week4- Malaysia Airlines, MH17, shot down, Ukraine

Malaysia jet one of 3 plane crashes in Ukraine this week: What we know

The Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that crashed Thursday with 298 people on board was the third plane to go down in Ukraine this week, according to Ukrainian officials.

Here is a quick breakdown of the three incidents, all of which Ukrainian officials have said were the result of the aircraft being shot down

On Thursday afternoon, sources told the Los Angeles Times that U.S. intelligence officials had confirmed a surface-to-air missile also resulted in the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. On Monday, a Ukrainian AN-26 military transport crashed in the separatist stronghold of Luhansk on the Russian border. The plane, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletei, was brought down by a Russian missile.

Heletei told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenk the plane was "hit by another, more powerful missile that was probably used from the territory of the Russian Federation," the Ukrinform news agency said, citing the presidential press service.

Two members of the transport plane's crew were taken prisoner by militants and the fate of the other six people on board remained unknown, Vladislav Seleznev, a government spokesman told The Times.

"The investigation is over," Ukraine Security Service chief Valentin Nalivaychenko said in televised remarks this week. "We have irrefutable proof which will be first reported to the president and then published."

Then on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials accusedRussians of shooting downa Ukrainian Su-25 jet over the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. 

According to Andrey Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security Council, the Su-25 jet was struck by a missile from a Russian Federation armed forces plane. The pilot ejected safely and was rescued, Lysenko said.

On Thursday, Ukrainian officials said the crash of a Boeing 777-200ER carrying 298 passengers and crew members en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was the result of the plane being shot down.

An advisor to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said Malaysia Airlines MH17, which crashed near the city of Donetsk, was downed by a ground-to-air missile over territory controlled by pro-Russia militants.

The crashes have increased tension between Ukraine and Russia as Ukrainian troops continue their campaign against pro-Russia insurgents in the country's east.

http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-ukraine-plane-crashes-20140717-story.html

   WHO-Malaysia jet

   WHEN-JULY/17/2014

   WHAT-Passenger jet crashes in Ukraine

   WHY-Russian missile

   WHERE-Ukraine

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

   1.missile 導彈

   2.presidential 總統的

   3.campaign 運動 活動

   4.insurgent 叛亂的

    5.federation 聯盟

Week3-University of California, Santa Barbara, Elliot Rodger

Thousands honor Isla Vista victims at UCSB memorial service

Thousands attended a memorial service Tuesday at UC Santa Barbara's stadium for six students killed in Friday's shooting and knifing rampage in Isla Vista.

About 20,000 people were in attendance at Harder Stadium, KCOY-TV Channel 12 reported.

"Too many people have died and there should be not one more," said Richard Martinez, father of slain UCSB student Christopher Michaels-Martinez, 20.

The university also created 10,000 ribbons for the memorial to represent the “community’s collective mourning, reflection, and recovery,” university officials said.

"We are here because in this moment of loss there's a human desire to come together to reach out to one another for love and support," said UC President Janet Napolitano.

"We are grieving together today as a family, as the community of the University of California and we will get through this," she said. 

In addition to the memorial service, a memorial wall was set up Tuesday by students at Pardall Center, the university statement said.

The service comes days after the shooting and stabbing rampage by Elliot Rodger that left six UCSB students dead and 13 others injured in the seaside college town, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

The victims have been identified by the sheriff’s office as: Veronika Weiss, 19, Katie Cooper, 22, Chris Martinez, 20, Cheng Yuan Hong, 20, George Chen, 19, and Weihan Wang, 20.

 “This is a period of mourning for all of us,” Chancellor Henry T. Yang said in a statement. “On Tuesday we will remember and honor the victims of this horrible event, and come together as an academic community to reflect, talk with each other, and think about the future.”

The school canceled classes and declared a day of mourning and reflection on Tuesday, four days after the attack. It was just one of several events planned throughout the day and week to help students grieve and get counseling

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-ucsb-memorial-service-20140527-story.html

WHO-Elliot Rodger 

   WHEN-2014.May

   WHAT- shooting attack

   WHY-not given

   WHERE-UC Santa Barbara's stadium

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

   1.reflection 反省

   2.rampage 瘋狂行為

   3.memorial service 追弔會

   4. counsel 勸告