Book Report 4

Book report 4:
Sold - Patricia McCormick
Is about a sweet young girl from Nepal. She tells of the rules of where she lives such as the city rules are "Don't drink the city water." or the fifferent customs they had to go through, the strangw way of life and how she had to through so much in order to make it through the world. He tells about the strigant security and what is gon on there. The danger that is also faced in her life. She is very elaborate and describes things in very interesting quotes, poems, words, journal enteries and limericks. fascinating
It is a fascinating book of copurage and different ways of life, It is essentially putting yourself in someone else's shoes.

I liked it, I found that it was very much eclectic in so many ways, it was an eye opener and I found that it was profoundly different then the USA. Luxeries are not always in other countries as they the U.S.

Book Report 3

Book Report 3: The Notebook

I read the Notebook by Nicolas Sparks, that has recently been made into a major motion picture.
About a young boy and girl. A fairly conservative young girl and a boy from the wrong sides of the tracks get together and hand do many wonderful things such as they go to an ice cream parlor, they spend nights together in Noah’s beautifully renovated southern mansion that he renovated with his own hands. They have a beautiful relationship, but, later in life they find that Alli the girl has Alzeimers and she can’t remember Noah. Their love lasted all their lives and they were childhood sweethearts , it even lasted through other relationships because their love was so strong that it even overcame the love Alli had for her fiancé. In the end throughout the hardships their relationship faces, Noah is forever by Alli’s side as he coniously reminds Alli of their love and relationship in little ways and details when her memory slips.
I really enjoyed the book and movies as it was a sweet preminse. Many cry at the though of the final ending and the story as a whole, however, I look at it realistically as very sweet and endearing love story.

Book Report 2

Colleen Hughes
Elika’s Humanities Class

Book Report: How To Expand Love, His Holinesss The Dalai Lama
I’ve read the book How To Expand Love by the Dalai Lama about widening the circle of relationships. It teaches that you have to think about people around you differently and with kindness. Instead of thinking about things they say to you think of it in context of moods, such as when they say you look nice, they are in a good mood. It teaches how to deal with enemies, how to deal with coworkers, or peers, relationships, family, and friends. It teaches you how to learn from tragedy, How to detach from being clingy or attached to material things and people, How to let go and let things slide of your back, tolerance, enlightenment and human rights as well as meditation. It was all fascinating, and I still re read it to make sure that these life lessons are engrained in my daily life and actions. I’ve been going through a lot of stress lately and this made me see from different view points. It brought me down to earth and made me relize that I could think about other things rather than suffer as I have been. Such quotes as these, get me through “Like salt water, pleasurable things increase attachment no matter how many times they are used The altruistic practice by viewing them as like a summer rainbow, appearing to be beautiful but, untrue. Thereby avoiding lust and attachment.” –Bodhissativa Tokmay Sangpo
Or “Demonstrate warm feelings for all, if you want a friend, demonstrate warmth and compassion.” And “Help anyone if you notice they are in their time of need.”
I really enjoyed this book as it’s helped me through troublesome times.

Book Report 1

Colleen Hughes
Elika’s Humanities Class
Book Report: Guidebook For Marines Eighteenth Revised Edition
I read a book called Guidebook for Marines. A friend of mine who is a Marine gave it to me and I learned a lot from it. The reason I originally picked it up was because I intended on joining the military. Through this book, I learned the intended excercises such as how to do a proper crunch at a 90% angle or an exercise called a dirty dog. It teaches you about all the clothing and equipment that Marines have to wear. How to properly clean equipment as well as displaying it, and different types of weapons as well as how to position them and how to properly shoot them. It also teaches you basic CPR training, amongst how to treat a snakebite, how to handle minor wounds, someone who is unconscious, how to transport a victim without a stretcher. Of course presumably this would be in combat and even though I am a woman, this is still important stuff to know even if I don’t end up going into combat. Amongst other first aid measures and instructions, I learned how to treat electrical shock, burns, jaw wounds, how to dress a wound and how to control bleeding as well as shock control by making a tourniquet. Amongst so many other useful things in life. Overall, I benefited by reading this book because not only have I learned alot in CPR, and how Marines operate in daily life, but, I set aside a misnomer in my mind that Marines don’t know much except for hand to hand combat or how to shoot guns. Fully assembling and unassembling a rifle is hard work, carrying a Marine pack is a lot of work and has a lot of complicated compartments, the impression of freshly pressed clothes isn’t just there, its precise dedication to creases and detail, you can’t operate weapons in all climates, shooting is not easy, there are many types of guns and many ways to shoot them, Marines fit and lean bodies are not just from running they put a lot of time and effort into the way they work. Finally, Marines are not just made, they put a lot of effort and dedication that goes along with being one and this book really helped educate me on proper responsibility. I gained a lot from this book.

