September 1st, 2009
Food Firsts
By Max
Many foods always have stories of when it is introduced and invented. There is also history on the foods we eat.
Like the drink we most like to drink is Coca-Cola, it is actually used as medicine in the past. Then, cola is made into many flavors, and has opened a company now. The Coca-Cola Company has made Coca-Cola, Sprite, and Fanta. I think our company in Taiwan has made Hey-Song Sarpasilla.
And I know the history about the donuts we eat today (I’m not really sure; I read it in the book). The donut is made by Hanson Gregory. When he was 15, his mother made some fried bread, but Hanson said he didn’t want the middle of the bread. Now the donut came out with a hole in the middle, and it was very popular. Some companies even started to sell “Donuts without holes”.
The foods we eat today are always invented by someone. If they didn’t invent it, we maybe can’t eat the things we eat now!
2009/09/01
2009/08/31
A Prayer for the Earth-The Story of Naamah, Noah's Wife
August 31, 2009
A Prayer for the Earth
The Story of Naamah, Noah’s Wife
By Max
Naamah, who was Noah’s wife, did a very great job of planting flowers’ seeds. God told Noah to build an ark, and find two of each animal in the ark. He also told Naamah to get two of each flowers’ and trees’ seeds, and fruit in the ark to harvest. Then the very heavy rain started and flooded the whole earth. They send birds to throw olive seeds, and the flood stopped. God planted an olive tree for them! Noah took the animals back to their homes, and Naamah planted the seeds and became a big garden full of flowers and trees.
I think we need to plant more trees and flowers and trees to stop global warming. Even Naamah is dead; her garden still grows when we plant the flowers and trees. She is the Mother of Seeds!
"At last, we learn the secret of how plants recovered from the Great Flood. In this nurturing story, Naamah.....inspires us all to carry onher tradition as stewards of Earth's garden."
Michael J. Caduto, coauthor, The Keeper of the Earth@ books
A Prayer for the Earth
The Story of Naamah, Noah’s Wife
By Max
Naamah, who was Noah’s wife, did a very great job of planting flowers’ seeds. God told Noah to build an ark, and find two of each animal in the ark. He also told Naamah to get two of each flowers’ and trees’ seeds, and fruit in the ark to harvest. Then the very heavy rain started and flooded the whole earth. They send birds to throw olive seeds, and the flood stopped. God planted an olive tree for them! Noah took the animals back to their homes, and Naamah planted the seeds and became a big garden full of flowers and trees.
I think we need to plant more trees and flowers and trees to stop global warming. Even Naamah is dead; her garden still grows when we plant the flowers and trees. She is the Mother of Seeds!
"At last, we learn the secret of how plants recovered from the Great Flood. In this nurturing story, Naamah.....inspires us all to carry onher tradition as stewards of Earth's garden."
Michael J. Caduto, coauthor, The Keeper of the Earth@ books
2009/08/28
The Cellist named Ma Yo-Yo
The Cellist named Ma Yo-Yo
Ma Yo-Yo is a great cellist of the world. He can play the cello very well, and he had many cello performances in the world. People say he is the best cello player.
Ma Yo-Yo is born in 1955 in France, but his parents are Chinese because they stayed in France for a long time. He had a talent for playing musical instruments, so his mom and dad wanted him to try to play the instruments. After he failed in piano and violin lessons, his dad finally wanted him to learn how to play the cello. After he played the cello very well, he started to perform to people. But as I know, Ma Yo-Yo gave up playing the cello once when he was in university, and he studied as a human body scientist. But he really didn’t give up, because he started playing the cello after university. After that, he started practicing the cello and soon he was a great cello player of the world.
I think Ma Yo-Yo is a great cello player, so I wish he would make some songs himself and play it to everyone in the world.
Ma Yo-Yo is a great cellist of the world. He can play the cello very well, and he had many cello performances in the world. People say he is the best cello player.
Ma Yo-Yo is born in 1955 in France, but his parents are Chinese because they stayed in France for a long time. He had a talent for playing musical instruments, so his mom and dad wanted him to try to play the instruments. After he failed in piano and violin lessons, his dad finally wanted him to learn how to play the cello. After he played the cello very well, he started to perform to people. But as I know, Ma Yo-Yo gave up playing the cello once when he was in university, and he studied as a human body scientist. But he really didn’t give up, because he started playing the cello after university. After that, he started practicing the cello and soon he was a great cello player of the world.
