Please post a brief synopsis of a current event from the last 6 months.
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Additionally, I would like you to post comments to two other news stories from your peers. I am looking for higher level responses that show students providing ideas and opinions that have previously not been mentioned. (No stating the obvious!) Feel free to evaluate the source's credibility, expose bias, refute, or qualify. Your comments should convince the reader to understand the issue as complex and thought-provoking.
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ReplyDeleteAccording to the Fox News article "Student says she was suspended for acting as designated driver" on October 14, a high school volley ball captain was stripped of her title and suspended for being a designated driver for her friend. Erin Cox receives a message from her friend requesting a designated driver, but soon after arrival the party is broken up by police officers. However North Andover High School claimed she was in violation of the school’s zero tolerance alcohol and drug use policies. I personally do not see how this is so. She helped a friend in need and was not entoxicated when doing so but she is still punished for her actions.
Deletethat is crazy when it wasn't the girls fault, she was morally right an not breaking the law.
DeleteOn Tuesday 1 October 2013, the US government officially shutdown. According to the CNN news article "Government shutdown: Get up to speed in 20 questions" by Holly Yan, the government shut down is due to the inability between the Republican controlled Congress and the Democratic controlled Senate to come to an agreement on a spending plan for the new fiscal year. Congress is refusing to make any decisions unless Obamacare is derailed for another year, which is where the Senate draws the line for any compromises.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the government shutdown is due to the inability from both parties being unable to compromise, funding is the major issue leading to the shutdown. As in, the government choose to not fund the Obama care because they preferred the affordable care that only benefits those in the upper class with money.
DeleteActually I heard, only 18 % of the government shut down and those departments were social security and welfare.
DeleteFor me, using the term "shut down" makes it seem as if the government is literally not functioning. However, only that specific part of the government is inactive. It would be better if when referring to the "government shutdown" to specify, instead of making it look as if it's the government as a whole.
DeleteYou're both right in saying that the government as a whole hasn't shut down. I mean Congress is still getting paid, the army is still active, and other necessities are still open. However, the parts being shut down are crucial for the lower/middle class to merely survive. Funding for programs such as WIC, which offers help to new mothers who wouldn't other wise be able to afford to feed their baby, and the funding for domestic abuse and rape crisis centers are getting cut off tomorrow. So, no. I would refer this as an actual "government shutdown" since the government is letting the programs that the people need the most go completely inactive.
DeleteIn all honesty, I fell that the government "shutting down" is idiotic since it is due to the republicans refusing to vote on Obamacare. Both political parties need to get over their differences and work together, so our nation can be better. The Unites States is already corrupt enough as it is.
DeleteIn reply to KiittKattz, the cooperation of political parties within the US government is irrelevant. I believe that our government is trying to spite us since they are aware of the impossible odds with which Obamacare is facing. They are aware that America has come to its senses, and will no longer put up with the bull that all in favor of the crisis that is Obamacare, are trying to do to us, and are now forcing us into submission by cutting off agencies upon which the populace has learned to reply upon. If you ask me, this "shut down" will be the best thing to happen to America since sliced bread. It's about time all of America woke up and smelled the roses, that they understand how the government is running, and just how corrupt it is inside and out. The longer this "shut down" continues the deeper a hole these corrupt politicians dig for themselves. The average American does not monitor their government as closely as we all should, but when their pensions and disability checks never arise, maybe then all of America will be able to see what has happened to us.
DeleteOn Wednesday 2 October 2013, the Turkish government was guilty of human rights abused. according to the CNN news report "Turkish authorities committed human rights violation" by Ivan Watson and Gul Tuysuz. An excessive force was used in turkey by the police when protesters wanted to keep a park from becoming a shopping center. amnesty reported that the Turkish committed human rights violation by firing plastic bullets and tear gas canisters at indignant demonstrators. This vile act resulted in injuries of thousand of civilians. Moreover, it was told that the women involved in the riot were threatened and harassed sexually by the officers. Some were even unfortunate victims of sexual assault. The police men responsible were not penalized for their actions; therefor, the public perceived this as the government being involved and that the use of such excessive unneeded police force was a strategy to intimidate the women in particular.
ReplyDeleteThe un-involvement of the government in that situation says a lot about how little they value their people. The government should have been involved in such a serious offense, even if it was only to find out how true the claims were that the women made.
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ReplyDeleteOn Thursday October 3, 2013, shots were fired near the U.S Capitol after a car chase had occurred, putting the Hill on lockdown that afternoon. As reported by the Fox News Network, the car chase began when a woman tried to take down a security barrier near the White House. This incident was apparent as lawmakers were debating underneath the dome about the partial government shut down. The event caused a "mass panic" in Capitol Hill. Sirens were wailing and everyone was told to stay in place. When the police located and surrounded the woman, she stepped out of her car and 5 to 6 shots were fired. Cathy Lanier, the D.C Police Chief, confirmed that 2 officers were injured, one from the U.S Capitol Police when he crashed a police car during the chase, and the other from the Secret Service, but both injuries are not life threatening. It was validated by the police that the suspect was killed after an officer had fired their weapon at her. Thankfully, no shots were fired at the White House. The woman has yet to be identified.
ReplyDeleteWhen I heard about this, I thought it was crazy. I wanted to know that how did that woman rationalize that trying to break through a security barrier with her car was a good idea? Was she mentally stable? It could've been worse though; she could've gotten through. I also heard that in the car with the woman was an infant. I believe it was 9 months, but I'm not positive. That part shocked me even more. This just shows to us that we have to constantly watch out for people who don't always make the brightest choices.
DeleteOn a Monday in Chicago in the lower south side a 28-year-old father was changing baby 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins's diaper in the family minivan, when suddenly both child and father were brutally shot.
ReplyDeleteBefore the incident when the mother of Jonylah Watkins was pregnant with her she was shot in the leg news reports say.
CNN reports say "The shooter was firing at the father, and exclusively at the father." The shooter was not yet to be found or identified. Until police find a suspect a 33-year-old Koman Willis and put him in custody, on May 28, 2013 Willis was charged with first degree murder of 6-month-old infant Jonylah Watkins death.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/12/justice/illinois-baby-shooting/index.html
DeleteThe police should look back at any files they have on the incident with Jonylah Watkin's mother being shot in the leg and see if their is any connection between that shooter and the man who shot Jonylah and his father.
DeleteHave they discovered the reasoning for the shooting or was the shooter psychotic?
DeleteI can't even imagine how their families must be feeling. I wonder if they have taken any action towards this, and i also wonder what the murderer's family are feeling towards this. But overall why did he do this?
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A 9-year-old boy slipped through security at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport and flew on a Delta Air Lines plane to Las Vegas without a boarding pass. It is not clear why he snuck onto the plane.The boy was screened at one of the airport's checkpoints shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Thursday and got on the Delta Air Lines flight to Las Vegas 11:15 a.m. Crew members became suspicious of him during the flight and contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.Officers took him into custody when the plane landed. One big concern though is how he was able to bypass security without being caught.
This shows how the security system is not as strict as it may seems. Also, how the issue of 9/11 is still not being addressed if something like this can occur.
DeleteI read this story but on CNN news and I just think that's crazy not only are the security systems not as strict as they portray themselves to be but also how age effects the way society see's a person. For example, those who see an older man/women that look's suspicious they watch out for them or watch them more closely compares to a younger child. With this story coming out it shows kids can get away with much more than adults can.
DeleteI saw this on the news recently I can't believe that no one noticed him go in. Hopefully the airport has made the security more strict after this. Like Emily said, kids can be seen harmless but sadly corrupt people can see this as an opportunity or tactic to use them for their evil deeds. I am not saying that the nine year old boy was attempting to commit a crime or cause any harm, but children should be given as much importance as adults when going through airport security systems. Not only for our safety but for theirs as well.
