Tuesday, May 12, 2009

'Weapons Revolution' 3





All of you soldiers who are out there on the battlefield and are risking your life you better watch out! The opposing side fighting our forces know as the COVENANT. They have created a new species on the battlefield named Gangsta Grunt. This new 'weapon' they have created can do a whole lot more than the original one that was made. It could also do a whole lot more damage. It is equipped with a lot me guns and it is a lot more aggressive. The guns that it is equipped with are the state of the ark weapons. They are the B-252svc plasmatic rifle and with th the B-305scv endoplasmic toxicity cannons on both sides of the Gangsta Grunt. Those can do a whole lot of damage with just one shot. So watch out! Also this new weapon they have learned better fighting statistics and a whole lot of fighting moves. Just a hint, don't get close to this killing machine. But don't worry fellow human beings. Skill is on our side so one day we'll beat the COVENANT. It's just a matter of time...




Sunday, March 8, 2009

Twister Film Critque

(Tornadoes... amazing weather patterns that can occur, very amazing) Oh hello! my name is Professor Oak. I'm a weather specialist and a meteorologist and I study the weather. But the subject that I'm a specialist in and that I really specify in are tornadoes. I study where they come from, how there formed, and a whole lot more of information about them.


About a week ago I went to the cinema and I went to go see this movie called Twister. Twister (1996) was about some tornado chasers that made a(n) creation to study more about tornadoes. In the end of the film they get there creation to work and get all the information they need to know about tornadoes. Twister was written by Michael Critchton, and Anna Marie Martin. It was also directed by Jan De Bont.



http://www.impawards.com/1996/posters/twister.jpg

I went to go see it because the title just right then and there caught my eye. And also I went to go see it because I wanted to see if the facts were right or just plain fantasy. When the movie actually started (after I went to the bathroom from a kid spilling his coke on me) I was really pulled into it. Some parts were boring but for the most part, it was alright. When the tornadoes started forming then the action began! It was so intense when they formed because it felt like you were in that situation. Although it was cool and intense, there were some parts in the movie that were fake, but also there were parts that were real. For one, tornadoes can form in any server weather. (Tornadoes most commonly developed in thick cumulonimbus clouds. Those clouds are the same clouds that bring thunderstorms) But in the movie, sometimes the weather looked it was just any normal day. But also a tornado is a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface and in the movie, that happened and that was true. A a tornado is formed when a warm moist air flows in at the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud and moves upwards. And then, a low pressure area forms inside the cloud, thus creating a tornado.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/tornadoes/images/tornado_map.jpg

Another scene that I thought was a really impossible scene and that it was no way that that could happen was at the the HUGE Tornado. I don't think that a tornado can get that big because there would have to be a HUGE thunderstorm happening or it must of have absorbed so much deb re that it would just have to keep growing bigger. And also, I could tell that the tornadoes were fake compared to real ones but they looked pretty real to the naked eye.

http://weathersavvy.com/tornado10.jpg

I have to go, oh! we have just been reported that there is an F5 on route 22 on the highway look I;m so sorry folks I have go catch this one. BRING IT ON!




Thursday, March 5, 2009

Asian Religions



Asian religions are the most interesting and fascinating religions that you can learn about!

To the picture on the left you can see two women spinning a prayer wheel. A prayer wheel sits on a spindle made from either metal, wood, stone, leather, or even sometimes coarse cotton. According to Tibetan Buddhist tradition, spinning such a wheel will have a much bigger effect than praying originally. Also there are a lot of other spinning wheels. For example: Mani Wheel, Water Wheel, Fire Wheel, Wind Wheel, Stationary Prayer Wheel, Samurai Prayer Wheel, Electric Dharma Wheel, Digital Prayer Wheel, and today, there are even Internet-operated Prayer Wheel(via webcam)

In my picture, there are two women spinning the prayer wheel. They are spinning the prayer wheel probably for good luck and it is a tradition to do so and they are probably praying for a lot more. The environment that these women are in is isolated and also out in the middle of little towns and places. The feelings that this picture inspires me is to actually spin a prayer wheel myself and to ask more about the prayer wheel and its history.

