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<strong>Current</strong> <strong>Events</strong><br />
California Wildfires<br />
continue to cause<br />
devastation!<br />
Read on to find out how<br />
much damage they’re<br />
causing! Pg 22- 27
Message To Reader<br />
The three of us, (Alex, JD, and Owen) wrote<br />
this magazine because we wanted to cover<br />
a lot of current pop culture and things going<br />
on in the world right now because there’s so<br />
many big events that have happened<br />
recently that have interested us. We didn’t<br />
want to only cover one topic like sports, we<br />
wanted to go over a lot of current events that<br />
were happening so that we could all write<br />
about what we wanted to and not limit<br />
ourselves to just one topic. On pages like<br />
page 8, we wrote about Lebron James and<br />
on another page, page 28, we wrote about<br />
current popular youtubers like Pewdiepie.<br />
We were very interested in various topics<br />
and wanted to write about them. We came<br />
up with this by thinking of a way to<br />
incorporate all of our ideas together. Then<br />
we realized that most of what we wanted to<br />
write about were things that were currently<br />
happening. So we came up with titling our<br />
magazine “<strong>Current</strong> Times,” so we could put<br />
all of our ideas in it.<br />
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Table of Contents<br />
Pages 4-12 Top 6 Best Athletes<br />
Page 13 Then and Now<br />
Page 14 Top 5 Most Popular Sports<br />
Page 15 Tom Brady VS Jared Goff<br />
Pages 16-19 Top 3 Football Cleats<br />
Pages 20-25 Dire Wildfires<br />
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Pages 26-28 Best YouTubers of 2018<br />
Pages 29-30 Top 5 Video Games of 2018<br />
Pages 31-32 Top 15 Richest People of 2018<br />
Pages 33-36 What do Younger People Think About Major<br />
<strong>Current</strong> Political Questions?<br />
Pages 38-42 It Can Happen To Anyone<br />
Pages 43-44 The Most Valuable Companies of 2018<br />
Page 46 How Much It Made<br />
Page 46 Hurricane Harvey vs Hurricane Florence<br />
Pages 47-50 TOP SONGS AS OF April 10th, 2019
Top 6
Best Athletes<br />
What makes athletes the best and why<br />
are they so? What's there background<br />
whats there legacy
Michael Jordan<br />
Micheal jordan is one of the best basketball<br />
players in the world went to the university of<br />
north carolina, he is now a retired play and<br />
has a 80 million dollar yacht, has a 56<br />
thousand square foot house, what makes him<br />
the best, Six championships, 10 time NBA<br />
scoring champion, never lost in the finals,<br />
multiple game winning shots, scored 38<br />
points while he had the flu and still played<br />
through it the list of Michael Jordan's<br />
accomplishments goes on and on. A<br />
comparison of LeBron to Jordan is almost<br />
unfair. “Jordan made it to the finals 6 times<br />
during these eras: 1991–93, 1996–1998.<br />
In all of these 6 finals, he won every single<br />
one and all six playoff MVPs, a perfect<br />
record yet unequaled by any other player.”
Lebron james<br />
Lebron james one of the best basketball players alive<br />
and questible to the best players, probably the best<br />
still playing. “LeBron has 3 NBA Championship rings.<br />
Two with the Miami Heat 2012, 2013 and one with the<br />
Cleveland Cavaliers 2016 and he was named NBA<br />
Finals MVP all 3 times. Lebron James has 3 NBA<br />
Championship Rings.””LeBron James has been to The<br />
NBA Finals eight times during his 14-year career,<br />
including participating in the last seven championship<br />
rounds. Lebron is now playing on the lakers he<br />
requested a trade from the cavs.
James Harden<br />
James harden a amazing three point shooter one of<br />
the best he had a 5 game streak with 40 points and<br />
finished with 38 points against the portland<br />
trailblazer to continue his streak with one missed<br />
layup, James harden played for the oklahoma<br />
thunder for 3 years and has played for the houston<br />
rockets science 2012 After his contract with Nike<br />
ran out, Harden signed a 13-year endorsement deal<br />
with Adidas In 2015. The arrangement led to the<br />
debut of the athlete's signature shoe, the Harden<br />
Vol. 1, in November 2016. And had tied kobe<br />
bryant for the most 30 point games
It’s<br />
always<br />
game<br />
time<br />
The face<br />
of sports
Walter payton<br />
Walter payton is one of the best or<br />
the best running best running<br />
backs that has ever played, walter<br />
payton played on the chicago bears<br />
for most of his career he played<br />
football for 13 years, when he<br />
retired he was the leading rusher<br />
in the nfl. “in 1977 he won the<br />
league’s Most Valuable Player<br />
award after leading the NFL in<br />
rushing yards (1,852; a franchise<br />
record) and rushing touchdowns<br />
(14). In the 1985 season he<br />
helped the Bears post a 15–1<br />
record and win the franchise’s<br />
first super bowl title the following<br />
January. He retired after the<br />
1987 season.”, Payton was a good<br />
blocker, pass receiver, and even<br />
passer. He was best known,<br />
however, for his kind of running<br />
style
Jerry rice<br />
Jerry rice know for<br />
his superbowl wins<br />
and spectacular<br />
catches but besides<br />
those things what<br />
makes him great?<br />
Jerry Rice is known<br />
for his time on the<br />
san francisco 49ers<br />
he played for 16<br />
years on 49ers and<br />
played football for<br />
20 years he had 1549<br />
REC, 197 TD, 14.8<br />
AVG. Jerry rice is<br />
one of the best<br />
recerises of his time<br />
with his speed<br />
catching ability he<br />
was unstoppable he<br />
had many<br />
superbowl wins.<br />
Jerry rice was put<br />
into the hall of fame<br />
in 1985 for<br />
incredible catches<br />
and plays.
