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A thousand Splendid suns is about the people that live and survive their lives in third world countries during war time. They see many gruesome things that scars them and follows them until adulthood. In this book you realize about all the horrible suffering women go through in their daily lives. Over there it is so normal for women to be treated in such inhuman manners by their husbands and other men.

I really recommend this book because it opens your eyes to so may things that i never thought possible. It makes you really appreciate life as we know it and everything in this country that protects women’s rights.

The Bermuda Triangle is also known as the Devil’s Triangle, located in the Atlantic Ocean is a triangle shaped region that many people have said that a number of airplanes, ships, and boats have disappeared mysteriously and nobody has found out about them ever again.

The Mary Celeste was one out of many ships that was considered as one of the victims of the Bermuda Triangle. They said that the ship was found abandoned. No one ever found out the real reason about why the ship was found abandoned it makes no sense no anyone because they never had any evidence. They say that the ship was found with all of it’s belongings, nothing was found stolen, and the whether had been fine all those days. Then they found out that the ship had passed through Bermuda Triangle.

Many things that happen to go missing when they cross through the Bermuda Triangle, people don’t really believe that it was it or others just have other excuses and theories of why or what happened that day. Many other things have happened through the Bermuda Triangle. Some people are scared some others just don’t believe in it and think that what’s going to go wrong? So they just do it, but i haven’t known about anybody as brave as that. Maybe one day I will or WE will.

NOT! it is impossible for humans to fly, but there are plenty of alternatives like this sport called “Parkour“, also known as free running.

Parkour is the alternative to flying for now, Parkour IS the art of moving. Read the rest of this entry »

Due to budget cuts, Mr. Gertner’s class was force to use the new Metro Gold line for their field trip to see “Palestine, New Mexico.”

On November 25, 2009 the time had come for the community of East Los Angeles for a new and vital transportation link to bring a new epoch of access. The Metro Gold line arrived at East LA, completing eight new stations serving diverse LA neighborhoods. The extension of the Metro Gold Line was an eagerly awaiting period for many people.

Discouragement is in the air now to whether the East Side Metro is really safe after all for people and children. So was it worth it all in the end to spend $898 million on the new East Side Metro Gold Line? Is the East Side Metro Gold Line really as safe as MTA Chief Executive Art Leahy said “he believes the line will be safe when it opens”?

In an interview with the LA Times Gloria Molina, member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said “I don’t know that it’s safe. They’re telling me that it’s safe. . . . Everything has been an excuse. Everything…”

Gloria Molina has represented the Eastside for almost two decades, playing a major role in bringing rail service to the area, where she said “East L.A. and Boyle Heights are a largely working-class immigrant population that relies heavily on mass transit.”

But Molina is disappointed at the decision of how the structure came to a conclusion, that only a portion of the line is underground and majority of the route is above ground.“Gloria Molina calls the Eastside Gold Line extension ‘substandard’ and potentially dangerous and says she worries that children leaving school are in danger of being hit by oncoming trains.”

She felt that East LA and Boyle Heights deserved a subway line and ended up getting a less-expensive light-rail route. Supervisor Molina had gone on an interview with Times and stated that she doesn’t think there is enough fencing to prevent people from crossing the tracks, predominantly children at nearby schools.Obviously not being able to change the way the East Side Metro Gold Line has been built there is thought and necessity for programs and shops that outreaches the community and residents to familiarize themselves with safety tips on the new line.

When asked about what should be changed or added to the East Side rail Mariela Marquez 12 stated “There should obviously be safe guards where the train runs through the street, not only for car purposes but pedestrians passing as well.”

Safe Guards would be very accommodating to the drivers and pedestrians especially in the early morning or late at night when you can’t see the road let alone a train coming straight at you.

There has already been one accident report on LA NOW where two people suffered minor injuries when their car collided with a Gold Line Metro train in East Los Angeles. The car turned in front of the eastbound train at a crossing near 3rd Street and Rowan Avenue about 8:20 p.m. This accident proves that there needs to be Safe Guards on the streets to prevent misfortunes like these to happen again.

Maxine Estrada 12 is convinced that people in East LA are treated without consideration and concern, “Does it really take a person’s life for MTA to install safety security? If we had lived in a white neighborhood they would have thought of all the possibilities to prevent a child from being run over or a car colliding with the train.”

MTA could only offer safety tips for the residents,

1. Exercise caution at all time. Watch for “TRAIN” signal.

2. Always wait for a “walk” signal” before entering the crosswalk.

3. Always use the crosswalk. Never jaywalk across the tracks.

4. Never make a left turn on a red arrow. This will be enforced by cameras at each intersection.

5. Right turns are allowed while a Gold Line train is passing through but may be restricted at certain intersections.

The L. A. Auto Show was created on January 23, 1907 at a skating ring at Morkey’s on Grand Avenue. Now it is one of the biggest shows in the country, with many different cars from the past and the present, and it’s on every year in December.

This year’s show started on December 4 and it ended on the 13. It was held at the Convention Center in downtown L.A. To buy a ticket you could either go online or buy one at the front gate for $12 dollars.

The show featured information about certain cars like the new hybrids, which are also known as “Green Cars”.

In the show there were many concept cars. These are vehicles that are going to come out in the future with different kinds of technology that the world has never seen.

