thoughts on a picture

My Thoughts:

To me this picture gives a sence of peace and beauty. Theres nothing disturbing the natural nature in the picture, its just peaceful. I love how it has a variety of diffent things in this picture. It has blue flowers that fit in so well with the water. It has a contrast of mountains with snow on them and mountains without snow. and one of the best pieces of this photo is the crystal clear water it shows a nice reflection of both the mountains with snow and without snow. It also has a nice blue colour right behind the blue flowers. another nice part about this picture is that half of it is shaded and half of it isn't, it gives the picture character.

Queen Victoria

    


















URL: http://joshuanuttall.suite101.com/queen-victoria-life-and-accomplishments-a294574
URL: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRvictoria.htm

Queen Victoria Biography:

     Alexandrina Victoria was an only child. She was the daughter of Edward, Duke of kent and    Victoria Maria Lousia of Saxe-Coburg. She was born May 24 of 1819 in England. Victorias farther died when she was only 8 months old. Conroy had a mayjor influence over her childhood he acted as if she was his own daughter, even though Victoria did not actually like Conroy. When William IV became king Victoria became his heir because he didn't have any children of his own to inherit the crown. Since William IV didn't have good health he died when Victoria was the age of 18. Which meant Victoria would become Queen at the age of 18. During Victorias reigns she had many accomplishments that changed Birtain for good.
      She Married Prince Albert and they had 9 children together.Queen Victoria had many accomplishments, she was a great queen and helped many people and helped manythings improve. She was the ruler of all of Great Britain and Ireland, and she was the first empress of India also. 

URBAN LEGENDS

The curiously Realistic Decoration Myth:

Legend:

The legend of this story is that there was a typical halloween decoration of a woman hanging from a tree, but than later turned out to be a actual woman that hung herself from a tree.

Truth:

On a Tuesday night close to a busy road in Frederica, Delaware a woman 42 years old hung herself from a tree. The body hung there until the next day. The people who saw it just thought it was an halloween decoration since halloween was not far away. But when the people of the town realized it wasnt actually a halloween decoration and it was a real woman hanging from a tree the phone the police to report the suicide.


My Response:


I would say that this story has a good appeal. When I read the myth at first i didn't think it was true. Someone hanging themselves on a tree across from some houses in a public view. It really makes you think about the people in this world, and frankly it terrifys me. I don't think I would take it very well if someone hung themselves across from my house only a few days before halloween.
This myth, or story would be a great creapy halloween story to tell around the campfire or something. It would really bring out the fears in the people listening to it.

  

URL: http://www.cracked.com/article_15628_the-5-creepiest-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html - This website says the myth and the truth

URL: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4219350 -This website states what the police said out this suicide

URL: http://charmed3.forumotion.net/t286-woman-s-body-found-hanging-from-tree-mistaken-for-halloween-decoration   

African children in poverty

AFRICAN CHILDREN IN POVERTY.

URL: http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/africa.html
   Gives information and facts about poverty in Africa.
URL: http://www.care.org/campaigns/childrenpoverty/facts.asp
   Gives facts about African children.

There are many issues in africa, one of which is the poverty of African Children. Africa is one of the poorest countries in the world. Many African children dont have a lot of the resources that they need inorder to live good lives. Many lack food, shelter and the basic necessitys. So many children arn't getting chance to go to school and get an education to make a better life for themselves, and girls have a lesser chance of getting into school than the boys.

Facts About Africa Children in Poverty:

• In many sub-Saharan countries political instabiliy and wars have contributed to poverty.
• Many people in sub-Saharan Africa living in major poverty grew from having 217 million in 1987 to having more than 300 million in 1998.
• There is around 200,000 children slaves that are sold in Africa every year.
• around one in six African children die before turning six. 
• Out of the 57% of African children which are enrolled in primary education, one of three of those children dont complete school.
• There has been around  12 and 14 million African children which have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

There are many groups out there helping the African children and i think thats great. But a bigger step people take that i think is even better is missions to africa. I think those people are amazing, their willing to take time out of their life to go to Africa and build houses for the African people or schools for the children. That is something I would love to do to help out is to go to Africa and help out building schools or houses. I think it would be a great experience and it would be a great feeling knowing that your doing something good for te world, your making a difference.

pb&j

URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bArdz-e8fWg

How to make the perfect peanut butter and jam sandwich!

• Step one: You get 2 slices of your favourite type of bread, whether its white bread, brown bread or rye. Preferrably i like brown bread the best it give the most flavour.
• Step two: You need peanut butter and jam. Now you cant just get anyone peanut butter and jam you need the best tasting stuff to get the best tasting sandwich! One of my favourite type of peanut butter is jif the smooth type. You can get the chunky type with chunks of peanuts in it but its mot the same. Now its time for the jam. Home made jam is the best, it always has the best flavour. The store bought stuff is good too but not as good as home made. theres may different flavours of jam I prefer blackberry on my pb&j.
• Step three: When aplying your peanut butter and jam to the bread you need the perfect amount. You dont want so much that you cant taste the bread, which is also a important part and taste to the pb&j sandwich. make sure to spread the peanut butter and jam evenly around both pieces of bread.
• Step four: now its time to cut the the sandwich. You can cut your sandwich on a diagnal or stright across. I prefer to cut it on a diagnal because i find it easier to eat. You can also have to chose of cutting off your crusts if you dont like them.
• Step five: TIME TO EAT!

Why I picked the video:

• I picked the video because it showed how to make a proper pb&j sandwich correctly. The grandma making it took her time and didnt rush. One thing I didnt like about it is that I think the grandma put to much peanut butter and jelly on it.