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		<title>Friendship Ceromony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2, 2010
By: Connor Madalo (Southwest/Riverside YMCA and Devynne Flower (Santa Monica)
On May 1st the Friendship Ceremony was held in Academy Two at the prestigous Burbank Marriot hotel. In this event ambassadors sang songs about friendship, exchanged pennies, and gave phone numbers. Everyone was sad, and some even cried when they said goodbye, but each friend knew they would see eachother again. Different songs were &#8220;Lean On Me&#8221;, &#8220;Magic Penny&#8221;,&#8221; One Love&#8221;, and &#8220;Imagine&#8221;. All these songs were played on the guitar by Steve, the man who runs Morning Inspiration for MUN ambassadors ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=932</link>
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		<title>Japan Declares War on North Korea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2, 2010
By: Madeline Chen (Northwest SCV)
Last night, May 1st, Japan declared war on North Korea, because they threatened them with major nuclear attacks. After a crisis between North and South Korea the previous night about a poisonous substance, Japan did not cast a vote on a biological attack on South Korea.
According to Felipe Saenz, an ambassador representing Japan, &#8220;No one wanted to be involved because they were too lazy. They wanted to get it over with.&#8221; Japan did make a resolution, but nobody signed it. Felipe &#8220;doesn&#8217;t like the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=955</link>
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		<title>Whats up in Ecosoc!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: 5-2-2010
By:Leah Herkert BBC news
Yesterday in ECOSOC, there were 8 resolutions that have yet to be passed. I got the results of the five out of the eight here. The first resolution was a amendment on child laber that recommends that countries put the following regulations in place: at least six hours of education spread over two days each week, age appropriate work for all children under the age of 16, minimum work age is 7 years old and the same education is required for children under 7. The second ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=849</link>
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		<title>ECOSOC&#8217;s Resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2, 2010
By:  Abigail Mitchell (South Pasadena YMCA)
ECOSOC didn&#8217;t  pass resolution six, which is crime prevention in urban areas. However they did pass resolution seven, which is using technology  to improve the education of children all over the world. Cameron Marsh, representative of Lebanon, fully supported the idea of improving the education. &#8220;My country believes that the larger population the more funds you need.&#8221; Lauren Smith, representing United Kingdom, couldn&#8217;t have agreed more. &#8220;If we approve this it will fund schools, so they could buy textbooks and hire teachers.&#8221; Even ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=941</link>
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		<title>The Happy And The Sad Of Saying Goodbye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2, 2010
By: Elizabeth Essex-Sullivan (Torrance/South Bay YMCA) Interfax
Today I met with a girl named Leah Herkert. Leah is thirteen years old and is part of the CCY delegation. All the people that took part in Modeled United Nations are sad that the Burbank Press conference has come to an end. I asked Leah a few questions on how she thought the conference went. &#8220;My favorite part was coming to Burbank and I liked the dance.&#8221; Leah is in eighth grade so she will not be able to take part ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=936</link>
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		<title>Eric Hernandez Enjoys The General Assembly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2, 2010
By: Nick Guthman (Culver Palms YMCA)
Eric Hernandez, representing the country of North Korea is from Culver City, California and his delegation is Culver-Palms YMCA (CPY).  Today in the General Assembly ( G.A.) they are trying to rush through all the resolutions for the various problems such as overpopulation and human trafficking. North Korea was not in favor of many of the resolutions, but they were 100% in favor of  advances in renewable sources. So although it got dry at times, most people of the G.A. had a lot ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=939</link>
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		<title>Press Conference With the Secretary-General</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2nd, MUN World Summit
Lauren Peeters, AFP Chief
On May 1st at 3:45, the Secretary General of the Model United Nations answered questions from the International Press Corps about the crisis in Korea, overpopulation, world health, world hunger, access to nuclear power, and the International Banquet.
The conference started with a briefing by Lande Watson, the Deputy Secretary General, explaining what the Secretary General had done throughout the day, and measures she was taking to deal with the crisis.
When Ms. Watson was through speaking, the press was invited to ask questions about ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=928</link>
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		<title>Peaceful Delegation Dinners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Esteban Cabrera (Pescadero YMCA)
On Friday, May 30th, Model United Nations participants got together to have a social dinner with their delegations. The MUN program teaches kids from California about happenings in the world, and delegations are the groups of YMCA&#8217;s that work together to learn about issues.
The delegation dinner is great, because it is not as crowded and noisy as the a convention dining hall at the Marriott, where the ambassadors are staying. Some groups, like the Pescadero Y &#38; G, go to diners like  the Daily ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=848</link>
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		<title>Photo Story &#8211; General Assembly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2, 2010
By: Derek Tanu (Eden Area YMCA)

On Sunday, the GA worked profusely to end all discussions about nuclear power and land minds.
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=1008</link>
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		<title>International Ball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2, 2010
By: Mai Blia Thao (GSY – Visalia YMCA) and Leah Herkert (Crescenta-Canada YMCA)

