Final Blog

Last blog of this class and I don't know what to write about so I am just going to write about the class as a whole. Out of all my classes Mass Communications was the one class that actually related our studies to everyday life. For this reason I didn't dread going to class like I do other classes. Talking about everyday issues among the class was interesting. It was fun hearing other peoples ideas and views on the things happening in our life today. In all this class helped me realize exatly how the media effects me everyday. I would not have never believed before this class that on average I am emersed in the media eight plus hours a day. That's rediculous. I enjoyed the class very much and liked the way it was taught.

Youths smashed windows and threw rocks at police in central Athens Friday, the seventh day of clashes that erupted after a police officer killed a 15-year-old boy last Saturday.Protesters, described as mostly students, were seen smashing the glass doors of a Citibank, throwing a metal barricade at police lined up along a street and scuffling with police wearing white helmets. Many of the officers were wearing riot gear. One image showed a something that looked like blood on a curb. Tourists were advised to stay in their hotels while thousands of demonstrators shouted and police outside. Journalist Anthee Carassava said the protests were expected to continue into the evening. The official ballistics report from last weekend's shooting was expected to be released Friday. The teen who was shot and other youths had been throwing stones at a police patrol car.The riots that followed soon became an outlet for simmering anger about the economy, education and jobs. The unrest is threatening the government's hold on power, with some opposition groups calling for fresh elections. The two officers involved in Saturday's shooting were remanded into custody Wednesday pending trial. One is charged with premeditated manslaughter and the other with acting as an accomplice.

Indian Woman Gives Birth at Age 70

A 70-year-old Indian woman gave birth to a girl last month, apparently becoming the world’s oldest mother, a report said Monday.Rajo Devi gave birth Nov. 28 after undergoing in vitro fertilization, The Telegraph newspaper in Britain reported. We longed for a child all these years and now we are very happy to have one in the twilight years of our life," she said, according to the Telegraph.
The newspaper quoted Dr. Anurag Bishnoi of the Hisar fertility center in Haryana state as saying that Devi and her 72-year-old husband, Bala Ram, came to the facility for treatment. "Both the mother and child are in good health," Bishnoi said.
The doctor did not disclose whose egg or sperm was used in the procedure.
The Telegraph said Devi and her husband had been married 50 years. After 10 years of childless marriage, he wed his wife's sister, but there were no children from that union, it said. The new father said he wasn't worried about what would happen to the baby if he and his wife died before she grows up.
"The upbringing of the child is not a problem. We have a joint family as is common in rural Haryana," he said.Previously, the world's oldest mother was believed to be a Spanish woman. Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara gave birth to twins in December 2006, days before her 67th birthday. She allegedly admitted that she lied about her age in order to receive fertility treatment from a U.S. clinic.

Government to Bailout Auto Industries

The White House said today it would be "irresponsible" to let Detroit's automakers collapse and suggested it will use a bailout fund it had previously said was not meant for the sinking car industry. The revised view came the morning after senators killed an effort to provide $14 billion in emergency loans to Detroit automakers when a last-ditch attempt to renegotiate the deal collapsed. The House had passed its version of the measure on Wednesday night but the Senate was unable to follow suit. "We will consider other options if necessary, including use of the TARP program, to prevent a collapse of troubled automakers," White House press secretary Dana Perino said today.

Final Project

For me the end of the year project was something I was freaking out about. I don't like pubic speaking to much so standing up in front of a class for ten minutes just about killed me. I liked the projects themselves mainly because they were so informational. In accomplishing the project you had to understand and know your topic pretty well. This aspect of the project was intriguing to me. In all this project helped me in my steps to get over my fear of public speaking.

Black Hole Confirmed in Milky Way

There is a giant black hole at the center of our galaxy, a 16 year study by a German astronomers has confirmed. They tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the center of the Milky Way, using two telescopes in Chile. The black hole, said to be 27,000 light years from Earth, is four million times bigger than the Sun.
Black holes are objects whose gravity is so great that nothing, including light, can escape them. Dr Massey said: "Although we think of black holes as somehow threatening, in the sense that if you get too close to one you are in trouble, they may have had a role in helping galaxies to form. Not just our own, but all galaxies. The researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said the black hole was 27,000 light years from the Earth.

Back to School

I think everyone was exited to have a much needed break last week, I know I was. Now that we are back in school though I am finding it hard to get back in the swing of things. The motivation factor is just not there. The ridiculous thing though is that for the next to weeks I will probably not see the light of day. Exaggeration I know but seriously. It seems like everything is due in these last two weeks of class. It's alright though, the end is near. I can't wait until the end of this semester!

A non-profit group called "We The People Foundatio" headed by anti-tax activist, Robert Schulz of New York, along with several other individuals all over the US, has raised questions whether President-elect Barack Obama is infact a natural born US citizen. In order to be the president of the US, as stipulated by the US constitution. They have also questioned the authenticity of Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate, with the foundation running a series of ads raising doubts about Obama's citizenship and whether his birth certificate is authentic.

Ok now, really? How in the world would this not have been brought up before he began to run for president. I'm sure that is one of the biggest things they look for in choosing a presidental canidate. It sounds to me like these people are upset about the results of the election and just can't exept the fact that we now have a democratic African American President.