DeleteAirports are very busy and stressful places to work at, depending on what you're certain job is. If you work in the tower, your job is very stressful. If you're a janitor, you're not stressed. Different airports are busy at different times, so maybe the employees were to busy to even notice him. The fact that he is just a small 9 year old kid and another thing to consider, he might have been hiding from the employees.
DeleteThank God nothing happened to anyone on that plane. Hopefully after that incident, security start to really pay attention and not get overwhelmed with all of the chaos.
DeleteIt's crazy that a nine year old could just pass by and get on a plane. Security should pay more attention because that could happen at any time. The top questions should be "how did the boy manage to pass security?" AND "what if something had happened to the plane?" All the possible answers to the second question is indescribable. In order to resolve that problem security must do their job better and make sure to be noticing everything whether is something little or big. It's the best thing to do to keep everyone safe.
DeleteIts crazy how now even a nine year old child can seem a threat to us. It makes me realize how much damage is being caused to the younger generation.
DeleteAccording to the CNN news report, three U.S. soldiers, Jeremiah Hill, Cedarium Johnson, and Ajoni Runnion-Bareford, were arrested for the murder of fellow solider, Tevin Geike. These four men were all appointed to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Police were investigating Tevin Geike's death as a hate crime, but the interviews with all involved prove otherwise. On Saturday, around 2 a.m., Geike and two fellow soliders were taking a walk, a car with about five black men passed, someone in the car yelled at the group of three, the car stopped and turned around. Then some comments were exchanged, and Hill stabbed Geike, and managed to injure himself in the process. Whenever asking for help with his injury from his friends, what he told the police and what he told the hospital were three very different explanations. Geike died soon after he had been stabbed. The reason for the stabbing is still unknown.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/justice/washington-soldier-killed/index.html?hpt=us_c1
DeleteIt baffles me how they were "friends" but wouldn't help him when he got stabbed. But I think Geike was stabbed because of a hate crime because why else would someone just randomly stab another person?
DeleteHow to sign up for Obama Care? It is an affordable act of insurance for the people, they are now enrolling whoever wants to be enrolled. Obama care starts 2014, but people should start to sign up by Dec. 15 so they would be covered by January 1st. Results from a survey saying 6 to 10 people are not aware of the exchanges of the healthcare, that it is better quality. If wanting to sign up for Obama care is depending in the state you live, there are some policy exchanges depending on the state. People can sign up at healthcare.gov; it will ask for your state, from there it will give more instructions. Signing up to Obama Care can benefiting you by helping you have a good and affordable insurance for their family and themselves. They have Medicaid, programs for your kids (CHIP) and you will learn more about insurances in your area. Payment plans will be told on the website when applying; also you can enroll over the phone on their help line. (Obamacare: How do I sign up? By Tami Luhby Oct. 1, 2013; Source CNNMoney .com)
ReplyDeleteI think Obama Care is something that is good/bad in different ways because you can help the less fortunate get on their feet while providing supplies like these but then again, giving to the poor and knowing that they have something to rely/depend on will never allow them to earn something themselves. So in reality, think about it, are we helping the less fortunate by conveying a message that they will not have to work anymore because healthcare is provided for?
DeleteIn my opinion, I think Obama Care is overall a good idea. It gives to the people who can't afford to get health insurance and such on their own so they can help their families. Yes, it can be seen as just giving healthcare to the poor without them earning it, but a lot of people in this country are working their butts off to put food on the table and pay their bills so health care isn't exactly their priority. Everyone can always use a little support, but it's up to the people to not abuse it.
DeleteI think it is good in the sense that it gives the less fortunate a fighting chance to get back on there feet, but I think it should be limited because it will only hurt them if they know they don't have to do anything and they will be fine.
DeleteThis past summer around May/June, According to CNN news, those people in the United States with $200 in their pocket could either spend it on a brand new phone or a designer purse, but if you live in places like Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong or any country in the Middle East that may not be the case. Maids, that are women are bought and sold for up to $200 dollars. In one situation was a women named Sarah, she was Filipino domestic working whom was sold to 11 different employers in Saudi Arabia. Sarah ended up in the hospital after getting beat up quite badly by one of her last owners. Because of this tragic accident the Ople Center was created to help those of the middle east.
ReplyDelete"Employers", meaning slave owners. I was able to compare that story a lot to the incredible book "A Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass". The slave owners in that book did things similar to what the "employers" are doing to the women they purchased. It's tragic, really.
DeleteSo.. Slavery in the Middle East? That's no big news. The Middle East, for all intensive purposes is still classified as a third world country, and as such we should have no hand in their affairs. Way back when (and still now) slavery was no big deal, in fact we traded slaves like they were lunchables, and we never thought twice about it. Our interference in the affairs of any Middle Eastern countries should be banned, because how will they learn how wrong slavery and similar practices are unless they fight for the abolition themselves? If China came in right now and told us we could no longer do something that benefitted both our country and our pockets, only because they felt it was "immoral" we would not listen. We would fight for what we believed in, regardless of what the Chinese thought. So our interfering in these "employers" business is not what we need to be doing, we need to step back and allow these countries to go through their own self-discovery, and only then will we resolve this problem, not by establishing useless clinics that these victims can run away to.
DeleteIt is horrifying to learn that slavery is still being practiced. I believe that the creation of the Ople Center is an excellent step towards helping those who have been affected by slavery, In response to Bailey, I absolutely disagreed with you. You're argument is basically the same as if you were to see a child bullying another child, and you were to do nothing about it. How could someone just sit back and watch that, and not do anything? The solution to the problem is to do something, not the complete opposite.
DeleteRoaming around the jungle for hours nine young North Korean boys escape to China, and then headed to Laos.Finally, to their final destination South Korea for food and freedom. The boys traveled with a missionary nicknamed " M. J.". M.J. leaded the boys from North Korea to China to escape the beatings, mistreatment, and hunger. Once, the missionary and the Korean boys reached their check point in China they finally received food. The youngest boy quoted "even the beggars get food, its great!" After filling up on food in China , M.J. and the boys hopped on a bus to Laos , but "border portal" discovered the children and sent them back to North Korea. Images of the young ones crying to not send them back to North Korea are truly heart breaking.
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location different parts of Asia, time frame 3-1 month ago
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/world/asia/north-korea-laos-defectors-hancocks/index.html?hpt=wo_mid
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DeleteI think it is terrible that these boys were sent back to North Korea. If that country didn't want them there they could have sent them to a place where they could be protected rather than back to the misery that they had finally escaped. I wonder if when they were sent back they were punished by the Korean government because now they know more than they should.
DeleteIt is horrible to know that this is still happening on the other side of the world. What I don't understand is why the North Korean leaders don't want their people to know more, as if it'll harm their own kind. Plus, is there so much more that goes on inside of the country that nobody else in the world is aware of? This type of leadership shows that care of the people is not occuring and maybe the want of power is the leading cause.
DeleteKnowing this is so heart wrenching, it is horrible that they treat their people so badly. Shouldn't they care more for their people? I mean even the Germans didn't treat their own kind so terribly, mistreatment and killing of the Jews was wrong too, but it's crazy to think that Koreans in North Korea have to escape to China instead of just going south to South Korea. Also, with what Palak was saying, maybe that country didn't want conflict with North Korea, so they just sent those kids back. It's still sad though knowing they just escaped a horrible place but then have to go straight back.
DeleteThis is a horrible thing to hear. For the boys to go through so much trouble in escaping and then to just be sent right back is sad. Why were they sent back if they were not being treated right? It seems that in North Korea the people don't really matter.
