November 18 and 19
Today we will be reading articles from the magazines in the classroom. Choose an article that you like, read it, and then write a short summary of it. You will post this summary on the blog. It would be a good idea to do this on a Google Doc first. Then take some time to read other's comments and reply to at least two.
Your summary should look like this:
Class Period: 6A
Magazine: Discover
Issue: December 2014
Article: Ticket to Ride - Page 22
Summary: Ticket to ride described three main private space explorations that are planned for the near future. First, the Mars One program is getting ready to go to Mars. They are getting money and volunteers right now to set up a colony on Mars. They will send a probe first, then a lander, and finally people. They want to have people there by 2025. They are going to pay for this by creating a reality TV show for us to watch on earth. Second, the B612 Foundation is working to find asteroids. This is run by two former astronauts, Rusty Schweickart and Ed Lu. They are working on a plan to find and track asteroids that may do damage to earth. Once they find them, they will alert NASA, and NASA would actually work on the solution. They want to just use donations and investments to do this. They won't make any money. Finally, the Golden Spike program is getting ready to send customers to the moon. Most of these customers would be other countries that want to have a space program. They will take care of all of the details, you just need to pay them about 1.5 billion dollars, and you will get a trip to the moon. Mars One, B612 Foundation, and Golden Spike are three private businesses that are doing a job that only governments did before.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine- Field and stream
Issue- November 2014
Article- Seven Killer Rut Tactics Page 46
Summary- The Article was about how to tips on how to get a buck/Doe while hunting with a bow or gun. It explained how to join the chase and get involved so you have a perfect shot for the deer. It said to get down off your tree stand if you are in one and hide behind a tree so they don’t see you. Be ready for the deer to come running by so have your gun or bow ready to go and accessible. It also explained how to hunt in the high wind. It said that you really need to get in the wind so the sent of the bait piles can be brought down stream so the buck’s can follow where it came from. It said that the doe’s are most likely around their beds in this time of year, so the buck’s are going to come by soon. Another thing it talked about was to make sure you are paying attention so that if that buck come by you can get a good shot. It also made clear to never move too fast because you could startle the deer and miss your shot. A third tip was try not to make so much noise when you are hunting because the animals will hear you. The deer have adapted to the environment so they can hear very good because they need to be alert for predators like humans. Since the doe’s are in rut the bucks are eager to find a doe, they won’t even notice you if you are there. In conclusion those are some of the ways to get involved with the deer and get a good chance of get that deer you have been hoping for.
Leigha I like the topic that you chose and the tip about doe are most likely to be around there bed. And I will keep this in mind when I go hunting.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: People
Issue: November 24, 2014
Article: “How I Survived Ebola” - pg. 54-55
Summary: In "How I survived Ebola", it talks about a nurse (Amber Vinson), and how she got, recovered, and survived Ebola. First, it talks about how she got Ebola. She had the decision to treat a patient with Ebola, otherwise her co-worker would have to do it. She didn't want her co-worker getting sick so she took the patient. While treating the patient (Duncan), she claimed she had on all the equipment, and layers that she needed on to not have the Ebola get to her. Unfortunately, a few days later Duncan (her patient) died, and she found out that she had Ebola. Which she found this out after she had flow on a few planes, and was in public. But nobody from the planes got Ebola. Truly, this had to be devastating for her. Then, it explains how she got treated with Ebola. She was immediately taken to a hospital that day, and had to cancel plans for church and her own bridal shower. So, she was very sad about this, and the fact that she could die any day now. But the doctors and nurses gave her all the fluids that she needed to recover. Throughout this time, and as she kept getting better she was very isolated. That meant she could only text or facetime her family. Clearly, she went through rough, but survived. Last, it talked about how lucky and fortunate she was to survive Ebola. Soon she was healthy, and had enough fluids to be let out and go home. But, she couldn’t really do too much. Until a month or two later, she had her wedding. All in all, she got Ebola, was treated right, and is now living happily after all she has been through.
I heard about this, and it's amazing she survived...
DeleteNot many people do.
Class Period: 4A
ReplyDeleteMagazine: Popular Science
Issue: December 2014
Article: The Bionic Arm - Page 68
Summary:
In the article, The Bionic Arm it show’s that even with today’s most prosthetic limbs, people are still having troubles trying to basic tasks and motor skills with their hand, but a bionic arm made by Deka; the inventor Dean Kamen changed that. The bionic arm was nicknamed after the cybernetic hand in Star Wars and was given the name, “The Luke Arm”.
It allows amputees to rotate their wrist and open their hands at the same time. Along with unlocking doors and using chopsticks to eat. It happened to work so well that within ten minutes after putting it on, people are able to pick up things. It works exactly like the patient thinks with it’s sensors that track the motions of elbow, wrist, and hand.
Deka has not released it yet, or even put a price on it, but Hildreth, a man who lost his arm almost 30 years ago over a work accident, said he’d be the first one to but The Luke Arm after he’s been searching since 2008.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time
Issue:December 9, 2013
Article: Time To Cull The Herd
Summary:
In the article there were many facts about how they benefited the earth and how they destroyed some of the earth. One thing in the article that was mentioned was how the black bears went from a pest to protected.In the 1970’s there were only about 50 black bears in new jersey, but by 2009 there were an estimated 3,500 black bears there. Many people of new jersey were worried about the bears getting into trash cans and harming their pets and sometimes their children. So in 2010 the wildlife management have killed nearly 1,350 black bears which is over 20% of the old population. Another thing that was mentioned was about how some animals were growing in number a little too fast. There are more animals such as deer,bear,racoon,wild pig, alligator,beavers and wild turkeys than there has ever been before.Something that continues to worry people are the diseases that these animals carry.Deer carry ticks that can have lyme disease, raccoons, beavers foxes and skunks. Those were some facts about what is going on all around in the ecosystem.
I know it is bad to have to much of a population of an animal but it is crul to kill them. I would not bears in my trash though
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: National Geographic
Issue:October 2014
Article:”Mister big” page 101
"This is the larger than a T-Rex!" A new dinosaur was discovered last year when a group of paleontologists went looking for this ancient cretaceous beast in Morocco, Africa. The group leader’s name was Nizar Ibrahim. This all started when a paleontologist named Ernst Stromer found bones to the beast during WWI. He found some parts to this mystery and sadly after that during WWI a German scientist found these and kept them secret in his lab. After that, in WWII they were destroyed in an air raid and the only things left were photos and notes.
After days of searching, Ibrahim was ready to give up. But suddenly, a group member found the bones and then brought Ibrahim to his findings. It was a miracle! Now these bones stay in a museum. This article is great and I recommend it highly.
How could something SO big just be discovered? Maby they were almost extinct before the HUGE extinction that killed ALL of the dinosaurs.
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Magazine:Time
Article:Now arriving, THE DEADLY EBOLA VIRUS LANDS IN AMERICA
Issue:October 13, 2014
I read an article in the time magazine, about chasing ebola, It was called Now Arriving The deadly Ebola Virus Lands In America. In this article, They were trying to contain the case. It was about a young man that had arrived in dallas texas, from Liberia, when he started having the symptoms of Ebola. On Thursday september 25, He went to the doctors office claiming he had a fever, and his stomach hurt. When they were done, they had to check his contacts and close family and friends if they had ebola too.In conclusion the article I read was about was about a boy that came from Liberia to america and had Ebola.
~Lacey Cohee
Ebola can be deadly if not treated, but its not everywhere so i don't know why the news is talking about it every day and its about the same thing 2, yes we know that Ebola has been seen.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Discover
Issue: October 2014
Article: A Spacesuit for Mars
Summary: A new suit for the mission to Mars is in demand! NASA’s current space suit, the EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) is awkward as weighs 310 pounds, which needs to be inflated with gas in order to provide good pressure the body needs to survive. It needs 4.3 pounds per square inch! If it does not, the astronauts skin will begin to boil and vapors form from underneath the skin. The designer for the (possibly) new space suit is MIT engineer, Dava Newman. She has invented the BioSuit. NASA is currently not funding her idea and research development, but she hopes they will consider her idea for the Mission to Mars coming up in the near future. The BioSuit does not use high pressure gas, and it looks more like a leotard than a suit. The tights squeeze will keep the astronauts alive, mobile, and styling. It allows the astronauts to do more backbends with more comfort and ease. It is impossible to do in today’s EMU. If the BioSuit gets accidentally ripped, an Ace bandage will do the trick to fix it right up with no harm done to the astronaut. When an EMU gets ripped, the astronaut with have to race back to the spacecraft, but if they do not get there in time, they will die. The BioSuit helmet is much, much smaller than the EMU’s, but because it is so small, the astronauts will not be able to scratch their noses, but can turn their heads to look over their shoulders. The EMU’s helmet is more like a fish bowl, and provides little head movement for the astronaut. Once the helmet is locked into place, it will not move. The BioSuit gloves can move in all different directions, so working is much easier to do. The EMU’s gloves are capped with silicone rubber fingertips and hard to move their fingers. The undergarments for the EMU are long underwear that are protective and pressurized like a balloon. The BioSuit’s elastic undergirding is Spanx style and provides two-thirds of counter pressure to keep the astronaut living. It will not pop while investigating the Martian pebble. Obviously, NASA should definitely pick the BioSuit over the EMU for the Mission to Mars because, it offers way more protection and efficiency. It will not harm the astronauts and will make the Mission to Mars more successful.
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ReplyDeleteDate: 11/18/14
Name: Kaleb Kinzler
Issue: October 2014
About: Kawhi Leonard
Article: Need He Say More?
Magazine: Sports Illustrated
The article I read about was about pro basketball player Kawhi Leonard. This article was mainly about how the young 23 year old got to the pros and how tough for him was it. Kawhi had a lot obstacles in his way and one of his biggest ones were when his father died when Kawhi was 16 years of age. He is quiet young man that does not like interviews from the media. When he was in high school, he made a goal for himself that he would make it to the NBA and worked on that goal almost everyday. When Kawhi finished high school, he was accepted a scholarship to San Diego St. University, and he accepted it. One of his last conversations with his uncle before he went to college was when his uncle said “Enjoy yourself in college” and Kawhi responded back “Uncle, I’m only going for two years. Then I’m going pro.” That statement shocked Dennis, Kawai's uncle, it shocked him when he said it, but it shocked him even more when that statement became true. After Kawhi was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs that night, he immediately went to the Spur’s practice facility and worked on his mid-range game that night. Kawhi is a big success with Spurs right now and will be in the future. Kawhi had big obstacles but kept overcoming them and now he is in the NBA.
Notes: Kawai's obstacles to the NBA
His goals in high school
Him being quiet about his success
Him choosing to only play two years in college
Kawhi after the draft
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ReplyDeleteMagazine- National Geographic
Issue- November 2014
Article- Monkeys of Morocco-page 140
Caring for your child is a necessity, but to the Barbary Macaques it’s an instinct. Being an endangered species with only 6,000 remaining, it is important for them to protect their infants. Macaque Species range from Africa and Asia and are also the only other primate, besides humans, that are frequent in these nations. Being one of the oldest primates, they are now endangered and it is estimated that smugglers are taking some 300 infants for pet trade each year. This is because they are worth more when they are considered endangered or rare, and in this case they are extremely rare in these places. But where they are from is not what makes them interesting. Photographer Francisco Mingorance reported, saying “ The love with which they treat their young is almost human”. Macaques actually use infants to sustain a friendly relationship with other males, which can lead to an increase of the population. But when smugglers steal their infants, they can’t establish a relationship and the species can soon become extinct. These macaques are actually very relative to us. They care for their children, and the only time they can be dangerous is if they have fear of harm to their children. I believe they are an interesting species that we should take more time to learn about, because they are part of our history and future, too.
