Jun. 8, 2009 Perch Dissection
   
In this dissection it was not as easy as the previous dissections, I'm not sure why but
we managed to dissect most of it and find all the necessary main organs for supporting life. |
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Jun. 1, 2009 Crayfish Dissection
  Cutting into the crayfish was a lot harder and tougher than
the worm because of the hard exoskeleton shell made up of
chitin.
  
In these photos I dissected a crayfish, starting with the
dorsal (backside) up I cut a T shape into the crustaceans
shell. Once it was cut open I carefully examined each organ such
as the heart, stomach, green glands, intestine, brain, and nerve cords
We then discussed what each organ did and how each one has a special task.
The crayfish was confirmed male after locating the testes cephalathorax region.
 The look of a homeschooled child after
dissecting a crayfish. It does not get much
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May. 25, 2009 Earthworm Dissection For Biology May. 22, 2009 The Light Across the River Book Review
May 16th 2009
Author: Stephanie Reed
Published by Kregel Publications
Review by: Nate Duval-Igarta
The Light Across the River
Every night the lamp was always lit in the window sill
of the Rankin's house for any black slaves that were escaping
from the harsh treatment of their masters. The Rankin's
home was always open to guests especially ones that needed
help. Johnny, the youngest Rankin boy, was well known
in the town of Riply. "Go ask Johnny," was the saying everyone
used to describe him because he seemed to be in the wrong
place at the wrong time. Lowry, Johnny's older brother, and
Amanda were soon to be married and Johnny did not
like any of that since Amanda was the only person that
he thought cared about him.
Biggerman was the man hated by the people of Riply,
and the cruelest slave owner in Kentucky. At his plantation he
owned a slave family the mother Eliza, father George,
eldest daughter Beluah, and Mose their youngest. Eliza did not
care for Biggerman and how he eyed down her husband George
like he was plotting to kill him in the night. Eliza said to herself,
"I have to do something about this, and soon."
That night she decided it was time to help him escape and
get away to freedom. She lead her husband George across the
Ohio River toward the Rankin's house and sure enough she
saw the lit lamp. After crossing the Ohio with George and
saying her good-byes she returned back to Biggerman's place.
Unfortunately, he found out what had happened and told her
he was going to sell her to the next slave buyer he meets.
Not wasting any time she devised another plan, making her
escape across the Ohio River again, but this time she would
bring her youngest, a baby boy named Mose short for Moses.
Crossing the Ohio River again at this time was very dangerous
since the river was no longer frozen making it impossible
to walk over. She would have to some how swim, hold Mose up
out of the water, dodge huge chunks of ice and keep her own
head above the rushing water. But, despite all these obstacles
Eliza made it over the Ohio with the help of God and her faith
in Him. She climbed up the shore and started off toward the
Rankin's house and sure enough there was the kerosene lamp
lit to guide her to safety.
There was one small problem though, how was she going
to free the rest of her family from slavery, and find her husband
George? Read The Light Across the River for yourself and find
out how God works through her life and maybe even reunites her
with her family. Beginning with slaves crossing the Ohio
River, to gun fights in the front yard of the Rankin's home,
romantic scenes with Lowry and Amanda, to Johnny meeting
Mary Ann there was always a new adventured every time
I picked up the book.
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May. 8, 2009 Birch Bay Vacation
This was my bedroom on the first floor of the time share.
Who cleans up when you're on vacation?
That flame is from the Cherry Point Oil Refinery.
     These are pictures of all the buildings surrounding
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Apr. 15, 2009 Mob Wars Competition Trailer Entry
Here is the LINK to the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gysxt2UCuEI
This is a response video to the Face Book Mob Wars application video challenge.
Prizes for this competition are,
1st place 3000 dollars US
2nd place 1,500 dollars US
3rd place 500 dollars US
I hope Face Book enjoys this as much as we did making this original video of us guys making the amazing game Mob Wars come to life.
May the best group win!!!
A mix between an online game and real life fighting as a Mobster.......
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Apr. 13, 2009 Junior Varsity Baseball Team Apr. 7, 2009 Archery Hay Bale Target Cover
Finally a sunny day hit the West side of Washington... Which means it is time to work!
On this day I built an archery target cover for the hay bales so they would not go moldy when it rained.
   
