Laura Pena - Week 14 Reading Journal lyrics

11-11 Philippines Left Reeling After Typhoon An area of the central Philippines devastated by supertyphoon Haiyan began burying its dead in ma** graves. The Red Cross said the d**h toll could run into the thousands. Three days after Supertyphoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, aid workers are still unable to reach Samar province in the Eastern Visayas due to heaving flooding. Orla f*gan of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs discusses areas where the extent of devastation stills unknown. 11-12 Nadia Comaneci confirmed rumors that she tried to k** herself at age 15 by drinking bleach, according to Life magazine's March issue. Comaneci said she was hospitalized for two days and was "glad because I didn't have to go to the gym," according to the magazine. It had been rumored, and the 1984 film "Nadia" indicated, that Comaneci attempted suicide at the height of her fame in 1977 after scoring perfect 10s in the Montreal Olympics in 1976. She had denied the rumors, however. 11-13 Two 17-year-old girls have been sentenced for torturing and butchering an elderly woman, less than three weeks after a pair of 10-year-olds were charged with murdering a toddler. Again, a troubled nation is asking, how could this happen? Edna Phillips, 70, was throttled with her dog's leash and stabbed or slashed 86 times. The mental images of the crime have shocked the nation just as the video pictures of little James Bulger being led to his d**h did last month. 11-14 Situated in the vast Pacific Ocean is a 2,400 km chain of islands better known as Hawaii. Hawaii is unlike no other; every island, atoll, and islet have once been a monstrous volcano making each one of these places unique in every way possible. When most people hear Hawaii what usually comes to mind are the beautiful beaches of Waikiki – Oahu to the oasis of Maui, yet many people haven't explored the garden isle of Kauai, or the volcanic hot spot of Hawaii. 11-15 Millions of years after the fall of the Dinosaurs lived a species of snake that is unimaginable, unbelievable, and truly mind-blowing. 60-58 millions years ago in the swampy jungles of Colombia, lived Titanoboa (meaning Titanic Boa): a ma**ive 48 foot long, 2,500 pound snake. Disturbing isn't it? Titanoboa's size could be attributed to the climate it lived in. Warmer climates usually meant more vegetation, which resulted in prey that often grew bigger than most that lived in cooler conditions.