Emily's Newspaper

Liberia Troubles

    In a war stricken country of Liberia, Kofi Annan seems like a lifesaver. Trying to help this country, he is trying to help Liberia to survive in times of war. Annan spoke at one of the U.N's private meetings and asked for almost $500 million for this cause. Sadly the UN is only considering $200 million to help. Annan was saying that Liberia would automatically need $100 million to help the citizens.

     The good news is Liberia is slowly, very slowly pulling itself together, or at least has become a more peaceful place. This happened when the former president Charles Taylor stepped down in August in 2003. but Liberia will still need lots of help. Only 3 million has been donated, and there are many important issues to cover. To name a couple there is the problem that only 38.3% of the population at 15 or older can read and write. Also 80% of the population is in poverty.

     If the right amount of money is not given to help there is an even greater chance of the country to come back into war, have problems with the food supply, and a lot of sickness. "It will be hard if not impossible for Liberians to start rebuilding their country, while large groups of war victims still are lacking the most basic necessities of life" Annan said.

     What do you think the U.S. could do to help Liberia?

SuperThinker! Episode: #1

Once opon a time, there was a great super hero, busy as a beaver helping the World Wide Weblog! It's......... SUPERTHINKER!!!! Using only hi-tech equipment, she never buys a pig in a poke.

One sleepy day, Superthinker heard a yell for help, so soaring through the air she heard the cry for help once again. She was all ears, "Aha" she said spotting the distressed blogger. "Help!!!!!!!!!!" She heard again but landed next to the blogger in distress. "HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU CHANGE THE BLOGS BACKGROUND SUPERTHINKER!!!" The Blogger screamed, attracting attention. Right then, Superthinker knew the blogger was chewing up the scenery and making a mountain out of a molehill. Then Superthinker told the blogger what to do in a nutshell."Don't worry, it's a piece of cake." She then was interrupted. "But I heard through the grapevine about all of this complicated nonsense!" See you press this button and do this"Thank you so much Superthinker! I didn't mean to make waves!!! the blogger said while taking his hat off. "Also don't think you have to shape up or ship out to be a blogger, Rome was not built in a day you know! Superthinker added as she zoomed off. The blogger was on cloud nine and was tickled pink.

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

    Happy Chinese New Year!!! The year of the monkey!!! Good luck all you little monkeys out there!!! Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a time of traditions. Customs that the Chinese follow on New Year are said to bring luck and happiness to the New Year and all the people. Chinese children are given special treats on New Year's. Red envelopes of lucky money called lai see are given to them by friends and relatives. They are encouraged to eat many cookies, oranges, and orange-flavored dishes to get ready for the sweetness of the New Year.
(I myself are shocked that the parents actually encourage them to do so!!! ^-^) Also did you know that in China, on New Years Day everything red is lucky?

What Chinese year were you born in? What abilities are told for you in the sign?

 

First Draft

Once opon a time, there was a great super hero, busy as a beaver helping the World Wide Webblog! It's......... SUPERTHINKER!!!! Using only hi-tech equipment, she never buys a pig in a poke.

One sleepy day, Superthinker heard a yell for help, so soaring through the air she heard the cry for help once again. She was all ears, "Aha" she said spotting the distressed blogger. "Help!!!!!!!!!!" She heard again but landed next to the blogger in distress. "HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU CHANGE THE BLOGS BACKGROUND SUPERTHINKER!!!" The Blogger screamed, attracting attention. Right then, Superthinker knew the blogger was chewing up the scenery and making a mountain out of a molehill. Then Superthinker told the blogger what to do in a nutshell."Don't worry, it's a piece of cake." She then was interrupted. "But I heard through the grapevine about all of this complicated nonsense!" See you press this button and do this"Thank you so much Superthinker! I didn't mean to make waves!!! the blogger said while taking his hat off. "Also don't think you have to shape up or ship out to be a blogger, Rome was not built in a day you know! Superthinker added as she zoomed off. The blogger was on cloud nine and was tickled pink.

About WEBLOGS!!!!

 

  Once I heard this assignment, my response was on the double! I absolutely LOVE WEBLOGS!!! The webloging experience for everyone is so great for education subjects, or of course to share your feelings. Ms. Davis' group allows me to really express my feelings about the subjects on the news and my side of the story. You might think that you can just write it down on paper and have the same effect. If you have a weblog though, you can write AND get a response from other viewers.

    What do we do in weblogs? In the weblog group, we start off the day by meeting together and taking up our homework. Our homework is usually writing a story off a report from a news site and making a really thought-provoking question at the end. Next we talk about what our day plan is, and go off to the computer lab to go weblogging!!! YAY!!!

