9/28/2008 BEST Robot Competition
Hello again, I have entered a robot compition and wanted to tell you people all about it.(as for you who don't know what a robot is.....{ok, I won't go into that}) Anyway, we have recieved the supplies (the brain and all the other weird stuff) and we are only allowed to use what they have given us and definetly not UFO's(Unknown Forged Objects). However, we haven't got a very interesting robot, and I don't have any pictures, but I will show you what we are getting ideas from and making ours BEST!
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Sal's up first, the flying trapeze,
She jumps and lands with ease.
Daniel's up next, he swings through the breeze,
Along the sky, and through the trees.
Reginald pushes Daniel as he circles a bee,
Daniel keeps going higher, with flying fleas.
Daniel goes higher,as he swings to and fro,
If he isn't careful, he'll hit the show!
Daniel hit the wall, fifty times that day,
But the show went on, for a year and a day!
The crowd never left, the crowd never goes,
But nor do they tire of the sparkling show!!!!!!!
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Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't been posting, but I haven't been able to get on my blog because of 'corrupted files'.By the way, heard the latest news? (in my little world) Prince Caspian (DVD) is coming out December 2! I know, I know, its quite a few months away, but at least they set a DATE! |
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Val Hagen is the hall of Odin, who is also called Woden, from which we get Wednesday,
one of the days of our week. Odin collects the warriors who have fallen bravely in
battle, every man who dies peacefully is excluded from the grand feast in Val Hagen.
When they are not feasting they are fighting and chopping each other up into pieces;
this is their past time. When the next feast arrives they are relieved from their
wounds and eat again.
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7/16/2008 The Origin of Mythology
Perhaps you have wondered about the origin of mythology; philosophers have said that
it most probably came from the people that the scriptures mention in its’ books. So
Deucalion is only another name for Noah, Hercules for Samson, Arion for Jonah, etc.
Sir Walter Raleigh says in his “History of the World” “Jubal, Tubal, and Tubal-Cain
were Mercury, Vulcan, and Apollo, inventors of Pasturage, Smithing, and Music. The
Dragon which kept the golden apples was the serpent who tempted Eve. Nimrod’s tower
was the giants’ attack on heaven.”
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7/16/2008 Burial of Baldur
So the Gods took the body of Baldur was taken to his boat which is the biggest in the world.
Baldur’s wife was there and her heart was so heavy with grief that it broke. She was burned
on the same burial pile as her husband. Baldur’s horse was driven into the fire and was also
burned. Loki, knowing he was going to be sought after, went away and built a shack with four
doors so that he could see who was coming and escape. Loki had a net that he used to catch
fish as food for himself. However, Odin found out Loki’s hideout so that all the Gods came
against Loki. Loki saw them at a distance; he turned into a salmon and wiggled under some
rocks in the bed of the river near his shack. The Gods, however, found him and with Loki’s
net fished him out of his position, Loki tried to jump over the net but Thor caught him by
the tail and that is why a salmon’s tail is so thin. The gods took him to their dwelling
and put him in chains. Loki’s wife stand by and catches drops of venom and when the cup is
full she pours it over Loki and each time he screams and wriggles and tries to get free but
will not until the end of the world when the biggest battle rages between the Gods and all
of the evil in the world.
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7/16/2008 The Death of Baldur
Baldur had many nightmares and when he woke up, he thought the meaning was that he would be
killed by something or somebody and when he brought the case to court Odin took it very
seriously and made Frigga do something about it.
So Frigga did and got every single person and god and giant and plant, everything everybody
could ever think of that could kill Baldur to say an oath that they would never hurt him.
But when Loki asked about it, Frigga said that one plant she did not seek an oath of was
the mistletoe for it was weak and small and at the edge of the earth. After that all the
gods took to throwing things at Baldur out of respect and even hewed their axes and hammers
and swords upon him, knowing all along nothing would be able to hurt him. However, Loki,
wanting, as always to hinder the gods in any way he could for he is one of the sources of
evil. Went to the edge of the earth where the mistletoe grew and plucked it, then returning
to the dwelling of the gods. There he found Hodur and asked why he was not throwing things
at Baldur and Hodur answered, “You know that I am blind and cannot see, so I do not know
where exactly he is and so I cannot throw anything.”. Then Loki said, “I will help you,
here, take this twig, you throw it and | will guide your hand and you will be able to
respect Baldur.” So Hodur threw the mistletoe at Baldur and, of course, it killed him.
