Mosquito Bites

Today from a website which you can find at this link http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574378933761528214.html?mod=yhoofront tells people why mosquitos tend to be more attracted to a certain person than another person. Mosquitos are attracted to certain odors and chemicals. The people that unattract mosquitos have chemicals or odors that mosquitos don't like so they get repelled. Mosquitos also give a lot of disease each year. It is about hundreds of millions of people. About 500 million people get malaria globally and about 1 million plus people die from malaria. The best repellent for mosquitos is DEET.

popcorn

Popcorn is a type of corn that is puffed up when heated. It tastes great with butter but it's not very good for you so you should eat once a week. It was popular during the Great Depression in the U.S. Popcorn is used mostly in movie theaters. Popcorn was about 5 to 10 cents during the Great Depression. Popcorn was created by Native Americans. Some tribes believed the poppinig noise was an angry god. That's all the information I got off of popcorn.

today is normal day for me

I walk to Will's house so his parents can send me to school. Then I go through my classes and learn stuff. Then I come home and do my homework. Then I have to go to soccer and thats pretty much my day.

school

Today I had school as usual because its a weekday and there are no holidays yet. I went to my usual classes. I had a review in math because I knew what exponents were already from last year. I had lunch after 4th period which was PE. Today was picture day for the 8th graders and I also got my ID card for school.That's pretty much what happened in school today.

soccer practice

Today I had soccer practice. It was fun and tough. We started by telling our goals for this year. Then we went straight to warming up and stretching so we don't pull a muscle or get hurt. After that the coach split the soccer team into 3 groups of 5 into each station. The stations were headers, passing, and aimed passing. We did that for like about an hour. Then it was attackers vs defenders. In the end, the defenders won.

First day of school

Today August 10 was my first day of school. I just said hi to all my friends. After that I had to go to my classes. All the classes were explaining what the expectation and rules are. It was a boring school day. I bought pizza for lunch. Lunch was $2.75. The teachers didn't teach anything yet. I didn't get any homework. All I have to do is Kumon. I'm going to have soccer today. It's probably going to be fun.

activities for 8/6

Today I did the normal morning routine which is wake up, brush teeth, and eat breakfast. After that uncle Toss picked us up to send us to Broadstone. We used the ball machine there for about an hour. Then we ate noodles for lunch. Then we went to the driving range for golf. I learned how to hit the golf ball but not very well. After the driving range, we went to put and had a contest to see who could make it in with the least amount of shots. In the end, no one kept score but most likely uncle Toss beat Shayn and me. That was what I did for today.

Activities for 8/5

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. After that I watched tv until uncle Toss came to pick Shayn and I up. Uncle Toss took Shayn and I to his house. We cleaned his house like wiping the floor. Cleaning the backyard and stuff. Then I cooked roti and curry for lunch. It was delicious.
Ten minutes after we were done with lunch, we went to play tennis. We played tennis for about half an hour to one hour. After that we went for a swim and that's all I did for today.

Activity for 8/4/09

Today I woke up and ate cereal for breakfast. Then uncle Toss wanted shayn and I to jog 3 miles nearby our house. Uncle Toss was on a bicycle and Shayn and I were jogging. After than I reserved the ball machine for 11 o'clock. When it reached 11, uncle Toss drove me to Broadstone Raquet Club. Shayn didn't come because he didn't want to. We used the ball machine until 12 o'clock and came back home to get Shayn. Once we got Shayn, uncle Toss drove to his house so he could cook. We ate eggs, sasuage, and toast. Played on the computer and watched tv. Most of all showered. lol. That was pretty much what I did for today.

Malaysia

Today I made it to Malaysia. My uncle drove me from the airort to my grandma's house. We went for lunch before we made it to my grandma's house. We ate dim sum. When I came back to the house, I needed to take a shower because my grandma was scared that I had swine flu and didn't want it to spread to my younger cousins. I played a little bit on the ps2. I caught up with my kumon. That's pretty much what I did today.

Apples

The apple is the fruit of the apple tree. It is one of the most widely used tree fruits. The tree is small. It reaches to about 3 to 12 meters tall. The leaves are simple ovals 5 to 12 cm long and 3 to 6 centimeters. Blossoms are produced in spring. It is with the budding of the leaves. The flowers are white with a pink color that fades. It is also five petaled and about 2.5 to 3.5 centimetres in diameter. The fruit matures in autumn. It is normally 5 to 9 centimetres diameter. The tree originated from Central Asia. Its wild ancestor is still found today. There are more than 7,500 known apples. This results in a range of characteristics. At least 55 million tons of apples were grown worldwide in 2005. This is a value of about $10 billion. China produced about 35% of this total. The United States is the second leading producer with more than 7.5% of the world production. Turkey, France, Italy, and Iran are also part of the leading apple exporters. It seems that apple is a very poplular fruit. I couldn't find which country was the number one producer of apples.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is an good nutrient for humans. It is also good for a large number of primate species, a small number of other mamalian species, a few species of birds, and some fish. Ascorbate is an ion of ascorbic acid is required for a range of important reactions in all animals and plants. It is made up by almost all organisms. Human beings are an exception. It is widely known that a deficiency in this vitamin causes scurvy in humans. It is also widely used as a food. In living organisms, ascorbate is an antioxidant. Since it protects the body against stress. Scurvy has been known since ancient times. People in many parts of the world thought it was caused by a lack of fresh plant foods. The British Navy started giving sailors lime juice to prevent scurvy in 1795. Ascorbic acid was finally destroyed by 1933. The uses and recommended daily intake of vitamin C are matters of going debate. A recent analysis of 68 antioxidant supplementation experiments involving a total of 232,606 individuals. This analysis concluded that consuming additional ascorbate from supplements may not be as beneficial as thought. Vitamin C might not be good for people.

Space Landing Delay

Thunderstorms are making space shuttle Atlantis in orbit an extra day Friday. This is giving the crew unwanted time as they aimed for a landing the next day. They passed up two opportunities to land Friday at Kennedy Space Center., Mission Control thanked the seven astronauts for their patience. We know you looked at it hard. That's what commander Scott Altman said. He also said a little later we're enjoying the view. The astronauts made successful repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope's instruments. They're plan was to spend part of their day off watching DVDs. When they tried to play the movies, they found out that their laptops didn't have the proper software. Engineers on the ground tried to troubleshoot the problem. The astronauts gave up after more than an hour of trying. We'll be home tomorrow said from optimistic astronaut John Grunsfeld that radioed to Earth. He also said we'll go to the movie theater and that will be our consolation. I feel bad that they have to spend another day in space with nothing to do. It was bad luck for them to have thunderstorms. This is all the information I found out about the delay.

NASA Moon Mission

NASA on Thursday said it was on target for a June mission to go on the Moon's surface for landing sites. The water that would allow humans to work and even live on Earth's nearest neighbor. The space agency hopes to launch a dual craft in June. This is part of which would survey the Moon's surface from orbit. Another unit goes into the lunar surface in search for water. We had the original target of providing information back for being able to safely return to the Moon for exploration. That's what Mike Wargo said. He is a NASA's chief lunar scientist.
The mission will focus on the lunar poles. THe people are hoping to confirm reports of hydrogen water ice. The water-ice is not found at the equatorial regions that where famously explored by humans in the last century.It is scheduled to lift-off and strapped to an Atlas V rocket. This is from Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 17. One of the we are looking for is the potential of water ice at the lunar polar regions in these really mysterious permanently shadowed regions. That's what Wargo said. This is all the information I could find.

Car Bomb

Today there was a car bomb that killed 41 people. This bomb also injured over 70 people. This car bomb exploded on Wednesday. No group claimed responsibility for the car bomb. The style and location of the attack points that it was carried out by Sunni extremists. Al-Qaida in Iraq is an example of a Sunni extremists. The blast appeared timed for maximum civilian casualties. The bomb went off about 7 p.m. when many Baghdad residents take advantage of cooler evening temperatures for shopping and dining in outdoor kebab restaurants. It was the first major car bombing in the capital since May 6, when 15 people were killed at a produce market in south Baghdad. The deadliest in the city was when twin car bombs blasts. This car bomb killed 51 people in another Shiite neighborhood Sadr City on April 29. Nearly 200 people were killed in major bombings in Baghdad alone last month. This was mostly against Shiite targets. That has raised concern about security in the capital. This was ahead of a June 30 deadline for the U.S. to remove all combat forces from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. Police said the blast happened in Shula. Shula is a neighborhood which had been a stronghold of Shiite militias including the Mahdi Army during the height of sectarian fighting two years ago. Witnesses said the blast occurred about 300 yards from an Iraqi security forces checkpoint. Police and hospital officials said 41 people were killed and 76 wounded. This is all I know.

My Speech

Hello my name is Shawn Voon and I did my persuasive speech on littering. I am for littering to be illegal everywhere. There are many reasons why littering is bad. Littering is bad because money is being used to clean up the litter, litter can be harmful, and it isn’t being stopped.
My first reason is that money is being used to clean up litter. People that would argue this reason would say how can litter waste the government’s money. In fact, they don’t know that the government pays an annual cost of one hundred fifteen million dollars for roadside litter control nationwide. Litter is also a cause to a large economic loss towards a country. In the U.S.A, According to the National Fire Protection Association, cigarettes that created fires result in $400 million in direct property damage each year. This adds more money for the government to pay because of littering.
The second reason is that littering is harmful. A counterargument for this would be that littering couldn’t hurt anybody because it’s just trash. According to the National Fire Protection Association, cigarettes that created fires result in more than 1,000 civilian deaths and 3,000 critical injuries. Littering can also harm small animals and their ecosystems. The small animals could get stuck in small jars or bottles. Rats are drawn to litter and they carry a lot of disease that make people ill. The disease could kill people making littering harmful. Every year over five thousand birds, fish and, other animals die from litter. These facts conclude that litter may be just trash but it can injure or kill living things that didn’t deserve to be killed by a bad choice people made.
My final reason is that littering isn’t being stopped. Someone that would argue this reason would say that littering can be stopped. It isn’t being stopped because people are started to get lazy as technology advances. A couple more reasons why littering isn’t being stopped is because most people don’t care, they have no sense of pride, or lack of consequence in their actions. Statistics show at least 80% of people that smoke litter because there is no ash tray, they are to lazy, or there are no garbage cans around. Statistics also show that there are about a million of people littering every day. An expert opinion from the Green Eco Services say that littering can be stopped, and there is no reason to litter in the first place.

