A Haitian Warlord Meets His Match: Hurricane Matthew
New Your Times
Azam Ahmed 19 October 2016

Who: Guy Philippe
What: People starving but no help comes
Where: Pestel, Haiti
When: 4 October 2016
Why: Hurricane Devastation

In the city of Pestel, Haiti, many are starving from the recent hurricane that hit the country earlier this month. Guy Philippe, a rebel leader of the area, is now faced with the situation of 80% of his 80,000 people starving and homeless. A traitor to his government, for ousting the last president, Philippe pleads that aid groups will send food to his starving people. Stating that he will go so far as to say, “I will go to jail so that people can eat here,. Or I will leave for however long it takes. Just bring food here.” His armed forces, he says, could easily take the food but refuse so that his people are not titled as bandits.

My opinion is that governments and aid groups should provide his people with food, being as they did not commit the crimes he has.
I learned that the hurricane in Haiti is worse than the news has ever said.
This information affects the people of Haiti and the relief groups that was helping them most.

What plans do you have for your people?
What happens if no help comes to help?
Would you really jail yourself for your people?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20

During this experiment we examined how catalyst break down hydrogen peroxide. At first we experimented on how catalyst affects H2O2 normally. Then how it breaks H2O2 in different time intervals. We discovered that after boiling the catalyst it denatures and can no longer function. Having accidentally boiled the catalyst in a plastic test tube, we had to redo those lab procedures. Beyond that the lab went smoothly, besides the ever-so-likely chance that we measured something inaccurately from human error.

Protest Started by Colin Kaepernick Spreads to High School Students
New York Times
Julie Turkewitz 3 October 2016

Who: Vicqari Horton and others
What: Kneeling to National Anthem
When: October 1 2016
Where: Aurora, Colorado
Why: Protest police brutality

On Saturday during the National Anthem, Vicqari Horton and others on his football team knelt down in protest. After Colin Kaepernick knelt at a NFL game, high school football teams have started to across the nation. All of them protesting the recent police shooting against blacks. Some have encountered the violence personally, through family, friends, or even themselves. Many argue over this new act of protest with support or hatred towards the students.

My opinion is that this form of silent protest is well put where it is very noticeable yet does no harm.
Others are following the the foot steps to support black lives against police brutality.
This affects everyone, but especially blacks, with police violence and a change needed in the police interactions.

How do you think kneeling shows protest?
Will you kneel again?
What do you want changed?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/

Protests Erupt in Charlotte After Police Kill a Black Man
New York Times
Alan Blinder 20 Sept 2016
Who: Keith L. Scott
What: Protests
Where: Charlotte North Carolina
When: Wednesday
Why: Shooting

On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 19, Keith L. Scott was shot four times by police. The police state that Mr. Scott held a weapon and “posed an imminent deadly threat.” Later Mr. Scott’s family said that he had a book and was going to pick up his child. Protest for the shooting started on Tuesday and turned ugly late into the night. Protesters looted trucks on interstate 85 and clashed with police. Police then protected a Walmart from the protesters after they left the highway.

In my opinion protesters should not loot and try to burn down Walmarts because they are mad, they have every right to be mad but not to to harm to property or person.

I learned that there was another shooting in America to a black man from a white police officer.

This impacts the black community most, but also impacts police and America in general too.

Why was Keith L. Scott being in his car a deadly threat?
Why did protesters try to attack a Walmart?
How is this shooting trial going to be different from others?

The consumers lab was focused on two caterpillars grown in a cup with medium and to observe their growth. As time progressed over a few weeks, caterpillars were growing larger with their large amount of food intake. Soon they entered their next stage of life, the pupa, and stayed like that throughout the rest of the experiment. During the experiment the masses of both cups changed as evaporation and conversion to energy for the bugs. Reflecting back, more observations throughout the day would have helped as most were when they were cocooned, eating, or resting on the walls of the cup.

Donald Trump Gambles on Immigration but Sends Conflicting Signals
New York Times
Patrick Healy 31 Aug 2016
Who: Donald Trump
What: Immigration
Where: Mexico and Phoenix, AR
When: August 31, 2016
Why: Immigration policy with Mexico
Donald Trump went to Mexico in the past week to speak with the President of Mexico. The talk went well between the two as Trump was calm. Back in the United States, Trump released a roaring speech one how illegal immigrated are rapist and drug dealers among other horrible things. Trump continued to change his mind over everything in his campaign. With no clue way to make his immigration policy happen, many followers are loosing interest.
My opinion is that Trump has become a more bipolar person with his campaign policy, and is not ready for presidency whatsoever.
I learned that Donald Trump can seemingly act presidential, yet can be drastically different just a couple hours later.
This information affects anyone who pays attention to the news for the up coming election, in who is ready for presidency.
What is your immigration policy?
How is Mexico paying for the wall?
Why does your opinion keep changing?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01

Once edited the veins of the leaf popped from the photo taken under the plant. I like the change in angle from how most people see plants.

