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Lizzie Borden Case

By: Yesenia Garcia

Lizzie Borden is a woman from New England who was accused of killing her father
and step mother with an ax. She was tried for the killing of Andrew Jackson Borden and Abby
Dufree Grey. Nobody else was accused of the trial. They still haven’t solved this crime. This
case has been open since the 1880s. The murder happened on August 4 of 1892. She is well
known for this story because of the gruesome murder.
Andrew Borden had gone to the Fall River to do some errands. When he came home
he was murdered. Supposedly, Lizzie took an ax and took 12 blows to her father’s head. He was
sleeping on the sofa. Her step mother was next. She took 42 blows to the head. The well known
motive for Lizzie to do is because her father decapitated her pigeons. Right now, her house is an
attraction in England. It is well known to be haunted because her father, mother and Lizzie’s soul
still might be trapped.

Sigmund App

By: Tyler Parker

I found a weird article the other day on CNN. It basically told about an app for the iPhone
called Sigmund that allows you to “program” your dreams. To use the app, you type in the time you
normally go to bed and when you are planning to wake up. Then you select some keywords out of a
list like “mountain” or “jungle.” The app then makes an estimate on when you are most likely to be
dreaming and will say the keywords you selected in a robotic voice. You have to be careful about what
keywords you choose, though. Picking words like “combat” and “battle” could result in nightmares.
About 40% of people claim that this app has altered their dreams in some way, but this number could be
higher because sometimes it is difficult to remember your dreams. The creators of this app think that it
may be possible for people to learn things and to study while they sleep as well. Take that, algebra.

http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/17/iphone-app-aims-to-program-your-dreams-

inception-anyone/?hpt=hp_bn11

Ariana Grande
By: Taylor Draper

In 2009, Ariana was cast in the Nickelodeon show Victorious. The show,
which premiered in March 2010, is about a group of students attending a
performing arts high school in California. Ariana plays the role of Cat Valentine,
a close friend of the main character Tori. Her character is a drama queen that
over-reacts about everything. Although her character may be high maintenance
on the show, in real life Ariana is down-to-earth and friendly. Ariana Grande
grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, and was interested in theatre since she was a
little girl. She performed at the Little Palm Theatre for Young People and Fort
Lauderdale’s Children’s Theatre. In 2008 she decided to try Broadway, and
was cast as Charlotte in the musical 13, the first Broadway production to have
an all-teen cast. She starred with Liz Gilles, who went on to work with her on
Victorious.

Zac Efron:

Zac Efron was born in San Luis, Orbison California. His father, David Efron, is an electrical engineer at a power station, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is a secretary who worked at the same power plant.Efron started his career out starring in t.v shows called: Firefly; The Guardian and ER.

Then Efron played the leading role in High School Musical. And several other Disney channel shows and movies. Efron was in Forbes Magazine as number 92 9 with estimated earnings of $5.8 million from June 2007 to June 2008.

In early 2008, Efron was cast in the lead role in the film Me and Orson Welles. Based on Robert Kaplow’s novel of the same name,^[27] the story, set in 1937 New York, tells of a teenager hired to star in Orson Welles’ production of Julius Caesar, where he becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant. The film was shot in the Isle of Man, London and New York, during February — April 2008.

 Winnie the Pooh

Written By: Tabatha Kepenach

Milne. The first collection of stories
about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh and this was followed by
The House at P n 1958, and, in 1960, became the only Latin book ever to have
been featured on the New York ooh Corner. Milne also included a poem about
the bear in the children’s verse book When We Were Very Young and many
more in Now We Are Six. All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard.
The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages. Milne named the
character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher
Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin.
Christopher’s toys also lent their names to most of the other characters,
except for Owl and Rabbit, as well as the Gopher character, which was added
in the Disney version.

Pooh Bear, is a fictional bear created by

Google

Written By: Devon Taylor

Google is by far the most used and heard of search engine everyone has used Google. Google
lets you to be able to search on the web for basically anything from music to news or even
research on a biology paper or something like that. The name “Google” originated from a
misspelling of “googol,”[which refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred
zeros. Page and Brin write in their original paper on Page Rank: “We chose our systems name,
Google, because it is a common spelling of googol, or 10 and fits well with our goal of building
very large-scale search engines.1995 Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford. 1996 Larry
and Sergey, now Stanford computer science grad students, begin collaborating on a search
engine called BackRub.http://www.google.com/about/company/history/ In December of 1998
PC Magazine wrote: “The 25 million pages currently catalogued seem to be good choices. The
site has uncanny knack for returning extremely relevant results. There’s much more to come
from Google, but even in its prototype form it’s a great search engine.”. They went on to say
that Google had made its mark as one off the Top 100 websites for 1998.http://