Lawrence Taylor<br />
image<br />
Lawrence taylor easily one of if not the best pass rusher of all time know for his incredible ability to get around<br />
the lineman with his speed and then his amazing effort with his tackling ability, he was unstoppable. He played<br />
13 seasons in the NFL he played all 13 seasons for the new york giants.10 Pro Bowl appearances, Taylor's<br />
13-year career saw him earn six All-Pro nods and two Super Bowl titles (1987 and 1991). He was enshrined<br />
in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999. He entered the NFL draft in 1981 and was the second overall pick,<br />
selected by the New york giants.
Then and now<br />
Matt leblanc<br />
Matt leboc is a actor, comedian, and a Tv host. He has received 3 emmy award nominations he<br />
has also won a golden globe award.
Top 5 most<br />
popular sports<br />
1 Soccer 4 billion fans.<br />
Summary<br />
Soccer is played on a rectangular field by two teams who can field as many as 11 players; a team cannot<br />
play with fewer than seven players on the field. For domestic games the field's length must be between<br />
100 and 130 yards and the width must be between 50 and 100 yards. In international play the range for<br />
the length is 110 to 120 yards and the width ranges from 70 to 80 yards. The goals sit on the center of<br />
each end line and measure 8 feet tall by 8 yards wide. The game is played with a round ball with a<br />
circumference of 27 to 28 inches weighing 14 to 16 ounces at the beginning of the game<br />
2 Cricket 2.5 billion<br />
Cricket is a team sport for two teams of eleven players each. A formal game of cricket can last anything<br />
from an afternoon to several days.<br />
Although the game play and rules are very different, the basic concept of cricket is similar to that of<br />
baseball. Teams bat in successive innings and attempt to score runs, while the opposing team fields and<br />
attempts to bring an end to the batting team's innings. After each team has batted an equal number of<br />
innings the team with the most runs wins.<br />
3 football 2 billion fans<br />
Measuring 100 yards long by 53 yards wide, the boundaries of a professional football field are indicated by<br />
white lines at the edges. A white line is drawn across the field at each 5-yard mark, with small white lines<br />
drawn along each side of the field at every 1-yard mark between these. At each end of the field is an end<br />
zone, a 10-by-53-yard scoring area. The goalposts, or "uprights," are placed in the middle of the outer<br />
boundary of each end zone, measuring 10 feet high at the lowest point and 18 feet 6 inches wide, with<br />
30-foot-high upright posts on each side.<br />
4 tennis 1 billion fans<br />
tennis. Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or<br />
between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with<br />
cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.<br />
5 volleyball 900 million fans<br />
Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team<br />
tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part<br />
of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
Tom Brady VS Jared Goff<br />
Super bowl wins<br />
6<br />
super bowl wins<br />
0<br />
Collage<br />
Michigan tom brady<br />
was studying in<br />
business<br />
Collage<br />
California he was<br />
a first-team<br />
All-Pac-12<br />
quarterback in<br />
2015<br />
“ The Patriots through their long run of success,<br />
which began when their coach, Bill Belichick,<br />
made Brady his starting quarterback in 2001.<br />
Since then, the Patriots have achieved the<br />
highest winning percentage in American<br />
professional sports, ahead of even the N.B.A.’s<br />
San Antonio Spurs. Admittedly, it felt slightly<br />
unnatural — un-Patriot-like — to identify with<br />
what became such a ruthless and efficient<br />
machine. So much about the team was<br />
unlikable to the outside world””<br />
“Jared goff was Third-year professional,<br />
originally drafted No. 1 overall in<br />
2016...started all 22 regular season<br />
games played in first two NFL<br />
seasons...amassed 4,893 career yards<br />
passing with 33 touchdowns...named to<br />
first Pro Bowl following 2017 season.”
Top 3 Football Cleats.
Under armour Men’s Ua Highlight MC<br />
Football Cleats<br />
1 Under Armour Men’s UA Highlight MC Football Cleats<br />
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Specially designed upper wraps your foot for an incredible feel and ease<br />
Molded 4D Foam footbed ensures to reduce the cleat pressure and eliminate slippage<br />
Available in 13 different colors.<br />
Retail price is around 80$- 120$<br />
The under armour men’s Ua Highlight MC football cleats are high quality cleats that are sold out in most<br />
stores and they come in most colors and are some of the most sold cleats in the under armour factory.<br />
This shoe has extra support around the ankle. Has 4D Foam® footbed reduces cleat pressure & forms to<br />
the foot for optimal comfort. You should where this cleat because it has a high ankle support and is<br />
very stylish but the price may that be that good.
