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Legacy of Ashes: Book Review and Analysis. Grade A-

Project IMPACT: Empowering Parents with Intellectual Disabilities I just finished Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner , the history of the CIA. Let me first start by trying to explain what the CIA is actually supposed to do. 1) Gather intelligence outside the US : Until World War II , the US had no agency to gather or organization facts about governments and people outside the US . There are somewhat legal ways of doing this , such as utilizing spy satellites or by simple having people go a country and do some fieldwork. The second way is to have spies; that is to have people pretend to be someone else in order to get/steal information. The third way is to bride , blackmail , or torture people to get information. 2) To manipulate the people and leaders of foreign countries: This includes propaganda (such a fake radio or news stations or spreading rumors) , sending money to political leaders , rigging elections , regime change , and supporting

National Energy Day OFF

I propose to have a National Energy Day Off on Monday, June 22, 2009 (the second day of summer. On this new federal holiday, there will no work, no driving, no computers, no electricity, no air conditioning, etc. (exceptions below). On this day, one of the longest days of sunshine during the whole year, people will walk and play like the old days. All offices will be closed and their computers, lights, and electric signs will be shut off (they should actually shut them off on the Friday evening beforehand). Don’t drive anywhere, don’t listen to the radio; just relax. Maybe help for kid open a lemonade stand for people walking by. And at night, we can safely use candles instead of lights (we had a black out the day and it was just fine with candles). We could save 19.6 million barrels of oil and 10,454,795 Megawatts of energy in just one day. We could raise awareness about the issues of the environment and of energy use. We could do something as a true community for the betterm