Small Correction

So some of you might have noticed that on the poll is says skining video instead of Skiing Video. For some reason the poll was uneditable, probably because someone had already made a vote. Sorry about that.
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Attention

If you are someone who sees this blog, please tell your friends about it, i think we could do better than the average of 83 views a month!!! So if you have a Facebook please tell all of your friends and encourage them to do the same. Or even if you don't have a Facebook at least tell 15 people about my blog at austinskis.blogspot.com. I know all of my views has that many people in their contacts! Lets try to get that average up to at least 100 every month i will record our progress in a separate post. Thanks
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CELEBRATION TIME!!!!!

WE'VE ALMOST DONE IT

Almost to 1000 views as you might have saw there has been a poll that i want you guys to take. I also have made some updates to the blog to make it better. Anyway if none of the choices appeal to you in the poll please post a comment on the comment page of my blog. You have only until the end of the month to put what idea you want me to do on the comment page. At the end of the month i will add all of those options to the poll for ANOTHER month. At the end of that which ever idea has the most votes, i will do.
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Oh yea and happy new years and holidays!!! Hope you have a great new year. What is your new years resolution? Post a comment to this post below. If you don't make resolutions; why not?

Sound Waves-Gangnam Style Natural Gas

In physics today, our science teacher a tube with natural gas put into the tube with small holes for the flame. On the other end there is a speaker. As you can see the sound waves are mimicking the song. Hope you enjoy!

http://youtu.be/2S4Gc3yKI_k

Homework

The Uselessness of Homework

                Homework is a Sisyphean task that almost every teacher assigns after a class period. It supposedly “refreshes” our mind on what we did in class that day so we don’t forget it for our next class period. But really all homework does is take or social and physical life from us. For example many kids would rather be playing with there friends hanging out watching a movie or playing a game. Also Jeremy loves to work out and I bet he would rather be working on his physical appearance than his homework that is due the next day for math. If we didn’t have homework, people like Jeremy would be more physically fit. But when I try to tell my parents this concept all they say is “kids like you would just be on the computer all day ruining their minds with some worthless video game.” To that I say this is true but at least they would be spending time with their friends doing what we like to do.

                Another example would be me, every Wednesday I go to my church and am in a class that helps me to be a better Christian. Every other Wednesday there is something called youth group at my church, were we have diner and play games for an hour and a half. It is really fun and going to youth group totally depends on the amount of homework I have. If I can go home after and still have enough time to do my homework and go to bed on time.

                Half the kids here don’t even do their homework. Either they save it for the bus ride to school, do it the period before, or even worse copy from fellow classmates. I am not going to point any fingers are. Those people know who they are.

                I was interested to see what the internet had to say about homework. I searched the work “homework” into Google and 9 out of the 10 first things it came up with was some form of the same question, “How can I get kids to do their homework?” Interested by this topic I went and looked at the images and over half of them show kids that looking frustrated with a pile of paper on their desk. So I went even further and saw there is even a book that is titled “What to do if you’re Child Hates School.” By Antonia Chitty. If kids aren’t going to do their homework to the point where your child hates school because of it, why do teachers assign it in the first place?

                So in conclusion to let kids be physical, socially, and spiritually healthy we need to stop the homework or it is going to go too far. 

Seattle Auto Show

 

Last weekend i went to the Seattle auto show were they show off a lot of cars from the fast to the luxurious to the classic and electric. There are some cars that i took pictures of that i am going to show you. All of the pictures you see are ones that i took.
If you are interested in seeing more picture please leave a comment and i will put more up. 

Trick or Treat for Unicef

Trick or Treat for UNICEF is a program that helps kids in other countries, as i will later explain as little as 7cents can make a difference. If you go to my school and are interested in doing this i can give you a box that you put money in. As you go around door to door for candy, say Trick or Treat for UNICEF. Almost everyone knows what it is. They will put in a little bit of money, 7cents gives a packet for purifying water.The day after Halloween you can give the boxes back to me with your name on it and i will turn it in. The person who donates the most gets a $15 Gift Card to Coldstone Creamery. Runner up and third place will get a $10 iTunes gift card. If you are to old for going from house to house, i get it, so i you have a younger sibling give it to them and they can do it for you.

