Issue 8

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0488dfc3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0498dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mrs. Davies                      Room 206</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mrs. Davies Room 20"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>  <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue 1"><U>Issue 1</U></A> | Issue 8 | <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue 3"><U>Issue Three</U></A> | <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue 4"><U>Issue Four</U></A> | <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue Five"><U>Issue Five</U></A>  | <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue 6"><U>Issue Six</U></A> | <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue 7"><U>Issue Seven</U></A> | <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue 8"><U>Issue Eight</U></A> | <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue 9"><U>Issue Nine</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0498dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Issue 8</I></div> <div> What's going on in the Health World? </div> <div> By: Brianna Mir</div> <bR> <div>      When watching TV, a movie or something of that nature, the common stereotype displayed is representing teenagers as rebellious, loud, music blasting pits of seemingly never ending hunger. In reality, a lot of teenagers are realizing how critical a point in their lives this is. This is the time in our lives where the decisions we make could impact the rest of our lives. Wouldn't you like to know that your decisions are truly helping you become or stay healthy? What have scientists discovered that could help us teenagers? For starters, we all like music and we have our reasons. It's relaxing; it clears our minds, its fun to dance to or just plain awesome. So…music is good for our minds, but what about the rest of our body? Some scientists have discovered that even if a person can't sing or doesn't play an instrument, a simple melody or rhythm can do the body wonders! It releases stress. Now, with all of us in school and working our tails off we all get a bit stressed now and again and some of us try to ignore it and just keep going. Well, in the long run that built up stress can cause you some serious migraines, lack of sleep, acne, heart attacks and other illnesses. Everyone has a different way of dealing with stress whether it is running, jumping, eating, or just ignoring it. However music seems to be one of the best ways to really relax and unwind People like to listen to music and now we have a real reason to. It's believed that the music's sound waves and vibrations interact within the body's nervous systems to help calm those troublesome nerves. So the next time someone tells you to turn it down…tell them that you're becoming one step closer to a healthier and more stress free life.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Teens against Drinking</div> <div> By: Asia Folsom</div> <div>        On April 3<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >rd</FONT>, 2008, at seven o'clock placePlaceNameLiberty PlaceTypeHigh School held a teens against drinking meeting. The meeting explained how now, more than ever teen drinking is at an all time high, and it is not only teens who drink, its pre-teens, 6th graders on up!!! This can be stopped; placeCityLiberty we can do something about this, but we all have to join together, everyone. This problem is not only affecting one type of person, or one race, it's affecting every race, every type of person. African Americans, Caucasians, Hispanics, Asians. We all must join together to fight against teens drinking!! placeCityLiberty has encountered a problem that is affecting our future leaders, our kids, our neighbors' children, and your child's friend. After school activities, a Boys and Girls club all to keep kids occupied away from drinking, smoking would be a good idea. CityLiberty, we must not only talk about change though, we must be the change we want to see happen here in CityLiberty high school, and in the town of placeCityLiberty! </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Idiom origins</div> <div> By: Sabrina Mastrogiovanni</div> <bR> <div>    Idioms are just as common in the English language as rice is in rice pudding. They give the English language an edge, kind of like how laminating your English essay gives it that touch of professionalism. That's all hunky dory, but what exactly is an idiom?</div> <div>    If you heard an idiom, you'd know automatically add one and one. Idioms are, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, “an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements.” Someone ever tell you to `break a leg?' That would be an idiom. Here are some more of those classic idioms and their origins.</div> <div>    <B>Close, but no cigar</B>. This idiom is used when someone is on the brink of success. This idiom derived from carnival games where if a person won the event they received a cigar as a token of achievement. If this was to be used in a sentence, it would follow the format of “That guess was close, but no cigar.”</div> <div>    <B>Down to the wire</B>. When things are getting down to the last few moments and a solution is not yet decided the situation starts getting down to the wire. The `wire' is actually a string or a line that racers cross, racers like the amazing people on our very own placeCityLiberty track team. “The baseball game was close, and the last few moments were down to the wire.”</div> <div>    <B>Face the music.</B> Look at the facts and accept the truth. This idiom was actually from our good friends from placecountry-regionBritain. In the military, they would play music when someone was court marshaled. “Face the music, geometric proofs are useless.”</div> <div>    Of course, there are many more idioms used in daily life. These three only covered about a stick of corn in a corn field, so check out the internet for more insightful reasoning behind these quirky phrases!</div> <bR> <div> Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> By: Angelee Santillo</div> <bR> <div>      Around October of this year, I was fortunate enough to be nominated for the 2007-2008 Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (HYLI). With this, I became eligible to apply to attend the HYLI conference at the capital of placeCityAlbany, StateNY. The application process was similar to that of a scholarship, requiring recommendations and an essay, but in the end, it was well worthwhile when I was chosen to attend the placeCityAlbany conference.</div> <div>      The selected students from my area and nearby (Sullivan, CityOrange, and placecountry-regionUlster counties) were chosen to represent the </div> <bR> <bR> <div> “Mid-Hudson delegation” of NYS, but before my position as a delegate was set-in stone, there were three to four training sessions I was required to attend at the Orange/Ulster BOCES building in New Paltz. At these sessions, all selected students learned that the conference would involve a mock assembly at the actual NYS assembly chamber where each delegate would represent a current NYS assembly person.