Spanish Final Pt. 8

Este era yo en la playa con mi familia! Nosotros fuimos en el oceano.


Luego, nosotros fuimos para pesca. Es mi padre con el peces grandes.


Tambien, fuimos a la museo de arte. El museo se llama La Museo de Historia de Ponce.
 

Spanish Post Pt. 7

Yo fui a la museo. La museo de arte. Luego, yo fui a la parkue centro. Yo tome la metro. Tambien, yo fui a la piscina en la caro. Yo fui a la Iglesia Porta Coeli en la tren.

Spanish Final Pt. 6

Cuando fui a la centro comercial yo compre regalos para mi familia. Yo compre una camisa para mi hermana Paige. Cuesta viente dolares. Luego, yo compre dolce de leche para mi hermana Caroline. Cuesta diez dolares. Para mi mama yo compre una bolsa. Cuesta trienta dolares. Tambien, yo compre pelotas de golf para mi padre. Cuesta viente dolares. Yo gastado ochenta dolares.

Spanish Final Pt. 5

Diario,

Me desperto a la ocho en la manana. Me levanto a la ocho y media en la manana. Me ducho para trienta minutos. Yo voy a la piscina al mediodia y la centro comercial a la tres en la tarde. Yo como arroz con pollo para almuerzo a las tres y media en la plaza de comida. Luego, yo voy de vuelta a casa. Yo como cena. Como enchiladas. Me voy a la cama a la nueve en la noche.

Spanish Final Pt. 4

Para desayuno yo comi harina de avena o juevos rancheros. Yo bebi leche o juego de naranja. Yo comi un snadwich de jamon para almuerzo y bebi agua. Para cena yo comi arroz con pollo o carne guisada o pastelon. La comida probado deliciousa.

Spanish Final Pt. 3

En la casa hay es cinco habitaciones. Hay es dos dormitorios, una cucina, una sala de estar, y garaje. la familia tenen dos caros. En los padres dormitoro hay es una cama, un pequeno sofa, y dos closets. Una dormitorio de Maria tiene paredes rosa. Su cama es muy grande. La cucina de la familia es pequeno con refrigerador, un estufa, y una mesa. Para una sala de estar un sofa a la derecho y la televison es izquierda. 

Spanish Final Pt. 2

Carla es la madre. Ella es alta, bonita, y simpatica. Su pelo es larga y morena. Carla gusta tenis y natacion. Roberto es alto y divertido. El es rubia. Roberto prefiero golf. El gusto viajar.  Maria es muy bonita. Ella es grasicosa y comica. Maria juega futbol y gimnastico. Maria gusta deportes. Totos los de la familia hace tareas. Carla lava la ropa para la familia. Roberto corto la hierba. Maria lavas los platos depues de cena.

Spanish Final Pt. 1

Yo vivi con una familia en Puerto Rico. Sus nombres son Roberto Lopez, Carla Lopez, y Maria Lopez. Los padres son Roberto y Carla y sus hija es Maria. Maria es diez anos. Me quede en San Juan, es la capital.

I, Julia Aaron, am a Freedom Rider

"At our first stop in Virginia . . . I [was] confronted with what the Southern white has called `separate but equal.' A modern rest station with gleaming counters and picture windows was labeled `White,' and a small wooden shack beside it was tagged `Colored.'"
-- Freedom Rider William Mahoney. Freedom Rider. When you hear that name, what do you think of? What comes to my mind is one who fights for what is justly deserved, one who stands tall to the oppressive, and one who isn’t afraid to sacrifice for what they know is right. I, Julia Aaron, am a Freedom Rider. In 1946 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of seating on interstate buses was unconstitutional. So what does that mean for me, my friends, and my family down in Alabama? Almost nothing. As many expected, southern states were slow to comply with this ruling. So what are we supposed to do? Sit around until the bus conductors decide us blacks can finally sit with the whites? Are they going to hand us a golden letter when they become okay with integrating busses? Well, I can tell you that I sure believe they won’t do any of that.

