So, pretty easy day today. What was wrong with me? Be ready to hit the floor running again on Monday.
For today, pick a current event (not entertainment or sports unless you can tell why it is a current event) to write about. Briefly tell what the event is and then give your reaction, positive or negative, to the event. NO CITE, NO POINTS!
Blanzy, you cannot talk about Michael Phelps again this week. I get the fact that you think he was wrong.
59 comments:
I don't think this is under the category of entertainment, in fact, this is in a category on its own! The mother of octuplets, whose story has sparked controversy around the world. There is a bunch of crap going around that she might not be able to care for all 14 of of children(6 where not the octuplets) and that she was being selfish when decided to have 8 kids at once though fertility treatments. There was no incentive at all to have so many childern. While that might be good news, there is also no clear source of income. When I read this I couldn't help but slam my head on my keyboard. To have this many at once! They'll be all acting out for attention! But there is nothing I can do about it. Some of the children are being sent to the sperm donor for addition care. This made me yell "ARRUGH!". If you cannot handle them all at once, don't have all of them at ALL! But maybe I'm being too strict here.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/06/octuplets.mom/index.html
I don't see the big deal about the office, there was 2-3 funny parts but, that's about it.]
Derek GUckian
5th hour
Ever since the ending of 2008 the car industries have been hurting. Now in Brampton, Ontario; Sterling Heights, Mich.; Belvidere, Ill., and Detroit they are closing down Chrysler factories. They are only for a week, but its only a matter of time until its longer. Spokesman Max Gates says it's because of economic conditions. Chrysler sales were down 55 percent last month and 30 percent in 2008. The economy is already bad and now if the car factories go down there will be a bunch of people unemployed. And people think the economy is bad now, it would get a lot worse if the major car companies go bankrupt.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/Chrysler_to_Temporarily_Close_Factories
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
The economy is always a source of concern lately. With all the layoffs and everybody's 401k's taking a dive, we can only hope something is done soon. Progress has been made today on the stimulus bill The bill that is trying to get put through is $937 billion dollars. This was to steep to get approval. The moderates have cut approximately $100 billion dollars that could give the bill enough votes to get through. Obama is doing everything in his power to get this bill through because our futures depend on it. Personally I think there is things in the bill that should be taken out; however I think this needs to be approved as soon as possible. As of today the estimated loss of jobs since the recession began is 3.7 million. Who would have ever thought this could happen in America.
My source was http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29050187
Although I hate politics i'm going to talk about a current event about the president. Today, Obama decried the delay of his economic recovery legislation as "irresponsible and inexcusable". Mainly because of the 3.6 million Americans losing their jobs due to the recession. He belives that the delay of his bill will delay the recovery ofour nation. When I read this I thought Obama had the right to call the delay of his bill irresponsible and inexcusable. I mean come on he's trying to keep us from going into a depression! People want to keep their jobs not lose them. And not to mention the slashing of payrolls employers have made. They've slashed payrolls by 598,000! Catapulting the unemployment rate to 7.6%. Just what we need...not! =/
James Richardson
5th hour
http://news.aol.com/main/obama-presidency/article/economic-stimulus-advisory-panel/332125
almost forgot about this =P
James Richardson
5th hour
Today for my blog Im going to talk about one of the dumbest storys ever written. Racoons have been invading the white house! CNN actually wrote how racoon were on the grounds of the white house. They came in and were saveriging for food and doing som damage. My reaction to this story is, who cares. The news must really be desperate for news. But what I don't get is, why aren't they writing about something important. The can write about anything else like hunger, the war, or the government. It just shows how much the news is important to people. Some people are so fixated on the news they have to know everything. Or how the news can be so stupid. one person said, "I'm surprised Cheney didn't blast them with his shotgun." I thought this was pretty funny. Isn't the white house surronded with guns and security? How did they get in? Some people were saying how to trap them better, or how cute they were. Come on peopel. This is a stupid story. Why would you waste your time? It just makes me mad how dumb people can be.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Chris Reid
6th hour
In my blog im going to talk about a mammoth tusk in a construction site. A paleontologist on scene immediately stopped the digging. experts from the San Diego Natural History Museum were called in to take over the unearthing process according to Saunders. the scientist then found the skull and bones of the body. the dug it all up its the second set of bones found in San Diego. the tusk was eight feet long. it was the first the first skull found in San Diego. it was found 20 feet under ground. the backhoe dug up the bones.
