Sunday, March 20, 2011

David Livingstone


David Livingstone was born on March 19, 1813, and died on May 1, 1873 in Africa. He was a Scottish, and was a medical missionary, working with the London Missionary Society, but he was also an explorer who explored in Africa. 
When he was young, his father, Neil Livingstone, found a tutor to give him a Sunday school and also gave him Christian tracts to study. Because of this, he was very good at reading, but reading was not the only thing he liked. He also loved animals, planets, and geological specimens. His father was afraid the contradiction between science and religion, but this led him to accept and know more about the relationship between two of them. 

Shake Zulu


Shaka Zulu is the leader of the Zulu Kingdom. He was born in 1787 and died on September 22, 1828. He was very famous because he united many of the northern Nguni people, includingMtetwaw Paramonountcy and Ndwasdwe. His effort made him became the greatest cheiftman, and was called "The Military Genius" because of his innovation, and also because he knew how to use the strong and strict way to control his reign.  


I would want to share some videos of Zulu tribe in modern day. The first one is about their wedding dance, and the second one is about their dance danced by males. 





Saturday, March 19, 2011

Official Website for Territory 21!!!!! :DDD

This is our official website for our nation, Territory 21. Please visit us and leave some comments! :)
And hope you like it. :D

http://territory21officialwebsite.weebly.com/

Here are some pictures of our website:



Territory 21 Economic Report

Economic Indicators:
Import: Territory 21 lacks enough energy to supply electricity for its research. We only produce enough electricity for the daily uses of Torizens. Therefore, we need to import electricity. We do, from D.R.Lewolf. 46% of the electricity used by the daily uses of Torizens is from them, imported. We also import specimens for research, and exotic animals and plant species.
Export:Territory 21 has a surplus of timber, metals, and arable land. This results in strong steel production, mining of metals, lumber, paper-production, as well as agricultural production. We also have a surplus of human resources: intellectuals, services, and labor. Our education is very advanced. Our science and technology is very developed. Since we are a large country, our lakes and rivers may not cover all of our freshwater supply, but we export salt-water fish. We also have a large emphasis on tourism, especially the Florida-like Holidays County.
GDP per capita:
$ 57,200 PPP...(based on Singapore, according to CIA World Factbook)
Sectors, % GDP:
Industry: 30% Mostly steel, semi-conductors, computer parts, robotics, screws, hardware, gaming and entertainment industry...etc.
Agriculture: 30% wheat, grain,  and other crop-related products. Livestock.
Service: 40%...all kinds. Emphasis on education and scientific service, as well as personal interests.
Tax Revenue: % GDP: 12% (modeled after Japan)
Military Expenditures, %GDP: around 3 % (based on the larger sized countries in the world)


More information will be updated as more data is known.


KEY TERMS:
Torizens: Territory 21 citizens.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

MUSICS I want to share :D

This song is "Born This Way" by Lady GaGa. I think this related to people in Africa. Many Africans were slaves, but they can don't have to be. They can be anyone they want. In this song, I feel like she is telling everyone that you are who you are (also related to Kesha's We are who we are), and b yourself. 


Born This Way


We Are Who We Are

Music about economics :D

I found a very cool song called "Price Tag" by Jessie J, which is telling us that money is not everything. We shouldn't be so serious about it because we cannot buy happiness from it. I like the song because I feel great after listening it.



Monday, March 14, 2011

Territory 21

Nation Factbook:


CIA World Factbook.
Country Name: Territory 21
Motto:
“In Him We Trust”
Mission Statement:
It is the mission of Territory 21 to provide people with a common aim to bring out their own advancements. We all have goals, and we need the right conditions to carry out our pathways to success. Anyone can be great, historic, as long as the circumstances fit. It is our nation’s central belief that we will provide the ground for human culture to flourish. Our type of government is authoritarian and based on elitism, a lesser form of oligarchy. While it may appear very centralized, our country has a political structure that causes the country to be very de-centralized.
       One of the major ideas of citizen participation in Territory 21 is that the citizens are the “employees” of our country. They all work for the welfare of others. Citizens are given a life. They have a lot of participation potential. In order to be citizens, people are required to be born in Territory 21, with a residential form confirming their residency of at least 5 years, added on the approval of Level 1 ~ 3, and the government should have your profile from Level 1 till 7. You are also required to have an occupation. The levels refer to our political structure:
Level 1: Parental/Familial Level 2: Of the neighborhood Level 3: Local/District/Town               Level 4: City Level 5: City + County Level 6: Occupation Leaders Level 7: Occupation Board Level 8: 102 Approval Level 9 : Social Merit Group Level 10: EE12 Approval
For Level 7, 8, 9, 10 positions, citizenship is required. Residential forms are required for levels 1 to 6 positions and approval or recommendation from your superiors should be attached if you are not a citizen.
       The history of Territory 21 has been brief. The country has only existed for 150 years. It was founded when an alliance formed between powerful families of the region in order to avoid the rule of other countries and also establish a system to benefit the people of the region. As territory expanded, and population increased, new policies and laws were established, and 100 years ago, the country declared independence, to which other countries responded peacefully. Ever since then, the country has been able to tread towards stability and peace without many conflicts.
      
