by Kederick Wilson
When the controversial referendum was put on the voting ballot on April 14th and 15th of 2011 students voted it down 53 percent to 47 percent. There was tension on both sides of the augment, The University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) students felt the student government and administration did not promote the referendum properly. “I was completely unaware of the upcoming referendum vote until I saw a friend’s Facebook status about it. I feel the SGA didn’t inform students in a proper manner,” said Brittney Nobles, marketing major at ULM.
Students at ULM believe this referendum came out of nowhere. Many people, including myself, heard it from athletes at the university; which the referendum was geared to benefit athletics the most out of all the programs. Student government believes it had done everything possible to get the information out to students about the referendum. “I have never seen a referendum that has been this promoted and talked about,” said Brook Sebren, SGA president. Brook Sebren said the SGA went around campus promoting the referendum, held a rally for the referendum where 1000 plus students showed, and placed information on Facebook.
There is frustration all around about the referendum, but there is a bigger battle that is going on that the referendum controversy has exposed. The battle I believe is the non-athlete students against the student athletes. When I first heard about the referendum it was in my Mass Communication class, one of the student athletes brought the issue to our attention, suddenly, a conversation was sparked full of contempt for one side.
All the athletes in class was trying to promote the referendum because it would benefit the school’s athletic program, but in the discussion they were met with augments from non-athletic students explaining their personal obstacles going through college and how raising the tuition would put them in a financial bind. The referendum would have increased student fees to $130 starting next fall.
The referendum had other items that would be helped other programs like VAPA and campus beautification, but since the athletic program benefits the most from the referendum it generated the most intriguing augments, individualism verses utilitarianism. The athletes believe the increase in tuition is for the betterment of ULM, but the non-athletic students are more worried about their own financial situations. Once you get deeper in the augment contempt for the athletes come out.
For non-athletic students it comes down to two questions about voting for the referendum. Can I afford this increased in tuition, and do I believe the university’s administration can get the job done to where I see return on my investment?
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A Journalist State Of Mind
Sixty plus years in anything is a great accomplishment; most people don’t stay alive that long, and certainly they don’t stay on a job as long, but Dan Rather has.
Recently, the well-known journalist Dan Rather spoke to students at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) in Stubbs Hall Tuesday, April 19. In his semi-lecture, the subjects he talked about was his upbringing in a working class neighborhood Wharton, Texas, three points of becoming a great journalist, his rise through the news industry, and near the end of the lecture, a Q & A (question and answer) session.
“I always dreamed of being a reporter…”---Dan Rather
At the begin stage of his interest in journalism, Dan Rather attributed most of his influence in journalism to his parent who were frequent readers and particularly his father who was interested in current events. As Dan Rather went to college at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas, he edited the college newspaper and worked part time in a radio station.
“I stand before you as a reporter who got lucky…”
After graduation in 1953, Dan Rather was hired by The Houston Chronicle and its affiliated radio station, KTRH. In 1956, Dan Rather became news director of KTRH. Three years later, he became a reporter for KTRK-TV in Houston. After his coverage of Hurricane Carla brought him recognition, he became a CBS television correspondent. As a correspondent for CBS in Dallas, Dan Rather was in the right place at the right time (for journalistic purposes) when he was the first reporter on site when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiSoxFHyjGY)
“Nobody replaces a legend like Walter Cronkite…”
In 1964, Dan Rather was promoted to the CBS national news desk. By 1975, Dan Rather had earned a seat at the top news show, 60 Minutes but gave it up in 1981 to replace Walter Cronkite. In 1980, Rather was contemplating going to another news network ABC news, but his loyalty to CBS would not let him leave the network.
In his lecture at ULM, Rather gave three points of emphasis for students wanting to become journalist or wanting to improve as a journalist.
1.) On Writing. Rather says, young journalist must dedicate themselves to be great writers and must dedicate themselves to ever improving their writing skills.
2.) “Journalism can be a great joy…but it also can be heartbreaking..,” says Dan Rather “In order to succeed in journalism you must have a passion for it, be almost consumed by it.”
3.) Finally, “Train yourself to be skeptical,” said Dan Rather at the end of his points of emphasis in the lecture.
In the Q & A session, students asked him on the current state of news. On the current state of the news, Dan Rather says, what you hear on the news channels now are a lot of repetition, and entertainment values have overwhelmed news values. When a student asked, “Whether he thinks the value of the news has taken a turn for the worse?” Rather replied, yes.
On the subject of internet blogging and on whether it is news reporting, Dan Rather believes, blogging contributions to news reporting is a plus, but he worries about their accountability. But one of biggest regrets so far in his career is not spending enough times with his children.
After the lecture people chimed in their thoughts on Dan Rather. “I think it’s a plus for our journalism students when a journalist whose had long-nationally prominent career can come and interact with students,” says Dr. Bowers, a mass communication professor at ULM after the lecture was over. “I thought it was a enlightening experience,” said Tray Hall, ULM mass communication student, as he shrugged his shoulders at the question.
Currently, Dan Rather works for Mark Cuban on called Dan Rather Reports, it a hour-long weekly program on HDNet. HDNet is a high-definition cable television network. Dan Rather has all the creative control for Dan Rather Reports. With sixty plus years of being journalist, Dan Rather is now trying to spark the mind of the next Dan Rather; as if there could ever be another. (http://www.hd.net/programs/danrather/)
Other Sources:
http://www.biography.com/articles/Rather-Dan(Irvin)-9452277
http://motherjones.com/media/2011/02/dan-rather-reports-mark-cuban-hd-net
Recently, the well-known journalist Dan Rather spoke to students at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) in Stubbs Hall Tuesday, April 19. In his semi-lecture, the subjects he talked about was his upbringing in a working class neighborhood Wharton, Texas, three points of becoming a great journalist, his rise through the news industry, and near the end of the lecture, a Q & A (question and answer) session.
