Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Day 13
Today we shall current event. Please make sure you cite in the blog. NO CITE, NO POINTS. You should also avoid doing a current event that someone else has blogged about. The only way you can do so is if you react to their blog and then find a different article that supports or refutes what they were saying.
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Alot of people in Afghanistan were killed in American air raids. Afghan officials gave alot more death tolls, 100 to 130 more. The two presidents are meeting. The president of Afgahnastan said that the deaths were unjustifiable and unacceptable. This effects the people of Afghanastan, They are not safe. Civilians are being killed for no reason at all. The president sees this and should stpo it. He thinks it is unaceptable.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/asia/07afghan.html?_r=1&hp
KAtlyn Twigg 6th HOUr
Can a video game help us fight the swine flu and other pandemics? This is a quite interesting concept. There is a video game, "World of Warcraft," which 11.5 million are subscribed to. WOW might provide important lessons on how to respond to a pandemic, and things that might go wrong during a spread of a disease. Many people log in and intereact with each other trying to solve the problems of a spreading disease. In this video game a monster made the people who attached it sick. Those players infected other players making the disease spread. This has showed how people react to the challenges in fighting a disease pandemic in nature. We can analyse the respones in the vitutual world & get a feel how people might react in the real world. At first when the swine flu hit, they closed down whole schools. Now, they indicated they over re-acted and it is not necessary to close a whole school or school district. Maybe, we can learn something from the challenges that are fought in the virtual world. I, as a video enthusiast completely agree with this idea.
My source is:http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/05/can-a-video-game-help-us-fight-the-swine-flu-and-other-pandemics/
In one quarter of the year, the post office lost $2 billion dollars. This is outstanding because first of all, I see post as a necessity. Second of all this is the first time in a long span that the post office actually lost money. All you see is the price of stamps get higher and higher. However people are finding alternate more efficient ways of communication. People are using current technology such as cell phones, texting, IM, and social networks. This effects me because I am one of those people who does use alternate ways. I know how to use the postal service but I see it as unecessary. I know for packages and all but most of the time I do things electronically and I like it much better. When I was in elementary school, I would mail out invatations for birthday parties. Now I either talk to the people, text them, call them, or message them. I don't see the point to going through all the extra trouble. The postal service will never fail because people still do rely on it but it will struggle more and more.
William Schwartz
6th hr
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090506/US.Postal.Woes/
5th
Today my current event is about evidence of a new species of human. Scientists found a bone structure that are called "Hobbits" and are a prehistoric species of human. The 3ft tall, 65lbs humans roamed the Indonesian island of Flores up to 8,000 years ago. Scientist believe that the small stature of the "human" is due to natural selection called island dwarfing. Some researchers argued that the natural selection could not count for the 400 cubic cm brain, which is a third of what the humans is today. I was shocked to hear that scientists think that there were prehistoric humans that we did not know about until now. I don't believe it. I think that more evidence shows that the foot belongs to an animal similar to a chimpanzee. This effects the area around us because scientists are constantly discovering new things about our history, medical discoveries, technological advances and other things like that. These discoveries could change our lives someday, to how we live, or how the generations after us live.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036396.stm
Mr. Kay,
Oakland County commissioner; Kim Capello, is facing charges for indecent exposure. Police say that Capello was seen outside a Novi condominium complex April 18th at about 2 a.m. with a women. Witnesses say that Capello and the women were naked, and engaged in a a sex act. The women who has not been identified, and Capello, are both facing charges of indecent exposure. Police say that the woman has not yet been charged. If convicted, both Capello and the woman will be facing up to 93 days in jail. Surprizingly, Capello's wife is just trying to move forward. She says "I love my husband very much. I'm just trying to move forward, and leave this behind us.". The couple have been married for 23 years, and she is not letting him go.
www.wxyz.com
Danielle Turner
http://news.aol.com/article/maine-gay-marriage/467483
Maine's governor signed a freshly passed bill Wednesday approving gay marriage. This makes it the fifth state to approve of the practice. New Hampshire legislators also sent a bill for gay marriage. The governor hasn'tshown that he'll sign it but, if he does then Rhode Island would be that regions sole holdout. Maine's governor John Baldacci, a Democrat, did not indicate how he would handle his state's bill. Though he quickly signed it. Baldacci said that he used to oppose gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions. He came to believe that "it is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage."