This is what it says on the Website

About Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

For as long as we are kids (even at heart), we will be helping other children in need.

What started out more than 60 years ago to help children abroad during World War II has evolved into a revolution driven by kids. Thanks to us, girls and boys all over the world receive the help they need for happy and healthy lives.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF gives us kids the chance to help others. We have raised more than $167 million so far and every donation, big or small, makes a difference. Let’s keep that ball rolling. Be a part of the past, present and future by continuing to participate in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF!

Joining the campaign this year is actress, Chloë Grace Moretz, star of films such as Dark Shadows, Hugo, 500 Days of Summer and Let Me In. “Halloween is such a fun time of year. I love dressing up and taking part in festivities,” said Moretz. “That’s why I can’t think of a better way to honor this annual tradition than by supporting UNICEF, an organization that has saved the lives of millions of children across the globe. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF gives kids the freedom to choose how they’d like to express their support through a variety of activities.”

How To Write Thank You Notes

Are writing thank you notes a struggle? Do you not know what to say or where to begin? Well this tutorial will make that chore quick and easy. Lets write an gift thank you note. The first sentence should be one that thanks the reader for coming and what gift they gave. This sentence is really strait forward.

EX: Thank you so much for coming to my party and giving me the money and the candy.

For the next sentence you should pick one of there gifts, lets choose the cash because we wrote that first. Then you should explain what you are going to do with said gift.

EX: The money will go towards my college fund.

The next sentence will be similar to the one you just wrote but will explain the next gift.

EX: The candy was really tasty.

The last sentence should thank the reader again and have a good rest of their summer or school year.

EX: Thanks again and  have a great rest of your summer

                                                                      Sincerely,
                                                                      Name

This way is really easy and quick but still gives you the satisfaction that you filled up most of your space. Remember to always do a draft before the final. Feel free to add additional text to your note if you feel that you didn't fill up enough space.

1000 Views Goal

Just remember that my blog needs 1000 likes to get adds thanks for all of the work you guys have put into the blog already. I never thought we could get this far. For an incentive i will do something special when we get to that goal. If you have any ideas please post them as a comment to this post and i will put them into consideration. Thanks again and have a great school year.

Review-Nerf N Strike Elite Hail Fire

This blaster is one of the new series called N-Strike Elite. By Hasbro. I bought it at target for a total of $40.

Pros:
-Uses only 4 AA's
-Holds 48 darts in a total of 8 clips
-Quiet compared to most blasters
-Shoots 75  feet (no lie)
-Rails
-Cheap compared to Nerf Vulcan

Cons:
-Comes with 4 clips and 24 darts
-Semi Fire                                            Here is a Showcase of the blaster in action.
-To change clip is were you hold
-Uses different darts
Nerf.com

Airsoft Review-MP5 N

Before i start out this review i just want to say that i got it from Big 5. I got this gun for about $80. When i got home to open the almost impossible plastic box, i finally got it out, put the max 45 bbs in the magazine and put through a test run. When i pulled the trigger i just heard the gears running continuously without the bbs firing. That was odd i thought so i tried the other option of spring. cocked the gun pulled the trigger and the bbs fell out the front of the barrel. I knew something was wrong because the free speed loader it came with also didn't work. So the next day i went back to Big 5 to exchange it for a hopefully fully functional MP5. After i got it out of the packaging i put it through the test run and it worked good.

Pros:
-Adjustable Stock
-Semi & Full auto
-Adjustable Sight
-Spring Option (can't leave batteries in)
-45 round mag

Cons:
-250 FPS
-Too expensive for what it's worth
-Inaccurate
-No Rail (but can be attached)
(evike.com)

Fun Parkour With Friend

Hello guys, I was over at my friends house and we did some funstuff on the trampoline. I felt like recording it so i could show u people. Here you go.

Weekly Unicorn Fact #3

Sorry for a late fact but i was on vacation at the Ape Caves. Near Mt St Helens in Washington.

