tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66255049267720330532024-03-08T08:09:34.105-08:00The Greylock GlanceThe MGRHS middle school student-run current events blogOwen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-86546916196216802602016-04-15T13:59:00.000-07:002016-04-15T13:59:46.885-07:00The Week of 4/11/16 in a Glance<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello Everyone,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First, if you read our last post and you were confused, we hope you realize that it was actually an "april fools" post. This week, our four pieces are all real, even Rose's (Some of us didn't even believe that one at first) Next, we want you to remember that we love suggestions on what to write about! Email us at thegreylockglance@gmail.com with any topics you want to learn about. We hope you enjoy this week's glance.</span><br />
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Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-4058101021041273262016-04-01T16:37:00.000-07:002016-04-01T16:37:51.692-07:00The Week of 13/32/17 in a Glance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Guys,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope you've been enjoying the weather. And excited for that snow day. We've got some boring stuff for you guys to read. Because honestly, who cares about the news? In our opinion, if it doesn't directly effect us, we don't care. So you're probably better off if you spend your time instagraming.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What proposal? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Six Flags, the amusement park, has noticed that many people from Bennington, North Adams, Lanesborough, Williamstown, and other nearby towns and cities have been going to Six Flags, and they think it would be profitable for them if they had a location nearer to our towns. They saw that the Spruces was “up for grabs” and they offered an undisclosed amount of money for it. In addition to the money that they are paying for it, they would also be able to make the river less of an issue, making it safer for the people of Williamstown. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On March 15th, the Mt. Greylock building project was approved in Lanesborough. It had been approved in Williamstown on March 1st. Now that we are getting a new building, some people are wondering about the details. Some decisions have been made, and we have established a list of the top ten most important things about the new building.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What mess? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A while back, Flint’s water supply was switched from Detroit’s supply the Flint river for financial reasons. It was supposed to be beneficial as it would cut costs. It might’ve cut costs, but it wasn’t beneficial. The river has high amounts of iron, and children tested in Flint had doubling levels of lead in their blood. (Hint, hint, we wrote </span><a href="http://thegreylockglance.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-week-of-11816-in-glance.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">a post</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on all this, 2nd one down.) The problem was, nobody noticed enough, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the governor didn’t act on the issue soon enough, and that is where this hearing comes in.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hello everybody! Hope everybody is doing well. In addition to this week’s news, we would like to notify you all that Lanesborough approved the school building project! It won with 55.9% of the vote. So, we will be getting a new building! Thank you for reading, and remember to comment and remind your friends to read as well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This week in Pyongyang, North Korea, a 21-year-old American tourist was sentenced to fifteen years in prison with hard labor. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On Sunday, March 13, a car bomb attack in the capital of Turkey caused considerable damage. At least 37 people were killed and over 100 more were injured. It is likely that this is the workings of Kurdish separatists, either from Turkey or Syria. Turkish Kurds have been fighting to become independant from the country for decades, and this often leads to violence. For example, the Turkish government suspects that a separate attack last month in Ankara was also the fault of a Kurdish group. Not only has the Turkish government had issue with Kurds in their own country, but they are now encountering problems with Kurds in Syria, which is directly south of Turkey. To further complicate matters, both Syrian Kurds and Turkey are helping the United States in various ways in the fight against ISIS. Because Turkey is having issues with both ISIS and Kurdish rebels, it puts them in a rough position. </span><br /><br /><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Two days ago, Obama started to play congress’ minds. He nominated a new judge to the supreme court, and basically dared them to turn him down like they said they would to anyone that Obama nominated.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Back up... </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A little while ago, a judge from the supreme court died. His name was Antonin Scalia (We wrote an article about his death a little while ago) Of the supreme court justices, Scalia was the super conservative one, so to keep the court in the same balance as it was, another super conservative candidate would need to be elected. And these judges aren’t picked for four or eight years, like the president. They serve for life, so this is an important decision. Here’s the way new justices are brought by into the court: the president nominates them, and then congress either approves them or rejects them. The thing is, congress is currently run by republicans. So they made a pinky promise to reject whoever Obama picks. Why? Because maybe a republican will be elected president and they will nominate someone that congress really likes! But now, Obama is forcing Congress to think about that pinky promise...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who did he nominate? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Obama nominated Merrick Garland. Who is this guy? Well, he is the highest judge in the court of appeals in DC. So, he has experience. But the more important part is that he is known for being loved by everyone; he is pretty moderate, and both sides of the aisle kind of like him. So Obama’s thinking is that Garland, because he is known for appealing to everyone, might get in the way of Congress’s pinky promise and make them think twice.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So how are they responding? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pinky promises are stronger than you may think. After Obama dared them to turn down such a good nominee, they leaned back towards their vow to block Obama’s nominees. But people do break away from the crowd, and with a nominee like Garland, this is not unlikely to happen. But congress is still trying as hard as they can to keep their promise, even with this hard psychological element on hand. </span></div>