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ReplyDeletePEOPLE
November,2014
Mary Lambert-page 38
Summary:Mary Lambert is about how Mary went from all shy and worried into a pop sensation from one song. First, when she was young she got a lot of hate for being “Obese” so she decided to write about it, instead of saying rude things back to kids she wrote songs about all the things that was happening in her childhood. When she was 15 she found out she had bipolar disorder and that made things even harder on her because she got bullied more and people were putting rude labels on her. Also, she would post the music she made on Youtube, so one day MackleMore and Ryan Lewis got in contact with her and they made a hit song called “Same Love”. After she went big with that song she decided she wanted to be a singer that helps kids spirits and encourages them to do good things. That’s when she made the song “Secrets”, it is about how you shouldn’t care if people know your secrets, and how if everyone knows your secrets it would be fine because they people shouldn't judge you for who you are. They can’t change that and neither can you. So now, Mary is a pop sensation and is an inspiration to many people.
Yes that's amazing. And I totally agree with her. And no people should judge people by there outside's and 'secrets' they share.
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The paperless classroom is coming
October 20,2014
I read the article the paperless classroom is coming, the article talked about kids getting electronics for school. I thought the first main point of the article was to tell people that schools will start to use electronics for class purposes.The article also stated that all American kids will have a device by 2017. Mr.G’s classroom tried the new electronics for their class for the first time they took a vote at the end of the year and everyone said they liked the electronics more than paper. The second main point was what parents thought. Most parents in the article didn't like the idea at all. .They made it clear that writing is very important skill to learn. Clearly, electronics will be the new device at schools but that doesn't mean that everyone will be happy about the idea.
This sounds very interesting.I like having electronics, but I do agree with the parents that write is an important skill. So I don't know what side I wound pick, also good job at writing this.
DeleteElectronics, like our Chrome books are really easy to use. But writing is also important to.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time
Issue:August 25, 2014
Article: The Heart of Comedy
Summary: The Heart of Comedy talked about things Robin Williams did in his life. One of things was, Robin went into drama school and his teacher told him that he was wasting his time trying to learn drama. But, he carried on and was an improvisor. He thought of things on the spot and what he was telling you was all you could focus on at the moment. People loved what he did, but no one dared to imitate it. He was on many shows and movies that people enjoy. Second of all, they talked about his death. No one really knows why Robin Williams took his own life. He had everything, fame, wealth, and a happy family. Everyone really loved him. But, he was so depressed that he couldn’t even watch some of his own shows. He couldn’t get over the depression. And he thought everyone else saw it that way, too.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Sports Illustrated
Issue: November, 2014
Article: Badgers Ball
Summary: If the Wisconsin Badgers want to return to the Final Four for a second straight year, there are three main keys to doing so. The offense, Frank Kaminsky, and a little bit of repeated history. First, Wisconsin’s offense will be a huge part to surviving in March. Last year the Badgers were fourth in the country in offensive efficiency, which is most in part to their Swing offense. The Swing offense allows players to play all the spots; spreading the defense out for more open shots. Obviously, the offense will be a huge factor this year. Next, Frank Kaminsky will need to work his magic and give opposing teams lots of trouble. The seven foot phenom scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in an Elite Eight win over Arizona. Also, what makes Kaminsky so great is his shooting ability from the outside. He had a 37% shooting percentage from three point land, while the versatile guard/forward Sam Dekker had a percentage of 32%. Not forgetting that Kaminsky is also a Preseason All American this year. Clearly, Frank needs to obtain his success to give the Badgers a shot. Last, there will need to be some repeated history for the Badgers to make a run. The Badgers are expected to be a number one seed this year, which would be even better than last year(two seed). However, in 1999 when the Badgers made the Final Four they were an eight seed. There is one thing you can count on, and that’s making the tournament. The Badgers have made the tournament each of the past 15 years, that"s one of the best streaks in the nation! All in all, some repeated history wouldn’t be so bad. To sum up, if these three keys can be accomplished the Badgers will be just fine this year.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine- Popular Science
Issue- November 2014
Article- A Beach storming behemoth that leaves no trace,
Summary: A Beach Storming Behemoth that leaves no trace article has some main points about new better ways to get from shore to land. First some history why they might have created it the U.S. marines had to abandon their vehicle and cross tidal flaps on foot. Now they are using more adaptable landing craft air cushions. But the hover crafts could not carry much items, and they could not go over obstacles well. Since 2008 The (ONR) has been working with a ship designing company called navatek to build a much better beach stormer. Another detail is the one of a kind vehicle will be able to hold three U.S. Abrams tanks, in one beach stormer. Another point is that it is quite light, there are foamtreads that are air filled and it will have ground pressure and enable it to float. Some cool traits of the vehicle are that there is a lot of power in the vehicle it should be able to go up steep hills, and go up 12 foot seawalls and conquer any terrain. In conclusion having this beach stormer will help the military, and prevent disaster on the fields.
Article: The truth about busted up bucks
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Magazine:Outdoor life
Summary:Scientist have been doing research on bucks during the rut,like what is there weight ,were are there going what are their movements. Are you wondering where all the deer have gone or if they seem to disappear I have your solution . So if you are ever wondering where the deer are, always remember that they are moving about. Bucks will lay with does for periods from 24-48 hours at a time and then they are off finding another doe and do the same thing with that doe. Scientist have figured out that bucks have lost pounds at the end of the rut. This is because the bucks are burning calories by chasing does and not stopping to eat so they lose pounds. For hunter thats not a very good thing because hunters usually what the most meat and if you have a 200 pound deer your following and you go out hunting and shoot that buck you
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Car and Driver
Issue: December 2014
Article: Lexus’s New Car - pg. 69
Summary: Lexus has changed many things to off of other cars to get the Lexus F-er. The first thing Lexus did was change the body. Lexus combined the front clip of the GS Sedan, the center section of the old IS C convertible, and the back end of the IS Sedan. They used adhesives, welding, and a very fancy technique called laser screw welding that allows greater rigidity. The GS as the front gives the engineers the extra track width they wanted for handling. The IS as the rear keeps the cars dimensions tidy. The IS middle section has stiffness and a shorter wheelbase. The second thing that Lexus did was change the mechanics. Lexus gave the Lexus F-er a V-8 engine. So the Lexus F-er has a lot of power. One thing you can do for more power is rev the engine. It takes some air and fuel, but the more revs the more power the car has. The third thing that lexus did was change the interior. Lexus put some new things into their Lexus F-er. One of them was a morphing LCD centereach. The inside also has a touch pad for navigation and stereo for around $2000. There is a back seat, but you have to go through the front doors. In the end Lexus changed a lot of things on old cars to make a great car.
This car is very different than others made by Lexus but useing 3 different cars to make one, thats crazy. It has a really expensive stereo I've seen cars go for less but I bet the music sounds good.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Sports Illustrated
Issue: October 27,2014
Article: Scouting reports
The bulls will be number 1 in the East .First Derrick Rose is back.He is the key to the bulls success.The Bulls always give the ball to Rose and somehow the pumpkin goes in the bucket.Next Joakim Noah is a great rebounder and a good passer from the post.He is also a good pick and roll man and that fits in with Derrick Rose’s play style.last Tom Thibodeau is a good defensive coach which is good for the bulls because they have a good offence but they need the defence.With tom they should be able to keep the ball out of the paint and force bad shots.Tom will take advantage of the tall shot blocker Pau Gasol.In connclusion the bulls will be number 1 in the eastern confrence.
That's a cool story on the bulls, nice job.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Popular Science
Issue: December 2014
Article: Health (pg 68-71)
Summary: In the article Health it talked about a lot of cool and interesting things. Today I am going to talk about only two of them, they are The Bionic arm and Pain-Free Dentistry.
I am first going to talk about The Bionic arm. This fake arm allows people that have lost an arm to open doors, turn caps, and allowed the person to make multiple movements at once such as opening your hand and moving your wrist at the same time. After only ten minutes they can do these amazing things. Next I am going to talk about Pain- Free Dentistry. Wouldn't it be so cool to go to the dentist and not get hurt. Well with this machine you can. The Pain-Free Dentist machine is pain free even without anesthesia. This product is faster than the normal human doctor. It works on teeth and gums and it doesn't hurt and your gums won’t bleed. All in all technology is getting more useful and more useful all the time.
It sounds like the bionic arm is very useful for people who lost their arm and can do many things that any arm could do.
DeleteAnd the pain free dentist I am shocked about their is no pain with it because I have gone to the dentist and had my teeth hurt pretty bad before.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: outdoor life
Issue: Find Hungry Bucks
Article: The hunger game
page:38
Summary: The Hunger Game
Deer hunter’s love the rut with big opportunity of of bucks chasing doe’s.Once the cold sets in it’s a whole different ball park the bucks will start to think more about food sources and thats why if you have the right food source for them bucks to live off you are going to have more success in the colder and snow temperatures set in the bucks and dose will come where there’s food and water so it is also a good idea to break but ice on creek or small pound so they also have water.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time
Issue:July 7/ July 14
Article: At Your Service
Summary:
Did you know that there is a house that greets you when you wake up? Alex Hawkinson’s house greets him in the morning when he gets up for work.The house does many different things in the morning like turns the lights on when he goes in a room and turns up the thermometer.The house also tells him the weather and starts his coffey in the morning.The house sends notifications and ask questions. When Alex’s son walks out the door it sends him a text. It will ask if it’s a good idea to have alcohol at this time.The house even will start barking if the cat jumps on the table.In conclustion this house can do many wonderful things to make are lives easyer like making coffey and sending a text when his son walks out of the house.
I think this is a great idea. I kind of reminds me of the Iron Man system. I wouldn't like it like being able to see me like whenever.
DeleteIv'e heard of this before somewhere and it sounded really cool. I wonder how much one of these costs!
DeleteI want a house like this. It sounds so cool, because it can turn of lights and tell the temperature. Its also kind of funny that it barks at the cats for being on the counters. Also very good job at writing this.
ReplyDeleteBrady I love the story and how you use a whole different ballpark instead of saying would be different. Althought there was some errors like you put of two times.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: People
Issue: November 3, 2014
Article: Kate’s Comeback!
Summary: Kate’s Comeback is a story about Princess Kate and her year after having George. First of all, Kate’s Illness kicked in. Princess Kate slogged her second battle of hyperemesis gravidarum or HG. HG is a form of morning sickness, she struggled with her first pregnancy with George, but she is pregnant again. Second, Princess Kate is having another baby. Princess Kate is having another baby in April of 2015. 15 month old George is excited. She is recovering her HG really fast, so she hopes to have a nice relaxing pregnancy. So hopefully Princess Kate’s recovery of HG and her 2nd pregnancy will pass by and she will not have as much illness as she did by being pregnant with George.
Do you think her HG is just because of her pregnancy? Or couldn't it be another sickness? I had no clue that they were having another baby. I also thought that most women when they are pregnant go through morning sickness.
DeleteI wonder if she will get it again. Do you know if it happens more than once or just during your first pregnancy?
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Sports Illustrated
Issue:November 10,2014
Article: MIND THE GAP
My article is all about football how some things were left open on the offence of line. First of all, The gap was left open. There was a gap on the offence of line the gap let the defense to get to the quarterback the quarterback got sacked. Second of all, Pass protection is helpful. Pass protection is when the QB calls out a pass play and the HB and the line blocks the other team from getting the QB so the QB don’t get hurt thats why its not good to leave a gap because thats a better chance for less pass protection. All in all, its not healthy for your team if you leave gaps open on the offensive line.
