Police are still searching for the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer, whose first victim was Alicia Alexander in 1988. He is wanted in 11 deaths, and police have his DNA and are currently offering a $500,000 reward for information for his arrest.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/26/grim.sleeper.california/index.html
Five Turks and four U.S. citizens were killed on Wednesday after the crash of a plane ran by Turkish Airlines. There was 121 survivors of the crash. Officials say that the crash was caused by lack of maintenance inspection of the plane.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/26/turkish.airline.crash/index.html
Marine life near the Puerto Rican island of Vieques is littered with unexploded bombs, leaking toxins into the water. These toxins are harmful to the marine life, killing them by cancerous causing materials.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/26/undersea.munitions.cleanup/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
The Pentagon is turning over it's ban on media coverage on anonymous military caskets at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. However, the media coverage of the bringing-home of the caskets has yet to be approved by the families of the victims.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/pentagon.media.war.dead/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Lost In The Dark ~~ Poem
Okay so I am going to post up one of the several poems I have written. I will post up some every now and then, so keep an eye out.
Lost In The Dark
Swimming into blinding light,
strap in for this long ride.
Find the everlasting twilight;
look beyond for somewhere to hide.
Show me the way, a path.
Capture the time to choose.
Holding me from death's wrath,
my life you will not underuse.
Love enduring a violent war,
beaten and tired from pains.
Finding that final paramore,
holding up your broken chains.
(C) K. Bell February '09
Lost In The Dark
Swimming into blinding light,
strap in for this long ride.
Find the everlasting twilight;
look beyond for somewhere to hide.
Show me the way, a path.
Capture the time to choose.
Holding me from death's wrath,
my life you will not underuse.
Love enduring a violent war,
beaten and tired from pains.
Finding that final paramore,
holding up your broken chains.
(C) K. Bell February '09
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Ledes, 2-19-09
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/obama.canada/index.html
President Obama made Canada his first foriegn trip during his presidency. He and the Canadian Prime Minister discussed economic and military issues. They talked about jobs and how Canada plans to pull all military forces from Afghanistan before 2011.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/19/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm?cnn=yes
The Dow Jones stock has fallen to an all time low, according to CNN Money. It has fallen, at times, hourly, and has lost about 48 points. This is the lowest that the stock has ever been within the last six years.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/19/california.fossil.discovery/index.html
A almost fully intact mammoth was found in California north of Las Angeles. The mammoth's skull was almost crushed by a scraper during the dig. It died at a young age during the Ice Age, and may have had a cancerous lesion in its jaw at the time of death.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/19/cuba.cancer.vaccine/index.html
Cuban people who had terminal lung cancer have recieved vaccines that have saved their lives. Dr. Gisela Gonzalez spent years researchign the vaccine and it has helped people in Cuba with terminal lung cancer have longer, healthier lives.
President Obama made Canada his first foriegn trip during his presidency. He and the Canadian Prime Minister discussed economic and military issues. They talked about jobs and how Canada plans to pull all military forces from Afghanistan before 2011.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/19/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm?cnn=yes
The Dow Jones stock has fallen to an all time low, according to CNN Money. It has fallen, at times, hourly, and has lost about 48 points. This is the lowest that the stock has ever been within the last six years.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/19/california.fossil.discovery/index.html
A almost fully intact mammoth was found in California north of Las Angeles. The mammoth's skull was almost crushed by a scraper during the dig. It died at a young age during the Ice Age, and may have had a cancerous lesion in its jaw at the time of death.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/19/cuba.cancer.vaccine/index.html
Cuban people who had terminal lung cancer have recieved vaccines that have saved their lives. Dr. Gisela Gonzalez spent years researchign the vaccine and it has helped people in Cuba with terminal lung cancer have longer, healthier lives.
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Review
If you are looking for a romantic comedy that involves a wild chase through New York City for a band called “Where’s Fluffy?,” then Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is what you might be searching for. The movie opens with Nick O’Leary, played by Michael Cera of Juno. Nick is heartbroken after the break up with is ex-girlfriend, Tris. Nick and his two friends, Thom and Dev, leave to go play at a club. Their band name changes throughout the movie, and they can never seem to decide on a good name. Nick meets Norah Silverberg, played by Kat Dennings, at this club while they are playing. Norah goes to the same school as Tris, and also has a friend named Caroline, whose drunken adventures are a main part of the story. Tris is tired of Nick sending her endless amounts of mix CD’s, and Norah, coincidentally, loves the CD’s, and takes them out of the trash after Tris throws them away.