DeleteEven though this story is heartbreaking and tragic, there is something positive you can get out of it. Imagine if a dangerous serial killer escaped from North Korea and was headed are way? Wouldn’t you think someone or cameras should have seen him? I mean at least we know that security at borders, even in different countries, is effective and dependable.
DeleteThis is terrible and depressing. However, things like these are happening every day. Not every story makes it to the news and its hard to imagine what terrible things occur and no one notices. With all the resources we have, we should be doing something to stop this, right?
DeleteI simply cant understand why some people in this world seem to have no morals at all. It's as if these people are Spock from Star Treck, "It's only logical." I quote him sarcastically. How is it that a person can see all these hardships and life threatening situations, that a mere child has to endure, but can easily without a second glance send them back? This is truly wrong and heartbreaking.
DeleteOn October 8th, one of NYPD’s very own officers were arrested for taking part in the assault of a driver of an SUV that happened on September 29th. According to the CNN news report, Wojciech Brazczok, a detective that was not on duty, has been seen in footage taking part in the assault of the car. It isn’t clear if he participated in beating the driver, but he is seen beating the Range Rover with the other motorcyclists. According to a video from a helmet camera, the driver instigated the dispute by hitting a motorcyclist then purposely hitting 3 others after. Brazczok is facing two charges that are felonies.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Yahoo news, the officer was undercover. He was charged with riot and criminal mischief. I don't think he was present during the beating because in the video, he was seen running away just after the victim was pulled from the SUV. Also in this article, it mentioned the victim was beat in front of his wife and daughter. I am in awe. his family must be devastated.
DeleteOn Tuesday October 8, 2013 13 Mexican federal police officers who were allegedly members of a kidnap and murder gang were arrested in the Pacific coast of Acapulco. This bust was the largest single take-down of corrupt cops in Mexico. Eduardo Sanchez, federal security spokesman, said that the 13 officers and five civilians were linked to seven murders and four kidnappings. Prosecutors began investigating and found three clandestine burial sites on a hill in Acapulco. The other members of the gang were also found and arrested with guns and marijuana. Sanchez has said that 81 federal officers have been detained and charged with corruption in the last 10 months.
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/08/mexico-arrests-13-federal-police-officers-for-alleged-role-in-acapulco-kidnap/
That is really shocking to hear what people can do in this world. It seems like these gang people would not go done without a fight. I think to myself what would of happen if this gang related incident happen in Haltom City. Innocent people where killed as well as protectors of the law. Overall, this story sounds like a perfect action pack summer blockbuster movie!
DeleteIts sad to say that people who are hired to make sure the law isn't broken are part of the ones breaking the laws. Mexico should really look into this type of "police" men and take actions towards the ones who are trying to get money under the table and should ask for aid from another country to help them with all this illegal drug dealing and all this murdering of innocent people. As its also sad to say that the government does not really take actions towards this type of people, government officials know that they are safe if they let them slide by but deep in their conscience they know that a baby is going to sleep without his mommy tonight as she may had been killed by one of those heartless people , or that a mom is hurting for the loss of her son as he may had been shot to death for not giving up his money for which he may have worked hard for. Its even sadder that MEXICAN people living in the United States are afraid of even setting foot at the place where they grew up at.
DeleteIt's a given by now that there is an excessive amount of corruption in certain parts of that country. Without people on the inside of the legal system, criminals would meet much more firm resistance, and there would probably be much less press on illegal activity in Mexico.
DeleteAccording to CNN, today on October 7th, 2013 Saudi Arabian Islamic preacher, Fayhan al-Ghamdi, was found guilty of tormenting his 5 year old daughter to death. Young Lama was put into a hospital back in March of 2012 after receiving brutal injuries in her skull and ribs causing her to die a painful death many months after. Lama's mother (al-Ghamdi's ex wife) Syeda Mohammed Ali, at first wanted him be executed however this was not made possible. Instead she ordered him to pay her back in "blood- money". Finally today Al-Ghamdi was sentenced to 8 years in jail and 600 lashes. Many people in Saudi Arabia did not agree to this sentence and believed there could be more done to this famous Islamist evangelist since he was knowing for speaking of God's word. These people who disagree with al-Ghamdi's sentence are complaining over social networks and even comparing his verdict to other recent Saudi cases.
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DeleteAfter further reading the same article, I don't think that it makes sense for a man who committed such a heinous crime to be let off much easier in punishment than for others who behaved in less severe ways. This may show what the Saudi government pays more attention to and what their government thinks is right and wrong as opposed to what the people of Saudi Arabia believe.
DeleteAccording to a CNN report, on September 13, a teenager in Georgia was sentenced 105 years in prison for killing an infant. The baby and his mother were on a walk when two young boys (17 and 14) approached with guns demanding the mother’s money. When she said she didn’t have any money the older boy tried to take the mothers purse and when she again said she had no money he said, “give me the money or I am going to shoot your baby.” The mother’s head was grazed with a bullet and her leg shot and the 13 month old was shot in the face.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the boys were going to use the money for that they would kill a baby to achieve that money. How is the mother coping with her loss? Did she truly have no money or just did not want to hand it over? You state that "a teenager (singular)" was sentenced, but that two boys were present. What happened to the other one?
Delete"The boy's mother and a younger teenager charged as an accomplice testified Elkins killed the child after his mother refused to give up her purse". Those are the exact words from Teen-Convicted-of-Killing-Baby-Gets-Life-in-Prison . The teenager that killed the baby was 17 and was alone while doing so. I believe the article means that the mother had a teenage boy who helped her testify against Elkins but was not involved.
DeleteThe 14 year old is considered a minor so they aren't allowed to give out his information like they did with the 17 year old. I also think they only mentioned him because he is the one that did the shooting. The mother said that the 14 year old was hiding behind him, so she thinks he was just following along with Elkins. Elkins has a violent history too with assault and shooting a pastor when mugging him.
DeleteI wonder what the boys needed the money for so badly that they shot a baby in the face. How could anyone do such a terrible thing? I also wonder why the mother just did not give up her purse.She could of gave them her purse and let them be gone.
DeleteThis is devastating to hear about, and honestly makes me want to cry. I can only imagine my step mother taking my 3 year old brother and 4 month brother to the park by herself one day, and this happens. My heart goes out to this mother who had to witness the murder of her baby. And to the boy who murdered the baby, he received the sentence that he deserved, for he should never be allowed back on the streets as a normal citizen.
DeleteHow could someone shoot a baby? A baby has no way of showing defense. Instead of shooting an innocent human being the teenagers should have just checked her purse or something. It makes my stomach sick just picturing the whole situation occur in my head. In my opinion, the teenager should get a punishment but then again they are still not over the age of eighteen. Overall though, he knew what he was saying and he kept his word about shooting the baby so now he has to suffer the consequences.
DeleteWhat was supposed to be a fun enjoyable family time on a hot July, Saturday summer, turn into a horrible tragedy for Rosa Ayala Goanna and her family. Rosa fell 75 feet to her death on the Texas Giant roller coaster at the North Texas amusement park. The family has applied a death lawsuit against Six Flags. Since then the roller coaster has been shut down until this Saturday it will be reopened. As reassurance the rollercoaster has been redesigned with new bars and seat belts and a restriction on body weight and size.
ReplyDeleteI was at work at Hurricane Harbor, the sister company to Six Flags, when this event occurred and everyone was worried sick. We were told to not talk to the press about what happened and that precautions were being made so that this wouldn't happen again. I'm not completely sure what happened but I do know that Six Flags and Hurricane Harbor by state law have people and recorded voices telling everyone the rules and weight requirements. I'm anxious to see the outcome of what could happen to Six Flags and the family.
