C.E. Quiz 6.2

1. How many people were killed in Waco this weekend in a rival biker gang shootout? How many were injured? How many were detained for questioning? What location did this happen? Page A1 "Biker shootout…"
Nine people were killed, 18 people were injured.
2. What are the five topics the state legislature plans to take on in the final two weeks they are in session? Page A1 "Now or Never"
Cut Talks, budget debate, abortion, gun bills, border security
3. Summarize the stats presented in the info graphic on page B1 "Rainy days by the numbers"
Multiple 
4. What are some of the technological inventions that real estate agents are using to help sell homes in markets where homes do not stay on the market very long? Page B5 "New face of real estate"
Showing people a house through facetime over an IPad or laptop 
5. Why will funding to help pay for those who died and injured in the Amtrak train wreck be limited to $200 million? Page A6 "Amtrak could pay no more..." They couldn't pay anymore due to the government 

Short Answer: Read the story on page A2 "Will death make Tsarnaev a martyr".

What do you think about this topic? If they put Tsarnaev to death, will he become a martyr and inspire more attacks, or does it matter at this point since he has already carried out his attack? 
I don't think it will create more territory attacks because that comes from people's own sick minds and the way they think. If the attack wasn't completely successful they won't get pumped up from it. Because it didn't work, and It couldn't feed their sickness. Many people think the's attacks happen in rural areas but they can happen anywhere, there are so many sick people capable of harming many people.
Write at least three to four paragraphs and make sure you use textual citations from the story to support your opinion.

Illistrations

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This is a basketball goal for basketball

Fear/phobia statistics

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Movie Prep

1. Who are the main characters you would expect to see in the movie, based on the real life events?
Captain Richard Phillips, Chief engineer Mike Perry, Muse (pirate leader), other pirates, and other people on the ship. 
2. Briefly, in 2-3 paragraphs, tell me what you expect the plot to be in the movie, based on the real life events? I expected it to be about a guy who worked on a ship as the captain and ended up running into some pirates and they war having to fight them. But I never guessed that Captain Phillips would be taken by the pirates.

3. Why was this story important?
It showed how pirates are still out there today and how dangerous they are, they show no mercy because they are consumed with greed. It also showed how sailors and cargo ship workers jobs can be very dangerous and they have to be prepared for situations like that.

4. Why did the pirates try to take the ship?
They wanted the money that was on the ship and wanted the ship for themselves and the crew. Along with the supplies that the ship was planning on delivering to specific parts of Africa.

1. List the five most important actors in the film. 

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat m. Ahli
2. What is the movie rated?
PG-13
3. Who directed the movie?
Paul Greengrass
4. Who was the producer?
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
5. What awards did it win?
Eight
6. How much did it cost to make?
55 Million
7. How was it received by audiences?
Rated an 8.3 out of 10
8. What did other movie reviews think about the movie?

" Smart, powerfully acted, and incredibly intense." according to critics

C. E. Quiz #6.1

1. What is happening in Baltimore right now? What event sparked the problems? Page A1 "Baltimore explodes…"
Riots and fires and people hurting police officers, the death of a black man from being handled by an officer

2. What are some Bastrop citizens worried about with operation Jade Hills 15? Page A1 "Meeting does little to...."
That the operation with draw immigrants into Texas, and the government is trying to control Texas and most of the southwest

3. How many iPhone 6, 6+ and other models were sold in the first three months of the year? (read carefully.....) Page B5 "Big iPhone sales drive…"
74 million

4. What is Girlstart? Page D1 "Girlstart keeps growing"
An after school program and summer program for kids kinder-8th

5. Kim Kardashian...whatever...blah blah blah...Why is this woman still in the news? Okay, seriously, what do you think about Bruce Jenner? Do you really care? Does it really matter? Page D2 "Kardashian…"
I don't think she should still be in the news, she just creates unnecessary drama and makes a big deal out of it to get famous.

Short Answer: Nepal....what a tragedy. Read the story on page A3 "Nepalese.."
I feel incredibly bad for Nepal, they now have to rebuild their lives along with their homes. I know what its like to loose your home because I lost mine in the Bastrop wildfires, and it was hard for me to try and pick up the pieces and build a new life. I can't imagine the amount of fear they had as their houses crumbled and their little piece of comfort was gone.

Creative writing

Prompt: Write a poem about a romantic experience or encounter

I remember the day we met like it was yesterday. I remember how I fell in love with your eyes, and their green color reminded me of evergreens. Your smile gave me tingles in my chest and became my sunshine on rainy days. I automatically felt a strange yet strong connection, and its one I'll never forget.

As our friendship grew so did the length of our conversations. I always felt a sense of warmth and comfort when I was around you, maybe it was the way your ginger hair reminded me of gingerbread and the crisp fall colors. There was one conversation that stood out to me, one that I keep in my heart and think about every now and then. It was the conversation where you told me I was beautiful, and you admired my heart and had completely fallen for me. In that moment I admitted how I had fallen for you as well, and considered you my best friend.

From then on life was like a fairytale, I had a hand to hold and arms to run to when the world turned dark and cold. You were the dream guy I wanted, and you were the one I decided to plan ahead with. We planned what we would do when you left for college and I would still have two more years of high school, you said you'd never leave and didn't want anyone else. I believed you, and we thought about trying to go to the same college. We planned where we would get married, how many kids we would have, what they would look like, and where we would live. It was a dream we planned out together and we were going to do whatever it took to make it come true, we promised each other we would.
But that was a mistake, we were caught up in a children's fairytale, not yet exposed to the real world.
And we realized this but we continued to make the most of our two years together, before we would have to make a big choice, a choice we knew would affect us greatly.

Then we cut our time short, things got worse for me at home and I took out my anger and heartache on you. That wasn't right, and I'm sorry. But you told me it was too late, you told me we needed to go separate ways until my heart could heal. I saw tears flood from your eyes, and it seemed as though they fell along with mine at the exact same moment. Our eyes both as green as the lush jungles of the Amazon, and our hearts both as broken as shattered glass. We were each others missing half, and now we would be missing a part of us again. I remember the sickening feeling I got in my stomach, and I felt like I had been shot in the chest with a thousand bullets. I knew if this moment ever came it would hurt but I never knew it would hurt like this, we agreed to give each other a break for two weeks. Then move on from their and see what happens… but it's only day two and I feel like I'm in a dream. None of this feels real, the pain is still there and still fresh. The last words you said to me were "I love you" and I said I love you back, I knew you meant it and it's what I hold on to every second of every hour of every day.
So I'll stay strong these two long weeks, in order to get back my best friend and the one my heart belongs to… you.

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