France blocks Italian train carrying Tunisian migrants is about French authorities barred an Italian train loaded with Tunisian migrants and European activists from entering its territory, angering Italian officials.On Monday, they formally protested what they saw as un-European behavior. I think this kind of strange too. What if someone had an appointment? They said it was because of an un-authorized protest. I say baloney!!
Michelle Obama's Plane Aborts Landing After Inncident with Military Plane is about an accident with the First Lady's Lady's plane. It was because an air traffic controller allowed it to get too close to a military cargo plane. It was landing right ahead of them so they had to keep going. They had to try to make a space between the two plane. When it didn't work, they had had to go around the base.
Post-spill gulf environment appears to have escaped catastrophe, for now is about how the pelicans are doing from the oil spill. They seem to be doing better now, and so it is the same with the other animals. It also talks baout how people went back to normal, but not all was right. The ground used to be covered in grass to where you couldn't see the ground. Now the plants are scraggly and thin. Some of the plants are even wiped out.
2 Afghan soldiers killed in assassination attempt
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Blog Assignment #44/ The BBC
Italy Chocolate Tycoon Pietro Ferrero Dies in South Africa is about a man who owned a chocolate company, but died in South Africa. He was there for a business trip and fell off of his bicycle. He owned the Nutella and Kinder companies. The business is still family-owned today. I was going to miss Nutella.
Croat generals jailed for war crimes in Krajina is about two retired Croatian generals who have been convicted of atrocities against Serbs during the break up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, after a trial at The Hague. Judges sentenced Ante Gotovina to 24 years and Mladen Markac to 18 years in jail for crimes including murder, persecution and plunder. They were convicted of a range of war crimes against humanity. These were committed as their forces retook the Krajina region. The UN war crimes tribunal cleared a third defendant, Ivan Cermak, of all charges.
Tunisia revolt: Mohamed Bouazizi police suspect freed is about the case against Fadia Hamdi. The case of Fadia Handi was dropped at the start of her trial in Sidi Bouzid after her mother withdrew her complaint. Ms Hamdi denies slapping her son when police seized his goods, a move that drove Bouazizi to set himself on fire. Her son died in the hospital of his burns on January 5, nearly three weeks after his self-immolation in front of the governor's office Sidi Bouzid. This is very complicated stuff. I got confused with all of the names.
Parcel bombs sent to Neil Lennon, Paul McBride and MSP is about a letter bomb sent to the people in the title. They said the liquid-based devices, sent in the past month, appear to have been intended to "kill or maim". The devices were found at various locations in the west of Scotland. Two days later a device was delivered to Labour politician Ms Godman's constituency office in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Her staff were suspicious of the package and contacted Strathclyde Police. Now I don't know about you, but I think that the person sending these bombs must not like them so much. Just saying.
Fidel Castro at Cuba congress alongside Raul is about Fidel Catro giving his political position to his brother Raul. They show a picture of him and his brother Raul getting a emotional standing ovation, Fidel looks very frail, so this may be his last time in the political party at all. He has to have help to stand and slumped in his chair. He is 83 years old after all. (His brother is 79)
Croat generals jailed for war crimes in Krajina is about two retired Croatian generals who have been convicted of atrocities against Serbs during the break up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, after a trial at The Hague. Judges sentenced Ante Gotovina to 24 years and Mladen Markac to 18 years in jail for crimes including murder, persecution and plunder. They were convicted of a range of war crimes against humanity. These were committed as their forces retook the Krajina region. The UN war crimes tribunal cleared a third defendant, Ivan Cermak, of all charges.
Tunisia revolt: Mohamed Bouazizi police suspect freed is about the case against Fadia Hamdi. The case of Fadia Handi was dropped at the start of her trial in Sidi Bouzid after her mother withdrew her complaint. Ms Hamdi denies slapping her son when police seized his goods, a move that drove Bouazizi to set himself on fire. Her son died in the hospital of his burns on January 5, nearly three weeks after his self-immolation in front of the governor's office Sidi Bouzid. This is very complicated stuff. I got confused with all of the names.
Parcel bombs sent to Neil Lennon, Paul McBride and MSP is about a letter bomb sent to the people in the title. They said the liquid-based devices, sent in the past month, appear to have been intended to "kill or maim". The devices were found at various locations in the west of Scotland. Two days later a device was delivered to Labour politician Ms Godman's constituency office in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Her staff were suspicious of the package and contacted Strathclyde Police. Now I don't know about you, but I think that the person sending these bombs must not like them so much. Just saying.