Nick’s band gets done playing and Norah asks Nick to, “be her boyfriend for five minutes,” so she can prove to Tris that she has a boyfriend. Unbeknownst to Norah, Tris and Nick had just broken up recently. Caroline, who had previously promised Norah she wouldn’t drink, gets drunk. Thom and Dev meet Lethario, who doesn’t reveal his name until the end of the movie. Norah wants to get drunken Caroline home, and Thom, Dev and Lethario offer to take her home in their van. Nick and Norah set off to find the band “Where’s Fluffy?” after Thom, Dev, and Lethario leave with Caroline. Caroline is passed out in the back of the van. Thom, Dev and Lethario decide to stop for something to eat, leaving Caroline in the van. She wakes up while they are gone, and leaves the van screaming, due to having no idea where she is. She walks on throughout New York City, where she ends up in a train station, and a gay cabaret, where, during a short phone call with Norah, Caroline “found Jesus.” She also mentions an “altar boy with no pants on.”
They finally end up finding the band “Where’s Fluffy?” on a roof top around 4 a.m. after searching all night. The story ends happily with Nick and Norah going down an escalator, kissing. I found the acting was overall good, but some of them could have been better. I thought it was hilarious. I found Caroline the best character in the story; her gum that she is chewing in the beginning seriously goes from person to person. It starts with Caroline, who hands it to Norah, who chews it, and Nick gets it last after making out with Norah.
I overall liked this movie, okay not liked. I loved this movie. I thought it was absolutely hilarious and I would definitely put this in my list of favorite movies.
Nick’s band gets done playing and Norah asks Nick to, “be her boyfriend for five minutes,” so she can prove to Tris that she has a boyfriend. Unbeknownst to Norah, Tris and Nick had just broken up recently. Caroline, who had previously promised Norah she wouldn’t drink, gets drunk. Thom and Dev meet Lethario, who doesn’t reveal his name until the end of the movie. Norah wants to get drunken Caroline home, and Thom, Dev and Lethario offer to take her home in their van. Nick and Norah set off to find the band “Where’s Fluffy?” after Thom, Dev, and Lethario leave with Caroline. Caroline is passed out in the back of the van. Thom, Dev and Lethario decide to stop for something to eat, leaving Caroline in the van. She wakes up while they are gone, and leaves the van screaming, due to having no idea where she is. She walks on throughout New York City, where she ends up in a train station, and a gay cabaret, where, during a short phone call with Norah, Caroline “found Jesus.” She also mentions an “altar boy with no pants on.”
They finally end up finding the band “Where’s Fluffy?” on a roof top around 4 a.m. after searching all night. The story ends happily with Nick and Norah going down an escalator, kissing. I found the acting was overall good, but some of them could have been better. I thought it was hilarious. I found Caroline the best character in the story; her gum that she is chewing in the beginning seriously goes from person to person. It starts with Caroline, who hands it to Norah, who chews it, and Nick gets it last after making out with Norah.
I overall liked this movie, okay not liked. I loved this movie. I thought it was absolutely hilarious and I would definitely put this in my list of favorite movies.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Ledes 2-12-09
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/10/immigrants.economy/index.html
Question Lede- Have you ever thought you might have to leave your own country due to the economy crisis? Illegal immigrants all over the country have decided that the economy here in the United States isn’t worth the stay, so they are going back to their home countries.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1878220,00.html?cnn=yes
Impact Lede – Fires in Australia have damaged several homes and killed up to 160 people. People in the Australian state of Victoria haven’t had to time to escape their homes before they caught on fire and killed them – but is global warming the cause of these deadly fires?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878421,00.html
The FBI raided the plant from which the contaminated peanut products came from on Monday. The products have been linked to at least 7 deaths caused by salmonella poisoning from peanut products manufactured in that factory.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878818,00.html
Dayton, Tennessee, over 80 years ago, was the sight of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Now, an atheist group called Freedom From Religion Foundation have put up a billboard celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday on one end of town, and it has sparked new arguments about evolution in this small town of 7,000.
Happy Valentines Day!!
Question Lede- Have you ever thought you might have to leave your own country due to the economy crisis? Illegal immigrants all over the country have decided that the economy here in the United States isn’t worth the stay, so they are going back to their home countries.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1878220,00.html?cnn=yes
Impact Lede – Fires in Australia have damaged several homes and killed up to 160 people. People in the Australian state of Victoria haven’t had to time to escape their homes before they caught on fire and killed them – but is global warming the cause of these deadly fires?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878421,00.html
The FBI raided the plant from which the contaminated peanut products came from on Monday. The products have been linked to at least 7 deaths caused by salmonella poisoning from peanut products manufactured in that factory.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1878818,00.html
Dayton, Tennessee, over 80 years ago, was the sight of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Now, an atheist group called Freedom From Religion Foundation have put up a billboard celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday on one end of town, and it has sparked new arguments about evolution in this small town of 7,000.