DeleteMy Condolences to the family! Six Flags Parks really need to be more careful and more thoughtful towards what kind of rides they make and what type of materials they use for this types of rides. They should also train their employees to actually make sue that the riders are completely secured to go on those type of rides(as many of them don't). It may be really sucky that a day full of fun and enjoyment turns into a day full of sorrow and hurt.
DeleteMy prayers and thoughts go out to the family members. It's such a tragic and horrible situation for any family to have gone through. I can say that the workers of Six Flags should've been trained to check seatbelts or handles properly before letting the customers go one the roller coaster no matter what there is never excuses for an individual to pass away in such a tragic way.
DeleteI believe that with or without the addition of new bars and seat belts everyone is still running a risk of getting hurt. However, when someone gets on a ride they are running at their own risks. In Six Flags they usually make two people check the seat belts before starting the ride, and I myself have experienced people getting asked to get off because of the rules and safety of the customer. This was just a horrible incident and my prayers go out to the people who were impacted by this accident.
DeleteOn October 4, CNN reported hornets killing 42 people in China. The hornets scientific name is Vespa mandarinia, known for carrying deathly venom. The cause for the attacks is the dry weather conditions, which is a good time for hornets to breed making it easier for humans to encounter them in their daily routines. The best way to protect yourself from such attacks is to keep way from nesting areas, because a simple shake to the nest will startle them and respond to you as a threat. The best thing to do in a case of attack is to minimize your movement and to walk away calmly.
ReplyDeleteI can not believe that these hornets haven't had a spray invented to prevent this. All I could think about when reading this article was how horrible those hornets venom had to hurt those poor people. I hope research is being done to be able to have shot that can prevent people from dying.
DeleteThe hornets you mention are also gigantic in size. Finding a consumer-friendly prevention method might be difficult, since we can assume it would take much more to kill these than normal hornets. (If you don't believe me, google it. The things are pretty big.) It may come down to having teams of specialists sent out to kill off what they can if the situation gets worse.
DeleteMrs. Bradley is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI agree. According to her past students Able and Edith Verastegui they all had positive things to say about her. Not one bad comment was said when speaking about her. They said they missed her and had an amazing time getting to know her. (and they also said to count this as a comment) :D
DeleteI totally agree. If she wants to be labeled as super awesome she will count this as a comment because technically i am commenting on a blog post. (:
DeleteI also very much so agree that Mrs. Bradley is awesome and I love being in her class.
DeleteAccording to CNN in the article “Pentagon strikes deal with charity to pay military death benefits” written by Josh Levs, Barbara Stars, and Jamie Crawford as of Wednesday October 9th the Pentagon has entered an agreement with a private foundation to keep supporting those who received payment for survivor benefits. The reason being that the fallen troops families had not been collecting or getting any money for the government shut down. The Fisher House Foundation, who is supplying the families, will be repaid by the government once the shutdown is no longer taking place.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Bloomberg on September 30, about one in seven borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans, showing how former students are buckling under higher-education costs in a weak economy. The default rate, for the first three years that students are required to make payments, was 14.7 percent, up from 13.4 percent the year before, the U.S. Education Department said today. Based on a related measure, defaults are at the highest level since 1995. U.S. borrowers owe $1.2 trillion in student-loan debt -- including government loans and those from private lenders.
ReplyDeleteIts shocking to see what money can do to a country. I personally think that there should of been a limit to the student loans. Makes me worry myself that if I need a student loan in a couple of years would we still be that in debt.
DeleteThe best thing the government could possibly do would be to set a limit on how much a college could charge another to go to the school, or maybe give a certain loan that gives absolutely no interest rate.
DeleteThe United Nations is being sued by the Institute for Justice and Development in Haiti. In 2010, an outbreak of cholera, a disease indigenous to Haiti, took the lives of an estimated 8,300 Haitians. Currently, Haitians are still dying of and being diagnosed with cholera. The Institute for Justice and Development in Haiti is demanding financial compensation for the lives lost. The disease is believed to have arrived through the U.N. Peacekeepers stationed in the country. Several investigators trace the disease's outbreak to a sewage leakage from a U.N base where Nepalese peacekeepers stayed. Jonathan Katz, “a former Associated Press reporter who was one of the first journalists to investigate the source of outbreak in 2010”, accused the U.N. of trying to avoid taking responsibility for the cholera epidemic. The prime minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamonthe, deemed the U.N.'s efforts to abolish cholera as insufficient and wants the disease to be further studied. Farhan Haq, U.N. spokesman, states the U.N. will be taking more precautions to prevent the epidemic from spreading.
ReplyDeleteSource: CNN: "U.N. sued for 'bringing cholera to Haiti,' causing outbreak that killed thousands"
I read up on this, and apparently not only had 8,300 Haitians died from this disease, but there are also 650,000 survivors, so this epidemic effected a very vast number of people, especially when considering what a small country Haiti is. Cholera seems to be a pretty terrible illness. Its an infection that occurs in the small intestine and has rather unpleasant symptoms, such as vomiting. People get cholera form contaminated food or water, which means its very likely that the U.N. is to blame here, and that the sewage leakage is responsible for all this.
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ReplyDeleteOn October 09, 2013 from the article " Is Al Qaeda operating freely in Iraq?" 5,740 Iraqis haves died just alone this year, an ever since U.S. forces have pulled out from Iraq in 2011. Al Qaeda has been trying to tear the country apart with there strategic attacks. Bolton thinks that the attacks are trying to provoke an inflect the Kurd's an the Shiites an the Sunni to all, go to a war against all. this would cause a sectarian civil war an could be very beneficial to the terrorist organization. this would prove to be a national security issue for the United States.
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A group such as Al Qaeda is difficult to get rid of, due to the fact that if you take one person down two more will apear in their place.
DeleteAccording to CBS news, on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts, marathon runners approach the finish line and when suddenly an explosion occurs causing great damage from emotional trauma to blowing off of limbs; as people presence this distressing event another bomb goes of a couple of feet away from the first one putting more men, women, and children in critical conditions. Rapidly people began supporting Boston and the victims of this heartbreaking event, but not everyone was sympathetic to these victims although they appeared this way. This was the case of 26 year old Audrea Gause from Troy, New York who took advantage of the situation by claiming to be a victim of the bombing with a brain injury that caused her impediments that required surgery. She soon obtained $480,000 from The One Fund. However, Gause's evil scheme was soon discover and she was arrested with a charge of larceny of over $250.
ReplyDeleteI heard that the bombing was due to retaliation against the U.S for its involvement in Muslim countries. It killed 3 people and injured more than 260. I cannot believe how greedy that girl is. I heard that she used the money to buy a house. But overall using a serious tragedy to be selfish is disgusting and unattractive. Lying never gets you anywhere in life. The truth always eventually comes out, and you're going to have to face the terrible consequences.
DeleteOn October 9, 2013, CNN reports that a middle school in port Washington, New York has officially banned different varieties if balls from being used in recess. Weber Middle School has banned soccer balls, footballs, round balls, tennis balls, and other varietys of balls from the playground stating that "it is a threat to the children's safety". Not only that, but performing the cartwheel or participating in any ruthless games of tag must now be supervised by an adult. On the bright side, the school is providing soft nerf balls for the students to play with. The district has released a Press Release stating that due to the construction being taken place near the school, it is unsafe for them to play with hard balls. Parents of these students claim that the district has crossed the line with the "no playing with hard balls" policy. One parent expressed her thoughts in an email to CNN by claiming that she is sad that those kids won't get the chance to experience the thrill of kicking a hard ball across the field with their friends. Another parent went as far as to say "freedom is great until the parents sue the district". The students at Weber Middle School will not be able to handle themselves in society unless the policy is removed, according to Alex Martin, associate president of a Manhattan Nursery School. CNN still awaits to hear from the superintendent about what he thinks of the policy.
