Current Event 9

“Teen suspect in fatal Conn. stabbing remains under suicide watch” Fox News. Fox News Network, 2 May. 2014. Web. 2 May. 2014. <http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/02/teen-suspect-in-fatal-conn-stabbing-remains-under-suicide-watch/>.

A teen in Connecticut was put on suicide watch until his hearing on June 5th. The teen allegedly went in to a Connecticut high school during prom and stabbed a girl to death. They believe the motive is that the girl would not go to prom with him.

This event related to some of the Shakespeare plays. Throughout all of the plays there is senseless killings that have weak motives.

This article is crazy. I do not see why someone would react to rejection so hard. I also feel like this even is tragic because two lives of young people are gone forever. The girl may have actually lost her life but the guy has also lost his life because he will probably be in prison a long time.

This event affects me in a few ways. It makes me realize that events that take place can cause very dramatic effects on people. Maybe the girl was rough in the way she rejected him and all of this could have been stopped before it started.

What is the author’s point of view, and how does it impact the overall effect of the text?

The author’s point of view is to inform. The author uses very few emotional words. The author said Plaskon was arraigned Tuesday at a medical facility, where his attorneys say he's been undergoing psychiatric evaluation.”(Fox News). The author uses no emotion in this sentence at all. Also the author has no emotion in this sentence “Christopher Plaskon appeared in Milford Superior Court Friday, one week after he allegedly killed classmate Maren Sanchez in the hallway of Jonathan Law High School in Milford.” The informative side of this article makes it hard to relate to.

“A doctor, straddled by a skeleton, holds a full purse in his Wellcome ” Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Mediawiki, 18 Feb. 2014. Web.2 May. 2014. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/A_doctor%2C_straddled_by_a_skeleton%2C_holds_a_full_purse_in_his_Wellcome_V0011676.jpg>.

Current Event 8

“Fate of 115 abducted girls unknown, Nigeria says.” Fox News. Fox News Network, 17 Apr. 2014. Web. 17 Apr. 2014. <http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/04/17/fate-115-abducted-girls-unknown-nigeria-says/>.

While students at Gaston Early College complain about their school work female students in Nigeria fight to have an education at all. 115 female students were abducted by islamic extremists on Thursday. The government had already closed all schools in Borno about three weeks ago but, the female students that were kidnapped were recalled so that they could write their final exams. There were more females that were abduced but, a couple were able to escape here and there at any opportunity they were given.

The extremists that did the kidnapping were acting like soldiers and they told them they had to move the girls for safety purposes. Towards the end of loading the girls into the back of the truck is when they started shooting and killed a police officer and guard that were guarding the school. The Borno state government offered a $300,000 reward for any information that would help them to the release of the women between the ages of 16-18.

It relates to a paper that I wrote dealing with foreign problems in English class. The paper that I typed was about prostitution in Thailand. These two topics are similar because they both involved kidnap. A lot of the women in prostitution were kidnaped at young ages.

I believe something should be done. It is a terrible thought that young women in foreign countries can not go to school without having to fear what will happen. Education is a gift that many Americans see as a right which keeps us close minded toward what is going on around us.

How does the author support his claim?

The author support their claims by getting quotes and using facts. The thing the author does to help support her claim is facts. The author uses this fact to reinforce the severity of the problems in Nigeria “More than 1,500 people have been killed this year”(Fox News). Also the author got quotes from the principal confirming that some of the girls had been kidnaped. The principal said "So let it be clear that all the information passed on to the media by the military concerning 107 girls is not true”(Fox News). The principal confirms that there were girls kidnaped but not how many. The author used facts and quotes to support her claim and it was very successful at making the article informative.

Scott, Paul. “Okada Nigeria.” Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Mediawiki, 16 Dec. 2008. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okada_Nigeria.jpg>.

Current Event 7

Ellis, Ralph. “Flight 370: Search teams investigate sounds picked up in ocean.” CNN. Turner broadcasting system, 6 April 2014. Web. 6 April 2014 <http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/05/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/>.



After the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 there have been many different sounds that were picked up by ships in the Southern Indian Ocean. A Chinese ship claimed to get electronic signals twice which had many people hoping that it came from the planes little black box that is supposed to send out signals.


