Outside reding #28

In the book Nectar in a Sieve we are reading about floods and monsoons. Even though these are huge downfalls there are still flooding problems here in Minnesota. I read an article called Severe spring flooding expected along Red River by Bob Von Sternberg. "The outlook for the flooding season along the Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota is not good as many resdients prepare for the flood season" (Sternberg). "Also this area received record rainfall in November and record snowfall in December" (Sternberg). In the book Nectar in a Sieve, Kenny is the one saying that the outlook for the future is bad along with more bad weather to come. "According to this article the weather service reported that the flooding will be the worst in late March and early April" (Sternberg). When comparing these events to the weather in India the outlook for the residents along the Red River are in for a long spring. "Hopefully the upgraded defenses along the river will protect the people" (Sternberg).


I found this article by this link:

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/38218114.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Outside Reading #27

I started reading this book called My Heart is a Violin and it is written by Shony Alex Braun. Now when just reading the title you would think I don't need to read a book about a violin but actually this is about Shony Alex Braun life which includes him living in concentration camps. For this blog I read About the Author and it says the Shony was rescued in a dark forest by gypsies at the age of four. He later debuted on Radio Bucharest as a child prodigy violinist. Later he was trasported to the concentration camp in Auschwitz and then Dachau later in life. The day before being rescued by the Allies he was shot in the chest and left for dead but in the end he survived. After this dark period in Shony's life he recovers and continiues his study of music and becomes a very gifted violinsits and a well known composer.

Outside Reading #26

For this outside reading I read an article in the Sports Illustrated magazine. The author of this article is a person who goes by the name of Lee Jenkins. He wrote a story of the Wild-Card Weekend in the NFL (National Football League). It was about the quaterback of the San Diego Chargers, Philip Rivers, and it talks about how they started the season 4-8. It then talks about the teams dramtic finish by making the playoffs with a record 8-8 and then winning the first round of the playoffs against the Indianapolis Colts. The article also talks about a plane ride home the Chargers had when the regular season was coming to an end. It talked about that in order for the playoff hope to stilll be alive they needed the Buffalo to beat the Bronco's. It went on to say that the radio they had on the plane had very bad reception and that whenever the team found out good news like when the Buffalo linebacker Kawika Mitchell intercepted a pass with 5:42 left in the game the Chargers team exploded. I thought this was interesting because it shows that it is still possible for things to happen in your favor even when things are not going the way you want them to.

Outside Reading #25

This will be my very last blog on the book Marley and Me written by John Grogan. In the last couple chapters I read the after effects of Marley's death. In one chapter John faced the task of where to bury the dog. He tried one spot but that failed because it filled up with water. Then he went to the cherry trees to bury Marley and this spot worked perfectly for John because he was able to dig and it reminded John that he almost ran into these trees when riding the sled with Marley. The next section was about John writting a column in his paper about Marley and what he learned about a dog that was not well behaved. John received about 800 respones by phone and email; this set a new record for him by a long shot. By reading all of these responses he learned that Marley isn't that bad of a dog when compared to other peoples strories. In the end Jenny and John were reading the newspaper and found a dog that reminded them perfectly of Marley. They decided to get that dog named Lucky.

Outside Reading #24

Okay I am reading the book Marley and Me and I am reaching the end of the book. It was written by John Grogan. In the section I just read you come to the realization that all things die. You cannot avoid it so this book was very predictable because you knew how it was going to end. Once again you see Marley is getting weaker were he can barely stand anymore. We see this when Marley was at another canel because John and family were going to Walt Disney World. John gets a call saying that Marley is weak and that he needs steroids to be mobile. When John returns Marley is still very weak and his stomach turns for the second time. This time however they cannot save Marley so he can either and have surgery or out to 'sleep'. I think we all know how this situation turned out but lets just say it was painless.