Fidel Castro at Cuba congress alongside Raul is about Fidel Catro giving his political position to his brother Raul. They show a picture of him and his brother Raul getting a emotional standing ovation, Fidel looks very frail, so this may be his last time in the political party at all. He has to have help to stand and slumped in his chair. He is 83 years old after all. (His brother is 79)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Blog Assignment #34/ National Geographic
How Earth "Plays Horseshoes" with Asteroids
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/11/how-earth-plays-horseshoes-with-asteroids/
Who- Earth and asteroids
What- playing horseshoes
When- April 11, 2011
Where- Outside earth's atmosphere
Why- the asteroid's orbit is similiar to earth's
How- it will go up and down and then slow and then speed up
How to "See" Beyond the Milky Way from Your Backyard
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/06/how-to-see-beyond-the-milky-way-from-your-backyard/
Who- Everyone with a backyard
What- see the Milky Way
When- April 15. Midnight.
Where- setting in the west and rising in the east
Why- April is galaxy month
How- dominates summer and winter night skies
Penguin Numbers Plummeting- Whales Partly to Blame?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/110411-penguins-antarctica-decline-krill-whales-warming-environment-animals/
Who- penguins
What- Penguin population shortens
When- April 11, 2011
Where- In parts of Antarctica
Why- Whales have been eating their food
How- they eat krill
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/11/how-earth-plays-horseshoes-with-asteroids/
Who- Earth and asteroids
What- playing horseshoes
When- April 11, 2011
Where- Outside earth's atmosphere
Why- the asteroid's orbit is similiar to earth's
How- it will go up and down and then slow and then speed up
How to "See" Beyond the Milky Way from Your Backyard
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/06/how-to-see-beyond-the-milky-way-from-your-backyard/
Who- Everyone with a backyard
What- see the Milky Way
When- April 15. Midnight.
Where- setting in the west and rising in the east
Why- April is galaxy month
How- dominates summer and winter night skies
Penguin Numbers Plummeting- Whales Partly to Blame?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/110411-penguins-antarctica-decline-krill-whales-warming-environment-animals/
Who- penguins
What- Penguin population shortens
When- April 11, 2011
Where- In parts of Antarctica
Why- Whales have been eating their food
How- they eat krill
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Blog Assignment #29/Facebook
Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, inc.. Facebook has more than 600 million active users.Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics. Facebook allows anyone who declares themselves to be at least 13 years old to become a registered user of the website.
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerburg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduarin Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students. It was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy, Leage and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students. Finally, to anyone aged 13 and over.
Facebook has been met with controversies. It has been blocked intermittently in several countries including Vietnam, Iran, and Pakistan on different bases. For example, it was banned in many countries of the world on the basis of allowed content judged as anti-Islamic and containing religious discrimination. It has also been banned at many workplaces to prevent the wasting of employees' time. The privacy of facebook users has also been an issue, and the safety of user accounts has been compromised several times. Facebook has settled a lawsuit regarding claims over source code and intellectual property.
In many ways, Facebook has impacted on the social life and activity of people. One of such impacts is with the ability to reunite lost family members and friends. One of such reunion was between John Watson, who had spent the last 20 years searching for his long lost daughter. The two met on Facebook as father found her profile. Another father-daughter reunion happened between Tony Macnauton and Frances Simpson who had not seen each other for nearly 48 years.
In February 2008, a Facebook group called "One Million Voices Against FARC" organized an event that saw hundreds of thousands of Columbians march in protest against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, better known as the FARC. In August 2010, one of North Korea's official government websites, Uriminzokkiri, joined Facebook. In 2010 an English director of public health, whose staff was researching Syphilis, linked and attributed a rise in Syphilis cases in areas of Britain to Facebook. The reports of this research were rebuked by Facebook as "ignoring the difference between correlations and causation."
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerburg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduarin Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students. It was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy, Leage and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students. Finally, to anyone aged 13 and over.
Facebook has been met with controversies. It has been blocked intermittently in several countries including Vietnam, Iran, and Pakistan on different bases. For example, it was banned in many countries of the world on the basis of allowed content judged as anti-Islamic and containing religious discrimination. It has also been banned at many workplaces to prevent the wasting of employees' time. The privacy of facebook users has also been an issue, and the safety of user accounts has been compromised several times. Facebook has settled a lawsuit regarding claims over source code and intellectual property.
In many ways, Facebook has impacted on the social life and activity of people. One of such impacts is with the ability to reunite lost family members and friends. One of such reunion was between John Watson, who had spent the last 20 years searching for his long lost daughter. The two met on Facebook as father found her profile. Another father-daughter reunion happened between Tony Macnauton and Frances Simpson who had not seen each other for nearly 48 years.
In February 2008, a Facebook group called "One Million Voices Against FARC" organized an event that saw hundreds of thousands of Columbians march in protest against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, better known as the FARC. In August 2010, one of North Korea's official government websites, Uriminzokkiri, joined Facebook. In 2010 an English director of public health, whose staff was researching Syphilis, linked and attributed a rise in Syphilis cases in areas of Britain to Facebook. The reports of this research were rebuked by Facebook as "ignoring the difference between correlations and causation."