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ReplyDeleteNational Geographic
October 2014
Silk Screws
Bones are usually fixed with metal screws and plates. Now engineers have designed a better alternative. The silk screw. The silk screw has many benefits. It only needs one surgery because it biodegrades. It also causes no irritation of the skin or bones. But this might not work on young kids. The silk screw can takes a lot of engineering. It can be made to biodegrade in mere minutes of several years. The silk screws and plates are very strong, but very malleable too. Clearly the silk screw and plates are a better alternatives than metal screws and plates.
Why is it called the silk screw? Once it denigrates will it go into the bloodstream or something? There is no way for something to just disappear from you body. For example biodegradable stitches don't just sink into your skin. They Fall out. So is this what the Silk Screw do?
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Discover
Issue: November 2014
Article: Alien Protection Plan
Summary: People have feared aliens ever since alien movies became popular, but nobody has really worried about protecting them from us. Humans are bringing life into space, trying to prevent it, because a few things can happen. To begin, without realising it humans are bringing life into space. Microorganisms, small enough we cannot see without special tools, can hitch rides on space vessels. As heating microbes can sometimes prevent them, heat resistant microbes rode Curiosity to Mars. Next, we try hard to prevent this. We heat certain parts of space vessels at a few hundred degrees fahrenheit, and put them in a room called a “Bioshield,” which helps keep microbes off. Lastly, bad things could happen if we don’t prevent this. Scientists think these microbes could kill off native species on other planets. They also think they could invade the planet and take over, or be re-discovered and studied like an actual alien, wasting our time. In conclusion, transporting creatures into space, preventing it, and things that can happen were all written about in “Alien Protection Plan.”
How would something that little turn into something the size of a human? I don't get it.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Outdoor Life
Issue: October 2014
Article: Hooked- Page 60
Summary: Hooked told about a few young men who had a giant interest for bass fishing, the catch is they weren’t your everyday fishers. First of all, They stood out in the fishing industry.
The guy that started this was named Lloyd Gomez. What makes him so unique is that he is a tatted up, man from the city. This isn't the typical fisher man that you would see out on a lake. Second of all, i wanted to know more about what this group actually does. They go around the world, introducing fishing to kids that are more likely to take up other bad hobbies such as drugs and alcohol. They have become so popular now that they have there own clothes line. Lastly, this has some big effects on the world. Kids are turning to fishing instead of drugs, and are actually going outside! This has also introduced a whole nother world hobbies. Clearly, It doesn't matter if your from a rural place, you can still enjoy fishing.
That's pretty cool that kids are stopping drugs and other bad things just to go fishing, those guys must be really dedicated to go around doing this.
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October 20, 2014
Young, Gifted, and Homeless Page 53
Kevin Durant had many things people didn’t know about him like he was homeless.
First, about his homeless. Kevin Durant was a MVP player, but the sad thing was, that most people didn’t even know was that he was homeless. A couple days after he got his MVP Award he said to his mom who helped him get money, food, and a job so he could get a home was,”You the real MVP.” He was inspiring to many people.
Second, how he recovered. He recovered because he didn’t have a home but his mom figured this out and made sure that he was like many other people in the world. So she made him live with her and helped him get started like find a job. Gave him some money so he could buy things and shared food. After he got a new home she was happy because he was one of many sports players who was homeless, and made through it, got a new home, and got another job.
As you can see, Kevin Durant was an athletic sports player who was homeless but got through it.
Wow with the money athletes can make you wouldn't really expect them to be homeless, but that's cool his mom helped him and he got though it.
DeleteDurant TRULY "Started from the bottem" AND NOW HE IS HERE! I did not know that he was homeless UNTILL NOW
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Popular Science
Issue: November 2014
Article: Friend for life
Summery:
The article Friend for Life is about robots. They talked about how some robots have presence. A robot called Geminoid F can blink, her chest moves up and down and s he looks as though she is actually living. In Japan there was a play where some of the actors were robots. Other robots can do that as well it just depends on which robots it is. There was also a part about an almost human robot. As I said before Geminoid F can blink and many other things too, but the coolest thing about her she looks like a human! The writer of the article says it felt as she was a real human when she was looking at her. Although she’s not perfect. Her movements aren’t like a human’s movements they are not smooth. Lastly are the different kinds of robots. The article talked about a human looking one as Geminoid F, one with stumps as arms and a lower half that looks like a tadpole, and a few others like one that looks like a toddler.
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ReplyDeletemagazine- People
Issue- November 3, 2014
Article- The Ebola Victims Their Brave Battle
“ The Ebola Victims Their Brave Battle” talks about a nurse from dalles getting ebola. She got ebola because, when helping a patient with the disease and she removed some of her protective gear. The reason that she removed it so that he could hold a real hand. The patients name was Thomas Eric Duncan. What did people think of her after she did that? The nurses thought that she should have been applauded for her bravery and courage. Because with what she did a lot of people have the courage and bravery to fight even harder. after she died multiple people started getting stronger and one person was even released from the hospital. In conclusion it is a good and bad thing that she removed some of her protective gear
Wow, That's amazing story. I'm so proud of that nurse
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: People
issue: November 10, 2014
Article: From homecoming prince to a killer
A 15 year old named Jaylen Fryberg was a popular, athletic and good-looking boy. He was crowned Homecoming Prince. He had the “perfect” High school experience. Until he made a horrible choice. Trying to murder 5 of his friends. Police says On the morning of October 24 Jaylen Fryberg texted his friends asking them to go out and eat with him. They all gladly accepted. Then at 10:45 he walked into the school cafeteria armed with a 40-Caliber Beretta and shot Shaylee chuckulnaskit, Zoe Galasso, Andrew Fryberg, Nate Hatch and Gia Sorino. At the press time Andrew and Shaylee remained in a critical condition, while Nate has been progressed up to stable, Zoe was killed at the scene and Gia did not survive after being brought to the hospital, her death date was October 26th 2014. They do not know why did this but they interviewed with the people that work at the school like the school psychologist says that he’s been going through some hard time because frequently he’s been getting suspended from football for cruelty and racial slurs and there was a rumor going around that he and his girlfriend broke up. For him there was a lot going on and he was on the edge that’s why he went on a rampage. Jamie Collins friend of Jaylen says “He was struggling, He had a lot going on mentally. He didn’t like his life too much, even if you’re popular , you can have problems.”
Wow! Thats scary, I wonder why he did that he had a perfect life and he just flushed it down the toilet. I feel bad for the families that were affected by this.
DeleteMurdering is sad. Life goes by so quickly as it is.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Rewiring Nature
Issue: October 2014
Article Gravity Defyer
These shoes are supposed to be the most comfortable shoes ever. Your feet feel no pain walking on them. It is supposed to feel like you are walking on clouds. People describe it as walking and getting a foot massage or foot treatment. You feel weightless and happy. Lots of people say that they are the best sport shoes. These shoes are being recommended people in sports, hospitals, and people who work in food services. If you want to take long walks these shoes are recommended for people on there feet a lot every day. These shoes have became a popular want. Because it absorbs energy every time you take a step. The shoes are meant to put energy in you.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine:National Geographic
Issue:November 2014
Article:Mindsuckers-Page 36
Summary: Mindsuckers described many parasites that infect their hosts and change them drastically or “zombify” them. One parasite was a parasitic barnacle that infected a male sheep crab. The male crab was turned into a female. It stopped developng its fighting claws and its abdomen started to enlarge, providing a “whom” for the barnacle to lay its eggs in. Another is the Horsehair worm. The larvae get eaten by a house cricket when it eats dead insects, and they infect grow inside the cricket. Since the worm lives in water but the cricket does not, the worm alters the crickets brain and makes it drown itself in water. The worm comes out of the dead cricket, sometimes a foot in length, and lives its life. Last is a parasitic wasp called Dinocampus coccinellae. It is very small, only the size of an ice cream sprinkle. It lays its eggs inside a ladybug. When the female wasp is ready to lay an egg, she injects her stinger into a ladybugs underside, and injects the egg, along with many other chemicals. When the egg hatches, the larvae feeds on bodily fluids in the ladybug. After about three weeks, the larva leaves the ladybug through a chink in the ladybugs exoskeleton, getting ready to make a cacoon. You’d think the ladybug would leave, but it’ mind has been messed up and it stays. If something comes along that wants to eat the cacoon with the wasp inside, the ladybug attacks it, scaring the predator away. It becomes its body guard, defending it until it hatches. It dies soon after the wasp hatches and flies away.
Zombiefy? You mean like the movie zombies? BRRRRRAAAAAAAIIIINNNNNZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!
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page:22
they are deciding to send people up to mars to live on mars for the rest of their life and a one way ticket to mars and the astronauts are getting training to live up there they are going to start sending people up to mars maybe in 2025 I think it costed more than 200,0000 dollars there are million of homesteaders based on mar’s one
date: 11-20-14
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they are deciding to send people up to mars to live on mars for the rest of their life and a one way ticket to mars and the astronauts are getting training to live up there they are going to start sending people up to mars maybe in 2025 I think it costed more than 200,0000 dollars there are million of homesteaders based on mar’s one
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: People
Issue: November 24, 2014
Article: How I Survived Ebola
Page: 54
Summary: The article “How I Survived” showed how a nurse survived Ebola. First of all, the nurse’s name was Amber Vinson. She was 29 when she got Ebola. She was also a Dallas, Texas nurse. She thought that she wasn’t going to survive because the hospitals didn’t know what to do. She was also about to get ready for her wedding in a few mounths but Ebola made her think that she wasn't going to become a bride. Second of all, she got ebola when she was caring for her patient Thomas Eric Duncan who also had Ebola. She had all the safety equipment one when she was looking after her patient. But no one knows how she got Ebola. When she came home she had the temperature of 100.3. She got very dehydrated and that was one of the side effects. Finally the doctors diagnosed her and she got better in a matter of days. She fought against death and she appreciates life more.
That does sound very interesting to read. And it's good news to know that the nurse is still okay. I wonder how it felt for her to get this awful disease...
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: ESPN The Magazine
Issue: 11/10/14
Article: Big Man Still On The Campus
Summary: Frank Kaminsky is so good, it is a surprise that he is still in the NCAA. But that is not what I am going to talk about. There are three main things about this article. The First thing is Frank’s Social Media. During the NCAA Tournament Frank started a Blog. In the beginning, his blog was about his feelings and thoughts about the MVP race. As the Badgers kept winning in the NCAA tournament, Kaminsky began writing a game-by-game diary. The second thing is how Frank Kaminsky has a lot of nicknames. Some examples are, The Moose, The Dirty Dub, and The Sleepy Face Assassin. He gets these nicknames because of his great personalities and his height. Finally believe it or not, Frank Kaminsky was teased a lot growing up. He can barely remember having one friend in fourth grade, and another one in seventh grade. No one really liked him until he was a sophomore in high school. In conclusion Frank Kaminsky would be a great person to hang out with.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time
Issue: September 2014
Article: Fashion - If the shoe fits
Summary: In 2009 Lady Gaga conquered Alexander McQueen’s impossible armadillo heels. They were no original stilettos but they twisted and pretzeled a woman’s foot into a 10-inch unhumanly hoof. The shoes cemented her reputation as pop’s let-alone freak. This generation is now more than ever into luxe sneakers, and the influence from Lady Gaga for very outgoing heels has been set back. The Brooklyn Museum is where you can find 400 years worth of high heels. Studies show that painful, uncomfortable heights to look “cool” has been a timeless tool to the social world. First blame the not very famous Venetian chopines of the 16th century. These platforms were massive shoes that measured up to 20 inches tall they were and were loved until ridicule pushed them out of favor.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Popular Science
Issue: November 2014
Article: Friend for life
Summery:
The article Friend for Life is about robots. They talked about how some robots have presence. A robot called Geminoid F can blink, her chest moves up and down and s he looks as though she is actually living. In Japan there was a play where some of the actors were robots. Other robots can do that as well it just depends on which robots it is. There was also a part about an almost human robot. As I said before Geminoid F can blink and many other things too, but the coolest thing about her she looks like a human! The writer of the article says it felt as she was a real human when she was looking at her. Although she’s not perfect. Her movements aren’t like a human’s movements they are not smooth. Lastly are the different kinds of robots. The article talked about a human looking one as Geminoid F, one with stumps as arms and a lower half that looks like a tadpole, and a few others like one that looks like a toddler. I really enjoyed reading the article Friend for life because I am interested in robots. I hope another article comes out soon.
