Jumping

Summary Before the Wright Brothers by Don Berliner tells how 13 scientists experiment with flight. From jumping off a hill and gliding to the bottom, to flying over 600 feet all within about 100 years. Most of the scientists provided good information of flight but then Otto Lilienthal built gliders that improve to fly better. Later in 1896 he flew his glider then crashed and died. None of the scientists could figure out how to control the aircraft. Until Gustave Whitehead who had the first…

How Tornadoes are formed BY:Austin Anthony Tornadoes are very destructive and have killed many people. They are formed by these things called supercells, these are moving thunderstorms moving in a circular motion and this is called a cyclone. Tornadoes are big monsters formed by warm moist gulf air combining with cold canadian air. “A violently rotating column of air, pendant from cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always) visible as a funnel cloud.…

The Dirt bike and the four wheeler are very popular vehicles. I don’t like four wheelers because they are not fun as Dirt bikes. Dirt bikes are more popular then four wheelers, Dirt bikes are for jumping ramps going fast and doing tricks. Four wheelers are good for working in the yard or going mudding. I also don’t like four wheelers because they are not safe to ride because if the four wheeler flips it could crush you because they are heavy and big. Dirt bikes are smaller and don’t way as much…

Based on the definitions of a sport, “ an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. The running jumping throwing and catching girls at a fast rate. All in a competition in which we are required to perform in a 2 ½ minute time period. They wear or display (a distinctive or noticeable item), the uniform we wear to identify ourselves as cheerleaders. The…

Should people declaw their cats? Scratching is a normal behavior in cats. Cats scratch to attack, defend,mark their territory, remove aged cuticle, and stretches the muscles. (McKeown, et al., 1988, Leaders, 2009) When the scratching becomes a problem some owners chose to declaw their cats. Declawing, or onychectomy,is the surgical amputation of the cat’s third phalanges, toe bones, and the claws. (Leaders, 2009) Declawing is performed by using a sterilized nail trimmers, scalpel blades, or…

My Interview on a Musician I had the opportunity to interview my brother-in-law James Grech, also known as “Pookie”. While asking him certain questions, some of his responses were quite interesting. Even though I’ve known him over half my life, I still learned new things about his life and his personal interests. After interviewing him, I felt I was able to understand him a little more. James was born the year of 1974 in Chicago IL, also known as the “Windy City.” At around 13 years old, which…

Senior Ditch Day, a tradition that has been followed by High School Seniors everywhere in America. It is the next school day after the school Prom, and it’s the day where all the seniors ditch all their classes to enjoy and have fun and relax. May 2nd of 2016 was the particular Senior Ditch day for Poston Butte High School, and the majority of the senior class decided to go to the lake. The day was perfect. The sky was deep blue with enormous clouds floating on the horizon, and the sun seemed to…

On a cold morning in March, I was laying in bed and just woke up my husband Myles wasn’t in bed. So I got up and went to the kitchen and Myles was making tea on the stove. He must of heard me because he already had a cup poured for me. Myles turned around and said “Here honey would you like a cup of tea” I took it out of his hands and sat down at the table and took a sip and looked up at Myles “Do you hear about the new law they passed called the Stamp Act” “Yes! yes I did and I am not very…

I was nearing the top of the cliff, take a step up the ladder, move the two carabiner clips, repeat, repeat, repeat. My hands were shaking and I was sweating way too profusely for a rather cool 64° afternoon despite climbing the cliff. “You sure this is safe?” I asked my guide knowing the rungs were drilled a foot or more into solid stone. He said that I was safe about ten times already and I believed him, so why was I still so scared? It was because of my fear of heights, or acrophobia. There…

day. The day were getting her I had to go to school. The school day felt so long. I felt like the day was in slow-motion. When I finally got home I ate a snack. After I ate, me, my brother ,Matthew and my Dad left to an airport in Virginia. I was jumping off the walls in the car. I couldn't stop smiling, glancing at Happy’s collar.We arrived after about an hour and thirty minutes. Going through the doors of the pet cargo I was shaking. The workers were really nice. When my dad said we were…