On May 1, 2010, ambassaders ,advisors, and staff members  attended the international ball also known as the dance. The dance was  held at academy 2 and 3 from 9:00pm to 10:00pm. The dance was also followed with some activities such as dance freeze, the rules for dance freeze was when a song comes on you have to dance and when the song stops you stop dancing.  The most fun thing was doing the jerk.
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=931</link>
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		<title>Non-Governmental Organizations &#8211; Refugees</title>
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May 2, 2010
By: Taj Williams and Emma Hmelar
Non-Governmental Organizations works on refugees and their camps. Yesterday, they worked on creating refugee camps. They had to find  necessities to make the camp such as water, warmth and other resources that were nearest to them. Today N.G.O spoke about the hunger crisis in Africa and how Africa uses potatoes to end loss of food for a while. Two of their people went to type up proposals while the rest of the group did recreational activities in their spare time, then the two delegates from  N.G.O  came back with the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=757</link>
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		<title>Dr. Karin Proidl Enjoys International Ball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: May 2, 2010
Nic Wainwright (SPPY)
Dr. Karin Proidl, the Consul General of Austria, attended the International Ball last night in Academy One with the SPPY delegation.
Dr. Karin Proidl was born in Austria and moved to the U.S. in the early 90&#8217;s. From 1994 to 1999 she was stationed in the New York UN building. She then cycled back to Austria and  came to California in November of 2009.
When at our table, Dr. Proidl seemed very interested in all of us and MUN. She asked us many questions, and we asked ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=930</link>
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		<title>We Love General Assembly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: May 2, 2010
Name: Riley Goldsholl (BBC news)
When you participate in general assembly you talk a lot. I sat in for one session and I wanted to share what I saw.
1. They debate a lot
2. They talk about resolutions or agreements. When they made a motion they would raise their plaquers instead of saying I or Nay.
3. They speak about vaccinations for swine flu and malaria.
4. They discuss the world and all the problems that come with it.
5. All the ammbasodors have two minutes to speak on how they felt about the situation.
Even ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=938</link>
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		<title>Closing Letter from the Editor: Juliana Mandel</title>
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As the 9th Model United Nations Summit draws to a close, I would like to recognize the fantastic work accomplished by the Press Corps. Each day the reporters would work diligently and efficiently in order to write at least one post.  The Press conducted five press conferences and posted numerous articles on the MUN blog.  We learned new things such as how to use Word Press, CMS coding and the Flip Cameras.  Even though it was difficult to post sometimes, the Press Corps is such a fun organization.  Because this is a small group, one ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=937</link>
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		<title>Elevators!Creepy or not?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: May1,2010
By: Leah Herkert and Riley Goldsholl (BBC news)
Do you feel nauseous when you step in an elevator?. When we told the secretary general what our story is about she said,&#8221; Wow, great topic! I love that, elevators!&#8221; Most people we interviewed had very creative answers. For example, Alyssa S. age:13 from CCY said &#8220;If i were stuck in an elevator my first reaction would be to call Disneyland and tell them they have a new ride.&#8221; Another answer person named Edward Chen said &#8220;The elevators at the hotel don&#8217;t have mirrors and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=706</link>
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		<title>UN Reform &#8211; General Assembly 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
Written By: Emma Hmelar (Palo Alto YMCA)

In GA6 yesterday they were discussing UN reform.  Kathryn Li of Saudi Arabia said &#8220;We want all countries to have the same voice because the western world is dominating.&#8221; She voted for reforming the UN. Some ideas they were discussing are: Problems of Earth, dividing  campains of financial resources more evenly, Problems of UN and fixing them, stop terrorism, internet security and UN Reform.
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=714</link>
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		<title>Best Breakfast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
Written By: Connor Madalo (Southwest/Riverside YMCA)
Ambassadors  have had several breakfasts at the Model United Nations Summit that have been great, but which one is the best? A lot of the delegates have different opinions. Esteban Cabrera from Ukraine says, &#8220;My favorite breakfast so far is the breakfast burrito.&#8221;  Taj Williams from the United States of America agrees,&#8221; The burritos are my favorite.&#8221; While some ambassadors agree on their favorites, many have other ideas. I loved the  oatmeal!&#8221; Ezabel Martinez from Kenya says.&#8221; Devynne Flowers from Ireland says,&#8221; Bacon is definitely ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=734</link>
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		<title>Country Hating Websites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Abigail Mitchell (South Pasadena YMCA)
ECOSOC voted to ban Websites that are against a country&#8217;s ideas on Friday.
Turkey created this idea and Iraq agreed.  For example, one website that was banned in Turkey was richaddawkins.net. William Gingold of Iraq gave a better explanation of the idea.
&#8220;We should band Websites that are against our countries, so that no one would rebel,&#8221; Gingold said.
Jacob Tuffs, representing Turkey, believes this will have its benefits. &#8220;This is good, but it doesn&#8217;t allow people to fully express themselves.&#8221;
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=705</link>
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		<title>The Crisis in Korea!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Nick Guthman (Culver Palms YMCA)

Yesterday  it was reported that a unidentified, poisonous, biological substance started to spread in North and South Korea. There have been 500 plus deaths already,  not including North Korea because they are not willing to cooperate. North Korea is the country being blamed at the moment, and they are not happy with that so they are resisting. &#8221; Under International Law, we don&#8217;t have to let people come into their country,&#8221; said officials of North Korea.  Members of the Security Council have proposed ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=801</link>
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		<title>The Inside Scoop On The NGO Group Of Water And Sanitation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Elizabeth Essex-Sullivan (Torrance/South Bay YMCA) Interfax
Today I went to observe the NGO group of water and sanitation.  A twelve year old girl named Kelsey Korn, who is part of the Triunfo YMCA delegation, told me about the going on&#8217;s of their meeting. &#8220;We wrote a proposal and then we took it over to OCHA in the Glendale room. Half of us are in the computer lab researching. The other half of us are in here thinking of ideas.&#8221; I stayed for a little longer after I finished talking to Kelsey and another ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=810</link>
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		<title>Deforrestation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Written By: Mai Blia Thao (GSY &#8211; Visalia YMCA)
General Assembly Sunset Academy 4 talks about how their countries feel about the topic of deforrestation. Israel believes that certain species should be eliminated. Japan states that burning forrests was wasted  70% of areas. In comparison, only 33% of the united states is forested although it may be comparing apples and oranges.  GA4  brainstorms with groups finding a resolution(s). Japan exports deforestation, by importing the massive amount of wood from other countries. One hundred years of rampant harvesting, the forrests   Japan starts ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=568</link>
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		<title>MUNkey Olympics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Abigail Mitchell (South Pasadena YMCA)
Video By:Derek Tanu (Eden Area YMCA)
The MUNkey Olympics was a very exciting event. The first place winners were the Ligers in overall points. The Ligers are  also known as GSY. The person who got them to first place overall, is third place winner of the day,, Mai Blia Thao. &#8220;I am really proud that I got third place and my delegation is proud of me too.&#8221; She likes third place, but likes first place more. &#8220;I would like to get first place for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=833</link>
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		<title>NGO Finishing Their Proposals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Madeline Chen (Northwest SCV)
The health NGO are finishing their proposals to present to OCHA. They first received their topics at Camp Roberts, and took notes and learned more about the problem during the period before the Summit. Once they reunited again, they started to write about their proposals.
The health committee is going last, which they are thankful for. &#8220;We haven&#8217;t quite finished the proposal yet&#8221;, said Bhavna Thakir, a 12 year old ambassador from the delegation Northwest SCV, &#8220;we&#8217;re doing well though&#8221;. They have two groups, one ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=765</link>
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		<title>Burbank Memories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010
Written By: Ashley Dahlen (Santa Barbara Family YMCA) and Kendra Legge (GSY &#8211; Woodlake YMCA)

