The Car Raid

 
  Living a long happy and healthy life is what most strive to achieve including Chere Heintzmann. Although with hectic work schedule and unimaginable amounts of paper work living this goal of a lifestyle can be especially hard to achieve.  What some may not realize is that living just healthy but not happy isn't exactly the same as a life that is both healthy and happy. " Even though I go on a walk almost everyday and somehow found a way to eat healthy even with my busy schedule, I didn't feel a big sense of joy though out my day," Chere admitted. This all changed once she stumbled upon Pinterest and its large variety of quotes.
    Certainly with Chere large loads of work to finish and meeting to attend, she wouldn't be able to find time stroll though thousands of inspiring quotes to pick the one to read that makes her day. Instead on a day she had off from work, Chere pulled out a large box of sticky note while she  pulled up Pinterest on her phone and got down to work. At the end of that day Chere accomplished writing over 100 different quotes from the website that range from happy, funny, to inspiring quotes. " I have seen one of my relatives put up happy quotes all over her room so that is were I got my idea from." said Chere. Unlike putting up quotes in her office like her relative did Chere wanted to do something were she could see it more then once a day.
  In addtion Chere deciced to put the sticky note hanging from right below her car radio so she could see it while driving and get a sense of joy from the quote. Everyday Chere replaces the quote with a new one and before she can run out of quotes she uses her days off to create more sticky notes with different quotes. " Everybody has something that brings them joy," said Chere. "Even on days that seem to only have negative events I am always reminded of something positive with the quotes." Even though everybody has a different way they favor to live it doesn't take much to realize that little things can make a difference like Chere did.
   
   
   

Movie Review Intro

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Zootopia
1. Publication - Rotten Tomatoes
2. Writer- Jim Schembri
3. Grade or score of movie review- I would give this movie review a 5/10.
4. High points of movie-  The animation and the matching of human and animal attributes.
5. Low points of movie- Review doesn't point out low points of movie.
6. Quote from paragraph- "The dazzling design of Zootopia offers a non-stop stream invention and visual wit that perfectly enhances a surprisingly involving plot."- Jim Schembri


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1. Publication - Rotten Tomatoes
2. Writer- Christy Lemire
3. Grade or score of movie review- I would give this movie review a 8/10
4. High points of movie- reintroduction of Peter Parker/Spider Man.
5. Low points of movie- Lots of characters to keep track of.
6. Quote from paragraph-  "They’ve made a movie that’s both self-referential and self-reverential,        thrilling and heady, packed with giant set pieces and sly pop-culture quips in equal measure." -Christy Lemire

Car Raid Preview

1. I might raid my neighbors car or a family friends car.
2. I will do this car raid this weekend.
3. How long have you had this car?
When do you take the time to clean your car?
What do you normally leave in your car?
Who is normally in the car with you?
4. I should expect to write down what kind of things they have in their car. I would write down if they keep their car clean or not.

HDR intro (ABSENT)

1. The Auto Exposure Bracket or (AEB) is used to manipulated the camera to get a HDR photo.
2. In order to get these type of photo a camera with AEB feature along with a tripod and a photo blending software will be needed.
3. One reason someone might take a HDR photo is to capture the details of light or color in a photo.
4. After the photos are merge together we will see a more focused part of the color and luminosity of the photo that cannot be capture with a single photo.

CE #6.2 (ABSENT)

1. Nearly 56 percent of voters.
2. The provision says a license holder carrying a semi-automatic handgun on campus can not have a chambered round of ammunition.
3. The prison is located in El Chapo's territory and is less secure.
4. A Petcube is a smart camera that allows users to watch their pets in real time.
5. Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby.

Short Answers
1. I have never used Lyft or Uber before. I honestly don't like the idea of getting a ride from a complete strangers and I wouldn't use one of these ride sharing while I'm still young and I definitely wouldn't go by myself. I think when I'm in college or when ever I am older I might have to use a ride sharing program especially if I'm in the city but I hope they have striker background checks in the future.
2. I think that ride sharing is a good idea for the community of Austin because as the population of the city grows its getting harder to get a parking space downtown and ride sharing could help the amount of cars parked downtown especially during festivals. I think that ride sharing is a good idea but it could use striker background checks and rules for the drivers. Ride sharing could also help decrease the amount of drunk drivers on the road by helping people get a safe ride home.
3. I honestly don't know to much about the difference between ride sharing companies and a taxi company but I think that ride sharing is were everyday people may use this as their second job. I think that the taxi drivers job is the main source of income in their life and  these drivers might  have have to go through training for it and apply for the job. While these ride sharing drivers can use this job as a quick way to make money and anyone with a good record can do this job.
4. I think that both taxi and ride sharing companies should both have the same standard regarding safely issues. I think that both companies should have striker background checks and make sure the driver doesn't have a negative record. Safety should be the main priority in these companies to reassure the public that this is a safe alternative to other types of transportation.