So, I joined the Freedom Riders. They were doing something about this! They were standing up for their supreme court given rights! The plan was to ride a bus route through a stop in Birmingham, AL. The white freedom riders would sit in the back of the bus, and blacks would seat themselves in front sections. During stops and rest breaks the black freedom riders would enter white only areas and whites would do the opposite. I was very well prepared for what I was signing up for. I had seen violent protests on the news all my life. I knew whether you stood still or came out swinging, people were going to be violent towards you if you were fighting for civil rights. It is a sensitive topic. I honestly don’t understand why some people are so opposed to equality. How would you feel if you were on the bottom end? The day of my freedom ride comes. Of course I was nervous, I was a twenty-two year old girl. But, I knew what I was fighting for was bigger than myself. I was fighting for one step closer to gaining equality, the eradication of racism, and to provide a better future for the generations ahead. I get to the bus stop, climb the few steps, and take a seat in the very first row. Once I am seated I keep my eyes down, and stay to myself. At a rest break I gather my courage and step right into the section marked “WHITES-ONLY” with a sharp red and white sign. I pretend I belong as angry glares and harsh whispers are being pointed in my direction. Inside I am strong. I know that whatever happens today, in the end I will know that I made a difference and that I was brave enough to stand up for what I deserve.

Hours pass with no real physical danger or harm. I begin to relax. The bus driver announces our stop in Birmingham. As we pull up to the stop a small mob quickly boards the bus and begins to beat my fellow riders and I. I don’t remember much. I wasn’t seriously injured, but I did gain some serious bruises. One rider got seven stitches above his left eye. Overall, we had a good ride compared to some of the others. I only participated in one ride because of my mothers concerns. My mom understood the importance of the rides, but always persisted in asking me why I had to be the one to fight for it, or why can’t you leave that up to someone else. What I had to explain to her is that most people have that attitude already. If everyone counts on others to do their work for them, then how long are we going to have to wait for a change to happen? I want a change now. And I am willing to fight for it. I, Julia Aaron, am a Freedom Rider. Works Cited: Cozzens, Lisa. "Freedom Rides." Civil Rights Movement. Web. 31 May 2012. . "Freedom Riders." Web. 31 May 2012. . "Retracing the Freedom Riders Route." News Detail. Web. 31 May 2012. . "Freedom Riders." A Union of Professionals. Web. 31 May 2012. .

Medical Advancements during the Great Depression

The period of hardship between the late 1920’s and the late 1930’s is called the Great Depression. The average American families income went down 40% and almost everyone was affected. In these years the American public was subject to harsh conditions, but we survived.
During this difficult time Americans were still progressing in the medical field. In 1931 the first clinical use of Penicillin was conducted. Penicillin was a large medical breakthrough for the treatment of harmful bacterial infections. Penicillin is most likely in some form for any antibiotic that you take. I believe most people have suffered a sinus infection, Strep throat, or even a case of pneumonia. Antibiotics treat all of these, and antibiotics all start with Penicillin.
In 1935 the heart-lung machine was invented. This allowed surgeons to attempt to preform open-heart surgeries. These surgeries were never an option before this important invention. When this was produced the doctors of time could perform invasive heart surgries that were never an option before. The machine works by taking the job of the heart during surgery. This instrument has saved thousands of lives by allowing doctors to internally treat the heart.
In 1937 George Beadle and Edward Tatum presented the gene-one enzyme theory that stated that all chemical reactions inside the cell are enzymes and that all enzymes is controlled by one gene. This is still an accepted theory and has provided the basis for many new gene experiments and discoveries. George Beadle and Edward Tatum received at Nobel Prize for their achievements in physiology and medicine in 1958.
During the Great Depression new and safer ways to preform blood transfusions were being created.The blood for these transfusions needed to be cared for so in 1937 the first blood bank opened in Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Nowadays, blood banks sprawl across the country and are strictly regulated. This was a big step for medical safety.
Through the hardships of the Great Depression Americans in the medical field persevered and pushed for new advancements. These important steps ahead have provided us with great knowledge today, in our day and age. The medical theories, discoveries, and new inventions from the Great Depression have given us the foundation for how far we have come in the medical world.

Memoirs of a Geisha

I am currently reading a few books, but this one definitely came to the tops of my list of the one I wanted to write about.

The book begins with the main character Chiyo talking about her childhood, with her parents and sister. She explains how her father had a family before them who all died. Also, her mother becomes very ill and she explains how that affects her, but she never imagined that her mother would pass away. The prominent business man of the town visits Chiyo's house and Chiyo believes that he is adopting her and her sister because they slept over his house for a night. She soon finds out she is wrong when after a long train ride her and her sister are separated. Chiyo goes to live in a geisha house called the okiya. She is put to hard work as a maid and she is told if she works well they will begin to train her as a geisha.