“I always dreamed of being a reporter…”---Dan Rather
At the begin stage of his interest in journalism, Dan Rather attributed most of his influence in journalism to his parent who were frequent readers and particularly his father who was interested in current events. As Dan Rather went to college at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas, he edited the college newspaper and worked part time in a radio station.
“I stand before you as a reporter who got lucky…”
After graduation in 1953, Dan Rather was hired by The Houston Chronicle and its affiliated radio station, KTRH. In 1956, Dan Rather became news director of KTRH. Three years later, he became a reporter for KTRK-TV in Houston. After his coverage of Hurricane Carla brought him recognition, he became a CBS television correspondent. As a correspondent for CBS in Dallas, Dan Rather was in the right place at the right time (for journalistic purposes) when he was the first reporter on site when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiSoxFHyjGY)
“Nobody replaces a legend like Walter Cronkite…”
In 1964, Dan Rather was promoted to the CBS national news desk. By 1975, Dan Rather had earned a seat at the top news show, 60 Minutes but gave it up in 1981 to replace Walter Cronkite. In 1980, Rather was contemplating going to another news network ABC news, but his loyalty to CBS would not let him leave the network.
In his lecture at ULM, Rather gave three points of emphasis for students wanting to become journalist or wanting to improve as a journalist.
1.) On Writing. Rather says, young journalist must dedicate themselves to be great writers and must dedicate themselves to ever improving their writing skills.
2.) “Journalism can be a great joy…but it also can be heartbreaking..,” says Dan Rather “In order to succeed in journalism you must have a passion for it, be almost consumed by it.”
3.) Finally, “Train yourself to be skeptical,” said Dan Rather at the end of his points of emphasis in the lecture.
In the Q & A session, students asked him on the current state of news. On the current state of the news, Dan Rather says, what you hear on the news channels now are a lot of repetition, and entertainment values have overwhelmed news values. When a student asked, “Whether he thinks the value of the news has taken a turn for the worse?” Rather replied, yes.
On the subject of internet blogging and on whether it is news reporting, Dan Rather believes, blogging contributions to news reporting is a plus, but he worries about their accountability. But one of biggest regrets so far in his career is not spending enough times with his children.
After the lecture people chimed in their thoughts on Dan Rather. “I think it’s a plus for our journalism students when a journalist whose had long-nationally prominent career can come and interact with students,” says Dr. Bowers, a mass communication professor at ULM after the lecture was over. “I thought it was a enlightening experience,” said Tray Hall, ULM mass communication student, as he shrugged his shoulders at the question.
Currently, Dan Rather works for Mark Cuban on called Dan Rather Reports, it a hour-long weekly program on HDNet. HDNet is a high-definition cable television network. Dan Rather has all the creative control for Dan Rather Reports. With sixty plus years of being journalist, Dan Rather is now trying to spark the mind of the next Dan Rather; as if there could ever be another. (http://www.hd.net/programs/danrather/)
Other Sources:
http://www.biography.com/articles/Rather-Dan(Irvin)-9452277
http://motherjones.com/media/2011/02/dan-rather-reports-mark-cuban-hd-net
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Fact Finding
1. How much money is being budgeted for AMTRAK projects in Louisiana this year? What four cities in Louisiana are projects currently underway or slated to begin?
2. What is one of the serial numbers for either of the two airplanes owned by the University of Southern Mississippi?
3. How many people were killed in bus crashes/accidents in Louisiana in 2003? How many were killed in large truck accidents? During the period from 1994-2009, what year saw the most deaths in bus crashes, and how many were there?
4. Which medical facility employs Dr. Charles Brent in Hattiesburg, MS? Does Dr. Brent have a public record on file with the state or not?
5. According to the Centers for Disease Control, births in the United States have fallen how many percentage points from 2007 to 2009? What two areas of the United States have shown the biggest decline in live births? Which racial group had the largest decline in births during that 2-year period?
6. On what date was the case of Islamic Shura Council of Southern California et al. vs. the FBI reviewed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals? Who were the three presiding Circuit Court judges? What is the case origin? What is the case number? What kind of case was it (case type?)
7. Harry F. Connick et al. vs. Thompson, John was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on what date? When was the decision filed? Who wrote the court’s majority opinion? Which justices joined? Who wrote the Court’s dissenting opinion? Which justices joined? For what crime was John Thompson originally prosecuted?
8. According to the FBI, who are the 10 Most Wanted Terrorists? What distinguishing scars and marks can be found on wanted terrorist Adam Yahiye Gadahn? Who are the 10 Most Wanted Fugitives by the FBI? What dangerous weapon is James Bulger thought to carry at all times? Is he an avid reader, and if so, what subject is he interested in? List 5 aliases for Usama Bin Laden.
9. Name the CEO, CFO and Chief Marketing Officer for the company 24-Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. Name 3 of the company’s chief competitors and their headquarter locations.
10. In the Betty Crocker contest to choose the best marriage cake for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding, what was the name of the selection chosen by American voters?
11. According to the St. Tammany Parish Assessor, how are property taxes assessed? What kinds of services do these property taxes pay for? How are the property taxes calculated?
12. List at least 5 non-profit organizations currently helping in Japan.
13. According to the United States Department of Labor, how many workers died from work-related injuries in 2008? How many died from work-related injuries in 2009? Calculate the percentage decrease or increase from 2008 to 2009.
14. According to the most recent statistics issued by FEMA, list at least 5 addresses in the city of Monroe that are potential “floodplain properties.”
15. What percentage of Monroe citizens were foreign born, according to the last U.S. Census? What is the national average?
