Monday: Social Security becomes an issue at the White House. Obama wants to ensure the SS policy, but other Democrats think health care is a bigger issue right now.
Tuesday: In Beijing, pig organs were found to be contaminated and sold in stores. People reported illnesses soon after workers ignored false certificates on the shipments of products. Food posion has always been in issue in China and the government is trying to become more aware of the problem.
Wednesday: Because of the economic recession, Gov. Martin O'Malley stated that the death penalty should not longer be used in order to cut down costs. He says "There are cheaper ways to reduce crime."
Thursday: Toilet Paper production is more expensive the more softer it is. However, Marcal plant has plans to use recycled paper to make paper sufficient for its consumers while trying to help the environment.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
NY Times 2/16-2/19
Monday: Chief Kerlikowske wants to enforce arrest and punishment for drug policies. The new presidency is heading in the right direction to put an emphasis on prevention and treatment for drug users.
Tuesday: a Bodybuilder, Joseph V. Baglio, died of heart failure. However, his doctor presecribed him streoids and is being charged for the incident and is blamed for the death of his patient.
Wednesday: Due to the poor economy, G.M. is forced to cut 47,000 employees. Filing for bankrupcy may be an unfortunate option for some of these automakers, but is trying to get help from the federal government.
Thursday: Latinos are officially the majority (in Federal Prisons.) Most of their sentences are due to illegal immigration and illegal drug use.
Tuesday: a Bodybuilder, Joseph V. Baglio, died of heart failure. However, his doctor presecribed him streoids and is being charged for the incident and is blamed for the death of his patient.
Wednesday: Due to the poor economy, G.M. is forced to cut 47,000 employees. Filing for bankrupcy may be an unfortunate option for some of these automakers, but is trying to get help from the federal government.
Thursday: Latinos are officially the majority (in Federal Prisons.) Most of their sentences are due to illegal immigration and illegal drug use.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
NY Times 2/9-2/12
Monday: The freedom for women is still limited in countries such as New Dehli. A fight broke out against women drinking at a bar. Drinking is still not socially acceptable for all groups, especially for the group known as Sri Ram Sena, who attacked customers in India.
Tuesday: One of the greatest athletes, Alex Rodriguez, finally admitted that he has taken performance enhancers. He has not taken any since 2004, but has finally taken fault for his wrong doings. He hopes to clean up his act completely for a success season with the Yankees.
Wednesday: Facebook seems to get people in trouble once again. Anthony R. Stancl successfully manipulated young boys in high school to send him nude pictures of themselves over the internet. The School's Superintendent does his very best to make sure safety is brought to the victims of this sexual assault case.
Thursday: The number of embryos implanted in women are now becoming an issue. Doctors say one embryo should be implanted to stay safe, but more than one can be detrminetal to the baby's health. The government is working on setting standards for these kinds of medical practices.
Tuesday: One of the greatest athletes, Alex Rodriguez, finally admitted that he has taken performance enhancers. He has not taken any since 2004, but has finally taken fault for his wrong doings. He hopes to clean up his act completely for a success season with the Yankees.
Wednesday: Facebook seems to get people in trouble once again. Anthony R. Stancl successfully manipulated young boys in high school to send him nude pictures of themselves over the internet. The School's Superintendent does his very best to make sure safety is brought to the victims of this sexual assault case.
Thursday: The number of embryos implanted in women are now becoming an issue. Doctors say one embryo should be implanted to stay safe, but more than one can be detrminetal to the baby's health. The government is working on setting standards for these kinds of medical practices.
Monday, February 9, 2009
A Refugee Hero
It was just another morning for the 17-year-old Sudanese refugee. He had no idea he would become a hero for an unconscious victim.
James Laboke was on his way to work at the Eezy Breezy Restaurant on East Grand Street in Old Orchard Beach, Maine when he discovered an unconscious body in the driver’s seat of a car.
The man in the car was 80-year-old Francois Truffaut, a tourist from Canada.
