Poverty

Poor people are very vulnerable to abuses in many ways. Some people are as desperate for money as to sell organs to other people to get money. An example will be selling kidneys, which is short in supply for transplants. In this kind of shady business, the rich pays the poor to get a chance to live a longer life. 56% of those living in poverty are woman, 36% are children, and the rest are men. In 2007, the overall people who live in poverty is 37 million people. Poverty is not just in America, but in every place in the world. There has been programs that is helping those that are in need. An good example is freereice.com (http://freerice.com/) which helps donates free food. Some of the poorest countries includes Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, and many more. There are many poor countries that needs help even today.




http://poverty.suite101.com/article.cfm/human_organ_trafficking_on_the_increase
http://poverty.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_men_may_change_the_face_of_poverty_in_americ
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_poorest_country_in_the_world
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_poorest_country_in_the_world

White fang comparing book and movie

Movie
-Less information about White Fang's childhood
-Main character was a human, not the dog
-White Fang did not go to San Fransisco
-Shorter and less scenes
-Added some scenes
-Gets sold/taken to different owners by different ways
-Different ending
-Slight/totally different characters

Book
-More descriptive
-Longer
-Story line is different


Same
-Has a dog named White Fang
-Gets three different owners
-Born in the wild
-About dog and humans

If I were to compare the book and the movie, I would say they are two different stores. The main character is suppose to be a wolf-dog named White Fang. But in the movie, instead of the dog, the main character is a fat American guy that comes along looking the gold. I prefer the book over the movie. Some scenes in he movie was switched and added, making parts of the movie to be confusing and dull. But the book also have flaws, the author tends to get over descriptive. Just the fact that the main character is different in the movie than in the book, the story can be changed alot. Basically almost all of the story line and ending was affected by this. The history of the dog White Fang was changed as well. Instead of being born from a hole that suddenly appeared in the ground, White Fang was suppose to be born in a cave in the wold. Different characters appear and die which can make me sometimes think "What happened to ......"

Language Arts-How can we Reduce, Reuse, and Rycycle?

Reducing
-Walk, run
-Turn off lights/ other electrical devices
-No air conditioning
-Fast showers
-Less homework (wastes less electricity and saves trees)

Reusing
-Don't throw away new plastic bottles.
- Give anything you don't one to someone else instead of throwing it away.


Recycling
Batteries, Plastic, Paper, Glass, Aluminum, Steel, Motor Oil, Tires, Toxics, Refrigerators, Computer Printers, False Claims, Curbside Recycling Tips.

Opposition Leader Wants to Stop Zuma

With the national election being held next Wednesday, The opposing leader, Helen Zille started a campaign to stop Zuma. While it may be imposable for her to keep Jacob Zuma, the leader of the governing African National Congress (A.N.C), from being president, she hopes to stop the A.N.C from getting two-third of all the votes and make changes to the Constitution. The A.N.C. wants to defend itself “from corruption investigations, even if it means undermining the constitution,” she warned that South Africa can become a “failed state.” The governing party has held a two-thirds majority for the past five years without making these changes.



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/world/africa/16briefs-002.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=south%20africa&st=cse

Culture of Africa

In out humanities class we read two stories ("Fafi's Sheep" and "The Three Tests") and we are are suppose to write a blog post about what we learned about their culture after we read to story.

Since lots of people that live in Africa can not read or write words, they tell stories. The stories are usually being passed down from grandfather to father then to children.

In the first story ("The Three Tests"), a prince went traveling around the ocean to search for his brothers. On his way, he met lots of friends. There are lots of supernatural occurrences in the story too. The main character was able to see genies. The next story was about a boy who never listens to anybody. One day, his pet sheep escapes and he was able to lear his lesson to listen to advices.

Most of the people in Africa were poor. They lived in communities so the chance of getting attacked by other people or animals will be less. The jobs there are mostly selling products. Instead of horses, they race with goats and sheep. People there live in small round huts made of mud and grass. It was not a rare sight for a child to get beaten by a stick. The clothing they wore was very simple, it was rare to see a person wearing jewelry or precious stones.

There are lots of other stories. Some about daily life and some about adventures, but all the stories I have read so far have included a moral.