Adidas Performance Crazyquick 2.0<br />
Men’s Mid Football Cleats
Nike Lunarbeast Pro TD Football Cleats for Men<br />
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For perfect midfoot stability and balance, these shoes include the hook and loop<br />
strap<br />
Comfortable and responsive cushioning by ¾ length Phylon wedge<br />
Available in 18 cool and attractive colors<br />
This cleat has lots of comfort and is affordable cleat.<br />
This cleat is around $100 and is a very popular cleat, this cleat has a strap for ankle support and is a very nice cleat, the<br />
bottom of the cleat has seven spikes for good grip and can cook easily into the ground. The strap wraps around the mid ankle<br />
Mid-height collar hugs the ankle for coverage and support and 3/4-length Phylon wedge offers responsive cushioning. Why<br />
should people were this cleat, they should wear this cleat because it has lots of support and they are very stylish and<br />
comfortable.
11 forest fires in the United States since 2000<br />
have caused the US $1 billion in damages<br />
because of the homes being destroyed along<br />
with infrastructure and costs for firefighting.<br />
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Dire Wildfires<br />
Isn't it hard to imagine<br />
returning to your home<br />
in devastation, and the<br />
place you’ve possibly<br />
lived your whole life is<br />
gone because of a<br />
wildfire? It would be<br />
heartbreaking. Well, this<br />
is actually what a lot of<br />
people in California and<br />
other parts of the world<br />
are facing more because<br />
of the increase in<br />
wildfires. These fires are<br />
also causing more<br />
significant damage to<br />
places than before in<br />
years past. Read on to<br />
find out how destructive<br />
these fires are getting.<br />
Wildfires Are Changing<br />
Wildfires have been getting worse in<br />
the past few years. The large wildfires<br />
today are twice as big and a lot longer<br />
than wildfires in 1970. The average<br />
wildfires season has also extended 78<br />
days since then. A 1-degree Celsius<br />
increase from global warming is<br />
increasing the normal amount of<br />
burned area by 600%. Even tactics used<br />
by firefighters to lower the destruction<br />
caused by wildfires isn’t changing.<br />
Wildfires are expected to become even<br />
more dangerous in the future with the<br />
climate in areas increasing, causing<br />
more areas affected by wildfires. Even<br />
when humans start wildfires, they’re<br />
getting worse because of warmer<br />
temperatures and drier conditions<br />
spreading fires out more to make them<br />
harder to put out. Because the wildfires<br />
are becoming bigger, they’ve been<br />
creating their own weather disasters<br />
like fire whirls with the strength of a<br />
tornado with 143 miles per hour around<br />
neighborhoods.<br />
One of the largest fires<br />
recently was in 1825. The<br />
fire back then tore through<br />
3 million acres of forest<br />
with places like Canada.<br />
“I’ve been doing this job for<br />
31 years and probably in<br />
the last five, maybe seven<br />
years, every year seems to<br />
get worse.”<br />
-California Fire Chief<br />
Scott Jalbert
California Wildfires Are Being Made<br />
Worse By Humans<br />
Humans are actually a big cause of wildfires. 84% of<br />
wildfires are started from humans. 95% of wildfires<br />
in California are from humans! Many of these<br />
wildfires are started from campfires left unattended<br />
in forests or discarded cigarettes from humans.<br />
They’re starting to happen in unnatural areas where<br />
wildfires aren’t supposed to happen naturally. These<br />
places are normally too wet to be burned or where<br />
lightning isn’t common. Us doing this is also<br />
extending the wildfire season by 3 months. Many of<br />
these human made wildfires are from arson which is<br />
starting a wildfire on purpose which is a serious<br />
crime. You’d might have to face life in prison. Many<br />
of these fires that have been started are from arson.<br />
The most recent have been the Holy fire and the<br />
Cranston fire. Because of humans starting fires, it is<br />
affecting more places and happening more frequently<br />
along with causing more damage than they should to<br />
places.<br />
How Wildfires Are Affecting<br />
Humans And Animals<br />
Because wildfires are getting worse, they’re<br />
affecting humans and animals more. The<br />
population in California is growing and new<br />
people are going to have to be closer to things<br />
that can easily burn from fires like forests. This<br />
can cause more damage and destruction<br />
because of people being more close to these<br />
flammable substances. The air quality is<br />
getting worse as well in the western part of the<br />
United States. This can worsen living<br />
conditions making it harder to live there. For<br />
animals, wildfires benefit them a bit because<br />
animals can hunt their prey that are trying to<br />
escape the burning forest. Wildfires also can<br />
reset forests along with the animals and plants.<br />
This can change the forest completely and<br />
cause the area to have new animals living in it.<br />
Animals do still die from wildfires because of<br />
the smoke and flames and will probably<br />
increase because of the wildfires getting worse.<br />
These wildfires will continue to get worse and<br />
affect us more if we don’t do something to stop<br />
them. We don’t want to return to our homes<br />
destroyed like the people in California, do we?<br />
“Every time I come to California<br />
I say this is the worst fire I’ve<br />
seen. Once again this absolute<br />
worst. Worse than any war zone<br />
I saw in Iraq. The heroism of<br />
firefighters is amazing.”<br />
-Ryan Zinke, Secretary of<br />
the Interior
Wildfires In The Past 8<br />
Years<br />
In 2017, the wildfire season was<br />
very above average. The deadly<br />
fires happened throughout the<br />
west in California, Montana,<br />
Oregon and Washington state. In<br />
2015, the wildfires burned over<br />
10 million acres all over the<br />
United States and half of it in<br />
Alaska by itself. It was the<br />
highest annual total acreage<br />
burned ever since 1960 when the<br />
record-keeping started. In 2012,<br />
wildfires burned 9 million<br />
acres. Colorado had it’s two<br />
most destructive wildfires ever.<br />
They were the Waldo Canyon and<br />
High Park fires. The year before<br />
that the Las Conchas fire in New<br />
Mexico was the state’s largest<br />
in history by a factor of three.<br />
Just next year, the record was<br />
broken by the Whitewater-Baldy<br />
Complex fire that burned almost<br />
twice as much acres.
