Restricted visitation rights.

The amount of people infected by the H1N1 flu suprised hospitals, so they decided to limit the visitation rights to the infected people. The restriction includes those in labor and delivery, or in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units because they are at highest risk of getting the H1N1 flu virus.

CSD

Collier County parents and students need to get ready for vaccination against the H1N1 swine flu starting Tuesday through Dec. 2 with clinics being held at each school in the district
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/oct/20/collier-school-district-announces-swine-flu-vaccin/

interesting

lots of interesting info about canadian news on this site

http://www.cbc.ca/

Scientist tries to sell military secrets!

On Tuesday a lawyer for the Justice Department revealed that Stewart Nozette, a scientist who for the last decade has worked with NASA on many top secret defense programs, tried to sell information to and undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli Intelligence officer.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/the-scientist-who-mistook-himself-for-a-spy/

Australia may withdraw troops

Australia may withdraw its troops in Afghanistan early as recommended by the Defence Minister John Faulkner. The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney says the troop withdrawal could still be years away. They also say they will not send additional troops.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8317638.stm

The Economy of Poland is Great!

"This is the Poland of my dreams," Klich said. Klich is a worker at a company that has become a big play in life. Sense 1992 the economy has grow bigger each year. This is all because the 20 years of free elections. Poland rated 22nd in more than $190 billion in export in the year 2008. Beating Australia and India. Poland's economy has gotten real good over the years. Even though some of the stores and other things maybe hit by the economy the business of KGHM has still been untouched (with 18,000 employees).

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/06/05/poland.economy/index.html

About China.

I don't feel like blogging.
Read it if you want.
=D
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/europe/22books.html

Most Wanted

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/20/texas.fbi.ten.most.wanted/index.html

Eduardo Ravelo is on the FBI's top ten most wanted list. He recently got plastic surgery, shaved his head, and even got his fingerprints changed to keep from getting caught. He's in a gang and works for drug cartels doing anything they want. Murder and assaults are only some of the awful things he's done. The FBI think he is hiding out in Mexico.

pop star in japan turns herself in from drug use

Sakai a Japanese pop star turned her self in to the court because she was using illegal drugs on a regular basis with her husband.

VP Biden lands in Romania

Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden visited Bucharest, Romania one day after arriving in Warsaw to secure Poland's approval for a new U.S. anti-missile system. Bucharest is part of the three-nation tour Biden is taking to reafirm the U.S. partnerships with countires of eastern Europe. Romania was previously not under the first antimissile defense system and accepted the new plan. Prague is next on the tour.

Cyprus's new airport

Cyprus’s is building a new airport that will be started by Nov. 10th. The airport will cost around $980 million. It will be able to hold up to 9 million passengers a year. Hopefully the airport will be completed by 2011.http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/10/21/afx7026427.html

Mortage lender accused of fraud

The U.S. government on Tuesday accused a New York-based mortgage lender, Lend America, of committing fraud and asked a federal judge to shut down its loan operations.







http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2045023420091020

Russia on nanotechnology

Russia plans to spend billions in order to develop ints nanotechnology industry. Britain is not so optimistic about Russia's plans, claiming that it will take a while for them to get the funding for it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/uk-trade-investment/6377320/Russians-position-for-nanotech-future.html

Iran Nuclear Fuel Swap

Iran and World Powers are talking about a nuclear fuel swap. They were talking about it Monday in Vienna, but this is not going to solve the Iran nuclear problem.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1019/p02s04-usfp.html

health care

if the health care reform is pased it will cost about $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

ahh thats insain how is that even posible? thats a lot of det

Three Dead

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/18/michigan.marathon.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

Three men died in the Detroit marathon located in Detroit Michigan. All three of them died between 9-9:20 A.M.
The older man died at a hospital after falling and hitting his head during the race, he was 60. The younger two men collapsed during the run and also died at hospitals. They were ages 26 and 36.
There is also a video on witnesses.

Media Hoax

The boy that was believed to be in a home made hot air balloon floating away from the house was really hiding in the attic. After investigations by police officials, they concluded that the ordeal was nothing but a media hoax. Now the parents face felony charges.

