Dec. 2, 2008
The Earth is Shaking! The Earth is Shaking!
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This week I read in my geography book about how geographers can read seismic waves to get an idea of what the center of the earth is like. The reason they can do this is because of the two types of seismic waves: Primary(P) waves and Secondary(S) waves. Both types of waves travel through the earth, emitting from the central point of the earthquake. The difference is the fact that S waves cannot travel through a liquid, but will either bounce back or turn into the aforementioned P waves. Therefore, if an earthquake occurs in beijing, a geographer in new york could see P waves and guess that there must be some liquid between the two pieces of crust. |
Dec. 1, 2008
This is is Sirius Stuff...
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Today I read in my astronomy about the different constellations. The one constellation that caught my attention was Canis Major, or The Great Dog. When you look at the Sirius satellite radio symbol, you see the eyes as stars. I see this to be based in the fact that the eyes of Canis Major are formed by the double-star system, Sirius. |
Nov. 25, 2008
Today's Geography Reading
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Today I read about how far down you would have to dig to get to the core: 3,975 miles. We actually don’t know exactly what it’s like, down there in the core, but we can make a good guess, based on the seismic waves generated by earthquakes. We cannot even begin to send a man that far down. For a price tag of about $100,000,000 dollars, a hole was dug over the course of 20 years that was seven and one half miles deep. Think about it. 7.5 Into 3975. That’s 530 times as deep as the hole that we dug. That’s 16,790 times the height of the |
Oct. 24, 2008
Leadership and Caring for Others
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In 1916, Ernest Shackleton was on a ship to Antarctica so that he and his crew could be the first people to cross the continent on foot. But as they were nearing the coast, the water froze around the ship. The hull split from the pressure and the crew were forced to row for the nearest shoreline in a lifeboat. They finally landed on a barren piece of land called Elephant Island. If it weren't for Ernest Shackleton, who sailed for shore in a longboat, hiked across desolate, mountainous terrain to reach the populated side of South George Island, all of his men would have perished. But thanks to Ernest Shackleton, not a single man left this world. From, Boyhood and beyond by Bob Schultz |
Sep. 4, 2008
Today's Narration
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Today I will narrate what I learned in my astronomy book. I have just started reading about space rocks. I have read that comets are big giant balls of snow, ice, and rock. Asteroids are really big rocks that are orbiting the sun. Unlike comets, asteroids are only rock, instead of ice mixed in. Meteors are rocks that some people call shooting stars. They are rocks that are falling through the earth's atmosphere. Not many of these make it through without disintegrating, but the ones that do that reach the earth are called meteorites. Some astronomers like to collect these rocks for testing. |
Sep. 13, 2007
There is a Narration this Day...
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I am going to tell you about a martyr whose name was Richard Cameron: There once was a king called Charles II and at the moment I am going to tell you of he is fuming. He has just come to the end of a chase through a marsh in Scotland. He is an English king and he rules at this point over all of Scotland. Just across the mud there stands a band of not more than sixty-five men that are not armed. You can imagine the contrast as shiny armor meets farm cloths. The splendor of polished armor versus the dullness of everyday shirts. But there are two dead men that stand out. They are the two Cameron brothers. Two leaders of the puritan church. A little while ago they arrived from Holland, where they had been hiding. The king's men did not stop until every puritan person was dead. When the deed was done, they chopped off Richard's head and hands and rode through the streets of London saying," Richard is dead!" Richard's father was is jail. They came to him and put the head and hands in his lap. They asked if he knew who they belonged to, and he said," They belong to my Richard" and broke down in tears. The story is a sad one as are many martyr stories.
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Aug. 27, 2007
Today's Narraton...
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I just read Chapter #22 of This Country of Ours which is my history for this year and also keeps on for like a year. But anyway... After the MAYFLOWER landed in New England the pilgrims got off the little craft and went about setting up a new colony in a cold winter in a new land. But after a while a disease came around and many people got sick and a few died. When winter went and spring came, however,the deadly disease went away. There on the bank of the harbor where they had docked their ship, the little MAYFLOWER was leaving and it was a sad farewell as the little ship sailed away for England. Then, when the ship sailed out of sight over the horizon the pilgrim fathers went about their daily chores. They had their friendly Indians, their fights with other Indian tribes, but overall they prospered, and eventually became part of modern day Massachusetts.
