Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince July 16, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is July 16th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to talk about the new movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
“We’re die-hard Harry Potter fans. Once we discovered months and months ago that Harry Potter number 6 was coming out, we decided we were going on the day it would come out. And we did. It was probably the best Harry Potter movie of them all so far…” Says Rochester, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
Trailer taken from YouTube.
As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he soon finds an Advanced Potions book that says: “This is the property of the Half-Blood Prince.” The book not only teaches advanced potion-making skills, but throughout the book, it is edited with secrets to certain potions, as well as it includes spells. He soon learns the book holds very dangerous secrets. Other than the book, he learns that teenagers flirt, fight, and begin to fall in love. This is evident through the relationship between Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, when the friendship soon elevates to more than friends. This is also seen between the relationship of Ginny Weasley and the main character himself, Harry Potter. Their friendship soon elevates. Harry is prepared by Headmaster Albus Dumbledore that he will need to find Horcruxes and destroy them in order to kill Lord Voldemort. He takes off with Dumbledore and searches a massive cave for one of the first Horcruxes Voldemort left behind, but it only turns out to be a fake one that the previous searcher left. Inside of the Horcrux was a note signed R.A.B. Harry does not know who R.A.B. is and will later find out in the seventh and final book.
“The movie is definitely different from the others, but in a good way. It is more comical, I laughed many times. It had a bit of teen romance, which was fairly entertaining to watch. I overall liked the movie a lot and would rate it four stars out of five.” Says Cody, another writer.
“Definitely the best of all of the Harry Potter movies. You can tell thoroughly that Draco Malfoy is trying his hardest to be a Death Eater, but you can tell that he feels trapped and sort of forced to become one out of fear.” Karina says, another writer.
“I loved the movie. It was entertaining, funny, adventurous, and it had many other qualities. I would give it five out of five stars. It is definitely one of my favorite movies now.” Jaycee said, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
Rumor has it that the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be split up into two movies to cover the entire book and to detail it more.
How do you rate the new Harry Potter movie? Did you like the more comical style of filming? Post a comment to express your opinion!
Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
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D-Day’s 65th Anniversary June 6, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is June 6th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to talk about the 65th Anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault in history.
June 6th, 1944, the sky is dark, gray, and solemn. You’re sitting in a LCVP with your comrades. You are headed to Normandy beach, France to invade and recapture the country from German forces during World War II. Paratroopers already landed in the night before, and your job is to follow them. Your LCVP boat reaches the shore, and you see what is happening – soldiers storming the beaches, and many of them getting shot and killed. Your job is to reach the beach and hold. The fight for survival begins.
“This is one of the greatest victories to celebrate in all of history. Each year that goes by, we need to celebrate the victory, but yet we need to remember the price we had to pay for this victory, over 10,000 lives lost.” Melanie, a writer at the Modern Typewriter said.
“This is the day that changed the world. This was the beginning of the end for the Nazis during World War II. Other battles contributed, but this is the major battle that started the end. Without this battle, the war might still have been going on today.” says Cody, another writer.
D-Day was a major amphibious assault that occurred on June 6th, 1944. Allied forces crossed the English Channel over to the Normandy Beaches with thousands of soldiers to invade and recapture France, which had fallen to the Germans. Their aim was to succeed and begin to work inland toward the German capital, Berlin so they could defeat Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and end the war in Europe.
Adolf Hitler was the Nazi leader of Germany during World War II. He was a racist man, and believed Jews, blacks, Homosexuals, Gypsies, and others to be inferior. He blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on the Jews of Germany, and insisted something be done to rid Europe of them. He set up places called ghettos to send the Jews and keep them isolated from the rest of the world. Soon, the ghettos got overwhelmingly filled with people. Hitler then devised up a plan called ‘The Final Solution’. It consisted of sending the Jews to concentration camps to be gassed to death. If you were able to work and were healthy, then you were told to work. If you didn’t work yourself to death like the Nazis practically ordered, then you probably starved with the little food that they gave you.