Humanity-Journal

In humanities class. We are learning about Africa. We read some of their websites bout their daily life and what they do. Our teacher told us to make a journal of our daily life on the blog and explain how ours is different from theirs.



Once you get home from school, nothing beats playing on the piano, though I want a real one. I never really like playing songs I am told to play be my teacher...



A drink, I only like cold drinks.. Then I will stuff my face with food.








RELAXX~~~~ Play wii or read manga on the computer.








Homework.... You can never be done with it. Time goes so slow when you do homework....







If I don't have anything else to do or don't need to go to any classes then I will start to do random things (Read manga, watch TV, run around, draw, piano, you get the point)

Difference I have with the children in Africa in my daily life.

-I have electricity, some of the places in Africa does not have electricity .
- I don't need to plant my own meals. Some schools in Africa has their own vegetable patch for them to provide food for the people at the school.
- I live in an urban area, most south Africans live in more rural areas.

Humanity- Teenager Stabbed at School

17-year-old Pietermaritzburg pupil was stabbed and died at on Monday. A KwaZulu-Natal police said

"Today police received a report of a stabbing at the Amakholwa High School in Snathing. On arrival at the scene, police found the body of a male learner, who has been identified as Nhlanhla Buthelezi, on the ground outside a classroom," said Superintendent Henry Budhram.

The pupil that died has been stabbed three times in total. Some people has said to see two males entering the school through a hole in a fence.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20090330182909965C383293

Tourist makes second Visit to Space

A Russian rocket has blasted off into space heading to the International Space Station with an American billionaire on board. Charles Simonyi is the only tourist that has been into the orbit for two times. He has paid a total of £24 million for this special privilege. During the 13 days, he will be helping with projects and taking part in live broadcasts with schools. He is traveling with two astronauts that will form a six-men group. Until now, only three astronauts have lived on the station at one time. Doubling the number means they will be able to do more scientific research. But at the same time, it will be bad news for other space tourists because there will be less room for visitors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7960000/newsid_7965900/7965978.stm

Seal Hunt

Animal rights groups are expected to be protesting about this years seal cull which takes place in Canada. This hunt takes place every year and up to 280,000could be killed in one hunt. Surprisingly, the Canadian government allows people to kills these animals to continue hunting them. For people are saying that they can get money from the seal's fur and oil. The animal rights group are stating that this is cruel and a ban on importing the products into Europe is looking more likely. Some of the animals get killed by shots while the others could get killed by large clubs. The Canadian authority says that the animals who are killed are killed quickly and does not feel any pain. America, the Netherlands and Belgium have already banned Canadian seal products.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7960000/newsid_7961800/7961898.stm

Obama Grows Vegetables

Obama, president of America and his wife, Michelle, helps dig the first vegetable and fruit patch at their new home, the White House. The First Lady and a group of school pupils helped build a kitchen garden which can help feed Obama and his family along with official visitors. Talking about her children Malia and Sasha, she said: "My girls like vegetables more if they taste good."An L shaped garden near a fountain on the South lawn included vegetables and fruits that were spinach, carrots, lettus, and black berries. There will also be a beehive. Obama hopes to provide the First family, staff and visitors with their own White House honey.6 students that helped with the garden will be back next year to harvest the foods. Some of the food was also decided to be donated to charities.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7950000/newsid_7956900/7956996.stm

Whaes and Dolphines Washed Ashore

Rescuers were trying to rescue 80 whales and bottle nosed dolphines that was stranded on a beach on Monday. However, most of these marine mammles are dead. These animals were washed on the beach by strong waves. Experts are planning to move them to calmer bays. They want to release the whales back to the sea, where they are most likely to survive. Western Australia's Conservation Department said the whales and dolphins were washed up a long stretch of beach that was about four miles long on Monday morning. At first people thought that they were killer whales. But when they looked closer, they discovered that they were long-finned pilot whales. It is not unusual for whales and dolphines to get stuck on beaches while they are travelling, but it is unusual for whales and dolphines to get stranded on the beach together.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7950000/newsid_7959500/7959528.stm

Kenbrena

* If you lived in part of Kenbrena where you did not have energy resources, what could you do to survive?
I could use natural resources to make shelter and (try) to hunt wild animals to eat. If I can't catch any animals to eat then I could try to gather some wild (edible) berries. In winter, I would use the fallen leaves and twigs to make a fire. I could find a long tick to use as a weapon.

