Summary:
1. New movie coming out called "Zero Dark Thirty" about the hunting of Osama Bin Laden
2. Very debatable movie; some love it, some hate it
3. Graphic content, grusomeness and basis of movie is what makes this a great movie, or terrible one
Opinion:
The day was May 2nd, 2011. This day will never be forgotten in the eyes of Americans and around the world. This was the day the infamous and hated Osama Bin Laden was killed, the mastermind behind the attacks of 9/11 and the most hated man around the world some would say.
I still remember that tragic day in September, 2001. It was my first day of kindergarten and my mom had just dropped me off and said that as soon as she got back in the car, their was screaming and crying coming from the radio. This was the news reporters attempting to do their jobs while the world as they know it is crashing and burning down behind them. Why? Osama Bin Laden.
Some 9 1/2 years later, the day everyone in America had been waiting for for almost a decade came, the day that they got justice and Osama Bin Laden was killed. How did I find out about this one? Well, this one was much more recent, so I remember it a lot better. I was watching the Phillies-Braves game on TV when all of sudden the crowd was cheering and yelling and full of joy. And this was not the normal, fan cheering because there was a game going on, this was something more than that something far more important than that. This was a sense of pride and patriotism kind of cheer. They (the cameramen) zoomed away from the field and into the stands and was telling the national TV audience that they were just finding out that Osama Bin Laden had been killed a his home in Pakistan by the CIA.
You're probably wondering I am reiterating all of this tragic information to you. Yes, there is a point to me telling you this. We all know these tragic and remorseful times in the US and around the world have touched everyone one of us, so what does America do? In typical American fashion, they put this story up on the big screen, hoping to make a profit on one of the most hated men of all time. From the guts, to the glory, to the sadness, this movie is going to have it all and I am certainly going to see it.
This is more of a tactic to get some attention back and to show the public how all of the events went down from the people in the CIA and the Government of the USA, which is something truly American.
Nick Bell
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
NHL, NHLPA TO RESUME TALKS IN PRIVATE LOCATION
Summary:
1. NHL, NHLPA are going to meet today at an undisclosed location
2. Donald Fehr (NHLPA ED) claims that the two sides have agreed on many of the main issues
3. It is day 87 of the NHL Lockout
Opinion:
Ok, I think that we can all agree that this lack of hockey has gone on for long enough. It has been 87 days since the lockout deadline passed and I (along with millions of hockey fans) are tired of hearing the latest from the boardroom about who's ego is bigger and who will come out on top and finally get back on the ice.
I have to admit, I have no idea who's to blame here for this lockout. At first, my thoughts were that Gary Bettman has cause 2 lockouts in the last 7 years, so he should be gone, and we would be able to get hockey going again, but then some more recent reports have shown that Fehr and the NHLPA are the ones that are dragging the lockout on. But the good news is that the negotiations are going in the right direction and that the sides are "close" on a deal that would get the players back on the ice and the winter less depressing sooner rather than later. Fehr has stated that the sides have agreed on all of the main issues of the new CBA, there just needs to be some fine-tuning and then we will have our beloved hockey again.
I think that I can speak for all of the hockey fans worldwide when I say, please I don't care what it takes, lets get a deal done and get back to watching and playing the game we all love.
Nick Bell
1. NHL, NHLPA are going to meet today at an undisclosed location
2. Donald Fehr (NHLPA ED) claims that the two sides have agreed on many of the main issues
3. It is day 87 of the NHL Lockout
Opinion:
Ok, I think that we can all agree that this lack of hockey has gone on for long enough. It has been 87 days since the lockout deadline passed and I (along with millions of hockey fans) are tired of hearing the latest from the boardroom about who's ego is bigger and who will come out on top and finally get back on the ice.
I have to admit, I have no idea who's to blame here for this lockout. At first, my thoughts were that Gary Bettman has cause 2 lockouts in the last 7 years, so he should be gone, and we would be able to get hockey going again, but then some more recent reports have shown that Fehr and the NHLPA are the ones that are dragging the lockout on. But the good news is that the negotiations are going in the right direction and that the sides are "close" on a deal that would get the players back on the ice and the winter less depressing sooner rather than later. Fehr has stated that the sides have agreed on all of the main issues of the new CBA, there just needs to be some fine-tuning and then we will have our beloved hockey again.
I think that I can speak for all of the hockey fans worldwide when I say, please I don't care what it takes, lets get a deal done and get back to watching and playing the game we all love.
Nick Bell
Monday, December 10, 2012
A Family, for a Few Days a Year
Summary:
1. Guatemalan boy (age 6) living in orphanage named Geovany
2. Only parents he has known live in Reno, Nev. and only visit twice a year
3. Carr's have no idea when-or if they are going to take Geovany home
Opinion:
This is a tragic story about a boy who was unfortunately orphaned by his biological parents in order to give him a better life (perhaps), but the way a little Guatemalan boy's life has gone, that is not the worst part about the whole ordeal, not at all.