16. Name 2 Louisiana banks that have closed since 2000. What cities were they in? Were they acquired by other banks, and if so, name the bank that acquired them.
17. What is the patent number for the rotisserie cooking oven invented by Alan Backus and Ron Popeil? When was the patent filed? Where are the inventors from?
18. According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner, on what date will the United States reach its legal debt limit? What is the dollar amount for that legal debt limit? What are two dire consequences Geitner warns about if lawmakers fail to extend this debt ceiling?
19. What are the top 6 states for starting new businesses according to figures compiled for 2009 and 2010? Is Louisiana among those top 6 states? If so, where does it rank? What economic factors are attributed to its success (or failure)?
20. The Federal Aviation Administration recently ordered inspections for fatigue damage after subsurface cracks were found on planes serving which airline? How many aircraft world wide will have to be inspected as part of this order? How many are owned by the airline in question that sparked the investigation?
The Answers
1.) a.) $1,593,000 or $4,626,723 b.) Hammond, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and New Orleans
a. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/LOUISIANA09.pdf or http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/LOUISIANA10.pdf
2.) N777AQ Source: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/StateCounty_Results.aspx?Statetxt=MS&Countytxt=JACKSON&PageNo=1
3.) A.) Five (5) b.) 117 c.) 2001 with 8 deaths
a. http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Vehicles/VehiclesBuses.aspx
4.) A.) Southern Neurologic & Spinal Institute One Lincoln Parkway Suite 300 Hattiesburg, MS
a. Yes, he has a public record.
b. http://dsitspe01.its.state.ms.us/msbml/medical.nsf/$$SearchTemplateDefault?OpenForm&Name=Brent&City+Hattiesburg&sState=MS
5.) A.) Four percent (4%) b.) Arizona and Nevada c.) Hispanics
a. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db60.htm
6.) March 30, 2011 b.) Mary M. Schroeder, Richard C. Tillman and Milan D. Smith Jr. c.) May 15, 2006 five citizens and six organizations filed a request to the FBI seeking information on an investigation and surveillance of them by the government. d.) No. 09-56035 e.) Motion to Modify
a. http://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=411
b. http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/03/30/09-56035.pdf
7.) October 6, 2010 Source: http://harlaninstitute.org/?page_id=713 b.) March 29, 2011 Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/09-571.ZS.html c.) Clarence Thomas Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 d.) John G. Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy, Samuel A. Altio Jr., and Antonin Scalia Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 e.)Ruth Bader Ginsburg Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 f.) Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 g.) murder
8.) Usama Bin Laden, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Daniel Andreas San Diego, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Fahd Mohammed Ahmed Alquso, Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi, Mohammed Ali Hamadei, Ali Atwa, Hasan Izz-Al-Din, and Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists b.) Scars on the chest and right forearm. C.) Semion Mogilevich, Jason Derek Brown, Usama Bin Laden, Glen Stewart Godwin, Robert William Fisher, Eduardo Ravelo, Alexis Flores, Joe Luis Saenz, James J. Bulger, and Victor Manuel Gerena. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten d.) A knife. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten e.) Yes, he loves history. f.) Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, and the director. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten
9.) Carl Liebert (CEO), Jeffrey Boyer (CFO), and Tony Wells (Chief Marketing Officer). Source: http://www.hoovers.com/company/24_Hour_Fitness_Worldwide_Inc/hkhrji-1.html b.) Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation (Chicago, IL), Gold Gym International, Inc (Irving, TX), and T.R. World Gym, LLC (Dover, NH) source: http://www.hoovers.com/company/24_Hour_Fitness_Worldwide_Inc/hkhrji-1-1njea3.html
10.) “Something Blue” Source: http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2011/04/12/102093/america-chooses-betty-crockers-something-blue-for-royal-wedding-cake
11.)
a.
Property is assessed as follows:
• LAND - 10% of "Fair Market Value"
• RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS - 10% of "fair market value"
• COMMERCIAL PROPERTY - (Including personal property) - 15% of "Fair Market Value" (NOTE: Commercial land is assessed at 10% of "Fair Market Value".)
