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*Patrice Bryant -Theta
*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071209/ap_on_el_pr/huckabee_aids;_ylt=AvIXAwQp5Xt8zN2d5o_aOtys0NUE
*Former governer Mike Huchabee expresses his view point about the AIDS epademic. He states that the process of isolating patients with infectious diseases used in the past should be applied to AIDS carriers so they are not connected with the general public. Huckabee feels homosexuality is abnormal, bizarre and evil, and it presents a dangerous threat to public health. Huckabee also expresses that AIDS research already recieves much more federal money than the research for cancer, diadetes, and heat disease and that it wouldn't be right for them to continue to give more money to AIDS research. He poses a suggestion that celebity millionaires who are advocating for more AIDS research to give money out of the own pockets.
*The reading strategies that I used to better understand this article was to reread it, and to look up the words that were unfamiliar to me.
*Andrew DeMillo "Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients" Politics Dec.8,2007 Associated Press.
Stephan Heuer, Epsilon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7133867.stm
Germany is willing to ban the Church of Scientology. The ministers want to know if the Church's legal status as an association could be challenged.
They said that Scientology might be a threat to the democratic order.
The BBC reporter Tristana Moore says that the members of Scientology have a right to freedom of religion. By the way Scientology was founded in the U.S. in the 1950's by a science-fiction author, named L Ron Hubbard.
I used rereading the text because it took me a while to understand the article.
Unknown author "Germany moves to ban Scientology" Dec.8, 2007 BBC News.
Sheryl Soo
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C12%5C10%5Cstory_10-12-2007_pg4_2
There was a huge oil spill at Taean in South Korea's southwest coast. It will take them a while, about two months to finish cleaning it. This oil spill is the biggest one in the history of South Korea, and it caused many damages already. It caused beaches to become black with a bad odor as well as birds to be covered in tar. The fish in the sea will not be able to be sold until after a while. The spill affected the Yellow Sea as it spreads, causing a lot of pollution.
I had to read more than once as well as highlight some points that were important so I would remember them and relate it to the rest of the article.
"South Korea oil spill fight to last for months." Daily Times. 9 Dec. 2007. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C12%5C10%5Cstory_10-12-2007_pg4_2.
Argent Ilejay
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7130528.stm
Basically this article is about a letter President Bush has sent to North Korea urging Kim Jong-il to show its nuclear weapons and to give details of its nuclear abilities. The importance of the letter is to get North Korea to disable or expose its nuclear capabilities and remind Kim Jong-il about the “aid-for-disarmament deal.” The controversy of this letter is that it can lead to the happy bright side of the forest with bright green trees or to the sullen, dark side with dead trees for the U.S. and North Korean relations.
What I did to read this article was to re-read it over several times to understand what is going on. I also thought about how this can be controversial, yet at this point I think that almost anything that has to do with North Korea and the U.S. is controversial considering there is a lot of awkwardness between the two countries.
“Bush sends letter to North Korea.”
BBC News Asia-Pacific.
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 15:50 GMT
BBC News
9 December 2007;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7130528.stm
-Hanora Bauer
-[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7135284.stm]
- The article is talking about how NASA is going to delay the launch of Atlantis untill 2008 because there is a problem with a sensor on the fuel tank. Because of this problem serious failure could happen to the ship and may even cause it to explode or cause a fire. Yet it is good that they found this before it actually launched into space and will give them more data points to help in the future.
- The reading stratagies I used for this article is looked up information on this launch to see the history of it. I then also looked up words I didnt know about the different parts.
- "Shuttle launch delayed until 2008."BBC News.December 9,2007.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7135284.stm.
Aryana Wills, Theta
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/oprah-endorses-obama-2/
"Oprah Endorses Obama"
In Chicago, there is no question who carries the title of the Big O. That would be Oprah Winfrey. It’s a safe bet that Senator Barack Obama doesn’t mind playing second fiddle to the talk show icon, particularly when he has her endorsement at his disposal.
Ms. Winfrey, who for years has been a close friend to Mr. Obama, reaffirmed her support for his presidential candidacy during an interview Tuesday evening on CNN’s Larry King Live. It is the first time that Ms. Winfrey has endorsed – not to mention thrown her brand behind – a political candidate.
“What made you do so now?” Mr. King asked.
“Because I know him personally,” Ms. Winfrey replied. “I think that what he stands for, what he has proven that he can stand for, what he has shown was worth me going out on a limb for – and I haven’t done it in the past because I haven’t felt that anybody, I didn’t know anybody well enough to be able to say, I believe in this person.”
“Is there a side of you, the woman side, that would lead toward a Hillary?” Mr. King inquired.
“Well,” Ms. Winfrey said, “I have great respect for Hillary Clinton. I think I’ve said this before and it’s true: Because I am for Barack does not mean I am against Hillary or anybody else.
“So the fact that I would endorse Barack Obama and the fact that I would support Barack Obama,” Ms. Winfrey added, “I have not one negative thing to say about Hillary Clinton.”
