Pilots: Key Players in WWII

D-Day: June 6th, 1944

Dwight Eisenhower
You will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944. Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41.

The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeat in open battle man to man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.

Our home fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men.

The tide has turned.

The free men of the world are marching together to victory. I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle.

We will accept nothing less than full victory.

Good luck, and let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

Warning: Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby

Study of 13,000 children exposes link between use of handsets and later behavioural problems

ALERT: A New Message From Osama Bin Laden Is on the Way

An radical jihadist Web site has announced that a new message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is forthcoming.

A banner announcing the message says he will address the 60th anniversary of Israel. His message is titled, "The reasons for the struggle in the remembrance of the 60th anniversary of the rising of the occupier nation of Israel."

Developing...

Beichuan: a vision of hell

Beichuan was a town of 160,000 nestling in one of the world's most beautiful valleys. When rescuers arrived yesterday, they found a scene of unimaginable devastation and despair

The Thin Red Line (Trailer)

My new desk chair!

China quake death toll rises to nearly 10,000

CHENGDU, China (AP) - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province Tuesday, while untold numbers remain trapped after the worst quake in three decades.

Boom!

Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanos are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008

YES! More military parades! Just what we all need!

Nuclear missiles parade across Red Square

By Request!

The Battle at Dunkirk

Friday!

Man Held Daughter Captive In Cellar

Inside the cellar where father locked daughter for 24 years

Detainees’ Mental Health Is Latest Legal Battle

Next month, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who was once a driver for Osama bin Laden, could become the first detainee to be tried for war crimes in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. By now, he should be busily working on his defense.

But his lawyers say he cannot. They say Mr. Hamdan has essentially been driven crazy by solitary confinement in an 8-foot-by-12-foot cell where he spends at least 22 hours a day, goes to the bathroom and eats all his meals. His defense team says he is suicidal, hears voices, has flashbacks, talks to himself and says the restrictions of Guantánamo “boil his mind.”

Project Deadlines

The following are deadlines for the current events project:
Notes are DUE: May 12
Rough Draft DUE: May 23
FINAL DUE: June 2
Please contact me with questions!

Nearly 1 in 5 troops has mental problems after war service

WASHINGTON - Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major depression or post-traumatic stress, an independent study said Thursday. It estimated the toll at 300,000 or more.

Conn. Students To Get Cash For Passing AP Tests

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) ― Students who pass Advanced Placement tests at Wilby High School in Waterbury will be getting hard cold cash rewards.

1914: The Birth of the Modern Era

To earn participation points, watch posted videos, read posted articles, analyze posted images, etc. and leave a comment on your reaction, prediction, thoughts, etc.!

ALL FINAL GRADES ARE POSTED....

Third Period's Grades have been posted!

World History Midterm Exam Grades

First Period's FINAL grades have been posted to eSIS...more to come.

IB Psychology Review UPDATE

Topics per date have been shifted. STUDY for next week! Outline old questions.

April 11: 9AM Biological Psychology

April 17 and 18: 3PM to 4:30+ / Biological Psychology

April 24 and 25: 3PM to 4:30+ / Learning Psychology

May 1 and 2: 3PM to 4:30+ / Cognitive Psychology

May 4: time TBA / MASTER REVIEW at THS - bring food!

May 5: 3PM--- Dysfunctional Psychology

Exam Update!

Changes:

1. Pick 1 ID from some of the ID options
2. Only two short answer questions (15 points each)
   
3. Write one essay from a choice of 2!

Exam Update

News about tomorrow's exam coming soon. Check back tonight!

Metropolis Coming to Japan by 2025

Robots could fill the jobs of 3.5 million people in graying Japan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country's population shrinks.

So Big Foot is real! I knew it all along...

Fembot! Metropolis is here!

What are your thoughts on the Olympic games being protested?

Olympic Torch Relay in Chaos in Paris
Tibet protesters scale Golden Gate Bridge before torch run

Warning: Google Is In Your Driveway!

Elephant Art!

This elephant has appeared to have learned the steps (via shaping and chaining learning theory) to painting!

Science of Baby Love

We are drawn to a baby face, whether or not we claim to like children. Our brain can't help itself. Our neurons reflexively respond to an infant's big eyes, broad forehead, button nose and tiny chin, University of Oxford researchers recently reported in the online journal PLoS One. - Read more

IB Psychology and World History News!

IB Psychology
The review sessions began today! Tomorrow is the last of the introduction sessions. I have a packet to handout to ALL testers so please come by to pick it up.

World History
Exam next Thursday, review sheets handed out tomorrow, and extra credit will be announced Friday. Rock Steady...

Video for us Lab Rats!