• The St. Tammany Parish Assessor's Office must appraise and assess approximately 102,000 parcels of property. All public service properties are assessed by the Louisiana Tax Commission. Source: http://www.stassessor.org/purpose.html
b.) The services provided by school districts, and the funding of those services, are determined by state law or by referendum. In most cases, not all the money needed can be raised from state aid, grants, fees or fines. The rest is raised through property taxes. All property is located in more than one taxing district. For example, property can be in a county, city, school district and other special taxing districts. Your property tax statement is really seven to ten tax bills, consolidated into one statement. Source: http://co.hennepin.mn.us/portal/site/HennepinUS/menuitem.b1ab75471750e40fa01dfb47ccf06498/?vgnextoid=fd0bd36c74274210VgnVCM10000049114689RCRD
c.) To calculate the taxes on your property, you must take the Assessed Value, which is a percentage of "Fair Market Value", and multiply it by the appropriate tax or millage rate to arrive at the amount due. If, as an example, you have $1,000 of taxable Assessed Value and the appropriate Tax Rate is 170 mills, you would pay $1000 X .170 = $170 in taxes. If your home is valued at $100,000 and Assessed at 10 percent, or 10,000, and you are eligible and have signed for Homestead Exemption, you would calculate your taxes as follows:
Residential Example $100,000 (Fair Market Value Land and Improvements)
x 10% (Assessment Level for Residential Property)
$10,000 (Assessed Value)
-7,500 (Maximum Homestead Exemption)
2,500 (Taxable Value)
x .170 (Parish Tax Rate 170 mills)
$425 (Total Parish Taxes Due)
Source: http://www.stassessor.org/tax-calc.html
12.) Red Cross, Shelter Box, Salvation Army, Global Giving, and Convoy Of Hope. Source: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/11/five-ways-you-can-help-earthquake-and-tsunami-victims-in-japan/
13.) 5,214 source: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_revised08.pdf b.) 4,340 source: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cftb0241.pdf c.) 1.2% decrease or 12%
500 Harn St. Monroe, La 71201, 412 N 24th Street, Monroe, La 71201, 2102 Flynn St. Monroe, La 71201, 707 Victoria St. Monroe, La 71201, and 611 N 19th Street Monroe, La 71201 Source: http://www.ci.monroe.la.us/docs/floodplain-list.pdf
15.) 1.3% Source: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/2251410.html b.) 11.1% Source: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22000.html
16.) Farmers Bank of Cheneyville in Cheneyville, LA acquired by Sabine State Bank and Trust. B.) Statewide Bank of Covington, LA acquired by Home Bank. Source: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html
17.) 7878111 b.) Feb 4, 2008 Source: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=ch7-AAAAEBAJ&dq=4209006 c.) England
18.) May 16, 2011 b.) 14.294 trillion c.) Cut nearly 70% of outlays for mandatory programs like Medicare and Social Security OR Increase tax revenue by nearly two-thirds. Source: http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/17/news/economy/debt_limit_spending_cuts/index.htm
19.) South Dakota, Nevada, Wyoming, Washington, Florida, and Michigan b.) No c.) No personal or corporate income tax. Source: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0711/gallery.Top10BestStates.fsb/3.html
20.) Southwest Airline b.) 175 worldwide c.) three Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/boeing-737-safety-inspect_n_844693.html
2. What is one of the serial numbers for either of the two airplanes owned by the University of Southern Mississippi?
3. How many people were killed in bus crashes/accidents in Louisiana in 2003? How many were killed in large truck accidents? During the period from 1994-2009, what year saw the most deaths in bus crashes, and how many were there?
4. Which medical facility employs Dr. Charles Brent in Hattiesburg, MS? Does Dr. Brent have a public record on file with the state or not?
5. According to the Centers for Disease Control, births in the United States have fallen how many percentage points from 2007 to 2009? What two areas of the United States have shown the biggest decline in live births? Which racial group had the largest decline in births during that 2-year period?
6. On what date was the case of Islamic Shura Council of Southern California et al. vs. the FBI reviewed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals? Who were the three presiding Circuit Court judges? What is the case origin? What is the case number? What kind of case was it (case type?)
7. Harry F. Connick et al. vs. Thompson, John was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on what date? When was the decision filed? Who wrote the court’s majority opinion? Which justices joined? Who wrote the Court’s dissenting opinion? Which justices joined? For what crime was John Thompson originally prosecuted?
8. According to the FBI, who are the 10 Most Wanted Terrorists? What distinguishing scars and marks can be found on wanted terrorist Adam Yahiye Gadahn? Who are the 10 Most Wanted Fugitives by the FBI? What dangerous weapon is James Bulger thought to carry at all times? Is he an avid reader, and if so, what subject is he interested in? List 5 aliases for Usama Bin Laden.
9. Name the CEO, CFO and Chief Marketing Officer for the company 24-Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. Name 3 of the company’s chief competitors and their headquarter locations.
10. In the Betty Crocker contest to choose the best marriage cake for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding, what was the name of the selection chosen by American voters?
11. According to the St. Tammany Parish Assessor, how are property taxes assessed? What kinds of services do these property taxes pay for? How are the property taxes calculated?
12. List at least 5 non-profit organizations currently helping in Japan.
13. According to the United States Department of Labor, how many workers died from work-related injuries in 2008? How many died from work-related injuries in 2009? Calculate the percentage decrease or increase from 2008 to 2009.
14. According to the most recent statistics issued by FEMA, list at least 5 addresses in the city of Monroe that are potential “floodplain properties.”
15. What percentage of Monroe citizens were foreign born, according to the last U.S. Census? What is the national average?
16. Name 2 Louisiana banks that have closed since 2000. What cities were they in? Were they acquired by other banks, and if so, name the bank that acquired them.
17. What is the patent number for the rotisserie cooking oven invented by Alan Backus and Ron Popeil? When was the patent filed? Where are the inventors from?
18. According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner, on what date will the United States reach its legal debt limit? What is the dollar amount for that legal debt limit? What are two dire consequences Geitner warns about if lawmakers fail to extend this debt ceiling?
19. What are the top 6 states for starting new businesses according to figures compiled for 2009 and 2010? Is Louisiana among those top 6 states? If so, where does it rank? What economic factors are attributed to its success (or failure)?
20. The Federal Aviation Administration recently ordered inspections for fatigue damage after subsurface cracks were found on planes serving which airline? How many aircraft world wide will have to be inspected as part of this order? How many are owned by the airline in question that sparked the investigation?
The Answers
1.) a.) $1,593,000 or $4,626,723 b.) Hammond, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and New Orleans
a. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/LOUISIANA09.pdf or http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/LOUISIANA10.pdf
2.) N777AQ Source: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/StateCounty_Results.aspx?Statetxt=MS&Countytxt=JACKSON&PageNo=1
3.) A.) Five (5) b.) 117 c.) 2001 with 8 deaths
a. http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Vehicles/VehiclesBuses.aspx
4.) A.) Southern Neurologic & Spinal Institute One Lincoln Parkway Suite 300 Hattiesburg, MS
a. Yes, he has a public record.
