Barbie's 50Th 

Who?-Barbie

What?- Barbie turns 50 years old

Where?- Worldwide.

When?- First launched in March 1959

Why? She's been around for 50 years

The Real IRA

Who?- Warriors of Ireland, or the True IRA

What?- It was formed after the IRA split up in 1998.

Where?- Ireland

When?- 1998-present

Why?- To kick the English out of Northern Ireland

How?- Attacks against English with car bomb like the one on March 7, 2009.

The Stem Cell Executive Order

Who?- Institutes of health, and President Obama.

What?- Signed a bill allowing stem cell research.

Where?- All across America.

When?- After Obama signed the bill.

Why? To hopefully lead to cures n the future for diseases .

How?- By signing a bill allowing this research.

North Korean Satellite 

Who?- North Korea

What?- They're launching a satellite and masking a long range missile attempt.

Where?- North Korea and in Space.

When?- Between April 4Th and April 8Th.

Why?- To launch a long range missile.

How?- By using the satellite to direct the missile.

Pope Middle East Tour

Who?- Pope Benedict.

What?- He is touring the middle East.

Where?- Middle East.

When?- Beginning of May.

Why?- To ease tensions between the Middle East and the Roman Catholic Church.

How?- Visit cities and hold public meetings.

Daniel Crocker

Journalism

Mr. Twining

January 23, 2009

What Are The Stakes?

Journalism is one of the most important, however most dangerous jobs in the world today. All of the news we see on television every night or read in the paper every morning comes from dedicated journalists who have a desire to bring the people the truth. Although it maybe easy for journalists in the United States to report the news everyday, journalists around the globe put their life, and their family’s lives in danger when they decide to uncover the truth. This happens all over the world, where the government can filter what the people hear and what they don’t. Country’s governments such as Iraq’s, Iran’s and Russia’s are all able to use fear to control what journalists report in everyday broadcast or in newspapers.

Iraq, since 2003 when the Iraq war began, has become one of the most dangerous countries for journalists to report from. There is a constant threat of being killed, kidnapped or in other ways harmed by the terrorist groups which have such a large influence on the population of Iraq. Since 2003 when the war broke out in Iraq, there have been 252 journalists killed for reporting the news to the people. As a result of this, fear has been generated and now journalists are afraid to report the news. However, some very dedicated journalist, despite the fear, report news every day.

Like Iraq, Iran is another place where journalists there live in fear of being killed for bringing the truth to their country. The power over the journalists the government has in Iran prevents the ability for the citizens to find out what is really going on in their country. For several years, Iran has been at the top of the list in journalists killed each year. Like in 2005, an astonishing 48 journalists were killed in Iran alone. Without the journalists reporting about the government and other news around their nation, the citizens become uninformed of their own country and the world around them.

Russia is another country whose government controls what the reporters deliver to the people. Most people do not know much about what happens in Russia because they are such a secluded country. Vladimir Pooten, the Russian prime minister, is able to control what the rest of the world knows about what is happening in Russia and what happens with the Russian government. This is because Pooten is able to control the journalists from reporting the news to the rest of the world. He also controls what the citizens of Russia know about the Russian government and what they know about the rest of the world. All of this is because of the power Russia has over journalists. To be a journalist in Russia is almost a death sentence.

Journalism is one of the most dangerous professions in the world today. The corruption of governments throughout the world has lead to this major issue. The governments of the world have such great power over the reporters that they can filter what the citizens know about the government. This results in unaware people and an extremely unfair and powerful government.

January 20, 2009



Who- Barack Obama

What- Inauguration of Obama

Where- Washington, DC

When- January 20, 2009

Why- Obama was elected president. He will officailly be the President of the United States

How- Sworn into office.


Al Franken

Who- Al Franken

What- Al won the recount for Minnesota Senate Seat

Where- Minnesota

When- January 8, 2009

Why?Race was too close so they had to do a recount

How? Won by a thin margin of 225 votes



Bill Richardson

Who- Bill Richardson,

What- Withdrew his name for seat in Barack Obama's cabinet

Where- New Mexico

When- January 5, 2009

Why- Because he is under investigation of business dealings

How- Delivered a press confrence announcing his withdrawl


Jet Travolta

Who- John Travolta son, Jett

What- Died in bathroom on family vacation

Where- Bahamas

When- Januray 2, 2009

Why- A seizue in the Bahamas

How- Seizure resulted in the passing of Jett Travolta

Obama Mobile

Who- Barack Obama

What- Obama has a new Cadillac Limo, with bullet-proof windows, and 7 inch thick bullet-proof siding

Where- Washington D.C.

When- For his term as United States President

Why- So the President can travel in saftey and in style

How- This limo was specifically designed for the president aith top-of-the- line safety devices.

