UK floods

The wet weather and high tides in the UK has made life difficult for every body in England and Wales. But how did these floods happen to be so dramatic and could the UK have prevented all this damage and have they learned their lesson now, so this won't happen again in the future.

The bad weather in the UK started in December and is starting to calm down. But the UK citizens have work to do, clean up their houses, get back to their normal lives again, help other people in danger and think of water management techniques that will prevent what happened in the future. But the parliament started thinking about it when they got a angry letter from a group of environmental and planning  experts. They said that the parliament should find First of all a way to get rid of all the water and second of all to find a way so the water can go away immediately and that it won't spread out in to cities and villages. 

Fortunately the water is starting to go away. But Yet the parliament is not sure how to prevent the floods in the future. But it is needed otherwise their might be such dramatic floods again and the UK isn't waiting for that. Now the group of environmental and planing experts is coming in again because they are thinking of making huge tunnels under the big cities of England and Wales where the water can go. This is a good idea, though it i'l cost a very lot of money and how are they gonna start this project when will they finish. The group of people that send the letter think it is a very good idea and that the UK should do that. Also one of the group members, called sue Illman said that the UK didn't address their long term water management projects. She also said" Long term sustained in vestment was needed throughout river catchment areas."  In total there were 70 flood warnings and 120 less serious flood alerts. The prime minster said that they would start thinking about a way to prevent this in the future on The 1st of April but probably it will cost more then £ 50.000.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26284047
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26176195

Fifth Life threatening tornado Confirmed

Nick Nagy

Arsen Calic

Class: 7B

Fifth Life threatening tornado Confirmed

            (Article)

The people of the city where the tornado hit where shocked because they have never had so many tornados occur in a small time period in the region. Scientists and geographers are studding the reason of so many natural disasters happening is a small area. The citizens are frightened by the fact that it is possible that it could possibly happen  that it will be so that tornados will continue from here on out.

            The fifth tornado did in fact not do as much damage as the other tornados. This one in particular one did damage to a few trees and snapping two lamp posts as well as breaking a few tiles off the roofs of the houses located in the area. Luckily the last tornado was not as bad as the other ones, for example the third tornado has snapped more than 3-4 lamp posts from the floor and broken more than just a few tiles from the houses. Even Luckier is that this problem in North Alabama isn’t as bad as the tornado outbreak of 358 tornados touch the ground in less than 18 hours.

(Perspective and quotes from victims)

The news team was able to arrive in time to get a few shots of the tornado and as some locals what they think about this. A nearby woman was watching as the tornado left the city leaving them with only the remainders of the trees, buildings and lamp posts. The news team was able to get a quote from her. “It’s nothing like I’ve ever seen before, having so many tornados in the same place” She looked shocked at the reporter and has a scared look in her eye.

The Sony sellout?

Lenovo stating that they shall buy rights to Sonys release of the “sony vaio” in an attempt to start and lead a business alliance. This was later denied by the Sony Company and it was stated that "Sony continues to address various options for the PC business, but the press report on a possible PC business alliance between Sony and Lenovo is inaccurate,"

Sony does have plans to revisit and improve the vaio and say that they will further improve their marketing and also their manufacturing strategies. Sony states that the reason that the vaio was “unsuccessful” is because of higher popularity of smartphones and tablets. They will release their new results by the end of March.

Lenovo then went on to state that they will buy googles Motorola for USD 2.91 Billion. Making that transit the fourth largest US-Chinese/Hong Kong Company ever. Their plan to buy off the Motorola is a defense against the high rising products released from Samsung and Apple in the smartphone industry. This has not yet been confirmed by Google.

The Opening of the Olympic Games in Sochi
26th of February 2014 by Alice Rose Netten.


The winter Olympics are happening in Sochi (Russia) Fisht Stadium. The Olympic games are happening in February. The reason why the Opening of the Olympic games are so spectacular this is the reason.  Last Friday the opening ceremony had taken the audience and began going on a  Russian journey. 

