Saturday, August 15, 2009

SUMMER'S OVER


There were many important national and global events that happened over the summer. List at least two national events and one global event that you feel had a large impact; Tell us why you feel it did or will impact our world. One catch: While the death of Michael Jackson is sad and yes it was a global event you may not use it as one of your events. (SORRY)

68 comments:

ejones3 said...

I feel that Usain Bolt breaking two world records in a period of one week will begin to envoke a growing advance in the world of Track and Field

Zayne Wright said...
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ruber said...

shamwow guy arrested
health Care
north korea missile launch

Anthony Smith said...

Billie Mays died Vince the Shamwow guy got arrested for beating a hooker. AT and T declared war on 4chan. Also Anonymous declared war on Scientology.

One day scientologists said something that upset the Interwebs and anonymous retaliated by declaring an internet war and by spamming their phone lines or bomb threats

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ijohnson3 said...

hurricane bill, it has destroyed a lot of families properties, and has killed many people as well, this hurricane isn't done yet. Also Billy Mays died, he apparently overdosed on coccaine

Mterwilliger said...

Billy Mays. Celebrity Tv Info-Mercial Legend.
He was the best at what he did. Many people are very sad. but we gotta move on and get a new "Billy Mays"
Very Tradgic. But im glad to not hear his voice anymore.

Wa-Mu Changed into Chase Bank. They are switching into all Chase Banks. and they are tring to get all the customers from wamu to come to chase. and it works.
:)

these events havent really affected me much.
its sad people are die-ing, people die everyday.
It's life. get used to it.

Tyler said...

Typhoon hits Taiwan. It is important because many people have lost their lives and need support. The L.A. Lakers won the NBA championship which is important because sports are a big part of American culture. The cash for clunkers program was launched and was succesfull

Anthony Smith said...

the big youtube prank when anonymous posted porn on youtube because of the copyright issue concerning music videos. they posted under video tags such as Jonas brothers or miley cyrus

Zayne Wright said...

Harry Potter 6, The Halfblood Prince, was a big global event. Theatres were packed all across the country for the premier.

Transformers 2 was a national event. It was almost as big as the Harry Potter movie.

Another national event was the outbreak and downtime of Twitter. It became very popular this summer, and was hacked 3 times.

Brad Parker said...

One gobal event is the settlement between Libyan Megrahi and U.S., UK. It has a impact because the economy is going to take another hit if we have to declare war. There was a missile attack. that U.S. declared against NW Pakistan. It has a impact because there is a chance that NW Pakistan will attack back. The economy is rocking back and forth. It wont be stable for a while. Its important because people will lose jobs and they will stop spending money.

Bronson Mitchem said...

jeremy lusk died over the summer while during a competition over in costa rica. billy mays died over the summer because he had an over dose, he was know for his commericals.

one big nation event that is still going on is the need for money. meaning a lot of companies are going under.

vhernandez2 said...

Two national events were the swine flu and the dog flu evolving. I actually knew people who had the swine flu and had to quaratine in order to get better. This is important because this could lead to a pandemic. One global event was the movie transformers 2 coming out into the theatres. I saw it the second day after it's release date and it turned out to be pretty good. This isn't so important because it's just a stupid movie, but I guess it is because it's entertainment to us.

cfarquharson1 said...

1.north Korea is pointing missiles at us AGAIN!!!

2.Obamas presidential rating is going down

3.Democrats are trying to figure ways out to pass a new health care bill.

i think these are all important. the Korea one cause it could spark a war against Korea. the second one because Obama could be impeached and that would change a lot of things. and third one because health care is very important to families in this bad time of our economy.

Alyssa Costilow said...

One global event is the bad economic times. It is effecting our world very greatly. Every one is having a hard time getting by.

A national event is billy Mays death. Every one knew him as the guy on the tv with great deals, but nobody knew he had a problem. He had a heart attack because he over dosed on cocain.

Another global event is how the afgans have an election on thursday. This is a big historic event because they are finally takeing chare.

Anonymous said...

