Name: Debunking 9/11 Myths
Author: Dunbar David, Reagan Brad
Place of publication: New York, NY
Popular mechanics: 2005
Reason, Type and Setting: The reason why I chose to read this book is really simple. I'm fascinated by disasters. I'm obsessed with looking for fact, evidence and researching conspiracy theories. JFK, Cold War, 9/11. Personally I agree with the conspiracy theories, that's why I purchased this book. It is a factographical piece, takes place kind of in New York City, but involves the whole world. It all happens right now, in the 21st century.
Plot: This book doesn't have a plot, however the major conflicts are built upon the conspiracy theories. This book tries to reveal, or to debunk the most popular parts of the "conspiracy theories" by bringin the cact from the experts.
Character: There is not many characters in this book, since it is all about facts. However, I would pick George W. Bush and mankind itself. Right now, everysingle person should think of actions that we do. Whether it's Bush or whoever else, there would be no need for debunking book, if there were no conspiracy theories. And conspracy theories are gone only when we can trust our governments.
Evaluation: I didn't like the book. In my opinion it shows "facts" from "experts" that are experts just like myself. Their investigation and testimonies don't match the fact that anyone can watch, say on youtube. Some of the fact are very very cheap, it almost seems like the writers were hired by someone only to publish something that debunks the conspiracy theorist. This book has a direct connection to real world, since the events desribed in it are happening/happened/ in real world. I recommend this book only to people, who are interested in conspracies. This book is one big lie, with lots of unclear facts in it.
Author, Context and Trivia: This book is written by two editors from Popular Mechanics, a famous magazine publishing articles mainly about science. I've seen these guys on TV in a debate with the major conspiracy theorists, and they were lost. They couldn't say a word, they were only sort of speechless. As I already mentioned, it doesn't even seem like they wanted to write this book. Seems like somebody hired a high-reputation magazine's editors to do some "research".
Current Events Week 14
Who wants to be Paris Hilton's friend?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/24/people.parishilton.ap/index.htmlI can't believe this person is still alive. I don't mean physically, now I mean socially. It's incredible to me how people are still rushong after her, although she's one of those little rich girls, who doesn't know anything about the real world. This article, actually the whole idea behind her new project clearly shows how easily can people be manipulated.
Current Events Week 13
SAN FRANCISCO - A 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student set a new world's record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.
Leyan Lo is part of Caltech's Rubik's Cube Club, a brainy clutch of students that hosted the competition at the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco. Lo's record-setting time came early in the day, among his first five tries in the preliminary rounds.
The record-setting solve caught competitors and Lo himself by surprise.
I posted this current event specially for Mason. So can have some motivation. These guys were able to solve the cube in 11 seconds. Amazing.
Vocab Week 13
revere - to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate
vertigo - a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
punitive - serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment
slander - defamation; calumny
squander - to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully
panache - a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair
forlorn - desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
quell - to suppress; put an end to; extinguish
concision - concise quality; brevity; terseness
libel - law
defamation - the act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel; calumny
misdirection - a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction
Last words presentation
Scenario: I’m flying back to Slovakia to finally see my relatives and friends, whom I haven’t seen for a year. I’m looking at the right wing, which suddenly snaps off. Great, I say. As we’re falling vertically down, I take out my laptop and video camera and start recording, meanwhile eveyrone else is screaming.
Whoever gets this tape should know, that it was made to help. I’m not really disappointed, that I’m about to die. If it was meant to be this way, I accept it. However, I wanna say a couple pf words for those of you, who have been living life similar to mine. I have always tried to think of my future, what was gonna happen, how will people change, how the world will change and now that I’m dying, it means nothing. Absolutely pointless, right? The year in the U.S. has taught me something. Never try to think of your past, what could you have done if...or your future, this could have looked totally different if...no. We are all living NOW. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, not a minute later. Now is the time to enjoy your life. Now is the moment to tell your friends, that you love them, not tomorrow. Now is the time go to the graves of your relatives and put a flower down. Why? Beacuse you might join them tommorow. Because no one of us chooses the date of their death. This moment, right now could be your very last. Negative thinking? No. Reality. That is the reason why I called my dad to say that I love him. Just before the plane started falling. ..
Current Event Week 11
Texas Takes legal custody of 401 sect children
They lived in West Texas. The children in state custody are joined at the shelter by 133 women, most of them mothers, who were taken during the past few days from the sprawling Yearning for Zion ranch, said Marleigh Meisner, a spokeswoman for the state's Child Protective Services agency.
I think its really sad that someone would do this, not to mention it's children. I can't believe anyone could do this.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/07/texas.ranch/index.html
They lived in West Texas. The children in state custody are joined at the shelter by 133 women, most of them mothers, who were taken during the past few days from the sprawling Yearning for Zion ranch, said Marleigh Meisner, a spokeswoman for the state's Child Protective Services agency.
I think its really sad that someone would do this, not to mention it's children. I can't believe anyone could do this.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/07/texas.ranch/index.html
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