Best<br />
YouTubers<br />
Of 2018<br />
This list was organized<br />
based off subscribers to<br />
determine the order and<br />
who is on the list.
10. Ed Sheeran<br />
Ed Sheeran has 37 million subscribers. He is an english singer who writes songs. He plays the guitar and he’s an actor.<br />
Also, he is a record producer. He has 100 million singles worldwide and 45 million albums sold. His most famous song is<br />
called, “Thinking Out Loud.” He has 16 billion views on his channel. His most popular youtube video is, “Ed Sheeran - Shape<br />
of You [Official Video],” which has 4 billion views. He is 27 years old.<br />
9. HolaSoyGerman<br />
HolaSoyGerman’s real, full name is Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis. He has around 38 million subscribers. He is<br />
Chilean. He is also a comedian and a writer. He has made multiple kinds of songs with his band called Ancud. The music is<br />
available on YouTube and Spotify.. Also, he has another YouTube channel called, “JuegaGerman.” His channel has almost 4<br />
billion views.<br />
8. Dude Perfect<br />
Dude Perfect is a group of American sports entertainers that do videos on crazy trickshots they do in sports like basketball<br />
and football. They’re from Frisco, Texas. They have almost 39 million subscribers. Their group consists of Coby and Cory<br />
Cotton who are twins. Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones and Tyler Toney. They’re all former high basketball players and<br />
roommates at Texas A&M University. Dude Perfect has almost 7 billion views on their channel.<br />
7. WWE<br />
WWE’s YouTube channel has 39 million subscribers and almost 30 billion views on their channel. Their channel posts<br />
videos of interviews of wrestling fights and clips from wrestling matches. They also show introductions to new wrestlings<br />
in the wrestling field.<br />
6. SET India<br />
SET India is an Indian channel with 41 million subscribers. It is a 24 hour Hindi General Entertainment that makes videos<br />
for complete family entertainment. It has a big spectrum of genres like thrillers, dramas, comedies, game shows and<br />
dance shows. Their channel has almost 29 billion views.<br />
5. Justin Bieber<br />
Justin Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. His channel has 43 million subscribers. His channel has 19 billion<br />
views. He became very popular because of YouTube because his then future manager found him on YouTube. His most<br />
popular video on YouTube is a song called, “Sorry.”<br />
4. Canal KondZilla<br />
Canal Kondzilla is a Brazilian channel. He is also known as Konrad Dantas and is a screenwriter and director. The channel<br />
has 46 million subscribers along with almost 23 billion views.<br />
3. 5-Minute Crafts<br />
5- Minute Crafts is a channel that makes fun crafts for people to do. The channel has 49 million subscribers and 12 billion<br />
views. Their most popular video is about 42 tricks that could save you a lot of money. They have different channels with<br />
crafts but for certain people and audiences like girls or kids.
2. T-Series<br />
T-Series is an Indian Music channel with almost 85 million subscribers. The channel makes Indian music and is<br />
the largest Music Label and Movie studio in India. The channel has 61 billion views and is barely behind the<br />
number one channel in subscribers.<br />
1. Pewdiepie<br />
Pewdiepie is a Swedish YouTuber that makes all sorts of videos. He makes gaming videos, comedic videos and<br />
vlogs. His real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg. He also has almost 85 million subscribers and is ahead of<br />
T-Series by 60,000 subscribers. His channel has 20 billion views and has been the most subscribed channel on<br />
YouTube since 2013. He also was the first to ever hit 10 million subscribers.<br />
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Top 5 Video Games of<br />
2018<br />
5. Monster Hunter: World (Metacritic 88% IGN 9.5/10 Common<br />
Sense Media 4.3/5) This game is an action role-playing game made by Capcom that is apart of the Monster<br />
Hunter series. It was released for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows in January 2018 and August 2018 for Windows. It<br />
won an award for best role playing game of 2018. The basics of this game are you have to track down monsters and slay them. You can<br />
upgrade certain items and also play with friends. There are multiple strategies to playing the game.<br />
4. Marvel’s Spider-Man (Metacritic 87% IGN 8.7/10 Common<br />
Sense Media 5/5) This game you get to play as Spider-Man and get to run around New York city as him and do<br />
what he gets to do like fight bad guys and swing around. There’s a story mode you can play and much more to do in the game than just<br />
fight bad guys. It goes in depth of the life of Peter Parker with problems he has to face like the people in his life and many more aspects<br />
of his life. It was released on September 7th for the PS4. The level of detail is amazing in it with the character models and the world<br />
around you. It is considered by many to be the best Spider-Man game ever made. It is currently the second best selling PS4 game with 9<br />
million copies sold.<br />
3. Celeste (Steam 10/10 Polygon 8/10 Metacritic 92%) Celeste is a<br />
platformer game (A platformer is a two-dimensional game in which the player playing the game controls a character jumping and climbing<br />
between solid platforms to different positions of the screen) where you play as character named Madeline that is determined to get to the<br />
summit of a mountain called Celeste to get over her self-doubt and anxiety. You play to get to the summit of the mountain by doing a lot<br />
of different moves like dashes, climbing and wall jumps. Your character fights against the physical embodiment of her self doubt which is<br />
an evil her on her journey to find herself. This game came out on January 25th of 2018 for PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC.