IB Psychology Review UPDATE

Tomorrow you will receive a small review packet! I have put together and posted a summary of some of the studies we have looked at: mrcaro.com/psychology/resources/. This summary should be very helpful in streamlining your studying! Please see how I set it up and add to it! I have not combed through all of the articles that we have and tabled the studies...but you have them in your notes! Now all of those notes pay off again!

NEW Blog!

THS Key Club now has its own blog! Check it out at :
TigardKeyClub.blogspot.com

By Request

Mile-High!

Mile-high tower: Saudi prince promises £5bn desert spire TWICE as tall as nearest rival being built

IB Psychology Students:

IA is Due TOMORROW!!!
This Thursday is the FIRST IB Psych Test Prep Session!

IB Psychology Testers: Get Ready!

Are you ready to get your perfect 7 out of 7 on the IB Psych test? Well I am set to do everything I can to get you there! The rest is up to you. I will be holding review seminars for the IB Psych exam on the following dates and times. PLEASE contact me if you are in need of special arrangements.

DATES: - I will hold 2 per week (attending one per week is enough)

April 3 and 4: 3PM to 4PM / Introduction to the exam and study strategies

April 10 and 11: 3PM to 4:30+ / Biological Psychology

April 17 and 18: 3PM to 4:30+ / Learning Psychology

April 24 and 25: 3PM to 4:30+ / Cognitive Psychology

May 1 and 2: 3PM to 4:30+ / Dysfunctional Psychology

May 4: time TBA / MASTER REVIEW at THS - bring food!

Northwest Marching Band Circuit Winter Championships 2008 Champions

THS Winter Guard Wins!!!

Sasquatch!

Metropolis Was Right!

R.O.B. (aka Axelrod) Plans Takeover of THS!

The Winning "Machine"

Good Luck and Championships!
THS Winter Guard and Winter Drum Line has earned and deserves some serious recognition and support!

Champions!

Industrial Revolution and Imperialism: a world to win!

Tigerettes WIN STATE!!

Congratulations Ladies!

S.African, US scientists find more 'hobbits' in Pacific

A team of scientists have discovered fossils of an extinct hobbit-like people on a Pacific Ocean island where they lived up to 3,000 years ago, a South African university has reported.

Oh the possibilities!

1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease

CHICAGO (AP) - At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment

Getting back to basics: people, to help those with mood and anxiety disorders
REPLAY: Per Request

Hormones, Genes and the Corner Office

Why do girls on average lead boys for all their years in the classroom, only to fall behind in the workplace? Do girls grow up and lose their edge, while boys mature and gain theirs?

EXAM II: Be sure to post any questions!

Check eSIS for Frequent Updates!

Enlightenment to Napoleon Exam: Friday!

News

I hope all went well today!
Have a great weekend and watch the news for Monday!

My new desk!

Thanks Tigernet!

Alex T=Dance Machine

Alex demonstrates an example of chaining...in a hotel room with the speech and debate crew!

Fourth Period's Request for Foo Fighters' Videos

YouTube does not embed many of the Foo Fighters video so here is a set of links:
Everlong - their BEST video and song
Next Year
Walking After You

He's Back...Again

The Return of Nader

Say goodbye to your keyboard!

25th Anniversary!

Utopia

What's your utopia?

Be Like This Guy

Brain-Reading Headset to Sell for $299...

Nailed It!

Missile Hits Dying US Spy Satellite

Portland: a direct hit!

Watch Out People!

Reign of Terror: the revolution goes wrong

Wednesday 2/20/2008
1. The Causes of The Revolution: DBQ
2. The Five Paragraph Essay - Expectations for Essay I
3. Discuss HW (pages 222-227 in the textbook and complete page 2 of handout)
3. The Reign of Terror - video clip and reading
HW: rough draft thesis and topic sentences

To Space!

Sources: Navy to shoot down failed satellite Thursday
Study: Earth-like Planets Common

Liberty!

Two Nations Seek Liberty:
Pakistanis Deal Severe Defeat to Musharraf in Election
Kosovo Is Recognized but Rebuked by Others

Race for the Ice!
Russia’s Claim Under Polar Ice Irks American

IB Psychology: Seminar Dates Announced

Are you ready to get your perfect 7 out of 7 on the IB Psych test? Well I am set to do everything I can to get you there! The rest is up to you. I will be holding review seminars for the IB Psych exam on the following dates and times. PLEASE contact me if you are in need of special arrangements.

DATES: - I will hold 2 per week (attending one per week is enough)
April 3 and 4: 3PM to 4PM / Introduction to the exam and study strategies
April 10 and 11: 3PM to 4:30+ / Biological Psychology
April 17 and 18: 3PM to 4:30+ / Learning Psychology
April 24 and 25: 3PM to 4:30+ / Cognitive Psychology
May 1 and 2: 3PM to 4:30+ / Dysfunctional Psychology
May 4: time TBA / MASTER REVIEW at THS - bring food!

