Amazon Kindle

If there's any amazing things about the Amazon Kindle, it's that it's eco-friendly and tiny. The Amazon Kindle is sleek and slim. It is an eBook reader. The Kindle can hold about 200 books. Books can be purchased straight from amazon.com or the Kindle itself! The Kindle has a Wi-Fi connection on it. You can purchase a books from the bus or in bed with the touch of a button. In addition to books, newspapers and magazines can be sent straight to your Kindle.

The Kindle doesn't have a backlight, therefore, eyes are not strained while reading. You can take your Kindle anywhere! It's slim and small. Books can be big are heavy. Consumers say that the Kindle is great to use because their houses are much less cluttered because they don't have books in every corner of their house.

There are over 200,000 books offered for the Kindle. Books prices are usually $9.99 or less. The New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases are $9.99. You can sample a books by downloading the first few pages or chapters. You can even get international newspapers. Some places you can get international news papers are France, Germany and Ireland. You can even email your word documents to view on your Kindle.

The Kindle is definetly a great advancment in technology. I can't wait to get one. The only downside is that its $359. Also, it is curently sold out. But until it's back in stock, I can't wait!

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Ciao Bloggers,

glowriter54

National News - The Presidential Inauguration

Just a mere twenty four hours ago, we lived a moment in history that will be in all new history books to come for the rest of forever. Barack Obama is the first African American to be President of the United States. This historic event is so important to America. Every battle that has been fought in the Civil War, every protest that has been protested in the Civil Rights Movement, and every boycott that has been boycotted in the
Civil Rights Movement has finally been paid off.

An article on CNN Online discussed the greatness of Obama becoming President. It was said that over a million people attended the inauguration. Other than the person who was being inaugurated, everything else was the usual. Obama put his hand over the same Bible that Lincoln did. Obama gave a powerful and thoughtful speech after his inauguration. The article said that "Obama thanked those who sacrificed so much so 'A man whose father, less than 60 years ago, might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.'" This was powerful to me because Obama really jumped a whole big step in this world. Obama's inauguration was celebrated all over the world in many ways. Students crowded in auditoriums, colleagues huddled in the break room and kindergarteners worked on coloring pages while watching the inauguration. Overall, this article discussed the greatness of Obama and his accomplishments. Click on this to learn more.

Yahoo News had a positive outlook on the inauguration of President Obama. It was said that there were many happy and jolly spirits standing in the bitter cold to witness the great event to come. The article also talked about what Obama is planning to do this week. “Obama plunges into his new job in earnest on Wednesday, meeting with his economic team and Iraq advisers while Congress gives his economic revival plan a going-over and takes up the nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state,” said Yahoo News. Already, it is very clear that Obama is being responsible. "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly," Said Obama. "This is the price and the promise of citizenship." It is clear that Obama won’t let us down. Obama is already taking his job very seriously and it is not even Day One. Obama’s speech just was a giant piece in showing us great promise. He gave us many words of wisdom. Click here. to see the article

To summarize, I feel that Obama has great promise. His speech was moving and effective. Usually, I just can’t seem to focus on speeches because they bore me, but this was an exception. I held on to every word that Obama spoke, and I think I understand why all my friends and family are so excited about this. I wonder what Obama will do first. I have high hopes in Obama and I hope to see high things coming from him. More than anything would I love for him to get him out of this mess that America is in. If he does that too, then I truly believe he can do anything.

Happy New Year

It's 2009 at last!

Happy New Year everyone!

Hope you have a fanaweamabulous (FANtastic AWEsome AMAzing faBULOUS) year.

~glowriter54~

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Have you ever asked for one more second? One second to score a tie-breaking point? One second to avoid an accident? One second extra to make a decision? One second to eat that last bite of cake before 2009?
In 2008 (just days ago!), that was the case. There was an extra second that was added on to the year. The extra second was added on December 31, at midnight. So imagine this; "Just before midnight it will read 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds. But instead of clicking over to 00 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds on January 1, it will first read 11 hours 59 minutes 60 seconds on December 31!" **
This extra second made 2008 the longest year since 1992. The reason scientists have done this is so the Earth's rotation can catch up with the clocks. In addition, the idea was to have the Sun at it's highest point during noon. Carrie Brooks said "Our clock and the universe's clock can't always be in sync, so they have to find a way to make it right and fix it." It's true right? In support, the theory has proven to be true. There have been 24 leap seconds since 1972. Some have been June and some have been on New Years Eve.
What surprised me was that this was not the first time that this has happened and that it has happened 24 times before. I thought this was a historical event that only happened once or twice.
After reading this article, I wondered how do the scientists know when to add a leap second. For now, I think it was cool and interesting that something like this really happens. But now that I am thinking about it, what could have I done in that extra second?

Click here to go to where you can get quick and easy facts about this subject.

Click here to learn about more scientific information that is complicated, for the higher level and deeper understanding. **THIS IS QUOTED FROM THIS ARTICLE**