I think Ma Yo-Yo is a great cello player, so I wish he would make some songs himself and play it to everyone in the world.
2009/08/27
Life in the Outback
Life in the Outback
Caleb is a sad boy when he lives in the ranch. He doesn’t like the old ranch, because it isn’t convenient. He always likes his own home before and it has many stores and schools and restaurants, and Caleb is bored there because he had no friends. But I think Caleb doesn’t need to be very convenient in his life, so he needs to stay in the poor countries to know the people live their poor lives. And Caleb’s dad did a bad thing because he killed the dingo that Caleb liked. He is very bad, but why did he kill Caleb’s dingo? And if he can shoot dingoes in the outback, why didn’t he kill other dingoes?
I know this is illegal, because you can’t shoot extinct animals!I really think that staying in the outback is bad for Caleb, so I wish they can go back to their own home.
Caleb is a sad boy when he lives in the ranch. He doesn’t like the old ranch, because it isn’t convenient. He always likes his own home before and it has many stores and schools and restaurants, and Caleb is bored there because he had no friends. But I think Caleb doesn’t need to be very convenient in his life, so he needs to stay in the poor countries to know the people live their poor lives. And Caleb’s dad did a bad thing because he killed the dingo that Caleb liked. He is very bad, but why did he kill Caleb’s dingo? And if he can shoot dingoes in the outback, why didn’t he kill other dingoes?
I know this is illegal, because you can’t shoot extinct animals!I really think that staying in the outback is bad for Caleb, so I wish they can go back to their own home.
2009/08/26
Philanthropy
Hurricane Katrina was a very strong hurricane in 2005. It ruined New Orleans in America. Because of the levees are broken, the water flooded to the city. A boy called Zach Bonner wanted to save the victims of the hurricane. So he took many kinds of supplies, like food, hygiene supplies and more from his community. He put in many backpacks and delivered it. He is a good person that will help save lives.
Zach Bonner is a young philanthropist, but he loves to save many other people and he respects their lives. Not like Zach, other people are willing the victims to die, and even other older philanthropists wouldn’t like to save people very much.
Zach Bonner is a young philanthropist, but he loves to save many other people and he respects their lives. Not like Zach, other people are willing the victims to die, and even other older philanthropists wouldn’t like to save people very much.
2009/08/24
Respect for Life
Ask anyone on the street what he would like to be. It is not suprising that the answer you hear might be like these: a movie star, a lawyer or a doctor. Pride is one of the reasons and money could be another. Don’t forget, money talks. A lot of us work day and night, not because we cannot take our eyes of our job but because work means more money. Moreover, one stands higher on the social ladder if one is a doctor and lawyer. However, you might be very surprised to hear that for one famous person, money and fame meant nothing. He said “no” to both of them; instead, he became a missionary, whose job was to spread God’s word. He was Albert Schweitzer.
Dr. Schweitzer had a talent for music and could have practiced as a doctor in Germany, where he was born. Like most of us, great people have a dream. The difference lies in the fact that they make their dreams come true. Dr. Schweitzer decided that “reverence for life” was what our world needed and he put his belief into practice. He found a place where he thought he was most needed: he went to Lambarene, Gabon in Africa. There he set up a hospital where he took care of sick people with love. He asked for nothing in return. He was simply doing what he believed: showing respect for life.
Buddhism teaches us to “let go.” However, taking it easy is easier said than done. For many people, money and fame mean everything and they are even willing to die for them. Are they happy? Dr. Schweitzer didn’t have lots of fortune and fame, but it seems he was quite happy with his life.
Max-Getting more money doesn’t mean your life is better. Many people work only because of getting more money, but don’t respect their lives. Many people want to do many dangerous things for money, and there lives could be worthless to them. Albert is a famous person, but he said money and fame are worthless. He knows that you need to respect for life. In his life, he helped many poor people in many poor countries, and open a hospital to help them. He didn’t want any money for them to pay for him, and he knows they are poor and needs more help and love.
Albert’s life is very happy, and he knows not to let lives worthless, and even other people too. So we need to think and help for others, not only thinking for ourselves.
