Arctic Sea Ice Sets a New Low That Leads to Warnings

The drastic melting of Arctic sea ice has finally ended for the year scientists said on September 19, 2012 , but not before demolishing the previous record and setting off warnings about the fast pace of change in the region. The low point for 2012 was reached Sunday, National Snow and Ice Data Center which said that sea ice that day covered about 1.32 million square miles of the surface of the Arctic Ocean! Thats unbelievable if you ask me.

Scientists also said the rapid warming of the land to be a consequence of the human release of greenhouse gases. They see the melting as an very early warning of big changes to come in the rest of the world. The ice in the sea is declining much faster than it had been predicted in the last big United Nations report on the state of the climate, published in 2007. The disappearance of the summer ice cover takes away a white reflective surface with a much darker ocean surface allowing the region to trap more of the sun’s heat which is not good.

What we need to do is help stop global warming. Yes, it can be difficult to stop it but if we try with all our might maybe we can help stop it. Some things that I thought of that could help is things like Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I know there are things now that our community is trying to  do so we can recycle. There giving us recycle bins just like the garbage ones but there blue and are only for things that can be recycle.

If this keeps up then there's going to be a melt down around the world and it will get flooded. We will all die from this because there will be very high waves that will take everything out. Just think about it for a second. Waves 1,000 feet high coming to you from all directions and there is nothing you can do. There's a movie that shows what would happen but I don't remember what it's called. If you do then please help me remember.

 

Something else that can help reduce global warming is using less heat & air conditioning.  What you can do is first turn down the heat while you're sleeping at night or away during the day, and keep temperatures moderate at all times. You want to know something exciting and what most people don’t know? Did you know that “We burn fossil fuels such as gasoline, oil, coal, and natural gas to run our vehicle engines and to heat and light our homes. Burning fossil fuels increases the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere”?

One of the most important thing that can really help the warming is driving less and driving smart. Most people don’t understand is that you can save gasoline easily by just walking and biking. They are also great exercise that we Americans need! I mean we can also save gas by carpooling to work or school.

The day at the DMV

   Yesterday was one of the most exciting days I've ever had even tho It was a Monday and I had school. Mondays is the worst day to me, because it's another day of boring school and I get really tired. Some how, I was really looking forward to this day because it was my moms birthday and she didn't need to go to work. For me this is a big opportunity to get out of school early and spend time with her, but this was different birthday.

   The day was 9/16/2012 and it looked like it was going to be a raining day, but It seemed like any other day to me. When I first got to school I felt so drained and didn't want to do any work, but I would get in trouble if I did that. So, when we first walked to class it looked like the bottom of the sky was about to fall out on top of us. Of course nobody wanted to get wet at the beginning of the day so we hurried across camps to our building. While the first classes went by we saw that it was raining outside, we hoped that it would stop so we don't have to get wet while going to out next class. During 2 period I felt my pants starting to vibrate and I didn't know what was going on at first. Then, I put my hand in my pocket to find what was going on and I pulled out my phone. I find out that my mom was calling me while I was in school. When I answer it she told me she was going to pick me up early to take me to the DMV to get my drivers permit.

   So after lunch, when we got back into math class they told me they I was signing out early. Of course I knew why but I was so ready to get out of school. On the way to the DMV I felt fine at first but then a wave of fear ran threw me. I didn't know why at first but I found out that I was nervous. When we first got there I found out that I wasn't the only kid getting his permit. After taking my test lucky I passed and was super happy.

What I learned in Public Speaking

   "Everyday is a new day to talk to a bunch of people" my dad said to me one day. He knows I hate talking to a lot of people about a topic. I rater do a dirty job like on TV then talk to a lot of people. I think I talked about Public speaking but that was about a different topic today I'm going to talk about how to relax and be cool under pressure.

   First thing people think about when it comes to talking in front of class is "Oh crap, I don't think I can do this". This is common for all of us when were not ready to talk to other people. Its called stage fright, and everybody has it trust me it been proven. What is common for stage fright is saying "ughh and ummm" a lot when you forget what to say or don't know what to do. Another thing that most people do is shaking uncontrollably. I don't know why but I do that to, but these are the most common effects of stage fright. There are ways to stop these effects from happening but it's not easy, and i'm still trying to do it.