I think that both Twilight II and Transformers II were National Events.
Twilight II: New Moon, is going to be a National Event because of how much hype the first one got.
Transformers II, was the hardest theater to get into.
Harry Potter VI: The Half-Blood Prince, is a Global Event, but it didn't turn out all that good, and it won't impact our lives much, but it's awesome that we're getting more than the usual amount for a book series.

Tanner Sherlock said...

Jeremy Lusk died in a fatal motocross accident while competing in a competition in Costa Rica, Jeremy was a very important figure in freestyle motocross.
Also, The oxyclean representative passed away of a drug overdose, his name was Billy Mays.
Afganistan is holding it's second ever presidential election on Thursday, its very important because its only the second time its ever happened.

Kaitlin Sikkema said...

Global:
The Inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran.
-The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was very controversial and was believed by many to be rigged, in favor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The re-election of Ahmadinejad set off protests that resulted in mass arrests. This is important because it will cause more stress and hardship in the Middle-East.

National:
CIA Hired Contract Assassins to Kill Jihadists.
-After 5 years of secrecy, news that the CIA had a top-secret mission of hiring contract killers to assasinate top Jihadists members of Al Qaeda. The importance of this is that the United States spent millions of dollars on this project, will no positive outcome, or any outcome at all.

New Hampshire Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill.
-New Hampshire became the 6th state to allow same-sex marriage. Governor John Lynch signed the bill, and it will go into effect January 2010. This is important, because it shows our country is growing more open-minded and allowing positive change.

Kim Bovanizer said...

Cancer survivor and hear t transplant patient, Kyle Garlett, will compete in the October 2009 Ironman conpetition. I think this is important because it encourages people to keep striving.

Kevin said...

Billy May's died: T.v. marketing will not be the same again.

July homes sales surge more than 7%: Housing market is back up and running.

10 more countries set to accept Gitmo detainees: Puts more suspected terrorists in other countries.

Chelsea Gazia said...

1. Michael Ratley saved his family from a fire but later murdered his wife. This shows how crazy people are all over the world even if they don't seem it.

2. The rise in heat lately has made it troublesome for football players to practice. They are getting heat stroke and as of lately one player died. The heat effects everything in our world plants, people, and the environment.

3. Obama is trying to make a treaty with Isreal. This effects people globally and it will begin to show people that were one step closer to world peace.

MaryGriess said...

Obama's popularity is slowly decreasing because of his money spending and to many promise making.
I think it is important because people have gone against republicans claiming they are racist for not electing a black president, when really it might have been the best to elect John McCain.

Solar cell phones are taking off is Africa. I think it is some what important because it will improve the communication in africa.

Hurricane Bill is going towards Bermuda.
Alot of people are in danger of loosing there lives and homes.

michelle said...

israel and the palestinians on friday traded blame to resume stalled peace talks after president Barack Obama renewe his call on both sides to resume negotiations as soon as possible

arega said...

hurrican bill is 335 miles away from bermuta

u.s. GDP concentration slows to 1%

Mrs. Burr said...

billy mays died which now mens thery will be now more exquisite commercials,travis pastrana invented another mew trick for motor cross butt has yet to fully complete the landing this is of national importance because it now means that motor cross will be taken to the next level once again.
U.S GDP concentration slows to 1%, this is a global event because US gross domestic product declined by an annualised rate of 1 per cent in the second quarter after plunging by a revised 6.4 per cent during the first three months of the year, according to official figures released on Friday. A Brucker

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Chase F. said...

i feel that the new supreme court justice is a big thing. she is oneof the few women that have served on the bench. another thing that happened is oboma is starting to lonch his health care palocie! i dont like the idea but alot of people do! a global event would have to be the north corian misstle lanchings. they just arnt very smart!

MarcieR said...