www.webhostingreport.com/learn/google.html

History of Florida

By: Ryan Williams

There is a lot of History of Florida. Florida came around about 14,000 years ago. The history of Florida can be traced back to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Early written history begins with the arrival of Europeans to Florida beginning with the famous Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513. Two decades later in the year 1845 Florida was admitted to the union as the 27th US state. The first people came to Florida about 12,000 years ago. Today most Floridians study the history of Florida. The nickname of Florida is called The Sunshine State. 80% of Florida’s Citrus grows here in Florida. Agriculture is another leading industry in the Sunshine State. Citrus including oranges grape fruit and some specialty fruits have been grown commercially in Florida since the mid-19th century. After Brazil Florida is the world’s biggest orange producer and more grape fruit are grown in the state than anywhere else on the planet. There has been a lot of History of Florida and Florida might have a lot of History to continue on.

Some old pictures of Florida Maps

Holocaust

Written By : Dominique Benson

American Indians experienced massive losses of lives, land,
and culture from European contact and colonization resulting
in a long legacy of chronic trauma and unresolved grief across
generations. This phenomenon, labeled historical unresolved
grief, contributes to the current social pathology of high rates of
suicide, homicide, domestic violence, child abuse, alcoholism
and other social problems among American Indians. The present
paper describes the concept of historical unresolved grief and
historical trauma among American Indians, outlining the historical
as well as present social and political forces which exacerbate it.
The abundant literature on Jewish Holocaust survivors and their
children is used to delineate the intergenerational transmission
of trauma, grief, and the survivor’s child complex. Interventions
based on traditional American Indian ceremonies and modern
western treatment modalities for grieving and healing of those
losses are described.

Crystal Benson

What would u do if this was your culture? I would feel really bad

How do you think they manage to still owe land? They made deals with
them

How do you think this is similar to the jews? They both got moved off
their land and many died.

How many tribes do you think there were? At least 200

Why do you think there wasn’t anyone there to stop them? Because
they were involved.

Walt Disney! ♥ – Morgan Thompson

Walter Elias Disney was the fourth son of Elias Disney, a peripatetic carpenter, farmer, and building contractor, and his wife, Flora Call, who had been a public a public school teacher. When Walt was a little more than an infant, the family moved to a farm near Marceline, Missouri, a typical small Midwestern town, which is said to have furnished the inspiration and model for the Main Street, U.S.A., of Disneyland. There Walt began his schooling and first showed a taste and aptitude for drawing and painting with crayons and watercolors. His restless father soon abandoned his efforts at farming and moved the family to Kansas City, Missouri, where he bought a morning newspaper route and compelled his young sons to assist him in delivering papers. Walt later said that many of the habitats and compulsions of his adult life stemmed from the disciplines and discomforts of helping his father with the paper route. I asked a few people what they thought about Disney World!

Morgan; Have you ever been to Disney before, and if so, did you like it?

Kasey; Yes, and I liked it because it was fun!

Morgan; Which park did you go to?

Kasey; All of them.

Morgan; Have you ever been to the Disney camp site and what was it like?

Kasey; Yes. It was big and had horseback riding, camp fires, and it was just really big!

Morgan; Have you ever been to Disney before, and if so, did you like it?

Shelby; Yeah, and yes I enjoyed it.

Morgan; Which park did you go to?

Shelby; Animal Kingdom.

Morgan; Have you ever been to the Disney camp site and what was it like?

Shelby; I have never been, but it sounds fun and I would like to go sometime!

     

 - Devon Taylor   

 Eric Patrick Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, the son of 16-year-old Patricia Molly Clapton b. 7 January 1929 d. March 1999) and Edward Walter Fryer 21 March 1920 – 15 May 1985, a 25-year-old soldier from Montreal, Quebec. Fryer shipped off to war prior to Clapton’s birth and then returned to Canada. Clapton grew up with his grandmother, Rose, and her second husband, Jack Clapp, who was stepfather to Patricia Clapton and her brother Adrian, believing they were his parents and that his mother was actually his older sister. The similarity in surnames gave rise to the erroneous belief that Clapton’s real surname is Clapp Reginald Cecil Clapton was the name of Rose’s first husband, Eric Clapton’s maternal grandfath                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Clapton was elevated to superstar status with the formation of Cream in 1966, and together with ex-Graham Bond Organisation members Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, he created one of the most influential rock bands of our time. Additionally, due to his close friendship with George Harrison, he was asked to play the beautiful lead solo on Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on The Beatles (“The White Album”). Cream lasted just over two years, and shortly after their demise he was back with Baker, this time in Blind Faith. The line-up was completed by Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. This “supergroup” was unable to stay together for more than one self-titled album, although their financially lucrative American tour made the impending break-up easier to bear.

