Today at the science class we watched a movie called Research Reflection and the magic school bus
Summary
What happened in the story
They all went to the Arnold's mouth
What was the story talking about
The story was talking about that They all went to the Arnold'mouth
2 things that were correct
(One thing that was correct is When you eat something the thing will go trough your thort and the thort will push the food down.)
(Another thing that is correct is When the food went to Small intestine the Small intestine Will Absorption it. )
2 things that was not correct
(One thing that was not correct is The food will not bring back to the stomatch)
(Another thing that was not correct is They didn't draw the lungs)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Research Reflection and The Magic School Bus
Research Reflection
For the pas MONTH we have been researching body systems on our own.
One thing is good about doing this thing is
I think is good thing is Doing body system we can research the internet and learn how to find the imformation by ourself and how to research about the things hat we need to find.
One thing That I don't like to do about this thing is
Some Body system question is hard and I can't find the exaclly point in the internet even in the book.
I think Ms. Smith plan in this way because
Ms.Smith want us to learn more how to research and how to find the answer by ourself.
One suggestions that I have for Ms.Smith is
I think Ms.Smith should let us learn more body system that we are doing so we can understand more and be more clear in the body system.
Another suggestions that I have for Ms.Smith is
I hope that We can everyone have a book and find in the book because Internet is the answer only with no reazon and even Not all is about the question point and I think the book is more better fr thebody system reasearch.
For the pas MONTH we have been researching body systems on our own.
One thing is good about doing this thing is
I think is good thing is Doing body system we can research the internet and learn how to find the imformation by ourself and how to research about the things hat we need to find.
One thing That I don't like to do about this thing is
Some Body system question is hard and I can't find the exaclly point in the internet even in the book.
I think Ms. Smith plan in this way because
Ms.Smith want us to learn more how to research and how to find the answer by ourself.
One suggestions that I have for Ms.Smith is
I think Ms.Smith should let us learn more body system that we are doing so we can understand more and be more clear in the body system.
Another suggestions that I have for Ms.Smith is
I hope that We can everyone have a book and find in the book because Internet is the answer only with no reazon and even Not all is about the question point and I think the book is more better fr thebody system reasearch.
A New Director for ‘Twilight’ Sequel
Summit Entertainment has named Chris Weitz (“The Golden Compass”) to direct the sequel to “Twilight” after it parted ways with Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the first film in the franchise based on the four-book series by Stephenie Meyer, Variety reported. When Ms. Hardwicke’s exit was announced last week, Ms. Meyer’s fans were disappointed enough to prompt Ms. Meyer to post a message on her Web site (stepheniemeyer.com) on Saturday. “First of all, like you, I’m sad that Catherine is not continuing on with us for ‘New Moon,’ ” Ms. Meyer wrote. But she went on to extol the virtues of the new director: “I think he brings a lot to the table, not the least of which for me is that he wrote the screenplay for and directed one of my favorite movies of all time, ‘About a Boy.’ ” Ms. Meyer’s posting was followed by a note from Mr. Weitz to fans, assuring them he would do his best to live up to their expectations. “New Moon” is tentatively scheduled for release late next year or early 2010. Melissa Rosenberg, the “Twilight” screenwriter, is also writing the sequel.
Shrek musical opens on Broadway
A musical adaptation of the animated blockbuster Shrek has opened on Broadway in New York.
Tony-nominated actor Brian d'Arcy James plays the green ogre with a heart of gold, with Tony-winning actress Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona.
Stars including Cameron Diaz, who voices Fiona in the film franchise, Ben Stiller and Joan Rivers attended the show's opening performance.
A fourth Shrek film is scheduled to be released in 2010.
Dynamics and chemistry
Shrek the musical
Shrek is based on the children's book by William Steig
Asked whether she'd consider portraying Fiona on stage, Diaz said: "No, absolutely not. What they do up there... is, to me, impossible. It's wonderful, though."
"It's great to see all of the actors playing it together because when we do it for the animated we never see each other," she said.
"We don't work with one another - we all record separately and then they put it all together so you don't really get the dynamics and chemistry that you get with other actors... it's a lot of fun to watch."
Shrek, based on the children's book by William Steig, is one of the most successful animated films of all time and tells the story of an ogre who falls in love.
Diaz will reprise her voice role in the fourth Shrek film, alongside Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy, who return as Shrek and Donkey respectively.
Tony-nominated actor Brian d'Arcy James plays the green ogre with a heart of gold, with Tony-winning actress Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona.
Stars including Cameron Diaz, who voices Fiona in the film franchise, Ben Stiller and Joan Rivers attended the show's opening performance.
A fourth Shrek film is scheduled to be released in 2010.
Dynamics and chemistry
Shrek the musical
Shrek is based on the children's book by William Steig
Asked whether she'd consider portraying Fiona on stage, Diaz said: "No, absolutely not. What they do up there... is, to me, impossible. It's wonderful, though."
"It's great to see all of the actors playing it together because when we do it for the animated we never see each other," she said.
"We don't work with one another - we all record separately and then they put it all together so you don't really get the dynamics and chemistry that you get with other actors... it's a lot of fun to watch."
Shrek, based on the children's book by William Steig, is one of the most successful animated films of all time and tells the story of an ogre who falls in love.
Diaz will reprise her voice role in the fourth Shrek film, alongside Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy, who return as Shrek and Donkey respectively.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The Boston Globe Good sign for Yankees - Sabathia
LAS VEGAS - Have the New York Yankees gone back to being . . . you know, the Evil Empire New York Yankees?
They are the richest, most powerful entity in sports. They have built a $1.3 billion stadium with all the bells and whistles. Good economy, bad economy. No matter. CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe, A.J. Burnett, Manny Ramírez, and/or Mark Teixeira.
The Yankees, who agreed to terms with Sabathia on a seven-year, $161 million deal yesterday, can and may sign more than a couple of the other prominent free agents.
They have always been on an island by themselves in terms of what they can afford. They have tried to scale back that approach, trying to go the farm system route, but at the end of the day they revert to what they do best - they buy the best available players, partly because some of their homegrown players (Melky Cabrera, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy, to name a few) haven't made the splash they'd hoped.
So it came as no surprise to Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein that the Yankees opened the vault, and they may open it once or twice more for Lowe and/or Burnett and perhaps Ramírez when all is said and done.
"Nothing surprises me anymore," said Epstein. "[Sabathia is] clearly the top pitcher on the market. He pitched great and he deserves to be rewarded. What he did down the stretch with Milwaukee was really admirable and great for baseball. He pitched his team to the playoffs. He took the ball on three days' rest and that was fun to watch. I have a lot of respect for what he did."
In the end the Yankees gave Sabathia $61 million more - and two more years - than the Brewers offered. It was the only other offer on the table. The Giants had decided Sabathia was too rich for them despite his hometown interest. The Red Sox met with him Monday and came away impressed, but an offer was never made, according to major league sources. Epstein said that even before the winter meetings here, he felt Sabathia would be a Yankee.
"Yeah, any time a team offers, which at the time was more than $40 million more and could go up to more than $60 million more than anyone else, there's a pretty good chance he's going to sign," said Epstein. "It was a strong signing by the Yankees."
Has it always worked out? No. Take the years 2001-08, for example, when the Yankees were shut out of the world championship. And last season marked the first time in 14 years they didn't make the playoffs. When that happens, you know the Yankees are going to spend money. Sabathia's deal is downright crazy for a guy whose weight was listed by the Brewers as 311 pounds.
They are the richest, most powerful entity in sports. They have built a $1.3 billion stadium with all the bells and whistles. Good economy, bad economy. No matter. CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe, A.J. Burnett, Manny Ramírez, and/or Mark Teixeira.
The Yankees, who agreed to terms with Sabathia on a seven-year, $161 million deal yesterday, can and may sign more than a couple of the other prominent free agents.
They have always been on an island by themselves in terms of what they can afford. They have tried to scale back that approach, trying to go the farm system route, but at the end of the day they revert to what they do best - they buy the best available players, partly because some of their homegrown players (Melky Cabrera, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy, to name a few) haven't made the splash they'd hoped.
So it came as no surprise to Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein that the Yankees opened the vault, and they may open it once or twice more for Lowe and/or Burnett and perhaps Ramírez when all is said and done.
"Nothing surprises me anymore," said Epstein. "[Sabathia is] clearly the top pitcher on the market. He pitched great and he deserves to be rewarded. What he did down the stretch with Milwaukee was really admirable and great for baseball. He pitched his team to the playoffs. He took the ball on three days' rest and that was fun to watch. I have a lot of respect for what he did."
In the end the Yankees gave Sabathia $61 million more - and two more years - than the Brewers offered. It was the only other offer on the table. The Giants had decided Sabathia was too rich for them despite his hometown interest. The Red Sox met with him Monday and came away impressed, but an offer was never made, according to major league sources. Epstein said that even before the winter meetings here, he felt Sabathia would be a Yankee.
"Yeah, any time a team offers, which at the time was more than $40 million more and could go up to more than $60 million more than anyone else, there's a pretty good chance he's going to sign," said Epstein. "It was a strong signing by the Yankees."
Has it always worked out? No. Take the years 2001-08, for example, when the Yankees were shut out of the world championship. And last season marked the first time in 14 years they didn't make the playoffs. When that happens, you know the Yankees are going to spend money. Sabathia's deal is downright crazy for a guy whose weight was listed by the Brewers as 311 pounds.
Mets Add a Setup Man, the Mariners’ Putz
LAS VEGAS — The Mets officially welcomed their new closer, Francisco Rodríguez, on Wednesday, giving him a team jacket and parading him around Citi Field. Accomplishing his primary off-season objective excited General Manager Omar Minaya, whose promised remodeling of his pitching staff is coming quickly and in reverse order.
On Wednesday night, Minaya completed a three-team, 12-player trade with Seattle and Cleveland that netted Mariners closer J. J. Putz. The right-handed Putz, who will be 32 in February, will set up Rodríguez to form one of the most imposing late-inning combinations in baseball.
“All I kept hearing on the streets of New York when I go get bagels in the morning, ‘Omar, address the bullpen,’ ” Minaya said. “Well, to you, Mets fans, we’ve addressed the bullpen.”
The Mets also received Jeremy Reed, an outfielder, and Sean Green, a right-handed reliever, from Seattle. In the first step of their bullpen purge, the Mets sent relievers Joe Smith to Cleveland and Aaron Heilman to Seattle, which will also receive from the Mets outfielder Endy Chávez, pitcher Jason Vargas, the minor league first baseman Mike Carp, the minor league pitcher Maikel Cleto and the minor league outfielder Ezequiel Carrera.
In less than 48 hours, the Mets have secured the American League West’s two most dominant relievers to significantly reshape a bullpen that was their leading weakness last season — for a (relative) pittance. They dealt the underperforming Heilman, who could benefit from a change of scenery; a right-handed specialist in Smith; a reserve outfielder in Chávez; and a first-base prospect in Carp who had been passed by Daniel Murphy in the organizational hierarchy.
Heilman, a dominant setup man during the Mets’ playoff run in 2006, symbolized their bullpen problems last season. He struggled from the outset and never found his rhythm, allowing 10 homers and posting a career-high earned run average as a reliever, 5.21. Chávez, who will forever be adored by Mets fans for his spectacular catch in Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series, had trouble consistently cracking the outfield rotation despite an abundance of injuries to Mets outfielders.
Since Billy Wagner’s absence in parts of the past two seasons exposed their lack of late-inning depth, the Mets have been seeking another reliever who has closing experience and would not feel unappreciated by assuming a less-glamorous — but just as vital — role. The team feels that Putz, who recorded 76 saves in 2006-7 before being limited by injuries last season, would thrive in that spot. Minaya spoke with Putz on Wednesday night and said Putz sounded excited.
The addition of Putz, who is owed $5.5 million next season, would also allow the Mets to occasionally rest Rodríguez, who is coming off a strenuous season in which he recorded 62 saves to set the single-season record and, in a rarity for a closer, led the A.L. with 76 appearances.
“To get one closer like Frankie would have been a good winter,” Minaya said of Rodríguez. “I think to get two guys like this is a great winter.”
In his first two seasons in the majors, Putz worked mostly as a setup reliever. He lowered his E.R.A. to 3.60 from 4.71, but it was not until he assumed the closer’s role in 2006 that he began to excel. That season, he struck out 104 batters in 78 1/3 innings, posting a 2.30 E.R.A. and 36 saves.
In 2007, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound Putz was perhaps the best closer in baseball, allowing 37 hits in 71 2/3 innings while saving 40 games and posting the lowest E.R.A. (1.38) among major league relievers. Last season, though, he struggled with injuries, starting with a rib-cage injury in April that sent him to the disabled list. He also spent time on the disabled list over the summer with a hyperextended right elbow, and finished the year with 15 saves and a 3.88 E.R.A.
Moving forward, the Mets planned to meet with Scott Boras, who represents Derek Lowe and Oliver Pérez, but believe their financial commitment to Rodríguez has taken them out of the bidding for Lowe. Pérez, though, remains a possibility, especially if the Yankees look elsewhere.
The Mets are wary of giving Pérez a four-year deal, but remain interested in re-signing him. They are open to letting Jon Niese and potentially Bobby Parnell compete for the No. 5 starter’s job, but could bring in another established veteran to push them. Minaya also expects to speak with Fern Cuza, the agent for Pedro Martínez, but Martínez’s return appears to be a long shot.
As soon as he learned that Wagner would be unavailable in 2009, Minaya zeroed in on the free-agent closers, making Rodríguez a priority because of his combination of age (27 on opening day) and results (208 career saves).