2. Red Dead Redemption 2 (IGN 10/10 (Common Sense<br />
Media 5/5 Metacritic 94%) In this game you play as an outlaw/cowboy in the American West<br />
and are able to do what they did back then with plenty of action and adventure. Some of those things are hunting, fishing and<br />
robbing places and much more. You can also find items and animals to use like horses and guns. Some of the items are more<br />
rare than others in the game. There’s also a lot of collectables in the game you can unlock. The game is very realistic with many<br />
aspects of the American West that existed back then. The story to the game is very well done and will spark your emotions with<br />
the characters choices and development. This game was released on October 26th for the Xbox One and PS4.<br />
1. God of War (8th game in the series) (10/10 IGN<br />
Common Sense Media 5/5 Metacritic 94% In this game, you play as a<br />
someone named Kratos who now lives as a man, now outside the shadow of the gods. It’s a new beginning for him with his new<br />
adoptive son Atreus in the lands of Norse mythology. They must fight for survival against powerful forces that threaten his new<br />
life he wants to have. With his vengeance against the Gods of Olympus behind him, now lives in the realm of the Norse Gods<br />
and monsters. The game includes a lot of amazing action sequences and get you immersed into playing the game. It has an<br />
amazing storytelling about Kratos as one of best stories of an anti-hero. God of War was awarded game of the year in 2018 and<br />
is thought to be the best game of 2018.
Top 15 Richest People of<br />
2018<br />
15. David Koch: David Koch serves as the Executive Vice President of Koch Industries which is the second<br />
largest privately held company in the United States. His net worth is $50.6 billion. He is a businessman,<br />
philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer.<br />
14. Charles Koch is the brother of David Koch and is the co-owner and CEO of Koch Industries. Koch Industries<br />
includes process and pollution control equipment and technologies. His net worth is $50.6 billion. He is also a<br />
philanthropist and business.<br />
13. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers: Francoise now works at her Mother’s holding company now after she died as<br />
the chairwoman called L’Oreal. Her net worth now is $52.4 billion. Her family owns 33% of L’Oreal.<br />
12. Sergey Brin and Larry Page worked together to help co-found Google in 1998. They did this in a garage.<br />
Thanks to them, Google is very known now and used very often. His net worth is $54 billion.<br />
11. Mukesh Ambani: Mukesh is an Indian businessman who is very influential. He is the chairman, managing<br />
director and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited. He has also been the richest man in Asia for a<br />
long time now, with a Net Worth of $54.2 billion.<br />
10. Larry Page is a co-founder of Google as well which has made him rich with it becoming the most successful<br />
search engine in the whole entire world. The company has also gone on to help make more additions like<br />
YouTube. His net worth is $55.2 billion.<br />
9. Michael Bloomberg: Michael is an American entrepreneur and politician. He is also the founder and CEO of<br />
Bloomberg L.P. It is a financial data and media company. His net worth is $57 billion because in the past 6<br />
months $5 million has been added to his net worth.<br />
8. Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of Facebook which has become the most popular social media company in<br />
the whole world. It all started in his dorm room at Harvard University. His net worth is currently at $61 billion<br />
dollars.<br />
7. Carlos Slim Helu: Carlos is a Mexican businessman along with being an investor as well. He is the owner of a<br />
conglomerate called the “Grupo Carso”. It consists of brands in many different industries such as health care,<br />
media, energy, real estate and retail. He has $61.7 billion has his net worth.<br />
6. Larry Ellison is a co-founder of the corporation called Oracle. He was the company’s CEO until 2014 in<br />
September. Oracle has become very successful as a tech company after 39 years with 136,000 people working<br />
there. His net worth is $64.1 billion.
5. Amancio Ortega is a Spanish entrepreneur who founded the Inditex fashion group. This group owns<br />
Zara which is one of the most popular clothing chains in the whole world. His net worth is $67 billion, bit<br />
it use to be $11 billion more.<br />
4. Warren Buffett is an investor and an entrepreneur who is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is the<br />
most successful investor in the whole entire world with many traders inspired by him. His net worth is<br />
$82.7 billion.<br />
3. Bernard Arnault is the CEO of Louis Vitton Moet Hennessy. This company was formed because from<br />
two businesses merging together. Louis Vitton is a very successful luxury fashion brand. Moet Hennessy<br />
is the other merged business who works with cognac manufacturers. Because of this his net worth is<br />
$83.7 billion.<br />
2. Bill Gates is second on this list with a net worth of $98.3 billion who is the founder of Microsoft and<br />
founded it in 1975 with someone else named Paul Allen. Microsoft has been become the largest PC<br />
software worldwide.<br />
1. Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon which is one of the most popular companies on the web. It<br />
started out as a simple online bookstore in his bedroom with the sales being very slow at first. It<br />
eventually became very big and successful with Amazon making moves after being able to ship things<br />
with drones and acquiring wholefoods. Jeff Bezos is the first man to ever reach the $100 billion mark.
