NATO needs to take more action in being more aware at their bases in Afghanistan.
Recently in Afghanistan Taliban soldiers attacked a one of the largest US military bases in the country. 18 US soldiers were killed due to a suicide attack that ran into a convoy. I think that the military need to keep watch over the property over their bases, because if this keeps happening then more US soldiers will keep dying due to Taliban rebels. If we do not outsmart the Taliban then they will continue their attacks and become stronger mentally by nobody trying to stop them. The Taliban needs to be stopped soon because if they are not they will eventually obtain bigger, stronger weapons then they have right now. If the Taliban gets a hold of nuclear weapons they could threaten countries governments and eventually have worse threats like mass killings.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
BDAY
On Thursday it was my birthday, and it wasn’t bad for not doing anything really. After school and baseball I went home at then I went to B-Dubs for my dinner; I really wanted Taco Bell but my mom wouldn’t take me, I was mad. On the ride to B-Dubs I plugged my iPod into the speakers, turned the bass all the way up and turned on my favorite song. The bass from the subwoofers pounded the car, it was truly awesome. At B-Dubs I got to choose what I wanted for my present from my mom, she said we can go either to a store and buy something or I can have 100$, without even thinking I choose the 100$. Good decision I think anyways, besides I’m kind of saving my money right now, plus I’m still having my family over including my dad, aunt and uncle and my friends, so hopefully ill get a little more =] because who doesn’t love money? Hopefully next year when I turn 16 there will be a nice, crisp vehicle with my name on it, but I can only wish. I also need to get a job in the summer to get some more cash, cause I don’t get money from my parents unless I’m going somewhere or it’s my birthday or something. Back to my birthday, when we drove away from B-dubs then loud, subs continued to pound. When we got home I jumped on the PS3, what game? Call of duty of course. Two days before my birthday the new maps came out so I also got to download the maps as well. I have an addiction to COD, as will any other teen with and Xbox 360or PS3, I’m even more addicted to it cause I have both systems with Call of duty for both of them plus online for it as well. Me and my step brother on the weekend are on it 24/7 and when I’m at my dad’s on the Xbox until 4 in the morning.
Today(Friday) I have a baseball game then a tournament, I think we’re going to do pretty good because lately we’ve been doing pretty good, we just need to hit a lot more and done make and more errors. I think I’ll be starting at 2nd today and batting 2nd .
Today(Friday) I have a baseball game then a tournament, I think we’re going to do pretty good because lately we’ve been doing pretty good, we just need to hit a lot more and done make and more errors. I think I’ll be starting at 2nd today and batting 2nd .
Friday, April 30, 2010
SIMUN 2010
As a freshmen in SIMUN my first impression was, “Oh no”. I usually don’t like the idea of debating to the whole class or group because I get nervous and I start stuttering. When we got research on the first day I read over them and the idea of the topics actually interested me, another thing that grabbed my intention was that my country was Argentina and I knew nothing about that so I took this opportunity to learn about a new country.
After the first day of SIMUN I really enjoyed it, the first topic was Argentina and the UK over the Falkland islands so I was really active in it. I had a lot of fun that day because I was getting confident in myself speaking in fount of the group, I stated my points, and asked my questions. So the first day was the best because I was really active in it and it was fun taking real life scenarios and thinking of a solution to the conflicts by ourselves.
On the first day I think I did pretty good, like I said before I was saying what I wanted to say, I helped in the resolutions and spoke to other groups about the conflicts. I think I did good because the problem included my country, but the other days I didn’t do as well as I wanted to because my country didn’t have any part in the other scenarios, so it was really had to get myself involved.
I prepared myself by trying to relax, when I relaxed I was talking and asking questions, when I wasn’t relaxing I started to stutter and became nervous. I also prepared myself by after reading the scenarios I wrote down on a piece of paper what I thought about my opinion what I think should be done. Another thing I know I can do is talk more during caucusing, I now know that using that time is valuable in filtering out any questions I have and thinking of solutions.
Next year in SIMUN I now know that I just need to relax and be confident in myself. I think that when I research my topics and countries to think outside of the problem itself and doing that I think I can get way more involved and I could ask more questions. Next year I’m also looking forward to my next country and learning about that country and their history and past conflicts between other countries, and also talking to other allies.
