3D Sidewalk Art…

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 30th, 2008, I’m Melanie, and I’m here to show you some really cool pictures of 3D sidewalk art.

Julian Beever is a famous artist in the UK, Australia, Belgium, and many other countries for his amazing pavement art. Usually, he draws pictures of things right out in the middle of the public.

Take a look at these pictures, you are sure to be amazed.

So what do you think of his artwork? Is it really cool? Or really bad? Leave us a comment to express your opinion!

Remember, I’m Melanie, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!

Images retrieved From: impactlab.com

 

The Massacre of Babi Yar…

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 27th, 2008, I’m Royce, and I’m here to talk to you about the single most bloodiest shooting of the Holocaust.

At a ravine called Babi Yar in Kiev, Ukraine, the most ruthless shooting massacre occurred over the course of two days in September 1941.

When a series of explosions and fires occurred, and killed many German soldiers and destroyed army headquarters, the Jews were blamed.

A notice appeared announcing that all Jews were to report for resettlement, under a penalty of death. More than 33,000 victims were marched into the Jewish cemetery. From there, they marched in small groups to the ravine called Babi Yar.

Their clothing was taken, and they were ordered to lie down in the ravine. Each and almost every one was shot in the back of the head by Nazi perpetrators. 33,771 victims were killed.

Mercy was not given for the elderly, women, or even children. Some shot at Babi Yar were even as young as seven years old. The Nazis thought it especially important to murder children, who represented, the Future of the Jewish ‘Race’.

One survivor later recalled being buried under “a stack of warm, bloody bodies”.

“It is just terrible to think that such a horrific thing could have happened, but it did, these people were murdered. Those children killed didn’t get to live their life freely.” says Karina, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.

“Just to imagine what was going through the minds of the victims before they were shot is probably ‘what am I going to do? I failed to protect my children, and my family.’ The only thing I would be able to think of would be to pray and hope for the best.” says Rochester, another writer at the Modern Typewriter.

Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!

Picture Retrieved From: http://www.israelnewsagency.com/babiyarholocaust.gif

 

Free Rice Game…

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 26th, 2008, I’m Rochester, and I’m here to tell you about a game called Free Rice.

Free Rice is a vocabulary game dedicated to giving rice to poverty-struck places.

They give you a word, and you have to find the synonym of that word in the list they give you. The list will contain four words, and the synonym will be in the list.

If you choose the correct synonym, you earn twenty grains of rice to donate. You can keep going on and on, donating rice if you wanted to.

“I think that the Free Rice game is a really fun game and it’s addicting too.” says Royce, a writer at the Modern Typewriter. “I played for about two hours and donated over 4000 grains of rice.”

“It’s a good way to get kids to understand that the world needs to help out the poverty-struck places. I’m glad that the creator created this game.” says Melanie, another writer at the Modern Typewriter.

The website is located at freerice.com

“I just love to play. It advances my vocabulary skills, and I’m helping the world, it’s just wonderful.” says an anonymous viewer.

Remember, I’m Rochester, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!

Picture Retrieved From: http://tinyurl.com/68c87j

 

The Supposedly ‘Lost’ Tribe…

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 24th, 2008, I’m Karina, and I’m here to tell you about the supposedly ‘lost’ tribe in the Amazon Rainforest.

A few months ago, a photographer claimed that he found a Native lost Indian tribe in the Amazon Rainforest. Pictures of this ‘lost’ tribe helped back up his claim.

But just recently, he came clean and said that he faked half of the true story. The Indians pictured were actual Indians that were a part of a tribe, but they weren’t considered ‘lost’ or ‘undiscovered’.

“I think it is actually really arrogant of that photographer to do something like this. This one photo was so popular over the news, and he knew it was a fake. He should’ve come clean way before this photo came popular, because I mean he pretty much fooled a lot of people into thinking we actually contacted a ‘lost’ tribe.” says Royce, a writer at the Modern Typewriter.

The photographer took the picture to emphasize the importance of not cutting down trees in the Amazon Rainforest. He wanted people to understand that there are people out there living in the Amazon, and are becoming endangered because of logging.

“It’s actually in a way funny to me, because I mean he (the photographer) must’ve been a good practical prankster during his high school years, because to pull something like this off, you got to have not only guts, but some wit. And what else is funny is that all of the major news companies literally wrote articles on this one picture and now, when you go back to look for that article, you can’t find it. They deleted it.” says Melanie, another writer at the Modern Typewriter.

So what do you think? Do you think it was right of the photographer to take a fake picture to fool the world? Or do you think it was a mean prank? Leave us a comment to express your opinion!

Remember, I’m Karina, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!

Picture Retrieved From: http://tinyurl.com/5sl4u4

 

Titanic Found During Secret Navy Mission?

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 15th, Father’s Day, I’m Cody, and I’m here to tell you about a news article that the Modern Typewriter team ran across.

The news article (from National Geographic) is dated June 2nd, 2008, and is entitled ‘Titanic Was Found During Secret Cold War Navy Mission’.

The 1986 discovery of the most famous ship of all time, Titanic, was actually a secret Cold War Navy mission. The discoverers actually were investigating about two wrecked submarines in a similar area.

Taken From Article: Ballard met with the Navy in 1982 to request funding to develop the robotic submersible technology he needed to find the Titanic. Ronald Thunman, then the deputy chief of naval operations for submarine warfare, told Ballard the military was interested in the technology—but for the purpose of investigating the wreckage of the U.S.S. Thresher and U.S.S. Scorpion.

Since Ballard’s technology would be able to reach the sunken subs and take pictures, the oceanographer agreed to help out.

He then asked the Navy if he could search for the Titanic, which was located between the two wrecks.

“I was a little short with him,” said Thunman, who retired as a vice admiral and now lives in Springfield, Illinois. He emphasized that the mission was to study the sunken warships.

Once Ballard had completed his mission—if time was left—Thunman said, Ballard could do what he wanted, but never gave him explicit permission to search for the Titanic.

The Navy never really expected Ballard to find the legendary Titanic, so they were a bit concerned about all of the publicity that the news was getting.

The famous Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14th, 1912, and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic on April 15th, the very next day at 2:20 am. There was a lack of lifeboats, as well as weak rivets. More than half of the Titanic’s passengers and Crew died that night. Only 705 people survived.

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Picture Retrieved From: http://tinyurl.com/3uz6vs

 

In Memoriam Of The Battle Of Normandy…

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 7th, 2008, I’m Royce, and I’m here to remember what occurred on June 6th, 1944.

The Battle Of Normandy, or known as the D-Day Invasion is a battle that will live in infamy, as to so many deaths of both German soldiers and Allie soldiers. (US, Britain, Canada, etc.)

We are here to remember, to remember those who served for us. Who defended us in the most life-taking war in history. The second World War is estimated to have taken 55 million people total.

We apologize for writing this post a day after the official start of the invasion.

Remember, the more you learn about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.

Remember, I’m Royce, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!

Picture Retrieved From: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1944_NormandyLST.jpg/300px-1944_NormandyLST.jpg