Dark-Sky Movement

A place that was found where there is no pollution what so ever and that stars and what nots can be seen.
Rather short but interesting article.

 Stargazers now have their Graceland

Reflection on the health care discussion

Alright so this being our first discussion for Government I'd have to say that it was really interesting to be in. I'll also admit that I defiantly feel more comfortable in going into them. As Mr. Palo said, we weren't there to be spectators even though to be honest that is very hard to do because everyone's opinions were solid and had good points to them. Enough about that so onto what we talked about on Friday concerning health care. First off, what Mark brought out was something that I think we have all thought about. 'How are we going to pay for it?' Taking into mind that we are still in an economic trouble. Going on that idea we went onto how Obama is paying probably too much attention on the health care reform and not on the rest of the things like that of employment as well as all the other issues that he said he would address during his campaign for President. If he were to put his attention evenly on other problems, solving them, perhaps people would be more perceptive to this health care reform. Another thing that was something else to put to our minds was the way that money is earned and used. Such as that of Celebrities, Sports, Military, Prisons, etc. How the government so much on these things but yet it really isn't being put to the good of the cause. Alex made a valid point when he said how much is put into the prisons and how even they get health care that WE pay for as Americans. Which I'm still trying to comprehend.. Because they in some way destroyed a moral, ethical, and legal right of someone of something, yet they get treated to health care and a functioning living society like we do up here. But heck maybe even at some degree better. I guess it all came down to whether or not health care should be a privilege or a right. All in all I liked the discussion we had.

More on the surrounding events on Egypt

So as we all may well know now about the Democracy issue that has had numerous attacks upon it in Egypt. Now here is an article talking about how the Muslim Brotherhood could possibly be yet another threat to their society.

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Article

Next Generation of Portable things coming out from SONY!

This was so awesome to see. 
Sony NGP
At a press conference in Japan last night Sony announced a device they call the NGP (Next Generation Portable) which is essentially the PSP2.  This new handheld has wild hardware specs and I mean that in the best way. Sony has obviously been listening to fans outcry, because they put everything into this device:

• dual analog sticks
• a multi touch screen on the front
• a multi touch pad on the back
• a camera on the front and on the back
• six axis motion
• a quad-core cortex-A9 processor (!)
• 3G and WiFi and connectivity

And let’s be honest, this is a really nice looking piece of hardware. And you’ll be able to buy your own this holiday. There is no word, as far as I can tell, if there is a 3G data plan on the NGP or if it is just going to do basic location services, like a GPS, or transfer only bit’s of data, like a Kindel, over the 3G network.  There is also no word on price… with all the stuff inside this device, I wouldn’t be surprised if it got a 300 dollar price tag. Yikes. I’m am pretty excited for this.  Initially because I love getting to see new hardware.  But now, because I think it’s really going to make Nintendo step up its connectivity game. They’re going to have to if they want to compete with the iPhone, and Sony.  I don’t mean the 3DS should get 3G, but their online service should work, and it should be seamless.

Next Generation Portable

Black Holes

An article on Yahoo talking about the black holes that are space. Thought it was interesting.

Time Stands Still

Lawmakers and Healthcare

So basically they want to go back to the 1820s and bring up the ideas that a President that fought for our individual rights and the civil liberties that we have. And because of this 'After Brown v. Board of Education desegregated schools across the country, Arkansas and several other Southern states invoked nullification in the 1950s to say they would not enforce the law. The Supreme Court decided the states had no right to reject the ruling.'

Lawmakers want to fight Health-care law with 'nullification' argument

Obama's State of Union Address.

'Pleading for unity in a newly divided government, President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival for an anxious nation, declaring in his State of the Union address Tuesday night: "We will move forward together or not at all." '

'Move together or not at all'

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (Rumination)

For the final part of this assignment we are to write a single page of how we think we did. Taking into consideration how we think Benjamin Franklin did doing this. First, off Franklin did this challenge not for a couple days, or weeks, not even a couple months, but in fact for a whole year. Yeah, Uno year. I can't begin to imagine what kind of changes I would have undergone within a year. But going back to Franklin for him to set his goal and map it out must have been long and tedious but like for myself once you get the swing of things documenting as getting the feel for this it becomes way easier to bare. Almost like a natural rhythm..that sounded weird. Although that is how it felt to me. Addressing the first question of this Rumination is What was your biggest challenge? My biggest challenge would have to be back on the first day when I got home and systematically wanted to go onto Tumblr. And the days after that until like the 3rd day and I had forgotten about it until at the end of each day I put NO in the box under 'went on Tumblr'. What was it for Franklin? When I think about the way he went about doing this, achieving his goal compared to mine. I think that he set various high standards for himself to practically live day by day on. And to that extent he would chart it and write down his progress more vigorously. Alongside if he slipped up at anytime during this year he would go back to the last conquered mark he got and go again from there. That in itself is amazing. Before this 7 day challenge I was thinking 'Oh boy this man must have had no life...to be doing this kind of thing..' Now it's more like 'there was a meaning behind you madness' However for Franklin his goals we impossible to establish for that long period of time. In his auto biography he stated this. That doesn't mean that along the way he didn't take away from this experience something valuable and worth keeping within himself. Finally, What was the value of such a task? Where do I begin.. I've taken so much from this experience it baffles me. (I was not expecting such a worthwhile response from assignment mind you.) Within this short time I was able to come to terms with myself, who I was, who I'm becoming as I grow up. Not only that but I set my priorities straight. My convictions for the future to come. I mean this is my senior year, after this and I'm on my own in the big ol' world. That's daunting to say the least but now I have this ambiance that I'm ready to take it on. That's what has been the coolest part of this largely small journey.

