Ani Schroeter
Partner: Robbie C-B
http://www.canada.com/Mountie+denies+cooking+story+after+Taser+death/1353765/story.html
RCMP officer denies 'cooking up' a story with fellow officers about why Rober Dziekanski was tasered at airport on Oct. 14. Officer Kwesi Millington admits he was wrong for tasering polish imigrant, Robert Dziekanski five times.
Don Rosebloom, lawyer for Polish imagrant directly challened Millington saying, "you and your fellow officers collaborated to fabricate your story with an explanation that would justify your conduct to your superiors. Do you deny that?"
Millington replied: "We acted according to our training and we did act in a prudent fashion, and I never intended the result (Dziekanski's death)."
Dziekanski died after being tasered and subducted by the mounties.
Rosenbloom charged the officers with lieing under oath and also said "you were fast at work at the scene cooking up your story and it continued back at the detachment."
Although, Millington said that never happened.
Comissioner Tom Briadwood asked for Rosenbloom to be more straight forward by than saying "your asking if they go together and faked it?"
"You and your officers made some terrible and critical mistakes," said Rosenbloom.
Millington denied that, and said "We acted in accordance to our training and we did act in a prudent fashion."
RCMP admit to their wrong but also said they found Dzierkanski in the airport throwing tables and that's why they made their first move.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Saving Chile's southern wilderness
Kayla and Bryn's GAOC
South Americ
Top Headline:
-Paraguay marks overthrow of dictator
-Dengue fever worsens in Bolivia
-Saving Chile's Southern wilderness
News Sources:
-La Voz Nueva
-BBC News
-BBC News
Saving Chile's Southern Wilderness
The now known area of The Karukinka Nature Reserve is a "cluster of inhospitable islands" between Argentina and Chile at the southern most tip of South America. A company named Trillum had bought and planned on chopping down all of the Lenga trees in that area and use the 680,000 acre land for logging since the 1990's. Luckily an environmental group convinced them to stop the project.
The Goldman Sachs Group is a financial services firm that provides investment banking, securities, and investment managing services. The group bought all of the land from Trillum Company. They then decide to give it away to The Wildlife Conservation Society. Not only did they give it away but they also gifted the Wildlife Society with $12 million dollars to ensure that the land stays protected. People come from all over come to see this beautiful landscape and enjoy its luscious natural life.
It is important to know about this because big companies everywhere are using our natural resources and taking them for themselves. We have to be aware of what is going on concerning our wilderness and being able to keep it all natural!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
TODDLER MARRIED TO DOG IN INDIA TO 'WARD OFF TIGER'.
Members of an Indian tribe have married off a toddler to a female dog in eastern india in a bid to prevent his predicted deaths at the hands of a tiger.
At a Hindu temple in Orissa state's Jajpur district conducted a ceremony with all of the traditional rituals for weddings. This included the dowry for the bride or... the village bitch. The parents of the groom were advised to arrange a marriage when they discovered a tooth growing on the boy's top gum. This was considered a bad omen. Some elders in the community believed that more growth of the tooth would lead to the boy being killed by a tiger. According to the tribal traditions the tiger attack could be preventable by marring a dog.
The dog sported two silver rings and one silver chain reported the UNI agency. One-and-a-half year old Sangula married the dog, but the superstition potent force in the tribal and remote areas of India.
Europe 2/26/09
Sweden's Crown Princess to Marry
This week in Sweden princess ,Victoria, will get married to her former personal trainer, Mr. Westling. They have been in a relationship since 2002. When they get married in the middle of next year the will be assume the title of Prince Daniel, Duke of Vastergotland. Victoria is the first in line to take her fathers throne.
This is important because anybody can become a prince of princess because he was just a regular old gym owner and now he is becoming a prince. When she becomes princess she doesn't really have power but she has some sort of power.
Zimbabwe Teachers to end strike: South Africa
BBC reported that, in Zimbabwe, the teachers strike has stopped. The government has agreed to reevaluate their salaries and try to get more money for the schools. The teachers have been asking to get their salary in foreign currency because their “dollar” (I don’t know the name of their currency in
"My single-minded goal is to get the schools reopened and teachers back at work," Mr. Coltart told the London-based Short Wave
The president of the
I think this is important because it shows teachers are now able to live better and as a result teach better in
By Mariah and Ana K.
Violence in Chihuahua
Partner: Emma
There has been a lot of violence and disturbance in Chihuahua Mexico. the government has been trying to figure ways to make peace in the streets. the police doesn't seem to be working out and there has been many killings so far. this reminds of the ruckus that happened a few years back here in seattle. the Marty Graw celebration or fat tuesday. there was a lot of violence and vandalism. i don't really know the cause of the fighting in Chihuahua, but at least shows us how grateful we are to have S.W.A.T teams or the F.B.I come out and calm things down. i know this was short but we had a translation article and it was hard to understand.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
North Africa by Ariana and Claire (Rare cheetah caught on camera trap in Sahara)
Rare cheetah caught on camera trap in Sahara from telegraph.co.uk
Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4786794/Rare-cheetah-caught-on-camera-trap-in-Sahara.html
By Ariana and Claire M.
Pictures of a rare North African/Saharan cheetah were captured using a camera trap in Algeria this week. There are less than 250of these cheetahs and people are saying that this is an incredibly rare and exclusive experience. These are the first photos of the North African cheetah and provide critical information to scientists. Four cats are being studied in this survey. So far scientists have gotten pictures of each of the four cheetahs. Each cat has a different pattern on his or her coats that now are being studied very closely.
Researchers are very excited that they have this new information on the cheetahs that are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Researcher Sarah Durant of the Zoological Society of London, who co-led the project, says, "Virtually nothing is known about cheetahs across the region, until now."
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