Fighter Jet crash in USA kills 3

A plane hit houses in residential area of San Diego in California. It detroyed three homes and around 20 more had to be evacuated.
The pilot was the only person on board the plane. He ejected from the plane before it hit the ground and was taken to hospital with injuries.

More trouble expected in Greece

Police in Greece are preparing for more violence across the country as a national strike is held in protest at some of the government's decisions.
Unoins planned it all weeks ago, but it's happening after days of rioting started when a 15 year old boy was shot dead by a police in Athens on Saturday.

Zimbabwe disease now an emergency

The health problems in Zimbabwe is now treated as an international emergency. Hundreds of people had died from a disease called cholera, which people can catch from dirty water.

Riots in Greece after teen killed

A teenager was shoot in Greece and killed by a police officer. Shooting riots started in Athens, after a group of people threw stones at a police car. better not go to Greece right now..

Hanging Fire

I don't really get the main theme of Audre Lorde. The poem is kind of confusing to me, and I don't know why. I just get the fact that he is complaining about life..nothing more.

Thailand airport protests ended

The anti-government protesters, who were unhappy about the government of Thailand, took control of the airports in Bangkok more than a week ago. It was because the court found Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's People POwer Party, and two other parties, were found guilty of buying votes, which meant the election wasn't fair.

Schools closed after snow storms

More than four hundred schools across England and Scotland have been closed after a heavy snow fall overnight. Yorkshire seems to have been hit the hardest, and it is still snowing now. Lots of roads are very dangerous in the areas where it has been snowing.

Rainforest destruction speeds up

The people who monitor forest clearance say more than 4500 square miles of Brazil's tropical woodland were chopped down from August 2007 to July 2008. That's an area more than half the size of Wales and nearly four per cent bigger than in the previous 12 months. The experts say the conditions could have been worse if the government of Brazil didn't take actions against illegal logging.

Empty planes leave Thai airports

Around 40 planes have taken off from Bangkok WITHOUT any passengers on board! The planes are headed to other airports to pick up stranded people. Thousands of people have been stuck in Thailand for seven days since the protests at the airports started. The protesters wanted the government in Thailand to resign.

Astronauts fix their wee cleaner

About the astronauts on the International Space Station again.
The astronauts figured that their wee cleaner was damaged. The wee cleaners job was to turn wees into drinking water.
The waters will now have to be fixed by scientists

Soldiers battle gunmen in Mumbai

The soldiers in Indian city, Mumbai, are fighting some gunmen, who are believed to be holding some hostages in two luxury hotels.
The soldiers surrounded the buildings shortly after the gunmen opened fire at seven locations across the city on Wednesday.
So far, the reports say that 101 people have been killed and almost 300 people injured.

Astronauts on toughest spacewalk

It took astronauts on the International Space Station to fix a joint that's supposed to keep the ISS's solar panels pointed towards the sun. The joint hasn't worked properly for more than a year because it's been jammed with metal grit.
The joint is fixed now but it took longer than they suspected because one of the astronauts lost their toolkit.

Man sets up home in airport

A Japanese man made himself a house in an airport in Mexico. The man is called Hiroshi Nohara flew in from Tokyo three months ago andhe stayed at the terminal. He lives off free food and drinks given to him by the airport restaurants and passengers and at night, he sleeps in a chair. In the morning, he sits around chatting and signing autographs for tourists and says he doesn't know when he is going to leave the terminal.

Poem thing

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Little Things by Julia Carney
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.

Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our world an Eden
Like the Heaven above.

The form of the poem I chose is short and has only two paragraph. The poem is short but it can describe a lot of people by just using the two paragraphs. I think it represents me by 'Little drops of water, Little grains of sand' because like the drops of water is like the blood and the grains of sand is like the flesh, the bones that makes me up. The waters and the sands can be a lot of different things, like the water can be the personality and the sand be the identity that makes me up.
When I read 'Little Things' by Julia Carney, I get this images like little things gathering and clustering together and making a gigantic thing that is mighty strong. Like that can be referring to human-being.
The speaker of the poem is being ambiguous but I get it that nobody can be confused by the things written down by Julia Carney. I just wrote ambiguous because the topic can be referred to a lot of things, including you.
How this poem sounds to me is like little things being made into a huge, tough things. Perhaps it is a matter of stupidity, or perhaps just a failure to understand context. I get this poem like many little things can be made into a big thing. So like anything useless might be something very useful when its in large number, for example, a drop of water with useless, but when the whole planet is circled with big puddles of water then it might be rather useful to travel across.

