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1. One wild weather event 2. One Book Review 3. One Unsolved Mystery 4. One science/technology current event 5. One political current event 6. One social awareness topic (poverty, wars, disease, etc.) 7. One topic on "How Stuff Works"

=HEYYY! iTS MADISON! WELCOME TO MY WIKI! I LIKE TO PLAY SOCCER, BASKETBALL, AND VOLLEYBALL. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KEARN HOW TO SURF ONE DAY! =

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[|11 facts about hurricane kartina]
 * ONE WILD WEATHER EVENT!

Hurricane KATRINA!!!!!

HURRICANE KATRINA WAS A VERY DESTRUCTIVE FORCE! IT PUT ALL OF NEW ORLEANS UNDERWATER!! IT WAS THE 6TH LARGEST HURRICANE EVER RECORDED! THERE WERE OVER 3,000 DEATHS! MORE THAN 80% OF NEW ORLEANS WAS UNDERWATER AND IN SOME PLACES UP TO 20 FEET DEEP! ABOUT 90,000 MILES OF LAND WERE EFFECTED BY THE STORM. HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE PUT OUT OF WORK DUE TO DESTRUCTION. BUT THANKFULLY PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD PITCHED IN AND HELPED OUT WITH DONATIONS SUCH AS CANNED GOODS, MONEY,BLANKETS,HOUSE SUPPLIES,FIXING TOOLS,ETC. IN THE END THE DESTRUCTION WAS HEARTBREAKING, BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH HEART IN THE WORLD TO HELP RESEAL IT.**

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 * ONE BOOK REVIEW:



THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING! I READ IN TWO DAYS! I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! IT IS ABOUT A YOUNG BOY WHO DISCOVERS THAT HE IS THE SON OF A GREEK GOD. HE GOES TO A SUMMER CAMP THAT TRAINS DEMIGODS. HE HAS TO GO ON DANGEROUS QUESTS WITH HIS TWO BEST FRIENDS, AND DISCOVER SOMETHING TRULY UNBELIEVABLE! THIS BOOK IS THE FIRST BOOK OF FIVE IN THE "PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS" SERIES. I GIVE THIS BOOK 5 STARS!!!!!!! YOU CAN FIND THIS BOOK IN ANY PUBLIC OR SCHOOL LIBRARY! IT IS BEST FOR AGES 10-14. THIS BOOK IS GREAT IF YOU LIKE GREEK MYTHOLOGY, ADVENTURE, COMEDY, AND LEGENDS. **


 * [[image:PERCY_AND_FRIENDS.jpg width="224" height="224"]] THIS IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE CHARACTERS FROM THE BOOK.**

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One Unsolved Mystery is the ghost ship the "Flying Dutchman." It was said that it was cursed by the devil to sail the seas for all eternity! it was 500 years ago when the Dutch ship was sailing near cost of the "Cape of Good Hope" when a huge storm came about! It swallowed the ship with everyone on board to the deep dark depths of the ocean. The ship is said to be able to sail above and underwater! There have been many recorded sightings of the ship, but know video recordings. Witnesses claim to have seen a shimmery glowing ship far out in the ocean. There are many myths of it, and how its captain is Davie Jones. Some say that the captain and crew are actually part fish so that is why they can sail under water. The Flying Dutchman Mystery remains unsolved. **


 * [[image:flying_dutchman.jpg width="412" height="311"]]THIS IS WHAT THE FLYING DUTCHMAN WOULD LOOK LIKE.**

NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CURRENT EVENT. ** [|nao stuff]

**This smart little guy** **is called a nao pronounced now****. He was** **made by a french company and can do many things** ** such as laugh, speak, walk, fall and get up, sense moment, detect objects ahead, react to touch, surf the web, communicate with other naos, and much more! ** ** He is very intelligent and will come to public in 2011. ** ** This cool invention can see and intemperate what he sees! He can also learn from his mistakes! **

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In New Jersey our Governor and staff has decided that the best way to save money for our state is to cut money from public schools. Each school had to figure out how to manage their budget. They also had to figure out what they were going to cut. Suggestions were teachers,field trips, busing, etc. They made all of the schools in New Jersey make some kind of cut to get their budget back on track.

In our school we are going to school earlier. Alpine and Helen Morgan are sharing schools. Mohawk Avenue is being closed down. High school and middle school are sharing buses. there a bunch of different rumors about teachers being cut. And teams forming together. Some schools are shutting down all after school programs, sports, and arts.






 * Some people have began to love being in foreclosure. They say that it is more like a blessing. They are able to go to diner and buy new things because they don't have to worry about the house mortgage. They say that they didn't want it to happen, but they don't want it to end any time soon. ** Many people didn't want this to get them down, they wanted to embrace it!


 * Many people have asked why and how they are talking the foreclosure this way and they just answer "it was a blessing. you should try it." this could start to be a problem for banks if people just stop caring about their mortgage. **



HOW TO DO GOOD IN SCHOOL

1.) HAND IN ALL ASSIGNMENTS! HOMEWORK IS A BIG PART OF YOUR GRADE! 2.) RESPECT YOUR TEACHERS AND TEACHERS WILL RESPECT YOU! **3.) HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE THAT WON'T GET YOU IN TROUBLE! 4.) IF YOU HAVE TO DO GROUP PROJECTS THEN PICK SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH AND THAT WILL DO THEIR SHARE OF THE PROJECT! 5.) EAT BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING TO KEEP YOUR SELF ON TASK! 6.) HAVE A GOOD TIME! AND DON'T GET STRESSED!**