Are you an adult? Have you ever wondered what<br />
younger people think about current political<br />
questions and problems in the world right now and<br />
what their views are on them? If you do, you’ll find<br />
out in this article. Read on to found out what<br />
younger people think about things like the border<br />
wall and if we should build it or not.<br />
What do<br />
Younger<br />
People<br />
Think About<br />
Major<br />
<strong>Current</strong><br />
Political<br />
Questions?<br />
One major political question in the world right now is if<br />
teachers should be allowed to carry guns. According to<br />
most of the kids, teachers should not be allowed to carry<br />
guns at school. This makes sense because teachers<br />
walking around school with guns isn’t the most<br />
reassuring thing especially if your teacher doesn’t have a<br />
liking for you. However, some kids might feel more<br />
reassured with teachers having guns incase an intruder<br />
entered the building or some other problem. People like<br />
Trump agree that teachers should have guns but most of<br />
the American people believe that the best hands to carry<br />
guns are police officers.
A little more than two-thirds of the kids said that taxes should not be raised on the rich which is another big political question<br />
in the world. That would make sense because it wouldn’t be fair for the people who worked hard for that money and then having<br />
to pay more of the money to the government than people who worked less hard. Higher taxes could also discourages a<br />
business from opening or expanding more. However, it would make sense to says yes to this because a lot more money can be<br />
used to help the poor or other government related things like the military.<br />
Arguably the most important and biggest question currently going on is if the government should make more moves to<br />
prevent climate change. 80% of the kids said that we should because eventually if we don’t climate change could get a<br />
lot more worse and cause even more damage in the future which will especially impact them the most. The argument for<br />
the other side would be we shouldn’t because other places like China, India, and Brazil are the big reasons of why<br />
climate change is happening so they should have to fix it.
Another big question in the world right now is whether there should be a border<br />
wall. 80% of the kids said that there shouldn’t be a wall on the southern border of<br />
the US. This makes sense because there’s some people from corrupt countries that<br />
need to get to the US to be safe. The wall would also cost a lot and has also caused<br />
a government shut down already. Also most of the immigrants enter legally they<br />
just overstay their visas. Saying yes would make sense though sense a lot of drugs<br />
are coming here from Mexico and it could protect us from terrorists trying to get in<br />
illegally.<br />
A more religious question in politics right now is whether the government support a<br />
separation of church and state by removing references to God. Saying no makes<br />
sense because we’ve had references to God for a long time and many people are<br />
catholic or christian in the US. Some people might just not mind it at all. Some<br />
people would say yes though possibly because they are a different religion or have<br />
no religion at all and it goes against their beliefs and what they think.
An even bigger question in the US right now is<br />
there being more restrictions on the current<br />
process of purchasing a gun because of a lot<br />
of shootings have been happening recently. It<br />
makes sense to say yes to this because it’ll<br />
help cause shootings to happen less, saving a<br />
lot of lives from possibly being taken. Some<br />
people could possibly say no because it could<br />
be harder for people to get guns who just want<br />
to go hunting or some other casual activity.<br />
People also might argue that it might mess up<br />
or cause problems with our second<br />
amendment right of the right to own a gun.<br />
What are your answers to these questions and your opinion on them? Do you<br />
agree with the results of the poll and what the kids thought? What questions do<br />
you think would look different if adults took the poll? How much does age<br />
impact the way people look at and answer political questions? When do you<br />
think people should be able to vote and voice their opinion on current political<br />
events?<br />
I want you to vote and have your<br />
voice heard in this country. We<br />
have freedom of speech for a<br />
reason!
Taste the rainbow<br />
EAT the rainbow
To Anyone
It Can Happen To Anyone<br />
Death is unavoidable. Even the<br />
people that we look up to die<br />
someday. I know it's hard to believe<br />
but death happens. We lost some<br />
very special people this year but here<br />
are just a few who should be<br />
recognized.<br />
George H. W. Bush<br />
"History will point out some of the<br />
things I did wrong and some of the<br />
things I did right," commented George<br />
H. W. Bush when asked about his legacy.<br />
He definitely will go down in history. He<br />
was our 41st president and has done so<br />
much for us. Bush’s political career<br />
started when he was elected to the<br />
House of Representatives in 1966. He<br />
then was selected as Ronald Reagan’s<br />
vice president. Mr. Bush finally became<br />
president in 1988. He also helped fund<br />
and create many organizations after he<br />
was president. Unfortunately on<br />
November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush<br />
passed away. He was age 94. A form of<br />
Parkinson’s disease took his life. It is<br />
sad to see anyone die but especially a<br />
person so important to our nation.<br />
Stan Lee<br />
Have you ever seen any Marvel movies<br />
or read any Marvel comics?