A little before 6:00 a.m. Laboke found the car stuck in the middle of train tracks. Tragedy was about to strike; the train was scheduled to come through town around 6:10 a.m. where it makes its stops in the summer.
The doors of the car were locked and Truffaut was not responding. Laboke knew he had to do something pounded his fists on the window, but never got a response.
The young man ran 100 yards to the police station where he reported the sighting. Janet Paradiso, a captain of the town’s police force, heard the call and immediately arrived at the scene.
“I knew there was no time, I had to do something,” said Paradiso.
Brian Paul, the chief of police in Old Orchard Beach, said that Paradiso rammed her police cruiser into Truffaut’s 1987 Cadillac to push it off the tracks.
Truffaut was listed in stable condition and admitted to being a diabetic when he arrived at Southern Maine Medical Center. “I don’t remember a thing,” said Truffaut.
The police report claims that Truffaut may have gone into insulin shock as he reached the railroad crossing causing him to go unconscious.
Through all of the chaos, Laboke reported to work on time and never mentioned anything about the incident to his boss, Charles Champaigne, who hired him about eight months ago. “It doesn’t surprise me at all. That young man is one of my most responsible employees. He’s just as great kid,” said Champaigne.
“I never thought about it. I just knew I couldn’t let that man get crushed by a train,” said Laboke.
Laboke may know Old Orchard Beach for its long beach, amusement park, and delicious French fries as many others do, but now he can remember it was a place where he saved a man’s life.
James Laboke was on his way to work at the Eezy Breezy Restaurant on East Grand Street in Old Orchard Beach, Maine when he discovered an unconscious body in the driver’s seat of a car.
The man in the car was 80-year-old Francois Truffaut, a tourist from Canada.
A little before 6:00 a.m. Laboke found the car stuck in the middle of train tracks. Tragedy was about to strike; the train was scheduled to come through town around 6:10 a.m. where it makes its stops in the summer.
The doors of the car were locked and Truffaut was not responding. Laboke knew he had to do something pounded his fists on the window, but never got a response.
The young man ran 100 yards to the police station where he reported the sighting. Janet Paradiso, a captain of the town’s police force, heard the call and immediately arrived at the scene.
“I knew there was no time, I had to do something,” said Paradiso.
Brian Paul, the chief of police in Old Orchard Beach, said that Paradiso rammed her police cruiser into Truffaut’s 1987 Cadillac to push it off the tracks.
Truffaut was listed in stable condition and admitted to being a diabetic when he arrived at Southern Maine Medical Center. “I don’t remember a thing,” said Truffaut.
The police report claims that Truffaut may have gone into insulin shock as he reached the railroad crossing causing him to go unconscious.
Through all of the chaos, Laboke reported to work on time and never mentioned anything about the incident to his boss, Charles Champaigne, who hired him about eight months ago. “It doesn’t surprise me at all. That young man is one of my most responsible employees. He’s just as great kid,” said Champaigne.
“I never thought about it. I just knew I couldn’t let that man get crushed by a train,” said Laboke.
Laboke may know Old Orchard Beach for its long beach, amusement park, and delicious French fries as many others do, but now he can remember it was a place where he saved a man’s life.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
NY Times 2/2-2/5
Monday: While reading in class, the article on radiation used to kill bacteria found in peanuts and spinach caught my attention. I love both peanuts and spanich, so I needed to know why consumers were so concerned.
Tuesday: A cannon and human bones were found in the English Channel from a 1744 shipwreck. It seems unfortunate that everything they found had to remain underwater.
Wednesday: It is controversial, but a miracle. Nadya Suleman, who already gave birth to six children, had eight more! There is question about whether or not this was an appropriate decision to make because she is a single mother and lives with her parents.
Thursday: A Nazi doctor, also known as Dr. Death, once performed operations on victims without using anesthesia. He was never captured and died in 1992, but his past is being discovered and new information leads investigators to believe that they know where Dr. Heim was hiding.