<br /></b><br />Maddy Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00625739606323605770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-90464071098766360812016-03-04T15:59:00.001-08:002016-03-05T15:19:48.941-08:00The Week of 2/29 in a Glance<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi all! Hope this news makes everybody's week more interesting! Middle schoolers - don't forget that you can email us with questions or suggestions.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Do you remember two decades ago? Me neither, but America remembers it as the last major case that the Supreme Court heard on abortion. That is about to change. On Wednesday March 2, the Supreme Court heard a case about a controversial Texas law. This law requires all abortion clinics to be in hospital conditions. While this sounds like a good thing, opposers are saying that the laws do not actually provide aid to women's health in any way, shape, or form. On the contrary, the law only makes it much harder for women who are in need of an abortion to have access to one. The Supreme Court has ruled in the past that abortions are legal in all 50 states, so that is not up for debate. However, laws like these make abortion clinics much more scarce. Defenders of this law claim that they are in favor of it because it is beneficial to women's health, but speculation has occurred as to whether those opposed are really just opposed because they would like as few abortion clinics as possible. Another complication: the Supreme Court currently consists of only eight justices (as opposed to nine), due to the recent death of the very conservative Justice Scalia. Having an even number of justices means that an even split is entirely possible, and in this case, probable. A decision will likely be made by June. Here is yet another instance of a primarily male panel making decisions about women's reproductive rights. Yay.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What about diversity? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year, no Black actors were nominated for an academy award. With events going on around the country, this timing isn’t so great. Many people decided that the academy was racist for their choices of nominees. But this isn’t the first year for this to happen. Last year, of the 4 actor categories and 20 nominees, none of them were black. Protesters on social media used the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, but that just turned into #OscarsStillSoWhite. And the emcee was Chris Rock, a Black comedian. And in his opening monologue, he really stepped out there. He spared no one, criticizing both sides. After talking about the “liberals” who “don’t hire black people,” he got right to the point, asking, “Is Hollywood racist? You’re damn right Hollywood is racist.” But it wasn’t that simple. He also criticised the protesters who had started boycotting the Oscars, like Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock was harsh, at a time that this harshness was appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who won? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well the only person that really won was our Leonardo DiCaprio. He got a standing ovation, because people were thinking, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">finally! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was Leo’s sixth nomination, but first win at the Academy Awards! He won best actor for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Revenant. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best Picture went to Spotlight, a film about investigations of priests molesting young boys. Spotlight also got the award for Best Original Screenplay. Brie Larson one Best Actress for her role in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Room. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other award winners were:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, it is true that Williams did pay 5 million dollars, a lot, towards the project. Supporters think that the two Lanesborough selectmen shouldn’t be complaining about this.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As for the taxes, supporters point out that if we don’t make this building, we will still need to do repairs, and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the MSBA won’t fund those repairs! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So taxes will still be higher.</span></div>
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Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-81515854972511149782016-02-05T12:08:00.000-08:002016-02-05T12:08:35.071-08:00The Week of 2/1/16 in a Glance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone! Hope you all are getting excited for February break, happy about the "snow" that fell today, and most importantly, that we have officially entered election season! We've got three articles as well as an update following up on an article from our last post this week. Read, comment, and enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday night, the Iowa caucuses occurred. Iowa is one of thirteen states that opts to use caucuses, rather than primaries, to elect their party’s representative. Now, what the heck is a caucus, you wonder (as I did three weeks ago). Caucuses can not easily be put simply, but I will attempt. Both caucuses and primaries usually take place in public spaces (schools, churches, town halls) that are accessible to be utilized for this purpose. Primaries are essentially just secret ballot elections where members from each party vote for who they want their party’s presidential candidate to be. However, caucuses work differently for Democrats and Republicans. Republican caucuses are quite simple: voters write the name of the candidate who they want to win on a slip of paper. On the other hand, Democratic caucuses are not done by secret ballot. Essentially, voters stand in the section of the room dedicated to their candidate of choice. Whichever section has the most voters wins that precinct (individual caucus). If a candidate does not receive at least 15% of voters at any given precinct, their voters must join another candidate’s section. This is where it can get uncomfortable, as voters can (and do) attempt to persuade their friends, neighbors, and colleagues whose section to join. It seems as if, if you live in one of the thirteen caucusing states, peer pressure lives on after your teenage years. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This past weekend a triple bombing occurred near Syria’s capital in the suburbs. The result? Dozens and dozens of people were killed. Bad timing? Really bad timing. The bombings occurred right as peace was supposedly going to spread. Peace that was supposed to end the Syrian civil War.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Back up, please... </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have been reading the Glance, you probably know about the Syrian civil war. It is a civil war that has been going on for five years in Syria, President Assad versus many rebels that are trying to get rid of him. Throughout the war </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">over a quarter million people have been killed. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And ISIS, as we have said before, thrives in war struck places. They have gained more and more power as the war has gone on. We, (the US) and some other countries are on the side of the rebels while Russia and Iran are on the president’s side. And ISIS is just another big enemy floating around. Now that everyone just wants ISIS out, there is a slightly larger chance that peace could be made.</span></div>