Monday, April 4, 2011
Blog Assignment #39/ Favorite Hobbies
1. Read
I like to read because it is very intertaining. It is like a movie in your head. Well, actually that depends on the author. I prefer books that are fantasy, mystery, action, adventure, and definitely fiction. I like series the most because it keeps going like life does.
I like the computer because you can find almost everythin on it. Games, stores, paper research, you name it! It will bide my time when I don't have anything to read. It is also a good place to start your carreer. You can post yourself and show your work to the world!
I don't do much sports, but during the summer I swim. It is the only sport I have ever done outside of P.E. Soon I hope I will be doing soccer and gymnastics. If gymnastics is even a sport anyway. I think I am going to start to go to Brec.
I like to go different place. I hate being stuck in Baton Rouge, let alone my house. I feel trapped, so when I go on a trip, I feel amazing. I really wouln't care where I am going , I am just happy it is somewhere different, and that our truck has a whole other row that I could use to sleep on. Especially when we are going to Florida.
I love spending time with my grandparents. Sometimes I just have to get away from my mom. Well, all of the time. It has been hard for me lately, since we moved away from my mawmaw, (my mom's mom) and now that my dad is in jail, it has been hard for my other grandparents. Even though my dad isn't there, I still go to visit my grandparents, and I have a good time.
I like to read because it is very intertaining. It is like a movie in your head. Well, actually that depends on the author. I prefer books that are fantasy, mystery, action, adventure, and definitely fiction. I like series the most because it keeps going like life does.2. Computer
I like the computer because you can find almost everythin on it. Games, stores, paper research, you name it! It will bide my time when I don't have anything to read. It is also a good place to start your carreer. You can post yourself and show your work to the world!3. Swim
I don't do much sports, but during the summer I swim. It is the only sport I have ever done outside of P.E. Soon I hope I will be doing soccer and gymnastics. If gymnastics is even a sport anyway. I think I am going to start to go to Brec. 4. Travling
I like to go different place. I hate being stuck in Baton Rouge, let alone my house. I feel trapped, so when I go on a trip, I feel amazing. I really wouln't care where I am going , I am just happy it is somewhere different, and that our truck has a whole other row that I could use to sleep on. Especially when we are going to Florida. 5. Spending time with family
I love spending time with my grandparents. Sometimes I just have to get away from my mom. Well, all of the time. It has been hard for me lately, since we moved away from my mawmaw, (my mom's mom) and now that my dad is in jail, it has been hard for my other grandparents. Even though my dad isn't there, I still go to visit my grandparents, and I have a good time. Alex Bridges loves to hunt. I have researched that hunting is a very exhilerating sport, in which you must stay alert and focused. He also enjoys the following: trail riding, building, and carving.
Travis Carty says he enjoys to run with his puppy. My research enquires that that is a very healthy way to have fun and take care of your puppy at the same time. Your puppy should run outside each and everyday. He also loves these:
Friday, April 1, 2011
Blog Assignment #38
1. Magik
Magik is about a army boy who finds out he is the seventh son of the seventh son. Jenna finds out she is a princess and Marcia gets her ExtraOrdinary Wizard powers taken away by a Necromancer named DomDaniel. He fills the Wizard Tower with Darke magik and all of the Heaps have to work together to get Jenna to safety. This book is a thrilling series with twists and turns at every corner.
2. Skeleton Creek
This book is about a ghost haunted dredge. The written part of the novel is in a journal format presenting the point of view of Ryan McCray, one of the two main characters, and includes links and passwords to access online videos made by the other main character of the book, Sarah Fincher. Both parts are essential to the complete novel.The story follows two kids, Ryan and Sarah, living in a town called Skeleton Creek as they begin to discover that the town is hiding something. Their primary focus is on an abandoned piece of mining equipment called "The Dredge", which was the scene of an accident fifty years earlier.
3. Only the Good Spy Young
Only the Good Spy Young is a 2010 young-adult fiction novel by Ally Carter, and the sequel to Don't Judge a Girl By Her Cover and is the fourth book in the Gallagher Girls series. It is a very thrilling book with love and courage. It is action packed and mysterious. Danger is around every corner when your a spy...
4. Into the Gauntlet
Into the Gauntlet is the tenth and final book in The 39 Clues novel series. It was written by
Margret Peterson Haddix and released on August 31, 2010. In the beginning of the book, Amy and Dan think about if they ever should have joined the clue hunt, and every misfortune they've had. Their lead is a poem found in their hotel room. However, it is then stolen by Isabel Kabra.[2] It is revealed that William Shakespeare was a powerful Madrigal and the most important clue is on the line against their competitors. Mr. McIntyre and Fiske Cahill reveal there's another family out there that makes Isabel Kabra look like Mother Teresa. The globe on the 39 Clues symbol is (Unlike the first nine books) shattered into pieces.
