Could a U.S.-Cuba prisoner swap break the ice?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alan Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba for smuggling satellite equipment onto the island, is being held at Havana's Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital.With peeling canary-yellow walls and hordes of people coming and going, the aging building doesn't look like a place where Cuba would hold its most valuable prisoner.  But police officers and soldiers surround the hospital. Inside, Cuban special forces guard the 65-year-old U.S. citizen, emotionally and physically frail and approaching his fifth year in solitary confinement. North of the Florida Straits, Gross' imprisonment is seen as the major impediment to better relations with Havana.

Why Watching News is Good!!!!!!

We have learned that by keeping up with news that's going around the world right now,we can be prepared for anything that happens. If there's an epidemic spreading,then we have to be prepared for it. We do not live in a bubble of protection. We need to help and "estar listo"(be ready)  for everything that pops up around our Earth. If we did not pay attention to the news our bubble would be popped without us knowing. For example if Toyota called a recall on all Hilux because of bad breaks and you didn't know what do you think would happen? BOOM! Car wreck!

Promotion Team

        What have  You learned regarding with  the importante of keeping up with the current events?


                                           
We've learned that we might know what could happen in the future. Also it helps us to prevent because it tells us before a disaster happens. It is important to keep up with current events because we can have  a family member that is in a different country and we need to know what could happen to those places.  We could expand our wisdom. Also we can gain knowledge.

( Ange, Bella, Gamal, Julie, Swanny).  Gadget team.

The importance of current events.

                                                                                                                                                                                            We think it's important to know about current events because it's tomorrow's history. It's important for us to know about the past to perfect the future. Current events will eventually be history and knowing about them will help us understand more. We can always use the knowledge we have then and now to help the future.  If we watch the current news we will know how to act or even vote for who is right.  We can also learn from the geniuses now to help our own future.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Pages team

  THE IMPORTANCE OF WATCHINGTHE NEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    It is important to keep up with the news because if we don´t know what is going on, we would not know what might be coming to us.It is also important because if we have family members in other places we know what is happening all the way over there.We could also be alarmed if anything comes our way or just be prepared.If we don't watch the news we might die and if our opinion is against the news we won't know.If we go to a place that something bad is happening we would not know AND WE WOULD DIE!                                                                                                                                                                                          Moderation Team

The importance of keeping up with curret events

                                 WHY KEEPING UP WITH THE NEWS IS GOOD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 We have learned that keeping up with current events is imporatant because we can know what is going on in other countries. It can prevent us from wars or diseases, like ebola. Knowing about diseases lets us be prevented from them and take care of ourselves and our familiy. We can also know about important inventions. It helps us create cures for diseases. We can be informed and that is good, we wouldn't be ignorants or like hermits.

Design Team

Current Events Conclusion

What have you learned regarding the importance of keeping up with current events?

Work collaboratively with your team to answer this by creating a post with 5-7 sentences.

Mrs. Kane

The faces of Syria's rebel fighters are getting younger

Islamic State crisis: The 13-year-old on 'righteous path'

 Can you imagine how horrible it is that the faces of the people fighting in the war are getting younger?  Imagine people your age or your child's age, these islamic people are building a new future army.  Teaching them how to fight, shoot guns, and hate infidels.

-Do you agree with these Islamic states?  Why or why not?

What's the skin spray made of?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Healthpoint's spray, currently sporting the decidedly un-mellifluous name HP802-247, is made of donated skin cells (keratinocytes) and an anti-clotting agent (fibroblasts). The two substances are believed to work together to speed up healing and stimulate the body's production of new skin to cover the wound. The standard treatment for leg ulcers is a compression bandage, which heals up to 75 percent of the lesions within six months.

USA strikes Islamic State target in Syria for the first time.

 USA strikes Islamic state targets in Syria for the first time

On September 23 2014 the USA provided a navy where the aircraft carrier USS George HW bush 

and it was flying for a strike machine that was against Islamic state of Iraq. The airstrike signaled that there was a conflict in the region , and it was escalating. The USA conducted overnight airstrike to Syria that caused major damage to the militarizes. This aircraft carrier striked the border of the Islamic state even tough it was their main target.

The strike damaged many innocent people and made 100,000 people flee to Turkey for a better and secure feeling.

1) How did they damage innocent peole and make 100,000 people flee to Turkey? 

    -Julie
2) Why did the U.S send this navy to Islamic States and why did the U.S. act this way?
     -Ange

3). Why was the navy  of George HW Bush flying? And against who?
     -Swanny
4) What was U.S.' main target?
    -Bella

Spray on bandages

  In the year 2014 there was a new big break in medical products. It was called the spray on bandage. Do you remember bandages were sticky and it was teeth gritting when you had to rip them off. Well this invention made it possible to forget that. Created in South Korea and Germany, it helped the doctors keep track of the wounds and know the healing process of the cut. 