Myself and Kendra Legge sat down and talked with several ambassadors about memories of MUN. The first person we sat down with was Elizabeth Sullivan from Torrence/ South Bay, the best memory she had so far is, &#8220;meeting the new people and the fun activities,&#8221; she quotes. She is going to miss all new people she has met. The next person we sat down with was Maddie Chen from North West  SCV, her best memory is ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=740</link>
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		<title>Purification Nation and OCHA Reach Out to Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Lauren Peeters (Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA)
On May 1st, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, had a meeting with the Non-Government Organization, NGO, Purification Nation.
OCHA is one of the smallest organs in the Model United Nations program, so many do not know the specifics of how it works. The six members of this organ look over the different NGO groups and alter their proposals. This is necessary because if every non-government organization sent out help to different causes without checking with each other, equal ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=738</link>
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		<title>The Origins Of The Jerk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Devynne Flower (Santa Monica) and Esteban Cabrera (Pescadero)
Devynne Flowers began to jerk in the Burbank Marriott yesterday for a post he was working on about the popular American dance.
Jerkin&#8217; is a combination of hip-hop and pop that was originally created in Los Angeles. Jerkin is an urban dance style for youth involving East Coast Juke Dancing. Jerking is famous because they have three different moves from other dances: root steep, Miami dade juke styling and dade style juking.

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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=730</link>
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		<title>The Culture of Our Countries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 30, 2010
By Abigail Mitchell (South Pasadena YMCA)
Today is the second day of the summit and the day we experienced a small portion of country&#8217;s culture. We went to a brief session about the culture of our countries.
Ezabel Martinez of Kenya was part of the African Nations group.
&#8220;There were a lot of rabbits in the stories we read,&#8221; she said.
She also thought it was fun.
&#8220;I liked preforming the story we read, it made it more interesting.&#8221;
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=567</link>
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		<title>Russia Bribes Iran!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By:  Abigail Mitchell (South Pasadena YMCA)
During a morning session on Friday, Security Council was discussing the topic of nuclear power. They discussed how they would use the nuclear power, and where it would be stored. Kevin Lentz, representing Russia, suggested that we simply bribe Iran. &#8220;We should bribe Iran to stop producing nuclear weapons.&#8221; Others feared that Iran would use the money for bad reasons. &#8220;If we bribed Iran, how would we know they wouldn&#8217;t use the money to buy back the nuclear weapons they sold?&#8221;
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=711</link>
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		<title>Feelings for elevators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: May 1, 2010
Mai Blia Thao (GSY- Corcoran YMCA)
Mike McFadden, a 29-year-old who is the California YMCA program director,  feels excited to go to  his room.
The reason he is excited is because he&#8217;s tired and ready to sleep.
McFadden said that if he got stuck on  an elevator he will push the panic button.

&#8221; I get pretty used to [the elevators], I don&#8217;t get an upset tummy,&#8221; he said.
Karen Sexton, a 38- year- old,  who tours around the Burbank Marriott thinks that sometimes she is being watched dancing inside the elevators.
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=712</link>
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		<title>Human Trafficking with Chloe Verzosa.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Jenna Senger (Saddleback YMCA)
Sectretary General, Chloe Verzosa from Saddleback YMCA, feels very strongly about the world issue of human trafficking.
The postition of Secratery General for Model United Nations is a high power and stressfull job.
&#8220;My opinion on human trafficking is that it is wrong,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We need to stop it because it is a form of slavery and everyone has their own human rights.&#8221;
Chloe was asked if she felt human trafficking will always be a global issue.
&#8220;No and yes,&#8221; she said. &#8220;No, because the United Nations ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=717</link>
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		<title>Morning Inspiration!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Jenna Senger (Saddleback YMCA)
Morning Inspirational is a fun way to start anyone&#8217;s day. Just in case you don&#8217;t know what Morning Inspiration is, it&#8217;s a gathering held in the morning at 7:15 in Academy 1. Morning inspiration involves singing and talking about the word of the day and telling and acting out skits about how that word is interpreted. &#8220;It is very uplifting and it wakes me up in the morning,&#8221; says Lauren Peeters of the CIA delegation. Steve, the very enthusiastic Inspiration leader, always brings his guitar ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=735</link>
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		<title>Inspiration: For Early Risers Only!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Nic Wainwright (SPPY)

Many people filled Academy 3 at 7:15 a.m. for Morning Inspiration.
Morning Inspiration is a way for ambassadors to wake up and feel great early in the morning. Led by Steve, ambassadors sing, talk, laugh and clap. Every day, Steve gives a word of the day that is important to our lives. The tricky part is every time we hear that word that day, we have to clap. Today&#8217;s word of the day is &#8220;kindness&#8221;.
Morning Inspiration was started off by a song about a person named ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=702</link>
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		<title>Two Delegates Share Their Opinion On The Best Way To Campaign.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, May 1, 2010
By: Elizabeth Essex-Sullivan (Torrance/South Bay YMCA) Interfax
Today I interviewed two girls named Emma Hmelar and Kendra Legde about what they think are good ways to campaign while running for a leadership role.
Emma Hmelar is twelve years old and from the Palo Alto YMCA delegation. This is what she has to say about good ways to campaign.
&#8220;I think you should just get out there and get your friends help to spread the word,&#8221; she said.
Though most people use candy, buttons and posters as their campaign materials, 13-year-old Kendra from Wood ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=591</link>
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		<title>How to Make Your Vote Count</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 1, 2010
By: Juliana Mandel (Editor-in-Chief)