In conclusion, I am for littering to be illegal everywhere because it’s spending a lot of money to fix, harmful to plants and animals, and it’s is not stopping. People can stop littering and it’s the little choices we make that make a big impact on the world. Once again, I’m Shawn Voon and I hope you enjoyed my speech.

Finished Repair on Hubble

Today I learned that the Hubble was finished with its repair. Spacewalking astronauts completed repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday. This was leaving it more powerful than ever and able to see deeper into the cosmos. This is almost to the end of creation. The last humans to lay hands on Hubble outfitted the observatory. They were with another set of new batteries. They also had a new sensor for pointing and protective covers. That equipment along with other improvements made over the last five days should allow the telescope to make good views of the universe for another five to 10 years. This is a very important moment in human history. That's what Hubble senior project scientist David Leckrone said in Houston. He also said we will rewrite the textbooks at least one more time. It was the fifth and final spacewalk for the shuttle Atlantis crew. It was also the final visit by astronauts ever to Hubble. The spacewalk was going to finish. I am glad that nobody got hurt on this spacewalk because there was a lot of debris that could have made it very difficult and dangerous to repair the Hubble.

Littering

Today I learned that littering has a lot of damaging effects. One of the effects are that it costs a lot of money. It costs a lot of money because the government has to pay someone to clean up the litter. The government has to pay around 115 million dollars every year to clean up the litter. There is about 59% of paper that is littered every day. There is 6% for cans. Thirteen for random things. I don't remember the rest. n That is a lot of money that can be used for other things like charity. There are also fires started from littering and the damage has to be paid so that adds more money caused by littering. Another effect is that it is very harmful. Littering can kill animals because small animals can get stuck in jars and starve to death. Birds can get caught in plastic. We can stop littering now. It's a choice to litter. There's is nothing that says that you have to litter in this world. Humans can get ill from rats that are attracted to the litter. There are probably 1 million people littering every day and thousands littering every 1o minutes. In conclusion, there are a lot of bad things about littering and people can stop littering. Littering is illegal in most places but people still do it. Littering should be more enforced.

5/16 Tennis Lessons

Today I had tennis lessons from Coach Doug. My mom drove me to Broadstone Raquet Club a little bit early. I went to the tennis court where my lesson was and I warmed up. Then Coach Doug came and I had to run my 3 laps and jump rope as usual. He said that I had very good movement. He noticed a problem in my swing which usually happens when I have to run to the tennis ball. He helped me fix the problem but it still happens occasionally. Then I did a couple of serves at the end of the lesson.

Tijuana Killings

The death of four young Americans in Tijuana made fear in Southern California. This happened today and Mexican prosecutors tried to decide whether the youths were involved in the country's violent drug trade or innocent victims of a brutal crime. The victims were two men and two women in their teens and early 20. They said they were headed for a night of partying across the border only to be found strangled, stabbed and beaten a few days later. Mexican officials are investigating whether any of the four San Diego area victims had ties to the drug trade. This was after a toxicology report tested positive for cocaine on the body of Brianna Hernandez. She was either 18 or 19. Another victim was Oscar Jorge Garcia. He was about 23 years old. He was in the San Diego area in January 2008 with six illegal immigrants in the car. It was never charged. This is all the information I could find.

British Explorers

British explorers in northern Canada went to measure the thickness of floating Arctic sea ice. They ended their expedition short of reaching the North Pole due to an early summer ice melt. That's what the team said on Thursday. Explorers Pen Hadow, Ann Daniel, and Martin Hartley had planned a three month journey to the North Pole. It ended their trek Wednesday, approximately 304 miles from their destination. That's what Hadow siad. The trio stopped after 73 days. They measured the thickness of floating sea ice to provide data to scientists studying the impact of global warming in the region. This year, the summer melt came a little early. That's what Hadow said during a Webcast conference from Resolute Bay in northern Canada. We would have rather reached the Pole if we could have, but we've always regarded as the cherry on the cake. He also said that. Information the team gathers could make a better understanding of global warming. This is believed to be the main enemy in the rapidly melting polar ice cap that is freeing up new sea routes and untapped mineral resources on the ocean bottom. This is all the information I could find on this subject.

Attack on Sri Lanka war zone hospital

Artillery shells went through a hospital with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday. This event killed at least 50 people. They forced the medical staff to huddle in bunkers for safety. That's what the doctors said. Health workers at the makeshift medical facility said they were so impressed by the crush of the wounded and the unrelenting shelling of the area they could do little but give gauze and bandages to the roughly 1,000 patients waiting for treatment. The strike on the hospital came as the government marched on with its offensive to destroy the Tamil Tiger rebels. It is also to end their quarter decade quest for a separate homeland. There has been a wave of artillery bombardments across the war zone. Itbegan over the weekend and has barely let up in five days. That's what the health workers said. The weekend attacks alone may have killed as many as 1,000 people. That's what doctors said. The government said its troops are not responsible for the shelling . They also said that the military has not fired heavy weapons in the area in weeks. This is all the information I could find.

Space Junk on Hubble Mission

Space shuttle Atlantis is now in a rough orbital neighborhood. It is a place littered with thousands of pieces of space junk going around the Earth at nearly 20,000 mph. There are more pieces of shattered satellites and used up rockets in this region than astronauts have ever met. The crew must be there for more than a week to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. As soon as the job is complete, the shuttle will go back to safety. The telescope orbits about 350 miles above Earth. It is a far dirtier place than where shuttles normally fly. All those tiny junk raise the constant threat of a potentially fatal collision. It's a riskier environment when we go to this altitude. That's what safety chief Bryan O'Connor said. Hubble was too dangerous because flying to the telescope is climbing to a different orbit than the international space station. That means the shuttle cannot use the outpost as a safe harbor in an emergency.NASA now puts the risk for a collision with junk during the mission at 1 in 229. It's greater than flights to the space station but lower than the agency's initial estimates. This is all I could find out and I wonder if the people will suceed in their mission.

Repairing Hubble

Atlantis blasted off Monday for the Hubble Space Telescope on the most delicate and dangerous repair job ever in orbit. This is a mission so dangerous that for the first time a second shuttle stands ready to rescue the seven astronauts if something goes wrong. It will be the last visit to the aging observatory. The work will include five spacewalks in a high orbit strewn with space junk. The astronauts will try to fix equipment that was never designed to be fixed with in space. They will not have a choice of using the international space station as a safe harbor in a crisis. The improvements will extend the life of one of the space program's proudest achievements. I have full confidence that they'll pull off a success and if they do, we'll have a Hubble for at least five, six, eight years more. That's what Ed Weiler said. He is NASA's science mission chief. The crew will replace Hubble's batteries and gyroscopes. They will also install two cameras and try fixing two broken science instruments. Mission Control wasted no time informing the astronauts that an early look at the launch video had uncovered nothing of concern. Some debris was spotted coming off the fuel tank. There is nothing that appeared to strike Atlantis. This is all I found out and I think it's very interesting.

Best and Worst paying jobs

It's better to be a doctor than a dicer. Food preparation and serving remains the nation's lowest paid job. The medical field still offers the nine best paid jobs in the U.S. The U.S. government's newly released Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates was based on 2008 data. The surgeon makes an average of $206,770 a year. That puts surgeons above anesthesiologists to have the best paying job in the country. Internists now earn a bit more than prosthodontists. Prosthodontists are people who make and fit false teeth. The top 10 jobs rank the same as a year ago. The biggest change is a nearly $10,000 a year drop in pay for natural sciences managers. They are people who run labs and research facilities. The 25 best and 25 worst-paying jobs hasn't changed much. The best paying 25 jobs are all the same as last year with some minor rearrangements. The worst paying one job fell off the list Agriculture graders and sorters now make enough to rank as the 26th worst paid job in America. Postal workers and models will be happy to know that their average annual pay increased more than anyone else's. Postal workers make 23.2% more than a year ago. This brings them up to an annual salary of $54,550. Models didn't make nearly as much to begin with. Now they're up 20.4% to $30,160 a year. This is all I found out.

5/9 Tennis Lesson

Today I had a tennis lesson with Coach Doug. Uncle Toss drove me and Shayn to Broadstone. When I got there, I went in and showed the person in the front desk my card. After that I walked to the court where the lesson was being held at. I started off by running 3 laps around the court. Then I had to jumprope and he told me that I improved on it. Then he gave me some feeds to my forehand and he saw that I didn't put my racket in the right position. I fixed the problem and we continued the lesson. Then he noticed that after I hit each ball I just stood still. He said that we were going to work on it next week. That's all I learned today from this tennis lesson.

Turtle

Paleontologists say a 75-million-year-old turtle fossil was found in southern Utah. This fossil has a clutch of eggs inside it. This is making it the first prehistoric pregnant turtle found in the United States. At least three eggs are visible from the outside of the fossil. Montana State University researchers this week have been studying images taken from a CT scan in search of others inside. A Montana State graduate student is Michael Knell. He says the turtle was probably about a week from laying her eggs when she died and became fossilized for millions of years in sandstone. The fossil was found in 2006 in a remote part of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The eggs weren't discovered until after it sat in storage for two years and was being examined by a volunteer. This is all I could find and it's kind of weird there were eggs found with the fossil.

