Posted by: shaaz on: September 30, 2008
Burn After Reading is a dark comedy by the Coen brothers who are the academy award winning directors of ‘No Country for Old Men’. The film is about a floppy disc containing a memoir of an ex CIA agent who loses his job due to a drinking problem. His unfaithful wife squanders the possession of [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: September 30, 2008
It seems that India has a bigger problem than terrorism. While terrorist attacks may grab all the headlines, stampedes have killed more than twice as many people this year. This news comes after 147 people were killed in a temple near Jodhpur. This story shows that the press often says what the viewers wish to [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 30, 2008
The most recent movie that I saw was “What Happens in Vegas”. With Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kuthcer as two main characters, this movie will be interesting to watch for everyone, regardless of their gender. The action is set in Sin City – Las Vegas, where Joy (Diaz), an ambitious career woman, who got tired [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 30, 2008
The stock market dropped by 777 points yesterday and a lot of people had lost their money. United States was in panic, and even though the whole world was affected by that huge drop, people in Russia didn’t feel that it had affected their lives too much. About a week ago an agency put on [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: September 29, 2008
I have not been to the movies for a while now and to be honest I can’t even remember what movie I did see, which probably tells you how good it was but I did buy the DVD ’21′ recently and watched it for the first time this weekend. I thought it was a great [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: September 29, 2008
Police in Maryland found the frozen bodies of two children in a house this past Saturday whilst investigating reports of child abuse at the address. The 43 year old woman under arrest without bail told the police that she had adopted the two girls and they had been frozen since February. The police had visited [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 27, 2008
Terrorist attacks in Europe are not very frequent. Only two attacks in Europe in last couple years. But in all the world there are terrorist strikes every couple days. There were attacks on Denmark embassies in Islam countries because of caricatures of Mohammed. Let’s think for a moment, who are attackers almost every time? Religion [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 27, 2008
Last week, news broke that somehow found out a way to hack in into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! email address. This person was a student at the University of Tennessee. The student, when caught, claimed he used Sarah Palin’s public profile to guess her mail password. Police found the hacker because he bragged about this act on Facebook. He [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 26, 2008
For centuries couples have tried to choose the gender of their children. In most cases, if they had the option of choosing the gender, they would. Dr. Ronald Ericsson, is the inventor of a home test kit that helps couples choose the gender of their child. It still is not 100% accurate, so this is [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 26, 2008
It’s true the Chicago Cubs may make it into the playoffs almost every year, and they may have the best staff some years. But if that is so then why is it that they have not won the World Series in more that 100 years. Some people say that are cursed, some say that they [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 26, 2008
I have lived in many places in North Carolina, places like Greensboro, Randleman, Fayetville, Durham, and a little place called Johnston County. The place that I want to talk about is Johnston County, that is by far my favorite place ever, even though there is not much around, it is still a lot of fun. [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: September 25, 2008
Charlottesville, Virginia is your typical college town; everything revolves around The University of Virginia or UVA for short. Nothing is more than ten minutes away so you do not have to worry about paying for gas because you will hardly be in your car. The things that I enjoy doing the most are fishing and [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: September 25, 2008
The best team in football last year was the New England Patriots hands down. They went 18-1 and undefeated in the regular season. They also had three of the top offensive players in the game on the field, Wes Welker the talented slot receiver, Randy Moss one of the best receivers ever in the history [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: September 25, 2008
My Hometown is Duxbury, Massachusetts. Duxbury is located on the South Shore of Massachusetts in Plymouth County. Duxbury is a very small town and it only has one high school. Duxbury is very historical and there are many famous old houses and parks. It is most well known for its High School lacrosse program. The lacrosse [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: September 25, 2008
