T. Roosevelt expedition

After an embarasing loss in the presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt was given the chance to speek in Caracas, Venezuela. This let him escape the embarrasment back home. Once he arrived, the Brazilian minister of foreign affairs confronted Roosevelt about the chance to explore an uncharted river, The River of Doubt, through the heart of the Amazon jungle. The trip started on December 9, 1913. A bad time to start, being at the height of the rainy season. The trip would be a 900 mile trek and a 40 day excursion just to get to the river, then the rest of the journey would be in dugout canoes on the river. Roosevelt and his men, including his 24 year old son, Kermit, teamed up with Brazil's most famous explo0rers of the time. The first casualty came on March 15 when one comrade drowned trying to save an overturned canoe. The harsh rapids tossed and scattered precious food rations and the men were forced to forage and hunt for food, monkey meat becoming the main staple. Along with a lack of food, the men faced fever and painful insect bites. At one time, Roosevelt had a severely infected cut on his leg, and a soaring fever in the 105 degree humid air. Before the expedition was over, the men would face deadly rapids, Indian attacks, disease, starvation, and murder within themselves. The explorers finally reached the end of the river and arrived in the city, San Joao on April 27, 1913, nearly 5 months after the journey started. The trip was considered a success, providing necessary information to map the river. Over 2,000 species of birds and 500 mammals had been collected for further study. The river was renamed Roosevelt River by the Brazilian government. Roosevelt never fully recovered his prior health and had recurring malaria until he died in 1919.

Online Safety

     On Oct. 8 2012, Anthony E. Caputo, 17, of Ypsilanti, a senior at the high school, posted on facebook that he would blow up part of his school. He was charged with using a computer to convey a threat and making a false bomb threat. He could not pay the $5,000 fine, so he is being held in the county jail. The school grounds were searched, but nothing was found. Using a computer to convey a threat carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison while making a false bomb threat is four years. Anthony is scheduled to be in court on Oct. 24.
     Threats like this should absolutely be taken seriously. Then, if they were fake, the person will go to prison, and a message will be sent to others that you won't get away with fake threats and there are harsh punishments. If they were not taken seriously, what if there really was a bomb, and it goes off and hundreds of poeple and children die? Then, there would be much contraversy of why it was not investigated.
    He definitely needs to be punished. He needs to learn his lesson that he cannot do that and how serious it is. These kinds of threats shouldn't be made as a joke because you are bored, or quoting a movie. Serving time in jail will teach him his lesson, as well as send a message to anyone else who thinks it would be funny to make a bomb threat that they will face a harsh punishment. If he is not punished, it would send a message to him and others that it is okay to make these sorts of threats, and others will do it.
     He should face the four years for the false bomb threat and another few years for a computer threat. Or, make him, not his parents or anybody else, pay his $5,000 bail. That is a lot of money, and would be a good alternative for jail to teach him a lesson.

http://bradenton.patch.com/articles/school-threats-on-facebook-lead-to-teen-s-arrest

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