Layton, someone needs to knock some sense in you!

Layton what are you thinking!



It is always nice to see Jack Layton jumping across the political fence when things are not going right for him. Layton should know that siding with the PC party against the Liberals is a foolish motion. The NDP have more in common with the Liberals than the Conservative.

Layton expected all his dreams to come true when he backed the Liberal government because he was in a position to capitalize for his party on the power he could possibly have. He could also use this to further his face amongst the people of Canada.

Is Layton also just using this as a “ploy” to prod the Liberals in their favour?

Stephen Harper is being smart also by not jumping on the bandwagon right away. He is not as gullible as I originally thought. Although I still consider him a threat to social services in Canada.

If Layton thinks he can come out on top in the next election than he is a bit of a dreamer. This country is not ready just yet to put the NDP back in some sort of power. It will be many years before that happens, and Layton has more work to do to secure his parties reputation. He is competing with parties that have been around in Canada since Canada’s birth. I can safely say also that even though the Green Party claims they will be a riveting force in the next elections I have to doubt that. They have no chance in hell.

So whether Layton is feeding the media with his campaign tricks in order to fuel the Liberals their own way is an unsure thing. I just know Stephen Harper would not agree to any of the platform wishes that the NDP have. The Bloc? They are in their own little world to themselves.

Anyways, who really wants to have an election through Christmas?

This is not Star Wars, But it is A New Hope

Warning: The Personal Pronoun I will be used.

Ever since I found out a close friend of mine had Multiple
Sclerosis I have been keeping my eye on it. Before that I
was pretty ignorant to the fact that it existed, much like
many other people in this world. I was always too afraid to
ask her exactly what that was; because well how do you
respond to that when someone says they have it. I would slap
myself if I even spit out the generic, “Gee that is too bad”.


Thank god for the Internet though,

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To me this picture is confusing but from what I understand
that white spot is bad.

So according to Wikipedia this is a disease that attacks the
brain and spin and causes many life hindering problems.
There is “no cure”. I have hope there will be, there has to
be after all the work they are doing with stem cell research
and how they are able to destroy diseases like polio and
small pox’s.

But, if you have MS you can live fully productive lives. What
sparked me to write this was this article: Article

I also found out that this disease was 3 times more likely to
affect women, which is why a cure for MS really needs to be
discovered. Women are special treasures to the world; they
are the ones that give life, where men take that life away. I
often want to take the pain and the emotional turmoil away
from my close friend. After all we are friends. There is no
pain I would no endure for any of my friends that I hold
dearly.


So how close are they at even understanding how to find out what causes MS? After all I read on Wikipedia that no one knew the how, and that they only knew they what happens.

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A recently published article said they have found a single molecule that is directly linked to MS. What exactly does this mean? I am not an expert in MS but the protein IL-6 seems to be a key issue in here.

Most of the article is very scientific but what stands out more is the hope in this paragraph.

“IL-6 is a chemical messenger that cells of the immune system use to communicate with one another. One of the cell types injured by high levels of IL-6 includes oligodendrocytes, which help produce the protective myelin sheath coating around nerve cells. The findings offer one possible mechanism responsible for demyelinating disorders, such as TM and MS, and may aid in the development of effective therapies against these disorders, the researchers say.”

If there is a chance to find possible therapies then I am ecstatic. They are not the only ones looking for answers. I plan to keep my eye watching the headlines across the world. In fact I get Google alerts sent to me on a regular basis keeping me informed. I am just sad that I have not always been so avid in wanting a cure. I wish the scientists good luck.

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Democracy at its finest hour!

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'The police said the ambush today appeared to have been carefully planned, with three carloads of gunmen attacking the lawyers' car as it drove through the suburb of al-Adel at lunchtime.Attackers in one car then boldly followed the ambulance carrying the surviving lawyer to the Yarmouk hospital, the police said, perhaps looking for a second chance to kill him. The spokesman said there were no immediate suspects.'

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Never has there been something like this during 25 years of my life reported. This is a sign of western democracy at its finest. It is good the Americans have pushed the people into having criminal trials. It seems to be not working though since 'criminals', as they are called, chase behind ambulances just for another chance to kill someone.What is wrong with this trial? It really doesn’t seem real at all. Is CNN there? Surely this does not have the same coverage like the OJ Simpson Trial a few years back.Is it even worth putting him on trial? How many Iraqis supported and still support him? How many want him dead? Would an exile just be better? But then again most of the information circulating in the western world is propaganda. Why did Bush decide to punish him now for crimes that happened long ago, and when they were allies? How much money did the United States make gun running? Lord of War anyone?

My Chemical Romance for you

L. Sion said it best at Amazon.com

The winning formula of My Chemical Romance (MCR) is a mixture of four totally different styles, Gothic/British vocal and lyric, "Sonic youth"-ish type of rhythm guitar, neck-breaking "Metal"-ish guitar solo, and punk/emo rhythm, and this album (their second album and first major label release) show what is the best answer they can work out from the formula.

What best describes My Chemical Romanceis WOW!

THE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE
1. Helena
2. Give 'Em Hell, Kid
3. To The End
4. You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison
5. I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
6. The Ghost Of You
7. The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You
8. Interlude
9. Thank You For The Venom
10. Hang 'Em High
11. It's Not A Fashion Statement, It's A Deathwish
12. Cemetery Drive
13. I Never Told You What I Do For A Living

From start to finish this album is an adrenaline rush. It would even make a music pirate consider buying the record. The album is also ordered in a way that each song flows after each other seamlessly. Despite the dark imagery within the music’s lyrics there is some very solid song writing.