These sounds that I can hear are very interesting and loud. I can hear the birds in the distance screaming away battling one another for food. I can also hear the grinding sound that the prayer wheel makes when one of the women spin it. I can also hear them speak to one another but i can't understand it. I can see the women spin the wheel with all there might trying to just spin the wheel just once all the way around. I can also see other people walking to where we are.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Videos




Pictures




Women in Islam

Women in Islam

Many people think that it is because of the Quran that women aren’t treated fairly. Actually, the Quran states that men and women are equal and they are as important as each other. Islam looks at the importance of each gender. They each have their own responsibilities, they include the women being head of the household and men earning the money to keep the family running. However this does not mean that women cannot have their own jobs! They are encouraged to get their own property and have some sort of education. Because women are self sufficient in Islam they are thought of as a threat to the view of family structure.

The Muslims have had over seven government leaders, such as: Benazir Bhutto- Pakistan, Mame Madior Boye- Senegal, Megawati Sukarnoputri etc.

The awkward relationship between men and women is shown in Islamic texts and the history and culture of Muslim. The Islamic law called Shari states that there are difference in men’s and women’s roles and rights. Countries that are mainly dominated by Islam vary in terms of the rights women have in regards to divorce, marriage, civil rights, legal status, dress code and education.

Many people argue that the difference in value of men and women is because of the Quran. Others think that it’s because of difference in status and responsibilities, yet other people such as liberal Muslims think that it’s because of different interpretations of traditional documents.


Early historical background


Women in Islam now a day and back in time were treated very differently than the men. Also, their life-style and the way that they have been treated were very poor. Women generally had fewer rights under Islamic rule and law than they did under any other certain cultures. Also, if something bad had happen to the husband or in general, something bad had happen to somebody and an Islamic wife wanted to testify, their evidence in court would be worth much less than of what a mans evidence would be. In general, in an Islamic society, the man was more dominant and they would listen to the man more than the women. Also, in the “old” days, women in Islam were not tended to know a lot about business matters because men had all the financial responsibility which means that took and they were in control of the money.



FEMALE EDUCATION


Women played a rather large role in the starting up of many schools. The foundation behind the University of Al Karaouine was Fatima al-Fihri's in 859 A.D. This carried on through to the Ayyubid dynasty in the 12th and 13th century. During this time 160 mosques and madrasahs were built in Damascus. Approximately 26 were funded by women through the Waqf system. The patrons of these institutions were partly made up of women, actually half were.

According to the information from Ibn Asakir who was a Sunni scholar, during the 12th century, women could have an education. There were writings that they could study and women could even earn academic degrees. These would let them become scholars or teachers. Wealthy families who had a good education obviously made sure that their children did too. Education for women was inspired by Muhammad’s wives, they were: Khadijah and Aisha. Khadija was a thriving business woman and Aisha was traditional scholar and military leader. The Hadith, which is what Aisha studied, states that Muhammad complimented the women because of their love of religious information.

It wasn’t the norm for women to be students in proper classes; however it was the norm for them to be a part of informal lectures and study days at mosques, and other places. While, there wasn’t law against female education, many men did not like it. Muhammad was among them, he was shocked and disappointed because of some of the behaviour he saw from women who checked lectures without permission.

Women only made up 1% of the population who were Islamic scholars; this was before the 12th century though. After this, in the 15th century the number of female scholars shot up. According to a biographical dictionary by Al-Sakhawi, there were 1,075 female scholars in the 15th century.


FEMALE EMPLOYMENT


The workers in the Caliphate all had different backgrounds and religions; there were female and male laborers too. Women conducted many different activities and were involved in a wide range of occupations. They worked in the primary sector, which was farming, in the secondary sector, which was construction work, spinning, embroidery etc and the tertiary sector, which was investing, doctoring, nursing, broking, peddling, lending and teaching. Women also held control over a few branches of the textile industry. The textile industry was the biggest and most detailed industry at that time. Women had very few property rights and wage labor was unheard of in Europe. This all changed because of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries.

During the 12th century, Ibn Rushd, who was a well known philosopher and judge, stated that women and men were equal in everything and had the same ability to strive in peace and in war. He used female warriors Arabia, Greece and Africa as examples. Nusaybah Bint k’ab Al Maziniyyah, Aisha, Kahula and Wafeira and Um Umarah were among the most important generals and soldiers who fought in the Muslim conquests and civil wars in early Muslim history.

