Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Barbery shop Group 05/11/2011

Barber shop: HAIRS

Our Group considered many different kinds of topics for the final Entrepreneurial Studies project. We talked about repair workshops for electronic devices, cloth or shoes companies, snow snowploughing or even a transport to move in campus. Many of them were very good but we definitely decided to make a Barber shop. We have a cloth company, maintenance and Mr. Porter are able to fix everything, maintenance also takes care of the snow, and not many students would pay money for a transport to move through campus. There is nothing in campus that can act as a barber shop. We have many students who do not want to go out of campus to find a hairdresser so they cut their hair by themselves or with the help of other students. Many times the result is not desirable. If a Barber shop is open in campus everyone in the whole campus can go to it. Not just students but also staff, faculty and even outsiders. It will be much cheaper because we would not need to pay for the place for the establishment. If our business expands we are planning to sell shampoo, body wash, deodorant and other body care products, also we could create a chain of in-campus barber shops.

-Miguel.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Taliban is a group in Taliban most of them are Afghanistan. At first nobody care about the Taliban until Taliban make country change and advance country. People start to support Taliban. Because lots people support them cause they have 30000 people and have ten tanks. In 1996~2001 Taliban country Afghanistan. Taliban join 911 and attack America after 911 taliban become a dangerous group for every people in the world. I think this kind of group usually attack other country make problem in the world so I don’t like them
Evan

Monday, May 9, 2011

5/9/11 Hyun Jin Ree

Hyun Jin Ree
5/9/11
Mr. Cohon
Entre Studies

Assignment


I will talk about video which we saw.
The terror organization attack Afghanistan and Pakistan citizen and police without any reason.
Mr. Cohon told me during the cold war U.S.A gave weapon to terror organization actually at that time that was not terror organization but after few years they became terror organization and they still using weapons to attack U.S.A, Afghanistan and Pakistan. I think that was U.S.A’s mistake at that time gave them too much weapons and didn’t think about the future. The terror organization attacking people so the government need to work on It or they will attacking people forever. But I understand looking up the future is really hard so I can’t say bad things to U.S.A. I think the Afghanistan and Pakistan government should work on the terror organization for their citizen and their police. I think also America government should help some of part because America consistent a part of this problem because they supplied the weapons. If government working on these problem then It will be gone.

-Ree-

Taliban~~chen

Taliban
After 911 attacks, a reporter from America wanted to do the research about Taliban. When he arrived in Afghan, he felt very weird situation. Everything is strange. Many local people were in trouble with disease. Some people didn’t have clean water to drink. The reporter can image how people can live there.
At the beginning of the Taliban, there just were 800 people. Therefore, many western countries didn’t worry about it. They thought it was just a little and tiny organization. But because Taliban against government, want to get freedom and soldiers in Taliban were very loyal. Some many people in Afghan support them. Because many people want to make the change to Afghan, they want to improve their life.
In 1979, the Soviet Union attacked Afghan, American government wanted to make trouble with Soviet and get more powerful than Soviet government. Therefore, American government provided weapon to Taliban and Afghan people.
But after 911 attacks, American army wanted to find Bin Laden and attack terrorism organist. So they attacked Afghan, therefore nowadays, Taliban soldiers use the weapon that American government provided to against American army. That sounds interesting.
In Taliban, they are very organizational and disciplined. When they want to attack something or destroy something, they must have a meeting and make a plan to talk about how to do it. Generals in Taliban army are very carefully and strict. They didn’t allow anybody make mistakes.
If there is someone make mistakes in duties or they failed in the end. They will have an important meeting after that. The object of the meeting is make sure why they failed and who is the troublemaker. And then the troublemaker must stay in the guardhouse. During the meeting, they also talked about what they learn from the meeting and they think about next assignment.
On the other hand, before they carry out their assignment. They must let them look nice. They need to get hair cut, wear clean clothes. Because all of the members in Taliban believed Islam, they think after they die, they will go to see the god. So they must let them look nice. It is very important for them.
I think we need to think two sides to deliberate Taliban.
First of all they are terrorists, they shouldn’t destroy other countries. Everyone need peaceful world. They don’t have rights to make others in trouble.
On the other hand, they very love their countries, they very love Islam. They wanted to protect themselves. They have no ways to do something that is terrorism. They also need to live. Because of war, they are also in trouble. They just have two kinds of dead--starvation and die for protest. They also live peace, they are not just monster. But they have no choice. Therefore we also need to help them, if we developed their life, I think there isn’t terrorism in the world anymore.

chen bohan

Sam Lartey

Sam Lartey
Entrepreneur Studies
5/6/11

Behind the Line( A close look at Afghanistan)

In the movie we watched last class in Entre we learned about the lives of the Afghanistan’s behind the battle ground. In this I took into understanding some of the concepts and beliefs of them and their enemies (U.S.A). After asking a series of questions involving the relationship the U.S once had with Afghanistan and the reason all this chaos and war began, I came into conclusion that one country being, Afghanistan believed that they were overpowered and at a point be colonized however the U.S, being the other country believed that they were protecting a fellow ally against Russia, who they had altercations with, in the past.
One thing that caught my mind, that almost all the Afghanistan’s were saying was being a martyr, and following orders. Though it was obvious at a point in time that the Afghan terrorist had some difficulties in their technology, I believed that they would go into any extent to follow the most ridiculous orders if it means being a martyr, and “going to heaven,” as a result of their actions.

Terrorist

Corey Greenberg
5/8/11
Entre


The movie we watched was about a reporter who was aloud in to the enemy camp as a guest. We saw how even though the news makes them look organized but from what we saw that is not very true. They had a failed plan where they wanted to destroy an American Humvee and a police truck. They kept failing because the detonator would not work. One of them shot at the police with a RPG but that also missed. When the reporter talked to the leader he said that they got the police. The reporter was kicked out of the camp and the police said the last attack was a moth ago. A few days later most of the police at that station were dead.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

The Taliban

The Taliban are a group of people who share beliefs about Americans who look to change their government. The Taliban works with many other groups who share their beliefs such as the Al Qaeda. They carry out missions to keep American troops out of their territory. They feel that their government should remain the same. The missions consist of bombings and raids against police officials. One of the missions we witnessed in the video is the Taliban trying to explode a truck carrying a tank and a Jeep with police officials. The bombs failed because of remote control problems and the trucks got away safely. This shows the lack of organization of the Taliban who went home to their leader and told him that 5 people were killed and the trucks were destroyed. They probably lied to their leader because their rules are very strict and could be executed for not carrying out the mission successfully. This shows why the Americans are trying to change them because if the Taliban gets control, they will be very violent.

Bill Hoadley

Miguel González 05/08/2011

The Taleban

The Taleban or Taliban military group is an organization the appeared in 1996 and ruled many parts of Afghanistan and other neighbour countries until 2001. After that year the Taleban was overthrown by Operation Enduring Freedom. After it was overthrown the group regrouped in Pakistan to fight the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (established in late 2001) and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The Taleban believe that they should be able to solve their problems. They say that they do not want the United Nations or the United States to keep order in their country. The Taliban say that the citizens of the country are able to solve their problems; they want to rule themselves with no help. They even accuse other countries to not just try to help them but to take things from their country and for try to rule it. The Taleban tries to draw attention by attacking different military bases, military vehicles, soldiers etc of the United States and the Government of the country. Even though the Taleban is chased by the authorities it is supported by many people. Even millionaires who believe in the ideas of the Taleban give money to them and they even join the group. Also the Taliban is also allied with other groups who pursue similar goals as them like Al-Qaeda. The Taleban promised that if their country is left alone by outsiders they will stop their fighting and withdraw their weapons.
I personally think that the goals that the Taleban seeks are understandable but the ways the use to try to change the situation are very wrong. They can not kill soldiers or civilians to change the situation of the country. It is also really hard for me to believe that if the United States and the United Nations leave, the Group would withdraw weapons or not attempt to start ruling over the country like oppressors and tyrants.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Pat

