songs on the kids of widney high's website. The comicbook info is also there. Very soon there will be a video on youtube about the comicbook. The comicbook will be on audio format. We will try.
Enjoy!

michael

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Well, the king of pop is gone. As a boy, I used to play his music. It is very sad that this happened. He did a lot for music. There is not much I can say about him. I think he was a bit misunderstood. I feel really bad for him. I don't think he had someone to guide him. It is time to think. Time to help one another. We don't want more cases like michael's.

Places where to find my things.

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:37:00 +0000

Here is a list of websites where you can find things about me. I will be updating it when new things come out.
http://www.agjeans.com/Womens_Daniels_Rule_7__White/pd/c/6/np/-1/p/1442.html

This is a website that has one of my t-shirts.
www.kidsofwidneyhigh.com
Here, you will find my music.
http://www.whohub.com/danielcubas
This is an internet interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoCzL95klk8 Here I talk about myself. Really nice video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4DACgy1HbE
This is a video of what I think of the media, America, and being free.
http://carmelinafilms.com/daniel.htm
This is a documentary about me.

Not a nice day

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:24:00 +0000

Today, has not been a nice day. I was supposed to go out, but I did not because I missed my ride. Today, it's like any other day. I do nothing. It is not because I don't want to do nothing, but I don't know what to do. I have tried getting a job, but I am blind, I have cerebral palsy, I cannot stand for long periods of time, I cannot read braille, and I am not someone who types 100 words per minute. My days are waking up at three in the morning, chatting with my friends, I stop at 11, I eat, and sleep. I do not have any money. I am done with college, but I do not have my diploma. It has already been 9 months. What a life. At this point, I don't know what to do.

A day to think

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:37:00 +0000

I wake up every morning. I give thanks to god because he has let me live one more day. I wish people could see what I see, but what I see can only be seen when a person stops and takes time to search within his or herself. You have what it takes to change things around you. For some, life has a new meaning when they are blind. People see things a different way. I believe in god although I am not able to see him, and I believe that the stars are up although I have never seen them. People have not proved to me that they are here. So, should I stop believing? No, because I trust the people that are around me when they tell me that they do and because I know that god has answered my prayers. He has given me people that I can trust. He has made one more beautiful day that people take for granted. My body will get tired, but my spirit will be happy because every day I am getting closer to my goals. Taking time to see the day and talk to god help me to grow stronger every day.
Searching in my mind allows me to be me, and not what the world wants me to be. For all of this, I give thanks to god.
Please think of these words. I am blind, but I can see. You will know what I wanted to say if you take time and help another person, talk to god, search within yourself, and love others as you love yourself.
Blessings

I cannot believe it.

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:26:00 +0000

I cannot believe what is going on. California has passed a budget. This budget has about 1000000 dollars in cuts that affect programs such as the department of vocational rehabilitation, which helps blind people go to school and get a job, Programs for seniors, which maintain them occupied and provide medical services. Children services are also being cut. More class rooms are being filled with students which affect them because they do not get individualized attention that they need to succeed. We have been living in a society where the rich don’t want to lose anything, and they want the vulnerable to pay for things when they go wrong. People with money or power don’t want to help when the situation is going bad. I view California as a big family where each member has problems. Either they have problems with others, or with money. But, we are two stubborn to ask for help. On the other hand, we have people who have been blessed with money, but they become selfish with it. We need help. All we want is a won sent increase, but some people don’t want that. They prefer that other people suffer. They don’t care if the most vulnerable people pay the consequences. Before I get to them, let me just say that on the other hand, we have to pay too many taxes. For example, we will have to pay a 13 sent tax on gasoline. Also, we will have to borrow 1000000 dollars if I am not wrong. OK, what are the consequences? They are very catastrophic. Disabled people will not be able to achieve their goals, children will fall behind in their education, our elderly friends will dye, and people from all three groups will also dye because they did not get cared for the way that they were supposed to. Let me tell you another analogy. Let’s pretend that all California was in the ocean. Then, All of a sudden, those whom our vulnerable, began to sink. Only those that could swim were having fun. They saw that a lot of people were sinking, but they did not do anything. They said, “We don’t know why we need to bring those people with us. They interrupt our fun time.” They don’t do anything to help them. They preferred to let children and others with special needs dye. They preferred to let those that taught them about love, honesty, and respect dye. These were also the people who took care of them when they were sick, hungry, and penniless. These under privileged people gave it all to save them. Also, some of these people went to war for them. They risked their lives, so these wealthy people could stay alive and keep their freedom and fortune. This is how these rich people, and the people in power pay them? They take away services, and meanwhile, they still have a lot of money? These teachers, doctors, and others have spent countless hours with these people and their kids helping them. They lost so much sleep to fine ways to improve themselves, so these ungrateful people could be happy with them. However, they are not. One last thing I have to say is what go's around comes around.