Dr. Schweitzer had a talent for music and could have practiced as a doctor in Germany, where he was born. Like most of us, great people have a dream. The difference lies in the fact that they make their dreams come true. Dr. Schweitzer decided that “reverence for life” was what our world needed and he put his belief into practice. He found a place where he thought he was most needed: he went to Lambarene, Gabon in Africa. There he set up a hospital where he took care of sick people with love. He asked for nothing in return. He was simply doing what he believed: showing respect for life.
Buddhism teaches us to “let go.” However, taking it easy is easier said than done. For many people, money and fame mean everything and they are even willing to die for them. Are they happy? Dr. Schweitzer didn’t have lots of fortune and fame, but it seems he was quite happy with his life.
Max-Getting more money doesn’t mean your life is better. Many people work only because of getting more money, but don’t respect their lives. Many people want to do many dangerous things for money, and there lives could be worthless to them. Albert is a famous person, but he said money and fame are worthless. He knows that you need to respect for life. In his life, he helped many poor people in many poor countries, and open a hospital to help them. He didn’t want any money for them to pay for him, and he knows they are poor and needs more help and love.
Albert’s life is very happy, and he knows not to let lives worthless, and even other people too. So we need to think and help for others, not only thinking for ourselves.
2009/08/22
The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race: Comments
1, How to start an Amazing Race:
Teams stand at the starting line and when the host says “Go”; teams get their clues and backpacks and get into one of the marked cars. Fun is coming when you have to beat the other teams. At each leg the clues tell that you must fly to another country. But you don’t worry about money problems, because that the start of each leg, the host will give you some money. The clues lead you to another clue box and get the next clue. Your clue sometimes will show a Detour, a Road Block, or a Fast Forward. Some clue boxes have Yield signs or Intersection signs. When you get to the Pit Stop, the host will tell you what place you are, and the host will take a person to the Pit Stop. The first team to arrive will get something special. The last team to arrive, I’m sorry, you will be eliminated from the race, or you will have bad news (just like no money on the next leg or no clothes, except you are wearing) but you are not eliminated. After teams get to the pit stop, they will have 12 hours of rest. Race continues until only three teams left, and the first team to arrive to the finish line, the team wins the race and gets
$1000000 dollars!
2, How to start a Amazing Race (myself)
I would do that but I need to use a Monopoly set. Before I start, I need to take out the checkers. I will also make a chart to keep track what place the checkers are. The race starts when the checkers go one by one. The target is to go around one lap on the board, and to beat the other checkers. There can’t possibly be any Detour or Road Blocks, even there aren’t any Yield and Intersection and, there even aren’t any clue boxes! The last checker arrives the go sign on the board will be eliminated or not eliminated from the race. Race continues until only three checkers left, and the first checker to arrive to the finish line, the checker wins the race! This race probably will take 10 days to finish the race.
3, Questions about the Amazing Race
What’s a Detour?
A detour is 2 tasks that teams will to decide which task the teams do.
The team will do what the task says and when the team had done your task, the team will receive the next clue.
What’s a Road Block?
A Road Block is a task but only one person per team could do. The player needs to do exactly the same as the task says and get the next clue.
What’s a Fast Forward?
A Fast Forward could only occur twice in an Amazing Race game. The first team to get the Fast Forward clue will get to challenge. The team will do some dangerous things. And when they succeed, the team will skip all tasks and go to the pit stop!
What’s a Yield?
A Yield is players decide if they want or not want to yield. If they want to yield, they need to choose a team’s picture. The team that arrives and the picture is the same, they have to stop 1 hour.
What’s an Intersection?
An Intersection is to work with another team. The teams work until a clue says separate.
4, other things
1. If you didn’t do a Detour or a Road Block correctly, you will have a penalty (30 minutes). If you didn’t get a clue, the host will let you take the clue, then check in the pit stop. You will get a 4-hour penalty if you failed to do a Road Block!
2. The number of teams on every season is different. Just like Seasons 3&4 has 12 teams on the race, and season 8 has 10 teams. The other seasons have 11 teams.
3. Penalties when you come last on the non-elimination were different. Some seasons are no money and no clothes (except you are wearing). Others are like if the next pit stop you didn’t get in first; you will have a penalty (30 minutes).
5, Common websites:
Summary:
The Amazing Race
http://www.tv.com/the-amazing-race/show/6686/episode_guide.html?season=0&tag=season_dropdown;dropdown;12
Videos:
Amazing Race 9 Finale
http://tw.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Amazing+Race&search_type
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