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6/14/2008 How Thor Retrieved his Hammer
Once upon a time Thor lost his Hammer to a certain Mountain Giant, this giant wanted
to advantage of this situation and so he said that if he got Freya for his wife he
would give Thor his hammer back. They agreed and sent Loki and, instead of Freya,
they sent Thor dressed up in some of Freya’s clothes! When they arrived the giant
tried to talk to Freya (actually Thor) but got nothing out of her, Loki explained
that she was really shy and she would get over it in a few hours. Meanwhile, they
sat down and Loki and the giant talked, Loki requested that the giant put the hammer
on Freya’s lap and the giant did. Thor immediately threw off his disguise, picked up
his hammer, and slew the giant. Loki and Thor went home quite satisfied that day.
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6/7/2008 How Thor Paid the Mountain Giant its wages
Once upon a time a man came to Odin and the deities
and said that he would build a defensive wall if, as
a reward he would get Freya for his bride, plus, he
would do it at the length of winter, if he was even
one day late, he would have to give up his reward. The
gods agreed to this, and the man got started on his job.
It was three days ‘til winter was over and the man had only one
part left when the gods realized that the man was going
to get it done on time and they did not want to give up
Freya. So they turned on Loki and commanded him to do
something about it. The next day, when the man was going
to the rock quarries to get more rock, a horse appeared
at the edge of the forest. The man’s horse broke loose
when it saw the other horse dash away into the forest
after a series of neighing, the man ran after it and
finally caught it but he was not able to finish the wall in
time and when he tried to get his reward anyway, and
the gods refused, the man grew, and grew very quickly
until his size depicted him as a Mountain Giant, the
gods, forgetting their agreement, quickly sent for Thor,
who came faster then the message had been sent.
Thor immediately threw his hammer
which killed the Mountain Giant and he never moved again.
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6/4/2008 Movie review on Prince Caspian
In an earlier reveiw I talked about the book Prince Caspian, now, I am going to talk about the movie.
It starts out when Miraz's baby is born and when that happens the Professor swiftly goes to the Prince's room and wakes him up, going through the side door, they get out of the room, Prince Caspian watches as Miraz's men surround the bed and shoot the bed in which they think Prince Caspian is in.
Prince Caspian Flees
The Professor
Prince Caspian gets on his horse and receives Susan's horn as a gift from the Professor. He rides off closely pursued. As he dashes into the forest, the pursuers hesitate and then ride into the wood after him. They come out of the wood to a clearing and in to a big river. When he is almost to the other side the telmarines plunge in to the river. Prince Caspian, on dry land again, flees into the forest on the other side the pusuers do the same but Caspian is ahead. After some time he looks behind him and smiles but he isn't paying attention to what is in front of him, and gets knocked off his horse. Two dwarfs appear from the door in the side of a bank and approach him but they see the pursuers, one goes to meet the pursuers and the other sees to Caspian, who is laying on the ground when the dwarf gets nearer. Prince Caspian blows on his horn which is supposed to bring you help when you need it, The scene ends there and the rest of the movie is even better. There is a joust and a battle afterward. I have some pictures and I will put them in the order of the movie.
The Pevensies look at their surroundings
The Pevensie's find almost all their treasures
Lucy laughs at Trumpkin the dwarf
Caspian goes to Trufflehunter's rescue
The Pevensies enter Aslan's How
Reepicheep kills some Telmarines
Glenstorm fights against Miraz
Peter makes plans
Edmund speaks to Miraz and his court
Caspian X getting ready to kill Miraz
William Moseley and Ben Barnes get ready for battle
The attack after the duel
Caspian charges underground
The army watches as Aslan fights the battle for them
Aslan roars for the river god to come to life
You can read a lot more about the book here |
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