Lydia

The new feature lets users click to send presents to friends.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/tech/social-media/facebook-gifts/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5

Facebook introduces "Gifts" feature to allow users to send real presents. This new feature on the site will help any of you who often forget peoples' birthdays until you see them pop up on Facebook. The feature is rolling out gradually, starting in the United States last Thursday. The users get many options, like choosing to keep the gift private or share it with friends. The recipient gets an immediate notification, along with a digital greeting card and preview of the gift from approved vendors like Starbucks, Gund Teddy Bears, and Magnolia Bakery.

feature (n.) an important, interesting, or typical part of something.

vendors (n.) someone who sells things.

we are ready to die for you ya mohamed

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/opinion/ghitis-free-speech/index.html?hpt=wo_t4

We are muslims people believe and respect every religion. But, Insulting any religion is a crime and we demand that people who did the anti-Islam movie should be punished because it is really very important to respect each other religion. Hopelessly, This anti- Islam movie which insult massenger Mohamed is produced by some bad jewish people in United States. Muslims are still angry because they need juistice to pay attention for this situation and puish all people who did that movie. To end this anger, they must be punished.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/30/opinion/chang-chinese-factory-workers/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

U.S. misses full truth on China factory workers

  

     Leslie T.Chang figure out that  conditions are harsh but we forget the whole stories of Chinese workers. she said that Chinese workers labored long hours every day, sometimes for weeks on end without a break,the best factories gave one day off each week.A government-mandated 11-hour workday was routinely ignored, and factories frequently paid less than the minimum wage or withheld pay for minor infractions. injuries on the factory floor result from safety violations and minimal employee training. Workers might sleep 10 or 15 to a room, with 50 people sharing one bathroom. 

      It's true that Chinese factories have harsh conditions. It's also true that Chinese factories have allowed huge numbers of people to improve their lives and change their fates. 

Hunter kiled in Pakistan flooding

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/29/world/asia/pakistan-floods/index.html?hpt=ias_c2

Hundreds killed in Pakistan flooding

   This paper point out that floods resulting from monsoon rains have killed 422 people and left nearly 3,000 injured across Pakistan. 350,000 people have been forced from their homes and another 4.7 million people affected by the flooding since August22. More than 15,000 villages have been affected and many houses destroyed in the past five weeks.Pakistan has suffered a series of devastating inundations, affecting millions of people, in recent years.it was hit by devastating  floods laster year and in 2010.evastating floods last year and in 2010.

Stand up with courage. Stop bullying

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/us/michigan-bullied-teen/index.html?hpt=us_c2
 
              It's talking about a girl who used to be bullied by her high school classmates.  But at their homecoming court , she stood up and showed her best. She succeeded.
              When Whitney Kropp  picked to be the female representative of the sophomore class royalty. Her 16- year-old learned classmates voted her as a joke. It made her so sad that she cried all that night and wanted to end her life. However she didn't , she went over it with her family's encourage and she stepped up at homecoming court. She got new dress and new hair style and showed at the court. She succeeded. She even got 96000 " like" on facebook   .
                It's a great encourage for the people who use to be bullied.  Never give up struggling for your life. Maybe one day luck will wait u front your door. 

Five user complaints about iPhone 5 Jisoo Kang

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/tech/mobile/iphone-5-complaints/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

last week many people bought iPhone5.  However, iPhone5 has problems.  Those are iPhone5 problems which are writer's mentions Scratches, Lightning dock connector, The phone's too light, Screen issues, Leaking light.  When apple showed iPhone5 first time, people usually disapointed.  Design didn't change except lenth, function just changed little things, more complicated. 
I also upgraded IOS to 6.  I really regret to change.  It's more complicated and they didn't add explainations, basic map appication changed to bad way.  I usually used map application because it was so convinience for serching way to go destination.  However, they just made nevigation function, and they ruined serching way to go destination by transportation.  They just recommend application, don't show way directly.  I was really upset.  When I need way to go somewhere by public transportation, but I need download application which map app recommened.  I need way right now, but do I need to download application?? Why??? It is way to sell application more, because people don't have choice??  I don't know what they change for consumer.  If Steven Jobs alived, what did he say??

