Current Events QTR 2 Week 8: Bong hit gives Miley Cyrus the giggles

          This article was about a video that surfaced this week of Miley Cyrus smoking out of a bong. Five days after her 18th birthday the video was taken of Miley smoking. You would think that it was marijuana, but she was really smoking a natural herb called salvia. This herb is legal in California and has hallucinogenic effects. It seems to be that Miley got the giggles from this natural herb, salvia.


          I liked this article because it was very interesting. It's cool to hear about someone that I use to like as a younger child. It is also a good thing that she isn't getting into the actual drug, but also a bad thing because it can be highly addictive. I didn't like what happened because it sets a very bad example for kids. Many kids look up to Miley, and it sets the wrong example for those kids even though it wasn't really marijuana. This is my opinion on this article.

This is a picture of Miley Cyrus that went along with the article.

I got this article was from an online source. I got it from CNN News. Here is the link to the article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/12/10/miley.cyrus.drugs.ppl/index.html?npt=NP1

Current Events QTR 2 Week 7: Man accused of smuggling tarantulas into U.S.

         A German tarantula dealer named Sven Koppler, has been illegally sending tarantulas to the U.S. through U.S. mail. More than 500 Mexican red-kneed tarantulas have been sent to the U.S. Sven wrapped some of them in colored plastic straws. He had received about $300,000 for them. He flew into Los Angeles and was arrested on Thursday. He has to stay in jail until December 8th for a bond hearing. He will have another hearing on December 17th and December 20th. If Sven is convicted, he will have to face up to twenty years in federal prison and fined $250,000.


          I liked this article because it was very unusual. It is very weird to hear about something like this because they are becoming more strict about this kind of stuff. It's interesting to hear about tarantulas getting mailed to the U.S. It's also very interesting to hear about somebody getting busted for sending them. And this is my opinion on this article. 

This is a picture of a tarantula that went along with the article.

I got this article from an online resource. I got it from CNN News. Here is a link to the article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/12/03/california.spider.importing/index.html?npt=NP1

Current Events QTR 2 Week 5: Eva Longoria leans on 'Desperate Housewives' costars

               This article is about Eva Longoria getting divorced and how her coworkers are sympathetic for the divorce. Eva's husband has been cheating. He has been having a "texting relationship" with Erin Barry. Eva was very upset and heartbroken when she found out. Her coworkers have been truly sympathetic towards Eva and they have been very helpful about the situation. Everybody on set has been trying to make sure that the filming of ' Desperate Housewives' goes as calmly as possible. Many of her close friends and family are going to be there for her during this rough time in her life.

               My opinion on this article is changing. I liked this article, because I watch 'Desperate Housewives', so it is kind of neat to get to hear about what goes on on set. It's also very cool to get to know what goes on in her life and be updated on things like this. I didn't like to see how she was getting divorced. I don't like to see people unhappy, it makes me unhappy. That is my opinion on this article.

This is a picture of Eva Longoria on the set of 'Desperate Housewives'.

I got this article from an online source. I got it from CNN News. Here is the link to the website: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/11/19/eva.longoria.divorce.ppl/index.html

Current Events QTR 2 Week 2: Zach Galifianakis lights up joint on live TV

           This article was about how Zach Galifianakis lit up a joint on live television. The show "Real Time With Bill Maher" went to pot during a show from Zach on Friday. Discussing California's Proposition 19 ballot, which aims to legalize marijuana use. He pulled out a joint, lit it up, and began smoking as Bill Maher and his panelists were stunned. He handed the joint to conservative television. The radio commentator smelt it and told the audience that it was real. After Zach continued to smoke, the panelists yelled "Oh my God, look at those dragons!" 
Zach said "That's my point. I think that's what people think about it." 
California voters will decide on Prop 19 on Tuesday.


My opinion on this article was very different. I think it was odd of him to smoke on live TV. I think it may have been setting the wrong examples for kids and even adults. But they were talking about how it should be legalized. This is my opinion on this article.

This is a picture that goes with the topic of the article.

