Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Essay on Taylor
Trouble is an easy thing to get into being from a small town like Dayton Wyoming. Young Taylor Matthews and a few friends found this out on one warm August morning. Taylor and her very close friends: Alyssa, Josie, Chance, Daniel, Jazmine, Jake, Devin Rougue, Alex Birchby and Logan Martinez all broke the law. After word got out the small family, who lived, would be camping for the weekend, Chance reported to Taylor and another friend that the house would be empty. Curiosity attacked the teens and they decided to go into the home. Just Taylor and her three friends were there the first night, but Taylor decided to go home instead of staying the night with her friends. The next day all that could be talked about was how fun it was to be in someone else’s home and it was to be done again but this time with more friends. The next night all kids were back except Chance, and Logan. Taylor spent that night watching the show ‘Fresh Prince of Bellaire’ and talked to Alex while her friends were running around busy with other things. Taylor Matthews ended going home in the early hours of the morning. Taylor had to sneak out of her home, and also sneak back into it. The date was August 19, 2007 and the weather was still in the hundreds and the trust was lost. Taylor had the police show up to her home around 1 in the afternoon and her mom was furious. Taylor automatically called Jazmine to tell her the cops were coming to her home as well as the boys from Sheridan and the other kids from Tongue River. The police told Taylor she wasn’t allowed to contact the other kids but she did anyway. Taylor’s mother was shocked by what her daughter and friends did. Taylor became grounded, her grounding was for a few months but Taylor has to continue gaining the trust back for awhile. Court was given to the kids and Taylor attended court along with Jazmine, Chance, Josie, Alyssa, and Devin. During court she was very nervous and uneasy; she wasn’t sure what would happen to her and her friends for the mistake they made. Taylor was asked several questions and hesitated with having to answer in front of many people and parents. Also Taylor was uneasy because the owners of the house were present and she had to apologize. She regrets going into that house those two nights, when she had no right or business to even be there. Taylor was given nearly three months of probation and 40 hours of community service. Taylor spent her hours working at the school, cleaning windows and floors, and did community service with the school. Taylor lost nearly all her trust from her parents and even some teachers. After a few months of probation her mom decided it was alright to give some privileges back. Eventually Taylor was able to work past the incident and get her life back to the way it was before that summer night in August.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Ledes March 4,2009
Jazmine Gaona
Ledes
U.S. sued for benefits for same-sex marriages
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/same.sex.lawsuit/index.html
“A legal advocacy group sued the federal government Tuesday, seeking benefits for 15 gay and lesbian Massachusetts residents who wed after the state legalized same-sex marriage.” Group says federal government denies same-sex couples benefits, protections. Plaintiffs include surviving spouse of former U.S. congressman. Gay rights aren’t being given to a large extent.
W.Va. Lawmaker Wants To Ban Barbie
http://www.wpxi.com/news/18845355/detail.html
“Barbie could get an unwelcome present for her 50th birthday: outlawed in West Virginia.” A state lawmaker proposed a bill Tuesday to ban sales of the iconic Mattel doll and others like her. Barbie has had her foes over that half-century. Critics said the doll promotes materialism and an unnatural body image. Although its just a doll, its causing quite the controversy.
Filthy Child Leads Police To Filthier Home; Woman Arrested
http://www.news4jax.com/news/18846438/detail.html
“A St. Johns County woman was recently arrested after police found a young girl in her custody covered with dirt and wandering around a shopping center.” Police said that the four year old girl they found walking around alone in a St. Augustine Wal-Mart was covered with dirt had magic marker on her hands and face and hair matted to her head. They also said that it was obvious the child had not been bathed in while. “The officer said Devlin and the girl were living in filth. The child was sleeping on two seat cushions because her bed was littered with garbage, and a dog in the home was covered in feces.”
Student Creates Alcohol-Flavored Popcorn
http://www.kctv5.com/news/18830853/detail.html
“A student at University of Missouri in Columbia has created "Pub Corn," alcohol-flavored popcorn”. The popcorn is produced in Lincoln Nebraska. The maker soaked the kernels in whiskey, and even tried injecting it with a syringe but nothing worked. Silverman didn't give up, and he finally came up with non-alcoholic coatings that taste like beer, piña colada and Irish Cream. The main people to buy his products are truck drivers and pregnant woman.
Ledes
U.S. sued for benefits for same-sex marriages
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/03/same.sex.lawsuit/index.html
“A legal advocacy group sued the federal government Tuesday, seeking benefits for 15 gay and lesbian Massachusetts residents who wed after the state legalized same-sex marriage.” Group says federal government denies same-sex couples benefits, protections. Plaintiffs include surviving spouse of former U.S. congressman. Gay rights aren’t being given to a large extent.
W.Va. Lawmaker Wants To Ban Barbie
http://www.wpxi.com/news/18845355/detail.html
“Barbie could get an unwelcome present for her 50th birthday: outlawed in West Virginia.” A state lawmaker proposed a bill Tuesday to ban sales of the iconic Mattel doll and others like her. Barbie has had her foes over that half-century. Critics said the doll promotes materialism and an unnatural body image. Although its just a doll, its causing quite the controversy.
