Nuckols, Ben. “Snow knocks out power, cancels flights.” Yahoo News. 26 Feb. Mon. <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm;_ylt=Av1uPFuuxVAX.KAgrzQyBS6s0NUE >(26 Feb. Mon.).
Link to news article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm;_ylt=Av1uPFuuxVAX.KAgrzQyBS6s0NUE
Picture of Event: http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.njme10202262100.winter_storm_njme102.jpg?x=380&y=253&sig=.9JudxMn1U.uDmW6sjeZCA–
Map of location: http://www.bugbog.com/images/maps/usa_map.jpg
What is the issue?
In the Midwest there was winter storm and it went towards the East of U.S.A. The winter storm cut off all power supplies to homes, distrupted businesses, and about 100 flights were canceled.
Who is involved?
The people who are invloved are:
The people who live in the Midwest and East of U.S.A.
The airlines
The passengers/airline crew
The people who work for compan and businessmen
Who is affected and how?
The peple who are affected are the people who live in Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, and Kansas because they don’t have any power supplies to the homes. There were traffic deaths in Wisconsin and Kansas. Kansas has one death and Wisconsin has eight deaths. They are affected beacause the roads are not safe for travel and families are loosing their loved ones.
What would you do if you were directly involved?
If I am directly involved, I would try to fix back the power supplies to people as soon as possible. I will discuss with the government to clear the snow on the roads as soon as possible. Also, I will tell the airlines to inform the passengers early should there be any flight cancellation.
What would you change about the final product (the wiki you created) if you were to do the assignment again?
If I had to do it again I would put more effort even though I did put effort this time. I would make it more professional so people around the world who is looking at the wiki will think that professional people made the wiki.
Look at some of the other wikis from any class and find a few that you think are done exceptionally well. Tell me the name of the empire and the block, and then explain what you like about their wiki.
Kongo Kingdom- Block E
This group did good a job because they id a good job on their topic. The thing which I like was that at the homepage they used cooltext for the links to the different Kongo pages. Overall I though they did a good job on the presentation and put pictures.
MacInnis, Laura “Global warming to require more robust disaster monitoring” Global warming to require more robust disaster monitoring, Feb 7, 2007.< http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/sc_nm/climate_disasters_dc_1 > (Feb 8, 2007)
Link to Bea’s Posting: http://bea6.learnerblogs.org/2007/02/03/current-events-posting-46-nations-back-body-to-protect-planet/
Picture source: http://blog.lewrockwell.com/lewrw/archives/Hurricane%20Isabel2.jpg 
This is a picture on what global warming can do, make hurricanes, etc.
Picture source: http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/maps/2000s/2004world1600.jpg 
This is a map of the world where the global warming can happen.
How are your two events connected?
They are connected because both of these stories have to deal about global warming. In Bea’s article it talks about global warming slowly destroying the earth but in my article it talks about that global warming are making hurricanes, tsunamis, etc.
What did I find interesting about this topic?
I found that in the article that was interesting, they explained about global warming and told wat type of effects can it happen like heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.
What did I like about the Initial blog posting?
What I thought about Bea’s posting was that she detailed only the main points which was neccesary. She showed a map and a picture about her article which was good. Overall she did a good job!
What did you learn from this task?
I leraned a lot of things on this project. I lernaed a lot about the kingdom that I was studiyng, Swahili Coastal Trading States. Some of the things which learned about Swahili is that they don’t have a political system because they follow the systems of their neighbors.
Did you find this difficult or easy? Why?
Well I thought it was easy and difficult. I felt it easy because I knew what I had to do and some of the infomation I could find straight away.I thought it was difficult ins ome cases because I sometimes had trouble to find infomation.
What would you change about the process you went through to complete the wiki if you were to do the assignment again?
If I had to do it again then I would remeber what mistakes I did this time and made sure that I didn’t do it the next time.
“Aspirin blocks prostate problem”. BBC. Saturday, 9 December 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6220310.stm Saturday, 9 December 2006.
Picture source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6220310.stm
Map source:http://www.mayoclinic.org/english/images/mayosites.gif
This is the picture of the NSAIDS.
This is the map where the Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic is.
What is the issue?
The issue is about aspirins and how it helps to reduce prostate diseases. A research was done by the Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic found that by taking Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) can delay the process of prostate enlargement. The Mayo team did a research on the impact of NSAIDS as the drug has been proven to reduced the chances of getting prostate cancer.
Who is involved?
The people who are involved are the researchers of the Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic.
Who is affected and how?
The people who are affected are the those who are 50 years of age and above. They are affected because prostate diseases are usually found within these aged group.
What would I do if I was directly involved?
If I was directly involved I would try to help all the people with prostate cancer with the NSAIDS. I would go to different countries that has people who has prostate cancer and I will make a shelter for those people who needs help with prostate cancer. Also I would ask doctors around the world to help the people in the shelter with me.
Today my each group in my class presented a topic about the empires of Ghana, Songhai, and Mali. There were 5 topics about those empires. My group had the topic “How the Songhai Empire Grew to Greatness.”
What did I learn in todays presentation?
Today I learnerd a couple of things in todays presentation. I learned that sonhai had the biggest empire then Ghana and Mali.
The topic on The Kingdom of Gold,I learned that the trans-saharan trade, they had the strongest trade in the western prat of Africa from 800A.D.- 1050A.D. They traded slat and gold.
The topic on Iron Thecnology’s Impact on West Africa, I learned that Before they discovered iron they used Bones and Stones to make weapons. Such as spears, etc.
Overall I think each group including mine did a fantastic job in presenting, so good work guys! Bravo, Bravo!!
URL to homework:
http://ssmeetsit.edublogs.org/2006/11/30/homework-for-block-d-wednesday-29-november/
Citation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4131522.stm
Title of Article: Curry spice may help cancer fight
Website Article: BBC news
Date Published: Monday, 8 August 2005
Website Address: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4131522.stm
Date you looked at the site: Wednesday, 8 November 2006
Source to Robbie’s current event: http://robbie.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/31/current-event/
This is a picture of the curry spices.
Picture source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4131522.stm
How are your two events connected?
My event is connected to Robbies current event beacause his current event is about curry spices helped arthritis but my event is about that curry spices might help cancer. These two events connect together because they both have to do about curry spices and help other people.
What did you find interesting about this topic?
What I found interesting about this topic is that if curry spices from India can really cure cancer then it will save people from cancer. So if curry spices really work then if I get cancer when I am old, I can eat the curry spices.
What did you like about the initial blog posting?
What I liked about Robbie’s intial blog posting is that he explained the event clearly. Like how does the curry spice helped arthritis.
Today in class I heard my classmates talk about the country they were doing. I learn about the diferent countries which I didin’t know about. The intresting part was that Iran there was at least 2 million people on drugs. Also I thought that was interesting is Lithuania has 4% of internet users and 1% cell phone users in the whole population! I thought it was very surprising that Canada is under the external debt of $ 439.8 billion!
This is the URL to the assignment:
http://ssmeetsit.edublogs.org/2006/10/09/homework-for-block-d-monday-9-october/
What did you learn while making the wiki?
I learnerd a lot of things. Some of the things I learnerd are put mind maps, links, pictures, icons, etc.
Did you enjoy making the wiki? Why or Why not?
Yes, this project was fantastic I wished that study skills was an core subject. I think this wiki is great because other students in our school and the world can learn more about Study Skills.
How could a wiki be used for other classes?
I think that the wiki can be great for other subjects because peole around the world can see what we are learning.
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