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=Middle Ages Project= Section 1 __The Vikings__ The Vikings were a group of explorers and conquerers. They lived in the area from Denmark, Norway and Sweden and they spread throughout Europe and the North Atlantic. They are mostly remembered for being raiders traders explorers and settlers.

A famous viking is Leif Ericson.

Daily life included Viking women would have spent a lot of their time spinning and weaving. They were expert weavers.Viking women would also have spent a good deal of time producing foodstuffs. They would bake bread daily, milk cows and make butter and cheese from the milk. They also brewed beer, which was drunk instead of water. There would be weak beer for everyday use, and strong beer to be drunk at the festivals and banquets. They also made mead from fermented honey. Preserving food for winter would be an important part of a woman's work, fish and meat would be pickled in brine or whey, and possibly smoked. When the men were away on their expeditions, as they often were, the women would be left to run the family farms or other businesses.Wealthier Viking women would have slaves to do most of the chores, but they would supervise the work, and to make sure it was done properly. Children would have helped their parents as soon as they were old enough, learning the skills necessary to survive from their parents. Boys would learn about farming or if their father followed a specialist trade like boat-building or weapon-making for instance they would learn that. and they would learn about weapons, Girls would learn spinning and weaving and all the other domestic skills necessary to run a household. Houses were generally built of wood, and thatched. They were rectangular single-storey buildings. There would be similar buildings to house the animals.

Saturday was bath-day; baths might take the form of a suana in a small bath house. Cleanliness seems to have been expected. A collection of poems of Viking Age origin says that a guest is met by his host at the table 'with water, a towel, and a hearty welcome.' The provision of hospitality was thought essential. One never knew when one might be dependent on others for hospitality oneself. It was not uncommon to be delayed for weeks by bad weather on a journey, or even to be forced to over-winter away from home if on a long voyage. Winter evenigns would have been passed not only in eating and drinking. There were poems to be recited, verses to be composed, and the family sagas to be retold so taht they would continue to be passed on down the generations. There would also have been singing and dancing. Board games were played by firelight, or else by the light of simple oil lamps. Pieces of bone or glass were moved over wooden boards, in a variety of games similar to draughts and fox-and-geese.

Apperance They were well dressed and well groomed, long haired and bearded, with colored tunics made of wool or linen, and trousers, arm rings, and sometimes capes. It varied just as people today do. Ranging anywhere from the lightest pale skin, to olive skin. Hair wise, it was long. They had many colored hair, mostly Brown as typical Scandinavians have now. Among brown were Blond, Red, and Black hair. Many Vikings weren't pure Scandinavians. The Vikings raided many countries in Europe and in the Middle-East and often would bring back women from different countries resulting in a mixture of people [] []

Section 2 __Medival Clothing__ Most people in the Middle Ages wore woolen clothing, with undergarments made of linen. Brighter colors, better materials, and a longer jacket length were usually signs of greater wealth. The clothing of the aristocracy and wealthy merchants tended to be elaborate and changed according to the dictates of fashion. Towards the end of the Middle Ages, men of the wealthy classes sported hose and a jacket, often with pleating or skirting, or a tunic with a surcoat. Women wore flowing gowns and elaborate headwear. Most of the holy orders wore long woolen habits in emulation of Roman clothing. One could tell the order by the color of the habit: the Benedictines wore black; the Cistercians, undyed wool or white. St. Benedict stated that a monk's clothes should be plain but comfortable and they were allowed to wear linen coifs to keep their heads warm. The Poor Clare Sisters, an order of Franciscan nuns, had to petition the Pope in order to be permitted to wear woolen socks. . []

Entertainment of the Middle Ages Included The entertainment Included
 * feasts
 * banquets
 * josts and tournaments
 * Mystery Plays
 * games and sports
 * hunting
 * hawking
 * and animal entertainment using dogs, bears, and monkeys.
 * Jesters
 * Mummers
 * Minstrels
 * Troubadours
 * acrobats
 * jugglers
 * and conjurers

