Our+World+History,+2012-2013

= The History of Our World = Since you've been born, what has been happening in.....

America?
//By Patrick J. and Gabe F.// In the 2000 Presidential election Democrat Al Gore ran against Republican George W. Bush. George Bush won the election after receiving 271 electoral voted to Al Gore’s 266. However, Al Gore won the popular vote by more than 500,000 votes, and the election results were very controversial because of voting problems in Florida.
 * The Election of 2000 **

According to Wikipedia: Some television news networks declared that Gore had carried Florida's 25 electoral votes. However, by 10 p.m. EST those networks had retracted that prediction and placed Florida back into the "undecided" column. At approximately 2:30 a.m., the networks declared that Bush had carried Florida and therefore had been elected President. By 4:30 a.m., after all votes were counted, Gore had narrowed Bush's margin to just over 2,000 votes, and the networks retracted their predictions that Bush had won Florida and the presidency.

Most of the post-electoral controversy revolved around Gore's request for hand recounts in four counties (Broward, Miami Dade, Palm Beach, and Volusia), as provided under Florida state law. Gore formally contested the certified results, but a state court decision overruling Gore was reversed by the Florida Supreme Court, which ordered a recount of over 70,000 ballots previously rejected by machine counters. The U.S. Supreme Court quickly halted that order the next day with the concurring opinion that a recount of votes "of questionable legality does [...] threaten irreparable harm" to Bush as "each manual recount produces a degradation of the ballots."[63]

On December 12, the Supreme Court ruled in a 7–2 vote that the Florida Supreme Court's ruling requiring a statewide recount of ballots was unconstitutional, and in a 5–4 vote that the Florida recounts could not be completed before a December 12 "safe harbor" deadline, and should therefore cease and the previously certified total should hold.

media type="youtube" key="nTKotJJ2q68" height="265" width="320"

media type="youtube" key="KV5deafKcyI" height="265" width="320"

Sources: http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000#Florida_recount

Additonal Sites: @http://www.270towin.com/, PBS

//by: Emily K. and Justin B.// George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United State. He served from 2001 until 2009.
 * The Presidency of George W. Bush **

During the Bush Presidency, terrorists attacked the United States, attempting to hit the nations capital, hitting the pentagon, and the Twin Towers. Throughout the whole event on 9/11, over 3,000 innocent people were killed.

Bush signed many laws, such as lowering taxes, raising spending, the No Child Left Behind Act, and the PATRIOT Act. Bush presided over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

media type="youtube" key="mP-b9J4OFhU" height="187" width="336"

Sources: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewbush http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/george_w_bush/index.htm http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/29/bush-says-slow-reaction-on-911-was-deliberate-decision/

//By: Jamie and Michelle// On September 11, 2001 the terrorist group named Al-Qaeda carried out attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, and an attempted attack on the United States Capitol, by hijacking airplanes and flying them into their targets. The first plane, Flight 11, crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower at about 8:46 am. Not shortly after, the second plane, Flight 175, flew into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m; both of the towers fell within two hours.Out of all four of these attacks nearly 3,000 people died.
 * September 11, 2001 Hijackings **

Before the attack on the World Trade Center, The FBI and CIA received threats, including one saying there will be a “Big Thing” in New York And Washington DC. The warnings included the information that airplanes would be used as weapons. The United States continued to ignore the warning signs that they were receiving.

media type="youtube" key="TAaP4Z3zls8?fs=1" height="265" width="320"

media type="youtube" key="JZekosYOmXc?fs=1" height="265" width="320"

media type="youtube" key="f8ZmMtXQ3gM" height="250" width="336"

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/attack/wtc2.html

Additional Sites: 102 Minutes that Changed America

//by:Jozlyn and Ardrette// On February 1, 2003 the Space Shuttle, Columbia was reentering the Earth’s atmosphere when it overheated and disintegrated. During the accident, all 7 crew members on board died. The debris from Columbia landed in Texas, Louisiana, and some southwestern counties of Arkansas.
 * The Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy **

The accident occurred because, while the shuttle was launching, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the space shuttle’s external tank. The debris hit the leading edge of the left wing, damaging the TPS, which shields the shuttle from the heat made when reentering the Earth’s atmosphere. While Columbia was still in space engineers suspected damage, but NASA didn’t look into it too thoroughly because they thought little could be done even if problems were found.

media type="youtube" key="JmWbV_YkQT0?fs=1" height="265" width="320"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

//By: Joseph X. Jenna S.// On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States, killing at least 1,833 people and causing 81 billion dollars in damage. New Orleans, Louisiana was the hardest hit.
 * Hurricane Katrina Strikes New Orleans **

Hurricane Katrina Formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and crossed southern Florida. It made landfall in Florida on August 25th, 2005 with 80 mph wind, creating floods and causing some deaths. When the hurricane reentered the Gulf of Mexico, it changed from a Category 3 to a Category 5.