In the opening ceremony of the olympic games 3000 performers  dance do acrobatics and also people do  circus groups. Also the ceremony included Olympic Mascots a leopard, bear and a hare representing skiers and also skaters and snowboarders. The ceremony also did the famous russian ballet, revolution and also russian art.   At the end of the ceremony Irina Rodnina and Vladisalv  Tretiak lit the Olympic torch signalling the start of the Olympic Games.The people light the Olympic torch because it comes from Greece and was first introduced as the modern Olympics at 1928 (Amsterdam Games). “Since the the flame has come to symbolize” the light of spirit, knowledge and life”. 

The torch is lighten by two people doing it together in the opening ceremony of the start of the Olympic games . People light the olympic torch before the games have begun and they carry the Olympic torch to Olympia. You have probably seen the five circles of different colours while you are watching the Olympic Games that is what the symbol means. The olympic games are people that are from all around the world and in the ceremony that is what they are talking about. There are two kinds of Olympic Games Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics and I really hope you all will enjoy my article about Olympic games in the past month.

You may wonder why it is called The Olympic games? Greek people started the Olympic games 3000 years ago. The Olympic Games were held in Olympia and that is the reason of the name. The Olympic Games are held every four years.The Olympic Games were held because there were gods that lived on Mount Olympus and the gods were with respect of the king god Zeus. In Ancient Greece 3000 years ago it was 5 days and now it is 17 days of the Olympic Games. In Ancient Greece in Sochi 3000 years ago it was 5 events and now it is 98 events.In our days we have 85 countries and 6000 athletes. “ At  the first Olympic Games there was only one event and that was a running race around 200 meters.” During the games a truce was observed between city states. Athletes were allowed to pass through enemy territory to get to the games.”

 Bibliography
"Ancient Greek Olympics for Kids - Ducksters." 2011. 12 Feb. 2014 <http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greek_olympics.php>
  "Spectacular Opening Ceremony Kicks Off 2014 Winter Olympics ..." 2014. 12 Feb. 2014 <http://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/09/1-olympics-celebrated-grand-russian-style-spectactular-opening-ceremony/ 

Atletico Madrid's Fan Throws Lighter on Real Madrid's star; Christiano Ronaldo

Atletico Madrid's Fan Throws Lighter on Real Madrid's star; Christiano Ronaldo

As the football stars of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid were getting ready the challenging game, aware of the many injuries that might occur the last thing they could think of was a lighter being thrown at the players. 

During the first 45 minutes of the though game, Christiano Ronaldo showed his excellent soccer skills as he manages to score two goals. After a lot of hard work and playing the referee finally blew the whistle for the half time. Christiano Ronaldo, and his teammate, Sergio Ramos, where talking and enjoying their break while getting off the pitch.  

However, the happiness for leading in the game didn't last for long. An Atletico Madrid's angry fan threw a yellow lighter on Christiano Ronaldo due to him scoring and making his club lead. At the first few seconds, his teammate Sergio didn't notice that Ronaldo has been hit, but once the popular soccer player fell on the floor the whole team knew, he has been attacked. But Ronaldo was strong enough to get up and continue playing for the second half of the game. 

After the game, many people tweeted about Ronaldo being hit. This included: "Ronaldo has just been hit in the head by a lighter, thrown by a supporter" said AS English (@English_AS). "Ronaldo gets hit with an object while walking off the pitch at half time. Disgraceful-" BC (@BradleyCromack). The official twitter page of Real Madrid posted ".@MrAncelotti: "Christiano was very good and scored two important goals." #RMLive" Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden). And finally "Absolutely hate people who go to football games and throw objects at players. Absolute disgrace of a football fan threw a lighter at Ronaldo" Declan McQuillan (Declan_505x).

Luckily, Ronaldo was not hurt in any way but the cost of Ronaldo being hit was 600 euros. 

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yk7Jmw7p74 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2557139/Cristiano-Ronaldo-struck-LIGHTER-Real-Madrid-clash-against-bitter-rivals-Atletico.html 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/cristiano-ronaldo-lighter-incident-atletico-3147956 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1956691-cristiano-ronaldo-hit-in-the-head-with-a-lighter-thrown-from-stands

 

Scary Shooting in Movie Theater

Celine Monestel

People had just started to settle down to watch the movie they payed for, everybody was munching popcorn and everything was at peace, but that was before the argument started.

