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Maxim Mounier ‘19 By Chloé Durland ’19 Once upon a time, the tale of Hansel and Gretel was a bloody and scary story. But as it was retold, some of the more gruesome parts were taken out because the adults thought they might be too scary for children. Eventually, Hansel and Gretel became just a boring story of a boy and a girl getting lost in the woods and meeting a witch. However, thanks to Adam Gidwitz, in A Tale Dark and Grimm we can once again read the original tale of Hansel and Gretel... and it is truly awesome! The story is about the twin children of the king, Have you ever wondered how people live in space Some people think that astronauts live in rooms in the shuttles, with bathrooms and all of that. They think that living with zero gravity is totally cool and you could go wherever you want. Well, it could be annoying too. You can’t really decide where you go except if you hold onto something. Because of the gravity, you can sleep anywhere you want but you could bump into the different operating systems. Living in a space shuttle is completely different from life on earth. In the Apollo era in the 1970s, the food supply onboard began to increase. Spaceships can now carry 150 different types of Middle School Messenger Ma rc h 2013 Grab a Flashlight! A Book to Keep Reading After Bedtime: A Tale Dark and Grimm Book Review Hansel and Gretel. They ran away from home because they were scared their parents would --wait - are there little kids around Coast is clear ...no one is watching --try to cut their heads off ...again! Awesome. This technique of speaking to the reader directly is how author Adam Gidwitz pulls us into his wonderful storytelling. But as the adventure goes on, each parent met in the story reveals flaws; one wants to eat the children, another wishes his sons into swallows, a third gambles away his son to the devil. Hansel and Gretel meet a lot of danger and adventures in their path, like going to hell, getting a finger cut off, and even fighting a dragon. It’s an exhilarating story! Gidwitz, a Columbia University graduate and former English teacher at Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s School, tells great stories. He has a clever way of making this seemingly depressing story very funny. From time to time, he interrupts the story to make side comments and pretends to remind the reader that the story shouldn’t be for children. And he has a funny habit of disclosing the end too early, such as when he asserts, “I won’t even bother saying ‘The End’ anymore. You know it isn’t.” Gidwitz also makes sure that at the end of each chapter, the suspense makes the reader want to read and discover more unexpected surprises. You just can’t put the book down! This is the kind of book that makes you want to borrow your father’s flashlight Packing For Mars: or, What is Life Like Living in Outer Space By Lorenzo Vitale ’19 food, and astronauts can eat the same food as would be eaten on Earth, although it may need to be prepared by adding hot or cold water or putting it in the oven (although foods such as nuts and fruits don’t need to be “revitalized”). Food is stored in plastic containers. The astronauts wear orange suits during launch and reentry. During the trip and the stay at the International Space Station (ISS). They wear normal clothes like us. It is impossible to wash laundry, though, so they have to bring extra pairs of underwear and many shirts and pants. If they want to clean their faces or hands, astronauts have to clean them with alcohol or using a wet towel. To wash their hair, they need to use waterless shampoo, a shampoo that does not need to be rinsed off. Astronauts use towels to dry themselves. To clean their body, they use a wet towel and wipe themselves. The toilet looks like a western style toilet on Earth. Astronauts fasten themselves onto the toilet so they do not fly upwards Game Review: Call of Duty Black OPS II By Howard Cravens ’19 & Daniel Mounier ’19 The big, bad, bold new sensation and sequel to the previous edition, Black Ops 2 is a single-player campaign which includes two connected story lines which are each set in different times; one is set in the 1970s and 1980s while the other is set in 2025. The protagonist, Alex Mason (no, not the FASNY student!), returns to the cold war section of the story to rise against the antagonist Raul Menendez. The game was released November 13, 2012. The trailer of the game is titled: “Surprise.” IGN, a popular gaming review website, says: “This game has many new improvements and the Zombie mode is very realistic and fun. With these combined improvements, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is also better and is one of the best games of the modern century.” You can play Black Ops 2 on these game consoles: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, and Wii U. In the 2025 section of the story David Mason, Get your Zombie On: Black Ops II video game rids the world of the future Zombie takeover. (because of the absence of gravity) and use a vacuum tube to suck up the waste. The astronauts sleep wherever they want. But because it is not fun to be floating while sleeping, they tie themselves loosely in a sleeping bag to sleep calmly. Sometimes the many Alex Mason’s son, rises as the protagonist. Black Ops 2 will be the first Call of Duty video game to feature branching storylines. The failure or success of a mission affects the game plot of other missions. In the game’s Zombie Mode, there is an eight player cooperation, while on the old one there was only room for four. The new Zombie mode will be part of the main story. The story of Black Ops 2 has several endings, all depending on which missions the player has failed or successfully completed. The followers of Menendez will riot, destroying Space .com Author Adam Gidwitz so you can read the story under the covers in bed, scared to death of the dark. A Tale Dark and Grimm captures the reader under its spell, and it is very hard to put it down and not lose a lot of sleep. A review of the next book in the series, In A Glass Grimly, will appear in the next issue of The Messenger. machines and air conditioning systems make it necessary to use eye masks and ear plugs in order to sleep soundly. In the shuttle, there is a Medical Officer. Not only is he trained for usual first aid treatments like cuts and sicknesses, but he is also trained for big wounds and injections. All astronauts are trained for emergencies such as heart attacks, and an onboard first aid kit contains many medical instruments and medicines. So now that you’ve learned what life in space is like and how astronauts feel with zero gravity, you know what a career in space will be like. A bathroom with seatbelts, sleeping bags that are attached to the floor…completely different from life on earth. cities if the player kills him in the end. If he does not die, there are several other scenarios involving death, all involving problems. One of the scenarios, however, resolves all problems. In Strike Force mode, you can control unmanned aerial vehicles, robots or jet fighters, for example. The strike force missions may also change the plans of Raul Menendez in the story. This game has very good reviews, many calling it an amazing game, with major improvements. Game Spot says, “The new types of missions are fun and so are the dramatic decisions.”
