Effective communication

Effective communicator is the ability to convey messages to people wether verbally or by other forms of communication. Effective communicator is communicating to people properly and making them understand what you want or what your idea is. Effective communication is important in the future you will have to use it in future work or other stuff. In work, problems may come up. During this time your effective communication will be tested as you will need to explain the problem to others and then try and find a way to solve the problem. You will also need to talk to other people on the phone so then you will need to tell them anything you want to happen or anything you want done. 

Youngest Guantanamo prisoner is released.

The youngest prisoner to have ever gone to Guantanamo Bay has been ordered to be set free as the federal judges decided he was not a militant. He judge ruled Mohammad el-Gharani was not an enemy combatant and directed the military "to take all necessary and appropriate diplomatic steps to facilitate the release" of el-Gharani from the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Another Guantanamo detainee, Canadian Omar Khadr, was 14 or 15 when he was captured six years ago. Military prosecutors formally charged him in April 2007 with killing Sgt. Christopher James Speer, a U.S. soldier whose reconnaissance patrol was ambushed in Afghanistan in 2002. The American died nearly two weeks later. Khadr and el-Gharani remain among the youngest of Guantanamo's approximately 250 prisoners.

Day 18 of the Israeli war

The Israeli war enters its 18th day with 1000 casualties and there are at least 2000 injured and many more homeless. The Egyptians in Egypt believe that a truce will happen in 5 to 6 days so that barrack obama will enter office in a truce rather than in the middle of a war. The war has also been having a massive effect on both teams.But news reports on Thursday spoke of tank fire and fierce fighting in several parts of Gaza while the military said at least 10 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza hit southern Israel. Also on Wednesday, nine Israeli human rights groups called for an investigation into whether Israeli officials had committed war crimes in Gaza. The groups say that tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza have nowhere to flee, the Gaza health system has collapsed, many people are without electricity and running water, and some are beyond the reach of rescue teams. The Israeli human rights groups that called for an investigation said that while they believed that it was legitimate for Israel to bomb military installations, it was a violation of international law to hit civilian sites and government buildings that contained no weapons.

Ben Hur movie

The Ben Hur movie showed that not all the Jews trusted Jesus. Most of them went to listen to his preaches but never actually believed he was the son of god. The Ben Hur movie depicts the chariot racing in great detail. It seems that the chariot racing was very popular in ancient rome as there were at least a thousand people in the stands watching the chariot racing. The horses seemed to be very fit and trained. Ben Hur's horse was very well trained as it was able to jump over one of the wrecks and still continue running. The chariot racing was also a very dangerous sport as they were to chariot drivers who got injured in the race. One of them even died after being stampeded over. The winner of the chariot race was given a crown of olives, which symbolized, godliness and power. This was because the romans believed that the winner of the chariot races were very powerful and sacred. The race that Ben Hur raced in was very important as racers from many countries came to take part. This is like in the modern day football where the countries compete for fame. However I think that the race between Messalah and Ben Hur was much more than just for the countries honor. This is because Ben Hur blamed Messalah for imprisoning his mother and sister and believed that they had died in the prison. I also learned that leprosy in the ancient times was considered a unholy disease and people believed that if you had a leprosy and breathed into another person's face than that person would get leprosy. The people with leprosy would go to an underground cave and stay there away from all the other people.

Israel wonders whether to have a truce.

The Israeli war enters its 12 day of conflict as the death toll mounts. Several Israeli shells hit the United Nations school in Gaza killing many women and children. The world has been putting pressure onto Israel to stop the war and have a truce, but Israel is determined to put and end to the Hamas firing rockets into the civilian areas of Israel. Meanwhile, the Hamas continue to fire rockets into Israel. The rockets have reached further than before, one even reaching 20 miles from Tel Aviv. The military identified two Hamas operatives, Imad Abu Asker and Hassan Abu Asker, as having been killed. The Israeli war has left many dead or wounded and is one of the major issues for the week. The United Nations spokesman has said that an independent inquiry will be carried out and that the people who were found to have broken the humanitarian laws will be brought to justice.

Ben Hur movie

I learned that the slaves on the Battleships had to row in time with the drum beats and that they had many different speeds like battle speed and ramming speed. The ships also shot fire catapults at their enemies and they used sword and shields to fight in close range combat. They also used the front of their ship to ram into other ships and destroy them. The slaves who rowed the ship were also tied to it with metal chains. If the ship sank, then all the slaves on the ship would die and they would be whipped if they tried to escape from the ship. However I realized that most of the men on the ships were not very strong or muscular and that they were pushed to their limits. They were also whipped if they did not row the ship.

I also learned that in the ancient times Chariot racing was very popular, like soccer, and that if you were a good chariot racer then you would be very well known and very wealthy. Ben seems to be a very good chariot racer and is adopted by one of the Roman councils. He becomes very wealthy and is no longer looked down as a slave but people talk to him and treat him like their friends. I think this demonstrates how bad slavery is in Rome in the ancient days as the slaves are treated badly and left to die while the rich people have parties and go to the colosseum for entertainment. This shows that life in ancient rome is based solely on the class system the people were in. 

Israel war with Gazza

The Israeli war with Gaza has gone into it's 11th day with both sides having casualties. The war started when the Hamas started shooting missiles into Israel. The Israeli authorities waited for a few days but eventually gave up any peace talk and sent the military in. The Israeli military which is one of the strongest in the world has been capturing and killing many Hamas. The Hamas claim that they have killed at least 30 Israelis but the Israelis have claimed to have killed at least 130 Hamas.

There is also a rumor going around that the Israeli have sent a phone call to every phone in Gaza which says that they are going to wipe out the Hamas. This contradicts the Israeli prime ministers claims that they are only trying to stop the missiles that are being launched into Israel. The Israeli army has already proved to be one of the top armies in the world and even though they are surrounded by Muslim countries they are still the most feared country in that region. The Israeli army has been conducting bombings on the tunnels that the Hamas used to transport their missiles. 

Movie about ancient Rome

The Ben Hur movie shows that the ancient romans wore their armor according to their ranks. For example the high ranking officials have capes and they have head helmets to wear that have different signs on their helms. For example the soldiers wore helmets that had straight rows of red hair on the helms. The higher ranking Generals had helmets that had bushy manes on top of them which looked like horse's manes. They were also the only ones who were allowed to ride on horses so I think that the helmet shows who were the higher ranking people who could use the horses of the roman empire. The body armor also came with differences in as they varied in ranks. The soldiers had silver armor. The high ranking Generals had gold color armor. They also had emblems on their armor but I could not see it clearly so I think that it also had something to do with the ranks. The normal people like the Jews wore clothing that looked very thin and could be torn easily. The rich Jews were able to have slaves but looking at Ben Hur I think that they treated their slaves like their friends. I think that the Romans were not that kind to their slaves. The video also showed that the Romans gave some "condemned" man their lives if they worked on the battleships that Rome had. This was shown in the scene where the Roman soldier would say that the men were condemned to death and they were only given their lives if they were to work on the Roman battleship and row the battleship.

I discussed this post with Duke.