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Los Angeles Times: U.N report details Iran progress on nuclear development, by: Shashank Bengali. Iran is becoming dangerous by the day, according to the U.N, Iran has increased their stockpile of 20% enriched uranium by about a third since May. Investigators are assuming that Israel now may cause a threat of a military attack. Iran is believed by the World Powers that they may be creating nuclear weapons, but Iran had insisted that their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. The White House, on the other hand, is determined to have Iran avoid creating a nuclear bomb. For a country which gains access to a nuclear bomb can signify that there can be possible negotiations in the future. America has avoided a situation like this for a while now, since we have sanctions that have blocked Iran from importing nuclear materials and have divided Iran’s oil exports by half, the oil experts were a major income for Iran. Now that Iran has unfortunately come to the greater hand of their 20% increase of uranium, it is only a sign of them being terrifyingly productive and they are not showing any signs of slowing down."They're doing it better and better, and nothing seems to suggest that either the economic sanctions or the sanctions aimed at preventing them from getting nuclear materials have been thwarting them," said Blaise Misztal. This thought can scare one to the point that they no longer want to read the article, and I hope that they are actually insisting on peaceful purposes.

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"The Declaration of Independence", a document that changed our nation. Thomas Jefferson was the primary writer of "The Declaration of Independence" and his ideas for this document were based from John Locke. The speaker here is not just the men who signed the Declaration, nor not only Thomas Jefferson, but it was sent to England speaking for all colonists. It was July 4, 1776 when the document was published. The purpose of the document was to inspire the colonists, because at this time it was the Revolutionary war and morale for our brave soldiers was extremely important to keep fighting and conserve hope. So that one day soon, they will benefit independence from England. It was to persuade King George III to give the colonists their freedom, and to prove to him that what he was doing was wrong. In the document, they are informing that there are eighteen statements, showing everyone why they need to be independent and showing why England was at fault.

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Los Angeles Time: Neil Armstrong, first person to walk on moon, dies at 82, by Eric Malnic. Neil Armstrong was definitely a hero to not only Americans, but to everyone. When Armstrong landed on the moon, there was an estimated amount of 600 million people watching him take a "lunar stroll". It is known that he has died due to a cardiovascular surgery in early August. Armstrong calls himself in a rare public appearance in 2000,"I am, and ever will be, a white-sock, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer." This quote tells me something about Armstrong, that he is a leader, someone who looks forward and never back. He is the type of person that will admit to one thing and will not be ashamed of it. Armstrong was sixteen when he received his pilot’s license, and it was even before he had earned a drivers license. This tells us that Armstrong was clearly dedicated to become a pilot and astronaut to dominate any goal he had in mind.

Blog #3

“Salvation” by Langston Hughes is a short story, written about the inexperienced and adolescent he trying to connect with Jesus for the first time. The occasion here is in Church followed by the rest of his family waiting for Hughes to finally connect with Jesus and be religiously accepted into his family. As Hughes waits for the connection, he does not feel anything and starts to question Jesus. As Hughes stands up and faces his family pretending to be connected with Jesus, causes his family to cheer for him and results with him crying. He is crying because he feels guilty for lying and not actually connecting because of the confusion and questioning of Christ. The purpose is to inform us as readers that lying can lead us to guilt and can also result to us regretting our decisions, therefore we must think before we make our decisions. And doing so it can change the way it reflects on others. The subject here is the loss of faith, Hughes lost faith in Christ as he waited for him in Church for his first connection and did not feel anything and saw that others got up and pretended to be connected; that caused him to think maybe there is no Christ and he should lie like the others.

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In The Huffington Post, John Ward posts an article about Tom Coburn, The Most Frustrated Man In Washington, Updated on August 18, 10:17am. Tom Coburn, a Congressman has stated that our leader, Barrack Obama is not doing his job too well. Coburn mentions that Obama for the last year and a half has been running the reelections and not running the country. Coburn’s main interest is in the National Debt which is nearly sixteen trillion dollars; Coburn always is trying to do something for the Nation and complains that no one seems to care about it. He believes that the presidential term should be six years in order for them to work on the Nation other than working on achieving reelected. One thing we lack in his opinion as a nation is, Leadership. “What we have on both sides of the aisle are groups of people who refuse to make the hard choices. And in that case the country suffers.” With that Coburn makes an excellent point, the goal is out there and no one is willing to run after it.

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My favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo. The reason why The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite book is because it shows adventure, excitement, and emotional all in one. That is all that is needed to convince me that this is a great book. I have always loved adventure and sometimes try and imagine that I were to be in their position, a great book is one that takes my imagination to another level; this book did just that. A quote that I chose was a spiritual change that occurred in Dante,"Dantès was now thirty-three years old, as we have said, and his fourteen years in prison had brought what might be described as a great spiritual change to his features. He had entered the Château d'If with the round, full, radiant face of a contented young man whose first steps in life have been easy and who looks to the future as a natural extension of the past All that had changed utterly. Edmond smiled when he saw himself. It would have been impossible for his best friend—if he had any friends left—to recognize him; he didn't recognize himself". The quote shows one can be changed significantly throughout a period of time in prison, especially if one did not deserve it, these years caused him to swear revenge and make the ones who put him there regret their decisions. One of my favorite parts in this book was when the treasure was discovered, a truly exciting moment. That is a position that a numerous amount of people would have loved to experienced, so would I.