Sailing

Hi everyone,

In my spare time I go sailing. It's not an active sport like hockey, basketball or soccer but it's a very nice sport to do.

It's all about concentration and looking where you're going. Also you have to know all the terms like what a boom is and where the mainsheet is and what it's used for.

The 'boom' is named after the sound it makes when it hits you're head! As it is called a BOOM!

The rope 'main sheet' is used to speed up or down by pulling the rope or releasing it.

When I return to the shore, I see the sunset like at the picture underneath. At that point I feel happy that I live so close to the sea. Sometimes fish are trapped inside my boat. At first I didn't know how to save them, but now I do.

It's too hard to hold them because the fish are slippery and misunderstand you by thinking you want to kill them. So what you should do is see where the closest  place to let them into the water is and them lay you hand at the opposite. Now you should swipe your hand towards the fish with some speed until the fish gets thrown of board.

It sounds mean but this saves them.

Chinese Lesson

Hi everyone!

In the Chinese lesson me and my classmates needed to answer some questions and write them on a Pages document. Then I posted the questions on my blog and here they are.

Inappropriate Blogging

Hi everyone,

You always have to be careful if you post something on the internet. If it's inappropriate and someone like your boss or teacher notices you could lose your job or get banned from school. And if you get banned from school, you can't graduate and end up without a diploma. So don't post anything on the internet if you're not sure of the impact it might have.

To give an example, a lady who worked in a aircraft lost her job because she took some pictures of herself in uniform in the airplane and posted it on her blog.

Another example is of the 4 students who posted critical posts of their principal.

I'm going to stay out of trouble by and not posting anything on my blog which I'm not sure of somebody allows me or if I'm not sure if it's true or false.

Here is my bibliography at which you could look at:

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/2010/01/student-expelled-for-threats-on-myspace-sues-nevada-district.html

http://tonyocruz.com/?p=1816

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Employment

Lois

5 Google Search Tips

Hi,

To help you look for a curtain word/phrase/sentence here are some basic google search tips:

First of all, searching the internet works like this: you type in a word. Search engines look on every single page for the word you typed in. Then it makes a selection of websites that fit in most with the word you typed in. Here are some tips:

1. Google search ignores punctuation and capital letters so it's no use typing them in to.
2. Some words have multiple meanings so be more specific with what you type.
3. Sometimes you should shortcut your words if you want to be more specific. E.g.: Don't write "my stomach hurts" but type in "stomachache".
4. Put brackets around the words if they are a phrase or a sentence, so they wont be separated when the search engine is searching the web. E.g.: You are looking for sand sharks, when you type the words in the search box put brackets around them like this: "sand sharks" so the engine wont look for sand alone and sharks alone.
5. Try to imagine how the webpage would look like. What would the title be? What words would appear? Type in those words and it will be easier to look for the website. 

Here are some links where I've got the information from. Try them yourself:  http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/#top

http://commoncraft.com/search

http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=134479