Pat Curry
Terrorist Attacks

Osama Bin Laden has devastated this country and almost devastated my life. On September 11 2001 my dad was across the street from the World Trade Center ready to go in when the first plane hit one of the towers. He ran and got away thinking it might have just been a small planes accident. From about two or three blocks away he saw the second plane hit and saw the huge fireball coming out. Then he knew that something was going on but he wasn’t quite sure what. That day my mom took me out of school and she did not know if my dad was alive. I did not know what was going on because I was too small. He later called my mom and everything was alright. My dad had lost one of his best friends because of the attack. He and the rest of America then were informed that it was a terrorist attack. Also America was informed that a plane crashed into the pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania probably because of the same reason. On that day about three thousand American citizens died because of the attacks. This is probably in the top five worst things that has happened to the United States and probably always will be.
Every single day in America has been different since then. The security around America and airports around the world has increased a lot. It has also started something else in Afghanistan, a war.
This has changed my life because I want to join the Army Rangers and fight in Afghanistan. Also many of my family members have changed the personalities since then maybe because of lost family members/friends or they were just shocked that this happened.

keenan-

Keenan Bennett
5/3/11
entree





9/11 and the war on iraq




one of the things that effected my life the most would have to be 9/11. on September 11th 2001 terrorists flew planes into the twin towers and the pentagon. this attack killed more than 3,000 people and injured many. i remember sitting in school in first grade when we all learned what had happened.
when we were that age we didn't really know how to react to something that intense. this event impacted a lot of people that i know. this was a shock to all of us and led to the war in iraq that has been happening for the past ten years. most people know someone in the war or effected by the war in some way. this was a rough period of time for us all and this recent event of the death of osama bin ladin is a relief to us all.
i know many people that have been fighting in the war in iraq for the past few years. also my uncle just retired from being a carnal in the air force and a sociologist for the air force so i know many stories from what he had experienced from the war.
when bin ladin died the other day it felt weird how he was in my life for such a long time with 9/11 and the war. its a relief that he’s gone but makes me wonder what will happen next.

Keenan-

Kanrina

Corey Greenberg
5/6/11
Entre Studies

Hurricane Katrina

The disaster that applies to me from the last five years is the hurricane Katrina incident. When the hurricane hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005 it broke the levees and caused a mass flood. This caused money and other necessary items to go to them instead of the rest of the country. This was one of deadliest hurricane in the US'S history killing 1,836 people.
This disaster does apply to me because I live in the country were this happened. The US did not take care of this the right way, instead they just let the people suffer as their world was turned upside down. After the flood cleared it looked like a battle had gone on there. FEMA which was supposed to go down and help went there and help did not go down until most of what could go wrong did go wrong.
My grandparents have a house in Florida they were not there at that time. The hurricane did do a small amount of damage to them it ripped of some parts of the screened in porch. This nothing like what happened in New Orleans because Florida was hit with a much less significant storm.
Many things had to be cut when trying to aid the victims. The tax payers had to pay a little bit more to help cover the $90 billion dollars in damage to the country.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

5/5/11 Hyun Jin Ree

Hyun Jin Ree
5/5/11
Mr. Cohon
Entre Studies

Assignment


Al-Qaeda's China problem
This article is about problem between two countries China and Al Qaeda.
China tried to control their citizen and then they made it but Al Qaeda, they couldn’t. China attacked Pakistan and then 18 people were dead and China took 17people. But China is keep hide their true even they have evidence. China is getting bigger and bigger and stronger and stronger, and also they are having a lot of confidence but they keep hiding their true to the world.

-Ree-

5/5/11 Hyun Jin Ree

Hyun Jin Ree
5/5/11
Mr. Cohon
Entre Studies

Assignment


Al Qaeda Leader: China, Enemy to Muslim World.
This article is about two countries between Al Qaeda people took money from the China people.
China was really angry about Al Qaeda because they just took Chinese money with force so China made their army to go to Al Qaeda. China want to take gasoline so they trying to get gasoline so they are looking for the soil which they has oil in there but Chinese workers who looking for soil which has oil but other people taking their money and their stuff with force.


-Ree-

Al-Qaeda's Problem By Weijia Ren

Al-Qaeda's Problem
There was a lot of big happened in China at 2008. AL-Qaeda’s of Uighurs make a big political ethnic violence.
In China, the government is rot. The leaders that work for government, most of them is work for money but not for the citizens. They don’t want to think about the political problem in China. The things they worry about are money, selfish, reputation. When they face to the political problem, most of them have no idea.
The Uighurs violence make a lots of people in China got hurt. The Uighurs did that is because they’re life is not fair in China. They have racial problem. But the government have no good idea for found out these kind of problem. At last, Uighurs just can fix these problems and let the government weak up “we are a part of China.”
Nothing is perfect in the world, but the government in some countries that all over the world, they should not hide some truth to the citizens, the should pay more attention to the citizens, think about our feeling. In the other countries, there were lots of wars of republic problem. But most of these beginning are start from the government, that can’t find out the problem about the citizens.
But as we can see, not all the government in some big or developed countries government can be nice and found out the problem. Like Obama, he has done lots of good thing for his own country. But what he does made the other countries people feel bad. For example… What? We are just students, should we talk about these kind of society peoblem?

Al-Qaeda is standing against the world

first, over all,this assignment makes me crazy. As i am a student, especially an international students, i do not want to determine the event going on is right or wrong.
As we all know, truths always hide deeply under the surface. we cannot to comment a decision from a country's government depended on serveral reportes which has much political color to lean to whom benifit. although, to punish the dark face of a society is not a student job.

Al-Qaeda is a terroristic organization definitely. we cannot listen anything from a community which is fight against judgment. their speeches and words are totally ironic. we remembered that the 911 accident was made by Bin larden,the leader of AI-Qaeda. he just killed by America secret military.
right now, they change the direction to appoint Sinkiang which is a Part of Chinese land property. Uighurs are one of the nationalty of 56 religon in China which is without argument and cannot be divided.

Chinese government to use military power was because the terroristic people which were organized, they destroied the houses, shops and public spaces in SInkiang area. they burned buses, throwed stones and metals to common people. on the purpose to keep the civilian out of danger.

probably, the news to report is not quite acurrate, it is depended on the newspaper office is serveing for their own countries.

welcome to discuss China, welcome to know a real China.

Huang Chao
05/05/11
These article are talking about Uighurs this kind of people and china. Everyone are know china is good at stop people do something illegal. Now Muslim try to help Uighurs people revolt chinese government. Because uighurs people live in east of china also they want to their own government but china say no then muslim try to make a group to revolt china in this chance. Uighurs people did some illegal for china government for example they attack people who work for china government and attack government’s building. China government think they don’t need to suppress Uighurs people so they try to change their education and help their people. After few years Uighurs people they think pretty good now
Evan

Al-Qaeda’s China problem

Al-Qaeda’s China problem
Nowadays, people are facing many problems. For example, environment problems, too much population, the gap between the poor and the rich and another serious problem—terrorism, all of them are around us.
A few days ago, bin laden was killed by American army. I think it is good news for all the people. Because the most powerful leader of terrorism died, people made a successful step that against terrorism.
How terrorism influenced China?
In Anti terrorism, American people pay more attention on Afghan war. And China government paid more attention about how to control their power to against terrorism.
China government did a lot of things to against terrorism. Chinese army has a great development these years. And the Chinese own Carrier will be used in 2011. And the special policeman solved many terrorist attacks happened in Xinjiang in 2008. It is a good for protecting China and against terrorism.
Some people said, there are some terrorist attacks happened in China, because China government didn’t provide welfare to Xinjiang local people. However, it is not truth. Some people said these because they can have a reason to attacked China and gain the power.
The truth is Xinjiang local people enjoy good life. Our government spent much money every on Xinjiang. China government provided food, money, house and car to people. People can get jobs when they graduated from college. And Xinjiang students just have the lows grades, they can go to the good university, sometime just 400. But in my hometown, Shandong, I must get 610 then I can good to the same college. Therefore, Xinjiang students have more changes than Han people.
But, why there are still terroristic attacks happened in Xinjiang? I think because some people want to gain more power. Just like Rome history, a bad emperor can use any ways to get his objects. For instance, the emperor can kill his die then he can gain the power early. He can kill people who didn’t support him. So, some similar events happened now, too. Terrorism leaders want to get his objects and gain more and more power. They didn’t care people’s life. They didn’t care people’s life. They just think about themselves.
In a word, I think it is good to against terrorism. People need the peaceful life. We can’t allow someone to make trouble in our life. If someone did that, we must against him. It is not one country’s duty, it is all of people’s duty!