                 During the tour Clapton befriended Delaney And Bonnie, decided that he wanted to be their guitarist, and then joined them before the sweat had dried following his last Blind Faith gig in January 1970. He played on one album, Delaney And Bonnie On Tour, and three months later he had again absconded and finished up recording the disappointing Eric Clapton. Most of the previous band sessioned on that recording and three members (Jim Gordon, Bobby Whitlock and Carl Radle) ended up flying over to the UK to join Clapton again.

                       At age 65, after more than four decades as one of the world’s premier guitarists, Eric Clapton approaches these songs with familiarity and comfort, and finds a way to bring Texas bluesman Little Son Jackson’s “Traveling Alone,” JJ Cale’s “River Runs Deep,” and a moving, hushed “How Deep is the Ocean” under one roof. When he described the album to guitarist/musicologist Ry Cooder, Cooder said, “You can’t do that, it’ll give people whiplash!” (Clapton says with a laugh that after that discussion, he flirted with titling the album Whiplash.)

Lakeland Community Theatre:

 

Lakeland Community Theatre is a community theatre that has different productions every year on different days of the week. Lakeland Community Theatre started in 1986. The Lake Mirror Center Theatre complex is the home of Lakeland Community Theatre. Lakeland Community Theatre is now on its 26^th season. Lakeland Community Theatre has put on many familiar musicals including: Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Grease, The Sound of Music, etc. Lakeland Community Theatre is run by 4 employees and volunteers. Lakeland Community Theatre also has different classes that people can be a part of. Now you may be thinking, is Lakeland Community Theatre only for adults? The answer is NO. Kids and Teens also play a huge part in Lakeland Community Theatre. Kids and Teens put on productions and go to classes that the theatre holds, and learn what it’s like to be a part of the theatre. I interviewed a student here about what they think about Lakeland Community Theatre.

Me: So have you heard of Lakeland Community Theatre?

Jordyn: Yes

Me: Have you been a part of any productions that Lakeland Community Theatre has put on?

Jordyn: No

Me: What have you done in the theatre?

Jordyn: I have done classes and workshops there.

Me: Have you enjoyed being a part of Lakeland Community Theatre?

Jordyn: Yes

Me: Would you like to do more stuff with the theatre?

Jordyn: Sure

Me: If someone wanted to be a part of Lakeland Community Theatre what advice would you give them?

Jordyn: Just to be yourself, take chances and live it and in the end you’ll love it.

Me: Well thank you for your time.

Jordyn: You’re Welcome!

Written By: Kira Morisako

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Hunger Games

Are you excited for the Hunger Games? Have you read the series? The Hunger Games movie was finally released on March 23, 2012! The movie made $155 million dollars and tops the box office! The midnight premiere made around $19.74 million. The book series has also become very popular. There are 3 books in the series, Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mocking Jay.

The author and mind of all of this epicness is Suzanne Collins. Suzanne was watching a reality TV show and she also saw a clip of the Afghanistan and put it all together, that’s how she came up with the idea of writing these young adult novels.

Interviews

Me: Do you know what the Hunger Games are?

Baylee W.: Nope

Me: Have you read the books or watched the movie?

Baylee W.: Nope

Me: Team Peeta or Team Gale?

Baylee W.: I have no clue

Me: Do you think you could survive the Hunger Games? Why or why not?

Baylee W.: No, I’ve seen some pretty big 18 year olds

Me: Thanks for your time!

Baylee W.: You’re welcome

 

Me: Did you watch the Hunger Games?

Adam M.: Yes!

Me: Was the movie good/amazing?

Adam M.: Yes

Me: On a scale of 1-10 how good/bad was the movie?

Adam M.: About 9.5

Me: Thanks!

Adam M.: No problem…

 

Me: Do you know what the Hunger Games are?

Morgen T.: Yes

Me: Have you read the books or watched the movies?

Morgen T.: Both

Me: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the book series and movie?

Morgen T.: 10 for the books, and like a 9 for the movie

Me: Team Peeta or Team Gale?

Morgen T.: I don’t want to make teams like twilight

Me: Do you think you could survive the Hunger Games? Why or why not?