If so, you would think<br />
the stories and<br />
characters were so<br />
intricate and the<br />
extensive amount of<br />
superheroes could not<br />
have been dreamt up by<br />
just a few people. Well if<br />
you thought that, you<br />
would be wrong. Along<br />
with Steve Ditko and<br />
Jack Kirby, Stan Lee<br />
created one of the<br />
greatest comic series<br />
ever. Stan Lee’s first<br />
breakthrough was in<br />
May 1941. From then<br />
success followed. He has<br />
written hundreds of<br />
stories and has created<br />
numerous characters.<br />
His stories have turned<br />
into movies which is<br />
adding to the total<br />
revenue of his career. He<br />
has appeared in many of<br />
his movies acting as a<br />
cameo. Unfortunately on<br />
November 18, 2018 Stan<br />
Lee died from<br />
congestive heart failure.<br />
His life work still<br />
thrives; there are many<br />
movies still coming out<br />
about his stories.<br />
Although he has passed,<br />
his legacy still lives on.<br />
“All good men and women<br />
must take responsibility to<br />
create legacies that will<br />
take the next generation to<br />
a level we could only<br />
imagine.”- Jim Rohn<br />
Kate Spade<br />
Kate Spade was the CEO of one of the biggest<br />
purse brands ever. She died on June 5th, 2018.<br />
Her cause of death was suicide. Through a series<br />
of trial and error and getting her handbags in to<br />
retail outlets, Kate Spade created a multi 100<br />
million dollar business. She had everything going<br />
for her, at least that's what it seemed. Kate Spade<br />
suffered lots of anxiety and depression. However,<br />
there was no indication that she was going to<br />
take her own life. It all may seem fine on the<br />
outside but you never know what is happening on<br />
the inside. Kate Spade’s legacy still lives on. Her<br />
brand is still worth millions and it is continuing<br />
to thrive. We will always remember Kate Spade as<br />
one of the greatest handbag designers.
Paul Allen<br />
Bill Gates gets most of the fame for founding Microsoft. But Bill Gates<br />
couldn’t have done it without Paul Allen. Paul Allen was the co-founder of<br />
Microsoft but he was so much more. He was an American business<br />
magnate, investor, software engineer, humanitarian, and philanthropist.<br />
He even was the owner of the Seattle Seahawks, a professional football<br />
team. Paul Allen was just an all around good guy. It is sad that his life has to<br />
come to an end. On October 15, 2018, Mr. Allen’s life ended. It was due to<br />
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. It is a cancer that affects the lymph nodes.<br />
Paul Allen started charities, helped bring us something we can’t live<br />
without, and just gave back. Paul Allen gave back what he earned. It is heart<br />
wrenching that we couldn’t give back to him and save his life.<br />
Stephen Hawking<br />
Black holes. Do you know anything about them besides that they are<br />
black and a hole? If you know something about them it is probably due<br />
to the studies that Stephen Hawking conducted. Stephen Hawking gave<br />
us so much knowledge that we never knew about. Stephen Hawking<br />
studied cosmology, general relativity and quantum gravity. Without his<br />
research, we would know virtually nothing about black holes. Stephen<br />
Hawking wasn’t your ordinary scientist though. He was diagnosed with<br />
ALS in 1963. ALS gradually paralysed Stephen Hawking to a point where<br />
he had to be in a wheelchair and couldn’t talk. He had to use special<br />
tools in order to talk and continue with his research. Stephen Hawking<br />
was not supposed to live as long as he did. The average life expectancy<br />
of ALS is 2 to 5 years but he lived for 55 years with the disease! It is<br />
incredible how he persevered through all his obstacles. On March 14,<br />
2018, Stephen Hawking’s life came to an end. His research has helped<br />
continue our knowledge about black holes. He will certainly go down as<br />
one of the greatest scientists ever.
The Most Valuable<br />
Companies of 2018
1. Apple<br />
Apple<br />
Apple is the world’s most valuable company as of<br />
2018. They are known for there prestigious tech<br />
such as the IPhone, IPad, Apple Watch, Air Pods,<br />
etc.. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs in 1976 and it<br />
has been a thriving business ever since. In 2018,<br />
Apple was worth 926.4 billion dollars!<br />
2. Amazon<br />
Amazon<br />
Amazon.com is a online shopping website that is very<br />
successful. It is known for its wide variety, reasonable prices,<br />
and there speed of delivery. The company was founded in<br />
1994 by Jeff Bezos. Mr. Bezos is now worth 135.3 billion<br />
dollars and his company is worth 777.8 billion dollars!<br />
3. Alphabet<br />
4. Microsoft<br />
5. Facebook<br />
Alphabet<br />
Alphabet inc. is the the parent company for the famous<br />
company Google. Alphabet was formed to replace Google<br />
inc.. Alphabet inc. took rights of all the shares that Google<br />
inc. once had. Larry page is the owner of Alphabet inc and<br />
was originally the CEO of Google inc.. Since we all know<br />
how successful Google is we can assume how valuable this<br />
company is. Alphabet inc in 2018 was worth 766.4 billion<br />
dollars.<br />
Microsoft<br />
Microsoft is a computer software company founded by<br />
Bill Gates. It was founded in 1975 and was<br />
revolutionary at the time. It is known for its high quality<br />
tech specifically computers. It is still currently owned<br />
by Bill Gates and the company is worth 750.6 billion<br />
dollars.<br />
Facebook<br />
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook is a global social<br />
media platform that allows people from all over the world<br />
to communicate with others and spread ideas, culture, and<br />
religion. Facebook was founded in 2004. It has been a<br />
very successful business and is now worth 541.5 billion<br />
dollars.