Chen bohan

Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008 Big happened in China

In 2008, there were a lots of big happened in China. Good or not, it’s all gone.
2011, the Japan Earthquake was in us time 2011 March the 11st. Earthquake the
Highest level 9.0. Before this happened, in 2008 Feb 12nd, there was the highest level
8.0 in China Wenchuan. Suddenly, the earth trembled, raids, devastated river
shift, and death everywhere. 69227 peoples death, 374643 people got hurt,
bad or not. And there were 17923 people lose.
Between China and Japan, the most obvious thing that we can see is,
when Japan was Earthquake, almost all the buildings are good, just
tossing, but it didn’t fall down. But in Wenchuan, lots of the leaders work
for the China government are corruption. For example, the government give
a leader 5,500,000 dollars for build a big building, they can just pay the
builder contractor 4,500,000. And they can save 1,000,000 for themselves.
of course it is not allow! Then the builders contractor can use 3,000,000 to
build the building, then they can get 1,500,000 in their pocket.
Lots of people in China know that kind of happen. May be is the leaders
can 100% build a building well like Japan, then we might not die that much
people, jerry-built project.
Someone much be powerful and enough to stand out and find out these
kind of bad happen in government. It’s one of my goal that why I come to
America. To change Chinese government, make all the people live in
China can have a much better life.
In last 5 years there was no big event. Only one that is I came to America this is effect me. Because If I still stay in Taiwan and study high school there it not good for me because Taiwan high school are making you study all day you need to wake up early and back home 9 or 10 o’clock also you need prepare for the big exam for college if you fail in this exam you don’t have second chance to take this exam again. It give big pressure to all the students. I came to America because my parents don’t want me get big pressure from college. in America I not going to get that big pressure also I can learn something I can’t learn in Taiwan for example I can learn do anything by myself because my parents are not here everything I need do myself tan I can learn how to solve any problem. In Taiwan high school students just know study from textbook they don’t have chance to learn other things. in America I just have class in the afternoon then it my sport time I can exercise it let me become stronger. In Taiwan student are staying in classroom all day they just have 1 hour to do exercise in a day. So I think came to America is a big change in my life.
Evan

Homewrok 5/5/11

Samuel Lartey 5/5/11
Entrepreneur Studies
Libya and Its people

The battle for leadership and the sheer hunger and greed to rule by its leader, Muammar Gaddafi has driven Libya and his people to what is now one of the most controversial and intriguing issues in today’s news.

Based on bad leadership and the need to rule as a dictator, Colonel Gaddafi has turned his military against his people in order to prevent them for what is now a violent protest-world wide. This protest is against Gaddafi’s policies of governance and the means for him to abdicate and end his ruling as a dictator as loud cries from the Libyans about high food, energy and oil prices (inflation).

This in so many ways is a personal issue for me now that the Libyan people are migrating from Libya to neighboring countries such as Ghana, this might also affect Ghana in so many ways in which it can get us involved in Libya’s issues- which can as a result lead to a potential war.

Connor Coughlin BP oil spill

Connor Coughlin
4/3/11
Entre

BP Oil Spill

One of the world disasters that occurred in the last 5 years that affected me

was the BP oil spill on April 20, 2010. It was an offshore drilling accident in the Gulf

of Mexico that resulted in one of the biggest leakage of oil in decades. It has been

the reason for the declining health of the Gulf. A year ago beaches were swelling

with oil surrounding beaches in Florida, Louisiana, created a dead zone in the mouth

of the Mississippi River. Not only has nature suffered, but financials as well. BP

(British Petroleum) suffered many accusations for faulting the oil spill, gas prices

have gone up forcing prices at the pump to rise. So how this event affects me? The

BP oil spill affects me in different ways, for a while I couldn’t go to the west coast of

Florida and go on a beach for fear of being drenched in oil. Also fish that are fished

in the Gulf had to be inspected extra carefully to make sure they weren’t toxic, but

for me that’s something in the back of my head that I’m eating a fish that was

swimming in oil not water, not comfortable eating that. Even though the next point

isn’t a negative affect on me but was a sight not everyone would see was, while

flying back from Las Vegas we passed over the Gulf of Mexico at night in the middle

of the recovery. They were burning the oil on top of the water so there were flames

boasting out you could see on the black water spread out over hundreds of miles. If

it wasn’t so bad for the environment and animal habitats, it wouldn’t be bad to

watch because it was so neat to observe.

-Connor

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

5/4/11 Hyun Jin Ree

Hyun Jin Ree
5/4/11
Mr. Cohon
Entre Studies


Assignment


The event which I got a lot of effect is subway ignite in Korea.
This event was in Korea, a psychopath took a subway and then pour gasoline on the seat of subway and then ignite fire so about 200 people dead at that time. I saw the news at that time people who dead their parents were crying, I was so sad, after I saw that I tried to do my best at everything and trying until now to do my best at everything because life is really important. A lot of people dead even they really wanted to live. So I have to live and try to do my best. But try to do everything my best is really hard for me. Subway ignite event made me know how important life is and I have to try my best. So I will try my best at everything.

-Ree-

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Shanghai Expo

Shanghai EXPO
In 5.1.2010, Shanghai world expo opened in Shanghai, China. Chinese government spent 45bilion RMB to build the huge expo. More than 70000 thousand people visited Shanghai expo.
World Expositions are galleries of human inspirations and thoughts. Since 1851 when the Great Exhibition of Industries of All Nations was held in London, the World Expositions have attained increasing prominence as grand events for economic, scientific, technological and cultural exchanges, serving as an important platform for displaying historical experience, exchanging innovative ideas, demonstrating esprit de corps and looking to the future.
In Shanghai Expo, we can see many different countries’ culture. We can see all over the world in China. We can know the new technology in Shanghai Expo.
The Shanghai Expo theme is better city, better life. The whole Expo talked about what the future of our city and what is the right way to develop our city.
As a student, I can learn many things in Shanghai Expo
First of all, I can learn many countries culture. For example, in Egypt hall, I can see many culture relics that many years ago. Some were in 3000 BC. Everything is cool. In English hall, we can see the all of the seed in the world. In French hall, we can see mach delicious food and we can smile perfume everywhere. People can feel the romantic about the country. In American hall, we can see the hall like a eagle. It means American people welcome all over the people go to America. And the best movie in American hall gave people the best memory.
On the other hand, Shanghai Expo showed us what the tuneful city is. We can know, people are the most important part of the earth. We can live without nature and good environment. If we didn’t protect our environment, we must face many problems. Therefore, in Shanghai Expo, we can see many countries’ hall use much new energy. For example, the solar energy, wind energy. All the behaviors told us people became more and more serious about environment. More and more people think it is necessary to protect the environment.
And we can know the relationship between each country became more and more closed. Developing countries can’t live without the developed countries. Developed countries also can’t live without the developing country. For example, china need the new technology to developed Chinese company, so America gave china the technology. On the hand, American companies can live without Chinese factories. Because it is very expensive to make something in America, China helped America by this way.
Therefore, Shanghai Expo show nowadays, what our world look like. What a good way is to develop our cities forever. What we should do. What the right ways are. I also can see people need to do many things to protect our earth.
Shanghai Expo influence me, it tell me we should do the thing about better city, better life.