Morgen T.: Yea, tree hopping, because I’m boss at climbing trees

 Written By Jasmin Seda

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Madonna

by: Shay Guthrie

Madonna has been into pop music for a long time. People admire her for her music and she is an inspiration to many people. She has recently come out with her new album MDNA, with two songs featuring Nicki Minaj. One song “Give Me All Your Luvin’” Which has Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. MDNA is already at the top of iTunes for most purchased. She obviously has a lot of money; she has been in the music industry for a very long time. She is 53 years old and looks like she’s in her 30s. Her performance of “Give Me All Your Luvin” at the halftime show of the super bowl had the most viewers of 114 million. She continues her music making at the age of 53.

Cinco De Mayo

by: Ladashia  Deshazor

Cinco De Mayo meaning “Fifth Day of May” is a well-known holiday
in Hispanic cultures. Cinco De Mayo comes from the Mexican army
victory in1862 over France in the Battle of Puebla. Cinco De Mayo has
transformed into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. In Mexico
Cinco De is celebrated by military parades, recreation of Puebla and other
festival events. While in the USA is widely thought of as a celebration of
Mexican culture and heritage. This all started in the USA when Chicano
activists raised awareness of Cinco De Mayo in the 1960’s because
they wanted to identify with the victory of indigenous Mexicans over
European invaders during the Battle of Puebla. Today in the USA they
celebrate Cinco De Mayo with parades, parties, mariachi music, Mexican
folk dancing and traditional Mexican foods. Some of the largest festivals
are held in Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston. Cinco De Mayo is often
confused with Mexican Independence but Mexican independence was
declared more than 50 years before the battle of Puebla.

Me: When I say Cinco De Mayo what comes to your mind?

Bianca: I think of the fifth day of May and celebration.

Me: Do you celebrate Cinco De Mayo?

Bianca: No not really

Me: Do you know anyone who do?

Bianca: Yes one of my friends

Me: What do they do?

Bianca: Usually just celebrate with music and food

American Indian

by : Dominique Benson

American Indians experienced massive losses of lives, land, and culture from European contact and colonization resulting in a long legacy of chronic trauma and unresolved grief across generations. This phenomenon, labeled historical unresolved grief, contributes to the current social pathology of high rates of suicide, homicide, domestic violence, child abuse, alcoholism and other social problems among American Indians. The present paper describes the concept of historical unresolved grief and historical trauma among American Indians, outlining the historical as well as present social and political forces which exacerbate it. The abundant literature on Jewish Holocaust survivors and their children is used to delineate the intergenerational transmission of trauma, grief, and the survivor’s child complex. Interventions based on traditional American Indian ceremonies and modern western treatment modalities for grieving and healing of those losses are described.

• What would u do if this was your culture? I would feel really bad
• How do you think they manage to still owe land? They made deals with them
• How do you think this is similar to the jews? They both got moved off their land and many died.
• How many tribes do you think there were? At least 200
• Why do you think there wasn’t anyone there to stop them? Because they were involved.

Derrick Rose

by: Daniel Blakemore

Derreck rose, mostly known as D Rose, was born in Chicago. In high school he won two championships. In 2008, he was the first draft pick by the bulls. He has played as a point guard in Chicago his entire career.  He was born on October 4 in 1988. Derrick rose went and played for the Memphis Tigers.

This year, derrick rose has been the star of the NBA. He has incredible stats and can pull of some amazing dunks in a fast break. He has been out a little this season with a groin injury. His back up has been keeping the team up. What most people don’t know is that his middle name is Martell. His nickname is “pooh”.

Me: what do you think about derrick rose?

Roderick: I think he is a good player and one of the best point guards in the league

Me: do you think he can get any better?

Roderick: I think he will, he is already one of the greatest but I think he can be the best.

Me: Thank you

Roderick: You’re welcome

by: Lauren Barnhill

Easter marks the end of Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week of the Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called Eastertide or the Easter Season, ending with Pentecost Sunday.

Easter is April 8. Easter customs vary across the Christian world, but decorating Easter eggs is a common motif. In the Western world, customs such as egg hunting and the Easter Bunny extend from the domain of church, and often have a secular character.

Interview:

Me: What do you like  about Easter?

Bianca Aleman: Egg hunt; finding SNICKERS in them!!!!

Me: Is easter you favorite holiday?

Bianca: no sorry J

Me: What do you and your family do for easter?

Bianca:  egg hunts!