After the first day of SIMUN I really enjoyed it, the first topic was Argentina and the UK over the Falkland islands so I was really active in it. I had a lot of fun that day because I was getting confident in myself speaking in fount of the group, I stated my points, and asked my questions. So the first day was the best because I was really active in it and it was fun taking real life scenarios and thinking of a solution to the conflicts by ourselves.
On the first day I think I did pretty good, like I said before I was saying what I wanted to say, I helped in the resolutions and spoke to other groups about the conflicts. I think I did good because the problem included my country, but the other days I didn’t do as well as I wanted to because my country didn’t have any part in the other scenarios, so it was really had to get myself involved.
I prepared myself by trying to relax, when I relaxed I was talking and asking questions, when I wasn’t relaxing I started to stutter and became nervous. I also prepared myself by after reading the scenarios I wrote down on a piece of paper what I thought about my opinion what I think should be done. Another thing I know I can do is talk more during caucusing, I now know that using that time is valuable in filtering out any questions I have and thinking of solutions.
Next year in SIMUN I now know that I just need to relax and be confident in myself. I think that when I research my topics and countries to think outside of the problem itself and doing that I think I can get way more involved and I could ask more questions. Next year I’m also looking forward to my next country and learning about that country and their history and past conflicts between other countries, and also talking to other allies.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Us and Pakistan's nuclear materials
As a country of Argentina I don’t think the US should secure Pakistan’s nuclear materials because if they do it could anger Pakistan and make relations between the two worsen.
The US shouldn’t secure their nuclear materials because the US doesn’t need any to lose anymore allies, and the US should concentrate more on their own country than others. If the us concentrated more on their own country then problems with the economy and other stuff would get done and be more efficient. Why should the US be responsible for taking care of other countries, if Pakistan thinks they need to remove the nuclear materials or even if other countries see it as a threat then they could contact Pakistan and just ask them to temporarily remove it for a while.
Why should the US be able to have nuclear materials and other powerful countries but other low profile countries cannot? I think that all countries should be able to obtain nuclear weapons for protection purposes only; another way to make sure it’s for personal use only it to put a limit of how many their able to have. If Pakistan has been having problems with another country and using their nuclear materials as a threat then I do think that the US and other powerful countries should go in and remove their nukes, they should do this because we do not want them to start a nuclear war with anyone and to not kill any innocent lives.
IF we didn’t remove them it could show signs to countries that have problems with Pakistan and take that as a weak point of having no protection and a sign to show that they have power as well as any other county has
The US shouldn’t secure their nuclear materials because the US doesn’t need any to lose anymore allies, and the US should concentrate more on their own country than others. If the us concentrated more on their own country then problems with the economy and other stuff would get done and be more efficient. Why should the US be responsible for taking care of other countries, if Pakistan thinks they need to remove the nuclear materials or even if other countries see it as a threat then they could contact Pakistan and just ask them to temporarily remove it for a while.
Why should the US be able to have nuclear materials and other powerful countries but other low profile countries cannot? I think that all countries should be able to obtain nuclear weapons for protection purposes only; another way to make sure it’s for personal use only it to put a limit of how many their able to have. If Pakistan has been having problems with another country and using their nuclear materials as a threat then I do think that the US and other powerful countries should go in and remove their nukes, they should do this because we do not want them to start a nuclear war with anyone and to not kill any innocent lives.
IF we didn’t remove them it could show signs to countries that have problems with Pakistan and take that as a weak point of having no protection and a sign to show that they have power as well as any other county has
Friday, April 16, 2010
My book
Soldier X
The last couple of weeks I’ve been reading Solider X by Don Wulffson. My first thoughts when I read this book was that it was very interesting and it made me want to read more. One thing that really made me want to read more is the subject of the book. The back of the book and the prologue explains that “Solider X” is an EX world war 2 veteran but now he’s a school teacher, and all of his students what was it like fighting the Nazi’s, but the very interesting part was that he was a Nazi soldier. So to me this is very interesting cause even though it’s a story yours getting the unusual side of World War 2 form the German side.