The flight consisted of 239 passengers and people searching have been very desperate to any type of leads as to where the plane may have ended up and if it is in one piece. A search that was conducted had ten military planes, two civil aircraft, and thirteen ships. Over the past month there have been many sightings of white objects floating and other leads but, still no plane.


This article relates to US History because we talk about world affairs and once again the US is in something that does not concern them. I think the event is very tragic.


I feel like it should not be hard to track a huge airplane that should have a tracker on it. This event affects me because I hate planes and this reinforces my reasons for not going on them.

Boddy, Simon. “98-0001 at Heathrow” Photograph. Wikimedia commons. Wikimedia, nd. Web. 6 April 2014 <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:98-0001_at_Heathrow_(8106011732).jpg>.


How does the structure of the text refine and support the author’s claim?

The structure of the the text supports the authors claims by reinforcing the importance of the things found. The author uses many quotes from officials that support her claims. The author says “The signal "is the standard beacon frequency" for the plane's cockpit voice recorder” (Ellis). The author uses that to prove that there is a chance that the sounds found could be important. Also the author uses facts about the search to support her claims of the search being “fevered”. The author uses facts such as telling us that 10 military planes, two civil aircraft and 13 ships will assist in Sunday's search for the airline. These facts help support the author claims of the search being “fevered”. The author support her claims by getting quotes from other people and by giving facts.

Current Event 6

Westerholm, Russell. "Ancient Stick Insects Used Plant Cloaking Mechanism at Least 126 Million Years Ago." University Herald. Np, 20 Mar. 2014. Web. 20 Mar. 2014 <http://www.universityherald.com/articles/8258/20140320/ancient-stick-insects-used-plant-cloaking-mechanism-at-least-126-million-years-ago.htm>.
A stick like like fossil was found that dates back to a 126 million years. The discovery puts stick insects ahead of flowering plants. Unlike modern stick animals the ancient stick insects were a lot smaller. The ancient stick insects males were only about two inches and the female were about the same.+

This is really cool. It kinda makes me think though because stick animals were suppose to have copied plants as camouflage. The crazy part is that the fossil is older then the first flowering plant. Unless flowering plants are older then we really think. This relates to my biology class because we learned a lot of things about fossils and flowering plants. This article effects me because maybe what we were taught about flowering plants was wrong or the insect.

"Stick insect, Penang, c.1820 - BL Add.Or.4988." Photogragh. wikimedia Commons. Mediawiki, nd. Web. 20 Mar. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stick_insect,_Penang,_c.1820_-_BL_Add.Or.4988.jpg>.

• How does the author support his claim? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.
  
  
  The author in this article supports her claim in many ways. One way the author supports her claim is using quotes from the people who studied the fossil. The author claims about the insects coming before we though. One quote she uses is when co-author Olivier Bethoux said "Our grand-cousins were already fooled by grand-cousins of stick and leaf insects 126 million years ago"(Wsterholm). The author also uses The Los Angeles Times Report to support her article. The Los Angeles Times Report said "The researchers found the fossilized insect would have lived in the Cretaceous Jehol biota period."(Wsterholm). This supports the authors claim that the insect came way earlier than we thought. The author used quotes from reliable sources to support her claims throughout this article.

Current Event 5

Sonawane, Vishakha. “Philadelphia School District Sued for Religious Discrimination.” HNGN. HNGN, 6 Mar. 2014. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://www.hngn.com/articles/25910/20140306/philadelphia-school-district-sued-religious-discrimination.htm>.


A worker for a Philadelphia School district has been “discriminated” against. The school has a new policy where no employee could have a beard more than a quarter length. The employ explained that it was part of his religion and that he could not cut it. The school employ of 27 years was rebuked.

This related to our world history class. We talked about many different occasions where people were discriminated for their religion. We talked about how the Jews were discriminated on many occasions.

I think if you can not comply with the work place rules you should not work there. I think to be fair the employ should be grandfathered in. If the rule was made before he had the job it would be understandable. This event affects me because I have been victim to religious discrimination. I do not see this as religious discrimination. Yes the beard is part of his religion the rule was made because of reasons that do not pertain to religion.

What is the central idea of the passage and how is it developed and refined throughout the selection? 