Then, on August 29th Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras, Louisiana as a 3 category storm with 125 mph winds.. The levees for New Orleans broke during the Hurricane. The London Avenue Floodwall also broke, which could have prevented some flooding. The worst property damage occurred in coastal areas.

media type="youtube" key="QBB_PZy4p84" height="251" width="336"

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Katrina_in_New_Orleans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_government_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina

//by: Sam and Cecilia// On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected as the first African American president of the United States. Obama won 69,456,897 popular voted over challenger John McCain’s 59,934,814 popular votes. Barack then junior senator of the United States said back in 2007 that his wanted to be president of the United States. media type="youtube" key="jJfGx4G8tjo" height="251" width="336"
 * Election of Barack Obama **

//By: Trevor W.// During his first term, Barack Obama has passed the Affordable HealthCare Act, he called for the assasination of Osama Bin Ladin, passed the Wall Street Reform, and ended the war in Iraq. He has created jobs for american workers, cut taxes for the middle class families and small businesses. He has invested in education, manufacturing, and American-made energy.
 * The Presidency of Barack Obama **

Three criticisms of Barack Obama are that his stimulus program did not create enough jobs, that he ran up too big of a deficit, and the unemployment is still too high.

When he took office in January, 2009 the United States was losing over 800,000 jobs. The United States has since gained over 4,000,000 jobs. media type="youtube" key="VjnygQ02aW4" height="251" width="336" Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama http://www.270towin.com

The World?
//by: Keiona and Duaa// The USS Cole was a U.S destroyer that was attacked while getting fuel in Yemen on October 12, 2000 by Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda said that it was a successful attack to frighten America.
 * The Attack on The USS Cole **

Al-Qaeda sent terrorists to load a small boat with extremely explosive bombs on it and ran it straight into the USS Cole. The boat that attacked the USS Cole was called a Septar. Al Qaeda used a small boat because only a small boat was able to effectively attack the USS Cole. Seventeen American sailors died and 39 were injured during this attack. Experts all agreed that the damage that was done was caused by either a shape shifter or a missile that was on the boat. Experts also agreed that Al Qaeda had inside help to time the attack. They had people in Yemen spying on the USS Cole while it was getting fuel.

media type="youtube" key="JKALjeoeneE" height="251" width="336" Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing http://servv89pn0aj.sn.sourcedns.com/~gbpprorg/judicial-inc/USS_Cole_prelude_Iran.htm

//by: Raina G. and Mackenzie M.// The war in Afghanistan began in response to the September 11th, 2001 attacks in the United States. United States soldiers invaded Afghanistan in hopes of capturing 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden and destroying his Al-Queda organization. In addition, the United States wanted to eliminate the Taliban Regime.
 * The War in Afghanistan **

The United States did successfully defeat the Taliban government, but it’s supporters have not disappeared John Brennan, U.S. President Barack Obama’s chief counterterrorism advisor said, “We are on a path to Al-Queda’s destruction, and the president has committed that we’re not going to rest until Al-Queda is destroyed as an organization in the Afghan-Pak area as well as in other regions of the world.”

As of this writing, the war between the United States and Afghanistan is continues.

Sources: http://articles.cnn.com/2012-04-29/us/us_sotu-brennan-qaeda_1_qaeda-killing-bin-laden-top-counterterrorism-official?_s=PM:US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–present) http://www.freeworldacademy.com/globalleader/afghanistan.htm

Additional Site: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan802/

//by: Nicholas H., John G. and Gabriela G.// On March 17, 2003 the United States, along with The United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland, invaded the country of Iraq, thus beginning the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This invasion was intended to free the people of Iraq. While we were in Iraq, we killed many terrorist such as Saddam Hussein. The reason we went to war in Iraq was to stop Saddam. Also, America thought that Iraq had very destructive weapons called ‘’The Weapons of Mass Destruction’’.’
 * The Operation Iraqi Freedom **

The Allied countries fought together for twenty-one days of major combat operations to bring down Saddam Hussein. During he initial invasion phase, which lasted from March 19 to April 9, 2003, we captured Saddam Hussein. In addition, some of the Iraqi forces supported us during the invasions.