A rare sight was female staff in hospitals. This was practically unheard of anywhere else, but in medieval Muslim hospitals there were a number of women being employed as nurses. Theses women came from places such as Sudan, which was a sign of a break through. Women physicians were first employed at Muslim hospitals too. The two most famous physicians came from the Banu Zuhr family who served abu Yusuf Ya’qub al- Manur, an Almohad ruler in the 12th century. This was needed due to the separation between male and female patients in Islamic hospitals. Female surgeons were mentioned in Serafeddin Sabuncuoglu’s Imperial Surgery for the first time in the late 25th century.


MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE


Many years ago, during the medieval Islamic world the divorce rate was higher than it is today. In 15th century Egypt it was found that at least a third of all women in Egypt and Syria married more than once, sometimes as many as three or even more times. This is in great contrast to the low divorce rates in the modern Middle Eastern Islamic world.


GENDER ROLES


In Islam the role of men and women compliment each other. The men traditionally are the “providers”, they are expected to protect and keep the family financially. The women are expected to be good wives, look after the home, their husband and the children. The role of the mother is looked upon very highly.


FINANCIAL MATTERS


Islam allows women the right to own personal possessions, although they don’t have the same financial obligations as men. There seems to be differences of opinion as to whether or not it is ok for women to work.


FINANCIAL OBGLIATIONS


Women have far less financial responsibility than men. If they own anything of financial value before they marry, they do not need to give that to their new husband. Women also are not expected to spend money on their family out of any previous moneys have acquired before marriage. Both men and women are allowed to be supported if necessary by their families or the state.



INHERITANCE

Inheritance for women who life under a(n) Islamic society get much less, and have much less inheritance because of their lack of finances because the men have all the financial responsibility. Often, a woman’s inheritance is less than that of a man’s. In general, women who live under an Islamic society, only get half of the inheritance that a man would get.

EMPLOYMENT

Women in Islam are allowed to work in Islam, but under some certain conditions. And even if they were allowed to work, they should be in financial need. Or in other words, they should have money to be able to work. Here are some of the conditions that the women have to follow if they want to work: The work that the women do should not violate the law of Islamic law (which means they shouldn’t brake the rules) Ex: They shouldn’t serving alcohol etc…, If the work that the women do requires them to leave there home, the should tell the truth of where there going and what they are going to do, and one of the last conditions they should follow are: the women’s work should not be more important than anything else for example there it should not interfere with there family.

Legal criminals and matters

If there was a case going on in the court and a woman wanted to testify, two women would be equal to one man. But in other places, they accept women to be on a equal level with men.

Who may be married?

According to Islamic law marriage under Islamic law cannot be forced. No age limits have been verified but it is said that women who live in Islam cannot get married under the age of nine. A man can take up t four wives at any given time he wants to, but the wives of man are only allowed one husband. This “doing” is called Polygamy. Polygamy is a Greek word meaning “the practice of multiple marriages”. In other words, it means one person can have more than one person. Men are allowed to do that, not women.

Movement and travel

If a woman wanted to leave the house or go somewhere, she would have to ask her husband if she’s allowed to leave, or she has to have her husband’s permission. They are now debating for women in Islam now having to travel with someone else so that person will have to be with them at all time.

DRESS CODE


In the Islamic culture it is expected that both women and men dress modestly, in other words it would be frowned upon for a female Muslim to walk around in a mini skirt and a low cut blouse. Muslim women are expected to dress in a way that does not draw an unnecessary male attention to them other than their husbands. Some Muslim women (mainly Arab) wear a type of dress which completely covers them, therefore preventing men from seeing them. This is called observing purdah.


WOMEN IN RELIGIOUS LIFE


In Islam, men and women are seen as equal in their relationship to God. In the past it was not usual for women to be allowed to go the mosque to pray. However now a day, women have become increasingly more involved in the mosque, but men and women generally worship separately. Men tend to pray on the ground floor of the mosque, and women on upstairs on the first floor, or sometimes women pray in a separate room. This is because it is felt that men and women should not be distracted with each other while they are praying. Many years ago it was quite common for their to be female religious scholars. There are still opportunities today for women’s religious education, but cultural barriers often hold women back.