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (DAY 7)

I made it. Today is the last day of this challenge and I think I did pretty damn good. Today was just getting things done like homework, chores...etc like I had been doing the past 6 days. Nothing much else to report in that area. But now it is time to do my reflection on the last 7 Days. As I mentioned in Day 6 that doing this challenge has become a real eye opener for me. Personally, I think it was a good thing to have these 7 days of self analyze, search, and to be honest modify.. ME. I was just talking to one of my closest friends and I shared with her what had happened and she to agreed that I had changed, I was becoming more mature as time went on and ultimately that I was becoming a different person. Hopefully this change is for the better. So this concludes my Day 7 entry.

Um what...?

'The man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Tucson pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he tried to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides.' The article goes into detail of the case and how they reached to this decision.

Jared Lee Loughner NOT guilty

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (DAY 6)

Sunday January 23, 20 11 came and went rather quickly if i do say so myself. Today was filled with going to meeting (church), chores, homework, and hanging out with my brother followed by more homework. All in all it was a satisfying day. And my eyes are very droopy as I am typing this... Anyways not much to write on this one but then again that's how its been the last couple days. Yet I still managed to make a decent sized paragraph? I amaze myself sometimes. I have an up and coming art project that is based on a song of our choice and any medium we would think of. That of course gives a variety to choose from. So be ready for that project once it is finalized I'll update on my progress here. In other news my older brother and his wife and my nephew are now moving at the end of the month. That was sort of depressing to hear. They have been living with us since April of last year. It's been a journey let me say. Watching my nephew grow up in the last year. From when he came not even crawling but now here he is running throughout the house with me when I get home from school. Writing this makes me sad now. But I am happy that they want to get there lives back together and move out so that they can be independent parents. So for that I can unselfish and accept it. Alright this is day 6 of 7 of the challenge. Laters.

Obama's economic agenda: Boost US competitiveness

Address given today by President Barack Obama on the economy.

Boost US competitiveness

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (DAY 5)

Not that much longer and this challenge will be over! This has been like an endurance battle. But heck it is now day 5!!! I'm super happy that I have made it this far, not only that but this has been much more than a class assignment to me. And I'm hoping for everyone else to. I've come to realize how much of my time I dedicated to unimportant things. Not only that but on how much I DIDN'T take care of myself. Within the last 5 days I've lost some weight, been less tired, and over all I am feeling way healthier! So yay for this Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge. I'm also glad that I took this assignment seriously. Now for what things I did today. First off I woke up at 6 to take the trash out, after that I went back to bed till 10.. I needed the sleep anyways. The rest of the day was me being at the mall with my Mom. Mainly to get my glasses which I did and got new frames as well. My right eye improved a little bit which was good. And all I had to do was wait an hour for them to be done. My mom and I went around the mall for the time and went window shopping. Good times. After that we went and got them, I put them on and they were sharp! I was very impressed. It was like I had been living in a haze for over a year. The kicker was when we went outside... once we went through those sliding door everything was in IMAX!! 

 <------This was me. 

                            It was amazing.


                                               Oh yeah.

A call for more mature Political Rhetoric

'SARCASM WITH AN AGENDA'

I think that the subheading under the title couldn't be more fitting especially for this writer Kelly Belton. Over all I really like where she was coming from in this article. The different points she varied in and out with on the whole Political Rhetoric scene that has come into play since the Arizona shooting took place nearly two Saturdays ago. 

The link below is the article that I am talking about: 

A call for more mature Political rhetoric 

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (DAY 4)

DAY 4
Again today was a rather easy going day. Came home, did chores, babysat my Nephew, took a nice nap and just now finished spending time with my family. Thought I was going to go to LensCrafters today but I guess I'm going tomorrow or so my Dad claims. Either way I'm just glad that I am going. My glasses have been driving me up the wall. Giving me headaches and what have yous. As for what the weekend will give me..I'm not even sure. Usually I spend it doing things that are not productive. But honestly I'm more looking forward to a weekend away from people. Just to myself. Alone time I like to put it. Day 4 wasn't as eventful but Here's to tomorrow's festivities!

France: 'Best' Health Care?

So after watching the documentary 'Sick around the World' it left me wondering about France. Since last year in Business Math we watched SICKO (movie will make you want to scream) and France was considered to be the #1 in health care around the world. From the longest life spans down to how they treat emergencies like seen in the video above. Also other countries such as Canada. As in SICKO I know that Micheal Moore did some pretty risky stuff by also going to Cuba and finding out that they to have Universal Health care. So my question is if they can do this than why can we? It brings up that question that Mr. Palo asked about Health care being a Privilege or a Right.