I got this article from an online source. Here is the link to the website: http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/01/zach-galifianakis-lights-up-joint-on-live-tv/?npt=NP1

Current Events QTR 2 Week 1: 'Hiccup Girl' Charged with Murder

          Jennifer Mee, as known as "hiccup girl" has been charged with first-degree murder. She met someone online, lured him into an empty home. He was robbed of $50 to $60 then killed. Jennifer and two other men were arrested hours after they found the man killed with several bullets in his body. I am unaware of how long she will be in jail.

         My opinion on this article is different. I liked this article because they informed us about how someone we used to know as having hiccups, is now getting caught for murdering. I also liked how it told us the story short and sweet and then it went back into detail. I didn't like it because I never got to find out why Jennifer Mee killed this man. It just doesn't make sense to me. This is my opinion on this article.

This is a picture of Jennifer Mee that came with the article.

I got this article from an online source. I got it from CNN News. Here is the link: 

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/25/florida.hiccup.girl/index.html?hpt=T1

Current Events Week 7: Crystal Bowersox Gets Married

       This article was about an American Idol runner-up, Crystal Bowersox, getting married to Brian Walker. They were longtime friends before it all turned into romance. Bowersox and Walker have been engaged since September. They got married at a club in Chicago on Sunday, the same place that they met. She was wearing an "earth-friendly" cotton dress. Now, "they're one happy Walkersox family". 


      I liked this article because I watch American Idol and I think that it was very interesting to hear about one of last year's contestants getting married. I thought it was unique how they got married in the same place that they met six years ago. I liked how she was wear an "earth-friendly" cotton dress. Crystal Bowersox has a lot of talent and I thought it was very cool on how they shared this information with us. This was my opinion on this article.

Here is a picture of Crystal Bowersox

This was an online source. I got it from CNN News. Here is the link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/10/11/crystal.bowersox.married.ppl/index.html?npt=NP1

Current Events Week 6: Question of the Week

This article was from Athens, Greece. It is about truck drivers protesting about a new law liberalizing their profession. Truckers have been arguing that the tax and other benefits offered by the government have been giving them a loss in the value of their licenses. This happened after a law was passed about their profession turning into competition. Since the truck drivers are so fed up with this law, trucks have been parked along the streets for quite some time now, and it has been causing food, medicine, and other product shortages. Some of the people included in the article agree with the truck drivers because they say that the truck drivers have the right to fight for their own rights. 

My opinion on this article is very strong. I agree with this because I also agree that the truck drivers should be able to fight for their own rights. I mean it is their jobs! I do disagree because it is causing problems for many other people also. They are causing problems in other job categories too. I like this article because it includes opinions from others. And this is my opinion on this article. 

Here is the link to where I got my article from: http://www.athensnews.gr/articles/13410/03/10/2010/30936

Here is the picture that went along with the article of the trucks parked along the streets:

13 Drown in Boating Accident

         A skiff packed with 75 Ethiopians and 10 Somalis was spotted in the Gulf of Aden by a South Korean warship USS Winston S. Churchill. On Monday morning, the skiff asked the warship for some aid. While sailors attempted to distribute fresh supplies, the people rushed to one side of the boat causing to capsize the skiff. 13 people drowned and 8 have not been found. The crew from the warship and Australian Patrol have only managed to save 61 passengers and the Navy is still investigating the incident.

        I thought this article was interesting, as most of the articles I read are. I liked how it went far into detail, because it made it more visual. I also liked that it was very short. Telling the readers how many people were found so far also made me like the article. And that is what I thought about this article.

I got this article from an online source. Here is the link: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/27/13-drown-8-missing-after-skiff-getting-navy-aid-capsizes/?npt=NP1 

Here is a picture that goes along with the article.

Woman in Washington Admits Acid Attack was a Hoax!

           On August 30th, Bethany Storro had acid thrown in her face. Bethany told police that it was an African-American woman. It turns out Bethany's injuries were self-inflicted and the acid attack had not occurred as she had told the police. In fact, she had bought a pair of sunglasses shortly before the attack to save her eyesight. Police and detectives have many more questions. Detectives are still interviewing her. Bethany is very upset and the it got bigger than she had expected it to.