Bohan Chen

Miguel Gonnzalez 05/03/2011

World Cup

The 2010 World Cup did not look good for my country. We never won a World Cup before; we had never even passed the quarter finals. The big selections like Brazil or Argentina were the big favourites. My country even had many important injuries right before the star of the championship. Also my national team lost the first game. Spain did not give up and end up with the cup in the hands of the nation. Incredibly the whole nation, which was divided by different politic beliefs, was unified by the belief that the national team could win and bring glory and a new fellowship between the population of Spain.

Spain was going through different problems: economic problems and the country was divided. The economic problem has not been solved yet and it will not be solved for some years. Winning the World Cup made Spain more known around the world and gave them a boost to the nation’s economy. People now know Spain for something else. Much more tourist came to Spain during the same and they will still came for some more years. The country has been divided for a very long time. It has been divided by politic beliefs. Some people who want their region to be separated from Spain are trying to expose their ideas to the other population in the same region who really do not want to change. This has been a huge affair since 1900s and all during the dictatorship that Franco imposed. Even a terrorist group was created. It was awesome to see how the main sport in my country united everyone even if it was just for a few weeks. Everyone was celebrating the triumph and people who had completely beliefs were embracing each other.
Spain, a country with many problems, was unified by a great performance of the soccer team. It was so important for me to see my country unified for once, which means that it can be unified again and for a longer time. All the problems and differences were forgotten. Many affairs were improved It marked my life and the lives of many of my comrades. It is incredible to see how a goal in the mint 116 when there were just four minutes left affected me and so many people’s lives.

2008 Beijing Olympic Game

Beijing the capital of China hosted the 2008 Olympic Games on August 8, 2008. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games began on August 8, 2008, and runed for 16 days. Throughout this period, athletes from 203 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports.

Beijing upgraded and enlarged its international airport, and built a new subway system and 8 new expressways to ease traffic.

sepcially, Beijing built a amazing stadium, which looks like a nest of birds, called Birds'nest stadium. Bird's Nest Stadium also known as the Beijing National Stadium is a unique Olympic stadium, on which in 2008 held the XXIX Summer Olympic Games. This is related to the effect that the Chinese are prepared opening game.

There were 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. China won 51 gold, 21 silver and 28 bronze. Unite States won 36 gold, 38 silver and 36 bronze. of course, prize dose not mean who is more powerful but we chase limitation of body of human beings. Our goal is:higher, faster, stronger.

During the period of game, i was in Shanghai watched TV with my family. We were excited to see the openning ceremony which was wonderful and unbelievale shining our eyes. there were a lot of foreigners from all over the world to be volunteers. Every one of 56 legions in China contributed his power and made it look so warm.

As the theme song of Beijing Olympic game said: "you and me, we are family."

Huang Chao
05/03/11

Plane

Bill Hoadley
5/3/11
Entre
Plane Crash

This article is about a Yankee Baseball pitcher who crashed his four seated plane into a high rise in Manhattan. He was flying through the New York area when he made a distress call complaining about gasoline levels. The plane was picked up on radar circling the Empire State Building then it was lost. It soon hit into the side of the Belaire condominium building. It crashed into the 39th and 40th floor. Many people on the street thought of 9/11 with worried confusion. People ran as rubble was falling from the building. The people in the rooms hit by the plane were evacuated safely with only a couple of burns.
This is relative to my life because just at that point in my life, I was taking interested in flying planes and I had started off in small ones just like that of the Yankee. This frightened me a little bit and I laid off flying for a little bit even though I was flying over rural land, I had a fear of crashing. This was a huge turning point also in my life because it also inspired me to get better at flying so I wouldn’t have to experience a situation as that. It also gave me caution to always fly with an instructor and keep my eyes out for anything dangerous. Even though I am much more cautious, I think this occurrence created me into a better flyer.

Tung- the death of Osama Binladen

Tung Duong
Entre

THE DEATH OF OSAMA BINLADEN
-Osama Binladen is the master mind of Al-Qeada, a militant Islamist group. People believed that this group under the lead of Osama Binladen was killed 3,000 people and cause the destruction of World Trade Center and the Pentagon 10 years ago in the sunny September morning. The pain was not stop by the immediate death and destruction. It's make other people lost their friends, relatives and a lot of money. The attacked of Al-Queada 10 years ago not only physically but also mental and spiritual. When the U.S army killed Osama Binladen in a campaign a few days ago, the U.S army not only killed a threaten to the U.S and the world, they also healed the pain of those people who lost their friends, family because of the Al-Queada.

osama binladen

LEE

i don't think his death effect any thing to my life. first of all, Asians are usually not related with Al-qaida. Second, because their leader is dead, they will elect new leader or just dismiss, as usual. final, at least, i'm not related with them.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Tung- The declined of VietNamese stock market in 2007

DECLINED OF ECONOMY IN VIETNAM
-This I believed happened around 2007 or 2008, this is when the stock market in VietNam was in declined, the stock prices was falling down nonstop, it was so bad that if you go to the internet at that time and check the stocks market prices all you could see in red light showing the declined of the stocks. This effect me because during this time my parents lost a lot of money because of their stocks, that also mean I had less and less money that I could spend at that time.

Entrepreneur In-Class assignment

Samuel Lartey Monday May 2, 2011
Entrepreneur Paper
Osama Bin Ladan

Though I am a bit indifferent about the fact that Osama Bin Ladan was found and killed, I am related to the whole”Muslim-Christian” feud in a certain way. In my sincerest opinion I feel that this “Muslim-Christian” feud has the potential to last for some time.However the fact that I know friends of several people who were victims of this cruel act does affect me emotionally. This puts me in the shoes of some American families who lost friends and family close to them on that Tuesday afternoon.

Miguel González 05/02/2011

Osama Bin-laden is dead.

The number 1 searched terrorist in the world was killed yesterday in a house when he refused to get arrested by the USA soldiers. Osama is the leader of a terrorist group that have killed hundreds even thousand of people in the world. He is responsible for the 09/11 in New York and many others around the world even one in Madrid 03/11. I am very glad that this enemy of the whole human population. He was probably and abomination for the human race, he expressed the worst values of humans. He use violence to complain, he did not know how to use words to express his ideas. Now the world is a safer place to live in.

Osama Bi Laden's death

Osama Bin Laden’s death has affected me by giving me a sense of relief. Although the war on terror isn’t completely over, it has taken a step forward to victory. Al-Qaeda has had its leader killed and is now dead. He was killed in Pakistan, and the leader of the 9/11 plot was found and killed. It’s a motivating factor for the U.S. that they found a man on the FBI’s most wanted list. Now out of all the news I have one question…Who gets the 27 million dollar reward?

-Connor Coughlin

Osama Bin-Laden Corey Greenberg

It applies to me that Osama Bin-Laden was killed because my aunt was near the Pentagon and could have been killed. I glad he is dead because he killed many innocent people. It has been to long that this man was able to be free. He had people kill over 3000 people that is more people than the town of Kent. I have always thought that man was evil for what he has done.

bin Laden

Bill Hoadley
5/2/11
Entre
Bin Laden

Osama bin Laden’s death is important to me because I’m an American and I was affected by the 9/11/01 incident because it was one of the biggest terrorist attacks in the USA. It also affects me because our soldiers and military have been searching for bin Laden for many years while also worrying about future attacks. This puts our government at rest a little bit.

osama binladen

i don't think it efect anything to me because i don't even know him.