Thanks to Photoshop I was able to throw in my Robin Hood I shot previously . ;) |
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Mar. 15, 2009 Northwest District Archery Tournament
 In this pictures the two girls are Alysha to the left of me and Anne in the middle. Both of these girls are
the daughters of archery leader, Will.
These are the award pictures from the Northwest 4-H District Finals at Skookum Archery Range. I place second in compound freestyle in the senior division.
I will be going to the Washington State 4-H archery tournament in May. This has been my 6th month in 4-H archery.
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Mar. 2, 2009 Japanese Update
  
In the pictures above I have translated Japanese characters into English words and how to
pronounce them from the Hiragana Alphabet.
These are universal flash cards that have Spanish. German, Russian, Latin, French and Japanese which is really neat since because I I get a variety of languages in one flash card. |
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Feb. 11, 2009 Christmas Program Feb. 3, 2009 Representative Jim McUne News Release
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Local student serves as legislative page for Rep. Jim McCune
Nate participates in second week of 2009 legislative session
Nate Duval-Igarta served as a legislative page in the Washington State House of Representatives Jan. 19-23. He was sponsored by Rep. Jim McCune.
Nate, 16, is the son Bernard and Marie Duval-Igarta and a 10th-grade home-school student. His responsibilities included delivering messages and documents to legislators and legislative assistants, committee meetings and House chambers. Nate also spent time in the legislative page school learning about state government.
“The early weeks of the legislative session are always fast-paced and interesting. I’m glad Nate was able to experience the Legislature at this time,” said McCune, R-Graham. “I think young people are becoming more and more interested in government and understand they can make a difference. Our pages of today are the voters and leaders of tomorrow.”
Young men and women have come to Olympia since 1891 to serve as pages for the Washington State Legislature. Pages must obtain permission from their parents and schools, and most live with volunteer host families. State representatives may only sponsor a limited number of pages each session.
For more information on Rep. McCune: (360) 786-7824; mccune.jim@leg.wa.gov; or http://www.houserepublicans.wa.gov/McCune/
Additional information about the House Page Program can be found at: http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/PageInternProgram/housepageprogram.htm
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Feb. 2, 2009 Across the Wide River Book Review
January 27, 2009
Author: Stephanie Reed
Review by: Nate Duval-Igarta
Cover design: John M. Lucas
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Across the Wide River
A nine year old white boy, named Lowry Rankin lived
in Kentucky with his six siblings, his mother and his father
who was an abolition preacher at the local church. His
best friend was a black slave from Kentucky named Sherwood,
they were best friends for sometime and always did everything
together. One day on their way to school, a brawny white man
approached the boys and pulled out a whip that he used to strike
Sherwood's back. Sherwood let out a scream that pierced Lowry's
heart. Lowry quickly ran to his father, Mr. Rankin, and told him
to come right away! But when they returned the man had left,
leaving Sherwood bleeding on the ground. Mr Rankin picked up
Sherwood and carried him off. Then Lowry's father told Lowry
to go home and tell his mother what had happened.
The Underground Railroad was a bridge between freedom and
slavery. Lowry did not know at the time that his parents helped
black slaves escape from their masters but he would soon realize
how God would be using him to free slaves.
Over the years Lowry grew up going to school which he
hated, except for the fact he got to be with Amanda, a slender,
blonde haired, blue eyed gal that was sweet and kind to him no
matter what other kids thought and said about him. Secretly
Lowry had a loved Amanda but was too shy to tell her even
though his mother urged him to talk to her more. Often he and
his father stayed up into the night keeping watch over the
Ohio River looking for any slaves they could help. There
was an oil lamp left burning in the window sill for all run away
slaves to see as a signal that the Rankin's house was the first
checkpoint to the Underground Railroad.
Once a black slave reached the Rankin's house, Lowry
would escort them to the next check point on the Underground
Railroad taking slaves to Canada and freedom Lowry and his
father would get some sleep only to wake up a few hours
later to start work in the fields again. Lowry grew very tired
of doing this and soon approached his father about how he
did not want to continue his training as an abolitionist preacher.
He told his father that he wanted to become a carpenter
like his Uncle William. Discouraged, his father told him that
he must pray and wait about making such a decision.
The book Across the Wide River was an astonishing
historical fiction book about slavery and how white people
like the Rankin family helped them escape to freedom by
means of the Underground Railroad system. I enjoyed every
part of the book from start to finish which included striking
events like close to death encounters and Lowry's marriage
proposal. To find out the rest, read the book for yourself
and find out what Lowery decided to do with his life.
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Jan. 23, 2009 Paging In Olympia
 Representative Jim McUne and I sitting at his desk inside the House Chamber floor.
 Our picture being taken by the front of the Rostrum
The picture behind me is the photo of the first pages at Washington State's Capitol
 A picture from the second floor of the Rotunda.
Last week was a week I will never forget because I was paging in Olympia,
Washington for the House of Representatives. It is an epic experience to
be a part of the Legislature and help the representatives that work in it.
I found learning about the legislators was truly amazing and provides life long benefits.
The fact that all of the capitol staff were so friendly and kind even though their
days are the same every day made it even more enjoyable. I made many new
friends while working there for six consecutive days from January 18th to the 23rd.
Being a page takes responsibility, patience and perseverance.
But in the end paging will help one to grow in their character
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Jan. 8, 2009 Packing and Unpacking Boxes Dec. 30, 2008 4-H Explosion Extravaganza Seattle Performance
This is me playing the part of the king in the nativity song called
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
   
In these pictures I am acting the part of a clerk as Rachel and Amanda
sing "Christmas Shoes."
 