The central idea is to inform readers on what had happened to a school employ and why it matters. The author gives facts that allows the readers to understand why the issue is important. One way the author does this is by including how long the victim had worked at the school. The author said “he started working for the school 27 years ago” (sonawane). The author allows you to realize that he is a worker that devoted a lot of his time to that school by that quote. Also the author said “Siddiq Abu-Bakr, the school police officer, said his religion required him to maintain a beard and he cannot cut it” (sonawane). The author said that the man was a school officer so that you will know that he is a good man that helped out. Also the author lets you know that he can not cut it because of his religion. The central idea was to get you on the side of the employ and the author did that with developed facts.

Nevit, Dilmen. “Fear ignorance hate.” Photograph. Wikimedia commons. Mediawiki, 2011. Web. 6 Mar 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fear_ignorance_hate.gif>.

Current Event 4

A massive operation in mexico resulted in many arrest. One of the arrest was 56 year old Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Guzman was the world's top drug lord. He was listed public enemy number 1 by Chicago Crime Commission. Guzman is a prison escapee. He escaped prison in 2001. Mexico is thinking about turning him over to U.S. control to avoid him breaking out again. Last time he broke out was due to prison guards helping him. If he is taken to the U.S. it probably want happen again.

This article relates to English 10. In that class we worked on major issues in other countries, and this is a major issue on Mexico.

I believe this is a great accomplishment for American and Mexican officers. The capture of Guzman can improve living conditions for both Americans and Mexicans. Even though Guzman was a Mexican drug lord he took part in transporting it to the U.S. for sale.

• How does the author support his claim? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.

The Author uses many methods to support her claim. The main way the author does is by getting direct evidence from the officers. One officer said “Guzman was found with an unidentified woman” (Caldwell). The problem with many of the quotes is the officers names have to be protected. She also used a man named Vigil to support her claims about Guzman not wanting to stay in the mountains Vigil said "He got tired of living up in the mountains and not being able to enjoy the comforts of his wealth” (Caldwell). Vigil proves Alicia’s claims that Guzman came back so he could enjoy his riches. The author used all of the quotes to help support her claim successfully.

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McAteer, Tim. “SWAT team.” Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia, 2 Jan. 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SWAT_team.jpg>.

Caldwell, Alicia. “Mexico's Sinaloa drug chief arrested.” 22 Feb. 2014: Yahoo News. Web. 24 Feb. 2014 <http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-39-sinaloa-drug-chief-arrested-163725915.html>.

Current Event 3

Arriero, Elisabeth. “Student, 16, is shot, wounded at Salisbury High” 11 Feb. 2014: CharoletteObserver. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. <http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/10/4681404/one-student-shot-in-salisbury.html>

A Rowan county teen was shot at Salisbury High School on Monday. The victim was a freshman at Saildbury High. The believed cause for the shooting was from a dispute that happened the weekend before. The suspects were not students at the school. One of the suspects are now in custody and the police are searching for the other.

This article relates to an English class I took. We talked about violence in people during that class. I feel like this is a terrible event. It is sad that people will try to kill someone just from an altercation. Something very similar to this happened to my dads best friend, so I feel negatively about this.

 

What is the impact of using Facts

The impact of using just facts in this article is negative. Due to the lack of emotion in this article it is hard to get feelings from it. The author portrays this event as an everyday thing. The author said "A Rowan County teenager is in jail after a student was shot on the Salisbury High School campus."(Arriero). The author blankly states that a Rowan County teenager was jailed without any emotion. "The victim, ninth-grader Shaleek Williams, 16, was treated at a local hospital and released hours later."(Arriero) the author tells how the victim is shot, then treated, then released without any emotion. The impact of using just facts makes it very hard to connect to the story. 