WOMEN AND POLOTICS


Muhammad was once supposed to of said that countries with a female ruler would never be successful. There are more opportunities today for women to be involved in political activities. For example, the late Benazir Bhutto, who was the former prime minister of Pakistan, was the first woman to be elected to lead a Muslim state. There are many countries in which Muslims are in the majority and have been lead by women, these include: Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey. Nearly one third of the parliament of Egypt also consists of women. All countries with a Muslim majority allow women to vote.


MODERN DEBATE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISLAM


Within the Muslim community Islamic feminists have used the doctrine for discussions on women’s rights. Others have argued that existing traditions are permanently set, but other people would also feel that it’s necessary to keep discussing the Islamic traditions.


CONSERVATIVES AND THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT


Conservatives would not agree that the different laws appertaining to men and women show that men are more valuable than women. They would argue that it is necessary for men and women to have different roles in society, and religious scholars would say that it’s necessary to have different laws for men and women because of the biological differences. Also, because of the different ways that men and women think. There is an example of this with regard to the inheritance law. A woman’s share of any given inheritance is half than that of a man, but at the time of a woman’s marriage a man is supposed to pay something to his wife-to-be. Men are responsible for both their own expenses and their wive’s. Where as women do not have this financial responsibility.


LIBERAL ISLAM, ISLAMIC FEMINISM AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE CRITISISM


Liberal Muslims would like to bring about a more modern form of Islam with regard to women. Islamic feminists have asked for women’s rights and social justice to be included in the Islamic framework. Islamic feminists are trying to emphasize the examples of equality in Islam. Although it’s also been said that women who have been educated in the west, especially feminists, have ignored the problems of Muslim women in order to be “politically correct”.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Shabanu Anticipation Guide

1) Q: Is it possible to love someone at first sight?

A: I agree and disagree because I think if two people see each other and something just sparks between them, or something just "clicks," I think it is possible to love someone at first sight. But also, I think it's not possible because you would probably have to get to know someone before you can love them very much. And also, it's very rare for two people to just randomly meet somewhere and "click" .

2) Q: Two strangers are deserted on an island, could these two people learn to love each other?

A: I Agree and disagree because I think if two strangers (Man & Women) were stuck on an island, I do think they can learn to love each other. I think that because whenever they communicate they would get more attached to one another and they wouldn't want to leave one another. But also, I don't think it's very possible because one person could totally hate and think the other person is really weird and disgusting or mean.

3) Q: It is a good thing to sacrifice your happiness for the sake of others?

A: I agree and disagree because it depends how good or bad your life is or if you really care about other people. For example: If someones life is really turning out well for them, and they don't have to worry about anything in there life, and they are a happy person in general, there would be a better chance of that person sacrificing there happiness for the sake of other people that need it. But for someone to be having a bad life, and there not a really happy person in general, there would be a less chance of that person giving up there happiness for the sake of others because they need it.

4) Q: Are women in your society free?

A: I agree and disagree because nobody can be free. Women today aren't FREE but they have more rights and they can do a whole lot more today in the present but not as much along time ago in the past. But now a days woman in society in general can do a lot more and they are a little more free now a days. But also, even in the present time women still don't have a lot of say in discussion and politics.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Outsiders essay


The Outsiders compare and contrast essay

There’s a lot of comparing and contrasting to the Outsiders book and to the movie. In the book there was a lot more detail, about everyone and everything that happened and what was going to happen. In general, the book was way more descriptive and more detailed than the movie. For example: in the movie, they left out some scences that were in the book and also they added scence’s. Also sometimes there were different actions that would happen in the movie that wasn’t in the book. For example: when Ponyboy went to sleep form staring at the stars in the book he had a nice dream, but the movie, he had a nightmare. Also there was a different dialogue from the book than in the movie. In the book, Ponyboy always or most of the time speaks to himself in his mind, but in the movie, he mostly talks out loud to everyone or someone but maybe because it’s hard to do that in a movie.