How were ancient Rome and Greece different?

Greeks and Romans were different nations and spoke completely different languages. Although these two civilizations look alike in religion, education, dressing and so on, but there are also many differences in the ways of thinking. The romans considered impressive as something ideal, while Greeks appreciated something simple and essential.
This can be observed for example in architecture and literature. It was easy for the Romans to accept their emperors as Gods, but in Greece, Alexander the Great was the single monarch who tried to impose this idea and he was found dead soon after that. The Greek ideals are based on the concept of a man's freedom and this is why they lacked a central government and they were divided in smaller city-states and kingdoms. On the other hand, the Roman empire was united and the Romans were seen as subjects and servants of Rome.

The FAT questions

My 5 big FAT questions I want to answer during this expeditions are listed below:
How were ancient Greece and Rome different?
Why did Athenians decide to be democracy?
Why did the Spartans decide to train their military forces rather than education?
Were Greece and Rome similar in many ways? Did they speak the same language etc.
Why were the Spartan women trained when Athenian women didn't?

Mission to find life on Mars ends

The mission on Mars to find life has been ended. The spacecraft had landed on the planet's northern plains in May.
It had been digging below the surface for signs of life and had been sending pictures back to Earth.
US space agency said that it hadn't heard from the craft since Nov. 2, but would keep trying.

Second school collapses in Haiti

Part of a school collapsed on the Caribbean island of Haiti, day after another school there fell down. At least nice people were injured, but luckily most of the students had been outside when the school gave away. The man responsible for public safety in Haiti said that the ways noth schools had been constructed was against the rules of safety

Effective communicator

An effective communicator is someone who can communicate effectively. Someone who can talk clearly like the voice has a large range and can be heard at the end of the room. Also effective communicator can be someone who can make people easily understand them (using words).

Examples of a time me being an effective communicator: All thorough out the 7th grade Humanities project, when Mr. Burghauser was still here. My voice had been heard at the back of the room (most of the time) and people understood the meaning of my words.

Barack Obama makes big US speech

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Barack Obama doesn't become the president until 20 January 2009, so until then he is working out what he wants to do when he gets to be the president. He is making his first speech after winning the American presidential election.
He said that he wanted to create jobs and help families but he admitted that it is not going to be easy and is going to take a long time.

Fear of disease in troubled Congo

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An outbreak of cholera, a kind of disease that comes into your body from drinking dirty water spreaded through the refugee camps.
All this people got infected because of the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

What do governments do?

A good government govern the people, collect the taxes at reasonable amount and etc. A bad government steals from the people, maybe murdering etc. But what a government do, whether good or bad, it is governing the part of land they have to govern.

Boy chooses Fantastic new name

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A 19 year old teenager from south west England changed his name from George Garatt to Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined.
Some RULES you need to know before you change your name.
1. If you're under 16, you need to get your parents' permission
2. When you're 17 you can call yourself whatever you want - you can just start using your new name.
3. If you want to get a passport, you may need proof you've changed your name.
4. One of the most common ways to do this is to get a solicitor to write an official statement - known as a deed poll - which you have to sign to say you've changed your name.

Barack Obama wins US election

Why is a BLACK president a big deal?
Barack Obama's made history as America's first black president, but why's it such a big deal he's got the top job? But until now, the top job has always gone to a white man, so it's a huge deal for America, and the rest of the world, that Barack Obama has become president.

modeling the five student outcomes

I think i modeled active learner, person of high character. I think i am an active learner because i learned a lot about Russia and Australia in the past two weeks, and i modeled person of high character by doing two current events every time.

What science skills did you use during the SMASH Day activity? How do these science skills help us be better scientists?

We used the skills from Scientific Method.We predicted what will happen when we put the three rings on top of the tower we made from paper. Purpose is an important part of having a good experiment (If you have a good experiment with good Purpose, it means you are a good scientist!), it tells you what to think of, so Purpose is always the first step. Also, Prediction is an important part of experiment. Every kind of experiment needs a prediction, you may not know that you are thinking about Prediction, but you actually are. To be a good scientist, you would need a good Prediction and a good Purpose.

One day until US voting begins

There is only one day left before US voting for president begins. Barack Obama and John McCain are racing through the states trying to win more votes.

Boy killed in halloween shooting

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A 12 year old boy was shot dead when he and his dad and one of his three brothers decided to trick or treat.
A 22 year old man was arrested and charged with murder.

Stars making music!