Current Events #6.3

1. Whole Foods had a $100,000 defamation countersuit and released a surveillance video footage contradicting Brown's claims.
2. Two tourist thought a baby bison was cold so they put it into a car and took it to a ranger station. The baby bison died after the mother rejected it due interference by people.
3. Geofilters in snapchat are designs or icons that can be chosen to be added to pictures or videos to show location.
4. It is significant because he normally avoids technology companies.
5. Captain America: Civil War, The Jungle Book, Money Monsters, The Darkness, Mother's day.

Short Answers
1. I would rather go to Disney World because I think that their are more attractions for my whole family at Disney. I went to Disney for my moms meeting when I was younger and would want to go again and I am already going to Universal Studios in Orlando this year for another meeting.
2. The competition between the two are heating up because the both parks have or are constructing new attraction and which ever one is more interesting more people will attend that park. It ups to the better attraction to bring more people to either park.
3. My favorite disney character is either Peter Pan because that was one of my favorite movies when I was little. Another one of my favorite characters would be Bambi because the character is so adorable and I cried while watching that movie.
4. I think I would most likely be in Sytherin house because I am always up to something. I could also be in Hufferpuff because I a very loyal person to my friends and I also like the name Hufferpuff.

Mergers

HDR shoot

Merger Photo

1.  The white line on the ground could be a problem in the photo.
2. I think the garden is a old place to take the photos.
3. I could spell out a word for my pose.
4. I could wear cloths that don't have letters on them so it won't be distracting and I could wear clothing that are easy to move around in.

Final Exam Planning Warm-Up

1. I will shoot this assignment this weekend.
2. I will shoot at my house.
3.  For my project I will be documenting the process of drawing and paining a picture.
4. I will need a camera and my art supplies.
5. I will use the video part when I'm sketching the drawing out to show the movement of my hand. I will narrate the parts where I use a new tool of describing what colors I will be using.

Captain Phillips Movie Review

  Plot-  The movie Captain Phillips covers the real life events of the Maersk Alabama hijacking that took place in early April of 2009. The cargo ship led by Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) along with the First Officer Shane Murphy ( Michael Chernus) and his crew was following the path through the Somali waters on its way to Mombassa. Even after receiving the warning about the privates in the area, the ship continued throughout the waters and incorporated practice drills to prepare the crew. While spotting two small boats following the ship Captain Phillips takes attics to lose the boats and manages to hold them off. After one failed attempt of attacking the ship only one small boat returned with four Somalian privates led by Abduwali Muse ( Barkhad Abdi) to hijack the ship.
 
   While the majority of the crew hides down in the engine room the Captain and other crew members are held hostage with guns  by Muse, Bilal (Barkhad Abdirahman), Najee ( Faysal Ahmed) and. Captain Phillips offers Muse the $30,000 that available on the boat but Muse insist on being paid more than a million dollars. Captain Phillips takes Muse and Bilal on a tour of the boat to find the crew while Murphy sneaks up to get some supplies for the crew. After hiding from the pirates Murphy see that Bilal isn't wearing any thing on his feet and alerts the crew to put broken glass outside the door. The power of the ship is cut off by the crew to make the pirates think it is broken and once entering the room Bilal steps on the glass and gets injured.

  Furthermore due to Bilal injuries, Muse sends him and Captain Phillips back up and continues to search the engine room alone. While searching the room Muse is attacked and held hostage by the crew. The crew forces Muse to tell the rest of the pirates that they will give them Muse and a lifeboat in exchange for Captain Phillips. The exchanges ends up with the pirates taking Captain Phillips hostage and leaving with him in the lifeboat. The pirates plan on getting in contact with their mother ship on the way back to the Somali shores.

    Meanwhile the crew continues to follow the lifeboat with the ship before help arrives. Tension rises in the lifeboat with Najee trying to convince the others that Captain Phillips isn't worth it and to kill him. Unable to get any help from the mother ship the pirates are left on their own to get back to the coast. The Maersk Alabama is forced to turn around and to leave by the U.S Navy destroyer USS Bainbridge. Additional ships are called in to take over the mission to rescue the captain.

The moral of the story leadership is needed to resolve a situation.
This movie would be for those who enjoy action and this movie isn't for those who don't take violence well.
I thought that the beginning of this movie was a little slow but began to pick up pace once on the ship. I enjoyed how the movie showed what was going on while pirates were leaving the tribe to go to the ship. The characters had a great ensemble effort. Overall I thought this movie captured the reality of the event it was based on.

I would give this movie a 3.5/5 because it was well produced and directed but they could have cut out some parts that didn't seem necessary to the movie.
 