__Games__ These games were frequently played for money or honors and they are the ancestors of modern days casino games Outdoor Games []
 * Card games
 * board games
 * dice games
 * sporting games and
 * Childrens games
 * Chess
 * Tables Backgammon
 * Nine men's Morris
 * Alquerques
 * Fox & Geese
 * The Philosophers Games
 * Shovelboard
 * Knucklebones
 * Hazard
 * Archery
 * Bowls
 * Colf
 * Gameball
 * Hammer throwing
 * Hurling or shinty
 * Horseshoes
 * Quarter staff contests

Section 3 The Canterbury tales It is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century The Knight's Tale is the story of two knights from Thebes who fall in love with the same woman, a princess of Athens named Emily. Since the two knights have sworn to support each other in everything, each one's love for Emily does //not// go over well.

Koran The Koran is a book that contains revelations from God delivered by the angel Gabriel to the prophet Muhammad.The koran is the Muslim's holy book. In Arabic it means to read or recite. Muslims believe that the koran is the most important book in the world, and is the principle source of every Mulim's faith and practice.The korans basic theme is the relationship between God and His creatures.In Arabic the Qur'an is also referred to as 'Al-Kitab' (the book), 'Al-furkan' (the distinction), 'Al-mas'haf' (the scroll), and 'Al-dikhr' (the warning), as well as other names

Current Events Project
__Great White Shark Attacks in Australia__ What: A man was killed by a 4 meter (13-foot) shark on Saturday while diving with his brother off a beach in southwestern Australia, authorities said. It's the fourth fatal shark attack in Australia since September, all of them off the continent's southwest corner Businessman Peter Kurmann, 33, and his brother Gian Kurmann, 34, were diving from a boat off Stratham Beach, about 230 kilometres south of Perth, the Western Australia state capital, when the younger brother was attacked midmorning, The victim, from the town of Vasse near the bay where the attack took place, was apparently killed instantly. His brother was unharmed. After Saturday's attack, beaches were closed while authorities dispatched aerial and ocean patrols to scan the seas. A spotter plane sighted a three to four meter shark the same afternoon, but attempts to catch it failed and were aborted altogether when bad weather moved in. Why: This is important because many people have lost thier lives in the same way because sharks have attacked them and it is imperative that people are more careful when out at sea or at the beach. Sources: __www.huffingtonpost.com____www.thechronicleherald.ca____www.cnn.com__

__Human cost of Greek crisis__ What :Greeks are facing severe austerity cuts because of their country's mounting debt crisis. Here are what some Greek citizens describe the affect the cuts are having on them. Konstantios Papaioannou- "All lives are affected there is a feeling of no end in sight No one can be assured that there wont be more cuts." Manos Kallimikrakis- "My salary is being cut I dont know how to live with that but im one of the luky ones I have a job and own my own house without any loans. The future is not good a lot of my friends are trying to leave Greece." Panos Papanicolaou-"There is a big increase in suicide levels and traffic accidents, also in people with heart and psychological problems. So there's more diseases caused by the public crisis.Older personnel are retiring but they're not being replaced" Why: Thier are finacial problems all over the world that affects everyone and it is hard to try to adjust to a different way of living. Source: __www.cnn.com__

__Afghanistan and the long war__ What: The war in Afghanistan has been under way for more than 10 years. It has not been the only war fought during this time; for seven of those years another, larger war was fought in Iraq, and smaller conflicts were fought in other countries as well, but the Afghanistan War is still the longest large-scale, war fought in American history. An American soldier's killing of 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, on March 11 represents only a moment in this long war, but it is an important moment. Why: There have been many wars between America and other countries but the 10 year war between America and Afghanistan has been the longest war in American History. Source: __www.businessmirror.com____www.ihavenet.com__

__Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, designer of iconic Porsche 911, dies__ What: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who designed and unveiled to the world the first Porsche 911, has died in Salzburg, Austria, a spokesman said. He was 76. The death was announced by Matthias Muller, president of Porsche AG, who credited the late designer with establishing a "design that is a legacy."Porsche gained worldwide recognition at the age of 27 when he unveiled the first Porsche 911 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963.Recalling the design process, Porsche said: "Right from the start the specification was that the car had to be instantly recognizable as a Porsche from its silhouette."The two-door luxury coupe initially was called the Porsche 901, until a patent issue with Peugeot forced a change in name.In addition, Porsche also designed the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, a Formula One racing car that has been praised for its sleek, forward design.Porsche was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on December 11, 1935, to Dorothea and Ferry Porsche. He was named for his grandfather, Ferdinand Porsche, according to the company. As the story goes, he spent much of his time in the engineering and development offices of his grandfather, who is credited with the original design of the Volkswagen Beetle in the 1930s. F.A. Porsche, as he was referred to by his colleagues, joined the company at the age of 22 and soon developed one of the first clay models of the successor of the Porsche 356, the company's first production automobile, according to Muller.In 1962, he took over as the head of the Porsche design studio and one year later unveiled what became the Porsche 911.Porsche, who later served as president of the company, is credited with playing a major role in reshaping it in the 1990s and guiding it through an economic turnaround, according to Porsche AG.Porsche will be buried in a private ceremony in Zell am See, Germany, the company said. An official service will be held in Stuttgart at a later date. Why: He was a very important man who created a well known, expensive car and people should know about him and what he has done. Source: __www.cnn.com__

__Earthquake in Indonesia__ What : A 8.6-magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershocks struck off Indonesia sending people scurrying from shaking buildings in several countries and raising fears of a disastrous tsunami. Tsunami alerts were issued across the entire Indian Ocean, although they were later lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the initial quake happened about 14 miles beneath the ocean floor and 270 miles from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital of Aceh, at 2:38 p.m. local time (4:38 a.m. ET). Reuters reported that the tremors were felt in Thailand, Singapore and southern India.The quake struck in a similar location to the 9.1-magnitude tremor on Dec. 26, 2004, that triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, killing almost 230,000 people.An 8.2-magnitude aftershock hit at 6:43 a.m. ET, the USGS said. Fresh tsunami alerts were issued as a result. Several other smaller temblors, of between 5.1 and 5.7-magnitude, were recorded in the same area between 5:51 a.m. ET and 8:10 a.m. ET.**'The threat has diminished'** Individual countries, including Kenya, issued tsunami warnings for their Indian Ocean coastlines. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning issued a tsunami watch - an alert category one level below a warning -- for the entire Indian Ocean area but later canceled it. "Level readings now indicate that the threat has diminished or is over for most areas,'' it said. It posted a series of estimated arrival times for tsunami waves for potentially affected areas, saying that if no major waves had happened two hours after those times then "local authorities can assume the threat is passed. "As local conditions can cause a wide variation in tsunami wave action, the all-clear determination must be made by local authorities," the warning center said. Small tsunami waves of around three feet in height hit the western coast of Sumatra island, Reuters reported, though Indonesia’s disaster agency said it was still assessing whether there were any deaths or damage. **'Remain alert'** Indonesia's Geophysics Agency also said it had detected a rise in sea level of up to 2 feet 7 inches, according to Reuters.Tsunami waves are relatively small in the open ocean, but can quickly build up as they near shore or are channeled into inlets. National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told the Jakarta Post that the large aftershock "might potentially trigger a tsunami. Residents must remain alert."A witness on Indonesia's Simeulue Island, near the epicenter of the quake, said the sea had receded by about 10 yards; water receding is a sign that a tsunami wave is about to arrive. NBC News reported scenes of panic in Indonesia, with residents and even hospital patients fleeing buildings."The quake was felt very strongly. Electricity is down, there's traffic jams to access higher ground. Sirens and Quran recitals from mosques are everywhere," a spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency told Reuters.In Banda Aceh, Fauvan, who like many people in the region has a single name, told NBC News that when the quake struck "the buildings shook for three to four minutes -- it was very scary.""I immediately left the building and ran towards higher ground. A lot of people did the same. There were a lot of people in the street," she said. She said she had now returned to the hotel. "It is quite good here now" she said, sensing the worst of the quake and tsunami warning had passed. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency is sending a rescue team to Aceh province, and said electricity had been cut to the area. **Thousands evacuated** Several thousand people were evacuated to higher ground from parts of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands as authorities prepared for waves of up to 12 feet or more. India earlier issued a tsunami alert for its eastern coast, saying waves measuring almost 20 feet high might strike parts of its eastern coast. Hundreds of office workers in the Indian city of Bangalore left their buildings. Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP - Getty Images Acehnese women hug each other and pray shortly after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.Reports on Twitter and elsewhere said Wednesday's first quake was also felt in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia. High-rise apartments and offices on Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute. Evacuation orders were issued for Thailand's southern island of Phuket and another southern province, Phangnga. "The province has turned on the warning sirens and asked people all over Phuket island to move to a safe place," an official from the Phuket Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Center told Reuters by telephone. The country's National Disaster Prevention Center told NBC News that Phuket airport has been temporarily closed and flights diverted elsewhere. Why: All over the world there are many natural dissasters and in some places there are more than others an example would be the earthquakes in Indonesia. Source: __www.cnn.com____www.nytimes.com__

