Sean Roberts
LEDES
Major Phil Packer, 36, completed the London marathon. He has served in the British army for years and was injured in a rocket attack in Iraq. He lost both of his legs and was told he would never walk again. Major Packer’s goal is to raise money, through his efforts, for Help for Heroes.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519618,00.html
A man in Kenya is suing G10, a women’s group, for a strike against sex. He claims it has given him multiple medical problems such as backaches, stress, and lack of concentration. The strike has stopped but he is still fighting to the Nairobi high court.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519627,00.html
A man in New Zealand was found dead in his room today. He has held police at bay from his house for three days now after killing a constable. A neighbor and two policemen were also killed in the three day siege. The house was surrounded by 100 police officers and is still guarded due to fear of booby traps.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,25452351-401,00.html?from=public_rss
A former soldier faces the death sentence for unimaginable charges. Private first class Steven Green raped a young girl in Iraq and killed her. Before committing this act he took her parents and siblings to another room and killed them. There were others involved in the rape and all face life to death.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6251887.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
More Ledes
In Kenya a man is being charged with manslaughter after shooting and killing an undercover wildlife officer researching poaching on his land. He was also involved in another case of similar effects. Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley shot and killed a black man who was poaching on his land and was tried for it but not charged. Now he has shot and killed another man who turned out to be a wildlife officer. Mr. Cholmondeley, 40, is facing spending the rest of his life in one of the most notorious prisons in Kenya but his lawyers say he will only spend a few years there.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/africa/08kenya.html?_r=1&ref=world
In Iraq an advisory team attached to Iraqi forces was attacked. Sgt. Davis was shot and killed by an Iraqi soldier in uniform. The private fled to a near by town and was turned over by his tribe. Two marine officers were wounded in the attack and another was killed. This event has destroyed not only lives but the trust we have been working so hard at building with the Iraqi forces.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/middleeast/07mitts.html?ref=world
A man was arrested for swimming across a lake to enter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been on house arrest and is not allowed visitors. There are police blockades and security leading to her house but he swam across the lake and got around all of it. They are unsure of why he was there but they found various items of interest on him when he was arrested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/asia/08myanmar.html?ref=world
In North Carolina there is a text line for adolescents to get answers about sex-ed. There are adults from the Pregnancy Prevention Campaign that answer the texts and try to help and comfort these teens. They usually have a hard time doing so in only a few sentences. The idea is good but it all goes back to how adults are slacking at their jobs of being parents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/fashion/03sexed.html?ref=education
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/africa/08kenya.html?_r=1&ref=world
In Iraq an advisory team attached to Iraqi forces was attacked. Sgt. Davis was shot and killed by an Iraqi soldier in uniform. The private fled to a near by town and was turned over by his tribe. Two marine officers were wounded in the attack and another was killed. This event has destroyed not only lives but the trust we have been working so hard at building with the Iraqi forces.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/middleeast/07mitts.html?ref=world
A man was arrested for swimming across a lake to enter Daw Aung San Suu Kyi a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been on house arrest and is not allowed visitors. There are police blockades and security leading to her house but he swam across the lake and got around all of it. They are unsure of why he was there but they found various items of interest on him when he was arrested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/asia/08myanmar.html?ref=world
In North Carolina there is a text line for adolescents to get answers about sex-ed. There are adults from the Pregnancy Prevention Campaign that answer the texts and try to help and comfort these teens. They usually have a hard time doing so in only a few sentences. The idea is good but it all goes back to how adults are slacking at their jobs of being parents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/fashion/03sexed.html?ref=education
Twilight was horrible!
Sean Roberts
Movie review
After watching “Twilight” I am not impressed. If so many people are in such a craze to see this movie I expected it to be a good movie; I was wrong!
Every girl and every other guy I talk to seems to think that twilight is the next best thing to sliced bread. I thought this might be a great movie; so I watched it. It has a great plot at first with vampires and a good looking girl. When I saw this I was interested and kept watching. My hopes were ruined when I found out that the vampires are “vegetarian” vampires. That ruins the whole idea of vampires and degrades any author who created a good vampire story such as “Dracula” or “Interview With a Vampire.” The main purpose of vampires is to scare people with there human appetites. What is scary about a group of vampires that just eat deer or cows and never even try to harm a human? What is worse is that one of the vampires falls in love with a human.
The first problem with them falling in love is vampires aren’t supposed to be able to feel emotions. That is what makes being a vampire undesirable. They can’t feel love, pain, fear, or any other emotions. The second problem with the relationship is a human and a vampire can’t fall in love. That is like a cat and a mouse falling in love it just isn’t right. A better example would be a human falling in love with a hamburger. You can’t love something you eat it isn’t possible. Another huge problem with them falling in love is that it turns a good movie upside down and inside out. It destroys the whole movie from being a good sci-fi. There have been lots of vampire movies and stories involving love but it isn’t the main focus of them. It is more like the side show to fill in the gaps.
In twilight they focus the whole thing on Edward and Bella and I think that is what ruins it. It is too simple to follow. Bella has a problem Edward saves the day over and over again with a sappy love seen to fill it in. Now if they added in a few vampire fights with the other vampire group or something like that it would have been more interesting. Call me a typical guy, but I like to see action and suspense in a movie not kissy kissy love scenes that put me asleep.
Over all it is easy to see that I’m saying Twilight is a horrible movie. Love scenes, “vegetarian vampires,” and a boring plot is all that it was. I wouldn’t suggest to anybody to watch unless they just had the curiosity to find out for themselves.
Movie review
After watching “Twilight” I am not impressed. If so many people are in such a craze to see this movie I expected it to be a good movie; I was wrong!
Every girl and every other guy I talk to seems to think that twilight is the next best thing to sliced bread. I thought this might be a great movie; so I watched it. It has a great plot at first with vampires and a good looking girl. When I saw this I was interested and kept watching. My hopes were ruined when I found out that the vampires are “vegetarian” vampires. That ruins the whole idea of vampires and degrades any author who created a good vampire story such as “Dracula” or “Interview With a Vampire.” The main purpose of vampires is to scare people with there human appetites. What is scary about a group of vampires that just eat deer or cows and never even try to harm a human? What is worse is that one of the vampires falls in love with a human.
The first problem with them falling in love is vampires aren’t supposed to be able to feel emotions. That is what makes being a vampire undesirable. They can’t feel love, pain, fear, or any other emotions. The second problem with the relationship is a human and a vampire can’t fall in love. That is like a cat and a mouse falling in love it just isn’t right. A better example would be a human falling in love with a hamburger. You can’t love something you eat it isn’t possible. Another huge problem with them falling in love is that it turns a good movie upside down and inside out. It destroys the whole movie from being a good sci-fi. There have been lots of vampire movies and stories involving love but it isn’t the main focus of them. It is more like the side show to fill in the gaps.
In twilight they focus the whole thing on Edward and Bella and I think that is what ruins it. It is too simple to follow. Bella has a problem Edward saves the day over and over again with a sappy love seen to fill it in. Now if they added in a few vampire fights with the other vampire group or something like that it would have been more interesting. Call me a typical guy, but I like to see action and suspense in a movie not kissy kissy love scenes that put me asleep.
Over all it is easy to see that I’m saying Twilight is a horrible movie. Love scenes, “vegetarian vampires,” and a boring plot is all that it was. I wouldn’t suggest to anybody to watch unless they just had the curiosity to find out for themselves.
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