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In the past few classes while playing the game, I learned a few things about the renaissance. One of the things I learnt was that alchemy was very popular back in the renaissance. Even the man Sir Isaac Newton himself was a big fan of alchemy. Did you know his main interest in life was […]

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Link to Kristian’s Blog:
http://kristian12.learnerblogs.org/
Link to Article:
http://www.9news.com/news/world/article.aspx?storyid=69623
Link to Picture:
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/high_river050608.jpg

1. How are your two events connected?
The two events are connected because my article has a bit more of detailed information on the numbers of people that fled their homes and a number of people who are missing. Over a thousand five hundred people fled their homes and […]

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Think about class today and reflect on the presentations you listened to. Explain with details and specific information what you learned and what you found interesting about the presentations you heard in class.
I thought that a lot of the presentations I listened to were very interesting and detailed which includes dates, occurences, and people. I […]

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John Hawkins was probably one of the most prized men in England. He has contributed much to England. He has given a powerful warship and most importantly, his life. John has been involved in many duties in England but mainly the war against Spain. He has been involved in many situations where he fought the […]

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Links:http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/01/recall.poultry/index.html

What is the issue?
The issue is that farmers in America have been feeding their chickens contaminated pet food from China. The NCC (National Chicken Council) have been running tests and noticed that people who eat this chicken are appearing to remain healthy. FDA officials reported that 6,000 hogs that have been fed the contaminated food […]

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To me, I think Henry Ford, the founder of Ford the car company, is a renaissance person. I believe he is like a renaissance person mainly because he devoted himself to the things he loved (like Leonardo Da Vinci and Michealangelo), which was in fact engineering. Ford left his home on the farm at only […]

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Some information I found out was that there were about 30 new species found when the ice shelf melted,This new find contributed to the 1000 species in Antarctica, but it is said by scientist that the melting of the ice shelf could alter the marine ecosystem. Out of all the 30, I could only […]

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Car Bombing in Iraq Kills Dozens

A map of Iraq
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/cia-map-iraq.jpg

A U.S. helicopter above the area where the bombing took place
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/WORLD/meast/02/24/iraq.main/story.iraq.02.afp.gi.jpg
What is the issue?
A mystery car bombing in Iraq kills at least 39 people and wounded 61 in Habbaniya, Iraq. The weird thing is that the Prime Minister stated that there were “positive results” in the security […]

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Well, nowadays people are mostly concerned about their financial problems rather than risking their lives for something they believe in.. But there are some people who put their life on the line such as the police. The police have pride for their work and their main goal is to protect the people.
I don’t know if […]

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I think that religion was very important to the people of the middle ages. There were obviously people that were more religious than others.
Take monks for example, they give up a normal life and dedicate themselves to God and spend their whole lives doing good deeds such as devout prayers, helping the sick, farming, baking […]

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