She said she has not written a check to Mr. Obama’s campaign.
“Well the truth of the matter is, whether I contribute or not contribute, you are limited to how much you contribute, so my money isn’t going to make any difference to him,” Ms. Winfrey said. “I think that my value to him, my support of him, is probably worth more than any check.”
And that, of course, raises the ultimate question: What exactly will Ms. Winfrey do for the campaign? Even Mr. Obama’s aides don’t have an answer and are far from certain how they will use – or attempt to use – this endorsement.
But is it such a bad problem to have?
I didn't find any difficulties with this reading at all.
Zeleny, Jeff. "Oprah Endorses Obama." The New York Times
07 May 2007 12 Dec 2007 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/oprah-endorses-obama-2/
David Luerssen
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=3978231&page=1
In the article “Coming in From the Cold: CIA Spy Calls Waterboarding Necessary But Torture” a retired CIA agent John Kiriakou speaks about waterboarding in American prisons. He says that the CIA and FBI used waterboarding in a few cases to get information out of terrorists to prevent terrorist attacks. After 9/11 he thought that this is necessary to make sure that there won’t be more attacks like against the World Trade Center. But now his mind changed and he isn’t sure any more if waterboarding is right because he thinks that waterboarding is torture. "Like a lot of Americans, I'm involved in this internal, intellectual battle with myself weighing the idea that waterboarding may be torture versus the quality of information that we often get after using the waterboarding technique," Kiriakou told ABC News. "And I struggle with it" (Richard Esposito & Brian Ross, December 10, 2007). He thinks that the nation should debate about the theme and should decide if waterboarding should be allowed or not.
I had to read a few parts several times and I had to look up some words.
Richard Esposito & Brian Ross. “Coming in From the Cold: CIA Spy Calls Waterboarding Necessary But Torture.” ABC News, December 10, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=3978231&page=1
John Carreon
Epsilon
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/opinion/10mon3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
The article talks about a hate crime law not being passed. The bill was from 1998 where Matthew Shepard was beaten to death because of hate crimes. It has gotten a lot of attention but President Bush suggested that he will veto the bill. And he won’t have any trouble doing that. But they are trying to find a way to attach it to a department of defense authorization bill which Bush will have a harder time vetoing.
Reading more than once
Talking to the text
“Caving In on Hate Crimes.” New York Times. Dec. 10 2007 New York Times Dec. 10 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/opinion/10mon3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
Yvette, Zeta
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7110093.stm
- The article I found is also an online diary blog of two rangers trying to protect gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park. It is especially difficult for them because of the fighting between the government armies “and rebels of dissident General Laurent Nkunda.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7110093.stm. This fight has escalated into something more complicated due to both sides recruiting additional groups to fight (government-supported groups to fight against rebels, etc). The fighting has driven villagers out and into unequipped refugee camps, where necessities are unavailable. Because there is no food, shelter or fuel wood, villagers are forced to use the forest as fuel. Consequently, this camp is next to the Gorilla Sector so the villagers are actually setting fire to the highly endangered mountain gorillas’ habitats (there are only 72 in this sector).
- I had to do some additional research to understand why this fight was occurring and whom it was between. Overall, it wasn’t too difficult to read because it was diary entries.
- Diddy. Innocent. “Diary: Protecting Mountain Gorillas.” Dec. 2007. BBC News. 10 Dec. 2007. blogspot won't let me put the website here
Brett Moran
Epsilon
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/
breakingnews/world/view_article
.php?article_id=105177
A 19 year old asian man shoots down many people in the 9 dead in Nebraska mall in OMAHA, Nebraska A gunman opened fire inside a Nebraska mall Wednesday, killing at least eight people before turning the gun on himself and killing him self. he left a note to his mother saying he was going out with style
this text was easy to read and i understand what happened also because it was on youtube and television so i saw alot about it.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/07/60minutes/main3590535.shtml
This article is about a new collection of drugs taken by meth/cocaine addicts as well as alcoholics, and in about 57% of cases the addicts simply don't care for their drug of choice any longer. The article originally presented it as if it were a new sent-from-God sort of a cocktail, although they soon presented the fallacies. Apparently, addicts put into basic drug addiction therapy reveal the same sort of results as those who took the cocktails, although it took more time for them to pull away from the drug use. It is not FDA approved, and according to science, doesn't have much of a/any affect on the parts of the brain that are affected by and control addiction in an individual.
Honestly, my reading strategy was reading the interviewee's names during the interview because that's all the reading I had to do, given this exposé was thanks to 60 minutes.