5. Eyes Like Stars
Théâtre Illuminata is a theater where characters are born because of their role in a play. Everyone at the theater is a Player in some sort of play or manager of theater, be it a lead or chorus member. Except Beatrice Shakespeare Smith. Bertie has been at the Théâtre Illuminata since before she can remember. She has caused many damages to the theatre throughout her seventeen years, but the Theater Manager has been patient with her. Until she blows a cannon through the set and is asked to leave. Utterly shocked, Bertie convinces the Theater Manager that if she can move Hamlet into the setting of Egypt, sell out the performance and get a standing ovation, she can stay. Throughout the story, The Book that binds the Players to the Théâtre is captured by Ariel, an air spirit from The Tempest, who desperately wants freedom. Unable to rip out his own page, he rips out every other page and nearly causes the Théâtre to collapse. Nate, a pirate from The Little Mermaid, is kidnapped by Sedna, the Sea Goddess, in an attempt to save Bertie from her. Towards the end it is revealed that Ophelia, Prince Hamlet's lover from Hamlet, is Bertie's mother. It is also revealed that the true reason the Theater Manager did not want Bertie to stay was because she had the ability to free the players, which, in the end, she does free Ariel, and because he didn't want her to discover her past. At the very end, the two, along with the four fairies from A Midsummers Night Dream, head out into the real world to rescue Nate from Sedna.
Magik is about a army boy who finds out he is the seventh son of the seventh son. Jenna finds out she is a princess and Marcia gets her ExtraOrdinary Wizard powers taken away by a Necromancer named DomDaniel. He fills the Wizard Tower with Darke magik and all of the Heaps have to work together to get Jenna to safety. This book is a thrilling series with twists and turns at every corner.
2. Skeleton Creek
This book is about a ghost haunted dredge. The written part of the novel is in a journal format presenting the point of view of Ryan McCray, one of the two main characters, and includes links and passwords to access online videos made by the other main character of the book, Sarah Fincher. Both parts are essential to the complete novel.The story follows two kids, Ryan and Sarah, living in a town called Skeleton Creek as they begin to discover that the town is hiding something. Their primary focus is on an abandoned piece of mining equipment called "The Dredge", which was the scene of an accident fifty years earlier.
3. Only the Good Spy Young
Only the Good Spy Young is a 2010 young-adult fiction novel by Ally Carter, and the sequel to Don't Judge a Girl By Her Cover and is the fourth book in the Gallagher Girls series. It is a very thrilling book with love and courage. It is action packed and mysterious. Danger is around every corner when your a spy...
4. Into the Gauntlet
Into the Gauntlet is the tenth and final book in The 39 Clues novel series. It was written by
Margret Peterson Haddix and released on August 31, 2010. In the beginning of the book, Amy and Dan think about if they ever should have joined the clue hunt, and every misfortune they've had. Their lead is a poem found in their hotel room. However, it is then stolen by Isabel Kabra.[2] It is revealed that William Shakespeare was a powerful Madrigal and the most important clue is on the line against their competitors. Mr. McIntyre and Fiske Cahill reveal there's another family out there that makes Isabel Kabra look like Mother Teresa. The globe on the 39 Clues symbol is (Unlike the first nine books) shattered into pieces.
5. Eyes Like Stars
Théâtre Illuminata is a theater where characters are born because of their role in a play. Everyone at the theater is a Player in some sort of play or manager of theater, be it a lead or chorus member. Except Beatrice Shakespeare Smith. Bertie has been at the Théâtre Illuminata since before she can remember. She has caused many damages to the theatre throughout her seventeen years, but the Theater Manager has been patient with her. Until she blows a cannon through the set and is asked to leave. Utterly shocked, Bertie convinces the Theater Manager that if she can move Hamlet into the setting of Egypt, sell out the performance and get a standing ovation, she can stay. Throughout the story, The Book that binds the Players to the Théâtre is captured by Ariel, an air spirit from The Tempest, who desperately wants freedom. Unable to rip out his own page, he rips out every other page and nearly causes the Théâtre to collapse. Nate, a pirate from The Little Mermaid, is kidnapped by Sedna, the Sea Goddess, in an attempt to save Bertie from her. Towards the end it is revealed that Ophelia, Prince Hamlet's lover from Hamlet, is Bertie's mother. It is also revealed that the true reason the Theater Manager did not want Bertie to stay was because she had the ability to free the players, which, in the end, she does free Ariel, and because he didn't want her to discover her past. At the very end, the two, along with the four fairies from A Midsummers Night Dream, head out into the real world to rescue Nate from Sedna.
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