Russian Survival

I read an article called, “Russian survives snooze on train track” by Bas van Rijn. Its funny how much people don’t care, I mean they care about having enough money to drink liquor but they don’t care enough to make it home safely. Vladimir Rasimov passed out and fell asleep on the train tracks, on his way home after previously hanging out at the bar with his friends. A train driver saw that there was something on the tracks and tried to stop as quickly as he could, but ended up passing right over him. The conductor called the police and rescuers tried to help the drunken man escape from underneath the train but unfortunately they were unable to reach him. So the train had to carry on until he was free from the train’s grasp. When interviewed the train driver said that he tried to stop, but in such a short distance going at the speed he was there wouldn’t have been enough time anyway. So the man was saved and hopefully learned from his stupidity (…).
http://www.stunning-stuff.com/read-weird-news-stories/130.html

Can a dog really be a hero?

I read an article called, “Dog saves abandoned baby from forest”. We all are heroes in this world….A dog was in search of food for her newly born puppies when she came across an abandoned 2-week old baby in a forest that was (situated south of the capital of Nairobi). Miraculously the dog then took the child (that was wrapped in dirty cloth) across a dangerous road and through a barbed wire fence and placed it near her own puppies. (No, she was not expecting the puppies to eat the child as some might think!) A witness, Stephen Thoya, claims that he heard a child crying and saw the dog carrying the child across the street. Mary Adhiambo, proud owner of the dog says that her dog never once let the child out of sight and the dog cared for it until it was able to be rescued. Once Ms. Adhiambo had spotted the child she rushed it to the hospital. They named the child Angel (what better name than that…?). “This is ultimate proof that dogs really are a man's best friend!”
http://www.stunning-stuff.com/read-weird-news-stories/125.html?ci=4

Another glimpse into our past

I read New "Sea Monster" Species Identified. As we stumbled upon pieces of our past, clues had to be put together to unravel its mysteries. Fortunately the fossils of a sea monster have finally been able to be identified. This particular sea monster is a reptile and is called a Nichollsia borealis. Scientists say that it is one of the oldest and most complete plesiosaur fossils in North America. As one might ask a plesiosaur was a carnivorous reptile that existed between the dates of around 205 million to 65 million years ago. Surprisingly these fossils were found by mine workers in about 200 feet deep of a surface mine in Alberta in 1994. When these fossils were found, they were intact unlike some of the previous fossils in this category that were found in more scattered like ways. Just recently scientists ran a 3-D CT scan of its braincase, which was able to provide much necessary information towards their discovery. Yes something like this will provide a glimpse of their past, and the more discoveries we make the further progress in history we will go.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080326-ancient-reptile.html

Imagine living with 2 heads and 1 body...

You could classify a 2 headed snake underneath the word monster or protected specie. Not to long ago in Spain a 2 headed snake was found and has given scientists the opportunity to study their abnormality. This particular snake was found near the village of Pinoso, Spain and is called a ladder snake. The ladder snake is non-venomous and it’s about 8 cm in length. Survival for these types of animals is very poor, I’m not saying they should be protected or put under special conditions (like no hunting or killing). Burghardt says that its takes a great length of time for either snake to eat due to the fact that they fight over their prey. It’s like any other animal in the world having 2 heads and 1 body…. They especially struggle with direction and which way to slither, which makes them fall as easier prey. I guess we never really know what’s out there because there is always something new to discover.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0318_0319_twoheadsnake.html

The City of Angels, the Story I wrote!!!

Over the past few days, I’ve been writing a story called the City of Angels. (Here is a little of what it is about…) The City of Angels is where people are Okayed or denied passage into Heaven. So in order for someone to get into heaven they must be put on trial in front of the Court of God to verify that their journey has ended or that their journey has not ended and that they need to be sent back to earth. Trials can go for days on end so many people have to wait for their trial and the longer someone waits the more like an angel they become and appear. If someone fully becomes an angel they are sent to guard the Gateway of God, or the entrance to the City of Angels. So at the beginning of the story a man passes away at a hospital. He ends up attending his funeral and burial and he then can’t decide what to do so he glides out and over the ocean. Sometime during the night he passes into Heaven and meets an Angel named Roger who shows him inside the City of Angels. He then starts his exploration of the city and the venture to the Court of God.