Hubble

The Hubble Space Telescope is about to get one last call. The risks have never been higher.
On Monday, astronauts will rocket away to the most famous telescope of modern times. They'll be taking up new scientific instruments. It is replacement parts for broken cameras and fresh batteries that should keep Hubble running for 5 to 10 years. This cosmic scale grand finale has stalled seven months by a telescope breakdown . It will be NASA's most daring mission yet of the 19 year old orbiting observatory. The observatory is very captivating. It also has twinkling jewel in the sky representing $10 billion of investment. It never happened before for spacewalking astronauts trying to fix dead science instruments on the Hubble. The equipment that was never meant to be handled in orbit. Before they've just traded out the whole thing at the telescope. Five spacewalks will be performed in as many days by two repair teams. Two of the repairmen have visited Hubble before. This is they were chosen for this difficult job on a par with operating room surgery. Hubble needs a hug. That's what the chief repairman said. He is John Grunsfeld. He will be making his third trip to the telescope. Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven will face danger from space junk. This is because of Hubble's high and littered orbit 350 miles up. They will need someone to come and get them fast if their ship gets serious damage during launch or later in flight. They will not have the luxury of camping out at the international space station while awaiting rescue. The space station will be in another orbit and impossible to reach.

Pika

A tiny mammal that can't handle warm weather could become the first animal in the lower 48 states to get Endangered Species Act protection. This is mainly because of climate change.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are responding to a petition from environmentalists. It will launch in a review of the American pika. It will also enter findings by Feb. 1, 2010. The agency agreed that there's a lot of information showing that climate change may threaten the pika's habitat and range. The service knows that climate change is real. It is the biggest conservation challenge of our time. That's what Diane Katzenberger said. She is a Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman in Denver. The pika is a furry big eared relative of the rabbit. It lives mostly in rocky mountain slopes in 10 Western states. It is well suited for alpine conditions. Even brief exposure to temperatures of 78 degrees or warmer can cause death for these small animals that's why they could become the first animal in the lower 48 states to get Endagered Species Act Protection. I think that this is sad for the pika because they can die so easily.

Swine Flu

Mexico began to get out from its swine flu isolation. It tried to get its business Tuesday. Vendors once again showing their goods andthe familiar noise of busy traffic and music. There were still signs of the virus that set off world health alarms. A Texas woman who lived near the Rio Grande was confirmed as the 28th person to die from the virus. Across Mexico people were happily predicting this week's reopening of businesses, restaurants, schools and parks, after a five days. We have a lot of confidence nothing is going to happen. That's what Irineo Moreno Gonzales said. He is 54 and a security guard. On Tuesday he limited takeout customers to four at a time at a usually crowded downtown Starbucks. He also said Mexicans have the same spirit we've always had. We're ready to move forward. The Texas woman was the second to die of swine flu in the U.S. She didn't live far from the Mexico border. She also had medical conditions. The toddler also who died of swine flu last week during a visit to Houston, Texas. That's what health officials said. Her death raises the epidemic's global toll to 28. This disease seems to be going away and that's good.

US helps lower climate warming gases

The Obama administration called hydrofluorocarbons is used a lot in refrigerators and air conditioner. This is very significant to the threat of climate change Monday. A senior State Department official stopped short of buying a formal proposal last week. It was by the two small island nations of Micronesia and Mauritius. It was to alter the ozone treaty known as the Montreal Protocol by cutting HFCs by 90 percent by 2030. The treaty tells the use of HFCs is a class of powerful greenhouse gases. This has something to do with CFCs. CFCs have now been destroyed. HFCs do not harm the ozone layer. They are potent greenhouse gases. They are up to 10,000 times more so than carbon dioxide. Micronesia and Mauritius wanted to include an HFCs phase out in the ozone treaties conversation planned for November. They are calling it a matter of survival. The survival is for their island inhabitants as sea levels rise. The deadline for making such a deal was this week. The idea ran into some resistance in the White House. This was during a year when the administration was considering all its negotiating chips. This was for the successor to the Kyoto climate treaty that will expires in 2012. This is good news.

Swine Flu in Europe

The swine flu has spread deeper into the United States. It also has spread deeper into Europe and Latin America. Mexico's health chief said that Sunday could be time to reopen businesses and schools in the nation. This where the outbreak likely began. The virus spread to Colombia in the first case in South America. A flu season is about to begin in the Southern Hemisphere. More cases were confirmed in Europe and North America. The World Health Organization said at least 787 people have been sickened worldwide. Dr. Richard Besser is acting chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He said that the swine flu is spreading just as easily as regular winter flu. This is with 226 cases in 30 U.S. states. The good news is that we're not seeing some of the things in the virus that have been associated in the past. The past virus was a more damaging flu. That's what Besser said. I's encouraging but it doesn't mean that we're safe. Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said the virus has killed 19 people in Mexico. It also sickened at least 506 people. This is apparently peaked here between April 23 and April 28. There is a bad nationwide shutdown. It appears to have helped prevent the outbreak from becoming more serious. The swine flu seems to be spreading faster and that's bad.

Gunman

A gunman was wearing an Iraqi army uniform. The gunman opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday. The guman killed two American soldiers and injured three others. This was at a combat outpost in northern Iraq. That's what the military said. A military statement said the attacker was killed after the ambush 12 miles of Mosul. This is one of the last urban strongholds for Sunni insurgents. In the past, attackers have used military and police uniforms to pass checkpoints. They also went to heavily guarded bases. Iraqi military officials said the gunman was an Iraqi soldier who also served as a Sunni Muslim preacher for an army unit. The officials spoke on condition because they didn't have permission to speak to the media. The attack will likely make more worries about militant attack in Iraqi. It also could be one of the obvious cases of a member of Iraq's security. The Iraq's security forces was targeting U.S. troops. On Feb. 24, two Iraqi police officers in Mosul opened fire. This was on a visiting U.S. military team. The U.S. military team killed one American soldier and an interpreter. The gunmen is not found. It's kind of sad that the gunman killed two American soldiers for no reason.

Fungus

The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines. They are closing the caves and mines in national forests. These forests are in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus. This fungus has already killed about 500,000 bats. Bats have been dying very quickly.The problem was first spotted in New York. Within two years this fungus has spread to caves in West Virginia and Virginia. There's no evidence the fungus is harmful to people. Researchers believe the fungus is spread from bat to bat. They have not ruled out the possibility that humans that walk from cave to cave might help to transmit the fungus on their shoes and equipment. A second order covering the Forest Service's 13-state Southern region should be issued later this month. The sites will be closed for up to a year. The orders follow a March request by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for people to voluntarily stay out of caves in 17 states. Biologists are concerned the fungus could kill endangered Indiana, Virginia, and Ozark big-eared and gray bats. This fungus is deadly if it killed that many bats already. This was the new thing that I learned.

Genetic Variation

Africans have more genetic variation than anyone else on Earth. This is from a new study that helps lower the location where humans first evolved. It was probably near the South Africa Namibia border. The largest study of African genetics were undertaken. They also found that nearly three fourths of African-Americans can trace their ancestry to West Africa. The new study was published Thursday in the online edition of the journal Science. Given the fact that modern humans arose in Africa, they have had time to accumulate dramatic changes in their genes. That's what Sarah Tishkoff said. She is a geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania. People have been adapting to the environment in Africa. Over 10 years, she and an international team of researchers went to Africa finding samples. The samples were supposed to be used to compare the genes of various people. There is an estimated 2,000 distinct language groups in Africa. It was broken into a few categories. This was often but not always following gene flow. Movement of a language is usually from arrival of new people. I learned gentic variation at school but I didn't know that Africans have the most gentic variation on Earth.

5 diseases from animals

There are 5 deadly disease that come from animals. One of them was from gorillas and it was called the crabs. Another one was an insane mind parasite. The parasite infected the brains of more than half the human population. This is including about 50 million Americans. It is thought to increase the risk of neuroticism and may cause schizophrenia. Its primary host is house cats. You can get it from cat feces. Symptoms in humans are like a flu. This bug never goes away. Some scientists think it has change human behavior enough to shape entire cultures. A third one is HIV/AIDS. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. It came from chimps and other primates. It was thought to have first infected humans at least a century ago. At the end of 2007, there was about 33 million people had HIV. This is including about 2.7 million new cases for the year. There is about 2 million that die. Two thirds of HIV infections are in Saharan Africa. The fourth one is the black death. This disease was carried from rodents. The Yersinia Pestis lived on the rodent and had the disease. That's how it spread and killed millions of people. The last one is swine flu. Swine can also be said as influenza oandemic. The 1918 influenza pandemic went through the world within months. This disease killed about 50 million people. This was more than any other illness in recorded history. One-fifth of the world's population was infected. It struck more than 25 percent of U.S. residents. I learned this today.

Cloning

South Korean scientists say they have made four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques. That could possibly help develop cures for human diseases. The four dogs are all named Ruppy. The name is a combination of the words ruby and puppy. The dogs look like typical beagles by daylight. The dogs glow red under ultraviolet light. The dogs' nails and abdomens have thin skins and look red. You can see it with your eyes. A Seoul National University professor is Lee Byeong-chun. He is head of the research team. The team called them the world's first transgenic dogs carrying fluorescent genes. This an achievement that goes beyond just the glowing discovery. The important part was that they put genes into the dogs. Scientists in the U.S., Japan and in Europe previously have cloned fluorescent mice and pigs. This would be the first time dogs with modified genes have been cloned successfully. That's what Lee said. He said his team took skin cells from a beagle. The team inserted fluorescent genes into them and put them into eggs. Six female beagles were born in December 2007 through a cloning with a gene that produces a red fluorescent light. Two died but the four others survived. This is very interesting.