* "To have a strong country, it is best to have only rich people with financial control." Support or refute that statement.
If a person couldn't even get his/her own money then she maybe couldn't take care of the bank's money.

* "People of different levels of wealth may not love one another, but they might need each other." Support or refute that statement
The people who are on lower levels do the labor work. If there was no people on lower classes people who are on higher classes will need to take over and do that kinds of work.

No more music on youtube!?

On 6pm on Monday, thousands of videos are being banned by youtube. Since youtube is owned by google, its boss is saying that it costs too much money to put up these streaming music videos. The music recorded by companies AND music put up by fans are all being banned on youtube. There will be problems for people who uses youtube will have some problems about listening music on youtube.

Humanity-Geography Reflection

What is geography?
Geography is the physical features of the surface of the earth.

Theme 1: Location

Where are you right now? Describe your location in as many ways as you can.
I am at my school in the math classroom. There is a hallway and lots of rooms branching from it. At the end of the hall is a small platform with cushions on it. At the left of the platform there are two stairs one leading to the second floor and one leading to the fourth floor. But if you keep on going straight you will end up in the elementary side.


Theme 2: Place

What do we mean by the terms “physical, human and cultural” when we describe a place?
Every place have characteristics just like humans. So we refer that as human characteristics. The physical characteristic is what the land or physical form of the place is like. Then the cultural characteristic is what the culture of a place is like.

Theme 3: Human-Environment Interactions
How do humans adapt to and/or change the environment?
How do we depend upon the environment?

We adapt in the changes of environment in lots of ways. If the weather changes cold, people who are going out will change in warmer cloth, and when it is hot people wear less (short sleeves, ect.). But we depend on the environments animals, plants, soil, water, and a lot more. We need soil to grow plants and water so the plants don't dry out. We also need the animals so we can eat meat.

Theme 4: Movement
How does movement affect your daily life?
What “items” are being moved that you interact with on a regular basis?

We move with every movement we make. Cars and other transportation are all things move around us. We can make anything around us move when we want to. Movement affects our life because if there was no movement everything would stop.

Theme 5: Regions
Describe the difference between a formal, functional and perceptual description of a region.

Former religion- People who were moved or converted from one religion to another.

Functional - Is anything to do with society. An example is describing religion as something which binds together a community or which alleviates a person’s fear of mortality.

Perceptual-An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.

Sources
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/place.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g68/symbols.html
http://atheism.about.com/od/religiondefinition/a/types.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_perceptual_region

Capitals

Human Capital
It is the skills and knowledge gained by a worker through education and experience. Human capitals can be acquired through on-job-training and schooling. Ipods, Macbooks, and televisions, are all part of the human capital.

Financial Capital
What people use in a business to buy what they need. People who do business will use the money they gain to buy better products to improve the quality of the things they need.

Natural resource
Is the things we take from nature. An good example would be wooden furniture. Without trees from the nature, we cant make these furniture.





Other peoples blogs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_capital

Language Arts Big Winner

Introduction
Congratulations! You have just won a very large sum of money. Will your life change now? Everyone knows you have won the lottery.

On the first week I will probably spend all the money. I will either store all my leftover money somewhere and forget it in about 3 seconds after I store it or maybe give it out. So... Something like.

Day one

Go shopping for video games. Buy all the video games until I am content. I will buy new platforms for video games and the actual game. For the platform I will buy a new Game Boy advance, PSP, Xbox (maybe), and a PS2. THere are more but I just can't think of any more right now. For the games I will just ask somebody else to burn it on a CD for me. There will be alot so I am not surprised if I will spend over half of my money I won in one day. But I also might limit myself to how much I spend but I may not be able to. After that (on the same day) I would go buy a new ipod (maybe MP4) and just walk around the store and buy things for my macbook. By that time I should have spent alot of money.

