Friday, October 31, 2014

Finished News Story





Me, Leila, Kiara, and Cherish, all worked on a news story on a way of alternative energy on the island, as you might have seen from previous blog posts. We went and interviewed multiple people that had to do with it, or was opinionated with the biomass plant in mind.  We interviewed people from the plant, citizens of Kauai, and people that are in direct knowledge of alternative energy.

I would have to say that my video turned out pretty well. I think we have good editing skills and that it all flowed nicely. We spent a lot of time perfecting this video and I think we did really well on this big project.

Looking at the critique results, I do not agree with them. As I was looking over the results I was confused and saddened. We did have a lot of threes, which I think could be appropriate in some ways, but there were a lot of twos which I think are wrong. I would of rather had a written response because I have no idea why we got these stats, I think we deserved better.

Friday, October 3, 2014

World News

According to a news article, Hector Beltran Leyva, a famous "drug lord" has been captured and arrested. He was in San Miguel de Allende, north-west of Mexico City, and had been living in the nearby city of Queretaro posing as a businessman dealing in art and real estate, according to the government. The Beltran Leyva gang has had a reputation as one of the most ruthless in the business.

Hector Beltran Leyva: gang known for its ruthlessness. Picture: AP Photo
My personal opinion on this issue is that I am happy that he was finally caught. Drug gangs are powerful, and being as ruthless as this one was, it could harm a lot of people. According to the article, they were planning a "bloody turf war" against against former ally Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman. These people have hurt multiples and would hurt more in the future, so I am happy that they caught him.

People should care about this because this gang and the leader could of hurt many people, and they could also bring other people down with them. People should care because these are real people that have done bad things and deserve to be thrown in jail, the people that caught him deserve recognition.