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Stealth Reborn, Popular Science

Currently the US Bomber Fleet is made up of the B-52 (which can carry a wider range of weapons and fly longer without refueling than any other bomber made) the Air Force also has the supersonic B-1B (which flies at low altitudes and flies at high speeds but only carries non-nuclear weapons) and finally the B-2 (which can carry either nuclear or conventional weapons and is today’s only stealth bomber.) On the verge of arriving is the next generation bomber which is coming out in 2018. The new bomber can carry between 14,000-28,000 pounds of payload. The new craft can carry air-to-air missiles for self-defense. It can even fly at the center of a wolf pack. They are still debating on whether or not to make the plane manned or unmanned. If they do not have a pilot it could extend the length of missions but there will be a large debate between those who find it necessary and those who are scared of robots being in charge of nuclear capability.

Chapter 7, Absolute Zeros [The Physics of Zero]

When a giant star collapses , it disappears and becomes part of the unknown. The gravational attraction is so massive that no force in space can prevent its collapse. Thus, the dying star becomes smaller. After it becomes so small, it stuffs itself into zero space and becomes a black hole. Scientists think that black holes might travel faster than light and transport people backwards in time. A black hole takes up zero space, but has mass. The curvature of space gets larger as you come closer to a black hole. A black hole goes into infinity, it means that it has torn a hole in space time. Nobody seems to know what happens in those torn areas, its a puzzelsome concept. Einstein denied the existance of black holes. A black hole is very dangerous and space tries to prevent people from seeing the zero at the center of the black hole. " The censor is gravity itself". Black holes are part of the mystery of our universe!

World Homework : Using it for world...cause can print

World History
Topic- :Painting
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Persia: Emma
Mughals: Adrienne
Arabs: Maria

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PersiaPersia, which has the-distinction of being the cradle of civilization in Asia has made lasting contributions to the development of Islamic fine arts.The development of painting and other fine arts in Persia dates back to even before the Abbasid Caliphate. During the golden period of the Abbasid Caliphate when arts and literature flourished, the Persian influence in fine arts, especially in painting, was very strong. Except for the ornamental wall paintings, which came to light in the Palaces of Samarra during the course of excavations, no traces of Persian painting of the Sassanian period has been found.The first extant work of Persian painting of the Saljuq period dates to the 12th century and the tendencies evident in this work continued upto the end of the 13th century A.D. The works of this period are astonishing in their refinement of colour shading and the "forcible depiction of their subjects". The witty conceits of Abu Said of Serruj are highly commendable. The 'Minai' pottery of Raghes (c 1200) which borrowed the Baghdad style of painting was also prevalent throughout Persia.

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Chapter 6, Infinity’s Twin [The Infinite Nature of Zero]

I read chapter 6 from the book Zero called Infinity’s Twin. Similarities between Infinity and zero have been known since the Renaissance. Take for example, if you multiply anything by zero, its zero and if you multiply anything by infinity, you get infinity. Zero and Infinity are the yin and yang of our world, they hold a great unknown power. Zero was not the only number that suffered from exile and ignorance, other numbers were treated equally the same. Indian Mathematicians accepted zero while Europe rejected it, and the East worshiped and used negative numbers while the West tried to not understand it. Many people refused to accept negative numbers and these people called negative numbers “False Roots”. To move on to further topics, the first development was projective geometry that came into existence at time of war. In the 1700’s the European countries were very tense and were searching for power. (to be continued…)

Chp 3 "Nothing Ventured [Zero Goes East]

I read chapter 3 from the book “Zero”. In fourth century BC Alexander the Great marched his troops from Babylon to India, this invasion was when the Indian Mathematicians were able to learn about the Babylonian system of numbers. India was isolated from Rome and Rome’s power after Alexander the Great died in 323 BC. India was never afraid of the infinite or the void, it was a strong country. India was an important place for the Hindu religion. The longer Hinduism thrived the more it became monotheistic. The God in Hindu religion was Shiva who was both creator and destroyer of the World. Shiva is also remembered and represented by nothingness. Nothingness was what the world came from, to achieve nothingness is the supreme goal of us all. Here, take for example the story death tells,
In the beating heart that lives in us all is the Atman (the spirit) who is small yet very big. “It resides in everything and is part of the essence of the universe that is immortal”. When a human being dies, the Atman is released to join another person. The goal of a person is to free themselves entirely of the atman, which if a person is ruled by their body they can never be free. But once you are able to release and separate yourself and embrace the wonders of this world, you will be set free and liberated.