Day two
I will go shop for a new piano and piano music sheets. I will most likely get a grand piano (an upright piano if it is very good) to replace my keyboard which is a Yamaha. If I still have lots of money then I will buy a black Stainways grand piano. Some Stainways piano's price may get to a price of 100000 bucks. But of course I will try to get the cheepest (but not a bad one) Stainways piano. Then I will shop for the piano music sheets. The music sheets are very cheep so I will buy alot. If there isn't the ones I want I will shop for it online.

Day three
I will go buy top class art suplies for digital art and ones to be done on paper. I guess I will do this for no reason but for fun. (Note! Lian says: Then you should pay Lian, the brilliant art teacher, 50000000000000000$, for her to teach me how to draw and be awesome. Except I failed, but who cares, a brilliant person like Lian deserves all my money!)
Then I would open up like 5 national parks in different places in the wold that covers a huge amount of area (unless the area is ver small but hopefully not too small) for the animals to live in (in other words for fun). Then I will plant lots of trees just because I feel like it.

Day four
I will go buy anything that I missed. It will be quite impossable to have any money left but since Mr. Laffin said that I can have as much as I want (in other words never gonna be able to finish using them) I will give out lots of money to everbody I see for fun and shove all the money all in the bank and forget about it in three seconds. But then now I think about it I think having all these money is useless so I will throw all the money to somebody I think I can trust and leave some for myself enough for me to survive (which would still be quite alot).

Day five
Nothing much now. I will sit back and relax. Try out my new piano, draw for fun, and play new video games, go running and do some exercise. Then I guess nothing else.

But I also might throw everything away on the first day.

Humanity Regions Task

Osaka, Japan

Osaka Japan is a city located in Japan. The population in the city is different at night than day. At night time the population is 2.6 million while in the morning it has a shocking number of 3.7 million which would make it the second to Tokyo. Osaka was traditionally considered to be the "Tenka no daidokoro" which means "The Nations Kitchen" when translated into English. At 1889 the area of Osaka was about 15 km squared. But after the city had three expansions it now has an area of 222 km squared. To the west of Osaka there is the Osaka bay. But other than that Osaka is surrounded by other cities.


The picture above tells about the average temperature in Osaka. The government's income at 2004 from Osaka's city product was 21.3 trillion, which is 1.2% more than in 2003. Several major companies has a headquarter in Oksaka such as Panasonic, Sharp, and Sanyo. I think Osaka is formal and functional.




http://gojapan.about.com/od/kinkiregionweather/Kinki_Region_Weather.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka

Isolating Variable

In science we needed to make a boat that can float on top of the water. In the first day we were given all our class time to make a boat out of paper, tape, and straws. We were divided into four teams to make a boat. Then when the next class starts we went down to the fish pond (there was no fish) and test them out. Each boat was put on water. There were one person who puts the stoppers on the boat and one person counting how many stoppers were put on the boat.

When we made the boat everybody gets one meter of tape, three pieces of paper, and three straws. So everybody has the same material but everybody needed to make their own design. When we tested only stoppers were put on the boat and nothing else, so I think that this experiment was about the design. Overall I think the variable was controlled because every body received the same things but it was just the design that is different.

Language Arts 3 Questions About Money

1) How would you change if you had a lot of money? Would your personality be different?

I never got super rich by myself so I don't know. But if I have lots of money suddenly right now I don't think my personality will change. If the money I have right now is alot I would 90% go buy some new supplies (piano, color pencils, video games, ect.) and stuff the rest of the money back into my closet/bank and totally forget about it in 1 second. So I think overall I wouldn't change.

2) Would you ever take a risk to reach a goal?

It depends on the kind of risk. If the risk is like jump down from the 5th floor and you will become a good pianist (Note: I like piano) then I would ignore it. The reason I will ignore it is because one, I can becaome a better pianist without some crazy guy telling me to jump off the 5th floor of a building. Two, I might not necessary work and this method has nothing to do with piano. Even if that method works I would rather finish a goal myself. But besides that kind of crazy risk the only other kind of way to obtain my goals is to obtain it by myself. So overall I think no for crazy risks and yes for SOME kinds of risks.

