Current Connection May 6th

                          Honey Boo Boo's parents finally jumped the boom, I connected to this when my mom and stepfather got married. "Honey Boo Boo's parents, Mama June (June Shannon) and Sugar Bear (Mike Thompson), exchanged vows on May 5 at their home in McIntyre, Georgia." Getting married is unexplainable, as some people say! Its what most woman dream about when they are alittle, is who they are going to marry, what am I going to look like, and so on. In the article June is wearing,"Camouflage ballgown which featured a sweetheart neckline with a cap-sleeved bolero jacket; a ruched, tiered skirt; and a bright orange tulle underskirt and sash." This is not a everyday wedding dress, we all have a different taste in what we wear. Now I think that doing the white wedding dress is tradional and classy.
                          Alana Thompson who is Honey Boo Boo was the flower girl, I can relate to this because I was once a flower girl for my cousins wedding. "Never one to shy away from the spotlight, Honey Boo Boo (Alana Thompson), who was the flower girl, looked as though she was ready to head back to the pageant circuit, in a neon orange and pink princess gown with a bejewled bodice." She didn't match the wedding. She was dress in a dress that look like you could wear to homecoming, prom, or a pagent and the the colors of the dress was pink and orange. Her three other daughters were wearing, "Honey Boo Boo's sisters, Pumpkin, Chickadee, and Chubbs, rounded out the wedding party in tangerine bridesmaid dresses with eye-catching blue sashes." Why the blue sashes? I mean Alana was wearing orange and pink, the other girls are wearing orange and blue? You can clearly see that this family don't one sense of fashion or to match each other.

Current Connection: April 8

                     Injury in sports is something that can not be controlled, but the long lasting impact on these injuries can forever cripple a human being."A study from Imperial College London in England shows that the average force of a soccer "header" is similar to a punch to the head by an amateur boxer." This is very serious thing, I can relate because I used to play soccer and I spent a lot of time at the doctors. In the quote its proving this is a big issue to begin with. "Linked soccer headers to brain damage, even players who hadn't suffered concussions." Brain damage is serious, the impact from the ball could ruin a person's game forever. If that was me playing I would just quit if that ever happened to me.

                        The bigger question to people is to allow others to slowly  hurt themselves, or to crack down the whip and take extra safety measures. "Proper heading technique can prevent injuries." I think that is good because in softball there is masks to wear in the field. Yes, in the games your going to rough but safety comes first. "Research on whether helmets can prevent soccer head injuries inconclusive." This reasonable because people could be dead because of this header skill. In the game it could mess up your game because you can't get full movement with the helmet.

Should you forgive?

                              "For over 20 years, a warlord kidnaps children, forcing them to be soldiers and sex slaves." Do you think he deserves to be forgiven? I think no because in the first place kidnapping children is not the right to begin with! The making them become soldiers and sex slaves. A man or woman should never ever look at a child and say you will be my soldier or you are my sex slave! This child could only be 6,7,8 any age and your forcing them to do things that they should not know until they are older! Just think about the parents of the children. What do you think they are going through? I know if that was my child, I would hurt the person that ever try to hurt my kid. Now some people might disagree with what i'm saying, bu this is what I think! These people just don't have hearts or souls for children! Anyways no this person does not deserve forgiveness. 

Current Connection 3/11/13

                                        How can someone get the idea or having the guts to look at a baby and shoot them fives times? In Chicago "A 6-month-old baby has died after she was shot Monday while her father was changing her diaper." This is so wrong in so many ways! It must of been hard for the dad to see that his little girl being shot so many times. The baby was shot five times while her dad was in the process of changing her diaper. The family of the victims stated, "Bullets struck Jonathan Watkins in the buttocks and on the right side of his face. His young daughter was hit five times: in the thigh, shoulder, lung, liver and bowels, the family later said. Now I understand sometimes a man shooting a man, but when is comes to a little I mean come on! I wish that the baby was strong each to of survived but where the baby was shot I didn't think she had a chance! 
                                          It's so hard to watch a family that has to go through this horrible thing, I mean for a parent you want your children to bury you, not to bury your children.
"Watkins was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Jonylah was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital." They were both sent to hospitals, but to the same one! Mainly because some hospitals do have the right things to work on a 6-month-old baby. "Police are still looking for the shooter, who ran up from behind Watkins, fired, and then took off to a nearby blue conversion van."  This makes me a little scared mainly because what if that person is has someone undone business and not even close to being done. This person doesn't have a heart for anyone but himself do to the things that he has done to this family! 







http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/12/17279475-baby-dies-after-being-shot-five-times-as-dad-changes-diaper?lite

Current Connection 2/25/13

                             In Newark Arkansas a woman named Rosemary Hernandez, was bleeding from a neck wound, but denies being shot. "Rosemary Hernandez in a bedroom she told officers she had not been shot but had fallen down in the bedroom and struck her head on a desk corner." The officers don't believe Hernandez because he thinks she was shot. She stated in the quote, that she clearly fall and hit her neck and the corner of the desk. A woman named Elva lived with her, "She came home heard Hernandez screaming for help in the back room." Hernandez was crying out for help she had fallen and her neck was bleeding. If she was shot in the neck, don't you think Eval would of heard someone else?
                             No matter where she goes, they all think that she has been shot in the neck instead of hitting her neck on a desk corner. "An ambulance transported Hernandez to White River Medical Center and she reportedly told Markum the same story before leaving, when asked." When she arrived they took her in and looked real close and the thing on her neck. The injury appeared  to be a gunshot wound but they said it didn't look like one. " Hernandez had been sent to the University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences at Little Rock Because she had been shot in the neck." Hernandez kept on telling them that she wasn't shot in the neck but they wouldn't believe her. Today the doctors still believe that Rosemary Hernandez was shot in neck and had not fallen and hit her neck on a desk corner.




Newspaper Article in the Batesville Daily Guard, "Bleeding from neck wound, woman denies being shot"

Current Connection 2/11/13

Current Connection

                       4 dead after a fire destorys home in Mountain View. "A fire swept through a north Arkansas home early Friday, killing a couple and their two daughters, officials said." This is scary, the fire had to start when they were asleep because it says "Firefighters responded to the Mountain View home shortly after 5:30 am." Its crazy that you would go to sleep and at night and think you will be okay in the morning! " The cause of the fire is still under investigation, the sheriff's office said." Someone people that hated this family could of set this house on fire or maybe they forgot to turn something off. Who knows what happens but hopefully the police officers find out!



Current Connection Jan 21

Title of the article: Is 'American Idol' Racist?

American Idol is being sued because of racist and unlawful

plot to bolster ratings. " Nine disqualified "American Idol" contestants from various seasons are banding together to sue the show." Some people take this out of control. If you got voted off was because you either wasn't that good or you could of messed up, because the have a black judge so I don't think they could be racist. Also Nigel Lythgoe stated " We treat everyone the same.. no matter the race, religion or sex. I think we've always had a fantastic share of talent from contestants both black and white... I don't think I've ever seen racism on the show." That said you can clearly see that no one on the show is trying to be racist. They want everybody on the show to be themselves and not to think anybody is being racist. With that said now you know what goes on behind cameras on American Idol.