  When wounds heal they need extra glucose and oxygen. Without these compounds it would leave behind painful sores. Thankfully they created a spray on bandage to monitor the healing. It still allowed the compounds to get in.  This bandage was created before 2014, but it was to expensive so it could not be finished. Eventually it was finished and it has been a huge improvement to humanity. 

How does this invention improve our lives, and keep us healthy? - Will McGrew

What is the reason of making this spray on bandage and why do we need it??-Iris

After reading this do you feel spray on bandages are a good improvement to the medical society??
~Katie

How do you feel about bandages, do you think they are useful or not? - Alex

Medical Improvements

Back in 2014 scientists discovered  how to protect injuries in a safer and more efficient way. Unlike ancient times were bandages would rip your skin when taking them off these new and improved spray on bandages tried in less than a minute. Conor L. Evans was the cause of excitement with this new invention! He was a Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor.

With this spray on bandage came the use of cameras and smartphones(a rectangular object in which you had to touch to make it function) with flash to take a picture of the wound. This light from the flash caused the molecules to react with the oxygen levels. The wound would emit light. If the wound showed up with a red color warns the doctor there's a problem. If its was blue it showed the doctor that everything was going great.

Now these bandages have been improved to tell us pH levels, bacterial load and other important data points needed to monitor serious injuries.

1)How do you think these band aids could have help in the past and how it will help in the future?- Kenneth

2) If this band aids are use, what will happen to the other normal band aids factories? Those this thing will change the future?-Josue
                                                                                                                                                                    3) How long will these bandages sell before more and improved ones come out? -Abigail W.

4)How do you take a picture of the wound? And with what do you take the picture? -Donaldo G

ISIS

                                                                      ISIS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            President Obama declared a new war on terrorism against ISIS. Similar to many other countries in the area, Siria was experiencing "Arab Spring"-a series of revolutions that began in north africa.

 Though the group was radical, they did not garner much attention until April 2013. When the islamic state of Iraq decided to join forces with Jabhat-Al Nurse they formed a new organization that he called the Islamic state of Iraq and Al-Sham.

 No matter what they are called, the one thing that was becoming apparant is that they had expanded its control fast. ISIS had been grabing headlines with the public beheadings of journalists. The only way to defeat them is by developing ground troops. 

Design team

Kaden: What was Siria experiencing?
Jose: Who did the Islamic state of Iraq decided to join forces with?
Francis: What was the one thing that was becoming apparant?
Paulina: Do you think this is a good thing for society and for Chritianism?Why or why not?

                                                                     ISIS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        On the 13th anniversary of September 11, 2001, terrorist attack and President Obama declares war on terror. This time his target was different it was a group that goes by three acronyms: ISIS(Islamic state of Iraq and al-sham) ISIL(Islamic state of Iraq and the levant) or simply IS(Islamic State) The term al-sham refers to a vast area,that included Southern Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestanian territories. 

There has been beheadings done by the ISIS of two American journalists - James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as British aid worker David Haines not only that but it has been recorded and been trending worldwide on social medias. The US and 40 allies have promised to do whatever is necessary to fight the group of rebels that are causing devastation worldwide. This isn't the only destruction done by the ISIS since there has been many deaths due to war.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

1.Whose anniversary was it?  -Daniella                                                                          

2.What does the term al-sham refer to? -Alison
3. What does ISIS stand for? - Devis
4. Why does president Obama declare war on terror? - Amada
5. Who were the two jounalists that ISIS killed, and what were the reactions it created? - Marcelo  

The faces of Syria's rebel fighters are getting younger

https://newsela.com/articles/child-rebels/id/5282/

pages Team

Katie
Alex
Sean
Will
Iris

History-worthy?

Now that you have explored several current events websites and have posted an interesting article, let's see if your classmates think that it will make history!

Your job is to read your assigned article and answer these three questions:
1. How does this event relate to events that we have studied in the past?
2. How does this event affect you now or how might it affect your future?
3. What startling fact did you notice in this article? Why was it so surprising to you.

Thought provoking response will earn the most points.

Reading Assignments:
Design team reads Pages team article
Pages team reads Moderation team article
Moderation team reads Gadget team article
Gadget team reads Promotion team article
Promotion team reads Design team article

Mrs. Kane

Should the U.S. send weapons to Ukraine?

Gadget team: Ange, Julie, Swanny, Gamal, and Bella

"Smart" Spray On Bandage Reports Healing Progress By Lighting Up

http://www.dogonews.com/2014/10/23/smart-spray-on-bandage-reports-healing-progress-by-lighting-up

Paulina
Francis
Kaden
John Frank
Jose

Design Team

ISIS- The new threat to world peace?

Daniella 

 Alison 

Amada                                                                                                                                                  Marcelo                                                                                                                                                      Devis                                                                                                                                                                         Moderation Team

U.S. strikes Islamic State targets in Syria for the first time

Promotion Team:
Donaldo
Abigail
Kenneth
Katherine
Josue

Why do you think it is important for you to keep up with news or to know what's going on in the world?

Compose a 2-3 sentence response in the comments section below.

Mrs. Kane