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US, Cuba hold 2nd round of talks on reopening embassies, but quick breakthrough seems unlikely

The U.S. and Cuba held a second round of negotiations Friday on restoring diplomatic relations after a half-century interruption, although an immediate breakthrough appeared unlikely.

The Obama administration wants embassies reopened by April's summit of North and South American leaders, which presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro are expected to attend. But the Cubans hope first to be removed from a U.S. terrorism list, which prevents them from banking in the U.S. and doing other basic business they would need for an embassy here.

Washington is reviewing that designation but hasn't made a decision yet. 

This event happened today February 27th, 2015 11:05 EST

                                             Student Success Statement 

                                       "The true way to honor the past is to improve upon it."

N. Eldon Tanner

Reflection: I think that what Tanner means by this is that the only way you can succeed and honor your past is by improving what you do truthfully. If you choose to do the correct thing, good things will come to you, if you do bad stuff, bad things will come to you. It is the law of life.

1.Reflexology 

Duties and Responsibilities: Reflexology is an alternative medicine involving application of pressure to the feet and hands with specific thumb, finger, and hand techniques without the use of oil or lotion.


Salary: Average $35,970

Education: Reflexology school programs generally take between six and twelve months to complete and involve 150 to 300 hours of study combined with hands-on practice.

Reflection: I think I would like to be a reflexologist because it seems like an interesting career.

                                              Student Success Statement 

                      "It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today."

James Freeman Clarke

Reflection: I think that this teaches us that no matter if you do wrong or right you are still going to impact the world. It may be in a good way or bad way. It depends on you if you do good or bad. For example, if you litter to a tree you know that futurely that tree may be contaminated and not be able to go thru the cycle correctly and this will impact our world. There are many actions that have an effect in our world. Whether you do good or bad it will still go through history and teach everything that has been done thru our history. If you do good actions, you will be seen as a good person that did good and your history will be clean. If you do bad you will be seen as a shameful person who did bad and is not honorable or respectable. It depends on you whether you want to do good or bad. The world will keep track of the good or bad things that have been done and show it to future generations to teach what is good and bad.

Flight Attendent 

Duties and Responsibilities:You don;t need a specialized degree to become a flight attendent, and most major airlines only require prior customer service experience and a certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. The hours are erratic, and the work isn't always easy, but you'll get a glimpse of hundreds of cities accross the globe during your career. Even bonus, such as free airflights for you and your family and disccounts.

Salary: $25,000 is typical a year

Education: Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration

Reflection: I would love to travel for free and get free disccounts and even free tickets, i think it's a very good option.

                                                       Student Success Statement

                                      "The best way to predict your future is to create it."

Charles Ketterer

Reflection: I think that Charles is trying to say that the way you should predict your future is actually making it, creating it. Future isn't going to create itself, you must do something in order to make it.

"Bless you"

This is an american phrase commonly used to wish someone health. These words are spoken used to "bless" someone from being ill. These words originate thousands of years ago. The way this saying originate was that by sneezing it precede illness. This saying was created by Pope Gregory The Great, who uttered it in the sixth century during a bubonic plague epidemic.(sneezing is an obvious of one form of the plague)

                                             Student Success Statement 

                                   "Ask yourself is it right or wrong and act accordingly."

Otto Graham

Reflection: I think this reflection is quite interesting because it tells you that if you do things rightly there is no way you can't fail.

Health Information Specialist 

Duties and Responsibilities: A health information specialist organizes and manages health information data. They ensure its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper and electronic systems.

Salary: Median $34,160 per year

Education: Post secondary non-degree award

Reflection: I think i would not like to be a health information specialist because it doesn't seem interesting to me.

                                               Student Success Statement 

                                                 "Act well your part; there all honor lies."

Alexander Pope

Reflection: I think this means that you have to act correctly in order to protect your dignity.

Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: Environmental health professional monitor health and safety conditions in residential, industrial, commercial, and recreational settings. The main responsibilities of the position are to determine the existence of possible health hazards and to take steps to correct them.

Salary: $37,300 to $57,551

Education: degree

Reflection: I would like to be a environmental health specialist because it is well-paid.

HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 

"Presidents Day"

1. Presidents Day is an American holiday established in 1885 originally in recognition of President George Washington. But commonly to celebrate all those who served as Presidents.

2. The purpose of Presidents Day is to celebrate the American presidency and remember all those who served as President of the United States.

3. Presidents Day is celebrated Monday, February 16

4.  A few ways to show honor and respect on Presidents Day are making some type of cuisine, celebrating with your family together and also visiting museums and learn some history.

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6. Presidents day was originally in recognition to President George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but Congress made some mistakes and just commonly referred to it as any President who served.

Student Success Statement

                                                     "Right is right only when entire."

Victor Hugo

Reflection: I think that this mean that something is right only when you say it completely and honestly.

                                               Student Success Statement 

               "In life as in football, you won't go far, unless you know where goalposts are."

Arnold H. Glasgow

Reflection: I think this reflection makes you realize that whatever you do in life must have a purpose.

The Beginning Of Basketball

1.James Naismith invented basketball

2. He began to develop the sport at the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield Massachusetts.

3.The year he invented it was in the late 1981

4.The way he invented the sport was analyzing many things, such as the most popular games of those times (rugby, lacrosse, soccer, football, hockey, and baseball; Naismith noticed that the hazards of a small fast ball and concluded that the big soft soccer ball was safest.

5.He invented basketball because the athletes needed a sport to play indoors for the winter because it was too cold to play baseball or football outside.

6.What were the circumstances at the beginning? At the beginning of the creation of the game it had 13 basic rules.

7.What was it like at the start? In contrast to modern basketball, the players played 9 versus 9, handled a soccer ball, not a basketball, and instead of shooting two hoops, the goals were a pair of peach baskets.

8. The type of shoots that we done were into a basket of peaches and to make a score you had to introduce the ball into the basket. The concept of dribbling was not introduced until later.

9.The way basketball is different today than when it started was that the original rules do not include what is known today as dribble.

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This is to believed to be the first basketball team to learn the sport in the United States.

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Dr. James Naismith

                                                         Student Success Statement 

                                                   "Only those who live who do good."

Count Leo Tolstoy

Reflection: I think this quote refers to people who aren't living life right and should enjoy it.

Veterinarian 

Duties and Responsibilities: Diagnose and treat diseases and dysfunctions of animals. Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries. Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.

Salary: Median annual wage $84,460

Education:Doctoral or professional degree

Reflection: I think i would like to be a vet because it seems like a nice job and i would enjoy it.

                                                          Student Success Statement

                            "What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right."

Howard Cosell

Reflection: I think this quote makes us realize that popular people aren't always the best type of friends.

Life Planning 100+ Goals

Life Planning 100+ Goals
2 Minute Daily Reading

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Western Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Western medicine is conventional medicine, as distinct from an alternative, form of medicine such as ayurvedic, or traditional Chinese medicine. Must practice of diagnosis, treat, and prevent disease. Restore health by the prevention and treatment of illnesses.

Salary: Median $94,436

Education:Degree, doctorate

Reflection: Personally i wouldn't like to be a western medicine doctor practitioner because this field doesn't seem interesting to me but is in deed well paid.