Final Exam Preview Assignment

1. I read about how iMovie can be used to edit videos or make a video composed of photos. In iMovie you can either make a movie or a trailer and they both have different formats to use to make a project with a theme. After finishing a video or making a project iMovie lets the editor send it to someone through iMovie and always the video to be shared on social media.                                        2. I already knew that iMovie always you to edit how long each picture and how to edit videos.
3. I didn't know that iMovie projects can be edited on the iPhone then moved to reedited on the mac.
4. I am concerned about making sure the photos turn out the way I want them with the lighting at the concert.
5. I can't have anything ready at the moment because the concert will be happening this weekend but after the concert have iMovie at home to edit the project and narrate it.
6. I would probably do the project on the Beyonce concert I'm going to over the weekend.

Movie Prep

1. Main characters are Richard Phil lips, Ali Aden Elmi, Hamac, Abduwali Muse, and Larry Aashiem.
2. I expect the plot to be mainly based on the process and events that took place during the hijacking. Based on the real life events I expect the movie to be on the experience that the crew and the captain  went through.
3. This story was important because it showed the dangerous of going through these parts of the ocean and also how the crew in the real live event claimed that he wasn't a big hero as claimed due to ignoring warning.
4. The pirates took the ship because they wanted money.

1. The top 5 most important characters in the movie was Richard Phillips, Abduwali Muse, Adan Bilal, Nour Najee, and Walid Elmi.
2. The movie was rated PG-13.
3. The movie was directed by Paul Greengrass.
4. The movie was produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca.
5. BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role andWriters Guid of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, AFI Awards, America Cinema Editors, ASCAP Film and television Music Awards, Black Reel Awards, Capri Hollywood, America Film Institute, London Film Critics Circle Awards, and San Diego Film Critics Society.
6. It cost $55 million to make it.
7. The audience gave it a 93% out of 242 reviews.
8. Other movie reviews gave the movie a 3/4.

Free Write #3

Prompt: "You let a blind man drive, so you don't get a opinion."

   

  Bright yellow police tape stretched between the large oaks that run along the outskirts of the field,  enclosing the crime scene form the  public viewing. Multiple police and EMS vehicles line

 the park while officers keep the curious citizens from entering the scene. Six very annoyed detectives surround yet the second dead body found that very day. "Why is the body always found at the most inconvenient time of day?," whined Detective Todd.

 "It's only 2 in the afternoon," bluntly stated Detective Young.

 "But that is the time my Soap Opera comes on."

 "You have to be kidding me."

"Hey! I don't judge you on-"

"Will you two stop bickering!," cut in Detective Molly. "We have a job to do and were already short one person."

  The other three detectives who were moments ago watching the argument with amused expressions now had a sour look on their face at the mention their fellow detective who has failed to show up to the scene yet. Not wanting to argue with the head detective, the group got down to work. 

The body laying in front of them looked like any other middle aged women who obviously had one to many plastic surgery done, other than the fact that she was found buried under 3 feet of solid ground.

"Do we have any witness?," questioned Detective Scott.

"Only two homeless guys," answered Detective Eric while motioning the witness to come over.

Of course the witnesses had to be Henry and Gus, their always the same ones to "claim” to see every attack that happens in the park but gives the most useless information when asked about it. 

"Are you going to give us information that is actually useful this time?," plainly asked Detective John.

"We'll talk for money," stated Gus.

"That’s not how its works."

"Fine then I guess we won't tell you."

"We could get more useful information from broken security cameras then from you two," commented Detective Eric already turning away from the two.

"Wait, last night I saw-," started Henry.

Before he could finish his story, the sounds of screeching tire wheels cut him off mid sentence.

All heads whipped towards the  entrance of the park where a white Honda rushed into the park leaving tire tracks behind, before doing a full 360 turn and stopping yards away from the group of detectives.

The passenger opens and the one and only Detective William steps out with smug smirk on his lips.

"Best uber drive ever, who ever knew a blind man could drive so good," happily chirped Detective Williams while walking to the rest of the shock group of people. After realizing what the heck just happened Detective Molly furiously walked up to the new arrival and japed a finger at his chest asking, "Why were you late and what the heck were you thinking?"

"That not important at the moment what is important is the case," said Detective Todd who's impatiently waiting for this to be over so he could go back to his TV show. 

"Okay then my theory is that she has hit multiple times with a-," started the least popular person at the moment Detective Williams.

"Shut it," harshly stated detective Molly who was currently glaring daggers at the fellow detective.

"I was only going say what my opinion-."

"You let a blind man drive , so you don't get a opinion."

"Fair enough."

CE #6.1

1. Harriet Tubman
2. A new elevation system that tries teachers score to student performance on standardized test.
3.
4. How microgravity affects algae growth.
5. Layout, paint, window treatments, and upholstery.