http://www.10news.com/news/18656428/detail.html#-
thats the site forgot it
A current evemt that I am going to talk about is Micheal Phelps smoking out of a marijuana pipe(Bong). Michael Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming. The latest fallout from a photo that showed the him taking a hit from a marijuana pipe. Phelp's financial support has aslo been cut off for the same three months. This was put into effect on Febuary 5,2009. He is not being charged with any illegal substance charges, which is completely unfair to everyone else. Just becausd he is an olympic gold metalist he gets off scott free. All that is lost is his reputation. Also on the 5th phelp's Kellog endorsment was lost.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,488904,00.html
John McLean
6th
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/dpg_Ginsburg_Plans_Quick_Return_to_Court2140479
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg plans to be back at work for the court's next public session. Ginsburg has been on the court more than 15 years and is its only woman. Less than three weeks after surgery for pancreatic cancer. The 75-year-old justice is currently recuperating at a New York hospital after undergoing surgery on Thursday. Her illness raises the possibility that one of the divided court's leading liberals might have to curtail her work. Or even step down before she had planned. Looking back on her first fight with what she called "a dreadful disease," Ginsburg said her treatment was arduous. But having a job to turn to was a great benefit.
In one article, "Officials say tentative stimulus deal reached" something got my attention more than the main topic of the article. Towards the top, it said that was another bank failure. We learned that towards the start of the Great Depression that a lot of banks failed in US History. This sort of freaked me out because it seems like we are heading towards the Great Depression. It is defiantly happening a lot slower though. With all the jobs people are losing, I think that it is heading in that direction. The economy doesn't seem to be getting any better. I really hope that things start to turn around.
Kristen Pauly
6th hr.
http://news.yahoo.com/
hey mr. kay.
i need somone to talk to can you please text me or something.
2487627020 thanks
Mr. Kay,
Today I read about how that some of the peanut products that had salmonella were shipped to schools. This happened in three states, California, Idaho, and Minnesota. To me, this is pretty gross and scary. First of all, it is obviously gross because it really makes you wonder what your putting in your mouth at lunch at school. This is also really disgusting because it also could easily be in your home just as easy. That also shows how it is scary. Also, if these plants with problems with making food to the point that the food have diseases in it, then it could just as easily get to our school. There are many other products, maybe not so much food, that could also have things that make you sick in them and that also gives me a sense of fear. There have been 8 deaths from this illness from the potentially dangerous peanuts and I think it will make me think twice before I eat peanuts again.
I think the companies should be a lot more careful, and so should the consumer, so watch what you eat.
Luke LaFountain
5th Hour
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/06/peanut.schools/index.html
I found something that I dunno what it is. :3 Interests me, any way.
There are cars that attract the attention of cops! Oh boy! Like 'broken tail lights' weren't enough! There is a TOP TEN list of America's "most wanted" cars. Apparently, the insurance companies don't see your new car as bufftacular and stylish, but more of a hazard and danger to other drivers. Cops normally start tracking down and ticketing certain models and makes of car to fill their quotas near the end of each month(just in time for paychecks. yay. :3).
I might post the top ten list of these big bad cars so that all you young drivers get tickets you can't pay before you run me over--I MEAN- So you guys won't have to worry about getting in trouble. >:P
The TOP-WANTED car in ALL OF AMERICA is the Hummer H2.
It's Big. It's Bad. And it's out of your reach. No worries there.
The second is the Scion tC. One of those cars that a geared towards the teenagers just learning to drive when they still need their training wheels. >:D
The third is the Scion xB. Another tweenager car with a high ticketing rate. What's wrong with you people?
The fourth is the Mercedes Benz CLK63 AMG. No worries here, people. If you can afford this baby, you can afford to pay your way out of any tight situation. Be it a fender bender or a 25 car pile-up.
The rest of this list is here:
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/850/is-your-car-a-cop-magnet
Steffeny Apollo
5th hour
Phelps suspended from competition, dropped by Kellogg.