“I think he has a good mind-set for pitching there,” Minaya said, referring to New York. “I think he wanted to be there, the challenge to be there. He’s been in a big market like Anaheim and New York. He likes the adrenaline of being there.”
Paul Kinzer, Rodríguez’s agent, said he tried impressing that point on Minaya during negotiations — that Rodríguez could benefit from pitching on a grand stage. Those negotiations, Kinzer said Wednesday, took an interesting turn Sunday night. During a dinner meeting that initiated their sincere interest, Johan Santana, apparently unaware the team was meeting with Rodríguez, called the Mets. Minaya passed the phone to Rodríguez, who was delighted to hear a recruiting pitch from Santana, his Venezuelan compatriot.
Like Santana, Rodríguez, who will wear No. 75 — the inverse of his former number — was present for the final few hours as the sides eventually completed the terms at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. The Mets wanted to finish the deal quickly because Jeff Wilpon, the team’s chief operating officer, planned to board his private jet back to New York for an 8 a.m. flight. Soon after, Rodríguez followed. And now Putz will join him, another piece in the Mets’ off-season makeover.
On Wednesday night, Minaya completed a three-team, 12-player trade with Seattle and Cleveland that netted Mariners closer J. J. Putz. The right-handed Putz, who will be 32 in February, will set up Rodríguez to form one of the most imposing late-inning combinations in baseball.
“All I kept hearing on the streets of New York when I go get bagels in the morning, ‘Omar, address the bullpen,’ ” Minaya said. “Well, to you, Mets fans, we’ve addressed the bullpen.”
The Mets also received Jeremy Reed, an outfielder, and Sean Green, a right-handed reliever, from Seattle. In the first step of their bullpen purge, the Mets sent relievers Joe Smith to Cleveland and Aaron Heilman to Seattle, which will also receive from the Mets outfielder Endy Chávez, pitcher Jason Vargas, the minor league first baseman Mike Carp, the minor league pitcher Maikel Cleto and the minor league outfielder Ezequiel Carrera.
In less than 48 hours, the Mets have secured the American League West’s two most dominant relievers to significantly reshape a bullpen that was their leading weakness last season — for a (relative) pittance. They dealt the underperforming Heilman, who could benefit from a change of scenery; a right-handed specialist in Smith; a reserve outfielder in Chávez; and a first-base prospect in Carp who had been passed by Daniel Murphy in the organizational hierarchy.
Heilman, a dominant setup man during the Mets’ playoff run in 2006, symbolized their bullpen problems last season. He struggled from the outset and never found his rhythm, allowing 10 homers and posting a career-high earned run average as a reliever, 5.21. Chávez, who will forever be adored by Mets fans for his spectacular catch in Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series, had trouble consistently cracking the outfield rotation despite an abundance of injuries to Mets outfielders.
Since Billy Wagner’s absence in parts of the past two seasons exposed their lack of late-inning depth, the Mets have been seeking another reliever who has closing experience and would not feel unappreciated by assuming a less-glamorous — but just as vital — role. The team feels that Putz, who recorded 76 saves in 2006-7 before being limited by injuries last season, would thrive in that spot. Minaya spoke with Putz on Wednesday night and said Putz sounded excited.
The addition of Putz, who is owed $5.5 million next season, would also allow the Mets to occasionally rest Rodríguez, who is coming off a strenuous season in which he recorded 62 saves to set the single-season record and, in a rarity for a closer, led the A.L. with 76 appearances.
“To get one closer like Frankie would have been a good winter,” Minaya said of Rodríguez. “I think to get two guys like this is a great winter.”
In his first two seasons in the majors, Putz worked mostly as a setup reliever. He lowered his E.R.A. to 3.60 from 4.71, but it was not until he assumed the closer’s role in 2006 that he began to excel. That season, he struck out 104 batters in 78 1/3 innings, posting a 2.30 E.R.A. and 36 saves.
In 2007, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound Putz was perhaps the best closer in baseball, allowing 37 hits in 71 2/3 innings while saving 40 games and posting the lowest E.R.A. (1.38) among major league relievers. Last season, though, he struggled with injuries, starting with a rib-cage injury in April that sent him to the disabled list. He also spent time on the disabled list over the summer with a hyperextended right elbow, and finished the year with 15 saves and a 3.88 E.R.A.
Moving forward, the Mets planned to meet with Scott Boras, who represents Derek Lowe and Oliver Pérez, but believe their financial commitment to Rodríguez has taken them out of the bidding for Lowe. Pérez, though, remains a possibility, especially if the Yankees look elsewhere.
The Mets are wary of giving Pérez a four-year deal, but remain interested in re-signing him. They are open to letting Jon Niese and potentially Bobby Parnell compete for the No. 5 starter’s job, but could bring in another established veteran to push them. Minaya also expects to speak with Fern Cuza, the agent for Pedro Martínez, but Martínez’s return appears to be a long shot.
As soon as he learned that Wagner would be unavailable in 2009, Minaya zeroed in on the free-agent closers, making Rodríguez a priority because of his combination of age (27 on opening day) and results (208 career saves).
“I think he has a good mind-set for pitching there,” Minaya said, referring to New York. “I think he wanted to be there, the challenge to be there. He’s been in a big market like Anaheim and New York. He likes the adrenaline of being there.”
Paul Kinzer, Rodríguez’s agent, said he tried impressing that point on Minaya during negotiations — that Rodríguez could benefit from pitching on a grand stage. Those negotiations, Kinzer said Wednesday, took an interesting turn Sunday night. During a dinner meeting that initiated their sincere interest, Johan Santana, apparently unaware the team was meeting with Rodríguez, called the Mets. Minaya passed the phone to Rodríguez, who was delighted to hear a recruiting pitch from Santana, his Venezuelan compatriot.
Like Santana, Rodríguez, who will wear No. 75 — the inverse of his former number — was present for the final few hours as the sides eventually completed the terms at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. The Mets wanted to finish the deal quickly because Jeff Wilpon, the team’s chief operating officer, planned to board his private jet back to New York for an 8 a.m. flight. Soon after, Rodríguez followed. And now Putz will join him, another piece in the Mets’ off-season makeover.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
K-Rod will have to step up his game in the NL East
LAS VEGAS - The New York Mets are about to complete a deal for record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez. The Mets could spend up to $51 million on him and not have the best closer in the National League East.
That distinction still belongs to Philadelphia's Brad Lidge, whose perfect season for the World Series champions has not received its proper due. Lidge made the difference in the East this season and was more dominant than Rodriguez.
With Lidge converting all 41 save chances in the regular season, the Phillies went 79-0 when leading after eight innings. The Mets, unsettled at closer all season, went 78-7 when leading after eight innings.
The Phillies won the division by three games over the Mets. Four Lidge hiccups, and Philadelphia misses the playoffs.
Here's why adding Rodriguez does not mean the Mets have closed the narrow gap with the Phillies:
Margin of error: For Rodriguez to be successful, the Mets will have to tack on runs to their leads. Rodriguez had a record 62 saves with the Los Angeles Angels this season. That included 38 saves in 40 chances when given a lead of two or more runs.
Rodriguez was less successful on the tougher save chances. He went 24-of-29 when asked to protect a one-run lead.
Lidge converted 20 save chances when working with a one-run lead.
Level of competition: The Angels' early exit in the playoffs suggested the 100-win regular season was tainted by playing in the West. The Angels went 36-21 against Oakland, Seattle and Texas.
Rodriguez had his way in intra-division games. He was 29-of-31 in save chances against the West and 33-of-38 against all other teams.
The East will present more of an offensive challenge to Rodriguez, with Philadelphia alone a greater test than anything in the AL West. The Mets' bullpen went 3-6 with only six saves in 11 chances against the Phillies this season.
Lidge did benefit from not having to face a Phillies lineup loaded with left-handed hitters. He had 21 saves within the division this season.
Stuff: Lidge buries hitters with a fastball-slider combination. He had 92 strikeouts in 69 1/3 innings this season.
Rodriguez is undergoing a transition. He can no longer pump a steady stream of fastballs past hitters. In the view of two major-league scouts attending the major-league meetings, Rodriguez has become more of a breaking-ball pitcher whose stuff and command can go haywire.
"I know he got the record, but he's not as good for me as a lot of other guys in that role," said one of the scouts, with an AL West club.
The problem is Rodriguez does not always throw strikes. Sometimes, he cannot command the breaking pitch. Sometimes, the delivery comes apart. He allowed 4.48 walks per nine innings this season.
All of that figured in the Angels' decision not to make keeping Rodriguez a priority even after a 62-save season. The Angels are content, for the moment, with giving ninth-inning leads to righthanders Scot Shields and Jose Arredondo.
Rodriguez also failed to cause a commotion on a free-agent market flooded with closers. Several clubs that need a closer were apprehensive about Rodriguez.
He settled for less than his reported expectations of a five-year deal worth $51 million. Rodriguez is guaranteed $37 million over three seasons, with a fourth year at $14 million kicking in if he meets appearance thresholds.
Francisco Rodriguez has the single-season saves record but still must prove that he can do it in the NL East. Until further notice, Brad Lidge is the best of that division's closers.
Rodriguez can get strikeouts. He averaged 10.14 strikeouts per nine innings, a high rate but also the lowest of his career.
That distinction still belongs to Philadelphia's Brad Lidge, whose perfect season for the World Series champions has not received its proper due. Lidge made the difference in the East this season and was more dominant than Rodriguez.
With Lidge converting all 41 save chances in the regular season, the Phillies went 79-0 when leading after eight innings. The Mets, unsettled at closer all season, went 78-7 when leading after eight innings.
The Phillies won the division by three games over the Mets. Four Lidge hiccups, and Philadelphia misses the playoffs.
Here's why adding Rodriguez does not mean the Mets have closed the narrow gap with the Phillies:
Margin of error: For Rodriguez to be successful, the Mets will have to tack on runs to their leads. Rodriguez had a record 62 saves with the Los Angeles Angels this season. That included 38 saves in 40 chances when given a lead of two or more runs.
Rodriguez was less successful on the tougher save chances. He went 24-of-29 when asked to protect a one-run lead.
Lidge converted 20 save chances when working with a one-run lead.
Level of competition: The Angels' early exit in the playoffs suggested the 100-win regular season was tainted by playing in the West. The Angels went 36-21 against Oakland, Seattle and Texas.
Rodriguez had his way in intra-division games. He was 29-of-31 in save chances against the West and 33-of-38 against all other teams.
The East will present more of an offensive challenge to Rodriguez, with Philadelphia alone a greater test than anything in the AL West. The Mets' bullpen went 3-6 with only six saves in 11 chances against the Phillies this season.
Lidge did benefit from not having to face a Phillies lineup loaded with left-handed hitters. He had 21 saves within the division this season.
Stuff: Lidge buries hitters with a fastball-slider combination. He had 92 strikeouts in 69 1/3 innings this season.
Rodriguez is undergoing a transition. He can no longer pump a steady stream of fastballs past hitters. In the view of two major-league scouts attending the major-league meetings, Rodriguez has become more of a breaking-ball pitcher whose stuff and command can go haywire.
"I know he got the record, but he's not as good for me as a lot of other guys in that role," said one of the scouts, with an AL West club.
The problem is Rodriguez does not always throw strikes. Sometimes, he cannot command the breaking pitch. Sometimes, the delivery comes apart. He allowed 4.48 walks per nine innings this season.
All of that figured in the Angels' decision not to make keeping Rodriguez a priority even after a 62-save season. The Angels are content, for the moment, with giving ninth-inning leads to righthanders Scot Shields and Jose Arredondo.
Rodriguez also failed to cause a commotion on a free-agent market flooded with closers. Several clubs that need a closer were apprehensive about Rodriguez.
He settled for less than his reported expectations of a five-year deal worth $51 million. Rodriguez is guaranteed $37 million over three seasons, with a fourth year at $14 million kicking in if he meets appearance thresholds.
Francisco Rodriguez has the single-season saves record but still must prove that he can do it in the NL East. Until further notice, Brad Lidge is the best of that division's closers.
Rodriguez can get strikeouts. He averaged 10.14 strikeouts per nine innings, a high rate but also the lowest of his career.
Math Gains Reported for U.S. Students
American fourth- and eighth-grade students made solid achievement gains in math in recent years and in two states showed spectacular progress, an international survey of student achievement released on Tuesday found. Science performance was flat.
The results showed that several Asian countries continued to outperform the United States greatly in science and math, subjects that are crucial to economic competitiveness and research.
The survey, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or Timss, found that fourth-grade students in Hong Kong and eighth-grade students in Taiwan were the world’s top scorers in math, while Singapore dominated in science at both grade levels.
“We were pleased to see improvements in math, and wished we’d seen more in science,” said Stuart Kerachsky, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Education Department, which carried out an analysis of the performance of American students on the test.
The latest Timss study, the world’s largest review of math and science achievement, involved testing a representative sample of students in each country in 2007, the first time the tests had been administered since 2003. The results included fourth-grade scores from 36 countries and eighth-grade scores from 48 countries. The tests cover subjects taught in all the participating countries, including algebra, chemistry, geometry and physics.
The study is directed by the International Study Center at Boston College.
Asia’s continuing dominance in math and science, first demonstrated in the 1990s, was especially apparent in the latest results, which showed rising percentages of high-scoring students there.
Nearly half of eighth graders scored at the advanced level in math in Taiwan, Korea and Singapore, compared with 6 percent of American students.
Comparing educational performance in the United States, a diverse country of 300 million people with 50 state educational systems, with city-states like Singapore and Hong Kong, which have populations of 4.5 million and 6.9 million people, respectively, is a bit of apples and oranges.
Still, experts said the Timss study again confirmed the tremendous gains those societies had made in just a few decades.