Short answers
1. After reading this story I think that the government and officials in charge of the water department did a terrible job of making sure the citizens were healthy. I think that more officials should be charged if they had any connections to this issue. I am socked that the government let this situation become this much of a crisis before taking any type of action.
2. I did know this issue before reading the story. This situation has been talked about in the news for a  while but i didn't know that anyone was charged yet.
3. The people who knew about this information but choose not to take action and but many people in risk of health hazards should be charged. I think that anyone who messed with information and knew that the were also effecting children's drinking water should be help accountable for their actions.
4. I think that if the governor or other big government officials are founded guilty of knowing about this issue the should b charged with the same charges as the city leaders. I think that it doesn't matter how high up in the government they are they should still be held accountable for their actions.

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Lone Star Dispatch Issue #5

Front Page
PALS mentor elementary students
PALS are junior and seniors who visit elementary school students and help them through their iteration with encouragement and comfort. Through this experience PALS are able to learn what being a leader and role model means. PALees have just as much of a impact on their PALS life as the PALS have on theirs.
Who- The PALS and PALees.
What- The work that the PALS do.
Where- At elementary schools.
When- During the school year.
Why- To help encourage PALees.
How- Helping them through tough times.
Amy Cox, Alejandro Garcia, and Macy Hartman were all quoted in this story.
The quote that was strongest in my opinion was, "Their creativity and passion inspire me and bring me joy."- quote by Amy Cox.
The lead sentence made me want to keep reading.
The conclusion was a statement.

Student Life
Freshman prepares for a school life across the sea
Freshman Maya Levee hopes to be able to study in Spain after applying to became a exchanged student. Although Maya friends said that they would miss her they will continue to support her. Maya got the idea of becoming a exchanged student from her friend who became a exchanged student in Mexico and hopes to be able to go to school so she can continue trying to become completely fluent in Spanish. Maya also hopes that this will be a great experience for her if she does become a exchange student.
Who- Maya Levee
What- Becoming a exchanged student.
Where- In Spain
When- Over the school year
Why- For school
How- Applying and doing what requirements for the program.
Maya Levee, Sophia Bega, Andrew Chahda,  and Jean Frazier were all quoted in this story.
The quote that was the strongest in my opinion was, "I'm super happy for Maya and I hope she has an amazing time in Spain." - quote by Sophia Bega
The lead sentence made me want to keep reading.
The conclusion was a quote.

News
Seniors receive nostalgia with four-year-old letters
After writing letters to their future self in Freshman year the seniors got back their letters after writing them four years ago. The letters show the senior how much they changed since they were freshman. Seniors look back at how different they were back then compared to who they are now and reflect on the old memories.
Who- Seniors
What- Getting back their letters after 4 years.
Where- Bowie High School
When- Senior year
Why- To see how much they changed over the years.
How- Reading their letters
Blevins, Kandice Cox, and Angelica Saenz were all quoted in this story.
The quote that was strongest in my opinion was, "The letter showed me that I can do something to change mu life and make it better." - quote by Kandice Cox
The lead sentence made me want to keep reading.
The conclusion was a statement.

Sports
Tennis team come together to help a fellow teammate 
With the support and help from the tennis team senior Jackson Cobb was able to finish his Eagle Scout project. Instead of finishing the project at the beginning of next year like he had planed he was able o fish it by mArch with all the help. The volunteers enjoyed participating and spending time with friends.
Who- Jackson Cobb
What- Eagle Scout project
Where- Bowie High School
When- Over the school year
Why- To complete his Eagle Scout project
How- With the support and help from the tennis team
Jackson Cobb, James Dammann, Mariya Shkolnaya, and Ksenia Vlassova were all quoted in this story.
The quote that was the strongest in my opinion was, "The experience was honestly really fun." - quote by Ksenia Vlassova
The lead sentence made me want to keep reading.
The conclusion was a quote.

Entertainment
Band director set to move to a new school at year's end
The band teacher Kim Shuttlesworth plans to teach at a brand new high school in north Austin. The teacher has left a impact on many of the band students and will be miss but they hope that she will have just as much of a impact on her new students. The teacher has left a long legacy and lots of ice lesson behind as she moves to a new school.
Who- Kim Shuttlesworth
What- Teaching at a new school
Where- North Austin
When- Next school year
Why- To be a new teacher there
How- Leaving Bowie High School
Kim Shuttlesworth, Gianna Nucklos, Lauren Anderson, and Danny Cruz were all quoted in this story.
The quote that was the strongest in my opinion was, "It's hard to imagine senior year without her motivation, that is definitely one of the things I will miss about her." - quote by Nuckols
The lead sentence are me want to keep reading.
The conclusion was a quote.

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