The link bellow leads to Q13's interview on our 4-H clubs leader Mrs. Grohs and Crystal who lost her two
horses in a barn fire a few weeks back.
http://www.q13fox.com/pages/video/?clipId=3283874&topVideoCatNo=71694&c=&autoStart=true&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv |
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Dec. 27, 2008 Book Review on "The Shipwreck"
Dec. 5, 2008
Author: Evelyn Iritani
Review by: Nate Duval-Igarta
An Ocean Between Us
"The Shipwreck", is a story within the book An Ocean Between Us
written by Evelyn Iritani. This adventurous story all started in
1832 on a cold October day near the Japanese Izu Peninsula. The
Hojun-maru ship was caught in a violent typhoon that made them
drift for for months in the Pacific Ocean until they capsized
on the West Coast of the United States. Unfortunately, there were
only three sailors that survived the wreck and Northwestern whale
hunters took them in as slaves. Taking them in as slaves was the only
thing the whale hunters could have done since the Japanese government
and the U.S. were at war with their trade routes. If the three sailors
were returned to Japan they would be exiled, face a lifetime in prison
or be put to death.
Over the next five years the three sailors where moved
from Washington, Hawaii, California, and finally to England.
By this time no one wanted to just send them back to their land,
because they could be used as a bargaining chip. But,
an English missionary found them and had them all board his ship
that was sailing to Japan the next day. As the boat approached the
port of Edo Bay, the Japanese shot first and asked questions later,
openly firing upon the ship. The three sailors from the Hojun-maru
were devastated to see Mount Fuji and not be able to set foot on
their mother land.
"Ship Wreck" is a great story but unfortunately it is not nearly as
good as "Bubbles of Death" the previous story I book reported on.
In conclusion, I do not recommend reading this story unless you
have read the other three stories in An Ocean Between Us
because it lacks exciting events that keep you on the edge of
your seat from paragraph to paragraph.
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Dec. 17, 2008 Junior Olympic Archery Division (JOAD) and 4-H Archery
In the photos below I am preparing and "fletching" my arrow shafts.
This means I have to cut, glue and make sure all the veins are in the
right spots. "Veins" are plastic feathers and adding them to the shafts
is "fletching". Doing all of this takes time and patience.
   
In these pictures Coach Will and I fine tune the new bow. 
This is what you call a "bow press".
 
Here my dad is reading the packing slip that came with the bow and Coach Will and I are
still work on it.
Here pro archers are giving their insights on my new bow.
This is the first time I sighted in the new compound bow using a very close target. I will be
practicing for upcoming competitions.
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Dec. 17, 2008 4-H Explosion Extravaganza Practice
Rachel, Amanda, Cody and I practicing our musical skit for our
performance at Seattle Center's Winterfest. 
The song we are performing in is called "Christmas Shoes".
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Nov. 25, 2008
Author: Evelyn Iritani
Review by: Nate
An Ocean Between Us
The story "Bubbles of Death" comes out of the book An
Ocean Between Us written by Evelyn Iritani. It began with
two women named Thelma and Elyse, they both were hard
working gals that pursued biblical college courses and Christian
ministries. During their college years Hitler was
pushing them further and further from home with his
fierce army that was taking over the nearby countries.
The two ladies later, moved to Seattle Washington
in search of a new college. Both of them graduated in
1943 but not before Elsye found her future husband, Archie
Mitchell, an Ellensburg boy.
Meanwhile back in Japan World War II was not taken
lightly, the Japanese government had even the children from
age twelve and up working in the factories making secret bombs
known as balloon bombs. One girl in particular named
Reiko Okada remembers making these gigantic balloons
for sixteen hours at a time with only bread and water to eat
and drink. At the time she did not know exactly what she
was making but she did know that it was saving the lives
of Japanese pilots. Later in her life she would realize the
real damage it did to six innocent US citizens.
The war was put to an end with the bombing of Hiroshima.
Not long after that the balloon bombings were reported a
failure by the Japanese government because of the lack of
response by the US news. Many years later, back in the US
Elsye, her husband Archie and five younger kids went on a
nature hike in the mountains of Oregon. Everyone piled
out of the car and started up the mountain side when Elyse
yelled, "Hey, Archie look at this!"
Those were the last words Archie ever heard from his wife
Elsye as he raced over to the kids and his wife while parts
of trees, rocks, and debris fell from the sky due to the blast.
He tried to beat out the flames that were engulfing Elsye
but it was too late. This was a tragedy that should not of
happened to innocent civilians especially years after the
World War II.
This book An Ocean Between Us has a total of four stories
in it, I reviewed the story "Bubbles of Death". This story was
very interesting and unique because it took place in the
area where I come from and a fascinating historical
event like this should not go untold. I highly recommend this
book to junior high students and up. Just reading the
introduction will intrigue one to simultaneously start
reading the first chapter without any regrets.
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