Go to nytimes.com Read any article of your choice. Summarize the article…yes, just like last week. Be sure to name the author and to put the title of the article in quotes.
"Indonesians Waiting Out Another Disaster" By Will Careless Aubrey Belford.
Mount Merapi decides to go off again for the third time. This week Merapi killed 35 people and 50,000 people had to stay in camps hoping that the Mountain didnt decide to go off again. Mentawai Island also had their own distruction, Tsunami and Earthquake had taken 408 people and 303 people missing. Help is getting to them but its very difficult due to the weather conditions.
In the article "Soaring Above India's Poverty, a 27-story Home" by Jim Yardley it states that in Mumbai, which was once, Bombay, has a new attraction. One that has some people staring in awe, and others wishing their lives could have gone another way. The man responsible for all these mixed feelings is none other than Mukesh Ambani, whose family has been India's "most famous corporate soap opera." Their home is 27 stories, has helicopter pads, 6-level parking garage, floating swimming pools and suspended gardens. All this for a whopping $27 billion, and only a family of five will be residing in this monstrous tower. It has been dubbed Antilia
"As College Fees Climb, Aid Does Too" By Tamar Lewin.
Reports have shown that as tuition increased by 8% in public and 4.5 % in private colleges so has financial aide increased to help students pay. The 2009-2010 year students going to college recieves $ 28 billion in grants for college and that is about $10 billion more than they got last year in total. In total in the last 5 years tuition as increased around 24% in 4- year public and 17% in private colleges and 11% in 2 year. Alomst every student is being helped in paying for tuition. There was a great increase in federal support it was so big that it was bigger than the instuttional grants. This report found that 42 % of the aid from the institutions' financial ade was going to the ones who needed it more.
In the article,"Rangers Head to Texas, Facing Third and Long" by Tyler Kepner,the rangers as a baseball team has a hard time of competing with the dallas cowboys,a football team,for fans.The rangers are trying hard to win the world series title to get themselves out there and make their fans proud.Unfortunately,the rangers have lost the nfirst two games of the seven game series but they are still holding their heads up.Past series show that other teams ended up winning in the end when they were 2-0 in the series and with the cowboys not doing so good right now,the state is looking at the rangers more.
in the article, "The Undead Are Undaunted and Unruly" by By Alessandra Stanley is about a new t.v. show on AMC. The show, Walking Dead, is based on Robert Kirkman's novels. It is about zombies, and all sorts of things of that nature. There will be a lot of action, and suspense. Just like the show True Blood; it is planned to be a success for its style and audience.
"4-Year Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case" By: Alan Feuer
Feuer writes in his article about a small four year old girl named Juliet Breitman who is being sued by the estate of an 87 year-old, Claire Menagh after she was run over by the little girl on her bike. He goes on to explain how the judge overseeing the case is proclaiming that the small child be sued under negligance and the reactons of those around him.
In the article, " Killing for the Mob, Then Decimating It in Court" by William K. Rashbaum, explains how Salvatore Vitale became part of the mob through Massino, A childhood friend. He was taught how to kill how a normal kid is taught to drive a car.He was involved in 23 murders. 11 of the 23 murders were directly executed by him. He later testified more information about the mob than any other mob member. He gave cluesw to over 55 murders and identified tons of members of the mob. His testification was the largest ever in terms of organized crime
"Sweep of U.S. Cargo Planes After Overseas Bomb Scare" By: Liz Robbins
Two United States planes had investigators searching through cargo planes for suspicious packages on Friday morning because of a harmless' explosive device that was found at an airport near Birmingham, England. They even sent military war planes to escort one plane to Kennedy Airport because of a suspicious passenger. Out of all the suspicious packages they have gone through, none of them have found to be harmful.
"Meningitis Boosters Urged for Teenagers" by Gardiner Harris
It is now being recommended for 16 year olds to be vaccinated against meningitis, whooping cough and tetanus. This will protect them in their riskiest years, the first few years of college. The reason being is that the usual vaccinations given have proven to be less effective and only last for 5 years or less. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are debating on whether to delay the first dose a couple of years or give to doses throughout the years.