Me: Thanks bee (:

Bianca: welcome

The Better Life Foundation (TBLF)

By: Rebecca Burnsed

In 2003, 3 Doors Down started TBLF to try to give as many children as possible a better life. TBLF has supported numerous charities nationwide as well as prviding aid and assistance to the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina. “…the charity was able to purchase three police cars and a fire truck to help with rescue efforts. Also, in connection with Wal-Mart, they were able to supply the town with three semi-trucks full of rescue supplies. There was also extensive support from TBLF in providing funding for rebuilding efforts in the town.” Source. 3 Doors Down and TBLF host a yearly show to raise money for the charity. Since the year 2010 the yearly show is held at Horseshoe Hotel and Casino, in Tunica, Mississippi, before that the show was at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. An average of sixty items are auctioned off every year with the proceeds going to TBLF. Past auction items include a Paul Stanley guitar played on the KISS Farewell Tour, a total of four Roger Bourget motorcycles, access to the Dale Jr. racing suite, NASCAR artwork by Brad Daley, numerous signed guitars and sports memorabilia.

Me: Have you ever heard of 3 Doors Down?
Austen Rutter: Yeah, who hasn’t?
Me: Have you ever heard of TBLF?
Austen: Not until recently, but you have told me a lot about them.
Me: What do you think of TBLF?

Austen: They’re cool sounding.
Me: Do you want to go to a TBLF concert (or have you ever been to one)?
Austen: I’ve never been, but it sounds fun!
Me: Would you try to buy something from the auction to support TBLF?
Austen: Only if I had the money.
Me: Thank you for your time.
Austen: You’re welcome!

Tampa Bay

By Ryan Williams

Tampa has a lot of attraction and its fun to go there. Tampa has lots and lots of events going on like concerts, festivals, annual events such as Gasparilla Pirate Fest & more. Tampa has lots of sports like The Tampa Bay Rays, The Tampa Bay Bucs, and Tampa Bay Lighting. Tampa is a fun place to go see any sports teams and it is fun just watches your favorite teams play. Tampa Bay enjoys an average temp. Of 73 degrees and holds the record for the most consecutive days of sunshine.  Tampa Bay is also great for the education for the kids to go to school and learn about whatever in school. Tampa is the best for their education. Tampa’s Straz Center for the Performing Arts is the largest performing arts complex south of the Kennedy Center. There are lots of entertainment and lots of enjoyment to do in Tampa. There is lots of history to see in Tampa and its fun to see all the history that’s there. Tampa has a mission and it is to serve our members and enhance our community by building business success. There are about 4 million residents that live in Tampa. The weather stays up and it stays cool in Tampa. So if you are planning your next vacation plan on going to Tampa.

 

Area 51

By Ryan Williams

Area 51 is a military base and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States 83 miles north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas. There has been lots of sighting of alien life forms sighting around Area 51 but there is still no proof about the sighting of the aliens or as we call it UFO’s. The aircraft’s titanium body, moving as fast as a bullet, would reflect the sun’s rays in a way that could make anyone think, UFO.The first known use of the area was the construction in 1941 of an auxiliary airfield for the West Coast Air Corps Training Center at Las Vegas Air Field. Known as Indian Springs Airfield and it consisted of two dirt 5000′ runways aligned Northeast, Southwest, Northwest, and Southeast. The airfield was also used for bombing and artillery practice, as bomb craters are still visible in the vicinity of the runways. It was abandoned after the gunnery school at Las Vegas closed in June 1946.  Area 51 is the best and it’s the most popular unofficial name of the United States Air Force operating location near Groom Lake Nevada and the land area of the Nevada Test Site that it once occupied.Since that time, the parcel has been used and administered as a national asset. Because the Department of Energy is not now active there, Area 51 no longer appears on maps of the Nevada Test Site.Today that land area is used by the Department of Defense as part of its 4,120 square miles. Now would you take the chance to go to Area 51 to see and check it out or are you scared to death? Have you ever seen an Alien up close? Would you like to see an Alien up close? Well go to Area 51 for all of this.

Extinction of Gingers!

Redheads are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists. The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two percent of the world’s population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago. Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own. It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two red-heads obviously create a much stronger possibility. If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to Scotland.

Why is the sky blue? 

Almost all of us have asked the question why is the sky blue, but never get the real answer or a clear enough answer to the real reason. Well here goes the truth to why the sky is blue. To start this off you should probably know that even though the sky may appear blue in the day time it is really black as it is at night.

The difference between the two is that at night there is not enough light that is given off from the sun to the moon, that would illuminate the sky to make it blue. The reason for that is even though we see white light when the sun gives off its rays. The light from the sun is really made up of all the colors of the rain bow but blue in this case in the most dominate.