James Richardson
5th hour
Mr.Kay,
For my blog tonight i will talk about an article i found about the Swine flu on the cnn website. First off i really think that people are over reacting about this and scaring people. In this article they explained that they arent sure as to which country this flu started in. They also explained that any people who are currently taking care of animals should always be on the outlook for any new livestock desises. I think is is very important that people always be aware of germs and illnesses going around and try to protect themselves the best they can. But, in my opinion i dont think its possible to ever avoid getting something because people are always sick and you just have to try to keep yourslef healthy.
brittney Cooper
6th hour
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/swine.flu.origins/index.html
DAMN YOU TYLER!! I wanted to do that one! I was one of those guys who had to deal with the infection!
Well the world going to hell in a hand basket. A man named Richard Anthony got arrested Tuesday for tossing a baby out a car. Examination reveled blunt trauma was the cause of death to proved it. He ducked his head as TV cameras surrounded him on his walk into a police building. When asked by reporters if he had thrown the child out of the car window, McTear answered, "It's a dirty game. A dirty game." He's not related to the child.
All I can think is "what the hell?! what the HELL!?" I thinking someone is going to do a insanity type plea. There is no way to predict humanity now!
no quote today
Derek Guckian
5th hour
My current event is about how flu vaccine is coming soon. Health offficals are moving quickly to idenify the genetic characteristics of the swine flu virus. They say that they are in good postion to produce a vaccine if one is needed. A doctor from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention told a house hearing that health offficals managed to pinpoint the new virus in two weeks. The docter said that they have isolated and identified the virus so that the vaccine can be made. A special adviser on pandemics with the U.S. Agency for international development said that the investments to stave off an avian flu epiedemic helped lay the groundwork for the response of swine flu. I think it will help because their is alot of people sick with swine flu and there are schools closing because of it.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/06/florida.chinese.drywall.family/index.html
Million-dollar South Florida home this week, chased out, by drywall made in China that's emitting vapors that smell like rotten eggs.It made a 18 year old pregnant girl feel sick.Haroush lives with her aunt Amy Massachi and her four siblings and cousins in the house. They believe a year's worth of upper respiratory infections, antibiotics, bloody noses and sickness have been caused by the walls. Their doctor said they need to get out of the $1.2 million estate in Parkland, Florida, northwest of Fort Lauderdale.Massachi and her family are among homeowners in more than a dozen states who allege Chinese drywall has emitted corrosive gases they believe have given them health problems.
This can effect many people who live in these conditions.People can get sick from this. People should get this checked outt.
Today for my current event, i chose the toddler that was missing for two days, and then found alive. A three year old missing for more than forty-eight hours has been found alive in Madison County, Missouri. Three year old Joshua Childers wandered away from his home in a wooded area Monday Morning. Officials confirm the child has been located and taken to a local hospital. Childers was located about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. Details still have not been released as to how he was found, but officials confirm he is alive. This connects to me, because i know how much parents worry. Since, my mom is always worrying about me. And i know if i went missing for two days, my parents would be freaking out to no end.
http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-missing-madison-county-toddler-arcadia-050609,0,3640321.story
For my blog this evening, I am going to write about Chocolate Chip Granola Bars. Leclerc Foods has recently been issued a recall. Leclerc is in a every day snack, for thousands of people, such as a granola bar. The chocolate chip package, had been discovered to actually be placed with peanut butter, and S'more flavors. This can cause a serious issue. A person with a serious allergic reaction to peanut butter, thinks their buying a choclate chip bar, but instead their really getting a peanut butter bar. This could kill the person who bought this product. How this effects me is that, it makes you think twice about the people behind the scenes of packaging. It may not seem to be a hard job, but when people are messing it up with granola bars, you don't know what to think. Yes, people make mistakes, and it was a honest mistake, but people's lives are at risk here. I personally, do not suffer from any allergic reactions to food or medicine of any kid. However, I do know many people that do, and if they were to receive a product that was miss labeled, it could do some serious damage. I believe that the managers should at least start watching their workers, or checking their work when completed. something has to be done, so no one can get hurt. This may not seem like a important issue, or can be considered a lame topic, but it is a serious issue, for our surrounding people.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story/RECALL-Chocolate-Chip-Granola-Bars/mRtnB-MJt06SExoH8nNrxg.cspx
Today i am going to talk about what the governor of California said about marijuana. As we all know California is been know as the differnt state or the free minded state. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that he was open to the idea of legalizing marijuana for recreational. Now some say he might be crazy, but i have mixed feelings about it there is positive and negatives to the topic. The postives the state would be able to tax the sell bring millions if not billions a year. Another positive would be that they would not have to spend as much money on enforcing the current laws, beacause it would be legal. But a is negative is that people are going to abuse it just like alchol and use to much, and then make stuipd choices like driving. Of course there would have to be limits on how much, it could do alot of good for the state. The people that smoke are still going to smoke if it is legal or not, so why not make some money off it. I think a state should "test" or be the first state to try this out and see how it goes. Hey if people don't abuse it could add more bussiness and give the goverment more money.