The Super Bowl

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:28:00 +0000

The Super Bowl is always a great event to here every time it comes on. Year after year, it is the event that most people watch. For me, the only thing that is frustrating is that I cannot enjoy the game as I would like to. Today, I am glad that the Stealers one. It was the teem I chose before the big game started. I still want someone to explain to me two or three plays from this game, and a few commercials. All in all, this was a game to remember. The final result was 23 to 27. I wish I could say more about the game, but I am not able. However, The nachos that I had with the nice cold sangria were very good. Bruce Springsteen was great.

the internet's communication world

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:29:00 +0000

I was always interested on how social networking websites worked ever since they started to spring up. The first site I heard of was Myspace. One day, after months of hearing all the good things about this website, I decided to create an account. It was easy. The only thing I did not like was the captia. From what I know, this is an image with letters and or numbers. One of my brothers had to help me out. It would have been nice of this site if they could be like blogspot, which is a website where you can create your blog. For example, when you want to post a comment on someone’s blog, you have to type the characters that appear in the image. However, for blind users, there is a link that says listen to the characters. I think that Myspace was not created for all of us. To me, this is another form of segregation. I know that the captia is a way to prevent automated accounts to be created and therefore, preventing people from getting unwanted things. In other words, by using this system, harm could be avoided. Anyway, I gave Myspace a try. When my account was created, the first thing I did was to email everyone I knew to tell them I had a Myspace account. I thought that creating this account would enable me to reach out to people and help them. I had four friends. I met two of them in college, and another friend was my band’s page. You see, I am a singer. The other friend was someone by the name of Tom. I did not know who this guy was. I posted something that I thought was interesting. Nothing happened. I commented on two of my friend's page, but I did not get a reply. I tried emailing these people, but I had no luck. One of my friends set her page to private, so the next time that I wanted to take a look at it I was not able to do it. I started to get frustrated. Not only because people did not want to speak to me, but because every time I would go into a page, I would hear music. I tried to find a way for it not to do this, but it did not work. I was done with Myspace after I heard that it would cause computers to malfunction. I asked one of my friends if there was a way that she could close my account, and she said yes.
Then, I tried blogging. It was much better. I am able to reach more people who are in different stages in their lives. I am able to comment on other people’s blogs, and I know when someone has left me a comment on mine.
Skype, Facebook, and Youtube, have also been of great help. I could post videos on my blog, send my blog address to the new people I meet in Skype, and I use Facebook to make all these come together. In other words, Facebook is the place where people could find me. However, I am about to take my Facebook page down because I am developing my website.
This will be a space where every person will have an opportunity to know me. This will be a place where everyone will be able to come together. After hearing politicians only talk about the rich and middle class people, after seeing websites inaccessible to the disabled, and after hearing so much about why the disabled community can’t do this or that, I have become tired. My dream has always been to live in a world where everyone helps one another. A world where the internet is accessible to all. What is this called? Am I too idealistic? Do I strive for perfection? The answer is yes.
This world is not going to be a perfect world. I know that. What I want to do is to teach people how to see life from a different prospective. Thru my writings, I want to see what people would do if they were poor, and disabled.
My website will be like the world I dream about. It will have things in brail, described videos, a blog, resources to help those who are in need, a radio show, Pictures with text, and so much more. I strongly believe that this could be done, and it will be done.
If I want to make a change, I need to start by making the changes in my work. Hopefully, others will learn, and they will change things for the benefit of all. At first, the change will happen in the internet world. Soon after, that change will be happening all around us

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:31:00 +0000

There is a song by John Lennon that is titled “Happy Christmas War is over.” The song starts by asking: So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
What have we done this Christmas? Have we done good or bad things this year? Christmas is a time when families get together, eat, have a nice conversation, and exchange gifts. That is all very good. Unfortunately, little by little we have been adapting the holiday so it can fit our meaning. For example, if you ask the majority of people what is Christmas? They are going to tell you that is a time for shopping, giving material things, Santa Claws, getting together with the family, using some kind of drug, partying, and Jesus Christ. I believe a lot of people will say Santa before saying Jesus Christ. It is very unfortunate that the true spirit of Christmas is dying. I think we could start restoring it by taking time to see the things and people that are around us. We must give thanks that we have people who love us, that we have health, and we have things that are special to us. We must forgive the person whom we have been fighting with. I have a suggestion. Write a note to a person that you do not like. Before I continue, I have to say that you must take this very serious, and you must mean every word that you are going to say. In this note, write something good about the person. Then, you must say that you begin to forgive them or at least try to do it if you haven’t forgiven them already. Your gift to them will be spending time with them. So, you must make some time every week and set it aside. That time will be so you could spend it with the person you are writing this note to. You choose the length of time. If you wish, you could write other things in the note as well. Put this note, a Christmas card, and some money into an envelope. It is time to mail it. Why should you do this? You do not have to, but if you do, it will make you feel better. Think of it as cleansing your heart.
Mary Christmas and a happy new year

