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The disaster which happened at Japan may cost $300,000,000,000 to remodel everything. In Japanese money it is 25 trillion yen. Meanwhile, officials are still trying to deal with the economic problems of the disaster. On Thursday afternoon, 11,438 were confirmed dead from the March 11 earthquake and the following tsunami, according to Japan's National Police Agency. There are 16,541 missing and 2,873 injured. Many people's relatives that were still alive looked for their loved ones. Sadly, the majority of them could not find their relatives.

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Cotton Time!

Cotton On: this phrase means to easily and quickly catch on to something (like a subject)

Cotton To: means to like someone

In Tall Cotton: means to have a lot of money               

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Traces of Nuclear Radiation in the U.S.


At least 15 states reported detecting radioisotopes in air or water or both. No states have recommended that residents take potassium iodide, a salt that protects the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine.
Iodine-131 was detected in the air at South Carolina, Florida, and in elevated levels in the air at Maryland. The East Coasts, West  Coasts, and Caribbean Coasts states must be very cautious. As I found out last week, most of the rain which has been pouring down on us was radioactive.

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Nothing interesting in the news today. Alot about Libya though. Some rebels are aiming to hit Ghadafi's birthplace. They believe it will be a great victory if they do. It's their "Sign of a Victory."

Know Your English

Who is a lowbrow, a middlebrow, and a highbrow?

lowbrow: someone not very intellectual or average
middlebrow: someone very average
highbrow:someone very intellectual

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Normal sleep a 'privilege' for night workers

Many people probably work on a night-shift. On Wednesday, two airplanes landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport shortly after midnight without an air traffic controller. Studies say that Night workers are at higher risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. With their bodies making them want to sleep during the night, shift workers say they struggle to stay awake no matter how many years they've done it.

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Airport Lounges for smoking: Snuffed Away?

In some larger airports, you may have seen encased glass fishbowls for human fishes. You may glance to them and feel sorry for them to become slaves of this dreaded habit. People are thinking abut banning the place in airports where people are allowed to smoke so others in the airport will not be smoking second-hand smoke.

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You may all know R. Kelly for his famous song: "I Believe I can Fly." (Well, actually , you may not know him but you probably know the song.)
There is another great song he sang. It is called "Sign of a Victory." It was sung (like "Saminamina") at the World Cup 2010 South Africa but as an anthem. I think this song is very inspirational and recommend everybody to listen to it. Here are some of the lyrics:

I can see the colors of the rainbow,
and I can feel the sun on my face,
I see the light at the end of the tunnel,
and I can feel heaven in its place,

and that's the sign of a victory (x2)

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In Chinese,
mother: muquin
father: fuquin
Sunday: xingqitian
Monday: xingqiyi
Tuesday: xingkier
Wednesday: xingqisan
Thursday: xingkisi
Friday: xingqiwu
Saturday: xingqiliu
one: yi
two: er
three :san
four: si
five: wu
six: liu
seven: qi
eight: ba
nine: jiu
ten: shi
eleven: shi yi
twelve: shi er
one hundred: yi bai
thousand: qian

An interesting thing I found out was yes is shi and ten is also shi. Please correct me please if there are any mistakes.

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"Ni Hao. Ni Hao Ma?"
"Ni Shenti Zenmeyang. Itola?"
"Wo bu shufu."
"Haozhuan de?"
"Shi."
"Dangshi de. Zaijian."
"Zaijian."
Anybody who knows Chinese well and read this post:
Please tell me if there are any certain places I made a mistake on speaking.

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I am learning Chinese. Ni Hao means hello.
"Ni Hao, Ni Hao Ma?" (Hello, How are you?)
I may not get the correct pronounciation, until I listen to my friends speak it. For now, this is all I know.
Xie Xie.

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The extreme weather continues on. In Santa Clara areas, it is worse than where I live. Yesterday, while we were driving by there, we saw trees that had fallen. In my school today, we have the Jog-A-Thon. Luckily, it will not rain the time that we participate in it. We will all have a popsicle at the end of the Jog-A-Thon.  Every participant will get a ribbon. Whoever raises $100 or more gets to play playground ball. The highest earner in each grade will get an Aqua Adventure Park Pass and the highest earning classroom in each grade gets an ice-cream party.

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Yesterday, we had some extreme weather. I'll tell you what happened yesterday to me...
Everybody came inside for a 15 minute recess. Then, when everybody had switched to their math classes, it began to slightly drizzle. I then noticed I had left my P.O.W. (Problem of the Week) which was due today in my backpack which was inside my homeroom class. I asked my math teacher if I could get it. I ran into my homeroom class (not literally) took it from my backpack. Once I entered math class, they announced a lockdown because of the extreme rain. We had to stay inside the classroom we were in and lock the doors. If I was not in my math class at that time they announced the lockdown, I would have had to stay in my homeroom class.

What Friendship Can Become

Our friendship was held together
with bonds as strong as the Earth,
But a wave stronger--
stronger than the tsunami's wave,
An earthquake stronger than Japan's,
a nuclear power plant blast,
You let a small gap to be broken away from you
So you may see that our friendship was a very weak one,
Not even stronger than Japan's survivors

This is a lesson for all friends: Make sure it is not a dirty house before you move in.
You will regret it if you don't. This is how friendship can change. :D

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Nothing new on the news. Many people though, are discovering their families gone. After the tsunami and quake came a blizzard. The Japanese are saying,"What have we done for such a thing to happen?"I feel terribly sorry for them. I very much hope they can recover. Some U.S. citizens are working their way in bringing their relatives to the United States.......

