Intro

There is going to be a new thing coming around and it is all in favor of the ones that are in need of more money and that is always good when people are talking money. This new thing still goes toward minimum wage and the one who make minimum wage. It is called a minimum wage calculator and it is made to calculate the amount of money that is need for you and your family to live and this is made to help you living standards so keep that in mind. Going very little in detail it is said in the introduction to the calculator it calculates the cost to live in the community all of your expenses and typical wages in the location that you have chose to live in. From the reading that I have done they are still working on this calculator to make it full proof and it will not be up and running just yet. This calculator has been thought and tested back in July of 2007.

help

I know we are supposed to use this for important work but to all this may concern this is important. As some of you know by reading my blogs I am doing my research paper and I know that we have study groups to work with but I want an honest opinion from outside of my study group or at least some extra advice. I am stuck in on that long A(word) writing assignment that Wendy assigned us. I am doing my paper over minimum wage and I do not know what else to talk about I got some information for other states comparing then to each other somebody please tell me something what should I do this is a big topic I know but sometimes with a topic so big it makes it hard to find a starting point. I want to throw some talk about living wage in there but I need a little bit more information on living wage as well. I did not think that something like this would be this hard but I guess with writers block all is possible. So if you can help me out that would be very helpful so whenever you ready just throw something out there....thanks

help

I know we are supposed to use this for important work but to all this may concern this is important. As some of you know by reading my blogs I am doing my research paper and I know that we have study groups to work with but I want an honest opinion from outside of my study group or at least some extra advice. I am stuck in on that long A(word) writing assignment that Wendy assigned us. I am doing my paper over minimum wage and I do not know what else to talk about I got some information for other states comparing then to each other somebody please tell me something what should I do this is a big topic I know but sometimes with a topic so big it makes it hard to find a starting point. I want to throw some talk about living wage in there but I need a little bit more information on living wage as well. I did not think that something like this would be this hard but I guess with writers block all is possible. So if you can help me out that would be very helpful so whenever you ready just throw something out there

Lets compare

Comparing the minimum wage of Tennessee to another state my home state of Missouri, there minimum wage is has just been moved up 15 cents it was at one point 6.50 and now the new minimum wage is 6.65. This 15 cent increase just took place in the beginning of the year in January. Along with a couple of other states made this change as well. “Missouri state statute, Section 290.502.2, mandates that the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations adjust the state minimum wage according to the change in the cost of living. Published by the Department of Labor, the CPI (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) serves as the basis for calculating the new rate.” (Amelia Figueroa, National Business Compliance Department). Missouri seems like it is the place to be right now because of the high minimum wage pay but it is written and stated that Missouri lives on a Living Wage standard which enables them to raise the prices to meet living standards if the prices rise. They can also lower the pay of the price of living falls. So you will always be on a living standards nothing more and nothing lesss.

Please read this

I am going to spend the next 200 words talking about nothing. I really just wanted to see if I could drag out nothing, by talking about nothing and so far I feel strong in my abilities to talk/ type for 200 words. I know by now you are asking why am doing this but does it really matter, maybe I do not have a life or maybe it is because I am bored and I have nothing else to do. If you can not tell by now I can talk non-stop and I can talk about anything if you can not talk with me it is because I do not like you or I do not want to talk at that time but I am one the easiest person to talk to I always got something to say. I got that written on my profile on the blogger website, if you read my profile, if you have not read it yet you should, but I tell you now some of you may think different about me when you get done reading it. But the truth be told I really do not care because I went 19 years without knowing you and I can go the rest of my life. Well I am ova the 200 hundred mark so I will end this in 3…2…1...bye.

Mid terms

This is one of the craziest times of the year and I do not mean the holidays. It time for mid terms and that alone is enough to make a sane man go nuts. I am one of those people because I have about 4 finals and I have 5 classes so you can imagine how that goes for me. I am a freshman and I run track so not only am I not a vet. in the when it comes to taking mid terms and preparing for them but I am also on a time schedule so I have to force extra time in to study than that of a student that does not have to worry about track practice. Studying is not that hard the worst part is studying for the all 4 at once and not getting confused and staying focus mentally and never mixing classes when it comes to taking the test in all of your classes. I never experienced anything like this when I was in high school and when it came time to do it I could not believe it is really happening college is the truth I hurt so bad I wanna go back home I can not do this.