My Feature Story

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:03:00 +0000

To graduate, and to get an AA degree, are supposed to be two exciting moments in a person’s life. A person has just turned another page from his or her book. After hard work and perseverance, a dream has become reality. I am one of those students. I graduated June 10th, of 2008, and I received an outstanding academic achievement award.

However, I am not just any student. I have Cerebral palsy, I have been blind since birth, and I cannot read brail. However, that has not stopped me. I have to complete one more class before obtaining my AA degree.

Unfortunately, the class, which is journalism1, is a substitution for broadcasting 4a which teaches students about news writing. These two classes are structured for people that can see. This is a problem for me because I believe that people like me should not be taking these classes do to their visual content. Also, I have no knowledge of the things that are being taught or how they are going to be taught. In my journalism 1 class, I have to work with pictures and websites which are not accessible to blind users.

It was almost the exact thing in my broadcasting 4a class; I had to hear what was on a video. At the same time, I had to hear my note taker describe to me what was going on the video. Then, I had to transcribe all of this information as if I was on the seen that the video was showing.
Many days I ask myself, “How am I supposed to know this? How am I supposed to know how everything is arranged and what does it mean, if I cannot see the screen?”
Another example is when I was in class, as an in-class activity, along with other students; I had to find stories in the newspaper to compile for a mock newscast. As all the students were looking in the newspaper, and talking to each other, I was sitting alone in front of a computer screen. I was frustrated because I was not doing my best to reach my potential. Tears were rolling down my eyes, and I wanted to get out of there not only because I was not doing anything, but because I did not want people to see me.

Miguel Lugo, an advocate for people with disabilities, said that there are always challenges that people with disabilities have to go through, and that there is always someone who is willing to “help you out.” According to a 2004 report titled, “Blind Adults in America: Their Lives and Challenges,” 16 percent of blind people have had some college education.

This report was conducted by the National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families; an independent research and educational organization, and was written by Diana M. Zuckerman whom has a PhD, and whom is an expert on national health policy.
As we have seen, some of them have reached their goals. However, things are not really that good when we compare this statistic and others, with those of the general population. The report also states that While 12 percent of blind people have a college degree, 18 percent of sighted people have achieved the same goal. Also, 40 percent of blind people do not have a high school diploma; compared to 25 percent of the general population that does not have a high school education. This report also found out that Blind people are less educated than people who can see. Blind people only have in average of 11.4 years of education. In the work force, 70 percent of disabled people are unemployed, According to an article, titled, "Blind Applicants Confront a Harsh Job Market," which was published on November 22 2007 in the Boston Globe. This is higher than the statistics that the bureau of labor reported for the sighted population. According to the bureau of labor statistics, 5.5 percent of sighted people are unemployed. These statistics are startling.
At SMC, a student is required to take 5 classes and an elective in able to get an AA degree in broadcasting. Out of the 8 broadcasting classes that I have taken, 6 have had some visual content that I have not been able to understand. For classes that have visual content, students with disabilities are provided with a scribe. After class, the notes are scanned, so the blind person could read them.
For some teachers at SMC, the transition from teaching sighted students to teaching blind students has not been hard. Nick Pernisco, whom is professor of broadcasting at SMC, said, “ I think that what’s happened is that I’ve become more conscious of the fact that I am not only trying to appeal to students who are able to see, but also to students who aren’t able to see.” He also says that this experience has made him conscious in terms of how he puts together his lesson plans.

Most professors seemed to be OK with having someone else helping a student by taking notes. “It seemed to work well for me,” Frank Dawson said, another broadcasting professor at Santa Monica College. He also stated that “Working with the students with disabilities department” was helpful. They told him what services they had available.
In some cases, when students with disabilities cannot do the assignment that the professor has assigned, professors give students an alternative assignment which try’s to be an equivalent to the assignment that the other students have to do.

Students are also not bothered by having blind students as classmates. “They were shocked,” Jason Tillitte, a student at SMC, said after seeing a blind student in the class. “It is a new experience for some of them,” Ron Brewington, whom is a teacher and former professional broadcaster, said.

