Word Of The Day- atrophy

Definition-When body tissues or an organ is waisting away usually because of the degeneration of cells.

Studies show that If you do not exercise your muscles, they will atrophy.

Word of the day- Lycanthrope

Definition - a werewolf

In many stories on a full moon a human would turn in into a lycanthrope.

Word of the day- Valetudinarian

Definition - Someone who is really worried about their health

After a trip to the doctor he became a valetudinarian

Strange noises heard in Oklahoma

This encounter occurred on march 2006 in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. Former marine David Anderson and his 12 and 9 year old sons go camping deep in a remote dense forest. While they are getting everything set up for later that night, they hear a strange, unusual call. They didn't really mind it at all. That night when the three people fell asleep they hear branches snapping and they see a huge silhouette of an ape-like creature. David Anderson described it to be taller than his Nissan Pathfinder.
He had weapons with him in the tent but he figured that one shot would not affect the creature too much anyway. A year after the first encounter David Anderson and his kids come back to the exact same camping spot despite their close call. Within 5 minutes of their time there they heard ape grunts but did not see anything in the tent. I'm not sure if they kept on camping.

Anderson,David. Holson Valley State Game Management Area, Le Flore County, Oklahoma. bigfootencounters.com. n.p. 14 Nov. 2007. Web. 1 Dec. 2011

Bigfoot spotted in Chenango County, Brainbridge New York, 1961

This Bigfoot sighting took place in Chenango County, Brain bridge New York, on a Dairy farm sometime around the may of 1961 at around 1 pm. The person that spotted the creature was Jon Nichols. At the time he was 14 years old and he was left home alone at his farm house. During that time, Nichols was a boy scout so he decided to go camping next to the spring next to his house. As he was walking there he heard noises and thought that it was just a deer coming for some water from the spring. As he got there he spotted a so called "Bigfoot" also known as a Sasquatch.I'm his description he says that the creature had "it's eye reflected a brilliant yellow, and it's coat was shiny black" and "Very broad shoulders, no neck to speak of and it's head was rounded like a human's.""John Nichols"(2009).
He also said that the creature was 6 feet tall and it's face was covered in hair but it's eyes were shining through. Something that I find interesting is that just like the Portage La Prairie sighting, the Bigfoot swayed back and forth and did not move around too much.

Nichols, Jon. Chenango County, Bainbridge New York 1961. Bigfootencounters.com. N.p. 5 September 2009. Web. 1 Dec. 2011

Big Foot sighting in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

One Sunday around 10pm at around late October or early November 1976, a grade 9 boy that went to Yellow Quill school in Portagea La Prairie decided to take a walk after doing some homework. During his walk he decided to go to the track in his school. As he was standing on the track he looked to the far end and saw a tall, hairy man looking thing. When he reported this sighting he said that the creature was covered in short hair, stood at around 3-4 meters tall, about 1 meter wide, and had a pointed head. The person that saw it also saw that unlike the normal human being, while the creature was standing there his arms hung down and his hands fell below is knees. The creature did not move too much, all it did was sway back and forth. The reason why the spotter thinks that the thing he saw on the track was the big foot because during the summer that year, two boys encountered a strange, hairy looking human type thing standing just outside of their house in an Indian Reserve.

Portage La Prairie, 1976. bigfootencounters.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2011

Flanders Field by John McCrae

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The poem "In Flanders Field" was made by John McCrae to remember the soldiers that fought for us in World War one. This poem is always read at a rememberance days ceremonies. John McCrae was an army man him self, so he worked with a lot of soldiers during his time serving. When you read the poem you can feel what he is thinking while he was writing it.

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Green Apples Photo Project

"Creative Commons" is a way of sharing creations with other people without having to ask the original creator. Unlike "copyright", creative commons has four different licenses called "CC licenses" which each have their own rules. The four types of CC Licenses are: Attribution (which means you can use the creation, as long as you credit the creator), share alike (you can use the creation In another creation, as Long as you have the same licenses), No Derivatives (you can use the creation, but you are not allowed to do any changes to it), and non commercial ( you cannot make money off of the creation). Usually the licenses are combined. Like for example, sometimes you might see attribution and and no derivatives together. This means that you can use the creation as long as you credit the original creator, and you cannot change the creation in any way.

