Architecture preview

1. Antoni Gaudí
2. 1906-1910
3.  In Barcelona, Spain
4. It is an apartment building and people can visit it.
5. No
6.  It is an Apartment where people live made in the shape of waves.
7. I picked this building, because it really caught my attention! I thought it is pretty cool the way it is situated in the middle of the street representing a giant wave. The inside of the building is incredible! It has a courtyard that goes up and and everyone can see each other through the balcony.

1.  Frank Gehry

2. Completed in 1980

3. Located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

4. It a well visited Museum.

5. No

6. It was created to be a very abstract museum.

7. I picked this building, because it looks amazingly beautiful! the way it curves around in a cirle. The colors at night go just with the colors of the building and the exhibitions look very interesting. I really like how it is located in spain because i really love the country. It catches my attention a lot.

1. Paul Andreu
2. from December 2001 till July2007
3. Beijing, China
4. It is a Performing Arts building
5. A $400 million complex.
6. For concerts and to attract more people to their building.
7. I am in LOVE with this building! I think it is my absolute favorite, because it is shaped like an egg and it shines! it is completely on top of a river. The building is see through and even better it is a building where people perform. The structure is perfect and so pretty.

1. Szotynscy Zaleski
2. In 2004
3. It is part of the Rezident shopping center in Sopot, Poland
4. People can visit it and take pictures.
5. No
6. To keep drawings of the Krzywy Domek
7. I find this building very interesting! It is crooked and really weird looking but amazing. It is very creative the way it curves. It makes you look at it like if it was moving. This building was very well done!

1. Tom wright

2. October, 2006

3.Dubai, United Arab, Emirates

4.

5.

6. It was built to resemble the sail of a dhow.

7.



first article:
Who:  Robert and Michael Rosenberg
What: They are thinking about putting them in a deat sentence.
when:

Warm-up

Sophomore Ian Loyd tries to capture the goat that was running away one during his passing period at the Akins high school barn. The goat ends up

Practice Hard Caption Writing

caption#1: In this photo, Courtney Jackson is sitting at the bleachers enjoying the game.


Caption #2: Sophomore, Brandon Watsin is aiming for his next shot during practice one afternoon. The ball goes right in the net making it a perfect shot.

rules

• merger
• leading lines

Caption #3: Completing one of his best art works, senior David Maldonado is determined to beat his classmates on an art competition. Ms. Medina was impressed by how amazing was for him to capture all of the rules of art and imcoporate it into his picture.

rules
leading lines
rule of thirds

Caption #4: Mr. Wards class is observing the behaviors and lifestyles of the owl sitting right in the middle of the classroom. After an interesting event involving the owl flying across the class and scaring everyone including the teacher; the owl decided to sit there and rest for the rest of the period.

Basic news writing

Who is involved?
Austin School District, parents, employees, administrators, school board
Who does/did the situation affect?
employees
Who said so?
officials

What is happening?officials expect to trim $63 million overall and draw $43 million from the district's reserves, meetings are being held and they are saying that there might be a lot of teachers laid off.
What did happen? The school is in debt and have no money. Meaning the teachers are being laid off.
What are the consequences?The teachers may have a hard time finding a good job they like.
What is different about this?schools need to have a tough budget
What are the choices?draw money from the district's reserves

When did or will this happen?April through August.
When was this discovered?a week before March 30, 2011



Where?
Where did or will this happen? At last week's budget forum

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? To discuss the district's cutting 1,153 jobs, which is necessary, officials said, to balance the proposed $688 million 2011-12 operating budget.

How?
How did it or will it happen?
How much does it cost? $94.4 million
How many people does this affect? 1,153
How do you feel about this? I feel that AISD should have paid better attention to money issues before this happened.

Who?
Who is involved? Randy Velarde
Who does/did the situation affect? Velarde, the team, fans, and coaches
Who said so?

What?
What is happening?
What did happen? Velarde purchased performance-enhancing drugs
What are the consequences? is charged with four counts of lying and one count of obstruction for telling a grand jury in 2003 that he didn't knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.
What is different about this?
What are the choices?

When?
When did or will this happen?
When was this discovered?

Where?
Where did or will this happen? Japan

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? injection of human growth hormone

How?
How did it or will it happen?
How much does it cost?
How many people does this affect?
How do you feel about this?
I feel that the guy should be punished.

Who?
Who is involved?
Who does/did the situation affect? The people in japan
Who said so?

What?
What is happening? The levels of radiation in ocean waters off Japan's embattled Fukushima Daiichi plant continue to skyrocket
What did happen?
What are the consequences? Fishing is not allowed within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the plant
What is different about this?
What are the choices?

When?
When did or will this happen? March 11
When was this discovered?

Where?
Where did or will this happen? Tokyo

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? Nuclear plants exploded

How?
How did it or will it happen? Nuclear plants exploded
How much does it cost? 25 trillion yen ($300 billion)
How many people does this affect?
How do you feel about this? I fell very sorry this happened and hope they are able to contain the radiation.
 

Spring shoot photo prompts

SpringAngle

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Africa Powerpoint

1. I really like the pictures in the powerpoint! The are very cool and interesting. I can tell he took a lot of time taking the pictures.
2. My favorite was the one with the lion sitting looking to the side, because it has good composition and i like how it is in the rule of thirds.

    3. a. He uses a Pentax with only two fixed lenses.
b. He really loves animals in africa. He was inspired by their colors and patterns.
c. He wants the people to see how they are and the environment they live in. The are beautiful interesting animals.

d. "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."

Element of News

Proximity: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/04/gulf.spill.bonuses/index.html?hpt=T2

Prominence: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/afghanistan.troops.killed/index.html?hpt=T2#

Timeliness: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/04/france.jet.wreckage/index.html?hpt=T2

Oddity: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/04/hancocks.japan.victims.limbo.cnn?iref=allsearch

Consequence: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T2

conflict: http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/04/democrats.republicans.2012/index.html?hpt=T2

Human interest: http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/04/news/companies/mcdonalds_jobs/index.htm?hpt=T2

warm up

who:  Barack Obama

what:  launched his bid for re-election.

when:  April 14th, 2011 

why:  To do re- Election

where:  In Chicago

how:  making visits to key early voting states and meeting with supporters across the country.