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Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-1732588969614134212016-01-29T12:05:00.000-08:002016-01-29T12:05:27.938-08:00The Week of 1/25/16 in a Glance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey everybody! As February break gets closer and closer, these are toughest weeks to be a middle school student, so keep it up! We have three great stories for you this week, in addition to a brand-new "letterbox" feature where we answer questions about past stories. Comment and enjoy!</span><div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A group of armed protestors have been occupying a wildlife refuge in Oregon for weeks. They started to support two ranchers convicted of arson, but the protest grew much bigger, and they started to argue about what they call government overreach when it comes to federal lands. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier this week, seven of the protestors, including their leader, Ammon Bundy, were arrested during a traffic stop. During the whole deal, guns were fired and a protester - identified as LaVoy Finicum - was killed. Protest leaders had been going to a community meeting when the authorities attempted to pull them over. One vehicle stopped, but Finicum did not, and ended up getting shot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the beginning, the protesters who were still there were standing their ground. but Bundy told them they should stand down, (through a statement from his attorney, as he is in jail).</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are now well into winter, and even though western Massachusetts has seen virtually no snow (see Owen’s entry for national snow news), many of us may have begun to dread and complain about the mildly cold temperatures. However, I can guarantee that nobody is missing the buggy-ness of summer. Right, our good old friends the mosquitos. Forget about them? Well, not for long - the pests are making international news. Recently, a mosquito-carried virus called Zika has been in the headlines quite a bit. Zika has affected mainly Central and South America, with cases also in the Caribbean and Africa. Specifically, Brazil has recently seen a jump in the number of cases reported. Several cases have been reported in the United States and in Europe, but these cases were all contracted in foreign countries. So what are the symptoms of this ominous virus? Well, in most people, the virus brings fever, vomiting, joint and muscle pain, red eyes, and rashes. Having said that, the symptoms worsen when seen in pregnant women. For instance, birth defects (such as abnormally small heads) are found in infants whose mothers passed the Zika virus along to them. Currently, there is neither a vaccine or a cure, but that is a top priority of health officials at the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember that snowstorm you heard about last week that you got all excited about? You thought, “yes, finally! I can ski, I can sled, I can build a snowman in a winter wonderland!” Well, it was a lose lose for you, because you didn’t get to ski, and you probably had to watch and hear about destruction occurring all over the country.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What exactly happened? </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blizzard Jonas happened. Jonas went over the east coast and caused death, floods, highway closures, flight cancellations, and more death. Among the most affected were Jersey Shore, (they seem to always be a target) New York City, Washington DC, Baltimore, West Virginia, and Philadelphia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What was the effect? </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I said, Jonas canceled flights, closed highways, and </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">killed thirty people </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">across America. The result was probably the worst on the Jersey shore, which received major flooding. Remember Hurricane Sandy? That hit Jersey shore like crazy. The mayor says that this was </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">worse </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">than Hurricane sandy. The effect wasn’t as horrible in NYC, Philly, Baltimore, and D.C., who received </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">more than two feet of snow, </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but it certainly got in the way. In West Virginia, there was </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">forty-two inches of snow! </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(That’s the record for this storm) In D.C. voting was put on hold by the House of Representatives. This snow didn’t stop the WVU swim team, who just swam in the snow!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So a few weeks ago I covered Robert Dear’s Planned Parenthood shooting. We have received a request to keep you updated on Dear’s sentence. On November 30th, Dear attended his hearing through video feed, during which he said four words. He replied that he understood his legal rights and the charge he was faced with (first degree murder). Later, he said that he had no questions. So, Dear was pretty much just ears at his first court appearance. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the least, and the death penalty at the most. At the moment, it is still unclear as to which punishment he will receive. The police believe the cause for Dear’s actions is his hatred for Planned Parenthood and a desire to end abortions. Again, funny that he deals with being “pro-life” by committing murder. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After I talked about the Turkish downing of the Russian plane, we got a message with some questions, just as who were the known passengers, could a war with Turkey and Russia start, and whether people could make an investigation to see exactly where the plane landed. The passengers on the plane were two pilots and supposedly no more; this was a warplane, not your standard United Airlines plane. One is reported dead, and what happened to the other is unknown. We do know that a marine that tried to save the pilots was also killed. As for a war, it is unlikely. Turkey and Russia have always had a pretty tense relationship, this isn't the first time Turkey complained of Russia being in its airspace. This relationship will continue to get worse, but these countries aren't ready to go to war. Click </span><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12013517/Dont-panic-Turkey-shooting-down-a-Russian-warplane-wont-start-World-War-3.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to learn more about that. As for the location, it was quite near the border. Nobody knows exactly where it crashed, but each side says something a little different, even if they are both using “reliable data.” And who are “people?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So what’s up with this “Kyoto Protocol”? </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To start this, I'm gonna give you the low down on the Kyoto Protocal. It's basically an international agreement that commits its parties to "internationally binding reduction targets". Because developed countries are mostly responsible for the current high levels of green house gasses (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere, the protocol places a bigger burden on developed nations. It was developed in Kyoto, Japan, and entered into force on February 16, 2005. It's first commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 20012.</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ted Cruz </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16.3%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Marco Rubio </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.8%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Ben Carson </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.3%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Jeb Bush </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.5%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Rand Paul </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.8%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> John Kasich </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.6%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Chris Christie </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.5%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Mike Huckabee </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.1%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Carly Fiorina </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.0%</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Martin O'Malley </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.2%</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s new in the science world? Well, for all you pluto-lovers, sorry… Earth’s not only dumped Pluto, it’s found a whole </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">new </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">planet to replace it. You want to guess what this new planet is being called? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Planet Nine. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yeah, there’s some real creative genius. Researchers realized there might be something there when they caught sight of a bunch of objects orbiting the same thing. According to those researchers, “Planet Nine” is ten times bigger than Earth and way past Neptune.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Take a big gulp of delicious, clean, Massachusetts water as you read this - and feel lucky you aren’t being poisoned. Two years ago, Flint, Michigan was in a financial state of emergency. To spare water costs, Michigan decided to switch Flint’s water source from the Great Lakes (the largest collection of freshwater bodies in the world) to the Flint River. The process was scheduled to take a few years, but it would eventually cut down costs. However, the plan was not without (major) flaw. Citizens began to notice the peculiar taste and color of their tap water. The cause of the color? Iron. The Flint River has an unusually high iron content, and the water was not being treated correctly. If this isn’t bad enough, the lack of water treatment also allowed lead from service lines to intermingle with the water. In case you do not know, lead consumption or poisoning can be extremely dangerous, and lead to poor brain development. Lead poisoning is more of a risk for children, both because children are more susceptible, and because their brains are not finished developing. State officials have known since 2011 that the Flint River water would be unsafe unless treated, but did the people know this? No! Children’s blood tests show that lead levels have doubled since they made the switch. Now, people are suing the state government for keeping them in the dark, which led to the governour officially apologizing. Results and a solution to be determined, hopefully soon.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Most likely you already know about illegal immigration. And you probably know that in this day and age, it is happening a lot, way too much for many people’s taste. Undocumented immigrants have been spilling into America more than ever for the past few decades. To put it simply, Obama’s against deportation, along with many democrats, but many are for it. Obama wanted to throw away the current policy when he took the white house, but things didn’t all go as planned...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the current state of Illegal Immigration? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As I said, illegal immigration is currently occurring a lot. In 2012, 11.4 million undocumented immigrants were living in this country. Of these 11.4 million, 52% were mexican, 15% Central American, 12% Asian, 6% South American, 5% from the Caribbean, and 5% from Canada and Europe. As more and more illegal immigrants came into the US, policies have been put in place to control these illegal immigration rates. Obama doesn’t like these policies.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What did he do? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> More than one year ago, Obama realized that congress wouldn’t stand with him. He didn’t care. So he, alone, tried to use his own power to stop more than four million immigrants from being deported from the US. That’s where checks and balances come in. All those states that really wanted to deport those immigrants naturally got mad. They sued, and won. Since then, Obama’s really been wanting his actions to be saved. He doesn’t want these immigrants to be thrown out of the county, but to be able to work in the US legally.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anything recent? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes. Recently the supreme court decided to look back to last year and pick Obama’s case up. They will work to decide if Obama can or cannot carry out his plans in immigration, if lower courts made the wrong decisions a year ago. Most likely, the court will actually rule in June this year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">June? That’s pretty close to when we’re gonna elect another president! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Very true. By the time the court rules, Obama will only have a couple of months to carry out his plans. His hopes are that a democratic president will rise into the White House and follow his footsteps. On the contrary, presidential candidates on the republican side naturally believe that even if the court rules in favor of Obama, a republican president will win and end these plans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reference 1: Liptak, Adam, and Michael. "Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions." </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The New York Times</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. The New York Times, 19 Jan. 2016. Web. 22 Jan. 2016.</span></div>
<br /></b><br />Maddy Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00625739606323605770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-8765123744909829422016-01-16T02:23:00.000-08:002016-01-16T02:23:45.679-08:00The Week of 1/11/16 in a Glance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi everybody! We hope you all are surviving the cold and the end of the semester. This week we have three stories in store for you. Comment and enjoy!</span><div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week, two major terrorist attacks have occurred in Europe and Asia. First, an explosion in Istanbul, Turkey killed ten people and injured fifteen more. The explosion was the result of a suicide bombing by an Islamic State (ISIS) operative. Because the bomber had come from Syria, and because German tourists were the main target of this attack, speculation is occurring as to whether the attack’s purpose was to decrease the amount of refugees that other countries will take. (Germany pledged to take A LOT of refugees). By having ISIS members appear to be refugees or other Syrians, ISIS makes countries less likely to take refugees. Just what they want. Then, Jakarta, Indonesia was hit with attacks similar to last year’s Paris attacks. Seven people were killed, some of whom were attackers. Because the Jakarta attacks mirrored the Paris attacks, and because ISIS threatened to attack Indonesia, fingers are once again pointing to ISIS. If you haven’t gotten the message, ISIS is nonstop and dangerous.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What do Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kate Winslet have in common? Obviously, they are all actors, but they also each won a Golden Globe on Sunday the 10th! The Globes this year consisted of J-Law and Amy Schumer’s adorable friendship, Jamie Foxx pulling a Steve Harvey whilst presenting an award, and, most importantly, Leonardo DiCaprio’s now-famous glance at Lady Gaga. For all of your award-show needs, here is a list of seven of the awards and winners.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Tuesday, President Barack Obama gave his last State of the Union speech to congress, explaining that as a president he has improved the nation a lot. Obama elaborated on five important areas: the economy, the climate, foreign policy, healthcare, and social progress. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What did he say needed improvement? </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For one, Obama wanted a larger focus on education, specifically affordable college costs and universal pre-k. Also, get a cure for cancer and lessen oil and coal in transportation systems.</span></span></div>
Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-67298290246599744702016-01-07T09:37:00.001-08:002016-01-07T09:37:39.294-08:00The Week of 1/7/16 in a Glance<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hi everybody! Hope you all had a good holiday. Due to Wi-Fi issues, we only have two stories today, but they are good ones. This week we have covered protests in the Mideast, and news on the gun control issue. Remember to comment and check out our instagram! Thanks for reading.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last weekend, an event occurred that caused many protests in Bahrain, Iran, and Pakistan. These protests included the burning of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Iran and a revenge threat, as well as peaceful protests. What could have caused this mess in the Mideast? Well, to put it very simply, Saudi Arabia.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Background? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Saudi Arabia and Iran have never been good friends. Saudi Arabia is a mainly Sunni nation, and Iran is a mainly Shiite nation. Sunni and Shiite are both different branches of Islam. Over the years, the two countries have argued about many things, taking different sides in middle-eastern events such as the war in Syria. So what started to happen this past weekend was not at all good for their relationship, but it was not all that shocking.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So what exactly happened? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nimr Al-Nimr was a Shiite cleric that represented the Shiite minority group in Saudi Arabia group. He was known for being an activist, actually standing up against Saudi Arabia’s royal family. While Saudi Arabia doesn’t really like Al-Nimr, he is extremely popular among other Middle-Eastern Shiites. The country attacked him first by giving him a terrorist charge. This charge was for the protests he did in 2011. And he was killed over the weekend. Al-Nimr was executed not alone but with 46 others. As you could guess, many Shiites were extremely upset by this.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What did they do? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Protest. As we said earlier, some people burned down the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Iran. In addition, Iran stated that they would get some real revenge. But when Saudi Arabia heard this, they just sent another bullet flying right back by cutting all diplomatic ties, or any peaceful relations, sending all Iranian diplomats in Saudi Arabia out.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In a Glance? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last weekend two major countries in the Mideast decided to make their bad relationship worse. Saudi Arabia executed a popular man, and that never ends well. It certainly didn’t this time, with protests happening all over the place. The Mideast is already juggling with a lot of bad events right now, such as the Syrian civil war and ISIS, so adding one more thing to the plate doesn’t seem to be helpful.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On Tuesday, Obama decided to take matters into his own hands when he announced some executive action on gun control. Currently, the definition for a gun dealer is very loose and has blurred edges. This makes it easier for buyers to find someone selling guns (but not licensed as a gun dealer) and to purchase a gun without a background check. Under this new action, background checks are expanded and all gun dealers are required to perform them. In addition, more funding is going to improve mental health treatment. Republicans are acting like this is too strict. Democrats are acting like it’s not enough. But certainly it is a step forward in the fight to decrease gun violence.</span></b>Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-86154096591483832112015-12-19T05:38:00.000-08:002015-12-19T05:38:08.424-08:00The Week of 12/14 in a Glance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! This week we've got three good stories in store for you, including coverage of the recent Republican debate. Just a reminder that if you are getting this as an email click the link. Also don's forget to comment and to follow us on Instagram. We will not post over break. Happy Holidays to you all!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, you’re in luck... you might get to be the main character in “Gravity,” “Interstellar,” or especially “The Martian.” NASA might just be your next employer (sorry, middle schoolers, you need to be qualified... see below) NASA just announced that they are now accepting applications for an astronaut position, and specifically to go on a vacation to Mars. Sounds fun, right?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What do you need? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not much, surprisingly. Applicants need to:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why does this matter? I’m in middle school! This is literally an irrelevant advertisement! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No and no. This is actually a pretty big deal. These are future missions to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mars </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we’re talking about. We’re not trying to convince you to fill out an application; we’re trying to inform you that the next class of NASA astronauts, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The NASA astronaut class of 2017, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is being formed. These astronauts are our future, what they learn could be pretty important. What they find on Mars could be pretty important. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was after Paris and San Bernardino, right? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes it was. And those came up quite a bit. Remember how representatives met recently to discuss a solution to Global Warming? Well, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ohio Governor John Kasich</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> thought that this meeting was a waste of time. He was wondering why people were talking about climate change when they could have been fighting ISIS. Kasich wasn’t the only one complaining about ISIS, though... </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marco Rubio </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">obviously doesn’t like supporters of ISIS, as he claimed that he did not think they should have the right to remain silent, or their Miranda Rights. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Donald Trump</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s ideas of protection from groups like ISIS was to literally to close down the internet in areas where “we are at war with somebody. Trump claimed that ISIS was getting into the minds of youth over the internet. “I do not want [ISIS] to use our internet to take our young impressionable youth,” he said at the Debate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier you said something about NSA, correct? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The USA Freedom Act was passed last May. This took away the NSA’s right to own phone metadata. So the National Security Agency’s phone records were basically thrown out. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marco Rubio </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">did not support this. He claimed that this phone data would have been useful in attacks such as San Bernardino. On the other hand, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ted Cruz</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> thinks that after the act, the NSA actually ends up having </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">more </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">data than they had before. So why did these two get in a fight? Well, Cruz supported the act before it was passed, and so Rubio spit out accusations. Then Cruz played the “but now they have more data” card. Things got pretty tense.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What was Fiorina’s NSA story? Carly Fiorina </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">really likes the NSA. She explained an incident she had with them after 9/11 on Tuesday Night. It was simple: the NSA asked Fiorina to stop a truckload of equipment and send it back to NSA headquarters. And she did it. Fiorina claimed that the NSA would help the government, if they just asked for it. Some people think that the story is different. </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/16/the-story-behind-carly-fiorinas-nsa-story/" style="line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like these people</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purple Unicorns and our favorite neurosurgeon. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the debate, Ted Cruz started talking about purple unicorns. Really. He was talking about the rebels in the Mideast. These are the rebels that the US wants to arm. And Cruz called them purple unicorns, meaning, there are no moderate rebels in the Mideast. On the other hand, our favorite neurosurgeon Ben Carson didn’t talk a ton at the debate. But at one point he was asked an awkward question. Somebody asked him if if he was president he would be willing to kill many children and innocent citizens in a time of war. After making a children and tumor analogy, Carson said yes, he would be willing. </span></div>
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Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-11425406914698149862015-12-11T18:24:00.001-08:002015-12-13T09:00:53.225-08:00Week of 12/7 in a Glance<b id="docs-internal-guid-b19a66fc-93fa-49a9-3342-07e85fe3ca24" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial";"><span style="line-height: 33.12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello all! Hope you are having a great start to December, and getting in the holiday mood. Remember to click the link above if you are receiving this by email, and to comment your thoughts! Hope you enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two seemingly normal people, an environmental inspector and a pharmacist, carried out the deadliest mass shooting since Sandy Hook. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On December 2nd, in a city near Los Angeles called San Bernardino, fourteen people were murdered by gunmen at a holiday party located at a center for those with developmental disabilities. Obama’s reaction to the attack was crystal clear: we need to defeat ISIS, and we need to create stricter gun control laws, which was a debate that came big again after the Planned Parenthood shooting.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How did it happen?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Suspects of the attack have been identified as Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. After Farook attended and left the party, he came back with his wife to complete the attack. In addition to the shooting, the couple left explosive devices in the center as a bombing attempt. The cops did not find them immediately. A long manhunt occurred before the two suspects were killed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where is ISIS involved? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, the wife, Malik, who many think was the brains behind the attack, had pledged allegiance to ISIS. Furthermore, Malik mentioned “we” in her social media post, suggesting that both suspects had been radicalized. And later after the attacks ISIS, on the radio, described the two as “supporters.” As you can see, ISIS doesn’t just terrorize. It inspires others to do so too. And that’s where Obama comes in...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Obama’s Speech </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On December 6th, four days after the attack, President Obama gave a speech about his plans for ISIS. Which are to defeat it. Obama showed the nation his plans step by step (which don’t include putting his troops out there) Did he say anything else? Yes. He claimed that the Syrian Civil War needed to end, that more stricter gun control laws have to be passed to stop attacks like that in San Bernardino, and that ISIS does not represent Islam, so prejudice should not be given.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reference 1: Nagourney, Adam, Ian Lovett, and Richard PÉrez-peÑa. "San Bernardino Shooting Kills at Least 14; Two Suspects Are Dead." </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The New York Times</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The New York Times, 02 Dec. 2015. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sure, you may have heard of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, but have you heard of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015? On Wednesday, Congress voted 85-12 to replace the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and President Obama signed the new law on Thursday. So what are these mysterious acts? Well, both have the same simplistic goals: to raise standards, to make sure students in grade K-12 are getting a good education, and to narrow or close the achievement gap between students. However, NCLB consisted of government (rather than state) control. Critics argue that too much time was spent testing, and that all schools and districts were given the same standards - a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all approach. On the other hand, ESSA gives more power to the states. States can now determine (to some extent) how they would like to tackle testing, including how to act upon the scores and how to evaluate teachers. States can now set their own goals for improvement, as opposed to the national goals set with NCLB. So how much will change around Mt. Greylock? Don’t expect any drastic changes. States are still required to test students, so MCAS is going anywhere. Apart from that, we will just have to wait to find out how Massachusetts handles this.</span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On Friday, November 27, Robert Lewis Dear murdered three people at a Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs. Planned Parenthood and abortions are generally not topics we will cover, but here we’ve made an exception. Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization that, as explained by their website, “delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide.” Planned Parenthood is especially known for providing safe, legal abortions. For those of you who don’t know, an abortion is when fetal tissue is destroyed in an unwanted pregnancy to avoid carrying to term. Those who are against abortion are often called “pro-life.” The procedure almost always occurs before the tissue is anything more than a clump of cells. Anyway, Robert Dear shot a police officer and two civilians on Friday because he was allegedly “motivated by opposition to safe and legal </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/health/abortion-fast-facts/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">abortion</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">” (Vicki Cowart, president of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains). This act is considered a “crime against women receiving healthcare services” (U.S. Attorney General </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/19/us/loretta-lynch-fast-facts/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Loretta Lynch</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">), as well as an act of domestic terrorism. Ironic that Dear killed three because he was “pro-life,” isn’t it?</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On November 24th, Russian President Putin reported that Turkey had given Russia “a stab in the back.” Putin was referring to a Russian warplane that had been shot down by Turkey somewhere around the Syrian and Turkish border. With the Syrian Civil War going on and the recent Paris attacks, this was a continuation of some not-so-new tension between Russia and Turkey.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What happened? Why did Turkey shoot down the plane?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Good question. Of the two pilots, one of them was killed, we don’t know what happened to the other, and a marine died trying to save the pilots. Why was the plane shot down? According to Turkey, the Russian plane was currently in their airspace. In addition, Turkey had given the plane ten warnings and the pilots had not listened. Seems pretty straightforward, right? Not so much. The problem is, Russia claims that the plane never actually crossed the border after all. Putin claimed that “[the plane] was flying 1 kilometer away from the Turkish border when it was attacked. In any case, neither our pilots nor our jet posed any threat to Turkey.” According to Putin, the airplane was heading to Northern Latakia to fight against ISIS. As you can see below, where the plane actually was flying is very complicated, but Turkey’s claimed path passes through Turkey and Russia’s claimed path does not.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s This Tension? What About Paris? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For the past four years, the Syrian Civil War has been happening. ISIS seems to enjoy war struck places, as they are doing very well in Syria. Where do Turkey and Russia come into all this? Well, they’re on opposite sides of the war. Turkey is on the side of the rebels, and Russia is on the side of President Assad. So Turkey and Russia aren't so friendly these days. And here’s where Paris comes in. After the attacks, many of these countries have been trying to unite and go against ISIS. A “stab on the back” like this doesn’t really help countries unite. And Turkey doesn’t actually think that the plane was headed for ISIS, but a rebel group that Turkey’s friends with. Seems tense, huh? It is.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In a glance? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After Turkey shot down the Russian plane, things got even worse between them than they were before. As for the US, President Obama claims that Turkey had the right to protect its airspace. This is also the first time a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has shot down a Russian plane in half a century, Perfect timing.</span></div>
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<br /> </b>Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-90818223511088659872015-11-25T08:41:00.002-08:002015-11-25T08:41:23.441-08:00Thanksgiving<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are taking the week off for break. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!</span>Maddy Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00625739606323605770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-53669591914447293622015-11-20T12:19:00.001-08:002015-11-20T12:19:05.792-08:00The Week of 11/16 in a Glance - Post 5<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi everybody! This week, we focused on Paris and the National Book Award. There are only two entries this post, but check out our post from earlier this week with details about the attacks. Enjoy and remember to comment with your ideas and insight! (Especially eighth graders - remember there's extra credit!)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Wednesday night, the National Book Awards were presented. While Ali Benjamin (see our second post) unfortunately did not win her category, other wonderful literature was honored. In the nonfiction category, Ta-Nehisi Coates won with his novel </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Between the World and Me</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Between the World and Me</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> takes the form of a letter written to his son about life as a black man in America. It reflects on historical and modern racial inequality. In the fiction category, Adam Johnson took the prize for his collection of short stories, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fortune Smiles. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Nirvana,” the first story, follows the husband of a woman suffering a rare disease. To cope, he creates a hologram of the United States President, who was recently assassinated. The next piece, “Interesting Facts,” focuses on the mental struggles of a woman living with cancer. Then there’s "George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine," “Hurricanes Anonymous,” and the title story, “Fortune Smiles.” Neal Shusterman was the winner for Young People’s Literature with his YA novel </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Challenger Deep</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Inspired by his son’s struggles, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Challenger Deep</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> realistically portrays the awfulness of mental illnesses while still captivating readers with its plot.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following the role of black women in society throughout history, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Voyage of the Sable Venus</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Robin Coste Lewis took the poetry title. Despite Benjamin not winning the overall title, the fact that she reached the shortlist is an incredible achievement. Congratulations, Ali Benjamin!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You’ve probably heard about the tragedy in Paris, either from our update or other sources. If you haven’t, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here’s a glance:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last Friday, at least 128 people were killed in Paris, France, after numerous terrorist attacks. These attacks included suicide bombings, gunmen openly shooting, hostage situations, and an attempted assassination of the French president… along with the 80,000 people watching a soccer match with him. Luckily, the last catastrophe was stopped - but France and the rest of the world still mourns 128 deaths.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What happened to the hostages? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The French President declared a state of emergency and closed the borders. President Obama said he would support “our oldest ally” (France). The french police attacked the concert hall in which the hostages were being kept. Later, a french police official reported that there were at least 100 deaths. The terrorists were finally overpowered and the hostages released. ISIS, an islamic terrorist group, then claimed responsibility. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What’s happened since then? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, simply put… a lot. Obama offered to take in Syrian refugees, though many governors don’t agree. Europe’s divide over the migrant crisis is becoming deeper after passport discovered next to a terrorist’s body suggested that the terrorist had come in with one of the waves of migrants. It is, however, unclear if it was dropped there, or if ISIS deliberately placed it there to create suspicions against the refugees. The French launched multiple airstrikes against ISIS following the attacks. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who do they think did it? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, ISIS. Abdelhamid Abaaoud is believed to have been the ringleader of the Paris attacks. He was killed on Wednesday in a hail of bullets. But nobody is quite sure if he was the only chief operative. A few of the terrorists were French citizens, even born and raised there. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To read more about the attacks themselves, read our mid-week post titled “Paris.”</span><br />