In the article, "Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier", written by Deborah Tannen, she explains that having a sister simply makes one happier. This is because women are more likely to talk about their feelings and emotions with each other. It's not that brotherly chats don't make them happy, they are just different. An example used in the article was about a man coming home from a day with his buddy. His wife asked him how his friend was dealing with the divorce and he replied, " I don't know, we didn't talk about it." Although talking about it isn't the only way to make one feel better. Just by being with them they feel better. Men and women don't respond to emotion in the same way.
I enjoyed Odalix's article as well. I don't think it is right to sue a 4 year old. They are still learning and it was an accident. That was ridiculous!
In the article "4-Year Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules In Bike Case", by Alan Feuer, an elderly woman is struck by a four year old racing her bicycle with a friend on a bike that had training wheels. The four year old's lawyer doesn't believe she should be held responsible for her actions because she is believed to be incapable of negligence. The judge however believes other wise and says she should have known better. The elderly woman died three months later of causes that weren't related to this incident. Although the young girl is not going to be punished, the elderly woman's estate has filed a law suit against the four year old and her mother. -I don't think it's that serious. The woman could've moved out of the way or yelled to distract them. I don't think it was intentional.
In the article, "On 'Project Runway,' a Final Plot Twist" by Stuart Emmrich, he talks about the three finalists on the show. Mondo, Andy and, Gretchen were competing against each other, and Stuart explains his feelings of being disappointed with Gretchen's collection and he says her designs looked better on television than live. He was hoping Mondo would win the show, and states that at the end, the judges seemed like they decided for him to be the winner. However, all the sudden the judges crown Gretchen as the winner, and judge Michael Kors was very pleased, but Heidi Klum was originally on Mondo's side. It was a shocking ending, but what's done is done. Congratulations Gretchen!
@ Joyce.. That is horrible! Why would an old woman want to punish a poor 4 year old who was just riding their bike?! That poor girl probably doesn't even know what the word 'sue' means and now her parents have to deal with that. That sucks... especially since the old lady died anyway.. They should let it go
In the artilce "Microsoft Plans to Buy Canesta", by Ashlee Vance, the company Microsoft looks into purchasing a new company. Canesta mostly works with motion movement detecting products. The two companies have not dicussed how much Canesta will cost. Microsoft plans to use the product on automobiles, cell phones, and other electronics.
In the article “Panel Says Firms Knew of Cement Flaws Before Spill” by John M. Broder says that the Halliburton employees knew that the cement they put at the bottom, was not going to hold on. The workers ignored it and continued working on it. The blowout is the biggest offshore oil spill in US history. These spills lead to 11 dead workers. The commission staff tested the cement and found out that they did not meet the industry requirements.
In the article "Gummen kill 15 in Mexico; Gang Kink Seen" Randal C. Archibold reports the killing of 15 people at a car wash in Mexico City. It might be connected to the drug gangs because 10 of the people shot were on rehabilitation fro drugs. The killings might also be connected to the shootings in Tijuana and police are now investigating a killing that happend in El Paso, Texas.
In the article "McDonald's Workers Are Told Whom to Work For," by Sabrina Tavernise, she informs us about a McDonaldis restaurant in Canton, Ohio that tries to influence its workers into voting for the Republicans Candidates in this upcoming election by threatening that there will be no more raises if they lose.
"Reflecting on a lawsuit against a 4-year-old," by Susan Dominus.
A four year old boy along with his two mothers is being sued by Claire Menagh's state. On April 2009 on East 52nd st. this four year old on training wheels collided with Claire which caused her to break her hip. At the age of 87 she died of unknown causes, and now the child is being sued for negligence.
"Civilians Falling Victim to Mexico Drug War"BY"RANDAL C.ARCHIBOLD ITS BEEN ALMOST FOUR YEARS FOR THE MEXICAN TO BUST A MAJOR DRUG TRAFFIKING ORGANIZATION.ALMOST30,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MOST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN ONE WEEK.FOUR PEOPLE AND 14 INJURED HAD SUFFERED DUE TO THE GUNMENS ATTACK.THEY ATTACKED EMPLOYEES THAT WAS ON THE BUS AFTER A LATE NIGHT SHIFT.