Al-Qaeda

Osama Binladen is the leader of Al-Qaeda. He was the mastermind of what happened on September 11 2001. The US Military has been trying to catch him in Afghanistan and Pakistan for just under ten years now. And over 4,000 US soldiers had died there. Seals had just killed him. This has probably made a lot of relief in soldiers i Afghanistan.\

Pat Curry

Osama Binladen

Tung Duong
Entre

OSAMA BINLADEN DEAD
The hijacked jet planes that roared out of a clear blue sky one sunny September morning 10 years ago killed nearly 3,000 people, but the hurt they did spread far beyond the immediate death and destruction at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

The damage was mental, psychological, even spiritual.

The hijacked jet planes that killed nearly 3,000 people on the blue sky one sunny September morning 10 years ago. The hurt was beyond the immediately death and destruction at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The damage was mental and even spiritual. The death of Osama Binladen was some how healing the pain that he brought to America in September.

US forces kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan

Bin Laden was shot dead at a compound near Islamabad, in a ground operation based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August.Mr Obama said US forces took possession of the body after "a firefight". Bin Laden was top of the US' "most wanted" list.
As i know about this person who worshiped the religion of islam. i believed he make many accidents, espeicially, "911" united states finanacial buildings, was crashed by two civilian areoplanes. i saw the video of actual truths, it was a terrible terrorist attack. he was the most dangerous person in the world who was extreme.
probably, american soldiers was looking for him for a long period. and finally the informer of america locked his position.
i hope world becaming peacefully again.

Jack Chao Huang

bin ladin

Keenan-

bin ladin:

when i found out bin ladin died i felt different. for almost as long as i can remember he has been effecting my life. ever sense i was young when 9/11 happened hes been in my life, and then the war in iraq. it feels weird now that he is dead, but its a relife. this situation also makes me curious about who will be in power after him and what they will do, if anything. -keenan

US forces kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan Bohan Chen

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US force in Pakistan, President Barack Obama has said.
Bin Laden was shot dead at a compound near Islamabad in aground operation based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August.
Mr. Obama said US forces took possession of the body after “a firefight.”
Bin laden is believed to be the mastermind if the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001 and a number of others. People called it 911 attacks.
Therefore, he was top of the US “most wanted” list.
Mr. Obama said it was “the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat al-Qaeda.
So, as a student, what I feel?
I wanted to talk about this thing from two sides.
First of all, it is good news. Because there is a most dangerous leader disappear on our world.
Bin Laden killed many people.
Form 911 attacked, there were 2996 people died in 911 attacked. And more than 6291 people injured. And what will feel when you lost your family? Must be sad. And because of that, American government lost more than billion dollars.
So , I will say, it is not peaceful. I think Bin Laden use this way to against the whole people. He was a terrorist. He didn’t follow the world rules. He said he needed against America and other developed countries to protect his country and his supporters. I think he just used this way to get more power and control the world.
But on the other hand, why 911 attacked happened. Let us think about it.
Since 1979, the Soviet Union army have been attacked Afghan. Because of that, many Afghan became hating Russia and other developed country. When the Soviet Union became Russia, Bin laden want to plan to attacked the US.
So if there is no war, there is no Bin Laden.
Therefore, peace is very important. War is not a good ways to solve problem, war just can cause more and more problems

Chen bohan

Bin Laden‘s dead--- by Brian

US time May 5th, Bin Laden is dead.
Yesterday night, before i went to bed, I go to the Chinese Weibo (kind of face book). Then i saw billions of news "Bin Laden is dead and shot by US armies".
Laden, the guy that who killed more than 3 thousand American. American will feel so happy that he got killed. Because he is a very dangerous guy for American. Came from Middle East, the toppest leader for the Islam. But in my opinion, Bin Laden is such a great leader. He didn't do any bad things to Chinese. Then we won't have prejudice that thing about how is a man about Laden. So i thing, he is such a great leader!
He have billions and billions of dollars for his life, he is crazy rich, he can just enjoy his life. But what he does is, don't worry about the American armies or who else want to kill him, he just leave from his wonderful life and join the war. For what? For his citizens, for his believer of his religion.
I feel sorry about the people who got kill by Bin Laden. But why he do that? Why he kill such a lot of people in US? Because of the American government attack his country and kill his citizens by no reason? So i feel more sorry for his citizens and the people that live in his country. Thank you, Osama Bin Laden, you give us a good leader looking and give my power for my life.
Now if I can be the leader like him, I hope I can protect my citizens and people like him. Thank you, Bin.

By Brian

5/2/11 Hyun Jin Ree

Assignment.


On May 1st U.S.A killed Osama Bin Laden.
Actually about this situation I don’t care because Korea didn’t get attack from Osama Bin Laden. But on the other hand U.S.A killed Osama Bin Laden it was really good choice because they will not get damage anymore from Osama Bin Laden. But now I’m worrying about future like U.S.A killed Osama Bin Laden so Osama Bin Laden’s followers can attack U.S.A because U.S.A killed Osama Bin Laden. U.S.A can get like 911 again and then Osama Bin Laden’s followers can attack Korea because U.S.A’s military locate in Korea.


-Hyun Jin Ree-

Bin laden

Bin laden is a guy who was born in Arab. He was famous after 911 because everybody thought he is the leader of 911. After 911 American start to found Bin laden. American already have looked for him for 10 years. 4 years ago CIA have information about him. In 5/2/11 Bin laden was killed also it is a big news in the world. I think Bin laden was not a good guy because he is a leader of 911. In 911 3000 people was killed in that day. If he still life he might do more and more illegal things. so I think it good he died because one dangerous person left.
Evan

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tung north korea

NORTH KOREA: KIM JONG IL
-Yesterday we watched a movie about North Korea and al so about North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, who has the absolute power in North Korea after his father death Kim Il Sung. Although Kim Jong Il is a autocratic leader who decide all the thing by himself, all the people of North Korea have to follow every single orders he gave, he hardly take any advises from other people. People in North Korea being taught when they was only a child to love their autocratic leader, they also have many songs to sing about how great is Kim Jong Il. If anybody ever ask North Korea people about Kim Jong Il they just says how great he is, he has no mistakes at all.We also learned from the movie that North Korea is separate from the rest of the world, they only contract with South Korea to offer money from them. Between North and South Korea is the border to separate them from each other, in here they have electric fence, mines and guards to keep people from North Korea escaped their country to go to South Korea, there also another border between china and North Korea but since they are allies and there were so much people escaped North Korea to go to China so every time China caught the North Korea people escaped from heir country, China would put them into a prison to feed them and wait for the amount of number of people then they send them back to their country. North Korea usually killed the people who being given back to them because they abandoned their own country.

Dream Car

http://www.bmwdrives.com/bmw_cars/bmw-e90.php:

My dream car would be the 2005 BMW 3 series E90 Sedan. Growing up as a kid my mom had a BMW and my dad had a Benz though both were old they were very nice and classy. I picked the BMW because I either wanted to get a BMW or a Benz when I grew up, however though the Mercedes Benz is so expensive I opted for the BMW(2005 BMW 3 series E90 Sedan), which has an excellent mpg (29.1).

The importance of having a great mpg is that first of all you don't really bother the environment meaning you do not burn a lot of fuel. For example an electric car with a high mpg barely burns fuel therefore there is no reason to re-fill the car and as a result you are not harming the environment (less to burn).


Samuel Lartey

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

4/27/11 Hyun Jin Ree.