Colleen's Junior Year of Math

Improvement in:

• Linear Equations - slope
• Geometry
• proabability
• Overall Algebra

Over the course of my Junior year I have overcome many of the obstacles I had in Algebra.

Problems: I've always had a problem with setting up the problems and doing the steps. Proabability problems, Linear equations, sequence of operations.

Through working with Samantha, I have really improved the way I work through problems. Like Chuck Norris...rather stopping at obstacles, I go through them.

How I've overcome or what works: relating, making math fun, learning to embrace a one on one atmosphere, laughing through the tension

Ex: seandor, Little Angry Leprechuam with a club, Labrinth

Colleen's Spring Internship

http://colleeninternship.blogspot.com/

2 Lawmakers say Computer HackedBy Chinese

By PETE YOST and LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writers 25 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Two House members said Wednesday their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China.
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Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf says four of his computers were hacked. New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith says two of his computers were compromised in December 2006 and March 2007.
The two lawmakers are longtime critics of China's record on human rights.
In an interview Wednesday, Wolf said the hacking of computers in his Capitol Hill office began in August 2006. He says a computer at a House committee office also was hacked, and he suggested others in the House and possibly the Senate could be involved.
The FBI declined to comment.
Wolf said that in his office, the hackers "got everything," including all the casework regarding political dissidents around the world.
In comments to The Associated Press earlier in the day, Wolf suggested the problem probably goes further. "If it's been done in the House, don't you think that they're doing the same thing in the Senate?"
"I think this is very bad because you have the Chinese compromising and gaining access to computers of any number of members of the House and a major committee of the House," Wolf said. "We don't know how many others."
In calling for hearings in both the House and Senate, Wolf said there "probably are members serving in Congress whose computers have been compromised and they may not even know it."
Separately, U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and used the information to try to hack into Commerce Department computers.
The FBI declined to comment. In Beijing, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no immediate comment. Last week, China denied the accusations regarding Gutierrez's laptop and the alleged effort to hack Commerce Department computers.
Wolf said he has known about the hacking for a long time but was discouraged from discussing it publicly by people inside U.S. government, whom he refused to identify.
"The problem has been that no one wants to talk about this issue," said Wolf. "Every time I've started to do something I've been told 'You can't do this.' A lot of people have made it very, very difficult."
Wolf plans to introduce a resolution that he says will help ensure protection for all House computers and information systems. In a draft of prepared remarks he planned to deliver on the House floor Wednesday afternoon, Wolf says he is "deeply concerned that Congress is not adequately aware of or protected" from cyber attacks.
"My own suspicion is I was targeted by China because of my long history of speaking out about China's abysmal human rights record," Wolf says in his remarks. He said Congress should hold hearings, specifically the House Intelligence Committee, Armed Services Committee and Government Operations Committee.
Wolf's resolution calls for the chief administrative officer and sergeant at arms of the House, in consultation with the FBI, to alert House members and their staffs to the danger of electronic attacks. He also wants lawmakers to be fully briefed on ways to safeguard official records from electronic security breaches.
Speaking generally in May 2006, Wolf called Chinese spying efforts "frightening" and said it was no secret that the United States is a principal target of Chinese intelligence services.