Source:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/05/MNO617F929.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1
Shaun Gerber
For my blog, I am going to respond to Taylor’s blog about the same sex marriage being passed in Maine. This is now the 5th state to pass same sex marriage and the law will take effect in September. New Hampshire’s legislature also passed a bill a few hours later for gay marriage but John Lynch has not signed it yet and has not stated whether or not he will. I think that gay marriage is a huge issue in our government. Our government was founded as, “One Nation, under God” and should stay that way. I am a Christian, so gay marriage goes against my values. I do not in any way hate gay people or act unkindly towards them though. I talk to them and hang out with a few; they are still good people. Marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman, and that is how it should stay. Gay people can be together, but they should not legally be allowed to marry each other.
Kaleigh Swanson
5th hour
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/05/06/2009-05-06_5th_us_state_maine_allows_samesex_marriage_.html
I read, "How gunshot survivor became first to receive face transplant" which is about the very first U.S. recipiant to recieve a face transplant. This is a story about a woman who got shot in the face and has never been the same since. Adults didn't act the same with her and children were very afraid of her. Luckily, she was chosen for this operation and will hopefully get her face looking normal. I think this is a great breakthough because it would really help people like this woman. People with awful accidents like this will have enough trama and shouldn't have to deal with society treating them different too. This is one thing that will allow people to get back to their lives and move on.
Kristen Pauly
6th hr.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/face.transplant.shooting/index.html
When I get home from school, I usually will chill out and watch some tv. I was watching sports center and saw news how Bret Farve could return to the nfl "for one more year." In addition to this news, he is going to meet with Minnesota Vikings head coach, Brad Childress. I was trying to think of a way to incorpate this with my life, and the best solution I thought of is that if you truly love a sport, a class subject, or anything of the sort, having ambition is crtical. Bret is comming off a dissapointing playoff run, yet even at an old age, he still wants to do what he loves. Bret's actions can be taken in in many different ways, I saw it as someone who just doest want to stop doing what he loves. He displayed to me that even if you pitched a bad game in a baseball game, for example, if you love the sport, you will keep your head up and have the drive to rebound yourself. I see Bret not wanting to walk away from the sport untill he leaves one final mark. He isnt satisfied, and wants to leave the game on a good note. Even though people are saying he should just leave the game already, it takes drive and courage to win his own individual battles.
deets, Sports Center.
in Middletown, Conn. a student was killed in a book store on western university campus. the student was pronounced dead on arrival. the victim was a young female, and the gunman was the victim's ex-boyfriend. my connection with news is that we are going to be going to collage in the next few years. is this the kind of stuff that we should be worried about. campuses are supposed to be a safe place.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519189,00.html
New "green phone" a eco-friendly phone made out of bamboo. The phone is completely biodegradable. The creators also decided to put seeds in the phone also. So lets say you lose your phone it wont just sit there and spark or some animal will come and eat it and die. It will decompose and bamboo will potentially grow there if the weather allows it. I think its a interesting and good idea. I also think its a good idea for the environment. Even though the phone can only text and call it works pretty solid. What else would you really need a phone for?
kevin anderson
6th hour
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/24/green.cellphones/index.html
Concealed weaponry is supossed to be keeping peace. But, is it really now? A 74 year old weapons instructor shot his student in the face, accidentaly. He shot a bullet that ricocheded off a table and hit the man. He said he thought the gun was loaded with rubber bullets, and this was an accident. I think that accidents cant hapen with firearms. I live in a family with 50 or some more guns under our name, and i know that we take more precautions than this. I think that they seriously need to change the way these instructors are certified. I know that when my dad, uncles, and grandpa took their classes, that they said they had experienced teachers. Lucky them. I think that mistakes with firearms cant happen, people will end up dead. Luckily the man was sent to troy beaumont and has no fatal injuries, except a bullet hole.