According to U.S. President George W. Bush, the mission was ‘’to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein’s power, and to free the Iraqi people. The weapons of mass destruction were ‘’alleged nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. In 2005,we released a statement saying that no weapons of mass destruction had been found. Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity and was hanged December 30, 2006

media type="youtube" key="QWBs3coWcxw?fs=1" height="265" width="320"

media type="youtube" key="u09ynldh4dg" width="319" height="266"

media type="youtube" key="bkOCIfNQXP0?fs=1" height="265" width="320"

media type="youtube" key="wjGr5_a5yBU?fs=1" height="265" width="320"

Sources: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq-timeline.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraqi_freedom.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_pro-con.htm

Additonal Sites: WOMD, Frontline Behind Closed Doors

//by: Andrew K. and Roman S.// On December 26, 2004 an earthquake occurred on the Indian ocean floor, and created a tsunami, sending waves to the land which hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, the Maldives, and the east coast of Africa. The earthquake was recorded at a 9.1- 9.3 magnitude, which was the third largest ever recorded on a seismograph, and caused one of the most deadly natural disasters in history killing more than 280,000 people. The waves of the Indian ocean tsunami were over 50 feet tall. The tsunami even destroyed parts of Africa to Thailand. The earthquake affected the whole world. Tsunami waves are usually a little over 500 mph but this one was over 700 mph. It was one of the only tsunamis that have occurred in the Indian Ocean.
 * Tsunami of Indonesia **

The Earthquake that caused the tsunami was said to have the force of 23,000 atomic bombs. The tectonic plates have been rubbing together for thousands of years. The wave caused by the earthquake kept its power for about 3,000 miles and still had sufficient power to kill people and destroy buildings once it struck land. In addition,the tsunami caused an epidemic of diseases due to rotting bodies.

media type="youtube" key="OGkeMvxotzI" height="251" width="336"

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1227_041226_tsunami.html http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-2004-indian-ocean-tsunami

//by: Morgan and Jacob// On Sunday of December 26, 2004 or also known as Boxing Day, an undersea megathrust earthquake hit the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. This massive tsunami killed over 230,000 people in 14 countries. The energy of the earthquake was about 23,000 atomic bombs. This was the third largest earthquake in the world. It caused the whole entire planet to vibrate. It also caused other earthquakes as far as Alaska.
 * The Indonesian Tsunami of 2004 **

The magnitude 9.3 earthquake occurred along the Indian and Eurasian plates to section of the earth’s crust to surge upward. The tsunami reached speeds up to 800 km and heights of 30 meters. The waves spread around the world, as far as Iceland and the United States and even causing other earthquakes, as far as Alaska. It also traveled 3,000 miles to Africa and still managed to kill people.

In Indonesia lossed about 168,000 people and more than half a million were left homeless. Thailand and India suffered a heavy destruction and loss of people. In 12 other countries an estimated of 230,000 with 1.7 million people left homeless. 55 countries lost people to the Indonesian Tsunami/earthquake. Even Germany and Sweden lost lives and weren’t directly hit.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/key-facts-2004-boxing-day-tsunami-2429969

//by: Sara and Jake// In 2011, Japan had an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in Japans history, about 80 miles off Japan’s eastern shore. It left 4 million people without power, and killed at least 60 people. A few minutes later, Japan was struck by a tsunami, with waves up to 23 ft tall.
 * Japan Earthquake **

The tsunami caused much damage to Japan. There were 15,868 deaths 6,109 injured and 2,848 people missing. There were 120,000 buildings destroyed and 220,000 others that where damaged. There was also a nuclear crisis caused by damage to the Fukishima nuclear plant, which killed 60 people and left 4,000,000 people without power.

media type="youtube" key="w3AdFjklR50" height="251" width="336"

//by: Sumaieh and Emili//a The revolution in egypt took place as a popular uprising and began January, 25 2011. The uprising was a non violent resistance, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil disobedience and labor’s strikes. the uprising took place in Cairo and other cities in egypt.
 * Revolution of Egypt **

Egyptians had revolted against President Hosni Mubarak .The country overthrew Mubarak and forced democratic elections in the country, eventually electing Mohamed Morsi to replace Mubarak, Mubarak had been an ally of the United States and other western nations.