We usually start of by typing our homework, and then responding to our responses of our posts. Many people out in the world just can not even imagine what it feels like to get an uplifting response to our stories!!! After our cheers from our responses, we find a new report that we enjoy reading about on some interesting news sites for our homework.

After all of this, at 10:30 (sometimes longer), our time is up and we pack up our stuff, and go back to our classrooms. I really wish our day was longer, so our class can keep on learning!

                                   Remember Ms. Davis, I am all ears!!!

 

 

 

Racing Recall

 In Washington D.C., the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), have recalled the KNex toys, "Mud Bogger" and "Street Shredder". They did so because the saw that the air pumps can burst in the process when children pump then up. When it burst, it can cause the motor of the toy car or any other part to fly off, and those parts have very sharp edges, witch cause serious eye damage or minor cuts.

If the KNex Industry took their toys of the line, shouldnt others do the same? I mean, when a product is found somewhat dangerous, other lines of toys should be checked too, as a safety precaution. As I have seen, there are many different toys where there is a pump involved making the car start, and from the pictures, the pumps look similar to the defective pump.

Also, shouldnt these things be found out in the making of the product? Little defects could cause more than minor cuts or eye damage.

Do you think the toy industry should be more careful in the making of these ore other products? 

                                  Why or why not?

How Far Will They Go?

  Another ice age could have occurred, but these 8 kids would not have even noticed it. They were sucked into playing a video game. Yes, there recently was a Quidditch video game tournament in California and 8 lucky people got to participate. In the video game, Quidditch is the game played by Harry Potter and his classmates at Hogwarts. A group of children astride broomsticks through a basketball-sized ball to teammates until one player gets close enough to through it through a hoop suspended in air: This is a goal, and it's value total equals 10 points in the video game. Randomly at the end of a match, a golden, golf ball-sized ball called a snitch will appear in the playing field, and one important member of each team, called the seeker, will fly quickly and try to catch it. If the seeker grabs it, his or her team gets 150 points and the game ends. Also for the prize for the winner out of the 8 people was that they would be crowned The Top Quidditch Player in the Nation, and then be flown to London to compete against representatives from every nation!!! While playing, the famous star, Bow Wow, provided commentary. Isn't that interesting?

 Have you ever been SO interested in something? What was or is it, and why do you like it?

Come One Come All?

     On the thirteenth of January, President Bush gave mention of a new program that will allow immigrants to be able to work here for a max of 3 years without being an American citizen. But do you think that what happened in the 1800s might happen again because of this? In the 1800s there were thousands of immigrants coming in America weekly. There was not enough room for many people to work or live.

President Bush said, "If an American employer is offering a job that American citizens are not willing to take, we ought to welcome into our country who will take this job." (And no, all children can not hire someone who is an immigrant to take out the trash). Besides that, he also told about the 4 principles.

        America must control their borders to keep criminals out.

New immigration laws should serve the economic needs of our country.

We should not give unfair rewards to illegal immigrants in the citizenship process or disadvantage those who came here lawfully.

New laws should provide incentives for temporary, foreign workers to return permanently to their homelands after that period of time.

After their time is over, they could either choose to stay and become an American citizen, or leave to their own country.

Critics of this plan think that the plan will confuse the current immigration system instead of helping to organize it.

What do you think?

Saddam Hussain Captured

 

Saddam Hussain Captured

On the 11^{th, all the headlines said "We Got Him!" The Him, Saddam Hussein was found in a spider hole on a farm in Tikrit. US soldiers found him in the basement of a man's home. When soldiers found the hole and tried to get a soldier to check what was in the hole, he couldn't get in it. Once the soldiers found out it was Saddam Hussein in that hole, they really wanted to throw a hand grenade in the hole. Once captured, and taken to the US base, he was checked for parasites and cleaned up. The reason medical staff checked him for parasites was because he was living in a hole for months. After one final DNA check, he was sent to Baghdad, where he will stay. What do you think we should do to him? My teacher suggested they send him out on the streets of New York. What do you think his punishment should be?}

Da Du Da DA!!!!

 Seen again on the web, It's SUPERTHINKER!!!!

  Yes, the mysterious SuperThinker strikes again on the world wide web!!! Secretly posting on random weblogs, giving good advice to young and old alike. Please reply to me if you see her strike again. Wanted alive.

Hey, SuperThinker, it's ok, I'm just trying to see if anyone was believing me for a second there, and was about to post, saying they've heard from you. The whole class has been wondering who you are. So far, your clues have been:

• She is from California
• She likes to smile
• She can speak spanish
• She likes to write
• SuperThinker likes to dance (cha cha cha)
• Her weblog name is SuperThinker 
• She might be a teacher
• She likes Cajun food

Hopefully, I will soon find out who this super thinking SuperThinker is, but at the same time, I want to not know because it's fun to guess who SuperThinker is!