 Retired police officer Curtis Reeves notice the Oulson couple in front of them. Chad Oulson had out his cell phone and was texting his young daughter at home. Reeves didn't like that very much and that was when he decided to do something about it.
Reeves nagged and nagged Oulson to turn off his cell-phone. Oulson just ignored him. After minutes of nagging, Chad Oulson couldn't take it any more. He stood up to tell him to go, and Reeves pulled out a gun. He aimed at Oulson's chest and fired.
"If I had to do it all over again, it would have never happened," Curtis Reeves told Pasco County Sherrif dectectives "but you don't get do-overs."



After shooting the man with the 380- Caliber handgun, Reeves placed it on his right thigh. Sherrif Nocco, who was present at the movie, immidietely took action. After taking the gun and handcuffed Reeves, the ambulance had arrived to take Chad Oulson to the hospital but only to find out it was to late. Nichole Oulson need to fix her hand which she used to try to block the bullet with. After that, every person in the movie theater were surprised that the tragedy like that happened.


Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/07/justice/florida-movie-theater-shooting/

 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/two-people-shot-at-florida-670563

The majestic Ice Kingdom in China

    The majestic Ice Kingdom in China

            If the winter cold is getting you down, than the city of ice just might have a way to warm your spirits. It’s time to pack your bags and visit  ice kingdom of Harbin. If you have made a snowman and thought it's something to be proud of, think again. China's northeastern city of Harbin is hosting an event, showcasing an entire city made out of ice. This is 30^th anniversary of the festival, it started this year on January 5^th and it will last till it melts. Over 7,000 artists and workers have been working around the clock to put the finishing touches to Harbin, China's annual Ice Festival. All sculptures and rides are made out of ice and snow.

China came up with idea to make this festival so people can enjoy incredible sculptures and rides with their friends and family ”We want tourists to have great time over winter break. We made this festival so people can enjoy their vacation with their friends and family!” The temperature there has plummeted to -28°C but that does not stop the locals and tourists from coming in for a glimpse of the spectacular frozen city. ”All Sculptures are made out of ton of snow and ice, they're also perfectly safe.” According to organizers, the festival is one of the largest in the world stretching to 6,458,400 square feet. One million visitors are expected to travel to the festival.

What makes the ice buildings remain solid for days is the bitter temperature experienced in the area. Some buildings are as tall as a western skyscraper, while the entire city illuminates in glittering LED lights making it a real winter wonderland.

Sources
Article#1: 
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/532896/20140105/chinese-city-ice-snow-sculpture-festival-photos.htm

Article#2:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10550798/Ice-Festival-preparations-hot-up-in-Harbin-China.html 

Y News #1 Nurin Yubazlan

Egypt Digs Up 3,600-Year-Old Mummy!?

Nurin Yubazlan

24/02/2014

Taken on 13th of Feb. 2014, Credit: Egypt's Supreme Council Of Antiquities

Luxor, Egypt: A Spanish/Egyptian archaeologist team that were working near Luxor's west bank on February, 2014 were shocked when they unearthed a 3,600 year old rare, Sarcophagus along with a mummy inside. If you did not know, a Sarcophagus is a stone coffin and it is associated with ancient civilizations, such as Egypt and Greece. 

According to studies of the Sarcophagus, the mummy dates back to 1600 BC that belonged to the top government high official. It is two-meters, and the mummy still remains inside; and according to Egypt's antiques minister Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim, the Sarcophagus was still, in good condition and calls it "Feathers Sarcophagi" because there were feathers on the Sarcophagus. The Feathers Sarcophagi has many unique elements and details on it. It is two meters as said before, and it is forty-two centimeters tall; this is also according to Mr. Ibrahim's observations. The Sarcophagus is carved with hieroglyphics and amazingly still holds its original colors as well as the carvings.

Archaeologists will be continuing to investigate and focus the Sarcophagus and the mummy. Later on, the archaeologists have also unexpectedly discovered two other burials near the Sarcophagus but unfortunately, both of the burials were empty. "It is believed they were robbed in antiquity." says Al-Ahram Online. On the other hand, Egypt's top prosecutor mentioned three Germans to criminal court for the charges of smuggling and damaging antiquities last April. The Germans flew back to their country after the event but Egypt will communicate with Germany to restore the pieces that were taken. 

"Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna says the German researchers wanted to use the samples prove their hypothesis in a documentary they later filmed, which says that the pyramids were built by a people that pre-dates the ancient Egyptians. The online documentary, removed in the wake of the controversy, showed one researcher inside the inner chambers of the Khufu pyramid, taking samples from the king's cartouche. Egypt has experienced a security vacuum since its 2011 uprising. Thousands of artifacts have been stolen." -abc News

Source:

•  http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/94168/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Rare-wooden-anthropoid-sarcophagus-discovered-in-L.aspx 
• http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/13/world/africa/egypt-mummy-discovery/
• http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/spanish-team-egypt-finds-3600-year-mummy-22506342
• http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/02/14/egypt-archaeologists-find-3600-year-old-mummy/

Java Volcano Erupts Causing Thousands of People to Evacuate

Andrea Jørgensen

Mr. Calic

Humanities

2/24/14

Java Volcano Erupts Causing Thousands of People to Evacuate

                

         On Thursday the main volcano on Java island erupted causing a lot of damage. Thousands of people have evacuated from areas too close to the volcano. Residents of Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Solo and other cities and islands are caught in the danger-zone. The volcano erupted Thursday night and has caused the evacuation of over ten villages.

   

         The authorities had been warning residents near the volcano for a week before it erupted. When the volcano erupted, it destroyed two houses and ash rests on ten villages. “Areas to the west of Mount Kelud, including central Java, Yogyakarta, Cilacap, Magelang, Temanggung and Boyolali are still experiencing showers of ash because last nightthe biggest eruption threw sand and ash 17 kilometers into the west.” – Sutopo Nugroho National Disaster Spokesman.

           

 

36 villages have been asked to evacuate but not many care, since they are used to these eruptions. They are reluctant to leave their property and valuables. At least eleven people were killed earlier this month when mount Sinabung erupted.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-indonesia-volcano-idUSBREA1D03H20140214

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26183880

Elise Christie looses a silver medal in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

Elise Christie was blamed for causing a crash in the 500m short-track speed skating and was disqualified loosing her silver medal. 

Great Britain's Elise Christie, Italy's Arianna Fontana and South Korea's Park Seug-hi crashed in the 500m skating final. The referee watched the footage and penalized Elise Christie for causing the crash. She was very upset but respected the referee's opinion and later that day apologized. "I totally respect the referee's decision, sorry to the finalist." she tweeted.

After crossing the finish line second Elise dropped her hand on her knees and bowed her head. She was later disqualified placing her last. "The Olympics always throws up controversial results. It is one of these things," Christie's coach, Gooch, said. "It is a race - bumps happen- the referee watches the video and makes a call on it. You can argue but the way the referee looks at it, is that Elise instigated the crash. Clearly she was knocked off the feet by the Italian girl."

Elise had speed so she tried to overtake her opponents. She sped down the inside of the straight but failed to pull out quick enough and Fontana hit her skate. "I used my instincts and went for it. Now I am regretting it," Ms. Christie say holding back tears.

Everyone will have different opinions on what happened but we have to respect each others opinions. As Elise Christie stated "The referee has made a decision and I have to respect that.I do respect it, everyone will have  different opinion on what happened but that is the way short track works."

Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/26173334
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/winter-olympics-2014-heartbreak-for-great-britains-elise-christie-as-silver-medal-lost-in-final-crash-9126036.html

Bomb Attacks in Egypt

A bomb attack on a tourist bus in the Sinai peninsula has killed three South Koreans and an Egyptian.

Fourteen South Koreans were also hurt in the attack, which came as the bus was preparing to cross into Israel. A device was detonated either inside or close to the bus, but exact details are not clear. No-one has admitted carrying out the attack. The Sinai Peninsula has become increasingly lawless since President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011.

'Beyond deplorable'

South Korea's foreign ministry said on Monday that the bus was carrying 31 tourists, plus three tour guides - two Korean and one Egyptian. Those who died were the two South Korean tour guides and another South Korean tourist, and the Egyptian driver.

No group has said it carried out the attack

Fourteen other South Koreans were taken to hospital. The passengers were members of a church organization on a 12-day tour of holy places in Turkey, Egypt and Israel.

No one actually knows why the bomb when off. One person has said that a man threw some sort of device under the bus. South Korea would "actively co-operate" with the Egyptian government to find out who carried out the attack, he said.