Making a good vote is a necessity when choosing a strong, successful leader.  The elections for Secretary General will be taking place in the Academy Foyer from 6- 11 P.M.  When choosing the Secretary General for the 10th Model Untited Nations conference remember to choose the most qualified person for the job rather than just following the crowd with your decision.  Everyone&#8217;s vote is important for each candidate so make sure you vote before the voting booths are closed.  Here is a list of the candidates for the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=737</link>
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		<title>News reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Written By: Emma Hmelar (Palo Alto YMCA)

The press room today it is buzzing with great ideas for blog posts and stories. There are so many great ideas. A few of the stories that are being worked on are: Burbank fashion, a few interviews with candidates that are running for Secretary General , The magic show, ECOSOC schedule, NGO, Security Council, Kelly Wang interview, VIP meeting, Elevators , GA7, GA4, and weather and swimming. Check out a few of these stories!
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		<title>MUN Delegations Get Cultured</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Written By: Juliana Mandel (Triunfo YMCA) Editor-in-Chief
On Friday afternoon, the delegations spread up into cultural reception rooms to learn more about the region around their country.  In the beginning, they began with an icebreaker that involved writing an unique fact about themselves.  After that, the whole group had to guess who the fact was about.  The major activity involved the division of the group and reading different stories.  After reading them, each group performed the story so the other groups could understand the moral.  When asked about the Cultural Reception today, Connor Madalo said he ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=579</link>
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		<title>The Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: April 30, 2010
By: Ezebel Martinez (GSY Corcoran YMCA)
Emma Hmelar is in 6th grade and she is 12 years old. She is from the Palo Alto delegation and  she has 2 brothers and one of them has special needs . Two of her best friends are in MUN . She read 253 books last year and was only required to read 40. Palo Alto is a quiet and pretty town . There are a couple of millionaires that live there.
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		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=611</link>
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		<title>Security Council Meeting &#8211; Nuclear Proliferation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Written By: Ashley Dahlen (Santa Barabara Family YMCA)
Today in the Sercuity Council meeting, they talked about many interesting things, but I will tell you about  the most important things.
One important thing they talked about was Nuclear Proliferation in Iran. They talked about stopping Nuclear weapons from Iran. They also argue a lot, about either putting Iran on surveillance or how they would want to stop the spread of nuclear power.
They also asked very specific questions about everything. For instance,  all the countries wanted to know how can ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ecosoc Focuses on Promoting Full Employment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: April 30, 2010
By: Nick Guthman (Culver Palms YMCA)
The Committee on Social Development is focusing on promoting full employment. The way they plan on developing a program that will promote full employment is by slightly raising the sales and income taxes of the countries.  The way it will work is the countries such as The U.S., Japan, and Ireland, to name a few, will collect the taxes, and a percentage of the taxes will be given to the U.N. The U.N. will then distribute the money amongst the countries, and they ...]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Kelli Wong has Food for Haiti in Thought</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Written By: Nic Wainwright (San Pedro Peninsula YMCA)
Kelli Wong is the Director of Organization for Food Distribution of the NGO organ.  I was lucky to get a quick interview with her. These answers are shortened.
Q: What types of food will be given to victims? 
A: Grains, fattening foods like Caltine Bars, and foods that are fast and easy to make and deliver.
NW: Fattening foods are good for the Hatians because they are very food deprived. With more fat, they&#8217;ll be able to last longer in certain situations.
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		<title>The Weather for Burbank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: April 30, 2010
By: Derek Tanu (Eden Area YMCA)
The weather at the summit on Friday was a mixture of windy and warm. For some people, that is good enough to go swimming. That is, a lot of people. As David of the La Jolla YMCA said,&#8221;It&#8217;s really nice, nice enough to go swimming.&#8221; So the last thing I have to say is M.U.N, be prepared to be swim at least once in the summit.
Friday:
High of 71 degrees
Low of 51 degrees
Sunny
Saturday:
High of 73 degrees
Low of 53 degrees
Sunny
Sunday:
High of 74 degrees
Low of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Burbank Fashion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: April 30, 2010
By: Kendra Legge (GSY- Woodlake YMCA)
The fashion at the Summit in Burbank is quite the same but everybody has a different perspective on it.
I sat down with Elizabeth Sullivan from Torrence/South Bay delegation. Sullivan is 11 years old and this is her first year here at MUN.  I asked a few questions about her opnions on certain clothing , such as heels.
&#8220;I like heels , they make me feel self-confident, but i would rather wear flats because they are fashionable,&#8221; she said.
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		<title>Micheal the Magician: From Optimistic to Offensive?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: April 30, 2010
By: Lauren Peeters (Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA)
On April 29th, Micheal the Magician had the nearly impossible job of entertaining 200 members of the Model United Nations, whose ages range from about 11-14.  The energetic magician preformed a wide variety of tricks, including levitation, nearly impossible balancing, and optical illusions, to name a few. Of course, not everyone in such a large crowd can be pleased easily, so many members of the audience had different opinions about the show.
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		<title>NGO Writing Proposals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: April 30, 2010
By: Madeline Chen (Northwest SCV YMCA) AFP
The NGO are writing their proposals that they will submit to OCHA. Over the period in between Camp Roberts and the Summit, the members of the NGO researched and wrote notes on the topics they were given. These topics include getting water to Haiti, refugees, shelter, help in Haiti, and getting food too Haiti. After they write their proposals, they submit them to OCHA, who give them suggestions. After they get their proposals back, the NGO will write their final proposal.
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		<title>Electrical Equipment Debate in Economic and Social Council</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, 2010 April 30
Written By: Connor Madalo (Southwest/Riverside YMCA) and Taj Williams (San Luis Obispo County YMCA)
In this meeting they talked about electrical equiptment in countries. Many of the countries like Iraq and Palestine don&#8217;t have any outlits to  plug in electrical equietment so they need money donated from larger countries. But the larger countries like the United Kingdom would like to help but don&#8217;t have the money to help. Palestine stated that if they put electrical equiptment in the rooms they would get stolen because of war. Turkey says schools ...]]></description>
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		<title>My Interview with General Assembly 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Written By:  Emma Hmelar (Palo Alto YMCA)