Asia will have a climate change

Southeast Asia will have a climate change. The Asian Development Bank study focused on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Those countries are vulnerable because they have large coastal populations facing rising sea levels. They also rely heavily on rice and other products. This could suffer from water shortages as well as floods. Vietnam was found to be the most vulnerable. If nothing is done to combat global warming, the report said that by 2100 the four Asian countries would see temperatures rise an average of 8.6 Fahrenheit. That's very bad. They would also likely drop in rainfall leading to droughts and more forest fires. This is more destructive than tropical storms and flooding from rising seas. This could displace millions of people and lead to the destruction of 965 square miles. Governments are working to lay the groundwork ahead of a U.N. conference in December. This is in Copenhagen that will try to draft an agreement on regulating carbon emissions. It would replace the 1998 Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012. The key for Southeast Asia would be protecting its remaining tropical forests which have fallen victim in recent years to widespread illegal logging and the expansion of palm oil plantations. This is very bad. The people would have to leave the country or die. I hope they stop global warming.

Swine Flu

Swine flu is usually in pigs and the people that have it are usually had touched or made contact with a pig. Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu this Sunday. The global health officials thought about whether to raise the global pandemic alert. Nations from New Zealand to Spain also reported suspected cases. There are also some citizens that were warned not to travel to North America. Dr. Robert Strang is a Nova Scotia's chief public health officer and he said that the east coast Canadian province had confirmed cases of swine flu. This swine flu was in students ranging in age from 12 to 17 or 18. They are all recovering and that's what he said. A senior World Health Organization official said the agency's emergency committee will meet for a second time Tuesday. They are meeting to examine the full potential of the virus. The same strain of the A/H1N1 swine flu virus has been found in several locations. They were found in Mexico and the United States. It also appears to be spreading directly from human to human. That's what Keiji Fukuda said. Keiji Fukuda is an assistant director general in charge of health security. This is a new thing I learned and I never knew there was a disease like that.

Drilling

Should people drill or not to drill for new oil and gas. That was the issue that had an argument on Friday. This argument was between young people and many of the older people. They were at the United Nations affiliated Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change. There was a five day summit that ended on Friday. It ended with Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann. He is the president of the United Nations General Assembly. There were hours of argument. The document says people are deeply alarmed by the accelerating climate devastation brought about by unsustainable development. The final document contains two options.
One calls for the moratorium where supported by certain people. The other says people would look in the use of fossil fuels. At the same time, respecting the rights of the certain people to develop their resources. Youth arguerswere pushing for the total moratorium. They had thought about entering another declaration to the Denmark conference. They couldn't get a moratorium. A difference of opinion was to be expected. It was expected when nearly 400 people from 80 nations are brought together to talk about the climate change. This is all I know and I hope they do drill because we will have more oil and gas.

Drinking water while eating

Today I found out that drinking water while you are eating is a bad thing. It's a bad thing because the water dilutes the stomach acids. The diluted stomach acid makes digestive problems. It could lead to not obsorbing all the nutrients from the food. People say that drinking water while you eat helps you break down your food but they are lies. You should drink water 10-15 minutes after you eat. That's all I found out and this is something new I learned.

Police could not charge a father

Today an Indian police would not charge the father of a child star in the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire. The police ended their investigation into what the father tried to sell his 9-year-old girl to a reporter. Rubina Ali's estranged mother is Khurshid Monish Dewade. She filed a complaint against the girl's father on Sunday. This was after the British tabloid News. They World reported that he offered to give Ali up for adoption in exchange for $400,000. That's what the police said. The newspaper owned by News International Ltd. is the main British subsidiary of News Corp.It is also owned by Slumdog person Fox Searchlight Pictures. He said the deal was offered to one of its reporters. The newspaper issued a statement Thursday saying it stands by its story. This story complicated the lives of the families of the child stars. Officers looked for them at the Leela. The Leela is a five-star hotel where the report said they met Qureshi but they had already left. That's what Shaikh said. Police traced two mobile phone numbers the trio gave the hotel to local Vodafone SIM cards. These were activated on April 16 and deactivated on April 19. This was very stupid but I learned something new.

Fossil found

There was an otter-like fossil found and I don't know when it was found. Scientists say they've found a link in the early evolution of seals and walruses. The skeleton of an otter-like creature that was evolving away from a life on land. Those feet features show an early step on the way to developing flippers and other adaptations for a life in the seas. That's what scientists said. The creature is 23 million-year-old. The creature was not an ancestor of today's seals. Not sea lions and walruses either. It's from a different branch. It does show what an early direct ancestor looked like. That's what researcher Natalia Rybczynski said. The fossil was found on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. The notion that the far north was an early center of pinniped evolution. That's what she said. Rybczynski is a researcher at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. Colleagues from the United States report the find in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. They named the creature Puijila darwini. That combines a word for young sea mammal. Annalisa Berta is a biology professor at San Diego State University who wasn't involved in the work but welcomed the find. I thought that this was an interesting subject and I think it was kind of cool.

Sunglasses and Diseases for not wearing them

Sunglasses are a visual aid. The lens are darkened to prevent strong light from reaching the eyes. Many people find sunlight too bright to be comfortable. During outdoor activities, the human eye can get more light than usual. Healthcare professionals recommend eye protection. They recommend it whenever you go outside to protect the eyes from ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet radiation can lead to the start of a cataract. Cataract is a disease where the light can't go through your eyes. Sunglasses have been used by celebrities and actors. People think they are used from a desire to hide or mask their identity. Since the 1940s, sunglasses have been popular as a fashion accessory. It is used mostly at the beach. Presbyopia is another disease and it makes you lose your vision to see near objects. Basal cell carcinoma is a common cancer which usually grows on the top of the eyelid. It is associated with sunlight exposure. Pteryquim is the last eye disease I know. It is common on the surface of the eye that is exposed to the sun. This disease spreads to the front of the eye and it require surgery to move it. This surgery needs to be repeated because the disease comes back. This is all I know and it is very interesting.

Kidnapped 2 Aid Workers

Today, there were somewhere around twenty five gunmen that had machine guns who kidnapped two European aid workers in Somalia. Michel Peremans is a spokesman for the Belgian chapter of Medecins Sans Frontieres. He made sure that a Dutch and a Belgian staff member of his agency were missing in the region. This is where the attack occurred. There were a couple of security reasons. He didn't answer to whether they had been taken hostage. There was a witness who is Abdirahman Isaq. Abdiranhman was somewhere when it was stopped. It traveled between Radhure village and the town of Wajid in central Somalia. The group of kidnappers had cloth wrapped around their faces. Isaq said other clan elders had told him the two had made radio contact with their base in Somalia to confirm the kidnapping. The two were working in Bakool. Bakool is a central region near the Ethiopian border and far from the coastline where Somalia's pirate gangs are based.The capture of aid workers has long been a common problem in Somalia. This capture often made kidnappers get more money from ransoms. There is no proof that kidnappings are linked to a piracy off Somalia. The ransoms pirates have received from ship owners may have told the value of foreigners as hostages in a country where half the population needs foreign aid. This is interesting and kind of mean to kidnap foreigners.

Coaching

Yesterday, I got had a tennis lesson from coach Doug. The tennis lesson was from 9:00AM to 10:00 AM. My family got to Broadstone 30 minutes earlier because my mom had yoga or step. I warmed up with Shayn befoer I went to my tennis lesson. I gave coach Doug the check and had to do the usual 3 laps. After that I had to jump rope. I noticed that i jump roped better than I did in a previous lesson. Then he gave me some balls to my forehand. He noticed that I my racket went to far back so he fixed the problem by telling me about it. Then he gave me a better grip for putting more topspin. After that we went to the wall to rally and practice the new grip. I like the new grip because it hits more solid shots and gave more topspin to my shot. Then we went back to the court to work on my serve. We did some throw and catch for a warm up and then I started serving. Coach Doug noticed that I slide my feet when I am serving so he told me and I fixed the problem but I still slide my feet sometimes. We were working on the feet for the serve this week. He said that I had good balance. I think that this tennis lesson has made my forehand a lot better and my serve a step closer to getting a good serve.

Funding Stem Cells

President Barack Obama got rid of limits on taxpayer funding the embryonic stem cell research. The big question became how far scientists could go. They must use cells from fertility embryos that otherwise would be thrown away. There were draft guidelines released by the National Institutes of Health. That place reflected on rules with support. We think this will be a huge boost for the science. Thats what Raynard Kington said. He also said This was the right policy for the agency at this point in time. The limit will upset some researchers who wanted to use a variety of cells. It still means that perhaps hundreds more stem cell lines will be available for funded study soon. After such a long period of limited opportunities to pursue this very important line of research. That was said by Alan Leshner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The guidelines are a reasonable compromise based on where the science stands now. That's what Dr. Sean Morrison who's director of the University of Michigan Center for Stem Cell Biology. He also said we may need to revisit some of the details down the road depending on how the science develops. Scientists are trying to use embryonic stem cells. This is all I know and it's an update of my other blog. I still feel it's wrong but what can I do.

Hidden Bacteria

There were a colony of strange bacteria living. They were hidden in the beneath an Antarctic glacier. Scientists were looking at the flow of blood red water from beneath the glacier. That's when they discovered the bacteria. The bacteria have survived for millions of years. The bacteria were living on sulfur and iron compounds. The researchers concluded that iron compounds provide the color. In their research, they discovered bacteria in the water. John Priscu goes to the Montana State University. He said that because the ecosystem has been isolated for so long in extreme conditions, it could help explain how life might exist on other planets, and serve as a model for how life can exist under ice. The researchers think that the pool of water was trapped about 1.5 million years ago. The glacier moved over a lake. It doesn't freeze because it is four times saltier than the ocean. The pool is so deep under the ice. It was also so far back from the edge that the researchers couldn't drill down to it. However, they were able to collect some of the outflow for testing. I think that this is interesting. It's kind of cool to know that there were bacteria surviving for millions of years.