I saw this at click on detroit .com. (http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/19387095/detail.html)
My current event took place in TBILISI, Georgia. This is where many civilians who opposed the police force for holding activist leaders revolted. there dozens of people were injured for revolting in what they belived in. I think this current event applies to everything were discussing in class right now. the civilians are like the animals from animal farm that revolt against all humans. I think it is very inspiriing that the civilians have the courage to revolt against their government to uphold their beliefs. I just hope that they have sought out a plan for their government if the revolt reacher higher terms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/europe/07georgia.html?hpw
Today i found an article about a dog saving his owners life. This is something i find amazing. A dog saved his owner from a mountian lion. Yes i said a mountian liion, which is probably much bigger and badder then a dog. Expecially a pet dog because most of those dogs are well trained. This is showing a couple things i think. First it just proves a dog is a mans best friend. That is something i will always believe. Anyways another thing is the debate whether a dog is better then a cat or other way around. Last i checked i don't think that a little cat could of done anything there besides hide. Still i find this amazing.
Source:www.cnn.com
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
Finnaly their is some decent news when it comes to our budget. Obama says that he will cut the budget by 17 billion by 2010. The plan is too slice up to 121 federal programs within the next year. Roughly $11.5 billion of the savings would come from the discretionary side of the fiscal 2010 budget. Also, the other half would come from non defese programs. I think this is important because it is not fair to americas children and grandchildren to be in this financial hole. Also, i don't think it helps when obama spends moeny to "Stimulate" the economy. I don't think it stimulates much of anything. The cuts are likely to be the first of many to come.
Blanz
6thhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/06/news/economy/obama_budget_cuts/index.htm?cnn=yes
A defense contractor was charged with trying to smuggle weapons out of Iraq. He claims two guards from "Blackwater" asked him to do that after a civilian slaughter in 2007. They needed to dispose of any weapons used in that deadly shoot out, before used in an investigation. After caught the guards were charged with manslaughter and weapons charges. This is terrible news to me. Blackwaters name gains less reputation day after day. They are involved in so many illegal actions, that end up getting innocent people injured or killed. The U.S. still funds Blackwater money, even after things like this. I see this is BS because all Blackwater personel get 3X's the pay as an average soldier. This is just a small group (Mostly made from veterans, EX military etc...)and they need to improve themselves because a lot of people are against them. They form even more problems than they fix.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_blackwater
Mr, Kay
I forgot to put the cite in my blog.
www.foxdetroit.com
Katherine Walsh
A HIDDEN AUSCHWITZ MESSAGE FOUND!
A bottle was found in the wall of a bunker from 65 years ago. Inside it was a note written on a piece of a cement bag. And it read off the people's numbers, and then names. For thoses who do not know: once you are 'accepted' into Auschwitz, you are given a number, and your name is taken from you.
(the picture is here= http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Museum-hails-Auschwitz-note-hidden-bottle/ss/events/wl/050609auschwitznote;_ylt=AgWRUxURA4Cdp0Zfi30kjTBbbBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFuNHZ0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3NsaWRlc2hvdwRzbGsDc2xpLWV2LWxpbms- )
Eighty-five year old Sobczak said, "We did it so a sign of us would remain after we died. It was very risky and we had to be very careful putting it in the wall. We wanted at least our names and numbers to be left behind."
Even though he was happy seeing the bottle, so well preserved in history, it saddened him that only a few of the seven men on the note survived World War Two.
I think this affects me in a way that makes me wonder.
-How will I be remembered if one of my possessions was found numerous years later?
-Will I still be alive then Forgotten by everyone I knew?
-Would there be rejoicing in the find as much as they did with the bottle?
Probably not, since I'm not as amazing as the survivors of Auschwitz. But they proved that perserverence can help us through all struggles.