“It was good to see that the United States has made some progress in math,” said Ina V. S. Mullis, co-director of the Boston College center, “but I was surprised by the magnitude of the gap between us and the highest performing Asian countries, and that should cause us some concern.”
Students in Massachusetts and Minnesota, which participated in a special study that attributed a score to the states as if they were individual countries, also demonstrated stellar achievement, outperforming classmates in all but a handful of countries.
In eighth-grade science, for instance, Massachusetts students, on average, scored higher than or equal to students in all countries but Singapore and Taiwan.
And in Minnesota, which has worked to improve its math curriculum, the proportion of fourth-grade students performing at the advanced level jumped from 9 percent in 1995 to 18 percent in 2007, a gain that was one of the world’s largest.
But on average, the results showed several Asian countries increasing their dominance.
In the fourth-grade math survey, scores in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, England and Latvia were higher than in the United States.
Average scores were equal to the United States in the Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany and Denmark. Scores in 23 other countries were significantly lower.
The results showed that several Asian countries continued to outperform the United States greatly in science and math, subjects that are crucial to economic competitiveness and research.
The survey, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or Timss, found that fourth-grade students in Hong Kong and eighth-grade students in Taiwan were the world’s top scorers in math, while Singapore dominated in science at both grade levels.
“We were pleased to see improvements in math, and wished we’d seen more in science,” said Stuart Kerachsky, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Education Department, which carried out an analysis of the performance of American students on the test.
The latest Timss study, the world’s largest review of math and science achievement, involved testing a representative sample of students in each country in 2007, the first time the tests had been administered since 2003. The results included fourth-grade scores from 36 countries and eighth-grade scores from 48 countries. The tests cover subjects taught in all the participating countries, including algebra, chemistry, geometry and physics.
The study is directed by the International Study Center at Boston College.
Asia’s continuing dominance in math and science, first demonstrated in the 1990s, was especially apparent in the latest results, which showed rising percentages of high-scoring students there.
Nearly half of eighth graders scored at the advanced level in math in Taiwan, Korea and Singapore, compared with 6 percent of American students.
Comparing educational performance in the United States, a diverse country of 300 million people with 50 state educational systems, with city-states like Singapore and Hong Kong, which have populations of 4.5 million and 6.9 million people, respectively, is a bit of apples and oranges.
Still, experts said the Timss study again confirmed the tremendous gains those societies had made in just a few decades.
“It was good to see that the United States has made some progress in math,” said Ina V. S. Mullis, co-director of the Boston College center, “but I was surprised by the magnitude of the gap between us and the highest performing Asian countries, and that should cause us some concern.”
Students in Massachusetts and Minnesota, which participated in a special study that attributed a score to the states as if they were individual countries, also demonstrated stellar achievement, outperforming classmates in all but a handful of countries.
In eighth-grade science, for instance, Massachusetts students, on average, scored higher than or equal to students in all countries but Singapore and Taiwan.
And in Minnesota, which has worked to improve its math curriculum, the proportion of fourth-grade students performing at the advanced level jumped from 9 percent in 1995 to 18 percent in 2007, a gain that was one of the world’s largest.
But on average, the results showed several Asian countries increasing their dominance.
In the fourth-grade math survey, scores in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, England and Latvia were higher than in the United States.
Average scores were equal to the United States in the Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany and Denmark. Scores in 23 other countries were significantly lower.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The price of our oil addiction
The story
Addiction exposes the deepest forms of physical and psychological dependency. It is typically considered a personal affliction or an individual failing. But the deadly solicitations of any addictive substance -- cocaine, alcohol, nicotine -- rely upon a social, economic, and political infrastructure.
The great behavioral scientist Gregory Bateson, who studied addiction at the Langley Porter Institute in San Francisco during the 1950s, drew an analogy between the addict and a runaway car precisely to highlight the "system of addiction."
He wrote: "The panic of the alcoholic who has hit bottom is the panic of the man who thought he had control over a vehicle but suddenly finds that the vehicle can run away with him. Suddenly, pressure on what he knows is the brake seems to make the vehicle go faster. It is the panic of discovering that it (the system, self plus vehicle) is bigger than he is. ... He has bankrupted the epistemology of 'self-control.'"
Here is the vidio of the story:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/10/what.matters.niger/index.html
Addiction exposes the deepest forms of physical and psychological dependency. It is typically considered a personal affliction or an individual failing. But the deadly solicitations of any addictive substance -- cocaine, alcohol, nicotine -- rely upon a social, economic, and political infrastructure.
The great behavioral scientist Gregory Bateson, who studied addiction at the Langley Porter Institute in San Francisco during the 1950s, drew an analogy between the addict and a runaway car precisely to highlight the "system of addiction."
He wrote: "The panic of the alcoholic who has hit bottom is the panic of the man who thought he had control over a vehicle but suddenly finds that the vehicle can run away with him. Suddenly, pressure on what he knows is the brake seems to make the vehicle go faster. It is the panic of discovering that it (the system, self plus vehicle) is bigger than he is. ... He has bankrupted the epistemology of 'self-control.'"
Here is the vidio of the story:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/10/what.matters.niger/index.html
Obama takes Shinseki for Cabinet, sources say
President-elect Barack Obama will nominate retired Gen. Eric Shinseki to be secretary of Veterans Affairs, two Democratic sources said Saturday.
Obama was expected to make the formal announcement Sunday -- Pearl Harbor Day -- at a news conference in Chicago. Veterans groups appeared to support the selection.
"I am excited. I don't know him personally but this is a huge move," said Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
For years, Shinseki, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, has been the patron saint of Pentagon critics who say the former Army chief's sage advice was ignored in 2003, resulting in too few U.S. troops being sent to Iraq after the invasion.
Shinseki testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in February 2003 that "something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers would be required" to pacify the country. The comment infuriated some Bush administration officials, and he retired just a few months later.
Shinseki has never spoken publicly about his testimony, which has often been cited by critics as evidence that then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ignored the advice of one of his key generals.
But as Army chief of staff, Shinseki was not in the chain of command, and played no direct role in drawing up the war plans.
Pentagon sources say that, in fact, Shinseki never advocated higher troop levels for Iraq, in part because it was not his job to
do so. And sources say that just before the invasion, when asked by then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Richard Myers if he agreed with the war plans, Shinseki voiced no objections.
Still, Rieckhoff said, "Shinseki is a guy who had a career putting patriotism above politics. He is a wounded veteran so he understands the plight of veterans."
He said Shinseki would have to make key connections with the veterans community, adding, "This is a big name and it shows that he (Obama) is not going to treat the Veterans Affairs secretary as a low priority."
John Rowan, president of Vietnam Veterans of America, called the reported pick an "interesting choice."
"I am satisfied with it," Rowan told CNN on Saturday, adding that the choice seems to be in the Obama transition team's pattern of "bringing in strong personalities into all the positions who aren't going to 'yes' him to death."
"When Shinseki had his disagreements with the administration, he wasn't afraid to speak up," Rowan said.
Veterans for Common Sense also weighed in, issuing a statement "strongly" supporting Shinseki.
"In February 2003, General Shinseki honestly and correctly assessed our nation's military needs before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003," the statement said. "This same level of candor and honesty will serve President-elect Obama well so he can quickly and accurately identify VA's many challenges and then implement responsible solutions that take into consideration our veterans' needs and concerns."
Like Obama, Shinseki was born in Hawaii. He was the first Asian-American to reach the top spot in the U.S. Army.
When a gallery to honor Shinseki was opened at the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii in 2006, Shinseki was humble while addressing the audience.
"I asked my Grandma Shinseki what I should say before I came here," he said at the time. "She told me, 'tell them you come from a good family ... and tell them you're a good American soldier.' "
Before he took over the Army's top post in November 1998, Shinseki spent his career with U.S. armored forces.
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He served two combat tours in Vietnam and commanded the Army's 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.
He also served as commander of Army forces in Europe and as chief of NATO's SFOR peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Obama was expected to make the formal announcement Sunday -- Pearl Harbor Day -- at a news conference in Chicago. Veterans groups appeared to support the selection.
"I am excited. I don't know him personally but this is a huge move," said Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
For years, Shinseki, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, has been the patron saint of Pentagon critics who say the former Army chief's sage advice was ignored in 2003, resulting in too few U.S. troops being sent to Iraq after the invasion.
Shinseki testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in February 2003 that "something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers would be required" to pacify the country. The comment infuriated some Bush administration officials, and he retired just a few months later.
Shinseki has never spoken publicly about his testimony, which has often been cited by critics as evidence that then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ignored the advice of one of his key generals.
But as Army chief of staff, Shinseki was not in the chain of command, and played no direct role in drawing up the war plans.
Pentagon sources say that, in fact, Shinseki never advocated higher troop levels for Iraq, in part because it was not his job to
do so. And sources say that just before the invasion, when asked by then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Richard Myers if he agreed with the war plans, Shinseki voiced no objections.
Still, Rieckhoff said, "Shinseki is a guy who had a career putting patriotism above politics. He is a wounded veteran so he understands the plight of veterans."
He said Shinseki would have to make key connections with the veterans community, adding, "This is a big name and it shows that he (Obama) is not going to treat the Veterans Affairs secretary as a low priority."
John Rowan, president of Vietnam Veterans of America, called the reported pick an "interesting choice."
"I am satisfied with it," Rowan told CNN on Saturday, adding that the choice seems to be in the Obama transition team's pattern of "bringing in strong personalities into all the positions who aren't going to 'yes' him to death."
"When Shinseki had his disagreements with the administration, he wasn't afraid to speak up," Rowan said.
Veterans for Common Sense also weighed in, issuing a statement "strongly" supporting Shinseki.
"In February 2003, General Shinseki honestly and correctly assessed our nation's military needs before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003," the statement said. "This same level of candor and honesty will serve President-elect Obama well so he can quickly and accurately identify VA's many challenges and then implement responsible solutions that take into consideration our veterans' needs and concerns."
Like Obama, Shinseki was born in Hawaii. He was the first Asian-American to reach the top spot in the U.S. Army.
When a gallery to honor Shinseki was opened at the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii in 2006, Shinseki was humble while addressing the audience.
"I asked my Grandma Shinseki what I should say before I came here," he said at the time. "She told me, 'tell them you come from a good family ... and tell them you're a good American soldier.' "
Before he took over the Army's top post in November 1998, Shinseki spent his career with U.S. armored forces.
advertisement
He served two combat tours in Vietnam and commanded the Army's 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.
He also served as commander of Army forces in Europe and as chief of NATO's SFOR peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Kenya PM calls for troops to 'dislodge' Zimbabwe's president
The prime minister of Kenya Sunday called for troops to "dislodge" Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as the country's humanitarian crisis worsens.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the international community must "respond to the call of the African people, and must help end the murderous reign of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe."
The United Nations has said more than half of Zimbabwe's population is in dire need of food and clean water.
The country is suffering from a cholera outbreak that has killed close to 600 people since August.
"The crisis in Zimbabwe has now reached a point where further lack of action by the African Union and the international community will constitute nothing less than a crime against humanity," said Odinga, a long-time critic of Mugabe.
The African Union "must formulate a resolution to send African Union troops into Zimbabwe," he said. "If no troops are available, then the AU must allow the U.N. to send its forces into Zimbabwe with immediate effect, to take over control of the country and ensure urgent humanitarian assistance to the people dying of cholera and starvation."
If Zimbabwe's president does not cooperate, Odinga said, international troops should "dislodge Mugabe from power."
Cholera, a water-borne disease, is on the increase in nine of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It blamed "poor water and sanitation supply, a collapsed health system and limited government capacity to respond to the emergency."
Many of those afflicted with the disease have fled to neighboring countries to seek medical health -- which risks spreading the outbreak still further.
Last week UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown branded the crisis "an international emergency."
Brown called on the international community to tell the 84-year-old Mugabe "enough is enough," and suggested that the U.N. Security Council meet to discuss the issue. He said the most pressing issue was to ensure that testing and rehydration equipment and packs reach the right people, as well as for aid agencies to set up a organizational structure in the capital Harare to confront the disease.
"The people of Zimbabwe voted for a better future. It is our duty to support that aspiration," Brown added.
Brown's comments came one day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the outbreak is the latest sign that Mugabe's rule over the country must end.
"It's well past time for Robert Mugabe to leave. I think that's now obvious," Rice said during a visit to Denmark.
Washington has long called for Mugabe to leave office, with President Bush calling Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election in June a "sham" and instructing Rice and other U.S. officials to develop additional sanctions against Mugabe's "illegitimate government."
"The United States will always do anything and everything that it can to help innocent people who are suffering," Rice said. "And we are not going to deny assistance to people in need because of their government. But if this is not evidence to the international community that it's time to stand up for what is right, I don't know what will be. And frankly, the nations of the region have to lead it."
The country, once a breadbasket of Africa, is also in the midst of an economic crisis, with its official rate of inflation at 231 million percent -- the world's highest.
Zimbabwe has had no Cabinet since the March presidential election. Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party has held on-again, off-again talks with the opposition led by Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai is Zimbabwe's prime minister under a power-sharing agreement negotiated by former South African President Thabo Mbeki.
Kenya's Odinga is himself a former opposition leader who came to office as part of a power-sharing agreement negotiated by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Critics of Mugabe link hyperinflation to his policies on land distribution and unbudgeted payments to people who call themselves "war veterans," who have forcibly occupied white-owned farms.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the international community must "respond to the call of the African people, and must help end the murderous reign of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe."
The United Nations has said more than half of Zimbabwe's population is in dire need of food and clean water.
The country is suffering from a cholera outbreak that has killed close to 600 people since August.