The current geisha living at the house is a beautiful but horribly wicked woman named Hatsumomo. The woman who run the geisha house are called Granny, Mother, and Auntie. Granny is also wicked, but Auntie seems to try to help Chiyo out at times. Hatsumomo is a very successful geisha and is extremely conceited about her beauty. She seems to have it out for Chiyo, tricking her into mean traps and Chiyo is constantly getting in trouble for things Hatsumomo has set her up for.

All along Chiyo has been searching for information on where her sister is and when she finally figures it out she begins to plan on how to see her. One night Chiyo has to deliver something to Hatsumomo, and after she hurries to find her sister. She finds her sister working as a prostitute along at her young age I don't think she realizes that. They agree on a time to meet and run away together, they only get to talk for a few minutes.

When Chiyo gets home it is very late and Hatsumomo is angry at her and gives her money saying that she wants her to run away because she hates her so much. Then just as Chiyo is getting hopeful that she will actually be able to leave, Hatsumomo drags her up to Mothers room yelling that Chiyo stole jewelry from her and sold it. Mother searches Chiyo and finds the money that Hatsumomo gave her and Chiyo is beaten.

Chiyo comes to find out that eventually she must pay back all of her expenses at the geisha house. Her rent, food, clothes, doctor bills, and things she has stolen or damaged are all added up and eventually she must pay them back to leave. And realistically, unless you are a huge success at being a geisha you will always be indebted.

Since Chiyo's date to run away with her sister is the next day Chiyo isn't sure how she will be able to leave. So when the day comes Chiyo goes out on the roof, but falls off breaking her arm, unable to meet her sister. Chiyo got the worst beating of her life and has no idea of what happened to her sister.

A few weeks later Chiyo gets a package in the mail from the business man from her small town that originally sold her into slavery. It contains a letter saying that her mother passed away and that her father passed away soon after. Also that her sister made it back to their small village and ran away with her old local boyfriend and that if Chiyo should hear form her to please contact him. She comes to the realization that she has no one left and honestly doesn't know what to do with herself.

This book is different than many others I have read before but I am seriously captivated by it. I just cant wait to read more :)

Scientific and Medical Advancements from the 1920's

The medical advancements made in the 1920's were very significant. A large contributuion to these advancements was the discovery of immunizations. A bacterial disease, Diphtheria, became better controlled in the year 1923 by new immunizations. Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin in France create a vaccine against tuberculosis.

Another huge discovery that took place in the twenties was the discovery of penicillin. Alexander Fleming of Britain observed a yellowish colored mold on a petri dish and his investigation into it lead to the worlds first antibiotic. This breakthrough in 1928 changed the medical world forever. This antibiotic has saved countless lives to date and is still in active use today.

Not only was the 1920's a time for medical advancements, it was also a revival of cultural appreciation. With the flourish of the Harlem renaissance and the rapidly changing America, medicine and science were also moving ahead of the times. These discoveries reflect the progression of America in the twenties.


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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

I have heard amazing things about this book so I decided that it would be a good choice for my next read. To be completely honest I almost gave up on it for the first few chapters. Maybe it was because it expected so much of this book, but I found it completely boring that I almost put it down. But as the book progressed I became more and more engrossed in the book and increasingly happy that I didn't put it down.

A man named Blomkvist is a journalist and in the beginning chapters has been convicted on guilty of publishing libelous material about a man Hans-Erik Wennerström who apparently set him up somehow. His job is to report on those who are corrupt in financing. Blomkvist is really innocent but was convicted so must pay a fine and serve 3 months in jail sometime in the future. Blomkvist works at a magazine named Millenium, but after the conviction feels that he needs a break. He has a sort of odd affair with his co-owner of the magazine Erika Berger.

The next section of the book switches to another set of characters. A man named Armansky who is an older CEO of a security company. Through a turn of events a girl in her twenties name Lizabeth Salander comes to be Armansky's assistant but she turns out to be the best investigator he has ever come by. She is different from anyone else he and many others have ever met. She is reclusive, afraid of being touched, and such a tough exterior.

An assignment that Lisabeth is put on is to investigate Blomkvist and Wennerström's court case. Her immediate thoughts and unproven theories are true about the case. It shows her intelligence and her natural intuition. About a chapter later Blomkvist get a call from the Vanger corporation and they insist a meeting with him, Blomkvist reluctantly agrees and arranges a meeting. Thats where I left off!!!