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (DAY 3)

DAY 3

Alright so by far this was probably a fairly easy day. For one I didn't have to do an Art project in one day. And I had some homework that I finished within 20mins. After that I went and did my chores then went and spent some time with my Mom watching How to Look Good Naked. I love that show. I haven't gone on Tumblr or any other site just like I said I wouldn't in my goal, and here I was thinking that it was going to be something hard not going on those sites. But to be honest I've found that I have some free time that I can spend doing something helpful and useful. Like making dinner and helping out around the house. Also I picked up a book which is something that I have not done in a while. Spending time with the family was cool to. It's day 3 of this 7 day challenge and I'm doing pretty dang good. :D

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (DAY 2)

DAY 2
Today I pretty much put myself in a tough situation. That I am now regretting. Why you may? I'll tell you the story.
To start off the day I woke up extremely late (7:10...) and i remembered that we had a quiz in first. I leave the house 7:15 but get to school at 7:29 so I'm rushing and by the time I get to first my teacher wasn't even there! Anyways I'm sitting in class talking with the people around me, I look around to see that I forgot my art folder which wasn't a big deal for I had a 'backup' plan which was my handy dandy sketch book. So I could simply just tell him that I was working on the sketch still. I'm in second period with my best bud Angie and I tell her that I had forgotten it, in return she asked me I had even started it. >:( I told her all i had was the half sketch from last Friday done. To which she shook her head and went back to work. So here comes 3rd period I'm sitting in art class doing the proposal for the next project right and I have a seat close to my teacher so he casually calls my name and says
'Can I see your project that's due on Friday?' first thing that goes through my head is uh oh. Then he starts going on about something that I tuned out on for some reason. He asks me my it is that I've started something else when the one I have isn't even done, along with something else like I'm slacking by not doing enough work in class.. *sighs*
So to end his lecture the words just came rolling out 'It's done.' (AHHHH!!)
'Oh? well then bring it tomm.' his face was evil.
'...Okay..' I turned back at my work to find Angie glaring at me and again she shook her head then turned back to her work.
SO that now 6 hours later and I'm still doing this supposed done art work. Poop.

Here's some of the progress that I've been able to do:

Hour 1

 

Hour 2

Hour 3 

*break time*

 Hour 4

Hour 5-6

Hour 7-8

FIN.

Crystal Castles - Not In Love ft. Robert Smith

Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (DAY 1)

So today in English class we were assigned to undergo a challenge.

Here's how it goes: 

                     Just like Franklin, you will need to create a goal and the steps to achieve that goal.

                     This is how it works.

Step 1:

Make a Goal!

Step 2: 

Create 3+ steps t achieve that goal, good steps help you get to that goal. If you want to increase a grade, plan to do more work.

Step 3:

 Over the next 7 days, work to achieve that goal every day, and write a bit on how you did at the end.

And with that i decided what not a better idea to blog how I'm doing on here. 

DAY 1

First is identifying my goal which is to stay on top of school, homework, projects, and chores with no procrastination. To put it more simply these are my basic responsibilities. At the moment my parents will not allow me to work until i have graduated this will allow me the space i need to make my goal. 

Today has been hard to be frank. Since one of my biggest problems is that my teachers want me to use the internet to get things done for school, which I don't particularly mind. Only problem is that I have a procrastination addiction with this site called Tumblr as soon as i get home.                                                            ------As you can see------->

And from there I would engage in homework etc; only to find myself hours later not having done even half of it. Joy. But I think that as the days go on I'll control the urge to type it in the search bar. Hopefully..? Setting that aside I have completed most of my homework. Continuing onward to finishing it off early. I think this occasion deserves a sticker. The next 6 days will be a challenge but I'm up for it!

Can I just say What the Hell?

This video completely confused me. He constantly repeats the same ideas by wording them differently. It reminded me of the book 1984 by George Orwell when Winston Smith goes into the views of Doublethink. At least in my perspective it seems a little similar to that. Jared Loughner was very mentally disturbed. I just want to know why he would begin to think this way in the first place. Maybe something happened to him in the past to or even something that he saw etc to make him think the way he does. But also at the same time his question is so thought provoking that in reality its a question that blows even my mind. Anyways, the link below is from his Youtube channel :

'What's governement if words don't have meaning?

Local News on Healthcare at the moment.

'"As this challenge proceeds, the new majority in Congress understands that the American people can't afford to wait for the results of a lengthy court battle," Boehner said in a statement as the House session opened. "That's why will we continue moving forward."'
Health care battle in Spotlight again

So i'd like the sun out for a little longer..

But I don't think that is going to happen. So enjoy it while it lasts.
This article sorta ruined my day and it the day just started.

California Super storm

Tianjin Eco-City In China

I find this really cool. Especially for the environment.

Eco-Frenzy China!

SOTT Focus.

Articles that have to do with the birds and fish that are dying.

 Signs of the Times News

Pentagon Strike

Something that I found was interesting. It has to do with 9/11.

Pentagon Strike