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</b>Maddy Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00625739606323605770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-67437981660685240242015-11-15T11:59:00.000-08:002015-11-15T11:59:31.194-08:00Paris<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 36.8px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We don't usually post in the middle of the week, but we thought we should give you guys a little info on what happened in Paris a couple nights ago. These incidents were absolutely horrible, with many people dying and more being injured. We didn't write the whole story, just some of the main events that occurred. We will give you more details on Friday for our weekly glance. If you want to know more now, simply google "Paris" and there will be many articles that go more in depth. Thanks for reading.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Least 128 people have been killed in Paris, France, after numerous terrorist attacks. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These attacks have been said to be the worst ever to take place in Europe since the bombings of 2004 in Madrid, Spain.</span></div>
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Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-2672381779247563142015-11-13T12:26:00.001-08:002015-11-13T18:49:03.852-08:00The Week of 11/6 in a Glance: Post Four<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi everybody! We hope despite it being Friday the 13th you have all been lucky today!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Two important announcements:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"> 1) The Greylock Glance is now on Instagram! If you have an instagram follow us @thegreylockglance. We will post alerts concerning new blog posts and interesting photos connecting with our stories.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">2) We would love to write about things that interest our readers, not just us! So we have started an email account, with the address <a href="mailto:thegreylockglance@gmail.com">thegreylockglance@gmail.com</a>. If you have suggestions for topics regarding what to post, or if you have questions or concerns that you would not like to publish in the comments, give us an email! If you give us a suggestion for an article and you want us to give you credit, we will!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Below is this week's news. Enjoy, and as always, feel free to comment!</span><br />
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Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-669401974558011242015-11-05T12:23:00.001-08:002015-11-06T15:57:56.912-08:00The Week of 11/1 in a Glance<span id="docs-internal-guid-bc1731f1-d958-59a8-32a0-2fed9de68a36"></span><br />
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</span>Maddy Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00625739606323605770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-91668673146037530162015-10-30T09:46:00.000-07:002015-10-30T18:41:57.652-07:00The Week of 10/22/15 in a Glance - Post Two<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a6a0a732-b99a-4478-c397-71c181cf65a5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In a glance: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you remember the Benghazi attacks three years ago in Libya? Hillary Clinton, a current democratic candidate for the 2016 presidential election, was Secretary of State at the time. As the main job of this position is to advise foreign affairs, you can see why after the attacks fingers would be pointed at her. Anyway, on October 22nd, just eight days ago, Clinton testified in front of the Benghazi Committee, a committee determined to figure out what happened in Libya in 2012. And what happened in the hearing? Basically the democrats and the republicans spent the whole time yelling at each other...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No, I don’t remember the Benghazi Attacks! </span><strong><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Benghazi Attacks occurred three years ago on September 11th in Benghazi, Libya. Benghazi was the location of an American government post at the time, and it was attacked. Buildings in the post were burned down and four americans were killed. One of these Americans was </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, a very important figure. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The attack was made by an islamist group of armed men, one of the leaders being Ahmed Abu Khattala</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. To investigate the event the Benghazi Committee was created and they have been pestering Hillary for a long time now...</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I do remember Clinton’s email thing though... does that have something to do with it? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, yes it does. The Benghazi Committee recently uncovered that Clinton used a private email during her service as Secretary of State. This makes everybody wonder: “Were there emails about Benghazi that we don’t know about?” And there were. Recently “new” emails specifically about the attack were handed to the committee. At the time of the event everybody thought the Benghazi attacks were the effects of a random protest, and it was not until later that everyone found that it was a terrorist attack. Among other things, the emails show that Clinton knew all along what it was. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Republican candidates have had two debates so far, and they have </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fifteen </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">candidates. As of today, two have dropped out. Here, I’m just going to tell you about the top candidates that you’ll probably hear the most about.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hundreds of thousands, and maybe millions of refugees are fleeing from problems in their own countries to the EU. They don't have money to pay for themselves, and they need food and shelter. Meanwhile, the different states of the EU aren't all agreed on the rules of who has to take on what amount of migrants, and a lot of the countries aren't following the rules anyway. This might be an old problem, but it's also a big one.</span>Owen Tucker-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076404286535173059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625504926772033053.post-25983886045348857072015-10-14T10:19:00.000-07:002015-10-22T15:36:45.713-07:00Welcome!<div style="text-align: left;">
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