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Real Steel: movie review

The other day a couple of friends and I went to go see a movie
called Real Steel. The movie is about an "old school" boxer named
Charlie Kenton (played by Hugh Jackman) that lives in the year 2020
and becomes a robot boxing operator. During his quest to become the
greatest Robo boxing operator, he finds out that his ex-wife has
recently died, and Charlie is left with the decision to either take
custody of his 11 year old son Max, or let him stay with his aunt
Debra. So Charlie makes the decision of asking aunt Debras rich
husband for money, in exchange for the whole summer with Max. During
the summer Max stumbles upon a robot fighter, that he later names
"atom", and trains him to become the best robo boxer in the world,
with the help of his dad. Over the summer Max and Charlie bond as
father and son, and Charlie also falls in love with an old friend.

I thought this movie was really good. The action sequences were
not to short, but didn't drag on, and the bonding moments were really
heart warming. And the moments where they reminisce about the days of
Charlie Kentons boxing days was just amazing. I could have gone
without the romantic parts, but that's just me. I can't really think
of reasons why this movie would need improvements, so overall great
movie, and I hope to maybe see a prequel that explains when Charlie
was a boxer, or a sequel that continues the main story. I give this
movie a 5 out 5 and I recommend this movie to all sci fi and robot
fighting fans because the robots are deadly and it maybe an upgrade to
their league.

"Sony Offers Subscription Plan For Uncharted 3 DLC"

The article that I read is about the Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception "hunters club", as named by Sony. The hunters club is A DLC (Downloadable Content) package by Sony that allows players to use the four extra map packs on multiplayer mode, and 3 packs of online avatar costumes. This DLC package costs $25.00, which is a pretty good deal considering that if you bought the DLC separately you would have to pay $45.00. The release date for Uncharted: Drakes Deception is on November 1 , 2011.
I have a PS3 at home,and I have tried both of the other two parts of the series. From what I played, I found the story mode really interesting and the multiplayer mode alright, but not as good than the other reigning multilayer games like the CoD series or the Gears of War series for the X-Box. Although the Uncharted series' multiplayer part doesn't compare to the other games out there, I would buy it because the adventure aspect of it makes the storyline really interesting and deep. For the gamers that enjoy great action-adventure games, I think you should really consider buying this game, or at least rent it.

"Euroleague to the fore amid NBA lockout"

As most of the NBA sports fans know, the NBA season is cut short by two weeks because the players and the league owners have not been able to resolve a labor issue. This article that I read is about some NBA players are planning on playing in the Euro league until the lockout ends. An example that is given is Sasha Vujacic, a guard from the New Jersey Nets, will be playing for the Turkish team. The Euro league season this year started on October 17, so from what I know some NBA players will be playing basketball in the Euro league from October 17 to around November 14. All Euro league viewers and fans should be looking forward to a great start of the Euro league basketball season with their new temporary additions.
As a basketball fan myself, I am not to happy about the lockout. I have only been watching basketball games on TV for two years, so I feel like this season will be the same awesome and exciting sort of emotional season, but it sucks that NBA fans all around the world have to wait an additional two weeks before it starts up again. One big player change announcement is that i heard of was Kobe Bryant playing for Italy. When I first read that story I was really shocked. Overall I respect the select players for playing in the Euro league and I am looking forward to watching a good, but really short, season of NBA basketball.

Picture by Aaron Frutman

"Nintendo Bundles Redesigned Wii With Mario"

The news is that on October 23, 2011 Nintendo Of America will introduce a new model of Wii when a new bundle comes to stores. The current Wii bundle comes with the latest model and Mario Kart: Wii, for $150. As we all know, and if you don't, unlike the older version of Wii, the latest version of Wii is not backwards compatible with any gamecube accessories or games. So if you are the kind of person that really enjoys gamecube games, or likes to use their controllers then you should hold on to your older Wii. So if your a Nntendo fan look forward to the new Wii design and the new games coming in October.

I think that Nintendo is not making the right choice of removing the Wii's backwards compatibility function because, I'm sure that a lot of people use that function and they really like to play their older games on the system. Nintendo has a lot of major competitors like Sony's Playstation systems and Microsofts X-Boxs. From what I know, the PS3 is able to use games from it's very first system, the PS1. This is why the PlayStation systems are so popular. They give the consumers the ability to play the older games from their childhood. To be fair, nowadays some of those older games are forgotten because of the newer releases or remakes of them. My guess is that Nintendo is thinking that way.