How do you think about North Korea?
Now North Korea is communism, so Kim Jung Il control everything. North Korean’s citizens are starving but Kim Jung Il and a person who working in government they are very rich so they buying a lot of brand-name products even their citizen are dying because of no food. This is ridiculous because North Korean’s citizens are thinking Kim Jung Il is the god so they are bow to Kim Jung Il. Other country like South Korea we donating a lot of money for their citizen but the government take the money and then use that money for developing the nuclear bomb and kind of weapons. The government choose weapon instead of citizen even war will not occur right now. A lot of people who living in North Korea they hate the life in North Korea so they trying to get out of North Korea through DMZ or go to China and the go to South Korea in secret, but during they getting out from North Korea a lot of people dying because North Korea government doesn’t want their citizen get out of North Korea in secret so their army just shoot them so a lot of people dying. North Korea has to be change to democracy.

-Ree-

north korean

movie is talking about north Korean and their great leader. Because north Korean are not democracy country and every dictator in north Korean are become the great leader. Because of north Korean isn’t democracy so north Korean so their government give them lots things or food. The most important is the north Korean dictator will become the ideal or great leader in everyone’s mind. Every north Korean are very worship their dictator. If they got something first they all will thanks for their dictator because they all think because their dictator, they can got good stuff or something else. Every north Korean’s home or school all have their dictator’s photo and their will thanks him every day. Because they all make weapons, north Korean are very poor they don’t have internet and cell phone.
Evan

China Building from Brian~~~~xxooxxo

Entry- Chinese sales Apartment Situation
25 days. After 25 days, I can go back to China and hand out with my friends. First of all, I want to go traveling with them to go to some very beautiful place in China. But first of all, they need money from their parents. And one of my friends parents is in a financial difficulty. He investment for a big shopping Mall I China, it is a good place. But because of it is too expensive, not a lot of people want to sale there. A lot of rich people live that place and people investment this program. Then the other business men or companies buy lots of the stores, and they sale that more and more expensive. So people can’t not buy that expensively stores. The Mall doesn’t work well, and then his daddy can’t make money although lost money.
Also that like the same things we saw in the Entry class. Chinese is being polarization. Rich people have money and relation with the government and the society. Then if a new building for apartment is being done with build, then rich people pay for the developer about the builder. Then those rich people can buy many houses before it sale to the citizens that very need it. So rich people sale it more expensive and the normal citizens can’t buy it really. Then they should work hard, and harder, then the rich people and the developer make money and the citizens lose money.
Also talk about the shopping mall. The developer doesn’t care about how the stores work. Just sale it to some rich people to driven it. The developer won’t care how it works, just sale it. Then the rich people can’t sale it well to the citizens because it is too expensive, so it will be horrible place that without people shop there.
Government to stand up and stop this kind of happened. It will make the polarization be more and more horrible. Citizens can’t live in a good place. That is the worst happen ever. But the other thing is, these developers will pay for the government that let them doing this sales without thinking about the consequence. The society is dark in China. Money can almost do every thing. “Corrupt”, that is the problem. Someone should stand up and say out loud about this happen and change. America is a very good example for China, we should start it for help our country growth. And also this is one of the reason that a lot of student want to study in the US. Include me.
Get better China


Weijia Ren

Dream Car

My dream car is the 2010 Ford Focus, because its a stylish brand (and i also have shares in ford) its MPG is 40-highway which means i save a lot of bank with gas prices. Secondly its under 20 grand around 18 grand to be exact.

link below
http://www.ford.com/cars/focus/?intcmp=fv-bbbhp-focusvhp-mpg-b

China high building price

Chinese high building Price
Nowadays, China is the biggest developing country in the world. Especially in the economic area, Chinese government made big success.
But when a country developed so fast, this country must face more and more problem. These day, this thing have happened in China.
In some developing areas, the local government allowed motion that build more supermarkets and built more apartments. Government wanted to use this way to get the high GDP, provide more jobs and improve the people life.
However, they began to make trouble.
There are two sides in everything. It is same on real estate. At the beginning of the real estate, everything is normal. Government just wanted to develop our country more and more beautiful. Real estate also can provide more jobs, therefore is can improve people life. In fact, many years ago, most Chinese didn’t have apartment to live. They didn’t enjoy a comfortable life. So, at that time, Chinese government must to develop real estate
However, when someone found real estate is a good way to make more money, everything is change. Because developing real estate is not just a way that improve people’s life. It has become a tool that a few people make money.
So government passes more and more motion about real estate. So we can see engineering brigade is everywhere in China. And most of them is waste money. For example, some local government built some huge supermarket but when it finished. Nobody goes shopping there. So it wasted a lot of money and budget.
And when the real estate became a private company, the will be worse.
Many private companies build many apartments, but they didn’t sell it at first. They waited. What they waited for, they can use this ways let apartment price higher and higher. So they can make more money.
Because of that, there are many people can’t afford the high price. They can’t buy a house. They can’t live in a comfortable life.
And on the other hand, it is the environment problem.
Improve the real estate, we must use a lot of land and natural resource. So our cities become more and more crowed because there is not enough land to live.
And for natural resource, we must use a lot wood, cement and rebar. The more we use, the more environment will be destroyed
In the end, I will say the same sentence, there are two side of everything, positive and negative. Although the real estate is good for Chinese economic and can develop china a lot. But at the same time, it also can cause a lot problem. We should find a balanced way of it. That is what should our government should to do and must to face

Chen Bohan

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

My dream car

I chose a Black Honda Civic. It costs 18,000 dollars and has its mpg is 39 in the highway and 29 in the city. If it is average the mpg would be at least 35mpg or even more than 35. I always liked this car. My aunt had a red one, which was an older model. Every time I had chance to see it or ride in it I asked her. I was always hoping that she would give it to me when I got my license so it was my first but now that I have 20,000 dollars I decided to buy this great car as my first car instead.

Miguel

Monday, April 25, 2011

Car

Bill Hoadley
4/25/11
Entre Studies

My car is the 2011 Ford Fiesta. It gets great miles per gallon which is good because with the problem of global warming, an environment conscientious car is good for our world. It is also under $20,000 so my parents would be happy with my choice. It looks pretty cool so I would get it.
Here is the link to my car… http://www.ford.com/cars/fiesta/

Cars

Corey Greenberg
4/25/11


I am choosing the Volkswagen Golf TDI two door because it has 42 mpg. It is $18,765 this under the $20,000 budget. It is good to have great mpg for your first car because gas prices are so high and insurance costs a lot. We will need to be able to drive longer and farther by spending less money. This car is completely stock. This car is a diesel so it gets very good mpg. When you have good mpg you will use less fossil fuels. This car looks very nice it has 170 horse power, its 2.5L engine, 5-cylinders, with a five speed automatic transmission. It has a very nice look to it as a two door as a four door it does not look as sporty. This car looks best in black because of the contours of the body shape. Silver also looks good black does show dirt well but I like the way black looks.