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A team of French astronomers found out that all stars give off a repeating rhythm, which experts think that each one is pulsating, or throbbing. The sound that the stars make are slightly different from each others, because the noise they make depends on their size, age and what they are made of.

Space tourist comes back to Earth

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Richard Garriott, the computer games millionaire joined a group of astronauts on boarding the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft. He took photos of Earth to see how its surface has changed in the past 35 years when his dad was in the space, taking pictures of Earth for 2 months.

Reflection about the video.....

I think the jazz music in the video is kind of crazy, I understood completely nothing. It is not bad but just I don't like it. I don't listen to jazz and I know nothing about it. Maybe what I heard in the John Coltrane video is normal for jazz musics, but to me it is just a bunch of noises, like listening to foreign languages.

Bail bombers' execution date set!

Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Mukhlas who were convicted over 2002 bali bombings are going to be executed in November. They were found guilty of planning the attacks, which targeted nightclubs at Bail's tourist resort of Kuta.

Three shot dead in Afghan capital

The attack took place in front of the offices of the courier company DHL in Sher Pur area of the city. Unknown gunmen have killed three people including two foreigners.

India launches first moon mission

Chandrayaan 1 smoothly of the surface of the Earth on Wednesday, of southern India for a two years exploration.
There is no astronauts on board but there is a robot that can take 3D picture of the surface of the moon.

Crazy weather hits Australia

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Australia is famous for the sunshine and the sandy beaches, but Australia has been hit by storms that caused a lot of lightning and hailstones.
Over 11000 lightning was recorded during the storm, which cause a spectacular view upon the city of Brisbane.

Game delayed over Islam phrases

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A background music in the video game called Little Big Planet contains phrases from the Koran, which is a holy scripture for Islam.
All the CDs were taken back from the stores by Sony to remove the song.

China 'sorry' after milk crisus

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About four babies died because the tainted milk and thousands of other children had to be treated in hospital. China's leader, Premier Wen Jiabao said that China was only part of it. So it means there is another country or company is part of it. There might be a lot of them, but you never know until you find out.

Wildfires raging in California

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Somehow wildfires started at the north of Los Angeles, and so far two people had died from it and a lot of people had to leave their home.
Over one thousand firefighters are trying to get the fire out but the winds fan the fires and start other new flames...they must be having a really hard time right now..

China toy firms forced to close

The Site...
You must know and you should know that most of the things you use everyday is made in China, but if so many things are coming from China, why does the companies in China go out of business?
That's because the things do not meet the safety rule and because not many people buy toys now. Last year for example, lots of toys sent to UK were called back to China because of the safety issue..so be careful of what you use!

Hurricane batters Mexico coast

City of La Piz in Baja California was hit by Hurricane Nobert. Over three thousand people were forced to leave their home to temporary shelter.
The wind of the hurricane was up to 103 mph (165km/hr). Hurricane Nobert is now downgraded to tropical storm.

Warning kids over loud music!

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Scientists say that listening to loud music just for one hour is enough to damage your ears. If you listen to high volumes every day a week for one hour for five years, it could cause permanent damage to your ears.
Hint on how you can know if the music is loud:
Ask other people next to you, if they can hear the music leaking out of you ear phone or not.

Which is more dense - a stack of five NT or a stack of twenty NT?

I think twenty NT stack is going to be more dense because if both have the same height, then you need to see the width.

Europe Biggest Glacier Is Melting!!!

Vatnajokull in Iceland covers 8,000 square kilometers, and at its deepest point is more than 900 meters thick.But scientists say it's melting at a rate of a meter a year, because of rising temperatures and reduced snow fall.They've warned that all of the country's glaciers are melting, and that rising sea levels could cause bad floods in other parts of the world. Vatnajokull might disappear in 100 years.Scientists say people living in low-lying areas might have to move to higher ground to escape the rising waters.

Bone bits found in Fossett plane

Preston Morrow was the first one to discover Steve Fossett's bones on his way back from a mountain walk. He found documents with Steve Fossett's name and also his pilot license and other things amongst pine needle.
Scientists are now carrying out test on the bone to know how Steve Fossett died.

Why did we spend 3 days (that's 225mins) on mass and volume?

Why did we spend 225 mins looking and studying mass and volume when the question is Can Matter Disappear? I think we did it because we had to know that all the solid and liquid things have mass and volume so when we know that we might have a better grip on the question.

Suicide BOMBERS!!!