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/10/4681404/one-student-shot-in-salisbury.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/10/4681404/one-student-shot-in-salisbury.html#storylink=cpy



Polito. “Non violence sculpture by carl fredrik reutersward malmo sweden” Photograph. Wikimedia commons, 11 Feb. 2007 web. 11 Feb. 2014

Law suit against Google

Coolcaesar. “Googleplex welcome sign“ Photograph. Wikimedia commons, Sept. 2006 web. 24 Jan. 2014

Google has been proven guilty of infringing on  their push notification  patents! This was brought up when a company the goes by the name of Patent Troll went after Google. This group basically "trolls" other companies to see if they went against any of their patents. Patent Troll is seeking $125 million in damages. They have been after: Apple, Motorola, Samsung, and Microsoft. The plaintiff is SimpleAir.
 We have learned a lot about infringing on things in English. We have learned that it can be very serious like in this article where they are seeking $125 million against Google.
I believe Google is wrong for doing this. $125 million may be a little much but Google did use someone else idea to make money. In reality if someone used something of mine to make money I would be mad if i did not get a cut.

What is the central idea of the passage and how is it developed and refined throughout the selection? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.

The central idea of this passage is is that Google has been proven guilty of infringement. Google has been proven guilty  of infringing on their push notification patents and the author develops this idea by telling us about the other company that they were steeling from and their background."Google has been hit by a patent troll. A company that's gone after Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, and Samsung — among other tech companies — has proven in court that Android's push notification services infringe on one of its patents, and it's now seeking damages of $125 million or more (Jacob Kastrenakes ). The author uses this this so the reader can understand what is going on better instead of just saying they are being sued by a company. Now the reader knows that it is by a company whose main intentions was to find something wrong.

Kastrenakes, Jacob. “Google loses case to patent troll seeking $125 million in damages.” 22 Jan. 2014: The Verge. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. <http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/22/5335966/google-loses-simpleair-patent-suit-seeking-125-million-damages>

current event 1

Ghose, tia. “Ancient nursery of bizarre spoon-billed sharks discovered” 10 Jan. 2014. Fox News. web. 10 Jan. 2014. <http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/01/10/ancient-nursery-bizarre-spoon-billed-sharks-discovered/>

This article talks about how they have proof of a ancient shark nursery. Also they have found a different species of sharks.  Also it talks about the living areas and about fossilized shark eggs

I find this so interesting because we were talking about extinct sharks in biology. I also think that sharks are very interesting. Also the information suggest ancient sharks spent their lives in distinct locations which is the complete opposite of what I thought.

These sharks have long snouts. They also amazingly they found the shark eggs and shark babies all in one place. It is crazy how scientist can find extinct species and learn so much about it.

What is the author’s point of view, and how does it impact the overall effect of the text?

The authors point of view is just to inform the reader. Since the point it to just inform the reader it makes the text a little boring. Even though the text is boring it still is interesting. The author says things like “The eggs and hatchlings were found only in the Mazon Creek site” (Tia Ghose) which proves that the point of view is very informative and factual. Therefore the text is very informative but kinda boring.

William Buelow Gould. “Sketchbook of fishes” photograph. Flicker. Yahoo, Nd. web. 10 Jan. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sketchbook_of_fishes_-_25._(Longnose)_Saw_shark_-_William_Buelow_Gould,_c1832.jpg>

Persuasive

Two stroke over four stroke?. Ever since four stroke dirt bikes have become competitive with the two strokes people have been arguing which one is faster and just all around
better. A two stroke is a bike where there is an explosion in the motor every two times the piston goes down and up and a four stroke is every four times. so lets compare them.

what is the horsepower difference?

The first difference between the Yamaha four stroke dirt bike and the two stroke
is that the 4 stroke 250 produces 8500 rpm and 36 horsepower. The 2
stroke 250 makes about 46 horsepower at 11,300rpms. That’s a 10
horsepower advantage. The difference between the KTM 250sx two stroke produces around 49.77 horsepower. The KTM 250 four strokes make about 35.5 horsepower. So the 2 stroke has 13.22 more horsepower. So no matter what brand of bike you get the 2 stroke is going to have more horsepower which leads to faster lap times.

Horsepower doesn't matter if you don't have good torque so the torque comparison is:

The KTM 250 four stroke has 19.42 foot pounds of torque at 8600 rpm. While that is good torque the KTM 250 two strokes crushes it with 31.93 foot pounds of
torque at 8000 rpm. The KTM two strokes has way more than the four stroke. But its not the only brand were the 2 stroke has more horsepower the Yamaha 2 stroke has 30.6 foot pounds of  torque. The YZ 250 four strokes has about 20.1 foot pounds of torque. The more torque you have the faster your tires spin.

