Outside Reading

I read more of New Moon and this does not only have a connection to real life, but it also has a connection to one of my pervious blogs about this book! I said that Bella needed to get out and meet more people and that will help her get over Edward, and that maybe even she will meet a boy and realize Edward is not the one for her.  I didn't read far enough to see that she has totally moved on to another guy, but my prediction and my advice was right! And it really came true!  Bella had Jacob over with a new friend.  They all sat in her garage and they were laughing and teasing and having a great time.  This was the first time Bella had laughed in months.  This is so natural and healthy for Bella, and in real life this is so good for people coming out of a relationship to do this because it really shows them making progress getting over that person.  The even better thing was that Bella realized she enjoyed herself and she did not have a nightmare that night.  This part makes me so happy because I really just wanted to see Bella happy now.  This is just like something that happens to my friends.  I have had many friends come out of hard relationships and dwell on it.  Once I see my friends get out and have a good time I feel great.  I always tell them that's what they need to do, and I am very glad it can work for them and for Bella.  I can not wait to read on!

Outside Reading

I read more of New Moon and found even more connections to real life.  Bella just got a new job, and in the store she works there are people talking about bears.  This reminds her of the nightmares she has been having.  Many things in real life can lead you to nightmares like Bella is having.  Bella has also been having nightmares ever since Edward has left, she wakes up screaming and crying.  These men talking about bears make her remember this.  This is hard for Bella.  This is like any case.  The only thing that is different from real life is that I have never actually ever heard of someone having nightmares after they have lost a boyfriend.  But now that I think of it in Bella's case it is almost like he is dying, because she is never going to see him again or even hear from him.  I think now this is very reasonable for her to have nightmares.  I know that if someone lost there husband or the person they loved the most they would have nightmares.  I am very fortunate I have not had to experience something like this in my life yet.  I am sure something will come up similar to this.  It is nice being able to see an experience so I can maybe remember and help my self with that base.

Outside Reading

I read more in the book New Moon,  Bella saw a movie with her friend Jessica.  This movie was about zombies and scary things like that.  Bella got very scared of the movie and it also reminded her of Edward.  I know I have written a lot about how Bella can't get over Edward but that is most of the story in the first half.  This very well relates to real life because if you think you are in true love then you can never forget.  Anyone that feels this way, not just Bella but anyone in the world today experiences this.  First love is the hardest to get over.  And this was Bella's first love.  I myself have experienced that and also lost it.  The reason it is so hard to get over is because you don't know any different.  You think that this is the only person in the world for you when there are so many other.  Bella needs to take time and try to experience other people.  I know she thought he was the on but she is not going to get anywhere but just dwelling in the past.  If she goes out with her friends more and tries to meet more people maybe she will find someone else and maybe even realize that Edward is not the one for her.  This is the case for most peoples first love.  After they get over it and meet someone else they realize that that can be better.

Outside Reading

I read more in the book New Moon.  In this chapter I read Bella was out with on of her friends seeing a movie and then they decided to go get something to eat.  They decided not to drive and to walk on the side walk to go get there food.  Bella saw these men that she thought she has seen before.  She thought these were the men that wanted to hurt her when Edward saved her.  She walked up to the men and she though she was hearing Edwards voice.  This relates a lot to real life because when you break up with someone you tend to think you hear there voice or you think they are there when they are really not.  Bella is having a really hard time with this one.  Even thought Edwards voice is telling her not to go towards the men she still does.  And I think she does this because it will keep Edward around or his voice around trying to protect her and tell her what to do, and she wants to keep him there as long as she can.  Bella also mentioned how she wants to remember him and that she was so glad she remembered his voice.  This also relates to real life.  If someone has broken up with someone or hasn't seem them in a very long time they do not want to completely forget them.  So I think it is a good thing she is remembering.  This part really relates to real life because there are so many relationships in life, and they are all pretty similar when it comes down to it, and how they all end and how people cope with it.