On Friday, April 30th I had the privilege to sit and listen in on GA7&#8217;s topic on which they were working on. When I had walked in they were working on a resolution. Their topic was humanitarian affairs and renewable energy sources. The GA discussed a range of topics most relating to human rights and policies.  I currently don&#8217;t have the resolution for you. Sorry!  So far it seems like they have a great start. Keep up the good work!
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		<title>Visalia delegation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The delegation from Visalia, represent Japan and Canada have a meeting this week on April 21, 2010.
What we did this week is that Miss. Henkel passed out permission papers for the summit.
One thing we like about the Model United Nations is that we dicuss what we thinks or agrees others.
&#8221; Our delegation says,&#8221; We&#8217;re ready to go to the summit!&#8221;
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		<title>Getting Ready for Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the South Pasadena and San Marino YMCA everyone is getting ready for summit, we even made up  new cheers! SPASM made up several new cheers. Tabitha Genato and Allison Kubela were the ones in charge of the creating and choosing of the cheers. &#8220;These cheers are totally awesome!&#8221;
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		<title>Mai Blia&#8217;s Delegation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 28, 2010
By: Mai Blia Thao (GSY- Corcoran YMCA)
Our delegation from Visalia, which represents Japan and Canada did some things this week.  One thing we did this week is going over position papers topics and continued working on fundraising.  What we like about Model United Nations is learning about our countries.  &#8221; MUN is perfect, you get to learn about other countries.&#8221;
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		<title>Super Powers is a Topic Everyone Enjoys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at SPPY, things have been going great. On our April 21 meeting, fun was at hand. The first half or so was described as &#8220;dull&#8221; by one delegate as it was the parents&#8217; meeting. The later half was fun as it was another mock comittee like last week only with a very un-MUN topic, super powers.,
In the parents&#8217; meeting, many things were droned about. This included an overview of the summit, money rules, dress code, polo shirt, and more. One parent who wasn&#8217;t as informed as others asked what ...]]></description>
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		<title>Burbank!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everybody!!! We just learned that on Saturday during the MUN banquet we will be sitting next to the Consul General of Hungary, to learn more about Hungary, and his religon. His name is Balazs Boker and he seems like a very nice, interesting person. We have also decided that on Firday night we are going to be walking to a resturant called Kids Castel USA. If you dont know what that is it is like a Chucky Cheese but cooler! With over 15,00 sq. feet of wall-to-wall fun, and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rican Oil Rigs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica has about a dozen oil rigs which supply a lot of oil to society. But these oil rigs are very dangerous and if they have a little or big problem it can ruin things in the world. For one example a oil rig offcoast of Louisiana exsploded about a week ago and a pipe at the bottom of  the sea that was supost to shut off didn&#8217;t and it is spuing oil into the sea. Now oil spill the size of Maryland is heading twards Louisiana and threating to kill ...]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from the Editor!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello fellow Ambassadors, it&#8217;s Juliana Mandel!  I am the 9th Model United Nations Editor in Chief of the Press Corps.  This year I plan to take charge of the press and make sure that everyone is informed through to MUN blog.  The job of the press is to inform the public of the information.  In MUN, organizations meet together to discuss national issues.  The press conducts interviews and conferences to find out inside information by asking insightful, intriguing questions.  The press corps of the 9th MUN is very prepared for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Torrance/South Bay Delegation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in our delegation meeting we played an Icebreaker called two truths and a lie where you make up two true things about you and one lie about you and the rest of the people have to guess which one is the lie. Then we finished up our jeopardy game that we started last time. Then for the last part of our meeting we had a parent meeting about the conference in Burbank.
Elizabeth Sullivan
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		<title>Summit!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over here in the Saddleback Delegation everyone is getting excited about Summit! Everyone is finishing up their position papers, writing speech&#8217;s, working on public speaking skills, and much more!!! Secretary General, Chloe Verzosa, is also very excited for Burbank. She says, &#8220;I am so excited for Summit! I can&#8217;t wait to see all the committees working hard and seeing the actual thing happen since all the organs were amazing at Bob. This Year&#8217;s conference is going to be great!&#8221; As you can see we are all Very excited to see ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Menu for the Summit</title>
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The Summit in Burbank is only a few days away!  We are excited for the secessions, the ceremonies, seeing our friends from Camp Bob, and can&#8217;t wait to see what we will be having for our meals.  Here is an early preview of the menu:
Thursday Dinner (for officers and staff only)
Tossed Salad or Caesar Salad, Two Pastas, Two Sauces, Steamed Veggie, Garlic Bread, Lemonade, Iced Tea, Water &#38; Dessert
Friday breakfast
Scrambled Eggs, Sausage, Breakfast Potatoes, Cold Cereal, Juice, Milk &#38; Water
Friday Lunch
Turkey &#38; Provolone Sandwiches, Chips, Whole fruit &#38; Lemonade
Saturday Breakfast
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		<title>The Last Two Weeks Have Been Bomb&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last few weeks at CPY have been really fun. People have finished up their position papers, and we played a few really fun games. Last week we all were very excited to be informed about what we need to bring for the summit, and we all just can&#8217;t wait. We all look forward to seeing all of our newly made friends at Burbank. We have no meeting this week because we have to pack.  9th Model United Nations Summit here comes CPY!
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		<title>My Delegation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When i went to Camp Roerts i met some really great friends. I have learned about all delegations. What Model United Nations is really about is that we all care for our Earth and we wanna do something about all the bad stuff. I think that MUN will help me and i hope everyone will join in MUN next year because I know I will . My delegation is GSY-Corcoran YMCA . We have a candidate and he is running for Secritary General his name is Aaron Dulai. We have Mackenzie Clark ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mock Comittee Gets SPPY ready for Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 14, 2010, SPPY held its weekly meeting. A fun version of charades was played and then position papers were discussed. A mock committee meeting was held followed up by hotel room buddies. Extras were covered and the meeting was adjourned.
The charades game was Model United Nations themed. We had to get into to groups of around 11. Then we would use our bodies to either act out or spell the words &#8220;Nations&#8221; and &#8220;Government&#8221;. Erica Dolan (advisor) covered the fact that the position papers&#8217; due date was extended for another ...]]></description>
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		<title>Woodlake YMCA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week here in Woodlake CA , we have been pretty much doing same all same all   We are getting our position papers done.  Slowly but steady they must be perfecto&#8217;!  We are all so excited for next Thursday!  I have been asking around our delegation and most everybody haven&#8217;t gone SHOPPING (of course most of those mebers who haven&#8217;t are females) Their plans for the weekend are to go shopping! We are still so excited about meeting the Australian Consule Mr.Wilkinson:) We are so EXCITED! See ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lucas Living In YMCA Camp Jones Gulch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lucas at age 13 has been living in a YMCA called &#8220;Camp Jones Gulch&#8221;. He has lived there for more than 10 years now. He has been everywhere in the camp and  knows everybody that works there. There&#8217;s a lot of freaky trees growing there, and he talks about a tree that&#8217;s normal but has various trees growing from it. It is freaky.