           I thought this article was very interesting. I did not like the fact that this women lied to law enforcement for no apparent reason. I don't know why she would do something like that to herself. It just didn't make any sense to me. Hopefully she will learn her lesson. In my opinion, it was a good article, but the wrong decision on her part.

This is a picture of Bethany Storro after "the acid attack". 

This was an online source. I got it from CNN News. Here is the link: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/16/police-washington-woman-admits-acid-attack-was-a-hoax/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

          

The Woman who saved her own Pinky!

           This article is about a woman who saved her own pinky. On a stormy day, Kulkarni came inside her house and was taking off her shoes. Someone slammed the door so the dog wouldn't get out. Her pinky happened to be there, and at first she thought that it was just bruised, but then she saw the tip of her pinky finger on the floor. She went to the emergency room, and they wouldn't put it back together, so she asked to see specialists. The specialists were going to amputate it, but she refused. Kulkarni researched, and she found stories on 60 Minutes and Oprah. It was about a new procedure called tissue regeneration, which makes amputated finger parts grow back. She went to a doctor and told him about it, and at first he was not sure about it, but she gave him some research materials and he finally agreed to try it. The treatment involved cleaning out the finger, removing scar tissue, and dipping her finger into MatriStem. After seven weeks of getting the treatment, he pinky finger grew back. That's what this article is about. 

            I liked this article, because it was very interesting. It wasn't like any other article. I mean, how often do you get to hear about someone's pinky tip growing back after it got cut off by a door? I liked how she just kept going on, making sure she was going to get her finger back, so she could do all of the things she could do before. And that is why I liked this article. 

This is the picture of Kulkarni's new pinky beside her cut off pinky tip.

I found this article online at the CNN News site. Here is the link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/09/pinky.regeneration.surgery/index.html?npt=NP1

Illegal Immigration

       This article is about illegal immigration, and how the U.S. sees a major rise in children born to illegal immigrants. About 8% of the 4.3 million babies born in the U.S. in 2008 were born from illegal immigrant parents. The number of babies born from illegal immigrant parents jumped from 2.7 million, in 2003, to 4 million, in 2009. These illegal immigrants are also searching for jobs. The data from the childbirth study was analyzed to demographic characteristics of the illegal immigrant population. This is becoming a very important issue, that needs to be fixed! And, that is my summary on this article.
       I agree with this article for several reasons. I don't think it is right how illegal immigrants are having children in the United States so they don't have to apply for citizenship, and they are automatically a U.S. Citizen. On the other hand, I think that most of us in the U.S. would do the same thing if we were in the same situation, even though it isn't right. Plus, it is against the law, and you have to obey the laws to be a citizen! These illegal immigrants are making a mistake, and this issue needs to be settled soon in my opinion. This is my reflection on this article.
       Lastly, I think that this article is about citizenship, because it was about illegal immigrants, which relates to citizenship because these people aren't U.S. citizens. And that is what this article was about, what I thought about it, and why I think that this article is about citizenship.

Obama's In-Box

Obama's In-Box is all about what's going on in our country. This article tells us how we are recovering from the economic turndown, but we are still having a financial crisis. The oil spill is included in this story. Illegal immigration has become a problem, so police are now allowed to stop anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant. Obama is limiting the rights of terror suspects because of 9/11, and an incident last May. The rest of the article is about all of the wars going on. Obama is trying to bring U.S. troop home as soon as possible from Iraq and Afghanistan. He is trying to reduce the conflicts in our nation(such as what's going on in the middle east). Now, since the U.S. requested, the United Nations has approved economic and military restrictions against Iran and North Korea because they are making nuclear bombs. Lastly, Obama wants to reduce green-house gas emissions by eighty percent by 2050. That's my summary on this article. I like this article because it informs us about pretty much everything. Not only does it tell us what's going on around our country, but what's going on around the world too. In my opinion, I think that this was a good article. It shows us that Obama is really trying to make an effort to fix up our economy. He is very, very busy, and is doing a really good job. And, that's my summary and my opinion on Obama's In-Box article.