Profile Final: Jo “The Little Things” Becker.
Posted on December 13, 2019 ·
Mega City Mall Experiences Mega Explosion.
Posted on December 5, 2019 ·
A Thursday at Mega City Mall went on with its normal work day just like any other day. Various people come to get shopping lists done, enjoy the food court or make a paycheck.
That suddenly was disrupted by an explosion in the food court not long after the was opened and customers were in the building.
Reports from the scene sent by early responders reveal that initial injury numbers resulting from the explosion were less than 100. Medical reports have been received by both St. Mercy and Jean-Luc hospitals, treating injuries consisting of fire and smoke inhalation.
Two fatalities have been reported from the explosion.
The Mega City Police Department has established a special team of investigators that will work alongside federal law enforcement agencies.
Captain Fuglsang reports the investigation is still ongoing at this time, the special units are still trying to clear the scene for a thorough investigation.
The aftermath and reactions to the disruption is being looked at more closely than just an “accident.”
Bell Taco worker Okan, thinks other wise. “I was just preparing some tacos when I heard the sharp noise and saw the explosion. When I saw it, I knew it wasn’t just anything accidental, I assume a bomb went off.”
Fuglsang reports that there is no evidence of any initial threat to the Mall and its environments. The captain did not seem confident in knowing how long the investigation will deliver any answers or crucial information on anything when asked by reporters.
With these casualties vs the number of the people who did survive the experience, was this accident really unintentional? Or was it failed quest to sabotage the public?
Profile Rough Draft
Posted on December 3, 2019 ·
She was just a simple girl from Little Rock, Josephine Becker was as average they came… according to her. Yet she was anything but average.
Jo took time on perfecting the little things, that’s what made the 5’4 blonde bombshell stand out. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas had her life switched up at age 17 when her parents decided to move to Santa Barbara, California.
She was taken away during an important event in her life that would lead onto a future path. An avid basketball star, Jo was planning on committing to the University of Arkansas early as a junior, finish her senior year and attend the university.
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Her test scores were all laid out, playing time, stat requirements, meetings, practices, all of it was on her to do list to be able to play division 1 basketball. It all ended in smoke, her plans fell through due to the transferring hassle and the stress of the move on her goals.
She had to start over.
Moving to a new state in the middle of your Junior year can be shell shocking for sure. As bitterly as she described how much the move at the time stunk, her eyes couldn’t help but shine when she spoke of California.
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Louis’ eyes drew her in as the sea did. He was young and fresh, the typical surf-rat. His clock in time for work was 8 to 5 on that beach.
Jo met Louis and his four friends her first day in the neighborhood.
^insert quote “I can’t explain what made me think I needed to go to the beach when there were boxes in my room that needed to be unpacked. Plus my parents were super, super strict so I don’t know how they let me go either. ”
Yet she went, letting the waves talk her into coming closer, the sand sucking her in deeper into paradise. She made a friend at the local snack shack, Lizzie. Her first friend but certainly not her last.
Lizzie pointed out all the spots to see on the beach and all the right waves to catch. Jo scoffed at the idea of her being able to surf, but all it took was one go and she blew people away.
^insert quote “From that point on I knew I loved surfing. Basketball was my ticket out but the way I cold move with the waves totally changed me as a person. It made me realize I could meet anything new head on.”
When the couple finally met on the beach that day it was less than romantic. Jo gave a stiff punch to Louis’ jaw for him being a creeper with his four friends.
After that day she got to know the five boys better. Stepping on a shard of glass and cutting her foot, the five helped her back to her house.
“They were annoying at the very beginning, but when I got hurt that same day those five idiots showed me the different sides of them that I’ve kept around to this day. That day we became friends.”
Jo and Louis didn’t get together until he end of Jo’s senior year at the University of Tennessee. Before that time, Jo went through horrible relationship with Nathan, one of the five friends.
They ended in lies and betrayal that costed Jo a lot of her freedom from her parents, and took a toll on her body; borderline abuse.
Getting out as she planned, signing to play for the Volunteers instead, Jo understood herself better. She kept in contact with Louis after her disappearance from Santa Barbara and started new again but this time as an adult.
^instert quote “It was Louis all along. He was always the one I wanted to talk to, to see. When I was upset I went running to him, I don’t know why. It wasn’t until I hugged him for the first time in 5 years I felt the final click to what I’ve been missing. I was missing him.”
News Release: Cause of Death to Beloved Polar Bear is a Mystery.
Posted on December 3, 2019 ·
Homer, a 16 year old polar bear at the Midland Zoo was found dead in the polar bear exhibit just an hour after his 7 a.m. feeding. Zookeeper Sarah Getty, found Homer floating in the pool.
The other two polar bears were removed from the exhibit and are currently being monitored by the veterinary staff. Homer was the oldest bear in the exhibit compared to 9 year old Yukon and 10 year old female McKenzie.
Homer is the 3rd animal to have passed away in a span of four weeks. Regina the bobcat died of renal failure last week, and Kenya the giraffe broke her neck by her horns being caught in her stall two weeks prior.
Zoo Director Chris Bacon expresses his concern of the recent tragedy in the habitat. “We will do everything in our power to determine how this bear died. Animal welfare and the preservation of species are our primary goals here at the zoo.”
Bacon confirms that the two other animals who died this month are unrelated to the death of Homer the polar bear.
The polar bear habitat has thrived at the Midland Zoo since 1985, allowing the bears to engage in their natural behaviors, playing in manufactured snow, and hunting trout in the chilled pool. The bears are ambassadors educating the guests who come in to learn about their lives and what makes them endangered.
News Comment #15: “Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good.”
Not so long ago, the northern seas were full of great auks–the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus.
Every summer, millions of the goose-sized birds would gather at different breeding grounds across the North Atlantic. The flightless birds were easy to capture, and passing sailors. French explorers in 1534 wrote how they loved how the birds tasted.
Just three centuries later, the species had become famous for its scarcity instead. Museums and merchants started paying top dollar for great auk eggs and skins. In 1844, members of a small expedition found two of the birds on an Icelandic island, strangled them and crushed their only egg.
That was the last confirmed sighting. In this way, the great auk went extinct.
The birds were gone before we could learn very much about them. New researches points the Balme more squarely at us, the humans.
This was a very sad article to read about, I didn’t know that species of penguin existed and now I’ll actually never know about them because they’re gone. This article could have used more interesting information, like what kind of bird they were and how they were used of the centuries, and how they lived in their temporary habitat.