Outside Reading

In the book New Moon there are many real life connections.  I read about how Bella had to go to the hospital because she was in shock.  Many people have to go to the hospital because of shock.  Shock can come from many different things.  In this case Bellas shock came because of Edward leaving.  In today's world there are many divorces.  You can think of this like a divorce, because of what Edward and Bella had was pretty much marriage it is a lot like a divorce.  Many people today are going through divorces.  I know personally that this is not a fun thing, I have had many friends have to go through this and I have tried to be a big help to them.  Luckily I don't have to go through this.  But I have heard this can be very hard on many of the parents.  Especially on the women.  Some people change and they get sick which causes them to have to go to the hospital.  This is like the problem Bella had.  The worst cases is when it is unexpected.  In Bellas case it was totally unexpected.  I have had friends tell me about divorces that are unexpected and I know that the parents have a very hard time with it, and it does sometimes lead to one of the persons having to go to the hospital.  They could have had the same situation as Bella like going into shock, or they could have gotten another sickness because of how sad they are.  Relationships are hard, and they can cause major pain to a lot of people.  But it is also how we survive in life, and what makes our life.  The hardest, and the best thing ever is what makes our life, love.

Outside Reading

I read more in my outside reading book Twilight, I have also connected more points to real life.  The two girls go to see a movie about zombies.  Now the funny thing is, in this book their are actual vampires.  But in real life there are not vampires.  This part of the book brings imagination to the story, and makes it unreal.  But the girls go to see a movie which most girls, and boys do today.  That is a very popular thing.  Also Bella's dad is really nagging her about hanging out with friends.  Parents these days are really on their children's back, and I feel like by adding that to the book it really connects it to kids today, and life today.  My parents are always nagging me about everything.  But the last thing they nag me on is hanging out with friends.  They would say that I do that too much.  I think that Bella is just a girl finding her way.  Many people and teenagers still don't understand a lot of things.  And I feel that Bella is right there just like any other teenagers today.  I feel this book is a good book for teenagers to read because it does really connect to teenage life in  many ways and I think this would be good for teenagers to read.

Outside Reading

I read more of Twilight and I find even more connections. This book can really connect to a teenagers life because many teenagers go through boyfriends and girlfriends, and also very hard breakups. Bella is still going through her hard breakup and her dad is getting very worried about her. It has been about 5 months now. People in real life can take this long to get over a boyfriend or girlfriend. But personally I think to mope around like Bella is doing is going to get you no where. You need to take your mind off of that person, and off of what happened. You do this by hanging out with your friends, doing fun things, and meeting new people. Bella's dad is trying to get her to do this. Bella tries to make him happy by asking an old friend to go to a movie with her. Bella's old friend is very surprised she talked to her, and even more surprised she invited her to a movie. This can also happen when you are in a relationship. Bella lost all of her old friends while she was dating Edward. I think this is something very important not to do, especially in high school. I think it was bad of Bella to lose her old friends. But luckily for her Bella's friend agrees to go the the movie. Many girls now a days would not agree. They are much more stubborn and would care a lot more about what they did in the past. The connections from the book are very similar to teenagers lives today.

Number Poem

It was the seventh day of the seventh month
There were seven people
They made a septical
They liked to ride a septacylce
They wish they had spetuplits
But I gues you don't always get what you want

Choice Reading #2

I read more of my outside reading book, and quite a bit happened. I can also connect what happened in this part of the book to my life...a lot. Edward told Bella that they should be done. And that he is going to leave and make it seem like he never existed. This connects to my life because I have had a boyfriend that I have had to break up with. This is not an easy thing to do. Bella felt nothing. This was the worst feeling in her life. I might have not felt as bad, but it is still not a good feeling. You feel like you are losing a part of you. And it takes a long time to recover. You have to think about the other things in life that makes you happy. For Bella that is not easy. She doesn't have many other things in her life that make her happy. Edward was pretty much it. This is a totally different story for me though. I have so much going for me and I am so truly lucky. I just realize that the last thing I need is a boyfriend. I have so many other things in life that can make me happy. I also don't like having to depend on someone, and having to be around for them all the time, because that is what they expect. This book relates to my life a lot because this is all about relationships. And I also feel that relationships are life. Relationships in any way make our life. That is what life is about. So I think this book and especially this part relates much to my life and could to many other lives.