***TO YVETTE***
This same episode also had an exposé about issues in the Congo, with the 'charcoal mafia', social issues in the Congo, and organized executions of gorillas in their rainforests as an act of protest by the charcoal mafia against the enviromentalists of Congo.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/07/60minutes/main3591264.shtml
1) Maggie Gaster
2)http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071212/ts_nm/killings_dc
3) Robert "Willie" Pickton, who was formally a pig farmer in Canada is now on trial for the murders of 26 women. He butchered these women in the slaughterhouse of his pig farm, one girl's hands and feet were found in a bucket on his farm, and some other parts of girls were found in pigpens. He is being sentenced to life in prison and 25 years before he can get parole. Most of the women that he killed were prostitutes and drug addicts that he lured on to his farm and killed. He is still facing charges for 20 other murders. Canada does not have the death penalty so the worst this man can get is life in prison. They are saying that Pickton is possibly the worst serial killer Canada has ever seen.
4) This was a really easy article to read and I didn't use any reading strategies.
5) Dowd, Allen. "Canada Serial Killer Sentenced to Life in Jail." Yahoo News. Dec. 11, 2007.
1. WINTA DEBAS - THETA BLOCK
2. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/12/MN95TS72V.DTL
3. STATE AND FEDERAL WILDLIFE OFFICIALS HAVE AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO RESTORE WETLANDS IN THE SOUTH BAY. THE PLAN IS THE FIRST PHASE OF A $1 BILLION, 50-YEAR EFFORT TO RESTORE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FORMER CARGILL INC. SALT PONDS. VARIOUS WILDLIFE AGENCIES WILL ARE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO EXPAND THE BAY'S WILDLIFE HABITAT AND BUILD TRAILS AND NATURE CENTERS AS PART OF THE LONG TERM RESTORATION. THEY ALSO WILL CONSTRUCT SOLID LEVEES TO PREVENT FLOODING FROM PERIODIC STORMS AND RISING SEAS ASSOCIATED WITH GLOBAL WARMING.
4. READING STRATEGIES:
-LOOK UP WORDS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW
-RE-READING SENTENCES THAT I DIDNT UNDERSTAND
5. K, JANE. "50-YEAR PLAN FOR TURNING SOUTH BAY SALT PONDS TO TIDAL WETLANDS." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. 12 DECEMBER, 2007.
Ryan Clark
Block Eta
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi- bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/12/BAGE9TSN8G.DTL
Verizon Wireless has been given the o.k. to build a cellular communications tower disguised as a tree in San Rafael. The 60 foot tower was opposed by a group of residents from different areas of Marin County around where the tower will be built. The residents said that it would be like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, looking disarmingly pretty while spewing dangerous electromagnetic radiation. In spite of the protest of residents the commissioners voted 4-2 in favor of the tower and unless the residents appeal the decision it will be built among the trees of Marin.
I didn’t need to use any reading strategies for this article.
Fimrite Peter, “Tower dressed as tree receives planners' OK” SF Gate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/12/BAGE9TSN8G.DTL
Bibliography was wrong.
Fimrite Peter, “Tower dressed as tree receives planners' OK”. SF Gate, Dec. 12, 2007
1) Isabel A. Pedraja
2) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_veto
3) President George Bush vetoed kids health insurance bill for the second time stating that "This bill does not put poor children first, and it moves our country's health care system in the wrong direction. Ultimately, our nation's goal should be to move children who have no health insurance to private coverage, not to move children who already have private health insurance to government coverage."
4) I didn't need to use any specific reading strategies because it was quite an easy read.
5) Loven, Jennifer. "Bush vetoes kids health insurance bill".Yahoo! News.December 12 2007.Yahoo!.December 12 2007.[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_veto].
David B
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/us/12teens.html?ref=us
This article is about the decline of drug usage by teenagers/high-school students. It describes the drop in popularity of marijuana but also the steady percentage of narcotic usage as Vicodin and OxyContin. The statistics show that in 10 years, the percentage of drug usage by teenagers/high school students has dropped by 10%. I found this article for the fishbowl discussion in class.
The article was easy to read - there were no need to re-read it nor look up words in dictionary.
"Illicit Drug Use by Teenagers Declines." NY Times. December 12, 2007. The New York Times Company. 12 Dec 2007.
Theta Block
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_policewomen
The news article, “First Palestinian Policewomen begin work” talks about how the first policewomen started working today in RAMALLAH, West Bank. These new police officers had just completed a training program sponsored by the European-Union in an effort to help inadequately equipped law enforcement agencies. The new policewomen’s job is to direct and conduct traffic, to conduct house searches and to search women in universities and prisons in routine security checks. People had mixed feelings regarding this issue, many male officers weren’t very happy about it, and many women were happy to see this. The women though, “It is wonderful watching Palestinian women enforce law and order..” The women wore navy blue jeans, light blue shirts, and navy blue headscarves for regards to Muslims. An interesting part of this article is that there are 500 policewomen employed and 18,000 policemen and most of the women have clerical duties which means they mostly do office work.
I article was pretty simple to understand, but I did encounter a few unknown words which is the only reading strategy I used. The words I learned were clerical and donned which means to put on/ dress in/ or to take on.