They have to be doing something right, the song Ghost of You’s music video is rising through the Muchmusic countdownfor the week beginning November 4. It is not sure if they will rise from 5th place and go straight for one, but right now that video is hot. Unlike most songs where you are not sure if the music even goes with the video, MCR make that connection. The video takes place around soldiers fighting in war fit in well with the songs lyrical content of, “Never coming home, never coming home”.

A writers note, When January comes I know the one album I will buy is MCR’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.

Online Journalism and using different mediums to tell a story

What exactly is the different when telling a news story through text, audio and video?

I think about many things in life, sometimes I have no real straight alley in which my thoughts work. Often times I will be all over the map when thinking about something. But for issues like this it really makes me understand a concept better. What are the advantages for each?

Well for text,
Advantages
You are able to go in-depth and evoke the imagination of the reader. A good written narrative would allow the reader their own choice on how to see something.
Disadvantages
It takes some time to read, and it seems society is kind of hard pressed for time. It is also easy to lose someone’s attention if they are not the reading type. Grammar and spelling can also break a story.

For Audio,
Advantages,
The story is told to us, and it can be better because we can actually hear the emotion in a quote. It could mean a totally different thing from what was written in the paper by just how it sounds.
Disadvantages,
Body language I think tells a story better than a voice. You perceive people different when you hear than compared to seeing them. I think this is why people get scammed from phone criminals.

For Video,
Advantages,
People can see everything: the facial gestures, the voice and the setting around.
Disadvantages,
The story is one sided. We do not let the person fully make an opinion. It is like we are showing them our view on it.

I took all three of these into account when I did my piracy story. The best model I found out was to take some from all aspects because in the real world there isn’t a me in team. I see each sector as a member of the team, and from experience the work gets done better if everyone pitches something in.

This Hour has 22 minutes

You all might wonder:

Why the hell are you posting poetry? Well to be honest I am not sure what to post at the moment. I was asked to continue posting about my life, but why really? I know it is a personal diary of sorts, and I do not advertise it that much. Perhaps in a few years I might retell it more in length. It is strange though, I was talking with a friend last night and she thinks I am depressed, and possibly suicidal. Which I think is really strange, because I do not think so. But, I guess it is to be expected because my writing I tend to show is pretty dark. But hey, I could work on being visually happier to the world. But it just seems like sooooo much work.

But anyways I finally told Rob what was bugging me in the class with Roger and Adam beside me. The issue will be looked into. Hopefully

I went and talked to Rob privately again. It seemed Weblog screwed up again for some reason and all my work was not being shown. Rob asked me what was going on, because lately I had been not as focused as I had been in the past. He was really worried because he wants me to do the best I can. For some reason he thinks I will go far, and the work I do is amazing. Although I can point out how much it is not.

I admitted I have no idea what to do my art of story telling assignment on. His recommendation was for me to pick an easy topic and tell the story in a good way. I am still unclear on what to do, but I am tempted to bug my beautiful community press reporter friend. She is always filled with ideas.

So far I got a lot of work on my plate. I got:

A website I have to complete for Dan (http://students.onlinedemocracy.ca/~michaeldarling/goldentreestudios/)

A pioneer redesign website for Hersh
(http://students.onlinedemocracy.ca/~michaeldarling/goldentreestudios/)

A Business report on how to Market and change the Online Pioneer and how to make people more aware it exists for Joe.

An art of story telling project, a CAR essay and some other assignment for Rob, and then I have to make them all into a webpage.

It might not seem like a lot of work, but believe me it is. On top of that Thursdays and Fridays are packed with the posting of the Pioneer. I also have Blogs to do for Rob’s class as a course requirement. If anyone thought Print Journalism was hard, then they should really check out how hard E-Journalism is.

My main problems with the course are the fact I came into it with a totally different skill set than my classmates. I have been using multimedia and computers since 1994 when I was introduced to it at Dunbarton High School. So I am unchallenged mentally in the course. There are a few classes, some of Rob’s and Dan’s, that I really learn something. Joe’s chalk and talk generally looses me out of confusion within the first 10 minutes of the class. His class reaffirms why I did not take business classes, I personally think he speaks Russian to us in that class. Hersh needs to get out of the clouds and join the normal populous on the planet Earth. I never been in a class with no direction what so ever or requirement. Am I passing or failing. What exactly are we doing? The main theme in that class seems to be play around. At first he was going into lectures about fundamentals, and although most of it seems irrelevant I was able to keep on track, and then we went into a funny curve that ended up with him learning the software within class time, and then him rambling about this and that. I couldn’t handle it anymore, and I asked him what the point of that class was? Of course, he got offended. I really think he did not understood what I meant. I do not mind Hersh but it seems he needs let us all know what the deal is going on. For example my assignments, when are they do? He has not collected one thing since the beginning of the semester.

The last class was spent learning the boring difference between http, ftp asp and webdev which I think webdev is pointless. The way he was speaking about it seems he did not truly understand the concepts. Then we spent the longest time “learning” to connect through dreamweaver to the remote server. So basically I could have slept in that morning, because coming to class was pointless for me. Even Roger and Adam were able to connect easily. I also think he could have a better way to instruct. He just tells Adam and Roger and fiddle. I am sorry but that just does not work because I just have people asking me questions. I do not mind answering their technical problems but I really do not get my work done. Can’t Dan and Hersh teach the class together? Dan also teaches design at George Brown, so it is not an impossible thing.

Tomorrow it is Joe’s Class and Rob’s Online class. Wow such a full day… ( a five hour gap or more of NOTHING btw, so I hope to get some work done.

A girl from the bus I promised to make dinner for wants to come over. She is cute, but she has a boyfriend. I owe her the dinner anyway because I made her help me with an assignment.

Am I searching for “the one”? Hell no, she can come to me. ( searching for her is too much work.