3) Would you ever hurt members of your family just so you could be accepted by your friends?


I don't really understand the question. I don't really elieve than one of my friends will come up to me randomely and say "Hurt your family or I won't be your friend." I think there would usually be a reason behind it. If the reason is weak and has no gain to either of my friends or me then I would definatley not do it. If my friend was to tell me to do it because one of my family made them mad (something like that) then I would just ignore them. But overall I would most likely say no...

£14,500 for a Bag of Sweets

There has been people selling bags of sweets at £14,500 for charity. There was an auction website selling the last pic'n'sweets from an Woolworths shop. Ed Adams, the guy who managed the workshop in Bromley, South London filled up the bag just before he closed his store. Then he put up the 800g bag on the internet for a bid. Finally, after 115 bids he agrees to sell it at a high price of £14,500. The money he made was givin to a charity called Retail Trust. There was fizzy cola bottles, rhubarb and custards, strawberry bon bons, Turkish delight, white mice and pineapple cubes in the bag of candy. Nigel Rothband, Retail Trust chief executive, said: "It's taken us by surprise. It's very exciting and much more than we were expecting."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7900000/newsid_7903700/7903747.stm

"Fake Rain" Turns to Snow in China

Beijing in China used a very unusual way of ending their doughts. They sprayed a chemical in the clouds to make it rain. This prosses is called cloud seeding. As rain and snow fell onto the city to end the 110 day drought, One of the longest drought Beijing has experienced in 38 years. But this wasn't the first time China has used this method to end dry seasons. Cloud seeding has been used in China's northern countrys because they suffer from lots of droughts. Even thought this method ended the drought, some people believed that it is wron. For the increase of rainfall might mean less rain in other areas.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7890000/newsid_7899600/7899638.stm

Old Man and the Sea (Whaat did he do wrong?)

To me I think that he wasn't thinking about the concenquences when he went out to fish. He also didn't prepare eough materials to go out to the sea for three straight days. Then when he caught the fish, he tied the fish yo the back of his boat instead of cutting it to pieces and put them on th boat. Another thing I thought was weird was that on the first day he only brought one bottle of water and was short on water that very day. But how did he survive three days with the sun shining every day? The book was also kind of boring because about 80% of the book is talking about the old man sitting on the boat.

Humanity Travel Blog

Hsinchu City

The first stop is here at Hsinchu in Taiwan. The climat here is Marine Tropical with common natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons. The highest temperature here is 39c while the lowest temperature here is 6c. This place is also known as "The Windy City" because of its strong winds. In Taiwan there are lots of mountains ranging from South to North. Some mountains even reaching over 100 meters.




Australia, Coral Sea Islands

The Coral Sea Islands in Australia is a small and mostly uninhabited group of islands. These island covers 780,000 km2. There are about 30 separate reefs. The climate here is tropical. There are natural disasters here such as cyclones.








Hawaii, Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii. The climate here is tropical with the highest degree of 95F and the lowest of 53F. This place if made of mostly volcanoes, underwater volcanoes ridges, sea mounts, and trenches.


Oregon, Portland

Portland is a city located at Oregon. It's climate is Marine west coast. Winters can be very cold, the lowest degree -19c and the highest of 42c. There are mountain ranges and rugged cliffes in Oregon. Snowstorms and hail may appear in the winter.







South America, Brazil

Brazil is a country located in South America. It is a large country that covers nearly half of South America. Brazil has 5 kinds of climates, equatorial, tropical, semiarid, highland tropical, and temperate. Brazil has different kinds of ecosystems, such as the Amazon rain forest. There are different kinds of landforms depending on where you are in Brazil. There can be large rainforests of high platues. The average temperature in Brazil 25c.







China, Beijing

Beijing is a city located in China. It is built at the tip of North China Plain. Its climate is a humid continental climate. The average temperature in January is 1c and 30c in July. The air quality in Beijing is very bad and there are dust storms. Beijing is the second largest city that is smaller than Shanghai and is the capital of China. This is the city that hosted the 2008 Olympic games.






Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is one of the most populated places in the world with a population of over 8 million people. This places climate is a humid subtropical climate with hot humid and mild cool winters. Snowfall will happen irregularly but occurs almost every year. Tokyo has been known to be hit by several strong earthquakes. One earthquake was estimated to have a magnitude of 8.3 and killed 142,000 people. The average temperature Tokyo has ranges from 4c in January and 27 in August. Tokyo's main landforms consists of mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys.







Mitiaro, Cook Islands

Mitiaro is the fourth island located in the Cook Islands. It has volcanic origins and is stands in waters that is 14750 deep and its widest point across is 4 miles. Its center is flat and swampy with two freshwater lakes. The population here is very little that has less than 100 people. Aroung id surrounds a belt of fossilised corals between 20 to 40 feets high.

Wrestling Crocodiles

Animal experts in South East Asia has been wrestling rare crocodiles to gather informations on them. They are trying to save one of earth's rarest reptiles. Crocs are being tested at a wildlife center in Cambodia to see if they are the rare Siamese crocodile. They were so rare that they were thought to be extinct at one point. There are 250 Siamese crocodiles left in the wild and experts are starting a breeding program for them, hoping to save these endangered reptiles.

Little pests.....Big problem....

A plague of caterpillars at Africa in the country of Liberia are eating away farmers crops. With these valuable crops gone, farmers will halve to suffer food shortage and dirtied water. The president of the country has declared a state emergency. 4000000 in 100 villages has been affected by these pests. Caterpillars is a common species in Africa, but experts say that these are Achaean caterpillars. Even though these pests are tiny but they can travel up to 60 miles a day. Fortunately, these bugs are easier to get rid of because they stay above ground. Now the country are using chemicals to get rid of these caterpillars.

Language Arts

Which is you favorite scene in the book "The Old Man and the Sea" then describe it.

I guess my favorite scene is when the sharks are eating the marlin because it has more action and is more exciting than the rest.

Geography

Geography is the study mainly focused on the spatial distributions oh human and physical phenomena. Lots of people explain geography as the shape of the earth even though it is only part of it. There are many different forms of geography. There are two kinds of geography. Physical geography and humen geography.

Physical geography
biogeography
climatology & paleoclimatology
coastal geography
environmental geography & management
geodesy
geomorphology
glaciology
hydrology & hydrography
landscape ecology
oceanography
pedology
paleogeography
quaternary science

Human geography
cultural geography
development geography
economic geography
health geography
historical & time geography
demography
religion geography
social geography
transportation geography
tourism geography
urban geography

Why is Where Important?

Why is where important? Or what is the geography around us like and how does it affect our lives? There are different places with different kinds of geography so the people there would have different lifestyle. The temperature will also effect on the geography. If a place is i the far north the weather would bee colder affecting the people's lifestyle.

The Old Man and the Sea

What do you think the moral to the story The Old Man and the Sea?

I thin that the moral of The Old Man and the Sea is mainly the Old Guy trying to kill a big marlin.

Mirror Image

When you look into a mirror, what do you see? Do you think the other see you as you see yourself?

I seem myself literally. But different people will see me differently ny looking at their point of view. A fried might see me as a friend when a rival wll see me as a rival.

Science SMASH day

For smash day we needed to make a telescope-like thing to look out into a box without our hands or heads above the table. We were given 10 pieces of paper, 4 mirrors, tape, and a cardboard box. My team and I modified the desighn for about 3-5 times. After we modified it we put it to a test to see if it could see what was inside the box, if it didn't work then we jusy redo it again. My team drew a picture of the design before making it. Then we gathered the materials we needed for the design. If I were to give a tip for people who are making this then I would say that don't rush the project and discuss it first.

Language Arts

My luckiest moments of my life is whenever I get to do anything I want on my computer, playing piano,finding anything cool or interesting, and playing nintendo.

