International:Senior Egyptian Police Officer is Killed in a Raid on Islamists Near Cairo(The New York Times) A senior egyptian police officer was killed today, and ten other officers were wounded by gunmen. This happened when security forces barged into an Islamist support stronghold outside of Cairo. Now, people are worrying that there may be a violent reaction to military control over Egypt. Officer Gen. Nabil Farag, director for the province of Giza got killed when a large group of tanks and armed vehicles came into the town Kardasa, on the opposite side of the Nile from Cairo. Officer Farag got shot at the side, and fell to the ground with a bleeding wound, and died on the way to the hospital. It was the bloodiest attack since the military ejection of President Mohamed Morsi which happened on July third. Now there is a possibility, that the violence will spread back into Cairo.
National: Starbucks Declares Guns are Unwelcome, But Are Not Banned(Wall Street Journal) For a while now, there has been a debate going on about Starbucks' rules towards firearms. In some places, people can just walk into Starbucks with a gun hanging out of their pocket, such as Oregon, and they don't need a permit or any permission from the government. In other places such as New York, firearms/guns cannot be taken into a Starbucks cafe. After all of the mass shooting that have occurred this year, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is rethinking whether guns should be allowed in their cafe's, because although they may not affect the carrier, it may ruin the experience that other's have at Starbucks. As of right now, twenty-nine states have no rules against firearms in cafe's, fifteen allow it to those who have permits, five (including D.C.) strictly prohibit firearms, and California only allows it in rural areas. But, this is open to change.
Local: City Looks to Make Every New House Electric-Vehicle Friendly(Palo Alto Weekly) Palo Alto's streets are filled with Teslas and all different sorts of electric vehicles, because of all the electric-vehicle culture. Now, grocery markets such as Mollie Stones is adding charging stations to its parking lots, and neighborhood charging stations are being created. So, why not make houses electric vehicle ready? To add the charging stations when purchasing the car, it costs about $1000-2000, but it only costs about $200 to make a house electric-vehicle ready. Now, three council makers are agreeing to adding on charging stations to houses built, so that Palo Alto can become one of the most electric-vehicle friendly city in America.
Sports:Ken Norton, a Championship Fighter Who Broke Ali's Jaw, is Dead at 70 Ken Norton, a champion boxer died at age of seventy from a series of strokes, and his poor health. In 1973, he was able to break Muhammad Ali, a star boxer's jaw in a match. In that match against Ali, Norton was the underdog, at 6'2 and weighing 220 pounds. After norton broke Ali's jaw, he went to visit him in the hospital, and Ali said he didn't want to go on a match against him ever again. But, the two had two more matches, both of which Norton lost. In his last match, he was knocked out by Gerry Cooney in the first round. After his boxing career, Norton acted in several movies. The most well known movie he played a role in was Mandingo(1975) in which he played a slave trained to fight. Rest in peace Mr. Norton.
Social: What Kids Need to Know About Spinal Injuries in Sports(Wall Street Journal) Children these days get many different kinds of injuries in contact sports such as cheerleading, football, and ice hockey. One of the most dangerous kinds of injuries from these contact sports is spine injuries. While some spine injuries may be temporary or make you experience whiplash, there are some that can be fatal, and result in a quick death. Every year, there are about 20,000 spinal cord injuries, and 12% of those injuries come from sports. The spinal injury that results in a possible chance of death is the cervical spine injury. THe cervical spine, is the first seven discs of the spinal cord, and getting an injury here results in paralysis, neurological damage, or death. All contact sport players are vulnerable to these dangerous injuries if they are not careful on the court or field depending on what sport they are playing. One example of a cervical spine injury is Tommy Mallon, who is now 22, who got injured while playing lacrosse in 2009. Luckily, after a while, he resulted with no permanent neurological damage, but as a result of his injury, his mother created a non-profit organization called Advocates for Injured Athletes to help other families with injured children. Shortly after that, she created another organization called Athletes Saving Athletes which teaches athletics trainers about sports injuries and conditions. Ms. Mallon, the program founder hopes to expand the company, so that sports team members can help save lives.