spontaneous poem

I have fun to jump in the sun
I skip on the ground, I swim in the pool
I fly in the sky, the brick does not dance
My friends like to twirl, in the blue
I am happy when I laugh, I sing to the clouds
I slide in the green grass
The blue sky makes me want to run
The 7 hands I wish I could use to help the world
The sour taste of gummy worms
gives the sweet smell of candy
Oh yes, life is good

Blog #1

I'm reading a book called New Moon. This is a very good book. It is in the series of books called twilight. The reason I chose to read this boo is because I just finished Twilight and watched the movie so I had to have more. I like this book because it can refer to my life and also to imagination. It is nice to have something to relate to, but also nice to have something that I don't see everyday and that I can have fun with. I am already on page 60 and I'm really liking it. It was recently Bella's birthday. Bella went over to Edwards house for her birthday and they threw a party for her. She was not too thrilled about this because she does not like attention. They all ended up getting her presents, which she also was not to happy about. While she was opening on of her gifts she got a paper cut and started bleeding, and remember she is in a house with all vampires. So Edward tries to save her and throws her with him away from Jasper. Then she gets cut even more and is bleeding a ton. Jasper is new to this whole not eat people thing, so he really wants to have Bella's blood. Edward did a good job keeping her safe. After the accident Carlisle stitches Bella back up and she is okay. Edward takes her home and spends the night. But the next day Bella wonders why Edward is acting so weird. She is pondering all the ideas and this really scares her. This is where I pretty much left off. I can't wait to read on!

So Much Depends

So much depends upon the wrapper
the struggle trying to get it open
So much depends upon the soft creamy texture
the dark brown, sugar, chocolate smell
So much depends upon the peanuts
mixed with chocolate, all to eat


So much depends upon the sun
the blue skies, birds chirping, heat beating on my skin
and the flowers sprouting
So much depends upon the air
fresh taste of sun and
cool wind blowing through my hair.

Paragraph

The genocide in Darfur caused many people to die, and many people to try to escape. The government in Darfur are killing innocent people for no reason. In the past five years 400,000 civilians have died. This is not right, this many people should not be dying for no apparent reason. In Darfur 90% of target villages have been destroyed. This are the places where all of the Darfur people live. How would you feel if people were destroying your neighborhood and where you live? The people in Darfur try to escape. 250,000 people in Darfur have escaped to a place close called Chad. The people who have escaped are now facing violence there. Women are a main target, they are especially a main target for sexual assault. 80% of all people displaced are women. These women and even young girls are constant victims of sexual violence and are abducted into sexual slavery. Too many people are dying in Darfur, these are all true facts.

citing: I don't know where to put it yet...but I can change it later but here they are.

Burr, J. Millard and Robert O. Collins (2006) Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster, Markus Wiener, Princeton N.J.,

Daly, M.W. (2007) Darfur's Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide, Cambridge University Press,

Blog #15 overcoming odds

Starting treatment with 30% chance of survival.

Now look, beat all the odds and is here today

as healthy as can be.

I read another article about myself. I don't just read these articles because I think what I went through was cool, but I feel people should know about my journey because its a type of journey most people never get to take. I'm not saying this is a good journey, but its a journey I learned to live my life by. I over came all the odds of the doctors. The doctors gave me a 30% chance of survival at diagnosis. Of course about a year later the cancer was totally gone and I was as healthy as most children. The doctors also told me that I would be short for my age, again this is wrong. I have always been one of the tallest in my grade. I overcame these odds with the help of a lot of people. We like to put all of our faith in God, that's the biggest reason I believe I survived. I believe God put me on this earth with this journey to teach others. I hope I can fulfill what I am set out to do in this world. We also have to thank the doctors that helped me beat these odds. Not may people get the chance to overcome odds like this, and some people that do get the chance do not make it. I consider myself one of the most lucky people in the world. I believe we are all lucky, but I consider myself lucky because I get to share my cool journey. When I tell people I had cancer they usually look at me shocked and ask "are you okay?" and they really know I am its just their first reaction. After I tell them about it they will act very interested and say they want to help, when really after 10 minutes they forget about it. No one really has any idea what its like to overcome something like this. That's why I really wish that I can send my story out, and have people realize how lucky they are to have their life. I hope my journey with overcoming odds can touch the world.