b. http://dsitspe01.its.state.ms.us/msbml/medical.nsf/$$SearchTemplateDefault?OpenForm&Name=Brent&City+Hattiesburg&sState=MS
5.) A.) Four percent (4%) b.) Arizona and Nevada c.) Hispanics
a. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db60.htm
6.) March 30, 2011 b.) Mary M. Schroeder, Richard C. Tillman and Milan D. Smith Jr. c.) May 15, 2006 five citizens and six organizations filed a request to the FBI seeking information on an investigation and surveillance of them by the government. d.) No. 09-56035 e.) Motion to Modify
a. http://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=411
b. http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/03/30/09-56035.pdf
7.) October 6, 2010 Source: http://harlaninstitute.org/?page_id=713 b.) March 29, 2011 Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/09-571.ZS.html c.) Clarence Thomas Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 d.) John G. Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy, Samuel A. Altio Jr., and Antonin Scalia Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 e.)Ruth Bader Ginsburg Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 f.) Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2010/2010_09_571 g.) murder
8.) Usama Bin Laden, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Daniel Andreas San Diego, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Fahd Mohammed Ahmed Alquso, Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi, Mohammed Ali Hamadei, Ali Atwa, Hasan Izz-Al-Din, and Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists b.) Scars on the chest and right forearm. C.) Semion Mogilevich, Jason Derek Brown, Usama Bin Laden, Glen Stewart Godwin, Robert William Fisher, Eduardo Ravelo, Alexis Flores, Joe Luis Saenz, James J. Bulger, and Victor Manuel Gerena. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten d.) A knife. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten e.) Yes, he loves history. f.) Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, and the director. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten
9.) Carl Liebert (CEO), Jeffrey Boyer (CFO), and Tony Wells (Chief Marketing Officer). Source: http://www.hoovers.com/company/24_Hour_Fitness_Worldwide_Inc/hkhrji-1.html b.) Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation (Chicago, IL), Gold Gym International, Inc (Irving, TX), and T.R. World Gym, LLC (Dover, NH) source: http://www.hoovers.com/company/24_Hour_Fitness_Worldwide_Inc/hkhrji-1-1njea3.html
10.) “Something Blue” Source: http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2011/04/12/102093/america-chooses-betty-crockers-something-blue-for-royal-wedding-cake
11.)
a.
Property is assessed as follows:
• LAND - 10% of "Fair Market Value"
• RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS - 10% of "fair market value"
• COMMERCIAL PROPERTY - (Including personal property) - 15% of "Fair Market Value" (NOTE: Commercial land is assessed at 10% of "Fair Market Value".)
• The St. Tammany Parish Assessor's Office must appraise and assess approximately 102,000 parcels of property. All public service properties are assessed by the Louisiana Tax Commission. Source: http://www.stassessor.org/purpose.html
b.) The services provided by school districts, and the funding of those services, are determined by state law or by referendum. In most cases, not all the money needed can be raised from state aid, grants, fees or fines. The rest is raised through property taxes. All property is located in more than one taxing district. For example, property can be in a county, city, school district and other special taxing districts. Your property tax statement is really seven to ten tax bills, consolidated into one statement. Source: http://co.hennepin.mn.us/portal/site/HennepinUS/menuitem.b1ab75471750e40fa01dfb47ccf06498/?vgnextoid=fd0bd36c74274210VgnVCM10000049114689RCRD
c.) To calculate the taxes on your property, you must take the Assessed Value, which is a percentage of "Fair Market Value", and multiply it by the appropriate tax or millage rate to arrive at the amount due. If, as an example, you have $1,000 of taxable Assessed Value and the appropriate Tax Rate is 170 mills, you would pay $1000 X .170 = $170 in taxes. If your home is valued at $100,000 and Assessed at 10 percent, or 10,000, and you are eligible and have signed for Homestead Exemption, you would calculate your taxes as follows:
Residential Example $100,000 (Fair Market Value Land and Improvements)
x 10% (Assessment Level for Residential Property)
$10,000 (Assessed Value)
-7,500 (Maximum Homestead Exemption)
2,500 (Taxable Value)
x .170 (Parish Tax Rate 170 mills)
$425 (Total Parish Taxes Due)
Source: http://www.stassessor.org/tax-calc.html
12.) Red Cross, Shelter Box, Salvation Army, Global Giving, and Convoy Of Hope. Source: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/11/five-ways-you-can-help-earthquake-and-tsunami-victims-in-japan/
13.) 5,214 source: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_revised08.pdf b.) 4,340 source: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cftb0241.pdf c.) 1.2% decrease or 12%
500 Harn St. Monroe, La 71201, 412 N 24th Street, Monroe, La 71201, 2102 Flynn St. Monroe, La 71201, 707 Victoria St. Monroe, La 71201, and 611 N 19th Street Monroe, La 71201 Source: http://www.ci.monroe.la.us/docs/floodplain-list.pdf
15.) 1.3% Source: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/2251410.html b.) 11.1% Source: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22000.html
16.) Farmers Bank of Cheneyville in Cheneyville, LA acquired by Sabine State Bank and Trust. B.) Statewide Bank of Covington, LA acquired by Home Bank. Source: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html
17.) 7878111 b.) Feb 4, 2008 Source: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=ch7-AAAAEBAJ&dq=4209006 c.) England
18.) May 16, 2011 b.) 14.294 trillion c.) Cut nearly 70% of outlays for mandatory programs like Medicare and Social Security OR Increase tax revenue by nearly two-thirds. Source: http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/17/news/economy/debt_limit_spending_cuts/index.htm
19.) South Dakota, Nevada, Wyoming, Washington, Florida, and Michigan b.) No c.) No personal or corporate income tax. Source: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0711/gallery.Top10BestStates.fsb/3.html
20.) Southwest Airline b.) 175 worldwide c.) three Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/boeing-737-safety-inspect_n_844693.html
Monday, April 11, 2011
On To The Next One
You know that feeling when you’re looking at something it’s not provocative, entertaining, but it’s interesting enough to peak your interest. That’s what this new article by Institute for Economics and Peace is.