This is not the only class that I have taken. In September of 2007, I had to take a basic math class. Because the class was not targeted towards me, I ended up dropping the class. I think that it would have been a different story if I would have been able to read brail. However, only 10 percent of blind people read Braille, according to the National Federation of the Blind. Also most college teachers have not worked with visually impaired people. This poses a big threat because as we have seen, more blind students could end up being part of that 16 percent of students who have only had some college education.
One solution to prevent this is to train the professors on how to work with blind people.

In the math class, the visual information was described. However, it was useless since there was nothing that I could relate this information to. I also ended up substituting this class for speech 11 which is an argument and debate class. “It would be nice if people could substitute these types of classes ahead of time,” Bianca Carneiro, whom was a student at SMC, said. Most of the interviewees agreed that the college curriculum needed to be changed.
How can we say that SMC or any other college is being friendly to everyone, if they are still leaving out those who need the education most. “It is our job as professors to help students,” Brewington said. Further more, We cannot expect students to willingly take a class such as journalism 1, which is not targeted towards them, and then have them go to their work place which is probably as inaccessible as these classes and which also expect a college degree which would not be obtained by the student. By adapting classes to visually impaired people, we will insure that blind people will be successful in the future. And more people will have a college degree.

abortion

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:40:00 +0000

People have now gotten pregnant as early as 14 to 25 because they did not know how to control them selves. Remember in the early 80's when aids was something that nobody knew about? People started getting this by going to bath houses which are places that allows people to fornicate with whomever they want. The same thing is happening with young people. They have sexual relations with multiple partners, and they get STD'S. However, they don't know how they got it. Many girls, who are going to high school or college, drop out because they need a job to support their kid. Others do it because of financial problems or because they did not wanted such a responsibility. They decided to have an abortion. The common side effects of abortion are Infertility, Cervical Laceration, Uncontrollable blood clotting, severe hemorrhage, Seizures, Coma, Cancer, and Death. Unfortunately, women do not know this because some if not most doctors, don't have to tell them these things. Other women have abortions because they were abused but even that is not an excuse to do that. The government should give money to the women so they could get more help. Also, they could get treatment to overcome this traumatic experience. I never understood why abortion was between the woman and her doctor. Further more, people say that the dad has no Wright to force women to keep the baby. Even though the man is involved with making the baby, he cannot have the baby, even if he wanted it to be that way because the baby is in her body, and she could do whatever she pleases with the baby. The government should give the dad the opportunity to decide if he agrees or disagrees with thee abortion. On the other hand, if the man is paying child support, and his income is let's say 90000 dollars, some if not most of the time, the court tells the man that he should give half of his assets to the woman. What is even more sad, is that the money that they receive does not go for the kid, she spends it on her, wile the kids have no food and no clothing. Why do dads have to give the money to women? Couldn’t there be itemized reseats?
theshepherdsvoice.org

Thanks giving

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:48:00 +0000

My thanks giving
Thanks giving is for giving thanks for everything you have, everything you have accomplished, and to give thanks to all the people that love you and care about you. I give thanks to my friends because they have given me their, love, trust, and support. I would like to thank god because he has given me all the great things that people say I have. I would also like to give him thanks because without him I would be nothing. All my gifts have been given to me, so I can help people out. I am glad that those around me have recognized my gifts, but I would like for them to realize that god gave them to me. He is the one whom thanks should be given to. I would like to share my gifts with everyone. So, in the future, we could have a better life.

Fires in California

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:54:00 +0000

Wow, it has happened again as it has for years. There are four fires in southern California. Several freeways were shut down. One of them was closed because of a demonstration against prop 8 which eliminated marriage between people of the same gender.
One of these fires, started Friday night at 10 30. Another one, started about 9 AM.
My question is why have these people decided to continue with their demonstration? Now, there are more important things that need immediate attention. For example stopping the first fire before it spreads some more and damages more properties and people. As I have said before, at this moment, there are four fires going on. Unfortunately, the winds have not been helping us at all. They have been ranging from 45 to 70 miles an hour. Thousands of people have lost their homes, at least two fire fighters died, several people have been injured, and properties have been damaged. At this point, fire fighters are giving priority to those areas which have been affected most. People are angry because of this. They are seeing their houses go down in flames, and the fire fighters are not doing anything about it. My suggestion is that they fight the fire themselves. There have been stories about people fighting the fire not only to protect their house, but also to protect someone else's house. These people most than likely, have never met. I am glad that we still have heroes. I hope more people would help out instead of standing or sitting there asking why something is not being done.

Exciting day - or so I thought.