"The crisis in Zimbabwe has now reached a point where further lack of action by the African Union and the international community will constitute nothing less than a crime against humanity," said Odinga, a long-time critic of Mugabe.
The African Union "must formulate a resolution to send African Union troops into Zimbabwe," he said. "If no troops are available, then the AU must allow the U.N. to send its forces into Zimbabwe with immediate effect, to take over control of the country and ensure urgent humanitarian assistance to the people dying of cholera and starvation."
If Zimbabwe's president does not cooperate, Odinga said, international troops should "dislodge Mugabe from power."
Cholera, a water-borne disease, is on the increase in nine of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It blamed "poor water and sanitation supply, a collapsed health system and limited government capacity to respond to the emergency."
Many of those afflicted with the disease have fled to neighboring countries to seek medical health -- which risks spreading the outbreak still further.
Last week UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown branded the crisis "an international emergency."
Brown called on the international community to tell the 84-year-old Mugabe "enough is enough," and suggested that the U.N. Security Council meet to discuss the issue. He said the most pressing issue was to ensure that testing and rehydration equipment and packs reach the right people, as well as for aid agencies to set up a organizational structure in the capital Harare to confront the disease.
"The people of Zimbabwe voted for a better future. It is our duty to support that aspiration," Brown added.
Brown's comments came one day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the outbreak is the latest sign that Mugabe's rule over the country must end.
"It's well past time for Robert Mugabe to leave. I think that's now obvious," Rice said during a visit to Denmark.
Washington has long called for Mugabe to leave office, with President Bush calling Zimbabwe's runoff presidential election in June a "sham" and instructing Rice and other U.S. officials to develop additional sanctions against Mugabe's "illegitimate government."
"The United States will always do anything and everything that it can to help innocent people who are suffering," Rice said. "And we are not going to deny assistance to people in need because of their government. But if this is not evidence to the international community that it's time to stand up for what is right, I don't know what will be. And frankly, the nations of the region have to lead it."
The country, once a breadbasket of Africa, is also in the midst of an economic crisis, with its official rate of inflation at 231 million percent -- the world's highest.
Zimbabwe has had no Cabinet since the March presidential election. Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party has held on-again, off-again talks with the opposition led by Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai is Zimbabwe's prime minister under a power-sharing agreement negotiated by former South African President Thabo Mbeki.
Kenya's Odinga is himself a former opposition leader who came to office as part of a power-sharing agreement negotiated by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Critics of Mugabe link hyperinflation to his policies on land distribution and unbudgeted payments to people who call themselves "war veterans," who have forcibly occupied white-owned farms.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
The paper tower
Last Tuesday We did a paper tower that everyone need to so there own paper tower who ever tower can lift 50gram and the paper tower it's most tall it wins.
And we did a paper tower the group is me cherine and sandra and jazzy.
I think i am a Active Learner. Because I keep thinking how to make the paper tower taller and it can take 50 gram I keep thinking and while I am working I respect everyone in my group so we did a good job and we get No.3.
And i think i am also a Person of high character. because I was helping and I was thinking how to made the paper tower the best and how to make it good and I respect each other and finily we are done.
I love this paper tower game and I hope it will have it again.
And we did a paper tower the group is me cherine and sandra and jazzy.
I think i am a Active Learner. Because I keep thinking how to make the paper tower taller and it can take 50 gram I keep thinking and while I am working I respect everyone in my group so we did a good job and we get No.3.
And i think i am also a Person of high character. because I was helping and I was thinking how to made the paper tower the best and how to make it good and I respect each other and finily we are done.
I love this paper tower game and I hope it will have it again.
The story about the cat and the mouse
My story is The cat and the mouse.
The kitty and the micky are cute,smart and cool.The cat has lot's of colour and also the colour not only one they have a lot and so cute and there face look like a toy and a kid so cute and they always smile to us I love cat's and the mouse is cute too.The mouse has a so special sound and there run like a cat and they always take tinny chese and run quickly to here small house. The cat always runs and catches the mouse. They go to the same school, and they are in the same class. When they have some work to do , the teacher always lets the mouse and the cat stay in the same group or stay together. The teacher hopes that one day they can be friends, because they always fight.After that there's a new student called rebeca and rebeca really like the mouse and the cat they always play together and the teacher was happy but the kitty and the micky are not friends. and rebeca was so annoying with this so rebeca think she needs to fix this problem so rebeca tell the teacher and rebeca change group to the kitty and micky's group so they there are n the same group and rebeca and the teacher ivy they think an idea is to say who ever win's have chese and milk because mouse like chse and cat love milk so they want to eat btu teacher says if you don't finish the project or don't win you can't have it so rebec say's lot's of thing to the mouse and the cat and because the cat and the mouse really want to eat so they thinj they really needs to be friends and to work together so everyone can have the foods and its also not hard to be friends so they think they need to be friend and rebeca was so happy also the teacher ivy is happy to see them be friends and Ivy thinks this is a good idea she will use that idea if they are have a prolem like this next time.The first few days, they keep fighting and not doing the work on time. They are not doing the work, helping each other or listening to the teacher. They do what they want to do and do not help each other. After a few days, they start helping each other and working together. They know how to respect each other. If you don't work with your group then you won't win. They become really good friends and learn a lot! After that, their group wins and the teacher is happy to see that.
The kitty and the micky are cute,smart and cool.The cat has lot's of colour and also the colour not only one they have a lot and so cute and there face look like a toy and a kid so cute and they always smile to us I love cat's and the mouse is cute too.The mouse has a so special sound and there run like a cat and they always take tinny chese and run quickly to here small house. The cat always runs and catches the mouse. They go to the same school, and they are in the same class. When they have some work to do , the teacher always lets the mouse and the cat stay in the same group or stay together. The teacher hopes that one day they can be friends, because they always fight.After that there's a new student called rebeca and rebeca really like the mouse and the cat they always play together and the teacher was happy but the kitty and the micky are not friends. and rebeca was so annoying with this so rebeca think she needs to fix this problem so rebeca tell the teacher and rebeca change group to the kitty and micky's group so they there are n the same group and rebeca and the teacher ivy they think an idea is to say who ever win's have chese and milk because mouse like chse and cat love milk so they want to eat btu teacher says if you don't finish the project or don't win you can't have it so rebec say's lot's of thing to the mouse and the cat and because the cat and the mouse really want to eat so they thinj they really needs to be friends and to work together so everyone can have the foods and its also not hard to be friends so they think they need to be friend and rebeca was so happy also the teacher ivy is happy to see them be friends and Ivy thinks this is a good idea she will use that idea if they are have a prolem like this next time.The first few days, they keep fighting and not doing the work on time. They are not doing the work, helping each other or listening to the teacher. They do what they want to do and do not help each other. After a few days, they start helping each other and working together. They know how to respect each other. If you don't work with your group then you won't win. They become really good friends and learn a lot! After that, their group wins and the teacher is happy to see that.
Thai cabinet in emergency meeting
Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has been meeting members of his cabinet to discuss the intensifying political crisis.
Mr Somchai is holding the session in the city of Chiang Mai, after he was prevented by airport protests from returning to Bangkok following a trip.
Protesters have now shut down all civilian air traffic into the capital.
Reports say Bangkok is awash with rumours of an impending military coup after months of political stand-off.
On Wednesday Mr Somchai rejected a call by army leader Gen Anupong Paochinda for new elections to end the political deadlock.
The prime minister says his government is legitimate and that he will continue to work for the country.
But the government has been reluctant to confront protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), who are demanding not only the overthrow of the current government but an overhaul of Thailand's entire political system.
Mr Somchai is holding the session in the city of Chiang Mai, after he was prevented by airport protests from returning to Bangkok following a trip.
Protesters have now shut down all civilian air traffic into the capital.
Reports say Bangkok is awash with rumours of an impending military coup after months of political stand-off.
On Wednesday Mr Somchai rejected a call by army leader Gen Anupong Paochinda for new elections to end the political deadlock.
The prime minister says his government is legitimate and that he will continue to work for the country.
But the government has been reluctant to confront protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), who are demanding not only the overthrow of the current government but an overhaul of Thailand's entire political system.
Fresh blasts rock Mumbai hotels as death toll climbs
Fresh explosions have rocked Mumbai hotels as Indian police battle to release hostages the day after gunmen carried out attacks across the city, killing more than 100 people.
A standoff continued at the Oberoi Hotel, where about 100 members of a specialized unit of the Indian police undertook an operation to rescue four to five foreigners hostage on the 19th floor.
CNN producer Phil O'Sullivan reported a "very loud explosion came from right deep in the hotel."
At the nearby Taj Mahal hotel, CNN's Sara Sidner reported another blast had rocked the building. Police there said they had rescued most of the hostages and evacuated dozens of guests.
As concerned family members stood outside, medics took stretchers into the hotel and brought out bodies covered in white sheets. Police were going floor to floor to flush out gunmen. About five of them were believed to be holed up in the Taj; another three in Oberoi, Maharashtra state officials said.
The death toll from the series of coordinated attacks was at 101, including at least six foreigners, by Thursday afternoon authorities said. The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed one of its citizens had been killed. The nationalities of the others was still being checked.
Another 314 people were wounded in the attacks, including seven British and two Australian citizens.
I am sad to here that.I hope they can be better soon.
A standoff continued at the Oberoi Hotel, where about 100 members of a specialized unit of the Indian police undertook an operation to rescue four to five foreigners hostage on the 19th floor.
CNN producer Phil O'Sullivan reported a "very loud explosion came from right deep in the hotel."
At the nearby Taj Mahal hotel, CNN's Sara Sidner reported another blast had rocked the building. Police there said they had rescued most of the hostages and evacuated dozens of guests.
As concerned family members stood outside, medics took stretchers into the hotel and brought out bodies covered in white sheets. Police were going floor to floor to flush out gunmen. About five of them were believed to be holed up in the Taj; another three in Oberoi, Maharashtra state officials said.
The death toll from the series of coordinated attacks was at 101, including at least six foreigners, by Thursday afternoon authorities said. The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed one of its citizens had been killed. The nationalities of the others was still being checked.
Another 314 people were wounded in the attacks, including seven British and two Australian citizens.
I am sad to here that.I hope they can be better soon.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Student Outcomes
I think im a Active learner because when i have question or somthing i don't know or i don't understand i always ask everyone or teacher
And think im a community contributor too, because I always do community service and im very happy to do that.
And im a personal high character, because I respect classmates and teacher, and also i always say hi and always being a good student.
And think im a community contributor too, because I always do community service and im very happy to do that.
And im a personal high character, because I respect classmates and teacher, and also i always say hi and always being a good student.
US shares up on 'Treasury choice'
US shares have risen sharply, following a report that US President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his treasury secretary, reassuring investors.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 494 points or 6.5% to end at 8,046.66. The Standard & Poor's 500 climbed 6.3%.
The NBC television network reported the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Timothy Geithner, would be nominated as treasury secretary.
Mr Obama is expected to announce his economic team on Monday.
The NBC report was welcomed by investors in what has been yet another volatile week of trading amid ongoing fears over the scale of the economic contraction.
"It is a bit of good news in that it takes the uncertainty out," said Joe Saluzzi, co-manager of trading at Themis Trading.
Mr Geithner has worked closely with outgoing Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in addressing the credit crisis and finding ways to boost the economy.
The 47-year-old played a crucial role in talks with Lehman Brothers before the investment bank went bankrupt.
He was also instrumental in the deals involving insurer AIG and JP Morgan, another bank.
The NBC report was enough to counter concerns over the finance sector and in particular the future over banking giant Citigroup, which saw its shares plummet 20% as board members met.
Rising commodity prices helped boost mining and energy firms.
Aluminium company Alcoa added 23% while Exxon climbed 10%, after the price of oil recovered from its lowest level in more than three years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 494 points or 6.5% to end at 8,046.66. The Standard & Poor's 500 climbed 6.3%.
The NBC television network reported the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Timothy Geithner, would be nominated as treasury secretary.
Mr Obama is expected to announce his economic team on Monday.
The NBC report was welcomed by investors in what has been yet another volatile week of trading amid ongoing fears over the scale of the economic contraction.
"It is a bit of good news in that it takes the uncertainty out," said Joe Saluzzi, co-manager of trading at Themis Trading.
Mr Geithner has worked closely with outgoing Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in addressing the credit crisis and finding ways to boost the economy.
The 47-year-old played a crucial role in talks with Lehman Brothers before the investment bank went bankrupt.
He was also instrumental in the deals involving insurer AIG and JP Morgan, another bank.
The NBC report was enough to counter concerns over the finance sector and in particular the future over banking giant Citigroup, which saw its shares plummet 20% as board members met.
Rising commodity prices helped boost mining and energy firms.
Aluminium company Alcoa added 23% while Exxon climbed 10%, after the price of oil recovered from its lowest level in more than three years.
Apec leaders make free-trade vow
Leaders from Asia-Pacific countries have pledged not to respond to the global financial crisis by raising trade barriers over the next year.
In a statement issued at an Apec summit in Peru, they said protectionism would only worsen a difficult situation.
US President George W Bush urged Apec countries, which account for half the world's economic activity, to rely on free markets to resolve the crisis.
The meeting is Mr Bush's last scheduled foreign trip as US president.
The statement was issued at the half-way point of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit.
"There is a risk that slower world economic growth could lead to calls for protectionist measures which would only exacerbate the current economic situation," the Apec leaders said in their joint statement.
It endorses the declaration made at a summit of the Group of 20 rich nations and major developing countries in Washington last weekend.
"We strongly support the Washington Declaration and will refrain within the next 12 months from raising new barriers to investment or to trade in goods and services [and from] imposing new export restrictions," the statement said.
