Scotch Ray

Who: UCLA
What: Scotch Tape and X-Rays
Why: To make X-Ray taking cheaper.



In one word, you can summarize the whole new meaning to Scotch Tape.

X-RAY

Who would have ever thought that something that's in our pencil cases or that lets posters and pictures cling to our walls could have such a high meaning? Scientist Juan Escobar said that "The power you could get from just peeling tape was enormous." Mr. Escobar has suggested that with some cleaning, we just might be able to make cheaper X-Ray machines so that places where electricity is expensive or rare to get.

But after the whole process, the big question is for these tape-peelers, is this not safe for the naive people that do this? Don't take this the wrong way! You may continue to use Scotch Tape to tape everything from pictures to your 3 year-olds toy together.

To learn more about the process, you can click on the word X-Ray!

The Latest iPod Nano

The new iPod is here and better than ever! This new iPod has many features. One of the first things you will notice is the RAINBOW of colors.This is the first time that there have been nine different colors.


There are so many fabulous things about the new iPod Nano other than the color factor. First of all, there is a new software called "Genius". Genius is.... well, a Genius! It will create playlists of songs that will go great together. Genius can also be found on the new iTunes on your computer.

The next thing you can do is find your favorite song a lot quicker! Why search from A to Z for hours and hours when you can view Cover Art and not have to read a thing? You can also press and hold the center button to browse in different categories like album.


What if you tilted your iPod and a whole new experience could be experienced? When tilted, you can see everything in a wider screen. You can view pictures, movies, TV shows and music videos in a whole new way! You can view more Cover Flow with the vertical screen.

Moving and shaking your iPod can do SO MUCH! You can shuffle your songs. During a game like a maze, you can tilt your iPod from left to right to navigate your way through the maze.

The new iPod is most likely something that will pass by soon. Soon Apple will come up with something bigger (or should I say smaller) and better! Can you remember the first time that the iPod was shown?!?! But for now, this is better than the best. With all these features, may come a few defects, but WHAT IS PERFECT NOWADAYS? I personally don't have any experience with this iPod but I've heard it is really great! If you have used it, leave a comment with your opinion.

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A new year...

It's a new year and everything is going in awesome... Halloween is coming... Thanksgiving is coming... and how can we forget??? CHRISTMAS IS COMING! (AND 2009 in coming!)

Write more later... be on the look out for more posts coming up!

a PoEm AbOuT cLoUdS (aNd A lItTlE wInD)

Clouds
White sheep, white sheep,

On a blue hill,

When the wind stops

You all stand still.

When the wind blows

You walk away slow.

White sheep, white sheep,

Where do you go?

~Christina G. Rossetti

In this poem, weather was used by description. A form of weather was described. The poet used her knowledge of weather by describing how the clouds are. She drew a picture in the readers mind. The reader would picture the clouds. The author also uses her knowledge to show how the clouds "act". To support all of this, the type of weather that is discussed are clouds. In the poem, the poet describes clouds. Also, there was wind mentioned in the poem.

Without the mentioning of the weather, there would be no poem! It would just be a bunch of words that didn't make any sense put together. A literary technique that is used to describe the clouds is rhyme. The poet uses rhyme which creates a rhythm. This poem, however, does not increase much knowledge about weather. It is mainly common knowledge for most. Some may learn something new.

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Arctic Tale

Arctic Tale was a movie about the the Arctic. It was two major stories about two animals who were born in the arctic. The movie showed the animals growing up. The movie also showed Global Warming in action. The movie followed two main animals; a polar bear and walrus.

Did you know that polar bears are among the biggest predators in the world? There are 20,000 to 40,000 polar bears roam the arctic. Female polar bears can start having babies at around the age of four or five? They usually have two.

Did you know that the scientific name for walruses is Odobenus rosmarus? It means tooth walking sea horse in latin. Walrusses eat carnivores. They weigh about 1.5 tons! That's a little less than 2,000 pounds!

PLEASE WATCH ARCTIC TALE, IT'S TOUCHING AND GREAT!

Blow yourself around some global winds!

What exactly ARE Global Winds? Global winds are winds that blow from a specific direction. They usually cover long distances. There are many types of Global Winds. These include the Trade Winds, the Prevailing Westerlies, the Polar Easterlies, and the jet streams. The diagram to the left shows where winds are located and the direction that they move. In other words the diagram shows the Global Wind Belts.

The diagram shows something called the Hadley Cell. What IS the Hadley Cell? The Hadley Cell is when a direct thermally driven and zonally symmetric circulation under the strong influence of the earth's rotation. The Hadley Cell was first proposed by George Hadley in 1735. It was an explanation for trade winds.

On the side is a quick list of words worth knowing about Global Winds! Take a look at it! =)