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:26:00 +0000

Yesterday, I went to pick up a friend at another friend’s house. After walking for a block or two, and getting something to eat,my helper and I finally got to the bus stop. I was already tired. This is because it too hot. To my right, there was a woman with a child, and to my left there was a radio playing RNB. A few minutes later, I heard this man saying, “Leave me alone.” He also said that he did not want to be bothered. As he kept on talking, his words started getting to me because he was cursing. I also heard that he was the one with the radio. The woman kept asking the child to not look at something. Well, it got too much when the man started looking at us. At this point, my helper called the police. My helper described the man as African American. He had a back pack and a small radio. He was dressed in black. When the bus came, the police had not arrived. If they ever did, I don’t know. When the doors of the bus opened, there was a discussion going on between the bus driver and another woman. I thought we were not going to be able to get on the bus because this woman was almost screaming. I am glad that we got in. The first thing I heard when I got on the bus was, “you need a man.” This is what the woman told the bus driver. We sat all the way back. The men were talking about it, and they wanted her out. When we thought that some peace had finally come, the woman started again, but she lowered her voice. I have experienced several cases like these two. Sometimes I wonder if these people are mentally ill. I just hope that they increase the money for psych wards. I hope they are not closing any because we need them.

the bailout.

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:57:00 +0000

I feel so sorry for us. Since when do we help out those who have made bad mistakes? I think a better term should be errors in judgment. Another question that I am asking myself is how did the US get 7000000000 dollars? I thought that there was no money! Didn’t President Bush say that social security was going to be out of money? One more question. Was this a lie? So, let me get this strait. We don’t have money for health care, we don’t have enough money for social security, and we don’t have enough money for our veterans. Also, helping the blind will cost too much, and let’s not talk about people with out jobs, homeless people, building more prisons, plus so much more. However, we have more than enough to bailout Wall Street. I believe that when somebody owes to the government, the creditors call the people that are in debt and harass them in a weekly bases. The people who are getting bailed out are going to want more money. Then, other industries are going to probably follow their example, and they will ask for some money as well. I wonder if the people who are being helped out, have helped the government in some way. Probably they have, and we don’t know about it. It angers me that some of these people will walk out with very fat checks, and everything is going to be just fine because that is what they had put on their contracts. Let’s speak the truth here. The people that will pay the 7000000000 dollars are the US citizens. I also heard John McCain say, “The fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Because I am an ignorant, I never knew what the meaning was , and He never explained what he just said. It was until recently when I heard that he was talking about the people. Maybe it will take many years until we could pay the government back. I don’t know if we will ever see the government giving us that reward for helping Wall Street. I also feel bad for Mister Bush. So much has happened under his administration. I have heard almost all his speeches, and for the first time I think he said that we were in a recession. I have heard that it takes a long time to build something, and it takes very little time to destroy it.

good job at the Dnc today

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:39:00 +0000

I believe this speech was really good and really important. It was time that someone spoke for the disabled. It is sad that the US is not doing enough to
help us out. Very often we are left behind along with the poor. It is sad that so many voices are not heard, yet the democrats say that they are for all people.
so why do we get left behind? why do homeless people get left behind? why do people who are starving get left behind? why do victims of natural disasters
get left behind? There are so many other things that I could say, but I think you get my point. These things should be talked about in these conventions.
I am glad that this man is speaking out. We need change. Obama and all americans could make that change happen if they are willing to. When are we going to talk about this? I hope very soon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/us/politics/27paterson.html?
http://election411.org/article/id/352683/david-patterson-speaks