2,000 Police Officers Patrol Rio

Violent acts between drug gangs leave fourteen people dead. All of these violent crimes occured just two weeks after Rio won the 2016 olympic games.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/18/brazil.drug.violence/index.html

Five men have been found guilty in of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks

5 men in Sydney, Australia were found guilty of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks. They were convicted on charges of possessing bomb-making instructions and explosives chemicals. Prosecutors said the men were arrested in home raids and planned to commit violence to alter Australia's policy on the Middle East.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8309987.stm

Schools in Diyarbakir closed form swine flu

All the schools in Diyarbakir, Turkey were closed from a swine flu outbreak. They were closed for a week with six students and teacher testing possitive for swine flu. Turkeys' Health Ministry is pushing people to get their swine flu vaccines.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=1019084233790-2009-10-19

HAWAII SHARK ATTACK!!!!

Shortly after 6 am today a 54 year old man was viciously assaulted by a deadly sand shark on Kalama Beach Prak Maui!

http://http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568570,00.html

al Qaeda Shooting

Last Tuesday, in Saudi Arabia, three men were killed in a shooting believed to be linked to al Qaeda. Two men were arrested and both were linked to al Qaeda.

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/18/saudi-officials-deadly-shootout-involved-al-qaeda-operatives/

Crash Landing on the Moon

The West coast with be used by scientists to view a test experiment by NASA. NASA will be spending $79 million on this project. They are sending out an Atlas V rocket on a collision course in search of water. Once the rocket hits the moon, the blast will cause a mile high cloud of debris that should be visible from Earth. Even then you won't be able to see the impact with the naked eye, so you will need telescopes or binoculars. By doing this, scientists believe that this will help in their search of water on the moon.

Tax free healthcare?

Obama is trying to provide health care to millions of uninsured americans without a tax increase. Sounds great to me.

a health care without tax

CNN has an article about Obama trying to pas the bill without having a tax increase.

I find that to be quite the goal to try to exceed and or reach.

Life or Death?

Russia's moratorium that was established 13 years ago will expire in the next year. Currently there are many debates about whether the death penalty should be kept and lawmakers have not been able to pass legislation regarding it.

Meanwhile in China

In 2007 China millions of toys sold to a company called Mattel Inc (Fisher Price) had to be recalled. Now the lawsuit is finally settled and China had to pay them lots of money and make their toys safer.
-http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204574473521425697710.html

Revenge

A 15 year old boy was lit on fire in Deerfield Beach, Florida by 5 juveniles. They stole his father's bike so he reported the bike stolen then the kids got mad and lit the poor boy on fire.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/florida.teen.burned/index.html

Weight losers combat fear of exercise, schoolyard torment

At age 17 Charles D'Angelo weighed around 360 pounds and got doctor's notes to excuse him from physical education. Now at 23 and a muscular 204 he shows that goals can be achieved and encourages teens to eat healthy meals and excersice.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/14/obesity.irpt/index.html

Recession Update

Courtesy of http://icanhascheezburger.com/

8-year-old Raped!!

An 8-year girl was raped and her throat was slashed and she was left to die.
14 hours later some kids found her and she was rushed to the hospital and able to get a sketch drawn of the rapist. He is now identified.
She is now 27 and pressing charges.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/texas.coldcase.victim/index.html

Video

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/10/14/desel.sketch.artist.rape.KHOU

the health care debate

the health care reforme seems to be moving forword acording to
Dante Chinni.

Cuba Doesn't Allow Blogger to Travel to NY

Yoani Sanchez, a blogger from Cuba, gets one million hits every month on her blog about country she lives in. Tme Magazine even named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world last year. Columbia University awarded her a special prize for her blog, but Cuba isn't going to allow Yoani to travel to the ceremony in New York.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/14/cuban.blogger/index.html

Swine Flu Spreads in Minnesota

Last wednesday the number of schools in Minnesota reporting outbreaks of swine flu jumped from 125 to 215. Also the percentage of people that went to the doctor for flu like symptoms
doubled. It jumped from 5% to 11.4%

Second Attempt to Stop Oil leak Fails

For two months now an oil leak from a drilling platform has been leaking oil into the Australian coast. Environmental groups have warned that the oil is threatening wildlife, including endangered turtles. This is Australia's worst oil spill in 25 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8306048.stm

Israel Burns Fields

Israelis set Palestinian fields and olive groves on fire after their illegal outpost in the west bank was dismantled. Israeli officials arrested 13 settlers. The U.S. is pressuring Israel to stop settlement construction and dismantle illegal outposts.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/11/israel.settlers/index.html

Are warmer temperatures killing sea life?

