Alcatraz Story

The prisoners said that the food was good. Also the prison was big. In the prison two guys succeeded in escaping. My reaction to the video is that it is a very interesting prison. I wish i can go visit it one day because it would be very cool. Also the prison has a lot of history which is attracting.

Interesting Things in The News

http://screen.yahoo.com/brewery-owner-not-running-governor-150000696.html

ROME — Italy said two marines on trial for murder in India would return to the country by Friday, in a stunning turnaround after Rome earlier unleashed a diplomatic furore by saying they would not go back.

The two, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, had been granted a special leave last month by an Indian court to return to Italy to vote in elections but had skipped bail.

The government said on Thursday it had received "ample assurances" from Indian authorities "on the treatment that the marines will receive and the defence of their fundamental rights".

"The government decided, also in the interests of the marines, to maintain the commitment taken when they were granted leave to take part in the elections to return to India by March 22," it said.

"The marines agreed to this decision," it added.

Prime Minister Mario Monti met with Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola and Steffan de Mistura, a junior foreign minister who has taken a lead on the case, to discuss the issue on Thursday.

De Mistura said the decision was a "difficult" one.

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said he appreciated the "sense of responsibility" displayed by the two marines.

The government had announced on March 11 that the marines would not return from their leave.

The two are accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates off the Indian port of Kochi last year while they were serving as security guards on an Italian oil tanker.

After Italy said the marines would not return, Indian authorities forbade Italy's ambassador to New Delhi, Daniele Mancini, from leaving the country, saying he had broken a written promise.

Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born head of India's ruling party, had accused Rome of an unacceptable "betrayal", and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had warned Italy that there would be "consequences".

Italy had accused India of violating international laws on diplomatic immunity as the Indian Supreme Court issued a decision requiring Mancini to seek the court's permission to leave the country.

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday defended Mancini, saying diplomatic immunity "should be respected at all times" and warning that limiting his movement "would be contrary" to international obligations.

The difference between Roberts and other schools
There are a lot of differences between Roberts and other schools. For example, Roberts is for people that get expelled and regular schools are for regular teens kids that have a normal life. In order to come to Roberts you have to do something bad like bring drugs to school or getting in a fight or not coming to school at all, these are some reasons why you would get expelled. Also another reason why Roberts is different is the classes are easier and teachers give you moire time to work on things. A cool thing at Roberts is getting out earlier on Wednesdays, i like this it gives me a good day. These are some reasons why Roberts is different than other schools.

Wordle Project

Make your own slideshow at Animoto.

Making my first Animoto video was pretty easy and interesting because it is something new to learn. I kind of want to make more of these because it is kind of fun. My video is about showing people where i was born and raised.

Image Summary

The photograph “Jerusalem and elsewhere” depicts a man that got arrested by Israeli police in east Jerusalem. It was taken on February 13th 2013. During this time residents called for the release of Samer al-Issawi, a Palestinian who is on a hunger strike in an Israeli jail. In the image, the artist tries to inform people what is happening on other parts of the world. This is evident in the part that says “A Palestinian was detained by the Israeli police in east Jerusalem”. This explains that he is informing. This piece is significant because it informs you on interesting things that are happening. On the whole, this image is interesting because it is something that doesn’t happen everyday. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/pictures-of-the-day-jerusalem-and-elsewhere-2/?smid=pl-share

The film ‘8’ by Acim Vasic takes place in a snowy forest. During this time 2011 A soldier crashed in a snowy forest and a different soldier saw him crash. The film tells the story of 2 soldiers who were against each other because 1 soldier crashed and the other one was trying to hunt him down and kill him. At first soldier 1 crashed in a snowy forest, and soldier 2 wanted to kill him so he started following him. Then, Soldier 2 realized that he was following him so he ran away. After that soldier 2 found him and pointed a gun at him, he didn’t realize that he was stepping on a landmine, so soldier 1 grabbed his gun and ran away.  In the end soldier 2 threw a knife at him and got him, so he turned around and took a few steps and stepped on a landmine. On the whole, this film was very interesting and intense because you didn’t know what was going to happen.