Entry #16 - April, 14, 2014

Asian air pollution strengthens Pacific storms

April, 14, 2014

Rebecca Morelle

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27027876

The weather is getting worst and worst all over the world. Beijing is one the city that surround in a bad weather. 

The effect was most pronounced during the winter.

The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Lead author Yuan Wang, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, said: "The effects are quite dramatic. The pollution results in thicker and taller clouds and heavier precipitation."

Air pollution are threatening people in China. It's just look like you are living in the sky. Dust covers the sky, our human eyes can through anything. There are too many factories in China. No one seems really care about our land. Too many cars make a lot of traffic air pollution. However, more and more people are aware that if we want to success, we must have a good body to support. People start doing some exercises during the day. By the way, what you see on the picture is real.

Entry #15 - April, 14, 2014

A Life of Hate: Kansas Shooting Suspect Thrived on Extremism

April, 14, 2014

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/jewish-center-shootings/life-hate-kansas-shooting-suspect-thrived-extremism-n79891

The 73-year-old former Green Beret and Ku Klux Klan member accused of killing three people at two Jewish centers in Kansas has a long history of hate-fueled behavior and violent threats, including repeated tangles with authorities and civil rights groups.

In the name of white supremacy, Frazier Glenn Cross has organized armed militias, stockpiled military weapons and plotted to kill the founder of the Southern Law Poverty Center, which sued him in 1984 for trying to intimidate blacks in North Carolina.

Cross, a Vietnam veteran, served three years in federal prison for weapons-related offenses in the 1980s, according to the SPLC, which maintains a dossier on him.

But while Cross made a career of sinister activity, apparently he never -- until now -- was charged with personally carrying out any violent attacks.

Cross was arrested Sunday, on the eve of Passover, after allegedly shooting to death a 14-year-old Eagle Scoutand his 69-year-old grandfather at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City campus in Overland Park then gunning down a 53-year-old children's center worker at Village Shalom, a nearby retirement community.

Entry #14 - April, 14, 2014

Chile forest fire kills 12, destroys 1,000 homes

April, 14, 2014

The Associated Press

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chile-forest-fire-kills-12-destroys-1-000-homes-1.2608499

A raging fire leaped from hilltop to hilltop in Valparaiso, Chile throughout the night and day on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and destroying at least 1,000 homes. More than 10,000 people were evacuated, including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.

And with hot dry winds stoking the embers, some of the fires broke out again and were burning out of control as a second night fell.

The blaze began Saturday afternoon in a forested ravine next to ramshackle housing on one of the city's 42 hilltops, and spread quickly as hot ash rained down over wooden houses and narrow streets that lack municipal water systems. Electricity failed as the fire grew, with towering, sparking flames turning the night sky orange over a darkening, destroyed horizon.

This year many things happened sadly, Kunming terror attack, Ukraine's protests, MH370, Chile earthquake, and Chile forest fire. Some of them, we should've prepared for it. Forest fire is destroying the environment. Also, it killed 12 and 1000 homeless. Who is going to pay the price for this? Government? 

Entry #13 - April, 14, 2014

Nigeria bomb blast kills 71 in capital city Abuj

April, 14, 2014

The Associated Press

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigeria-bomb-blast-kills-71-in-capital-city-abuja-1.2609084

A massive explosion ripped through a bus station during the morning rush hour in Nigeria's capital, killing at least 71 people and wounding 124 in a bombing that marked the bloodiest extremist attack ever in Abuja. Survivors were screamed and cried. It was horrible. 

Another terror attack in the world, 2014 is a time of change and turbulence. These tragedies were the revenges from people to their government. In many places all over the world, government controls everything in that area. Many people cannot find a good place to live, cannot find a job to make money. They started to be disappointed, then became anger. Who are these victims? Innocent people!  

