Entry #16 November 30th 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30260532

Ebola outbreak: West Africa death toll nears 7,000

November 29th 2014

BBC News

Ebola has killed 6,928 people in West Africa. Infection rates are decreasing in some countries but are rising in others making it hard for the doctors to help everyone causing the same cycle. There has been over 4,000 deaths of Ebola just in Liberia, while suffering the most cases of Ebola, the rate is lowering. Many people that have Ebola don't know which means that they will interact with other people spreading it to more  of them.

I believe that the doctors are doing everything possible to prevent the disease from spreading outside of West Africa, but they need to find a cure fast or West Africa will lose a great deal of its population. I think that they should make the cure in Canada or the US instead of Africa, because they don't have the labs and research materials needed to make a cure in Africa.

Entry #15 November 30th 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/world/meast/syria-raqqa-fighting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Airstrikes mark shift in coalition focus, to ISIS 'capital'

November 30th 2014

By: Eliott C. McLaughlin and Ray Sanchez

CNN News

As many people know, the ISIS crisis has been out of hand lately, but the US has been constantly bombing them . The airstrikes have been focused around Kobani, but just recently  they started bombing Raqqa due to increase ISIS presents. Many have died and have been injured in these bombings, but the US believes that ISIS training and storage units are here.

I believe that the US needs to send ground troops because their bombing isn't doing anything but hurting and killing innocent people. The US has said that they thought Kobani was where the head ISIS building was, but they were wrong.  They need to stop bombing and get ground troops there to get better intelligence and avoid killing more innocent  people.

Entry #14 November 30th 2014

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-search-for-answers-begins-in-ferguson/article21837303/

The search for answers begins in Ferguson

November 28th 2014

By: Omar El Akkad

Globe and Mail

Nearly 4 months after a white officer shot an unarmed 18 year old black man in Ferguson, Ferguson has become a dark city with protest going on and now spreading to other cities. This has illustrated what happens when three major flaws in the US come into effect; racism, poverty, and violence. What began as a local protest has quickly spread to all of the US and is now affecting some other countries were racism is a problem. Many of the whites in the town believe that there is a slight problem in the town,  but many believe that the blacks are over reacting to this.

I believe that the cop didn't do anything wrong for a few reasons. My first reason is that the teen robbed a convenient store and assaulted the cop before. The second reason is that based on the events that happened, it would have been difficult for the cop to know if the teen had a weapon. The last reason is that the teen isn't much of a teen, he's huge and he was charging at the cop when the cop shot him. For these three reasons I agree with the people from Ferguson that some people are over reacting, but if they admit that there is a problem, I think it would help to look into this issue further.

Entry #13 November 9th 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/08/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html?hpt=wo_c1

Warplanes hit convoy near Mosul in attempt to kill ISIS leaders

November 8th 2014

By: Ralph Ellis and Mohammad Tawfeeq

CNN News

As many people know the ISIS crisis is getting out of control in the Middle East and the US has been constantly bombing the areas ISIS controls. In a recent bombing near Mosul, the US believed they were bombing the area that the ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was. After asking some people, they realized that they weren't sure it was him, and after asking more people they confirmed that it was an area that ISIS will want to take over being the second largest city and having a high mineral resource. The US believe that the leader was injured or killed during the bombings.

I believe that the US should not be bombing towns because there are people there that are not part of ISIS. I agree that they need to take out the ISIS leader, but they need to do it in a way that will not involve people that aren't part of ISIS getting killed. This would require ground troops in Iraq and Syria. I believe that if the UN were to put ground troops in Iraq and Syria when this started, it would be over by now, instead they just keep bombing allowing ISIS to keep growing.

Entry #12 November 3rd 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/world/asia/drone-photography-dji/index.html?hpt=wo_t2

Drone-maker wants to take 'selfies' to the skies

October 30th 2014

By: Katie Hunt

CNN News

DJI, A Chinese company leader of personal and commercial drones, has created a personal that follows you and takes selfies for you. This drone is mad of white plastic so it doesn’t look too scary in the current world. DJI believes that the phantom photography drone will be just another camera in your bag and instead of selfies people will start taking dronies. The only problem about these drones is that many people will not trust them in fear that they have been hacked in to do to lack of security in the camera. A different concern is that terrorists could use the drones has a mean for weaponry.  The drones provide a large amount of pollution creating them and disposing of them.

I believe that it is neat but to have these the security would have to be pretty good so hackers will not be able to access the camera. Of course there will still be a few but the security still needs to be high. I also believe that these won't be popular for many years do to the large amount of pollution and the sheer size of them. DJI might have thought they made a cool invention but he phantom photography drone still needs a lot of work.

Entry #11 October 25th 2014

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ebola-quarantines-in-u-s-are-they-warranted-1.2812730

Ebola quarantines in U.S.: Are they warranted?

Oct, 25th 2014

By: Daniel Schwartz

CBC News

As many people know Ebola has been spreading like a wildfire in West Africa, and after deploying more than seven hundred international staff to treat Ebola patients in West Africa, a Doctors Without Borders doctor has been diagnosed with Ebola after returning home to New York City.  As soon as it was released that another doctor got Ebola and came to the United states the argument for better protocols became a lot more vivid. The only two people that the doctor had extended contact with since he's been back are his fiancée and two of his friends. They are now in quarantine for 21 days or until it is proven that they did not catch Ebola.

My opinion on this situation is that the US should've had the best machines there to scan or test people for Ebola before letting them come to America. They should also have a daily check in the hospitals to make sure every suit is uncontaminated and usable to avoid someone catching Ebola. I believe that after this, the US will start to check THEIR borders more thoroughly instead of the African border. this will be un successful because Ebola will already be in the US.

Entry #10 October 20th 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/world/africa/kenya-northern-white-rhino/index.html?hpt=wo_t2

Countdown to extinction: Only 6 northern white rhinos left on Earth

Mon October 20, 2014

By:  Ben Brumfield

CNN News

The countdown to extinction has started for the northern white rhinos. On Friday October 17th Suni one of seven northern white rhinos left in the world was found lifeless in his den. Sino was also one of 2 breeding males left. Suni was put in a reserve habitat with a breed able female rhino. They mated 2 times with no offspring. Now the female has been flown to a different habitat with an other breed able female and the last breed able male. The northern whit rhino is a relative to the southern whit rhino which were almost extinct has well but the efforts of naturists have brought the species back up to 20, 000. Suni was 34 when he died and it was confirmed that he was not pouched for his horns which his thousands of ancestors were. The person in charge of raising Suni said that they can only hope that there are more white rhinos in the world that they cannot find.

In my opinion I think that it is exhalent that people are trying to save the northern white rhino the same way they did with the southern white rhino. I think that it is terrible how people will kill a species until extinction just to use one part of he animal. If they were using all of the animal to survive it is different that how they live, and even if all you want is the horn you can capture it and cut part the horn off not all and let the rhino live, just like they have done with all the rhinos they have left. I agree with Suni's supervisor, I hope that there are northern white rhino's left that people have not found.