To elaborate this a little more;  blue light that is in the sun’s rays bends more than red light.  But this extra bending, or scattering, applies just as much to violet light, so it is reasonable to ask why the sky isn’t purple.

The reason for that is held in the atmosphere; before the light reaches the Earths surface to where we can see it interacts with the molecules in the atmosphere. As the molecules and the sunlight interacts it charges the blue light molecules  more than the rest making it more observable to the human eye than all of the other colors in the suns rays.

~Sherone White

Interview

Sherone: “Kendal do you know the real reason to why the sky is blue?”

Kendal: “Um, I’m not really sure but I think its because the sun mixes with molecules in the atmosphere and then we see a blue sky.”

Sherone:  “Wow , you are actually kind of right. The reason why the sky is blue is not only because of the mixing of the sun light with the molecules is the atmosphere, but also that the light of the sun bends when it enters Earths atmosphere. That is the reason for the sky being blue.”

Kendal: “ Cool I never knew that!”

Sherone: “Well now you know, thank you for letting me interview you!”

Kendal: “Your welcome!”

Lonely madness

On any given day, more than 80,000 Americans are in solitary confinement, also known as administrative segregation. The National Geographic Explorer series entry “Solitary Confinement” focuses on Colorado State Prison, a maximum security facility that houses 756 inmates in solitary confinement, some for decades. Prisoners are sent there from other facilities when they are deemed unmanageable.Administrative segregation is the toughest disciplinary tool in the American prison system.
Based on the concept of penitence and reform through isolation, solitary confinement was or the most part abandoned in 1913, largely because it resulted in more damage than penance. It is believed that isolation causes severe behavioral problems, and that the people most likely to be put into isolation are the ones who will be most seriously damaged by the experience. Isolation increases impulsive behavior  it’s impulsive behavior that sends a prisoner to isolation in the first place.
It is difficult if not impossible to pinpoint the exact reasons why social isolation and sensory deprivation in solitary confinement situations causes mental and emotional breakdown in prisoners. However, in addition to the stimuli and interactions they are denied, we might also consider how people’s minds are affected by others controlling every aspect of their lives, from where they are and how long they will be there to how much food they get and when, to light and noise levels, to what possessions they are allowed to have, to when or if their clothes, bedding and rooms are cleaned, to when and if they get to have fresh air.

Spring Break

Spring break is something that everyone starts to look forward to when it comes close. People make a bunch of plans for the week without school. They go to the beach, go on vacation, and just hang out with friends. It’s a vacation for students and even teachers. This year spring break is from March 12-16, unless you count the weekends, and then it is from March 10-18. Enjoy spring break while it lasts and get ready to come back to school on March 19. 

The top 10 places to go for spring break are:

1. South Padre Island

2. Miami Beach

3. Cancun

4. Puerto Vallarta

5. Puerto Rico

6. Bahamas

7. Cabo San Lucas

8. Jamaica

9. Playa del Carmen

10. Daytona

I interviewed Shelby Hart, 9th grade student to see what her plans were for spring break.

Me: Are you excited about spring break coming up?

Shelby: Yes

Me: Do you have any plans?

Shelby: Yes

Me: What are you going to do?

Shelby: Play golf and go to the beach with you.

Me: Thank you!

Joseph Kony: An Invisible Criminal:

Joseph Kony is a very devilish person. Kony is a Ugandan leader who abducts (kidnaps) children and uses them for child soldiers of an army called the LRA. Joseph Kony is responsible for many war crimes and crimes against humanity. He is the number one most wanted person in the International Criminal Court. There is a popular national video on YouTube and Vimeo called Kony 2012. The video is a documentary about Joseph Kony and what he has done in Uganda and how we need to stop him. The video has reached almost 20 million views. The man who made the video wants the world to know that he wants to “aim at making Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest.” The documentary has a special event coming up that everyone needs to be a part of on April 20^th, 2012. This event is called “Cover the Night.” This event takes place at night. What they want you to do is on April 20^th, 2012 cover everything in your town or any other place you can think of with posters and stickers all over the place. These can help make this terrible man famous. Everyone needs to know what this man has done. So I have one thing to say… MAKE HIM FAMOUS!

 

I interviewed a fellow student to see what she thinks about Joseph Kony:

 

Me: What do you think about Joseph Kony?

Claudia: I have no idea who he is.

Me: He is a Ugandan leader who abducts (kidnaps) children and uses them for child soldiers of an army called the LRA.

Claudia: Oh. Well that’s a horrible thing to do

Me: Yea it is. So do you think people should do something about this?