The leaders also said they would push to reach agreement next month on an outline agreement on the stalled Doha round of global free trade talks.
In a statement issued at an Apec summit in Peru, they said protectionism would only worsen a difficult situation.
US President George W Bush urged Apec countries, which account for half the world's economic activity, to rely on free markets to resolve the crisis.
The meeting is Mr Bush's last scheduled foreign trip as US president.
The statement was issued at the half-way point of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit.
"There is a risk that slower world economic growth could lead to calls for protectionist measures which would only exacerbate the current economic situation," the Apec leaders said in their joint statement.
It endorses the declaration made at a summit of the Group of 20 rich nations and major developing countries in Washington last weekend.
"We strongly support the Washington Declaration and will refrain within the next 12 months from raising new barriers to investment or to trade in goods and services [and from] imposing new export restrictions," the statement said.
The leaders also said they would push to reach agreement next month on an outline agreement on the stalled Doha round of global free trade talks.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Time Management Tips
There are 5 tips also help you to learn more:
1.To do more work in free time or read books.
2.To do more search in free time or search in internet dictionary or a book
3.To do more practice in the subject you don't really know.
4.To do more review or preview in the work you did.
5.Think and remember what you learn and do it again.
The website that I found the answer:
http://www.studygs.net/timman.htm
1.To do more work in free time or read books.
2.To do more search in free time or search in internet dictionary or a book
3.To do more practice in the subject you don't really know.
4.To do more review or preview in the work you did.
5.Think and remember what you learn and do it again.
The website that I found the answer:
http://www.studygs.net/timman.htm
Important things to set up your Goals
I think the most important things that help us is:
1. Is to consider the importance of your goals.
2. Consider the amount of time each goal will take.
3. Consider the time you have to spend.
4. Consider the flexibility of your goals.
5. Consider the long term impact.
The website that i found the tips:
http://www.studygs.net/schedule/goals.htm
http://empowersu.com/articles/motivational/setting-priorities.html
1. Is to consider the importance of your goals.
2. Consider the amount of time each goal will take.
3. Consider the time you have to spend.
4. Consider the flexibility of your goals.
5. Consider the long term impact.
The website that i found the tips:
http://www.studygs.net/schedule/goals.htm
http://empowersu.com/articles/motivational/setting-priorities.html
Monday, November 10, 2008
Planing the next 5 day's
What I want to do in next 5 day's is to Do some reading and researching internet of finding things in lots of place or search in my dictionary in my free time and I also will Do some worksheet or do more practice in the subject That I don't really understand and I also will Review and Preview What I learned in my free time I will spend my free time to do more learning next 5 day's.
Green Obama Dreams: Environment Bloggers Weigh in on The Historic Day
Kenyan blogger Juliana Rotich is the editor of Green Global Voices, which monitors citizen media in the developing world, and is a regular contributor to this page. Thomson Reuters is not responsible for the content - the views are the author’s alone.
Tim Hurst of Ecopoliticology blog posts an entertaining video titled ‘5 Green Obama Dreams’. The video mentions his posts on high resolution energy resource maps and the solar powered lawnmower.
On the DotEarth blog, Andrew Revkin muses on the significance of Obama’s election, writing…
President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the most important leader of a species that has exploded in just six generations from a total population of 1 billion (around 1830) to a point today when teenagers alone number 1 billion, a species that is on a path toward more or less 9 billion people by mid-century. In numbers, think roughly of adding two Chinas on top of the one that exists today. Expectations that he will exert planet-scale leadership are high, as indicated in this letter from Nelson Mandela to the next president.
He is compiling a list of 10 best proposals to send to Obama’s transition team. The proposals will be ranked by readers of his blog.
On the China Dialogue blog, a reprint of President-elect Obama’s speech in 2007 is posted, reflecting on what Obama’s presidency would mean for the environment.
In a policy address delivered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in October 2007 – shortly after George W Bush hosted a Washington conference on energy security and climate change — Obama set out his plan. It included a strong focus on energy efficiency and the use of a “cap-and-trade” system. Obama also emphasised his commitment to investing in clean technology, saying that new technology from the United States can help countries like China to fight climate change.
“[W]e will share our technology and our innovations with all the nations of the world,” Obama said. “If we can build a clean coal plant in America, China should be able to as well.”
La Marguerite suggests channelling the magic of community organizing seen in the Obama campaign, into tackling climate change.
Sarah Palin should not have mocked Barack Obama for being a community organizer. If anything, tonight’s results proved her wrong. Our new President has given new meaning, and strength to the concept of community organizing. And he has shown us what citizens can do, when given the means to organize towards a cause, that’s greater than themselves.
Tonight I am thinking of the thousands of Obama offices, volunteer networks, and fundraising organizations, along with the sophisticated Internet machine, and the organizing methodology, that went into getting Barack Obama elected. As the signs are coming down, the thank you emails go out, and the temporary offices go back to their original owners, I wonder, is that it? Will we go back to business as usual, each in our homes, going about our private lives?
Or will we use the skills learned during the Obama campaign to mount a national community effort, this time to address the threat of climate change? The last time I checked, we had less than ten years to get our act together. Citizens have a crucial role to play on the conservation end. As someone who has tried for the last year and a half, to curtail my consumerist and energy appetites, I can testify on the difficulty of accomplishing such changes at the individual level. Instead, we need to summon the power of community to help each other.
Omar Basawad of the Safari Notes blog says ‘Congratulations America!’
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.” So, said the next President of the US.
I, we, have no doubt any more about that. And I do, for the first time truly envy Americans for how you can rise and at what you can do. And how lucky and blessed you are, to have such a democratic system and such ideals! Truly, you are a great people. And that is the reason you will continue leading the World militarily, economically and technologically; and you have just proven too, that you are above the rest of the World, morally. And now you have sent such a great statement across the globe, which will cause ripples and shock waves for a long time to come.
Very hopefully, the ripples and shock waves - will be so powerful so as to bring too, the same kind of change that will, one day, allow our children too - to have such a kind of democracy working in our parts of the World; a democracy that is truly: true, enlightened and ideal.
Tracy Stokes in South Africa had tears of joy on hearing the news that Barack Obama is the next president of USA. She wrote…
I sprang out of bed this morning (very out of character for me) and rushed to the living room, grabbed the remote and had that TV on before you could say “election results”. Obama is the new president of the United States, Bush is on the way out. So here I am, miles and miles away from where it’s all happening, at the southern tip of Africa, a South African of European descent, and it moved me to tears. Why? Because from next January, the most powerful man in the world will no longer be a warmonger, bigot, and dare I say it, village idiot, but an intelligent, compassionate man who has brought to Americans the opportunity to join the rest of the world in working towards peace, upholding of human rights, and fighting climate change. So congratulations to the American people in choosing the right man for the job.
On the 350.org blog, Phil considers the signifance of Obama’s win particularly regarding climate change.
It’s up to us to make sure Senator Obama follows through with the vision of a world we desperately want that is now a little bit more within reach. Sending him to Poland is a needed first step towards rebuilding the world economy and solving climate change, tasks which will no doubt take years, if not decades, to accomplish.
At this historic turning point, it’s up to us to shed the yoke of history and move forward by joining with our new leaders and pushing for a bold new solution to these dual crises. The world is counting on us.
On the GreenPeace Making Waves blog, amid thanks, a reminder of the promises Barack Obama made regarding the environment is stated.
Thank you, Barack Obama, for giving all of us new hope for a changed America.
We’re non-partisan here at Greenpeace. We don’t have any permanent allies or enemies. We support policies, not politicians. We endorse deeds, not words. So even while a lot of us (in our personal capacity as human beings and not Greenpeace employees) are jumping up and down this morning with glee, we want to take a moment to remind you of the promises you made in your election campaign.
It’s delivering on these promises, or bettering them, that will be the true mark of your leadership. …
On ‘Its Getting Hot in Here’ blog, Teryn Norris writes of reinventing America.
Few moments in history feel this monumental. It’s the feeling of renewed hope and immense possibility.
Barack Obama has once again tapped America’s power of invention. It’s the same power that led us to invent the first modern democracy. To invent the systems and technologies that continue to drive human progress. To constantly reinvent ourselves in the face of insurmountable hardship and division.
Invention is our greatest power — the very heart of the American spirit. It’s what can renew our promise once again and make this century the next American century.
Teryn concludes the post with
Obama has rekindled the American spirit. Now he must lead this nation to fully reinvent itself and the world — to lead us in what will be the greatest American project.
Let’s get started.
From South Africa, The Urban sprout blog offers kudos to the the American public for electing Barack Obama.
…how often do we ask ourselves what difference the leaders of New Zealand, Denmark, Germany or Iceland, for instance, will make to us all? But you have to give credit where credit is due and kudos to the American public for electing Barack Obama!
But what can we expect from Obama’s environmental direction, and can he be held accountable to his campaign promises?
We end this post with a quote from the Urban sprout blog.
Obama’s administration has 4 years to turn these visionary promises into something tangible, and that’s the real challenge - but right now, there’s plenty to be optimistic about.
Tim Hurst of Ecopoliticology blog posts an entertaining video titled ‘5 Green Obama Dreams’. The video mentions his posts on high resolution energy resource maps and the solar powered lawnmower.
On the DotEarth blog, Andrew Revkin muses on the significance of Obama’s election, writing…
President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the most important leader of a species that has exploded in just six generations from a total population of 1 billion (around 1830) to a point today when teenagers alone number 1 billion, a species that is on a path toward more or less 9 billion people by mid-century. In numbers, think roughly of adding two Chinas on top of the one that exists today. Expectations that he will exert planet-scale leadership are high, as indicated in this letter from Nelson Mandela to the next president.
He is compiling a list of 10 best proposals to send to Obama’s transition team. The proposals will be ranked by readers of his blog.
On the China Dialogue blog, a reprint of President-elect Obama’s speech in 2007 is posted, reflecting on what Obama’s presidency would mean for the environment.
In a policy address delivered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in October 2007 – shortly after George W Bush hosted a Washington conference on energy security and climate change — Obama set out his plan. It included a strong focus on energy efficiency and the use of a “cap-and-trade” system. Obama also emphasised his commitment to investing in clean technology, saying that new technology from the United States can help countries like China to fight climate change.
“[W]e will share our technology and our innovations with all the nations of the world,” Obama said. “If we can build a clean coal plant in America, China should be able to as well.”
La Marguerite suggests channelling the magic of community organizing seen in the Obama campaign, into tackling climate change.
Sarah Palin should not have mocked Barack Obama for being a community organizer. If anything, tonight’s results proved her wrong. Our new President has given new meaning, and strength to the concept of community organizing. And he has shown us what citizens can do, when given the means to organize towards a cause, that’s greater than themselves.
Tonight I am thinking of the thousands of Obama offices, volunteer networks, and fundraising organizations, along with the sophisticated Internet machine, and the organizing methodology, that went into getting Barack Obama elected. As the signs are coming down, the thank you emails go out, and the temporary offices go back to their original owners, I wonder, is that it? Will we go back to business as usual, each in our homes, going about our private lives?
Or will we use the skills learned during the Obama campaign to mount a national community effort, this time to address the threat of climate change? The last time I checked, we had less than ten years to get our act together. Citizens have a crucial role to play on the conservation end. As someone who has tried for the last year and a half, to curtail my consumerist and energy appetites, I can testify on the difficulty of accomplishing such changes at the individual level. Instead, we need to summon the power of community to help each other.
Omar Basawad of the Safari Notes blog says ‘Congratulations America!’
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.” So, said the next President of the US.
I, we, have no doubt any more about that. And I do, for the first time truly envy Americans for how you can rise and at what you can do. And how lucky and blessed you are, to have such a democratic system and such ideals! Truly, you are a great people. And that is the reason you will continue leading the World militarily, economically and technologically; and you have just proven too, that you are above the rest of the World, morally. And now you have sent such a great statement across the globe, which will cause ripples and shock waves for a long time to come.
Very hopefully, the ripples and shock waves - will be so powerful so as to bring too, the same kind of change that will, one day, allow our children too - to have such a kind of democracy working in our parts of the World; a democracy that is truly: true, enlightened and ideal.
Tracy Stokes in South Africa had tears of joy on hearing the news that Barack Obama is the next president of USA. She wrote…
I sprang out of bed this morning (very out of character for me) and rushed to the living room, grabbed the remote and had that TV on before you could say “election results”. Obama is the new president of the United States, Bush is on the way out. So here I am, miles and miles away from where it’s all happening, at the southern tip of Africa, a South African of European descent, and it moved me to tears. Why? Because from next January, the most powerful man in the world will no longer be a warmonger, bigot, and dare I say it, village idiot, but an intelligent, compassionate man who has brought to Americans the opportunity to join the rest of the world in working towards peace, upholding of human rights, and fighting climate change. So congratulations to the American people in choosing the right man for the job.
On the 350.org blog, Phil considers the signifance of Obama’s win particularly regarding climate change.
It’s up to us to make sure Senator Obama follows through with the vision of a world we desperately want that is now a little bit more within reach. Sending him to Poland is a needed first step towards rebuilding the world economy and solving climate change, tasks which will no doubt take years, if not decades, to accomplish.
At this historic turning point, it’s up to us to shed the yoke of history and move forward by joining with our new leaders and pushing for a bold new solution to these dual crises. The world is counting on us.
On the GreenPeace Making Waves blog, amid thanks, a reminder of the promises Barack Obama made regarding the environment is stated.
Thank you, Barack Obama, for giving all of us new hope for a changed America.
We’re non-partisan here at Greenpeace. We don’t have any permanent allies or enemies. We support policies, not politicians. We endorse deeds, not words. So even while a lot of us (in our personal capacity as human beings and not Greenpeace employees) are jumping up and down this morning with glee, we want to take a moment to remind you of the promises you made in your election campaign.
