Annotation 1: SIRS-Assisted Suicide Ticks Upward in Oregon

This article discussed the law of assisted suicide (physician-assisted) in the state of Oregon, the only state to have assisted suicide legalized. Since 2003, even more people are deciding to kill themselves. There was a 10% from 2002 to 2003. There are rules of the law though. One law is that the patient must be terminally ill and with an estimation of six months to live. Some people feel physician assisted suicide is a violation of doctors' practices with using a lethal injection.

.:*My Favorite Place in the Whole World*:.

My favorite place in the whole world is a very fun place to be. Any month of the year you can usually always expect sunny, warm days. One of the best parts about this, is you can kick back and go to the beach whenever you want and always have an awesome time. Although you might have to watch out for sharks you can still have a great time without the worry. Many people envy people who are in this area, it's somewhere any fun-loving person would enjoy. If you're really into having a good time, there are plenty of theme parks for you to go to while you're there. These theme parks have fun water rides, rides based on movies, and if you're in for a scare there are rides for that too. The water rides include small splashes to getting soaked by a waterfall. Some rides that are based on movies are "Jaws," "Popeye," "Incredible Hulk," and plenty more. If you are a fan of any of those movies I'm sure you'll be a fan of these amusing rides. One of the scariest rides in my opinion is the "Jurassic Park Ride," but of course it is extremely fun with an 80 foot, practically straight down drop! These parks are always filled with laughter, screaming, and loud music. The sounds of an exotic, wonderful place. Some other great places here is "Bush Gardens," the home to over 2000 animals. One of the interesting things about this zoo, other than there are tons of animals is the fact that there are rides here, actual big roller coaster rides. Whether you want to see gorillas, elephants, rhinos, or zebras, you will find them all and tons more at this zoo. Also, separate from the zoo is another fascinating place where you can find some interesting creatures, this place is "Gator Land." At "Gator Land" you will find yourself nose to nose with an alligator, and even witness live people wrestling alligators. If you want to see some amazing things, "Gator Land" is the place to be. Speaking of Gators, the college basketball team known as the "Gators" here is unbelievable, if you're a basketball fan this is the best place for you. Be there to cheer on your favorite players including Senior Guard, Lee Humphrey, Junior Forward Joakim Noah, and Senior Forward Chris Richard. All in all, whatever you're interested in, this place, which is my favorite place in the whole world, is the place for you.

SpRiNg BrEaK!

During my Spring Break I didn't do a lot. All week I had fastpitch tryouts for school. But on Thursday night Katie slept over and we watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off. On Friday night I slept over at Katie's and we watched 3 Ninjas. That movie was really weird, but I liked it. On Sunday I had a volleyball tournament, but we didn't do very good in that. That is pretty much all I did during Spring Break.

Sources

Sources:

• http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15391426/site/newsweek/
• http://time.blogs.com/eye_on_science/2006/12/global_warming_.html
• http://airs.jpl.nasa.gov/Science/GlobalClimate/
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1130_051130_ice_age.html
• http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/little_ice_age.html
• http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/
• http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/993807/posts
• http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/382_myths.htm
• http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hatt0047/climatearticles/tipping
• http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hatt0047/climatearticles/washington
• http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0202-01.htm

Day 5

Global Climate


State the Problem:

• The Earth is getting warmer

Evidence:

• Earth has warmed by about 1ºF over the past 100 years.
• Warmer days on earth make the sea level rise, and sea levels have risen.
• The world's iciest continent gradually has been warming over the past 150 years.
• Ice core samples show average temperatures rising 0.2 degree Celsius.
• 50% reduction in the amount of cold, deep water flowing from the North Atlantic to the tropics.
• Evidence from prehistoric times shows that it is possible for northern air temperatures to drop by 10ºC (18ºF) within decades.
• The average temperature around the equator has risen by a fraction of a degree.

Contributing Factors:

• Greenhouse gases make the Earth warmer by trapping energy in the atmosphere.
• Human activities have substantially added to the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
• Human activities and increasingly trapping more heat.
• Increased carbon dioxide production and land use.

Solution:

• I think if people just recycle more, and put less gases in the air it will stop pollution and the ozone layer won't be ruined so much. Pollution puts holes in the ozone layer causing the earth to warm. If everyone limits their use of cars we could save the earth.

Day 3: Tartan Problem

Tartan Problem

State the Problem:

• Kids are failing classes

Evidence:

• I have friends that have failed classes
• Grade sheets in classroom show who is failing
• In required tenth grade classes, there are juniors or seniors in it

Contributing Factors:

• No time, have after school activities, out of school sports, or work
• Don't understand concepts in the class time
• No parents, friends, etc. to help them
• All around don't care what grades they have

Solution:

• Once kids start failing they must be required to get after school help from the teacher that has them in their class, they must skip their after school commitments

Day 1

.:*Journal Warm-up:Problem-Analysis Essay*:.

My family wants to spend more time together, but no one can agree on the kinds of activities to do. My mom wants to go to the zoo, but we're all older now and don't really want to do that. My dad wants to go to a Timberwolves game, but we're all hockey fans. My sister wants to go see a new movie that just came out, but no one likes her taste in movies. My older brother doesn't want to spend any family time together, he says the time we spend arguing about this is enough family time. I personally want to go on a vacation, but then we just argue about where to go. Our next family meeting, I brought up the idea of doing everything everyone wants to do. One week we'll all go to a Timberwolves game, the next time we want to spend time together we go to the movies, then the zoo. We'll go on a vacation over Spring Break. This way everyone wins. Except my brother, he still has to go to all those things.