I have to say that I liked the book a little better than the movie. The book really gave you a detailed description and detailed visual of what the story and the characters and everything else looked like. In the movie they just cut out to many scences and bits and added their own, which made the movie really confusing.

Monday, January 26, 2009

"Weapons Revolution" 2
















As you can see, MasterChieff-117, the biologically superior genetically advanced super trained soldier is in fact, taking a day off from trying to save the world. Unbelievable. I can not believe that he would rather take a day off eating donuts and drinking coffee rather than trying to save the world from total destruction and no other person can do it because he was humanity’s last and only hope. So I hope he gets his mind straight. When are reporters went down to his house to ask him what was going on and stuff he just said, “I’m just tired and I feel sick”. So we hope he feels better within a couple of days so he can get back from saving the world and universe from total destruction and to carry on the human race. Well, I do hope he doesn’t feel sick from to much stress or pressure… Well anyways, this is Weapons Revolution, giving you all the important information you need to know, whenever you need it.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Podcast

Obama’s Podcast


Title- The official Barack Obama audio Podcast


Episode- President –Elect Barack Obama’s Election Night Speech
Date- November 4th, 2008
Time- 18:00
Website- http://www.podcast.com/
http://www.podcast.com/show /56135/

Description of episode (from the producers): The audio version of the Obama campaign video Podcast, this series will catch up with the Barack Obama and the supporters on the campaign trail as America chooses its new president.




What Barack Obama is trying to get out in the world today and to get into everyones mind is that we can make a change. He thanks all the people that stood up with him in his campaign to become the president of the United States of America. When he first started out his campaign to become president he says it wasn’t held in the most “fancy” places. They got held on streets, in hall ways, and also on the porches of buildings and in backyards. He also says that whatever will happen and whatever would happen to the United States of America it will always be known as the United States of America. Also that what had happen on that night had brought change to America. But Obama mentions to us that he will never forget to whom this “victory” belongs to. He said it belonged to us. Because without the people’s support and courage for him to become president, he never would of. He said,” That if people try to tear the world down we will defeat you, and the people who want peace and security, we will support you”. And He said,” If we fall we fall as a nation, together”. And as Obama said America can change. Yes we can…

I picked this Podcast because when I was listening to Obama given his final election speech to everybody to hear, I was really astonished by what he said and what he said made so much sense to me and it was all true to me. Also what he said was really inspiring for me and it was really motivated.

The things that he said while he was representing he wasn’t rushing through it to get it over with, he was taking his time to tell us what he had to say to make a better future. Also, he has really high powered speeches.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Do you Agree or Disagree? (#2)

1. Q: Is loosing a love one a positive thing in one’s life? (Agree or disagree?)

A: Agree and disagree. I agree because it would teach you a lesson in life and if someone else dies that you love, you know how it feels and your use tom it. And I disagree because it would hurt so much to loose someone, and you would probably hate yourself for the rest of your life.


2. Q: Sometimes violence is ok?

A: Disagree. I disagree because fighting is not a good thing to do and if you use violence, you’re going to have to face the consequences. (For example: go to jail, get killed, etc….)

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Story

The Journey

It was in the summer of Hawaii Honolulu, 1994 and Brad Smith, better known as the “Explorer” was searching and investigating for a very ancient artifact. What was the power to this artifact nobody knew, but the one thing they all knew was that it is very valuable and expensive. Everybody was after it, but no one succeeded. So now, it was his “turn”. This three day adventure was going to be a tough one. It would be the ultimate challenge that he would ever have to face. To get the artifact, you had to climb all the way up a very dangerous volcano. (From the base, up) This volcano was named Mount. Vigous. After all the planning on how to get up the volcano, and all the obsticales to defeat, he wasted no time on getting started.

The first day on getting up to the volcano was a really tough one. He had to overcome a lot of hard obsticales and dangerous animals; some that he didn’t even knew exists! One very dangerous obsticales was that he was following a path, and all of a sudden, the path had a huge gap in it! It was probably 3 foot across! To get pass it, he had to jump. Well, that was the only way to get across it. So what he did is he took a big deep breath, counted 1…2…3… and took the big “leap of faith”. For him, it felt forever getting across but really, it only took a second.

