My neighborhood

Here are a few pictures of my neighborhood:

This is of my couch outside for the trash. We threw it out a few days ago. (that is squeakie next to me)

This is of my house:

Here is a house in my neighborhood:

Here is another house in my neighborhood:

Mom, walking down our street:

And last but not least is Squeakie:

Our Fortified Ghettos

This reading was sad to think about. That people actually live their daily lives like this. I cannot imagine why. Why not move somewhere, anywhere except here. To live each day in fear. I am very careful and watch my back whenever I'm outside and I live in West Bloomfield. You can't get much safer than that. I would probably have a mini heart attack if I lived in New York City or somewhere else unsafe. I do not know what I would do. That is not a very good quality of life, no matter what anyone says. There is no price of a life. And if your life is in danger it doesn't matter what you have to do to get out of there, you just do it.

News in class

1. What local issues are getting the most coverage?
1. The Tara Grant murder case and new twists in it.
2. Commerica pulling out of Detroit for Texas
3. A death at EMU not handled properly
4. The Silverdome is back under Pontiac's ownership until someone decides to buy it.
5. Roundabouts are coming to West Bloomfield to alleviate traffic.

2. What stands out to you about the coverage on freep.com? what concerns do they emphasize/de-emphasize? The "human factor"? The "drama factor"? Just the facts? What?
The story that has the most attention at the moment is the Tara Grant murder case. It is so close to home being in metro-Detroit and it is such a senseless unexpected event. This story has had media coverage almost daily since Feb when she went missing. They play up the human factor with her being a mother and her husband who did this to her. Concerns are over who gains custody of their children and what is going to happen to Stephen Grant, the husband and murderer. They no longer are just reporting cut and dry facts. There is the a sense of getting to know Tara since people who watch the news see her everyday on there.

3. What's going on in your own backyard? What do you think?

West Bloomfield is going to be getting roundabouts put in to alleviate traffic around the northwestern/14 mile road area. I think at first they will not help because most motorists will not know how to use them and therefore will make traffic worse and probably there will be more accidents. Eventually they probably will make a small to significant impact on traffic here.
M0re evidence is unfolding in the Tara Grant murder case as police decide to release it to the public. Now, there is a sled that comes into play, what Stephen Grant used to scatter the remains of his wife.
The zoo is going to be raising rare butterflies. I think that is wonderful since the Karner blue butterfly is endangered.
GM is planning on making Chevrolet a globally sold automobile brand. There is great potential in the rest of the world where in the United States the sales are falling.
There is a new proposal of people who want donated organs have to first sign up to be an organ donor first.

4. What might you want to research/write about? why?
I'm not quite sure yet. I do not want to do research on the Tara Grant murder case because that is just too depressing to think about. It is a sick crime committed by a sick man.

News-Tara Grant

Tara Grant is still on the news and the newscasters are going more in depth as more information arises. Before it has been about what is going on now about her situation, did they find her body, is she just missing, where is her husband? Now, we are finally getting at the root of why she was murdered. This is a sick crime. Why he would do this to her, to his wife, to anyone for that matter. Sick. There is no reason for this.

Sad News

I was watching the news this morning, while munching on a chocolate chip cookie. I still can't believe that Tara Grant's husband would do such a thing to his wife. You are suppose to love, protect, cherish, and be there for you spouse....not kill them. Why not a divorce? What would lead someone to this drastic and twisted of an option. You would think people would grow up, evolve, and this type of crime would be a thing of the past. It is so primitive. It just makes me sour to the world sometimes.

Restaurant Paper

I'm not quite sure how to format this paper. I'm going to go with the single spaced lines with a space in between paragraphs. Plus, I took some pictures. I want to add a few. I'll go with the one of Peter, one of the owners and me plus one of the ribs. This is a very different format than I'm used to writing in. It's mostly my opinion.

Ginopolis'

I decided to not eat with my diet of no gluten/dairy for this assignment. At Genopolis' there are world famous BBQ Montgomery inn ribs. I had to try them. I went out to dinner last night with my mother to do the assignment. We spent 2 hours there. That was a very nice change of pace dining experience for us. I had the mini slab of ribs, jumbo shrimp, and red skin potatoes. plus calamari and minestrone soup. I haven't ate that good of food in quite some time. I'm quite pleased with the place. Many celebrities frequent the venue. Tim Allen, Elizabeth Taylor, and Frank Sinatra were some of the top ones.