   Some ways to stop these things from happening are talking to a pet. First of all you need a pet, and if you have to read something to  the class the next day then when you get home read it to your dog like he is your classmates. This helps a lot because it's somebody that wont say anything back but will listen to everything you say. It will also build up your confidence when doing it for real the next day. Another thing which is something I never liked but picture the audience in there underwear. I guess these makes you more conformable when talking but it been proven to help. Even tho I never done it, it sounds funny.

The Memory of 9/11

• • Let's be clear the Trade Center site as a whole is a lost opportunity.
  • A great urban ensemble where low-rise theaters and cultural centers would rub shoulders with skyscrapers.
  • For that reason alone, it was essential that it should deliver, and it does, on its promise to be both a powerful and a contemplative space.
  • A unified sheet of water, expresses a sense of lost and grief.
  • Ramps that would lead visitors down to galleries 30 ft. below ground.
  • A 70-ft.-deep concrete "bathtub" scorched by the fires of the attack.
  • The completed memorial still evokes the immensity of 9/11.
  • Surrounded the voids with a six-acre park plaza of granite pavers and closely planted white oaks
  • Because the water pours into the tanks through narrow channels spaced an inch and a half apart, it drops first in separate rivulets.
  • As those descend they combine into a unified sheet of water, a mingling that speaks of the many lives joined by the vast event that was 9/11.
  
  
  The monument first of all shows who lost there life in the 9/11 attack on the twin towers, also the ones who did it. There names were carved into a Two massive square voids sited within the footprints of the towers. It also has a stairs that goes 30ft down under the towers to show more names. It has what it needed to be at the monument but is missing a few things. The things that it could have are some statues of the two towers in between the monuments. Also it could have some panting people could make to remember.

A Hairy problem

   As you can see in the picture to the right I have two golden retrievers. Ones a boy who's 8 years old and the other is a girl who is 3, and their names are Buddie and Zoe. As many people have said the dog is a man's best friend, and I support this 100%. What we also do know is that they can be very messy animals but are also very lovable and playful.

   Evey time I return from school, right as I walk threw the door they run and jump all over me happy to see me home. There home by there self for at least 8 hours because I have to go to school and my parents have to work. Of course I think about them when I'm away but I know they can keep the house safe and be good. What we didn't know at first was what they did all the time. So one day I gotten out of school early because I wasn't feeling good but also to find out what they are up too when nobody's home. Luckily my mom had time to get me out of school and drop me off at my house. When I first walk in I was wanting to get in without them knowing but that's kinda impossible with my dogs because they are always alert. Right when I open the door I see them running towards me fast, and I thought they were going to hurt me but they stopped and realized who I was.

   After all the hugs and kisses they gave me I went looking around to see where they came running from. It was the first few weeks that we just bought some new furniture, and we didn't want to get any of the dogs on it. Even tho we tried to train them to stay off it they still lay there when we are gone. Some sneaky dogs they are huh? Later on I go to my room and see that my bed is not the way I left it and had all my sheets on the ground. Assuming that there was no way the air could do it, now I know that they also jump around on my bed or sleep on it.

   It was surprising to me that they would do this after all we have train them, but what can you do? Dogs will be dogs right?

Is Procrastination Good for You?

   First of all, waiting till the last second to do your work that is due the next day is never good for your grade. But it can be good for you!  Some scientists have argued that there are two kinds of procrastination: active procrastination and passive procrastination. Active procrastination means you realize that you are unduly delaying mowing the lawn or cleaning your closet, but you are doing something that is more valuable instead. Passive procrastination is just sitting around on your sofa not doing anything. That clearly is a problem. Why not wait till the last second so you can relax until its due. Don't put all the pressure on your self and mess up until you feel confident enough to do it.
   There is also a two-step process for better decision-making. Which is what is the longest amount of time I can take before doing this? What time world am I living in? ( I don't really get why this is on here but I guess it helps for some people?) Delay the response or the decision until the very last possible moment. (Which is what Procrastination is).