So then, the second day of the journey came and to his surprise-ment, he was still alive! So he was walking and walking up the volcano and for some strange reason, he felt like he was being watched or followed. So after he sensed this, he took that thought into precaution. But what Brad Smith didn’t realize was that he was actually being followed. He was being followed by a British spy named Jamie Oliver and his mission was to follow Brad Smith to the artifact and when reaching the destination, to terminate him. When Brad Smith was walking, he accidentally by mistake encountered Jamie Oliver. (The spy) When this happened, Brad immediately knew what was going on, what was going to happen and knew what to do. He asked the spy, “Are you going to kill me”? The spy didn’t answer. Then, as the fastest his body could move him, he hit the gun out of the spy’s hand and some how, the gun ended up in his hand. After this happened, Brad gad no choice but to finish the spy off. So again, he took a big deep breath and that’s what he did. It was his only choice. The following day a least got better for Brad. The sun was shinning and since he was such in a good mood, he ran all the way up the few miles which was left of the volcano. It now only took him 2 days to reach the peek of the volcano since he ran. Finally, the moment he was waiting for was finally here in reach of his grasp.

The entrance to the volcano was just like any-other normal opening… it was a door. He entered the volcano and in the middle of the volcano, there was a golden statue of a medallion! He walked towards it and he was about to touch it but then he heard and also felt a huge grumble! All of a sudden, the volcano was falling apart! So he snatched the golden medallion and ran as fast as he could. After about a few seconds… the volcano burst! Spreading lava and smoke everywhere hundreds of feet up in the air! After seeing this, he ran and ran down the very long path trying to survive the gulping lava that was chasing after him! He was at the end of a turning point in the path and in the corner of his eye, he spotted a huge lake to jump in! And without hesitating, he jumped in. He was saved! After the lava settled, he walked up to his plane and drove all the way back to his hometown.

Later on in his life, he sold the item which wasn’t hard to do because everyone wanted it and got a huge amount of money! Which then, he gave to charity.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Our ending on the Taste Of Salt Book

After the hospitalization that Djo had to go threw, he finally fully recovered from his ordeal. After about a month, Jeremie finally popped the question! But to Djo’s astonishment, he said, “No”! Because if anything would happen to him, he doesn’t want to hurt another one’s life again. So after this ordeal, Jeremie and Djo were split, they never saw each other again. Djo sometimes even cries at night under the piece of metal he was using for shelter. A year has passed now, and believe it or not, life in Haiti is pretty good. Well, at least it was better than it was before. Djo was enjoying his life but then, the new president left the country because he robbed a bank and stole a lot of money so he’s trying to run from the law. So after this incident happened, the people of Haiti fought and fought until one Haitian became president. But actually, Djo liked the other new president. And after that ordeal, Djo was just “chillin” threw-out his life.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Movie trailer

Movie critique



“LET’S GET ROCKING”






School of Rock is one of the most well thought out comedies I have ever seen! It was released in 2004 and it was a huge hit!

School of Rock was written by Mike White. Mike White is one of Jack Black’s best friends not just in the movie, but also in real life. (Jack Black is the character who plays in the movie, “Tropic Thunder”) Also, this movie was directed by Richard Linklater, and produced by Scott Rudin. I say all in all, this team of director’s, producer’s, and movie writer’s made one of the most memorable, and famous movie of all time.

The movie Stars are: Jack Black, Mike White, and Sarah Silverman. This was one of Jack Black’s first ever movie, and he became pretty famous because of it. Without this movie, I bet Jack Black wouldn’t be as famous as he is toady. School of Rock is about a man named Dewey Finn and his friend named Ted Schnibley which in the past, they had a rock band together. A few years ago, there band broke up, and Ted went to go look for another job. Well, everybody’s life has moved on now except for Dewey Finn. He still believes that he’s going to become a great rocker one day. So Dewey joined another band and they were doing well. But then when the years went on the other band member’s started to get sick and tired of him. So they voted him out. When he heard about this, he got really angry. But that didn’t stop him, he tried to make another band. Right now, he’s in a really bad stage in his life. He just got kicked out of his band and he also can’t pay the rent to his own apartment. So his friend keeps edging him on to pay his side of the rent, but he can’t. Then one day, when he’s the only one home, the house gets a phone call. He picks it up and it’s a director of one of the most well known and well appreciated school in the state. The director asks if Ted Schnibley is home because he’s a substitute and one of the school’s teachers broke her leg on the way to work, so they need a “sub”. So then Dewey realizes that he can do the job even though he’s not a substitute so he can just come up with the money to pay the rent. He accepts and goes to the school to teach. When he’s there “teaching” he finds out that the students he’s teaching are extremely good at playing musical instruments. So they make their own band. The objective for Dewey is to get revenge on the band that kicked him out, and also to win the Battle of The Bands. (Rock Concert)