Read this story Molly's Story

Blog #14 Love

Love. What is love? Does anyone actually know what love is? I think love is a different feeling for everyone. It is something you can't explain or find until you know you could never care or feel that way about something else. I believe there are different types of love. You can love somoene because you care about them, and want whats best for them. There is also being 'in' love. Being 'in' love is when you are with someone and you become one. You are ment for eachother and are ment to stay together and could never be with another person but them, and you are willing to go through the many struggles that a relationshipe and life brings together. Love is a great and hard thing. These are just my feelings about it, I also read an article on some facts on wikipedia, lets see how my thoughts and theres differ. It says love is any number of emotions related to a strong affection. The article also says love can refer to a variety of feelings, this is something that I agree on. The article also says love is like mammalian drive, its like hunger or thirst. They are saying love is something we need. I agree with this statement a lot. Everyone in life wants to be wanted and needs to be love. I know you want to be independent and take care of ourselves but sometimes we need that one person to lend us a hand, and tell us that we are great and wanted. Love is something that can never really be explained. I am excited to see for myself what my love is and what comes upon it in my life.

Article on Love

Article This is the website I used for my research paper.

I found a very informational website about the genocide in Darfur. This website also shows you how you can help and prevent the genocide in Darfur. The article had many facts about the genocide and how to prevent it. Here are some of the facts.

• 400,000 civilians have died in the past five years.
• 90% of targeted villages have been destroyed in Darfur.
• 250,000 people have Left Darfur to go to Chad, but they are also facing violence there.
• 80% of people displaced are women, these women and young girls are constant victims of sexual violence and are abducted into sexual slavery.

People in Darfur have no where to go. We need to help them because they try to escape but yet where they escape to are also victims of violence. Those are just a couple of facts that I have put in my own words. I think these facts will be very helpful and useful in the research paper because they show the reality of Darfur.

There are also somethings that we can do to help stop this violence. Even our school here at EHS is helping to stop the genocide. We need to help Darfur because the people there have no other place to turn to. How would you feel if you were left in a situation that horrible that you can't get out of it? The biggest thing we can do is join and advocacy group. And in that group we need to contact the president so we knows, and can do something. The more people to contact the president the better, because then he'll know more people car and are thinking about it. Therefor he will most likely do something about it.

Research Paper: Genocide in Darfur

I found a good website about the our topic genocide in Darfur. They website is...http://www.genocideindarfur.net/.....The website showed all different groups about preventing and help stopping the genocide. It's the government in Darfur that are killing all the innocent people there. This is defiantly not fair and we need to do something about it. There are other places that are supported by the rest of the world. Darfur is not supported, we need to help them and stop this genocide. They three types of groups they have listed on website are Genocide Intervention network, Sudan Investment, and STAND. STAND is a group we have at the school that I am actually in. These groups are there to help stop the genocide.

Blog #13 war

I read an article on the Star Tribune website about Iraq. This article doesn't tell much about the war the but more about the side affects from the war. Their were so many killings there and so many people being lost, things started to change. Since so many people were being killed I guess they forgot about the dogs? Iraq has over populated dogs, now they are killing stray dogs. The article says people are hunting them down and killing them, slaughtering some 10,000 in Baghdad since December. They people are shouting "Give us clean water instead of killing dogs!" This makes much sense because later in the article a women says, "The dogs are not harming us, the water is." Most people in Iraq still lack the most basic services such as sewage system and potable water. This issue is a lot more meaningful and bigger then their issue of dogs. I don't understand why they would go around killing dogs if they are doing no harm. I understand that the dogs may not have food and could be hard to take care of and it might just be even a nice way of letting them go. But I think this just shows Iraq's lack of focus. After the war they were very run down, and now they are focusing on killing stray dogs instead of the health of their people? That seems a little off. I know we tried to help Iraq but they didn't really want it. I still think we could give it a try because we have it so much better here then they do. I think Iraq just really needs to focus on what needs to be done for their country instead of worrying about the little things, which thought will come into play sometime. But for now they need to grow strong and healthy.

