News story one
Wikileaks has published private cables that show that the U.S. thinks Iran has missiles that are able to hit capitals in europe. Other cables showed private comments made by diplomats that could embarrass the U.S. The cables could seriously damage U.S. relations with foreign countries. The cables also showed discussions that makes it seem like the U.S. diplomats are spies.
See full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704700204575642812775841790.html
News story two
David Norris who belongs to the BlueCava inc. company. Wants to record peoples habits on their computers. He is planning to sell the information to advertising companies. These habits identify certain computers and creates a profile of who its user is. The advertising companies will use these profiles to target people to certain ads. This form of gathering information BlueCava is using is more popular because it is harder to block that cookies. This gathering of information is legal. The start of this company came from when the boss was selling software that could have no test run without the soon to be buyers copying it. BlueCava mostly collects information that is not very private, such as names. The technology they use has now opened up cell phones to advertising because cookies do not work on them , but this technology does work on phones.
See full article at
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646704100959546.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
New stories, the new ones
News story one.
In New Delhi, an apartment building collapsed. The collapse killed around 65 people and injured 70. According to building laws, the building was 2 stories higher than allowed and the foundation had been weakened by monsoon rain. The police are looking for the owner of the building who has broken these laws. many people are still missing. The full article can be found here http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703670004575616783793938818.html
A ban has been asked to be put on a brand of drinks called Four Loko, and other similar drinks. Four Loko is a drink with a combination of caffeine and alcohol. An 18 year old girl died after drinking Four Loko, the girl had no other health problems. This event started the ban on Four Loko and other similar drinks. The caffeine hides the drunkenness of the drinker making this much more serious problem. The full article can be found here herehttp://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/11/10/schumer-seeks-ban-on-four-loko-drinks/?KEYWORDS=for+loko
In New Delhi, an apartment building collapsed. The collapse killed around 65 people and injured 70. According to building laws, the building was 2 stories higher than allowed and the foundation had been weakened by monsoon rain. The police are looking for the owner of the building who has broken these laws. many people are still missing. The full article can be found here http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703670004575616783793938818.html
A ban has been asked to be put on a brand of drinks called Four Loko, and other similar drinks. Four Loko is a drink with a combination of caffeine and alcohol. An 18 year old girl died after drinking Four Loko, the girl had no other health problems. This event started the ban on Four Loko and other similar drinks. The caffeine hides the drunkenness of the drinker making this much more serious problem. The full article can be found here herehttp://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/11/10/schumer-seeks-ban-on-four-loko-drinks/?KEYWORDS=for+loko
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
News story, newer one
News story, the only one.
A bomb in a United Parcel Service cargo plane was found to be set to go off somewhere in the eastern U.S.A. Saudi Arabian investigators tipped off the British security people. The cargo shipment came from Yemen, the bomb was hidden in a printer cartridge. Another bomb, also from Yemen, was set to blow up in a very vaguely similar area. By the unpredictableness of cargoplane schedules and routes, security officials suspect it was simply meant to blow up some part of America. Both bombs passed through security checkpoints in Britan. See full and complicated article right here-> <-
This is important because it informs us on national security and how problems still occur, and about the terrorism that is out there. This tells us that there are problems with the screening in Britan has had problems and that we should be lucky that no unscreened bombs have blown up where we live. It also tells us that there is still plain american based terrorism out in the world. The bombs were set to blow up anywhere in america so the people who sent it are just hating america as a whole. The report says that the bomb came from Yemen, this tells us how far the security officials have gotten in pinpointing the point of where the bomb originated
A bomb in a United Parcel Service cargo plane was found to be set to go off somewhere in the eastern U.S.A. Saudi Arabian investigators tipped off the British security people. The cargo shipment came from Yemen, the bomb was hidden in a printer cartridge. Another bomb, also from Yemen, was set to blow up in a very vaguely similar area. By the unpredictableness of cargoplane schedules and routes, security officials suspect it was simply meant to blow up some part of America. Both bombs passed through security checkpoints in Britan. See full and complicated article right here-> <-
This is important because it informs us on national security and how problems still occur, and about the terrorism that is out there. This tells us that there are problems with the screening in Britan has had problems and that we should be lucky that no unscreened bombs have blown up where we live. It also tells us that there is still plain american based terrorism out in the world. The bombs were set to blow up anywhere in america so the people who sent it are just hating america as a whole. The report says that the bomb came from Yemen, this tells us how far the security officials have gotten in pinpointing the point of where the bomb originated
Friday, November 5, 2010
Reading bowl book assignment
1) In the book House Of The Scorpion, the author Nancy Farmer explores the themes of cruelty and how the world is not always fair. Some examples are that cows are forced to give birth to clones and the clones are just used to get replacement organs from. One other example is that orphans are turned into zombies A.K.A Eejits and clones (even intelligent ones) are treated like animals.
2) The protagonist is Matt Alacran, he just wants to have a good life free of problems. The Antagonist is the world, the world wants to make Matt's life miserable by putting all these sufferings and cruelties into his little world. The mentor seems to be the world as well, the world, despite all it's cruelty, want Matt to learn the harshness of life.
3) Over the course of the book, the main character Matt Alacran, learns what the world wanted him to learn, but he also learned that there is hope that you can have a good life, despite all good fortunes. Matt also changes from an unknowing person, to someone who knows about the cruelty of life, and then finally to a person who knows there is hope. I think what caused the final change was the finding of Maria's mother, who brought hope into his life, and what caused him to learn what the world wanted him to learn was the final act of cruelty which was the banishment to the boneyards.
4) The most memorable parts to me were the ones about his imprisonment as a clone because it was interesting to see how he lived in those conditions, and the living with the keepers, because that part held some strange ideas that I never had thought of before.
5) I really enjoyed this book, I would definitely recommend it for next year's reading bowl. I really enjoyed it because although this sounds mean, I like books with the theme that suffering must happen, only if they have good endings and not depressing ones.
2) The protagonist is Matt Alacran, he just wants to have a good life free of problems. The Antagonist is the world, the world wants to make Matt's life miserable by putting all these sufferings and cruelties into his little world. The mentor seems to be the world as well, the world, despite all it's cruelty, want Matt to learn the harshness of life.
3) Over the course of the book, the main character Matt Alacran, learns what the world wanted him to learn, but he also learned that there is hope that you can have a good life, despite all good fortunes. Matt also changes from an unknowing person, to someone who knows about the cruelty of life, and then finally to a person who knows there is hope. I think what caused the final change was the finding of Maria's mother, who brought hope into his life, and what caused him to learn what the world wanted him to learn was the final act of cruelty which was the banishment to the boneyards.
4) The most memorable parts to me were the ones about his imprisonment as a clone because it was interesting to see how he lived in those conditions, and the living with the keepers, because that part held some strange ideas that I never had thought of before.
5) I really enjoyed this book, I would definitely recommend it for next year's reading bowl. I really enjoyed it because although this sounds mean, I like books with the theme that suffering must happen, only if they have good endings and not depressing ones.
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