Geminoid is just like a human, but made out of metal.
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November 2014
Singled Out - Page 28
Have you ever been singled out; Alex Jofriet has. When Alex became 10 he was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. He had to be put on a special diet and he couldn’t have milk, green vegetables, cheerios, meat, peanut butter, pretzels, fruit, etc. As he got older the symptoms got worse. He was using the same medication every other Crohn’s disease patient was but maybe that was the problem. He got put on a N of 1 trial which means n standing for number of patients is one. His trial was to drink one 8 ounce glass of milk for three days. This was a very important because he hasn’t had milk in years. Soon after the short trial they found a better medication for Alex and now he can have all of those foods with no symptoms. Normally doctors try N of 100 to N of 1000 trials but they are starting to try N of 1 trials. It works more effectively for the patient. However N of 1 trials is harder because it takes months to be able to allow a patient who isn’t in an emergency and isn't so sick they may die. It is also harder to get some medications because they are only experimenting so it isn’t always as safe. In the long run will N of 1 be better? Some people take a certain medication thinking that it is making it better but a certain patient took a medication for a long time and it made her symptoms worse but when she switched the less effective ( for most people ) medication it made her recover almost instantly. Doctors wouldn’t know that if they didn’t do the N of 1 trials. N of 1 trials are more personalized so it allows better results. Doctors think that eventually all hospitals will at least try N of 1 trials and see how effective it is.
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ReplyDeleteSo today I learned where the deer will be and a record breaker was shot a couple days ago. The buck population is still rising and the doe’s aren't so this year you need a special tag to kill a doe which I do have on my license. The deer have lost a lot of their food supply so the will be near the alfalfa fields and the maple trees and other plated food crops like leftover corn and stuff like that. For all the hunters that are going hunting this year better bundle up its supposed to be one of the coldest winters in wisconsin history so have fun.
How I Survived Ebola talks about how dallas nurse Amber Vinson got the Ebola virus. She got the virus by treating a man who had Ebola. She said it started at September 30th, she was also covered very well, and she was in bad condition.First, Vinson was assigned a job to take care of patient.Her patient Duncan had Ebola and she had to stay for for the night to help treat him.She decided to accept the job because she said “ If I don’t do it my co workers will have to.” When she took the job to watch and take care of him he died on October 8th and she was very upset and sad to know that he didn't get as much care as he should of. Second, Vinson said that she was covered fully. Vinson told People magazine that she was covered completely covered from head to toe with many many layers of gloves and booties. She was also wearing her hazmat suit too. She claimed that she didn’t touch the man to be able to get the virus. Lastly, She was in very bad condition.Vinson said she was having bad troubles sleeping,and she was dehydrated. When she was in the hospital she didn't have enough fluid in her veins the nurses had to give her several liters of electrolyte solution.As you can see, she was in very bad condition but thankfully she was caught in her early stages and survived.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: National Geographic
Issue: October 2014
Article: When the Snows Fail
When the Snows Fail described 2 main reason for why the drought in California is so bad and why its getting worse. One reason is that not that many rain is falling and farmers need rain. So they drill wells and take water from the ground. The groundwater reserves are almost gone so now there is less water than there was before.
Another reason that it is getting worse is that with the climate warming up there is less and less snow in the mountains and that means that there is less melting in the spring. There has also been many more fires than normal because of little water. Many lakes are more than 70% lower than the average amount. Lots of people think that the drought is going to get worse than it already is.
MORE DROUGHTS!!!!!! Think about Buffalo,NY which has over 8 feet of SNOW,that is just frozen water crystals! warm it up and that is A LOT of water!!!!!!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteMagazine:Time
Issue:September 1st-Page 16
Article:Making a splash.How the ALS Ic bucket challange could change fundraising forever.
Summary:
You might have heard of the ALS Ice bucket challenge,if not you might have been living under a ROCK!Here are a few things that are need to be done in order to do the Ice buckett chalange,rules and how did this all start.Well if you did not hear about it here is what goes on,you pour a bucket of ice water over your head and challange 3 people to do the same but you submit a video of you doing this and send it VIA facebook,twitter,etc.This is like the polar plunge but you do not do this in the winter,you do not have to JUMP in the cold water,and you do not send a polar plunge to anyone!Famous people have done this!People like Taylor Swift,Tyler Perry,Oprah Winfrey,James Franco and many others.This was started by,surprisingly,not The ALS Assosiation!This was all how it started, a bostan man who suffered from ALS encoraged his friends to suport the ALS cause.So what did they do? They poured buckets of ice over their heads! The ALS noticed this cause and started to support this.This eventually lead to celeberties joining and within a month (July 29-August 20) have gainged over $31 MILLION DOLLARS!In conclusion,These are things you need to know about this charity.
31 million! That is honestly crazy! That is so much support.
DeleteYeah, I agree, I didn't notice that there were that many people donating!
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ReplyDeleteMagazine:Sports Illustrated
Issue: Nov. 24 2014
Article: Insert Patriots Running Back Here
Insert patriots running back here, is mainly about the patriots recent success against the colts with the running back. Jonas Grey was an unexpected running back when he came out of no where and rushed for 199 yards and 4 tds against the colt, in a 44-20 win. He went undrafted in 2012, he later tried out and failed to make the active roster of the Dolphins and the Ravens. The Patriots coming off of a 27 point loss in early weeks have bounced back since then they are now 8-2. They are surprised by this because they just signed him, they were not expecting much, the colts might not have known him but they sure do after he gashed them with 199 yards and 4 TDs. People are guessing that this is a one time deal, they are not seeing it happen again.
I like this article it is very interesting.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Discover
Issue: October 2014
Article: Space Alchemists
My Summary: Space Alchemist is about achievements NASA made. First, it talks about how nasa made the Hubble Telescope, it says that what side of saturn you look at makes it look bigger or smaller. Space Alchemists say the Hubble Telescope made 120,000 observations. Second, NASA talked about how they got pictures in outer space but they were black and white and they just had to filter them in order for them to be in color. Also how hard it was to see viking and voyager spacecraft pictures were sometimes hard to see.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: TIME Return Of The Taliban
Date: April 14, 2014
Article: Waiting for the Taliban
Afghanistan people suffered a lot because of the Taliban and lost friends and family. Farhad Seddiqi is one of this people that had people in his life that died. On March 20 Farhad, a member of the Afghanistan parliament, went to an upscale gym with his friends then a buffet dinner. At the buffet him and his friends not really appreciate the waiters. Then someone yelled “don’t shoot”. They were being attacked. By the end of the attack all 9 of his friends had died. Many people died when the Taliban came to Kabul a lot of people died and this is how they felt better about it. During this time it was hard to hold on to hope for some people. Last Year the civilian casualties were up to 41%. There were 2,959 deaths and 5,656 injuries. People that wanted peace were fighting in their own way to get it. Family and friends helped each other during the time of death. Azadi means freedom and when they wrote it, it was a message to the Taliban telling them that they were not afraid. It was a hard time for everyone, but the people it took the most effect on was the Afghanistan.
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Zombie Ladybug
-----Ladybugs have a dream life, but if a parasite takes it over that turns the ladybugs world upside down. Ladybugs have a special tool to warn other creatures to stay away. Its their red and black spotted shell. If a predator tries to eat the ladybug it will bleed poison in its mouth. The attacker will not like the taste and spit the ladybug out. The ladybug has tons of successful ways to keep predators away, but it does not always work. Once a female wasp injects their egg into the ladybug everything will change for the ladybug. After the egg hatches it will feed off the fluids in the ladybugs body. The ladybug is being devoured on the inside. Around three weeks later the wasp is ready to leave the inside of the ladybugs body. The wasp makes a cocoon on the bottom of the ladybug. This makes the ladybug mobile The ladybug protects the wasp from any predators by swatting its legs. About a week later the wasp leaves the ladybug for good. SOon the ladybug will die. Obviously the ladybug has a tough life.
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ReplyDeleteName: Ira Royal
Magazine: Road & Track
Issue: November 2014
Article: The Boot
Summary: Cars are one of my favorite subjects and I learned a lot about them in these two articles I read. Here is some information that I learned. The first article I read was called Hal is my co-pilot. I learned that newer cars are coming with autopilot features. I also learned that newer cars with the autopilot feature have 360 degree view. The second article I read was called was called the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S-Model. In that article it talked about a station wagon mixed with a Mercedes-Benz. The E63 completed a NOLA Motorsports Park lap in 2 minutes and 3.71 seconds. That's what I learned from the Road and track magazine.
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December-January
Cut Above The Rest Page:28
There 2 main ways to get the edible meat out of your deer. First, you gut the deer. Gutting the deer allows you to move the deer easier and the body will not smell bad or get a sour flavor. Also, when gutting you have drain all the blood from the body or it will soak into the meat. After, all the gutting and draining you have to get then hang the deer by its hind legs and began removing to fur. Next, you will see muscle, 80% of that is edible. Then, you cut out the muscle and try to get it all. Finally, you will have to put the meat cuts into bags airtight or freezer paper. The main way to have good cuts are to do it your self.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine:People
Issue:Nov.24, 2014
Article:How I Survived Ebola
Summary:In the article How I Survived Ebola it talked about Amber Vinson getting Ebola and how she survived. Amber Vinson treated Thomas Eric Duncan a Ebola patient that died and somehow got the virus from him even though she wore layers of gloves and booties. After that she took a trip to Ohio during Columbus Day weekend. She was showing no symptoms and she also got approved by Human Services to fly there and back. Two days after her flight back she was diagnosed with ebola with a temperature of 100.3. The day she was diagnosed with ebola she was very dehydrated. At the hospital she had to drink several liters of electrolyte solution to give her body a chance to fight the virus. All in all she is very lucky that she was diagnosed in the early stages of the virus.
So you can get Ebola even with protection?