tennessee minimum wage

Doing more research for the topic of minimum wage I decided to take it to take a state wide approach and the research show that minimum wage in the state of Tennessee is 5.15 and this was in May of 2007 it was a 2 year long investigation that came out to be a violation of the federal Tennessee minimum wage law. Thanks to the ABC Professional Tree Service they are the ones who started the 2 year investigation from back in August of 2004 and they found all the problems with the states that are not following the minimum wage laws. There was a Fair Standard Act that made the minimum wage of 5.15 cover a 40 a week period and any time over that were entitled to be paid with the equivalence of an hour and a half for every hour work when doing overtime. As I continued to read Tennessee was not the only state that violated the Fair Standard Act there were 16 other states that also were involved in the 5.15 minimum wage outrage. The following states were: Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, North Caroline, Tennessee, South Carolina, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey. And they were forced to pay 1.8 million to 2,501 employees according to the US department of Law

Memphis minimum wage

Reading Memphis and Shelby County Living Wages Campaigns article it talks about the fact that people work hard only to bring home the minimum amount of money for their family. The economy has risen to the point that minimum wage can not support one person living in an apartment on there own. The price for living gets higher and higher each year and the minimum wage does not to rise with the prices that inflate in society. The wants of an average person are endless and the income amount at minimum wage is very limited and demand is always rising that gives store chance to flirt with their prices. Coalition efforts of 42 local congregations and faith groups, community organizations, and labor unions feel that no one should work full-time and still be poor at the end of the day. With that being said and talking to heart Memphis and the Shelby County Government are making an attempt stop in the act of subsidizing poverty to enforce paying health insured workers with a $10 an hour living wage and the ones without health insurance $12 dollars.

minimum wage

The minimum amount still is not what we call today as living wage. These are two completely different expenses. One is just a talk of money that you have but is not enough to make a living off that particular amount. Living wage is the amount of money that you make that meets ends it is enough to get you to your next pay check without worries if you will have enough to pay bills. Living wage is that much better than minimum wage but that is something people should not want to live by because there is not much money left over after all your expenses have been paid for. Minimum wage is on every job, but the lower the job is the lower the minimum wage gets. For example a Burger King minimum wage will be a lot lower than the minimum wage of a doctor or a dentist. And the minimum wage of a doctor and dentist will be enough to live from but the minimum wage from burger king may not be enough for you to live off. Which makes living wage a more important investment that should be taking into effect in the future to help those that are in need of the extra money.

Lifes test

Life in general is not fair and I understand that but how much unfairness does one person have to go through before they start looking for a change. I tell myself all the time when something goes bad for me I get up and try it again. I learn from my mistakes and try not to make the same mistake twice. That helps a lot but when there are problems all around there is nothing you can do about it but move. Things that happen are not always your fault others can and will provoke you to take actions and that is not fair to those that get caught and get punished. I think to myself I know I am not the problem all the time. Sometimes a change is needed and once you leave that bad situation, good things come as a result of you leaving. Sometimes you are put in a situation that is a test and if you show that you can overcome any type of adversity then you will be repaid for all that has happened to you. Your rewards can be endless, and others it is just you in a bad situation and it is up to you to learn from old situations and leave with a better knowledge of life and experience of what good and bad come when you do this and do that.

liars

I can not stand people that lie to me, honestly who can say that you would rather take the truth than be lied to. I do not know anybody that wants to be lied to. Well I know someone that lies like there is no tomorrow and it is very irritating to listen to. This man will make a deal and will go back on his word. Sorry if you can not understand what I am saying but I got to use pronouns so the person that I am talking about will not find out that I am talking about them. We were promised new things and most importantly opportunity, that is something that I feel like I was robbed out of I can here think that I had a opportunity to do something and now being here for a couple of months I think that it was a lie and that is something that hurt me the most. I think that I speak for everyone when I say that actions speak louder than words. That is want I want right now action all these lies have got to stop or that is going to end up with a lot of people up set and lot of people looking for more realistic opportunities elsewhere.

ballet

I am in dance class and a while ago I had to go to a dance performance and it was called Abundance it was great. I never knew dance or ballet dancing would be like this. It was a great new experience and I loved it yea I know it sounds a lil hard to believe coming from me. But I really enjoyed it I would really like to back to another on but I still would not pay to see it. I still feel asleep in it but it pasted the time that maybe why I enjoyed it so much but who cares I came sat and watched and still I would not mind doing at again. I like the whole thing especially the parts that I was awake in man those were some good parts. Next time I go I will try to stay awake for the whole thing it was for a grade to so yea you betta believe that I will be awake and taking note next time around. And when I started to write my paper I lost everthing so I had to start writing my paper with no notes or anything that was one of the hardest things to do but I got it done just like a vet would I pull thro when the time comes but I will tell everone go to a ballet it is fun to watch