And hey, people like a little bit of history thrown in their faces, right? :)
Steffeny Apollo
5th Hour
Megan Fraser
5th hour
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106541/Why-the-Sting-of-Layoffs-Can-Be-Sharper-for-Men
The article I chose is about how job layoffs are harder for men to deal with. When men lose their jobs it really takes down their ego because they think they are supposed to provide for their family. One psychiatrist says this is because men receive a lot of their social feedback at the workplace and women get it from other things like relationships with people. Many more men than ever are getting help for their anxiety and depression. Many men feel like they are only as good as their last job or game or stuff like that. They feel that they have worth from what they do, its all male psychology stuff. This all proves that men and women think totally differently. It is an issue now because a lot of people are losing their jobs.
Mr. Kay,
On the New York Times website today, I read that the FBI had a terror watch list of people who might be suspect to terrorism. They had 240000 people who didn't need to be on there, while this excluded some that actually should have been on it. They said they have followed the 16 inspector generals recommendations, but obviously its not working.This can obviously affect us because the FBI's inability to pay attention, we could have another 9/11. We can't be having the fear of someone in the government keeping this stuff up to date. American has enough on its plate without having to deal with this junk. I am actually afraid that something will happen. Maybe not personally to me. I am afraid something will be overlooked and some act of terrorism will happen( not as big as 9/11, but like that). I think that they should just pay attention and if they have something like a list that they need to keep up to date, then they shouldn't just not care about it. They should pay attention.
Luke LaFountain
5th Hour
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/us/07terror.html?_r=1&ref=us
John Kent
5th hour
At http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/05/06/news/doc4a01a7ad9c741009793462.txt I found out there was another attack and hijacking by the Somali pirates. Near NAIROBI, Kenya in the Gulf of Aden Somali pirates hijacked a German cargo ship carrying 11 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, the latest seizure by high-seas bandits who are holding hundreds of merchant mariners hostage, officials said Wednesday. The German-owned ship, the MV Victoria, was captured Tuesday afternoon 75 miles south of Yemen. Now there are 19 ships are now being held by Somali pirates, and about 250 sailors from countries around the world being held hostage in the Gulf of Aden and directly off Somalia’s eastern coast.
The Gulf of Aden is one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, connecting Europe and Asia via the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It is used by 20,000 ships a year and has become the world’s hot spot for pirate attacks.
The pirate attacks are going to be hard to stop. They need to be stopped, because it is requiring the navy to guard the ships and there are not enough boats to protect that large of an area and to protect every single cargo ship. The attacks from the pirates also delay the time of shipments of the cargo ships because re-routing to avoid the area. It would almost seam easier to have the countries of the cargo ships, give the crew a machine gun each and train them to use it properly.
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/31477/best-and-worst-brain-foods/
Best and Worst Brain Foods
this article is about foods that make you more productive. they help to halt mental decline, jog your memory, sharpen your senses, improve your performance, activate your feel-good hormones, and protect your quick-witted sharpness. it doesnt even matter how old you are these fooods are benificial to everyone.to help short-term memory you can drink a cup of coffee but not too much, to help improve attention. blueberries help with long-term memory but they have to be ripe. salmon is good to eat so you can think faster. and if you are trying to get energy dont eat bagels or pancakes, instead eat eggs or some other form of protien. flaxseeds sharpen your senses and spinach helps put you in better moods. to calm down eat low fat yougurt or mixed nuts. if you need to concentrate drink some perppermint tea. i think this article was very helpful. its not like any of these food choices are hard to incorpprate iin everyday meals. i think i will make sure i try to eat more of these so i can focus better.
My blog tonight is on the chances of weed being leaglized in the U.S. Stein believes Washington could begin to balance its books now if politicians would take a serious look at his industry. The owner of two retail outlets that he claims generate $1 million in revenue annually, Stein says he pays around $80,000 a year in sales taxes to the state of California. But the federal government, which does not acknowledge Stein's sales as legitimate commerce, gets nothing from his business.
Sound odd? Not if you know that Stein sells marijuana. In fact, because federal authorities have spent time trying to close his and other medical-marijuana clubs, Washington is losing money on him. Imagine how much the feds would save if they stopped cracking down on sellers, Stein says.
"Cannabis is good for the economy," he said. "It's been here the whole time, but it's had a bad rap the entire time."