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		<title>Discoveries Of Ireland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may know  that Ireland is a very netural country yet we still do our best to keep order.
Ireland has many problems that still need to be solved.
&#8220;We may be netural but we keep our country in order and the way it needs to be&#8221;
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		<title>Santa Barbara YMCA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello from Santa Barbara! This week 2 of our fellow ambassators have finished writing their stories about overproduction, violence, solving world hunger and UN reform. Mirra one of our ambassators brings us the BEST snacks! Today she has brought us organges, and cream soda. Besides snacking on citrus fruits, we are hearing the ringing of Mirras vioce talking about her fellow classmates at her school. Aliana, our quietest member, was missed dearly while she was off with her school dance team in the wild. All in all we can not ...]]></description>
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		<title>Triunfo Prepares for the Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Triunfo delegation began our meeting with a Scavenger Hunt about our countries.  After we were finished with that, we discussed rules for the Summit.  We are counting down the days!
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		<title>New Costa Rica Ambassador Workspace!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ambassadors of Costa Rica have just gotten a new working area. In this working area they can now to type articles and stories for MUN (Model United Nations).
One of the ambassadors said, “It gives us a great opportunity to be productive and work towards a common goal.” Another ambassador proclaimed, “It’s easier and faster to get the job done.” They also have a MUN dog mascots to inspire them, named Lucy and Snoopy. This area is located at an ambassador’s house in his up stairs room.
This working room has ...]]></description>
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		<title>Delegation Spring Break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Southwest/Riverside Family YMCA&#8217;s MUN Group has had an eventful Spring Break. Over the break, the break, two of the three-man group visited the Grand Canyon, while the third attended a golf tournament. The first, Connor Madalo (me) went to the Grand Canyon which I wrote about in another post. I was one of the scariest and fun times of my life. The second person, Patrick Fuller also went to the Grand Canyon but not at the same time. He said it was fun, long, and tiring to him and his ...]]></description>
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		<title>Whats Up Over Here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Downey delegation everyone was busy researching or typing or writing. Andre Chavez was working on NGO search and rescue for Haiti, Cassandra Romero was the High Commissioner of Health was working on Malaria and the h1n1 sickness. Some people were still researching after spring break. Shame! Shame! I&#8217;m just kidding. MUN gave us some more time to finish our research, papers, and anything else we needed to finish. They are so awesome. Thank you! We all cant wait until we go to Burbank. It won&#8217;t be as far as ...]]></description>
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		<title>Esteban Cabrera&#8217;s Day at Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Esteban Cabrera is a 13 year old boy from Pescadero,California. He traveled many miles to attened in MUN at camp. He had the funnest time with the events there. has attened several meetings here already. He has the delegation of Ukraine and has 5 canidents that are with his delegation.On the way to camp he played One. It was a exciting advanture and he had a fun time. He hopes that he can come there next year.
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		<title>Chillin&#8217; at CPY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week at Culver-Palms Ymca we had a pretty relaxing meeting. We played a game called numbers, where we had to yell out numbers one at a time. We didn&#8217;t know who was after one another, so we had to do our best and not say the next number at the same time. Then we broke up in our delegations and worked on the essays assigned to each different organ. When we were done we all went outside and played some basketball for about 30 minutes, and called it ...]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Barbara is home!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Santa Barbara delegation made it home safely after a long bus ride home, after stopping at the delicious In’n’out. Out of all the wonderful things we did at Camp Robert was meeting all of our new friends from CCY and SLO. Lucky for us when we got back we had spring break, and it was beautiful and sunny. Can’t wait to see everybody again in Burbank, where we will be representing Bosnia. We have 2 ambassadors in general assembly who are working on position papers about Overpopulation, Violence against ...]]></description>
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		<title>Position Papers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the South Pasadena and San Marino delegation (SPASM) we joined together with the other people in our Country to talk about our positions. Ruby Wellen, who is ECOSOC for the Czech Republic, gave us some feed back on her position paper. She seemed pretty proud of it. &#8220;I think I talked to much about technology, when I should have talked more about science.&#8221;
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		<title>The Triunfo YMCA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Triunfo Model UN group met together for our first meeting after the conference in Camp Roberts.  We began by discussing interesting facts about the countries we will be representing.  Did you know that three out of five schools in Afghanistan are outside?  Did you also know that when applying to be a police officer in Afghanistan, 17% of the applicants test positive for illegal drugs.  There are also 31 states in Mexico.  After we finished our discussion, we broke into groups of our organizations.  The people in ...]]></description>
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		<title>My interview with Jenna Senger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jenna Senger,13-year-old,from the Saddleback Delegation from Mission Viejo.  Her delegation has a very important member, Secretary General, Chloe Verzosa.   Mission Viejo is just south of Anaheim where Disneyland is located.  &#8221; Everybody&#8217;s really friendly there and we live in a really nice community ,&#8221; said Jenna.  This year is her delegation&#8217;s third year in the MUNkey Olympics and they have won two years in a row. &#8221;This year we hope to win too!&#8221; said Jenna.
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		<title>SPPY Enjoys Fun, Praise, and Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 31, 2010, SPPY had its first weekly meeting after Camp Roberts. Hyunwoo Lee, our delegation&#8217;s president, called the meeting to order at 6:35. At every meeting we loosen up by playing an Icebreaker. We were congratulated on our performance at camp. Then Hyunwoo and I, Nic Wainwright, our delegation&#8217;s secretary, discussed the position papers and answered questions about them. Some quick additions were added by Will McKenna, an advisor. Another inspiring game was played at the end, and then we adjourned.
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		<title>Pizza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is thirteen year old Taj Williams&#8217; first time at camp Robert. A weird tradition that Taj&#8217;s delegation has is they get pizza on the way to camp Robert. Taj doesn&#8217;t really mind pizza. &#8220;It can get pretty tiring, but it&#8217;s fine if you want pizza.&#8221;