Opinions
· I thought this movie was an excellent movie because it was so amazing how the students could play that good when they were only 10 to 12 years old.
· I also thought that Jack Black was really hilarious in this film, I thought he was at his best!
· I like the creative ideas that they thought of to put in the movie
· I like how it doesn’t copy any other movie ideas
· And also, I like that the movie has a point to it. That is to, “Keep on Rocking!”

Sunday, October 12, 2008

"Weapons Revolution"



What!! What’s this? can this be? Is this true? Oh yes it is. And people of are time, its bigger and better than ever! MasterChief-117 the genetically superior highly trained super soilder has finally ended the long ever lasting war with the alien species, "The Covenant". He did it without hesitation. He defeated all of alien creatures and saved the planet from destruction. But he couldn't have done it without the help of the new weapon the marine lab scientist’s made. (The people who made MasterChief’s armor). This gun is bigger and badder than any other weapon in the whole universe!! It's called... The v mark 50 a.k.a the dog. This weapon is equipped with a grenade launcher (fired out from the mouth of the "dog") two sub-machine guns (where the "dogs" eyes are) and possibly all the deadliest weapons in the universe are attached onto 'The Dog". Without the help of this new weapon they created, he wouldn't have been able to save us all.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Biography

The person that I'm going to do my bibliography on is actually one of the band members from my favorite band, Megadeth. His name is Dave Mustaine. You might not know a lot about Dave Mustaine now, but when your done reading with this bibliography, you will know more about him more then your little baby sister or little baby brother.


Dave Mustaine was born on September 13, 1961. He is now 47 years old. He was born in La Mesa, California. His full name is David Scott Mustaine. Dave Mustaine's parents are named, Emily Mustaine, and John Mustaine. Well, when he was still only a little boy, his mom and his dad had a divorce. When they got the divorce, he mostly spent his entire child hood growing up with his mom, not his dad. They hardly saw there dad at all. When he was 15 years old, he moved out of his mom's house and rented his own apartment. During his teenage years, hestarted listening to Iron Maiden, and a lot of other heavy metal bands which then, got him into the taste of heavy metal. After he started listening to heavy metal he started to play and learn the electric guitar. And then later in his life, he joined a band called Panic. When he was in the band named Panic, and he was performing songs and doing all a person in a band could do, he decided to join the band Metallica. And that's exactly what he did. In 1981 he left his original band named Panic, and auditioned for the band named Metallica to be the lead guitarist. He found out this WONDERFUL offer by reading the daily newspaper, in the section called,” Recycle". The person who put that ad in the newspaper was Metallicas drummer, Lars Ulrich. So he went to the audition and he was getting ready to play a song with them to see if he gots the "stuff" and he was on stage waiting for them but he can hear them talking to one another in a different room. So he was tired of waiting so he just went in the room where they were talking and said, "Do I have what it takes or not"? So then they thought about it for a little while and they said, "Yeah sure, you're in" just like that, he got the gig. After he got elected to be in the band, a few years later, Dave Mustaine got kicked out of the band, for good. He got kicked out because there were a lot of bad things that he did including to the band members. One of them was that once, he brought his dog to one of the rehearsals that the band was practicing at, and his dog then jumped onto the car of the bassists of the band, Ron McGovney. When the dog did that, it scratched some paint of the car and then the bassists (Ron McGovney) got REALLY anger and shouted at the dog and then kicked it. When Dave Mustaine saw this, his face light up in anger and then he pyshically hit the bass player. After this happened, the band kicked Dave out for a day. The next day Dave asked if he could be back in the band and the band said, "Yes". Another bad thing that he did was that once he was drinking a lot, and he became drunk. He then walked over to the bassist’s bass guitar and poured a lot of beer on it. And when the bassists went to go play it, it gave the bassists a HUGE electric shock. After that incident, the band finally voted that it was time for Dave Mustaine to be kicked out of the band permanently.