__Five Die After Earthquake In Indonesia__ What: Five people died after two major earthquakes struck near Indonesia, authorities said Thursday. Three of the people died from heart attacks while the others died of shock after two earthquakes struck Wednesday, officials with Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency said. The first massive earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean, which was later canceled. It was an 8.6-magnitude quake.The second large quake, with a magnitude of 8.2, occurred off the west coast of Sumatra about two hours later, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of major damage. Why:Many tradgies occur all over the world and some occur after dissasters like earthquakes and tsunamis. Source: __www.cnn.com____www.nytimes.com__

__The Scream__ What: Edvard Munch's "The Scream" -- "the world's most stolen work of art" -- has gone on display in London ahead of its sale in New York next month, where it is expected to fetch more than $80 million. The work is one of four versions of the same subject created by Norwegian artist Munch (1863 - 1944) in the 1890s -- and the only one still in private hands. Simon Shaw, of [|__Sotheby's__] in New York where the piece will go under the hammer on May 2, said "The Scream" was "the second most famous work of art in the world, after the 'Mona Lisa.'" Copies of the painting have appeared on everything from postcards and umbrellas to mousemats. The image inspired Wes Craven's "Scream" film franchise, and was referenced in posters for the "[|__Home Alone__]" movies, starring Macaulay Culkin. "It has a double life," Shaw told CNN. "It is a key image in the history of modern art, but on the other hand, it has also become a cornerstone of popular culture: We all know it from the films and the cartoons, the parodies, the pastiches and the toys.Everybody knows 'The Scream' -- it is one of the most recognizable paintings anywhere -- but relatively few people have seen the original. What we know are the parodies. Simon Shaw, Sotheby's "What is fascinating for me is that while everybody //knows// 'The Scream' -- it is one of the most recognizable paintings anywhere -- relatively few people have actually //seen// the original. What we know are the cartoons and the parodies."Shaw, head of Impressionist and Modern Art at the auction house, said the picture's status as a high-profile target for thieves had only boosted its popularity."Of the four versions, three are in public collections in Oslo, and of those, two have been stolen in the past 20 years," he said. "Happily in each case the work was recovered, but that status as 'the world's most stolen work of art' has only added to its celebrity."The thefts got 'The Scream' onto the cover of newspapers and on television around the world, so it became more and more famous."When the [|__National Gallery of Norway__] had its version stolen in 1994, visitor numbers actually went up -- people came from around the world to look at the nail and the empty piece of wall where 'The Scream' was supposed to hang." The picture -- a vivid pastel, produced in 1895 -- is owned by Petter Olsen, a member of the Olsen shipping dynasty. Olsen is selling "The Scream" to fund the construction of a museum and arts center, [|__Ramme Gaard__], at Hvitsten, Norway, in which he plans to display the rest of his paintings. The new venue is set to open next year, the 150th anniversary of Munch's birth. "I have lived with this work all my life, and its power and energy have only increased with time," said Olsen. "Now, however, I feel the moment has come to offer the rest of the world a chance to own and appreciate this remarkable work." Sotheby's says it expects huge interest in the piece, which it says has the potential to draw visitors from around the world to any collection which stumps up the cash to buy it. "The opportunity for a museum or a private collector to buy one of the great icons of art history is unlikely to be repeated any time soon," said Shaw. "We know there is a lot of demand, and very little supply. It has truly global appeal, and could go anywhere." Why: This is an example on how artist's painting became famous and well known all over the world and there are many people who want to become artists when they are older and hope that thier paintings will be as famous as the scream. Source: __www.cnn.com__