One of the concept versions that many people were impressed by was the new Ford Fusion Hybrid with an impressive MPG (miles per gallon) of 41. The new Ford Fusion is affordable to anyone and it has many different features that are useful, like the bluetooth feature for your cell phone.

In the show you are not only allowed to look at the vehicles, but you are also allowed to go inside the vehicles to experience how they feel but you can’t drive them. The only cars that you are not allowed to get in are the exotic vehicles like the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, and Bugattis. “But Sadly, these four vehicles weren’t available this year,” said an individual from the show.

This year, the show had the new Camaro to see and feel, because last year they only had two Camaros to see and take pictures only. Not only was the new camaro there, but they also had Bumble Bee, the first concept Camaro used in Transformers One.

Not only was there Bumble Bee in the show, but there was also Jay Leno’s custom Camero with a custom body kit and different engine modifications.

In the back side of the convention center, they had a building called the “Kids’ Zone” where kids could have fun with several activities, including go cart races.

The L.A Auto Show is an event for all ages, where people can enjoy themselves and have good time just walking around seeing many different new vehicles that they might possibly buy in the future. Not only does the show have many different cars to look at, but they also have employees from all types of dealers who can give you more information about the vehicle.

Here is another picture for your entertainment. This is a little piece of what the L.A Auto Show has, but hurry it ends this sunday on December 13, 2009

Since January 23, 1907 The Los Angeles Auto Show is on their 100 anniversary  and still one of biggest shows in the world.

The show has some of the hottest cars in the world including some from the old days. The show also has many exotics vehicles like Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bugatti, and other expensive vehicles that are on the road today.

The L.A auto show also has a competitions like the “Design Challenge youth mobile” that shows what car from 2030 is better than the rest.

They also have other vehicles like the DUB’s that show off their exterior and interior styles.

The show  has many activities for children so they could also have a good time during the show.

Other cars that will be there are the “green cars” which are the Hybrids from little sport cars to big SUV’s. They even have a lot of concept vehicles featuring the new Corvette that came out in Transformers 2.

While you are experiencing the new vehicles there will be people from all types of car dealers that can give you prices of the vehicles and show you all their features.

This year the L.A Auto Show will be open from December 4 to 13 and it will go from 11 am to 10 pm, Saturdays from 9 am to 10 pm, and on Sunday it starts at 9 am and ends at 8 pm.

Mayor Villaraigosa also had an announcement to make, and it is that the U.S. has more people that own cars and that they are going to start selling more hybrids to everybody and also make them more affordable for the safety of our planet. Charger plants for all electrical vehicles will be a lot more available in Los Angeles. He also said that the first 5,000 people to call will get a 2,000 dollar discount to put an electrical charger on your property. The price for charging your car in your house is 8.5 cents per kWh.

Celebration to the opening of the East Side Metro Gold Line on First Street and Soto on  Sunday, November 15, 2009. There was excitment amongst the neighborhood friends in Boyle Heights and also for those who would like to get familiar to the East Side.

There was much to celebrate as a new easy, fast and eco friendly transportation was finally finished and ready to try out. Many folks, including myself could not wait for this day, as we were all looking forward to get on the Metro for free (an offer like that doesn’t come very often).

Many citizens of Los Angeles complain about there being an exaggeration amount of traffic in Los Angeles’ freeways and streets. But what can you expect with a resident population in Los Angeles County of 9,862.049. There will obviously be alot of choas and flipping of the middle finger on trafficated freeways.

So here’s a a new way to reduce at least a small percentage of that….startby taking public transportation like the bus or metro. Statistics show that individuals who ride public transportation saved an additional $225 due to the 41 cent increase in gasoline. So there’s a plus to that matter, less pollution and less traffic.

I believe playing guitar is a joyful and soothing hobby. My favorite guitar is a Fender Stratocaster. I have been playing for some time now, and it still is the talent of which I’m best at.

My favorite guitarist is Yngwie Malmsteen . Yngwie use to be in bands by the names of Alcatrazz and Rising Force. Yngwie’s playing style is very complex, and it takes very years to posess skills that which are melodic and fast. Yngwie makes me want to become a far gtreater then him.

I have been playing for about 2 years and I have not learned as much as I would have liked to. The day I picked up the instrument I felt a weird feeling of deja vu. I felt as I should wield the instrument with authority and no one can tell me otherwise. I wanted to play fast or slow it didn’t matter, I just wanted to play.

Furthermore playing guitar is a great hobby and I will always play guitar no matter what.

I’ve had little time to go out lately. The last time i went out i went to a friend’s house, but i want to do more than that. i want to go somewhere far, like another state or something.

i think it would be cool to go all the way to mexico and travel all down south to the border. The south of Mexico that is, and i would like to visit detroit and go underground and blow something up like in the batman movies.

last saturday i gave my bike a tune up, tightened all the ears greased the bearings (i don’t know how to spell that). Now my bike doesn’t make any weird stupid out of this world sounds and it’s cool because i can sneak up to someone with the bike. I really love riding my bike although maintaining the bike in good condition takes a lot of work. I’ve also been lookin for a job so that i can get the parts i need to upgrade the gears and make it more stable, so hopefully i’ll find job soon.