Weather:Super Typhoon Usagi Threatens Taiwan, Northern Philippines, and Hong Kong(The Weather Channel) There is supposedly a super typhoon that is starting over in the Pacific Ocean right now, and is threatening Taiwan, the northern Philippines, and Hong Kong. There is a difference between a typhoon and a super typhoon. A typhoon or tropical cyclone has winds that are under 150 miles per hour. A super typhoon is anything over 150 miles per hour, anything equivalent to a category four or five hurricane. The typhoon is believed to hit Taiwan Saturday afternoon, the Northern Philippines Friday night to Saturday, and Hong Kong on Sunday evening/night. Disasters happen, and we can just hope for the best for the people living in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.
National: Starbucks Declares Guns are Unwelcome, But Are Not Banned(Wall Street Journal) For a while now, there has been a debate going on about Starbucks' rules towards firearms. In some places, people can just walk into Starbucks with a gun hanging out of their pocket, such as Oregon, and they don't need a permit or any permission from the government. In other places such as New York, firearms/guns cannot be taken into a Starbucks cafe. After all of the mass shooting that have occurred this year, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is rethinking whether guns should be allowed in their cafe's, because although they may not affect the carrier, it may ruin the experience that other's have at Starbucks. As of right now, twenty-nine states have no rules against firearms in cafe's, fifteen allow it to those who have permits, five (including D.C.) strictly prohibit firearms, and California only allows it in rural areas. But, this is open to change.
Local: City Looks to Make Every New House Electric-Vehicle Friendly(Palo Alto Weekly) Palo Alto's streets are filled with Teslas and all different sorts of electric vehicles, because of all the electric-vehicle culture. Now, grocery markets such as Mollie Stones is adding charging stations to its parking lots, and neighborhood charging stations are being created. So, why not make houses electric vehicle ready? To add the charging stations when purchasing the car, it costs about $1000-2000, but it only costs about $200 to make a house electric-vehicle ready. Now, three council makers are agreeing to adding on charging stations to houses built, so that Palo Alto can become one of the most electric-vehicle friendly city in America.
Sports:Ken Norton, a Championship Fighter Who Broke Ali's Jaw, is Dead at 70 Ken Norton, a champion boxer died at age of seventy from a series of strokes, and his poor health. In 1973, he was able to break Muhammad Ali, a star boxer's jaw in a match. In that match against Ali, Norton was the underdog, at 6'2 and weighing 220 pounds. After norton broke Ali's jaw, he went to visit him in the hospital, and Ali said he didn't want to go on a match against him ever again. But, the two had two more matches, both of which Norton lost. In his last match, he was knocked out by Gerry Cooney in the first round. After his boxing career, Norton acted in several movies. The most well known movie he played a role in was Mandingo(1975) in which he played a slave trained to fight. Rest in peace Mr. Norton.
Social: What Kids Need to Know About Spinal Injuries in Sports(Wall Street Journal) Children these days get many different kinds of injuries in contact sports such as cheerleading, football, and ice hockey. One of the most dangerous kinds of injuries from these contact sports is spine injuries. While some spine injuries may be temporary or make you experience whiplash, there are some that can be fatal, and result in a quick death. Every year, there are about 20,000 spinal cord injuries, and 12% of those injuries come from sports. The spinal injury that results in a possible chance of death is the cervical spine injury. THe cervical spine, is the first seven discs of the spinal cord, and getting an injury here results in paralysis, neurological damage, or death. All contact sport players are vulnerable to these dangerous injuries if they are not careful on the court or field depending on what sport they are playing. One example of a cervical spine injury is Tommy Mallon, who is now 22, who got injured while playing lacrosse in 2009. Luckily, after a while, he resulted with no permanent neurological damage, but as a result of his injury, his mother created a non-profit organization called Advocates for Injured Athletes to help other families with injured children. Shortly after that, she created another organization called Athletes Saving Athletes which teaches athletics trainers about sports injuries and conditions. Ms. Mallon, the program founder hopes to expand the company, so that sports team members can help save lives.
Weather:Super Typhoon Usagi Threatens Taiwan, Northern Philippines, and Hong Kong(The Weather Channel) There is supposedly a super typhoon that is starting over in the Pacific Ocean right now, and is threatening Taiwan, the northern Philippines, and Hong Kong. There is a difference between a typhoon and a super typhoon. A typhoon or tropical cyclone has winds that are under 150 miles per hour. A super typhoon is anything over 150 miles per hour, anything equivalent to a category four or five hurricane. The typhoon is believed to hit Taiwan Saturday afternoon, the Northern Philippines Friday night to Saturday, and Hong Kong on Sunday evening/night. Disasters happen, and we can just hope for the best for the people living in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.
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