DeleteBuried in the Desert talks about a family that disappeared and was found 3 years later. In 2010 Joseph McStay & his family disappeared. Nobody knew what happened to them. There were many theories to why they disappeared like a drug dealer wanted Joseph to smuggle drugs in the fountains he built/designed & when he refused the drug dealer murdered him & his family. Then in 2013 they were all found buried in the California Desert by a motorcyclists riding through the California Desert. He found a weathered skull not far from the families grave site. Next, the murderer of the Joseph family was really strange. The murderer of Joseph McStay & his family was Charles Merritt. Charles Merritt is 57 years old and was a business partner of Joseph McStay. He was a family friend. Merritt was just arrested November 5th on 4 counts of murder There was no reason found for him to have to or want to murder 4 innocent people, especially since he was a family friend. The murder of Joseph McStay and his family is really tragic.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Charles Merritt should of murdered them when
Deletehe's friends with there family. And it is tragic.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Outdoor Life
Issue: November 2014
Title: Playing by the Rules In Michigan pg 57
There is a big talk on ending hunting for all of the animals. First of all, Wayne Pacelle is part of the HSUS thought that hunting wolves should be stopped because he says that they are way too fragile to hunt. After he gave his speech about saying that the wolves are too fragile to hunt many hunters stopped giving him money for his charity. HSUS put out a ballot to vote if people thought if they were too little or way too much, and they received $125.7 million to do this. They revenued more than Michigan Conversation Groups, which is the biggest conversation group. Pacelle is not just trying to stop hunting wolves but almost all of the hunting altogether. Prop G stopped what HSUS wanted to do by passing a voting by 70%. HSUS did a voting anyway ignoring Prop G to stop the hunting everywhere. Finally, after a long time of voting and fighting HSUS finally won and fortunately stopped the 2014 wolf hunting season in Michigan. The DNR said that since the HSUS didn’t get full permission of the wolves, and that the hunters can hunt the wolves in 2015.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine:Time
Issue:October 2014
Article:The paperless classroom - page 37
Summary:
If you want to hear about the classroom that goes all electronic then here is your article. First thing we should learn about is that are the parents liking this. The parent hate everything about this project; we've had parents that have stood up straight in meetings just to say that it is a bad thing that the teacher is wiping away at the mind of children that so desperately need paper and pencil skills. The other thing is that even President Obama said that he would like schools where every student to have one. What is this doing for us. This is making it so there is less trees being cut down to make paper. Also now all of their lab are using no paper. As you can see is that parents really hate that the teacher made lab with paper.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Discover
Issue: December 2014
Article: Mosquito Magnet- Page 26
Summary: Mosquito Magnet was about 3 main things. First thing is how the woman got sick.
A woman named Reese was at her sister-in- laws house, The next day she had welts on her ankles, and she just thought it was a normal mosquito bite, cause she got bite a lot by mosquitos. Next, is how she reacted to them. Reese reacted by having lots of pains, and blotchy bumps all over. She went to the doctors but, they thought she just had the flu, but it was odd not to have a cough or sore throat. Finally, They figured out what was wrong with her. The doctors ran more test and a friend of Reese’s came in and thought maybe she had Dengue Fever, so the doctors took a test, and 5 days later it came back positive. In conclusion, The doctors should of took more tests to figure out what was wrong with her.
This is very strange, I didn't know you could get sick from a mosquito bite.
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Magazine: Sports Illustrated
Issue: October 27, 2014
Article: Just My Type
Summary: Aaron Rodgers is a very good QB. He plays for the Green Bay packers in the NFL.. He has made a very powerful statement that changed many things in many ways.. He was in a game with the Miami Dolphins and they were down 14-7 when Aaron told everybody to R-E-L-A-X. Many people are probably wondering why he did this. First of all, he had everything under control. He did it because he knew a play that would work for sure. It was the fake spike that he had seen while watching Hall of Fame QB Dan Marino. The packers did this stunning play because they needed a first down, and eventually a touchdown. The word R-E-L-A-X is a very powerful word and has a very powerful meaning. It means to be layed back and take a couple breathers. Aaron’s word R-E-L-A-X made the word of the day on many websites, news channels, and even magazines. The famous commentator Dan Patrick asked Aaron if he should say “Relax, Relax” at the line of scrimmage, instead of “Omaha, Omaha” like the lineman always say, Aaron laughed. The word R-E-L-A-X has affected people and their lives in many ways. Every Time somebody gets into a tough situation they just think of Aaron and what he told his offense when they were in a tough situation. Some people may even get a bumper sticker that says R-E-L-A-X. To sum it up, Aaron Rodgers is a very good QB, and his word R-E-L-A-X has changed many different situations in many ways.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Times
Issue: October 13th 2014
Article: Ebola
Summary: The people of africa have a major problem to solve. When the red cross team showed up in a small town Monrovia's St. Paul Bridge residents in africa they had to pick up a dead body of a man with symptoms of ebola. The people of the village complained to the red cross that if they were here earlier in the week maybe he would have survived. But they are only the red cross body management there job is to collect the dead bodys. The red cross states that the work of the dead body management is hard enough picking up the dead bodies can cause infection to us even with the protection.
Has there only been 1 body that the red cross have had to pick up?
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December 2014
next 13-17 pages
There were four articles in the few pages i read .But there were two main articles that realy tell us what in store for the future.First is the climate control wristband.It is a wristband that will let you control the body temperature of you.If it is too hot or cold outside of inside we can change it the the right temperature that you want.It still in the process and will be out soon in the future.it may be able to cut AC bills and stop using them.Next is the Hypersonic aircraft.Recenlty the US and China are making a military unmanned aircraft that is ten times the speed of sound.If this were to be true,It would be faster than a ballistic missle.Also it would be a new step towards future warfare.These were the two intersting articles about what is in store for us in the future.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: People
Issue: November 10, 2014
Article: From Homecoming Prince to Killer
Summary:
In the People Magazine there was an article about a young man and there were three important thing that the reader should know about. They are about Jaylen Fryberg, the victims, and what happened. First off, about Jaylen. He was athletic, good looking, and the homecoming prince. Jaylen sang danced and played drums. Over all he was a good person and his family loved him very much. Next the article talked about the victims. Jaylen texted his cousins Nate and Andrew and also is friends, Gia, Shaylee, and Zoe to meet them at lunch. Next what happened. He had a gun and killed two Zoe and Shaylee and the other four in critical condition. But his cousin Nate tweeted from his hospital bed, “I love you and I forgive you. Rest in Peace Jaylen.”
Do people know why he killed them?
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ReplyDeleteTime Magazine
August 25th, 2014
The Heart of Comedy
Robin Williams was a very successful man, so it is very hard to understand why he would commit suicide like he did. He started theatre in high school, and kept it up. He went to Juilliard, but ended up leaving. He continued his love for comedy at small comedy clubs, and the rest is history. He starred in T.V. shows and movies such as Laugh In, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, and Popeye. Even though he had what some of us would call a perfect life, (fame, fortune, family, etc.) he still has person struggles. He became addicted to alcohol, and drugs. One insider said that one day in the studio, after a scene Robin had a look on his face of depression. On August 11th, 2014, Robin Williams hung himself. He was later found by his assistant, dead. Robin Williams will be remembered for his comedy, and loving personality, but also for his tragic death.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time
Issue:July 7/July 14, 2014
Article: Over a Barrel
There are three main reasons about the Over A Barrel article. First, where The McGinnis Wood Products is located. The McGinnis Wood Product is located in Cuba. It is five miles from the largest rocking chair and just beyond a barbecue joint with bathrooms labeled as His’n and Her’n. You will see the The McGinnis Wood Products, when you see a field piled high with slices of oak wood. Another, thing about the article is how they started their business. This business started because people needed barrels out of wood to make different drink products. They traveled around the country saying they were gonna start the business. Then, it became a worldwide thing. They had to turn away lots of customers because of how much business they were getting. Next, is how their business slowed down. The Great Recession caused a shortage of oak and made business slow down. Also it made prices go from 100 dollars to 150 dollars. Even though people paid these prices, the business still was going down since the Great Recession and the rainy season last year, that caused them less picking days. In conclusion, Barrel sales are getting better and better everyday.
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December 2014
IT page;55
what he did in the morning This guy was out in the woods he thought its was nice outside so he went on a walk with his friend and they were going to go hunting and have fun.What he seen next the guy seen a coyote so he got down into the snow his heart was racing he had to calm down he had several seconds to calm down the coyote could not smell him
what he did.At last he calm his self down and when the coyote stepped in to the 220 yard he shot him but there was one sleeping that walk up and he shot him the third one come running up so he shot him too.He had a pretty fun day and got wages in fur.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: National Geographic
Issue: November 2014
Article: It is as astonishing as it is sad to watch a ladybug turn into a zombie Pg. 41
Summary:
Ladybugs, an insect with a red and black dome that humans find so cute, you would never guess that these tiny harmless bugs can turn into such mindless, possessed zombies just from a little wasp the size of a sprinkle. To start off i’m going to tell you how a ladybug can turn into such a monster. A female wasp called the Dinocampus coccinellae inserts her stinger into a ladybugs belly injecting an egg and other venoms into it. The ladybug continues on with its normal life, but as the larva grows it feels the need to protect it as if it’s their own child. When the larva is big enough it digs a hole out of the ladybug, even though the ladybug is free it still wants to protect the larva. The ladybug then acts as the larva’s shelter while the larva makes a cocoon underneath the lady bug. The ladybug fights off predators that come near. After a few weeks when the larva turns into a wasp it leaves the cocoon and immediately afterward ladybug dies. Next i’m going to talk about what happens to the wasp larva when the ladybug goes through this. After the larva hatches in the ladybug it feeds on the fluids in the ladybug and any digested food from the ladybug the larva receives most of the nutrients. When the larva gets big enough it wiggles out through the ladybug’s exoskeleton and builds a cocoon underneath the ladybug. When a few weeks pass the larva now a wasp claws its way out of the cocoon and flies away leaving the ladybug forever. As you can see these strange wasps are a predator and threat to the species of ladybugs, but if you see one leave it alone because these wasps keep the population of ladybugs under control.
Class Period: 4B
ReplyDeleteMagazine: Sports Illustrated
Issue: October, 2014
Article: Scorecard
Summary: My article is called Scorecard and it talks about a college football student being accused of sexual assault and how his case might be handled in court. There are plenty of things to know about Jameis Winston. First thing to learn about is,why do people want him to quit college? Jameis Winston was accused of sexual assault which has made people have so many debates on his case. People think that if he stays at the college it will make things even more confusing and frustrating on his case. They think that having him there would put his future at risk. Clearly, Jameis Winston shouldn’t stay at the college, but thats not all to know. Second thing to learn is, why do people think they handled his case wrong? The New york times and Fox reporters are arguing that the college has handled the case wrong and that Winston might not have committed as big a crime as they thought. The school decided to give him a little testimony so his case might be looked at differently in court. Obviously, there is a bunch to learn about Winston’s case.
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Magazine - Sports Illustrated
Issue - November 4, 2014
Article - The World Series
The whole article was overall about the San Francisco Giants. The Beginning of the article was about the General Manager and Manager and how they are so close. In the article they said that Brian Sabean (the GM) and Bruce Bochy (the M) live in the same apartment building and that they hang out together a lot and how they mostly don’t talk about baseball but they mostly talk about other things going on in their life. The middle of the article was about Brian Sabean and his baseball career. The most important information I got out of this par is that Brian joined the Giants after the 1992 season and when he started he was the assistant General Manager. The rest of the article was about the 7th game of the world series. The thing they were talking about with the game was that they were not quite sure what pitcher they wanted so they decided that they are just going to pitch all of their pitchers a little.