  Just take a breath. Take more pauses. Stare off into the distance. This will help you relax and do what you need to do without being stressed. Some people say this is stupid (like me) but others say it helps a lot. I would like to try it one day for my sport which is soccer. I hope this will work and not be a joke like always. I'll post back to tell y'all if it works later own.

What I learn in Civics

  This week we are learning about the American colonies and all 13 of them. Mostly it is about what they did when they first came to the new land. Also what the difficulties they went threw with great Britain. We had to learn about which colonies were the Southern colonies, Middle colonies, and New England colonies. In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh founded the first English colony at Roanoke in North America.

At fist it was a struggle for them to settle down because of the new land and natives that lived there. It was founded between 1607 and 1733. Each colonies had a certain farming plant they did. The southern colonies had tobacco they grew from Jamestown.
New England colonies were known for shipbuilding for Great Britain and farming crops. Anybody could have there own  property. Benjamin Franklin, in 1772, after examining the wretched hovels in Scotland surrounding the opulent mansions of the land owners, said that in New England "every man" is a property owner. Which is something I never knew before? I'm use to know a lot about history but I never knew that much about what happen at the begging of america.

 Did you know The colonization of North Carolina started in the 1650s. The province of Carolina was split into the North and South halves in 1712. This was also what I never knew how they became what they are now. Even tho they independent South Carolina continued to be ruled by the same Lords Proprietors who ruled North Carolina. I wish I could tell you more about what I learned but there is noting else to say. One of the things that started the revolutionary war was the many taxes the great Britain put on them witch made the man of the colonist angry and wanted to be independent from great Britain.

Unemployment

   One of the main problems in the United States today is unemployment. More and more people are losing there jobs everyday. Some are just plain lazy and some are just dumb. What some people don't know is that the unemployment rates drooped to 8.1 percent in August. The lower jobless rate mean that most people have given up looking for a job. This also fell to 63.5 percent the lowest it has ever been in a long time.

   I always knew that people or Americans have been losing there jobs for the past few years, but I never knew it was drooping this much. It surprised me just to know that my dad was let go from his job a few years ago but lucky for him he found a better one and hes doing the same thing as he was with his last job.

   Since the beginning of the year job has gone up to at least 139,000 every mouth. Which is good for now but it could get better, wish it would at least.

   "The unemployment rate in Greece was last reported at 24.4 percent for this past June, according to official figures released September 6. This means that almost one out of every four Greek citizens seeking work cannot find a job." By the looks of this at least were doing better then the Greeks. If one out of every American are looking for a job now, then it would be total chaos here. I could not image what it would be like, and I never wont that to happen.

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry I

   The characters of the book "Roll of Thunder" are Little Man, Stacey, Christopher-John, and Cassie. The story was told in first person by Cassie which is the girl in the middle of the picture. It took place during the time when the whites get whatever they wont and the African-Americans get treated like crap which is wrong in so many ways.

  The beginning of the book starts out with the kids going to there first day of school. The school called The Great Faith Elementary and Secondary School, one of the largest black schools in the county. Also it was an hour walk to get there. It was a consisting of four weather-beaten wooden houses on stilts of brick, 320 students, seven teachers, a principal, a caretaker, and the caretaker's cow.

  Everyday they walk to the school they always fear the bus from Jefferson Davis County School, which is a long white wooden building looming in the distance. Behind the building was a sports field around a scattered rows of tired gray benches. So every time they try to walk to school the Jefferson Davis County School buses try to run them off the road or into a ditch.

   One day when they were walking to school they wanted to leave early so they don't have to see the bus. Unlucky for them the bus was less then fifty feet behind them, it veered dangerously close to the right edge of the road where they were running, forcing them to jump to the bank; but all of them fell short and landed in the slime of the gully. Little man grabbed a handful of mud and ran to the road and ran after the retreating bus.

  This is as far as I have read this week but next week I will read more and tell y'all what happens next.

Scientists Discover New Cave Spider

 
Well first of all what do you think of this picture to the right? Looks scary right? Well as we all know this is called a Spider. Ever sense I first learned to talk, and walk I nerved liked spiders. Don't know why but they just creep me out when I see one on the ground or even hanging from the ceiling in front of my face.