It’s delivering on these promises, or bettering them, that will be the true mark of your leadership. …
On ‘Its Getting Hot in Here’ blog, Teryn Norris writes of reinventing America.
Few moments in history feel this monumental. It’s the feeling of renewed hope and immense possibility.
Barack Obama has once again tapped America’s power of invention. It’s the same power that led us to invent the first modern democracy. To invent the systems and technologies that continue to drive human progress. To constantly reinvent ourselves in the face of insurmountable hardship and division.
Invention is our greatest power — the very heart of the American spirit. It’s what can renew our promise once again and make this century the next American century.
Teryn concludes the post with
Obama has rekindled the American spirit. Now he must lead this nation to fully reinvent itself and the world — to lead us in what will be the greatest American project.
Let’s get started.
From South Africa, The Urban sprout blog offers kudos to the the American public for electing Barack Obama.
…how often do we ask ourselves what difference the leaders of New Zealand, Denmark, Germany or Iceland, for instance, will make to us all? But you have to give credit where credit is due and kudos to the American public for electing Barack Obama!
But what can we expect from Obama’s environmental direction, and can he be held accountable to his campaign promises?
We end this post with a quote from the Urban sprout blog.
Obama’s administration has 4 years to turn these visionary promises into something tangible, and that’s the real challenge - but right now, there’s plenty to be optimistic about.
Life
1.What matters most to you? What is most important? What are your values?
My most important thing is my family and my friend because they make me happy and I like to stay with them. My values is I think Respect is very important because when you want to make friend to other’s you need to know respect other’s is a very important thing.
2.What kind of person you want to be?
I want to be a kind and a nice person and I want to always help everyone and being a high Character and being a good person.
3.What contributions do you want to make in life?
I want to be a really helpful person and give love give a real love to everyone I want to make everyone know’s they all have a big good family and that family is all of us. If everyone have love and the world will become a big family.
What roles do you have?
A Student. A Daughter A grand daughter.A sister A friend.
5.What do your values look like in your life in your different roles?
Student &Respect: is need to do on respect to teacher and your learning and your homework.I will do my homework on time.
Daughter&Respect: is need to being a good daughter and need to help mother and your father and perents.I will take care of my self and I won’t let my mother and my father to tke care me.
Grand daughter&Respect: is also need to being a good grand daughter need to take care your grand mother and your grand father.I will make my grand father and mother happy and I won’t let them be sad.
Sister&Takecare-Kind is to take care your small sister and if your the small sister you need to be respectful to your big sister. I will take care sister and being a good high Character.
Friend&Trust: is to respect each other and to help each other and to help your friend when they need to need help and when they are feeling sad the first person in her(he) beside is you a d friend is also need to trust each other.A friend is a really friend.I will let my friend know that I can let them trust and I will be a good friend.
6.At my all life I want to all focus on respect because I want to respect to everyone and to being a high Character and to being a respectful people.
7. If I need to do my goal I need to remember what I say and I need to do my best to finish and also to do the goal.
This is all what I want to do in my life just to be a kind person and to be a helpful person.
My most important thing is my family and my friend because they make me happy and I like to stay with them. My values is I think Respect is very important because when you want to make friend to other’s you need to know respect other’s is a very important thing.
2.What kind of person you want to be?
I want to be a kind and a nice person and I want to always help everyone and being a high Character and being a good person.
3.What contributions do you want to make in life?
I want to be a really helpful person and give love give a real love to everyone I want to make everyone know’s they all have a big good family and that family is all of us. If everyone have love and the world will become a big family.
What roles do you have?
A Student. A Daughter A grand daughter.A sister A friend.
5.What do your values look like in your life in your different roles?
Student &Respect: is need to do on respect to teacher and your learning and your homework.I will do my homework on time.
Daughter&Respect: is need to being a good daughter and need to help mother and your father and perents.I will take care of my self and I won’t let my mother and my father to tke care me.
Grand daughter&Respect: is also need to being a good grand daughter need to take care your grand mother and your grand father.I will make my grand father and mother happy and I won’t let them be sad.
Sister&Takecare-Kind is to take care your small sister and if your the small sister you need to be respectful to your big sister. I will take care sister and being a good high Character.
Friend&Trust: is to respect each other and to help each other and to help your friend when they need to need help and when they are feeling sad the first person in her(he) beside is you a d friend is also need to trust each other.A friend is a really friend.I will let my friend know that I can let them trust and I will be a good friend.
6.At my all life I want to all focus on respect because I want to respect to everyone and to being a high Character and to being a respectful people.
7. If I need to do my goal I need to remember what I say and I need to do my best to finish and also to do the goal.
This is all what I want to do in my life just to be a kind person and to be a helpful person.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Organization
You are to write a three part blog post by interviewing at least 2 students and 2 adults to:
1.
1)Ask them to explain the benefits of being more organized.
2.
2)Ask them to explain what prevents people from being organized.
3.
3)Create your own “top 5 list” of how to be more organized. In other words, what actions do people need to take to be more organized.
1(Serena):I think that the benefits are that we can hand in work on time, workfaster, and efficiently..
2(serena).Some prevents include: The things you wonder about in minds, your problems, worries, TV shows that you would like to see after homework, and the games you loved to play.
1(Lian)think that organizing makes everything easy to access and make everything a whole lot easier. It allows people to find things easier and to save time for more important things!
2(Lian)Some prevents include: The things you wonder about in minds, your problems, worries, TV shows that you would like to see after homework, and the games you loved to play.
1(Mom dad)Do things more faster and do it clearer.
2(Mom dad)When something make you don't do homework or don't let you do work like TV or something you do in break time.
5 tips:
1.Set a table for what time you do your homework and what time you do in break time.
2.Do your homework on time and when you finish your homework then do other thing els
3.make sure you finish what you should need to do then do something els.
4.Use notes to take note then you will remember what you will need to do.
5.Don't think anything els when your doing you should do the things.
1.
1)Ask them to explain the benefits of being more organized.
2.
2)Ask them to explain what prevents people from being organized.
3.
3)Create your own “top 5 list” of how to be more organized. In other words, what actions do people need to take to be more organized.
1(Serena):I think that the benefits are that we can hand in work on time, workfaster, and efficiently..
2(serena).Some prevents include: The things you wonder about in minds, your problems, worries, TV shows that you would like to see after homework, and the games you loved to play.
1(Lian)think that organizing makes everything easy to access and make everything a whole lot easier. It allows people to find things easier and to save time for more important things!
2(Lian)Some prevents include: The things you wonder about in minds, your problems, worries, TV shows that you would like to see after homework, and the games you loved to play.
1(Mom dad)Do things more faster and do it clearer.
2(Mom dad)When something make you don't do homework or don't let you do work like TV or something you do in break time.
5 tips:
1.Set a table for what time you do your homework and what time you do in break time.
2.Do your homework on time and when you finish your homework then do other thing els
3.make sure you finish what you should need to do then do something els.
4.Use notes to take note then you will remember what you will need to do.
5.Don't think anything els when your doing you should do the things.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
How to cite my sources?
When I find a thing or a word I always go to the website to the searching page to search the words or I will go to the dictionary and find the thing or a word and also I can find the answer in the book and I will take note some importent notes and I will remember it and write down about it.
These is some website when i don't know something an i search:
www.igoogle.com
http://www.wikipedia.org/
I always find things in these website
These is some website when i don't know something an i search:
www.igoogle.com
http://www.wikipedia.org/
I always find things in these website
What note taking technique skills will help me?
Well I think plagiarize means That thing explanation is not in your own words you did copy and paste and you still someothers words to use and not in your own words.
And I think my technique is to search the website and to search the words and I always read 2 times and I just think it by myself or I find it in the book or a dictionary but not copy and paste.And I will also take the importent notes from it.And this is my idea.
And I think my technique is to search the website and to search the words and I always read 2 times and I just think it by myself or I find it in the book or a dictionary but not copy and paste.And I will also take the importent notes from it.And this is my idea.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
What did I learn from other's?
When I have a look of the others blog and when I give comments.....
I learn about that there's many ways of learning.I learned that there's many level of thinking. Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.
I learned many kind of study skills.
And I also learned that learning involves lots of thinking. Learning can be a skill, knowledge, or idea. Definitions of those words can be learning from different people.Learning can be how you know something new, and you have to understand it. You have to be able to explain it to others.
A blog is very similar to an online journal. The journal-like pages on a blog can consists of pictures and photos. When another user goes to that blog the user can leave a comment about that blog post. When blogging you can reflect on your own experience as well as others. Teachers can communicate with students using blogging and parents can see and learn about what their child is learning. When students blog they can reflect on others blogs and allows teachers to correct their mistakes and learn from them. Blogging is also very fun for students and allows the student to be more engaged.
This is what I learn the most in the other's post.
I learn about that there's many ways of learning.I learned that there's many level of thinking. Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.
I learned many kind of study skills.
And I also learned that learning involves lots of thinking. Learning can be a skill, knowledge, or idea. Definitions of those words can be learning from different people.Learning can be how you know something new, and you have to understand it. You have to be able to explain it to others.
A blog is very similar to an online journal. The journal-like pages on a blog can consists of pictures and photos. When another user goes to that blog the user can leave a comment about that blog post. When blogging you can reflect on your own experience as well as others. Teachers can communicate with students using blogging and parents can see and learn about what their child is learning. When students blog they can reflect on others blogs and allows teachers to correct their mistakes and learn from them. Blogging is also very fun for students and allows the student to be more engaged.
This is what I learn the most in the other's post.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Why do teaher's give student grade?
Why do you think they do this?
Because I think they do this to give you a point also let you know your point and you will redo or do it again.and you will know where did you get wrong and what did you get wrong.when it's red you have lot's of things to fix and you need to redo it again and when it's yellow you have some question to fix and if it's green your pass!
Why do you think this might be important in your learning?
Because you learn and you need to get points it's the same as you learn and you need to get grade so you will know what did you learn and what did you understand. And if you don't get green that mean your not really being a active learner and a good listener in the learning part so this is why it's important.
What do you like about this approach?
Because it let you know did you learn well on school and it also can tell you where you need to learn more and what did you need to fix.
What do you dislike about this approach?
I don't have any comments on this question.
Because I think they do this to give you a point also let you know your point and you will redo or do it again.and you will know where did you get wrong and what did you get wrong.when it's red you have lot's of things to fix and you need to redo it again and when it's yellow you have some question to fix and if it's green your pass!
Why do you think this might be important in your learning?
Because you learn and you need to get points it's the same as you learn and you need to get grade so you will know what did you learn and what did you understand. And if you don't get green that mean your not really being a active learner and a good listener in the learning part so this is why it's important.
What do you like about this approach?
Because it let you know did you learn well on school and it also can tell you where you need to learn more and what did you need to fix.
What do you dislike about this approach?
I don't have any comments on this question.
Monday, October 27, 2008
'Miracle' Minneapolis Twins Beat Rare Disease
Cradling their newborn twins, new parents Jeana and Jeff Cassellius admitted they still were unable to tell Owen and Gavin apart. But for the Casselliuses, figuring out each son's traits has an even deeper feeling, because the boys almost died in the womb.
Doctors diagnosed Owen and Gavin with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome before they were born. The condition is when one baby takes too much of the blood supply and, in most cases without any therapy, at least one child is lost.
But thanks to an experimental surgery involving tiny cameras and lasers, physicians at Abbott Northwestern and Children's Hospital in Minneapolis were able to save the twins, who were born Wednesday.
The life-saving procedure lasted 90 minutes and took place in July, said pediatric surgeon Brad Feltis.
In the operation doctors cauterized the shared blood vessels between the babies. And even the doctors were anxious about undertaking the surgery.
Question:
What did the story talked about?
What did the twins baby happend?
What did the doctor did?
Doctors diagnosed Owen and Gavin with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome before they were born. The condition is when one baby takes too much of the blood supply and, in most cases without any therapy, at least one child is lost.
But thanks to an experimental surgery involving tiny cameras and lasers, physicians at Abbott Northwestern and Children's Hospital in Minneapolis were able to save the twins, who were born Wednesday.
The life-saving procedure lasted 90 minutes and took place in July, said pediatric surgeon Brad Feltis.
In the operation doctors cauterized the shared blood vessels between the babies. And even the doctors were anxious about undertaking the surgery.
Question:
What did the story talked about?
What did the twins baby happend?
What did the doctor did?
Syria condemns 'US village raid'
Syria has protested angrily to both the US and Iraq after what it said was a US helicopter raid inside its territory that killed eight civilians.
Syria summoned US and Iraqi envoys to condemn the "aggressive act". Iraq called the incident "regrettable" and said it was considering its response.
The US has neither confirmed nor denied the incident. It has previously accused Syria of allowing militants into Iraq.
Syria said the US helicopters attacked a farm in the Abu Kamal border area.
If confirmed, the raid would be the first known attack by US forces inside Syrian territory, says BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus.
'Outrageous crime'
A Syrian government statement said: "Syria condemns this aggression and holds the American forces responsible for this aggression and all its repercussions."
It called for an immediate investigation.
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A senior Iraqi foreign ministry official, Labib Abbawi, said its charge d'affaires in Damascus had been summoned and handed a note of protest.
Mr Abbawi said he hoped the incident did not "impact negatively" on relations with Syria.
He said Iraqi was trying to get more information from the US.
Neither the Pentagon nor the White House has made any official comment. A US military spokeswoman in Baghdad said it was "in the process of investigating".
Syria's press attache in London, Jihad Makdissi, told the BBC the incident was "an outrageous crime and an act of aggression".