Jane Fonda died. And while everyone is so upset, I'm glad she did. She betrayed our country. She said she went to Iraq to make a 'documentry', which she did but she also did horrible things. Making friends with the Iraq people and when a couple of American soldiers were kidnapped by them, they put some in a really small metal box and had some starve for months, even years. A surviver believe it or not was in one of those boxes for 18 months. They would feed them rice and water once and awhile. But in the documentry she said she was going to prove to Americans how well they are treating our soldiers in jail. Even though they weren't. They took them out, fed them, cleaned them up and said "give me your social security number and we will take it back to America to tell them that your alive. Even though it was all a lie. They lied saying they treated them fairly, but actually treated them poorly, and then they actually took there SSN and told them that they were dead. But one of the guys spit on her and was forced to sit in the metal box for a long time. It's important because Jane was so well trusted but we don't even know who or what to believe anymore to keep our country safe. So I think it's very important.

mmaloy said...

Korea Launched missile, it scares the U.S and a lot of other countries, and it also shows that yes another country does have nukes which is always scary to hear.

Billy Mays died and that is sad, everyone knew him and loved his infomercials. Yes it isn't a big factor in our country but it is still very sad he was also so young which brings up questions about his health and if he was doing drugs or medicine that was bad for him. So that brings up drug abuse for celebrities and all around the country. And that scares me who else are we gonna lose to an overdose?

O'Bama's health care! Yes this is a big deal People are for it and against it and its a constant cycle of arguing and if people like it or not. It is crazy! Of course this is big because you always hear what O'Bama is going to do since everyone says he is going to do something huge and powerful for our country or some people say he is going to fail miserably, who knows? I have my hopes :).

Destiny Beebe said...

Farrah Fosset Died of a rare type cancer So the scientists are looking for different cures for the different cancers.

floza said...

The government created a new way to make it easier for people to buy a new car. They can trade in their old car and recieve 4 500 dollars to buy a new car.

justin_gibson said...

billy mays ding caused an infomercial uproar he was "the king" and his dying caused a rift in the television world. everybody that watched tv knew who billy mays was the screaming weird guy with the lame beard.

north korea is insane. enough said. they shouldn't be taking risks like this i personally think they are trying to start a nuclear war.

President Obabm's health care plan is starting to be some what excepted.

Jared H. said...

Some dudes stole a Russian ship, Lutherans are considering gay priests, and Democrats might be killing the Health Care reform.

Religion's becoming slightly more accepting of different people, the government might be refusing to change, and somehow nobody has found the giant Russian ship that was hijacked. Ain't the world great?

tallender said...

North Korea is going to take over the world somehow. Those sneaky people. . .

Swimmers across the world were breaking world records left and right and now there is talk now that the suits they wear are too advanced and is not a swimsuit so people are trying to ban it. Also how usain Bolt is being the beast he is while breaking 2 world records at the SAME world competition. This summer has had a new era of athletes dominating the competition.

anaelisa hernandez said...

president obama is going to make health insurance for everyone.and guy blows a bomb and kills over one hundred people and realizes he has cancer and gets to be fread from prison.Ana gets to go home to a celebration waiting for him.Where he is a hero.

anaelisa hernandez said...

president obama is going to make health insurance for everyone.and guy blows a bomb and kills over one hundred people and realizes he has cancer and gets to be fread from prison.Ana gets to go home to a celebration waiting for him.Where he is a hero.

Landin H. said...

The Taco Bell dog died at the age of15 years old, isn't that weak! I think this is a global event because the Taco Bell dog has to be one of the most awesome famous animals in history. R.I.P Gidget...

And although it wasn't really a summer event Bernie Mac died!! Yeah his show was lame but that guy was awesome. Actors have a big impact on the Earth, because a lot of people talk about them more than themselves and that's epic

Demi S said...

One major event going on worldwide and still currently would be the election in Afghanistan. With a new president having to face many trials such as narcotics trade, violence, and others, in this new election, it will be interesting to see who is elected. Another reason it is such a large event is because of the circumstances in which people are voting. Both men and women are braving militant attacks in order to cast their ballad.

The second major even going on this summer is the 'cash for clunkers' offer President Obama has offered. All throughout summer we saw this offer on commercials, at dealerships, ect. have seen it effect many in the rough economic situation.

Taylor P. said...

Ok for one The U.S. Navy is not one to mess with three snipers taking out three pirates without any civilian casualties and the pirates did not even know what was happening, that really showed the world what we can do.