In the article " 4 year Old Can Be sued,Judge rules in Bike Case" by Alan feuer, he informs us on the basis of a four year old little girl being sued by hurting an elderly woman while riding a bicycle. The little girl was riding a bicycle with trainig wheels, and hit an old lady walking down the street.The old lady had a fractured hip and was considered to be in critical condition. Lawyers accused the four year old as being almost five therfore being liable to be sued. The young girls lawyer pleaded not guilty on the basis that she had supervision and that according to law she was incapable because she was still a child. The judge frowned upon this arguemnt siding that she was almost fiive therfore fully capable of knowing what she did.The case is a huge controversy and many are still trying to bring justice where it should be served.
Wow alot of the class wrote about the 4-year old being sued for neglagence. That is a very intresting article. Why would you sue a little kid for an accident?
"4-Year Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case" by Alan Feuer, in the article it kinda talks about how a small four year old girl named Juliet Breitman is being sued by an 87 year-old woman, Claire Menagh after she got run over by the little girl on her bike. This is rediculous.! the charges being placed on her are pathetic.! negligence.??? wow...
I KNOW RIGHT a fouryear old. A lawsuit and a flippin tricycle. You gotta be kidding me. pop the kids wheels and call it even:P lol just kidding but seriously totallyyy blown outta proportion. Thats gonna be a story to bring up at the dinner table haha
"U.S Sees Complexity Of Bombs" by Mark Mazzetti says that bombs in a cargo package from Yemen where going to hit the U.S. With the evidence U.S officials found, they concluded that "the top" leaders of Al Qaeda were behind everything. Explosive were hidden in a printer's ink cartige to avoid detection.
The TRicky Business of Halloween Sunday by Mark Oppenheimer. This article talks about the celebration of halloween on sunday. Also how most plan on celebrating it on saturday so they won't have to celebrate it the day before school. Also due to religion because it falls on a sunday. Some are also contemplating it due to college football. So basically due to the day, many are faced with choosing how and when they will celebrate it.
this article/video talks about how skulls had a life of their own. the skull is a very scary symbol and it reminds of how death cant be avoided. it also reminds people of how alive we still are and maybe to enjoy whats left of it. trippy video!
"Indonesians Waiting Out Another Disaster" By Will Careless Aubrey Belford.
ReplyDeleteMount Merapi decides to go off again for the third time. This week Merapi killed 35 people and 50,000 people had to stay in camps hoping that the Mountain didnt decide to go off again. Mentawai Island also had their own distruction, Tsunami and Earthquake had taken 408 people and 303 people missing. Help is getting to them but its very difficult due to the weather conditions.
In the article "Soaring Above India's Poverty, a 27-story Home" by Jim Yardley it states that in Mumbai, which was once, Bombay, has a new attraction. One that has some people staring in awe, and others wishing their lives could have gone another way. The man responsible for all these mixed feelings is none other than Mukesh Ambani, whose family has been India's "most famous corporate soap opera." Their home is 27 stories, has helicopter pads, 6-level parking garage, floating swimming pools and suspended gardens. All this for a whopping $27 billion, and only a family of five will be residing in this monstrous tower. It has been dubbed Antilia
ReplyDelete"As College Fees Climb, Aid Does Too" By Tamar Lewin.
ReplyDeleteReports have shown that as tuition increased by 8% in public and 4.5 % in private colleges so has financial aide increased to help students pay. The 2009-2010 year students going to college recieves $ 28 billion in grants for college and that is about $10 billion more than they got last year in total. In total in the last 5 years tuition as increased around 24% in 4- year public and 17% in private colleges and 11% in 2 year. Alomst every student is being helped in paying for tuition. There was a great increase in federal support it was so big that it was bigger than the instuttional grants. This report found that 42 % of the aid from the institutions' financial ade was going to the ones who needed it more.
In the article,"Rangers Head to Texas, Facing Third and Long" by Tyler Kepner,the rangers as a baseball team has a hard time of competing with the dallas cowboys,a football team,for fans.The rangers are trying hard to win the world series title to get themselves out there and make their fans proud.Unfortunately,the rangers have lost the nfirst two games of the seven game series but they are still holding their heads up.Past series show that other teams ended up winning in the end when they were 2-0 in the series and with the cowboys not doing so good right now,the state is looking at the rangers more.
ReplyDeletein the article, "The Undead Are Undaunted and Unruly" by By Alessandra Stanley is about a new t.v. show on AMC. The show, Walking Dead, is based on Robert Kirkman's novels. It is about zombies, and all sorts of things of that nature. There will be a lot of action, and suspense. Just like the show True Blood; it is planned to be a success for its style and audience.