"We strongly condemned the terror attack against the tour bus... It is beyond deplorable," South Korean foreign ministry official Cho Tai-young said in a statement.

Strategic shift

The frontier was closed after the attack.

Mr Morsi appeared in court on Sunday to face charges of espionage and conspiring to commit acts of terror. In addition, gunfire was reportedly heard soon after the blast, and more than 30 ambulances raced to the scene.

The nearby 19th Century Islamic art museum was also damaged. "The building has been destroyed from the outside, but with regards to the antiquities we'll have to wait and see until we can carry out a thorough inspection," said Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.

Six people were killed and some 100 others wounded, with the biggest blast outside Cairo's police headquarters. The reasoning’s behind these bombings has something to do with the uprising against Muslim brotherhood members.

The group previously claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a security building in the northern city of Mansoura in December that killed 16 people and injured more than 100 others.

An angry group gathered outside the bombed police headquarters, accusing the Islamist movement of being behind Friday's attacks. Some shouted: "Death to the Muslim Brotherhood". The Muslim Brotherhood condemned what it called the "cowardly bombings".

Brotherhood supporters and security forces clashed in Cairo and several other provinces on Friday, with at least ten people reported dead. The interior ministry said it had arrested 111 people, saying they were "Brotherhood elements" who were "trying to provoke riots". The Brotherhood has regularly held protests since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last July.

Sites:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26217380
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25874370

Luka Dragoljic Article #1 - Hell in Australia

Hell in Australia

While following the tennis tournament “Australian Open”, I have noticed that the heat was unbearable for the tennis players and that some matches were interrupted since the temperature was too high. Some players even lost consciousness! In parts of Australia much worse things happened because of high temperatures. Fires were savagely burning over many parts of Australia, it was like hell…

I was following the situation in the Australian state of Victoria and a little bit in New South Wales. During only several days, more than 30 houses have burned in the fires. Only ashes were left in many places in the Australian state of Victoria. The fire came close to threatening Melbourne itself, the second largest city on the continent.

The premier of Victoria, Denis Naptin, said on February the 10^th that six fires were still burning. One of those fires was only 40 km away from Melbourne. It burned tens of thousands of acres and was likely to enlarge and cause major damage.

The people who lived in those burned homes said that their home "exploded" in flames. The fire fighters fought strenuously against the upcoming hell and fortunately they have rescued about 550 homes from burning in suburban Keilor, which is located near the Melbourne airport.

Extreme high temperatures often cause fires and great problems to the residents of those parts. This summer, the Australian state of Victoria saw the most dangerous and biggest fire which occurred over the last five years. Hundreds of people slept in evacuation shelters, since their homes burned down and nothing was left except ashes. Even a large coal mine went on fire which created a lot of pollution and it was really hard to extinguish it.

Premier of Victoria said that the rescue teams were “Working very, very hard in this area to protect the strategic points."

AP agency reported that in the New South Wales, which is right next to Victoria, 50 fires were burning. It is known that many fires occur in Australia from December to February almost every year, but, this year was one of the hottest summers Victoria and New South Wales faced over the past decade. Meteorologists say that this happened because of global warming. Let’s hope they were wrong.

As for me, I am sure that the temperature will not bother me, and that one day I shall play the Grand Slam-Australian Open.

Here are the links I used:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/homes-lost-as-fires-reach-urban-fringe-20140209-329s1.html 

http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Svet/441451/U-Viktoriji-izgorelo-najmanje-30-kuca-vatra-preti-Melburnu

Egyptian Violence split TWO ways

  Egypt wanted to start fresh at the start of the new year after all the political drama, attacks, and deaths that have happened. But it seems like someone's back for more, and gave an even bigger impact this time, but who takes the blame this time ?

  On January 24th, 2014 at the time of Egypt's 3rd Anniversary of the Revolution, 4 bomb attacks were set off over Cairo and its twin city Giza happening one after another. After all these charges at Egypt's capital, it left 7 people killed and 100+ injured at the end of the day, and it was also reported that at the anniversary there were 10  lives taken because of the security forces and Brotherhood supporters colliding. The people of Egypt are split two ways, one side blaming the Muslim Brotherhood and the other laming the Al-Qaeda's.

