torian303’s Blog

By: John Schwartz

Stand atop any levee in the New Orleans area, and one question will after itself, unbidden, to the mind: Is this pile of dirt tall enough to stand up to the next storm? The answer is complex, and a wary city has been waiting to hear it. After the New Orleans hurricane protection system failed under the severe onset of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, Army Corps of Engineers rethought the way it the building Application hurricane risk. It devised new, flexible computer models and ran countless simulations of Defense Department supercomputers to help it understand what kind of storms to region can expect, how the current protection system might perform against them, and what defenses will be needed in the future

My response to this article is that we need to really know about hurricanes and, why its significant because if you don’t know about them when it comes you will have no time to buy supplies like batteries for flashlights and to buy flashlights and if you don’t have those things your out of luck. This has something o do with what we are learning in school because well, we did learn about how hurricanes are the same as cyclones but some call them cyclones and most call them hurricanes.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist gave his stamp of approval to a possible Senate run for former governor Jeb Bush, who has said he was considering a campaign for the Florida Senate seat Mel Martinez ill leave in 2010. ” Gov. Bush would be a great candidate and I hope that he runs,” said Crist, speaking Art Basel Miami Beach. “I would encourage him to run if that’s what he wants to do.” As for the extravaganza itself, Crist said, ” Its just a tremendous thing, especially t this time in our economy.”

My response to this article is that we should be learning about our country but, we should also be learning about our state and how gov. Charlie is doing as governor of our state. This is significant because it is important that we should start to learn more about presidents of the U.S.A. This has something to do with what we are learning in school because we talked about presidents and also governors.

What is the answer to (567)(246)

A.138,298

B.139,482

C.245,458

D.200,596

Barack Obama will be the first American president in nearly 50 years to have a relatively free hand in deciding whether to ease Cold War- Era policies toward communist Cuba, and the foreign policy team he announced this week seems likley to make it happen. Obama said during the campaign that immediately after taking office on Jan. 20, he will lift all restrictions on family travel and cash payments to Cuba-not just roll them back to previous rules that were tightened by the Bush administrations. Obama also said he would uphold the documents set forth after the island went communist, to use a small amount of land until Cuba shows “significant steps toward democracy” starting with freedom for approximately 219 jailed political prisoners. 

 My response to this article is that we need to know what is going on in our country and with our president and how he is taking this opprotunity as president and making this world a better place and to make a change. This is important because we have learn about politics because when we get into middle school, high school, and college we have to know about the presidents and if we don’t start learning in elementary then we won’t be better prepared. This has to do with what we are learning in school because we did a project on presidents of the United States Of America and I wanted to share with you to what really happens with presidents.

By: Beth Foulty

Chicago on November 24 states that with the economy in crisis, president- elect Barack Obama urged the new Congress to pass a quick economic stimulus bill, pledged help for the troubled auto industry and blessed he Bush administration’s bailout of the financial industry.

Even so, he conceded,”The economy is likley to get worse before it gets better,” a downboat forecast, delivered 57 days before he takes the oath of office and as Americans headed into the year-end holiday season. Barring swift action,”most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year,”he said, urging to the newly elected Congress to get “right away” on his plans afer opening.

My response to this article is that you should be learning about the political things and now that we have a newly elected president he can’t do it by himself he needs help and he needs help soon as possible. It is significant because we should know what is going on in the world and if you don’t have as much information then you don’t know weather the gas pries go up or not or if the environment has stayed the same or not or if the Iraq war is over or not. This has something to do with what we are doing at school is because its school approriate and because everybody in my class is talking about how Obama is a better president than McCain.

By:Wayne Parry

Lacey Township, N.J– Despite Brett Farve and a three game winning streak, the New York Jets don’t have what it takes to finally get over the hump and pass the New England Patriots on top the AFC East. That’s according to a pigskin-picking camel named Princess who is a perfect 10-0 start for this year in handicapping NFL games. She also rightly predicted hat the Pats would fall to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl last February. “If I was a gambling man, I’d look to princess before I placed a bet,” said John Bergman, general manager of popcorn park zoo, where the 2,600 pound Bactrian amel has lived since 2004.

My response to this article is that I just wanted you to know big but minor things in our country that you really don’t pay attention to. This is important because even the minor things in the community that you as people don’t pay attention to you need to see what is going on even if it is minor. This has to do something with what we are learning about in school is because we talked about force and they had a picture of football as an example of force with blocking rushing the QB and also showing a smaller kid and a larger trying to block which was showing that the larger person had the greater force.

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President-elect Barack Obama had his first look at the White House Oval Office during a nearly two-hour meeting with President George W. Bush as he two men took there first in transferring power over a country dealing with economic crisis and at war in two distant lands. As the 43rd and 44th U.S presidents have their first face to face talks on Monday,The next first lady Michelle Obama, toured the presidential residence with Laura Bush. At the end of this- highly symbolic visit, Bush walked Obama to a waiting black limousine for the trip to the airport and the return flight by jet charter to his transition headquarters in Chicago. His team is working there to put together the next cabinet and to fill the hundreds of jobs that come open in a change administrations. Neither Bush nor Obama made a statement before or after the meeting.

My response to this article is that it was good to see the 43rd president and the 44h president getting along with each other and it is sad to see Bush go but it is good to see Barack coming in to the White House. This is important because you are supposed to see there Oval Office before January 20th. This partain’s to what we are doing in class because we were talking about the president and how amazing it is to see our first African American president of the United states.

I am going to start giving you math problems about the day before’s lesson and you will (don’t have to) solve them

What is the answer for (4567 x 5674)+804

a.255,790,653

b.255,780,653

c.254,999,999

d.256,000,000

By:William E. Gibson

Sunrise-Democrat Barack Obama answered up his historic campaign for president on Wednesday before thousands of local suppoters and a nationwide television audience of millions.

“Yes we can,”the crowd chanted even before Obama took the stage at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, a sign of their determination to win the White House and elect the first black president of he United States.” It won’t be easy, Florida. It won’t be quick. But you and I know it is time to come together and change this country.” I ask you to believe-not just in my ability to bring about change but in yours.”

My response tothis article is that we need to know that this election is serious and that if you don’t ote your voice won’t be heard and if your voice is not heard well you on’t do as Obama says ake a change.This is signficant because you should want to know who your president is and if you don’t voe for Obama you won’t be able o make a change and he enviornmet,the war, and economy will stay the same.This has somehing to do with what we are learning is because we are debating for a state bird and I just wanted to show you how serious and important eletions get and we should be learning and trying to get some information from this election in 2008.

By:Mike Clary

With just six days to go before the election presidential candidate John McCain traveled around Florida on Wednesday, rallying a crowd in Miami, meeting with military advisers i Tampa and then dropping in on U.S sign making businessin Riviera Beach. McCain’s mission seemed to be twofold:make a tax-cutting pitch to small-buisness owners on what he called his ” Joe The Plumber” tour while contrasting his military background with that of Democratic rival Barack Obama. But trailing in most national and Florida polls, McCain aknowledged that time is running short.

My response to this article is that  I talked about Barack Obama but we should talk about his rival John McCain and you should see how many rivals get into many situations in a bad way but that’s why they call it debating.This is significant because you should know whats happening today in the world and what situations you can get to while debating and they might get outrageous with there campaign but thats how you are supposed to do it and if you don’t vote well from my point of view you should of because this looks like its going to be a great election. This has something to do with what we are learning about debating and we are debating against the state bird and we should know what are rivaly are but in are case we don’t have any rivalrys where just voting to vote.