Illegal Music Downloading?

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What is your opinion of congress deciding what information can be placed on the Internet?

Well, I do think that it is really wrong to put up websites on the internet that are illegal and give people free music and movies illegally. But honestly, I don’t think there’s much we can do about it. Youtube is the source of all of the free music websites, so their idea is to completely eliminate Youtube. This isn’t the answer because people will get really upset, because believe it or not, there are people out there who don’t do illegal things.

New Years Resolution

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Prompt: Did you make a New Year’s Resolution this year?  If so, what is it?  What do you believe is the likelihood of your keeping your resolution?

Yes, I did make a New Years Resolution this year. I made a goal to make good grades for the rest of the semester, I haven’t made straight-A’s in a while so hopefully I can do that this semester. I think it is very likely that I will keep this resolution if I really dedicate myself to this goal.

The Hunger Games: Chapter 27 Summary

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The reunion show begins. The support team comes out and then Katniss and Peeta are taken to the stage. She runs to his arms and they kiss. The two sit in a love seat, and after a glance from Haymitch, Katniss kicks off her sandals and snuggles up to Peeta and puts her head on his shoulder. Now it’s time for the show, they have to watch a three hour clip of the entire games. This year the editors have made it into a love story. Peeta carries the romance for the first part but Katniss’s role picks up after Rue’s death, when she shouts out Peeta’s name. The berry suicide moment is played and then it ends. The reunion concludes and then it’s time for the Victory Banquet. Afterwards, Peeta and Katniss are separated and sent to separate rooms to sleep and prepare for the final interview tomorrow. Katniss wants to talk to Peeta, so she goes up to the roof. But there is no one there. When she tries to go back later that night, she is locked in her room.  The next morning, it’s interview time, and Katniss is prepped again by the stylists and then ushered into a sitting room with a love seat. Caesar Flickerman is there to ask questions. Peeta and Katniss snuggle up again and the questions begin. Finally Katniss has to talk. Caesar asks her when she knew she was falling for Peeta. Katniss fumbles but Caesar helps by reminding her of the night she called out his name when she heard that two tributes could win. After the interview, Katniss and Peeta pack up their things to return to District 12. The train stops for fuel, and she and Peeta walk outside for air. She can only think of Gale. Haymitch tells them to keep up the romance until the cameras are off. Peeta asks her to let him know when she figures it out. He goes back to the train.When the train pulls into the station, there are cameras everywhere. Peeta extends his hand to Katniss and asks her to kiss him again. Katniss takes it as they step onto the platform.

The Hunger Games: Chapter 26 Summary

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Katniss and Peeta spit out the berries and rinse their mouths out with water. A hovercraft comes and pulls them up. Doctors grab up Peeta and begin working on him. Katniss wakes up and she in a room. She appears to be completely healed. Katniss goes with Cinna to be readied for the reunion. Cinna brings out a  yellow dress that is padded with curves since Katniss has lost so much weight. Cinna tells Katniss that they did want to surgically change Katniss.Katniss knows there’s a reason for the simple dress, but Cinna doesn’t fill her in. Or maybe he can’t. He just says he thought Peeta would like it. Before she is taken to the stage, Haymitch clues her in that she’s kind of in trouble with the Capitol. They’re furious at the whole suicide stunt thing. He tells her that her only defense is to be madly in love with Peeta. Katniss asks Haymitch if he already told Peeta this. Katniss knows she’s in danger. So is Peeta, and possibly her family. She’s got to pull this off. What did Haymitch mean? Katniss has no idea. It’s all too complicated. And she has time to think about it now because the most dangerous part of the Hunger Games is about to begin.

The Hunger Games: Chapter 25 Summary

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The creatures chasing them are big old wolves that are mutations engineered by the Capitol. Cato, Katniss, and Peeta all run for the Cornucopia. Cato reaches the top first, and then Katniss. Just as she’s about to draw an arrow to shoot him she hears Peeta cry out with the monsters on his heels. She helps him climb to the top. That’s when Katniss gets a closer look at the pack of wolves. She thinks their eyes look human. That’s when she realizes that they are humans. The Capitol has somehow engineered the dead tributes into killer wolves. Katniss fires into one of the wolves’ throat. Then she recognizes Foxface, the boy from District 9, and worst of all, Rue. Peeta recognizes them too. They try to fight off the pack of wolves but Cato comes up behind them. Cato gets killed, and Peeta and Katniss are awarded as the winners of the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games!

The Hunger Games: Chapter 24 Summary

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Katniss tells Peeta that Foxface must have been watching him gather the food and then ate the berries. They save some berries in case the fool Cato the same way. Cato probably knows where they are now. Katniss suggests that they make a fire, roast their meat, and wait to see if he shows up. Katniss and Peeta go to get some sleep and Katniss begins to think about Foxface and Cato. The next day the two eat and head out only to find the stream all dried up. The Gamemakers must be driving them to the lake for a fight.
At the lake, there’s no sign of Cato. Katniss makes Rue’s mockingjay call. The song is cut off, though, when someone smashes through the trees. Cato comes wear body armor. He’s not running for them. He’s running from something. But what?
Creatures. He’s being pursued by creatures. Katniss stumbles after Cato and runs.

The Hunger Games: Chapter 23 Summary

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Katniss and Peeta eat the stew and then they give more romance to the camera. They start to tease Haymitch a little bit which the audience probably liked. Katniss asks Peeta how Haymitch won the Hunger Games. Peeta says by outsmarting the others. Maybe Katniss has been underestimated Haymitch. The anthem plays and Katniss finds out Thresh is dead. This makes them realize Cato will be hunting them. The two take turns sleeping and watching and eating. Katniss considers that they might actually win.
In the morning the two eat the rest of the food and set out to hunt. As the two move through the forest, Peeta is really loud from stomping around because of his leg.Katniss asks him to take his boots off and the two of them are a little quieter, but not much.
They decide to split up, Peeta will gather roots and Katniss will hunt. She teaches him a whistle to use to say he’s ok.
After having caught some game, Katniss realizes she hasn’t heard the whistle in a bit. She whistles, no response. Back at their meeting point, she sees a bunch of berries that have been gathered, but no Peeta.
Suddenly, he appears and Katniss is relieved but still angry at him for not whistling. She also notices that some of their food is gone.
That’s when the cannon fires. The hovercraft appears, and they see Foxface lifted out of the arena.
Foxface ate some of the berries that Peeta collected, and they were poisonous!

The Hunger Games: Chapter 22 Summary

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Katniss wakes up, weak and dizzy to find Peeta nursing her. He feeds her and tells her to rest. He doesn’t appear mad at her for giving him the medicine. She tells Peeta about everything that happened at the Cornucopia. Peeta doesn’t seem to understand, but Katniss says it’s like the bread he gave her as a child. Katniss feels tears in her eyes thinking about Thresh dying. She tells Peeta she wants to go home. Katniss realizes that if they act like they are in love they will get more food. She holds his hand and apologizes to Peeta. Katniss and Peeta kiss and they get some rest. They start to talk more about their feelings for each other, and then Katniss hears a noise outside. It was a silver parachute with lamb stew and rice. Looks like the romance things works!