PG.200 Planet Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Befitting the red planet's bloody color, the Romans named it after their god of war. The Romans copied the ancient Greeks, who also named the planet after their god of war, Ares. Other civilizations also typically gave the planet names based on its color; for example, the Egyptians named it Her Dasher, meaning "the red one," while ancient Chinese astronomers dubbed it "the fire star.

Tens of thousands of people are prepared to leave their families, jobs and lives behind for a one-way trip to Mars. The Mars One mission aims to send humans on a one-way trip to the Red Planet. The mission aims to land the first Mars colonists on the planet by 2023. Applicants over the age of 18 from any country are eligible to apply, But what sort of person would go? . For centuries people have speculated about the possibility of life on Mars due to the planet's proximity and similarity to Earth. Although there has been much speculation, to date there has never been any absolute proof of life existing on Mars. However, cumulative evidence is now building that Mars once was habitable to life or may harbor life forms presently.

Serious searches for evidence of life began in the 19th century, and they continue today via telescopic investigations and landed missions. While early work focused on phenomenology and bordered on fantasy, modern scientific inquiry has emphasized the search for water, chemical bio signatures in the soil and rocks at the planet's surface, and biomarker gases in the atmosphere. Mars is of particular interest for the study of the origins of life because of its similarity to the early Earth. This is especially so since Mars has a cold climate and lacks plate tectonics or continental drift, so it has remained almost unchanged since the end of the Hesperian period. At least two thirds of Mars's surface is more than 3.5 billion years old, and Mars may thus hold the best record of the prebiotic conditions leading to abiogenesis, even if life does not or has never existed there. It remains an open question whether life currently exists on Mars or has existed there in the past, and fictional Martians have been a recurring feature of popular entertainment of the 20th and 21st centuries.

A robotic detective of sorts is being dispatched to Mars to try to crack a long-standing mystery of why a planet that seems to have once been Earth’s twin, with oceans, rivers, rain and snow, ended up a cold desert. Scientists believe the climate change happened because Mars lost its magnetic shield, leaving the planet vulnerable to solar and cosmic radiation. Over time, the ionizing rays took apart what was believed to have been a thick, protective atmosphere, which kept Mars warm and wet.

Two UK service men were killed ( summary )

Two UK servicemen were killed by "friendly fire" in Afghanistan when they were hit by an anti-tank missile attack ordered by a Danish colleague, Captain Tom Sawyer, 26, from Hertfordshire, and Cpl Danny Winter, 28, of Stock port, died in the explosion in central Hellman in January 2009. The pair were killed on a rooftop close to Forward Operation Base Gibraltar. Coroner David Ripley said a Danish army lieutenant had ordered the strike. The coroner explained that the British forces had been involved in a joint operation with a Danish battle group. Maj Taylor said the Danish officer who ordered the firing would not have been trained in its use. He said the weapon was not "user-friendly" to those who were not trained. In a statement released after his death, Captain Sawyer's family paid tribute to him as "our hero. Captain Sawyer was serving with 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery. He was in Helmand province deployed on operations as a fire support team commander attached to Zulu Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines. He is survived by his wife Katy, who he married in March 2008, his parents Martyn and Susan and Sister Wendy , Cpl Winter, 28, from Stockport, Cheshire, was a specialist mortar fire controller and was serving in Helmand province with the mortar troop of Zulu Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11429902/Two-commandos-killed-by-friendly-fire-from-untrained-Danish-officer.html

p:132, Q 2- besides the plants mentioned in the article, what other plants do you know can be used for medicinal purposes?

Before there was modern-day medicine and its pharmacopeia of synthetic drugs, there were plants, and ancient civilisations knew how to use them strategically to treat common ailments and even life-threatening diseases. Native to Europe and Asia, sweet violot is cultivated around the world and is a pleasant, delicate purple color . When brewed into a syrup the plant is effective as a treatment for colds, flu and coughs or sore throat. However, when made as a tea, it is wonderfully effective for relieving headaches and muscle and body pain. winter savory is your savior against insect bites and stings. One of the most effective natural plant treatments for bug bites is originally from Europe and the Mediterranean but often shows up elsewhere thanks to global trade. In addition to being an antiseptic, it is delicious – used for flavouring meats and stews – and all parts are edible .