“D-Day should be a national holiday. This is the day that began the end of the war. This should be a day of national remembrance and celebration.” Rochester, another writer said.
The National WWII Musum, formerly the National D-Day Museum, is hosting events throughout today celebrating and commemorating the Anniversary of D-Day.
“The National WWII Museum is in New Orleans, Louisiana. I thought that was a very peculiar place to put a museum dedicated to WWII. Once I researched it more, I realized that the National WWII Museum when it was the National D-Day Museum was placed there because of that is where the Higgins’ Boat was invented. The Higgins’ Boat was the type of boat that was used during the invasion of D-Day. They’re also called LCVP’s.” Said anonymous.
“I’ve visited Washington D.C. and I went to the National Holocaust Memorial Museum there. It was very interesting to actually see some of the things there. There was a railcar used to transport up to one hundred people to concentration and death camps. It was unbelievably small. The Nazis were absolutely atrocious. But anyway, once I visited that museum, I researched more for more museums about WWII. I found the National WWII Museum. I was excited to find such a dedicated museum. And now, I cannot wait to go and visit this museum, because it looks really cool and I’ve heard the artifacts on display are incredible.” says Karina, another writer.
This post is dedicated to all who Allied soldiers died on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. You are forever in our memory as the ones who saved the world and ended the war.
We hope everyone has a wonderful day of celebration and remembrance. Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
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Last Titanic Survivor Dies at 97 June 3, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is June 3rd, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to announce that Milvina Dean, the last Titanic suvivor, died on May 31st, 2009, living for 97 years.
Recently, Milvina Dean was living in a care home near Ashurst, in the Southern English county of Hampshire. There had been news earlier in the year that she had been selling her Titanic memorabilia to pay for her nursing dues.
Elizabeth Gladys Dean was merely nine weeks old when her and her family boarded the Titanic in 1912. Her family were immigrating to Kansas for her father to open a tobacconists shop.
“I was really sad to discover that she passed away. I had always admired her for being known as the last survivor. She was a world figure to everyone.” Melanie, a writer at the Modern Typewriter said.
Milvina was born on February 12th, 1912 and was the youngest passenger on board of the Titanic of just nine weeks.
“I was shocked, yet not shocked. She was aging to 97, she wouldn’t live much longer, but I had hoped she would.” says Cody, another writer.
Elizabeth Gladys Dean died on May 31st, 2009. She will be remembered throughout history as the last survivor of the Titanic.
We apologize for not posting a post in the past two months. We are terribly sorry.
Remember, I’m Royce and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
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Idol History Has Been Made April 16, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is April 16th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I am here to talk about last night’s episode of the number one show in America, American Idol.
For those of you who didn’t see the results show for the Top 7, it really was a shocker. Idol history has been made, ladies and gentlemen.
The bottom three were Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, and Matt Giraud.
“I have to say that these were the three that I thought would be in the bottom three. I hate to say it, but it’s true.” Says Cody, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
“I thought that Anoop was really good on Tuesday night. I was completely astonished that he was in the bottom three.” Says Melanie, another writer.
After Anoop was sent back to the couch by Ryan Seacrest, it was down to the final two: Lil Rounds and Matt Giraud.
Then, Miley Cyrus performed her hit single, The Climb.
“I love Miley Cyrus, but I have to say that her performance was ‘absolutely terrible’ as Simon Cowell would say. It was pitchy, she moved her arms like she was begging for food, and she anunciated the words too much. I was very disappointed with this performance.” Says Karina, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
“That was probably the worst performance Miley Cyrus has done in her life. I felt like walking out of the room.” Says Alex, another writer.
After the commercial break, it came back to the final two…
The person with the lowest amount of votes was Matt Giraud. Lil Rounds was sent back to the couch.
As Matt sang for his dream, the judges discussed if they would save him.
