School Violence in US

As the nation remembers the victim's of the Virginia Tech Massacre, we still wonder why this happens and continues to happen. One local man has his ideas.

Twenty-five years ago, A teacher was teaching at a high school, when a student shot and killed another teacher in the building. Since then, researched school violence. He says for 25 years, almost all school shootings are the same story: a quiet, loner student, is bullied for years and eventually goes on a shooting spree. In his earlier interview, he told us how frustrating that is. and he tells us how we can break the trend.

This culture of violence that permeates us, as a people in America, I don't think we've done enough to address that issue He was sickened by this week's events in Virginia, but as sad as it sounds, he was not surprised by the shootings. He is seen it happen too many times and he says if we are going to stop them, we need start thinking straight. "You should first divest yourself from the idea that it cannot happen here.

From there, he says every district, nation-wide, needs to take an assessment of just how safe their schools are. "Most people would say 'yes our schools are safe', but they're not always talking to the right people, because school violence generally occurs out of sight,". especially larger ones, may find they do have a violence problem that is based primarily on bullying.

Those schools should have workshops and extensive training to improve bullying and isolating students. He gives La Crosse credit for having one of these workshops at Logistics Health, just last week. "I think this is a good start, and, I think, some of these schools will see, will start to see some change," It's going to take more than one school, in one city, doing one thing, that's not going to change the culture."read more......

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels by English author J. K. Rowling about a boy named Harry Potter. Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) in 1997, the books have gained immense popularity and commercial success worldwide, spawning films, video games and assorted merchandise. The six books published to date have collectively sold more than 325 million copies and have been translated into more than 63 languages. The seventh and last book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is scheduled to be released on 21 July 2007.
Publishers announced a record-breaking 12 million copies for the first print run in the US alone.

Due to the success of the novels, Rowling has become the richest writer in literary history. English language versions of the books are published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic Press in the United States, Allen & Unwin in Australia and Raincoast Books in Canada.

The story opens with the unrestrained celebration of a normally-secretive wizarding world which for many years had been terrorised by Lord Voldemort. The previous night, Voldemort had discovered the refuge of the hidden Potter family, and killed Lily and James Potter. However, when he turned his wand against their infant son, Harry, his killing curse rebounded upon him. His body destroyed, Voldemort became a powerless spirit, seeking refuge in the undisturbed places of the world; Harry, meanwhile, was left with a distinctive lightning bolt scar on his forehead, the only physical sign of Voldemort's curse. Harry's mysterious defeat of Voldemort results in him being dubbed "The Boy Who Lived" by the wizarding world. read more…….

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Twenty mostimpactful books

Books tell a story - about our reading proforences, certainly, but also about what's happening in our world. Here is a list of 20 books that made an impact on readers and the publishing industry over the past quarter-century.

1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By J.K. Rowling (1998)
Midnight book parties, all night roadathons, overnight deliveries: A boy wizard named Harry got kids (and adults) thinking that reading was cool. And mega sales of the magical series redefined what it meant to be a best seller.

2 The Deep End of the Ocean
By Jacquelyn Mitchard (1996)
Whatever Oprah Winfrey was reading. The talk-show host became a publishing powerhouse on sept. 17, 1996, when she made Mitchard’s novel her first book club pick.

3. The Da Vinci Code
By Dan Brown (2003)
The religious thriller about jesus’s love affair with Mary Magdalene became the fastest selling adult novel in the history of publishing with 75 million copies in print worldwide.

4. The 911 Commission Report
By the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (2004)Praised for its riveting depiction of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, this is the only government report ever nominated for the National Book Award. read more.......

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