Middle School Messenger Maxim Mounier ‘19 Ma rc h 2013 Russia’s Next Big Export: Weapons of Mass Distraction By Anatole Grablevsky ’19 Guess who’s back…your Cold War friend; the former Soviet Union now called Russia. And the Russian creativity that gave the world the Kalashnikov rifle (AK-47), Sputnik, Tolstoy, and Tchaikovsky invents a twosided cell phone. Russian-based Yota devices are ready to challenge an American icon, Apple with their new powerful double screen smart phone, YotaPhone. It looks like just like any other but when you flip it over, the device has two screens one like your present phone but on the other side an electronic reader such as one like an e-book. Created in Moscow by Vladislav Martynov the handset measures 4.3 inches and it has a resolution of 1280 x 720. The camera is 12 mega pixels, which is very accurate and good. Also the phone has 32GB or more expensive 64GB of internal storage. The phone’s battery life is 24 hours. The black side screen gives users the ability to display pictures of their family or favorite movie star, screen grabs of maps and airplane boarding passes or even weather updates without ever having to touch the phone. The images remain in place even if the phone runs out of power. It is said to cost 500 dollars. Apple will need to seriously consider its new competitor because Yota’s ultimate goal is to beat Jobs and his inventions. Will the YotaPhone be just as good or will this be another victim to the Apple Empire Striking Back Posture and School Chairs By Alexa Jakob ’19 What is an object we use every single day and that we hardly ever talk about Our school’s chairs. Some physicians are worried about what school chairs are doing to kids’ bodies. It is true that slumping down in chairs can ruin a person’s spine alignment, but some experts claim that chairs are “made for students to sit up and for students to be working”. The chairman of the Nickerson Corporation, Bob Keller, holds this to be true. However, students are not likely to be sitting up as much as they should. In fact, they have been sitting this way for such a long time that their backs have almost “frozen” into a slouch. This is a problem for the development of young students. Should we upgrade our chairs to benefit our students’ backs, or should we A lot of kids have cell phones now. Is that a good or bad thing Of course, like most things it’s more complicated than just saying “good” or “bad.” According to the National Consumers League 6 out of 10 American parents raising 8-12 year olds pay more than expected for phone service. The suggestion is that this would be due to their children having phones. But aren’t cell phones for adults ‘’As long as you are old enough, I think that you should be able to have a cell phone because it can be very useful,’’ says David Guyot ’15. A recent Youth Beat Survey reported that age 12 is the most common time children begin using a cell phone, while 13 percent of children between age 6 and 10 already have one. Pro-cell phone advocates are saying that, because of after-school activities, it is important to be able to contact children in case of medical emergencies or just for the sake of keeping in touch with them. Some cell phones are designed as “kid friendly,” meaning they carry features such as parent-control settings that aim to give parents the ability to keep them this way to encourage students to sit up properly Many schools in New York City use “super stacker” chairs. Some use newer designs with a curvier seat. Our school uses neither of these. According to FASNY Building Manger Carmen Arminio, the school purchased our chairs for around $34 each and the Mamaroneck campus alone has about 400 chairs. There are more chairs of varying sizes on the Larchmont and Scarsdale campuses. What should FASNY do to fix this problem At the moment, Mrs. Arminio believes the school would transfer our current equipment to the new Ridgeway campus without purchasing much new furnishings. FASNY could order new chairs, but, this would cost a lot of money. In the meantime, sit up straight! It’s for your own good. Should Kids Have Cell Phones By Eliwa Onanga ’19 restrict their children’s usage of the device. While plenty of FASNY parents would seem to agree with this logic, some detractors argue that children shouldn’t have cell phones. One of their main claims is that it is not ideal academically for kids to have cell phones, because such devices could distract children from school work and cause them Not Boring, It Is: YotaPhone with two screens is set to launch in the United States later this year. 2 Much Texting By Matthieu Anconetti ’19 If u cn read ths u cn txt. Txting could end bcause 2 many ppl hve smart phones, tho. Apparently texting might be getting pink-slipped, according to The Huffington Post. According to MarketWatch, overall texting in the U.S. is down 3 percent to an average of 678 texts per month per person. MarketWatch suggests this trend might be due to the increase in usage of other messaging services proliferating through the smart phone market. That said, some say the text message isn’t going anywhere soon. Neil Papworth was one of the first people who started texting. He told The Huffington Post that he knows texting will end someday, but he does not see it getting a pink-slip soon. Even if a lot of people have smart phones, Papworth said, “Not everyone has a smart phone, and smart phones usually rely on an Internet connection, which isn’t always available.” Using apps like Skype, iMessage or other free apps to talk to friends is tempting. But one could ask: Why waste a great way of talking to friends for a little money to have bad grades. Many schools, including FASNY, have policies in place detailing when and where a student may use a mobile phone during the school day. Such standards can limit potential distractions. “I think it’s a good idea to have a cell phone,” says Tatiana Brochin ’19. “One of the reasons is for safety, and the other one is just so you can text and call your friends to have fun!” The question of fun aside, safety does seem the most important concern for parents facing the cell phone question. “I think having a cell phone is not necessary when you are below 12,” says Chloe Durland ’19. “When you are nine it’s not like your mom is going to leave you alone on the street. And you can always call from the school telephone in the office.” Americans have different opinions about whether cell phones are appropriate for children. But one thing is for sure: you can’t roam the FASNY halls long without seeing a student pulling out a phone—often of the “smart” variety—and plugging away at some post, tweet, or text.
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