The Black Ribbon

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Bivouacs

1. How long does it take to set this up ? Approximately 5 minutes.
2. What does the word bivouac mean? Temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.
3. What direction should the bivouac be facing ? The covered side faces into the wind.
4. what is the best fire to make next to a bivouac? A reflector fire is good because it directs the heat into the bivouac if setup properly.
5. when is it best to make bivouac? Maybe when you are on tramp in the forest or a small mountaineering trip.
6. How is the bivouac useful? It keeps you out of the wind and rain if set up properly.

How to Brush Your Teeth in Space

1. Get a water bag.

2. Make a small water ball.

3. Cut of the water with your tooth brush.

4.Suck of some of the water.

5.Put a small amount of toothpaste on your brush.

6.Brush your teeth like normal.

7. Swallow the toothpaste.

8.Put some water in your mouth.

9. Suck off all of the dirty stuff on the brush.

Hatchet Art

This image represents moment when the plane is about to splash land in the lake.

Happy googletines day

This Takes you to the search results for Valentines Day.

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This is the day of the Valentines feast.

My connection to this is that I never get anything for Valentines Day.

Here are 3 key words related to this: Feast,Chocolate,Cupid.

73 percent of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
189 million stems of roses are sold in the U.S. on Valentine's Day.
Over $1 billion worth of chocolate is purchased for Valentine's Day in the U.S.
5 percent of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.

Man gets bionic hand that can ‘feel

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Who? A man in Denmark who lost his hand in a fire work accident.
What? first man to get a bionic hand that can "feel"
Where? Denmark.
When? February 11 2014
Why? he lost his hand in a fire work accident.
I wonder how the scientist's  connected man made signals to the brain as nerve signals?
Other people should be funding the kind of research.
If this were me I would be  a little bit scared

Abstract feelings

I feel energetic because I saw doing lots of fun things yesterday and I still have the energy.

Attitude test results

1. What type/s of animal were you?: I was 35% beaver, 31% lion and 27% otter

2. Do you agree with this result? Say why/why not: I agree with the results because I know i'm intelligent but i'm also a take charge kind of person.

3. What are 3 strengths of your animal type? What is 1 weakness : the strength of my animal is I am intelligent, i work hard and I have specific goals. My weakness is I don't have fun often.

4. Predict which animal you think the other members of your family are, and do the same for 1 good friend: I think my brother is 45% otter and 50% lion because he loves to joke around and he is the bossy kind of person. One of my friends is Mostly beaver and little bit lion because he loves work and is a leader.

5. Do you think this is a useful survey for people to take? Say why/why not:I do think this is good survey because it tells people about themselves.

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Waitangi Day

                                          Why are these people carrying this banner
on waitangi day there are mostly protests for different reasons such as canceling it or getting rid of the celebration.Most of the protests end up in a medium scale protest.

The treaty was signed over 500 times by maori and the british crown. it was signed on 6th February 1840.

There are 2 copy's of the treaty.People are debating which is the real one.

How to do a daily blog post

When: Every day 8:30 to 9:00.
Why: To keep up our writing skills up.
Where: On our personal blogs.
What: Anything
How: Title,SBG,finished by 9:00,label,keep up our writing skills