There is also a price difference Both the Yamaha 2 stroke and four stroke have the same retail of $7150 The 2012 KTM 250 two stroke is $800 cheaper than the 2012 KTM 250 four stroke. It retails for around $6899 (MSRP). The 2012 KTM 250 four stroke’s price is $7699

The author of dirt bike magazine said "Privateers could compete at a higher level for a lower cost. Even at the National level, engine mods on a two-stroke top out at around $1000—you can't buy the top-end parts for a four-stroke for that amount. "

Conclusion  My conclusion based on my research is that the 2 stroke is a faster bike. It is also
cheaper bike. So why would you choose something that is more expensive and slower? The only down side to two strokes is that they cause a little more pollution but it is a lot faster

Something that heppened in class

Something that happened in class

This week in forensic science we have been learning how to collect evidence. We are doing a project where we have to use a microscope to look at hair and try to identify which of the hairs match the one at the crime scene. We do this by magnifying in to where we can see how the hair is made up. We see if it had a medulla and if it is damaged and so on. You can identify hair a lot of different way besides the color. The color is know as class evidence because it can eliminate a group of people but it can not specifically identify a person. If the hair is pulled out there is still tissue on it and you can use DNA analysis but the hair I had wasn't ripped out so it didn't have any tissue on the end so I had to compare the structure of the hair and I believe I found out who the suspect was. In this class I learn a lot about how investigating crimes. But the things you learn in forensics isn't just used in crime scene investigations. In this class you learn a lot about the way your body works and why things happen such as why your hair falls out.

Random

Two stroke over four stroke?. Ever since four stroke dirt bikes have become competitive with the two
strokes people have been arguing which one is faster and just all around
better so lets compare them.

what is the horsepower difference?
The first difference between the Yamaha four stroke dirt bike and the two stroke
is that the 4 stroke 250 produces 8500 rpm and 36 horsepower. The 2
stroke 250 makes about 46 horsepower at 11,300rpms. That’s a 10
horsepower advantage. The difference between the KTM 250sx two stroke produces around 49.77 horsepower. The KTM 250 four strokes make about 35.5 horsepower. So the 2 stroke has 13.22 more horsepower. So no matter what brand of bike you get the 2 stroke is going to have more horsepower.

Horsepower doesn't matter if you don't have good torque so the torque comparison is:
The KTM 250 four stroke has 19.42 foot pounds of torque at 8600 rpm. While that is good torque the KTM 250 two strokes crushes it with 31.93 foot pounds of
torque at 8000 rpm. The KTM two strokes has way more than the four stroke. But its not the only brand were the 2 stroke has more horsepower the Yamaha 2 stroke has 30.6 foot pounds of  torque. The YZ 250 four strokes has about 20.1 foot pounds of torque.

There is also a price difference Both the Yamaha 2 stroke and four stroke have the same retail of $7150 The 2012 KTM 250 two stroke is $800 cheaper than the 2012 KTM 250 four stroke. It retails for around $6899 (MSRP). The 2012 KTM 250 four stroke’s price is $7699


The author of dirt bike magazine said "Privateers could compete at a higher level for a lower cost. Even at the National level, engine mods on a two-stroke top out at around $1000—you can't buy the top-end parts for a four-stroke for that amount. "

Conclusion 

My conclusion based on my research is that the 2 stroke is a faster bike. It is also
cheaper bike. So why would you choose something that is more expensive and slower?

Class

Something that happened in class this week

This past Sunday a guy that I race dirt bikes with died from a wreck. He was riding at Daniels Ridge which isn't far from here. He over jumped a jump and hit his head then he died of internal bleeding. But this affected my Algebra II because I didn't sleep much and I wasn't paying much attention in class because i was so tired. This is probably going to have an affect on my grade because i’m not that sure how to do the things that were doing. The worse part is that we have a test today and i’m pretty sure i'm not going to do well because I tried to do the study guide and I was confused on how to do the stuff. I think algebra I was easy but algebra II is a little harder plus my teacher Ms. Waldrop is very strict. You have to say yes ma’am and no ma’am and she calls me sir which is really annoying because i’m 15 i’m not a sir im still a kid. She gets mad at me all the time because her class is extra boring and I start daydreaming and I stare at the wall. She always says she is going to call my mom and it aggravates me because I don't do anything wrong in her class. If it was more interesting I would pay attention. Plus i'm making a B which is the second highest grade in the class so what can she possibly say? Ma’am your son has the second highest grade and he doers good on his work but he doesn't pay attention in class” I believe that statement contradicts itself.