The rising temperatures and decrease of planktin populations may be behind the deaths of many seabirds. Many sea animals are dying off because of the warmer ocean temperatures. Also many animals that feed other animals are dying off, in result of that those other animals are dying.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002377292_ocean13m.html

New Eco-friendly University

This new university is from male and female. Both will be able to work side by side. The name of the school is King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. This new campus is 14 spaure miles. When they made the university they made it eco-friendly, so that it is comfortable and it doesn't hurt the environment. "It's in keeping with King Abdullah's mission. A large part of that is the future of energy, the future of water, and the future of the environment." siad Bill Odell.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/14/kaust.qanda/index.html

Greece Soccer

Greece won in Luxembourg and now has a place in the World Cup. They played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens and won 5-2 against Latvia in Luxembourg.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236561&cc=5901

NY Times gives stats for health care reform

Apparently the nation spends about 2.5 trillion a year on health care reform. It has been a rough debate on Obama's plan for nationwide government-sponsored health plan with varying opinions in both political parties.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/weekinreview/14abelson.html

More Health Care

"A key congressional committee passed $829 billion plan to extend health care coverage to an additional 29 million Americans."

http://www.wibw.com/nationalnews/headlines/64124167.html

wierd...

ILLUTION!

Which way is up and which way is down?

Freaky whirlpool

Does it move?!

Giant Bird or a Man in a Canoe

Do you see the giant bird or the man riding in the canoe.

what can you see?

a skull, or a ship sailing in the ocean?

Perception?

How do you think this is an example of perception?

When I first looked at this I saw a horse head, but then I saw a ocean and rock. What do you see?

spinning

Stare at the woman's foot for awhile.

Is she turning clockwise or counter clockwise?

Younger people tend to see the young lady first and older people usually see the old lady.

Which one do you see?

beast or bunny

What Animal Is This?

Rabbit or something else?

paradigm shift

This is showing paradigm because this little guy has just hatched and he is viewing the world in a new way. So therefore, it's a paradigm shift. :)

2 Face

This is an example of perception because you can either see a cup or 2 faces on the sides. Which one do you see?

Whole Tree....No Tree?

One person might see a tree somehow floating in the air with no middle.
Another person might see a stump in one yard and then beyond the fence in the other yard, another tree.

look at my feet. am i posible?

I can stand some how.

I think this is cool because most people think he lost weight while someone else thinks he is just wearing big pants

So did he lose weight, or is he just wearing big pants?

Paradigm!

This shows paradigm because the kitten is looking in the mirror and seeing himself as a lion. So this is what the kitten thinks of himself.

Crazies in the U.N.

The UN has always held a spotlight for world leaders. Here is a selection of the 10 most radical momments as compiled by Foriegn Policy. Please enjoy.

http://http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/09/24/the_top_10_craziest_things_ever_said_during_a_un_speech?page=0,0

Thought Bubbles?

How does this popular cartoon depict how we think of our world? In essence we see two paradigms in the cartoon. How do these paradigms influence the different groups understanding?

Pew global attitudes project

http://pewglobal.org/database/?indicator=25&country=109

Beehive crash in Turkey

A beehive van crashed in Turkey. Ambulance truck had to come and aid people who had been stung by the swarm of bees that escaped. Only one person died in the crash, and five were injured.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8279222.stm

Germany Talks

German Foreign Ministry spokesman, Jens Ploetner, said "Iran has not made any formal gestures to back up the nuclear negotiator's openings for dialogue. Consequently ... from our point of view nothing has changed."

