Entry 10

CFB Trenton airman dies in rescue mission in Nunavut 
Friday, October 28, 2011
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20111028/trenton-soldier-rescue-nunavut-111028/

      A soldier who was part of a rescue crew has died trying to rescues 2 boaters. The rescue crew received a call about 2 boaters that had become stranded in a storm off the coast of Nunavut. The rescue crew dropped a radio down to the boaters so that they could communicate with them. Once the crew learned that the health of one of the boaters was not good the realized that this would be tougher than they thought. Once communication with the radio was lost. sgt. Janick Gilbert and 2 other member of the rescue team parachuted out of an aircraft in order to save the 2 boaters. The two boaters and 2 of the rescue men waited for a helicopter to come pick them up and bring them to Igloolik. sgt. Janick Gilbert was lost during the mission and the cause of his death has not yet been determined.
        I have a ton of respect for the man that died trying to save these 2 boaters lives. He lost his life serving his country and in the line of duty. People who are in the army and rescues crews like this are among the bravest people on earth. They know what they will be going threw and they know that they could die any day but the still do there jobs and serve our country. Without people like this in the world nobody would be inspired to do great things. The two boater are very lucky that there were people brave enough to throw themselves into a life threatening position in order to save other peoples lives. This is a very unselfish and brave act. I have tons of respect for people like sgt. Janick Gilbert and i am glade that we have people like this in our world.
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Entry 9

Turkish earthquake survivor trapped for 5 days

Friday, October 28,  2011

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/10/28/turkey-quake-death-toll-survivors.html

          After turkey was struck by a powerful earthquake on Monday, a 13 year old boy was trapped under wreckage from the earthquake. Ferhat Tokay was just discovered today after being trapped for 5 days.  Just a while before the boy was discovered, workers told the boys uncle and relatives to leave the sight and get some rest because there was no chance of finding him. The boy was amazingly able to survive by drinking rain water the would drip off pieces of wreckage. He also put shoes under his had for a pillow and looked threw the crack in the wreckage to see what time of day it was. Amazingly the boy was not even injured once taken out of the wreckage. 

        The earthquake was a 7.2 on the quake scale and it did a huge number on the town. the quake killed 573 people and injured 2,500. The quake destroyed about 2,000 buildings. It left thousands of people homeless.  

        

     I think that this story is some what of a miracle mostly because of the fact that the boy was able to survive while being barred in wreckage for 5 days. This boy is extremely brave for what he did. The boy was obviously terrified for many different reasons. He would have been wondering if anybody would ever come rescue him but he still kept himself alive by persevering. Drinking rain water, using shoes for pillows and peering through cracks of wreckage to see what time of day it is. I cant even imagine living this way for 5 whole days while in the back of your head is always the thought that maybe nobody will ever find you.I also cant imagine how happy and relived  the boys family and relatives must have been once they heard the news that there boy had been found and that he is completely okay. This is truly a remarkable story. 

Entry 8

Hamas frees Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in prisonor swap
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/hamas-frees-israeli-soldier-gilad-shalit-in-prisoner-swap/article2204545/

       Sargent Gilad Shilat has been in captivity for five years as a hostage in Gaza. He returned back to his home in Israel on Teusday morning. The soldier was abducted on June 25, 2006. Gilad Shilat was 24 years old at the time. The soldier was patrolling an area when he was captured. He was released at the very same spot he was captured from on Tuesday.
     
       Sargent Gilad Shilat was brought back to Israel in a pick up truck. When he got out of the truck he looked extremely pale, thin and dazed, which are the results of being under captivity for 5 years. He was extremely happy to get home and see his family and friends again after being away from them for 5 years. He said that he was afraid he would be in captivity for "many more years".

         I think that this would be an awful thing to experience. I cant imagine being locked away from the entire world for 5 years. I bet they barley fed him anything while he was there and he was locked in a room for probably the entire day. My family and friends would worry about me everyday and it would be quite sad.
I can not imagine how happy he would have been when he first saw his family and all  his friends after being away from them for 5 years. I think this would ruin his life, I know it would ruin mine. things just wouldn't be the same if I was in captivity for 5 years.

Entry 7

Global glitch bruises RIM
Wednesday, Oct 1
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/global-glitch-bruises-rim/article2198209/

     Blackberry is facing a very important problem that could leave many user unhappy and frustrated. Starting on Monday in Europe and the Middle  nobody was able to receive any emails or BBM's. On Wednesday this problem spread to Canada. This problem has affected about 40 million BlackBerry users. RIM is working extremely quickly to fix this problem as they are known for the reliability of thee service.

     I personally am pretty frustrated with this problem because I have a BlackBerry. This morning I noticed that I wasn't receiving any recent updates, BBM's or emails. I also noticed that none of my messages were sending. I know that a lot of people are becoming frustrated with this problem. I always thought that BlackBerry's where pretty good and didn't have many problems but after what happened ill probably have a new perspective of BlackBerry's.

Entry 6

Apples Visionary Leader Steve Jobs Dies at 56
October 5, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/apples-visionary-leader-steve-jobs-dies-at-56/article2192420/

     The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs died Wednesday evening at age 56. Steve Jobs was hands down the greatest entrepreneur in modern day history. In 1976, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple has faced many health problems in the last few years. One of the problems he had was a rare but treatable type of cancer. Job's had a liver transplant in 2009. In January of this year Mr. job's health had become very bad once again. He left work for a few months to treat this medical problem and he returned to work in August to hand over his position of CEO to Tim Cook.

     I think that this man will be remember for many yeas to come. If you think about it you can really understand how great of a man Steve Jobs was to turn a small business he started on his own into a multi billion dollar company in Apple. It is extremely unfortunate how Steve had medical problems and died at a fairly young age yet he defiantly left his mark on this world. without him who knows what we would be doing right now. we definatly wouldn't  have the kind of technology that we have today. Steve Job's was a great man and he will be remembered by many people for what he did.

Entry 5

Raw milk advocate enters hunger strike after charges
Saturday, October 1, 2011
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1063142--raw-milk-advocate-enters-hunger-strike-after-charges

    Dairy farmer Michael Schmidt is on a hunger strike after he fought to legalize the sale of raw milk and reached another problem. on Wednesday afternoon. Schmidt was told that he'd been convicted of 15 provincial offences connected to the sale of unpasteurized milk. He could face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, including $5000 for each day he continues to produce his milk. Schmidt who is the owner of Glencolton farms in Durham, Ontario, has started a hunger strike which began on Thursday night. he has decided to drink just one glass of his own milk a day. his plan is that by doing this he will start a public debate on food regulation.

    I think this is an interesting story. Michael Schmidt shouldn't be able to sell this milk so I think that it is right for him to serve these fines although its not right for him to go on  a hunger strike. A hunger strike definitely  isn't the greatest way to solve a problem like this. He should just realize and accept the fact that he cant sell this kind of milk and he should either change the type of milk he sells or just find a new career path.

Entry 4

Man dies after fall at industrial building
Sunday, October 2, 2011
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1063227--man-dies-after-fall-at-industrial-building

    On Sunday, October 2, 2011 an industrial building near Finch Ave and Keele St collapsed killing a 53 year old man. Police say that the man who died was working when the fall happened. The 53 year old man was brought to the Sunnybrook Hospital and there he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. The minister of labour is now investigating the incident though police are saying that foul play was not involved.

     I believe that any tragedy like this or any incident where someone dies is awful. Accidents like this where an innocent person dies is so sad. Nobody deserves this and especially not someone who has done nothing wrong. This man was just doing his job and happened  to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I wonder if all safety devices and procedures where in place and if the worker was trained properly?