Movie<br />
How Much It<br />
Made<br />
5. Deadpool 2<br />
$318.49<br />
Billion<br />
4. Jurassic<br />
World<br />
$416.77<br />
Billion<br />
3. Incredibles 2<br />
$608.58<br />
Billion<br />
2. Avengers<br />
Infinity War<br />
$678.82<br />
Billion<br />
1. Black Panther<br />
$700.06<br />
Billion<br />
Summary<br />
A wise cracking mercenary<br />
meets an angry teenage mutant,<br />
Russell. Russell then becomes<br />
the target of a futuristic soldier<br />
named Cable. Deadpool realizes<br />
he needs some help defending<br />
Russell so him and other heros<br />
join forces to protect Russell<br />
from Cable.<br />
Three years after the<br />
destruction of Jurassic World,<br />
Owen Grady and Claire<br />
Dearing return to the island to<br />
save the rest of the dinosaurs<br />
from a volcano that is on the<br />
edge of eruption. While they<br />
are their they soon uncover<br />
information about gigantic<br />
dinosaurs and a conspiracy<br />
that could threatan the planet.<br />
In stead of Bob, Helen is the<br />
one taking the spot light. Bob<br />
however must deal with Violet<br />
and Dash at home. When a<br />
new villian hatches a brilliant<br />
and dangerous plot, the family<br />
and frozone must work<br />
together which is eaier said<br />
than done.<br />
The Avengars must unite to<br />
fight ther worst enemy yet.<br />
Thanos. His mission is to get<br />
all six infinity stones and inflict<br />
his twisted will on reality. The<br />
oly thing that stands in his way<br />
is them and their fate have<br />
never been more uncertain.<br />
Everything they have fought for<br />
as lead up to this.<br />
After the death of his father,<br />
T’Challa must claim his<br />
throne as king of Wakanda.<br />
As a threat appears T’Challa<br />
must rally his allies to<br />
assure the safety of the<br />
people and his throne
Hurricane<br />
Harvey<br />
Time Of Landfall :<br />
September 14<br />
Highest Wind : 134<br />
Category : 4<br />
Total Fatalities : 107<br />
Cost Of Damage : $65<br />
billion<br />
Hurricane<br />
Florence<br />
Time Of Landfall : August<br />
25<br />
Highest Wind : 137 mph<br />
Category : 4<br />
Total Fatalies : 53<br />
Cost Of Damage : $24<br />
billion<br />
As you can see both hurricanes were very devastating and they weren’t the<br />
only ones that year. There were many others in different places that were<br />
just as devastating. Hurricanes are a big problem in the United States and<br />
global warming isn’t helping. We need to find out why so many hurrincanes<br />
are happening and we need to find a solution.
TOP SONGS AS OF April 10th, 2019<br />
Peak Position : 8<br />
Weeks on Chart : 13<br />
Last Week : 8<br />
10. Wow - Post Malone<br />
Wow is a pop song by artist Post Malone. It is Malone’s<br />
5th single. Post Malone has been on the rise and has<br />
had many hit songs before this. Post Malone is still<br />
continuing to make hits and hasn’t reached his peak.<br />
9. Happier - Marshamello + Bastille<br />
Peak Postion : 2 Weeks On Chart : 33 Last Week : 6<br />
Happier is a song by DJ and popular artist MArchmello.<br />
The one who actually sings is Bastille. A British artist. This<br />
song is supposed to help people move on from a<br />
relathionship. It has an overall chill vibe and it deserves its<br />
spot as 9 on the list.<br />
8. Sucker -<br />
Jonas Brothers<br />
7. Bad Guy - Billie<br />
Eilish<br />
Peak Position : 1<br />
Weeks On Chart : 5<br />
Last Week : 9<br />
The Jonas Brothers are a<br />
popular trio. They were<br />
split up for awhile but they<br />
got back together to<br />
create this song. It has a<br />
good tune and catchy. We<br />
look forward to more<br />
collabs from the brothers.<br />
Billie Eilish is an upcoming<br />
artist that is gaining popularity<br />
very rapidly. She has a soft<br />
voice that is really popular<br />
among many people. She is<br />
only 17 years old and she is<br />
already making the Top 100<br />
charts. She hasn’t reached<br />
her peak yet and is already a<br />
star.
3. 7 Rings - Ariana Grande<br />
Peak Position - 1 Weeks On Chart - 13 Last<br />
Week - 4<br />
Ariana Grande has been a popular star for a<br />
little while now. Her song with others such as<br />
“thank u next” and “break up with your<br />
girlfriend, i’m bored” once were the number<br />
one, two, and three on the top 100 Billboard<br />
list. She has a high pitch voice which is very<br />
noticable and very popular. She is continuing<br />
to be a star and she is destin to come out<br />
with more hits.<br />
2. Sunflower - Post Malone +<br />
Swae Lee<br />
Peak Position - 1 Weeks On Chart - 26 Last Week<br />
- 2<br />
This song was in a very successful movie called<br />
Spiderman Into the Spider Verse. That is where it<br />
got most of its fame and it has been a hit song every<br />
since. Swae Lee and Poat Malone are both very<br />
popular artist by themselves and when they came<br />
together. It made them even more popular.
1. OLD TOWN ROAD - LIL<br />
NAS X<br />
Peak Position - 1 Weeks On Chart - 9 Last Week - 1<br />
Old Town Road is a country slash rap song that is very popular rgith now. It was<br />
made by Lil Nas X who is a breakthrough artist. It is is very first hit song. It would<br />
have been number 1 on the country charts but they decided it wasn’t country<br />
enough. It was later remixed with Billy Ray Cyrus to make it a little more countrier. It<br />
is a good mix between country and rap. It has been very popular and people are<br />
excited for more songs to come from Lil Nas X.
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