Your brain on love: The chemistry of romance

One more article to consider this Valentine season!
Your brain on love: The chemistry of romance

Love and Attraction - New Research

You Remind Me of Me

IB History of the Americas

A message about IB of the Americas! Be sure to consider forecasting for it!

If you really love history and want a class where you can get up to your elbows in American history, please sign up for IB US History! This is an intensive year long examination of American History. You will read, write, discuss, and think about history in large quantities. If you have no idea who the guy is in the picture below you definitely need to take IB US History. If you earn a "B" or an "A" you will receive 12 PCC credits!

IB Psychology: Developmental Video Party

IB Psychology students:

If you received a "B" or "A" and would like PCC credits, come by my room February 22nd after school for a little Zimbardo Developmental Psychology action. I will bring the popcorn if others want to bring food as well! It is Psychology Movie time!...Or something like that.

Cheers!

Caro

The Sleep of Reason

What does this image mean to you?

And the Winners are....

Grammy News

Don't Forget to Vote!

Breaking U.S. News....

Six dead, 2 injured in Kirkwood shooting

Dozens of people were injured -- at least 30 of them critically -- in an explosion at a sugar refinery near Savannah, Georgia,

Science News

Scientists Say Mummies’ Lice Show Pre-Columbian Origins

International News Item!

Would you drop your baby?

Presidential Candidate Leaders:

Clinton and McCain look like the winners of Super Tuesday (as of 7pm at least!). Will one of these be your next president? Post a comment and sound off?

IB Psychology NEWS

The Internal Assessment FINAL DRAFT is due to me for scoring on: March 31

Sunday Night Update

New York Giants win! - 17-14

News::::

After Accident Woman Finds Cow In Car

Navy Tests Incredible Sci-Fi Weapon

Head of 9/11 panel had friends in White House

Thousands flee Chad as fighting rages

Afghan Student Sentenced to Death After Downloading Report

Watching the News Wires

Super Bowl Could Be Heart Health Hazard
More stories to be posted....stay tuned

News Articles

I am really looking forward to seeing the news articles you bring in tomorrow!

Welcome to Modern World History

Greetings! I am very excited about getting to know you all! We are about to embark on a 500 year voyage that will begin with Columbus (1492) and end with the war on terrorism (2008).

I will be posting class news items, links, videos, and images on the blog throughout the semester. There will be assignments asking you to post comments and engage in the discussion online.

Alert::::
Be sure to get a dedicated notebook or small binder for this class as soon as possible. This will be your class Journal. Our first entry in it is set for this Wednesday!

IB Psychology: final grades

Check your grade on eSIS to confirm your grade! If you have not turned in notes for this last unit, the absolute deadline is before first period Tuesday!

I know many of you worked VERY hard on this final essay and it shows! I deeply appreciate your efforts and care. I am VERY proud of your work. You all should be proud of what you have accomplished as well.

It is finally official...you WILL BE receiving PCC credit for IB Psychology!!!!
I will be contacting those of you who have a B or better and therefore qualify for college credits!

Cheers!

Enjoy the rest of the year!

The Final Exam

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR A WONDERFUL SEMESTER! I WILL MISS YOU!

The End is Near

But do not fear

Psychology in the News

NEWS:

• The Monthly Interview: Philip Zimbardo
• Big Brain Theory: Have Cosmologists Lost Theirs?
• The Sexes and Their Brains: new research

Schizophrenia: the scattered self

This is a painting done by someone suffering from schizophrenia

Tomorrow we will begin looking at schizophrenia: its characteristics, causes, and treatments. There will also be a demonstration and several videos.

Beck on Freud on Depression!

Eating Disorders

---------------------------- If Barbie was life size!

Here are some sites for more information on eating disorders (including those in males).

• National Mental Health Information Center
• National Eating Disorders Association
• NOVA: Dying to be Thin - Watch Video

Cover for the 2008-2009 IB Psychology Reader

Help me find a cover image for the Fourth Edition of the IB Psychology Course Reader! Either e-mail me an image submission OR create a cover and submit it! OR post an idea.

Moody

What? You wanna battle?

Psychopathology in The News

News Articles/Links:

• Brain may benefit from its own music
• 5 Factors Help Predict Psychosis in Children
• Families in stress: Parents often are pushed to the limit
• Teenage smokers risk abnormal brain development
• The Relationship between Adolescent Depression And a History of Sexual Abuse
• Illuminating a seasonal disorder

Abnormal Psychology

January marks the beginning of the last unit: Abnormal Psychology.

The IAs Have Been Graded and Posted

Please check eSIS for your grade. I have a handful of IAs without names. If you do not see your grade on eSIS, one of those is probably yours.

Cheers!
Caro

New Years 2008