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		<title>Elizabeth Sullivan-Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Sullivan is an eleven-year old girl from Hermosa Beach, California who is in the program Model United Nations with her older sister. Model United Nations is a program where kids from all over California represent different countries to solve real life issues. She went to Camp Roberts (San Miguel, CA) for training  sessions. This is her first year in Model United Nations, and she has mixed feelings about the program. She likes being with her friends in the program, but not where they  &#8220;hang out&#8221;.
&#8220;Yeah, the barracks are pretty gross&#8221; says Elizabeth. ...]]></description>
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		<title>My interview with Emma Hmelar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 12-year-old, Palo Alto delegate, Emma Hmelar visited Camp Roberts with her Delegation on march &#8212; for the 9th MUN. Her delegation has a couple interesting traditions and background. Palo Alto California, Emma&#8217;s hometown, has a very interesting history. It is the birth place of the apple computer, Hp, as well as the famous Standford University.
Emma loves living in Palo Alto. One of her favorite things is, &#8220;During Christmas time they have a street called Christmas tree lane where they all have christmas trees in their front yards decorated with ...]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s Back for Another Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend was the 9th Model United Nations Training Conference located at Camp Roberts. I was lucky enough to interview a second year ambassador named Nic Wainwright from Palos Verdes. He is 12 years old and is in the 7th grade. He is an ambassador representing the country of Austria, and couldn&#8217;t have been happier to be back at &#8220;Bob.&#8221; He enjoys MUN for many reasons but one of the main reasons is he loves learning so much about different countries and meeting many new people. &#8220;I like the learning ...]]></description>
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		<title>Is Neutral Boring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since we are a neutral nation and don&#8217;t have many allies we&#8217;ve been researching conflicts within our nation. During our ambassadors meeting we&#8217;ve also been improving our air hockey skills and bonding with each other.  &#8221; Once divided we lost more than just people, we lost hope. Together we stand alone&#8221;
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		<title>Personal Profile: Ashley Dahlen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hailing from Santa Barbara, 13-year-old Ashley Dahlen is an up-and-coming journalist in her small Model United Nations (MUN) delegation]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations Fun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week at the South Pasadena and San Marino delegation, we played a United Nations fact fun. We played United Nations fact fun to learn and get to know our countries better. Maria Mitchell thinks that this game is fun. &#8220;The game is so great.&#8221;
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		<title>Elizabeth Sullivan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maddie Chen lives in Cupertino CA and is twelve years old and loves to be with her friends in her delegation at Camp Bob. Maddie&#8217;s delegation is North West CA, but they have no weird traditions and do not have any candidates running. Maddie likes the program MUN but does she like sleeping in the barracks? &#8220;No, they are bad, old, dirty, there was a bug on my bed.&#8221; Sometimes car rides can be fun or can be really not fun! &#8220;It took three hours. There was not enough room, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Torrance/South Bay Delegation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My delegation is Torrance/South Bay (TSB). Our meetings are every Thursday from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM . Today we played an icebreaker in the beginning of our meeting. The icebreaker was &#8220;duck duck goose&#8221; but instead of saying &#8220;duck duck goose&#8221; we said &#8220;quack quack moo.&#8221;  There are 4 kids in the delegation including me. Ethian and Lillian are researching the Gaza Strip. Both Ethian and Lillian are in General Assembly (GA). Molly is researching the West Bank. She is in ECOSOC. We  represent the country of Palestine. People that are part of ...]]></description>
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		<title>What we did on April 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 8, the Palo Alto delegation researched their topics for the summit meeting.  I on the other hand interviewed Megha Malpani for a practice press conference. For the rest of the meeting we really didn&#8217;t do anything except argue among ourselves about who would reseach what. We got alot accomplished though and I can&#8217;t wait to tell you about next week!
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		<title>Our delegation in Visalia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our delegation from Visalia,who represents Japan and Canada, did several things this week.  One of the things we did was getting started on the position and background papers.  What our delegation likes is fundraising.  &#8221; We think Model United Nations is very fun and exciting.&#8221;
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		<title>The Highlighters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pescadero Delegation had met three weeks before Camp Roberts to discuss how we wanted to represent M.U.N this year with our sweater design. Five delegates met and designed the sweaters we wore at Camp Roberts. The design was simple, but right to the point, on the back it has purple &#38; white olive leaves surrounding a purple Nor-Cal star in the center, and Pescadero Delegation, the color is a bright fluorescent yellow. On the front it has South Coast Children Services logo on it. South Coast Children’s Services is ...]]></description>
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		<title>MUN Editor in Chief Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Juliana Mandel from the Triunfo YMCA has just become Editor in Chief of the Press Corps and its only her first year in MUN. She is a fourteen year old eighth grader from Malibu. Despite the long four hour trip, Juliana is looking forward to being Editor in Chief of the Press Corps. &#8221; I am very excited to be here &#8221; she said.
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		<title>Lauren Peeters: Update on Stuart C. Gildred YMCA, Channel Islands Delegation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello fellow ambassadors,
This is Lauren from the Stuart C. Gildred YMCA, Channel Islands Delegation. I am so excited about the Summit after our quick introduction at Camp Roberts. This may just be me, but I could have stayed there for weeks! The people were so friendly and the classes were so interesting that our whole delegation is very pumped up about the Summit.
We have been so busy here at the small haven we call the Channel Islands Delegation! Our Thursday meetings are abuzz with activity, many members are researching their ...]]></description>
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		<title>Press Corps profile: Ezabel Martinez by Mai Blia Thao</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezabel Martinez from Corcoran, is an 11-year-old who joined the Model United Nations program.
One of the weird tradition is that sometimes her delegation makes trailmix.
What she likes about her hometown is that everyone respects each other.
She loves being part of MUN.
“I think MUN is fun,” Martinez said.
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		<title>Here&#8217;s Whats Up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at the Downey deligation were all very busy. Here is the work that we were doing.
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		<title>The Ride to Camp Bob</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ride to camp roberts had it&#8217;s ups and downs but we got there! We were squeazed into a tiny bus no bigger than a school bus, and to make it even worse it was hot. At first we were hot and sweaty and all we wanted was the air conditioner on but when they turned it on we were fine. When we stopped for food at Mc Donalds it felt wonderful to stretch our legs! But I wasnt the only one crammed on that bus. My friend Kami said ...]]></description>
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		<title>ST-9-PR-5 Secretary General&#8217;s Adjourns the MUN Training Conference</title>
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		<title>Who Should Take Cyprus? Greece vs. Turkey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Written By: Juan C. Delgado (Visalia YMCA), Noah Johnson (Woodlake YMCA) from the XinHua News Agency
 