21 : Bringing Down The House

I have recently started this book so I'm not that far into it, but I can already tell I am really going to enjoy this one. It starts of with a nervous college student flying on a plane with thousand of dollars cash strapped all over him. He is quite anxious to get this ordeal over with. We then find out that this whole process is about a selective group of the brightest MIT students who have decided to beat the game of blackjack.

These students have slowly been taking millions from vegas working as a group, and so far have been successful. With different body language and certain gestures these students can have full conversations and relay the 'count' to other members of the team near by. The count is the number of high cards likely to show up in the deck the more high cards, the bigger bets you place. So in the end, all they are hoping for some big wins. These college kids seem to have beaten the game of blackjack, but will it come at a price?

Scientific and Medical advancements from 1870-1920

Many new and important discoveries were made in this time period that benefit society today. In 1893 on July 10th, the first successful heart surgery was preformed on a man named James Cornish. Cornish was brought to the hospital with a knife wound in his heart and Dr. Daniel Hale Williams repaired the lining of his heart which saved Cornish's' life. This was not only a big step in the medical field, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was African American.

Another important scientific advancement was regarding James H. Wright. Wright discovered that blood platelets are derived from megakaryocytes. In 1902 he created an new stain that was successful for the differential staining of blood cells. These contributions to medicine have have made James H. Wright world renown in the scientific world.

In 1920-1921 two Canadian researchers made the discovery of insulin. Insulin is a life saving hormone for persons suffering of diabetes. People with diabetes cannot control the levels of this hormone and are at risk for coma or death. It was found that regular injections of this hormone and a well controlled diet could help a person with this disorder lead a normal lifestyle.

Little Bee

I am currently reading the book Little Bee by Chris Cleave. Originally this was not the book I was reading, but one choice reading class I picked it up quickly to read the first page. I was just curious on what it was about because I know Ms. Barnacle had read it last year. The next thing I knew Chloe was tapping me on the shoulder telling me choice read was over and to put my book away. I was amazed at how quickly this book drew me in.

This book starts off with the main character Little Bee (which is not her real name) wishing she were a british coin. She says that everyone is happy to see a coin and sad to see it go. These coins travel all over, and where ever they go they are welcome. Also Little Bee focuses a lot on the way she speaks. She says she has to speak "The Queen's English" and that it saves her life.

Little Bee has been kept in a detention center for two years, because she is a refugee from Nigeria and has no immigration papers. She is released with a few other girls, and Little bee calls them a taxi. They have a hard time with the taxi driver, and Little Bee call a man named Andrew who believes that it is not really her.

The next part of the book is by Andrew's wife Sarah and their son Charlie, who only answers to Batman. Andrew hangs himself and Little Bee shows up at their house. Sarah cannot bring herself to explain the her son his fathers death. Sarah mentions a trip her and Andrew took to Nigeria and that her finger is missing. Then Sarah continues to talk about the funeral and how Little Bee is with her.

Out of nowhere, Charlie figures out that they are burying his father when everyone is at the graveyard. Charlie jumps into the hole screaming to get his father out of the coffin. Little Bee jumps in after him and hands him up to his mother. This was very tramatic for Sarah.

This book has really intrigued me a lot, and even though I haven't gotten far, I am enjoying it.

Puppy Love

From when I was very little I have loved to read. I used to sit in class and daydream about the current book (or books) that I was reading. The very first book I committed as my favorite was called Puppy Love I don't recall the author but it was about a stray puppy who found a loving home. I must have read that book over 50 times and I adored every minute. I believe the reason I liked that book so much was that I had an obsession with dogs at that age and it was a wonderfully written book. It contained lots of details and no pictures (I was proud of that).

In class I would tell my friends about the book but they weren't into reading unlike me. The fact that my friends weren't into reading and I was didn't affect me much, it was a passion that I had and they happened not to share. It hardly affected me. My reading experience in life has been pretty steady. I continue to love reading and have a new book in my hand almost every week. I am currently loving reading and have hopes to continue this way for the rest of my life. I believe reading is good for everyone and that there is a book for everyone.