According to wikipedia: “Grievances of Egyptian protesters were focused on legal and political issues including police brutality, state of emergency laws, lack of free elections and freedom of speech,uncontrollable corruption, and economic issues including high unemployment, food price inflation,and low minimum wages. The primary demands from protest organizers were the end of the Hosni Mubarak regime and the end of emergency law; freedom, justice, a responsive non-military government, and a say in the management of Egypt's resources. Strikes by labour unions added to the pressure on government officials.”

On June 2, 2012, Hosni Mubarak was found guilty of complicity in the murders of some protestors, and he will spend his whole life in prison.

media type="youtube" key="QooKFz--pBs" height="251" width="336"

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12315833

Technology?
//by: Justin D.// The Year 2000 problem,(Y2K, Millennium Bug,and the Millennium Virus are just a few of the other names) was a problem for both digital and non-digital storage and computing devices. The Y2k problem came about due to programming practices involving the use of 6 digit dates like dd/mm/yy vs. 8 digit dates like dd/mm/yyyy. This results in the possibility of a date such as 31 being misinterpreted as 1931 or 2031. Thus, any computer program which deals with 6 digit dates is susceptible to the Y2K problem.
 * Y2K Problem **

The Y2K problem involved two important issues:

1. Date mathematics. For years businesses have used date math to compute things such as aging schedules, due dates, and lots of other things.These applications all work by using a base year often it is Jan. 01, 1900 as a starting point and then find out how much time has elapsed since Jan 01. 1900.

2. The second type of problem involves systems that check the date for some purpose to determine if a valid date is being used. An example might be a credit card expiration date. If the program that checks this when the card is scanned is very simple it might just say is today greater than the expiration date. Thus, 01/01/99 is greater than 01/01/00 which would result in your credit card being rejected.

The solution the Y2K was to use four number for the year instead of two numbers like this mm/dd/yyyy instead of the old way of mm/dd/yy.

Sources: http://www.mitre.org/tech/cots/Y2K_SOLUTIONS.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem

//By: Vanessa B. and Emily E.// The iPod is a digital music player developed by Apple Computers and put out on the market in 2001. Kramer came up with the idea of the iPod, and eventually co-produced the device with Steve Jobs and Apple Computer engineers.
 * The iPod **

The iPod took about 2 years to invent and develop. It has given rise to other portable electronic devices, such as the ipad, iphone, and many other handheld products. And now seeing the progress, we can all know that there will much more greater technology, considering where we came from and where we are going.

media type="youtube" key="e84SER_IkP4" height="251" width="336"

Sources: http://inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/iPod.htm http://www.buzzle.com/articles/who-invented-the-ipod.html http://www.inventhelp.com/Newsletter/2012_05/Kramer.aspx#.UGSiShwhk2U http://school.nettrekker.com/goExternal?np=/sections/external/web/external.ftl&pp=/includes/widgets/errors/error.ftl&evlCode=37847178676686435Xhum4r&productName=school&al=Middle&ntTrx=raloud

//by:Ashley G. and Mrissa D.// ITunes is a web application used by customers to buy digital song files for iPods and MP3 players. Itunes was created in 2001, and debuted in 2003, by Apple and it’s founder Steve Jobs in Cupertino, California.
 * iTunes **

iTunes has changed the music industry, by making music easier to share and to purchase. Furthermore, people can keep all of their songs on an iPod, taking all of their music wherever they wanted to go without the clutter or hassle of CD’s. ITunes also changed the music industry by making it possible for artists to release singles, and not full albums. Recources: http://www.suntimes.com/technology/8114614-478/did-the-music-business-benefit-from-itunes-consensus-is-mixed.html

Sources: http://ipod.about.com/od/glossary/a/how-apple-changed-music.htm

//by: Alex F. and Antonia F.// On August 6th, 2012, at 1:31 a.m, Nasa completed the riskiest Mars landing ever. The Curiosity rover landed its four wheels on Mars and was ready to explore the planet after a 9-month voyage. There were many cheers and tears of joy at this moment. Curiosity’s two year search has finally begun.
 * Nasa Space Probe Lands on Mars **