“Personally, I wanted him gone, I voted for Danny Gokey.” Says Jaycee, another writer.
After he finished the song, the judges announced that they would save him, he would be back again for another week. This put him in tears.
But for every good news, there will be bad news. Simon Cowell announced that next week, two people will be eliminated, and that the genre of music will be Disco.
“I was on the edge of my couch, hoping that Matt would stay, and once I heard he would, I fell backwards celebrating!” Says Victoria, another writer.
“Next week is Disco week. I can bet you that Adam Lambert is going to probably rock on that. I have a feeling.” Cody says.
Stay tuned, America, we will post updates whenever someone goes home on American Idol.
Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
Videos Taken From YouTube videos.
The Last Hunt March 28, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is March 28th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to talk to you about the hunt for the last surviving Nazis from World War Two.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7857753.stm
Holocaust. In The Dictionary, it means to wipe out an entire race with destruction or fire.
Genocide. This word in the Dictionary means to systematically exterminate an entire racial, national, political, or cultural group.
How do these two words connect? Well, in the years of 1939-1945 there was a war between the Allies, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United States, and the Axis Powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan. It was mainly fought in Europe most of the years, by soldiers on foot. This war was the goriest in recorded history. Over 70 million lives were taken just in this war. And the worst part was that most of the lives lost were civilians. In total, 47,661,800 civilian lives were lost.
The main contributor to the cause of these many civilian deaths was a man named Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader of Germany. He was a racist, he believed that the ‘Superior Race’ was from Nordic ancestry with blonde hair and blue eyes. He hated almost anyone that was different, he could not stand it. Mainly, he hated Jews. He thought they were filthy, nasty, and were the devil’s workers. So what did he do? He would go into towns and round all their Jewish population and put them in a part of the town just for them, called a ghetto. By ghettoizing cities and towns across Europe, he could keep the Jews exactly where he wanted them and keep an eye on them. This also kept them separate from Hitler’s ‘Superior Race’.
But soon, as you can imagine, the ghettos started to fill up, very fast too. So Hitler devised up yet another plan, creating Concentration Camps, work and death camps where the workers would do hard labor all day, be fed only small portions of what they were supposed to be fed, and were worked to death. Many notorious death camps are: Treblinka, Aushwitz, Sobibor, Majdanek, Chelmno, and Belzec.
At the hand of the Nazi’s, very few survived what was known in history as “The Holocaust” or “haShoah” in Hebrew. People that Hitler killed were considered detrimental to the German society. Jews, Soviet POW’s, Ethnic Poles, Romani, Disabled, Free Masons, Homosexuals, and Jehovah’s Witnesses were all victims of mass murder.
Of course Hitler couldn’t do all this alone. He had a mass Army of what were called Nazis. Nazis operated the death and labor camps.
So, the BBC News says that a hunt for the last few Nazis is on. Seeing how the biological clock for them is ticking, they are getting old and lots of them already have gotten away and have died of old age.
“Hitler was no doubt the greatest monster in human history. This is why we need to find the Nazis and arrest them for their war crimes.” says Cody, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
“We can’t just let the people who were responsible for the deaths of over 70 million people. We can’t just let them free.”
Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT
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Ivan The Terrible At Treblinka March 11, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is March 11th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to talk about a recent news article about a German man charged for the crimes of being a Nazi Death Camp Guard.
Mr. John Demjanjuk, aged 88, is assumed to be responsible for a least the deaths of 29,000 Jews in the death camp of Treblinka during the Holocaust. Treblinka death camp was located in Nazi-occupied Poland during the years 1942-1942.
Demjanjuk denies that he was a Nazi guard. He says he was merely a prisoner of war of the Nazis, rather than a guard. But the documents he wrote the few years after the Holocaust proved that he was indeed a guard.
Investigators found lists of names of people who he personally led to the gas chambers at Treblinka. He was nicknamed, “Ivan the Terrible.”