The article revealed the top ten most and least places in the United States. In the article Louisiana was named the least peaceful and briefly mention as the laziest state in America. The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is an independent non-for-profit international research institute that specializes in peacefulness, understanding peacefulness and analyzing factors that create peacefulness. IEP was founded in 2007 and has offices in New York and Sydney, Australia.
This article is their first United States peace index. Certainly Louisiana has earned it reputation as least peaceful state with high crime rates among United States, but what factors determine the most laziest state? The state's unemployment rate?
The IEP is known as a think tank, a research institute (usually independently financed) staffed with experts engaged in the study of policy issues in business and government. The problem with think tanks is they are supposed to be neutral sources without any ideological predispositions, but some represents a particular perspective. It is up to you if this article hides an agenda.
But as a Louisianan, I don’t have any ill toward feelings about this article, if anything it’s indifferent. When articles about Texas and New York come out people don’t get up in arms about it. If the article is good about them they say, “We know” and if the article is bad about them they say, “Who cares don’t come to our state then.” That’s the attitude Louisianans should have, especially about this article. Say what you want to say about my state, but I'm moving on to the next article.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/think-tank.html
http://www.economicssandpeace.org/page.aspx?docid=2
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110406/ts_yblog_thelookout/study-maine-the-most-peaceful-u-s-state-louisiana-the-least
The article revealed the top ten most and least places in the United States. In the article Louisiana was named the least peaceful and briefly mention as the laziest state in America. The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is an independent non-for-profit international research institute that specializes in peacefulness, understanding peacefulness and analyzing factors that create peacefulness. IEP was founded in 2007 and has offices in New York and Sydney, Australia.
This article is their first United States peace index. Certainly Louisiana has earned it reputation as least peaceful state with high crime rates among United States, but what factors determine the most laziest state? The state's unemployment rate?
The IEP is known as a think tank, a research institute (usually independently financed) staffed with experts engaged in the study of policy issues in business and government. The problem with think tanks is they are supposed to be neutral sources without any ideological predispositions, but some represents a particular perspective. It is up to you if this article hides an agenda.
But as a Louisianan, I don’t have any ill toward feelings about this article, if anything it’s indifferent. When articles about Texas and New York come out people don’t get up in arms about it. If the article is good about them they say, “We know” and if the article is bad about them they say, “Who cares don’t come to our state then.” That’s the attitude Louisianans should have, especially about this article. Say what you want to say about my state, but I'm moving on to the next article.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/think-tank.html
http://www.economicssandpeace.org/page.aspx?docid=2
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110406/ts_yblog_thelookout/study-maine-the-most-peaceful-u-s-state-louisiana-the-least
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Same Game, Different Players
by Kederick Wilson
It seems one of the most popular trends for 2011 are celebrity meltdowns. Charlie Sheen kicked off the New Year with televised rants on multiple of media outlets after getting fired from his popular show “Two and a Half Men” and Chris Brown, R&B singer, followed suit after his interview with Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America”. Both did have success after their meltdowns. Chris Brown’s album was top five in the country in album sales last week, while Charlie Sheen turned his meltdown into a sold out 20-city tour and one million viewers on his own webcast. These celebrity meltdowns tell us more about America’s culture today than it does about the celebrities themselves.
My problem with the latest Charlie Sheen episode is it’s not about a talented actor who’s possibly throwing away his career, but it’s why do we care about it in our society. In a time when revolutions are happening in the Middle East, nature is wreaking havoc across the world, and the United States economy is still in doubt of full recovery, the media still find a way to give us updates on Charlie Sheen’s 20-city tour. The bad thing about it is people want to know how tour is doing.
In the 2000s, America has shown an increased tolerance towards celebrities’ bad behavior. In 2006 at the height of their popularity, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie almost made it cool to get DUIs. Also in the mid-2000s Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney Spears younger sister, got pregnant as a teenager. MTV would later have television shows dedicated to the lives of teenage mothers.
Our obsession with celebrities has gotten so bad doctors have created a term for it called Celebrity Worship Syndrome, it’s a condition in which a person is extremely obsessed with somebody who is considered a public figure such as a film, television star, music star or politician.
“What’s in our DNA, as a social animal, is the interest in looking at alpha males and females; the ones, who are important in the pack,” said Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D., spokesman for the Psychological Association and professor of media psychology at California State University. We are sociologically preprogrammed to “follow the leader,” says Fischoff.
People look to celebrities to escape problems in their own lives. Celebrities are able to touch the basic emotions of people and give them some time away from their everyday life. “It was interesting,” said Steve Novak, an attendee told a local television station at Charlie Sheen’s Cleveland show. “It took my mind off my everyday troubles. Made me think that even someone like him with tons of money and famous friends can have problems.”
America needs to get its sense of perspective back. Fantasy is temporary, reality is permanent. Until we find a way to make our reality better; we’ll still be chasing the stars.
Other suggested sites:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Television_44/Timeline-of-the-Charlie-Sheen-meltdown.asp
http://www.webmd.com/skin-beauty/features/new-age-celebrity-worship
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/06/charlie-sheen-show-a-success-in-cleveland/
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/11/23/the-psychology-of-celebrity-worship/
It seems one of the most popular trends for 2011 are celebrity meltdowns. Charlie Sheen kicked off the New Year with televised rants on multiple of media outlets after getting fired from his popular show “Two and a Half Men” and Chris Brown, R&B singer, followed suit after his interview with Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America”. Both did have success after their meltdowns. Chris Brown’s album was top five in the country in album sales last week, while Charlie Sheen turned his meltdown into a sold out 20-city tour and one million viewers on his own webcast. These celebrity meltdowns tell us more about America’s culture today than it does about the celebrities themselves.