It wasn’t the first time that a Nasa Probe landed on Mars. On January 4th and January 24th, 2004 Nasa launched two other rovers(MER-A Spirit,January 4th and MER-B Opportunity,January 24th) to research the history of water on mars. Originally, the mission for the two rovers was only supposed to be a 90 day mission, but was extended 5 times to an overall length of 6 years, 2 months, and 19 days (over 25x the intended 90-day duration). This exploration was very expensive. To build,launch, and land the rovers cost about $820 million US dollars. The five extensions cost $124 million US dollars

During the missions, Nasa found evidence that a stream ran fiercely through Mars. There were rocks that looked as if water had eroded their surfaces. Nasa believes that the stream ran about three feet per second at a depth about ankle to hip deep.

media type="youtube" key="P4boyXQuUIw" height="219" width="432"

Sources: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/06/curiosity-landing-on-mars-greeted-with-whoops-and-tears-of-jubilation/ http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/msl_landing.cfm http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover

//by: Dominick L.// On February 14,2005,Youtube was launched on the Internet. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Kari founded YouTube. The first video ever uploaded was titled me at the “Zoo.
 * YouTube **

48 hours of video are uploaded every minute, resulting in nearly 8 years of content uploaded every day. It is estimated that You Tube consumed as much bandwidth As the entire Internet In the year of 2000.

On November 1st, You Tube reached an agreement with MGM, Lions Gate, and CBS allowing the companies to post Full-length videos and movies on You Tube.

media type="youtube" key="uImk2RgCq_U" height="250" width="447" Source: http://www.youtube.com/t/faq

//by: Cassie and Brianna// Facebook is social networking site invented by Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard University in 2004.
 * Development and Popularity of Facebook **

While studying psychology at Harvard University,Mark was a keen computer programmer who had already developed a number of social-networking websites for fellow students, including Coursematch and Facemash. In February 2004, Mr. Zuckerberg launched "The Facebook".Within 24 hours, 1,200 Harvard students had signed up. After one month over half of the undergraduate population had a profile.The network was promptly extended to other Boston universities and eventually to all US universities. It became Facebook.com in August 2005 after the address was purchased for $200,000.US high schools started making profiles and then it went world wide.Went from Harvard University to the UK in alomst a year. In September 2006, the network was extended beyond educational institutions to anyone with a registered email address.

Facebook is free to join and plans to always be free. Facebook makes a profit through advertising department stores, fast food places,and many more businesses. The site's features have continued to grow. Users can now give gifts to friends, post free classified advertisements and even develop their own applications, like Graffiti and Scrabble.

In September of 2012, the company announced that the number of registered users in the United States had reached 30 million, making it the largest social-networking site. Facebook has nearly 700 million users worldwide.

media type="youtube" key="AQMhB8UDLl4" height="219" width="392" Sources: http://www.pcworld.com/article/230173/us_facebook_popularity_wanes_as_international_growth_booms.html

//by: Ryan And Paige// Modern gaming systems have changed the way people play video games. The Xbox 360, the Play Station 3, and The Nintendo Wii are the three top gaming systems in the nation. The Xbox 360 sold more gaming consoles than both the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii in the first half of 2012
 * Superior Gaming Systems **

The Xbox 360 is the second gaming system developed and produced by Microsoft in 2005, as an improvement of the original Xbox, which came to the shelves in 2001. In addition, Microsoft makes The Xbox 360 KINECT, which uses a non-remote controller receiver that allows the user to be the controller using gestures. Microsofthas plans for the Xbox 720, which will be introduced somewhere between 2013-2015.

The PlayStation 3 is the third gaming console developed by Sony Computer Systems following by its two predecessors, the PlayStation (released in 1994) and the PlayStation 2 (released in 2000). The Playstation 3 is the first console in the series to introduce the use of motion controls in games through the use of the SIXAXIS Wireless Controller. It also has other features, such as a Blu-ray disc player and full high-definition resolution graphics capability.