Tuesday: A cannon and human bones were found in the English Channel from a 1744 shipwreck. It seems unfortunate that everything they found had to remain underwater.
Wednesday: It is controversial, but a miracle. Nadya Suleman, who already gave birth to six children, had eight more! There is question about whether or not this was an appropriate decision to make because she is a single mother and lives with her parents.
Thursday: A Nazi doctor, also known as Dr. Death, once performed operations on victims without using anesthesia. He was never captured and died in 1992, but his past is being discovered and new information leads investigators to believe that they know where Dr. Heim was hiding.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Speeding Leads to Accident on Mile Hill Rd
Belmont, MA – It was a typical Monday evening on Mile Hill Rd until about 9 o’clock. Three young females were on the verge of meeting a tragic destiny until help arrived.
Mile Hill Rd has no streetlights. This should have been an automatic red flag as Jamie Peterson and two other passengers drove down the dirt road.
Fortunately, Josie M. Crandall, a resident of Mile Hill Rd. , called for help as soon as she witnessed the accident as she looked out of her window.
Crandall said, “I’ve never seen a car going so fast on this road. It’s a dirt road, and it’s really easy to lose control.” Crandall was not the only one to watch the disaster; Tom Carroll, a seventeen year old, happened to be driving down the road simultaneously.
Carroll was the first on the scene. He reported to police that he had been driving behind the white Mustang. He noticed that the car began to pick up speed rapidly as they attempted to make their way around a windy curve. Within seconds, the Mustang was upside down.
Leiutenant Judith Barkus , of the Belmont Police Department, revealed that Jamie Peterson was the driver, but the two other females are unknown. Carroll reported to the police that he found three empty Budweiser beer cans under the car.
Carroll was horrified by what he had just seen. “I thought the worst. They were flying.”
Somehow, Peterson managed to crawl out of the car with no assistance while the jaws of life had to rescue the other two girls.
After 45 minutes of finally releasing them from the vehicle, they were taken to the Memorial Hospital in Belmont. One was left in stable condition while the other victim was airlifted to Mass. General Hospital in Boston.
“It’s hard to see kids your age in something like this. You realize when you see it what could happen, especially on this road,” said Carroll.
About eleven years ago on December 24, 1998, two people were killed in an accident on the same spot on Mile Hill Rd. All it takes is one bad “bump in the road” to change someone’s life and others.
Mile Hill Rd has no streetlights. This should have been an automatic red flag as Jamie Peterson and two other passengers drove down the dirt road.
Fortunately, Josie M. Crandall, a resident of Mile Hill Rd. , called for help as soon as she witnessed the accident as she looked out of her window.
Crandall said, “I’ve never seen a car going so fast on this road. It’s a dirt road, and it’s really easy to lose control.” Crandall was not the only one to watch the disaster; Tom Carroll, a seventeen year old, happened to be driving down the road simultaneously.
Carroll was the first on the scene. He reported to police that he had been driving behind the white Mustang. He noticed that the car began to pick up speed rapidly as they attempted to make their way around a windy curve. Within seconds, the Mustang was upside down.
Leiutenant Judith Barkus , of the Belmont Police Department, revealed that Jamie Peterson was the driver, but the two other females are unknown. Carroll reported to the police that he found three empty Budweiser beer cans under the car.
Carroll was horrified by what he had just seen. “I thought the worst. They were flying.”
Somehow, Peterson managed to crawl out of the car with no assistance while the jaws of life had to rescue the other two girls.
After 45 minutes of finally releasing them from the vehicle, they were taken to the Memorial Hospital in Belmont. One was left in stable condition while the other victim was airlifted to Mass. General Hospital in Boston.
“It’s hard to see kids your age in something like this. You realize when you see it what could happen, especially on this road,” said Carroll.
About eleven years ago on December 24, 1998, two people were killed in an accident on the same spot on Mile Hill Rd. All it takes is one bad “bump in the road” to change someone’s life and others.
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