__German Train Accident__ What: Three people died and 13 were injured when a German commuter train collided with a maintenance crane Friday morning, German police said. The collision occurred on the track near the city of Offenbach, outside Frankfurt, police said.The driver and two construction workers were killed. Several of the train's 35 passengers were seriously injured and are receiving hospital treatment.German authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, police said. The train, a regional service, was traveling from Frankfurt to Hanau. Why: Many accidents occur not just from natural dissasters but also in transportation like train collisions. Source: __www.cnn.com__

__Suicides ‘by Economic Crisis’ Increase in Europe__ What: On [|__New Year’s Eve__], Antonio Tamiozzo, 53, hanged himself in the warehouse of his construction business near Vicenza, after several debtors did not pay what they owed him. In Veneto, Italy, Stefano Zanatta leads a support group for struggling businesspeople. Three weeks earlier, Giovanni Schiavon, 59, a contractor, shot himself in the head at the headquarters of his debt-ridden construction company on the outskirts of Padua. As he faced the bleak prospect of ordering Christmas layoffs at his family firm of two generations, he wrote a last message: "Sorry, I cannot take it anymore." The economic downturn that has shaken Europe for the last three years has also swept away the foundations of once-sturdy lives, leading to an alarming spike in suicide rates. Especially in the most fragile nations like Greece, Ireland and Italy, small-business owners and entrepreneurs are increasingly taking their own lives in a phenomenon some European newspapers have started calling "suicide by economic crisis." Many, like Mr. Tamiozzo and Mr. Schiavon, have died in obscurity. Others, like the desperate 77 year old retiree who shot himself outside the Greek Parliament on April 4, have turned their personal despair into dramatic public expressions of anger at the leaders who have failed to soften the blows of the crisis. A complete picture of the phenomenon across Europe is elusive, as some countries lag in reporting statistics and coroners are loath to classify deaths as suicides, to protect surviving family members. But it is clear that countries on the front line of the economic crisis are suffering the worst, and that suicides among men have increased the most. In Greece, the suicide rate among men increased more than 24 percent from 2007 to 2009, government statistics show. In Ireland during the same period, suicides among men rose more than 16 percent. In Italy, suicides motivated by economic difficulties have increased 52 percent, to 187 in 2010 — the most recent year for which statistics were available — from 123 in 2005.Researchers say the trend has intensified this year as government austerity measures took hold and compounded the hardships for many. While suicides often have many complex causes, researchers have found that severe economic stress corresponds to higher suicide rate "Financial crisis puts the lives of ordinary people at risk, but much more dangerous is when there are radical cuts to social protection," said David Stuckler, a sociologist at the University of Cambridge, who led a study published in The Lancet that found a sharp rise in suicides across Europe, particularly in seriously affected countries like Greece and Ireland from 2007 to 2009, years that coincided with the downturn. "Austerity can turn a crisis into an epidemic," Mr. Stuckler added. Veneto, a region that was the engine of Italy’s economic growth in the 1990s, has been especially hard hit. In this part of the country, which includes the cities of Treviso, Vicenza and Padua, more than 30 small-business people have committed suicide in the last three years for reasons tied to their work as the area has been whipsawed by global trends including a drop in industrial orders, competition from China and tight bank credit. Though the phenomenon has been particularly acute in the region, it has recently spread to Bologna, Catania and Rome. In Rome this month, Mario Frasacco, 59, whose company made aluminum fixtures, killed himself, much to the shock of Rome’s small-business association, where he had been a board member. Other members were surprised when he suddenly canceled a business trip with them to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, scheduled for May. "Now, unfortunately, we sadly understand the probable reason why," Erino Colombi, the association’s president, said in a statement. The association has organized a candlelight vigil on Wednesday to honor the victims of the economic crisis in Rome. In Ireland, the phenomenon has been linked to what some therapists call Celtic Tiger depression, the period after 2008 characterized by an influx of middle-aged male patients who complained about sleeplessness and a lack of appetite in the aftermath of that nation’s destructive boom-and-bust real estate market. To search for answers, researchers for the National Suicide Research Foundation in Cork interviewed surviving relatives of 190 people who committed suicide in County Cork during the turbulent period from 2008 to March 2011. Why: There are many financial crisis all over the world but sometimes some people decide that things are so bad they commit suicide. Source: the new york times