Kaka recalled to Brazil squad after 2 years out

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/09/27/kaka-brazil.ap/index.html?sct=sc_t2_a12




Kaka is back in the Brazilian national squad for the first time since the 2010 World Cup. The coach picked kaka in a squad last year but he injued didn't join the team. Brazilian national have two games for Oct. They will play Japan and Iraq. Kaka's last game played Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On wednesday, Kaka scored three goals in Real Madrid's game, he has a good status.




alongside:
                (1) close to and in line with the edge of something.
                (2) used in order to say that people or things do something or exist together.



reinvent: to completely change your appearance and image.

Nice year-old Hamilton boy recognized saving friend's life

http://www.wgem.com/story/19634880/nine-year-old-hamilton-boy-saves-friends-life?hpt=us_bn9



   Nice year-old Hamilton boy recognized for saving friend's life


    This article point out that a boy who name is Ty, saving his friend's life, Toy is a hero. that is exactly happened to one Hamilton mother last week.Toy's friend had gotten strangled by a rope hanging from a swing set, and was hanging down in the slide. Ty ran inside the house, grabbed a knife and quickly cut his friend loose.TY said that he saw his friend was screaming and i couldn't see him die, so TY had to go find the sharpest knife and cut it down.when TY's mother heard screaming and go out to see, her son has saves his friend life.thanks to TY's quick thinking, a situation that could have been much worse was avoided, and now he's being hailed as a hero !!!

An Ugly scence in St.Maarten

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/world/americas/saint-maarten-couple-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
       


          There is a shamed murder event happening in St.Maarten. A couple's body are found in their recidence in cupecoy.  St. Maarten's solicitor general, who described it as "an ugly scene."
           They also said it's to early to reveal any detail. Police said they were tabbed to death.  One of their friends and bussiness partner said " they're beautiful people and they always be nice to everyone.  "
           It's a shock for the city where always considered a safe area.   
           Everyday there must be a event happening in America. Do you get used to it. I do.  However we can't stop to wish there will be great place without killings.  God bless America.   
           

Lydia

Giant Panda Mei Xiang enjoys a fruitscicle.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/us/national-zoo-panda/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Panda cub dies at Smithsonian's National Zoo. The cub, conceived through artificial insemination, was 14-year-old mother Mei Xiang's second in seven years with 15-year-old Tian Tian, the zoo's male giant panda. Veterinarians pronounced the cub dead on Sunday Morning at 10:28 a.m. The investigators will perform necropsy, because there wasn't any signs what caused the cub's death. The giant panda is one of the most endangered species in the world, and that's why every panda cub is important.

insemination (n.) the act of putting sperm into a female's body in order to make her have a baby.

necropsy (n.) an official examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death on an animals.

iOS 6, apple's new maps. Suck!!!!!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/20/tech/mobile/apple-maps-complaints/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5
 

    Iphone 5 finally released. However something comes up,like its new map.

    This article talks about people r complained about iOS 6 maps.  The new apple's map always make mistakes. Ps: the version of the map r really baaaaaaaad.  

     They also comment that iPhone 's wait is over.  iPhone 5s sell very well,when u nictiate ur small eyes,they already sold out.  Otherwise,it seems Apple still has a lot of works to do,for example its new map.  

      I updated iOS 6 yesterday,then I fell into a deeply regret.  I don't like iOS 6.  Especially its map is really bad.  For me,a fresher in NY, my life can't without maps.  If one day I became a homeless,asked apple where was I lol.      iPhone follow Jobs' feet. iPhone is gonna dieeeeee!!!!   Let's choose Nokia lumia 920.  I like it.  