As more people begin to see the merits in Stein's logic, that bad rap is changing. While legalization, decriminalization and the medical use of marijuana continue to be debated in terms of public health, lawmakers and policy analysts are increasingly touting the economic benefits of regulating and taxing weed, which the Office of National Drug Control Policy says is the most popular illegal drug in the U.S.
Critics of legalizing marijuana say the potential economic benefits of regulating and taxing the drug would obscure the less-tangible, long-term downsides of making it more prevalent in society.
"The argument wholly ignores the issue of the connection between marijuana and criminal activity and also the larger picture of substance abuse," said David Capeless, the district attorney of Berkshire County in Massachusetts and the president of the state's district attorneys association. "It simply sends a bad message to kids about substance abuse in general, which is a wrong message, that it's not a big deal."
A 2004 report by the drug policy office said drugs cost Americans more than $180 billion related to health care, lost productivity and crime in 2002. That study lumped the effects of marijuana in with more-dangerous drugs, such as cocaine and heroin.
I believe that this effects our ecomomy because if weed is leagelized it would be taxed making, more money for the government and bringing us out of this reccession/depression.
Cite- MSN.com
ZAck Ruffin
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/florida.child.thrown/index.html
This article was about how a man threw his 3 year old out of his car. This was first degree murder. The baby died and the man threw him out on the highway. The mother was 17, and the man abused his girlfriend previously. This shows how cruel people really are. It also shows the horrible things that happen n the world. A poor innocent baby was thrown, and died. The main part of the article was about how the man didnt receive bail. Why the hect should he receive bail for that? He deserves life in prison, and thats it. No bail. Hes sick and should suffer from the most consequences as possible.
amy urbanik
5th hour
The article I found was a kidnapping in California. Two men came broke into a house in San Bernardino County, California and kidnapped the 3 year old boy. The parents said that there was no reason for them to do this, they didn't owe them anything and didn't do anything wrong. I think that this is terrible people would come and kidnap a 3 year old and keep him from his parents. I feel bad hearing stories like these, just to think that this little, innocent boy will probably be killed for doing nothing. I can't imagine being kidnapped and help at gun point at the age of 3. And all the mom wants is to have her son back, it must be a terrible feeling to know strangers took your son and could kill him.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/06/california.boy.kidnapped/index.html
Tonight I will do my current event on a police insturcter who shot a student. The student got shot in the face during a conceled pistol lisence class. The shooting was completely by accident. The bullet hit the 52 year old in the left cheek. He is stable in the hosptial and is not facing any life threating injeries. They will keep the investagaiton going. It is now going to the Oakland County proscuters office for possible charges. This is a connection because EVERYBODY needs to be very carful. That man that is in the hosptial could have died. He is very lucky to be alive. He was shot by a police officer. They know all about guns.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story/Police-Firearms-Instructor-Shoots-Student/gEPmqyYZdE6WuAZa_tfV7w.cspx
Today I am going to talk about the new hands on Kindle DX. This could be the next revolutionary item on the technology market. This could replace the paper made newspaper and change it into something more environment friendly. The press, instead of printing news papers, could sell downloads of their papers on-line. On this new kindle it would be much easier to reed a paper because of its large screen. This also could take the place of huge, massive, paper using college text books. These textbook downloads would be much cheaper of course but in the end the company will sell more downloads because it is cheaper. Also the textbook companies don't have to pay for the books to be made or printed. This item really excites me because I see this as the future of the classroom and all businesses. This wonderful new device isn't cheap. It is sold around $400 for now but like everything else, if you wait a while the price will go down.
~Tyler Inman
6th
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-10235053-82.html
Whn i got home from school today i found on the home page of comcast, an article on a father in Salem, Oregon who decided to put a shock collar on his kids.
In Salem, Oregon, a 41-year old father decided to put a dog shock collar on his four-under the age of ten years old children. The man was jailed tuesday on charges of criminal mistreatment. The father did admit to putting the shock collar on each of his for children and zapping them at least one time each. The man states that he did not do it for punishment or bad behavior but just because he found it humorous. The four children are now in safe cusdity of their mother. While the case is being reffered to State Department of Human Services.