At least 20 people were killed by the suicide bombers in Baghdad. This is the SECOND wave THIS week!!!! They were bombed at 2 different area during early morning pray.
In the second wave a bomber wearing an explosive vest entered a praying hall and killed 12 people and injuring at least 25 people. The other bomb was a car bomb. The bomber rammed a taxi to a armored car which was guarding the entrance to a compound. The bomb killed 8 people including 2 Iraqi soldiers. The car bomb took place at a highly populated place in Shi'ite.

Sea eagles blamed for lamb death

Huge birds were set free at Scotland in August. The farmers living there said that these birds had already killed more than 200 lambs in total.
The RSPB bird charity promised to look into everything that the birds caused, but they say that they don't think the birds are responsible for all the deaths.

Is air a matter? Why or why not?

I think that air is a matter because we did the experiment before (not in H.I.S).
First we measured the weight of a balloon, then we filled it up with air. When we measured the weight again, we found out that there was a slight difference between the first measured and the second measured.

Culture of my country

Traditional Korean music is characterized by the lack of breaks between movements. A pansori performance can last for over eight hours during which a single singer performs continuously.
As with music, there is a difference between court dances and folk dances. Common court dances are jeongjaemu performed at banquets, and ilmu, performed at Confucian rituals. Jeongjaemu is divided into native dances and forms imported from China. Ilmu are divided into civil dance and military dance.
Rice is the staple food of Korea. Having been an almost exclusively agricultural country until recently, the essential recipes in Korea are shaped by this experience. The main crops in Korea are rice, barley, and beans, but many supplementary crops are used. Fish and other seafood are also important because Korea is a peninsula.

10 to 15 tourist kidnapped in Egypt

10 to 15 tourist were found kidnapped in Aswan (Southern Egypt), they may include two Israelis, said Egyptian security sources on Monday. Egyptian security sources also said that they (kidnapped tourist) might have been transported to Sudan.

Worried Parents in China Wait for Answers on Tainted Formula

Parents in China are in hospital with their child/children every day, because they might have fed their young with the tainted formula. One would have to wait for more than one day to get the child/children check to determine if their young have been harmed.

The hurricane Ike hit Texas on Saturday, hitting the city of Galveston with thousand tons of water, flooding coastal towns and leaving a lot damage across metropolitan Houston.
With wind coming at 100 miles per hour, the 600-mile-wide Category 2 hurricane peeled sheets of steel off high buildings here and there, smashing and bus shelters and blew out windows, sending shattering glass across the nation’s fourth-largest city.

What's interesting about Blogging? How can Blog help you learn?

One thing thats I like about blogging is learning new things. I go on and see the news, for example ,' Caribbean was hit by a storm' and if I'm interested then I can read more from the article and learn things that I don't know about.

Hurricane Ike Smashes West Through Caribbean

By Marc Lacey

MIAMI — Hurricane Ike barreled west across central Cuba on Monday after raising the death toll and destruction across the already beleaguered islands of the waterlogged Caribbean.

U.S. Takeover of Mortgage Giants Lifts Global Markets

By Keith Bradsher and David Jolly

Stocks rallied in Europe and Asia, after the Treasury announced that it would transfer control of the mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to a conservatorship.

Ace Murray into US Open last four

Murray's success at the Grand Slam tournament in New York means he will be as high as number four in the world when the next rankings come out.But going further could be very hard for Murray, because he will have to face world number one Rafael Nadal next.

Millions of dead cockles mystery

They say there's no obvious reason why 6,000 tonnes of the shellfish off Gower have died.
Some people think it's because the water is polluted, but although scientists say it's possible, they think there could be other reasons. One scientist, Matt Longshaw, said some infections had been found in the dead cockles, but none of them were harmful to humans.
Dr Ruth Callaway from Swansea University said it was possible the cockles were being affected by pollution.

Llamas guard sheeps

A herd of sheep under attack from foxes are being protected by a team of unusual bodyguards - llamas. the number of fox attacks has nearly halved, even though the llamas don't actually fight them. It's thought just the presence of the big beasts, which come from South America, is enough to scare foxes away.

Man teaches baby bird how to fly!

A man who lives in Cornwall adopted a baby heron, and now he is teaching the baby heron how to fly!
The man's name is Garry Zammit, he started looking after this heron when its parents were lost in a storm.
He named the baby heron 'Dude', according to experts, birds usually learn to fly from their parents but Dude's parent were lost in the storm so he needed to teach Dude himself.
Garry Zammit started by using food but that didn't work out so well, so he started showing Dude how to fly himself. He ran with Dude and flapping his arms at the same time.