My problem with the latest Charlie Sheen episode is it’s not about a talented actor who’s possibly throwing away his career, but it’s why do we care about it in our society. In a time when revolutions are happening in the Middle East, nature is wreaking havoc across the world, and the United States economy is still in doubt of full recovery, the media still find a way to give us updates on Charlie Sheen’s 20-city tour. The bad thing about it is people want to know how tour is doing.
In the 2000s, America has shown an increased tolerance towards celebrities’ bad behavior. In 2006 at the height of their popularity, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie almost made it cool to get DUIs. Also in the mid-2000s Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney Spears younger sister, got pregnant as a teenager. MTV would later have television shows dedicated to the lives of teenage mothers.
Our obsession with celebrities has gotten so bad doctors have created a term for it called Celebrity Worship Syndrome, it’s a condition in which a person is extremely obsessed with somebody who is considered a public figure such as a film, television star, music star or politician.
“What’s in our DNA, as a social animal, is the interest in looking at alpha males and females; the ones, who are important in the pack,” said Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D., spokesman for the Psychological Association and professor of media psychology at California State University. We are sociologically preprogrammed to “follow the leader,” says Fischoff.
People look to celebrities to escape problems in their own lives. Celebrities are able to touch the basic emotions of people and give them some time away from their everyday life. “It was interesting,” said Steve Novak, an attendee told a local television station at Charlie Sheen’s Cleveland show. “It took my mind off my everyday troubles. Made me think that even someone like him with tons of money and famous friends can have problems.”
America needs to get its sense of perspective back. Fantasy is temporary, reality is permanent. Until we find a way to make our reality better; we’ll still be chasing the stars.
Other suggested sites:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Television_44/Timeline-of-the-Charlie-Sheen-meltdown.asp
http://www.webmd.com/skin-beauty/features/new-age-celebrity-worship
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/06/charlie-sheen-show-a-success-in-cleveland/
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/11/23/the-psychology-of-celebrity-worship/
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Hate It or Love It: The Underdogs Are On Top
By Kederick Wilson
Except for two people out of 5.9 million on ESPN’s bracket challenge, who would have thought this Final Four scenario. In this tournament, for the first time no number-one seeds or two-seeds are playing in the Final Four. Currently, this tournament has been the most-watched tournament since 2005.
This year’s Final Four features two traditional college basketball powers, University Of Connecticut (UConn)and University of Kentucky, who at the beginning of the season were not expected by experts to be in this position to play for a National Championship and two young-blooded programs, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Butler University, one of the schools could be the first non-AQ (AQ means Automatic Qualifiers, those are conferences that are guaranteed a certain number of spots for their teams in the tournament) school to become National Champions since University of Las Vegas-Nevada (UNLV) in 1990.
Connecticut (UConn) has 29 NCAA Tournament appearances, 4 Final Four appearances and 2 NCAA National Championships in their men’s basketball history. Before the 2010-2011 season, Connecticut was unranked in the ESPN/USA Today preseason college basketball poll and was picked by experts to finish 8th in the Big East Conference. Connecticut lost its last two regular season games, but won the Big East tournament and is currently on a 9 game winning streak.
Kentucky has 52 NCAA Tournament appearances, 14 Final Four appearances and 7 NCAA National Championships in their men’s basketball history. Kentucky is the youngest team in the tournament, only one senior. Last year, Kentucky lost five of their best players to the NBA. During the season, five out of their nine losses were by 4 points or less, but now the young team is coming together thanks to upperclassmen leadership in the tournament.
Butler has 11 NCAA Tournament appearances and 2 Final Four appearances. Last year, Butler lost in the National Championship game on a missed three-point shot. With the loss of only one star off of last year’s team, Gordon Hayward, Butler returns back to the Final Four with a veteran team who has more experience than any other teams left in the tournament. In early February, Butler was 14-9 and since they were in a Non-AQ conference they were endangered of not making the tournament. Since then, Butler has been on a 13 game winning streak.
VCU has 10 NCAA Tournament appearances and 1 Final Four appearance. Out of all the schools left in the tournament, VCU has the most enrolled students with almost 30,000 (29,168 to be exact). VCU is the most controversial school left in the tournament. During Selection Sunday, experts on ESPN and CBS questioned the validity of VCU inclusion in the tournament over UAB (University of Alabama-Birmingham) and University of Colorado. Until the tournament officially started, the experts for days would relentlessly whine about VCU getting into the tournament. VCU won the NCAA Tournament play-in-game and won 4 straight games in the tournament that shut-up the naysayers and even converted a few to their side.
In Vegas, Butler is a 2.5 point favorite over VCU and Kentucky is a 2.0 point favorite over Connecticut. I see Kentucky’s youth beating UConn and Butler’s veterans beating this year’s Cinderella team VCU. Kentucky beats Butler for the Championship because I just want to see Kentucky’s coach John Calipari finally get a championship.
Sources:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/5468
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7778
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/6313
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7721
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/41/connecticut-huskies
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2670/virginia-commonwealth-rams
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/96/kentucky-wildcats
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2086/butler-bulldogs
Except for two people out of 5.9 million on ESPN’s bracket challenge, who would have thought this Final Four scenario. In this tournament, for the first time no number-one seeds or two-seeds are playing in the Final Four. Currently, this tournament has been the most-watched tournament since 2005.
This year’s Final Four features two traditional college basketball powers, University Of Connecticut (UConn)and University of Kentucky, who at the beginning of the season were not expected by experts to be in this position to play for a National Championship and two young-blooded programs, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Butler University, one of the schools could be the first non-AQ (AQ means Automatic Qualifiers, those are conferences that are guaranteed a certain number of spots for their teams in the tournament) school to become National Champions since University of Las Vegas-Nevada (UNLV) in 1990.