In the articel that I choose was how Kellogg dropped Micheal Phelps. In the artical it says that Micheal Phelps disopointed everbody. Well I think that it is BS. Just because he got high doesn't mean it is dissapointing. When Barry Manalow got high the old people didn't get pissed. When Aaron Carter was getting high. It was the same thing. I think that everybody should leave him alone. You can call me Chris Crocker. Fine I really could care less. What Micheal Phelps wants to do on his own time let him get high.http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/05/kellogg.phelps/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
I wanna talk about our daily food issue today. A few weeks ago, Georgia peanut butter plant was found that they had shipped some of their products before taking second inspection for salmonella. When there happens that some goods that have errors flood into the market, we do never feel good. When you hear about gold rings, which are said to be made of 100% of gold in ads, that are not made of pure gold on TV you may get to doubt your marriage rings. To be honest about their manufactured products for the companies are very important as well as for consumers. Besides, when it's a case of food it causes even more cautions. 9 months ago, when I was back in Korea, there had been FTA( Free Trade Agreement) meetings with this country, the United States. Personally, I do not object to free markets, as long as it's being kept fair. However, in the meeting, there was a clause that America can sell beef that has been past 35 months, which was known to have possibility to contain Mad Cow Disease and was prohibited to trade, to Korea. And the person from Korean government signed on it. It was ridiculous. Beef is one of the food products that Koreans consume the most. I and my friends couldn't even go to McDonald's anymore and buy BigMac. That event called hundreds of thousands people to march to the Green House every single day(which is same as White House) and I, and students of my ages, went out to participate the demonstrations as well. This long story shows how any kind of default in food, we daily eat, is sensitive to everyone. The government, and infection organizations, and the companies themselves, shouldn't be negligent to their obligation of putting 'PRIDE' what they're doing.
The one above ^^^^
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Cite
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_outbreak
Time to end Black History Month?
I think so. I'm not saying this in a racial manner, just read.
People are trying to end black history month. Say whaaat? Yes, it's true. They want to end it because they feel that black history should not only be told for one small month...And shall I ad it being the shortest month of the year..? Yeah. They want to make it so black history is involved ALL YEAR LONG. I agree with this statement. There are a lot of black's in America, and personally I think black people are way cooler and funnier then white people. Ahahah so I think we SHOULD not only listen about boring white people all year, but also learn about the amazing blacks that have affected our country too. :]
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htEUzaCOOZMa2qJ9DZukG1INqPuwD9668AJ00
Kymmie Brownson 6th
At livonia churchill, they are now taking away privledges for bad grades. They were looking to find a way to motivate kids to do their homework. They are beginning with taking away parking passes and availibility to go to the homecoming dance. I think this is good to a certain extent. I think that students should be punished for more than one failed class. I think that kids should have a reason to excell and try harder, and i see kids who dont really work hard enough but are really smart. I do think however, one class only is kind of harsh i think it should be for two classes because someone might suck on one test and have it ruin the cardmarking. I think that for as long as kids are failing classes they should be watched much more strictly and be urged to get on track. I think this is something alot of other schools need to something like this because all in all this shapes who we will be and some kids are falling off the tracks.
i know some might not have the same views.
have a good weekend errbody
shit no citation
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/18657873/detail.html
All we (USA) wanted was to build a missile sheild defence system in eourpe to protect eourpe from Russia's and or middle eastern missles. Well Russia does not agree with this and they say that if built then they are going to build missles near Moscow. The plan was to build 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in Czech Ruepublic. Russia see this as a threat so to protect it self they say that they will put missiles next to the system that is being built to stop missles, dosent make any sence! Russia would only have to concerend if they plan on senting missles into Eourpe or helping another county do the same. This could stop us from building the defence system but, that may be good beacause why are we funding a missile intersecption program for Eourpe in these diffucult times. The negative is that without proctection, Eourpe could be hit by missiles some which could be Russia's in a attempt to retake parts of Eourpe.
Shaun Gerber
5th Hour
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5154ZB20090206
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11886532&ch=4226724&src=news
Meet the Garbage man
this was a video but was very interesting and i think it has so much to do with our world. america is a throw away society. the average american throws away almost 5 pounds of garabage a day. thats a lot when you add it all up with all the people in america! well in this article this man kept all his garabage in his basment. he didn't have the garbage truck stop at his house for a whole year. surprisingly is wasn't that bad. that's because he learned what he didnt need to use. he also did other things and reused things. its was amazing how much he cut back and reduced his trash.
okay last saturday in southeastern austrailia there was huge winds and wildfires, police say that 14 were killed in the fires. they say that the fire spread over 30,000 acres of land. they think that heatwave has brought on these fires that have been goin on since last friday. 30 blazes were known in 30 hours. also that a house that was burning at 115 degrees F, a man had severe burns on 50% of his body. the weather assoication in southest austrailia said the heatwave will continue, but next week theyll b cooler weatherr. i think this is sad becuase i would not want my area to have raging fires, itll take awhile for thingd to get back to normal, life would be more difficult for sure.