Three sites for finding cleopatra's tomb

Archaeologists will begin going through three sites in Egypt next week. This is an attempt to solving a mystery that has mystified historians for hundreds of years. Where is the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony? That's what historians were wondering. There's this temple where tombs may be located. This is what Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement Wednesday.
Archaeologists last year found the alabaster head of a Cleopatra's statue. This was 22 coins bearing Cleopatra's image and a mask thought to belong to Mark Antony at the temple.
The three sites were identified last month during a radar of the temple of Taposiris Magna. This was what the council's statement said. The temple is located near the northern coastal city of Alexandria. Alexandria was built during the reign of King Ptolemy II (282-246 B.C.).
They found a number of deep shafts inside the temple. There are three of which were possibly used for burials. The lovers could be buried in a similar shaft. That's what the statement said.
The lovers committed suicide in 30 B.C. after being defeated in the battle of Actium. Mark Antony is said to have killed himself with his sword. Cleopatra is believed to have put a poisonous asp to her chest. This is very interesting.

Lessen Global Warming

There is this new scientific study that finds the worst of global warming. Global warming can still be prevented. It can be prevented by cutting the greenhouse gase uses. This is the way President Barack Obama and Europe want. A computer thing by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder looked at what would happen by the end of the century if greenhouse gas levels were cut by 70 percent. The result would be the world would still be a warmer world. It would be by about 2 degrees instead of 4 degrees. Arctic sea ice would shrink but not disappear. Sea level would rise less. About half the temperature increases. There are also changes in droughts and floods. They can be prevented to a scenario without cuts. This study will be published next week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. If there are future heat waves, it would be 55 percent less intense. The study is one of the first to use computer models to show how much of the effects global warming can be prevented. The study looked at what would happen with cuts in pollution. History has shown that reductions are much easier to talk about than to make. This is pretty much all I know and I thinks it's kind of interesting because global warming can lessen.

Herbal wine was used to ail pharoahs

There was this great-grandma that took a sip of the elderberry wine. She had to drink the sip of wine for medical purposes. She was having a tradition that goes back thousands of years. Researchers said that they have found evidence that the Egyptians did added taste to their wine with medicinal herbs. The Egyptians have used it as long as 5000 years. There was a chemical analysis of pottery that was dated to 3150 B.C. This shows that herbs were added to grape wine. The researchers were led by Patrick E. McGovern of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology. There was a report on Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Adding tree resin to wine to prevent disease. This was known in ancient times. This was also being reported in ancient China. It is also continuing into the Middle Ages. That's what the researchers say.The researchers noted that Egyptian records report that a lot of different kinds of herbs were mixed in wine and other things. There were chemicals found from the pottery to prove that they used it for a lot of things. Other chemicals show that there's a possible presence of mint, sage and thyme. That's all I know and I think it's kind of interesting.

New Orangutan found in Indonesia

Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in the mountains of Indonesia. There are about 2,000 orangutans that live there. This is giving a rare boost to one of the world's most endangered great apes. A team surveyed on the eastern edge of Borneo island and they counted 219 orangutan nests. This shows a high number of the animals. The team also encountered an adult male. It was angry and threw branches as they tried to take photos. The photos were on the mother and child.There is an estimate of 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild. 90 percent of them in Indonesia and the rest in neighboring Malaysia. The countries are the world's top producers of palm oil. Palm oil is used in food, cosmetics ,and to meet growing demands in the U.S. and Europe. The poor soil of the limestone mountains appear to have shielded the area from development. It has sheild it for at least now. That's what Meijaard said. Birute Mary Galdikas is a Canadian scientist. He has spent nearly fourty years studying orangutans in the wild. He said most of the remaining populations are small and scattered. That's what makes them not close to extinction. This is all I know and I think it's kind of cool that they found a new species of orangutans.

Forest Drilling

The U.S. Forest Service will go through and allow public comment on gas and oil drilling projects. This comment will be in the Allegheny National Forest under a settlement reached with groups. The groups claimed in a lawsuit that the Forest Service was not required. Federal environmental reviews on several dozen drilling projects was damaging the environment and wildlife. The damage was in Pennsylvania's only national forest."With this settlement the Forest Service is making a commitment to disclose to people living near the Allegheny National Forest what impact oil and gas drilling will have on water quality, recreational opportunities, and the other benefits they expect from the national forest in their backyard," Andy Stahl, executive director of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, said in a statement Thursday. The 800 square mile forest. The federal government owns the surface. The surface is more than 90 percent. The government did not buy the mineral when the forest was made somewhere around 90 years ago. There were arguments over whether the Forest Service can stop the drilling. This would have led to lawsuits as demand for oil. This is all I know.

Deadly Fires

Firefighters had to go through wildfires and rescue workers dug through the damage left by tornados. These tornadoes were after a storm system. It was from Texas to Tennessee. There were about eight people killed. Dozens were injured and hundreds of homes and businesses were went into ashes. This is kind of sad. This is what someone said. One of the fires appears to have been purposely set. The Oklahoman newspaper reported that teenagers were spotted in the area. They were spotted before the fire. The fire destroyed 17 homes on Thursday.
Oklahoma's governor declared a state of emergency in 31 counties. This is where 62 people were injured and about 200 homes and business were destroyed by the fires. This is also where a tornado hit the eastern edge of the state. Three people were killed. 32 homes were destroyed in Texas. High winds fueled 49 major fires which burned 100,000 acres. A former television journalist and his wife were dead when their home was on fire. The fires devastated two small towns north of Dallas. High winds fueled the flames which raced across fields. That is what the station said. This was a trajedy and I feel bad for people that were in it.

Obama seeks money

President Barack Obama asked Congress today for $83.4 billion for U.S. military. This was for special troop funding. Obama's request for to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan. This would push the costs of the two wars to almost $1 trillion since the Sept. 11, 2001 and terrorist attacks. The additional money would cover operations into the fall. Obama is also requesting $350 million in new Pentagon funding. This funding is to deal with Mexican drugs. It is also to do other security activities along the border. This border is between the U.S. and Mexico. This is along with another $400 million. This $400 is to help Pakistan in efforts along the border with Afghanistan. The Iraq war by far gets the most money. The request reflects a shift in focus from Iraq to Afghanistan. This is where a lot of challenges remain. This is also where the former Soviet Union learned firsthand about battling Islamic extremists. During June, the Congress approved $66 billion in advance for funding the military. The Pentagon would receive $142 billion in war funding for the budget year ending on Sept. 30. The request should easily win approval from the Congress. There is a lot of anger among some liberals over the pace of troop. Obama's plans for a large residual force of up to 50,000 troops.

Priests Deny Invitation

There are ten priests from the University of Notre Dame rejected president Obama's invitation. They say that the school is at risk. The shool is at risk from souls. The souls could go away so they invited the president to campus next month. The members of the Congregation of the Holy Cross asked the Rev. John Jenkins to change their mind about the invitation to Obama. Notre Dame told everyone their that last month Obama would bring the university's May 17 commencement address. They would also receive an honorary degree. This decision by the nation's best known Catholic university made anger. This anger came among many Catholics. The Catholics said Notre Dame should not honor someone whose policies embryonic stem cell research clash with core church teachings on human life. Hundreds of opponents protested on campus Sunday. The priests said the invitation has opened a fight between Notre Dame and many bishops. Jenkins has said the university does not have all of Obama's policies. The spokesman Dennis Brown has also said Notre Dame does not plan to change his decision on the invitation. I am not sure this is true or not but I think that John should have just accepted the invitation.

Gay marriage legal in Vermont

Today Vermont was the first state to legalize gay marriage with a vote. The votes were barely gotten enough votes. There's a bill that will allow gays and lesbians. This is starting on September first. There are now five states that allow gay marriage. There's a possible chance other states will follow these five states' decision. There are bills to allow sex marriage. Courts deal with points of law. Legislatures argue about some of the same principles. This process may become personal. The debate came when gay and lesbian lawmakers took to the floor. They took the floor last Thursday. They also told their own personal love stories. Linda McLain i s an expert on family law and policy. She is also a university law professor. This is what she said "What may give courage to other legislatures is that this legislature managed to do it," she said. She added that using the civil rights language could help make gay marriage more acceptable elsewhere. Opponents said they also believe that they will be made legal in other states. The action came just days after the Iowa Supreme court ruled that not permitting gay marriage was not right. This is all I know. I think that it's good that they made it legal to be gay in some places.

Blocking weapon programs

The Defense Secretary Robert Gates is thinking of deep cuts to some big weapons programs. For example, F-22 fighter jet as the Pentagon takes a hard look at how it spends money. Gates announced a long range of cuts Monday to weapons spending. He saying he plans to cut programs ranging from a new helicopter for the president. This is to ending production of the $140 billion F-22 fighter jet. The Armys modernization program would be scaled back. This will take a while as a new satellite syste. This would make a search and rescue helicopter would be cut. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is overhauling military spending. Outlining a $534 billion budget for 2009. This will slash funds for major weapons programs. That's what Gates said Monday his moves amount that would shift spending goals to concentrate on wars we are in today and scenarios for the years ahead. There was a news conference to outline his budget. Gates said he closely talked with President Barack Obama and top military leaders. This was limited outside advice because of the significance of the changes. I think this is a smart idea so there will be less people dieing. I also think this started from the urinating dog event. That's my opinion and all I know about the subject.

