Architecture Preview

Hundertwasserhaus (Forest Spiral, The Hundertwasser Building)

Germany

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?

• Friedensreich Hundertwasser

2. When was it built?

• Between 1998 and 2000.

3. Where is it located?

• Darmstadt, Germany

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?

• It's a public building, Its apartments

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

• Friedensreich Hundertwasser received no payment for this building because he believe it was for the public and he didn't want anything ugly to take the space

7. Why did you pick this building? 

• I really like this building. It is very interesting. I've never seen anything like. You would think it would be a tacky, and ugly building with its different colors, and oddly shape windows, but that's what makes it so cool.

National Centre for the Performing Arts

China

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?

• The architect is Paul Andreu.

2. When was it built?

• It started December 2001 and finished July 2007

3. Where is it located?

• It is located in Beijing, China.

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?

• It is public

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

•  

7. Why did you pick this building?

•  It was a really cool building. I like how it looks likes it is floating on water. And the inside of it is just amazing

Habitat 67

Canada

1. Who is the architect? 

• Moshe Safdie

2. When was it built?

• 1985.

Where is it located?

• Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? 

• private

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

• It was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building.

7. Why did you pick this building?

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Nord LB building
Germany

1. Who is the architect?

• Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner

2. When was it built?

• 2002

3. Where is it located? 

• Hannover Germany

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? 

• Only the restaurant and the exhibition center.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?

• It was created to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and promote the use of natural daylight.

7. Why did you pick this building? 

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Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House)

Poland

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? 

• Szotyńscy Zaleski

2. When was it built? 

• 2004

3. Where is it located? 

• Tricity, Poland

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?

• You can visit

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?

• N/A

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? 

• It was inspired by the fairytale illustrations of Jan Marcin Szancer

7. Why did you pick this building? 

• This building looks like it is straight out of  a Dr.Seuss book. It is very wacky and interesting. It makes me feel like a little kid again and like im in one of the Dr. Seuss books

Writing a news lead (or lede)

Father was a spy, Sons Concluded with Regret

who: Sons of  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
what: Accepted that their parents were spies
when:
where: America
why: Cannot find a way to prove that their parents weren't
how:

Their Lead:
They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.

My Lead:
Over 30 years later, Robert and Michael Meeropol come to terms with the fact that their father Julius Rosenberg was a Russian spy

'Unrestored' Copy of first Superman comic book for sale

who: Stephen Fishler
what: Is selling a 'unrestored' superman comic book

when: Firday
where: comicconnect.com

why: Because he wants to sell it
how: Online bidding

Their Lead:
After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, featuring Superman and friends, will make a comeback -- to the tune of about $400,000, a comic expert told CNN Thursday.

My Lead:
Comic fans around the world are enthusicastic about the recent news that, Stephen Fishler, is selling the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, on Friday on comicconnect.com

Warm-Up Caption

• Thursday afternoon, sophomore Ian Loyd chases his pet goat, Randolph, after he got loose out of his gate at the Akins HS barn. Ian wasn't able to catch his goat that day but hours later he found it eating cabbage in the schools cafeteria.
• This photo doesn't follow very many rules. The only rule I see is leading lines, the rails lead up to Ian. And the photo has Depth. There are many mergers, for example: Ian leg looks like it is coming out of the goats butt.

Caption Writing Practice

1.) First Sentence

• answer who, what, when, where, why, and how.
• It tells us whats going on in the picture
• It needs to be in present tense( no -ed words)

2.) Second Sentence

• information that you cannot get by looking at the photo
• It is past tense
• If there are 3 people or less, you have to identify them

• Senoir Courtney Jackson shows enthusiasm at one of the high school of Friday night because Akins just score a touchdown. She really happy becuse Akins rarely scores any touchdowns.

• Sophomore Brandon Watsin attempts to make a free-throw at the Akins vs. Connally basketball game Thusday Night. The Akins basketball team has been on a on winning streak of 5-0
• Brandon Watsin is the subject of the photo and he is in focus, Theres is some mergers to the photo, with the lady standing in the background and the arm that is coming out of Brandon Side. 

• Not trying to let others copy his painting, Gabe Moldanado startegically covers one of his paintings in art Class.Gabe doesn't want anyone to copy his painting because he...............

• Framing, his arms are covering his picture. Viewpoint, the photographer got really close to Gabe. Mergers, Cell photo 

• As part of a science experiment in Ms. Patricks class, students get to hold live spotted owls to see how they react to them. Many of the owls were freighted by the students, came loose, and began to fly around the class room
• Leading Lines- the hands is leading up to the owl. Mergers- Lady in the background.

Spring Shoot photo prompts

Spring

Blue

Angle 

Open

Africa

PowerPoint

These photos are very interesting and beautiful. The way he took the photos, and the color of them, make the photos look very dark and amazing.

My favorite photo is the photo of the lion when what looks like he is about to start running. It is a very fierce photo, and you can see the intensity in the lion.