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Aug. 25, 2007
Still Bloggin'
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I'm still blogging but I'm running out of ideas on things to blog about. I never thought I'd be saying this but um... SOMEONE PLEASE TAG ME!!!!!!!!!! |
Aug. 24, 2007
The Reason for the Name of My Blog
I always wanted a horse. So I renamed my blog to inform as to what I wanted to be. And what I wanted to have. AARGH!!!!!!! |
Aug. 24, 2007
My New Book
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I am writing a new book, called Back to Earth. In it, a young man called Peter Stevenson invents a futuristic space-ship and heads off into space. Little does he know that he is plunging headlong into the craziest trip of his life. Sounds interesting eh? That's not all, but I don't want to be a story spoiler. |
Aug. 23, 2007
Sorry, I forgot
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I have had a lot of goings on in the last few days and even before then I was forgetting about my blog. I will try to write more in the future. My Apologies, Artax. |
Apr. 4, 2007
My er... little kitten...
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Remember My post "My kitten and I..."? Well, she's not a kitten anymore! She's a full-grown cat. She is much better at getting the "LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" point across  . She has her "just-leave-me-alone" moments, her "just-hangin'-out" moments, and her "I'm-happy-so-I'm-going-to-purr-my-little-head-off" moments . I still think she is as cute as ever and I love her dearly. |
Apr. 4, 2007
I apologize...
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I have not posted in a long time for lack of time to do so. We have been busy. I will try harder to keep up. Thanks for sticking with me, Artax |
Sep. 1, 2006
Madagascar
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On Dec. 2, 2005 we rented Madagascar, and now we own it! We are very pleased with it. It is very funny, and we watch it more than any other movie we own(which is at least 30).
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Sep. 1, 2006
Chapter 7-Happy rejoicing
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Sam was really a forgotten prince and his country had no ruler of any sort. His father was killed in a battle between these dragons and his men and Sam wanted revenge. So he called a counsel of his best men and they agreed on war and that Sam was king. As soon as Sam's friends heard about it they jumped for joy. |
Mar. 17, 2006
Today's Narration
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Pilgrim's Progress Evangelist reproves Christian for following the counsel of Worldly Wiseman and trying to go to Mr. Legality to "be eased of his burden". And Christian turned back onto the path that Evangelist appointed for him to go to The Wicket-Gate with the lamp hanging on the top. |
Mar. 17, 2006
Timez Attack
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Mom found this game called Timez Attack.
I've played it and it's very neat. It teaches times tables through an
adventure-type form. You are a little green guy that walks around and
comes to all types of doors. When you walk up to one, a math problem
appears on it and the door shoots out little balls. These balls turn
into snails and every time you collect them, they give you the answer
to the problem. Once you collect them all, you throw them back at the
door giving you the answer again. You then type the answer to the
problem, which opens the door and an ogre comes out. He asks you math
problems you have already covered in the program. You are timed for
the answer and when you get one wrong or miss the time limit, he shoots
you with goo, which will knock you down. It is a fun game because it is an adventure towards learning your multiplication table. I hope you will enjoy the game as much as I have. |
Jan. 29, 2006
Chapter 5:The Capture of the Dragons
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Ten days and ten nights they stood in capture of the Dragons, which wasn't very pleasant. They tried to think up ways to get out. To think that They were such nice people makes me sad.
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Dec. 24, 2005
"Ho, ho, ho, merry Christmas to all!"
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 Really. I just wanted to wish everyone here at HSB an incredibly merry Christmas. I am having a very good time blogging here and I know it is because of everyone here helping me along.Merry Christmas, artax. |
Dec. 4, 2005
Chapter 4: 7,000 Dragons!
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It was the king of the Dragons! Then, all of the sudden, Sam and all of them jumped! They now stood before 7,000 more dragons. They were so frightened that they almost wanted to build a massive fortress right then and there! Uh,oh...
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