ReplyDelete"4-Year Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case"
ReplyDeleteBy: Alan Feuer
Feuer writes in his article about a small four year old girl named Juliet Breitman who is being sued by the estate of an 87 year-old, Claire Menagh after she was run over by the little girl on her bike. He goes on to explain how the judge overseeing the case is proclaiming that the small child be sued under negligance and the reactons of those around him.
In the article, " Killing for the Mob, Then Decimating It in Court" by William K. Rashbaum, explains how Salvatore Vitale became part of the mob through Massino, A childhood friend. He was taught how to kill how a normal kid is taught to drive a car.He was involved in 23 murders. 11 of the 23 murders were directly executed by him. He later testified more information about the mob than any other mob member. He gave cluesw to over 55 murders and identified tons of members of the mob. His testification was the largest ever in terms of organized crime
ReplyDelete"Sweep of U.S. Cargo Planes After Overseas Bomb Scare"
ReplyDeleteBy: Liz Robbins
Two United States planes had investigators searching through cargo planes for suspicious packages on Friday morning because of a harmless' explosive device that was found at an airport near Birmingham, England. They even sent military war planes to escort one plane to Kennedy Airport because of a suspicious passenger. Out of all the suspicious packages they have gone through, none of them have found to be harmful.
"Meningitis Boosters Urged for Teenagers" by Gardiner Harris
ReplyDeleteIt is now being recommended for 16 year olds to be vaccinated against meningitis, whooping cough and tetanus. This will protect them in their riskiest years, the first few years of college. The reason being is that the usual vaccinations given have proven to be less effective and only last for 5 years or less. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are debating on whether to delay the first dose a couple of years or give to doses throughout the years.
In the article, "Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier", written by Deborah Tannen, she explains that having a sister simply makes one happier. This is because women are more likely to talk about their feelings and emotions with each other. It's not that brotherly chats don't make them happy, they are just different. An example used in the article was about a man coming home from a day with his buddy. His wife asked him how his friend was dealing with the divorce and he replied, " I don't know, we didn't talk about it." Although talking about it isn't the only way to make one feel better. Just by being with them they feel better. Men and women don't respond to emotion in the same way.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Odalix's article as well. I don't think it is right to sue a 4 year old. They are still learning and it was an accident. That was ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteIn the article "4-Year Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules In Bike Case", by Alan Feuer, an elderly woman is struck by a four year old racing her bicycle with a friend on a bike that had training wheels. The four year old's lawyer doesn't believe she should be held responsible for her actions because she is believed to be incapable of negligence. The judge however believes other wise and says she should have known better. The elderly woman died three months later of causes that weren't related to this incident. Although the young girl is not going to be punished, the elderly woman's estate has filed a law suit against the four year old and her mother.
ReplyDelete-I don't think it's that serious. The woman could've moved out of the way or yelled to distract them. I don't think it was intentional.
In the article, "On 'Project Runway,' a Final Plot Twist" by Stuart Emmrich, he talks about the three finalists on the show. Mondo, Andy and, Gretchen were competing against each other, and Stuart explains his feelings of being disappointed with Gretchen's collection and he says her designs looked better on television than live. He was hoping Mondo would win the show, and states that at the end, the judges seemed like they decided for him to be the winner. However, all the sudden the judges crown Gretchen as the winner, and judge Michael Kors was very pleased, but Heidi Klum was originally on Mondo's side. It was a shocking ending, but what's done is done. Congratulations Gretchen!
ReplyDelete@ Joyce.. That is horrible! Why would an old woman want to punish a poor 4 year old who was just riding their bike?! That poor girl probably doesn't even know what the word 'sue' means and now her parents have to deal with that. That sucks... especially since the old lady died anyway.. They should let it go
ReplyDeleteIn the artilce "Microsoft Plans to Buy Canesta", by Ashlee Vance, the company Microsoft looks into purchasing a new company. Canesta mostly works with motion movement detecting products. The two companies have not dicussed how much Canesta will cost. Microsoft plans to use the product on automobiles, cell phones, and other electronics.