i got this from cnn.com
stefaniee
At least 14 people have been killed in wildfires fueled by strong winds. And hot temps in southeastern Australia. Victoria state police said the bodies were found in four different locations. The fires "took off" in the area on Saturday and are still raging. In New South Wales, firefighters faught at least 35 fires since Friday, officials said. They were brought by intense storms associated with heat waves. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said that while the heatwave will peak again in the South East, cooler conditions are expected earlier next week.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/07/australia.wildfires/index.html
Mr.Kay,
Today for my blog I will talk about cancer. All cancer is very scary and can be deadly. On the cnn website i read an article about Pancreatic cancer. The article said this was extremly rare and very deadly. In the article The talked about a women who had been diagnosed with it. She had just went in for a normal checkup and they found it when she had a ct scan. They said that chemotheapy is not really good for this type of cancer. Which is why it makes this cancer deadly. The sympotoms are abodminal pain, loss of appitiate, and weight loss and deppression. But there could be no symptoms at all. They also said that being obese and smoking increase the risk of getting it.
Brittney Cooper
6th hour
sorry mr.kay...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/06/pancreatic.cancer/index.html
Brittney Cooper
The current event that I would like to talk about would be in the category of science. Edgar and Nina Otto say they had no idea how their four-legged clone would react to them. What they are talkin about is a dog who died has been cloned so that the owners can still have their same dog. Their dog, Lancelot, was cloned after he died a year ago and he looks and acts the same as the other dog. The Ottos submitted the winning bid of $155,000 at an auction with a San Francisco biotech company that had Lancelot cloned in South Korea. The Otto's say they cloned him becasue they wanted him for more than just 11 1/2 years. So far, the Ottos say Lancy is eerily similar to Lancelot. They say Lancy walks just like Lancelot and crosses his paws like him, too.
I think this is incredible that someone can do this to a living species and have it come back the same as it was before.
Troy Wojichowski 5th hr
For my blog I found that the school Loviona Churchill students seem to be failing. The school is taking away parking privileges as well as being able to attend the Homecoming dance next fall. I do believe that grades are important and they all depend on your future. I also disagree with their doings. I do not believe they should take away their Homecoming privileges. Homecoming is a one day where you don't have to worry about grades, you get to have fun with your friends. You also meet new people. Taking away their rights to have fun. They should first take away other rights, not the right to have fun. Were still kids, and just want to have fun. Although, grades are important and there's not much else you can take away. What I'm trying to say is you can look at this situation in two different ways. Different people believe different things. As for me, I believe both.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/18657873/detail.html#-
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/06/cloned.puppy/index.html
source^^
Troy Wojichowski
Mr. Kay,
Recently, Alex Rodriguez has been accused of using steroids and testing positive in 2003. When I heard about this I couldnt beleive that such a thing could be kept secret for so long and nobody know about it. This just shows us how disfuntional our court system is right now. How we can do a test for steroids and find out that certain guys are, and not tell the public about it is terrible. I think that the people have a right to know about what is going on in the world that they do so much for. Secrets like these should not be kept away. It also shows how smart these lawyers nowadays can outsmart the government. They know just what to do to get away with what they want to get away with.
ESPN.com/steroids/Arod
It was announced that the economic stimulus bill would be a compromise made by Barack Obama. It is set to be over $825 billion. This would cause a huge drop in the mortgage rates across America. It will cut many programs across America and won't create too many jobs right away. However it puts many less people at risk of losing their jobs. This is because the funding would moreso in the core of our economy and less of it would be branched out. This bill also includes the tax cut of over $1,000 for many families. The government is trying to be more leniant to working families. They aren't going to be taxed as much plus food stamps and many other issues will go away. I believe this all well and good, however, soon this money will run out. Unless the American people can get everything going again we are going to be in even more debt which may ulimately lead to a Great Depression. Money gets thrown around and right now we have nothing to back that money up because of how poor our economy is doing.
William Schwartz
6th hr
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090206/Congress.Stimulus/
MY BAD!! haha
William Schwartz
6th hr
The current event that i chose today is about the teen from Holly High school that was accused of taking pictures in the girls locker room. He was suspended from school because of it. He was sneaking in the girls locker room using his camera phone to take pictures of the girl. The Holly Police Department was contacted Thursday morning with the information gathered by the school’s administration. Depending on the outcome of their investigation, the student could be expelled. As for the use of cell phones, the districts policy is that students arent allowed to use the devices during school hours at all. They said the need for the students to carry the devices for safety is understandable, but students can only use them incase of an emergency.