After all this drama has happened, he wanted to form his own band. In 1983, that's exactly what he did do. With a little help with other people, they formed a band that shall always be remembered. They named it...MEGADETH!! From time to time they sometimes changed band members, but the present day members are named: Dave Mustaine- The lead guitar, also vocals- Chris Broderick- Also guitarist, backing vocals-James Lomenzo- The bass, also backing vocals-and the last band member is Shawn Drover- he is the drums. The first few years of the bands carrier was bad, but then it started getting a lot better. Over the years Megadeth made a lot of albums and had huge success!! That's what makes them the most rocking band ever!!
Bibliography-Dave Mustaine (2006). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 8, 2008. www.wikepedia.com/DaveMustaine

Monday, September 29, 2008

Do you Agree or Disagree?



#1-Agree. I say that I agree because adults are more wiser and more mature than children, If children did politics, they maybe would just joke around all the time and would not even bother to listen about the world around them.

#2- Agree. I say that I agree because if they work towards getting a happy ending, then what they worked towards, will happen.

#3- Disagree. I say that I disagree because you dont have to be able to read, to be free.

#4- Diasgree. I say that I disagree because they can still document things if they don't have a written language, they can record themselves insted of having a written language.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Mr. Whites life...




"THE PRIVATE LIVES OF TEACHERS"


OK... Mr. White... Ah yes! that's what I was going to tell you. I was going to tell you all about the cool, funny teacher, Mr. White.

Mr. White had a hard, but funny life. He was born on December 2nd 1991. He lived in the United States Of America. In Virgina to be exact. The first job that Mr. White got was to clean the toilets of the bars and restaurants. He was only 6 years old when he got that job! But to his astonishment, that actually worked out really well for him! until one day he was cleaning the bar toilets really fast and furious, that he actually got some excrement's in his mouth, and down his throat. Which after that day, he never cleaned toilets again. After that little accident that happened in his life, Mr. White wanted to go out and to explore the world, and maybe just maybe e hit it big...

A few years passed and Mr. White finally got another job! He was 20 when he got this job.This job was to be a window cleaner. That to also worked very well for him. He would wake up at 4 in the morning, (yes a.m.) put his suit on,(because all window cleaners have to wear a special suit) and he would ride to work on his little INSANE moped. I have to tell you, life was going quite well for Mr. White. He was earning quite a good paycheck, and he just got engaged. Everything was going well until one day, Mr. White was riding to work on his INSANE moped. He got up to the top of the building he was going to clean for the day, and started to clean. He was cleaning, and cleaning until after about an hour he was so tired from moving his arm around in little tiny circles all day, he just fainted! Right after he fainted, he lost his balance and he started to hurdle to the ground like a speeding comment that's coming from outer space! When he hit the ground you could feel a force field of so much energy exerting from his body. Some people saw the hole accident happen and called police and the ambulances right away. When they got to the scene, and they saw how Mr. White looked, they were horrified... They took him to the hospital straight away without any hesitations. When they got to the hospital, they rushed him to the emergency room. he was hurt, badly... It took the surgeons a total of 6 hours to reconstruct the bones in his face and feet and hands. They also had to give him a prostetict leg because one of his legs were to crushed to save. After the 6 hour long surgery, they put him in the V.I.C.U, The VERY intensive care unit. From the day the surgeons put him there, he was in a comma for a month. After a month he woke up to experience life again. He had to stay there another 4 months, doing therapy and other mainly important things to his body to get back in shape. When he passed all his fitness testing, and all of his therapy for his body, he was free!! The very first step he took when he went out of that hospital was like a miracle for him.

5 years has passed since this tragic accident has happened, and Mr. White got back up on his feet and started his life all over again. after about 2 years since the tragedy happened, Mr. White got married with the one true love he loved. Her name was Daisy. They got married in 2004 and had 2 kids. There names are James, and Tulip. Ever since then, Mr. White and Daisy been living a pretty good life.