Chinese ghost of economic problem

Chao Huang
25/04/11
Entre study
Chinese ghost of economic problems
Today, during the entre study class, we watched the video of Chinese economic expansion.
In Zhengzhou which is a small city in the middle of China. Chinese government encouraged developers of landed property to build buildings, big malls, entertainment centers and financial offices. By this way, Chinese GDP was pushing to raise so quickly in the position all over the world.
When the buildings completely finished but there is no businessman to invest to operate them. The empty structures just left their without people to ask. In comparison, the prize of departments of some big cities in China such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou are difficult to believe. A lot of people who have jobs in those big cities have no house to live. Some of them are crowded in some huts, even their children cannot live with their parents. The situation of polarization of a society is biggest problem in China. The salary of a common people is about 500 dollars per mouth. Subtracting the tax, education fee, etc. they have no more income left.
My suggestions is some people could think about live in the countryside instead of in the center of a city.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Science of evil

Huang Chao
20/04/11
Entre study

Science of evil
Everything has two sides and even human’s emotions------evil and
goodness. At the time we glorify goodness and punish evil, do we think about
what caused it happened? People make up societies, societies make up countries
and countries make up a whole world so life is complex. We cannot resist the
evil’s happening because everything takes both sides, to be satisfied, to be
complained.
From this movie, scientists tried to find what influence a person to get on
the way to evils.
The environment effects on you to make decisions. The situation which
side you stand by determined what kind of men you will grow such as the people
live in poor regions all the thoughts they think about is for alive, for food, for
safety. This can make a people to do crimes, at least for their lives. They have
rights to keep alive, can we say that is the way of evil? When you cannot get rid
of a bad living, changes are not fit to the society but personal.
Religion controls persons mind. Almost everyone has a religion. The
power of religions and beliefs are really controlling a person’s actions. They
think to sacrifice their lives for which ideas or missions are a glory and they
believe they will have a nice after life, much be told is bodies can be died but
souls never.
We saw those volunteer military are organized with a personal leader.
These situations always happen on a place which is no government leading ship,
no disciplines and no complete laws. That kind of military as a service, belongs
to a personal property. It is harmful to their society.
We analysis the brain of human beings, try to find the part which is
working for evil happening. At the middle of our brain is acting drastic when a
people thinks about to do crimes.

Movie: Step Up

Huang Chao
20/04/11



Movie: Step Up

The storyline of Step Up

In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage lives with his foster parents in an Afro-American lower class neighborhood. His best friends are Mac Carter and his little brother Skinny Carter and they use to hang around together, going to parties and stealing cars. After being expelled of a party, the trio breaks in the Maryland School of Arts and commits vandalism, destroying the stage. Tyler is arrested. One afternoon, the ballet dancer Nora Clark sees Tyler dancing in the parking area and when her partner Andrew has a strain and Tyler offers to help her in the choreography. When Andrew returns, Tyler that is known for quitting everything he starts gives up dancing and leaves Nora alone. After an incident, Tyler has to decide to follow his dream or return to his life of rebel loser. Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined.





http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462590/plotsummary





Chasing dreams is related by my life

Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. I love dancing, it is a sort of ways I can relax myself. I have been dancing for five more years old. Although I am not a professional dancer but I enjoy myself, appreciate every minute of dance which I step out. I am looking forward every weekend because I always join the dance party with other schools. Chasing girls is not my purpose, attracting focus from ladies is the strength of the male.

Remember the dance party one month ago, I showed myself in the middle of the crowd. They clap their hands with musical beats and shouted to me. I feel that time I was the superstar. I cannot speaking English fluently but body language helped me to express how confident I am. Lied on the floor, had a deep breath, I feel myself in the real world.

I have a dream, some days I can dance with my love. And I am on the way to my goal.

stupid kobe bryant (by U Know Me)

NBA’s gay gag order
I think Kobe Bryant made a big mistake. Even though he is superstar, it does not mean he is better than the other people. Therefore, he cannot swear to the other people. Besides, ref is always right. Thus, he should not argue about ref’s judgment.

Final Lap

The final lap of the race at Talladega applies to my life because i am a NASCAR fan. This was one of the most exciting races i have ever seen. The big wreak happened late in the race which was a shock. I have never seen a race where three cars cross the line at the same time. In my opinion Jimmie Johnson should not have won the race he has to much and needs to wreak a few more times.  
  

http://www.nascar.com/news/110417/talladega-jjohnson-final-lap-breakdown/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVW6SMaPRB4

04/20/2011 Hyun Jin Ree

I'm South Kent School student. I'm living in South Kent School so I'm using South Kent School internet but Mr. Porter keep blocking internet even is not a bad web site. This is so sad.


-Ree-

life

now lots people can't get enough sleep time. because they have too
much work need to do they go to bed late. for example when i was
junior high school i get up at 6 o'clock go to school until 9 PM back
to home i need study and review homework when i sleep it 2 am title i
just have 4 hours can sleep. it not enough for student it will get
sick or bad for heath. so i think we need more sleep is more important
than study hard. because heath is important
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/category/sleep/

evil

This movie is about where is evil come from. Scientists found the evil probably come from brain. They think there is a part of brain can control evil. They also ask a person who killed ten people why they did this bad things. I can't understand all whatever this movie is talking about where is evil come from

evan

Connection Article

Samuel Lartey                                                                                                 April 19th, 2011
Entrepreneurial Studies
                                                        Connection Article

               The article I choose that I feel best connects with me, would be the one about the Ghana, England, International Friendly match. This article relates to me in more than one way, otherwise making it a very special game for me to remember. As  two familiar teams from countries I often visit and/or reside in played against each other for the first time in history internationally, I could not help but feel a bit emotional. The fact that Ghana and England drew in the football match made it an even more controversial match- for both teams- as the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

             This article has a very strong connection with me not only because of my passion for soccer but also because of the memories and stories attached to the game - remembering that I had to leave a day before the game at the Wembley Stadium between both teams and how sad I felt realizing it after.

            

             

04/20/2011 Hyun Jin Ree

I’m in South Kent School. Mr. Porter keep blocking every single site. This is so sad


http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/19/freedom-on-the-net-2011/?hpt=Sbin

-Ree-

04/19/2011 Miguel González

Nadal reaches 7th straight Montecarlo Final.

            Rafael Nadal, the top 1 player in Tennis, has just won for the seventh time the first tennis clay surface tournament this year. Nadal was born in Manacor, Spain. His family was really dedicated in sports, nowadays his coach is his uncle. I have admire him since I met and hearing that he won this tournament was great and gave myself a boost to keep going and improve.

 He was a great athlete always encouraged by his family. Actually he was very good at soccer too. In one moment of his life he had to choose between soccer and tennis. Now he uses every opportunity he has to follow the Spanish team and especially he watches almost everyone of Real Madrid, the team he has followed from his childhood. He is a very humble person and he has acquired the first position in the tennis world ranking by working very hard and by never giving up. I have always felt really connected to this player. He is a great hard worker. He probably is not the best technical player in the circuit, but still, his great perseverance and all the time he has dedicated to improve his body strength has brought him to the first place in the circuit. He is perseverance is incredible. Also I share his love for sports. Tennis and Soccer are my two favourite sports. Nadal also supports Real Madrid. He is too a very sympathetic person. One when a ball boy had a bloody nose he stopped in the middle of the game to help him.

            In South Kent I had not many chances to follow Nadal’s trajectory this year. Writing this paper and finding this paper has been a great experience for him that gave me a boost to finish this year with a last term of much hard work and perseverance. Nadals is probably one of the people who help me lead my life. Rafael Nadal is my hero.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/04/16/sports/tennis/AP-TEN-Monte-Carlo-Masters.html?ref=tennis

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Connor Coughlin

Minnesota-Duluth bulldogs one their first ever national championship in Division I college hockey against Michigan. Which just so happens to be my favorite college hockey team. How this plays a role in my life is I follow hockey closely, especially college hockey. I love watching college boys play because its more hearfelt and passionate at theur level, they are working harder to try and move on to the next level. Which I can relate to in many ways because coming to south kent was a stepping stone, now theres other stepping stones to move onto the next level which I watched only a week or two ago.

-Connor

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/sports/hockey/10frozen.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=minnesota-duluth&st=cse

Rowing

Crew is a full body workout that can be strenuous on the body so massage therapy can be very effective.  Most athletes think that adding as many training hours as possible is the best way to get fitter and therefore a better outcome.  This isn't the best way though.  By working out vigorously then giving your body time to recover and receive massage therapy for a day in between workouts.  This is much more effective then beating your body up.  It also results in a more effective season.  This has to do with my life because we work hard from Monday thru Saturday and by Sunday my muscles are tight and stiff annd my dad gives me massages to relieve the tension in preparation for the next week.
http://rowingnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210:recovering-with-sports-massage&catid=35:upstream

Bill Hoadley
4/19/11

Monday, April 18, 2011

Tung Duong-Lebron James

Tung Duong
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LEBRON JAMES HAVE THE NBA MOST POPULAR JERSEY
-Lebron James maybe not the most popular guy in NBA but he has the most popular jersey. James No.6 jersey is the league's top seller for 2010-11 based on the sales on NBAStore.com since the start of the season. This article relate to my life because Lebron James is my most favorite player in NBA, and I'm also a fan of his stuff (shoes, clothes,...).