Clare Pathe
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/02/07/news/local_news/doc498d7ffed7377442213692.txt
For my topic it will be about a fire. A cat has amazingly escaped a fire that completely gutted this house. After seeing a few pictures im surprised the cat is alive. The fire started on a house next door and caught another house on fire. Multiple parts of the house collapsed during the fire. Luckly the firefighters was able to put it out before it spread farther then the 2 houses. A few fire fighters got injured with burns and thats about it.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/02/06/smith.pa.cat.survives.fire.wfmz
kevin anderson
6th hour
in Rio De Janeiro Brazil, police have killed 10 drug trafficing suspects. the shoots lasted all day and closed schools and government offices in three different neighborhoods. over 6,600 students were sent home that day. even the military police was called in after the local force needed back up. the underground drug trafficing has become somewhat of a plague killing about 9000 victims. most of the trafficers have been assassinated by police not on duty. the police force in brazil is certainly a full time job.
Cited: cnn.com/world
Andy B, 6th hour
A very important current even at this time in unemployment. Currently we are at the highest unemployment rate in the last 16 years. Lay offs started to become a problem as early as December 2007. Although the largest amount of layoffs have came in the last three month span. I think this is a very negative current event, that effects all of us. Many families are losing their source of income, changing the way they have lived drastically. Other families are hoping and are in fear of being laid off. The entire issue is rendering the country into a downward spiral. The standard of living in the U.S. is going down. I think were all hoping that the economy will turn around soon!
http://topnews.us/content/23373-unemployment-rate-highest-16-years-598000-layoffs-announced-january
Jeez mr kay okay no phelps. Anyway, I just got done reading the paper and Id like to talk about the final four coming to Detroit in April. I know you said no sports but this is an issue about the economy. The final four is expected to pump an estimated $50 million into the Michigan economy. Last year it was hosted in San Antonio, who produced $47 million. Ford Field holds about 20,000 than than the alamo dome. Finnaly it seems that Michigan will receieve something positive having to do with money. All you read about or see in the news these days is bad news. Its good to finnaly see something positve going on in Michigan. BTW: mclean wrote about Phelps haha
Blanzy
6th
For todys blog i think im going to do mine in the ice slab in CLEVELAND. As many as 500 ice fishermen were stranded on a slab of fast-moving ice about 8 miles wide on Saturday in Lake Erie, and Coast Guard crews were deployed to rescue them. Officials feared the ice would quickly melt since temperatures in the area were expected to reach up to 50 degrees F. Winds of 20-30 mph were moving the ice floe farther out into Lake Erie. Several Coast Guard ships and helicopters from Toledo and Marblehead, Ohio, were rescuing the fishermen. About 35 people had been rescued by 1:30 p.m. One fishermen reportedly had heart trouble and was airlifted to a hospital. Another fishermen said the ice broke right after a ferry passed by them. This is why when it gets warm out, no matter how thick or thin it is, i do not go on the ice.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29070256/#storyContinued
As of today, three more banks have been closed. That makes this year's tally of closings to nine. The other six were seized in January, which is the largest monthly toll since 1993. Last year, 25 banks were closed, which matches the total for 2001 through 2007, a seven year toll. This shows that the number of bank closings is increasing rapidly. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation estimates that as the recession deepens, more stress is going to be put on banks, casuing more to close. This is scary information, because when the Great Depression hit, hundreds of banks were closed in 1929 alone. As the depression went on, thousands more failed as well. The pattern that we are going through right now seems to be looking more toward a depression if we cannot reboost the economy. Our financial crisis is continually looking worse, and articles like this one show that we still have more tough times ahead.
Kaleigh Swanson
5th hour
^
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aaLkBFzdzwmM&refer=news#
Megan Fraser 5th hour
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090207/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_wildfires
My current event is about the wildfires in Australia. In southeast Australia, there were raging wildfires that killed at least 14 people. The police say that the death toll could get up to 40 people though. The fires came unexpected and spread across at least 115 square miles. There were more than 30,000 firefighters and its more undercontrol now. The temperatures reached 117 degrees and then a front came and cooled it down. That just made the fire spread even more though. I think this is a horrible thing and I feel bad for all the people that died and lost their houses and stuff. I hope all the fires go away and it gets under control.