A Stupid Fight

I don't know when this happened but I know what happened. There was this 911 call and two police officers went to a home. The two police officers got attacked or you could call it an ambush. There was a third officer who died by a gunman. This fight was between the gunman and his mother over a dog urinating in the house. The mother's name is Margaret Poplawski and the gunman's name is Richard Poplawski. The fight went to a point where she threatened to kick him out. Then she called police to do it. This was according to a 12 page criminal complaint. Officers Paul Sciullo III and Stephen Mayhle arrived to the house. Then Margaret Poplawski opened the door and told them to come in. They took her 23 year old son. She was apparently unaware he was standing behind her with a rifle. She heard gunshots and spun around to see her son with the gun. Then she ran to the basement. Friends have said Poplawski was concerned about his weapons being taken away during Barack Obama's presidency. The friends also said he owned several handguns and an AK 47 assault rifle. Police have not said what weapons were used to kill the officers. I think this fight between the mother and the son about the urinating dog was stupid.

Ice shelf break away from Antartic

There is this ice shelf that anchored to the antartic coast. It is coming quickly and the ice bridge could break away soon. The Paris agency showed satellite images show the bridge that connects the Wilkins Ice Shelf to Charcot and Latady Islands. Those places were said to like they were going to collapse. The beginning of what appears to be the destruction of the ice bridge began this week. It began when new rifts appeared and a large block of ice broke away. The Wilkins Ice Shelf looks like the rest of Antarctic's ice sheet. This shelf was formed by thousands of years of accumulated and compacted snow. It had been stable for most of the last century before it began retreating in the 1990s. That's what the statement said. This shelf came from Jamaica or the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula. This thrusts up from the continent toward the southern tip of South America. This shelf was originally covering somewhere around 5000 square miles. This is also around 13000 kilometers. The ice shelf lost 14 percent of its mass last year alone. There were 2 2008 incidents. These incidents were large chunks of the ice bridge falling away. It was shaving it down to just 985 yards (900 meters) across at its narrowest. This is what the statement said. That's all I know.

Spent on Clothes

The husband of Sarah Palin says the Republican Party's lavish spending on her wardrobe during the presidential campaign was out of our control. Todd Palin was asked about the more than $150,000 that the Republican National Committee spent on clothes. It was also spent on accessories and beauty services. The husband defended his wife. He defended her by saying that she was focused on preparation for her debate with Joe Biden. Sarah Palin and Republican presidential nominee John McCain faced a lot of angry people. There are over the tens of thousands of dollars. This money was spent at high endstores to dress the Alaska governor and her family. Some of the purchases included a $75,062 shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis. Anotherone was for $49,425 from Saks Fifth Avenue. Some of the clothing had to be returned right away. This was because there were the wrong sizes. Thats what the McCain-Palin campaign said at the time. The Republican National Committee has said the remaining items would be donated to charity. Todd Palin told the magazine that his wife had been through tough campaigns before becoming McCain's running mate. Thats all I know about this.

Mom accused

There is this mother and another woman face child endagerment charges. This was after a fourteen year old's party. The party ended with two young taken to the hospital. I believe the mother is a forty two year and her name is Karen Christine. The other woman was a twenty five year and her name was Kelsee Guest. They are being accused for providing the young teens with beer for the daughter's party. Downs allegedly offered $10 to whoever could chug a glass of vodka the fastest. Guest is accused of pouring the shots. Police responded to a complaint of a loud party at a home in northern Kansas City. The police found the teenage girls. Most of them told investigators that they had been drinking a lot of beer. One girl was unconscious and taken to the hospital. Her blood content was concluded at .218 which is twice the legal limit to operate a vehicle. A second girl also was taken to the hospital because officers believed she had alcohol poisoning. Officers found between 60 and 70 empty beer bottles. They also found several empty bottles everywhere in the home's basement. The girls told officers that Downs offered them shots and told them not to tell their parents about it. Guest asked the girls if they had any money to buy more beer.

Twelve People Die

Black Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of people who had took control over a police academy. They took cadets hostage. Then they killed at least six of them today in a dramatic challenge. This was to the civilian government that faces U.S. pressure to defeat Islamic people. The security forces went through the place on the outskirts of Lahore. This was to end the eight hour attack by the grenade throwing gunmen. Three militants blew themselves up and authorities arrested four of the militants. At least three other unidentified bodies were recovered. A Taliban member claimed to speak on behalf of a not very famous known group called the Fedayeen al-Islam. He said that they were behind the attack. Gunmen suprised attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore. They killed seven people and people didn't think they had the ability to cause so much damage. It was far from Pakistans northwestern regions bordering Afghanistan. Lahore attacked followed a crackdown on the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba. There has been speculation that Monday's raid was revenge for the crackdown. Pakistan's not great ability to prevent the attack appeared to be a very smart failure. The security forces fired their guns in the air in celebration.

SATA tennis tournament

Today and yesterday I was in a SATA tennis tournament. SATA stands for Sacremento Area Tennis Association. In this tournament, you have to win two out of three sets. I warmed up before my first match. I had a bye for a match. My first match was against Scott Lucio at 12:30 P.M. The match was delayed for thirty minutes because there were no courts to use. He was a little challenging. Scott Lucio never gave up and had a good additude the whole time. He wasn't angry when he lost. I feel that he has good sportsmanship unlike Owen, a tennis player, that my brother played against. I had a lot of forehand and backhand winners. I had a lot of good dropshots that went in and some bad ones that went out. In this match, I learned to not underestimate my opponent because I thought I could beat him six to zero and six to zero. Instead of six to zero and six to zero, the final score was six to two and six to two. My second match was against a guy named Anthony A. at 9:00 A.M. My mom was videoing part of this match. In the first set, I was losing two to one. Then I came back and beat him six to four and six to four. This match was very difficult because there was a lot of wind and my opponent wouldn't show signs of weakness and didnt't give up. In the end, I won the match and got a first place trophy. I am so happy that I won.

Tennis Lesson

Today I had another tennis lesson with Coach Doug. My family and I had a ball machine orientation with Coach Doug. Coach Doug told us how to adjust the height of the ball and how much it goes left and right. After the ball machine orientation, I had my tennis lesson while Shayn was using the ball machine. I had to start by running three laps around the tennis court while he was getting out the tennis ball cart. Then I had to jumprope forward. For some reason, I jumprope backwards which is not normal. I got somewhere around fifteen or more in a row. I started with groundstrokes at the tennis lesson. I started off with my forehand. We started off without the racket so I can see the right form of the swing. He also talked about the big muscles which are the hips, shoulder, and foot. Then he let me take some groundstrokes with my racket. I did the correct form sometimes but sometimes I messed up. After that I took some serves. He showed me the right form. I tryed doing it but I messed up sometimes because I am to used to my form. I could see that my serves were doing better with not that much effort. It seems as if the form helped my serve. I picked up the balls after my serves and then it was Shayn's turn.

Serial Killer

Dale Hausner is a main suspect for Pheonix Serial Shooter attacks. He was sentenced to death today for six murders that put the city on edge for two years. He also attacked nineteen others at random in 2005 to 2006. The jury's decisions were announced. Dale Hausner was keeping his head down as he went through papers in front of him. He got lead out of the courtroom. He also thanked the judge for the trial. Hausner's mother was taken out of the courtroom through a back door by one of Dale Hausner's lawyers. Tim Agan wouldn't comment on the six death sentences. Hausner is thirty six years old. He apologized to the families of the victims on Thursday and he told them that he would take a punishment like a man. He declined the opportunity to call his own witnesses. He is scheduled to be sentenced Monday on 74 other convictions. Hausner preyed on pedestrians, bicyclists, dogs and horses. Authorities called meetings that drew hundreds of people. Dieteman had bragged about shooting people. Dieteman pleaded guilty to two of the killings and is awaiting sentencing. He testified against Hausner saying he and his roommate went around late at night looking for strangers to shoot. He could also face the death penalty. This is all I know.

Mount Redoubt

Mount Redoubt erupted a lot of times today. It was shooting out more than 12 mile high that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting Sunday night. The Alaska Volcano Observatory saidd the first eruption about 8:30 a.m. A second eruption about an hour later sent ash 65000 feet high. The largest eruption caused a mud flow into the Drift River near the base of the volcano. Before Thursday's eruptions the volcano had been very quiet for more than a day. Prevailing winds are supposed to carry ash from the larger eruption east across Cook Inlet toward some of Alaska's larger communities. An ash fall advisory for the western Kenai Peninsula covers the towns of Kenai. Alaska Airlines canceled all flights to and from Anchorage until sunrise Friday. All planes at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage were placed in shelters or moved to other bases. Ash poses a significant threat to aircraft engines. The National Weather Service also issued a flash flood warning for the Drift River near the volcano. Eruptions can cause snow and ice to melt on the mountain. This can be resulting in flooding along the river that drains from the mountain. The mud flows also have littered the airport.

A plane crashes

An air force's very good F-22 fighter jet crashed today in a Calfornia desert. This crash killed a test pilot. The jet crashed at about 10 am 35 miles northeast of the Air Force Base. The pilot was David Cooley. He is 49 years old. He's also a 21 year Air Force veteran and joined Lockhead Martin in 2003.There are not really any details about this accident. They also don't know if Cooley attempted to eject from the plane. The first responders transported Cooley from the crash scene to Victor Valley Community Hospital which is in Victorville. This is where he was pronounced dead. Cooley was part of a team of company and Air Force pilots who conduct F-22 testing. A board of officers is investigating the crash. The Air Force told people to stay away from the site because there could be dangerous materials may have been released. The radar evading F-22s each cost $140 million and are designed for air. The warplanes can carry air to air missiles. These jets are also capable of ground attack as well. F-22s were grounded for two weeks after one crashed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada in December 2004. The U.S. is committed to 183 F-22s, down from the original plan laid out in the 1980s to build 750. Lockheed Martin says there are 95,000 jobs at 1,000 companies connected to the F-22.