Geovany, 6, actually has/ had two loving parents that adopted him as one of their own from Reno, Nev. Amy and Rob Carr are the adopted parents of this innocent, poor little boy. This sounds like it has a happy ending right? Well, not exactly. The Carr's have not more than toyed with the idea of actually bringing Geovany home so that he can move on to his new family. Geovany remains in a Guatemalan orphanage that has raised for as long as his childish brain can remember. Why put a six year old through all of this stress and pain when he could have been brought home by other parents that were ready to make the financial, emotional, and psychological challenge of bringing in a child as one of their own? This is just cruel to do and even though their intentions might be right, the way that this boy's life has been affected over the last few years is something that they either don't notice, or simply don't care about, which is obviously not good if you are considering bringing a child home.
If it were up to me, I would either bring this boy home to Reno, Nev. to start his new life or put him back up for adoption. Better that than having to go through the emotions and stress of wondering where is future is going to be.
Nick Bell
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Hypothermia and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Cases Soar in City After Hurricane
Summary:
1. Number of cold-exposure cases in NY area tripled in weeks after Sandy than any recent weeks.
2. Most of NY's power has been restored, still few thousand living in cold.
3. Department warned heath care providers that living in unheated homes can "cause illness and death".
4. This shows how unprepared and shocking NY area was hit by Sandy.
Opinion:
I'm sure that we have all heard about Hurricane Sandy, but the magnitude of the hurricane cannot be accurately acknowledged up in The Great White North because we had no sever impacts like the Eastern US did. More specifically, in this particular storm, the NY area was schocked and unprepared for this massive storm and many were found dead or ill. Even up to this day, there are still many thousands that are living in the cold and could suffer from hypothermia, and even the people that are back in their homes have a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
To put this into perspective, one astonishing fact about this storm is that the amount of cold-exposure cases TRIPLED, not doubled, but tripled than any other weeks in decades. Imagine all of a sudden you go from a nice warm apartment to cold, wet and stormy conditions that could kill you or sicken you with hypothermia. But that's not even the only main concern here, the amount of carbon monoxide poisoning has gone up significantly as well because of this storm. The amount of carbon monoxide poisonings were 10x as high than they were expecting during the week of the storm and 6x as high the following week.
As you can see, this may have not affected us in the friendly confines of Aurora, ON, but in New York, they were hit, and were hit hard.
Nick Bell
1. Number of cold-exposure cases in NY area tripled in weeks after Sandy than any recent weeks.
2. Most of NY's power has been restored, still few thousand living in cold.
3. Department warned heath care providers that living in unheated homes can "cause illness and death".
4. This shows how unprepared and shocking NY area was hit by Sandy.
Opinion:
I'm sure that we have all heard about Hurricane Sandy, but the magnitude of the hurricane cannot be accurately acknowledged up in The Great White North because we had no sever impacts like the Eastern US did. More specifically, in this particular storm, the NY area was schocked and unprepared for this massive storm and many were found dead or ill. Even up to this day, there are still many thousands that are living in the cold and could suffer from hypothermia, and even the people that are back in their homes have a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
To put this into perspective, one astonishing fact about this storm is that the amount of cold-exposure cases TRIPLED, not doubled, but tripled than any other weeks in decades. Imagine all of a sudden you go from a nice warm apartment to cold, wet and stormy conditions that could kill you or sicken you with hypothermia. But that's not even the only main concern here, the amount of carbon monoxide poisoning has gone up significantly as well because of this storm. The amount of carbon monoxide poisonings were 10x as high than they were expecting during the week of the storm and 6x as high the following week.
As you can see, this may have not affected us in the friendly confines of Aurora, ON, but in New York, they were hit, and were hit hard.
Nick Bell
Monday, November 26, 2012
Outrage in China after five runaway boys die in a dumpster after lighting fire for warmth
Summary:
1. 5 runaway boys seeking shelter and warmth in China lit a dumpster on fire, died from carbon monoxide poisoning
2. Boys were all brothers or cousins ages 9-13.
3. Surname: Tao
4. Sons of threes brothers; two of whom are migrant workers away from home.
5. Most of them grew up unsupervised; were taken care of blind grandmother.
6. Been missing for more than a week
Opinion:
It was a sad story to hear. 5 runaway boys seeking simply for life's essentials were found dead trying to light a dumpster on fire for warmth died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Now, there are those who say, why would they leave their homes in the first place? They died because of their irresponsibility to resolve problems at home and move on. That is a perfectly legitimate argument, but I have to side with the fact that they did not just leave their homes for no reason, most likely the left for something that was out of their control or something that wasn't going to stop, and that's not their fault. I am not blaming anyone here, because we as the public don't know all of the detail as to why these boys that were all related ran away in the first place, but we cannot let the parents of these children off the hook completely here, because in the end, 5 boys (innocent or not) died looking for necessities for survival.
Whosoever fault it was, this could have been prevented and to me, that is the most disheartening part of this whole story, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of the these young men.
