Tainted Meat, Infected Dairy, and Disaster- Stricken Japan

Well, it's official; the lives of the people of Japan have just reached a NEW ultimate low this week. A tsunami and a 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11 were the starters of what seems to be one big fire of chaos and disaster in Japan. Contamination, as reported earlier Saturday by Shino Yuasa in Toyko and Eric Talmadge of the Associated Press (Yahoo!), has reached nearby towns of the nuclear plant explosion which happened a few days ago. Radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near the tsunami-crippled facility exceeded government safety limits were found Saturday by officials on the site. Small amounts of radiation were also found in tap water throughout the nearby villages. These are only a few of the cascade of unimaginable disasters that have hit Japan's eastern coast. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake caused the tsunami Friday. It is estimated that some 7,600 people died as a result of the tsunami. 11,000 people or more are still missing and some 452,000 are living in shelters currently. "The failure of Fukushima's backup power systems, which were supposed to keep cooling systems going in the aftermath of the earthquake, let uranium fuel overheat and were a "main cause" of the crisis," said Nishiyama of the nuclear safety agency. Perhaps Japan will recover soon, but all that be said is that Japan's condition is currently worse than any other related issues. The tsunami that swept through Japan's eastern coast was three times as bad as that of the aftermath of the 2005 hit by Hurricane Katrina.

-John "Jack" Urdiales

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

U.S. Public Debt

According to the U.S. National Debt Clock, as of March 15, 2011, the outstanding public debt is over $14,000,000,000,000.00. Another way to look at the debt is that every person owes $46,620.00 for his share of the U.S public debt. In 1984 the national debt was 1.5 trillion dollars. In 1999 it was about 5 trillion dollars, now it is over 14 trillion dollars.

China and Japan own nearly half of the U.S debt that is owned by foreign governments.

From my point of view this is a bigger number than I have ever seen before. I’m a immigrant and this is great responsibility to try to bring the number down. One of my questions is how can we help the country with this problem. Also, how can we stop this increase?

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by Eider Chinguad

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1930s PowerPoint

Not Giving In

As you than already heard there is a massive union protest among the people of the state of Wisconsin. The protest started a few weeks ago when Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker put restrictions on collective bargaining in order to save money since the state may be facing economical shortfalls this year. So the question is why are they peopled mad? Well many Wisconsinites are furious about collective bargaining rights that are going to be stripped away from them which means it will take away rights to negotiate pensions, working conditions and benefits. Now that’s a very big deal if you’re a struggling family. So to further there position and to stand tall the teenagers of Wisconsin are playing to join the march.

By Gregory McMullen

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/02/16/public-workers-protest-in-wisconsin/

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20110311/SHE0101/103110436/Update-Location-student-walkout-protest-changed?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CSHE-News

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World War I, 1920s PowerPoint

PowerPoint on Imperialism can be found below.

World War I

Washington (CNN) --
Frank Buckles, the last living U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.
Lawmakers Monday began to move ahead with proposed resolutions that would allow his casket to be displayed at the Capitol Rotunda, and plans were already in the works for his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Buckles "died peacefully in his home of natural causes" early Sunday morning, the family said in a statement sent to CNN late Sunday by spokesman David DeJonge.
Buckles marked his 110th birthday on February 1, but his family had earlier told CNN he had slowed considerably since last fall, according his daughter Susannah Buckles Flanagan, who lives at the family home near Charles Town, West Virginia.
Buckles, who served as a U.S. Army ambulance driver in Europe during what was then known as the "Great War," rose to the rank of corporal before the war ended.

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People such as Frank Buckles who have dedicated their lives to our country should definitely be rewarded with honor and the recognition that goes along with being buried at Arlington Cemetary.

--Hayley Dawes

Facebook versus self esteem

Do you have a Facebook? Researchers at Cornell University conducted the study that proved that Facebook boosts people’s egos. A mirrior tends to remind people of their flaws; who they really are. Facebook can show positive, fun-loving sides to people. It’s not a different version of others, just the bright side. In a recent study, sixty three students were left alone in a computer lab. The computers either had Facebook open or were turned off with a mirror next to them. The students on Facebook had three minutes to look at their page and then all of the students had to answer a questionaire that measured their self-esstem. The Facebookers received more postive feedback about themselves than the others. Some people do say the internet is bad, but Facebook can offer such a self-esstem booster! There are people who bully and things, but the fact is that it can also make people laugh and feel good about themselves.

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Kristin Kell