There&#8217;s a country that is being argued over where it should belong. The name of this country is Cyprus. This all began when Cyprus was divided into two parts: on part in Greece and another in Turkey. These two countries are arguing about which of the two deserve to keep Cyprus. The Security Council went straight on towards it and began by opening a speakers list, allowing countries to state ...]]></description>
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		<title>Video Interview: Candidates for the 9th Secretary-General</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Video By: Blanca Flores (Woodlake YMCA) from PantaPress and Roxanne Davis (Woodlake YMCA) from Al Jazeera

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		<title>Nuclear Proliferation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Written By: Hannah Bozman (Saddleback YMCA) from ITARR-TASS
 

Saturday&#8217;s afternoon debate for the ICJ was concerning Nuclear Proliferation. The debate included a lot of interesting tactics and context.
 
Japan went up in the beginning and stated how the launch of China&#8217;s nuclear missile is violating an international law/treaty.  China has admitted that the missile does contain some nuclear power. China claims the test is for future scientific purposes.  Japan is worried the test may be a threat to the nation.  Japan does say that even though China did ...]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Tiffany Lam!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
Written By: Liela Majedi (Saddleback YMCA) from BBC News

Tiffany Lam is the 8th Secretary General. She is also the FIRST WOMAN Secretary General ever in Model United Nations history. Tiffany is from the Saddleback Valley Delegation. She’s always putting herself in her work, and never gives up not matter how hard it is. Tiffany chose Refugees for the topic that High Commission is working on. She picked Refugees for a specific reason. It’s personal, and she can relate to it. Her Grandpa and both her parents’ ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=171</link>
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		<title>Rights of Women and the Convicted: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
Written By: Hannah Bozman (Saddleback YMCA) from ITARR-TASS


Saturday morning in International Court of Justice (ICJ) the agents presented their information to the Justices of the ICJ.  The morning debate was their first topic: Rights of Those Accused of Crimes (Citizens and Foreign Nationals).  One of the conflicts was  Morocco with Jordan versus Afghanistan.  

Morocco and Jordan are accusing Afghanistan of denying two citizens of their rights in court.  Two women were publicly protesting woman’s rights in Afghanistan.  Then, as reported, two men started throwing rocks at them.  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=168</link>
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		<title>Friends Forever &#8211; Friendship Ceremony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Written By: Liela Majedi (Saddleback YMCA) from BBC News

Last night, after the dance, there was a Friendship Ceremony. The ceremony was  a time just to relax, calm down, and think about all the friends we’ve made here. Model United Nations isn’t just about all the problems going on around the world. In order to fix all those problems, you have to work together. During the Friendship Ceremony we sang songs such as, Waiting on the World to Change, What’s going on?, Blowing in the Wind, and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=143</link>
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		<title>The Crises in the Middle East</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Written By: Audrey Heurlin (Saddleback YMCA) &#8211; Editor in Chief

Crisis of the Middle East last night, after the friendship ceremony, a crisis arose in Pakistan. This crisis was that one of their cities, Taliban, had attacked the capital of their country and had taken over; controlling all military and nuclear devices. During the meeting a representative of Taliban joined the meeting. The Secretary General, Tiffany Lam, announced that this group that claims to be in charge of the Pakistani government was not to be recognized. When ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=140</link>
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		<title>Heart Tracking to Prevent Human Trafficking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: Saturday, May 1, 2009
Written By: Cierra Liberty Rhea Villa (Woodlake YMCA) from the Associated Press

In the Country block of Oceania the United States made important discussions in their idea for heart trackers. What they’re using for the ingredients are found to be very expensive. After this discussion they sent the chair to talk to the secretary general. When asked, Madam Secretary said She believes that this idea absorbs too much money and that they should use this money on things that are important. These new heart devices they’re making ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mun.calymca.org/press/?p=138</link>
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