Poker player Mehmet Hassan killed for winning (summary)

Well-known professional poker player named Mehmet Hassan 56 years old was killed for his secret store of winnings after being dragged into a trap by a young woman he met at a casino. Mehmet Hassan was found lying dead there bound with tape and a necktie and then kicked and stamped to death in the bedroom of his flat in Islington, north London, in March last year. Leonie Granger, 25 years old, had let in the attackers, who then came inside his home looking for cash, Leonie granger is a care assistant whom Hassan met at a casino the month before, Afterwards, while Hassan, 56 years old, lay dead in a pool of blood, she celebrated by throwing £50 notes around a room. The celebration was filmed on Ms. Granger’s phone, which was retrieved by police and featured a man with his face obscured by a gas mask in the clip shown to the jury. Granger is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murder and false statement alongside her boyfriend, Kroon Jackson, and his friend, Nicholas Chandler, both 28 years old and the investigation is still going on the case. Hassan was described as a professional gambler who sometimes won as much as £15,000 at a time. Rather than using bank accounts, he would secret store his winnings around his flat safely, keeping thousands of pounds in his microwave. He was known to have two favorite casinos in Mayfair, the Playboy on Old Park Lane and the Palm Beach in Berkeley Street.


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-31503466

In Chapel Hill Killing of 3 Muslims, a Question of Motive (summary)

In chapel hall, North Carolina Three people where shot until they died a two women and one man, they where only volunteering to help the poor people in the neighborhood . Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Hicks turned himself in to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office following the shooting, which happened in the Finley Forest complex off Barbee Chapel Road shortly after 5 p.m. All three victims were shot in the head, sources said. The three victims were Muslim, and Hicks is not, according to posts on his Facebook page. In thousands of posts on social media, many have now questioned whether the victims' Islamic faith was a factor in the shooting. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest civil advocacy group for Muslims, called on law enforcement officials Wednesday to address speculation about a motive for the killings. It was understand the concerns about the possibility that this was hate-motivated and we will exhaust every lead to determine if that is the case," Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the families and friends of these young people who lost their lives so needlessly." . Friends and neighbors struggled to make sense of what had happened They had nonetheless run into previous problems over parking with the man who was arrested, Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a former car parts salesman who was studying to be a paralegal at Durham Technical Community College.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/us/muslim-student-shootings-north-carolina.html?ref=us

Role models ( paragraph)

Athletes are human just like everybody else, they live a normal life just like other, and they even have personal problem with their family and friends. People now days watch TV and read newspaper and say oh I wish I could be an athlete they have a perfect life, they are rich and they have great family, they have everything a person dream of , they are simply perfect ! . For me I don’t think athlete is living in high standard life and everything is perfect with them, a person always have a life problem that makes his life miserable such as wife, kids, coo worker, and even his boss or his personal manager that take care of his business there’s always a difficulty in a time, there is no way that a person life is perfect in all time. There must be a time where a person face difficult situation that can affect his career and his way of life. a lot of athletes faces problem at work and in out of the stage , but when the game start and they are in air everything changes and people aspect them to be the perfect people , all audience think they are an angel send from god . So for me I don’t expect athletes to be the perfect people of all human. They are simply like everybody else.      

Summary ( Jeb Bush )

Former Florida Governor. Jeb Bush speaks at a Economic Club of Detroit meeting in Detroit clamming that in the next presidential election, he wants to be more than George bush brother , he wants to make history and face challenges and he wants to make things no other president would do , Add to that the fact that Jeb’s brother left office in 2008 with the lowest approval rating  22 percent  , and the case against the Bush family grows stronger still. And while former president George W. Bush’s popularity has rebounded somewhat since he left office and the national spotlight, he is still known to much of the country primarily for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which dragged America into a highly unpopular war, and he left the presidency during an economic collapse.  Jeb Bush said that he knows he has to offer ideas that are important to people, so that when they think of him, they think that he’s on their side, that he care about them, and that the issues that he’s passionate about would help them rise up. Bush, a former Florida governor who served two terms from 1999 to 2007, told the story of what he changed between his first run for governor in 1994, which was unsuccessful, and his second try, which he won. he stated that he has a lot of new ideas that he wants to share with people and he’s totally confident about the future and he’s totally positive .

Jeb bush economic meeting / us weekly news