site:

http://www.startribune.com/world/41262122.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

Blog #12 Imperialism

I read an artical about imperialism, or more so what imperialsim is because I didn't really know what it was. This article says imperialism is "the policy and practice of forming and maintaining an empire" they say this mostly refers to the the empires in Europe during the past 500 years. They use they same kind of qualities about Imperialisms and our world today. They use it with economic, technology, colonzing, and many skills we want people today have. Imperialsim started a long time ago but we still use many of the techniques today. Even though it's different we can still see how we got ideas from a long time ago. Imperialism is about growning and creating. Weather it's a building or government or how we do things. I think it's cool how we can take an idea from something so long ago and build it with things today. Imperialism has helped our government today, and the forming of our cities.

Blog # 11 global issue

I read an article in the sun current about a global issue. It's about the United States buying bonds and poor nations are suffering. The article says Americans are ditching foreign ventures and taking money home. They say these actions are lifting the value of the dollar. Obama is trying to rescue banks and do whats best for us in a time like this. This is really hard because now where the problem started in the United States we are bringing problems to other places. And the market is so bad we really need to get out of stocks and bonds, it's just going to hurt people more. And buying bonds from other countries won't work because they economy is most likely going to go down hill also. It says low income countries are getting hit very hard. The flow of private capital to the emerging market has dried up. This economy is really scaring me. My family and I really have to watch how much money we spend. It starts to scare me because I know my parents work so hard, and we have 2 kids in college and I am very expensive. I just really hope this gets better because my dad comes home everyday so bummed out about everything. It's really not fair. And by the time I go to college prices will be up a lot more, which is going to be something very hard for us to afford. I just really hope things start to get better me family really needs it.

site:
http://www.startribune.com/world/40934812.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

Blog #10 holiday

I read an article on Wikipedia about Valentines Day. The reason I chose to right and article about Valentines Day is because I know it's not a religious holiday and it's just a calender holiday. I wanted to know how and why they decided to make this a holiday, it's very interesting. This holiday was named after to early Christians named valentine, this became associated with romantic love, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. This holiday has gone on since the 19th century and that's when it started with greeting cards. In Great Britain in the 19th century cards and Valentines Day was very popular. The Greeting Card Associating says that one billion cards are sent out in the whole world on this day. The second leading holiday for greeting cards after Christmas. Wow this one really surprised me, Valentines Day isn't even a real holiday just something someone made up and it makes that much money. It's weird that people follow through with it. It also says men spend twice as much money as women. Why is it that it's always the men's job to figure out the plans and buy the nice things? That one just always gets to me but I guess it's okay cause I'm the girl! But I also thing Valentines Day sets people up for disappointment. If you have a boyfriend or married or whatever the case you always hope and expect for this great day. Which usually never happens because all food places are full, and everything is packed. I think you should always shoot low. Just being with that special person should be enough. My dream Valentines Day would just be cooking dinner with my boyfriend and watching a movie with a fire, and just being together. I think Valentines Day should just be about being together and not the money or the gifts or anything. Just happiness, togetherness, joy, and love :)

site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day

Blog #9 Bollywood

I read in article just about Bollywood itself. Its really interesting in how they are made. They have to have a certain amount of songs and many other restrictions. I really enjoyed watching Bride and Prejudice it really showed me how different our culture and Indian culture is. Bollywood movies are very interesting because they can be not about a musical at all, but yet they many songs in it. It can be a somewhat serious movie but still with the songs. But most Bollywood movies are supposed to be intertaining and mostly funny. I would really like to watch more Bollywood movies to really get the sence down on how they make them.

Blog #8 culture

I read an article in the Star Tribunes about Liberians. These Liberians are living here and are going to be forced to move out of Minnesota and back to Liberia. Their temporary permission to live here ends March 31. The difference between Liberia and the United States are vast. The Liberian families have to go back to a war-ravaged place where there is no electricity, their is no running water, and people are only expected to live until they are 42. Liberia is so different then the United States I can see why people wouldn't want to live there. I think we should figure something better out for the people that have to go back their. It's really sad to see them have to go their, it's no like we chose where we were going to be born, nor did they. We really need to do something. We should really help where the problem starts which is Liberia itself. That would be a good thing to do since we are so lucky to live where we do today.

