“All of us want fame, money, and our name up in lights.” Sarah Adams, Headlines.

“All of us want fame, money, and our name up in lights.” Sarah Adams, Headlines.

I chose a quote from Sarah Adams’, “Headline” blog. “All of us want fame, money, and our name up in lights.”
I chose this because it has the ability create loads of ideas and debatable arguments. This quote in my opinion
shows a lot more about Sarah than what the quote is actually addressing. Breaking the quote down into pieces
you discover that it is untrue and a rather weak statement. Not all of “us” want fame. Some may rather have
their dreams come in a different form of success, whether it is marriage, having a child, or a steady job. Not every
one is wrapped up being famous, popular, and glamorization. Especially the Amish. The Amish are a group of Christian
church followers. The Amish are known for simple living, basic dressing, and a lacking ambition to adopt technology.
Having children, raising them, and socialization with neighbors and relatives are the greatest functions of the Amish family.
All Amish believe large families are a blessing from God. Using the term “Us” makes this a very broad statement.
The Amish are a prime example of why this quote is not very true and is vulnerabele to critisism.

Stealing

Stealing is the act of a base runner, to gain a base, without the help of a walk or batted ball, by running to it during the delivery of a pitch. In the MLB stolen bases are denoted as “SB.” A base stealing runner must begin running as soon as the pitcher has committed himself to throwing a pitch to home plate. If he begins to run too soon, the pitcher may throw to a base rather than to home, in this case, the runner is picked off, and will most likely be tagged out. Before the pitch, the runner will often take a lead-off walking several steps away from the base as a head start for his next advance. In some cases, the pitcher may hold the runner on by throwing to the base several times before pitching, in the hope of dissuading the runner from too big a lead-off. This action can also result in the runner being tagged out in a pick-off. Another popular strategy is for the runner to attempt a steal while the hitter is instructed to swing at the pitch if it is at all hittable. This hit and run play can give the runner a good head start to take an extra base on the hit. But if the hitter fails to hit the ball, the hit-and-run becomes a pure steal attempt, and the runner may be thrown out. Another risk of the hit-and-run is that a caught line drive could result in an easy double play, although this is offset by the lower likelihood of a ground ball double play. Stealing is an effective but risky chance to take and could ultimately determine the out come of an important game.

Refugees flee to Liberia

In the lower north western region of Africa is a place called the Ivory Coast. They are currently recovering from a recent civil war, which was active from 2002- 2007. Due to their most recent presidential election of Alassane Ouattara, Laurent Gbagbo, the former/current president, refuses to acknowledge he lost the November 2010 election. These votes should have ended the eight-year crisis, but Gbagbo resorted to violence to keep power. According to the United Nations, whom have the most control over the situation, the human toll exceeds 365 dead
with dozens of rapes, and an unknown amount of abductions and disappearances. This is a major threat to peace, security, and stability in western Africa. With more than a 350,000-vote margin over Gbagbo, there is no doubt that Ouattara won the election. In an attempt to reverse the result, the Constitutional Council; the country’s highest court, which is controlled by the Gbagbo camp, claimed to have discovered widespread violence and fraud in seven departments that voted overwhelmingly for Ouattara. It thus canceled more than 660,000 votes, enough to raise his total from 45.5 per cent to 51.4 per cent. Gbagbo’s refusal has casued this crisis of violence. Refugees, worried for their lives flee to Liberia at a estimate of 500 per day. A state some two dozen villages that are already strained from the lack of food and water. Making health a major concern. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) response to the situation is to provide medical attention to the exceeding amount of refugees a day. With such a potential threat to disease from poputaion and diversity, they also take preventive measures by exploiting hygiene education. It’s a shame to see several of innocent lives lost in the Ivory Coast due to another political issue. The situation in Western Africa has not been largely publicised, and I think that as these tensions rise, the UN and IRC must make the best of efforts to contribute to the rehabilitation of the cost.