Class period: 4b
ReplyDeleteMagazine: sports illustrated
Issue: November 3, 2014
Article: The case for Gregg Popovich
I read and amazing article on Gregg Popovich the coach of the San Antonio Spurs. He is important to the team because a coach is about the most important part of the team. I read that he was the oldest coach to stay being a coach out of 122 franchises. Also through the season his team won 967 games they almost got the record 1,127. He is so good because the first time he got the team hey started as small market. Now they are like pro season players. He was awarded some honors for winning so many games with his team.Gregg Popovich is a famous guy because of what his team has done for him through the basketball season. He got awarded the award not because of the publicity not for the advertising. He got awards because of his amazing coaching ability.Gregg Popovich now has an award for now being a great basketball coach.
class period: 4b
ReplyDeleteMagazine: Field and Stream
Issue: October 2014
Article: The Great American Bird Hunt, p. 64
Summary: The great American Bird hunt describes how a group of guys goes out west on a bird hunt. First, they ask their friend if he wants to go with them for the first time and he says sure. The next day they pack up their gear and go, one guy gets stuck in a blizzard but the others make it. The guy stuck in the storm decides after the storm is done, to just go hunting around where he is. He gets a couple birds with his dogs help. The following day he meets up with friends at a diner in Burley, Idaho for breakfast while they talk about their plan. After they ate and made their plan they headed out to an area they usually have good luck in, instead they only got a couple birds. They kept hunting and got nothing. Pretty soon it was getting late so they called it a night. The next day they went out and came across a lady who told them where the birds were. With the help of their dogs, they got some and then they went back home to Wisconsin.
Class Period: 4B
ReplyDeleteMagazine: TIME
Issue: December 13, 2014
Article: ADHD Rising.
ADHD is not that bad of a disability, but it’s increasing everyday. Everyone is different, but lots of children already have ADHD. The latest data test from the disease control center shows that 42% of kids in America have it. It’s basically saying if you took 5 kids, 1 out of 5 of those kids most likely have ADHD. Mostly kids that are teenagers have it, but the youngest and oldest ages for having ADHD is 4 to 17 and could possibly go on with them as an adult. Another thing, is that this of course has symptoms and there developing medicines for ADHD. The symptoms are poor driving skills and bad focus on learning. The government is trying to design treatment facilities that can help treat ADHD. They are also making medicines to decrease it. And they are trying to find other ways to make it stop increasing but there is no way of really stopping ADHD. In conclusion, Not all kids have ADHD, but it’s getting worse by the minute.
That is kind of sad that children of such a young age and children at all can have something like ADHD. However, it sure is better than being diagnosed with cancer, diabetes,etc.
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ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time World War Zero
Issue: July 21,2014
Article: 63 Feet Under The Sea - Page 42-43
Summary: Fabien Cousteau and his team had a successful mission 63 feet under the sea, but there are three main successes . The first successful thing was that they found was a yellow platform that was about 30 feet wide. The team was searching for some new things to discover from that had sunk. Another success was that they found out what happens to the human body while living under water and they found out what helps with them. The last thing that was successful is that they accomplished their mission to live under the sea. They broke the world record for living under the water . All in all, the team was very successful and accomplished all their goals.
Class Period - 64B
ReplyDeleteMagazine - Times
Issue - September 1 2014
Article - The Tragedy of Ferguson
“The Tragedy of Ferguson” started when a African American man Michael Brown died from a storm of bullets. THose bullets were fired from officer Darren Wilson’s firearm. It is still uncertain of what happened on the day Brown died. Michael’s friend said officer wilson ordered Brown and his friend onto the sidewalk. They did not get onto the sidewalk immediately. Officer Wilson drove backwards grabbed Brown, a struggle broke out between them. A shot was fired, Brown and his friend broke out running, more shots were fired in Brown’s back, while brown was in a kneeling surrender position. The officers side is more difficult to ascertain. Police say that Brown was injured in a ascertain preceding the shooting. The rest of the evidence is being withheld for the sake of protestors and so the police can conduct a successful investigation.
Article: Stalked By A Winter Cat
ReplyDeleteIn Canada there is real good elk hunting but there are also dangers! There are dangers such as bears, wolves and mountain lions. A man named Michel Walks was hunting for elk when he discovered new tracks. These tracks wear tracks of a mountain lion. Once he saw it he didn't hesitate to get a closer look, once he got close luckily for him the lion walked away instead of retaliating. As he tried to get a picture his phone fell and was lost. When he found his phone the lion was gone.
Ayden K.
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sports illustrated homeless athletes
octdober 20,2014
don’t stay in school page 13
summary:don’t stay in school is about a really good athlete and he does something really bad and people want him to leave and never come back. First So winston was accused of raping a girl and doing all sorts of bad things but he say’s that he never did. The only person that is standing up for him is his coach. winston could leave and be a school dropout and not get in troubled but he is deciding to stay because he want’s to make it to the nfl and if he drops out teams won’t want him. the trail is coming up if he is guilty he will be banned for what he did.
Second reason why he is still in school, is because law enforcement decide not to charge him. The thing that will really mess with him going to the nfl is accuser that said he did it wants to sew him.he still playing football and going to school but the case is not over he could still face criminal charges.he might get to end college before he gets kick out.
ReplyDeleteClass Period: 8B
Magazine: Field & Stream
Issue: Special Winter Issue
Article: Squall Game
Summary:
In “Squall Game”, it talks about how to how to hunt the winter squirrels. First, it talks about what most hunters think about winter hunting. When it comes to hunting in the winter most hunters think about whitetails, possibly rooster pheasants, Canada geese or last minute mallards. But they don’t know is that winter is the best time for squirrel hunting. But the snow squirrels are not the easiest either. Second, it is best to hunt with the sun. Temperature below zero send the squirrels into a semi hibernation. But on the next day when the sun is shining after snow and clouds, the squirrels will be on the move. To find a squirrel when it is sunny during winter they can be found sunning on a tree branch. Third, watch the walnuts. If squirrels aren’t feeding themselves or sunning you will find them scourging for fallen nuts. Look for abundance of tracks to determine where squirrels have been foraging most often. Fourth, walk the maize. At farmland regions, an area where timber meets harvested corn can be a hot ticket, squirrels will target the wanted grains. Squirrels have great eyesight, when you hunt them in the winter wear snow camouflage and light weight binoculars. Fifth, reach with a rimfire. A .22 rimfire will put more bushytails in the bag. The slow-moving bullets can ricochet off the frozen dirt. For more of a challenge try a 32-caliber.
Class Period:4A
ReplyDeleteMagazine: People
Issue: November 3, 2014
Article: The Ebola Victims:Their Brave Battle- Page 64
Summary- Ebola. You hear about it almost everyday. But most of the time, really all we hear about is how deadly it can be if not treated quickly. First, this article was talking about how a man named Thomas Eric Duncan was admitted to the Dallas, Texas hospital on September 29, 2014. Another thing this article was talking about is how this mans main nurse Nina Pham, thought she was safe in all her protective gear, even though she wasn’t. Nina Pham had caught the Ebola virus from her patient. Pham had 4 years of nursing school, knew barely anything about the virus, and it was beyond what she studied for in her classes. Nina’s patient died October 8th from the ebola virus, and basically “traded places” with Pham. Nina now lays in a Hospital bed and is the first american to contract the disease. Finally I found out that the other nurse that was helping treat Duncan also caught the Ebola virus. Pham and Amber Vinson (the other nurse) are fighting for their lives against a disease that has gone from horror, to real fear. Clearly Ebola is a deadly disease, but it’s even scarier when the suits you wear not to catch it, aren't even safe.
Class Period - 4B
ReplyDeleteMagazine - People
Issue - November 3, 2014
Article - Deadly Betrayal
Summary - The article Deadly Betrayal talked about the murder of three family members from Oklahoma. It specifically talked about the murderer, and about what the murderer did. First of all, the murderer was the fourth family member, Alan Hruby. Alan was a freshmen in college who was literally addicted to shopping. He loved name brands and expensive stores. His parent’s cut him off financially, which got Alan riled up so he made a plot to murder his own family. He planned that once they were killed he could take all of there money and spend it for himself. Next, in addition to killing his family, he had a whole plot with it. On October 9 (2014), Alan came to his home and shot his mother first. When his sister Katherine came inside from washing her car Alan shot her in the back once. John Hruby was killed last. After the shooting Alan took the family’s security camera and the pistol he used and threw them in a nearby lake. Then Alan took the weekend and partied with his friends, not even caring about what he just did. To sum it up, the article Deadly Betrayal is very sad and for sure a tragedy.
Matthew Miles
ReplyDeleteInsert Patriots Running Back Here
Sports Illustrated
Nov. 24 , 2014
In previous months only one person asked for Jonas Gray’s autograph, but now everybody will. Jonas Gray, a running back for the New England Patriots, was never even heard of until Sunday. Jonas Gray played at Notre Dame , but wasn’t a quality player. He went undrafted and only two teams offered him a deal, but it was only to be on the practice squad, these teams were the Dolphins and the Ravens. The Patriots signed Gray due to an injury to their starting running back, Steven Ridley. On Sunday the Patriots played against the Colts and broke the Colts defence up with the running game. The Patriots won against the Colts 47-20 due to the play of Jonas Gray. He rushed for 199 yards and 4 touchdowns, suddenly the unknown running back was the breakout player in the NFL. Gray had only 138 yards coming into this game, he had more yards in the game than his career. His performance was better than the backfields of the Bill, Chargers, Raiders or Steelers through 11 week. Definitely more people will now ask for Jonas Gray’s autograph.
Class Period: 5B
ReplyDeleteMagazine: people, Kate Bounces back
Issue: November 3, 2014
Article: Deadly Betrayal
Summary:
This story is about a boy named Alan. Alan, his sister and parents were happy until one day his parents cut him off. Alan got mad and decided that he was going to kill his parents and sister for the money. So he did, he killed his mom first (Tinker, 48 years old). Next he shot his sister (Katherine, 17 years old) in the back. Then he waited for his father to get home, because at the time he was attending a board meeting. When he got home Alan shot him once. He immediately fell to the ground. Alan then shot him in the back once again, while he was already dead lying on the ground.
Magazine: ESPN
ReplyDeleteDate: 11/21/14
Hour: 5B
There are two very important aspects in this article. First, is the a struggle of Demaryius Thomas”s family. When he was only 11 cops busted down his family’s door. They went into the master bedroom and found in a coat 30 $100 dollar bills and 60 $20 dollar bills. He found out later that his mom was in a huge debt and that she had to borrow money from other family members and friends. Next, he had a huge struggle to find a place to live. He started off finding his dad in Atlanta but his dad had to go back to the military. So he tried to go to friends houses and stay there for a while but that didn’t work either. Then he tried to go to his cousins but his cousins had 5 other foster children. In conclusion, Demaryius Thomas had a family that had struggles to find places to live and the struggle of his family.
Ryan Stratton
ReplyDeleteSports Illustrated
Nov.172014
In the early years of Frank Kaminsky he never had a social life in school.
It took him half of his high school career to even start talking to people.
He barley ever got to play basketball in high school either.Later in his life he went to college in Madison Wisconsin.As a freshmen in college basketball he played seven minutes a game.After his freshman year he started making a lot of friends because he started getting more popular.
In 2013 the Badgers made it to the final four but then later in the games with like 4 seconds to go Kentucky hits a three pointer to win the game.But this season the badgers are ranked #2 and they are ready to go.
Frank Kaminsky got a lot more popular over the college years.And he is very well known in Madison for his amazing perfromances.
Class period:4B
ReplyDeleteMagazine:people
Issue:November 21
Article:The Duggar Wedding
Summary:
There are several reasons that Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald’s wedding day was important. Ben Seewald made sure that he had everything ready for Jessa and himself on their wedding day. First of all, Ben set three Alarm clocks so he would get up on time.He set one for 6:15, 6:16, and one for 6:18. He prayed before their wedding that they would spend the their lives together. He also is borrowing a horse drawn carriage to go on their honeymoon together. Lastly, he made sure his marriage to Jessa Duggar was going to be never forgotten. Jessa Duggar also wanted it to be a night to remember. She invented one thousand guests to let everyone in on their celebration. Jessa waited a long time to find the perfect man for him, and she finally got Ben Seewald. In the morning she and her sisters were handing hairspray and bobby pins to one another. All in all she wanted a night to remember with Ben. Clearly, Ben and Jessa’s wedding was very successful.
