Memphis Marchers Honor Legacy of Dr. King

The article talks about the 40th anniversery of Dr. King  assassination. People came to Lorraine Hotel,  where  Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in MEMPHIS, Tenn. They also remmber what he fought for which was racial equality and economic justice and he fought against rascim.

    

 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 and was killed April 4, 1968. King was a Baptist minister. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In 1963 March on Washington,  King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for for trying to end segregation and racial discrimination.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy. Martin Luther King Day was made a national holiday in the United States in 1986.

Not a Mercury or Saturn, but It Goes Way Off Road

The article talks about  a moon buggy,

The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or lunar rover was a type of surface exploration rover used on the Moon during the Apollo program. It is also known by its popular nickname of moon buggy. Three of the Apollo missions brought LRVs to the Moon.

The rover is estimated at  $2 million and its top speed is  15 miles an hour. This model took a year to build. The lunar rover is very important because it will help us know more about the planets in our solar system. There were rovers before the chariot but this rover is new and improved.  It is a long flatbed with six sets of double tires, each set independently steered. At one end is the driver’s seat — actually, a rotating turret with a computer screen and a joystick — along with a host of cameras, lights and sensors that would let the rover be driven by remote control, or even to make its way along the barren plains of the moon or Mars with a degree of autonomy. The astronaut driver would snap himself or herself into the turret — it’s designed fit a space suit. This new rover will be able to give us twice as much information about our solar system. 

Lighting Up At the Bus Stop

Think of the clock faces on the Trinity Church steeple at the head of Wall Street. Or the sidewalk clock in front of the Sherry-Netherland. Or the digital clock on the Midtown office tower formerly known as MONY. Sponsored time is an enduring tradition, and one that is clearly making its way into the 21st century. The new bus stop shelters will be able to show time, temperature and have sponsers.Without bus stops, there would be chaos on the route with people wanting to get on and off at any old place. The bus stop  is as important to a well organized system as the buses.  After all, if you do not know where the bus is supposed to stop, how are you going to ride the system.

 Bus stops have added a temporary shelter to the stop.  Normally improvements are done by the transit district, but in some cases they are done by individuals or private companies. 

URL: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/lighting-up-at-the-bus-stop/

Studies on Depression and Teenagers

The article says Depressed teenagers who are not helped by antidepressants can be relived of it, if they switch to behavioral therapy. The Journal of the American Medical Assositon, gives mental health professionals information about how to help teenagers who do not improve using antidepressants. Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. True depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for long periods of time.

 Yes, the teen years are tough, but most teens balance their dpression with good friends,  in school or outside activities.  Sometimes bad moods  is to be expected, but depression is  different. Depression can destroy   a teenager’s personality, causing  sadness,  or anger.
The fact is that depression strikes teenagers  more  than most people think. And although depression is highly treatable, experts say only 20% of depressed teens ever receive help. Teenagers usually must rely on parents, teachers, or other caregivers to recognize their suffering and get them the treatment they need. So if you have an adolescent in your life, it’s important to learn what teen depression looks like and what to do if you spot the warning signs.

URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27brfs-STUDIESONDEP_BRF.html?ref=us

 

8th-grader shot, wounded at Calif. jr. high

A student at an Oxnard junior high school shot by another classmate Tuesday in front of twelve other students who coming in English class. The 15-year-old boy was sent to St. John’s Regional Medical Center, where he is in critical condition.  His condition was said  to be   improving. Some students said the victim, whose name was not disclosed, sometimes wore makeup and feminine jewelry and had declared himself gay. They said he was frequently taunted by other boys and had been involved in an argument with the alleged shooter, an eighth-grader who also was not named, and others Monday. During the lunchtime argument, one of the boys shouted at Tuesday’s victim, “You better watch your back,” said one student who witnessed the encounter. Keith said investigators had also heard that the victim was gay but did not know whether that was true or whether it figured in the attack.

 There has been lots of school shootings recently such as Virgina Tech, and Seton Hall. There has to be a reason why these shooting occur and what drive students to this point. Reasons why these shooting happen can be from discrimination, and one major  reason, bullying. Schools can reduce violence at school by paying close attention to individual students, helping them with certain problems they have, and increase the safety and security of the student. Doing this can help stop violence at school that result in school shooting so that students can learn and have an good education.

URL: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330463,00.html

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