The family

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:24:00 +0000

I would like to talk about something important and that is the family. A lot of people work 1 or 2 jobs just to pay the rent, the mortgage, food, clothing and other basic things. We all know that the minimum wage is not enough to cover all the expenses that a family might have. Knowing this problem, the government decides to waste money on other things, and they also keep raising taxes. Even though parents do a lot to survive these hard times, they are leaving their kids husbands or wives unattended. Some kids get dropped off in daycare and others go to school. Some kids go strait home after school. However, other kids stay a long time outside because they know that their parents will probably not come back until 9 PM or later. Those parents that come early from work pick up their kids from daycare if they have any in such a program, and they go strait home to sleep. In the meantime, the older kids are on the computer or in front of a television and most of the time; it is not for educational purposes. Others are getting introduced to things like sex, drugs, and being in gangs. Some if not most parents, do not play with their kids because they are too tired and if the kids want to talk to them, or simply give them a hug or kiss, they tell them to go away. There are some moms who don't like or want to kook or clean, and the dad has to do both things. It is very sad to say but this was caused by the feminist movement who told men they were not going to do whatever they wanted. I remember one morning when I was in an elevator on my way to one of my classes, and I heard a woman telling a man that she did not like to kook. The man also said that his wife did not like to kook and as I herd this, I thought to my self, “I hope I don't get a woman like that.” I was uncomfortable hearing this. But I am even more uncomfortable when I hear kids talking about another problem that is corrupting our country and that is sex. These kids are doing this in school when they don't even know what this is. Most people have sex with out love, and they think that if they don't do this, they are not going to be compatible on other things. In the first or second week that people meat, they begin to have sex or they start using drugs because of pier pressure. When a month goes by, they start living together not after they have a big argument with their parents because they think they are better than their parents. I know that it is very common to live together with a person without marrying that person. They see it as test driving a car and if they don't like the person, they could leave. In able for a relationship to work out, you have to spend more time asking questions about the other person and see if that person agrees or disagrees on the things that you believe. Watch how that person behaves with other people, and don't take him or her to expensive places. Some parents think that teachers should have the job to educate their kids about sex and drugs. However, teachers don't tell kids about the deeper issues of these two problems. Unfortunately, Because of these things, kids learn to be violent and they also learn about sexual education and drugs the wrong way. Think about it. What would you do if you don’t get what you want? It is likely that you will become violent. Some internet sites, radio shows, songs, TV shows, and video games have things relating to sexual activity or drugs. Unfortunately, these things do not tell kids the bad side effects. Parents don't put too much attention on what their kids are watching or hearing and that is another reason why kids tern out to be violent. If parents took time to talk or play with their kids, and watch TV with them, they wouldn't be the way they are now. Parents don't talk to their kids about the consequences of their actions and what could happen if they abuse things. Parents should start educating their kids about sex, drugs and violence when they are young. Also, they should tell them what is good or bad so when they get older, they will know what and what not to do. Because of the misinformation that kids get from their friends about sex ed, they start having it at a young age.
People have now gotten pregnant as early as 14 to 25 because they did not know how to control them selves. Remember in the early 80's when aids was something that nobody knew about? People started getting this by going to bath houses witch are places that allows people to fornicate with whomever they want. The same thing is happening with young people. They have sexual relations with multiple partners, and they get STD'S. However, they don't know how they got it. Many girls, who are going to high school or college, drop out because they need a job to support their kid. Others do it because of financial problems or because they did not wanted such a responsibility. They decided to have an abortion. The common side effects of abortion are Infertility, Cervical Laceration, and Uncontrollable blood clotting, severe hemorrhage, Seizures, Coma, Cancer, and Death. Unfortunately, women do not know this because doctors don't have to tell them these things. I believe that some doctors may say that to themselves. Other women have abortions because they were abused but even that is not an excuse to do that. The government should give money to the women so they could get more help.
I believe another thing that Leeds to a bad family is domestic violence. This includes physical, verbal, and sexual abuse. When children see this type of behavior, they grow to be even more violent than the parent that was doing this. This is how a cycle starts, and women who have kids, stay in the relationships because they think that if the man leaves nobody will be there for her or for her kids. This can also lead to a person using drugs because there is so much drama in their lives that they use the drugs to escape from reality. What these people don't know, is that when they try to stop, it is going to be too late because they are going to be addicted to the drug.

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:55:00 +0000

Ads are an interesting way to get people’s attention. Here is an example of one that I made about two months ago. Ads are moving away from advertising products. Instead, they want to promote a life stile. This is really bad. I believe it is turning people into characters. If people do not want to do something, such as preparing a meal, they could go to a place and order whatever they want. This next ad that I made will be for those people. My goal is to see if there is a difference between my ad and the fast-food ads, and also to let you see how easy it is to entice people into buying products. Sorry, how easy it is to entice people into changing a productive life stile into an unproductive one. We know you have things to do, and places where you need to go. The last thing you want to do is cook. X, Y, and Z has just the right thing for you. Why wait when you can have it now?
X, Y, and Z, , we have you covered.

Budget crisis

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:47:00 +0000

We go through the same thing in California every year. It always takes a long time to pass a budget. We are in at least three weeks behind. It is scary to think that people will be going back to school, and there is no money. I heard on the news that kids will be spending not as much for there school supplies. This means that they will have to use their old school books, they will wear the same clothes, and they will have to use the same writing materials in this upcoming school year. However, California should not be the only won at fault, but The US as a whole. So now, we have two problems. I believe that we should not be hearing the same thing over and over from the politicians. Republicans don’t want to raze taxes, but the democrats do. Someone must give up. If we don’t raze taxes, what can we do to reduce the deficit? On the other hand, people cannot start cutting programs which are beneficial to the poor, the disabled, the sick, and the elderly. I believe that now it is time for the people who are in power, to think about others and not so much about themselves or people who have the same economic status as they do. We must realize that things are not for free, and that we must pay for what we need. If that means razing taxes, then we should do it. Again, unless the republicans have a better plan, I do not see another solution.

