Car Raid

   On May 22, David Quintanilla is a 64 year old man whose car is a Lexus and he keeps it really dirty. he always has papers everywhere and he always has some type of food. He always has sun flower seeds in his car though.

  "I like having a black car because I think it's the best color for a car: I normally get tired of a having a colored car so I normally get black." Said David.

  David loves his car because its easy to get in and out and it is small enough so he can fit into small parking spots easiest.

  "I need to have a small car because the office I go too has small parking spots and soon or later it's gonna e hard to get out of my car because of my old age." Said David.

  His favorite food is a pickle so he always has different flavored pickled foods and in the car he likes to eat sunflower seeds so he buys the pickled type.

  "You know I love my pickles, so i have to get pickled sunflower seeds." Said David.

  He likes to have sunflower seeds inside his car so he can munch on them during traffic or when he's feeling snacky.

  "I always have to have my sunflower seeds in my car and a cup so i can spot the outer part into it." Said Quintanilla.

  David is an engineer so he always has blueprints and different papers in his car.

  "I keep my papers in here so i won't loose them." Said Quintanilla.

  When he was asked my he couldn't keep them in a big folder or neatly placed on his desk at his house he said he would just have to get them down the next day when he goes to his office.

  "I like to keep these in here because I don't want them to get dirty or get lost." Said David.

  He also always has a styrofoam cup also, and he buys Dr. pepper and pours it into the styrofoam cup.

  "I like having a styrofoam cup because they are big cups and they keep my Dr. pepper cold throughout the day."

  David Quintanilla's car is nice but it's a little dirty with all his work papers. He said he will be more cleaner and organized.

Car Raid preview

1. Who will your do your car raid with (who is your subject)?
My grandpa
2. When will you do this car raid?
I did it over the weekend
3. Write 4-5 questions you can use to start this interview?
Why do you have this object in your car?
What is it used for?
Whats the meaning behind this object?
How did this object end up in your car?
4. What kind of details should your expect to write down to help advance the story line?
I will add more quotes and details about the certain object.

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curent event 6.3

1. What has been Whole Foods' response to an issue with one of their cakes? Page A1 "Whole Foods cake..."
A gay pastor picked up a cake and he said it had a homophobic slur on it. And he sued Whole Foods but now he is saying, that he was lying. 

2. What happened to the baby bison? Page A6 "Baby bison..." Make sure to answer WHY???
The bison got killed because its mother had rejecters him as a result of the "interference by people", he would continually go onto the roadway and into the cars, he would also approach people.
3. What is a geofilter? Page B2 "Hendrickson student creates...."
Snapchat geofilters are designs or icons that can be added to photos or videos taken in the app to show its location. 
4. Why is it significant that Warren Buffett bought stocks of Apple? Page B6 "Berkshire makes unusual...."


5. What are the top-5 grossing movies this week? Page D2 "Money Monsters...."
Captain America, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman v. Superman:Dawn of Justice, Civil War, The Jungle Book.

Short Answer:

Read the story on page SA2 about Harry Potter World.

1. Which would you prefer to go to: Harry Potter World or Disney World? Why?
Disney World because I love all the Disney movies.

2. Why is the competition between the two heating up?
The two parks tussle for lucrative entertainment spending by tourists and locals.

3. Who is your favorite Disney character? Why?
I like all Disney characters, they are all my favorite. 
4. What "house" would you belong too? Why?
I don't know what house

HDR final edits

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1. Where the shadows overlap the next picture.
2. You could take it by a flat wall.
3. I think every other picture you could move forward.
4. I think you could wear anything you want.

Final Exam Planning

I was planning on doing my project over a cheer practice or doing it over making cookies with my mom. 

1. I plan on asking my coach if its okay to take pictures of everyone/ if its okay if i can take time out of practice to do this assignment at practice today or tomorrow. 

2. I will either shoot at Texas Power Athletics (the cheer gym I go too) or at Bowie

3. I will be taking pictures and videos of stunting, tumbling, and jumping at cheer practice

4.  A camera, at least 4 people who can stunt, jump, or tumble

5. I will use the video portion of people tumbling to stunting because thats what takes the longest to do in cheer. I will take still images of different structures of the stunting and people jumping in the air, and ( maybe of people doing the cheer.)