NAMMARI, DALIA. “First Palestinian Policewomen begin work.” Yahoo News. Wednesday, December 12, 2007. The Associated Press. Wednesday, December 12, 2007. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_policewomen.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2007/12/12/MNJKTSRC3.DTL
Last night, a woman died in a house fire basically because firemen dont have gps systems on their trucks (apparently) and they dont google search for directions before they leave. So around 3am near Monterey Blvd an old man called in to report that he smelled smoke. But after the firefighters spent 25 minutes driving though the neighborhood looking for the fire, they got lost and werent able to find the house in time. I think this just goes to show you what funding cut backs have caused. Because of budget cuts, the city cant afford heat sensored helicopters, which would have easily found her house. It took nearly 3 hours for the firetrucks to find the house almost burnt down to the ground.
The article wasnt a difficult read.
Bulwa, Demian. "Woman dies in SF blaze that firefighters couldnt find" SFGate. December 12, 2007. Hearst Newspapers. 12 December 2007. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2007/12/12/MNJKTSRC3.DTL]
Andrew Jung Theta Block
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_re_us/child_s_remains;_ylt=AkwrI54w01Dj_xf0NpEiG9NG2ocA
A couple of young parents beat their child to death(3 years old). They were disciplining her, but apparently it got out of hand. So they hid her in a shed, and then dumped out in the bay. Then the body washed up on shore where it was discovered by a fisherman. The sentencing if convicted will be life without parole.
The reading strategy I used was to picture this from the point of view of the parents. This helped me better understand what they did, and what they did following the murder or manslaughter.
Morgan Ashley Chang - Theta
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/12/10/national/w140809S40.DTL&feed=rss.news
This article is about how evolution is instead making groups of people look more different from one another than alike, which has always thought to have been the case. Researchers think that because population has been increasing at such a rapid rate, there has been a higher need to adapt to environments than needed with less people in the world. I found this article quite interesting as I once saw an interesting picture in Time Magazine (or was it National Geographic?) where they had a photshopped image of how they believed people would look in the future if all races merged together. The rest of the article brings up issues of why certain groups have certain traits/characteristics, mostly based on their need to adapt and human migration.
The article was fairly straightforward, and I didn't need to do much to get through it. Concentration was key however,as it was a somewhat longer article, or at least appeared that way.
Schmid, Randolph E. "Researchers: Human Evolution Speeding Up." SFGate.com. Tuesday, 11 December 2007. San Francisco Chronicle. Tuesday, 11 December 2007. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/12/10/national/w140809S40.DTL&feed=rss.news .]
By the way...everyone should read this.
"Icelandic Teen Dupes White House."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7137873.stm
Daniel Kong-Epsilon
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html
Democrat lawmakers and staff are privately saying that they are closing in on a deal with Republicans about the new national budget. Unfortunatly 70 billion dollars could be allocated to the war fund. This was because Republicans in the Congress had promised to block any budget that did not include money for the war. On the other hand, it is significantly less than the 200 billion that President Bush had asked for. However, Democrats are aware of the backlash within their own party and their party base.
Reading Strategies I used was rereading the article more than once to make sure I understood everything.
Henry, Ed. " Budget deal would probably give Bush victory on war funding" CNN Politics. 12 Dec. 2007.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html
i already did #2 awhile ago so im just pasting it back into this one
Dakarai Griffin
ETA
10-24-07
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/people_nm/usa_rapper_ti_dc_1
The article was about a well known rapper named T.I. being charged with
weapon charges. the articles spoke of how the rapper pleaded not guilty.
he pleaded this when his bodyguard was found with the weapons. after he purchased them on T.I's behalf. this was ironic that on the same night T.I. was nominated for 9 awards. this was not the first time T.I. was convicted. he had run ins with the law in the past.
Connected it to personal experience seeing that i am a fan of T.I. myself
i also had to re-read the article even though it was short
i had to get a full grasp
Reuters.
"Rapper T.I. pleads not guilty to weapon charges."
news.yahoo.com.
Wednesday, October 19, 2007.
Yahoo.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/people_nm/usa_rapper_ti_dc_1
October 24, 2007 10:43 PM
Fabian Tellez
Epsilon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071212/ap_on_re_eu/russia_belarus
This article is about Putin the president of Russia looking for a way to retain power after he is forced to step down as Russian president this year. He has found away to keep power in a way that is not only legal but will increase his power and double his power. There has been ongoing talks for the former Soviet State Belarus and current day Russia to once again be a single country. By joining countries Putin would have a new slate and be about to be president of the new union. Although that may sound good for Putin there are problems with what he is doing. By joining countries it may cause Russia's relations with the west some harm especially if its proven that Russian was using its pipelines of oil to force Belarus to agree to the joining.
Looking up some words and reading the article twice helped me understand it better.
Isachenkov, Vladimir."Putin goes to Belarus for talks on union."www.yahoo.com.Dec 12 Yahoo News.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/nyregion/28about.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
New York City police officers have developed a new technique with which to catch potential thieves. They leave valuables lying in plain sight and then arrest anyone who picks them up and walks past a uniformed officer without attempting to return the item. This is pretty blatant entrapment, and violates New York law. Not only that, but they keep doing it even after a judge told them to quit it. Yay police state!
