Israel attacks civilian ships head to the Gaza Strip

Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aids and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza strip. This attack on civilian ships killed as many as 19 passengers. This raid has set off worldwide protests and condemnation and a diplomatic crisis. The Israelis did not have a very good reason for these attacks and has not spoken out that much about these attacks. Turkey announced that it was taken its ambassador to Israel out of the country and cancelling three joint military drills and is calling on the U.N Security Council to convene in an emergency session about Israel. Israeli ambassadors in Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Greece have been summoned for meetings and also the French foreign minister has called for an investigation.

In my opinion I believe that this is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. There is no reason for the Israeli navy to have done this. This incident has caused a mighty uproar all across the world. Israel should not of done this and is in my opinion is a sick and twisted thing to do. To attack a civilian ship that was also carrying aids to people on the Gaza strip is a disgusting and terrible thing. Israel needs to figure out what they are doing in this war on the Gaza strip and rethink who they attack. They should also think of the affects that there useless attacks have on other countries and around the world. And the consequences it has on themselves as well.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/816687

Study on Shark attacks

A study that has been going on for 54 years finally gets there answers. The study is about shark attacks, it says that people are most likely to be attacked on Sundays. If they’re wearing white or black wet suits it increases there change of being attacked swell because sharks are able to tell the contrast. The scientists who are from the University of Florida has been doing there study in Voluisa County between 1956 and 2008. Most of the people that were attacked during that period were 90 percent male, 77 percent were between the ages of 11 and 30, 98 percent where White and that 61 percent of those were surfers. Also it is more likely if you are deeper than six feet of water and it is a new moon. Splashing and making lots of commotion and having lots of people in the water can provoke a shark attack as well.

In my opinion this seems like a very ridiculous observation/ study because of some of their stats. Like new moon? How can a new moon affect your chances of being attacked by a shark? But I also believe that this study has a lot of truth to it and it can be very helpful. For people who surfer and but themselves in danger of being attacked now know some precautions that they can use so they won’t be attacked. Like instead of wearing a black or white suit you can wear a different color such as green or yellow. This study is helpful to those who value there life and don’t want to be attacked by a shark. Since this study has been going on for a long time I believe that the stats and reasons told to us make sense because they have had to put a lot of thought into this for 54 years.

My opinion is that this is a very useful study and can help a lot of surfers and should be looked at and reviewed by any surfer out there. It’s a very informational and useful read.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/27/shark-bite-study.html

Israel bands apple ipad

Israel has banned all the imports of Apple's hottest new product, the Apple Ipad, because the country believes that its wireless frequencies are incompatible with national standards. The countries Communication Ministry announced that the product does not work with the European WiFi standard, which is what they use in Israel. But Israel say that it might be a temporary ban. Customs official have said that they have already confiscated around 10 Ipads since the ban was announced this week. This ban prevents anyone even tourists from bringing Apple Ipads into the country. The iPad is a tablet combining the features of a notebook computer with the functions of the apple Iphone. It went on sale in the U.S. last week and can currently only be purchased there.

To me this ban makes really no sense. If everywhere else in Europe is aloud to have one and since they all run on the same WiFi standards, why should it be that Israel cant have it. Hopefully this ban is going to be a temporary one and that people in Israel can soon enjoy the hottest new gadget to hit the market since Apple introduced its Iphone around 2 years ago. The Apple Ipad is an amazing invention and should be enjoyed by everyone.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/15/apple-ipadban-israel.html#ixzz0lC5ZC2vB

Volcanic eruptions halts travelers

A volcanic eruption that has occurred in Iceland has caused grief to millions of people trying to travel today. Fimmvorduhals volcano near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier some 125 Kms east of Reykjakic. This eruption has halted flights to Europe and from Europe, especially ones from and to Heathrow Airport in London. Ash clouds that have come from the eruption is the cause of this incident. This incident has been grounding planes on a scale that has been unseen since the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. The worst thing about this eruption is that scientists have said that this eruption could last for months, or for years.