 Once when I was little there was a spider on my living room floor at home. Of course I wasn't going to go near it but I wanted to see what it would do. What happened was weird, and unsuspecting. It wasn't moving at all not even twitching. At first it looked like it was dead, so I moved closer. Next thing I know it started ruining towards me really fast. So I ran to my parents so they can kill it and scene then never liked them.

 Moving on to this cool looking spider. Whats unique about this spider is that it's legs each ends in a curved, like claws.Which has never been seen before on any kind of spider. It also resembles the Brown recluse. Scientists uncovered this spider form the caves of southwestern Oregon and at redwood forest. The closest kind of spiders that are in common with it is the Oonipidae spiders. By the way, the scientists named it Trogloraptor. Sounds like a dinosaur kind of animal.

 The Trogloraptor is about 8  centimeters long. Which really is not that big but is common for a spider. The food they eat are only fly by what the scientists think. We think the Trogloraptor hangs from ceilings of caves with there legs open, then snaps its claws to catch flies passing by for food. So that's pretty much what the scientists have found out so far. Don't you want to see this in your house at night?

What I've learned in Geometry

   When school first started I was so excited to know what classes I would. I was also excited to meet some new teachers. I was wishing that I will get some nice teachers and not the strict to the bone teachers. Like last year I had some strict teachers, and they always yelling at us for something so little or nothing at all. So on, my figures were crossed when the teachers were handing out papers that tells us what classes we will have. Of course I have civics, public speaking, but then it said geometry.

  Math was never my favorite subject since I first started learning it. I get confused with word problems and can easily forget formulas. Last year in 9th grade I took algebra 1. It was hard at first because I wasn't really ready for it. For the first few weeks it was difficult to understand what I was doing but I my teacher was very supportive to me. She saw that I was having trouble and offered me some help one day during lunch. Thanks to her the rest of the year was easy to me, and I passed the class with flying colors.

Now that I have geometry I'm very worried on how I will do in this class. Again it is being difficult for me to learn the new formulas and using a compass. "Construction" in Geometry means to draw shapes, angles or lines accurately. These constructions use only compass, straightedge (i.e. ruler) and a pencil. This is the "pure" form of geometric construction - no numbers involved!" This pretty much tells about what it is.

   Even tho I'am still in the class now, I think its getting easier for me to solve problems. My parents told me that  it will be hard at first but will come to you which was true.

New Orleans Uninvited Guest

  New Orleans, full of great things to do and  it never gets boring. Its mainly known for its music like Jazz, zydeco, blues, Cajun and funk. Parties everyday and every night around every corner. The point is, New Orleans is one of the funniest place to be in the united states.

  On August 29, 2005 the most unsuspected thing that would ever happen, happened. Winds downtown were in the Category 3 rang with frequent intense guts and tidal surge. Hurricane Katrina passed South-east of New Orleans causing massive damage. The storm surge caused more than fifty broken drainage canal levees, and was the worst engineering disaster in the history of the United States still. I remember when I was  eight years old looking at the TV and seeing a city full of water. It was unbelievable to my eyes because it was something I've never seen before but only dreamed while I sleep.

  About 80% of New Orleans was flooded, with some places under 15 feet of water! 80 and 90 percent of the people of New Orleans was safely taken out in time before Katrina struck. It also was the most long-lasting effects ever in history. Nothing has ever been the same for New Orleans sense then.

  Until now in the 2012 a new visitor is on her way. She's aiming right towards New Orleans with winds up to 200 MPH from its center. A lot of people are very, very worried about what will happen when she comes, and hopes it won't be an reenactment from 2005. I wouldn't be surprised if the hurricane would not do anything to New Orleans. From what I heard on the news the storm left 24 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but left little damage in the Florida Keys as it blew past.So New Orleans might not even be in trouble at all, but who knows until it happens shortly.