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/living/parents-middle-school-bans-balls-recess/index.html
Although I do not agree with the limitations on the kids by the middle school in Port Washington, the number of kids that go to the emergency room may be the reason for their actions. According to CBS News in September over 90% of children reported going to the emergency room from sport injuries. They are stressing the small injuries because those were the more common like "strains, sprains, fractures, bruises and scrapes" as said by CBS News. In the end, I feel like its unnecessary to stop children from enjoying their life, but I do see their point as well.
DeleteI personally feel like the new policy set in place by Weber Middle School is a bit extreme to say the least and I feel like there will be more negative effects brought about by this than positive ones. For one, the rule is somewhat ridiculous, so after something like that I feel students will have trouble taking their school's administration seriously. Also it eliminates the possibility for a many sports: football, volleyball, basketball, soccer. Participating in sports like those gets kids active, and teaches them about teamwork, dedication and perseverance. Missing out on all of that just to prevent the possibility of a few minor injuries here and there doesn't seem worth it.
DeleteThe school has no right taking that away from them. That is how kids have played for years and it has never been life threatening . Without this experience of playing with balls and unrestricted tag theses kids won't be able to develop like a normal kid.
Deleteon September 26 2013, a middle school eighth grade teacher was sent to jail for an inappropriate relationship with his fourteen year old student. His name was Arestoe Gutierrez was 34 years old and found interest in his students all though they did not have any sexual intercourse he was still sentenced jail time. According to Action 4 News he can be punished for 20 years or $10,000 fine. He made his love for her obvious by buying her things such as rings, dvd's and two cell phones to stay in touch with her. One major investment she made on her was buying four tickets for her and her family to go on a trip to South Padre Island. The girl admitted to having seeing him outside of school. They would sometimes make plans to meet up at local parties and local shopping marts. his love for her was so strong that when she turned 18 he planned to divorce his wife and marry her. Sense the post he is claimed to be at the Cameron County Jail under a $150,000 bond.http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=951806#.UkzmCpko7mI
ReplyDeleteI would have thought that someone with so much confidence to show their love for someone would at least acknowledge or think of the risks they're taking for their freedom. Especially, to have the guts to even suggest thinking of divorcing their wife as soon as the "other" person turns the legal age, 18.
DeleteThere have been many incidents lately where a teacher and student suddenly get feelings for each other. I think that is inappropriate, however, our society is doing this with more frequency that maybe sooner or later the law might even not make a big deal about it. We are no one to judge this man because maybe he really did like this student and if we think back to a couple decades or hundred years ago it was normal for a young adult girl to get married to an older man. We do not know what was going on in those two people's heads,however, now the man is paying his consequences in jail.
DeleteAvenged Sevenfold recently released their sixth album, “Hail to the King”, on August 23. Their album was number one in the U.S the first week it was released. Even though it was a big hit, there is a lot of controversy on the “Hail to the King” album. The frontman of Machine Head, Rob Flynn, argues that that it is “blatant jackery” and that the album is plagiarizing older bands like Guns N’ Roses and Megadeth. Many of Avenged Sevenfold’s fans think otherwise. A site called Loud Wire says that the album is “ –a slam-dunk”.
ReplyDeleteCurrently, Avenged Sevenfold is on a world tour supporting their “Hail to the King” album. Because of this tour many more will soon become fans of the band and their recent album.
According to CNN, 213 grenades were found buried 4 miles below an El Salvador city on October 9, 2013. Investigators said that this type of weapon is the kind that only the military uses. Although the authorities are suspecting the Zeta cartel from Guatemala and Mexico and members of the military may be involved in this, there is no certainty as to who may have placed the grenades underground and for what reason. Other information that may help investigators in searching for suspects is that the grenades were manufactured in the United States and in China.
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DeleteI would find it difficult to believe that a person or a group of people would dig four miles below the earth's surface to simply get rid of some grenades
DeleteIf the grenades were 4 miles underground I doubt it was the cartel that did it. But, it is pretty interesting, who could have put them there and for what purpose?
DeleteHow were this grenades discovered? Did construction crews uncover them or did some give authority a tip on grenades being buried under El Salvador city? It seems as though these grenades have been under there for a while I just understand why now?
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DeleteOn the morning of September 21, 2013 a patient at the San Francisco General Hospital disappeared. The hospital's staff claims they had been checking on her every 15 minutes, and the women was discovered missing at 10:30 a.m. At first it seemed likely that she had just wandered off, dazed due to the medication she had been put on, but when she didn't turn up her friends scoured the city looking for her. They even made posters and a Facebook page dedicated to finding her. Two weeks after she had disappeared, her body was found in on a rarely used staircase of the hospital. The cause of her death is unknown.
ReplyDeleteSource: CNN online article " Woman found dead on hospital stairwell believed to be missing patient"
You would think that they would have cameras to track her as she went through the hospital and that every inch of the hospital would be searched, even the parts that are rarely used. I wonder how long she was there. The report said she was found an emergency exit stairwell where the alarm should go off when opened. I think that hospital needs to be reviewed for their safety procedures and maybe get new management or something that fixes those problems.
DeleteMaybe if we focused our money into things like hospitals instead of cranky airport security we wouldn't have problems like these...
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ReplyDeleteAccording to CNN, on October 9th, 2013 Human rights lawyers accused the United Nations of neglecting the cholera epidemic in Haiti. Since the devastating earthquake in 2010 over 8,000 people have been killed due to the cholera bacteria. Haitians believe it is due to the “peacemakers” deploying there to aide the country in the times of need from the earthquake since the disease is not indigenous to Haiti rather it's mainly present in the northeastern region which is thousands of miles from Haiti. The United Nation is also accused of trying to cover up the responsibility of the cholera epidemic by not wanting anyone to talk nor discuss the topic. Even the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, of Haiti feels that the United Nations has to take accountability for their misconduct and spreading the disease to his citizens.
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According to National Journal gas high prices are finally starting to fall back into reasonable prices. Oil prices hit $103.00 per barrel on Monday which would drop gas prices to $3.35 per gallon. This price would be 46 cents less than last year around this same time. The declining of gas prices would bring a positive outcome to people now but to others it would cost them their jobs. It is roughly estimated that about 800,00 employees would lose their jobs as oil fields would not occupy as many workers with this low gas price. This loss of jobs was also cause by natural events such as that of hurricane Karen which affected oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico. This amount of unemployment would hurt our economy in a very severe way as it would mean less taxes from this workers along with more financial help from the government. This shows that wining about gas prices affects other peoples lives , so don't complain! (:
ReplyDeleteSource:http://newsok.com/oil-falls-to-103-as-us-debt-deadline-nears/article/feed/601169/?page=1
Man! Gas prices have gotten so much better. Its 2.99 a gallon now at QT! i almost screamed when i seen how cheap it was lol.
DeleteGas prices are really low right now hopefully they stay like this for a while because people are really in need of the money that is a waste in gas
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ReplyDeleteReported by CNN, on September 28th 2013, the Egyptian foreign ministers claims that there will be a new Egyptian government by Spring. He claims that there will be a parliamentary election followed by a presidential election. He says that it successfully established the "the principals of justice, freedom and democracy" as a basis for their government. Although there is much violence towards the government on the streets the foreign minister believes that these hardships are soon to end.
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DeleteI believe, on the other hand, that due to a large population of violent, hard-headed, gullible naive people it will most likely take a whole generation for the violence to cease.
