These are some quick examples from the Ota Benga book I'm reading. Samuel Verner was a missionary who went to Africa and while he was in London, a chimney fell and destroyed the chair that he had just risen from seconds before!! He also brought two African boys named Kassongo and Kondola back to America with him so that they could be educated. One day, at a meeting that Kassongo attended, two men began to fight each other for a seat, when a woman in the crowd noticed she yelled "FIGHT!" but everyone thought she had said "FIRE"and Kassongo was trampled to death in a rush to the exits.

The Chapman Cycle

The Chapman Cycle is the process of the creation of O3 in the ozone layer. When the UV rays enter the ozone layer they split the O3 molecules and create an O1 and O2 molecule which then fuse with other split ozone molecules.  









Check out this animated link:http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/atmosphere/ozone_main.html

Psalm 15

 ¹ LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle?
         Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
        
 ² He who walks uprightly,
         And works righteousness,
         And speaks the truth in his heart;
 ³ He who does not backbite with his tongue,
         Nor does evil to his neighbor,
         Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
 ⁴ In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
         But he honors those who fear the LORD;
         He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
 ⁵ He who does not put out his money at usury,
         Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
        
         He who does these things shall never be moved. (Psalm 15, New King James Version)

Joseph - Louis Larange 1736-1813

 Joseph Louise Larange was born on January, 25, 1736 in Turin. Joseph Larange lived most of his life in Prussia and France. He was a mathematician and astronomer. He became the director of sciences at the Prussian Academy in Berlin. 


http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Lagrange.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-louis-lagrange

     Last Friday I attended an art show. The art show was called Creative Soul of Dayton. The Creative Soul of Dayton is sponsored by many organizations. For example one of the organizations is Dayton Create which try's to enlarge the regions economic competitiveness. The show was held in the second floor of the Armory Building on 201E. Sixth Street,Dayton, OH.






















      The reason we attended the art show was because a friend of the family was one of the artists on exhibit. Her display had a projector shining pictures through the windows of three slowly spinning doors onto the wall. The pictures were from her two sons coming of age trip. For the trip each of her two sons traveled to fifteen or more states by route 66. They both went on the 2 month long trip when they turned 13.    







Pink One By: Joshua Baskin (acrylic on canvas) 


Going Green By: Carol Stoops (acrylic)

Vot! By: Charles Stough (wood burn print on paper)

White Elephant By: Wayne Lundberg (sculptural fabric machine)



Here are some of my mom's favorites:
Patty Emerson,  Waiting for Peace, Ceramic

George Armstrong, All Fathers Have Boats in Heaven, Mixed Media




Charles Stough,Dayton Skyline No.2,Ink on Canvas

City of Kettering~ Meet the Candidate -School Board

http://www.mvcc.net/streaming-video/meet-the-candidates-2009-kettering-school-board.html

City of Kettering ~ Meet the Candidate

http://www.mvcc.net/streaming-video/meet-the-candidates-2009-kettering-city-council.html

 Friday Night

Attended a community art exhibit

Creative Soul

Here is an e-mail that I received today about the volunteer time that I put in yesterday at
Miami Valley Communication Council

Elijah,

Our Meet the Candidates election forums are perhaps the most important series MVCC produces each year. Your help and training made these challenging, very busy productions run smoothly.

Kudos for assistance on this important civic television series!

-Richard Diaz, MVCC Government Producer

A day of filming..........

Today I was involved in producing a few community programs for a variety of cities in the Miami Valley. I have been trained by Miami Valley Communication Council's production class. This training allows me to borrow the equipment and film things outside the studio. I can then take the film and add effects to it and make my own video! {:^) When I got to the studio I was assigned to camera:1. On the camera there is a screen that you look into and that shows you what you are filming. I stayed and helped them to film 3 live shows.

On Saturday night my mom, my mom's friend Jessica, a kid named Jonah(I know what your thinking, and NO he didn't get swallowed by a whale) and I went on this owl watch hike. The first time I went on the owl watch I didn't see any owls until it was time to go . Then I saw two baby owls and their parents. We followed the owls for maybe 10 minutes.

Owl watchers meet in front of the woods by the parking lot. When everyone gets there the guide tells you some facts about owls. Some of the things that are taught are that owls wings have fringed feathers so that they can sneak up on their pray. We also learned that when we go on owl walks we are disturbing nature by making owl calls because it makes the owls think that their neighbor is invading their territory.

Hey I am sooo board right now so I have come up with an idea(me so smart). Can you name every Veggie Tales character or episode? Hmmm.... ;^)

See you at the pole......

As most of you know yesterday was See you at the Pole Day but if you live under a rock I'm sorry you missed it(NOT). Since I don't go to a public school(lucky me) a ton of our home school group came. Well....only three family's(including mine) showed up. Anyways See you at the Pole Day is when a group of people gather around a flagpole(usually at a schools flagpole) to pray for the U.S.A, it's citizens, the government, and the President. This years theme was Engage which is based on the verse 2Kings 22:13.