Nintendo released the first gaming console ever in 1985. Now, the Japanese company has released the Nintendo Wii and is looking forward to releasing the Wii 2 in 2012. The Nintendo Wii is a 7th generation console. It was released in 2006. Nintendo has claimed that about 86 million Wii’s have been sold so far.

media type="youtube" key="LUsiFjeRWjw" height="219" width="392"

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox

//by: Ramona L. and Vincent C.// Friedhelm Hillebrand ,45, a German engineer and a technical writer came with the idea of texting in 1985. He investigated his invention and decided to attach 160 limit to the text messages.
 * The History of Texting **

The first chance to put forth Hillebrand's invention came when the Global System for Mobile Communication wanted to create a standard for non-voice service. Hilebrand and his group presented the company with the idea and in 1986 the committee made the decision that all cell phone carries must support the short-messaging services(SMS).

The first text message was sent by Neil Papworth, a 22 year old engineer , in 1992. There were problems encounter with it because the keypad had fewer keys and the message were cumbersome to write. The SMS didn’t take the world by storm when they first launched the new invention. However, in a few years, texting became a very poplar form of communication.

media type="youtube" key="xTPxZ1n4M-M" height="219" width="392"

Source: http://www.thegeminigeek.com/who-invented-texting/

Popular Culture?
//by: Kiante and Yaneli// In the 2000’s the most popular music genres were R&B, hip hop, pop, gothic rock, pop punk, electronic music, dubstep,bassline, crunk, screamo, and snap. some of it is still listened to today actually; A lot of people still listen to dubstep, screamo, hip hop and other genres of music.
 * Music of the 2000's **

Some hip hop artists that have been popular throughout all of the 2000s are Eminem, 50 Cent, OutKast, The Black Eyed Peas, T.I, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Ludacris and Drake. Most of them are still listened to today. Eminem became famous in the early 2000’s, when his album “Relapse” came out. He became one of the most famous white rappers in the music industry. Lil Wayne also became very famous with his albums Tha Carter I, Tha Carter II, Tha Carter III, and Tha Carter IV. In fact Lil Wayne and Eminem sold an album together with a song called “Drop The World”. Most of their music tells an actual story, unlike most rap these days.

In late 2005, southern hip hop became more popular, especially because of the genre crunk and snap. The most popular snap artists were Soulja boy, New boyz,Fast Life Yungstaz, dem franchize boys, and backwudz.

Country was also quite popular in the 2000’s, with artists like Tobey Keith, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Hunter Hayes, and Tim McGraw topping the charts..

Females topped the pop charts. Miley Cyrus was a very popular pop artist along with Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Ashley Tisdale, Kelly Clarkson, and Alicia Keys. Avril lavigne was the first lead artist to take this new direction in pop music with her hits “Complicated, “ sk8er boi”, and “I’m with you”. she sold 30 million albums worldwide in the early 2000’s she was also the biggest breakthrough of the early 2000s. media type="youtube" key="S9bCLPwzSC0" height="315" width="420"

media type="youtube" key="VuNIsY6JdUw" height="250" width="447"

//by: Nora Xiong and Peter Miller// The fashions of the 2000’s were a flashback to the period from 1970s to the 1990s. Some women’s fashions were influenced by styles from the previous decades. For example, ladies wore skinny jeans in the 90’s and the trend carried through the 2000’s. Leather jackets were also very fashionable during the decade, and they were worn with skinny jeans. In addition, bright neon colors, denim, shoulder pads, and polos made a return.fhhggcheese
 * Fashion Of the 2000’s **

In men’s fashions, a lot of people wore track suits and sportswear for their leisurewear and they wore suits for business or job interviews. Guys also made sagging pants a new trend. In addition guys began to wear their hair longer than in the previous decade.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%932009_in_fashion http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/fashion-hasn-8217-t-changed-20-years-200400224.html

//by: Adam S. and Pookie R.// The ten movies that were popular in the year 1999 were: American Beauty, Topsy-Turvy, The Insider, Magnolia, All About My Mother, Fight Club, Run Lola Run, Toy Story 2, Straight Story, and The Sixth Sense. Out of all of the movies, my partner and I only knew about the two movies, Toy Story 2 and The Sixth Sense.
 * The Top 10 Movies In 1999 **

Toy Story 2 is one of the top kids movie of all time. It was released in theaters on November 24, 1999 and was directed by John Lasseter. Toy Story 2 was a sequel to the original Toy Story, also directed by John Lasseter in 1995. Toy Story 2 made over $4,000,00 in the first year of opening. It had all the famous characters from the original Toy Story. In the film, Woody is stolen from their family rummage sale by a strange toy collector who is trying to promote Woody, Jessie the Cowgirl,Pete the Prospector, and Bullseye the Horse. Buzz Lightyear and his friends will do anything to come and save them. Near the end of the movie, it turns out that Pete the Prospector is a bad guy who is trying to force Woody to go to a toy museum Tokyo, Japan. However, in the end, Woody and Jessie, and Bullseye make it home safely.

