Article 9/25: Artic Ice

The article is informing people of the serious decline of ice in the artic areas. Researchers say it is at the second lowest level ever. This is showing how big of a climate change we are having and how bad global warming is affecting us. Not only is it having a major effect on us, but also on the polar bears who greatly rely on the ice. The animals are dying off fast because they can't get to normal food and our drowning in the water because there is not enough ice to stay on. Some polar bears have even resolved to cannibalism because they are so hungry. They say that these animals are becoming an endangered species and eventually may become extinct. Another thing is, they estimate in 5 years, there will be no ice whatsoever during summer. I read this article because I think it is scary how much global warming is affecting us and the animals. What I would like to know is, why are they not trying to do something more to help the polar bears?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/23/arctic.ice/index.html

Article 9/11

The article I read is talking about all the ceremonials they had today in remembrance of September 11, 2001. This article is to everyone, reminding them of the tragic event that happened that day and letting people know we still remember it and it will never be forgotten. I chose to read this article since today is 9/11 and  I think it is very sad what happened. Not only did it have a terrible impact on our country, it also consumed the lives of many innocent Americans. I knew about the different ceremonies and moments of silences before I read this article, but I wanted to know farther details. I did learn some new things such as 184 people were killed when the American Flight 77 hit the side of the pentagon. I also learned there were 40 people on board when the plane crashed in Pennsylvania and that the people on board were trying to fight back, leading to the crash. Also, the president and presidential candidates refrained from campaigning today so we could remember 9/11. I would like to know how many total people lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

Article: CIA,FBI Push 'Facebook for Spies'

The CIA,FBI has been creating a site that is similar to social networks such as myspace and facebook. Only it is just for secret agent spies to share their thoughts and opinions on different things happening in the world. This caught my eye when I seen the title and I thought it was interesting because it seems that everything is turning to interent and social networks. It is pretty strange to me whenever secret service agents are turning to it. I had never heard about this before I seen this article, so I decided to see what it was about. After reading this article, I learned that the spies just want to do this, so they don't miss out on any important information other spies might put out there and they are releasing the site on September 22. Also, it has taken them months to work on it and get the security right because it will not be allowed to be viewed by anybody but secret agents. What I want to know though is, what if some smart interent person is able to get onto the sight and access all that information? Then what would happen?