Nick Bell
1. 5 runaway boys seeking shelter and warmth in China lit a dumpster on fire, died from carbon monoxide poisoning
2. Boys were all brothers or cousins ages 9-13.
3. Surname: Tao
4. Sons of threes brothers; two of whom are migrant workers away from home.
5. Most of them grew up unsupervised; were taken care of blind grandmother.
6. Been missing for more than a week
Opinion:
It was a sad story to hear. 5 runaway boys seeking simply for life's essentials were found dead trying to light a dumpster on fire for warmth died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Now, there are those who say, why would they leave their homes in the first place? They died because of their irresponsibility to resolve problems at home and move on. That is a perfectly legitimate argument, but I have to side with the fact that they did not just leave their homes for no reason, most likely the left for something that was out of their control or something that wasn't going to stop, and that's not their fault. I am not blaming anyone here, because we as the public don't know all of the detail as to why these boys that were all related ran away in the first place, but we cannot let the parents of these children off the hook completely here, because in the end, 5 boys (innocent or not) died looking for necessities for survival.
Whosoever fault it was, this could have been prevented and to me, that is the most disheartening part of this whole story, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of the these young men.
Nick Bell
Monday, November 19, 2012
The Hazards of Growing Up Painlessly
Summary:
1. Young girl in from Patterson, GA feels no pain
2. Started when she was born, did not cry to anything (broken ankles, diaper rashes)
3. was around 2 when a doctor finally diagnosed her with "Congenital insensitivity to pain"
4. Condition was so rare, doctors basically said "Good Luck!"
5. Went on many shows and appeared on many magazines in 2004 (GMA, People)
6. Still feels emotional pain, just not physical
7. Rare case that has its benefits and problems as well
Opinion:
The first moment of her life was not one filled with tears and disbelief, but more along the lines of no tears, no cares and no pain. Ashlyn Blocker has a rare case diagnosed 21 months after she was born with "Congenital insensitivity to pain". Medical to English translation: she doesn't feels any physical pain whatsoever.
Tara, Ashlyn's mom, said that she knew that something was wrong when Ashlyn had a terrible diaper rash and never cried once about that or the time she had pink eye at two years old, or how about the time when she broke her ankle and ran on it for two days before her parents noticed something was wrong. She has never had to endure physical pain in her life, which can help if you accidentally put your hands on a cars muffler, but it can also have its disadvantages as well.
Firstly, Ashlyn's parents had to take extra precaution to ensure that she would severely injure herself without her feeling anything. The wrapped her arms up to make sure she wouldn't bite her arms, had to have someone keep an eye on her every time she was on the playground at school. Secondly, she has never had to endure physical pain, so therefore, she cannot learn from what she can and can't do; something that concerned her parents when she was little and still concerns them today.
Of course, with such a rare case, all of the top American companies wanted to get their hands on this girl and her story. Shows like Good Morning America and magazines such as People were banging on the door to get some information straight from the source.
But through all of this, the now thirteen year old Ashlyn Blocker lives a normal early teenage girl life. Dancing on her bed to "Call Me Maybe", going to school and having friends that have a friend who can still feel emotional pain and suffering.
She is just like all of us, just without any scars (literally).
Nick Bell
1. Young girl in from Patterson, GA feels no pain
2. Started when she was born, did not cry to anything (broken ankles, diaper rashes)
3. was around 2 when a doctor finally diagnosed her with "Congenital insensitivity to pain"
4. Condition was so rare, doctors basically said "Good Luck!"
5. Went on many shows and appeared on many magazines in 2004 (GMA, People)
6. Still feels emotional pain, just not physical
7. Rare case that has its benefits and problems as well
Opinion:
The first moment of her life was not one filled with tears and disbelief, but more along the lines of no tears, no cares and no pain. Ashlyn Blocker has a rare case diagnosed 21 months after she was born with "Congenital insensitivity to pain". Medical to English translation: she doesn't feels any physical pain whatsoever.
Tara, Ashlyn's mom, said that she knew that something was wrong when Ashlyn had a terrible diaper rash and never cried once about that or the time she had pink eye at two years old, or how about the time when she broke her ankle and ran on it for two days before her parents noticed something was wrong. She has never had to endure physical pain in her life, which can help if you accidentally put your hands on a cars muffler, but it can also have its disadvantages as well.
Firstly, Ashlyn's parents had to take extra precaution to ensure that she would severely injure herself without her feeling anything. The wrapped her arms up to make sure she wouldn't bite her arms, had to have someone keep an eye on her every time she was on the playground at school. Secondly, she has never had to endure physical pain, so therefore, she cannot learn from what she can and can't do; something that concerned her parents when she was little and still concerns them today.
Of course, with such a rare case, all of the top American companies wanted to get their hands on this girl and her story. Shows like Good Morning America and magazines such as People were banging on the door to get some information straight from the source.
But through all of this, the now thirteen year old Ashlyn Blocker lives a normal early teenage girl life. Dancing on her bed to "Call Me Maybe", going to school and having friends that have a friend who can still feel emotional pain and suffering.
She is just like all of us, just without any scars (literally).
Nick Bell
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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