ReplyDeleteIn the article “Panel Says Firms Knew of Cement Flaws Before Spill” by John M. Broder says that the Halliburton employees knew that the cement they put at the bottom, was not going to hold on. The workers ignored it and continued working on it. The blowout is the biggest offshore oil spill in US history. These spills lead to 11 dead workers. The commission staff tested the cement and found out that they did not meet the industry requirements.
ReplyDeleteIn the article "Gummen kill 15 in Mexico; Gang Kink Seen" Randal C. Archibold reports the killing of 15 people at a car wash in Mexico City. It might be connected to the drug gangs because 10 of the people shot were on rehabilitation fro drugs. The killings might also be connected to the shootings in Tijuana and police are now investigating a killing that happend in El Paso, Texas.
ReplyDeleteIn the article "McDonald's Workers Are Told Whom to Work For," by Sabrina Tavernise, she informs us about a McDonaldis restaurant in Canton, Ohio that tries to influence its workers into voting for the Republicans Candidates in this upcoming election by threatening that there will be no more raises if they lose.
ReplyDelete"Reflecting on a lawsuit against a 4-year-old," by Susan Dominus.
ReplyDeleteA four year old boy along with his two mothers is being sued by Claire Menagh's state. On April 2009 on East 52nd st. this four year old on training wheels collided with Claire which caused her to break her hip. At the age of 87 she died of unknown causes, and now the child is being sued for negligence.
"Civilians Falling Victim to Mexico Drug War"BY"RANDAL C.ARCHIBOLD
ReplyDeleteITS BEEN ALMOST FOUR YEARS FOR THE MEXICAN TO BUST A MAJOR DRUG TRAFFIKING ORGANIZATION.ALMOST30,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MOST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN ONE WEEK.FOUR PEOPLE AND 14 INJURED HAD SUFFERED DUE TO THE GUNMENS ATTACK.THEY ATTACKED EMPLOYEES THAT WAS ON THE BUS AFTER A LATE NIGHT SHIFT.
In the article " 4 year Old Can Be sued,Judge rules in Bike Case" by Alan feuer, he informs us on the basis of a four year old little girl being sued by hurting an elderly woman while riding a bicycle. The little girl was riding a bicycle with trainig wheels, and hit an old lady walking down the street.The old lady had a fractured hip and was considered to be in critical condition. Lawyers accused the four year old as being almost five therfore being liable to be sued. The young girls lawyer pleaded not guilty on the basis that she had supervision and that according to law she was incapable because she was still a child. The judge frowned upon this arguemnt siding that she was almost fiive therfore fully capable of knowing what she did.The case is a huge controversy and many are still trying to bring justice where it should be served.
ReplyDeleteWow alot of the class wrote about the 4-year old being sued for neglagence. That is a very intresting article. Why would you sue a little kid for an accident?
ReplyDelete"4-Year Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case" by Alan Feuer, in the article it kinda talks about how a small four year old girl named Juliet Breitman is being sued by an 87 year-old woman, Claire Menagh after she got run over by the little girl on her bike. This is rediculous.! the charges being placed on her are pathetic.! negligence.??? wow...
ReplyDeleteI KNOW RIGHT a fouryear old. A lawsuit and a flippin tricycle. You gotta be kidding me. pop the kids wheels and call it even:P lol just kidding but seriously totallyyy blown outta proportion. Thats gonna be a story to bring up at the dinner table haha
ReplyDelete"U.S Sees Complexity Of Bombs" by Mark Mazzetti says that bombs in a cargo package from Yemen where going to hit the U.S. With the evidence U.S officials found, they concluded that "the top" leaders of Al Qaeda were behind everything. Explosive were hidden in a printer's ink cartige to avoid detection.
ReplyDeleteThe TRicky Business of Halloween Sunday by Mark Oppenheimer. This article talks about the celebration of halloween on sunday. Also how most plan on celebrating it on saturday so they won't have to celebrate it the day before school. Also due to religion because it falls on a sunday. Some are also contemplating it due to college football. So basically due to the day, many are faced with choosing how and when they will celebrate it.
ReplyDelete‘Memento Mickey’
ReplyDeleteBy JEFF SCHER
this article/video talks about how skulls had a life of their own. the skull is a very scary symbol and it reminds of how death cant be avoided. it also reminds people of how alive we still are and maybe to enjoy whats left of it.
trippy video!