Photographer

A.) Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses.
B.) He takes photos because he feels that this is his only way to express his love for animals.
C.) He hopes to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa.
D.)"What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist."

 

Elements of News

• Proximity

• http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/11/texas.wildfires/index.html 

• Prominence

• http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/robert-pattinson-on-his-teenage-crushes/

• Timeliness

• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/man-in-deadly-weekend-crash-identified 

• Oddity
• http://news.yahoo.com/odd

• Consequence
• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/End-of-year-school-zone-wake-up-call

• Conflict
• http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/10/news/economy/debt_ceiling_fight/index.htm?cnn=yes&hpt=C1

• Human interest
• http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/crime/police-arrest-former-judge-candidate 

Elements of News-Warm up

 With Short Video, Obama launches bid for re-election

Who: Barack Obama

What: Starting Campaign for 2012 elections

When: Revealed to everyone April 5, 2011

Where: USA

Why: To get a jump start on his campaign

How: By telling the Democratic National Committee he wants to run again

Basic News Writing

Austin District Holds Community Budget Forum Tonight

Who?
Who is involved?

• AISD Teachers, and AISD School Board

Who does/did the situation affect?

• AISD Teachers, and students

Who said so?

• AISD School Board

What?
What is happening?

• The School Board is in the process of cutting more teaching jobs, they are having a forum meeting so they could discuss the cuts with parents, and teachers

What did happen?

• Many teachers have been cut

What are the consequences?

• Students class sizes will increase. The many programs at the schools will eliminated

What is different about this?

• They listening to teachers and parents input and taking them into consideration.

What are the choices?

• They can cut other less important jobs besides the teachers, but overall there are no other choices. The school board has to reduce the budget and this is the only way

When?
When did or will this happen?

• (The Forum meeting) March 30,2011 (The budget Crisis) Is happening right now( 2010-2011 school year to 2012-2013 school year)

When was this discovered?

• (The Forum Meeting)Today (The Budget Crisis)during the 2010-2011 school year it became public

Where?
Where did or will this happen?

• (The Forum meeting) Bowie High School (The Budget Crisis) AISD school district

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen?

• (The Forum Meeting) To listen to individuals complaints and ideas (The Budget Crisis) The school district is in debt, over 90 million dollars. So the district decide to cut jobs

How?
How did it or will it happen?

• The school district is in debt, over 90 million dollars

How much does it cost?

• over 90 million dollars

How many people does this affect?

• Current and future students and teachers

How do you feel about this?

• It is a horrible thing that could happen. Teachers are a main part of todays society. They already don't get paid enough and to know they are going to be paid less is sad. I fell sorry for college students who are trying to pursue teaching degrees because they are probably not going to find a job around the Austin area. 

Velarde testifies he received HGH injections from Bonds' trainer

Who?
Who is involved?

• Randy Velarde, and Greg Anderson

Who does/did the situation affect?

• Barry Bonds

Who said so?

• Randy Velarde

What?
What is happening?

• Randy Verarde testified that he allegedly met with Barry Bonds personal trainer Greg Anderson for steroids

What did happen?

• He allegedly met with Greg Anderson

What are the consequences?

• It is one step closer to finding Barry Bonds guilty of four counts of lying and one count of obstruction

What is different about this?

• They are finding many players to testify against Barry Bonds

What are the choices?

• Whether Randy Verarde could of have testified against Barry Bonds or not

When?
When did or will this happen?

• 2011
  

When was this discovered?

• 2011

Where?
Where did or will this happen?

• San Francisco

Why?
 Why did this happen or will it happen?

• It was an attempt to show jurors Bonds must have known the substances he was receiving from Anderson were performance-enhancing drugs.

How?
How did it or will it happen?

• Randy Verarda testified in court

How much does it cost?

•  Randy Verarda Reputation

How many people does this affect?

• Any athlete in contact with Barry Bond's Trainer

How do you feel about this?

• Im not really a sports fan, so I don't really care but I do think that Randy Verarda is a snitch, but he had to do what he had to do.

Official: Tens of thousands of evacuees can't head home for months


Who?
Who is involved?

• Japanese People

Who does/did the situation affect?

• Japanese People

Who said so?

• Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission

What?
What is happening?

• Tens of thousands Japanese people were evacuated from Fukushima Daiichi power plant may not be allowed home for months

What did happen?

• Tsunami and Earthquake hit the Fukushima Daiichi power plant

What are the consequences?

• People have to evacuate there homes

What is different about this?

• Didn't believe nuclear contamination levels would be so high

What are the choices?

• They have no choices, they have to evacuate

When?
When did or will this happen?

• People found out they still could not returned on March 31, 2011

When was this discovered?

• People found out they still could not returned on March 31, 2011

Where?
Where did or will this happen?

• Japan

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen?

• Contamination levels are too high

How?
How did it or will it happen?

• Tsunami and Earthquake hit the power plant

How much does it cost?

• Tons of money, and Japanese Peoples livelihood

How many people does this affect?

• Everyone in japan

How do you feel about this?

• Its very sad, and I hope this won't happen anymore