Mexico to bid to stage third World Cup finals in 2026

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/09/21/mexico-world-cup-2026/index.html?sct=sc_t2_a13



Mexico will bid to host the 2026 World Cup, the country's football chief Justino Compean said on Thursday. Mexico hosted World Cup two times in 1970 and 1986. If they can host 2026 World Cup, they would make the country the first to host the global showpiece event three times. They strong competition is U.S, bacause U.S. has great resources, great stadiums, triple the population. It's different to host Woorld Cup.


resource:   Resources are created and used by special functions. A resource is a special variable, holding a reference to an external resource.

infrastructure: Is basic physical and organ izational structures needed for the operation of society or enterprise.

iPhone 5: The wait is over Jisoo Kang

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/20/tech/mobile/iphone-5-release/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Consumer can buy iPhone 5 since Friday morning.  iPhone 5 is logger than iphone 4S, and 4G LTE works.  Many people espected iPhone 5's function, but it's not changed a lot.  Some people dissapointed.  Somebody said, it doesn't have reason which I change galuxy 3S to iPhone 5.  Somebody said, if Steve Jobs alived, he would say "What is this!!! Make again!!!"  I who bought iPhone 4S won't regret to bought iPhone 4S because iPhone 5 is not enough for expecting.  Even though, there are many negative opinions, many US people want to buy that.  But I dissapointed since they made the new iPad.  I expected apple products after Steve Jobs died, but they couldn't stand up without Jobs.  iPhone 5 also makes me dissapointed.  I think I won't expect about apple products.

Hong Kong school year stars with hunger strikes

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/04/world/asia/hong-kong-national-education-protests?iref=obinsite

Hong Kong school year starts with hunger strikes

       This article talk about Hunger strikes marked the start of the Hong Kong school .include students, parents, and teachers protested against what they perceive as Beijing-led interference in the public school curriculum. 

        The Hong Kong's people think that Beijing's curriculum is not good for them. they think that Beijing's curriculum will be limited their child's thinking. they want to the child thinking independent. Hong Kong's person said that form the Beijing's curriculum the students can't learn the really history about the past. The Beijing's curriculum hide some bad things that they don't want let people know.Hong Kong's also think that there no freedom in Beijing's curriculum so they choose use this way to against with the government. But the HongKong government didn't give any response until now. There still have a long run between HongKong government and Beijing government.

why some people are against Islam

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-09-13/world/world_anti-islam-filmmaker_1_israeli-citizenship-adventure-film-islam

I am so sad about what happened these days because of some people stimulate others for violent and anger. Insulting any religion is crime and people still do this in public.That is what happened, a group of Jewish in United States produced a movie that is Anti-Islam religion because this movie shows prophet mohamed as portrayed as a womanizer, buffoon, ruthless killer and child molester. This situation is unacceptable to muslim people all over the word. This people who did this should get punishment to stop insulting any religion in media. Allah says in Quran " Say ye: "We believe, in Allah and the revelation given to us and to Abraham Isma`il Isaac Jacob and the Tribes and that given to Moses and Jesus and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord we make no difference between one and another of them and we bow to Allah (in Islam)."
 قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَمَا أُوتِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ

Why they teach despite it all Jisoo

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/14/us/why-teachers-stay-ireport/index.html?iid=article_sidebar


We saw article about Chicago teacher in the classs. I found this article on CNN.com. I could see what it is exactly going on. When I saw previous article, I got upset becuase I think Chicago theachers don't have resoponsible, even though they have problems. However, I understood their mind.

First of all, their salary hasn't raised in 7 years, not even a cost of living increases. 7 years???? It's really too mean. In 7 years, U.S.A has had a lot of things. Economy has downed, many people lose their house because of bankruptcy, the consumers' price has been rising, etc. Even though, this country has had this problems, they didn't raise teachers' salary. How could they live?

Secondly, their working time is crazy. Some theachers leave home in 2:15 a.m. They couldn't have time with their family because of this. Schools give a lot of work and working time, but they don't increase teachers' salary.

Finally, they can't care their children after school. Their working time is crazy, so they can't care their children after their children come back home. They should hire nanny for their children, or send them other place for care their child, but they don't have enough money.

It's really serious problems. If school don't fix this problems, teachers can't come back to shool. This happening is related teachers' life. Chicago state should find solutions for teachers. You fix problems, teacher can go back to school, and your child can go to school.