Dwyer, Jim. "Dragnet That Ensnares Good Samaritans, Too." The New York Times (11/282007)
John Jimenez-ETA
http://www.ktvu.com/news/10371136/detail.html
This article article I found a while back and it is very personal to me because of the subject and because it is close to my home. Now their is a memeorial in Lafayette for the soliders who died in our war over seas. Over the time this memorial has been up it has suffered hate love, etc. But the biggest outrage occured when anti bush and anti wars poster showed up on the cross. The creator of the memerial stated that this is a memorial not a protest against the war or president. Those signs were made by other people. But now this mememorial is scene as a protest. I dont think so because from what I see everyday. I see the number or deaths. No mention of down with bush or stop the war.
I really enjoyed this article and had no problem reading this.
Anonymous "Anti-War Signs Removed Lafayette Memorial"November 21, 2007 Copyright 2007 by KTVU.com
Calvin Zhang
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3007376.stm
The war in central africa is still going on between the hutsi's and the tutsi's. The locals have gotten so used to it that they act as though birds fly by when they hear gernades. This war has been going on for the last 10 years and it is so extreme that the rebels would throw gernades to steal a cow. The people have gotten so accustomed to the war that it rarely makes it to headlines.
A reading strategy I used was when i didn't know a word, i used to the context around it to figure it out.
"Burundi: Bombs and peace talks" BBC News. 21 June, 2003., 12 December, 2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3007376.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7139797.stm
So some scientists did some research and now think that by 2013 there will be no ice in the ice caps in the summer. Supposedly this is a modest projection due to not putting in some critical numbers and only put in the data from 1979 to 2004. Al Gore cited some of this data during his nobel prize acceptance speech. Where will all the polar bears go during the summer?!
i didn't use any reading strategies.
Amos, Jonathan. "BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'." BBC NEWS | News Front Page. 12 Dec. 2007. 12 Dec. 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7139797.stm.
Yuri
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/12/MN9QTSTAB.DTL
This article is about California's excessive green house gas limitations on cars. The Bush administration rejected a nationwide standard for emissions control (which is why states like Nevada have emissions laws that aren't nearly as strict as California's). So now, not only do we live in a hippie tree hugging state, but we also have to worry about not being able to drive our cars in the future because they might not pass emissions testing. We can also forget about modifying our cars performance-wise in any way if we want to keep them on the road. I think this is totally balls.
I had no trouble reading this.
Bob Egelko. "California's emission-control law upheld on 1st test in U.S. court" Dec. 12, 2007 SF Chronicle.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/12/soldier.back.pay/index.html
An 83 year old veteran of WWII was recently given “sufficient back-pay” for the amount of money that he would have earned had he not been wrongly imprisoned for 15 months in 1944. Samuel Snow is an 83 year old African American who served in WWII. One fateful day in 1944 a riot amongst prisoners in Fort Lawton, where Snow was on guard, resulting in the death of an Italian POW. Supposedly Snow and 28 other African American soldiers (the army was still segregated at that point) convicted for supposedly hanging the man to die after the riot was over. After his prison sentence was over, he was dishonorably discharged and sent home. Because he was dishonorably discharged, he received none of the benefits that any normal soldier would have under the G.I. Bill of rights. Since he now had a criminal record, and had no other marketable skills, he became a janitor.
He recently found out that his case was revisited by the court due to the efforts of Jack Hamann who dug up his case while searching for a precedent case for his current case similar to this. When Snow heard that his case was overturned and he was to receive due payment for his time spent in prison, he thought it would be a large sum of money suitable for such an injustice, but when he received the check, it was only $725, which is the actual pay he would have been able to earn in those 15 months he spent wrongfully imprisoned. If that number was adjusted for inflation, it should have been at least $7,768.13, not to mention the fact that if he had been able to invest that money at 8% interest, it would now be well over $82,000. After complaints by the other wrongfully imprisoned members who received similar amounts, the army continued to hold its ground saying that it was a fair amount. At 83 and in poor health, Samuel Snow said that he doesn’t think he or the other convicted guards will live to see justice.
I didn’t have any trouble reading this article.
Wed Dec. 12, 2007. David Mattingly. CNN world news. “Army pays $725 to WWII vet for unfair trial, imprisonment”.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/12/soldier.back.pay/index.html
Maria Zaragoza
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Hollywood-Labor-Film-Future.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
This article talks about the writer strike. It talks about the writers and the film actors, and the people that support it. It also talk about how a lot of different tv shows and movies that has been put on pause. It also talks about different people's ideas about what is going on. Also the last strike that happened in 1988. The main thing is it talks about why the writers are on strike as well.
Underline the main ideas
talk to the text
Dillon, Maria . "Films May Stutter From Prolonged Strike." THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 10 December 2007 13 December 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Hollywood-Labor-Film-Future.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print.