Alaska Volcano

There are new tremors at Alaska's Mount Redoubt. The volcano is getting unstable. The volcano is ten thousand two hundred feet high. This volcano erupted six times on Sunday and Monday. Here's what a couple of volcanologist said. A volcanologist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Tuesday that Redoubt was exhibiting activity that could indicate it is creating a formation called a lava dome. Volcanologist Peter Cervelli said such a formation can collapse, creating more ash plumes and mudflows. Mount Recoubt is around one hundred feet away from Anchorage. Alaska's Mount Redoubt's first couple of eruptions in nearly twenty years. A total of six were found between Sunday night and Monday night. Mount Redoubt sent a volcanic ash plume more than nine miles into the air and down into shops and places. The ash missed the state's largest city. The ash dusted a lot of the small cities. The National Weather Service had an ash advisory in effect until 5 a.m. Tuesday for the Susitna Valley. There were no reported injuries. The wind took ash away from Anchorage. The wind moved toward Willow and Talkeetna. Then the wind went near Mount McKinley and North America's largest mountain. The Alaska Volcano Observatory reports that the sixth eruption came at 7:41 p.m. Monday. The five earlier eruptions came late Sunday night into Monday morning.

Astronauts complete walk

There were two astronauts teaching middle school children five years ago. They made a spacewalk together today. Their path cleared of junk that was threatening the space station and shuttle. Yesterday, the shuttle station place had too move out of the way of a four inch piece of junk. This junk had been projected to come close during the spacewalk. Astronauts Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold II had no luck freeing up a stuck equipment storage shelf at the international space station. This was one of their main tasks. They used a hammer and were able to loosen a pin that they accidentally placed. This was the first time two former schoolteachers took a spacewalk together. This is their second time doing it. Their previous spacewalk were with other astronauts. They had fun doing this spacewalk together. Joseph and Richard were both in their forties. NASA picked them as educator astronauts in 2004 somewhere. The jammed storage platform was located on the left side of the space station that holds the solar wings. The space junk was a problem for the two hundred twenty mile high space station. The spacewalkers did move the equipment cart from one end of the space station to the other. This is all I know

Tennis Tournament

Today I played in a tennis tournament. This tennis tournament was a round robin. It was supposed to be on Saturday, but it go delayed by the rain. In this round robin tournament, you played a total of seven games. I warmed up right before my first match. My first match was with a girl named Megan. This match was very easy for me. I got a couple of aces on her, and I rarely ever made any mistakes. I also did a lot of dropshot and winners. The tennis lesson from coach Doug helped me as well. In the end, I beat her seven to zero. The second match I had was with a girl named Kendle. I knew her from the summer team tennis. This match to me was a little challanging. Kendle would hit winners at me. The ready position lesson from coach Doug helped me. I didn't have any aces but a couple of winners. I mostly did dropshots then lobs to make her run all over the place. The slight tough time caused me to win five to two. My next match was against Jonna. I played Jonna in the last round robin tournament and I lost five to one. This time I gave him some dropshots and he got frustrated. He didn't control his anger and lost five to two. I was so happy that I made it to the finals.In the finals, against Manny I had a really tough time. He had a good lead but I didn't give up. I did my dropshots but he could get to them. I did a lot of dropshots in the beginning of the game. I saw that my strategy wasn't working so I changed it. I changed it to baseline shots. This helped me prevail and win Manny six to four. The finals was a set. This was a fun tournament.

Tennis Lessons

Today I had tennis lessons with coach Doug. I had to start off with three laps around the court. Then I had to jump rope. I learned a lot of things. For example, I learned to have a better ready position. My old ready position made me slower and took me longer to prepare to return a serve, forhand, or backhand. This position made my shots better and more powerful. I believe that this position made me better at tennis. First, he told me to do a practice swing of my backhand. Another thing that I learned was to relax when I hit my backhand. He told me a couple of the mistakes and I fixed them. I used to hit it too hard or slice it too much. I noticed that the new position helped me with this part of the lesson. The third example is on my forehand. First, he told me to show a practice swing on my forehand. He told me a couple of the mistakes and I fixed them. I learned to bend a certain amount to do a good forehand. The new ready position helped me with this as well. Coach Doug didn't do volleying yet. Then I had a couple of serves. He told me that baseball could help my tennis game, and we did some catching and throwing. I had to start off with the fundamentals so I couldn't do my jump serves. I enjoyed the lesson and I think coach Doug taught me very well. He made me understand what he was saying.

Environmental Disaster Avoided

There is a good new about this environmental crisis. We dodged disaster with the ozone layer. There's a NASA study about the ozone chemicals from sprays and refrigeration. This was to play a game of what if. They say that by 2065 two-thirds of the protective ozone layer would have vanished and "the ozone hole covers the Earth." The CFC's which are long lived greenhouse gases would have pushed the world's temperature up an extra 4 degrees. DNA damaging ultraviolet radiation would have increased more than sixfold in mid latitudes like Washington. Fi -ve minutes in the summer sunshine would have caused a sunburn instead of fifteen. Normal midsummer UV levels arenow around ten or eleven would have soared to thirty. Summer thunderstorms in the Northern Hemisphere would have been much stronger. Here's what someone said. "It is a real horrible place," Newman told The Associated Press. The event was luckily avoided. After scientists raised warnings in the early 1970s later earning a Nobel Prize 193 nations agreed in the 1987 treaty called the Montreal Protocol to cut CFC emissions. The cochair said the study provides hope that the world can do the same thing on another looming but even harder to solve environmental problem which is global warming.

Science

I learned about the reproductive system in school for science. There are ten male organs and nine female organs. Here is a list of the male organs: Vas Deferens, Prostate, Gland, Penis, Urethra, Glans, Epididymus, Testes, Scrotum, Seminal Vesicles, Cowpers Gland, and Foreskin. The Vas Deferens is a tube the sperm travels between the epididymus and seminal vesicles. The penis is to place the sperm into the vagina. The prostate gland provides fluid to sustain the sperm on its voyage to the egg. The urethra is a tube by which the sperm leaves the body. The glans is for sexual pleasure. The testes produce sperm and male hormones. The scrotum protects testes and regulares the temperature of the testes. The seminal vesicles is a storage, waiting place for the sperm to mature, and feeds the sperm. The cowpers gland neutralizes acidic urine in urethra. The foreskin protects the glans. These are the woman organs: Labia, Vagina, Uterus, Clitoris, Cervix, Ovaries, Fimbris, Fallopian Tube, and the Urethra. The labia is a protective flap. The vagina is know as the birth canal because thats how the baby comes out. The uterus is where the fetus is. The clitoris is for sexual pleasure. The cervix allows the sperm to enter. Ovaries produces eggs and realeases and egg every month. The fimbris collects the egg. The fallopian tube transfers and egg from the ovary to the uterus. The urethra does the samething.

Natasha Richardson Dies

Natasha Richardson was a gifted and precious to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film Patty Hearst and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of Cabaret. She died today at age 45 after suffering a head injury from a skiing accident. Alan Nierob, the Los Angeles-based publicist for Richardson's husband Liam Neeson, confirmed her death in a written statement. The statement did not give details on the cause of death for Richardson, who suffered a head injury when she fell on a beginner's trail during a private ski lesson at the luxury Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec. She was hospitalized Tuesday in Montreal and later flown to a hospital in New York. Family members had been seen coming and going from the New York hospital where Richardson was taken. It was a horrifying loss for her family, friends and for the film and theater communities and her many fans and for both her native and adoptive countries. Richardson was a proper Londoner who came to love the noise of New York. If she never quite attained the acting heights of her Academy Award-winning mother, she still had enjoyed a long and worthy career. Like other family members, she divided her time between stage and screen. On Broadway, she won a Tony for her performance as Sally Bowles in a 1998 revival of Cabaret.

Shuttle Discovery make it to the space station

Space shuttle Discovery arrived at the international space station Tuesday, delivering one last set of solar wings that should boost the orbiting to full power. The two crews 10 people in all shook hands and hugged when the hatches between them swung open. Fincke paid a special welcome to newcomer Koichi Wakata. Before pulling up, commander Lee Archambault guided Discovery through a 360-degree back flip so the station astronauts could photograph its belly. Fincke said even though the station residents didn't hear the go-ahead to take pictures because of communication system trouble. The digital pictures more than 200 of them were immediately transmitted to Earth. Experts will scrutinize the images for any signs of launch damage, standard procedure following the 2003 Columbia disaster. A chunk of fuel-tank foam smacked Columbia's wing at liftoff, dooming the shuttle and its crew during reentry two weeks later. Fincke and his two station crewmates were thrilled to finally get some company. Discovery and its crew of seven were supposed to show up last month, but launch delays kept the shuttle grounded until Sunday. The postponements resulted in a shortened visit. Loaded aboard Discovery are two solar wings that will be installed at the space station later this week. The electricity-producing panels will join six others already in place four on one side and two on the other and finally make the outpost look balanced.

Obama attempts to loosen credit

President Barack Obama freed billions of dollars to help the nation's small businesses on Monday, hoping to get credit flowing again to Main Street, not just Wall Street. The centerpiece of Obama's latest plan will allow the government to spend up to $15 billion to buy the small business loans that are now hurting community banks and lenders. In turn, could allow those banks to start lending money again to small companies to invest pay bills and stay afloat. Obama's effort at one level was fundamental to helping the economy rebound. Small businesses have created about 70 percent of the new jobs over the past decade and as their credit lines have dried up so has their ability to thrive or survive. There was also a political component to all the attention the president gave to small businesses. The White House is aware of the nation's bailout fatigue hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars have gone to go up financial giants who made poor decisions while many others who have done no wrong have paid the price. Obama's primary focus was on leaders of small companies and community lenders. He met with some privately in the White House's Roosevelt Room and cited their stories as inspiration as he announced his details in the East Room.