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/40516512.html?elr=KArksUUUycaEacyU

Know from movies

Blog #7 change

I actually read in article in the Star Tribune about change. This is about the fashions at the Oscars. I know this is not a very important kind of change, but it is showing that fashion styles change every year. This year was a big year for showing off the shoulder. Many women came in just showing one shoulder and some even showing two. They say some outfits are changing in a bad way because they show off to much of your body. I agree that clothing styles have changed and that sometimes they show to much. It can be very degrading to show to much of the body, and you can also lose respect from that. So even if they fashion styles are chaging, I would be careful on what you chose because you wouldn't want unessicary things to be said about you.

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Blog #6 hope

I actually read a sort of biography of me. Not a biography but more of an insight of my journey through cancer. The reason I believe this is and article on hope is because the paper says all that I have gone through with my cancer including, chemotherapy, radiation, removing my bone marrow, surgeries, and so much of it all that even that together could have killed me. But my parents did what ever they could to keep me alive. And all that I had gone through I came out on top. I was diagnosed with at 30% chance of survival, and the doctors doubted my odds. But look at this miracle, and look at me now. I give people all over the world hope. Not even just about cancer, but about life. If I as such a young child can get through so much and beat all odds, they can get through their problems. Sometimes people just need to look at the bigger picture in life. But the best feeling to me is when someone tells me I give them hope. It gives me shivers and makes me happy, because I know I can help someone.

http://www.lunchforlife.org/family/home.aspx?FamilyID=98

Blog #5, Religion

I read another article in the Star Tribune and this article is about the Pope telling Jewish leaders he will visit Isreal. This is a big deal because the Pope wins praise from the Holocaust denial, and will visit Isreal in May. This visit really touches the Jewish leaders. I think it's a great thing for the Pope to do, because if one visit can make so many people happy and change the looks of their church then he definetily should do it. There has also only been one other Pope who has traveled to a Jewish state. The American Jewish orginization had a meeting with the Pope and bishops and were deneying things that happened in the holocaust. They said that the slaughter of six million Jews was a crime agaisnt God. I do not know if I believe this because God does not make crimes under my belief, the holocaust was a horrible thing that we cannot erase. I wish more then anything it did not happen, but we cannot always deny the things that happened, but maybe they are right. I would like to know how this visit goes and what happens.

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Blog # 4, Gender Roles

I read in article in the the Star Tribune about a church taking a stance and gay ordination. Now I don't know if this has much to do about gender, but I personally think it does. The reason I say this is because it should not matter what gender you are to be able to have a marriage. This is about gender roles because you should not have to be a certain gender to do a certain thing. There are no more roles in this world today. Husband and wife used to be very sterotypical a long time ago. The world is not like that today at all. Women are out getting jobs doing their own thing, why shouldn't two people of the same gender be able to have a happy marriage just like anyone else can? Things are changing and things that used to not be okay are okay now. I think this is something you are born with and its not fair if they can't have the same rights as anyone else...it just doesn't make sense. Even though I am a strong christian I still think gay marriage should be legal. Because I believe God makes you the way you are, and if thats the way you were born, then let them live the life they want. Now this fits into gender roles because I believe that their are not gender roles and any gender should be able to do anything.

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#3 Different cultures

I read an article about clothing in different cultures, and also how it compares to ours. They said clothing is just becoming more and more common. You will find jeans and a t-shirt everywhere. Their are still types of dressing that reflect your culture that people wear. They are making an exhibit about clothing and their heritages. Clothing from every continent of the world will be their. This would be a really cool thing to see because you could have much more of a feel for the other countries in this world. I feel like Americas clothes don't mean as much to us as other cultures, for instance. In Norway a blouse called a brooch and it's reflectivity is believed to ward off demons. In America we don't really have clothing that has meaning like that. I think it would be really cool to check this exhibit out. It's kind of a bummer that all the cultures are staring to become simple and all just going with the jeans and t-shirts. But I guess whatever is comfy?