Rolando Casella - Theta
*http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/13/BAFJTT2U1.DTL
*Omeed Aziz Popal is arrested and others file into the courtroom as the Superior Court finds out whether to have a stand trail for Popal's run down of 18 people. Witness's were present in court and give the courtroom what happened that day on August 29, 2006. Popal's attorney said that he was facing some depression or break down and suffered mental illness. Though it was said that Popal when caught said "everyone needs to be killed" and he also hoped to run down a police officers but none were seen that day.
*I read it more then once and I then looked at keypoints in the article to see what really was going on.
*Rubenstein, Steve. "Hit-run rampage victims recount terrifying incident at S.F. hearing." SFGate.com. December 13, 2007. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/13/BAFJTT2U1.DTL
Andrena Pearson
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1693856,00.html
Rain, snow covered a large area of the nation midsection during this week that caused powerlines and car accidents to happen. They say this was one of the dangerous driving conditions tro drive in.In other states ice inched up to 1.5 of snow.About 498,000 utility customers didnt have no electricity after the repair people came on wednsday. President Bush called aid that will be welcom to peop in the state.Many people was also left stranded at the ir port.
By Nellie Gonzalez Cutler 'Icy weather sweeps across the country causing misery'
Navida Banderas
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/us/politics/12campaign.html?ref=politics
The article that I read was about immigrantion. Mike Huckabee is a republician canididate running for presidency. He believed that illegal immigrants children should get in state tution for college. However as of yesterday he has changed his mind. He presented a new plan for illegal immigrfants where they would have to register with the government and then have to go home. The people in The US have voted that the illegal immigrants situation is one of the most important problems that the US is having at the moment.
When I was reading I found it easier to understand when I read out loud. I also asked friends about words that I didn't know.
Paul Vitello, Majorie Connelly, New York Times, 12/12/07, 12/13/07
Ivy Leung
Zeta
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/13/BA7NTT34B.DTL&type=printable
Summary:
One of the two fishermen’s body who was named Benjamin Hannaberg, was found on a Half Moon Bay Beach. He was fishing with a groundskeeper for a San Leandro school on December 4, but was not found until today. But the groundskeeper, James Davis, has still not been found. They ran unto more than 20 feet swells on their way back to the harbor and lost contact with another boat before disappearing.
Reading strategies: Looked up words and read the article a few times.
MLA citation: Coté, John. "Crab fisherman's body found." SF Gate. 13 Dec 2007. 13 Dec 2007 < http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/13/BA7NTT34B.DTL&type=printable >.
Evan Hutchinson
Zeta.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/20/britain.personal.ap/index.html
UK bank data of millions missing
This past year we were notified that Britain has lost track of two disks when they were being sent to a government audit office. These disks contained personal data of approximately 25 million people. That equals to about 7.25 families. The information on the disks included names of parents and children, their addresses, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and banking details. Paul Gray, the Revenue and Customs Chairman, insists that the disks have not gone into the possession of a criminal.
Some reading strategies I used while reading this article was first, reading it more than once. In order to get an insightful comprehension on the article, I read it about three times in order to strengthen my summary of it.
“UK bank data of millions missing.” CNN.com. 2007. November 20, 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/20/britain.personal.ap/index.html.
Aaron Alvarez ZETA
http://sports.aol.com/mlb/story/_a/big-stars-named-in-mitchell-report/20071213141809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
One of America's best organizations is being cheated. The sports organization known as the MLB is in question. It is because Thursday's 409-page report identified 85 names of people that took steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. These people are among the organization's most prolethic players. Some of the players are Barry Bonds who broke the world record for home runs and a man named Roger Clemens who was Seven-time Cy Young Award winner, eighth on the all-time list with 354 victories, an MVP and All-Star himself and once a lock for the Hall of Fame. These people are very important to America as they are among the best players in one of our favorite past times. Currently there is more investigations to support the aligations hopefully it is all wrong and the players are innocent. It is sad that the eras best hitter and pitcher are guilty of doping and cheating.
The reading strategies that i used were rereading, and searching the names of players i wasn't familiar with on the internet.
"Big Stars Named in Mitchell Report", Sports Dec. 13, 2007 AOL.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7135930.stm
This article talks about the possibility of UK going completely dependent on a clean energy, which would be great. They already have a wind station set up outside of London, but a Mr. Hutton is encouraging the island to set up 7,000 more turbines. The UK currently uses 98% energy that is NOT reusable, like wind and if they set up these turbines all of the UK's house power would be reusable ad clean. If this is set up by 2020 it would mean reaching the EU's target early. There is a lot of great talk of this, of course, but there are still party poopers saying that the turbines are too visible, dangerous and loud.
I just read this, it is an easy article to understand.
"Wind 'could power all UK homes'." BBC. Dec 10, 07. Dec 13, 07. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7135930.stm >.