Little planed get big seats Bohan

Little planed get big seats
As an international students, we must take the plane every year. So if the airlines announced some new rules. Maybe it will influence my plans about going back home or travel plans
In the latest news, some airlines want to make something change
For example, if you are a frequent flier. You just pay less money and you can get first case ticket. That is nice. Because when I go back China, it must be a long travel. It takes a long time. If I get first case ticket, I can feel more comfortable. I don’t feel very bored and tired during the long travel.
On the other hand, some airplane company will produce some little planes with bigger seats. Because of this, we don’t need to pay more money and get a better seat then before. It is very nice. 

Bohan Chen
Can Evil Be Predicted?
Typed by:  Connor Coughlin

            Can evil be predicted? In this paper, it will expose 4 different

studies/experiments showing how evil can be predicted and or explained. First

starting with a voluntary experiment, religion, a study of the brain, and following

orders. Can evil be predicted, in these experiments, yes.

            To begin with, a voluntary experiment with Stanford University students and

a professor. Several students volunteered to be prisoners and several volunteered to

be prison guards. The guards were told to run the prison any style they pleased.

Within a couple days in, they turned on to harsh treatment of the prisoners. They

acted out instances of torcher and humiliation. For example, stripping prisoners

naked, forcing them to do numerous amounts of pushups, spraying them with

freezing cold fire extinguishers. No reasoning behind these acts other than it was

their prison, and they turned on A-hole mode on just because they could. Maybe it

was the freedom that was given to the guards that could’ve predicted it.

            Secondly, religion in this film was regarded to terminate the evil from a

person’s body. As in the film the murderer that was convicted, asked if to be

baptized. It was a controversial act, an outrage to some.

            A study of the brain was conducted to determine what causes evil acts, or

what prevents them. The students and professors conducting this, observed brain

activity by putting people in a cat scan machine while presenting them with texts of

scenarios, and there decisions would be monitored. In some of the cases they put,

would you smother a baby if you were African women with a newborn child. You

and your townspeople are hiding in a safe location with enemy soldiers nearby.

Your baby cries out and you either smother your baby to death to save you and the

others or you let your baby cry out and everyone would be found an most likely

killed including the baby. Can evil be predicted in this situation? Maybe in this case

some would consider both acts evil. So evil could be predicted just by looking at this

situation whatever decision you make, it’s going to be wrong in some ones eyes.

            Following orders is the last exploitation in this essay. In parts of Africa it’s a

lawless land with civil war and rebellion. Young men’s family’s are killed and raped

in front of their eyes, only to be forced to become a soldier in the rebels. To predict

this evil take a look at the leader to see what orders are being given. If a man is

going to follow orders blindly to kill a whole village of innocent people, evil can be

predicted. What makes this happen to the man pulling the trigger? Possibly fear for

his own life for if he doesn’t follow his general’s orders then his life is in danger.

            Overall, the experience shared through the classroom could be described as

slightly disturbed. How can something like that occur? The most infectious thing in

the world isn’t bacteria nor a parasite, but an idea.

Connor Coughlin

Evil

I think in all honesty that it is possible where the factors of:Situation, Religion and Brain Activity can cause people to be evil.
Situation is where people are faced with conditions where they are inclined to make choices - these choices maybe be “evil,” depending on the choices they make and  in some cases either choices taken maybe categorized as evil. An example from the movie we watched was where a woman was faced with a dilemma where she had to either kill her baby to prevent her family from being killed or to make her baby live and allow her family to be found. With this choice though other people may say that it was evil to kill other members of the family other individuals will also say it is not right to kill an innocent person.

Religion is also another major part in evil and the differentiation of “evil” and good. In some religions it is believed that in order to express their religion it calls for violence and they also believe that doing this will take them to heaven. Others also believe that if you do “evil” you can easy be forgiving by being baptized like the serial killer also in the movie that we watched.

Brain Activity is where the brain basically has a conscience of good and evil. This is where the brain either tells us to do the right thing or the evil thing which is always a factor in our daily lives.

People on the other hand are also inclined to do evil where they are giving “evil” orders and are supposed to come through with it. Two examples were the Congo and Stanford  students situation, were people from a higher status where gave instructions to them to follow( Congo soldiers and Stanford student’s in an experiment) which were otherwise both evil.

Samuel Lartey

Miguel González 04/15/2011

Evil

            Evil, a word that has always been associated with the soul or entity of a person, now in modern days scientist are questioning if it is connected to the brain, if it is just a chemical reaction made by our body. The video with the purpose of explain this idea shows four examples: an experiment that is done, now to regular people to see which parts of the brain operate in different situations a psychological study in a university, the problematic situation that the war in Congo is provoking and the baptism of a person who mutilated and killed 17 persons.  The idea of evil coming from the brain suggests that humans are set to be evil but that they can be evil depending in the case and situation.

            Every person has different moral structure so their scale of right and wrong is different of the others, also some people would to sacrifice more or less for different things. Depending on the matter and the situation our brain acts differently. The first experiment is trying to analyze all the different answers that people can do and the part of the brain that they used. In the video two volunteers were asked question that were connected to their moral scales and to their conception of what is right and what is wrong. In the one of the examples a man was asked if he will stop and bring a woman, who had just been knifed, to the hospital. The man said yes but the scientist say that even though almost everyone would have stopped and brought that person to a hospital if the situation changed and if that person was in another part of the world and the help that the person had to provide was indirect he would let the person die. If a person could help another in Congo indirectly the person would be more reluctant to help.

The civil war in Congo has taken many lives since it started. Also it has provoked many people leave their homes and everything they own. Many people have moved to refugee camp. The state soldiers had received orders from their commanders to move these people to refugee camps. The soldiers are abusing of their power and killing and violating many civilians. The soldiers who had provably been poor to are now using their power to feel better and as a escape goat for all their sadness. In this case again this situation is making the soldiers evil and making them behave against other whom not a long ago were their equals.

The head of the psychological department of a university designed a experiment to see if humans who had never been evil if there is a situation change the humans can become evil. University volunteer students were used in the experiment as guards and prisoners. The classes were set as a prison. The head of the psychological department created a fake prison to see how the fake guards would when they had power. After 2 days the fake prisoners rebelled. The guards stopped the rebellion and started to degrade and torture the prisoners in order to humiliate them. The power had made the guards evil. The head of the department was the superintendent the fake prison. After some days he realized the he also had become evil and he did not really wanted to stop the experiment. The experiment was stopped when another psychologist made the fake superintendent realize this.


A man that killed 17 people and mutilated them had asked the church for forgiveness- All his sins trouble him and that he is very sorry about all of them. He wants to be forgiven by god to be free of all his errors so he can rest in peace. A reverend of the church is asked to do this sacrament. Many people tried to persuade him of not doing this. He objects that humans have mistakes that in different situations people react differently. But above all of these reasons his opinion is that God forgives all of the persons who are sorry for their sins. Everyone had sin in his life maybe ones more than others but everyone deserves to be forgiven.

Evil is a created in ones mind and depends of many factors: situation, education… With concrete combination of all this factors many people can be evil in a more or less quantity. It is clearly impossible to eradicate evil from the world. Everyone be evil at certain times.  Even though evil can not be completely eradicated if people, mostly when they are children, are treated well and with love the people would act the same way giving this love to other and by that making less the chances of situations that provoke evil.