The Double Bind

The Double Bind starts out by completely grabbing your attention. The story begins with the detailed attack of the main character Laurel. While she was riding her bike along a path near the forest, a strange van pulled over in front of her. She realizes the danger, but continues on her path expecting to ride past the van. When two masked men jump at her and catch her on her bike, Laurel screams. Her biking shoes were clipped into the pedals so she was attached to her bike. The assailants try to rip her apart from her bike but Laurel keeps her shoes tightly clipped in. She narrowly escapes the attack because a group of bikers came to her rescue. But the aftermath of this ordeal left Laurel reclusive and damaged. I love the beginning of this book because it leaves you hanging on every page and has my complete interest. The author writes this part beautifully and I deeply enjoy it.

The next section of this book explains how Laurel recovered by staying inside and sleeping for a month. Then as Laurel recovers she switches biking in for swimming and never nears the bike trail where she was attacked. She starts volunteering a few hours at a homeless shelter, which in turn leads to her working there. She meets a slightly disturbed man named Bobbie who always carries around a box, but will not let anyone see what is inside. One day Bobbie passes away and the box is opened. There are countless photographs inside and Laurel takes the personal responsibility to catalog and review each one. She finds some pictures of her summer house on the lake and the houses neighboring it. Laurel has a hunch that Bobbie may be the brother of one of the richest families that lives on the lake, and she intends to find out if it is true. This part of the books considerably slows down. It drags on at times and although the plot is interesting, she over explains things. I like this book somewhat, but I miss the action it contained at the beginning.

Twisted

Twisted, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a very interesting book that i have just started reading. This book caught my attention because it was written by the author of Speak and Wintergirls two book that I very much love.

The main characters name is Tyler Miller who was, the year before, your average loser. He had once friend who was obsessed with stars wars and played his video games all day everyday. Also he has always been in love with the most popular girl at school named Bethany, who's the daughter of his dads boss. Bethany's twin brother Chip is always beating Tyler up. At the end of the school year he decides that he wants to do a huge prank that will make him popular. Tyler decides to spray paint a bunch of crude saying along the lockers of the school. He ends up getting caught by the police and gets in trouble with the school. Tyler's punishment is that he has to do a lot of community service at the school and he get landed with a probation officer. Tyler does constant physical work over at the school all summer so he ends up having an amazing body. When Tyler is forced into going to one of Bethany's dad's business dinners by his dad who way over stressed, he sees Bethany. When Tyler is standing near Bethany, Chip pushes Ty right into a waiter standing between him and Bethany.Glass, Bethany, waiter's, and Tyler fall to the ground and Bethany ends up with a ton of glass in her left foot. The ambulance comes and Bethany has to be stiched up and Tyler apologizes over and over again.


This book, Twisted, is funny and shows the real aspect of average high school students perspective on life. It always is keeping my interested and a new event happens in every chapter. Theres never a dull moment in this book and I feel like I truly know the characters. Although, Im not far along this book is becoming one of my favorites. :)

I have finally finished...

I love this book, The Pact, and I have finally finished it. I was dying to know the ending, but at the same time I never wanted it to end. Well I guess that makes it a really good book.

As Chris' trial for murder continues both sides give very convincing arguments. At the last minute Chris decides to take the stand and tell the courtroom the truth about everything that happened that night when Emily died. Chris' lawyer is furious because it's so easy for chris to now put himself in jail for the rest of his life, and this is horrible for the lawyers reputation. Chris sits at the front of the court and tells the room every detail about the whole story from start to finish, by the end he is crying. Then the jury goes to deliberate, they take all night. the verdict will be delivered the next morning. That night Chris spends in jail and realizes how mad he is at Emily. He feels like she made this choice to kill herself without ever thinking about him. About how her would go through life without her or how he would end up spending seven months in jail. Chris says that in every decision he made he put Emily before himself and absolutely loves her with everything he has. He's begining to think that maybe she didn't feel the same because in the biggest choice of her life, she never considered him. I wonder if he finally got it right.

Everyone in the courtroom stands as the verdict is about to be read. Two clear words ring throught the room, Not Guilty. Chris faints.

The decision was so unexpected, even from myself, and shouting immediately erupts. I was on Chris' side the whole time because I was able to see into his thoughts and I knew he was never guilty for murder. In his testimony he technically did pull the trigger because Emily asked him too. She wasn't strong enough (emotionally) she said. Of course Chris always put her first and shaking and crying did her one last final favor.Because he had pulled the trigger should he have gone to jail? I say no, but is there really a perfect answer?