Magazine: ESPN
ReplyDelete12/2/14
Issue: November 6, 2014
Demaryius Thomas wide receiver for the Denver Broncos has a not so pleasant background as a boy his mom went to jail for selling drugs. For as young as he was he didn’t understand what was going on, but as he grew older he was old enough to comprehend what was going on. he told his mom to stop and she replied i’m not doing anything wrong. He later attended the Georgia institute of technology. After graduating he was picked by the Denver Broncos in the 2010 NFL draft As his football career unfolded he was very good and he excelled at football. He has a plan to buy a piece of land and share it build houses on it. Like one house for the whole family. His two sisters Mom, Dad and Grandma.
Class period: 4B
ReplyDeleteMagazine: Discover
Issue: November 2014
Article name: Singled Out ~page 28-33
Summary: Alex Jofriet had crohn’s and he can’t eat the wrong thing or too much of the right thing otherwise he will get sick and throw up or get stomach pains. Alex went through 8 years of different diets. Now his doctors have made two N of 1 experiments. N meaning hundreds and thousands of patients and 1 meaning just one patient. The first experiment was with milk. Alex had to drink 8 ounces of milk each day for three days like a normal person. The milk didn’t bother him at all. So now he can drink milk without getting stomach pains. The second experiment was to help easier breathing. A man named Guyatt changed the drugs and the diets to see of that would help patients to breath easier. They only did that experiment twice because it was not helping them. Infact it was making the patients worse. Now Alex Jofriet is fine and out of the hospital but he still has to get checkups every once in a while. More and more people are doing the N of 1 experiments. Clearly N of 1 has helped Alex Jofriet and patients all over.
4a
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Poor athletes
october 20,2014
The article I read about was all about poor athletes it was very interesting. It even told me that Kevin Durant was homeless as a kid growing up. It also told me how they managed to survived. A lot of them only got a snack from a vending machine or a couple chips for dinner each night. Some nights they didn’t get anything to eat. It also says that most of them had poor grades. Then it shows how sports helped them get through the rough times. It will also show how they either went to the college level or some even went all pro. This is what my article is about.
Class period: 7B
DeleteMagazine: National Geographic
Issue: October 2014
Article: 430,000 Acres in California
Summary: California is having a problem. They are caused with drought, that means no rain and it could happen for a long period of time so no rain means no plants. The Diener family has been farming on the same land forever then when the drought comes here is a problem. This has been happening in 3 different states now and it’s getting really bad. Over in California in the future it will be very dry if it doesn’t rain soon. It will cost 30 billion dollars for the ten acres to get pipes just for water but their water bill.
3a
ReplyDeleteTimes
The Heart of Comedy
August 2014
The life of Robin Williams is a beloved dream that many people would like to have and I’m sure anybody can see that it made a big difference in the U.S. and in just plain old comedy. Robin Williams definitely had an amazing,interesting, and extremely busy life. Robin Williams lived from 1951-2014. Starting back in Robin’s past many say he was very shy and when he did tell jokes he was a little embarrassed by them but after a while he became in exceptional comedian. He performed in many videos and was on stage for a lot ao comedian talks. He was in several movies adult and young such as the genie in Aladdin or Patch in Patch Adams. Actually in all Robin Williams starred in about 100 shows and videos. As I said before Robin Williams affected many people and even comedy itself. When Robin Williams died of course it affected his family. Other than his family he had many friends. He had to have millions of fans and of course there is the people he worked with. Robin Williams also brought in this whole different comedy with all the voices and the emotion he put into it. It is definitely a great sorrow that we have lost such a amazing actor, comedian, and a friend to all. So next time you watch a movie think with Robin Williams in it think about all things he’s done in life and how he improved comedy.
Class period: 4B
ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time
Issue: 2013
Article: The End of a Manhunt
Page: 34-35
Summary:
In boston, there was a boat stored in a yard in Watertown and was 7 ½ miles away from a deserted Boston Marathon finish line. 100 offices were ordered to capture Dzhokhar Tsarneav and his brother, both suspects, in the Boston Marathon bombing. The bombing killed three, and injured hundreds of people. On April 19, in the the evening, police were told the right amount of information that leaded them into a northwestern suburb. While police surrounded the area, Murphy, who was 75 feet away, got a picture of Tsarnaev as he got out of the boat, where he was hiding, and put his hands up. Police thought that it was almost unreal. Tsarneav once executed a police officer. It took more than one hour to capture him.
Class Period:4BH
ReplyDeleteMagazine: Time
Issue: December,2014
Article: Betty Who
Summary
You may not know her but she released an album last year. This young artist is named Betty Who, her latest made the viral video frame, and the dance club song charts. Her real name is really Jessica Anne Newham, some of didn’t even know that she was Betty Who. Her song Somebody Loves You can be heard in a designer shoe warehouse. Her song was written as a tribute to Whitney Houston. Her classic music education she went to Boston Berklee College of music, she dropped the cello, thats when she met peter
Class Period:5B
ReplyDeleteMagazine:Car and Drive
Issue:December 2014
Article:American Heroes-Page 40
Summary:Car and Drive found the similarities and differences of these three American Muscle Rivals.It compared the new 2015 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack,Chevy Camaro SS 1LE.It said how the Dodge Challenger would be a car to have if you like the bigger body styles,more torque(more weight you can pull), and to go fast.But if you want something that is smaller, and don’t like to carry things but still like to go fast and get tickets.The Chevy Camaro is your dream car.And last but not least, the Ford Mustang.This car just radiates power.It has a little bit more torque than the Camaro but not as much as the Challenger.But that’s only because this car has 435 horsepower.Still not as much as the Challenger.In my opinion, I would definetly pick the Challenger over both of the other cars in a heartbeat.But that’s your decision.
Class period: 4A
ReplyDeleteMagazine: Outdoor Life
Issue: December 2014
Article: Tough Mudders - Page 10
Summary: Tough Mudders explains that hunters go through five defined stages of maturity.
The first is the Shooting stage, when they simply want to hear the sound of their guns go Bang. The second stage, the limit out stage is basically like the first stage except that they feel that a hunt is complete if only the hunter gets his limit (the amount of a certain animal they can kill). The third (Trophy) and fourth (Sportsman) stages are completely alike, they go for the big game. All in all, the article completely explains all of the 4 stages of hunting.
5A
ReplyDeleteDiscover
November 2014
Steamy Solution to Citrus Sickness
Summary: In the article, Steamy Solution to Cirtrus Sickness, farms have recorded many orange and grapefruit trees have been dieing and are in need of a treatment. The reason the trees are dieing is because of a bug called the Asian Psyllid bug. These bugs are unnative and are dangerous to the trees. These bugs eat and spread bacteria that causes the trees to grow odd shaped fruit and sometimes die. That is bad because these trees are needed, for they provide 80% of the U.S.A.’s orange and grapefruit products. But since then, scientists have worked to find a treatment to protect the trees from furture damage. With great luck, they have finally found one. Today in farms they have now started using what is called the steam heat treatment. This treatment protects and vaccinates trees against the bugs.
Class: 5A
ReplyDeleteMagazine: National Geographic
Issue: November 2014
Article: Meet Natures Nightmare mind suckers (pg.41)
Summary: Ladybugs are seen cute and cuddly to the human eye but are they really? Lady bugs seem defenceless but they actually have a good strategy for protecting themselves and hunting. Lady bugs are very smart hunters.To find food the they sends signals out to their pray to sence them. And when the Lady bugs pray is under attack it sends out signals as well. When it finds its prey... it attacks! Lady bugs usually eat aphids (plant lice),one can eat several thousand aphids in a lifetime. Ladybugs are also well protected under their red and black dome shells. When a predator tries to eat the ladybug, it spits nasty poison from its legs so the predator spits it out. As you can see the ladybug has its ways of hunting and protecting itself. But sadly there is a species of insect that is brutal to ladybug and that can takeover the ladybug completely and can turn them into their own zombies. Dinocampus Coccinellae is a type of wasp which are as small as a ice cream sprinkle. When the female wasp is ready to lay eggs she finds a ladybug, and with her stinger she injects the young in the ladybug. The ladybug is now its home. As the little wasp grows, it eats the inside of the ladybug for food. When the wasp is ready to leave the ladybug, it climbs out of the ladybugs shell and creates a cocune under the ladybug. Because the ladybug has nasty poison on its feet petitors will not eat the ladybug or the wasp that is living on it. After about a week the wasp comes out fully grown and the ladybug’s service to the wasp is complete. By now the ladybug is dead. Even though ladybugs can feed and defend themselves from some of their predators they sometimes fall victims of other predators without even knowing it.
Class period 7B
ReplyDeletemagazine sports illustrated
issue november 24 2014
Article Jonas Gray and Darrelle revis
summary Jonas gray, Jonas gray played for notre dame his college career. he went undrafted,that means no nfl team picked him he failed on making in nfl roster 2 times
he went from the inactive to active roster for the patriots
Darrelle Revis.darrelle revis got drafted by the jets and had to play the patriots 2 times in one each year the first time he vs the patriots he had to cover the super star randy moss
then he moved to a different team and that was tampa and after a year bill belichick called his phone and seeing if he wanted to play with the patriots
Alfa Romeo 4C
ReplyDeleteIssue=Design
Title of magazine=Road Track
Year=November 2014
This Vehicle is a italian sports car,and it's good for racing.The car is a light vehicle and can carry two people that are small , Light and flexible because the car isn't that big.It's headlights have two settings one is bright and one is off.The car has a bumper that absorbs the light and reflects it away to keep the light out of the drivers eyes.The reason the car is such a good car is because of the builders look back and see what mistakes they've past and fixed them for the future.
Bionic Health Reina.c
ReplyDelete8A
11/20/14
popular science
Okay so there's a bunch of bionic health help out their so ill tell you 2 of them. So im going to talk about a bionic arm. Well the used the arm as luke skywalkers arm in the newest star wars movie. It can pick things up and the fingers can move and everything. With in only ten minutes the users love it. Also a man who lost his arm 30 years ago has been tested for prototypes since 2008. there is no date for the commercial of it yet or any prices but the man who lost his arm says he will be the first one to buy it.
A bendable bot for simple surgery
Well they use this device bot to do throat surgery and its a bendable machine it doesn't even leave a scrape or a mark at all. Well anyways it has a camera and you can control what it does just by looking at the camera. All u have to do is just look for what needs fixing and fix it. It has already received approval last march.
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Reina canoe
Ashley G
ReplyDeleteClass Period: 4B
Magazine: Real Zombies Nationalgeographic
Issue: November 2014
Article: Mindsuckers
Summary:
Have you ever heard about how a Ladybug finds it prey, keeps itself safe? Well to find a victim it waves it antennae around to detect chemicals that the plants release. Once it finds one it turns off its sensory scan to search for molecules released by only aphids (aphids: a huge pack of small insects that are altogether.) Ladybugs red and black specks help them a lot, and are very protected by them. The black and red on them, even tho us humans find them quite adorable, they help a lot. Its a warning sign to other predators that tells them to stay away.I’ve never heard of a dinocampus coccinellae until I read this! It is a really small bug that is the size of a ice cream sprinkle!! When a female wasp is ready to lay her eggs she finds a ladybug (dinocampus coccinellae) and inserts her stinger, on the underside to inject the eggs. The larva grows up in the ladybug until its ready to get out and live on its own. In, conclusion reading this magazine was pretty cool!