Cramp

I run track play football and everthing and the worst part about both of these sports is not losing or the practice it is the cramps that come with playing the sports. I am a pretty big person and do not meant big as in fat I am big as in muscular I am about 5’9 and weight about 177 and I am mostly muscle well okay all muscle. And the worst thing about that is the water you gotta keep your water in take very high or else you will cramp up something decent and getting ride of those things are the hardest things to do and when you do not have any one around you to stretch you man you are out of luck. For those of you who never had one they hurt badly. They are worse than anything you can image whatever hurts you the most physically multiply that but 1 million and that is how much those things hurt. I was playing basketball to day and I was leaving I was running to the computer lab to finish my blogs and the train came as well as my cramp and I had no one around to help me you can image how that was but the cramp went away as you can see I finish my work and everthing cramps can sometimes prevent you from moving and that is what happen to me take my advise do not get big and if you do drink lots of water.

all grown up

What is the big deal of growing up? I know you can do whatever you want which includes staying up late, playing your music as loud as you want, and every bodies favorite all the parties they can throw. Those are the positives about living on your own what about the negative you got a house you need to keep all of your utilities up and running that means somebody has to go to work and that person is you. You have so much to worry about when you are living on your own you have to carry the responsibility on your shoulders and that means you have to do everything that you normally do and then some. You have to clean everything more than just your room you have to cook because no one is going to cook the food for you. You have to manage your income better because the smallest thing such as toilet paper can easily be forgotten when you are out shopping for you everyday needs. In my opinion I think I would rather stay a kind but I made it this far lets see what the future brings!!!

Growing up

What is the big deal of growing up? I know you can do whatever you want which includes staying up late, playing your music as loud as you want, and every bodies favorite all the parties they can throw. Those are the positives about living on your own what about the negative you got a house you need to keep all of your utilities up and running that means somebody has to go to work and that person is you. You have so much to worry about when you are living on your own you have to carry the responsibility on your shoulders and that means you have to do everything that you normally do and then some. You have to clean everything more than just your room you have to cook because no one is going to cook the food for you. You have to manage your income better because the smallest thing such as toilet paper can easily be forgotten when you are out shopping for you everyday needs. In my opinion I think I would rather stay a kind but I made it this far lets see what the future brings!!!

Dont get mad

Anger is something that everybody has but why is it that when people get mad they have a trouble controlling it. You think the older you get the easier it would be to control and that is not the case. It seems the older you get the easier it is for you to get mad I am guessing that is something that comes with the territory of getting older and the consequences get greater with the age. When you were a lil kid you were able to throw a temper tantrum and threw things but the older you get you gotta out that anger into something productive or else you will release it in other was and you will end up hurting someone or something. You see that the ones that you care about the most are the ones that can make you mad easier than easier than anyone else that you can think of. The ones you care about can drive you to kill a lot faster than the ones that you do not even know just because you expect more from them and you have to find a way to get back at them. Somebody please tell me is this true or not and why?

voting now and then

Richard Lowe
English 1020
February 12, 2008
Wendy Sumner
Reading this article the first thing that jumped out to me was how the United States had to force people to vote. That is something that I thought I would never see, I know that some people thought that there was no point in voting but reading this made it seem like half of the people in the States decided not to vote for one reason or another. No one really can to mind when I was reading, if anything just anyone that is trying to run for office they would be trying to tell anyone to get out and vote because that increase their chance to win. That is the whole point of the people voting, proving to the United States that I am a better president than you and while you are in office rubbing that in the opponents face. That is just my opinion I know if I was in office I would be doing that exact thing. I really do not think that election are made for everybody and I think that I am one of those people that really are not meant to vote I have a little history in the politics and I have made up my mind to not continue my pursuit to become some kind of office holder. In my opinion the vote goes to whoever can tell the best lie and sometime the good guy will win but it does not happen enough times for me to get up and try to vote and the fact that I am a minority that also make it harder for me to get my voice heard. All the election and speeches that I used to listening to were lies and I really do not like the idea of being lied to that is why voting is not meant for everyone.
This particular article has an audience to all who are looking for background information on what it was like to vote, and for the ones that are of age to vote that are registered to vote and do not vote, also included the one that have not yet registered to vote. Really it is just commercial selling and that is something that everybody has to do just to get their point across. This world is full of competition and it will never get old as long as others have their own point of view. There is nothing particular to say about this situation because there will always be competitors, that drives people to want become the best in what they do, that is why they need votes and the people to participate in the events such as voting. The audience is being targeted for the commercials are for the ones that are not buying the product, they want them to stop buying the others and start buying theirs. My ending point after reading this is that everyone should vote even if you do not want to or like to vote it is law. In the text they made people and the ones that did had problems with the government. That is something that I would not want to deal with so I would have ended up voting. Just because when it comes to the government the people are not willing to stand up for the rights and everything else that they believe in and deserve.
The government is in control even though it should be the other way around. I never would have guessed how long ago it was written but I am surprised at how recent it was that the people did not want to vote that just makes it irrelevant for those blacks that fought for the rights of blacks and the woman to vote. I really am not that good in history but I am sure around that time woman both black and white or just blacks in general, finally got the right to vote. So when the thought of people that do not want to comes to mind I really do not think that it is the people in the States I think that it is the people that were running in the election. They were the ones that really needed to be forced to change was the government not the people. The people should not be afraid of their government the government should be afraid of the people.