Well my current event is something that happened in Madagascar. What happened is that 23 people died in a protest. While 83 were injured. Some people said they could hear gunshots and tear gas canisters while the protest was going on. There are many reasons why they are protesting but the main one is probably that the president bought a 60 million dollar plane when people are only make 320 dollars a year. I think it was a good reason to protest but i think it went to far if so many people got injured. Also, i think it is the governments fault because they are the ones that let it go to far.
Source:www.cnn.com
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
A current event that I think was critical is the peanut butter with salmonella. I read on CNN.com that the FDA knew that some of the products tested positive for bacteria and no other tests indicated they were safe. I think this is horrible that even when they knew the food had bacteria in it, that they still shipped it out to all these stores. It also said that the company's management told FDA inspectors during an inspection that they shipped products that tested positive to salmonella. I can't believe that this happened. Those products that tested positive shouldn't have been shipped. It also said that there was at least 11 deaths caused from salmonella poisoning.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/06/peanut.butter/index.html?iref=newssearch
Cody Kabisa
5th hour
5th
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/07/Ohio.stuck.on.ice/
Today one person died while trying to rescue the hundreds stranded on an ice floe on Lake Erie. Only one person has been confirmed dead, however a snowmobiler trying to cross the ice fell and is now in the hospital. The ice floe, 8 miles long, was created by a piece of ice broken off from land near Toledo, Ohio. On Friday, local sheriffs warned people to be cautious on the ice due to warmer temperatures. Authorities estimate that 100 to 500 people are stranded on the ice floe right now. The coast guard received a call around 10:45 am reporting that they were stuck. Most of the people were fishers and snowmobilers. Authorities are not sure if the ice flow is drifting, and their main priority is to get the stranded people safely home. 35 people have been safely rescued as of 1:25 pm this afternoon.
my personal thoughts about the octuplets, are a bit, well, unethical. now, they said that she should have had only two embryos put in at a time, especially for her age of 35 (i think). now, what i think, is that, "well, if the people wanted the money, and if this woman seriously wanted more children, why not? although the part about her already having 6 children was a bit, well, unethical in the first place. but, if she wanted them, and she had the money, i think that they (the invitro fertilization people) really only cared about her money. but now, just think of this, i think if he didnt want that many, and the doctors put to many in her, hoping at least one would go, i think she should be able to sue the doctors for malpractice, on the grounds that they risked her health. she could have easily died carrying so many children at once. Or she could have lost some children. well, all in all, at least, and/or hope that they all do not look the same when they grow up, or that would be really hard to deal with. all in all, i think the doctors probably got carried away with the thought of the money, and risked the womans health. kinda why i dont want to be a doctor, cause, all people would want is your money and your dignity.
source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29038814/
but i also used prior knowledge of this from watching it on channel 7 news.
Nick Visger
nickvisger@me.com
5th hour
published: 5:09 pm saturday, February 6th 2009
http://www.wxyz.com/news/story/GM-Cost-Cuts-Could-Mean-Thousands-Fired/qwnNs5BrdE64Urn0m-PKlA.cspx
Today I will talk about the big three. Many of the plants have already been shut down and thousands of jobs have been lost. Many of our own families and friends have been effected tremendously by the bad economy. Recently GM has cut salary workers. If GM does not cut enough of their company they will loose their 13 billion dollar government aid. As an effort to making cuts GM has offered payouts to 62,000 workers. GM sales have dropped from 57.5 million vehicles sold to 67.1 million last year. I think we need to act soon.