Mario M
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Magazine:sports illustrated
Issue:November 3,2014
The long view-page 49
Summary:The long view is about a brazil teenager kid who gets drafting and his name is Bruno Caboclo.He got draft to the Raptors in the 20th in june.People don’t know him and they think his not good for the nba.Some say he just need a little more practice in he is good
Raiden S
ReplyDeleteClass Period: 7a
Magazine: Popular Science
Issue: December 2014
Article: The Bionic Arm
The article The Bionic Arm is about how the The Bionic arm works and why its useful.
First, the arm works by using electrodes.It uses electrodes on your skin to pick up signals from your brain and then send them them to the arm to move it.
Now, how the arm is helpful. The arm is helpful because it lets amputees do things they couldn't do before such as using chopsticks.
Clearly you can see the bionic arm is helpful and quite simple in how it works.
Austin D
ReplyDeleteClass Period 7B
Magazine ESPN
Article Demaryus Thomas's family
Issue December 2014
You might think all NFL players have great lives, but they don’t. Demaryius Thomas, a wide receiver for the denver broncos. When he was just 11 years old police officers and drug dogs came into his house. But, they didn’t find drugs in the house. They found about 5 thousand dollars. The police knew that she stole it so they took her away to jail. Demaryius life now. Demaryius is a successful nfl player that has done many successful things already. He is really young and still has lots of time in the nfl. Demaryius has tons of friends in the NFL like his quarterback Peyton Manning. When these two are together as a combo, no one will know what's coming next. But see, Demaryius wants his family to reunite. He wants to put the money issue behind him and just start over with his family. And that is what he is trying to do, and hopefully, soon he will.
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Car and Driver American Heroes
Architectural Digest
Platform sharing used to be simple. Like if you slathered a Toyota, you got the leather and fake wood, filled in every crevice with sound deadening, swapped out few body panels, and stuck Lexus based on the trunk or like GM skipping a step or two and going straight to upscale-badge part. Bit nobody operates so simply or crudely. Well most manufactures are filled with vehicle that share significant parts of well, their makeup. Some case one basic layout bagets many body styles plus size and being sold by several brands in different prices in marks all around the world, Its working as the largest global players are increasing the numbers of vehicles sired from common platforms. The advantages the carmakers is economies of scale not just in manufacturing. It also design engineering and regulatory compliance. For consumer, means smaller less-expensive car are built to higher standard if the platform is down more premium product. But all the winning carries its own hazard. Recalls ripple across more models and vehicles than the past, amplifying the fallout from quality problem. All of this follows 10 biggest-selling global platforms from 2015 and 2020. So you see platform sharing used to be simple.
Luke Z
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Magazine: Field and Stream
Issue: November December - January
Article: Page 57
There are lots of tactics to getting big bucks, but these are some of the best coming from guides that are experienced. One guide named Patrick Willis, from New York, has a tactic where he lays a bunch of hay and brush out in the middle of a field length wise. Then he go sit in his tree stand, so he can try to get the buck. If the buck enters on the other side of the field, he slowly gets down from his tree stand, crawls to the middle of the field and crawls along the edge of all the hay and brush. Then he slowly gets up and shoots the buck. If it enters on his side of the field, he just shoots it. Joe Gizdic, in Montana, finds out where the deer are, then he has someone else walk towards the buck when the wind is going at the buck. So that way the buck smells it, so it moves farther down, where the hunter will be to shoot it. One Guide named Steve Maxwell, from Wisconsin, does it the old fashioned way and just sits in a stand all day. Some people go inside at noon because usually, deer don’t come out at that time, but if the deer think it’s going to be a cold night, they come out early, making this strategy, pretty good if it’s going to be cold ou
Mollie F
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Magazine: Field and Stream
Issue: November December - January
Article: Page 57
There are lots of tactics to getting big bucks, but these are some of the best coming from guides that are experienced. One guide named Patrick Willis, from New York, has a tactic where he lays a bunch of hay and brush out in the middle of a field length wise. Then he go sit in his tree stand, so he can try to get the buck. If the buck enters on the other side of the field, he slowly gets down from his tree stand, crawls to the middle of the field and crawls along the edge of all the hay and brush. Then he slowly gets up and shoots the buck. If it enters on his side of the field, he just shoots it. Joe Gizdic, in Montana, finds out where the deer are, then he has someone else walk towards the buck when the wind is going at the buck. So that way the buck smells it, so it moves farther down, where the hunter will be to shoot it. One Guide named Steve Maxwell, from Wisconsin, does it the old fashioned way and just sits in a stand all day. Some people go inside at noon because usually, deer don’t come out at that time, but if the deer think it’s going to be a cold night, they come out early, making this strategy, pretty good if it’s going to be cold ou
Phantom planets describes three main ideas on the solar system and dying planets. First Alexander Wolszczan uses the arecibo radio telescope to locate new planets. He finds dead or dying plants to analyze how they died. Second he looks for massive stars. He looks for massive stars to see if they will become pulsars. Pulsars are huge stars that grew. Pulsars could engulf and vaporize nearby planets. Third He investigates if our sun could become a pulsar and whether we should move to a different planet out of the suns explosion range. This is very important for the safety and survival of the human race.
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November, 2014
Campfire
First he talks about when he went duck hunting in North Dakota he shot a mixed bag.(different kinds of ducks) And they called them scrap ducks, scrap ducks are ducks that aren’t mallards. But Pintails and Black ducks are honored because they’re very rare to shoot. Then talks about a time when he was duck hunting in the fall. And he talked about how if you’re hunting in a spot where there isn’t very much vegetation you can still get ducks you just have to stay low and have good camo. He also talked about how some days duck aren’t very smart and come right in, but other days they’re really smart and hard to get. Scrap ducks don’t really call the closest some of them come is a high pitched whistle. But you can still buy calls for pintails they also call the other ducks that whistle. Lastly he talks about how its important to be sure your gun works. He also said that if you’re not seeing anything that’s ok because sometimes the ducks aren’t moving and other days they are.
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Article: Ebola, The Survivor's
Summary: Ebola, The Survivors is about the first doctor that got Ebola. Ebola has been going around in West Africa, but one man brought it to America. Thomas Eric Duncan was sent to the hospital with Ebola September 28th in Dallas Texas. Nina Pham, (Thomas’s nurse) helped him as much as she could and stayed by his side the whole time. She thought that as she was helping him she had a protective suit on. But she ended up getting the virus from him and became the first American citizen to get Ebola on U.S. grounds. Ever since then her life has changed. She is still fighting and the nurses that work with her are making her signs and praying for her. Although the are making signs and going around holding them up, Nina will not know because she is locked up in a hospital room. Her house has to be totally sterilized and no one is able to go in it until they are sure that there is no more of the virus in her house. Also her dog and any person that was around her has to be quarantined. At the end of the passage they said, “all we can do is hope that Nina will get better.”
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Page : 16
Magazine : Discover
Issue : 11/20/14
Article : Stop Taking antibiotics when you feel better
Summary : Stop Taking Antibiotics when you feel better has 2 main topics. The first main topics is to stop taking the antibiotics when you feel better. Why you should stop taking them is because resistant bacteria can escape and infect another person. So basicly less is more and more is less. The second reason is antibiotic study on how shorter time of taking them is better. Antibiotic study has found out that shorter time periods of taking them is just as effective as long ones. Plus taking shorter time periods does not waste the antibiotics that you would have wasted if you took a longer time period.
Saraphin W
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author unknown(because I didn’t have the artical to see it)
11/30/14
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In the artical Bigger than a T-rex? they talk about two main things. One of them is first finding the spinosaurus. -The first time they found the spinosaurus was in the time of world war one and the person who found it was Ernst Freiherr Stromer.When he found it right away he wanted to put it into a museum. But he put it in a museum where there was a lot of bombers so he wanted it moved away from bombers reach, but the owner of the museum disliked him so he said no and the whole thing was destroyed by a bomb. The second thing they talk about is finding the spinosaurus again. They found it again in March 2013 by Nizar Ibrahim. He found it when he found these bones with yellow streaks on them but when he took a closer look they had destruction damage, so he did some research and found about the spinosaurus and what happened to it so he when looking for the rest of the bones, and he found him in march 2013. When they found it first he put the bones together the best that he could, and then he got some people to build it but in a steel version because the bones were so damaged and put it into a museum. This is what it talks about in Bigger than a T-rex?
Ronnie G
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Car and Driver
November 2014
The Refined Equine is about the new Mustang Ecoboost that has some interesting facts along with some unique things. I’ll start with the facts how the test drive got less miles per gallon than the last V-6 they tested. This may sound like an opinion but its true this is the most sophisticated of all mustangs. Like I said before it getting less mpg, thats crazy because it’s a ecoboost but its true. Another fact is that the 4 cylinder ecoboost has 320 pound feet of torque when the V-6 has 280. These are some of the interesting unique things about the new Mustang this one isn’t very interesting but its unique. The rear seat of the Mustang is mounted lower than other Mustangs. This is the first turbocharged 4-cylinder engine in a mustang for almost 20 years. They also said the ride wasn’t intense but it was smooth and comfortable. The full article gives you all of the facts but I chose some of the more interesting things about it. I think Ford did a good job with this one and they will sell lots of these wonderful cars.
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Magazine: Sports Illustrated
Issue: November 24, 2014
Article: Rise Of The Machine Pg. 54
Summary:
Corey Kluber has been a Cy Young winner for the last few days. The Cy Young award is a big deal because if you win it, it says that you are one of the best pitchers in MLB history. And I believe that he is one of the best pitchers because he had to work really hard because he didn't get ANY votes for him to be a cy young winner. He had 17 first place votes, 11 second place votes and 2 third place votes. His competitor had 13 votes for first place, and 17 votes for second place. I would say that he did a good job this season and he definitely deserved the award.
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Issue-November 2014
Article-.223 Rem v.s .30/30 For Deer
.223 rem v.s the 30/30 rem for deer talks about the bullets and what each of them do and what is recommended. First the energy, velocity, and drop per inch of each bullet when shot the same amount of yards. At 100 yards the amount of energy for the .223 was 998 the velocity was 2,737and the 30/30 was 1,449 and the velocity was 2,086. Out of all of the tests they did the .223 had a higher velocity but the 30/30 had higher energy. In drops per inch the 30/30 dropped more inches per feet then the .223. In the end in my opinion i think that the .223 is a better bullet then the 30/30.
The article I read was about the new 2015 Mustang Gt. It was about making it better than the old ones and fixing the engine up and making it more powerful, and making it a better driving vehicle. It is gonna have better handling. It is more comfortable, and better looking.
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Nizar Ibrahim’s passion was fossils so that’s why he went to the Kem Kem formations. Ibrahim loved fossils and so he collected them. When he went to the Kem Kem formations he found lots of fossils and remains. In all he found forty-five different fossils like dinosaurs, turtles, and fish. One unique fossil had a sport growing on its back supported by spines, it also had long jaws and big teeth so he named it spinosaurus (spine-o-sor-us). His find was put permanently on display in the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology, central Munich.
The Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology doesn’t always listen. During WWII Ibrahim asked Baravarian State to take down his spinosaurus fossils so they wouldn’t get destroyed by bombs, but a Nazi didn’t let it be taken down. Later he found out that the spinosaurus got destroyed and all that was left were field notes and drawings.