Postman Rescues an Otter

A postman found a baby otter on the Scottish roadside and takes her on a 350km tour in his mailbox. Oria, the otter cub was found the side of the road by Kenny Wilson near Stow. The Kenny stopped to scoop the otter up to keep her warm, then got the otter kitten milk and fed her through the tip of a ballpoint pen. He even took Oria on a rally before taking her to the animal rescue center. Mr. Wilson thought that she wasn't going to survive because she was very cold when he found her. "It looked as if she had either been abandoned or her mother had been hit by a car."he said. The reason he bought the kitten milk was because of the squeeking sound she made, which made him think that she is hungry. Oria eats nearly £15 of salmon every day. But the fishermans has stepped in to help. She is being very well cared at the rescue center.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7850000/newsid_7856700/7856719.stm

Ads on Kids TV Should be Banned

A group of people called The Good Childhood Inquiry are looking at how kids live their lives. People put advertisements on TVs to offer their prouducts but these experts say that unhealthy ads that includes alcohol should be banned until 9pm. They say that TV channels aiming for kids under 12 should meet these requirements. Penny Nicholls from The Children Society said that "What we do know is that having things doesn't necessarily make you happy, and the thought of not being able to have things often makes people very unhappy," she said. Even though banning advertisements from children TV is only recommended. This rule is very unlikely to happen because they would need to convince the government to make this law. Some people think that this rule is useless because kids will still see the advertisments when watching other shows such as baseball with theirs family. Not everybody agrees with this idea and some say that some of the ads are actually good for their kids.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7860000/newsid_7864400/7864418.stm?ls

Life After the People

My homework is to write about what I think will happen if all the people on earth dissapeared except for people in Taiwan.

First I think that the people in Taiwan will go and investigate the other countries. Taiwanese people might move to all of the world. We might ship in goods that we cannot get in Taiwan from other countries. Over years the people in Taiwan might settle in those places. Over thousands of years the people who move to other places they might develop their own culture and way of life. Eventually there might be different nations. But before the people moved to the other countries, I think it will be like the what the movie "Life After the People" said. Even thought it might not be thousands of years before the Taiwan people go explore those places, it will still take couple of years at least. At the first week the animals in the houses and zoos might die, the electricity will shut down, and grass and moss will grow all over the buildings. Then in 1 year the wild animals there might thrive. In 5 years the places will turn into a forest and stay like that until the people go there.

Reflection on project

In humanity class I needed to write a blog post about a reflection on a project.

The project I am going to do a reflection on is a science project where we needed to do research on two body systems. I was to do the muscular system and the skeletal system. Then I needed to make a 3d poster showing the bones and muscles of both arms and legs.

One of the student outcomes I used the most I think was problem solver. Sometimes during the project there may be mistakes such as "I stuck the things on the poster the wrong way" of "There aren't any more information." and more questions like that.

Pelican Illness

Animal experts are trying to find out why hundreads of pelicans are bexoming ill. A number of dead or ill birds has been spotted along the Californian coastline. Rescue workers are trying to help these ill birds but they don't know the cause of the illness. They are managing to save the pelicans at the cost of $500 for one bird. Some of them have been found far away from their homes and seen in places such as gardens, roads, and feilds. Experts are going to use an blood test to see what is making them ill. The ill birds will look thin, confused, and have discoulored patches on their feet. These pelicans was almost extinced in 1960's and 1970's becaude a very harmful pesticide got into their food. The specie did not recover until 1972.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7820000/newsid_7821900/7821923.stm

Famous Climber Dies

The youngest British climber to climb mount Everest has been killed with another climber thats from Briton too in an accident in the French Alphs. Ron Gauntlett was from Sussex in South England. He was only 19 years old when he climbed up Mt. Everest in 2006. His 21 year old friend was ice climbing along with him in Chamonix reigon when tragedy struck. His family were all shocked. "We can only take consolation that he died doing something that he loved." said his mom Nicole. The other climber was named James Atkinson and was also from the same place as Ron. In November 2008 Ron Gauntlett and his friend James Hooper, from Somerset, waere named the National Geographic 2008 Adventure of the year. They were also given an award after going through a 22000 miles journey using humen and natural power to go from the magnetic North to magnetic south.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7820000/newsid_7822800/7822812.stm

My Hiliday Break and My Schools Goals for 2009

My Break

1.Sleep until 10pm almost every day.
2.Play Nintendo and piano when I am bored.

My 2009 Goals

1.I will try to do and finish all my homework on time and handing them all on time.
2.I will try to not fail and get A+'s in every class especially math.