__Itialian Soccer Player Dies__ What: Piermario Morosini died Saturday after suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the field during a Serie B match at Pescara. He was 25. Edoardo De Blasio, a cardiologist at Pescara’s Santo Spirito hospital, confirmed the death. "Unfortunately he was already dead when he arrived at hospital," De Blasio said. "He didn’t regain consciousness." Morosini, who was on loan from Udinese, fell to the ground in the 31st minute of the match and tried unsuccessfully to get up several times before receiving medical attention on the field. He was taken to the hospital where doctors tried to revive him for more than an hour. Morosini never regained consciousness."Morosini never had a single heartbeat again," Leonardo Paloscia said. "From when I arrived he never gave a sign of revival, not in his respiration nor his heartbeat. When I arrived everything (his heart, respiration) was stopped. "No one can say what the cause was, I think nothing will come out until after the autopsy." The autopsy likely will be held on Monday. All Italian matches this weekend were called off after the death was announced. "We are living through a drama," Pescara’s general manager, Danilo Iannascoli, told Sky Italia. It was the latest high-profile case of a soccer player collapsing from heart failure on the field, coming less than a month after Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered cardiac arrest during a game in England. Muamba survived, but remains in intensive care with steady progress. An inquiry into Morosini’s death will be opened and focus on the car belonging to traffic police that blocked the ambulance’s way into the stadium. A window had to be broken so the car could be moved, while players and officials were frantically gesturing for the ambulance to get there. "At the beginning we didn’t really understand the seriousness of the situation," Pescara goalkeeper Luca Anania said. "I immediately ran to Livorno’s half, where Morosini had fallen. "There was great confusion and I seemed to understand that there was also a bit of delay in help arriving, because they said the ambulance couldn’t get on the pitch because the entrance was blocked by another car. Some of my teammates helped carry the stretcher by hand to the ambulance." The match was abandoned with Livorno leading 2-0, and several players left the field in tears. Livorno players and officials rushed to hospital, where they were told their teammate had passed away. "Only tears. There are no words to express what I tried to when I found out about Piermario Morosini’s death," FIFA President Sepp Blatter tweeted in Italian. "The tragedy which hit everyone who wished him well, is a source of great pain for football fans." Morosini was orphaned in his teens. His mother died when he was 15 and his father died two years later. His brother died shortly afterward, leaving the young Morosini with just an older sister. Why: He was a famous Italian soccer player and despite living a healthy life he died of a heart attack maybe because the illness was heredity from his parents, because many people from his family died at an early age. Source: __www.sltrib.com__