~Big Red
6th Hour
On saturday, 23 people died in Madagascar outside of the Presidential Palace. 83 were injured in the protest when President Marc Ravalomanana fired Rajoelina as mayor of Antananarivo. They started at about 2 pm, but no one is sure where the shots were coming from. Some media reports blamed foreign mercenaries for the shootings, and others said army guards were responsible or that the army was firing at the mercenaries to protect the crowd. The violence appearently started on January 26th outside of broadcast stations who were reporting on the issue. Anyways, this is a very trajic event. It is all over something that is unclear to everyone.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/07/madagascar.protest.deaths/index.html
Michael Phleps was making noise about his recent drug doings. Its being said he is a bad influence for fans all over the world. I think a 23 year old superstar would get into things like this. It was his fault to do it in such a place where people are everywhere and of of course they would whip out their phones to get a picture. I wouldnt surprised if he goes to a friends house and chill in the basement and smoke some dope. His sponsors were backing him up and supported michael feeling he would learn from his mistakes.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/06/michael.phelps/index.html#cnnSTCText
A local current event I will talk about is how over 160 ice fishermen had to get rescued on lake Erie. Winds and warm temperatures caused ice to crack 1000 yards off shore stranding many. Ice broke off at around 10:45 AM near Crane Creek State Park, near the Davis Besse nuclear power plant in Ottawa County. Rescues were in progress all day. Most fishermen had been rescued by 3:00PM. One man fell through the ice and was hospitalized. Later in the day he ended up passing away from shock and hypothermia. All fishermen were not charged for there rescues.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090207/METRO/902070411/-1/rss
I'm not copying of Tamm but I read that on saturday 23 people died after a protest got violent outside the presidents palace in Madagascar. 83 total people were injured during the protest. Brittany Martin a women who lives near the palace said that she could hear the crowd yelling and the sound of gunshots and tear gas canisters. Martin said she heard gunshot at about 2 p.m. after a crowd of people marched toward the palace. She saw military convoys hearding to the palace also. I think that it is very wrong that people were killed for protesting. In the U.S. we can protest and get away with it, I think it's wrong that they can't in Madagascar.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/07/madagascar.protest.deaths/index.
John Kent
5th hour
In the Detroit Free Press for Friday I read a horrible story. A mother of two boys and two girls put the 4-year-old girl in the oven. When the father went to pick up the two boys from school. Then after burning the girl in the oven the mother when to a neighbor house and begged that the neighbor call the police. The injuries on the girl is horrible, with burnt lines on her back, a burnt lower eye lid, and a broken heart. I do not know what kind of person would do such an atrocity.
So I cant even tell you how much of a peice of crap my computer is. Im sorry blogs keep being late but my computer always has something going wrong.
You said Blanzy can't talk about Micheal Phelps, but I can. I have a negative reaction only for the reason he is a role model. He is endorsed by many companies, and has many people of all ages looking up to him. He should not have smoked pot in such an open place where pictures (like the one released) could get in the public's eyes. I understand he is a successful guy, and has earned his money and can spend it on what he wants. Also he is an adult, publicly known or not, and he can make his own decisions. Its not the fact that he smoked pot, its that he made it so easy to get out. Now maybe kids will wonder why he did that, or why they looked up to him.
Mikki Nosek 5th HR
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Mr. Kay,
I went on to www.wxyz.com (channel 7 action news)and found this artical on how a prisoner was found in the trunk of a Michigan Judges car. It says that a 16 year-old prisoner from Macomb County courthouse escaped from the holding cell inside. Judge Peter Maceroni claims that he never locks his car doors when he is at the courthouse. Its thought that the 16 year-old ran to the Judges car, found the doors unlocked. Opened up the drivers door, unlocked the trunk, and got in. Sheriff's deputies searched for almost an hour. One of the deputies became suspicious when coming arcoss a picture laying on the ground beside the Judges car. It says that the 16 year-old boy had appeared on Friday in Juvenile court in Mt. Clemens before he escaped. When I read this artical, I thought to myself. Why wouldn't he just ran, why stop and get into the trunk of a Judges car. Maybe he didn't know that it was the judges car, but how did he expect to get out of the car without anyone seeing him, or without setting off an alarm, or without causing the owner to get alarmed and call the police.
Danielle Turner
Over the weekend in healesville australia the country witnessed the largest fire yet. The fire killed raged very far killing over 84 people. At least 700 homes were destroyed during the inferno in the state victoria. thousands of exausted volenteer firefighters were still fighting around 30 fires sunday night. this was so bad that government dispatched the army to help out. Witnesses describe trees blowing up and skies rainging ashes. the scene was a devistaion in about to regions.
conman
When the secratary of state hillary clinton warned that a succession battle in North Korea could complicate nuclear negotiations with that country’s government. She broke an informal taboo. Hillary Clinton when she went there as secretary of state she brought up the topic with reporters on her plane. She says if there is a succesion evem of it is a peacfull one it ill creat uncertainty and even worse behaviors. Im not really sure if i agree with this or if i diss agree with this. I dont agree with it. If there is a succesion then that would probably be bad.
Katlyn Twigg 6th Hour
oops forgot to cite it
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/washington/20diplo.html?hp
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