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Current Events Pokémon GO By: Jacob Yano
Pokémon GO. You know the game that was super popular in the summer for like a month. Well there has been some news lately about it and it was recently confirmed by Niantic, the company that makes the game, that generation 2 of Pokémon will be released in Pokémon GO soon. The CEO John Hanke has said “We will be releasing generation 2 of Pokémon will be released in Pokémon GO before the end of the year.” On December 12th they have released the latest update to the game and they have already added 7 new Generation 2 Pokémon that people know of yet; Togepi, Pichu, Igglybuff, Cleffa, Elekid, Magby, and Smoochum. They can be found in eggs ranging from 2k to 10k. So if you want some of the new Pokémon you better get to walking! The release date hasn’t been set into stone yet but they have less than 20 days before the 2nd generation will be released into the wild of Pokémon GO.
Texting and Driving By: Kyndall Porter
Is texting and driving more dangerous than driving drunk? The answer has become yes, in 2014, 3,179 people were killed and 431,000 were injured due to car accidents involving distracted drivers and the number is rising every year. Drunk driving claimed 9,967 lives in 2014 and was responsible for only 290,000 injuries. We have the instinct to take the couple of seconds to send a real quick message but studies have shown that taking your eyes off the road for more than 4.6 seconds can increase your chance of having a wreck by twenty-three percent. To put this into perspective, this would look like someone traveling 55 miles an hour for about the length of a football field. Test have been taken on how fast it takes texting drivers and drunk drivers to react
to hitting the break, the results were amazing, it taking .08 seconds for a drunk driver to react and .56 seconds for someone who was texting to hit the break. With the working of many experiments, people have seen that drivers who are texting seem to drift in and out of lanes more than someone who was high on marijuana. The driving rate is 35% worse for those who text and drive. As you are out on the roads keep in mind that texting and driving has become one of the main reasons for wrecks.
Cleveland Browns By: Brendan Durham
The Cleveland Browns are notorious for struggling in recent years. They have eclipsed the .500 mark only twice in the 2000’s. They were 9-7 in 2002 and 10-6 in 2007. The Browns are always won of the worst teams in the NFL, no matter the caliber players they have.They have arguably the best left tackle in the game, Joe Thomas, and have a 2015 pro bowl tight end, Gary Barnidge. They have an extreme athlete, Terrell Pryor playing wide receiver and he is having a great season, yet the Browns are still 0-14. It is mind boggling as to why the Cleveland Browns can’t seem to put things together, until you look at the quarterback position. The Browns have had a plethora of starting quarterbacks, 25 to be exact since 2000, and only one of them has made the Pro Bowl. They have struggled to find a mainstay at the position. Their starting quarterbacks since 2000: Tim Couch, Ty Detmer, Spergon Wynn, Doug Pederson, Kelly Holcomb, Luke McCown, Jeff Garcia, Trent Dilfer, Charlie Frye, Len Dorsey, Bruce Gradkowski, Derek Anderson, Brady Quinn, Jake Delhomme, Seneca Wallace, Colt McCoy, Thad Lewis, Brandon Weeden, Brian Hoyer, Johnny Manziel, Josh McCown, Connor Shaw, Cody Kessler, Robert Griffin III, and Austin Davis. The best performance they received was from Derek Anderson who made the Pro Bowl and led the Browns to a 10-6 record and the playoffs in 2007. The Browns have struggled mightily and are looking an 0-16 season right in the face. The only other team to go 0-16 was the 2008 Detroit Lions. Two games remain for the Browns. They face the Chargers and the Steelers in weeks 16 and 17. San Diego is a winnable game for the Browns, but it’s gonna be a fight. The Steelers always give the Browns a run for their money, so it looks as if the Chargers are the only hope the Browns have to avoid an 0-16 season.
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