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Tsunami in Hawaii causes tens of millions of dollars in damage in Hawaii


Luckily, there weren't any people injured or dead or any houses that collapsed. But, the tsunami in Japan brought some powerful waves to Hawaii killing some seabirds and destroying ships. It mostly hit Big Island and some islands just got affected by it. The King Kamehameha Beach Hotel was flooded on the first floor with sand and rocks on the ground. But tourists were still welcomed. The governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie says that tens of millions of dollars were lost and he plans to visit the damaged areas.

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Anxiety in Japan grows as rescue workers find more bodies

Japan is mainly made up of elders and many of them died in this quake. I think and hope that most of the children survived with just some injuries. It was said that a man once at a shelter said he would not let go of his three-week old child. It is sad to think that people that witnessed it and went to higher levels had to see the water and the ground destroy their homes.Some while escaping, died. More than 2,000 people were reported dead today in Japan.

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Blast at Japanese nuclear power reactor building

 Now everybody in Japan must be recovering from the tsunami/earthquake. They realize that some of their loved ones are missing. Today, Monday morning in Japan, a nuclear power plant in Japan had a blast and six people were injured. Reports say that it was not a massive leak. 180,000 people that lived within 20 km (12 mi) of the power plant were ordered to leave.

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Yesterday was pretty dangerous but kind of funny too. My recycling partner and I do the recycling job. We split it between ourselves and do the job. Before recycling, everybody had to clean out their desk. So, I lost 5 minutes on that. Then, while I was dumping all the paper, the box/bucket thing slipped out of my hands' grip and fell with a THUD! into the main recycle thing. Tensed up by all the stories I heard about this same incident, I went into the dumpster to see if I could carry the bucket with me out there. When I realized that the only way would be to throw the bucket out and climb out, I decided not to do it. It would probably attract attention. It's a good thing I thought about that because some boys were on their way and I would have been in big trouble. I found out later that Dumpster Diving was not allowed by the way the manager of all recyclers (a sixth-grade teacher) said it to me. At first I thought it was funny, but then I later realized how much trouble I would've been in that day. Not just getting a write-up but also what if I could not have climbed out of that recycling thing. I was saved by God's grace. D:

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Today I hope will be a good day. Nothing exciting though. We're just going to the computer lab to do some project. I keep on thinking about next year sometimes. But, there may be lots more work to do there. So, I guess I should enjoy these moments while I can. Or else, I will have a big challenge ahead of me. The thing I'm excited about is our different environment. It has its downfalls too though. If you are late to your next class. you will get detention. 2 detentions in a week is equal to Saturday School. I hope I do not have to go to Saturday School just because I was late to class two times in one week...

My Essay: Response to Lit.

                                                The Secret of Fire

Have you ever wondered where humans obtained fire? The Nez Perce folktale, "The Secret of Fire" written by Kristi Madison tells how fire was obtained. This story takes place in a forest. It takes place before people came into the world.

 This legend takes place in the Pacific Northwest before people were on Earth. The Pines were the only creatures to have fire and they refused to share it with the other creatures. This went on for many winters. But one very cold winter, the animals and trees were afraid they would freeze to death. Beaver had an idea to solve this problem.

That evening, the Pines all made a fire and some guards guarded around so as to keep the other animals and trees away. Beaver hid in a brush close by. Just then a big gust of wind blew one piece of live coal to Beaver. Beaver, taking the piece, started swimming away, the Pines behind his back. Soon, the Pines and one Cedar grew tired of chasing Beaver and stopped. The Cedar told the Pines that he would watch, from their view of the mountain, what Beaver was doing. As Cedar went on reporting who Beaver was giving The Secret of Fire to, the Pines just moaned.
They knew that the method to make fire would no longer be a secret.

As the story reaches the end, the message becomes clear. The author wants us to realize the importance of sharing. As we learned when we were little,"Sharing is Caring."This story also teaches you that if you do not share, you may have bad luck.

This is what the Nez Perce folktale "The Secret of Fire" can teach us. We also learned how this tribe believes humans obtained fire. Once again, this folktale has, in an interesting way taught us how important sharing is. So, I hope everyone in the world gets a chance to read this folktale.

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Not going really good... I made new friends already. They are very kind so I do not really mind. At 1:00 recess, two of the girls let me join the Moving Club. In the Moving Club, you just run voluntarily and can just get a shirt or a little key chain. The funny thing is, I didn't know what I was doing until we went to our P.E. teacher to write down the date and how many laps we ran. I ran the laps without knowing what I was doing.

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I love my life now. Our friend that was out sick will be coming today! I'm also almost freed from all my assignments. Have to work on the book report really hard! Otherwise, I can't wait to go to school.... Sometimes, I think too deep into things I don't need to necessarily. So then, it makes me feel like life is boring! Anyway.... bye!

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Ok, it's a waste to talkk about this friendship in my blog. Our friendship is a weird one. First, we get angry at each other and then the next day we become friends again. Then, we get angry at each other again. So, I guess we will be going back and forth between friends. If it starts irritating me, I'm just going to escape from their island and move to another one.  For now, I will have to put up with them.  

You know how friendship can break sometimes.....it's not pretty! It makes my throat get a bump in it as tears just flow down my cheeks.

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"things are not going very well in friendship land..."
That's what I told my friend who had been absent. I warned her since she had been absent. Now, it was up to her to choose the side. The two girls that I despise very much used to be pretty nice-at least one of them. Now, they aren't. They're cutting the friendship line so that people they despise, will fall into the ocean of students. Luckily, we have other good friends. So, even they don't care about us two, we don't mind. Anyway, I'm just there to support my friend that they are being mean to. I feel they are ignoring her and now they will start ignoring me...