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#2 Overcoming sturggle or facing a difficulty

I read an article in the StarTribune today about a baby named Angel, and her mother. Angels mom died in a car accident while Angel was in her stomach at only 4 months old. The mom didn't even know her daughter was pregnant. This was a miracle Angel survived the accident and is still living. They doctors didn't even think she would live past the birth, but she overcame that and survived. She is overcoming difficulties everyday she is living. Everyday could be a new day and she could not survive. She needs the be given oxygen daily, and is always being watched. They decided to name her Angle because they brought in a priest and he said if she passed she would need a name for heaven, so they thought the name Angel would be a good fit. This story really touched me. She overcame so much and before people didn't even know she was living. She really is an angel and I think she will live with a great story, and help many people in her life. It's nice for the family to have something of their daughters, they lost but also gained. I hope the baby lives through this all and has a great life, I definetly know she will be loved.

Quarter 3 blog #1, Natural Disaster

I read an article on the effects of hurricane katrina. The effects were very serve and long lasting. The article says by August 31 there was 15 feet of water, enough to drown anyone. The article also says 90 percent of people were evacuated very well, but that still leaves that 10 percent. And even though the people were evacuated their homes and lives were all crushed. They no longer had a place to live, no food right there, and even some families were departed. I don't know what I would do if I was caught into this situation. My life would definetly be flipped around. But there were many fundraisers to help the people living their and to get there lives back on track. But this is very long lasting because things will never be the same for them. The still have many things lost, and even just the thought of it. I wish things like this didn't have to happen.

reading #18

I read another article in the Edina Sun Current.  This article is about the little girl Abigail Taylor who had the extreme pool accident at the Minneapolis Golf Club kiddy pool.  Her organs were sucked out of the back end of her.  Sadly Abigail did not live.  Now they are making new pool safety and regulation rules.  Her pool safety act went into affect in Minnesota on Jan. 1.  New federal pool regulations went into affect Dec. 19.  Pool and spa operators had one year to comply with the new federal regulations.  Now all public pools and spas must have a compliant drain covers and an anti-entrapment system when there is only a single main drain.  They are making this a big deal because they don't want it to happen to any other child because it's not fair.  I think this is very smart and safe.  It should not have happened to Abigail, but it did so they need to prevent it from it happening to any other child.

reading #17

I read an article in the Sun Current about the Edina Dance Team.  The article is rather short but it talks about how the Edina dance team took 2nd place at a very tough dance competition in Apple Valley.  And that they had a conference meet in Amrstrong the next week.  This article may mean nothing to some people, but to Edina dance team it means a lot.  The reason this article means so much is because Edina dance team are the underdogs.  In the previous years they would have never scored that well at a dance competition.  They have recently changed from hornettes being a fall and winter sport, to hornettes in the fall and Dance Team in the winter.  So you have the option of doing either.  The reason Edina dance team is coming out is because the girls on the team are the girls that really want to be there and that work hard.  Edina dance team has gained more respect and fans in this past season.  They are definitely going somewhere and will keep stepping up each year.  I can't wait to see how it goes in the next few years.

reading #16

I read an article about the movie "Marley and Me".  The article was titled 'Marley'.  The article said this movie has been on top for 2 straight weeks.  The movie was a big draw for the next year.  It came with the number one slot adding 24.1 million to the box.  The movies total stake stands 106.5 million.  The office was strong with an estimated seven percent comparing the the 2008 New Years weekend.  Marley and Me is a great movie for anyone.  It's great for family and kids.  Yet it is supposed to be extremely sad.  I have yet to see this movie but I am really trying to get to the theater to see it.  I think this movie will be one of the biggest of the year.  They only reason I think that would be holding people back from seeing this is that it is very sad.  I would not like to be on that misses out on seeing this movie.