What happens in class

  What happen in class today was fun and embarrassing for me. At the end of the day in my last class which is public speaking, we had to do a assignment that was due that day. The assignment was that we had to put five items into a bag that represents us and then write what we are going to say onto paper. So what I did to explain myself to my classmates was first my favorite food which is slim jims, than my favorite drink which is coke. My last three items is my iPod because of music, a small soccer ball for favorite sport, and lastly a little yellow lab to show that I love dogs and to play with them.

  So when the time was come to enter the class I was very nervous to be picked first. Lucky me my friend Donnie wanted to volunteer to go first. Of course he was being funny and making jokes while he was showing everybody his items, but that's normal Donnie for ya. While everybody was laughing at what he was saying I was going to get my bag out of my book bag. I never thought about it at first, but it was a tight fill to put it in there and that turned out to tear the bag on its side showing my box of slim jims. Some how it made me sad because I didn't want anything bad to happen when it was my turn but I kinda jinks myself. 

  Later on in the class I was trying to figure out what I was going to say. Even tho I wrote what to say on my paper I wasn't so positive about it. The thing is I was never so great at talking in front of people or a audience. Reason I say this is because when I first start talking my face turns blood red. I never even knew this until my friends told me a while back. So right when it was my turn to talk in front of my classmates I could feel my face getting hot and I could hear people saying he's blushing and look how red his face is getting. Next thing I know I lose my train of thought and just started talking and ignored the paper I that would of been just fine. So instead I just say things like "I use my iPod to listen to music." which was stupid of me because I really wanted to get a good grade on it but I don't think that happen.

  After everybody has gone and done there assignment our teacher told us some very important info. What she said was "So everybody has not done what was asked and will do it again later on the the school year. This should of took more then an a class period but was suppose to at least take two days, and nobody talked about there five items enough." So lucky me I get another chance to do it and will do it better next time. I guess it wasn't so bad of a day than. 

The Threats of Mother Earth

  What would you do if you hear the earth it self talk out loud? Would you run, hide, scream? The earth is mad at everybody on her for treating her badly. We leave trash all over the place making it dirty and smell bad. The toxic fumes kill the ecosystem and all the trees.

  

  Why do we let this happen to mother earth? Next thing you know the earth with want to kick us off her. She would want us to move to another planet even tho there is nowhere else to live. Earthquakes and volcanoes will start to happen all around us. We would all start to run and wouldn't know what to do about whats happening. Either we stop what she doesn't like or we all die from what she does to us.

  She said the best place to move would be the moon because we been there before. Even tho there was no way to move all the people on earth to the moon, so we will have to move to another planet like mars or Venus. What would happen if she would kick us off her planet?

  What we should do is change and do what she says unless we want to all die. Stop throwing trash all over the place, and making the world smell like crap. Start recycling and reusing things so you can save things without putting it all over beaches and important places. We need to reduce the toxic fumes that factories let out, and find another way to do it without hurting our ozone.

 If we do this and apologize to her for what we did wrong. Then show that we can change and prove it so we can stay and live our life to the fullest. We can do this together and not get killed by earthquakes and volcanoes.

Games that are most popular

 

   The most popular games are the ones that everybody loves to play and stays on that game only. Of course everybody has their own favorite games like (RPG) Role Playing Games, shooting games, adventure, and strategy games are most of the ones teens like to play.

   An RPG game that have now been out for a while is the game called Skyrim and is one of the most popular game out today. The reason that this game is so popular is all the things you can do in it. I personally never play the game before but from seeing and hearing what people say about it plus seeing it on tv surely proves how fun it is to play.

   Shooting games have a lot of choices that some people would like and others wouldn't. For instance me and my friends like to play first-person shooting games because we like to get into the action. Others might like the third-person shooting games so they can see what around them. A game that is one of the most popular shooting games are the Call of Duty games. The newest game for Call of Duty is Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. This is a great game for teens who like a fast pasting game and want a modern combat experience in a game.

   One adventure game that I have been looking for is the PC game called Grim Fandango. I never really played this game but I found it on the internet saying its one of the best adventure games of all time. One thing I found about the game was "Join Manny, the undead travel agent, and uncover a conspiracy to keep new additions to the underworld from buying a safe passage through purgatory." This seems like a fun game to play if you're one of those people who likes to play computer games. I would recommend playing the demo first tho.