Minecraft

                                                          MINECRAFT

Minecraft is a indi-sandbox survival game that was released in 2009 and was created by Notch (Markus Peerson) and  Jeb (Jens Bergensten).
                                        The Minecraft logo.

Minecraft has a varied selection of mobs or npc's (naturally spawned creature).

              These are all the mobs in default Minecraft.

Minecraft is a very popular game that people play. It let's you do whatever your mind wants to do. Also, there is no end to the game. Before night falls over the terrain, you need a shelter and tools/resources.                                                                                                                                       


        This is the biome, extreme hills. You will need trees which are at the bottom, Note that you need wood for various tools/blocks. So get  a lot of it.

The game is so popular that people record themselves playing on YouTube.

This is Team Crafted, a popular band of youtubers that record Minecraft.
This is Team Crafted in real life. (left to right)
Bajan Canadian(Mitch) Deadlox(Tyler) ASFjerome(Jerome) SkyDoesMinecraft(Adam) HuskyMudkipz(Quentin) MinecraftUniverse(Jason) SSundee(Ian).

Abraham Lincoln

                                               Abraham Lincoln

                     

                                             

      Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He had an older sister named Sarah which took care of him when his mom passed away. His mom died when he was only nine years old! His family life involved hard work, walking miles to school, farming, and etc. he would help his father chop logs and build any structure with him. His family life was very challenging. Lincoln was most famous during the Civil War. In this time period, he will give great quotes and speeches. One famous speech he gave was the Gettysburg Address. This was read in Gettysburg before the battle of Gettysburg.

<The battle of Gettysburg.

      One of his quotes that he gave was "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be". Which would mean to express yourself. Another one is, "A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have". Which would mean you have an ally with you. The final quote is "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time".

                                                               Accomplishments

      Some of his accomplishments...
1 Ended slavery...
2 Won Civil War...
3 Gave important speeches.

                                         

Titanic

                                               ...R.M.S  TITANIC...


             The R.M.S Titanic was an English Royal Mail Steamer built in Belfast northern Ireland. She was an Olympic-class ocean liner just like her sisters, Olympic and Britannic. The Titanic and Britannic.

 This is the Titanic's last known picture as she sails out of Southhampton.

The Brittanic was larger than her sisters and was hit by a torpedo and fell over on her side and sank. Only 33 people were killed due to proper lifeboats.

The Titanic struck the iceburg at 11:47 p.m. The iceburg tore a gash in her first 5 watertight compartments. As the ship went down, all exept two lifeboats remained. Around the time 2:17 the last two boats, collapsible A and B were swept of the ship as the superstructure plunged under, swallowing the bridge with it. Collapsible was turned over and men struggled to get on. At 2:20 a.m most of the 705 survivors saw the ship go under the sea. The survivors were then rescued by the S.S Carpathia and made a three day trip to arrive at NYC....

Problems with the ship...
1.) minnimun of 18 lifeboats plus four collapsible boats. A, B, C, D.
2.) running at full spead into ice filled area.
3.) first class went first and seerage last to die.
4.) first officer side swiped the burg by accident instead of hitting it head on. (seald compartment in front.)
5.) no binoculars for the lookouts.

Pearl Harbor

   The forgotten day of 1941. As president Roosevelt said it was a date which will live in infamy. The Japanese launched two air attacks on the harbor, as well as some areas around Ohao. Two important battleships were lost. Their names were Arizona and Oklahoma. The Arizona blew up due to an armored piercing shell that went into the forward powder magazine, ripping the ship in two. The Oklahoma was hit with several torpedoes and capsized or rolled over upside down.

   The Arizona after the bomb explosion...

Front view of the sunken ship...

The Arizona before world war two.

The Oklahoma after attack....

The Oklahoma during the attack...

The Oklahoma before world war two...

Now that you have seen the pictures, now you will see a video of the Arizona getting hit with an armored piercing shell that ripped through her strong hull...


http://youtu.be/ujquq7IU0uY     <This is the link to the explosion video. Remember, this caused over 1,500 people to die so it is not funny.

For us this was our start for world war two. We succeeded and stopped the world wide threat.


  
These men did whatever they could to stop the threat and unite peace in Europe and Japan.

Why is the Statue of Liberty green?

                                                     THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

    Well, I hope you have heard of the Statue of Liberty, because that is what this blog is about. As you know, she is green and is standing on a pedestal which is on Fort Wood located on Liberty island in New Jersey waters. Her "acessories" include a torch in her rigjt hand, and a tablet in her left hand saying, JULY 4, 1776 in French language.

    151 feet tall                 SOME FACTS ON THE STATUE......

    1.) The statue itself stands 151 feet tall.  (pedestal not included in height).
    2.) The pedestal stands 154 feet in total.
    3.) The statue contains 62,000 pounds of copper.
    4.) The pedestal is 54 million pounds itself.
    5.) The seven points on her crown represent the seven seas and continents.
    6.) Her greenish color comes from weathering on the copper which is called patina.
    7.) Her copper layer is only as thick as a penny...Pretty cool.
         
                                              MY OPINION ON THE STATUE/ISLAND...
   
    My opinion on the statue would have to be very positive and that I like the statues model. One thing I dislike is that in 1956, they changed the name of the island frome Bedloe's Island, to Liberty Island. I like the name of the old island better then the new one.

                                              THE CONCLUSION...

    I think that for one thing, the statue does show freedom and that it also shows us that you are safe and strong. Thanks to the french, we have now, a nice gift of kindness that shows peace and trust with one another.

The Perfect Storm

                                                       HURRICANE SANDY



    Hurricane Sandy was a huge hurricane that hit the East coast of the U.S.A and swallowed the Bahamas and Cuba. This storm caused so much damaged to our area that this is considered an event of 2013 we shall not forget. People who were not so much in the area might want to learn about this event because they did not witness this event firsthand.

  What I will remember about Hurricane Sandy is how much destruction it caused, and also that it was on my birthday, October 29th 2013. Now that, I will remember for a lifetime. What I think about the hurricane is how much destruction this has caused and the people left with no house and little or no food and water.

                AREAS THAT WERE HIT BY THE STORM.

  1.)The Bahamas.
  2.)The Statue of Liberty.
  3.)Ellis Island.
  4.)Cuba.
  5.)New Jersey.
  6.)New York/NYC.
  7.)Florida/Kea West.
  8.)Long Island (part of NYC).
  9.)Gulf of Mexico.
10.)Georgia.
    All of these states/places/areas all experienced Hurricane Sandy in some way or were close by to the damage.

                                                  CONCLUSION ABOUT BLOG/STORM.

    For this last part, I will like to end it by saying even though we took serious damage, we still can't be eaten by the storm, we have to be stronger then the storm. That is so we all had time to help and care for others as times were tough in this big storm. Still, we surpassed it and stood stronger then the storm.