Tentative deal reached in Chicago teacher strike

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/14/us/illinois-chicago-teachers-strike/index.html?hpt=hp_t3


 A tentative deal has been reached in the dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union and the city's school board on Friday, students will come back school on Monday, 30,000 teachers and support staffstrick fifth days. As many as 6,000 teachers could lose their jobs under the evaluation system, and on the other hand, Chicago's parks department resumed camp-style sports, art and nature programs at dozens of its locations, while the public library system set aside computers in its facilities for students to use.



emerge: to appear after being hidden


tentative: not definite or certain

will people in Egypt like the new President "Morsy"?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/21/opinion/schneider-naga-egypt/index.html

 The Egyptian revolution took the world by surprise. It was successful and people choose the leader who they want. venality and corruption are ended by the time that President Mubarak has been in jail and his heir apparent. One of the primary demands of the revolution was the unseating of Marshal "Mohammed Tantawi" and his heir apparent, Lt. Gen. "Sami Anan" who were ruling the country in the revolution. Now, the new president Morsy forced them to retire and by this announcement "Tahrir" Square where people use to t to express their political views was instantly filled with supporters to "Morsy" for his bold move. I see that Morsy appears to be sensitive to the Egyptian street and this will be a good start.

Lydia

The floor of the 2007 Convention in New York.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/10/12/nycc.wrap.go.irpt/index.html?iref=allsearch

New York Comic Con draws record crowds approaching an estimated of 100,000 attendees. The convention combined with the New York Anime Festival under one roof, and it drew massive crowds of diverse fans. At the event, fans had mixed opinions about the NYCC's size and growing list of guests and compared the convention with the San Diego Comic Con. NYCC is a new and growing convention, and it has only been around since 2006. It held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan, so it has a uniquely New York feel due to publishing industry. At this particular past event on this article, fans said that they missed out on some panels because of long lines. But at the end, they also said that they still enjoyed the convention and had a great time.

convention (n.) 1. a large formal meeting of people who belong to the same profession, organization, etc., or who have the same interests., 2. behavior and attitudes that most people in society think are normal and right.

geek / nerd (n.) someone who is not popular because s/he wears unfashionable clothes and does not know how to behave in social situations.

Where cows are happy and food is health

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/opinion/sunday/kristof-where-cows-are-happy-and-food-is-healthy.html?ref=opinion


Where Cows Are Happy and Food Is Health

It’s about a farmer who names all his 230 milk cows, along with his 200 heifers and calves, and loves them like children. Bob Bansen he loves his cows very much. he spends every day with his cows. he put his cows into a comfortable place let the cows grow up with happy and health.
  


words: 1, Fabulous:   unbelievable     2, Trauma, a state of extreme shock that is caused by very bad or frightening experience.

The woman who changed her brain Jisoo Kang

http://cnnradio.cnn.com/2012/09/07/the-woman-who-changed-her-brain/?hpt=us_t3

When I look around in CNN homepage, this title caught my eyes.  I thought literally she changed her brain, so I wondered 'In mordern medical, brain can transplant surgery?'  However, it's not as my guess.  She tried to change her disability.  This article is very impressed.
Her whole left side of body can't any feeling, so her mother thought she can live over 5 age.  But she's learn and practise.  In addition, she spent the first 26 years of her life having to read and reread for understanding, but she has photographic visual memory and verbatim auditory memory. That was her survivor tool.  She survived from her disability by her efforts.

Many people say, disability can't fix, so just give up. But, Barbara Arrowsmith didn't give up.
If you have problem, don't give up.  You can survive as Barbara Arrowsmith.

James

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/more/09/07/Aries-Merritt-world-record-110-meter-hurdles.ap/index.html


Aries Merritt broke world record in 110-metes hurdles at Friday in the Van Damme memorial. He finished in 12.80 seconds, this is so fast. He can't believe that because he said "It was, 'What? What? What is this I am seeing?" and he didn't touch any of the 10 hurdles he swept over. He won Olympic game too. The original holder is Robles. And Merritt said he want to break world record but he don't know when. he said was too fast.


shock: to make someone feel very surprised.

triumph: an important success or victory, especially after a difficult struggle.