Iran could be Stopped

With immediate joint sanctionf from the US, Russia, and Chian may convice Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons program, but it may mean big problems for their economy.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/10/05/kt-mcfarland-iran-begging-strategy/

Australia says Iran is not coopertive

Australia wants Iran to stop using Uranium and making nuclear weapons and cooperate with inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Until they do, Australia won't provide financial support for new trade until they cooperate.

http://news.theage.com.au/national/australia-ups-sanctions-against-iran-20081015-51cf.html

Africa offering to sell uranium to Iran

Islamic Republic’s National Security Council, reported that South Africa even offered to sell uranium oxide concentrate to Iran and proposed to take part in the stalled enrichment activities in a memorandum of understanding signed in December 2005. South Africa has denied taking part in any enrichment activities.

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:3JHJuCETFEoJ:www.irantracker.org/foreign-relations/south-africa-iran-foreign-relations+nuclear+iran+and+africa&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

The Greenpeace responce

The Greenpeace association is The Mediterranean says they don’t agree that the Iraq war was a good idea. They also said that “war is not the answer to ridding the world of Weapons of Mass Destruction”. The Mediterranean thinks the war was all just about oil rather than taking care of weapons. They say “the Iraq war was illegal”. They do not agree with all the destruction and death of people and environment.
http://www.greenpeace.org/mediterranean/campaigns/nuclear-free-middle-east/war-on-iraq

Algeria's Feelings

Algerian prime minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, voiced algeria's support for iran's right to "peaceful nuclear technology." Iran has also offered Algeria with Nuclear Expertise.

http://www.irantracker.org/foreign-relations/algeria-iran-foreign-relations

Austria's view on Iran

Austria has supported Iran’s right to nuclear technology as long as the International Atomic Energy Agency does their part in keeping them safe.

http://www.irantracker.org/foreign-relations/austria-iran-foreign-relations

Obama being soft on Iran

Many Americans think Obama has not been rough enough with Iran, so 61% Americans say the U.S. should use force on Iran to stop them developing a nuclear weapons program.




http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1237185858338499195&postID=5148769402321905577

Japan's steel prices on the rise

Japan's stocks are declining.
"Nippon Steel Corp. and JFE Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest steelmakers, fell more than 4 percent on a newspaper report Toyota Motor Corp. will ask for price cuts on the metal."
They are loosing money do to the rising prices of their steels and metals.

Staff Sgt Kim Hughes pleas for more troops

"If you give us more troops, we can form a counter-IED (improvised explosive device) taskforce to train ground troops better," Staff Sgt Hughes to Defense Minister Ainsworth of Britian. Clearly Britian, like America is beginning to beg for more troops to help end the war more quickly in Afghanistan. Not only has Hughes asked DM Ainswoth for more troops for Afghanistan but also to help the U.S. in Iran to help contain the "nuclear problem."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8289541.stm

Israel on Iran

Israel is holding emergency drills for five days for the possibility of an attack.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/08/israel.drill/index.html?iref=newssearch

Sweden's Feelings

http://www.thelocal.se/21896/20090905/#


Carl Bildt the Swedish Foreign Minister said "If they are ready to engage with us, we're ready to cooperate with them," then he also said, "But if they decide to go for confrontation, then confrontation will happen,"
So Sweden thinks that something needs to be done about the Iran situation. Whether it be controntation, or just talking things through.

China's View On Iraq

The Foreign Minister of China, Li Zhaoxing, indicated during a phone conversation with the U.S. secretary of state that "the Iraqi issue should be addressed in accordance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter."

Glow-In-The-Dark Shrooms

Scientists have recently discovered a new species of mushrooms that glow in the dark. This increases the number of aglow species from 64 to 71. These species of mushrooms were found in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Belize, Brazil, Japan, and Malaysia.



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33179052/ns/technology_and_science-science/

US thoughts on Iran activity.

Many people in the US believe that Iran lacks the right equipment to create a nuclear weapon. Even though the US doesn't know if Iran intends to create a nuclear weapon, they are still keeping minimal surveillance on the country. Many western countries, including the US, believe that Iran is planning to secretly make nuclear weapons. Iran still claims that their plan is only for peaceful purposes, but its continued uranium enrichment activities have many Western countries suspicious.

http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-keeping-nuclear-weapons-option-open-says-us-16077/

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Per-Capita Income to Fall, IMF Forecasts

The per capita income in africa is said to decline for the first time in a decade. The country's largest economy will drop 2.2%. Growth will rebound to 4.1 percent in 2010 as global trade improves, the lender said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=a19mzVqB2ShA