reading #15

I read an article about fighting colds and how sleep effects one getting a cold. The more sleep you get, the lower the chance of catching a cold. Researchers paid healthy adults $800 to have cold viruses sprayed up their noses and wait in a hotel for five days to see if they got sick. The people who had eight hours of sleep were much less likely to get sick than those who slept for less than seven hours. Also, people who slept less than seven hours a night in the weeks before they became exposed to the virus, were three times as likely to catch a cold than the ones who slept longer. I think that one should get the sleep while they can to prevent from getting colds, since its no fun to be sick!

reading #14

I read an article in the Edina Magazine.  This article is about a women and her family going to Uganda and helping the kids their.  Ann Hill is the lady and she started going their in 2001 as a mission trip.  They went to Rakai, Uganda it is home to the first AIDS diagnosis in the world.  The disease is very bad their.  Ann's goal is to raise awareness of the situation in central Africa and to work on a solution.  She started a group called African Children Today, and that partnered with Rakai Orphans Development Initiative.  These two groups are working to educate kids in Rakai, especially the young girls.  I think this is so great of the lady.  She is for sure making a difference in the world, and especially teaching her children a good lesson.  I hope I can change the world like that some day.

reading #13

I read an article in the Eden Prairie magazine.  This article is about how snowplowing is becoming almost a sport.  In St. Cloud they have annual snowplow races.  The race is extremely hard because they don't know what truck they will be given before they start the race.  They have to go through cones and very narrow paths.  I think this is very interesting and cool.  But I also think this could be very unsafe.  They didn't mention anything about it being unsafe or anyone getting hurt, so maybe this could actually become a sport, it looks like it's on it's way.  We could for sure do it here because we definitely have enough snow for these competitions.  

reading #12

I read an article on a monster truck jam.  There was a monster truck jam show this weekend, and a boy died in it.  In washington State.  The boy was hit what a part of the care while they were doing donuts.  A man in the truck hit the boy while doing donuts.  I feel really bad for the boy because it wasn't even his fault he was just a spectator.  I think they need to make better safety rules for this because obviously they aren't good enough.  This boy was six years old.  He was with his family and they were just trying to have a good time at the show, and all of a sudden there kid dies.  This is not fair.  They had a moment of silence at each show after him.  They need to fix their safety rules.  This is not fair for a family paying to see this show for their child to die.

reading #11

Today I read an article about a man that went running in the cold weather today. He also said it was nothing because he had ran in weather negative 25 degrees. Personally I think this is stupid and pointless and very unsafe. You could have frost bite everywhere and get very sick form doing this. And for what reason is he doing this? To prove a point? What point? I think in general people do crazy stuff like this just to get attention. People will do crazy things to get on T.V. or to get in the news. I doubt he saw anyone else out there running in this weather, it's a crazy scary thing to do. I can barely walk outside to my car in this weather. Well I can't wait to see what other things people do to get attention, weather it means harming themselves.

Reading #10

I read apart of a book today called A Window To Heaven.  This book is about is about kids who have cancer and how people find strength and life through them.  A question is asked in this book and the question is, "How can a loving God let innocent children suffer and die?".  The question is never really answered in the book I found but there are many other things I can think of.  I can't think of something reasonable for this but something you can't find anywhere else.  People learn more from these kids about their lives then any other places.  These kids show them so much fight and strength that people can take away from them.  It shows people faith and that their is a reason to fight and believe.  Some people never have to go through battles like this and they are very lucky, but it seems to me those people are the less greatful.  All the people I know who have suffered and are suffering find the brighter things in life, and they enjoy even the littlest things.  They teach us we need to step back and just enjoy little things because we don't know how long we will have those little things so easy.

reading #9

I read my chemistry book today.  I read about water and its three phases, solid, liquid, and gas.  Water can freeze at 0 degrees celcius but it can also become at liquid at 0 degrees celcius.  They can be doing the same thing at the same time.  I found that very interesting and I wonder how that can happen.  I also learned that ice is less dence then water that is the opposite of other substances.  That is why when a pond or lake freezes it freezes at the top first then to the bottom.  But another thing I learned was that at the bottom of the lake or pond the water is always at 4 degrees celcius.  Water is the only kind of chemical that when it is turned into a solid it is less dense