Happy Valentines Day!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
iPod Touch Review
If you are looking to buy an iPod Touch, I would buy a second generation instead of the first generation. I bought the first generation, eight gigabyte iPod Touch last August, but if I would have known, I really should have waited just a few more months for a second generation. The second generation is much, much better than the first generation. The first generation has Wi-Fi internet access, a tab for Youtube, and much more. The second generation is upgraded for Apps. If I wanted to upgrade my iPod so I can use apps, I’d have to pay $10.00 to iTunes. Since I’m reviewing this product, I’d better talk about the good things about it, and then I can trash it completely.
Some of the good things featured on the iPod Touch can be useful for you every day. The calendar, contacts, notes, and maps features might be useful. You could use the calendar and notes to remember important dates and times. Maps can be used to find the house of your friend or where a distant family member lives. You can also get directions to that place from the exact spot you are standing, or you can enter a starting and ending point. Contacts is useful to enter in phone numbers or email addressed for future use. There are several good things about this product, but it’s not as good as the second generation iPod Touch.
I bought my iPod Touch at Wal*Mart in Sheridan for almost $300.00. Since we don’t have a Best Buy nearby, that’s the only place I could get a half way decent price for it. It can hold up to 1500 songs and several hours of video, but not at the same time. I have over 300 songs on my iPod Touch and I used to have hours of video on it at the same time, and there was only 1 gigabyte of space left on it. I wouldn’t recommend getting a first generation iPod Touch, unless you really want something that uses space quickly and dies even faster.
Some of the good things featured on the iPod Touch can be useful for you every day. The calendar, contacts, notes, and maps features might be useful. You could use the calendar and notes to remember important dates and times. Maps can be used to find the house of your friend or where a distant family member lives. You can also get directions to that place from the exact spot you are standing, or you can enter a starting and ending point. Contacts is useful to enter in phone numbers or email addressed for future use. There are several good things about this product, but it’s not as good as the second generation iPod Touch.
I bought my iPod Touch at Wal*Mart in Sheridan for almost $300.00. Since we don’t have a Best Buy nearby, that’s the only place I could get a half way decent price for it. It can hold up to 1500 songs and several hours of video, but not at the same time. I have over 300 songs on my iPod Touch and I used to have hours of video on it at the same time, and there was only 1 gigabyte of space left on it. I wouldn’t recommend getting a first generation iPod Touch, unless you really want something that uses space quickly and dies even faster.
Ledes 2-5
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/05/giant.snake.colombia/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
The remains of a giant snake, “Titanoboa cerrejonensis” were found in Colombia. Scientists believe that the remains may be of the biggest snake that has ever roamed the Earth, even bigger than the snake that tried to eat Jennifer Lopez in ‘Anaconda’, according to paleontologist Jonathon Bloch.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/schip.vote/index.html
President Obama passed a piece of legislature that ensures health care for over 4 million children in the United States Wednesday. The new piece of legislature is going to also bring a 62-cent-per-pack increase on packs of cigarettes.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/04/doctor.car.blast/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
A doctor in West Memphis, Arkansas, is in critical condition after a bomb placed either under or near his car exploded. Police don’t know if he was a random target, or if this was planned. He lost his left eye in the blast, which was heard a mile away.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/05/dead.nazi/index.html
A high Nazi official, known as, “Dr. Death” may have died in Cairo, Egypt 20 years ago. Authorities have been following him since 1962. New information has leaded them to Cairo, where Aribert Heim died from cancer about 20 years ago.
The remains of a giant snake, “Titanoboa cerrejonensis” were found in Colombia. Scientists believe that the remains may be of the biggest snake that has ever roamed the Earth, even bigger than the snake that tried to eat Jennifer Lopez in ‘Anaconda’, according to paleontologist Jonathon Bloch.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/schip.vote/index.html
President Obama passed a piece of legislature that ensures health care for over 4 million children in the United States Wednesday. The new piece of legislature is going to also bring a 62-cent-per-pack increase on packs of cigarettes.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/04/doctor.car.blast/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
A doctor in West Memphis, Arkansas, is in critical condition after a bomb placed either under or near his car exploded. Police don’t know if he was a random target, or if this was planned. He lost his left eye in the blast, which was heard a mile away.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/05/dead.nazi/index.html
A high Nazi official, known as, “Dr. Death” may have died in Cairo, Egypt 20 years ago. Authorities have been following him since 1962. New information has leaded them to Cairo, where Aribert Heim died from cancer about 20 years ago.
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