The Sixth Sense is a psychological horror film released in theaters on August 6th, 1999. It was directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It made over $26.6 million dollars on its opening weekend. The story was about a boy who could see and talk to the dead, though he was unaare that the people he was talking to were, in fact, dead.

media type="youtube" key="Lu0sotERXhI" height="219" width="392"

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sixth_sense/

//by: Jasmine Diaz & Jack Carpenter// There were some good movies out this year, and there is still more to come. The Top 10 Movies of 2012 by the audiences view, or by the sell of the tickets in the theaters are as the following (there in the order):
 * Top 10 Movies Of 2012 **

The Avengers $622.217 Disney The Dark Knight Rises $443.124 Warner Brothers The Hunger Games $407.884 Lions Gate The Amazing Spider - Man $261.102 Columbia Brave $233.398 Disney Ted $217.431 Universal Madagascar 3 $215.604 DreamWorks Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax $213.950 Universal Men In Black lll $179.021 Columbia Ice Age: Continental Drift $157.894 20th Century Fox
 * __Title__ __Total__ __Studio__ **

The Avengers is a 2012 American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The plot involves Marvel Superheroes, such as Capitan America, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. media type="youtube" key="eOrNdBpGMv8" height="219" width="392"

The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan. The superhero of this film is, well, BATMAN. media type="youtube" key="GokKUqLcvD8" height="219" width="392" Sources: http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/WBOYearly.php

The World of Sports?
//by: Anton and Leah// Fact One: More than 200 million unique viewers watched the football season in 2011.
 * NFL Fact Sheet **

Fact Two: Professional football players make 25,800 dollars per game, 50,000 to 80,000 per week and in a year the LEAST a NFL player would make is 1.9 million.

Fact Three: At one football game there will be at least people 81,984 people watching and enjoying the game in the stands.

Fact Four: One NFL ticket is usually $75 - 2,000 depending on the spots you want.

Fact Five: the NFL signed a $24 billion contract for channels to air football games, and to air the most viewed show of 2011,the NFL SUPER BOWL.

Fact Five: American Football is played in 48 nations on 5 continents.

Fact Six: In the NFL there are a total of 32 teams and all of them have a maximum of 52 players

Fact Seven: The revenue of NFL is up to 60 percent.

Fact Eight: All 32 NFL teams have a stadium that cost up to $100 million the least. the most expensive stadium is $2 billion.

media type="youtube" key="6XGWA8lrzN0" height="219" width="392" Additional Site: http://www.nfl.com/

//by: Emma and Victor//
 * 2010 World Cup **

The 2010 World Cup was played in South Africa. The competition began on June 11 and was completed on July 11. Spain was the winner of the 2010 World Cup, defeating The Netherlands for the championship.

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament.

The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month; this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation.

The 19 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three titles; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two titles each; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each.

The World Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany.

media type="youtube" key="Nhcv2KhqrQs" height="219" width="392"

Additional Site: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html

//by: Katelyn B. Jasmine G.//
 * 2012 Summer Olympics **

The 2012 summer olympics in London,England was held on July 27th through August 12th. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 national olympics committies participated.The motto of the games is to inspire a generation. The stadium that the games are played is at the olympic stadium.

In the 2012 summer olympics, there were 302 events,and 29 different sports events. The most common ones were archery,athletics,badminton,basketball,boxing,canoeing,cycling,diving,equestrian,fencing,field,hockey,football,gymnastics,handball,judo,modern pentathion,rowing,sailing,shooting,swimming,synchronized swimming,table tennis,taekwondo,tennis,triathlon,volleyball,water polo,weightlifting,and wrestling.

The top 3 countries that won the most medals are China,Russia,and the United States. China with 88 medals,Russia with 82 medals,and the United States with 104 medals.The olympic games were officially opened by Queen Elizabeth the second. media type="youtube" key="lacjJVxC5d0" height="219" width="392" Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics#Medal_count

Additional Site: http://www.youtube.com/user/olympic?feature=watch