DNA Extraction Conclusion

Last week in class we did an experiment to extract our DNA(Deoxyribonucleic acid).I had to do the animal cell experiment. In this experiment you have to circulate gatorade in your mouth for a full minute. After that u spit it into a test tube u put a soloution into the test tube and some alcohol and rotate it upside-down and rightside-up. 15 seconds after that procedure I held it up and viewed this little blue substance floating to the top. This procedure was a complete success of extracting DNA.

Free iPods in Japan!?!

In Japan any person who signs a two year contract with the carrier will recieve a free 8GB 3G iPhone. Though some people may prefer the 16GB in which case it will cost $118. The offer will end in May of 2009. Japan has a very competetive cell phone market. A marketing consultant predicted that apple may have a hard time on this cell phone market.

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/02/26/in-japan-iphones-are-now-free/

N. Korea: Ready to launch satellite

On Tuesday North Korea announced they were ready to launch their satellite. "Full-scale preparations are underway at a satellite launch site,'" a North Korean space committee spokesman said through the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). North Korea will continue with its space development.The Kwangmyongsong-2 satellite is said to launch off of the Eunha-2 rocket.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/23/nkorea.satellite/index.html

My Roller Coaster Website

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Roller Coaster of a Week!

This week in class we've been making a roller coaster or a skate park. My group of four chose the roller coaster. Throughout the year we've been earning "Omega Money" to buy our supplies to make this roller coaster. For example toilet paper rolls(to make the roller coaster)costs 1 Omega Dollar. You earn Omega dollars by doing good deeds. The Roller coaster demonstrates Newton's laws of gravity. I feel very confident about our project.

N.J. School Report Card results show high failure rates for middle schoolers!!!

New Jersey Governer Jon Corzine dream of raising grades for high school and middle school students. There are too many students failing tests that determine placement for the next level.State officials said "it was important to raise the bar last year for passing a new, more rigorous test so younger students could be readied to make the transition." Many others say the state is asking for too much too soon.

http://www.nj.com/news/

A Historic Inauguration

Over 1,000,000 people came to DC to witness history in the making: The inauguration of president Barack Obama. Barack Obama was sworn in january 20th 2009 at at noon. An estimated 1.5 million went to the national mall to see history in the making. people were so excited of what will happen next with president Obama in charge or our country.This inauguration is different then any other one before it.

In the article from CNN.com it mentioned how over joyed the country was. It said "People sang, danced and waved flags as his swearing-in approached". It mentioned the economy and how much confidence the country had for the future. "1.5 million people on the National Mall on Tuesday with somber yet confident tones, saying the country will overcome its serious economic and international challenges".

The courierpress.com article talked alot aboout how it was different then any other inauguration. "It's going to be very difficult to break the record crowd that arrived in D.C. for the event," echoed Dave Crooks of Washington, Ind., a former Democratic state representative and now a radio political commentator."An inauguration by itself is a big deal," said Hakim-Shabazz, an Indianapolis political radio talk-show host and TV commentator. "To go from one party to another is history in itself, and then you have the whole Barack Obama, first African-American president, so you have all these multiple story lines happening at once." those two quotes talked about saying that its already a big deal but now its a bigger deal being that Obama is the first African American president.

I think that Obama will do a very good job as our president. He has already started the changel. I feel very confident about the future with him as our president.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/jan/25/history-rewritten-with-inauguration-of-obama/?partner=yahoo_headlines

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/index.html