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1. Do you like presenating information? (why or why not)
2. What do you think are the key elements in a good speech?
3. What is difference between giving a speech about something you enjoy as opposed to something that you do not enjoy?
4. Why do you believe powerpoint is a helpful tool to use for presenations?
5. When do you think you will be using power point after high school?

1. I enjoy presenting information because public speaking does not bother me.
2. Getting the audience involved and making sure they do not loose their attention for you while speaking is a key element in giving a good speech.
3. You get more involved while giving a speech about something you enjoy and are actually interested in, rather than being forced to present in front of people with something you have no passion for.
4. Powerpoints show visuals which are very helpful while giving a presenation.
5. For your careers in the future, you may use powerpoints to give presentations, or to pitch new ideas for whatever company you are working for. It comes off very professional

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I did not find many struggles while creating this budget sheet because the directions were very clear and helpful. It is necessary to make a budget before you go shopping for anything, so you know what important necessities you need, and how much money you are able to spend. I definitely have a better understanding of how much food is, because I do not even believe I have 20 items, and i was going over my $75 budget. I did not really enjoy this project as much as the college budget project because I was not very interested in buying food and spending as much as I could on a very low budget.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. He was the third pastor in his family at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He graduated from Boston University with his bachelors degree. He was also the youngest man to receive the noble peace prize in 1964. He was given this for his fight in ending racial segregation. King is mostly known for his “I Have a Dream” speech which he gave in Washington DC in which both races attended to support his campaign in ending segregation. He was the face of eliminating segregation and spoke to many towns, people, and even spoke in front of President John F. Kennedy. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot on his hotel balcony on April 4, 1968. President Regan made every 3rd Monday in January “Martin Luther King Day” and it is celebrated with great pride every year.

In recent news, a 6 year old boy apparently was flying high in a balloon device in Colorado. When the police got involved in the act, and went on a search for the “Balloon Boy”, they discovered nothing was really in the balloon. Confused and angry, police got a hold of the family whose son was supposedly in the balloon and started to interrogate them.
The parents of the “Balloon Boy” Richard and Mayumi Heene, were interviewed by the press recently. In the interview, the child who was allegedly in the balloon, confessed to not actually being in it, and that his parents put him up to it for a publicity stunt. It was apparent the parents just wanted fame and did not care about the future or welfare of their child’s life.
After getting much discrimination from the press and America, the family was put into shame. They were known as only for wanting a reality show, and uncaring parents. Just recently, Richard Heene turned himself in Monday morning at the Larimer County Detention Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Heene pleaded guilty in November to a felony count of attempting to influence a public servant. A judge sentenced Heene to spend 90 days in custody. He will spend 30 days and nights in jail but is eligible for work release during the last 60 days of his sentence.
He also must serve four years on probation and complete 100 hours of community service each year. Prosecutors said he and his wife staged their son’s disappearance to generate publicity for themselves because they wanted to star in a reality television show. This obvious shows the true character of the Heene parents.
“There is no doubt in my mind that this thing was a hoax, and I really doubt that there’s very few people in America who don’t understand at this point that this was an elaborate hoax perpetrated by Richard and Mayumi,” said the sheriff.

President Obama has made the decision to prolong and expand  the war in Afghanistan.  His followers are not happy with his decision to send 30,000 plus troops to war.  He started with anti-war and now he is going to war.  Some agree some do not agree with his decision to send the troops.  People in Obama’s own political party disagrees strongly with his decision.  Obama is planning on starting to withdraw the American contingent in July 2011.  In my opinion, he is somewhat being a hypocrite because his campaign while running for presidency included stopping and bringing troops home from war, but now he is bringing more over?  I do not understand the logical of this decision to keep him popular with the American people and to sustain another term in office.

Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl named Susan.  She was very tired one afternoon and fell sleep on her big, comfortable bed. She was in a deep sleep, but suddenly awoke with an extremely bad migraine.  Susan had no idea where she was, but she looked down, and noticed her arms and legs were bright orange, and her clothes were yellow and blue polka dotted.  She had literally turned into a cartoon character.  She was in an unknown town, but looked around and noticed a big sign which said “Toon Town”.  As she started to walk to get information on how she got here, her shoes began to bounce.  For every step she took, she was lifted 3 feet into the air.  Her shoes had magical powers which made her float.  As she was floating along in Toon Town, she heard a person say “Hello there!”, but when Susan turned, all she saw were trees.  The tree was talking to her!  Susan was extremely confused and did not understand what was going on, but she went along with it because nothing logical was happening in Toon Town.  Susan asked the tree many questions about where she was and how she got here, but the tree had no answers.  The tree told her of a giant long wall that never ended and Toon Town was enclosed by this wall. Susan thought the only way to get back to her our home again was to get over the wall.   She had thought and thought of ways to get over the wall, but remembered her shoes which made her bounce very high.  Susan walked over to the wall, jumped with all her might, and made it over.  When she got over the wall all that was on the other side was a heart shaped box.  She opened the box and was sucked into it.  She discovered herself back at home, on her couch, and her terrible migraine was gone.   Susan had never figured out what happened to her on that fateful day, but always remembered the things that went on in Toon Town.

Today in class, My classroom buddy, Caitlin Llewellyn, and I learned how to change the color of the theme on your blog.  To start off, type into the web address, www.wordpress.com. Then, log into your account at the top of the screen where it says username, password.  After you have signed in, look at the top my the screen and drag the mouse onto  the “My Account” link.  Scroll down to the “Edit Profile” link and click.  From there, you will find under Personal Options, it will say Admit Color Scheme.  Lastly, you could decide on whether you like the gray background which is set as the default, or switch it to the blue background.  These steps will help make your wordpress blog more exciting!

My article describes the second earthquake in the Samoan Islands which killed more than 130 people. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred at 6:13 p.m. Wednesday evening.   President Obama sent FEMA to help support the survivors of the earthquake.  The earthquake triggered a small tsunami as well.

1. Can you do these stretches sitting down or standing up?
2. What posture should you always begin at?
3. Why is breathing helpful?
4. Choose three of these stretches as your favorite.  Why did you select them?
   

Answers -

1. You can do these stretches both standing or sitting down.

2. You should begin at a neutral beginning posture before stretching.

3. Breathing is helpful while typing and doing these exercises because it helps calm down your body after stretching and typing for long hours.

4. My three favorite exercises are the windmill, the shoulder roll, and the wrist bends.  The windmill is very effective because it helps loosen up your arms from stressful cramps.  The shoulder roll is a very comfortable exercise and loosens up you shoulders. Lastly, the wrist bend is very effective because after long hours of typing it really helps your fingers and progresses your typing skills.

1. List 10 new facts that you did not know before
2. What is CTD?
3. Why do CTD’s occur?
4. What is Ergonomics

Answers:

1. I learned what CTD is, and what the effects of it are. I also learned that CTD is a very serious problem and can effect a person in the future if they continue with their bad habits.  Also, I learned what  Ergonomics are and how they effect your body structure and position on the computer.

2. Cumulative Trauma Disorders

3. Actives that accumulate motion to the body that is stressful like holding an uncomfortable position while on the computer causes CTD. CTD could also be triggered by the way our body initiates motion in a very uncomfortable or abnormal position.  CTD is also developed when there is a focused amount of stress on a certain part of your body.

4. Ergonomics is the science that deals with people, their work environment, and the people in it.