</div> <div>      The work was not simple. Not only were we given “homework” assignments involving extensive research of certain NYS bills, but the twelve selected delegates from, the Mid-Hudson region </div> <bR> <bR> <div> were each required to meet with/get in contact with their assembly man/woman. The mock assembly conference WAS HELD IN aPRIL</div> <div>      My assembly man is Mr. William Magee of the 111th NYS Assembly district, and I am preparing to represent him to my upmost ability in a few weeks in placeCityAlbany. </div> <div>      Thus far, though, this experience with the Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute has been nothing short of positive, and I only hope to learn and gain more in politics and as a person very soon because of it.</div> <bR> <div> The Scoop on placeCityBethel Woods</div> <div> By: Brianna Mir</div> <div>      We all live near or around placeCityLiberty so we all know what I'm talking about when I say that this place is boring. Let's face it, there's nothing to do around here unless you want to drive out to placeCityMiddletown. I mean yea we have bowling and the movies but how much of that can come people take before that becomes boring too? Boredom is something that some people can easily cope with but there are others that find it, well, boring! Every year we have summer break and something always happens whether you go on vacation or just hang out. For those of us who just stay home and chill, something to break up the time is always important. That's where Bethel Woods comes into play. Every year Bethel Woods hosts a number of musical entertainments for the locals (that's us). So who's going to be there this year? Below is the complete list of every great artist that is making an appearance in our boring little area. </div> <div> Paviolin Stage:</div> <div> June 14: Cyndi Lauper, The B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell, Deborah Cox, the Cliks. Hosted by placeCityCarson Kressley.</div> <div> June 20: Lynyrd Skynyrd               </div> <div> June 21: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Colin Hay, Billy Squier, Hamish Stuart, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright and Gregg Bissonette</div> <div> June 28: New York Philharmonic</div> <div> June 29: Chicago, Doobie Brothers                       </div> <div> July 10: Steely Dan</div> <div> July 11: Donna Summer</div> <div> July 13: Steve Miller Band, Joe Cocker</div> <div> July 19: Tony Bennett (Live In Concert)                        </div> <div> July 27: Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift</div> <div> August 2: NY Doo Wopp Show (Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, Speedo & the Cadillacs, the Legendary Teenagers, Chiffons, Kenny Vance & the Planotones, Sheps)</div> <div> August 3: Hippie Fest 2008 (Eric Burdon & the Animals, Jack Bruce of Cream, The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Melanie, Badfinger and Jonathan Edwards</div> <div> August 13: Maroon 5, Counting Crows, Sara Bareilles</div> <div> August 14: Jonas Brothers</div> <div> August 22: Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with Keith Lockhart conductor               </div> <div>  August 24-October 12: Harvest Festival (Every Sunday from 11am-4pm)</div> <div> August 30: Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick</div> <div> Arts Under the Stars at Terrace Stage:</div> <div> July 9: Eileen Ivers</div> <div> July 17: The Klezmatics</div> <div> July 23: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience</div> <div> July 31: John Pizzarelli Quartet</div> <div> August 1: Chanticleer</div> <div> August 7:  The StateDel McCoury Band</div> <div> August 17: Preservation Hall Jazz Band</div> <div> August 21: Spanish placeHarlem Orchestra</div> <bR> <div> Music in the Museum at the Events Gallery:</div> <div> July 20: placePlaceNameTurtle PlaceTypeIsland Quartet</div> <div> August 3: Brazilian Guitar Quartet</div> <div> September 14: Time for Three</div> <bR> <div> Salvia Divinorum</div> <div> By: Allie Wallgren</div> <bR> <div>    Salvia was an herb used five hundred years ago in placeCityOaxaca, country-regionMexico. The Mazatec shamans used this hallucinogen for healing and divination rituals. But four years ago in the southern part of the placecountry-regionUnited States, this herb was found to be a way to get high. This “legal drug” made its way to the Northern part of the United States by internet sales, but are only sold to people 18 years or older. This drug makes you feel like you have special mental powers and supposedly helps you connect with yourself and the universe. Even though this hallucinogen only lasts for 5 to 10 minutes, there are long lasting effects that come with using it. Some long lasting affects are depression, schizophrenia and reoccurring flashbacks. All of these are very dangerous to a person's health and can affect how a person lives the rest of their lives.</div> <div>    There are no reports of Salvia being an addictive drug psychologically or physically. The only complaints made about smoking Salvia are people having headaches, irritated lungs and insomnia. Even though these little complaints don't seem like a big deal, they can lead to long lasting affects. When using Salvia, it is very unlikely to overdose and have anything fatal happen to you but that doesn't mean it is safe.</div> <div>    Salvia is legal in every country except placecountry-regionAustralia. Maybe to some people it sounds like a good thing because they can get high legally, but just because it's legal  doesn't mean it is good for you. There are negative things about everything and there are long term affects after trying this “un-harmful” herb. Some people are arguing against making the drug illegal. Whoever wants to keep this drug legal, because of their own personal reasons, should consider what other people are going through and should stop thinking it won't happen to them, because it just might!</div> <bR> <div> School is Almost Over</div> <div> By: placeAsia Folsom</div> <bR> <div>        We are now in the fourth and final quarter of the school year. And as we are nearing the closing of the 07-08 year, I believe that it is starting to hit us all that Seniors are leaving. Some kids who aren't graduating may not be coming back, and with this being known maybe we should all stop and think for a moment how grateful we are for our friends and how different our lives may be if you were to loose them forever. If you are currently holding a grudge against someone, my advice is to let it go and stop wasting time holding on to the wrong that someone has done to you. Think just for a moment about the right thing that someone has done for you and the good times you had with that person. Don't take your friends, your teachers, your family, or your education for granted just for a moment because the second your turn your back and then turn back around it could all be gone! </div> </td> </tr></table></body>