DeleteOn July 30, 2013 NBC News wrote a report of a certain Robert J. Smith? (who legally changed his name to incorporate the question mark). Smith?, a mathematics professor at the University of Ottawa, has created a formula ( (bN)(S/N)Z = bSZ ) that will calculate the rate of zombie transmission, from one single zombie, to a horde. Smith? claims that because a zombie apocalypse is such a fanciful event, that makes it ideal for creating mathematic equations. Because of Smith?'s bold example, many other professors have also stepped up and are now creating their own equations for a zombie apocalypse, all of which will be published in Smith?'s book "Mathematical Modeling of Zombies" (University of Ottawa Press, 2014).
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/survive-zombie-apocalypse-just-do-math-6C10803298
On September 17, 2013 “Grand Theft Auto V” was released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. In only two days it earned over $1 billion making it the fastest selling game of all time, shattering the previous record held by “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” which was set in 15 days. In addition to this, two weeks after its release it had already earned more money than its predecessor “Grand Theft Auto IV” did in its five year lifespan.
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Grand Theft Auto V is the focus of many anti-video game groups. There is a part of the game where you must torture another person. Grroups claim that this is promoting violence and want to take it off the shelves. However you must be over 17 to purchase the game and is clearly labeled as violent. If we allow groups to censor video games when will it end, will we allow groups to cnsor the internet?
DeleteThe outstanding feat made by Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V is a real testament to the growing fame and economic impact of "gaming" on modern society. Its influence is growing and I assume will likely become a much bigger factor economically in our lifetime.
DeleteWe read books about violence, theft, and rape; and, we watch television shows based on murders, death, and suicide. At least "gaming" plays the role of our stress relievers. Maybe the problem isn't games, but, in fact, the entire negative content that inhabits the majority of our society today.
DeleteThat's crazy how much money a video game can make. Especially since its filled with explicit contents and violent actions. But at the same time you can look at today's society and predict these types of things to happen. Our world is slowly going down hill so a video game such as this one is probably expected to earn so much money!
DeleteOn October 3rd, Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones became the very first person to recieve the NFF Hall of Fame award. In !644 he was an all conferecne player showing leadership in his younger ages. People have said that he never hears the word no. When people tells him no he does it anyway. He became rich by digging for oil in a weird way that he was told never to do. He bought the Dallas Cowboys after being told not to and now he is a billionaire. (He still owns a flip phones though. He has never upgraded.)
ReplyDeleteHe shows that you can still manage to be a simple person, even though hes a wealthy man.
DeleteIts crazy how a person can get so far by being so simple. The simplest thing could take some one so far. It will be great if most people could accomplish many achivements like this.
DeleteAccording to CNN, Disney World announced that people and children with disabilities no longer have immediate access to the front of the line for roller coasters and other rides starting on October 9th. Some wealthy visitors hired disabled people to act like family in order to skip to the front of the line. Because of this, Disney has changed some of their policies around. Some people were upset about this and was asking "why can't disabled people just show proof of being disabled?". In reply, Disney makes it clear that they can only ask so many questions about the disabled person before it gets personal and offensive.
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That is crazy they should make some way to verify if someone is really disabled not just punish others because some take advantage of the park.
DeleteDisney, while making a controversial choice for the better sake of getting more money, has quite obviously showed that they have little value in their clientele as the actions of a few have persuaded them to change entire policies put in place to help people (their customers) for the betterment of profit. which, might I add, is most likely a very minute problem and will save them little
DeleteIt's people like this that ruin it for everyone. I believe that Disney is doing the right thing, things are changing and some might not seem fair but at the end of the day its the best thing that needed to be done. This will teach people about honesty especially in situations like these. I don't think it will affect many so not much controversy might occur.
DeleteAccording to CNN in an article titled "Mercury Seven" the 4th astronaut to ever go into space Scott Carpenter died Thursday October 10 after suffering from a stroke. Carpenter was the backup pilot on the manned mission "Mercury 7"making him and his fellow passengers the second mission to ever orbit the earth. After sustaining a serious injury to his left arm he was no longer cleared to fly. This made “mercury 7” Carpenters’ first and last trip into space. Carpenter spent his last years in Denver, Colorado where his family lived and is now mourning their loss.
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On September 21, 2013 tragedy occurred at Nairobi’s Westgate mall, when fourteen members of a new terrorist group named Al-Shabaab began shooting and setting of bombs. This was set upon a four-day attack period, which caused the roof top to completely collapse, left an estimated 175 injured, and killed at minimum of sixty-seven people. The reason for this attack is still unexplained.
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Is there ever any actual reason for these kinds of groups or their actions? Every action they release upon the public has been brutal and seeming to lack any morals. This may even go farther in the psychological make-up than we think. It may not be the hatred for certain people or a place, but maybe it even goes into the lust of belonging into something greater- either the lust of their home country to gain more freedom as we share here, or the thought process that what they are doing was destined to them by a greater being- God.
DeleteAccording to the Huffington post, an article was posted on the newly discovered research that excessive belly fat in middle ages people can cause them to suffer from memory loss, Alzheimer, and dementia. Research shows that protein found in fat is also found in the brain were memory and learning is controlled. (Hippocampus) One of the best ways to defend against this is to eat “The Mediterranean Diet” which helps the body to intake omega-3’s and helps prevent memory loss. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/09/fat-alzheimers-dementia_n_4072400.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing8%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D389433
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this will encourage scientist to find a cure for Alzheimers, according to alz.org a person every 68 seconds develops it.
DeleteI would like to know what the mediterranean diet consists of. Is it fish and vegetables?
DeleteAs reported by USA Today, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was supposedly released after being kidnapped earlier this morning, from the hotel at which was staying, only to be released a short while after. The kidnapping appeared to be in retaliation of a US special forces raid earlier this week that resulted in the arrest of a suspected terrorist affiliate. Many Libyans saw this as an arrest for his “crimes” against the state. This was, of course, not warranted, and it is unclear as to whether or not the captors will face prosecution.
ReplyDelete12:33 p.m. Zeidan from his office tweeted “If the purpose of my kidnapping is to get me to resign, I won’t resign. We are taking slow, but steady steps on the right path.” Militias in the area have more power than th Libyan govermant and have much influence in the Libyan govermant.
DeleteAre prime ministers allowed to have twitter accounts? Because wouldn't that ruin their reputations? I thought governments kept secrets. Why would they have a twitter to gossip and state facts that citizens supposedly shouldn't know?
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ReplyDeleteAccording to NY Daily News, on this day Hannah Anderson gave more details about her kidnapping that happened on August 3rd, 2013 in Southern California. Family friend, James DiMaggio had killed her 44 year old mother and 8 year old brother and had kidnapped her. In her own perspective she thought she was just going to help him move some stuff then would take her home but he zip tied her feet together and told her his plan which consisted of taking her to Idaho. He then pulled out a gun and had ordered her to play Russian roulette. Hannah didn't want to and DiMaggio stopped. DiMaggio told Hannah that her mother and brother were in some other part of the house but she didn't know that they were dead. DiMaggio burned the house when they left for the Idaho Mountains. Investigators still found the bodies of her mother and brother but could not find the cause of her brother’s death. Her mother had been shot multiple times in the head. While hiking the mountains, horseback riders had noticed them and had notified the police when they got home where they had also seen an Amber Alert for Hannah. FBI agents tracked him down and had killed him in a shoot-out. Hannah is now back home with her father.
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According to the New York Times, President Ilham Aliyev was announced the winner of the Azerbaijan Presidential Election on Wendsday with 76% of the votes from an official goverment website. However the officia election was not until today, govement officials cliam that thse results were from a testing poll and apologized for the misunderstanding. Today President Ilham Aliyev was officialy anounced to have won the election by 84.6%. The best established opponent Jamil Hasanali ,with 5.5% of the votes, claims election fraud. Observers of the election also claim fraud, with 58% of polling stations assesed as bad. President Ilham Aliyev was first elected in 2003 his predecessor being his father Heydar Aliyev, together they have ruled for two decades.
