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(CNNStudentNews)--March10,2014
Newweek,newshow.I`mCarlAzuz.GladtoseeyouaswegetstartedonCNNSTUDENTNEWSthisMarch10.
AtragicmysteryinSouthEastAsia.MalaysiaAirlinesflight370tookoffearlySaturdaymorning.ItwasheadedfromKualaLumpur,MalaysiatoBeijing,China.239people,passengersandcrewwereonboard.Butlessthananhourintotheflight,itdisappeared.Nocommunicationfromthepilots,nodistresscalls.Lastnight,thesearchwasstillonforanswers.RescueteamswerescouringthewatersoftheSouthChinaSeawheretheplanemighthavebeenwhenitdisappeared.
Therewassomethingunusualabouttheflight.Someofthepeopleonit,weren`twhotheysaidtheywere.Interpol,aninternationalpoliceorganizationsaysatleasttwoofthepassportsusedtoboardtheflightwerestoleninthepasttwoyears.Investigatorswillbelookingintothat.
Butthepriorityisfindingtheplane.Soofficialscanlocatetheflightdatarecorderandbeginpiecingtogethercluesandbuildinganexplanationofwhatexactlyhappened.
UNIDENTIFIEDFEMALE:
TimefortheShoutout.Alfred,LordTennyson`spoem"TheChargeoftheLightBrigade"concernswhatwar?
Ifyouthinkyouknowit,shoutitout!
IstheHundredYears`War,theBoerWar,theCrimeanWarorAmericanRevolution?
You`vegotthreeseconds,go!
ThepoemwaswrittenaboutabattleintheCrimeanWar,whichtookplaceduringthe1850.That`syouranswerandthat`syourshoutout.
AZUZ:
UnliketheCrimeanWaritself,whatweareseeingtodayintheregionismoreofastandoff?
AlthoughRussianPresidentVladimirPutindeniessendingtroopsintheUkraine,therehasbeenabuildupofpro-RussianforcesinCrimeawheremanyCrimeansfavorRussia.PutinsaysCrimea`slocalgovernmentisfollowinginternationallawbypreparingtheholdofvoteonwhethertheregionshouldstaypartofUkraineorbecomepartofRussia.ButUkraine`snewsgovernmentandtheU.S.,whichsupportsitsaythevotewillbreakthelawbygoingagainsttheUkraine`sconstitution.Everyoneseemstoagreethateasingtensionsintheareawouldbeagoodthing.Meantime,FaridZakariacontraststhepresentsituationwithpicturesofthepast.
FARIDZAKARIA,CNNANCHOR:
OverthepastweekimagesoftroopsmassinginCrimeahavebeenbroadcasttomillionsaroundtheglobe.Itsohappensthatthefirsteverofficialwarphotographswerefromtheverysameregion.In1853theRussianEmpirefoughtthealliedarmiesoftheOttomanEmpire,FranceandGreatBritainintheshort,butbrutalCrimeanWarthatclaimedthelivesofthreequartersofamillionsoldiersandforthefirsttimephotographerswereabletogivepeopleaglimpseofwhatwarwaslike.Themostfamousimage,perhaps,isRogerFenton`s"TheValleyoftheShadowofDeath,"whichshowedcannonballsstrewnthroughoutavalley.Somesayitwasthefirststagedwarphoto.Thathemovedthecannonballsintotheroad.
Thetechnologydidn`tallowforactionshots,buttheimagescapturedthemomentsbetweenbattles.So,thefollyofwarwasprobablybestarticulatedwiththepenandpaper.Listentothis,an1890recordingofAlfredLordTennysonhimselfreadinghisfamouspoem"TheChargeoftheLightBrigade."
ZAKARIA:
Sowecansee,andwecanhearwhatconflictoverCrimeawaslike160yearsago.
AZUZ:
Today`sRollCallbeginswithanageold-question.WhereisWando?
AndwhenwearetalkingaboutasinMountPleasant,SouthCaroline,homeoftheWarriorsatWandoHighSchool.Movingwest,we`llmakeastopatOzark,Missouri.TheTigersarewatchingtheirOzarkJuniorHighSchool.AndinLennox,SouthDakotaourrollincludestheOreos.GladtoseeyouallinLennoxHighSchool.
AtFSTUDENTNEWS,Danieltoldusthatwhenapplyingtocollege,costfactorsinforhim.Kendrasaidcost,academicsandcurriculus.Traviswrote,location`safactor,butfinancialsituationismoreimportant.
Theyareallechoingsomefindingsofarecentfreshmansurvey,conductedbytheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.Nearly46percentofstudents,arecordhighforthesurveysaidcostswereaveryimportantfactorintheircollegechoices.About49percentalsosaidfinancialaidwaspriority.
Concernsovercostsmaybehavinganimpactonwherestudentsgo.Lastyear,about57percentofstudentsactuallyenrolledintheirfirstchoiceschool.That`sarecordlowforthesurvey.Thoughsomestudentsdidn`tgetadmittedtotheirfirstchoice.Thesurveyalsofoundthatmorestudentswereapplyingtomoreschools.Morethanfourcollegesoverall.Itcouldbebecausetheyaretryingtoincreasetheirchancesofadmissions.Itcouldbebecausethecommonapplication,aservice,makesiteasiertoapplytomultipleschoolsatonce.
