Christmas in Australia

Christmas in Australia

In Australia Christmas comes in mid summer. Their summer runs from early December to early February. Australian Christmas is very similar to Christmas in america. Australians who celebrate Christmas hang wreaths on their doors buy and decorate Christmas trees. People put lights all around their yards and houses. One street in Sydney raises over $35,000 every year. In each state capital city there is a large carols by candlelight service. Many towns, cities, and schools hold their own carols by candlelight service with local bands and choirs performing. When Santa gets to Australia he gives his reindeer a rest and switches them for kangaroos or 6 white boomers as Australians say. Also Santa changes his clothes for less hot ones.

Orion: Trial By Fire

Current Events

NASA launched the Orion spacecraft from Florida's Cape Canaveral and went into orbit Friday morning. This is the first test flight for a program that NASA hopes will eventually get astronauts to asteroids and mars. The 41/2 hour, uncrewed, 2 orbit flight is taking Orion farther from earth than any spacecraft designed for human flight since the Apollo 17 mission to  the moon. Orion is expected to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 600 miles off the coast of Baja, California. The craft is expected to reach speeds of 20,000 mph when reentering the earths atmosphere.

Technology

In this day and age there is all types of technology around us in our everyday life. Everyone basically relies on technology now. People can not survive with out technology, we use our phones computers and other devices to keep all of our information. if these devices fail us we can lose a lot of information. Now companies make millions of dollars off of technology. Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and other companies make new devices to help us throughout our everyday life.

Christmas Light Show 2011 - Sexy and I Know It

Christmas

Christmas is the religious day that is celebrated as Jesus' birthday. It is a Christian holiday but many non-Christians participate. On Christmas day people give and receive gifts from each other. Also people spend the day with their families and usually have a dinner together. Christmas is known for symbolic decorations. Everyone who celebrates Christmas usually has a Christmas tree that gifts are put under by Santa Clause on Christmas eve night and early Christmas morning.

Track Bowling brings you the new MX16, thrown by pro staffer Dan MacLell...

Track Bowling

Track Bowling was founded as Star Track Bowling in Solon, Ohio in the 1970’s with the goal of manufacturing balls for the bowler that wanted to be on the cutting edge of technology. Over the years, the company gained a reputation for new methods of ball design and development, including being one of the first manufacturers to experiment with ceramic cores. Many of the new methods and designs developed by Track went on to become industry standards.

In February 2007, Track Bowling was acquired by Ebonite International and relocated to Hopkinsville, Kentucky as a member of the Ebonite International family of brands. While its location has changed, Track is still pushing the envelope for new technologies on everything from original core designs to ground-breaking coverstocks. It’s still the brand for a different kind of bowler, one who knows that when it comes to performance, it’s all about the engineering.

Track features a full range of high-, upper-, and mid-performance balls, as well as bags that reflect the same high standards.

Track has 15 different types of bowling balls. 2 high performance, 1 upper-mid performance, 5 mid-performance, 1 lower-mid performance, and 1 polyester ball.

Track sponsors Mika Johani Koivuniemi, who is from Vanataa, Finland. 

What Is The Dark Web?

Dark Web

The dark web is a part of the internet that is anonymous. People can go on and do things with out being traced back to their computers. Government agencies think this is bad because it makes it very easy for people to sell illegal things. There is a huge market in the dark web for drugs because the dark web has its own currency called a bitcoin which makes it even harder for people to be tracked down. In my opinion the dark web seems like trouble, because it makes it much easier for criminals to get away with crimes.

9/11 conspiracy theory documentry the truth behind it all

V For Vendetta

V For Vendetta is about a man who goes by V, and wants to do what is best for his country. V basically starts a rebellion in the UK. He sends out hundreds of thousands of masks for people to wear on November 5th when they planned on going in front of the parliament and protesting. At the end of the movie V gives Evie the choice of sending the train to blow up the parliament or keeping it where it is.
      In my opinion V is a hero and a villain. He is a hero to the citizens of the UK by trying to fix their corrupt government. V is a villain for the people he has killed and the destruction he has done to the city.

       Propaganda is false information used to publicize a certain point of view. Torture is putting someone in pain on purpose, you are usually trying to get information out of them.

      People go as a far as possible to believe certain things have happened. For example there are tons of conspiracies about 9/11. Anyone can make a conspiracy theory, its whether its convincing or not that leads people to believe there is a cover up story about something.

     Multi-media is used a lot in conspiracy theories. People try to promote their conspiracy theories on the internet by posting videos that explain the theory to you. If you go on youtube there are hundreds of videos that talk about the 9/11 conspiracy

Burton

 Burton is one of the biggest snowboard manufacturer companies in the world. Burton Snowboards was founded by Jake Burton in 1977. The company specializes in snowboards, bindings, boots, accessories, and outerwear. Jake Burton built the first snowboard factory. the company's first model was the backhill snowboard which was a skinny board with a single strap binding and a rope with a handle attached to the nose. Burton products are marketed all around the world in over 4,348 stores and 1,536 of those stores are in the U.S.

Halloween around the World

Holloween

Halloween is one of the world’s oldest holidays, its still celebrated today in a number of countries around the world. In Mexico and other Latin American countries, Holloween is called Día de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. This honors deceased loved ones and ancestors. In countries such as Ireland, Canada and the United States, adults and children take part in the popular Halloween holiday, which derived from ancient festivals and religious rituals. Traditions include costume parties, trick-or-treating, pranks and games.

Microsoft Video - A Sustainable Future

Microsoft

Microsoft was founded in 1975. it is currently the world leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Microsoft owns windows, Microsoft office, the Microsoft surface, Xbox, Skype, Nokia devices, bing, and the Microsoft store. Bill Gates and Paul Allen are the founders of the company. The company's 1986 public offering and subsequent rise in share price, created 3 billionaires and around 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

Pet Smart has a charity to help take animals off the street and find them homes. every year in the U.S. there are 400,000 pets saved, $34 million granted to 2,800 animal welfare groups, and 285k spray/neuter surgeries funded in 2013. In Massachusetts there were 2,461 pets saved, $767,721 given out or invested, and 9,541 surgeries funded in 2013.

Every year 8 million pets enter shelters and 4 million don't find homes. Pet Smart funds local animal welfare groups to get pets adopted and prevent unplanned letters.

2011 Walk For Breast Cancer (Catholic Memorial)

My Weekend

This weekend i went to the walk for breast cancer. Friday i went to the CM football game with the boys. Saturday i worked for 7 hours and then took a nice 5 hour nap afterwards. After my nap i went and chilled with my friends for the night. Sunday i woke up early in the morning to pick up Dickie Hilts and head over to the walk for breast cancer. After the walk i went out with my friends for a little then i went home and watched the Patriots game.

What is a MOOC?

MOOCS

Massive Open Online Course

A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access from the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants. 
http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc

I am Scott Gosse. I am a junior at Catholic Memorial School. I like to play lacrosse and pick up basketball with my dudes. I live in Roslindale but most of the time i chill in Westie because that's where most of my friends live.

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