Moose Vs. Car

Today in Newfoundland and Labrador a lawyer is blaming the provicnical government for the dramatic increase in accidents occurring with moose on the roads.

Nearly 700 moose are hit annually in Newfoundland and Labrador. A full grown moose can grow and weigh up to 750kg or 1 653 lbs. This is an incredibly big animal held up four small legs making it a deadly animal to hit on the road.

There is roughly 1 moose per kilometer squared throughout Canada meaning that there are a lot but not as much as many other animals. People drive as if there drive will be free of obstacles, in many parts of Canada this is not true, drivers must drive cautiously and protectively. Often it is not the drivers fault for just regular accidents but other drivers around driving poorly.

The lawyer is blaming the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador for the increase in moose accidents. In my opinion this accusation is unrealistic and crazy if it was up to the provincial government to prevent these accidents what are they supposed to to kill moose? No, it is the driver on the roads responsibility to put their seatbelts on and to be safe and protective drivers on the road. Although the moose is a big animal it is still is an animal and not a human. Animals get stunned when they are in the headlights of a massive car meaning that they will stop the driver has to swerve and dodge this animal it is not the animals fault. When you think about it humans as a species have taken away millions and millions of acres of land that these massive animals used to inhabit and it is not there problem for wandering where their "old home" used to be.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2011/01/11/f-moose-newfoundland-lawsuit-numbers.html#socialcomments

Arizona Congresswomen Still in Critical Conditon.

On Saturday January 8th a US congresswomen named Gabrielle Giffords was at a Tuscon supermarket when she and 19 shot. Of those 19 six were killed including a nine year old girl and a federal judge. Giffords was shot in the head, she was rushed to hospital immediately after she was shot. The doctors treating her have stabilized her she is in critical but stable condition. A slight change in the swelling of her brain could mean death, and as of right now there has been no change. Her primary physician Dr. Michael LeMole says that her body is responding to simple commands. The doctors at her side have left her in a medically induced coma.

To pay respects to those lost in the shooting president Barack Obama and his wife led a national moment of silence.

The man that is accused in the shooting on the weekend will be in court today (Monday). The name of the man is Jared Lee Loughner, 22. Loughner is charged with one count of assassination, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee.

I believe that a shooting like this is unacceptable. It is important for the people of the USA to stand together and to remember those who were killed. The USA should be on full alert to fix this and bring the man to justice. It is amazing that Loughner has already been taken into custody. Another amazing part of this story is that Giffords has been stabilized after being shot in the head. Scientists say that if she was shot in the right side of the head it would have meant instant death. With today's technology we have been able to bring back a life from a near death situation. This doesn't mean that she is out of the woods yet but it is progress. It is very bad that people in America are still killing other people it is unacceptable and not neccecary.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/10/arizona-shooting-court-appearance.html

UK: No Need to Stop North Sea Deep Water Drilling

The U.K. states that after this B.P. disaster in the Gulf of Mexico they have no need to stop drilling. The U.K. law enforcement feels as if they have the proper rules regulations, and have taken the correct safety precautions to avoid another spill. If there were to be an "accident" in the North Sea the repercussions of the spill would be catastrophic and it would be even harder to clean up the spill than in the Gulf of Mexico due to the swift currents that sweep through the North Sea. Many environmental groups approached the British government and urged them not to continue to deep sea drill. Tim Yeo, a conservative party law maker, said that stopping deep sea drilling would "undermine the U.K.'s energy security and isn't neccecary. In 1988 there was an catastrophic explosion on one of the many oil rigs in the North Sea causing a huge spill. After this incident security and safety precautions were strictly tightened.

I believe that continuing the North Sea drilling is extremely un-neccecary and un-safe. After the B.P. spill I believe that all deep sea drilling facilities should be inspected carefully to make sure that there will never ever be another spill. I think that another oil spill would absolutely destroy many already fragile ecosystems of the deep sea. After the incident in the gulf many B.P. said that it was just a malfunction... a malfunction that cost many fish and birds alike their lives, habitats, and ecosystems. The U.K. should take this B.P. spill as a simple reminder of what would happen to the water and many people, fish, and birds that use and habitate the water. To conclude i believe that the U.K. deep sea oil drilling should stop to keep the ecosystems of the water alive and thriving.

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20110106/north-sea-deepwater-drilling-110106/