Another Week, Another Loss for the Lions
The Detroit Lions entered week 8 of the NFL season with a winless record and were facing the 5-2 Washington Redskins. Going into the game, Detroit was watching their hopes at a possible playoff spot almost officially die if they could not find a win this week. After the first half of the game the Lions were in good shape leading the Redskins 10-6 and were looking to hold off Washington in the second half. However after a turn of events, the Redskins found themselves in front 16-10 after the 3rd quarter of play. In the final quarter of play, Detroit made an attempt to regain the lead but it wasn’t enough. The Lions fell to the Redskins by the final score of 25-17.

With another loss, the Lions find themselves almost completely out of the playoff picture with a 0-7 record. However, the Lions are not the only team with such misfortunes, the Cincinnati Bengals lost again this week pushing their season record to 0-8. Both of these two winless teams sill search for answers in the coming weeks and try to muster up a miracle and make the wild card playoff spot.

Oregon State Takes Down #1 Ranked USC

By Daniel Crocker

On Thursday September 25, 2008, USC was matched-up against the small football college Oregon State. The USC Trojans came into the game ranked number 1 in the country, facing the unranked Oregon State Beavers. Being heavily favored to win by twenty points, the Trojans were thought to dominate on both sides of the football against Oregon. Although they were projected to lose by a landslide, the Beavers came out firing on all cylinders scoring 14 points in the first half and holding the Trojans scoreless.

As the third quarter came to a close the Beavers found themselves behind, 21-14 and it looked as if the Trojans would escape this game by the skin of their teeth. But after multiple turnovers and forced punts, the Beavers were not down for the count. They scored 13 unanswered points and defeated the undefeated, number 1 ranked, USC Trojans, by a score of 27-21. Although many may have not seen this large upset coming, USC has been ranked and then lost to an unranked college in the 2007-2008 season. After such a defeat, the Trojans can be sure they will not hold their top spot over the rest of the nation's football teams.

On October 4, 2008 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Dodgers completed the three-game-sweep over the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the National League Divisional Series
Coming into the Major League Baseball playoffs; the Chicago Cubs entered as the number one seed and were favored to represent the National League in the 2008 Worlds Series. They were positioned against the Los Angeles Dodger, the team that won the NL West. The Cubs had 5 wins and 2 loses in their 2008 match-ups against the Dodgers. With a 3 wins and 0 loses record when facing them at home and the Cubs having home field advantage for the playoffs, the Cubs were heavily favored to advance to the World Series.
As the playoffs began, the Cubs were surprised after the Dodgers posted 7 runs versus the Cubs two in game one. The Cubs followed up with another loss in game two by a score of 10 to 3 and again in game 3 by a score of 3-1. The Dodgers completed this sweep and kept the curse of the billy goat alive.

What are the advantages/disadvantages of freelancing?

The advantages of being a freelancer is that you are your own boss and you do not have to answer to anyone. You also get as many breaks as you want to have, when ever you want to have them. You also do not have a set amount of personal days, or vaction days. Some disadvantages are that you are very seldomly paid . Another is that you may hit a rut where magazine companies may not want your story in thier magazine.



How does your occupation/ position/ or status affect your potential opportunities or career direction?

The position affects your potential opportunities or career direction because if you start out with a not so good job, it does not have a great influence when you are looking for a better job later on. With freelancing, if you are good at it, then it will make a positive influence on future opportunities. However, if you are mediocre, then you will not have a high influence on other companies that you are looking to work for.



How does the frequency or infrequency of payment from freelancing affect the budget of a writer?

Since the freelancing writer gets paid seldomly, they may have a tight budget, depending on how much they are paid. It also depends on how much they are paid, when they do get paid. Because they don't get a pay check every or every other week, they have to balance out how much they can spend. It is tough because they don't know how much and when they are going to get paid.

4.) How do flexibility, organization, and discipline affect a freelancer’s capacity to research, generate and produce quality work?

Flexibility, organization and discipline affect a freelancers ability to reaseach and produce quality work because the writer has to be flexable in his work schedule for changes and different topics to write about. They have to be disciplined because they have to work hard to meet deadlines for different pieces of work.

5.) How does one’s expertise or ignorance affect a freelancer’s choice of assignment?

One's expertise or ignorance affect their choice of assignment because if they know alot about a subject, then they will be able to excel in that subject. The less they know about a subject, the less likely they are to write on that subject.

6.) Should you say no to an assignment? Why or When (at what point)?

A writer should say no to an assignment when he does not have much knowledge on the subject given to him. This is because the less they know about a subject, the more likely the work is to come out poorly. This would benifit both sides if they don't choose to write about a subject.