"If [the US has] any proof of any insurgency, instead of applying the law of the jungle and penetrating, unprovoked, a sovereign country, they should come to the Syrians first and share this information," he said.
Mr Makdissi said the US government had "proved to be irrational and they have no respect for international law or human rights".
He warned that Syria would "respond accordingly in the proper way".
The government newspaper Tishrin called the act a "war crime".
 Syrian TV showed footage of a compound and an injured woman |
Although there has been no official US response, an unnamed US military official told the Associated Press news agency that special forces had targeted al-Qaeda linked militants moving across the border.
"We are taking matters into our own hands," the US official said.
The official said there had been considerable success closing lines of entry for foreign militants but added: "The one piece of the puzzle we have not been showing success on is the nexus in Syria."
Several days ago the commander of US forces in western Iraq said they would be increasing operations to secure the border as it had become an "uncontrolled" entry point for militants.
US intelligence believes up to 90% of the foreign fighters entering Iraq come through Syria.
Question:What did the story talked about?
Why did they have the accident? How?
How did that happend?
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Planing
Question:Why is not really good to search on website or google?
Searching website is not really good because website only give you a simple answer and there's on any explanation in it so you would not understand and you would not know why the answer is that and what is that thing called and you also don't know how to explan you just only know the answer only so this is what I think why is not really good and searching website to find the answer.and not copy and paste the answer.
Question:Why is better to do the searching on the book or on the dictoinary better to search in the website?
I think because is in the book you can read and you will understand why i the answer like this and how do we get the answer and because you will find the answer by yourself in the book and not in the website only an answer you can know the reason in the book also you will understand and you will learn in the book you read and also dictionary is a kind to search words. and dictionary tell you the answer and also tell you why and have a explanation for you and give you the right explanation you call also learn how to search so I think dictionary and book is better than searching website.
My plan is to do better on the animal researching and find in book and find the dictionary about the animal you find and not searching no website really much and not using copy ad paste and we will find it by ourself and do more better in animal researching.
Searching website is not really good because website only give you a simple answer and there's on any explanation in it so you would not understand and you would not know why the answer is that and what is that thing called and you also don't know how to explan you just only know the answer only so this is what I think why is not really good and searching website to find the answer.and not copy and paste the answer.
Question:Why is better to do the searching on the book or on the dictoinary better to search in the website?
I think because is in the book you can read and you will understand why i the answer like this and how do we get the answer and because you will find the answer by yourself in the book and not in the website only an answer you can know the reason in the book also you will understand and you will learn in the book you read and also dictionary is a kind to search words. and dictionary tell you the answer and also tell you why and have a explanation for you and give you the right explanation you call also learn how to search so I think dictionary and book is better than searching website.
My plan is to do better on the animal researching and find in book and find the dictionary about the animal you find and not searching no website really much and not using copy ad paste and we will find it by ourself and do more better in animal researching.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Mr Sticky
No one knew how Mr. Sticky got in the fish tank.
"He's very small," Mum said as she peered at the tiny water snail. "Just a black dot."
"He'll grow," said Abby and pulled her pyjama bottoms up again before she got into bed. They were always falling down.
In the morning Abby jumped out of bed and switched on the light in her fish tank.
Gerry, the fat orange goldfish, was dozing inside the stone archway. Jaws was already awake, swimming along the front of the tank with his white tail floating and twitching. It took Abby a while to find Mr. Sticky because he was clinging to the glass near the bottom, right next to the gravel.
At school that day she wrote about the mysterious Mr. Sticky who was so small you could mistake him for a piece of gravel. Some of the girls in her class said he seemed an ideal pet for her and kept giggling about it.
That night Abby turned on the light to find Mr. Sticky clinging to the very tiniest, waviest tip of the pond weed. It was near the water filter so he was bobbing about in the air bubbles.
"That looks fun," Abby said. She tried to imagine what it must be like to have to hang on to things all day and decided it was probably very tiring. She fed the fish then lay on her bed and watched them chase each other round and round the archway. When they stopped Gerry began nibbling at the pond weed with his big pouty lips. He sucked Mr. Sticky into his mouth then blew him back out again in a stream of water. The snail floated down to the bottom of the tank among the coloured gravel.
"I think he's grown a bit," Abby told her Mum at breakfast the next day.
"Just as well if he's going to be gobbled up like that," her Mum said, trying to put on her coat and eat toast at the same time.
"But I don't want him to get too big or he won't be cute anymore. Small things are cute aren't they?"
"Yes they are. But big things can be cute too. Now hurry up, I'm going to miss my train."
At school that day, Abby drew an elephant. She needed two pieces of expensive paper to do both ends but the teacher didn't mind because she was pleased with the drawing and wanted it on the wall. They sellotaped them together, right across the elephant's middle. In the corner of the picture, Abby wrote her full name, Abigail, and drew tiny snails for the dots on the 'i's The teacher said that was very creative.
At the weekend they cleaned out the tank. "There's a lot of algae on the sides," Mum said. "I'm not sure Mr. Sticky's quite up to the job yet."
They scooped the fish out and put them in a bowl while they emptied some of the water. Mr. Sticky stayed out of the way, clinging to the glass while Mum used the special 'vacuum cleaner' to clean the gravel. Abby trimmed the new pieces of pond weed down to size and scrubbed the archway and the filter tube. Mum poured new water into the tank.
"Where's Mr. Sticky?" Abby asked.
"On the side," Mum said. She was busy concentrating on the water. "Don't worry I was careful."
Abby looked on all sides of the tank. There was no sign of the water snail.
"He's probably in the gravel then," her mum said. "Come on let's get this finished. I've got work to do." She plopped the fish back in the clean water where they swam round and round, looking puzzled.
That evening Abby went up to her bedroom to check the tank. The water had settled and looked lovely and clear but there was no sign of Mr. Sticky. She lay on her bed and did some exercises, stretching out her legs and feet and pointing her toes. Stretching was good for your muscles and made you look tall a model had said on the t.v. and she looked enormous. When Abby had finished, she kneeled down to have another look in the tank but there was still no sign of Mr. Sticky. She went downstairs.
Her mum was in the study surrounded by papers. She had her glasses on and her hair was all over the place where she'd been running her hands through it. She looked impatient when she saw Abby in the doorway and even more impatient when she heard the bad news.
"He'll turn up." was all she said. "Now off to bed Abby. I've got masses of work to catch up on."
Abby felt her face go hot and red. It always happened when she was angry or upset.
"You've hoovered him up haven't you," she said. You were in such a rush you hoovered him up."
"I have not. I was very careful. But he is extremely small."
"What's wrong with being small?"
"Nothing at all. But it makes things hard to find."
"Or notice," Abby said and ran from the room.
The door to the bedroom opened and Mum's face appeared around the crack. Abby tried to ignore her but it was hard when she walked over to the bed and sat next to her. She was holding her glasses in her hand. She waved them at Abby.
"These are my new pair," she said. "Extra powerful, for snail hunting." She smiled at Abby. Abby tried not to smile back.
"And I've got a magnifying glass," Abby suddenly remembered and rushed off to find it.
They sat beside each other on the floor. On their knees they shuffled around the tank, peering into the corners among the big pebbles, at the gravel and the pondweed.
"Ah ha!" Mum suddenly cried.
"What?" Abby moved her magnifying glass to where her mum was pointing.
There, tucked in the curve of the archway, perfectly hidden against the dark stone, sat Mr. Sticky. And right next to him was another water snail, even smaller than him.
"Mrs Sticky!" Abby breathed. "But where did she come from?"
"I'm beginning to suspect the pond weed don't you think?"
They both laughed and climbed into Abby's bed together, cuddling down under the duvet. It was cozy but a bit of a squeeze.
"Budge up," Mum said, giving Abby a push with her bottom.
"I can't, I'm already on the edge."
"My goodness you've grown then. When did that happen? You could have put an elephant in here last time we did this."
Abby put her head on her mum's chest and smiled.
This is a good story too.I hope you will like it!!!
question:
1.Why it named Mr Sticky?
2.What did the story said?
3.What happend in the story?
"He's very small," Mum said as she peered at the tiny water snail. "Just a black dot."
"He'll grow," said Abby and pulled her pyjama bottoms up again before she got into bed. They were always falling down.
In the morning Abby jumped out of bed and switched on the light in her fish tank.
Gerry, the fat orange goldfish, was dozing inside the stone archway. Jaws was already awake, swimming along the front of the tank with his white tail floating and twitching. It took Abby a while to find Mr. Sticky because he was clinging to the glass near the bottom, right next to the gravel.
At school that day she wrote about the mysterious Mr. Sticky who was so small you could mistake him for a piece of gravel. Some of the girls in her class said he seemed an ideal pet for her and kept giggling about it.
That night Abby turned on the light to find Mr. Sticky clinging to the very tiniest, waviest tip of the pond weed. It was near the water filter so he was bobbing about in the air bubbles.
"That looks fun," Abby said. She tried to imagine what it must be like to have to hang on to things all day and decided it was probably very tiring. She fed the fish then lay on her bed and watched them chase each other round and round the archway. When they stopped Gerry began nibbling at the pond weed with his big pouty lips. He sucked Mr. Sticky into his mouth then blew him back out again in a stream of water. The snail floated down to the bottom of the tank among the coloured gravel.
"I think he's grown a bit," Abby told her Mum at breakfast the next day.
"Just as well if he's going to be gobbled up like that," her Mum said, trying to put on her coat and eat toast at the same time.
"But I don't want him to get too big or he won't be cute anymore. Small things are cute aren't they?"
"Yes they are. But big things can be cute too. Now hurry up, I'm going to miss my train."
At school that day, Abby drew an elephant. She needed two pieces of expensive paper to do both ends but the teacher didn't mind because she was pleased with the drawing and wanted it on the wall. They sellotaped them together, right across the elephant's middle. In the corner of the picture, Abby wrote her full name, Abigail, and drew tiny snails for the dots on the 'i's The teacher said that was very creative.
At the weekend they cleaned out the tank. "There's a lot of algae on the sides," Mum said. "I'm not sure Mr. Sticky's quite up to the job yet."
They scooped the fish out and put them in a bowl while they emptied some of the water. Mr. Sticky stayed out of the way, clinging to the glass while Mum used the special 'vacuum cleaner' to clean the gravel. Abby trimmed the new pieces of pond weed down to size and scrubbed the archway and the filter tube. Mum poured new water into the tank.
"Where's Mr. Sticky?" Abby asked.
"On the side," Mum said. She was busy concentrating on the water. "Don't worry I was careful."
Abby looked on all sides of the tank. There was no sign of the water snail.
"He's probably in the gravel then," her mum said. "Come on let's get this finished. I've got work to do." She plopped the fish back in the clean water where they swam round and round, looking puzzled.
That evening Abby went up to her bedroom to check the tank. The water had settled and looked lovely and clear but there was no sign of Mr. Sticky. She lay on her bed and did some exercises, stretching out her legs and feet and pointing her toes. Stretching was good for your muscles and made you look tall a model had said on the t.v. and she looked enormous. When Abby had finished, she kneeled down to have another look in the tank but there was still no sign of Mr. Sticky. She went downstairs.
Her mum was in the study surrounded by papers. She had her glasses on and her hair was all over the place where she'd been running her hands through it. She looked impatient when she saw Abby in the doorway and even more impatient when she heard the bad news.
"He'll turn up." was all she said. "Now off to bed Abby. I've got masses of work to catch up on."
Abby felt her face go hot and red. It always happened when she was angry or upset.
"You've hoovered him up haven't you," she said. You were in such a rush you hoovered him up."
"I have not. I was very careful. But he is extremely small."
"What's wrong with being small?"
"Nothing at all. But it makes things hard to find."
"Or notice," Abby said and ran from the room.
The door to the bedroom opened and Mum's face appeared around the crack. Abby tried to ignore her but it was hard when she walked over to the bed and sat next to her. She was holding her glasses in her hand. She waved them at Abby.
"These are my new pair," she said. "Extra powerful, for snail hunting." She smiled at Abby. Abby tried not to smile back.
"And I've got a magnifying glass," Abby suddenly remembered and rushed off to find it.
They sat beside each other on the floor. On their knees they shuffled around the tank, peering into the corners among the big pebbles, at the gravel and the pondweed.
"Ah ha!" Mum suddenly cried.
"What?" Abby moved her magnifying glass to where her mum was pointing.
There, tucked in the curve of the archway, perfectly hidden against the dark stone, sat Mr. Sticky. And right next to him was another water snail, even smaller than him.
"Mrs Sticky!" Abby breathed. "But where did she come from?"
"I'm beginning to suspect the pond weed don't you think?"
They both laughed and climbed into Abby's bed together, cuddling down under the duvet. It was cozy but a bit of a squeeze.
"Budge up," Mum said, giving Abby a push with her bottom.
"I can't, I'm already on the edge."
"My goodness you've grown then. When did that happen? You could have put an elephant in here last time we did this."
Abby put her head on her mum's chest and smiled.
This is a good story too.I hope you will like it!!!
question:
1.Why it named Mr Sticky?
2.What did the story said?
3.What happend in the story?
Mountain Story - An interesting short story
"A son and his father were walking on the mountains.
Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"
He receives the answer: "Who are you?"
And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!"
The voice answers: "I admire you!"
Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"
He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."
Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"
The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE.
It gives you back everything you say or do.
Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.
If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life;
Life will give you back everything you have given to it."
YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!"
-- Unknown Author
This is a good story I hope you will like it.
question:
1.What is the story talking about?
2.What did the little boy happend?
3.What did the father said when his son falls?
Monday, October 20, 2008
Why should we get the right answer and explanation?
