the burning prairie

Authors note: This is for the prairie "mini field trip" and I am focusing on thesis and introductions.

If you where in 5th hour A day Academy you may have seen it. It raged with power and awe. It ravaged the land. The thing I am speaking of is the prairie burn. I think it is one of the most interesting things I have seen.

I used to wonder why the would burn a prairie. Now I realize that it is for the environment. To help the prairie, and to feed it.

The proses is fairly simple. First you need a permit. Then they take a prairie and set up a firebreak around it, this is an area where the fire has a hard time burning. This will slow or stop the fire from burning too far. Then you set both ends on fire so they burn out in the middle.

When the burn is over the fire will have burned all of the plants to the ground and it will be all black. It also destroyed small trees that aren't supposed to be there. Then when the plants grow back they will almost have a kind of fertilizer. Now they will grow back better than before.

Sources:

"Burn your own prairie safely." ???. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. <www.newsc.org/custom-2/Burn%20Your%20Prairie%20Safely.pdf>.

"Garden Web." Garden Web. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. <forums.gardenweb.com/.../prairie/msg1117001921096.html>.
 

Duct Tape Battle

Authors note: I was assigned to write a paper so I wrote this.

When Niko was walking down the road, he noticed a truck tipped over next to the road. He rushed over and noticed a man on his cell phone next to the truck. "What happened?" Niko asked. The man replied " my truck's breaks got jammed and so I crashed into this ditch.". That stinks Niko said. Then the man said that Niko could have all of the things in the truck because he said that the company he works for says that we will deliver the product in a certain time or we give it away. Niko was in for a big surprise.

When Niko opened the back of the truck there was about 1000 roles of duct tape 10 panes of bullet prof glass, 10, 6 inch thick sheets of metal and 2 go-carts. Niko was confused, he said "What kind of company are you?". The man replied "We make almost everything". "Well that explains it"Niko said in a sarcastic voice. "So do I get every thing then?". "Yep". Niko was so excited that he almost peed his pants. he couldn't wait to get home.

When Niko got home he ran out back and started to work on an ultimate tree house fortress. he first found a good tree and then got one metal sheet ( that where surprisingly light). He set it into the tree on two strong branches. then he got a power saw and drilled two together.

when he finished the fort he got the duct tape and sealed up the holes on the top and sides were water could get in. then he got the duct tape and made some armor that is about 1 inch thick. Then he armored the go-carts with the remaining metal, duct tape, and glass.

many days went by and he enjoyed his creations. Then he saw his enemy. They had a paint ball gun and they were coming. Niko ran inside and grabbed his paint ball gun and two more clips. He ran back out side. He was too late. they had gotten into his fort. he heard "BANG BANG BANG" and three paint balls flew past him. Niko ran towards his go-carts and drove around the yard firing back. the enemy came out of the fort and got in the other go-cart.

They drove around until the ran out of gas then they got out and started shooting again. The enemy ran out of ammo and then Niko had a chance .Niko chased him away and thee enemy never bothered him again.

Top 5 Tallest Buildings

Authors note: In tech ed I watched a video on sky scrapers so I decided to make this post.

Starting with the 5th we will work our way down.

5. Petronas Towers in Malaysia are 451m tall built in 1998

4. International commerce center in Hong Kong China built in 2010, 484m tall

3. Shanghai world finance center built in 2008, 492m tall

2. Taipei 101 in Taiwan built in 2004, 508m tall

1. Burj Khalifa in United Arab Emirates built in 2010, 828m tall.

Sources:

"World's 10 Tallest Buildings - SkyscraperPage.com." SkyscraperPage.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. <http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=203>.

Comparison

I would choose the UK over Afghanistan and Japan because in the UK I won't have to learn a new language and I think life would be mostly the same but in Afghanistan you would die when you were 40 and that isn't a very long life. Also in Japan the place was trashed by the earthquake and tsunami.