Ivan Demjanjuk was born in the Ukraine.
In the 1980’s, he was sentenced to death in Israel, but the Supreme Court spared him, finding evidence suggesting that he was not the guard at Treblinka death camp.
In the year 2002, he was stripped of his citizenship by a US Immigration Judge, who had found enough evidence to prove that he was a Nazi guard.
Currently, authorities are deciding where to send him, seeing how they do not wish to have him here in the United States.
“I personally think he should be put to death. He is responsible for the deaths of almost 30,000 innocent people. Does he have the right to live? I believe not. He helped commit a crime against humanity. He personally led 29,000 Jews to the gas chambers at Treblinka. I think the only place he belongs is on death row.” says Melanie, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
“Until they are exactly sure whether or not this man is responsible for these deaths, I think they should just hold him in a jail until further evidence is found. Because it is only fair that you provide enough evidence to totally prove that he committed these crimes. Otherwise, I believe it is unfair to just send him out of the country if you don’t have enough evidenciary support for your point.” says Cody, another writer.
So what do you think? Should he be jailed? Let go? Leave us a comment to express your opinion!
Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
News Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7937408.stm
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Land Redistribution in Zimbabwe February 5, 2009
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Welcome to the Modern Typewriter, a daily blog to discuss topics that can’t be answered easily, or are just some fun topics! Today is February 5th, 2009, I’m Royce, and I’m here to tell you about a program in Zimbabwe with land redistribution.
A new program in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa is literally taking farmland from some white citizens to give it to impoverished blacks in the country. And if the white family who owns the plot of land refuses to give up the land, the government is threatening them with death or a sentence to jail.
“For one thing, I understand the main point of this, the main idea is good, it has a good intention, but this is basically just stealing land from other people. It is morally wrong to do. If I was a person whose land was just taken away, I would be completely outraged! Just hearing about this makes me infuriated!” says Cody, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.
We recently came across a news article on a family who was victimized by this unfairly played game. A man name Wally and his wife Helen were white citizens living in Zimbabwe. The police came to their 13,000 acre property demanding to see them. They met and the police ordered to take their farm for the program, and if they refused, they could either be jailed or killed, it was their choice.
“I feel the greatest sympathy for this couple, because they were in their fifties, and they are having to start their life all over again.” says Melanie, another writer.
The couple, Wally and Helen, had to immediately pack their belongings and leave. The new family that would be living in their house would be able to take anything they wanted.
Helen remembers asking if the new black woman if she would want a clay vase that their daughter had made in school. The woman said yes and Helen turned and smashed it on the floor.
“The general intention of the land redistribution idea is good, but you can’t just take something that is someone else’s. That is considered stealing.” says Rochester, another writer.
The couple, Wally and Helen have relocated to North Carolina, in the United States. Wally found a job with hogs, but when news that the business was having trouble, the employer said it was alright if Wally started searching for more work. So Wally did. He found a job at a farm overlooking cattle. His benefits would include a nice home right on the grazing field, free of rent. His wife and himself live there currently.
Before, the family that had taken over Wally and Helen’s farm had kidnapped their son and held him for ransom. They completely depleted Wally’s bank account.
“This is a huge issue! Somehow, we can’t just let the President of Zimbabwe steal away property and give it to someone else. That is completely terrible! And what kind of world has it come to when a family holds a son for ransom? Shouldn’t the police get involved? Where were they during all this? Oh right, they were stealing more property.” says Jaycee, another writer.
The American dollar can go a long way in Zimbabwe, since the inflation is so bad. Wally and Helen thought about taking their dollars to Zimbabwe to retire, since just a thousand dollars would take you far in Zimbabwe, but they figured America is where they belong right now.
So, what do you think on the land redistribution program in Zimbabwe? Do you think it is good? Bad? Why? Leave us a comment to express your opinion!
Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!
News Article:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/v-print/story/1260755.html
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