Judaism divided into three parts

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:16:00 +0000

Orthodox Judaism says that the torah, is very important no madder if it’s the written or the oral form. It states that practices such as circumcision, are very important. A person could give up is or her believe in god as long as he or she follows the practices. Reform Judaism says that the practices are no longer required. It tries to blend with today’s society. It modifies some things to fit modern times. I was confused when I read that it was coming back to the traditional ways. Conservative Judaism is in a way, the blending of orthodox and Reform Judaism. It states that the practices are very important As well as the laws of the Talmud and the torah. It tries to adapt modern things when it is necessary. It talks about an evolutionary process and that, “halachic authority can continue the halachic evolution today.” God is real and therefore, really important.

The Olympics

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:22:00 +0000

The Olympics is a big event. When I was younger, I used to participate in a similar event in Los Angeles that was called the Braille Olympics. We used to do a few events such as run, long-jump, and others. Every time I went, I always got the bronze meddle. It is because of this experience that I understand what every athlete is going thru. I am proud of each of them for doing a good thing. Now that we have a lot of things going on in the world, we need some unity which is what the Olympics have been doing.

reparation money

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:49:00 +0000

I believe that The U.S. government should not give reparation money to the children from slaves because it would be a waste of time and it would cost a lot of money.
First of all, we would have to do DNA tests to determined if the people, had ancestors that were slaves. This could take up to 8 weeks. Then, we would have to do a psychological evaluation which would take more time, and people would have to weight some more depending on how much time is given. Also, we would be wasting time by arguing how much money they would be entitled to.
This will also cost a lot of money. According to africanDNA.com, a complete test will cost 1000 77 dollars. Now, multiply this by lets say, 10000 children of slaves. Then, we would have to pay 10770000 dollars. We would have to find in which way did the slave era affected the child which would require a psychological evaluation. Because every state is different, it is hard to put a price on how much this service would cost. Also, since slavery ended 143 years ago, it would be hard to prove that someone was affected.
If we were to give 10000 people 10000 dollars, we would be paying 100000000 dollars. I would also imagine that we would have to pay the people that will take care of the paperwork. Just on the reparation money and DNA tests the government will spend about 110000000 dollars. This amount would rise if we add the people who will do the printing, sorting, distribution, etcetera along with the people who would do the other things that I have mentioned. There are a few questions that need to be considered. What about those people, who are not black, but there ancestors were? Should they get paid reparation money, despite there skin color? What is the government going to do if someone commits fraud? I think we should also pay other ethnic groups because they have been mistreated. For example, the Japanese, the Hispanic, and the Native Americans. As an example, I could say that since my mom and dad were taken away from me because they were illegally in this country, and since I was born with a disability, I had to struggle to survive. If things were changed a little bit, and I went with them, I could say that as a result of being taken out my country, I did not have the services that I was supposed to have which caused me to be in a worse condition than in the one I was before I was taken away.
I believe that if this plan is accepted, our country will finally hit rock bottom.
1 April, 2008
http://www.africanDNA.com

movies

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:22:00 +0000

The author of an article that is in the LA times says that probably we are not going to see movies being shone in the movie theaters. This is going to happen because movies are coming out on DVD. Consequently, people are waiting until they come out in this way because they would avoid many things. for example, they would avoid having to make long lines at the movie theater. Furthermore, the author says that the movie studios need to put out better films, so the public would be eager to go to a movie. He also says that some of these movies were not made to be seen in an Ipod. one thing that I got from this article is that most young people do not appreciate old films. an example that the author gives is that there are few opera houses because of the lack of interest for these things. Even though this does not have anything to do with movies, it illustrates a good point. Technology has been guilty of more people spending their time watching movies on a portable device instead of joining their family to eat, to go and see a play, or to go to the movies. I agree with the author. If things keep going the way they are, movie theaters will be history. I was not wrong when I said that technology was bad for us. on a personal experience, I used to like movies but now that they have too many sound effects and a lot of visual scenes, I rarely see them. Films that were made in the 1960's and 1970's were much better. For a scary film, they would use a piano. For other ones, they would have an orchestra playing in the background. The actors talked more than they do now. that is why; I enjoy movies that were made back then. even though there is still dialog, I cannot understand movies because I would have to see what they were doing in able to understand what the conversation was about. For example, let’s say that someone would be cooking and he got burnt. He would curse and everyone in the theater would do something. Because I would not understand what everyone was laughing or crying about, I would have to ask a person what happened. the person would tell me that they were laughing because the person got burnt. I hope we realize that cell phones, ipods, and computers are not for watching movies. Computers are for typing and retrieving important files. in other words, they are useful to view or print info and to sample media. Cell phones are for making important calls. Ipods are for storing and for listening to music. However, technology is not entirely guilty. The people who make these movies do not have anything good to put out. As soon as movie makers use a little bit of creativity, that is when people will start to go back and see them.