Athlete are the real students

I am a freshman here at the University of Memphis and after the first semester I think to myself how do other students complain on how hard college is. I am a student athlete and I have a 3.1 gpa and it would be higher if I didn’t have to go to practice every day from 3 to 5 that takes a lot of time and effort. If you’re not in graduate school then you really don’t have room to talk this junk about a job that is something that you chose to do tough luck that means nothing, quit the job, that doesn’t hurt you status at the University of Memphis. Being here on a track scholarship I can not throw track away I got standards to meet and keeping my grades up is on of those standards to make the track team. I think students that take 3 or 4 class should easily have a high gpa way higher than mine if not you do not need to be in college. Athletes are not stupid they just don’t have the time to do the things that the other students do so whenever you think that college is to hard and you want to drop out and leave think of those other students the student athletes think about what they are going through and then think again about quitting or dropping out of college.

LOUD

Richard Lowe
February 11, 2008
Wendy Sumner
English 1020

What does LOUD mean not the regular loud as in the noise that you make loud I mean who is writing all this stuff on the walls of the University of Memphis. That is something that you can not playoff. People are going to start asking questions eventually on what all that stuff means. I know that I am, don’t you think it is kind of hard for whomever to spray paint all this stuff without getting caught. Really how do you not see who is doing this people are out all hours of the night going home to work or even go study I know somebody has to see something. I know that I was on my way to my dorm and I saw a writing that said this is not art, that is a clue that person must have been in art class. Later I saw another that had a teacher’s name and what appears that the teacher was a the reason to why the student was acting so rebellious, so that narrows it down a lot from the whole campus to the students in her art class. Now knowing all of that information you think that the person that behind it would be caught. Right? Wrong! That person is still on the loose and I am sure that the teacher that made that student mad is going to get a surprise if that person is not stopped real quick.

Wendy's class

Man I was in class today and my teacher Wendy she made us write down some sentences and man everyone that she wrote down she butchered. No joke we have a paper to write and we can not use the word many, she says “That word has no meaning” makes no sense right. I know but in an essence she is right you got to be in that class to understand it but she speaks the truth when she talks. Another thing she says you will have to rewrite that paper if she thinks you need to do it and this paper is no joke this paper is like 40% of our grade so just imagine what this does to the class. I still do not think this is necessary but she is going to make us do it. I teacher and the class be wilden out and they are crazy. She gave us 3 sentences to look at all was worse than the other she had the class so scared to write sentences because we thought she was going to kill what we thought we the best sentence alive. The class is at 8 in the morning that makes it worse and nobody up but she wakes us up in the funniest way.

Why do you enter pt. 2

This goes back to the other election between Obama and Clinton. Why do you enter and they try to drop out people are look forward to voting for you and you dropping out limits the number of votes that come whether you have a good reason to leave the election or not you should not be able to there should be a fine or punishment for those that try and drop out of an election. This election there is no point of the man in second place to want to drop out of the race and you’re only down by one why would you give up like that if you feel you’re the best for the job then go for it. That is the most irritating thing that bothers me when it comes to elections when you go around asking people if they vote or not and they say that did not I am sure that they would tell you that the person that they were going to vote for dropped out of the race. I do not know if that is me does anybody else think or feel the same way I do I do not know somebody tell please.

Safety

Yesterday Tuesday February 5th It was a bad day in between 4 and 7 and 9 and sometime around 10 or 11 the weather was so bad but anybody that is in Memphis know that first had on what is happening because they were probably in it but there were signs of four yes four tornados in Tennessee. That is scary I do not care who you are that is not something that anybody wants to here. As a result of this bad weather people have lost there lives to my knowledge there was a person trapped under a bridge and someone else that was trapped inside a shoe store. And you can think to yourself why did these people go out in the weather like this were was the rest of the people in the store or was the person by themselves and why? Being at the university the safety that we had was a basement for the resident why did the one under the bridge try and leave the place they were in the weather we had. Safety is a big issue I know you got family and friends that you care about but you really got to be smart on what you should and should and should not do in the middle of a tornado.