The first explosion was the most-impacted and destroyed lots of buildings and the 19th Century Islamic Art Museum it was said to be a suicide for the bomber, the bomb left a truck-size crater in the ground. While everyone rushed to the scene another blast accrued it being a car bombing in front of the Cairo Security Directorate, then a 3rd and 4th blow appeared a few hours later in Giza outside of a police station and a cinema but they weren't as bad as the first and second. I bet the people were thinking are there going to be anymore attacks, you never know if it will be blown up in front of your house ; a police officer climbed on top of the car and said in front of a crowd and TV broadcasts that " We are here for you, we will sacrifice our souls for you, we are here for this ".The Al-Qaeda's claimed responsibility for some of the recent attacks and for the car bombing in front of the police headquarters. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis of the " Supporters of Jerusalem ” quotes that this is the Al-Qaeda's fault because it their revenge for the security forces suppression, but then he claimed the attempt to assassinate the interior minister and takes accusation for the Mansoura bombing. 
While on the other half of the Egyptian people and commentators and demonstrators think that members of the Muslim Brotherhood did this and they've been holding protests ever since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, which was last July. The Muslim Brotherhood strongly denies this attack and called for its own demonstrations against the military takeover. Mohamed Ahmed a banker quotes " Who else but the Muslim Brotherhood has an interest in this kind of attack? After they were forced out of politics they just want to destroy the country. " . Prime Minister Hazem El Beblawi makes this statement to the Brotherhood ( whether they're listening or not ) " He accepts the new constitution...refuses the use of force and he accepts the idea of a secular government, democratic one, open, no discrimination, no mixing of religion and politics, and accepting human rights, " .

The Muslim Brotherhood is a Sunni Islamist religious, social, and once political movement, they were considered the best political force in Egypt, but now because of all that has happened they could be known of somewhat of a terrorist group ; although the prime minister of Egypt says that any of the members could take part in forthcoming elections under certain conditions. Crowds at the bombings on Jan 24th were singing the chant of the Brotherhood members and there were people yelling " Death to the Muslim Brotherhood ". It was revealed that ex- BBC correspondents were arrested for using unlicensed equipment, filming false news and possessing fake footage. German ARD TV reported that three of their employees were attacked while broadcasting the burst at the police headquarters. Now in Egypt recording media have progressively became more aggressive and unfriendly. " We have a plan to secure all of this for the Anniversary of the 25th January Revolution " says Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, I think he meant by a memorial of all the lives lost and people protecting others and the protests.


Cites : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25874370
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/25/world/middleeast/fatal-bomb-attacks-in-egypt.html?_r=1

Unexpected Canadian Victory Winter Olympics 2014

Mai Ness - Mr.Calic - Humanities 7th Grade - 14 of February 2014

Team Canada wins USA in Ice Hockey during Winter Olympics 2014 

Team Canada has lost three games straight in the Women's Winter Olympics, but this last game, the Canadian Team won. How?

After losing 3 straight games during the Winter Olympics, Meghan Agosta-Marciano of Team Canada, along with her teammates, beat Team USA 3-2 in the Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia this Wednesday 12 February 2014.
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Canada's Meghan Agosta-Marciano was celebrating her birthday during this game.

"I didn't go out there thinking I'm going to score on my birthday,'" said Agosta-Marciano. 

"I scored a hat trick at the Torino Olympics in 2006 [on her 19th birthday], but this is a different Olympics with a different team. They're all so special. The emotion of scoring doesn't get any better." (direct from the article). Her and the rest of Team Canada (including Hayley Wickenheiser, who also led to the win) scored 3 points during the 3rd period of the game, and won the game against Team USA.

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Team USA's goalie Jessie Vetter stopped 28 pucks, and Team Canada's goalie Charline Labonte made 25 puck saves during the game.

"We’ve worked really hard to readjust and become a better team." said Labonte. Even though Team USA had a 6 on 4 person advantage, the Canadian team snapped a 4 losing streak during and has now won 18 games in this category in the Sochi Winter Olympics. Both teams are in the semi-finals.

Articles:

Sochi 2014 - CBC Sports - Canadian Hockey women rally to beat U.S.

Canada beat USA in possible preview of Sochi women's ice hockey final