I’ve noticed during the story the author likes to use comas and short sentences to show action and emotions with the soldiers and the war. On page 29 when the man on the turret gets shot he does a “death dance” and he says, “… I laughed-ashamed, embarrassed...” When I read this portion of the book I could really see the young boy laughing, but being ashamed about it at the same time. Another good example of where he uses comas to show emotion and expression is when he’s getting shot at on page 30; “Nervous eyes, hooded by helmets, exchanged glances. I held my Mauser tightly.” I really like his type of writing when he’s describing different seems too, it seems like he wants you to be in 3rd person view of visions of the book.
So, so far I’m really enjoying this book straight from the start, and I really looking forward to see what happens in the rest of the book.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
This week I’ve been watching some of the Olympics. I usually don’t really care for it, but I watch the snowboarding and hockey because I can relate with them. For the winter Olympics I cheer for the US only for snowboarding, but for hockey I have to go with Canada. My whole family is Canadian plus they have my favorite player Sydney Crosby. A lot of people really dislike him, but not me. He’s young, Canadian, and really good. He plays for the Pittsburg Penguins and he’s the youngest captain to win the Stanley cup. I also really liked the Russian team. The Russian team is very unique; they always have a trick up their sleeves. From Alex Olvechkin, Evgani Malknan, to Pavel Daytsuk, they have to most creative offence a team could get, but lately they haven’t been doing to good. I think hockey one of the best winter sports ever because of its intense game play and nonstop action. There’s always something interesting about hockey that always gets me watching and playing it nonstop. Snowboarding is another great action sport that’s always interesting to watch. You never know what can happen, from someone falling and injuring themselves, or an outstanding trick. This year Shawn White of the US scored the higher of his first run, and won gold. Shawn White is very inspirational with all of his endorsements and his past history of skateboarding and snowboarding. He has also inspired me to get even more involved in snowboarding. When I read that he was a main sponsor my Burton snowboards, I knew I would HAVE to get one. So last Christmas I got my snowboard a Burton Blunt 155 and I love it. I could never love it more than ever. I also got Burton custom bindings and custom boots. I really wish I could snowboard this year but didn’t have any time cause of my broken wrist. I was really looking forward to going this year because last year I really started getting into rails and spins. Me and my family were also going to go Boyne but couldn’t cause of my wrist again. So next year I hope I don’t break anything again and maybe we’ll be able to go, so I can finally get better on rails and jumps.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Did that just happen???
One day while me and my friend were on a snowboarding trip up North. The mountains have a mysterious fog spiraling up and down the hill. We unloaded are equipment and bought our tickets. As our parents went to stay inside the wooden lodge, Mike and I started up to find our way to the lift, we were warned by the older snowboarders that slid down the hill that this was no ordinary hill and that people have been reportedly missing. We ignored them and continued walking. After 15 minutes of walking we found the lift, nobody was their waiting or nobody was watching it run. As normal kids do we ignored the fact that nobody was there and we continued into the lift.
On the lift we sat patiently but after about 5 minutes on it we silently fell asleep due to the long car ride. As we woke up from a violent shake on the lift we were on the top of the mountain completely stopped. The mysterious fog looked as it gotten worse, we now couldn’t see the bottom, in fact we couldn’t see about 20 feet in fount of us. We looked at each other with a puzzled look and strapped into our boards. As we started down the mountain that seemed massive we were carving around tree after tree trying to avoid getting hit. As we got to the starting point of the terrain park we meet up with a few other boarders that also mentioned that something mysterious about the mountain but they never told us what. Ignoring them as usual we finally got ready to take off. Gaining speed going faster and faster we both hit the ramp, off the edge of the ramp I felt that I was completely weightless. While in the air I realized that I still never hit the ground. I was never more confused in my life; I simply was, well flying.
After about 30 seconds of hang time I landed. I honestly couldn’t believe what just happened. After landing I quickly unstrapped myself from my board and threw it on the ground. I just couldn’t get the fact of what just happened, it felt like I just broke the laws of physics. Approaching the next ramp mike and I got faster and faster, and launched of the ramp, like we were shot out of a cannon. Once again we flew longer and farther than the first time; clearing a few trees, we landed. Stopping for a break from a wild ride so far, we heard a roar. Looking around trying to find were the sound came from we got up and went to a different area. I glanced at my phone, then looking at it again.