Maitnence

Bike Maintenance

Bike Maintenance is a very important part of owning a dirt bike. If you
don't take care of your bike it won't run right, and it can lead to
damage which can be costly.

The first obvious thing you want to do is wash it. If you don't wash your
dirt bike it’s like wasting your money because it won't look as good,
but the main reason is that dirt can get in the motor. When dirt gets in
the motor it can destroy your dirt bike. Make sure that you don't get
water in the pipe so when you're washing because that will also mess up
your motor.

You also want to clean the air filter. People buy bikes and think that you
just put gas in them and go, but you often need to clean the air filter
or the motor won't get any air. To do this you can use air filter
cleaner and it gets all the dirt and mud out of it. Then you need to
spray air filter oil on the air filter so that it will catch all the
dirt.

Next you want to change the oil in your dirt bike. If you don't do this it
cannot act as a lube and help the motor run. You should change this
often or it can also destroy your motor. I change the oil in my bike
every 2 weeks, which isn't necessary unless you ride a lot.  

If you do these three major things it will extend the life of your dirt
bike. It will also save you money. so follow the tips it will help you!

9/11/01

Something we read in class.

I feel that 9/11 is a very sad event that happened on 9/11/01. It was when four planes were hijacked and two were flew into the world trade center and one was flew into the pentagon. The fourth was believed to be shot down and by the armed forces and everyone was killed in the plane wreck but we can't be sure.  In all there are 2,983, including everyone who died at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. I think it was better to build a memorial there then to just build something new over it. I believe the fountain works good because it shows water going into what can be called a dark void and dark voids express a sense of loss and grief. It is also a good idea how they have everyone who died on the walls that surrounds the memorial in bronze. It is a beautiful memorial that doesn't take you to the dark place of 9/11 and leave you there.

attack on the World Trade Center,

But ten years later, the newly completed memorial,

the memorial doesn't carry you into a dark place and leave you there,

a 70-ft.-deep concrete "bathtub" scorched by the fires of the attack, ,

dark voids express a sense of loss and grief,

died at the world trade center,

the backdrop of two giant, churning memory machines,

Can these potent excavations that surrounds them ever fulfill their dual mission, as sacred ground?         
                                                                                               - Brandon Hargrave

Current Event

Washington versus New Orleans

Robert Griffin III made his NFL debut on 9-8-12 as the quarterback of the Washington Redskins. They were playing New Orleans and they were expected to be dominated by them. It looked as if Robert Griffin III’s debut was going to be a rough one. Surprisingly he made an amazing debut. He completed 19 out of the 26 passes he threw with no interceptions which is amazing. He had a total of 320 yards passing and and 42 yards running by the end of the game. Growing up Robert Griffin was an amazing track start. His 40 yard dash times were amazing. He won a Heisman trophy and there is no doubt he is a true athlete. But in this article I think they are paying too much attention to just Robert. They refer to him as the “savior” but it takes more than just one person to win a game. If it wasn't for the other players he wouldn't have done good because they wouldn't have been there to catch the ball. I believe he is a great player but they gave him all the credit in which he didn't earn. He got the credit that the whole team earned. But besides that Griffin III done a great job and i’m sure all the fanes of Washington including me are very happy to see them have a good team and do a great job for the first time in a long time

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http://nfl.si.com/2012/09/09/first-down-fourth-down-robert-griffin-iii-makes-a-smashing-debut/?sct=nfl_wr_a1

Something I read

something I read “Not Without my Daughter.”