The beginning orange bud on the tree was in pleasant contrast to the purple of the leaves. After the color was drained from the photo the little orange bud popped more without the leaf distracting so much.

Zack Van Zante
Ms. Keener
AP Government
18 August 2016
Democracy in Action
The Fairview Park city council meeting was held in city hall for a regularly scheduled meeting. This particular meeting was for people to receive the city’s approval for new construction projects. The first action was to take attendance of who on council would be voting today. Once roll call was complete, they started taking people’s cases. That day, my troop leader, was first on the list of articles to go over. My troop wanted to build a shed in Messiah Lutheran’s church parking lot, since they are our home church, so our Scoutmaster asked council if they would be happy with the plans we had. As they scoured over the plans we gave them, they had one complaint, “the shed isn’t going to be this red color right?” It was explained that was the generic computer model, they suggested we paint it in neutral colors, beyond that we were cleared. Next a man from PNC Bank spoke, explaining the PNC Bank on Lorain was moving and wanted to build an ATM in Giant Eagles parking lot. The council told him of the recent ATM machines being hit with cars and stolen, to which he told them PNC Bank planned to concrete the ATM four feet down with steel reinforcement. Council asked about security measures and if it would be a problem at night, the man explained they would have lights and a camera. Once all of council’s questions were answered, the man sat back down, as the next stood as his case was called out. A carpenter, the school across from Messiah Lutheran wanted a fence for the children to play unseen in the front of the school. The council was delighted by his fence idea and just asked it be neutral colors. Other cases came and council gave their judgment, going on for an hour.
The people on the council who were of importance were the mayor Eileen Patton and the council president Michael Kilbane, with ten other wards and varying ranks. All of them coming for a local government council meeting. From this meeting I had learned that there were ATMs being stolen in Fairview Park and Rocky River and other cities around the two.
This event shows to me that our city wants to have everything be looking good with nothing too out of the ordinary to keep our city respectable and decent, as it has been since 1910. With all the questions of safety, that goes to show they want to make sure people will not be hurt by what they approve; mandating the lights and camera for the ATM so people can use it safely at night.

Trump Calls for ‘Extreme Vetting’ of Immigration Applicants
New York Times
The Associated Press 15 August 2016
Who: Donald Trump
What: Political policies
Where: Youngstown, Ohio
When: 5:22pm August 15, 2016
Why: protect America from terrorist
Within the past week, Donald Trump visited Ohio to address more of his campaign. On Monday night Donald Trump address his followers with his new plan for “extreme vetting,” or in other words, exclude anyone not American enough from America (which violates the constitution and founding ideas, but that is fine.) Now, instead of only excluding Muslims from America, Trump plans to exclude anyone from either a terrorist country, or maybe those attacked by terrorist such as France and Belgium. Religious freedom, gender equality, and gay rights stances are some of what an immigrant will be asked, answered correctly and they will be deemed American enough to enter American. Donald Trump then goes on to attack Hillary Clinton “declaring she lacks the ‘mental and physical stamina’ to take on the Islamic State.” Though Trump has only come up with allying with countries in agreement with how to stop ISIS and join them.
My opinion from this article is a mixture of confusion, fear, and anger; fearful of how someone so stupid could be so close to president; confused on how Trump wishes to only have people come who “believe in out constitution” yet he breaks the first amendment, can not understand the full second amendment, and I am sure is breaking a variety of other laws in America; all this stupidity frustrates me, being if people manage to make him president I will have to live through that decision.
I learned that Trump is more screwed up on what is correct and what is not than what I originally believed him to be.
This information affects all the people immigrating from those “terrorist countries,” trying to flee the threat on their lives, but will be barred out completely for a while, most innocent and just want asylum in America.
Mr. Trump, what is the full first and second amendment?
How does your “extreme vetting” work with the first amendment?
How is Hillary Clinton not have the “mental and physical stamina” to defeat ISIS?

http://www.nytimes.com