2. Capt. Sully landing a huge Boeing 7-47 in the Hudson river is pretty amazing and it really gave America both comfort and worry about flying because people are now asking "why did the plane go down" and its a relief to know how skilled our pilots are.

3. Usain Bolt breaking two of his own world records one by .11 of a second thats really fast like really really fast. That will change the speed of foot races because everyone is going to compete with him and train more and get faster.

agarcia77 said...

cash for klunkers ended up being a bad idea because illegal immigrants were coming from Mexico with there cars and taking brand new cars back to Mexico. Also Michael Vick is back in the NFL playing with the eagle after his long sentence in prison for dog fighting.And whats happening across the world is that North korea an their nukes are still being aimed at us if they were to do it, it would be the dumbest thing they could ever do!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

the Lockerbie Bombers 'Hero's Welcome' was condemned because he showed up in Libya with flags flying and crowed cheering and it is said that its very offensive to the survivors and the people who lost loved ones.
Somali forces clashed with al Qaeda-linked militants in the capital city Friday after the militants attacked an African Union peacekeeping station, according to an independent media report.
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge says he successfully countered an effort by senior Bush administration officials to raise the nation's terror alert level in the days before the 2004 presidential vote.
Michael Ratley was known as a hero and in july his wife was found murdered by her husband Michael Ratley after he saved her and his son from the flames in Florida.

anaelisa hernandez said...

i thought it was very kind that even though bill clinton isn't president anymore he still helped out the two journalists come back to the united states from being held captive.

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Ashlee Youtsey said...

National event #1.

-Only 49% of people still are for president Obama and think he will do the right thing for our country after only 100 days of being the president.

National event #2.

-The World Health Organization states that the global spread of the swine flu will increase. They say that almost 1/3 of the world's population will be infected.

Global event #1.

-Over the next 5 years the International Monetary Fund says that there will be a plan to give up to $17 billion to very poor nations.

MarcieR said...

North Korea has missles that could impact any country

Allison H. said...

Over the summer I heard of many events that caused quite a stir nationally and globally! One event was the case of the 2 girls who went over into North Korea to gather info for a antisocialist government bashing article. When the Korean government found out of their intentions they arrested the 2 girls and sentenced them to 20 years in prison and hard labor. Our government was extremely upset and did every thing its power to help the girls get free and come home. Not until Bill Clinton flew over and had a personal conversation with the North Korean leader did the girls actually get free. This is a good thing because with this issue that arose we were able to begin building a tie with North Korea and it also was a good thing for Bill Clinton....who knows after that he could be president.

Kalene Romero said...

It's hurricane season, and right now hurricane Bill crashing on the beaches of countries on the Atlantic coast line.

areyes6 said...

38 year old Vernon Forrest murdered. Member of Olympic team. Ex boxing champion. Tragic event because he was a well respected champion.

Hurricane Bill destroyed many families and buildings.

jcollins4 said...

The economic trials that our country is seeing has made an extreme impact on all of the citizens. This summer many people have been laid off in large groups of people, leaving many without jobs or a way to get by in paying bills, etc.
Hurricane Bill happened, killing many people and causing tragedy for many families. This hurricane still isn't done yet.

olopezrodriguez said...

Two natural events were the swine flu and and Travis Pastrana new trick.The swine flu went world wide and had everyone thinking that it would go and get everyone sick it had people worried and not want to visit Mexico.
For Travis he landed a new trick which would take a next step in motor cross.

Elizabeth S. said...

Storm hits China after Taiwan and Philippines, many people have lost their homes because of the storm. Estimated damage is 2.5 billion dollars.

jack said...

One of the important events that happen nationally is that Obama is giving money to those who want to buy a new car. Other event is that Obama is tying to give emigration reforms. A global event is that that Obama is getting our troops out of war.

floza said...

Many countries are making solar cell phones.

cbeach said...

National Events:
~On June 10th, an 88 year old white-supremacist shot down and killed a guard at the Holocaust museum in Washington. I think this is so sad to hear about; for one, someone died. Another thing is that someone had so much hate that they had to do such a thing. This just shows how much hate and prejudiced is still in the world, and really makes you want to change that. The guard wasn't a celebrity who mysteriously died; he was shot because he was in the way of someone's hate.
~

brefec said...

Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan, it impacted the world because many people lost their homes. health care is national and so is the need for money that is still going on

James B said...

9 people were killed and 70 were injured from a subway train during rush hour in Washington and that should make you resize how dangerous they are.

Obamas popularity rate is going down.

Hurricane Bill is going towards Bermuda, and allot people are being affected by it.

floza said...

The eagles signed micheal vick.

kcallan said...

One big event i know that is taking place this summer is the planning for the war in Korea. We are allied with Germany, and are therefore sending some of our troops to train there. This is obviously important to us because we don't want Korea to nuke us, but most of us don't want our loved ones out there getting shot at either. Billy Mayes' death was also really unfortunate. Who is gonna do all the oxy/orange clean commercials now? All i know is, it doesn't matter who they find for the job, no one will ever be able to sell those products like he could. The guy was a complete genius! I also heard about Obama giving people $4500 to buy a new car, as well as him changing the healthcare system to where the government appoints your physician for you. I think the whole car idea is pretty cool, especially if it means having people getting rid of their old cars, and getting something more shiny and economy friendly. As for his plan for healthcare, im not sure what to think. It would be nice if everyone had equal opportunities to recieve the same healthcare, but what does that mean for the salaries for anyone who works in the healthcare field? Will they go down? Anyone have any idea?

jburch said...

obama had come to cretin citys. he had just recently come to az. Im one who believes highly in my 2nd amendment. during his recent visit to this wonderful state he was greeted with a protest about the 2nd amendment however head of security said their was no danger to the prez.national =safty

Tashena Smith said...

Obama agreed to give everyone $4,500 if they bought a brand new car. The cash car event ends Monday August 25, at midnight. The way the economy is going lots of people can't afford to buy vehicles so this was a good cause.

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Adrian A. said...

Four soldiers in Iraq are being acussed of harrasing an over weight soldier, and putting him through vigorous physical activity. After so much abuse the soldier commited suicide. It shows even if they are ready to fight for their country they need to learn to get along with each other.

In California a women was found stuffed in a suitcase. She was found with no teeth and fingers. She was so badly beaten that to id the body they had to use her breast implants. Her husband is the main suspect.

Kalene Romero said...

Right now in Afghanistan, many believe that the presidential election was rigged, there are many vote fraud allegations. California devotes 10 percent of its operating budget to locking up criminals in state prisons, one of the highest rates in the nation and an amount that is becoming a drag on the state's ability to deliver other services.

Korey K said...

In recent news Obama came up with a cash for clunkers plan to trade in non-fuel efficent cars for ones that are. The car companies are giving up to $4500 to people who trade in their cars; does America really have the money for that right now?
In global news Afganistan's election has caused contreversy; some think that the polls have been rigged and many are very upset.

GaryG said...

the cash for clunkers is ending monday 8-24. It gave many car dealers the boost that they needed.
There was many arguments and riots over the health care bill this summer which did not improve anything.
Many Iranians believe that the election was fixed and many people were killed by the Iranian police in the riots.

ArianaCaballero said...

Obama came to Arizona! He attended a veterans convention and talked about a health care reform for the country.The global financial crisis, brewing for a while, really started to show its effects in the middle of 2007 and into 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen, large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out, and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with rescue packages to bail out their financial systems. hopefully things calm down and end this crisis soon, before anymore people lose their jobs.

Lisa said...

Transformers 2 was a national event. Harry potter was a global event. Michal Jackson Dies that was a national event i guess. if not then i don't know. Billie Mays died was another event that was big. Twitter became a huge thing for everyone this summer. it seems its more better then myspace and facebook.

cbeach said...

(continued)
~Another national event was when a train crashed due to the engineers texting. His negligence caused 25 deaths that day, and all for an unimportant text message conversation. I think that just shows how much newer technolgy is blinding people from whats really important. It also shows how people all need to take texting while driving a lot more serious.

Global Event:
~Russia invading Georgia.
The "worry" has returned. What will happen next?
When will WE get involved? We thought the European powers were secure in their borders. Now Russia is rocking the boat.