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. 

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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.

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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.