Here is your fact...
Marco Polo is not the only famous person to have "encountered" a unicorn. Alexander the Great boasted he had ridden a unicorn into battle, and Julius Caesar reported seeing a unicorn in the forests of Germany. A unicorn appeared to Confucius's mother, heralding the great Chinese philosopher's birth. It later appeared to Confucius, foretelling his death. A unicorn was supposed to live in the garden of Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor. He believed it meant his reign would be long and peaceful. In China the unicorn is seen as a good omen and will only appear to humans if it has important information. If the world is suffering difficult times, the unicorn will disappear. The Chinese unicorn is called Kilin and takes on many different forms. The most familiar has a deer's body, an ox's tail and a horse's hooves. The singular horn is short and its coat is red, yellow, blue, white and black. Sometimes the kilin is covered with green scales.

http://www.thejunglestore.com/Unicorns
Again here is the same place i get all the facts.

Weekly Unicorn Fact #2

In medieval lore, the spiraled horn of the unicorns was called the alicorn, and was thought to neutralize poisons. In popular mythology, unicorns were hunted for their horns, which were said to protect one against diseases, or, if made into a cup, would protect on eform any poison that might have been added to one's drink. This belief is derived from Ctesias' reports on the unicorn in India, where it was used by the rulers of that place for anti-toxin purposes so as to avoid assassination.

This fact is fromThis Website.

Weekly Unicorn Fact #1

 The Unicorn has been a part of the Royal Seal of Scotland since the 1300s. When James became king of both Scotland and England, he redrew the Royal Coat of Arms to include both the Lion of England and the Scottish Unicorn.

http://www.thejunglestore.com/Unicorns

Pegs Completion

I will give $3 to the first person who completes the Pegs puzzle on the right hand side of the page. I have tried and failed. You will nedd to take a screenshot for proof and show it to me somehow.

Albretsons Sizzlin Summer Sweepstakes

Before i go into explaining what this is or why i posted this post i want to give you these links: Main Website ,Odds of Winning, Find a Store Near You.

This is a monopoly type game that uses ticket that you get from buying certain items. And you apply them to a game board that you can get at the register. There are many different prizes including the big prize of 1 million dollars and there is also another million dollars worth of other smaller prizes like a new car or a gift card. Each time you buy one of the certain items you get a ticket, inside that ticket are 4 smaller tokens that you put on your game board. The ticket also has another add on like a coupon or "2 free tickets" another thing you can get is a piece of paper with a 12 digit number on it. What that is for is if no one gets all 6 tokens for the 1 million dollar prize they will draw a number out of all the people who put in their number. And if your name is drawn you get the million dollar prize. To put in the code number you must have an account through Albretsons. This is a way better process than last year because last year you had to mail in two tickets that were very common. I sent in over 200 for the 1,000 cash prize and i thought i had a good chance of winning but i lost and didn't get the prize. :( Over all this is a great way for our family to try and win something because we go there all the time for food so we might as well have a chance at getting something.

Voting

If you happened to vote. And you choosed other. Please replay to this as a comment and let me know what i should talk about. I will talk about the thing that has the most agrees with. even if it is something i dont want to talk about. :/

RFTS Video Games

This is a little RRTS i wrote for my humanities class i thought that it would be a great thing to put on my blog! Enjoy!

Video Games

                A lot of parents say that video games are bad for the brain and all the other internal organs and nothing good can come from it. Although the are some pros to playing, for example whatever game you are playing you are most likely playing it with a friend so you are being social and meet new friends. When parents or guardians exclude you from playing the game you are not being social and probably will not have a good social life growing up. This does not mean that you should be doing this instead of your homework and I am not saying that you should play on it for 10 hours strait because that can ruin your eyesight and that is not good. Another thing that parents say is that “Get off your lazy but and go find a job”. In a game called Diablo III a player that has a lot of good items can sell those good items to people who really “need” it and in return will pay you in real money! Can you believe it a game that you can actually make money off of. One last thing that parents say is that “go be active and do something creative”. I do agree that every person should get 30min of outside time a day. But I also know that in a game called Minecraft all you do is creative building and crafting. It is basically a sandbox world where you can build whatever you want out of blocks. In conclusion playing video games after you get your homework done and you’re at least 30min of outside time. You should be able to relax, be social and play some video games!