Claudia: Yes I do.

Me: What should people do in the community?

Claudia: Make him known because nobody knows who he is.

Me: So there is a popular video about this. Should people watch it?

Claudia: Yes they should.

Me: Thank you 

 

So what will you do to help make this happen? Also, if you haven’t seen this video yet click and follow the link below!!

http://vimeo.com/37119711

Written By: Kira Morisako

The Illuminati by Yesenia Garcia
The illuminati has been a widely spread talk amongst other countries and also the US. The definition of illuminati is persons possessing, or claiming to posses. There have been some conspiracies about the illuiminati. Some rappers and artists actually included something about the illuminati in their artwork. There was been a lot of clues. First off, the illuminati are about how the government will be destroyed and a group of leaders will take over. It will be chaos. It would be Armageddon because of the illuminati. The illuminati is dark magic and Satan worshipping. There were rumors that some politicians are actually Satan worshipers and work for the illuminati.
There are some clues that stand for the illuminati. On the American dollar, the triangle with the eye is actually the symbol for illuminati. The triangle stands for power. The top part stands for ultimate anarchy. In some songs such as “Whip My Hair” by Willow Smith, if it is played backwards, she will talk about Satan and all these cusswords. She would talk about rape and how the illuminati will take over. Do you want to know why Jay-Z does the triangle sign with his fingers? It stands for the Illuminati. There have been rumors that Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new baby girl Blue Ivy’s name is an anagram for Eulb Yvi and is Latin for Lucifer’s Daughter or Born Living under Evil. The energy drink Monster, the 3 dashes, it can be interpreted as “666” in Hebrew.
The illuminati can be trying or not. We would never know. Some people believe in the illuminati and is very paranoid. The illuminati is really just wanting chaos all over the world. If you say you’re in the illuminati, you’re really just saying that you praise Satan. If this freaks you out, don’t worry because it probably won’t happen. But, you probably would never know.

M&Ms

Momma always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. – Forrest Gump

Forrest Mars invented the recipe for M&Ms candy during the Spanish Civil War. Forrest Mars saw soldiers eating pieces of chocolate that were covered with a hard sugary coating. The coating preventing the candy from melting in the sun. M&Ms chocolate were first sold to the public in 1941, packaged in cardboard tubes. In 1948, the packaging changed from a tube to the brown plastic pouch that is used today. The letter “m” is printed on each candy with vegetable dye. In 1954, M&Ms peanut chocolate candy was introduced. That same year, they changed their slogan to “The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand.” I asked some people on what they think about M&Ms.

Me: So Tabatha, what is your favorite color M&M?

Tabatha: Red

Me: Why?

Tabatha: Because it’s yummy and I like the color red.

Me: Ok, did you like the M&M commercial from the super bowl?

Tabatha: Yes, because it was funny.

Me: Am I boring you?

Tabatha: No, how could you ever say such a thing.

Me: Ok

Tabatha: So what’s your favorite M

Me: Blue

Tabatha: Why?

Me: Because I like blue, and it taste like chocolate

Tabatha: ok.

In the 1990’s Forrest Mars signed up to be a sponsor for NASCAR. In 1995, Forrest Mars ran a promotion in which consumers were invited to vote on which color including blue, pink, or purple would replace the tan M&M. Blue was the winner, and replaced tan in early 1995. M&Ms are a very good candy, and most people who have tried them like them, but people also don’t like them. If you haven’t tried them then I would suggest trying them.

“Technology, of course, is not the only distraction.”
-Jacqueline Glassman

Is Facebook a distraction to the educational process??

More than 53 hours a week a teen spends on Facebook and waste precious time that could have used on more beneficial things.  Many people especially girls are starting to realize that they spend valuable time wasted on Facebook.  Many schools that use a lot of technology such as computers, laptops, iPads and etc are banning Facebook off of the computers because it has become such a distraction. Many radio stations are even saying that Facebook is addictive and distracting. Being addicted to Facebook can also be a health problem; many students stay up for hours on Facebook not even noticing the time that has passed. Not enough sleep can lead to not enough sleep because the students will be distracted in class or might not come to school at all.  This can lead to dropping out. There are plenty of other reasons why Facebook is distracting to the educational process. Facebook has caused many problems in the world to increase that is going un-noticed. Such as gangs, fights, suicide, hate groups, teen pregnancy, disappearance and plenty of other things.  Now what do you think of Facebook?

Interview:

Ladaisia: How many hours do you think spend on facebook?

Yesenia:  Two to Four hours

Ladaisia: Do you think facebook is a distraction to the education process ‘

Yesenia: Yea

Ladaisia: why do you think that?