After reading this i could not help but run down stairs and telling my mom and dad the story. Many people would sadly get a kick out of this but to think that these poor children were all under the age of 10 and did not know how to react as well as know what was going on. Personally i find that one of the most stupidest things i have ever heard in my life. It is just so sad knowing that there are parents out there that just absoloutly terrify and abuse their poor innocent children. I just wish that in this world, that people would all grow brains and that everyone was very kinda and caring for everyone else.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-odd/20090506/ODD.Shock.Collar/
conman
In Palm Beach Gardens, Florida an 8 year old boy saved his best friend from an attacking household pet. Lucas Hunar and his friend Aaron Dingman were playing when Lucas's dog grabed a hold of Aaron's face and split it open. Lucas imidiatley punched the dog and tried to pull him off his suffering friend. Police said if Lucas didn't do this brave task the dog would have mauled him to death. While this was happening Lucas's mother immediatley called the police who came and rushed Aaron to urgent care. Aaron will undergo plastic surgery and the dog that attacked him will be put down so it does not happen again. This event shows great friendship as well as great courage. Lucas was very brave when he saved his friend from his dog. However the story doesn't tell why the dog was attacking the young boy. I have three dogs and i Know most dogs are not aggressive enough to bite you for no reason. This leads me to my next point Aaron should be ashammed of himself if he was threatening or tormenting the dog. That dog was put down because of him and if he did mess with the dog I believe he got what he deserved.
http://www.wpbf.com/cnn-news/19383454/detail.html
Taylor Wattles
5th
Doctors chose a woman who survived a shotgun wound to her face as the first recipient of a face transplant after treating her for nearly four years. This women name is Connie Culp. She was treated for this shotgun shot 4 years ago and is now getting a chance to have a whole new face. She still faces many surgery's. But she will have less ridicule from others. She wont be ashamed of how she looks. I feel this connects because the ability's that medicine has come to now a days is a miracle.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/face.transplant.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto
A Tampa judge denied bail Wednesday for a Florida man charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 3-month-old child. They said the kid was thrown out of a moving car. The child's body was found about 4 .am. Tuesday on the side of Interstate 275 in Tampa, Florida. The man that found him thought it was a doll. But then he realized it was to big to be a doll. The man said he almost passed out, and that he was shaking. The child died of blunt trauma to the head. The kids mom was 17, and she said that McTear had hit her several times. He had threatened to kill the both of them as well.
A german court rejected to halt John Demjanjuk's transfer back to Germany. He was a Nazi war criminal charged with assisting in about 29,000 murders at the death camp Sobibor. I honestly think its good that they are refusing to let him stay in the U.S. I also think its the right thing in him being charged with these murders. Even though it was a long time ago, he still committed these crimes. People would are convicted for murder 15 years after the victims death are still sentenced to prison so why should this be any different. He entered the U.S. illegally in 1952 by hiding his past as a Nazi Guard. I think he needs to take responsibility for his actions and be deported.
Cody Kabisa
5th hour
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/06/germany.demjanjuk/index.html
A few weeks ago, a worker at a Wal-Mart was trampled to death. However, Wal-Mart refused to take the blame for anything that happened. If convicted, they would only face a $10,000 fine. However, they have not confessed to it yet, but instead give $400,000 to a victims' compensation and remuneration fund, and give a $1.5 million grant to social services programs and nonprofit organizations. Obviously, this means for us that the security in these retail stores will be increased. Just leave it to Wal-Mart to do this. After all, they were the ones that shipped all out jobs overseas in the first place when they were looking for ways to make things cheaper and found the only way to do that was to find cheap labor. The only place you can find that is overseas. Anyways, this affects us because now we see what kind of people the people behind Wal-Mart are. They are too affraid to take the blame for their actions. Just like a Democrat. That's why I shop at Meijer (lol).
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519176,00.html
For my blog today I am going to write about one of the major car manufacturers, Chrysler. Chrysler is offering a new round of incentives hoping to bring buyers to the showroom in the next month. One of the incentives is that you can earn up to $4000 in consumer cash on all 2009 models. Another one is $1000 owner loyalty bonus. Although the incentives are only effective through June 1 they hope it will do some good for the economy. This effects me because I live in a state where the car industry is big. When I hear these companys going bankrupt and doing bad I can only imagine what it is going to look like in the future. I am looking to get a job and I hope the econmoy picks up so I can find one in the area.
mobile.wxyz.com/w/main/story/4240325
Troy W 5th hr
now, while i am the biggest apple fanboy at this school that you will ever see, i do find it suitable to talk about, you guesed it, apple.
semi-recently, apple declared that jail-breaking, or allowing altered firmware on ipod touches and iphones, is illegal. now, my 2 sides are:
oh my gosh? i never knew that?!?!? of course you do. when you know enough to jailbreak an ipod touch or iphone, you sure as hell know that its not legal to alter the firmware on the ipod. and for what its worth, the whole process, its pretty lame, because, jesus h. christ, you got a wonderful piece of hardware, that you probably didn’t buy with your own money, and it does all of these magnificent things. you did it cause you wanted more. but, being an apple boy at heart, i must say, i know it is not legal when you do this.