Tennis Tournament

I played against Konner and Milan Zhou. The game score against Konner were 6-1 and 6-1. I served second for both sets against Konner. I won the match against Konner. I think I won because I had more experience than Konner and had a better serve than he did. The match against Konner wasn't very challanging but I had fun. The game score against Milan was 6-3 and 6-2. I served first on the first set against Milan. Milan won the match against me but he had a tough time. I think I lost because he had more experience than me and he hit lobs with heavy topspin on it. Another reason I lost is because I made some unforced errors. The match was tough for him because I made him run a lot. I hit it left and right and did a couple of dropshots. I think my backhand needs inprovement and my forehand needs to be a little bit more accurate. I also think my serve should have some topspin or goes faster. My dropshots need to be more accurate because 1/10 times the ball went into the net or out of bounds. In this tournament, I learned to calm myself down and play as hard as you can.

Seven Dead Bodies Found

Police acting on a tip found seven bodies partially buried in the desert on the outskirts of the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, an official said Saturday. Investigators are searching the desert site south of the city to see whether there are any more bodies. An official with the state prosecutor's office who declined to be named in line with department policy says a police officer's badge was found at the site. Authorities were working to identify the bodies.

Japan Protests

Japan protests NKorea's rocket launch plan. Japan thinks the launch could fail for an incoming North Korean rocket, but analysts said the communist country will go ahead with a planned April launch with little fear of the consequences. The North announced this week it will send a satellite into orbit between April 4-8. The rocket's first stage is expected to fall in waters less than 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Japan's northwestern shore, according to coordinates Pyongyang provided to U.N. agencies. The other zone where the second stage should fall lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean between Japan and Hawaii. The U.S. and other governments have warned that any rocket launch whether missile test or satellite would violate a 2006 U.N. Security Council resolution banning North Korea from ballistic missile activity. Japan, which was shaken in 1998 when a North Korean missile flew over its territory and landed in the Pacific, has since moved to develop missile defense capabilities with some success. It downed a ballistic missile from a ship at sea in a 2007 test. Ultimately, a successful satellite launch would provide North Korea with the upper hand in its future negotiations with the U.S. as it would mean the country could show it has a delivery vehicle for its nuclear weapons, according to Paik Hak-soon, a North Korea expert at the private think tank Sejong Institute near Seoul.

Alabama Shooter

Officials blame a man for the worst massacre in Alabama history was depressed and angry with his inability to become a Marine or a police officer. Authorities say 28-year-old Michael McLendon killed five family members and five other people before fatally shooting himself Tuesday. Barry Tucker with the Alabama Bureau of Investigation says McLendon had told a confidant in the days before the shootings that he was depressed and unfulfilled. He would have been a Marine briefly. He wasn't a marine because he was discharged for falsifying information. He also tried and failed to become a police officer. Authorities also say he left a letter saying he had killed his mother and planned to kill himself. He also mentioned a family dispute over a legal issue but authorities say he didn't reveal plans to kill any one else. Investigators found dozens of soot-covered DVDs on how to commit acts of violence in the charred Alabama home where a man killed his mother at the start of the worst massacre in state history a county official said Thursday. Authorities say Michael McLendon set his mother's body on fire Tuesday afternoon. He later killed nine more people. Four of them were family members. The he shoots himself.

Teen Murders People

Today, there was a seventeen year old boy using a Beretta 9 mm pistol went into classrooms at his former high school and shot students. Some of whom died with their pencils still in hand. In a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said. There was no immediate indication of motive. The gunman's victims were primarily female. Eight of nine students killed were girls, and all three teachers were women. Three men were killed later as the suspect, identified by police as Tim K., fled. The gunman dressed in all black took students in the first classroom completely by surprise. This was evidenced by the scene that awaited the first officers to arrive, said regional police director Ralf Michelfelder. The dark haired teen, shown wearing glasses in pictures on German television probably took the weapon from his father's collection of 16 firearms along with a "multitude of ammunition," police said. His father was a member of the local gun club. His father also kept the weapons locked away except for the pistol, which was kept in the bedroom. Police said the suspect was a German teen who was a below-average student at the school of about 1,000 pupils, but managed to graduate last year.

Madoff Plead Guilty

It was revealed Tuesday that Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to securities fraud. He could face up to 150 years in prison for one of the largest frauds in history. His lawyer, Ira Sorkin, told a judge that Madoff planned to plead guilty this week without a plea deal. Madoff has been under house arrest in his $7 million Manhattan penthouse since he was arrested in early December after authorities said he confessed to his family that he had carried out a $50 billion fraud. Prosecutors raised the size of the fraud to $64.8 billion. Madoff wore a bulletproof vest and arrive about three hours before the hearing. Several lawyers for investors showed up as spectator. The courtroom was largely packed with members of the media. Here's what someone said. Attorney Marc Litt said there was no plea deal and that Madoff could be exposed to the maximum penalty of 15o years in prison. Someone limited investors who want to speak at the hearing to those challenging whether the plea should be accepted or whether Madoff should be allowed to remain on bail pending sentencing. Prosecutors say Madoff operated a massive Ponzi scheme in which his clients' funds were misappropriated and converted to the use of Madoff, his business and others.

Obama opens up cell work

President Barack Obama told researchers on Monday to follow science. Researchers said the new president's message was clear. "Science, which once propelled men to the moon, again matters in American life". Opponents saw it differently a defeat for morality in the most basic questions of life and death. The most immediate effect will allow federally funded researchers to use hundreds of new embryonic stem cell lines for promising. Those researchers had to have 21 stem cell lines created before August 2001. Now they can use hundreds. You shouldn't expect stem cell cures anytime soon. A company this summer will begin the world's first study of a treatment using human embryonic stem cells. These are for people recently suffered spinal cord injuries. Research institutions on Monday were getting ready to ask for more freely flowing federal money. The average National Institution of Health stem cell grant is $1.5 million spread out over four years. Scientists focused on a new sense of freedom. This is what Wendy Wright said. "President Obama's order places the worst kind of politics above ethics politics driven by hype makes overblown promises, fuels the desperation of the suffering and financially benefits those seeking to strip morality from science." I believe that Barack Obama is doing the wrong thing and his going to be hated by a lot of people.

King Arthur Movie Summary

The plot starts when King Arthur and the remaining knights have to take a Bishop to Hadrian’s Wall. During this trip, King Arthur and his knights are attacked by Woads. They fought against the Woads and King Arthur and his knight won the battle. Then they reached Hadrian’s Wall and the mission was over. The knights who are Bors, Tristan, Gawain, Galahad, and Dagonet were expecting discharge from the service of the Empire after serving for fifteen years but instead they had another final mission which was possibly suicidal. The person that gave the mission was Bishop Germanius. The mission for Arthur and his knights were to save a important Roman family of Marius Honorius. Marius’s son may be destined to be Pope one day. Arthur has to explain to his knights about the mission. The Arthur sets off with his knights to the Roman family. He makes it there and has to explain Marius that he had to leave his grand home. Arthur finds and frees to imprisoned Woads. Then King Arthur makes a trip back to the Hadrian Wall with everybody there. Along the journey, they encounter Saxons at an ice-covered river. Arthur, his knights and Guinevere stays to hold off the Saxons to allow the refuges escape. The battle is won when Dagonet runs to the middle of the ice and breaks it with his axe but it was at the cost of his life. Arthur and his knights catch up and continue the journey. They make it to Hadrian’s Wall and all the refuges are safe. King Arthur decides to stay and protect the Woads from the Saxon. The knights come to help with the battle. King Arthur and his knights make an alliance with the Woads. During the battle, Lancelot dies and kill the Saxon leader’s son. King Arthur killed the Saxon leader and the Saxons were defeated. The movie ends when King Arthur marries Guinevere.

Telescope Sent to Space

Yesterday, a telescope was fired into space to look for other Earths. The telescope was sent in a faraway patch of the Milky Way galaxy. If the telescope doesn't find anything, Earths are very rare. That's all I know.

Mcleodgaming.com

Mcleodgaming.com is a website with games,music,cartoons,and more.There are some games and the games are supersmash flash,supersmash flash2,ping pong,multiplayer ping pong,and impossible ping pong.Super smash flash is identical to super smash bros melee but super smash flash is worse and has more characters.Super smash flash2 is identical to Super smash bros. brawl but has more characters and is a lot better.

NASA Finally Decided

NASA is positive that the launch will be on Wednesday night for space shuttle Discovery. Seven astronauts will ride this space shuttle into orbit. That's all I know.

Induvidual Sports where you can't blame others

Here are a list of individual sports.
1. Golf
2. Swimming
3. Archery
4. Bowling
5. Fishing
6. Running
7. Bicycle
8. Trampoline
9. Canoe

NASA Delays

NASA delays space shuttle launch to next Wednesday. The mission has been delayed a lot for tests on engine valves. The launch was initially scheduled on Feb. 12. That's all I know.

Moon found in Saturn

Scientists found a new moon in Saturn's ring. The moon is about a third of a mile. Saturn has over 5 dozen moons. I don't know when they found this new moon.

Ancient Tomb

An ancient tomb was rediscovered under sands of Egypt. Belgian archaeologists found a 3,500 year old. This tomb was a pharonic official's tomb. The tomb was already discovered about 130 years ago. The tomb was first discovered by Swedish Egyptologist Karl Piehl. The tomb was buried under sand until the Belgian archaeologists found it this year.