Entry #12 - March, 26, 2014

Malaysia Airlines MH370: Hunt on for black box and clues it holds

March, 26, 2014
Matt Kwong CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysia-airlines-mh370-hunt-on-for-black-box-and-clues-it-holds-1.2584968

In 17 days, from March 8th to March 25th. The Malaysian prime minister finally annouced that Airline MH370 sank in the south Indian Ocean. After this speech declared, it caused a huge discussion between people. We must know this is a horrible accident in human history. But, without anything evidences, they can't just make decision of using data to say the plane is sank. In those 17 days, family and friends were all waiting for a good news which is the plane landed in somewhere secretly, but the reality was not that good.

The plane's disappearance made people to guess what really happened on the plane. Is it a weather problem, or terror attack? No one has any ideas.

Malaysian authorities have said that evidence so far suggests the plane was deliberately turned back to Malaysia. The communication system was disabled.  

At the first day of the plane missing. I remembered that was on 8th. I was watching news on my Ipad while I was taking a bath. When I first saw this news, I was totally shocked. I didn't even know that a plane can be missing. I only know is it destroy or not. Being a Chinese citizen, I pray for those who has died in the plane sincerely. I don't know why the government still not doing anything. Still not putting pressures on Malaysia.

Entry #11 - February, 5, 2014

Climate change may put UNESCO World Heritage Sites underwater

February, 5, 2014

CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-may-put-unesco-world-heritage-sites-underwater-1.2561323

Tourists visiting the Statue of Liberty, Pompeii or Canada's Old Town Lunenburg in coming centuries may need to bring a snorkel, thanks to climate change, a new study suggests.

If average global temperatures rise just three degrees above pre-industrial temperatures, melting glaciers and ice sheets will push up the sea level enough to inundate 136 site considered by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to be cultural and historical treasures, sometime within the next 2,000 years, reports a new study published this week in Environmental Research Letters.

The researchers said they didn't try to pinpoint the exact timing of rising sea levels. And while 2,000 years sounds like a big window, some of UNESCO's 700 World Heritage sites are older than that, they point out.

The weather might affect our land. There are many heritage sites destroyed. Some of them are naturally destroyed and others are destroyed by humans. There are many wars going on all over the world. We hope to have a peaceful world not only because to stop killing each other but also to heal the world. Our mission is to make the world a better place. 

Entry #10 - March, 4, 2014

Kunming train station attack leaves dozens dead

March, 4, 2014

The Associated Press

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kunming-train-station-attack-leaves-dozens-dead-1.2556302

A " Violent Terror Attack" occurred on Sunday in Kunming train station. 10 terrorists stabs people in the train station. They stab 33 people dead and 143 wounded.  

Media blamed the killings at Kunming in Yunnan province, south-west China. on militants from Xinjinag in the countru's restive north-west.  "Evidence at the crime scene showed that the Kunming railway station terrorist attack was carried out by Xinjiang separatist forces. Xinjinag separatist forces planned many attacks in different provinces in China. All they want is trying to separate China to different parts. China won't let this thing happen. The attackers' identities have not been confirmed, but evidence at the scene showed that it was "a terrorist attack carried out by Xinjiang separatist forces," Xinhua said. The far western region of Xinjiang is home to a simmering rebellion against Chinese rule by some members of the Muslim Uighur population, and the government has responded there with heavy-handed security. Those terrorists who killed civilians in the train were worse than animal. They lost their humanity. 

 

As a citizen of China, I am concerned about the “Violent Terror Attack” in China. As a citizen of China, I am really appreciated the comfortable life and good incomes that you brought in. Most people are satisfied of the life they have, but I am more concerned about my safety in my country. On March 2nd, 2014, Uighur separatists killed 29 people and wounded 143 at a train station in southern China. Uighur separatists planned many “violent attacks” in 2013, but our government were not paying more attention to those attacks. As a citizen, I hope government can value the attack as an important event and find solutions to solve this issue. I wish that we could have a peaceful life in the future. No more “violent attacks” on civilians.