This is unlike anything i have ever seen or heard about before, having a volcano erupt as big as this one and having it cause so much grief. This is a big problem because if the volcano keeps erupting for years or months there will still be ash clouds which will keep planes grounded and will not let them fly to Europe. If this does happen this will become a big international incident and will cause to many people grief from around the world.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/795721--volcano-eruptions-in-iceland-could-last-for-years?bn=1

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/795632--icelandic-volcanic-ash-grounds-flights-across-europe?bn=1

Boy 8, gives 60 bags of heroin to classmates

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania a student at Turner Elementary School on Tuesday handed out 60 small "dime bags" of heroin to his third grade class. On the bags were the words trust me in quotations. On Wednesday at a news conference the police said that they found empty bags of heroin in the trash can, but there was no signs that the 3rd grade students actually ingested the substance. A teacher was the one who found out about this incident and immediately reported it to the principal. The school sent a letter home to the students parents about the incident. Police are now investigating on how the 8 year old student got a hold of the drugs.

This is absolutely crazy, like how does this happen. A 8 year old student handing out heroin to his third grade class. To me that seems kind of unbelievable. This is sickening in a way because to see how our world is today, having little kids handling hard narcotics, its despicable. To see that something of this magnitude has happened it makes me think what has our world turned into, a place were little kids deal drugs in the third grade!

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/795693--boy-8-gave-60-bags-of-heroin-to-classmates?bn=1

Liberals keep Toronto Centre

Yesterday was the first step to having a new Toronto. It was a by-election. In this election there were 3 major parties running. The liberals who for this vote were run by the former major of Winnipeg Glen Murray. He won by getting 46 percent of the votes. In second it was the New Democrats led by Cathy Crowe who finished with 34 percent of the votes and than it was the Progressive Conservatives' Pamela Taylor who came in third racking up 16 percent of the votes. This is a big step in Toronto parliament and is good for everybody involved in parliament. Dalton McGuinty is very happy about what happened last night and says this is just one more step to building a better Toronto.

In my opinion I believe that Dalton McGuinty is right by saying that this is one more step towards building a better Toronto. Because this shows how much trust Torontonians have in Dalton McGuinty and the liberals in runnign the city. This is good because there will be less issue involving the mayor and the city since the mayor is well respect and party members are also well respected. This will open new doors for Toronto and create new opportunities or the community. I really like the Liberals, and I could vote it would be for them.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/liberals-keep-toronto-centre-in-hard-fought-by-election/article1456946/

TTC driver 7 minute coffee break

Wednesday, a new video surfaced about another TTC officer doing something stupid on the job. This time he wasn't asleep but he was taking a nice and slow 7 minute coffee break. you could see him on the video walking in to the coffee shop to sit down, go to the bathroom and get a donut and a coffee. When a rider complains about the delay you can fully see the bus driver put his fingure to his lips in a gesture to mean silent. The video was shot monday night and is didnt surface till wednesday morning, because the person who took the video asked the driver to not take a brake. The driver replied saying, "this is the 21st century kid, no the '60s, i can do whatever I want)

In my opinnion this is very direspectful for. For a TTC driver to take a seven minute break while on the job, its stupid. Like he shouldn't be stopping at all during his work time to do that. He has passengers on the bus who need to get somewhere. They dont always have time to watch the driver take a 7 minute coffee break. This is making the TTC and the city of Toronto seem very bad, first having TTC drivers kill 7 pedstrians in 9 days and now to have 2 pictures of TTC staff slacking on the job going viral. This is very direspectful to the citizens to be sleeping on the job, but its not just direspectful to us its also direspectful to the TTC. They ha ve tried so hard to be the best they can be and to be mark with this behaviour by their staff is not good at all.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/760507--ttc-driver-caught-on-break-suspended