__'Miracle' Baby Found Alive in Morgue is Improving__ What: A baby found alive in a coffin in an Argentine morgue nearly 12 hours after the girl had been declared dead is improving, but questions remain for the hospital responsible for the near-fatal mistake.The mother, Analia Bouter, says she fell to her knees in shock after finding her baby alive in a coffin. Bouter named her newborn Luz Milagros, or "Miracle Light." The tiny girl, born three months premature, was in critical but improving condition Wednesday in the same hospital where the staff pronounced her stillborn on April 3.The case became public Tuesday when Rafael Sabatinelli, the deputy health minister in the northern province of Chaco, announced in a news conference that five medical professionals involved have been suspended pending an official investigation. Bouter told the TeleNoticias TV channel in an interview Tuesday night that doctors gave her the death certificate just 20 minutes after the baby was born, and that she still hasn't received a birth certificate for her tiny girl.Bouter said the baby was quickly put in a coffin and taken to the morgue's refrigeration room. Twelve hours passed before she and her husband were able to open the coffin to say their last goodbyes.She said that's when the baby trembled. She thought it was her imagination — then she realized the little girl was alive and dropped to her knees on the morgue floor in shock.A morgue worker quickly picked up the girl and confirmed she was alive. Then, Bouter's brother grabbed the baby and ran to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, shouting for the doctors. The baby was so cold, Bouter said, that "it was like carrying a bottle of ice."Bouter said she still has many unanswered questions about what happened. She said she had given birth normally to four other children and doesn't understand why doctors gave her general anesthesia this time. She said she also doesn't know why she wasn't allowed to see her baby before it was put into a coffin.She said she had to insist on going to the morgue's refrigeration room, where she brought her sister's cellphone to take a picture of the newborn for the funeral. Her husband struggled to open the lid, and then stepped aside to let her see inside."I moved the coverings aside and saw the tiny hand, with all five fingers, and I touched her hand and then uncovered her face," she said in the TeleNoticias interview. "That's where I heard a tiny little cry. I told myself I was imagining it — it was my imagination. And then I stepped back and saw her waking up. It was as if she was saying 'Mama, you came for me!' "That was when I fell to my knees. My husband didn't know what to do. We were just crying and I laughed and cried, cries and laughter. We must have seemed crazy." She says the family plans to sue the staff at Hospital Perrando in the city of Resistencia for malpractice, and still wants answers. But they've been focused for now on their little girl, whom she described as amazingly healthy despite being born after just 26 weeks of gestation. So far, she hasn't needed oxygen or other support commonly provided to preemies, she said. "I'm a believer. All of this was a miracle from God," she told Telam, Argentina's state news agency. Why:This article shows how a mistake can lead to a a very big consequence and possibly destroy a life. Source: __www.foxnews.com__

__Movie Actor Dies Of Cancer__ What: Mexican television and movie actor Julio Aleman, who starred in the first telenovela ever produced in the country, died Wednesday. He was 78. Aleman had been fighting lung cancer since early 2000 and was admitted to a Mexico City hospital on Monday with an infection, according to Televisa, his broadcast employer. Considered a pioneer in the telenovela industry, Aleman also starred in movies and served as a state representative. His last telenovela was produced only two years ago. He had six children and married three times, including twice with the same woman. He is survived by nine grandchildren. Aleman was born on Nov. 29, 1933, in the western Mexican city of Morelia. Why: Julio Aleman was a hispanic famous actor who was known by many people who was fighting against cancer but sadly lost the war and died. Source: __www.washingtonpost.com__

Carlos and Melanie __Shang Dynasty__ How do we know that Shang Dynasty was China's first dynasty? We can learn this by this chart :Date Ruler Events Other people/events 2194 BC King Yu Nine Tripod Cauldrons Bronze Age in China 2146 BC King Qi 2117 BC King Tai Kang Erlitou culture 1831 BC King Fa Mount Tai earthquake 1600 BC King Jie of Xia Battle of Mingtiao

Shang Dynasty Date Ruler Events Other people/events 1675 BC King Tang of Shang 1400 BC Erligang Culture 1398 BC King Pan Geng Around this time, the capital is moved from Zhengzhou to Yinxu. 1250 BC King Wu Ding 1200 BC Oracle bone script, providing the first evidence for the Chinese calendar system. Around this time, the militant consort Fu Hao is buried in her tomb at Yinxu. 1122 BC The Zhou Dynasty is founded on the periphery of the Shang realm. 1101 BC King Di Yi 1075 BC King (posthumously known as King Wen of Zhou) dies, making this the alleged latest date for the creation of the mathematical King Wen sequence. 1047 BC King Zhou takes Daji as his concubine. 1046 BC Battle of Muye; King Zhou allegedly dies while his palace burns to the ground. This tells us all about it's dynasties

Why is it a also a empire? the reason it is a empire because it had many rulers also it had its own culture. iod When and where did the shang dynasty start The shang dynasty started during the bronze age during the mid 18th and mid 16th cetutry B.C

How did the shang dynasty end ?It ended by War for a long period