Nashville money supply

Nashville is supposedly one of the highest places in the nation in the category of bankruptcy. The people do not have the right job to pay for the houses that they live in, they are spending more than there income and it is coming back to haunt them. It really is not the fault of the Nashville people it is the ones that say how much a person can get paid they do not pay enough. People have other things they have to do they have families that need them they can not put in the work that they would like to, to help bring in more money. In the words of William L. Norton III, a Nashville bankruptcy attorney says it is the high ownership rate down here in the south. If they know what the problem is why are they not taking the time out to fix the problem. Some people feel like they have to provide for their family and when the legal way of getting money is not working they tend to go into some other living style some rob banks for the money some rob people and stores all in attempted to make a living for there family. The government of Nashville is responsible for the down fall of Memphis and all that happens in it because they are not helping in the change in what is going on in Nashville

Superbowl champs

Richard Lowe
February 4, 2008
English 1020
Wendy Sumner
The Undefeated New England Patriots was given there first lost on Sunday, in the famous Superbowl XLII to the New York Giants by the score or 17-14. It was great game the game was very exciting to all who watched it. Some thought that the game was going to be a shoe in for the New England Patriots because of their record of going 18-0 all the way to the superbowl and losing the superbowl in the final seconds of the game. Me on the other hand I was rooting for the Giants the whole game and I knew that Eli was on a some other stuff when he played that game Sunday night when he threw his first pick of the game he was able to bounce back and lead his team. It felt like Eli was listening to what I was saying after a bad play I would yell at him to relax, breathe and scout the field before the hick of the football and he did. Eli scrambled breaking a couple of tackles and that was when I knew the game was over and they were going to win Eli played a game outside himself you could not tell with Manning was out there playing that game. The game was everything you are looking for in a superbowl type game. I can not wait till next year Let’s go Broncos

all debts are paid

My family is the most important thing that I have in this world. They are my best friends, everthing that I am looking for When I need someone to talk to they are always there for me. Whenever I call they will run a mile just so see me smile, and I would do the same for them. When I call they answer the phone with cheer it does not matter the time that I call whether it is 3 in the morning or 3 in the afternoon. My family is always ready to talk to me and for full all of my needs and wants not because it is there job but because they want to and I live them for that and all the things that they done for me in the past and what they will do in the future and the time to come. I am trying to pay respect to them by finishing college and without them not having to play any more money for the rest of the years I have at the university. And I am not done with my first year, A challenge right yea I know but I am up for it. I owe it to them and “all I got in this world is my word and my balls and I do not break them for no one” Scarface!!!!

Why did you enter

Why do you enter a race then drop out, especially they presidential election what is the point. You were elected to run for office why would you feel it is best for you to drop out so what if your not winning you need to take the good with the bad and that shows your true color when you quit something that is going to be with you for the rest of your life there is no hiding that. People were going to vote for you and that is why half the people that need to vote do not vote because the ones they plan on voting for always drop out of the election I think there should be a rule about leaving in the middle or something like that it is not worth it. The race is not over until the last vote is counted. The more people that are running makes it easier for the votes but harder for the candidates’ to get votes but that is what we want who wants an easy race especially for something like president we need all the people to run as possible so the best person male or female will win. Maybe that is just me but if you are going to drop out of something as big as this you do not need to lead anybody or anything.

Superbowl sunday

The superbowl should become a national holiday. If you look carefully at the way people prepare and advertise the superbowl you would think so too. People make commercials a then they rate the commercials from the best to the worst of all times and they spend so much money on air time they get big name football players to advertise the commercials just to make people watch the superbowl. People invite friends over to their house throw parties some of them even get drunk all for a football game. If you’re not a big football fan you will be for this particular football. Everyone talks about and buts votes in for the team to win like it is an election for the next president. People make bets for the winner of the game so are willing to lose all they have just for a game, it is that important for some people. Next to Christmas and thanksgiving and yours or your lover’s birthday the superbowl is something that you can not miss. If the superbowl was able to become a pay-per-view event a lot of people would be willing to break bread (spend money) just to they can watch a football game. Most people would agree with me when I say that the superbowl should become a national holiday. Everything should be shutdown just for this event just as if it was a real life holiday.