lowering the drinking age

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:42:00 +0000

I have heard some people say that we should lower the drinking age. I believe that We should not reduce the drinking age from 21 to 18 because some young adults would be irresponsible and there for, they would cause an increase in automobile accidence. Do to the immaturity of some people under the age of 21, we will see as we have seen before, some of them do things that are not right. For example, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had a study that found that one out of 14 girls in between the ages of 14 and 19 has an STD. What do STDs have to do with lowering the drinking age if the statistic starts with age 14? First of all, it is important to ask why and how these girls contracted an STD? What would be the first answer? Could they had stopped this from happening? Why they did not do it? If at 18 they were able to consume alcohol, would they do something bad? The answer is yes. From 14 to 18 some kids have not matured enough. Also, at 18 they are getting out of that childhood stage, and some if not most adults, will be struggling to mature which would lead them to still keep on doing the same mistakes that they have been doing. Also, now that they have access to new things such as the internet, they would be doing more mistakes. Why is this? Using the net, they would be able to plan a party where some kids would be able to take alcahol. Meanwhile, their parents would not have a clue of what was going to take place. When kids got out of school, to protest in favor of illegal imigrants rights, on may first of 2006, I heard that some of those kids, had already planned how this thing was going to happen. Another example is that some, if not most kids, start driving at the age of 16, and we no the potential problems that this has caused. There have been 3,490 drivers under the age of 21 that died in 2006 and thousands more were injured. According to the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, it was estimated that there were 11000000 underage drinkers in the US. Now, imagine those 11000000 young adults and those that will be turning adults in the next few years being able to legally consume alcohol by the age of 18. How many more accidence would have to be added to already the long list? I believe it would be A lot. Giving them a second tool could lead to bad consequences. Since the first tool was driving, If we start providing alcohol, it would be the second tool which will kill more people than when they had only the first one. If we start to legalise drinking at the age of 18, It is going to be a two year difference which is not going to change anything. What I mean by that is these kids who were driving recklessly at the age of 16, now that they would be 18, and now that they would be able to purchous alcahol, who knows what could happen.I should also add that since driving starts at 16, probably drinking should be legalized at 16 as well. The accidence that are caused by 16 year olds is going to rise as soon as these people turn 18. The reason they have not risen now is because children are not able to purchase as much alcohol as they would if they were 18. As I have said before, This could have a lot of bad consequences if it were to happen. One of the consequences, would be that there parents will be devastated. This will happen because their child just killed a person and or got killed because of a teenager driving drunk. Another consequence is that a lot of money maybe thousands of dollars, would have to be paid to the family by the tax payers for the damage that some teenagers will cause. Also, we should not forget that the family of the drunk teenager, Probably will not have enough money to pay the other family or families.
So far, we have been able to reduce the fatal and injury crashes by 38% and 40% respectively, among 16 year old drivers. However, if lowering the drinking age were to happen, the statistics would go up again. At 18 a person has not yet grown sufficiently, but they still want to experience many things.The problem with that in this case, is that according to www.cdc.gov, at all levels of blood alcohol concentration, Young people have a greater risk of getting into an accident.

Facts about juice

cubas.daniel@gmail.com (daniel) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:45:00 +0000

In an article that I read about a year ago, Five juices were tested. Two were from frozen concentrate stored in screw top containers. Two were from ready-to-drink, not from concentrate pasteurized orange juice, packaged in either non-re-sealable, gable-top waxed cartons or plastic, re-sealable, screw-top containers, and 1 brand was of ready to drink from concentrate non-pasteurized orange juice packaged in re-sealable, screw-top waxed cartons. the ready-to-drink orange juices had higher concentrations of oxidized AA. Orange juice reconstituted from frozen concentrates had the lowest content of oxidized AA. I read that Ready-to-drink orange juices should be purchased 3 to 4 weeks from expiration date, and they should be consumed within 1 week of opening. some of the Vitamin C in the orange juice would be destroyed because of the time of production, and the time that it becomes available in different outlets. According to the article, 16% of people are deficient in Vitamin C. This could be because some people do not consume foods that are rich in vitamin C. If they do consume these foods, there is a possibility that those foods have lower quantities of vitamin C because of the way they were prepared or because of another reason. ** "reduced" Vitamin C/Ascorbic Acid does not mean less. It refers to the chemical charge on the molecule. "Oxidized" does mean less because it has been destroyed oxygen. I remember when I purchased juice, and I did not open it. It had been outside the fridge for more than a day. Well, the Juice went bad. I was very sad. This also reminds me of the advice that is always being said. We should not buy more than we need. It seems as if I need to find another way of buying things.