ReplyDeleteNothing like foreign political process to get the brain cells stimulated.
Deletereported by The telegraph, China warns the US to "stop manufacturing crisis" and to raise the debt ceiling. Attempts to raise the US debt ceiling did not go unnoticed as Premier Li Keqiang voiced concerns on the American debt provoking notice from Xinhua News Agency where vice minister Zhu Guangyao stated "the clock is ticking". In response US secretary of State John Kerry replied that "President Obama was Committed to resolving the issue." All the while China daily's report had been circulating saying " the US should stop the Manufacturing Crisis and the congress should try and work towards a solution.
ReplyDeleteAccording to flipboard, a news app known by many, The Mars Rover "Curiousity" found water in Mars soil. There is water (bonded with other minerals) in the Martian soil, equalling to about 2% by volume. There has been an ongoing search for H2O on Mars because it could lead to prove that organisms could have lived on Mars. This search has been the main reason for exploration of Mars since the 1960s. Each exploration is getting humans closer to the Living Past of Mars. Too bad the funding for Nasa has severely decsreased. Will we ever know the unanswered truth behind the Red Planet?
ReplyDeleteThis was the main reason to send rovers and satellites to explore the red planet because if life is habitual on the planet humans might one day have to leave earth and head there to live out the rest of our existence
DeleteIn September, Sherriff Joe Arpaio began taking steps to transform his institutions in Maricopa County, FL, to a ‘meat-free zone’. According to Fox News, Arpaio is now removing meat from all meals in his jails, replacing it with soy. The inmates will still receive their 2,800 calorie and nutrition requirements. Arpaio is not doing this for health, religious, or environmental reasons, but instead for economic reasons. This change will save the jails $100,000 a year.
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DeleteIs this good or bad for the economy or even the poor cellmates in a prison? I guess the United States now has to do whatever it can to cut down the large amount of money it consumes. I believe that although this is not fair to the nutrition of the jail people, it is a step to a better way of cutting down the budget. Because apparently we really need to reduce our consumptions in the United States.
DeletePope Francis gave a speech on september 15, 2013, reported by La Repubblica, to atheists and agnostics saying that they didn't have to repent for their sins because god forgives those you obey their conscience. Sin even for a none believer is one goes against ones conscience. He also says that believers should be more open and friendly to those who don't believe .
ReplyDeletePeople who do believe in God should still show care and friendliness to those who do not, most people can change their belief by just watching and listening to others who do follow the word of God.
DeleteBatman protects Gotham City. Superman defends Metropolis. And the police officers are the ones meant to protect us. But what happens when the ones that are supposed to be defending us are the ones attacking and harassing us? In an article on Fox News, it elaborates on the situation of one particular member of the community- Cassandra Feuerstein. At the age of 47, she fights against an officer that released physical pain and trauma upon her. The harassment was performed on March 10th, 2013, nearly 7 months before the article was released. He forced her to remove her undergarments and boots, and he even hurled her behind the bars. To make the matter worse, he lied about the reasoning he did it; so, it leaves us with the ultimate question- should the one meant to rid our homes of crime actually be the one we need to rid ourselves of?
ReplyDeleteAccording to Start-Telegram local news the missing 14 year old girl Ruby Contreras was found in Mexico with Stephan Cox a 26 year old man whom she had meet thru a social network. Contreras was last seen at her school, North Oaks Middle School. On April 25 Contreras and Cox arrived at El Paso were police notice there was a lookout for Cox because of being charged for sexual cunduct with a minor before. Immidietly police arest Cox for kidnapping Contreras and for hurting her. After interrogating her she was sent back to her family.
ReplyDeleteI knew her family, and meet her my self. Her family never seen it coming. She had no signs of plans to run away. How long was Contreras arrested ?who found them in El Paso?
DeleteI think I remember hearing this happened, but did she know the guy wasn't a good person? Did she leave with him or did he force her to go with him?
DeleteAccording to CNN, on September 21 a terror attack was placed on Nairobi's Westgate mall. Approximately 67 people were shot and killed and many were injured. Elaine Dang is a lucky survivor who tells her story about the horrific events that took place in front of her. What she expected to be an average day at the mall turned into a storm of chaos. Song's strategy to avoid being shot was one that not a lot of people might of been willing to do and that is covering herself in someone else's blood. She did this to make it seem like she had already been killed. Luckily her plan worked but at that moment, she tells CNN, she had convinced herself of her death as well as convincing the lady lying next to her who had already been shot. She witnessed people surrendering but then being killed. She heard the shots and screams all around her. But after a while a man came and lead Elaine Dang and many others to the downstairs exit where they were safe. Instead of making Elaine frightened of Kenya, she states that she fell even more in love with the country.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Fox News, on September 27th, 2013, two criminals, Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins, were mistakenly released from a prison in the panhandle of Florida. They didn't perform some of the drastic plans that you see in the movies that require a spoon, a perfectly placed poster, and some all nighters. In fact, all they needed was paper and pen. Both men convicted horrible murders to endure the horrific life sentence that they were given, yet in September, their forged papers announcing the ending of their sentences were approved, and the men were released. They are now in hiding, but will hopefully be found soon and returned to the Franklin Correctional Institution in Carrabelle.
ReplyDeleteHow long is soon until some innocent victim is deprived of life and their innocence? I am in shock at how simply pen and paper could have such a salient impact in releasing murders back into the world.
Deletehow can the law be so careless to have forgotten papers to the sentences. As if right now there are many criminals out there now. we dont need two murders out there on the lose. This can effect many people in Carrabelle. Kids are not safe , neither is the adults, they can strike again at any moment. I pray for the safety of Carrabelle people, but then again they could have ran off to another state most likely.
DeleteThis seems like it was an effortless way of escaping, but I think it probably took more to plan this than to plan a different kind of escape since it takes more "out of the box thinking" these men were probably those guys in class who can come up with a way of using a small string to create something large while an "ordinary" person would just throw the small string aside and just sit there for ours waiting for an idea to come.
DeleteAccording to CNN as of October 18th, a deadly "zombie drug" has recently been transferred to America. The drug is known as Krokodil, which is pronounced crocodile, given the fact that the symptoms include black and green scaly skin. The drug eats away flesh from the inside out causing major damage to tissue and veins throughout the body. Researchers have found many people that have died from the use of this addicting drug. Krokodil abuse has mainly been found in Russia and Ukraine but has somehow made its way here. Krokodil is cheaper than cocaine and easier to make which is leading to the mass supplies of abusers. Hopefully this drug will quickly be removed from our area.
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That is terrible, as if there aren’t already enough deaths due to drugs in the world. I heard that after it causes damage to the veins and tissues that you get gangrene and necrosis. What effect does this drug have on your mental wellness? Is it just for the high? And why would anyone want to ever experience those side effects? If you want to die, I guess that’s how you could do it.
Deletehow was it transferred to america? I wouldn't know anyone who would want to try something so harmful to their health,but then again if it is cheaper than cocaine many users will buy. America should track down suppliers and hopefully stop this chain cycle.
Deletewhat kind of stuff is in the drug that makes it have that effect on bthe body??
DeleteThat is really disgusting. Why do people let these things go out to the public. I wonder if the person who invented this had a purpose beyond just to get high and feel '"good".
DeleteOn Wednesday October 23, 2013, CNN toke a look at the level of bacteria contain in Halloween masks sold at stores. According to Dr. Stan Kikkert, the mask worn by individuals accommodate microscopic organisms, such as mold and fungi. It is told that being introduce to the bacteria could lead to skin conditions, known as staph infection. The cause of this horrendous out break is from diverse beings breathing, touching, and sweating under masks that they try on. To unravel this dilemma, the masks should be soaked in rubbing alcohol to get rid of the germs.