In everything you did,I think answer is important but You also need to write your explanation this is more important than answer.Because you need to think why did you get this answer also how did you get it. How did you do the answer.What ideas did you use.You need to write the explanation that how did you get the answer.That is very important.If you did the homework by yourself.You will know how did you did it How did you think and how did you get the answer.But if the answer is not yours it's someone els gave you the answer and that you will not know how did you do and How did you think to get the answer.And you will not even learn anything because you didn't do it by yourself.So explanation is very important.If you don't write the explanation your answer didn't give anyone learn anything.But the answer is also important.If your answer is wrong your explanation give nothing.So you really need to get the right answer and good explanation.
Science post
Something I learned in science.
In science I learned how to do science.When Ms.Smith said we need to do something we did the science.but something did not same is everyone's answer are not the same and our answer is also not the same with other groups we had the not same time finish the science and not same time to finish became ice also not same time to became solid and not sametime with everything but we had a good endding and we had the right endding and good endding. but i was not really being a active learner in class i keep chatting talking and doing anything els and i was not really listening how to do. but our group still having a good endding and we finish the science.
In science I learned how to do science.When Ms.Smith said we need to do something we did the science.but something did not same is everyone's answer are not the same and our answer is also not the same with other groups we had the not same time finish the science and not same time to finish became ice also not same time to became solid and not sametime with everything but we had a good endding and we had the right endding and good endding. but i was not really being a active learner in class i keep chatting talking and doing anything els and i was not really listening how to do. but our group still having a good endding and we finish the science.
Reflections on Learning
Something I learned in ''Learning and thinking''
Remembering-- Remember is to remember something you learned also remember lots of things in your mind and that means you know the thing you remember and you can always know and always remember and think about that. that's called remembering.
Understanding-- Understanding mean you understand the thing you learned.you can know that and you can know how to do that also you will know how to explain that thing.also you will know what that mean. that's called understanding.
Applying--Applying is a function that applies functions to arguments.That is called applying.
Analyzing--examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something.That's called analyzing.
Synthesizing-- make something by synthesis.That's called Synthesizing.
Creating-- bring something into existence.That's called creating.
And I also learn how to learn..
You can learn in your free time in everyday.
When there's some free time you can write something and do some post also read some book and find some question and find the answer by your self and you can also search the internet or ask your classmate and teacher's and you can learn some subject you don't really know or not really good.there's lots of thing you can do in your free time..this is the way I learn in free time.
Remembering-- Remember is to remember something you learned also remember lots of things in your mind and that means you know the thing you remember and you can always know and always remember and think about that. that's called remembering.
Understanding-- Understanding mean you understand the thing you learned.you can know that and you can know how to do that also you will know how to explain that thing.also you will know what that mean. that's called understanding.
Applying--Applying is a function that applies functions to arguments.That is called applying.
Analyzing--examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something.That's called analyzing.
Synthesizing-- make something by synthesis.That's called Synthesizing.
Creating-- bring something into existence.That's called creating.
And I also learn how to learn..
You can learn in your free time in everyday.
When there's some free time you can write something and do some post also read some book and find some question and find the answer by your self and you can also search the internet or ask your classmate and teacher's and you can learn some subject you don't really know or not really good.there's lots of thing you can do in your free time..this is the way I learn in free time.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Reflections About Blogging
Why blog?
Blogging is the post of journal something you write on it. like pages to a website.
How to blog?
This is something that a lot of us old hands take for granted but for the beginner it can seem like a daunting tangle of questions and issues to be resolved.
Getting started?
A blog is an online journal where you are able to write down ideas and share those ideas with people all around the world.
Good Netiquette?
Simply stated it's network etiquette that is the etiquette of cyberspace.
Internet Safety?
At school access to the internet is monitored there are often black lists of inappropriate sites filtering systems and supervision by teachers and staff.
How to Comment?
Leaving a comment on someones blog is like walking into their living room and joining in on a conversation.And it's good to leave a comment in someones blog.
More on Commenting?
Comments are a great way to give feedback to people who have written in a blog.
Student Blogger?
Some of them have gone off to college some have subtly retreated into a period of self growth some have moved on with their lives.
Blogging is the post of journal something you write on it. like pages to a website.
How to blog?
This is something that a lot of us old hands take for granted but for the beginner it can seem like a daunting tangle of questions and issues to be resolved.
Getting started?
A blog is an online journal where you are able to write down ideas and share those ideas with people all around the world.
Good Netiquette?
Simply stated it's network etiquette that is the etiquette of cyberspace.
Internet Safety?
At school access to the internet is monitored there are often black lists of inappropriate sites filtering systems and supervision by teachers and staff.
How to Comment?
Leaving a comment on someones blog is like walking into their living room and joining in on a conversation.And it's good to leave a comment in someones blog.
More on Commenting?
Comments are a great way to give feedback to people who have written in a blog.
Student Blogger?
Some of them have gone off to college some have subtly retreated into a period of self growth some have moved on with their lives.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thinking Skills
Something I learned.
Understand-I know how to understand.Understand is something you understand and you need to know how to do it and you need to know how to explain and you can understand what that mean that's called understand.When I understand something I Always think and remember and I always learn and practice and to think.
Remember-I know how to remember some importent things.Remember s something you remember in your mind and it's something you know and it's something you always know how to do.I always take the importent notes and I always remember the thing and usually need to know that thing also to learn.
This is the idea When I Always learn for.
Understand-I know how to understand.Understand is something you understand and you need to know how to do it and you need to know how to explain and you can understand what that mean that's called understand.When I understand something I Always think and remember and I always learn and practice and to think.
Remember-I know how to remember some importent things.Remember s something you remember in your mind and it's something you know and it's something you always know how to do.I always take the importent notes and I always remember the thing and usually need to know that thing also to learn.
This is the idea When I Always learn for.
Monday, October 13, 2008
learning and thinking
People learn in different ways. And no one has a better learning style than anyone else. Some experts say there are as many as seven different learning styles; but it's easier to narrow it down to three types of learning.
When I learn something I always:
1.To being a good active learner and to Be a good listener
2.To keep always asking question to your classmate and your teacher.
3.To always practice and to always do it again and to remember and take the importent notes and to remember the notes
4.To keep learning - asking question. taking notes.read books and found the question you don't know and find the answer in the book.to review and preview.to search things and to do some writing the things you don't know and to keep reading what you don't know.
5.To Find out the question and Find out the answer in the book or in the computer.
When I learn something I always:
1.To being a good active learner and to Be a good listener
2.To keep always asking question to your classmate and your teacher.
3.To always practice and to always do it again and to remember and take the importent notes and to remember the notes
4.To keep learning - asking question. taking notes.read books and found the question you don't know and find the answer in the book.to review and preview.to search things and to do some writing the things you don't know and to keep reading what you don't know.
5.To Find out the question and Find out the answer in the book or in the computer.
Deadly earthquake hits Chechnya
An earthquake in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 more, officials say.
Britain plans rescue of top 4 banks
Britain will launch its biggest retail bank rescue on Monday when the four largest, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Barclays, ask for a 35 billion sterling lifeline, the Sunday Times reported.
Officials: 3 killed in missile strike in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five tribesmen in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence officials said.
Istanbul 6,000 years older than expected
Recent archaeological findings indicate that the Turkish city of Istanbul is 6,000 years older than what experts previously believed.
According to Al-Watan newspaper, excavations have yielded four skeletons, along with wooden and ceramic objects, which date back to 8,500 years ago.
It was previously believed that the city was founded 2,700 years ago by the Greeks and named Byzantium, RIA Novosti reported.
Historically known as Constantinople, Istanbul was Turkey's capital until 1923, when the government moved to Ankara.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Oil hits 12-month low
OIL prices slumped today to one-year lows under $US80 per barrel, striking $US75 in London, amid a global equities meltdown that sparked fears over demand for energy.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) also warned that the threat of recession and the ongoing financial crisis would erode oil demand and set back investment in new oilfields.Brent North Sea crude for November plunged as low as $US75 - which was last witnessed on October 12 last year - as traders responded to renewed heavy falls on world stock markets.
The contract later stood at $US76.56 a barrel, down $US6.10 from yesterday.
Today, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery next month, plumbed a one-year low of $US78.61 a barrel. It later stood at $US79.96, down $US6.63 from yesterday.
The sharp falls came despite news that OPEC will hold an emergency meeting next month on the impact of the markets crisis - amid speculation that the crude producers' cartel could cut output to safeguard precious oil revenues.
"The deteriorating outlook for world growth is leading to a violent correction in commodity prices," Deutsche Bank analysts wrote in a research note to clients.
"Further deterioration in the global GDP (gross domestic product) outlook could act as a trigger for lower oil prices," he said, adding that prices could fall to about $US60 per barrel.
The price of crude oil has now slumped by almost 50 per cent since striking record high points above $US147 per barrel on July 11.
The 12-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said yesterday it would hold an emergency meeting in Vienna on November 18 to discuss the effects of the international financial crisis.
The cartel's next regular meeting was scheduled for December 17 in Oran, Algeria.
At its last ordinary meeting on September 9-10, OPEC decided to cut its production of 520,000 barrels of oil per day to sustain oil prices above $US100 a barrel. Prices have since plunged dramatically.
In a monthly report published today, the Paris-based IEA said falling demand "in the face of higher prices is now being perpetuated by weakening economic prospects".
The IEA, energy policy adviser to major industrialised countries, cut its forecast for demand in the 30-nation OECD area this year by about 360,000 barrels per day.
Overall world demand this year would be 86.5 million barrels per day - a reduction of 240,000 barrels from the previous estimate, to show a rise of 0.5 per cent from last year.
The world forecast for next year was cut by 440,000 barrels per day to 87.2 million barrels per day, showing an annual increase of 0.8 per cent.
Flyer killed as balloon crashes and burns
The balloon hit power lines and burst into flames at a ballooning festival near Albuquerque, New Mexico, throwing the two men to the ground.
Witnesses at the International Balloon Fiesta said winds had picked up and many of the balloons were flying low just before the Wings of Wind crashed in Bernalillo, just north of Albuquerque, in the southwestern American state.
Stephen Lachendro was killed and Keith Sproul was critically injured.
Kathie Leyendecker, a spokeswoman for the annual festival, said she did not know who was piloting the balloon.
Mr Lachendro was found dead on the side of a ditch, while Mr Sproul was unconscious and taken to hospital, Rio Rancho Fire Battalion Chief Paul Bearce said.
Witness Glenn Vonderahe said he "couldn't believe it".
"I saw the balloon and the next thing I knew there was a lot of fire and smoke. There was fire under the balloon," he said.
He said the balloon landed, then bounced back up and apparently hit some power lines.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The First impressions
Orlando - Mo Evans was smaller and older than what the Orlando Magic felt like they needed at the shooting guard position than what Mo Evans gave them a year ago and replaced him with free agent Mickael Pietrus over the summer.
That theory looked legitimate for all of about 35 seconds Monday night in the Hawks’ 118-101 win in their preseason opener over the Magic.
Pietrus is taller and younger than Evans. But Evans got the last laugh, outscoring Pietrus 17-9, including an impressive 4-for-4 showing from beyond the 3-point line.
Evans outplayed Pietrus and every other shooting guard the Magic deployed (JJ Redick did come off the bench and score 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting, but this is JJ Redick we’re talking about).
And he played the kind of role that the Hawks envisioned when they tapped him to replace Josh Childress.
In ALCS foes know each other too well
Over the course of 162 games, the Tampa Bay Rays proved to be a better team than the Boston Red Sox, albeit by just two games. Now, however, the Red Sox can make the result of those six months an inconsequential memory when they face off again with the Rays in what should be a riveting American League Championship Series.
Forget about the fact that the Rays are the AL East champs and the Red Sox are the AL Wild Card winners.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Tainted milk found in Austrian shake
Austria's health ministry says a non-threatening amount of melamine has been found in a milkshake at a Chinese restaurant in the southern city of Graz.
The ministry says a small amount of the substance was found during a random sampling of Chinese products. It says the milkshake was not sold to customers and that no one has sickened by it.
The ministry said Thursday the tainted product came from a Chinese store in Vienna and is off the market.Melamine-contaminated milk has killed four babies and sickened more than 50,000 children in mainland China.And killed lot's of children..
20 children die in Tanzania stampede
A stampede at an overcrowded dance hall in central Tanzania killed 20 children and left 50 others injured as they celebrated an important Muslim festival, police said Thursday.
At least 400 children aged 5 to 13 were inside the hall in the town of Tabora during the stampede, regional police commander Daudi Siasa said. They were dancing to English and Kiswahili songs for the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday.
"The children were trapped inside the hall, which has a capacity to accommodate maximum 200 people, but the number was more than the double inside at the timeSaturday, September 27, 2008
Typhoon Jangmi hits Taiwan today
I was very sad to hear the news.Taipei, Taiwan: the Central Weather Bureauissued a land warning for powerful Typhoon Jangmi yesterday morning as the storm approached Taiwan.Every where has big rain and big wind. Lots of people are mad and the water get into every where. and all of the house get damage. And people are now finding where to live.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Sociology
Sociology means:the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.the study of interaction between individual.
Why should student blog's?
I think that this is a another ways to learn things. And is a part of enjoyment to learn.so it will not too tired and the student will be more interesting on the blogger and the homework so i think is god that to have student blogs.and can help student to learn english and practise tiping english and sometimes someone can give you a message to say something or tell you how to write it better so you can learn to write some news in the blogs and learn english.and this is a way to learn english too!.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
US gives green light to food sales to hurricane-hit Cuba
The news is about Cuba, and there's a hurricane there, so they did not have any foods to eat, and they have nothing, so the US helped by selling them food.
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