Itwasadueltothedearthofspellingsavvy.We`vetoldyouaboutthesetwobefore.Acoupleofweeksago,KushSharma,aseventhgraderandSophiaHoffman,afifthgrader,causedspellingbeejudgestorunoutofwords.Aftermorethan60roundstheMissouristudentshadgotteneverythingright.So,thefollowup,therematch,thespell-bindingtoetotoefaceoffhappenedonSaturday.Andafter29moreroundstheseventhgraderprevailedwhenhisyoungercompetitormissedthewordstifling.Andhespelledtheworddefinitioncorrectly.KushhashadtodotheNationalSpellingBeeinWashingtonD.C.,butbecausethesetwoaresosmartandsoyoung,anemployeeoftheKansasCitypubliclibrarysaystheycouldmeetagainatthecountryspellingbeenextyear.Ifthathappens,they`llprobablyhavemorewordsonhim.
SouthbySouthWest,it`sgoingonrightnowinAustin,Texas.It`ssortofahodgepodge(ph)ofeventsincorporatingmovies,musicandmedia.Therearetradeshowswheredevelopersshowoffinventions,hopingformediabuzzaroundthenextbigthing.Onethingwefoundcouldconnectasmartphonetoasmarthome,creatingalivingenvironmentthat`sonestepaheadofyou.
LAURIESEGALL,CNNCORRESPONDENT:
Welcometothehomeofthefuture.
Fromthemomentyoustepoutofbed...
SEGALL:
Inthishouse,everythingisconnectedbysmartphone.It`sownedbytechentrepreneurMattMullenweg,aninvestorinSmartThings,thecompanyresponsibleforallthetechnology.
(oncamera):
Yourhomeissmart.Whatcanyoudo?
Howdoesitknowyouareawake?
ALEXHAWKINSON,CEOANDFOUNDER,SMARTTHINGS:
Yes.Youcansenseitbasedonmotion,oryoucancoachtotellitgoodmorningbyhittingabuttononthejuggernautandthenyoucanseethehousesortofsensesit,thelightsarecomingonthebedroom.
(voiceover):
Workintothekitchen.(oncamera):
(INAUDIBLE)brewingthecoffee-brilliant.
SEGALL:
Andthecoffeeisactuallybrewingbehindme.
HAWKINSON:
Coffeeisactuallybrewingnow.
(voiceover):
Howisyourcommute?
Yourkitchenlampwilltellyou.Greenmeansnotraffic.
HAWKINSON:
Youputinyoursortofcommutepatternandthatchucksthe-chucksthetrafficandthenitwilltellthislamptochangecolorsbasedonthetimingofourcommute.
SEGALL:
Yourhomecaneventellyoutheforecast.Justopenthedoor.
UNIDENTIFIEDFEMALE:
Thecurrenttemperatureis53degrees.
SEGALL:
SmartThingsmakesuseofahubthat`skindoflikearouter.Onceyou`veinstalledit,youcandownloaddifferentappsontheSmartThingsplatformtocontroldifferentdevices.
HAWKINSON:
Yourhomebecomesprogrammable.Inthesamewayyoucanputappsonyourphone,youcaninstallanappthat-whattypeofcoffeedoyouwanttohavebrewedinthemorning.
SEGALL:
Thetechisalsobeingusedtokeepyourkidssafe.
UNIDENTIFIEDFEMALE:
Thechemicalcabinethasbeenopened.
SEGALL:
Andhere`sacoolone.Yourconnectedhomeplaysyourmusicofchoicewhenyoustepinside.
SEGALL:
It`spartofalargetrendoftechnologymovingbeyondyoursmartphone.
(oncamera):
Itsoundslike-whenyoulookattheappyou`retextingwithyourhome.
HAWKINSON:
Yes.Wewantedtomakeitveryintuitive.Soitmakesiteasier-peopleareusedtotaxthingswitheachother.Andwegiveyourhomeavoice.Wecallit"HelloHome."Andyoucansaygoodmorning,andyoucansaygoodnight.Andhavethatreactaroundyou.
There`satleastonegroupinthecoldpartofthecountrythatdoesn`twantwintertoend.It`sbecausethebittercoldandwindhavemadeconditionsperfectforsnowkiting.Allyouneedskisorsnowboards,afrozenlake,alittlewindandagiantkite.Minnesotareportedlyhasmorepeoplewhodothisthananyotherstateintheunion.It`sthelandoftensthousandslakes.Manyofthemfrozen,somefolkstherecouldbedoingthisuntilMay.Andno,wearenotfullofhotair.Thereissnowwayyoucoulddothisandbebored.Togetoutthere,youmighthavetopullafewstrings,butoncethingsgetofftheground,onthelegthere`senoughicetosustainthewholekiteandkabutu.CNNSTUDENTNEWStakesoffagaintomorrow.Hopetoseeyouallthen.
(CNNStudentNews)--February18,2014
WelcomebacktoCNNSTUDENTNEWS.Tenminutesofcommercial-freeheadlinesfortheclassroom.I`mCarlAzuz.Thankyouforwatching.
Firstuptoday,unrestinVenezuela.SouthAmericancountryisofficiallyafederalrepublic.Thatmeans,thecentralgovernment`spowerislimitedandvotersmaychoosetheirrepresentatives.Butinrecentyears,thepowerofVenezuela`sgovernmenthasincreased.It`smovedtowardssocialism,takingovercontrolofTVstations,foodcompanies,oilcompanies.Thecountry`spresidentNicolasMadurohasfollowedinthefootstepsofformerpresidentHugoChavez.AcontroversialleaderwhoenvisionedasocialistVenezuela.
TheU.S.StateDepartmentrecentlysaiditwasconcernedaboutprotestsgoingoninthecountry.Afterward,VenezuelanPresidentMadurokickedoutthreeU.S.diplomats,andtheprotestsc
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