ReplyDeleteAccording to ABC News as they did an experiment, they discovered that there were bacteria growing in every part of the mask. Estimated over 500 colonies were grown. They say as of right now, that none of the bacteria is harmful unless exposed, but just knowing that it is present, and that much of it, makes me never want to try on a mask ever again. That is disgusting and disturbing.
DeleteAccording to Yahoo News as of Wednesday afternoon, October 30, 2013, for the first time ever, scientists have discovered a planet close in size and content of Earth. The planet they are calling Kepler-78b, because astrophysicists used NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in the discovery, is made up of iron and rock just like Earth. But it is a little bigger and is approximately double the mass of Earth. It is located in the Cygnus constellation, hundreds of light years away. The planet is so close to the sun that it is 2,000 degrees hotter than it is on Earth. They learned that it orbits the sun every 8 1/2 hours. Astrophysicists predict that in a few billion years, Kepler-78b will be soaked up by the sun.
ReplyDeleteAccording to CNN, on Friday, November 1, 2013, the employees and passengers in the Los Angeles International Airport went through a horrific situation by the killing of a man and a terrifying moment for many innocent people. Around 9:20 am local time this morning a young 23 year old man by the name of Paul Anthony Ciancia was passing through Terminal 3, then suddenly took out an assault rifle and killed an innocent man by the name of Gerardo Hernandez, a TSA officer. It has been said that this young man, Ciancia, has no reason for causing this chaos, yet there is a theory that perhaps he had something against the government and was expressing his anti-government sentiment but it was said that he also had something against the TSA specifically, according to the federal law enforcement official. It is difficult for the FBI and police to know what the real motives are since the suspect killed himself, yet the FBI is trying to figure out what really happened.
ReplyDeletePeople like Paul Anthony Ciancia who decides to end a person's life because he is enraged at the government, is all the reasons that gun control is crucial and needs to be put into affect.
DeleteIn Lawrenceville, Ga. 911 officers responded to a call from a 10 year old girl’s father on Saturday morning saying he was going to kill himself and his own daughter was dead. The little girl was found (what seemed to be burned) in a trash can at the Lawrenceville apartment complex. The dad is being question as well as his apartment complex being searched. The dad’s name nor the little girls has been released.
ReplyDeleteI think that this man was very suspicious in just randomly calling like that. Maybe he does have something to do with the murder of his own daughter; it's just sad that a father would do such a thing to its own child this is not the first case of seeing this, so I would not be surprised if this truly happened. Hopefully, they find who was responsible for this.
DeleteIt is awful that a father would do that to his own daughter. she had her whole life ahead of her.
DeleteOn October 24, 2013 in danvers, Massachusetts Colleen Ritzer a high school math teacher who worked at Danvers High School had not returned home the Tuesday before being filed as a missing person. Many individuals knew how well Ritzer presented herself as a good human being, when investigators went to the school where Ritzer worked they could not find any clue of where she could be found. After looking for any clues or whereabouts of the missing teacher investigators had found blood on the second-floor school restroom. Later that evening Ritzer's body was discovered in nearby wood by the high school her body was in a recycle bin where authorities had seen the exigent trauma that had happened to such a great, loving, and kind teacher. There is never any excuse of murdering any human being, never is there a reason to kill. The characteristic of the 14-year-old Phillip Chism who is on trial recently seems as if he has no sympathy or regrets of such a crime he had committed. Ritzer's very kind and humble post she had shared on August 11, 2013 said "No matter what happens in life, be good to people, Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind." This quote will most likely forever stay in her students hearts it shows what a great individual she was and she had no purpose of being murdered. No one does.
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Irma Soto is a women who came to the U.S with a dream of being an American, she came her with no money and no identity. When she got to U.S. she knew she was not going back to Mexico, both of her parents past away so she was on her own. She started off cleaning houses, offices, taking care of kids and while she was doing all of these jobs she was attending school. She knew her purpose in life was to work and to give back to the community, she learned karate to know how to defend her self so no one will harm her again. What kept her going was to entertain kids and adults, because laughter and happiness is what keeps us stronger and to live healthier, she became a clown magician. She graduated from police academy in 2000, she is now part of the Dallas police department, on the weekends when she is off duty she is a Mexican musician she sings to the public with her guitar. The rest of the time she sews dresses that are worth millions of dollars because a will known women from Dallas has helped her come out with her amazing work. Irma Soto, she is a hard working women who i respect truly. For her to come to the U.S not knowing anything or anybody, with no money or experience and her purpose of having so many jobs is to give back all the opportunities that were given to her when she came to the U.S. and she did it for her self to keep moving forward. ( Univision 23 Noticias)
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ReplyDeleteAccording to Healthy Living A 22 year old named Alice Lynch dressed up for a work halloween party as victim of the Boston Marathon bombing. After instagraming a picture of her costume it sparked a rage from a lot of people on different social media sites. After threats coming in through phone,mail, and to her parents her job finally fired her for the disrepectful costume. Alice said “I have nothing to hide. It happened, I made a mistake. I just have to learn from it. I’m not a terrible person,” Alice unfortunanetly was not the only one to dress up in disrespectful costumes, but this just shows how anything you put on the internet can effect everything in your life.
ReplyDeleteAccording to NY daily news, on this recent Halloween day a seven year old boy caused an unusual controversy in Virginia with his rare choice of costume. Jessica Black, the young boy's mother says to have warned her son of the controversy he would cause by dressing as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. When the young boy was asked why he chose this costume he simply said "Cause it was cool"; he said to have first seen the attire worn in a 1991 movie. The boy's mother despite her warnings did not seem to be completely against the costume considering she made the costume for her son and argued that this was a "family tradition". Jessica Black claims that this was meaningful, since she believes that, "It's suppose to be white with white. Black with black. Men with woman." Due to this controversial event the family has received multiple threats.
ReplyDeleteAccording to CNN, British spy bosses that Al-Qaida is loving Snowden leaks.
ReplyDeleteon November 7th 2013, GCHQ said that his spies had picked up on "near-daily discussion" the revelations among his agency's that they are targeting. He also said that they were "talking about the revelations in specific terms of the communications packages that they use, and the communication packages they wish to move to." Also Iain Lobban spoke about this in the British parliament. john sawyers brought up that adversaries are rubbing their hands in glee.
http://townhall.com/news/world/2013/11/07/uk-spy-chiefs-to-give-public-testimony-n1741631
I think that by "helping us" maybe Snowden could also be causing us a harm
DeleteAccording to Los Angeles Times, two fire trucks crashed when both were responding to a house fire in south Monterey Park on April 16 2014. Fire chief stated that they crashed at the intersection of Emerson and Garfield avenues at 3:15 pm Wednesday afternoon. official's reported that 15 people were consisting of 6 fire fighters were hurt in the accident. The collision happened to cause one of the fire truck's to run into Lu's Dumpling House. one of the fire fighters from the collision suffered moderate injuries. The California Highway Patrol accident team will be leading this investigation. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-monterey-park-crash-20140416,0,3342404.story#axzz2z9Tgw2tD
ReplyDeleteAccording to the New York Times, a drug trafficking leader of the Sinaloa Gang ,Jesús Vicente Zambada Niebla was arrested in 2009 for trafficking cocaine and heroin from South America to distributors in Central America who than smuggled them into the United States . And on Thursday April 10 of this year U.S. Attorney in Chicago stated that the man has been working with the U.S. authorities under a plea deal in order to lower his sentence.
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DeleteFor committing a felony why should he have the ability to get his term lowered, with the intent that who he is he might or most likely do it again.
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