Filthy Child Leads Police To Filthier Home; Woman Arrested
http://www.news4jax.com/news/18846438/detail.html
“A St. Johns County woman was recently arrested after police found a young girl in her custody covered with dirt and wandering around a shopping center.” Police said that the four year old girl they found walking around alone in a St. Augustine Wal-Mart was covered with dirt had magic marker on her hands and face and hair matted to her head. They also said that it was obvious the child had not been bathed in while. “The officer said Devlin and the girl were living in filth. The child was sleeping on two seat cushions because her bed was littered with garbage, and a dog in the home was covered in feces.”
Student Creates Alcohol-Flavored Popcorn
http://www.kctv5.com/news/18830853/detail.html
“A student at University of Missouri in Columbia has created "Pub Corn," alcohol-flavored popcorn”. The popcorn is produced in Lincoln Nebraska. The maker soaked the kernels in whiskey, and even tried injecting it with a syringe but nothing worked. Silverman didn't give up, and he finally came up with non-alcoholic coatings that taste like beer, piña colada and Irish Cream. The main people to buy his products are truck drivers and pregnant woman.
Jazmine Gaona
Book Review
The book I’m reading is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. The book has a old time plot and it a great novel. The story applies to more females then males and defiantly is a tear jerker. The book isn’t long and isn’t a difficult read. The story is a loving story about the bond between and mother and daughter. It was nominated for much critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller. It was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and has been adapted into a film by Gina Prince that stars Dakota Fanning, Queen Latfah and Jennifer Hudson.
The setting for the book is in North Carolina. The story is about a young 12 year old girl by the name of Lily Owens. Lily Owens life is shaped by her blurred memory of the afternoon of her mother's accidental death. On Lily’s journey she is accompanied by a woman who is also like her ‘stand in mother’. The name of the woman that takes care of her is Rosealeen. Rosealeen is a black woman and deals with a great amount of racist criticism. When Rosaleen, insults three racists in town, they escape to Tiburon, South Carolina. The reason they travel to South Carolina is because Lily found a picture of her mother with a address located in South Carolina written on it. At home Lily doesn’t feel wanted or loved by her father T-Ray who isn’t much of a father at all. Lily had no problem running away if it would help her find more out about her mother. Lily is faced with trying to find out who she is because at her home she is not allowed to ask questions about her past. As soon as Lily makes it to the South Carolina home she meets a boy who she falls in love with. The boys name is Zachary Taylor, the only problem is he is a black boy, and she is a white girl. Later into the story Lily becomes a little more aware of her life, and the people that mean the most in it. She finds out who she really is when she learns about her mother's past.
The book was completed in 3 and half years. ” As a child, Kidd like Lily, also had a nanny who habitually chewed snuff. She included a few traits and sayings from her own nanny to Rosaleen. Although the author wasn't forced to kneel on grits as punishment, both she and Lily share the same disaffection for them.” The writing about a black woman and her troubles was a hard task for the author, Sue Monk Kidd.
Book Review
The book I’m reading is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. The book has a old time plot and it a great novel. The story applies to more females then males and defiantly is a tear jerker. The book isn’t long and isn’t a difficult read. The story is a loving story about the bond between and mother and daughter. It was nominated for much critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller. It was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and has been adapted into a film by Gina Prince that stars Dakota Fanning, Queen Latfah and Jennifer Hudson.
The setting for the book is in North Carolina. The story is about a young 12 year old girl by the name of Lily Owens. Lily Owens life is shaped by her blurred memory of the afternoon of her mother's accidental death. On Lily’s journey she is accompanied by a woman who is also like her ‘stand in mother’. The name of the woman that takes care of her is Rosealeen. Rosealeen is a black woman and deals with a great amount of racist criticism. When Rosaleen, insults three racists in town, they escape to Tiburon, South Carolina. The reason they travel to South Carolina is because Lily found a picture of her mother with a address located in South Carolina written on it. At home Lily doesn’t feel wanted or loved by her father T-Ray who isn’t much of a father at all. Lily had no problem running away if it would help her find more out about her mother. Lily is faced with trying to find out who she is because at her home she is not allowed to ask questions about her past. As soon as Lily makes it to the South Carolina home she meets a boy who she falls in love with. The boys name is Zachary Taylor, the only problem is he is a black boy, and she is a white girl. Later into the story Lily becomes a little more aware of her life, and the people that mean the most in it. She finds out who she really is when she learns about her mother's past.
The book was completed in 3 and half years. ” As a child, Kidd like Lily, also had a nanny who habitually chewed snuff. She included a few traits and sayings from her own nanny to Rosaleen. Although the author wasn't forced to kneel on grits as punishment, both she and Lily share the same disaffection for them.” The writing about a black woman and her troubles was a hard task for the author, Sue Monk Kidd.
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