However, when you purchase these sorts of things, you technically own it. so whatever you do with it after that, shouldn’t concern anyone. but the only bad part about that, is that when you take it in for service, they will ask you if you jail broke it, and if you did, technically, they don't cover it, because they only cover there software AND hardware.
so to all those fools who broke them jailbreaking it,
sucks to be you. you will lose eventually. just pray, and have faith that apple wil make the right decision for what kinds of apps get passed. sooner or later it will, and sooner or later, those parental controls wont be stopping you either.
Source:
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/13/apple-says-jailbreaking-is-illegal/
For my currnt event Im writing about a woman who survived a shotgun wound to her face as the first recipient of a face transplant.In September 2004, Culp's husband shot her in the face in an attempted murder-suicide. Five years after a gun blast shattered her nose, cheeks and upper lip, she had a band of scar tissue extending across her face. Surgeons sheared out the donor's mid-facial area including the lower eyelids, cheekbones, the nose, some of the sinus and the whole upper jaw, with the blood vessels. Over all the transplant was a sucess. I think that this is an amazing thing that someone transprted their face. I t is a bit creapy but still cool that it can be done. I think that medical advances have come so far. I the future I can't even imagine the new things that they will becable to do. I will affect my life alot. Not so many people will be sick and we will live longer and heathier lives.
Chris Reid
6th hour
www.cnn.com
http://www.cbs.co.kr/nocut/show.asp?idx=1141338
(It's Korean website. Hope you can read this ^^)
Two days ago, which was May 5th, in a food trash bin, a baby who seemed to just come out to the world was found. Prior to that, last March 23rd, another baby, samely who got just born, was found to be dead wrapped with vinyl bag.
Is a baby food trash? It's pretty obvious that the baby was given up by a couple who accidently got a baby and didn't want to be in charge of him. How irresponsible is it? These days, a lot of people say they're sick conformity. But how many of them know what they are doing? They always say whenver
http://www.cbs.co.kr/nocut/show.asp?idx=1141338
(It's Korean website. Hope you can read this ^^)
Two days ago, which was May 5th, in a food trash bin, a baby who seemed to just come out to the world was found. Prior to that, last March 23rd, another baby, samely who got just born, was found to be dead wrapped with vinyl bag.
Is a baby food trash? It's so obvious that the baby was given up by a couple who accidently got a baby and didn't want to be in charge of him. How irresponsible is it? These days, a lot of people say they're sick of conformity. But, how many of them know what they are doing? They always say don't tell them what to do. They call the one who tell them what to do conservative, and themselves progressive. Is it true? No! It's only progress of entertaining through all the means of vice. They got to know themselves and learn first before they make their own choices. That's why I sometimes don't talk at all because I don't want to act fecklessly, which, when I see someone doing it, makes me feel numb, dumb, and pitiful.
A UGA profeesor had killed three people very violently. The professors body was found the other day in the woods. This is a very good thing because now there is not a murderer roaming around. I believe that people need to stop killing eachother for stupid reasons. This is ruining our society because no one can feel safe being alone. How have we grown up in a world like this? We need to stop killing eachother and start having peace between people. I also believe that our law enforcement needs to step up and take action. Maybe if peopke aren't killed then people won't be so scared.
Cnn.com
http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/10/news/economy/obama_healthcare_reform/index.htm
Mr. Kay,
I am going to write about the new plan Obama has for the nation. IT is a plan that will make the average american home save 2,500 dollars in health care costs. This will help families pay for other things than worry about their health care all the time. I think that this could be a good thing. I dont think that it will work out. Obama is full of many great ideas, but all of these ideas dont get us out of the debt that we are in. He needs to start thinking about all the money we owe other countries.
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