Connecticut (UConn) has 29 NCAA Tournament appearances, 4 Final Four appearances and 2 NCAA National Championships in their men’s basketball history. Before the 2010-2011 season, Connecticut was unranked in the ESPN/USA Today preseason college basketball poll and was picked by experts to finish 8th in the Big East Conference. Connecticut lost its last two regular season games, but won the Big East tournament and is currently on a 9 game winning streak.
Kentucky has 52 NCAA Tournament appearances, 14 Final Four appearances and 7 NCAA National Championships in their men’s basketball history. Kentucky is the youngest team in the tournament, only one senior. Last year, Kentucky lost five of their best players to the NBA. During the season, five out of their nine losses were by 4 points or less, but now the young team is coming together thanks to upperclassmen leadership in the tournament.
Butler has 11 NCAA Tournament appearances and 2 Final Four appearances. Last year, Butler lost in the National Championship game on a missed three-point shot. With the loss of only one star off of last year’s team, Gordon Hayward, Butler returns back to the Final Four with a veteran team who has more experience than any other teams left in the tournament. In early February, Butler was 14-9 and since they were in a Non-AQ conference they were endangered of not making the tournament. Since then, Butler has been on a 13 game winning streak.
VCU has 10 NCAA Tournament appearances and 1 Final Four appearance. Out of all the schools left in the tournament, VCU has the most enrolled students with almost 30,000 (29,168 to be exact). VCU is the most controversial school left in the tournament. During Selection Sunday, experts on ESPN and CBS questioned the validity of VCU inclusion in the tournament over UAB (University of Alabama-Birmingham) and University of Colorado. Until the tournament officially started, the experts for days would relentlessly whine about VCU getting into the tournament. VCU won the NCAA Tournament play-in-game and won 4 straight games in the tournament that shut-up the naysayers and even converted a few to their side.
In Vegas, Butler is a 2.5 point favorite over VCU and Kentucky is a 2.0 point favorite over Connecticut. I see Kentucky’s youth beating UConn and Butler’s veterans beating this year’s Cinderella team VCU. Kentucky beats Butler for the Championship because I just want to see Kentucky’s coach John Calipari finally get a championship.
Sources:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/5468
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7778
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/6313
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7721
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/41/connecticut-huskies
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2670/virginia-commonwealth-rams
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/96/kentucky-wildcats
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2086/butler-bulldogs
Thursday, March 17, 2011
A Crash Course in Perspective
You know in America we worry about unemployment rates, Medicare, education budget cuts, Charlie Sheen, and even if there is going to be football this fall. Just about a week ago, these seem like legitimate issues until March 11, 2011 when a 9.0 earthquake just off the coast of Japan.
The earthquake caused tsunami waves of up to 33 ft. that hit Japan. The Japanese Nation Police Agency, officially confirmed 4,314 deaths, 2,285 injured, and 8,606 people missing. A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. The term tsunami comes from Japanese language meaning harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”).
The earthquake moved Honshu almost eight (8) feet east and shifted the Earth on its axis by almost four inches. Financial specialists are speculating Japan losses $125 billion to $200 Billion. Three nuclear reactors suffered explosions due to hydrogen buildup within their outer containment buildings. Other countries such as China and Russia was so scared after what happened –or happening—to Japan that they either halted or got their experts to check their power plant.
Jun Yang, president of the Hong Kong branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers, said “In my view it would take five to 10 years to rebuild or repair.” The United Nation countries such as France and The United States offered their help to the country.
Now new questions arise from this tragedy, what do people think about nuclear power being an alternative energy source now? If America can’t rebuild New Orleans how is it going to help rebuild an entire country? All the issues that are going on in America fail in comparison to Japan. This isn’t a Japan issue it’s a World issue.
More suggested sites on the issue: Copy and paste.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/03/15/crisis-in-japan-affects-oil-prices-stock-markets/
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Tsunami
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan+earthquake+estimated+price+billion/4448379/story.html#ixzz1GnqyXsJj
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/mar/japan-rebuild.cfm
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/UPDATE-1-ANALYSIS-Japan-faces-five-year-road-to-re-EZDHA?OpenDocument&src=hp4
The earthquake caused tsunami waves of up to 33 ft. that hit Japan. The Japanese Nation Police Agency, officially confirmed 4,314 deaths, 2,285 injured, and 8,606 people missing. A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. The term tsunami comes from Japanese language meaning harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”).
The earthquake moved Honshu almost eight (8) feet east and shifted the Earth on its axis by almost four inches. Financial specialists are speculating Japan losses $125 billion to $200 Billion. Three nuclear reactors suffered explosions due to hydrogen buildup within their outer containment buildings. Other countries such as China and Russia was so scared after what happened –or happening—to Japan that they either halted or got their experts to check their power plant.
Jun Yang, president of the Hong Kong branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers, said “In my view it would take five to 10 years to rebuild or repair.” The United Nation countries such as France and The United States offered their help to the country.
Now new questions arise from this tragedy, what do people think about nuclear power being an alternative energy source now? If America can’t rebuild New Orleans how is it going to help rebuild an entire country? All the issues that are going on in America fail in comparison to Japan. This isn’t a Japan issue it’s a World issue.
More suggested sites on the issue: Copy and paste.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/03/15/crisis-in-japan-affects-oil-prices-stock-markets/
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Tsunami
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan+earthquake+estimated+price+billion/4448379/story.html#ixzz1GnqyXsJj
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/mar/japan-rebuild.cfm
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/UPDATE-1-ANALYSIS-Japan-faces-five-year-road-to-re-EZDHA?OpenDocument&src=hp4
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