I left off on Not Without my Daughter when they got out of the car and got on horseback so  they wouldn't get caught. Their journey begins their journey on horseback they stumble through the rocks and snow all just for freedom. seeking freedom from iran  is a very hard fight because of all the checkpoints and officers they have to get past. Also they must travel across high mountains with extremely cold weather. But after their long horse ride they finally they reach a bus .They spend 32 hours on a bus, after riding the bus they arrive in Ankara which has taken them a whole week to get there since the journey began. Betty finds a hotel and they wait there for there last step to freedom which is the American Embassy. They get to the hotel but their passports are not in order, no visas or border stamps. The hotel clerk does not tolerate it and keeps threatening to report them to the police. Betty begs him to contact the Embassy at three a.m. There was a Marine on duty but refuses to help and urges them to see the police. Betty persuades the clerk to call her mother and her mom contacts the State Department in Washington so they could verify the information. When they reach the Embassy Betty fears that they want have all the information verified and they will be sent to the police. But when they get to the Embassy everything is taken care of and they are safe at last. Within the same day they are  on a plane back home to safety. Betty and her daughter have safely made it out of Iran.

Somethin we read

The Little brown Dog

We read a story called Called the Little Brown Dog. It is a very controversial story. It is about a dog that was abandoned on the side of the road. Then a little boy comes and he messes with the dog in a harsh manner. The dog just lays there and takes it. After the boy is done torturing the dog he goes to walk away but the dog follows him and wines. So the boy brings the dog back to his apartment and they go to the stairs and the dog tries to avoid going up them but the boy drags him. The boy gets in his apartment and then ask his mom if he can keep the dog but she says no. Then his dad steps in and says he can keep the dog because he knew it would make the mom mad. They keep the dog and he soon becomes abused. The father beats him for no reason with objects. Finally the dad has had enough and he grabs the dog and throws him out the window, the impact killed the dog. But why does the dad mistreat the dog? This story is very sad because the things that happened in the story happen in everyday life. The dog didn't do anything to them but yet he was punished and then finally killed. I believe he is an awful father and he is teaching his son bad lessons by abusing the dog. If he does it most likely the boy will do it and he had already done it a little bit. I believe this is an overall good story but it is very sad and it makes you think a lot.

                                                                                                      -Brandon Hargrave

Class

Something that happened in class.

In forensics we had to do a project about crime scene investigation. Everyone in the class got a penny. We had to sketch out or penny. Then we drew out what made our penny unique. For my penny it had a red line above the n on the side that said one. So on my sketch I drew that because I knew it would help me identify which penny was mine when put next to everyone elses penny.. Then next day we came to class our teacher took us outside and lined all of our pennies up side by side and we had to find which one was our. This is where our drawings become helpful. I used my drawing to set my penny aside from the other one but without my paper I would have never found it. This showed us how important it was for investigators to collect evidence. Without evidence it makes it hard to figure out what happened. Also the human mind forgets things so you have to take notes and evidence if you want to remember stuff. I barely remember what my penny looked like after one night and most trials can take up a to year or more to take place. I've learned a lot in that class about how forensics work. It is a very interesting class plus we get to watch CSI. I wish i could take this class all year but unfortunately I can not because I have to take biology but the good thing is that it is with the same teacher. Mrs. Nixon is my favorite teacher she is really nice and she is a great teacher and i look forward to her class every day..

Andrew Short

Andrew Short won his first career 450 supercross win in Seattle,
Washington. Short, who's from Smithville, Texas, has been racing in the
Supercross Class for nearly six years and hasn’t been able to win. It is really hard to win in the supercross class because it is the fastest 20 riders in the world.

Short turned pro in 2000, and by 2001 he had earned a ride with the Motoworld
Racing Suzuki support team. The first three years of his pro career
were not that good for him. But being the hard worker that he is Andrew started earning top twenty results, and in 2002  achieved twelfth overall in the West Coast Supercross Lites class. And fifteenth overall in the MX Lites class.

Andrew’s career soon turned into injury when he  ran into another rider's rear wheel as several riders knocked each other off as they were rolling down the start strait.  Andrew high sided
and the momentum of his body threw him over the bars and then he got
ran over by another rider. He visited the Medical unit and determined that his
shoulder dislocation was unlikely but the pain was too much to continue
racing for the night. Then later he wrecked and had to have surgery on both elbows. He also has a broken wrist and will have to have a cast, which will make him miss some
races.

Andrew short is a great rider in my opinion and he has a bright future ahead of him. He has earned one of the most prestigious awards in motocross racing. Now his next goal is the AMA fim world championship. He is a role model to me and I hope one day I can be as good as him!