China Earthquake

The earthquake located in Chongqing, China was one of the “worst earthquakes of the decade” reported by the media. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake ripped through this part of china causing  8,533 deaths in the Sichuan province and more then 200 others in other provinces around Chongqing. Xinhua (News Agency) said “80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Sichuan province’s Beichuan county after the quake, raising fears the overall death toll could increase sharply.” Big schools, chemical plants, and large buildings all went down trapping many of Chongqing’s people underneath the rubble.

Christopher Bodeen

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD90K8VFG0

Photoshop Questions

1. Why do you like using Photoshop?

- Because it is fun and interesting to learn. Something that i sometimes enjoy.

2. When you look at magazines, do you think differently about yourself?

- No i don’t think differently. I could care less which model looks like this or that. I think i’m fine the way i am.

3. What does “perfect” mean to you?

- Without imperfections.

4. What are the pros and cons of using Photoshop?

Pros- We get to use it in the future with knowledge and its useful for many things.

Cons – You could change peoples natural look.

5. What do you think the societal expectations are for body type and looks based on what we see in magazines?

- Fit body’s are probably the expectations for magazines and as for looks, no acne or etc.

6. How do you feel about these expectations?

- I think its good and healthy to have a fit body and a clean complexion. But theres only so far you could go before you are going overboard.

7. Do you think that all of these famous people are as perfect as they seem?

- No I don’t think all of the famous people are as perfect as they seem. Everyone has some faults.

8. How does Photoshop alter their features?

- It could make there skin clearer or their body’s looking allot more skinny.

9. Do you think these alterations are good or bad?

- I think all of the alterations are bad. I think some people are going insane with their looks and they should settle down.

Homework Questions

1. What can you create with the black and white adjustment layer?
2. What is the “black and white cookie” located at the bottom of the layers palette really called?
3. After you tweak the sliders to create a gray scale image, why is it good to know that you can hide this mask?
4. What can you press on your keyboard to get the brush tool?
5. In the realm of layer mask, what do they say about painting and revealing?
6. If we want to hide a bit of the adjustment layer, what color do we paint with?
7. What happens with the foreground and background color in the tool box when you press X?
8. What does the adjustment layer look like?
9. Where is the adjustment layer located?
10. Where do you find the tint option (in step 4)?

Question On Al Gore

1. I think global warming is pollution from garbage, chemicals, smoke, gases, etc.

2. Because he lost in the elections and it was hard for him.

3. An Inconvenient truth is Al Gore’s movie on Pollution.

4 . He added bible quote that was said by an astronaut.

5. I think i have saw a few commercials about global warming.

6. And i think the will help people understand a little bit better.

7. I don’t feel anything about how they are paying for it.

8. Because it got him out of politics and into global warming because he was interested in it and he wanted to make the world better.

9. I think they pick them selves up by finding a new hobby or something else that they like to do.

10. Because his movie is a very interesting movie. It is true to this modern world.

11. I think that the training center is a very good idea.

12. I didn’t think it was wrong. I think that anyone would have done the same thing. Thats just my opinion.

13. They made the house my Eco Friendly for the environment.

14. Al Gore’s message is to get people to realize what is going to happen to this earth if people keep pollution and not trying to make the earth a better place.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is bad because its taking somebody’s work and using as your own. Without doing any work. You should not plagiarize because it is illegal and wrong in general.

Brazilian Military

“Soldiers and firefighters have joined the fight against dengue, a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease that has infected at least 55,000 people in Brazil this year.”

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/04/brazil.dengue/index.html

I think that this is a good idea for the Military. Because they are trying hard to protect people.

U.S. On wrong track?

“More than 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, the highest such number since the early 1990s, according to a new survey.”

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/04/dissatisfied.poll.ap/index.html

I don’t know most politics but i think the U.S. is probably in the wrong direction. With the war, pollution, etc..

Man Threatend to re-enact Virgina Tech Killings

“A 20-year-old with a weapons cache that included four AK-47s was arrested after threatening over the Internet to undertake a Virginia Tech-style massacre, authorities said Thursday.”

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/04/fla.weapons.cache.ap/index.html

I think this is really upsetting. The Virgina Tech shootings were very bad. I don’t know why anyone would want to re-enact them.

Suicide machine sparks outrage

“A former top-level German politician has invented what he calls a “suicide machine” for terminally ill patients who want to die.”

“It is the most bearable method for those with a death wish,” Roger Kusch told CNN at a presentation of the machine.”

The device is a modified perfusor, a machine normally used to inject medicine over a long period of time, and Kusch has installed a button that allows the patient to set off the mechanism.”

“Kusch believes that way the patient is technically killing himself, protecting doctors who would assist by mixing the toxins and setting up the device.”

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/04/germany.euthanasia/index.html

I think it is sad. Especially since it is Suicide. Suicide is a very bad thing. I don’t think anyone should commit suicide. Its just not right. And what if you did get cured? It would be to late.

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