Does the president obama has time to his family?

 http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/04/opinion/takiff-obama-fatherhood/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Many people think that President of the United States has no time to spend with his family. Because he may always busy with a lot of decisions to take everyday. Although, his responsibility is big and important for his country, he is a Father who likes to spend time with family, unwind with friends, sleep, eat, veg out in front of the TV. Indeed. In other words, he takes time out from his duty to his country. And so he makes sure that at 6:30 each evening he's seated at the family dinner table. After the meal, he helps his daughters with their homework. That's explain his devotion to his family

• counterintuitive

• devotion

• schmoozing 

 

The queen of cocaine in colombia and BONEY M_ Ma Baker

Link:http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/04/world/americas/colombia-elderly-ex-trafficker-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


The queen of cocaine in colombia was killed by two shots and there is no information about the murder The Medellin police said that when they came,they found her lying on the ground in a pool of blood.
"Griselda Blanco", 69 years old woman knows as " The Mafia's Mother " because she was responsible for shipping tons of shipments of cocaine from colombia to miami.
She was a mother of four children. One of them is still serving a sentence for drug trafficking in United States, two were murdered, the fourth lives in colombia.
This story remind me with the most famous song of BONEY M_ Ma Baker
Ma Ma Ma Baker, she taught her four sons
Ma Ma Ma Baker, to handle their guns
Ma Ma Ma Baker, she never could cry
Ma Ma Ma Baker, but she knew how to die.
And so the story ends of One who left no friends.  

          From detention cells to the stage

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/us/playmaking-girls-juvenile-justice/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
      It's talking about a group of girl who are from teenageer detention playing their stories in theatre.
     This new is talk about the stories of those teens who live in jail.And the story they play in theatre which is about bully.
      Different people has different stories about what they've suffering in thier live.Sometimes living the world isn't as easy as your thought.Especially,when god is fall in sleep,he forgot to bless u.It causes someone who are bullied by others.
      Life sometimes is cruel,but it's never be the reason we treat ourselves cruelly.The new is about thie kind of poeple who streggle for their life and wanna figure their life out.The world allow you walking in a wrong way,but you have to know how to walk back or find out a better way.
      the girls write their own story and play what they used to sufferred.In fact,they actually play their own story.They want to tell us,whatever you have sufferred,you have to be strong but do something illegal.
    
     voca:cajole:influence or urge by gentle urging,caressing,or flattering.
              suicide:kill someone self.
                 incarcerated:put someone into prison.
                   juvenile:a youthful person
                

Lydia

The powerball jackpot winner and his mother.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/31/us/michigan-powerball-winner/index.html?hpt=us_c1

The $337 million Powerball winner named Donald Lawson plans to keep it real. He walked into a Sunoco gas station in Lapeer and there was a long line, so he went on the line and picked his own numbers which are 6, 27, 46, 51, 56 with a powerball of 21. After learning that he won, the 44-year-old Michigan man who used to work as a railroad engineer quit his job. The lottery that he won on Friday, August 15th, 2012 is the third-largest in Powerball history, and seventh-largest jackpot in U.S. history. He came forward to collect at the Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing where he got interviewed by the reporters. He intends to do the typical lottery-winner stuff: retire, take care of his family, travel, and get a new place to live.

sole (adj.) 1. only,  2. not shared with any-one else.
lump-sum (n.) an amount of money given in a single payment.

Issac Jisoo Kang

http://ireport.cnn.com/open-story.jspa?openStoryID=834126&hpt=us_t4#DOC-835860

US goverment earned about Issac hurricane. Issac hurricane is category 1. As category's number is higher, it's really danger.  Katrina hurricane which attacked New Orleans 7 years ago was category 4. US goverment earned also to NY because they forcasted hurricane would go to NY, but actually not. I was interested this hurricane because of this reason.  Also, this hurricane attacked New Orleans.  Issac brought plenty of rain and windy. So New Orleans had flooding.  However, New Orleans prepared for hurricane disaster since Katrina, so they had not so much disaster as compare Katrina disaster.

James

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/30/sport/tennis/andy-roddick-retires/index.html?hpt=ite_t1




Andy Roddick said he will retire when he finish U.S OPEN on Thursday. He doesn't know that he is  healthy enough or committed enough to go another year. and he is 30 years old. he said this in Flushing of NY. He is former No.1, now ranked 22nd.The 2003 U.S. Open victory was his only grand slam win. He is sad because he will retire.






announcement: an official public statement.



consecutive: consecutive numbers or periods of time happen one after the other.