*Christiane D
*http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/dec2007/png-d06.shtml
*On nov 10, a huge cyclone called cyclone Guba hit papua new guinea and the persistent rain that accompanied "triggered" a flood on the northern coast of guinea and thousands have been left homeless because of the flooding. so far the official death toll is 150+ and at least 13,000 are homeless. Along with destroying homes the storm severly damaged the water supply system within the islands and swept away over 22K Kilometers worth of crops. The mess after the flood has lead health experts to warn new guineans of potential disease outbreaks including cholera, dysentery, diarrhoea and even malaria as the water continues to bring in more and more mosquitos. Islanders expect storms, but not until december when they are ready to stay in doors and stock food.
3 weeks ago papua new guinea was declared a state of emergeny situation, but even after with the declaration new guineas have yet to recieve relief or supplies.
* One reading strategy i used was to spot out the numbers right away and identify what their stating, and then reading on with the numbers in my mind. It makes following easier.
Marshall, Will."Papua New Guinea flood leaves thousands homeless".Consortium News.6December 2007
Tyler L - Epsilon
http://www.examiner.com/a-1102572~Hit_and_run_victims_tell_of_rampage_horror_at_hearing.html
Omeed Aziz Popal a 30 year old resident of fremont went on a 30 minuet rampage about 1 year ago in downtown san francisco running down 17 people killing 1. Wednesday was the first day of the preliminary hearing for Popal and there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. As he enterted the courtroom he smiled and laughed. Popal is now charged with 17 counts of attempted murder, 17 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, a count of battering a peace officer a count of reckless evasion from police and 1 count of vehicular manslaughter.
Reading strategies i used while reading this was to reread the article, also looking up words that were unfamiliar to me, was only 1.
begin, brent. "Hit-and-run victims tell of rampage horror at hearing." examiner Dec.13 2007
http://www.examiner.com/a-1102572~Hit_and_run_victims_tell_of_rampage_horror_at_hearing.html
(didnt let me put the < > for the url. NOT MY FAULT)
Jasmine Kamariotis
Epsilon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7041048.stm
Divisions deep over abortion ban
There is a new law in Nicaragua that makes abortion illegal, no matter if it is threatening to your health or if you were raped. It includes a story about an 18 year old pregnant girl went to the doctor because she was having pregnancy pains. She had an ultrasound to see if the baby was still alive and the doctor sent her on her way. The doctor did not tell her that her life was at stake and that she needed a surgical intervention, and later on she had a hemorrhage and died. Since the law was passed there has been about 82 pregnancy related deaths. As the law is still in effect there will be nothing more than growing and growing controversy.
The article was not that hard to read/understand so I did not have too many problems. I did read it twice though just to make sure that I had all the facts.
Dreaper, Jane. "Divisions deep over abortion ban." BBC News. 12 Oct. 2007. BBC News. 25 Oct. 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7041048.stm.
STEPHANIE BURDEN- ZETA
A TEACHER AT BOOTH FREE SCHOOL HAD LOCKE HERSELF IN A CLASSROOM WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS AT SCHOOL BY HERSELF WHEN SHE HEARD OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER "YOUR GOING TO DIE" SHE CALLED THE POLICE.SIX TROOPERS AND THREE POLICE DOGS HAD FOUND A CUSTODIAN THAT WAS MESSING WITH THE PUBLIC ADRESS SYSTEM AND 3TEENAGER WITH HIM.THEY WERE ARRESTED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES WHILE THE POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING THE SITTUATION. NO CHARGES WAS FILED.
DIDNT REALLY USE ANY READING STRATEGIES.
Leah- epsilon
PROTESTS IN 50 CITIES SEND UP SOS ON CLIMATE
The UN Climate Change Conference was held for two weeks ending this Friday in nationwide protests calling attention and action against global warming. The article cited Indonesia, Manila, Taiwan, New Zealand, Berlin, Germany, London, Finland, Athens, Washington and Alaska as the main cities of protest. This was amazing to me. I think it is amazing because so many countries can actually agree upon something.
A London protester said that the Bush administration is the largest obstacle to progress on climate control. Hearing the protester say thiswas a releif to me. If the current American administration was really the largest set back then maybe there is hope in the next year, with a new one, that the progress will start to really kick in.
I read the article twice.
For background check I read other stuff online
Andre Howard - Epsilon
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=67665
In the article, the unholy trinity, Greg Grandin speaks of governmental terrorism and how governments have tried to keep their terrorism clandestine to the public. Grandin cites three main manifestation that refer to governmental terrorism; Death squads, disappearances and torture. The author explains how the U.S. has had their government-sponsored terrorism in Latin America, Korea, and the Middle East. He explains how government-sponsored terrorism started, spread, and affected many other countries. The author’s goal is to inform the reader of the impact of the U.S.’s government-sponsored terrorism from the mid 1900’s to our present day. He also shows how our present government’s involvements on “the war on terror” in the Middle East are not so different from the past.