Yesenia: Because it’s addicting and give you the news and all the latest drama

Ladaisia: Thank you for your time

Skittles!!

Skittles are small round fruit chews that come in hard sugar shells with the letter “s” printed on them, representing the candy’s name. This “s” insignia was printed in a very dark shade of purple (almost appearing black) from 1974 until 1988. Starting in 1989, the “s” insignia was changed to white. Modern Skittles with the white “s” insignia are similar in outward appearance to plain chocolate M&M’s, which are also produced by Masterfoods, a division of Mars, Incorporated. The inside is a white granulate and consists mainly of sugar, and a small amount of hydrogenated vegetable oil, fruit juice, citric acid and natural and artificial flavors.

I asked a student some questions about Skittles:

Q:What do you like the best about Skittles?

A: My favorite thing about skittles is being able to throw Skittles in the air and scream “TASTE THE RAINBOW!”

Q: What’s your favorite flavor?

A: blue berry because I like to be able to think that the Skittle is a little blue planet and I’m a alien about to kill all the little people on that planet. Sometimes I scream and act like I’m the people who are about to be eaten.

Q: What flavor do you hate the most?

A:Strawberry because it looks like a gumball in my opinion. I don’t like gumballs.

~Ok, Thank you for your time

YouTube Favorites!

Do you have a YouTube favorite? It’s likely that everyone does. YouTube is a very popular website, billions of people watch/upload videos. YouTube has updated itself many times to make watching your favorite videos easier to watch. People who have become YouTube famous can go to a certain website and start getting paid for the ads. I am going to interview some people about their favorite YouTubers and why they like them.

Question: Who is your favorite YouTuber?? What makes you keep watching their videos?

Me: Who is your favorite YouTuber(s)?

Kira: I like a lot of people

Me: Why do you keep watching their videos?

Kira: Because they are awesome, also if they are a singer and I like their music then I want to hear more from them.

Me: Thank You!

Kira: You are very welcome!

Me: Who is your favorite YouTuber(s)?

Madelin: I don’t have any, but I like to watch random videos

Me: Thank You!

Me: What is your favorite YouTuber(s)?

Jesenia: Capn Des Des

Me: Why do you like watching his videos?

Jesenia: Because he’s funny

Me: What makes you keep coming back?

Jesenia: To watch more videos of him

Me:  Thank You!

There are so many YouTubers that many people love. There are people doing animations, commentaries for games, vlogging, riding horses, and doing random things. That’s why there are so many things to do.

Written by~Jasmin

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A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It

should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the
meaning, all that comes later.

Stanley Kubrick

In this sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, we catch up with young Sean Anderson, now a bit older and getting into all kinds of mischief. Sean’s mom and step-dad Hank try to pry the reason for his bad behavior out of the recalcitrant teen, and Hank finally manages to get the answer Sean is trying to piece together the mystery of his missing grandfather, Alexander Anderson who went searching for a mysterious island of legend.

Working together, Sean and Hank decode a message from Alexander based on the famous adventure tales of Jules Verne, Robert Lewis Stevenson and Jonathan Swift. Sean immediately sets his sights on the island of Palau, the next step to locating his grandfather, and Hank – trying to bond with the boy and/or exhaust his curiosity decides to chaperone the journey.
In Palau, Hank and Sean meet Helicopter tour guide Gabato and his daughter Kailani who is pretty enough to make Sean risk a flight on her rusted copter into the eye of a hurricane that just so happens to hide the entrance to the mysterious island. Once they are landed on the island, the party sets out to find Alexander and then, find passage off of the mystical land mass before it sinks back into the sea, taking them with it.
The film is filled with cheesy dialogue and jokes, one-dimensional characters and an overdone plot that offers just a few notes of genuine heart or drama but none of that really matters in this context. Kids will have fun with the material, and the adults accompanying them will be reasonably entertained as well.

By: Ericka Martinez

The Grammys

            The Grammys are one of the most important nights of the year; millions of people watch them to see their favorite person win an award. Adele got most of the awards, in a lot of categories while everyone else congratulated her. There were a lot of performances including Beach Boys, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj, and more. A lot of people were excited about this but got disappointed when their favorite people didn’t get an award. It was entertaining to watch the Grammy’s performances.

          Some performances created a lot of buzz on twitter and facebook. They reached millions on the viewers. There was many people also at the Grammys, mostly famous music artists.

          The Grammys were a good and fun experience for first time watchers of the Grammys. So, are you ready for the Grammys next year?