For those who do not know, the Tampa Bay Rays clinched a playoff spot this week! Some of you may not care but for the baseball players it is an exciting thing. Even if we are not all Rays fans, there will be playoff games less than an hour away. This is a big deal [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: September 25, 2008
My hometown is not very exciting and there is not much to do but I find plenty of things to keep me busy. Most of my life is consumed with baseball so that takes up a good amount of my free time. When I finally do have time for myself I usual go to the [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 24, 2008
I am from the town of Bradenton, Florida. I have lived in this town for a majority of my life. It is a nice and small town. The things that I like to do in town is I like to play golf, go to the mall, sometimes I like to go fishing. The restaurants in [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: September 24, 2008
I am from a suburb in Illinois called Orland Park. It is a great place; always upbeat; people are friendly; there are always kids playing outside; senior citizens taking their morning walks or teenagers just having a great time. Whatever you like, there is always something to do. I have not always lived in Orland. I [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: September 24, 2008
I live with 5 other people in my room. The most interesting part is that 3 of them are European. They are wicked awesome. I think they are the coolest Europeans I have met. Two of them are from Germany, and the other one is from the Czech Republic. The best part is learning from each other. [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: September 24, 2008
Most of the students at IMG come from another country or a different state. I am a local though and was raised in Bradenton, Florida. These days Bradenton is busy and always on the go but about 10 years ago this was not the case. I live in an area called Lakewood Ranch. It had the [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 24, 2008
Brandon Davis, 30 years old, is the grandson of Marvin Davis – the former owner of a large oil company, 20th Century Fox, Pebble Beach, The Beverly Hills Hotel, the Denver Broncos and an Aspen Skiing Company making his net worth 5.8 billion. Brandon was to be the heir to this fortune. However, you may have lately heard [...]
Posted by: jnguonly on: September 24, 2008
My name is Sean VanAken and my parents raised me in Monroe, Michigan. Monroe is a small town located about 15 minutes from Detroit, and 25 minutes for Toledo, Ohio. Monroe does not have a bunch of things to do for kids but it is an athletic township. With 5 local golf courses, local baseball diamonds, [...]
Posted by: jnguonly on: September 24, 2008
Tiger Woods, what more is there to say? It has been months since a recap has been done on Tiger. Where is he? Is he practicing? Is he recovering? Tiger has his name mentioned all the time in the sports world, yet nobody has heard from him. Not many in the world could pull off winning [...]
Posted by: jnguonly on: September 24, 2008
My hometown is Dix Hills, New York. Dix Hills is located in Suffolk County Long Island which is about 45 minutes outside of the city. Dix Hills is not huge but then again it is by no means small. Dix Hills is said to have the best academic schools in New York state, however the athletics there [...]
Posted by: jnguonly on: September 24, 2008
The economy’s downward spiral doesn’t seem to be slowing. Over $300 Billion has already been pumped into the market to bail out Lehman Brothers and AIG. The government has already taken ownership of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There are plans for the government to put another $700 Billion in \to take away the [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 24, 2008
I live in Moscow, which is the capital of Russia. There are more than 10 million people that live in Moscow, which makes it the largest city in Russia and Europe. Moscow has a lot of well-known architecture; the most famous is probably Saint Basil’s Cathedral which is located on the Red Square and Cathedral [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 24, 2008
This is a picture of Police Chief Chris Hargett, who is leading the investigation of a child’s lost foot. In Alabama a kid saw a dog walking around a neighborhood with a child’s foot; the kid, in shock, then told his father, who called the police. Supposedly the dog dug the foot up in the [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 24, 2008
A huge diamond was unearthed in a southern Africa town of Lesotho. This stone is a 478 carat diamond and is believed to be possibly one of the highest great diamonds ever found. The diamond has been examined by experts in Antwerp, Belgium and they believe the diamond to be D grade, which is the [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 24, 2008
I live in Germany, near the big city Cologne, which I think is the most beautiful city with a lot of fun places. My town is called Rösrath and lays 16 km away from Cologne, which is very practical, since there are a lot of trains and subways, which makes it easy and convenient to [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 24, 2008
Mrs. Gubernat or “Mrs. G” as many know her as is a Biology teacher here at Pendleton. She is in her second year teaching here. She is from Chicago and is a big White Sox fan. She went to Trinity College and Loyloa University School of Law. Her specialty is health law. She left Chicago because her [...]