The day was the 3rd, but we arrived on the 1st. We sat silently, then the sound of claws hitting the cement of the resting area. We didn’t move nor speak. Out of the corner of the building a snow white tiger appeared. Last time we checked Tigers don’t live in Canada, or anywhere near here. As he approached me I reached out my hand like I would do to a small puppy or cat, not knowing what to do. Stroking the silk fur of the giant cat, I realized that it meant no harm. We didn’t really know what to do in this situation, so we got up and finished down the hill.
So we moved away from the terrain park we headed down the speed course which is a straight 45 degree angle. Down we went it took a quick glance at my friend mike, and I saw sparks from the end of his board. I couldn’t believe what was happening that our boards were sparking because of how fast we were actually going. We would of have to be going 70 plus miles per hour, and the 45 degree hill must have turned into a 60. Flying down the hill I started to see flashes, and my vision started to blur. Trying to stop but continue going faster and faster we reached the end of the fog, we had reached the end of the mysterious hill but I still couldn’t stop, I could see the wooden lodge area ahead, I didn’t know what to do. Closer it came, all of a sudden, WHAM! I was awoken by a violent jerk in the car. I looked at my phone it said the 1st. It must have been a dream, until I heard on the radio that 2 snowboarders went missing on the mountain for about 2 days on a mysterious foggy day up on the mountain.
On the lift we sat patiently but after about 5 minutes on it we silently fell asleep due to the long car ride. As we woke up from a violent shake on the lift we were on the top of the mountain completely stopped. The mysterious fog looked as it gotten worse, we now couldn’t see the bottom, in fact we couldn’t see about 20 feet in fount of us. We looked at each other with a puzzled look and strapped into our boards. As we started down the mountain that seemed massive we were carving around tree after tree trying to avoid getting hit. As we got to the starting point of the terrain park we meet up with a few other boarders that also mentioned that something mysterious about the mountain but they never told us what. Ignoring them as usual we finally got ready to take off. Gaining speed going faster and faster we both hit the ramp, off the edge of the ramp I felt that I was completely weightless. While in the air I realized that I still never hit the ground. I was never more confused in my life; I simply was, well flying.
After about 30 seconds of hang time I landed. I honestly couldn’t believe what just happened. After landing I quickly unstrapped myself from my board and threw it on the ground. I just couldn’t get the fact of what just happened, it felt like I just broke the laws of physics. Approaching the next ramp mike and I got faster and faster, and launched of the ramp, like we were shot out of a cannon. Once again we flew longer and farther than the first time; clearing a few trees, we landed. Stopping for a break from a wild ride so far, we heard a roar. Looking around trying to find were the sound came from we got up and went to a different area. I glanced at my phone, then looking at it again.
The day was the 3rd, but we arrived on the 1st. We sat silently, then the sound of claws hitting the cement of the resting area. We didn’t move nor speak. Out of the corner of the building a snow white tiger appeared. Last time we checked Tigers don’t live in Canada, or anywhere near here. As he approached me I reached out my hand like I would do to a small puppy or cat, not knowing what to do. Stroking the silk fur of the giant cat, I realized that it meant no harm. We didn’t really know what to do in this situation, so we got up and finished down the hill.
So we moved away from the terrain park we headed down the speed course which is a straight 45 degree angle. Down we went it took a quick glance at my friend mike, and I saw sparks from the end of his board. I couldn’t believe what was happening that our boards were sparking because of how fast we were actually going. We would of have to be going 70 plus miles per hour, and the 45 degree hill must have turned into a 60. Flying down the hill I started to see flashes, and my vision started to blur. Trying to stop but continue going faster and faster we reached the end of the fog, we had reached the end of the mysterious hill but I still couldn’t stop, I could see the wooden lodge area ahead, I didn’t know what to do. Closer it came, all of a sudden, WHAM! I was awoken by a violent jerk in the car. I looked at my phone it said the 1st. It must have been a dream, until I heard on the radio that 2 snowboarders went missing on the mountain for about 2 days on a mysterious foggy day up on the mountain.
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