Head of State— Title. State Elder                                  Abbreviation: S.E.
                             Name: Jasmine Lu   
                             E-mail: t21.headst@gmail.com

Head of Foreign Affairs – Title: Foreign. Aff Elder                 Abbreviation: For.AE
                                       Name: Tina Wu
                                       E-mail: t21.foreignaffairs@gmail.com

Head of Domestic Affairs – Title: Domestic Aff. Elder         Abbreviation: Dom.AE
                                       Name: Tracy Kao
                                       E-mail: t21.domesticaffairs@gmail.com

Detailed map with key and legend:
On the map is information about the divisions of territory within Territory 21. The nine counties, named after their capital cities, each have a symbol. The list is included on the side of the map. Note that there are two official national capitals: Pac-Man and Tenochtitlan. On the left of the map is the key.
       Something that was not included in the map is the ports available. Ports will be open along the South coast and around The Ballad Islands. The north is not as open to trade.
       On the right, we share a strait with Kalanji, while to the west of our country is a shared border with the Democratic Republic of Lewolf.

Climate: The two major climatic regions of our country are tropical and temperate. The middle portion of our country is tropical. It can be easily seen by the agricultural area and the jungle area. The north and south portions of our country extending outwards from the tropical region are the temperate regions.

Our main natural resources are iron/metals, timber, and food production. Food production is mainly produced around the agricultural region, while timber is from the forest surrounding our country. Iron/metals are dug from the underground.
We get 46% of the energy/electricity supply that the average person uses from D. R. Lewolf. The resulting 54% used is self-produced from hydropower, solar power, windpower, geothermal power, and nuclear power (As of Year 0)

Population Pyramids
Demographics:
       Total Land Area: 5 million square kilometers
       Total Population: 100 million people
       Major Cities (Land Area and Populations)

City population ( in millions)
1.    Holidays  3.00
2.    Tenochtitlan 2.00
3.    Holidays 17.00
4.    Lambda  3.00
5.    Dynamite 2.00
6.    Felixphrenics 3.00
7.    Carlosite 3.00
8.    Jazmania 8.00
9.    District 9.00
10. Total City Population 50.00
       Percent Living in Cities (50 %)

Religion: Varied and Free. No survey has been conducted yet.

LAND USAGE:
Agriculture  33%
Cities  27%
Suburban  15%
Forest  15%
Other 10%

Freedom of speech: Limited
Death penalty: Yes
Equality before the law: Theoretically
Currency and Economic Policy: Currency is in NTD. Our economics system is a capitalist one.
Trading policy: We tax imports, and mostly export semi-conductors, steel, and services.
Military/Police Defense/Security policy: Government has control over military. We have air force, navy, and army. We also have a local police system.
Education policy: Very emphasized in our country. Free public education system for all citizens. Residents may require extra procedures. Government sponsors for high school and scholarship for university and beyond.
Health care/Public health policy: We have nationalized health care, and medicines or clinics need to be released by the government or government-certified. Health care is paid for in tax.
Retirement/Social Security policy: For those who don’t follow politics as their career, we give retirement cash to those who have world for at least 10 years in the same occupation/industry. We give 30 thousand NTD per month to each person who has achieved the requirements. We provide social insurance, income maintenance, education, and welfare.
Foreign Aid policy: We provide human service as well as foreign aid. We also provide military service under certain circumstances for our allies during times of war, but mostly we go by treaty terms.
Welfare policy: We do have relief programs and financial aid for the poorer.
30% of the tax is given to households with no steady income of 10 thousand dollars per month or less. We also sponsor religious institutions, community service organizations, and relief organizations. All of these have to be registered with the government before allowed to operate.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Capitalism & Socialism

       There are people living in the world, and some live in the different countries. Different countries have different beliefs of political theories. Capitalism and socialism are two examples of political theories. Some countries are capitalism, which works out good, but some don’t.
       Socialism is a political theory with common ownership. They believe in equal-power relations, self-management, and separated decision-making. In their economic system, they share their products.
Capitalism is an economic system that is used mostly in the world. People get to keep their properties with privacy. They can control how to use it, when to use it, and who do use it. Not only has the higher level status of the people got to keep their properties, but also the lower level people. Because of capitalism, our world became industrialized, and it is used many places in the world.