Alexandra+Dewar

Current Events Report May 16th, 2011: World News: 6/10 Local News: 7/10 Total: 13/20

Tornados rip through southern United States. Current events #3 March 2, 2011

One of the tornadoes left a child trapped in a flattened building the paramedics pulled him out before he died. More than 83 000 buildings reduced to nothing. Earlier in the week they had a tornado went through Arkansas killing 10 people and also killing one in Mississippi. On wednesday a police officer went on a camping trip with his 9-year-old daughter when a tree fell on the tent, the father shielded the girl with his body and the girl was not hurt. She managed to escape to a near-by trailer where the campsite volunteer Greg Maier was. He said when he went back to check on the father he was dead.

It's really sad that the girls father died trying to protect her. I'm glad the little boy was alright. I think it's going to be hard to rebuild all the buildings and houses, it's going to cost a lot too.

Current events April 19, 2011 Worlds oldes man turns 114.

Jirouemon Kimura celebrates his 114th birthday at his home in Kyotango, western Japan on April 19. He lives with the 82-year-old widow of his oldest son and the 58-year-old widow of a grand child. He had seven children but only five survived. He also has 14 grandchildern, 25 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

It suprised me that he has so many grandchildren. I think it would be awsome to live that long, you would be able to see alot of different stuff. And he would be able to tell all 50 grandchildren about his childhood and growing up and everything that has changed over the years.

Current Events Feb. 7, 2011 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2011/02/06/vanoc-luge-track406.html

Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed at a practice run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. before the olympics the international luge federation(FIL) has sent a letter to the track designer saying they were concerned about the speeds on the track. Kumaritashvili's troubles began on cureves 15 and 16 and those are corners the FIL wanted to make adjustments to but never did.

I think this is really sad because they should have barred it off until it was fixed. And when it was finally safe and secure, reopened it and none of this would have happened.it was really heartbreaking for his familybecause they couldn't be there and his family said he was really happy to be in the Olympics.then because someone didn't fix the track, he died before he even competed. I thought this was very very sad. Alex, Please make sure you are completing assignments on time. This assignment was more than a week overdue. Your current events summary should be a little more in depth, try digging deeper. Remember EACH paragraph should be a minimum of five sentences. Remember your first paragraph summarizes the issue, your second reacts to the issue. (5)

Alex, Your second current events posting is overdue. It was due on Thursday, February 17, 2011. Please post as you currently have an NHI and a mark of 0.

Your current events posting from March 2, 2011 is now overdue. Please post as you currently have a mark of 0.

Alex: your current events report from March 22 is overdue. Please submit as you currently have a mark of 0.