SOCIAL STUDIES- helicopter crash

All eighteen people survived the helicopter crash. There was a helicopter crash today near Scotland. There were 16 passengers and two crew people. Everyone survived by being recued by either a boat or another helicopter which was in the area.
The helicopter crashed off the coast of Scotland. The helicopter fell 120 miles east of Aberdeen while heading to an offshore platform where they were going to land. Everyone was recovered from the water and they believe that there was no severe injuries. People who were aboard the helicopter were rescued from the water either by another helicopter or by boat. The helicopter was heading for a platform which was home to many offshore oil rigs. The crash happened at 6:43 p.m. (1:43 p.m. Eastern time) today. This helicopter is used to bring people to and from oil platforms in the North Sea. This helicopter is called the Super Puma and is reported to have good safety records. The weather was good except there was a little bit of fog. All passengers survived.
The Super Puma helicopter went down around 125 miles east of Aberdeen in Scotland at around 6.40pm today. Three people were recuded from another helicopter while the other fifteen were brought to safty by a platform lifeboat. There were a few minor injuries but not major injuries. There were sixteen passengers and two crew members. The helicopter crashed into the water. The weather was okay but there was darkness and many clouds. The people aboard the helicopter were very thankful for the resuers.

I got my information from:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/18/uk.helicopter/index.html

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090218/tuk-all-18-survive-helicopter-crash-6323e80.html

Mount Redoubt

Mount Redoubt in Alaska is expected to erupt very soon. They expect based on the past behavior of this volcano that this activity is going to culminate in an eruption. The activity includes small earthquakes and continuous volcanic tremor. On Sunday scientist raised the alert status to "watch level." "Watch level" means that the volcano has reached certain heights where it is supposed to erupt. The volcano shouldn't cause severe damage to anyone. Falling ash is a problem though, people should wear a mask to protect themselves from it. Mount Redoubt last erupted about 20 years ago in December 1989 and it lasted until April 1990. Geologist expect this time to be a similar or smaller than the one in 1989.


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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/alaska.volcano/index.html

Earthquake-SOCIAL STUDIES

A small earthquake hit Northern New Jersey on Monday February 2nd 2009. The earthquake struck a few miles away from Morristown. An earthquake with a magnitude of 2 hit Phillipsburg, New Jersey on July 28. A magnitude of 2.6 earthquake hit Sussex County, New Jersey on Feb. 17, 2006, and another earthquake, with a magnitude of 2.1 hit Morris County on Dec. 10, 2005

The earthquake hit Northern New Jersey at around 10:30 monday night. The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.0. The earthquake did not cause much damage and no one was reported injured. A earthquake which has a magnitude of 3.0 is rather large for New Jersey. Many people described that the earthquake felt like a bomb or a very loud thump. Someone working at a Exxon station in Rockaway, New Jersey said that the earthquake felt like it lasted two to three seconds.

The earthquake which was a magnitude of 3.0 hit at 10:34. Some had feared that a plane of truck had crashed. Dover, Wharton, Denville, Randolph, Mine Hill and the Rockaways in Morris County were hit with the earthquake the worst. The earthquake was about two miles underground. "For New Jersey or the Northeast, a 3.0 is fairly big." This earthquake is big for New Jersey but in California this would be nothing to them."But in California, it would be nothing, just a small event," The average earthquake is five to six miles under ground. Since Monday's earthquake was only two miles underground it resulted in more shaking and had more people feel it. If it was deeper than it might not have been noticed. Earthquakes are most common in highlands region in the state's northwest corner.


I got my information from:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/nyregion/new-jersey/03njquake.html?ref=us
http://sfist.com/2009/02/03/30_earthquake_sends_nj_citizens_int.php
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/it_sounded_like_an_explosion.html

Social Studies*

The Inauguration of President Barack Obama was held in Washington D.C. on January 20th 2009. More than one million people showed up to watched President Obama be inaugurated. The number of people out numbered the crowd at Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 inauguration. The estimated number of people there on Tuesday was 1.2 million. More than 545,000 people used the train to get there making them very crowded. It was very hectic and some people didn't make it forcing them to just watch it on TV.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden and their wifes attended a church service he morning of the inauguration. Than the Obama's, and Bidens had coffee with the Bush's and Cheney's. Then they went to the capitol where the inauguration was held. Biden was sworn to vice presidency a half hour before Obama sworn to presidency. After that Obama made his speech. He went to the Capitol to sign secretary nomination certificates followed by a inaugural luncheon. The parade was held after signing the secretary nomination certificates. Later, Obama and Biden attended inaugural balls to celebrate.

I think that this day was a very special day and that it was very important in American history . This is very important since Barack Obama is the first African American president. It is amazing how many people showed up to the Inauguration of Barack Obama. This is the largest crowd and probably because it is a huge part in history that everyone will always remember.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-inaug-crowds21-2009jan21,0,3359744.story

http://www.examiner.com/x-1527-NY-Government-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Obama-and-Bidens-inauguration-day-activities

Peanut Butter Recall

Salmonella has been found in a plant owned by Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Georgia. This company makes peanut butter and peanut paste. Some of the products which contains peanut butter and peanut paste are cakes, cookies, crackers, candies, cereal and ice cream. Samples of King Nut peanut butter have been tested by Connecticut and Minnesota and are positive for salmonella. On January 18th 2009 many items with peanut butter and peanut paste were recalled if they were manufactured on or after July 1st 2008. The items were recalled because of potential salmonella contamination. These products are not sold directly to consumers. Salmonella isn't affecting major brands of jarred peanut butter. The recall is still continuing and its better to stay away from peanut butter products.

I got my information from:

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html

I got my picture from:

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html

Energy!

Energy is the ability to work. There are two states of energy, kinetic energy and potential energy. Kinetic energy is energy of motion. Kinetic energy is in anything in horizontal or vertical motion. Potential energy is energy of position. Potential energy is energy stored in an object. Energy can be changed from one state to another but can not be created or destroyed by ordinary means. Some forms of Kinetic energy are electric energy, radiant energy, thermal energy, motion energy and sound energy. Some forms of potential energy are chemical energy, stored mechanical energy, nuclear energy, and gravitational energy.




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http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/Class/energy/u5l1c.html
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/CURR/Science/sciber00/8th/forces/sciber/potkin.htm

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http://www.citruscollege.edu/pic/46/c05_05.jpg

Cashew Tree

In Brazil their is the worlds largest cashew tree. The tree is in Natal, Brazil.It is a 117 year old cashew tree.The tree covers 8500 square meters of land. This tree grows almost 80,000 fruits from November to January. This tree causes many trafic jams. This tree is eighty times the size of most cashew trees. The cashew tree is harmed by the cars which drive by it. In the ninty's the trees routes started growing onto the highway, allowing only one car to pass at a time. This is when the problem began. Specialist are afraid taht the tree may die if they try to trimm it. The tree has two genetic strange conditions that caused it to grow sideways. A normal cashew tree would grow upwards.The tree brings many tourest to the area. Their is not yet a soulution for the tree which is getting harmed by cars.

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http://www.comcast.net/data/fan/html/popup.html?v=939109898&pl=942209997.xml&plc=942209997&launchpoint=Cover&cid=fancover&attr=default_headline&config=/config/common/fan/default.xml

http://mpelembe.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/11/21/3988643.html