HDR photography

1. You change the camera to and Auto Exposure Bracketing mode. 

2. We will use a tripod, a normally a still object, HDR photo-blending software and of course a camera.

3. Someone might take and HDR image so they can get a better quality picture that you can't take in just one picture.

4. An image comprised of the most focussed, well lit, and colorful. 

current event 6.2

1. What was the percentage of voters who rejected Proposition 1 regarding ride sharing in Austin? Page A1 "Prop 1 defeat sparks..."
 56 percent

2. What provision of the campus carry gun laws is UT-Austin planning to implement that other schools do not plan to do? Page A1 "UT gun rules likely...." HINT: the answer is on this page, not on the jump


3. Why do experts say "El Chapo's" new prison a bad place to hold him? Page A8 "El Chapo's new prison..."

4. What is Petcube? page B5 "It's like Skype for Fido"
Petcube is a company that keeps people connected with their pets.

5. Who won the Kentucky Derby yesterday? Page C1 "Nyquist could face...."
Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby.


Short Answer:

Have you ever used Lyft or Uber to get a ride somewhere? No I have not used either one of those yet because I never needed to use it.
If you have, what was your experience like? ---
If you have not, do you think that ride sharing is something you might use in the future? Yes, maybe when I get a little older or if i need to go somewhere and if I don't get a car when i need one.

Do you think ride sharing is a good thing for a community like Austin? Yes because there's so many different people in Austin, it would be good to get to know more peoples characteristics and it is always good to help someone out.
What do you think the differences between ride sharing companies and a taxi cab company? I think a taxi's are more dirty and not as nice as uber's.
Should they be held to the same standards regarding safety issues? Yes

Movie review preview

1. Name of the publication

The Notebook

2. Name of the writer

Jan Sardi

3. Grade or score the movie review on a 1-10 scale in your opinion
9

4. High Points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.)

I liked it when it started raining on both actors when they were kayaking and then they got all lovey dovey with each other. I also liked the end of the movie when they both died together holding hands. 5. Low points of the movie (performances, cinematography, plot, etc.)

I thought Allie's mom could've played a better role and be more sassy with her. 6. Quote a paragraph from the review that you think expresses the overall opinion of the reviewer about the movie.
"Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised the film, awarding it with three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling the photography "striking in its rich, saturated effects" and stating that the "actors are blessed by good material." Peter Lowryof Film Threat gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of five; praising the performances of both Gosling and McAdams, he wrote: "Gosling and especially McAdams give all-star performances, doing just enough to hand the reins over to the pros, who take what's left of the film and finish the audience off with some touching scenes that don't leave a dry eye in the house." About the film itself, he added: "Overall, The Notebook is a surprisingly good film that manages to succeed where many other "chick flick" like romances fail."

Movie review for Captain Philips

The Great Phillips

    The first actor is Tom Hanks and he played Captain Richard Philips. He did a great job portraying all the different emotions that Philips was most likely feeling when the pirates hijacked their ship. This then brings me to Barkhad Abdi, playing as Muse, the captain of the pirates. Abdi also played this role good, he made it feel as if I was on the ship also, he made everything seem so real and he had my heart beating fast sometimes because I didn't know what his next move was going to be. The next actor is Faysal Ahmed, playing as Najee, I thought of him as a co-captain for the pirates, he had Muse's back the whole time. 

    The plot of Captain Phillips is Richard Phillips takes the command job of the Maesrk Alabama. Captain and the first officer Shane were ordering practice drills while doing one, they got chased by Somali pirates in to skiffs. Phillip knows that the pirates are listening to the radio traffic so he pretends to call a warship, during that time one of the skiffs turns around and goes back. The next day, the final pirates finally get close enough so the hook a ladder to the side of the Maersk Alabama. Phillip then tells his crew to hid in the engine room and the pirates capture Phillips and Shane. Phillip tries to give the pirates $30,000 but they want millions of dollars. Phillip takes Muse and Bilal to search the ship and the Chief Engineer turns the power off to the ship. When they get to the engine room, Bilal isn't wearing shoes and cuts his foot on glass that the crew had put out. Bilal then can't walk and Muse gets mad but continues searching. The crew attacks Muse and tells him to get into a lifeboat to get the rest of the pirates off the boat. the pirates won't release Phillips and the lifeboat takes off with Phillips on board with them. One of the pirates get frustrated. and wants to kill Phillips but they can't because they have to keep him safe to give to their boss. The pirates end up in a problem with the Navy SEALS. 

    I would give this movie a 9 out of 10. It had good details and the line up was good. All of the actors portrayed their parts good, so it helped the movie seem more real. The audience for this movie would be for teens and older, little kids might get scared and they wouldn't understand what was happening.