This article was 6 pages long, so I printed it out, and thoroughly talked to the text. I also highlighted important facts that would help me summarize the article. I as well, looked up words I didn’t understand; and the combination of all these helped me understand the whole article.
“The unholy trinity: Death squads, disappearances, and torture.” Aljazeera Magazine. 13 December 2007. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=67665
Kaid Alameri - Epsilon
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22906062-5005962,00.html?from=public_rss
scientists mentioned that meat increase the lung cancer risk, and could put a lot of life in danger. they figure that out by doing an experiment with 500,000 men between the age of 51 and 71. after 8 years 53,396 had cancer. so that explains that all red meat such as lamb, pork, beef increases the lung cancer risk beside cigarettes.
the reading strategy that i used was highlighting facts and not listening to any music, and i read it in a quit place.
Fox, Maggie. "Meat Increase Lung Cancer Risk." Adelaide Now. 2007. News Limited. 13 Dec.13,2007.
Ayinde Bell Stampp-Epsilon
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/10/MNG8SELP8.DTL
This Article is about the big brothers and big sisters of the bay area. It specifically talks about a 15 year old boy who lives in oakland who's mom dad 4 years ago from cancer and father died before he could ever meet him. He lives on a dangerous street in Oakland but has a mentor named Joe Cunliffe that supports him everyday to look outside the neighbrohood and towards bigger things in life. He plays foot ball and is a talented student. The big brothers big sisters of the bay are is a organization that helps kids in need of some time of support or parenting the benefits of actually having a bright future instead of visioning it..
Ayinde Bell Stampp
(Continued)
STRATEGIES
1.I read over this twice to actually understand what it was about.
2. I reserached under SF gate.com
1.) Christine Tsang
2.) http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/nj.death.penalty/index.html
3.) This article is about the states that decide to abolish the death penalty in the US and the most recent state that plans to abolish the death penalty is New Jersey. With the death penalty abolished in some states, it makes staying in jail the most severe punishment. The states that have already abolished the death penalty are Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Hawaii. The reason why some states decide to abolish this punishment is because it can lead to the killing of innocent people. Also the death penalty doesn’t stop the crimes that still occur.
4.) I read the article twice to make sure that I understood everything and got the main points of the article.
5.) Mears, Bill. “New Jersey lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty.” CNN Politics. 12 Dec 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/nj.death.penalty/index.html
DeCorrah Allen
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/nj.death.penalty/index.html
in New Jersey lawmakers have voted to end death penalty in the state and although the bill has not been officially passed Governor Jon Corzine has already said he would sign. This would mean that there would not be any more executions for criminals, making it the 13th state following the trend. This is especially important for the eight men currently on death row. The reason for ending this type of punishment it to cut cost and reduce the chance of killing innocents and hurting other affected
This article was pretty easy to read
Bill Mears ”New Jersey lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty” CNN. 12 Dec 2007 http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/nj.death.penalty/index.html.
Ian Kappos
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7138181.stm
On December 11th, 2007 two bombings occurred in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The first bomb blew up outside the supreme court building, and the blast pulverized a bus full of university students. The second of the bombings virtually destroyed a UN office in another district in Algiers. It is under the debris of this site that many speculate are dozens of trapped people. However, rescuers were slow to reach the building because of the streets that were clogged with onlookers. Interior Minister of Algeria, Yazid Zerhouni, claims that a suicide bomber is at fault. Due to obvious connections to other recent bombings throughout Algeria nowadays, these particular terrorist acts were linked to al-Qaeda.
In order to understand the text completely, I reread the article a couple times, verified data and looked up certain political references I was unfamiliar with.
"Algeria bomb attacks." News.bbc.co.uk. 11 Dec. 2007. BBC News. 13 Dec. 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7138181.stm
Sydney Sun
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071214/ap_on_re_as/bali_green_technology
This article was about impoverished nations wanting green technology. Environmentalist leaders from both Uganda and Indonesia want cheap access to the technologies and they said that developed nations are purposely withholding information. Also, if poor nations got the technologies it will increase economic growth. So, the next step is for the U.S to transfer knowledge as quickly as possible because green-house gas emissions rates are high.
The strategies I used was that I basically read the article more than once, and I looked up protocols and who people were.
Coleman, Jeosph. "Poor nations demand green technology." Associated press december 13,2007
Misha
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/world/asia/10malaysia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
This article is about the Malaysian governments abuse of illegal immigrants that make up the majority of the hard labor populace in Malaysia. Much like the Central and South American Immigrants who make up the backbone of our service industry, industrious war refugees from war-torn asian countries make the trek to Maylasia to earn money for themselves and their families in the bustling Malay economy. The government has organized groups that are allowed to conduct searches and seizures without warrants to hunt these immigrants.
2. I didn't use no reading stratigies.
Mydans, Seth. "A Growing Source of Fear:Memo From Kuala Lumpur." The New York Times 12/10/07 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/world/asia/10malaysia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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