Blog #52: Mid-Term Assignment

1.It's amazing what people do these days and not even notice their little conscience man poking at their brain. It's a fact, smoking will harm or even kill you, get over it. It's time for us to grow up and accept the facts. A little cigarette is fine, right? Just to calm the nerves. It won't hurt me at all. Wrong. One cigarette instantly increases your risk of cancer and death. This is not okay and unacceptable.

                       What I find worse than people smoking, is when the smokers light up near other people. We do not need your stench, your habits, your choices, or your cigarette around us. Secondhand smoke is scientifically proven to be more harmful than first hand. I cannot even begin to elaborate the people who put not only themselves, but children, elderly, and everyone in danger. The General warns them that there is an extreme possibility that they will die, yet not even take a second glance at it.

Scientific studies have shown that 99% of children that live in an apartment have more tobacco chemicals in their blood than those who live in houses. The children who were tested didn't even live in an establishment with smokers. The amount of people who smoke in apartments have increased these children's risk of cancer and dying. As if first and secondhand smoking was bad, there is now thirdhand smoking. This is when residue of tobacco on clothes, hair, or skin gets transfered to another person, it's nearly the same as first and second hand smoke. There aren't any words to describe how clueless people are.








3.New York Times Best Seller: The Zombie Survival Guide

  

     The book, The Zombie Survival Guide, written by Max Brooks, was published in 2003. The Survival Guide is just what it is, a survival guide. Not just an ordinary burglary, fire, or safety survival guide. This guide will help you for the coming Zombie invasion. We all knew it was coming, and now it's time to prepare.

     The guide consists of 6 chapters of preparation strategies. In the chapters are previous attacks throughout history. These chapters will help you through the apocalypse. In the guide, there is the origin of the Zombie and how they have come to be and how they spread to others. There is a list of weapons that can be used to kill a Zombie for longer protection. There are recorded attacks and several ways to not let history repeat itself.

     This book will be my recommendation to anyone who needs to survive this coming attack. I will be on top of my game during this battle, will you? To be aware is to be prepared. Bring it on.


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Blog Assignment #48: Articles

1.CLASSIFIEDS

Selling, buying, or giving away? This is a perfect place for you and your family to advertise to people you can trust. This is BETTER than Craigslist! Why sell to strangers when you can sell to people you or your child knows?

Selling? Maybe a student has a sibling or parent who's looking. Buying? Vice versa! Your puppy/kitty/hammy/piggy had a couple cutie pies that you can't keep? You know kids always want one. Need help with a project? We can help!

This would be a cool idea because it's original. You only see classifieds in the Sunday Newspaper. Not many kids read that. There's a chance some might not read this one either, but for the ones who do, it'll be great.

It may not be as big a hit as I would imagine, mostly because it's the middle school. But this is something I would love to see in a school newspaper. Why should we exclude the parents though? We can help a lot of people out. Including ourselves if we need too.

2.STUDENT'S BABY PICTURES

Aww! How cute! You haven't changed a bit! Who wouldn't get a kick out of this?

Student's can choose to submit their baby pictures, or a devious friend could do it for them. Kids will be crowding over in our paper to see their classmates as a toddler. I really think this will be a big hit. I mean, why wouldn't it?

It may take a bit of ink, but it's worth it. People will love our newspaper. I believe the rest of this is self explanatory :)

3.WEATHER

I love knowing how cold or hot it's going to be. It will be an interesting tidbit to have on the side of our newspaper. It can also tell us the overall temperature we should look out for and for any rises or drops.

If this was once a week it would be perfect. But, once a month can do fine as well. Instead of doing the weather of what have already passed, we can do it on the following month. Say, temperatures for December.

We can also include if it will snow or not or if there is a chance. When it will rain, when it'll be a perfect day to go and play, or a bad day to go fishing/sports/anything else.

I would love to see this in our newspaper and think everyone else will as well. Let's make our newspaper really a newspaper!

Blog #47: The Times Picayune-NO

Man dies months after shot during robbery
Alvin Black died about 4 p.m. at Interim LSU Public Hospital from a gunshot wound in his neck that never completley healed. Alvin, age 63 died on Wednesday. He was a victim of a robbery that occurred in May. Not much information was else given.

NOPD identifies suspect in Monday's shooting in the Desire neighborhood

A warrant has been issued for Walker on two counts of attempted first degree murder in connection to the shooting that took place in the 3200 Block of Oliver White Street shortly before 6 p.m. The 22-year-old and 24-year-old male victims were taken to a local hospital and are both listed in critical but stable condition.

Man killed overnight in Metairie shooting

Anthony Alexis, 34, was shot and killed in front of his apartment in Metairie early Thursday morning. Deputies found Alexis lying on the ground in front of the apartment complex suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Alexis was pronounced dead on the scene.

Male shot dead in Jefferson Parish

He was shot multiple times shortly after 9 p.m. His body was found lying in the street. His identity is being withheld until relatives can be notified. His age was not available. No other information was given in the article.

Covington woman sentenced to 10 years in husband's slaying

Seconds after a St. Tammany Parish judge sentenced Kendra Talley to 10 years in prison for participating in the shooting death of her husband two weeks before Christmas 2004, the victim's brother walked over to Talley's mother and asked, "So, what do you think?" "Fair," Karie Thiac replied Wednesday. "It is better than life."

Blog Assignment #46: Chicago Sun Times

Murders of two officers were 'cold-blooded killings'

A man accused of the “cold-blooded” killings of a Chicago Police officer and a former Chicago Housing Authority cop allegedly fired one shot into each of their heads and then finished them off when he saw one moving. Michael Flisk and Stephen Peters were killed Friday afternoon in an alley. 

Teen's boyfriend charged after triple murder

A man believed to be the boyfriend of the 17 year odl woman found fatally stabbed along with her mother and younger sister inside an apartment. Denzel Pittman, 18, was charged with three counts of murder. Pittman is expected in court. All three died of multiple injuries and their deaths were ruled homicides.

Dad could be key in search for missing Michigan boys

 The key to finding three young Michigan brothers who have been missing for nearly a week ultimately may lie with what their father tells police. For the fifth day in a row, an army of volunteers are expected to trudge across fields, woodlands and dirt back roads in search of 9 year old Andrew, 7 year old Alexander and 5 year old Tanner Skelton, who have not been seen since Thanksgiving. So far, police say, the father, 39 year old John Skelton, hasn't told authorities much that they can use.

Businessman to turn over slain Marine's belongings

A Northwest Indiana businessman said he plans to return the personal items of a fallen soldier to her family. Mark Perko said he wants to return the items today to the family of the late Marine Sgt. Jeannette Winter -- the first U.S. servicewoman killed in Afghanistan.

"I just want them to go to the right place," Perko said. "I will take a loss on the items."

Perko, who says he has been pressured over the belongings, had planned to cash in on the items. Perko purchased the former property of Winters from a delinquent storage unit at least four years ago. As part of an attempt to resolve the matter, Perko attempted to call her brother Matthew Winters Jr. but he was visiting the woman's grave at Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville.

Lawyers push for new trial for Tony Rezko

Two years after his conviction, Tony Rezko’s lawyers are asking for a new trial. And if two years was too long to wait to ask, blame the government and the U.S. Supreme Court, they say. Rezko’s lawyers argued in a Tuesday filing that the businessman who was once part of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s inner circle, started talks with the feds right after his June, 2008 conviction. At the time, Rezko volunteered to be taken into custody.