Thursday, October 05, 2006

map of antartica


Antarctica was the last continent to be found. This continent is surrounded by a lot of glaciers that it was so hard for the ancient explorers to explore Antarctica. But a Norweigean explorer named Amundsen was able to reach the South Pole. Amundsen was able to reach the South Pole becuase he had knowledge from the Eskimos. A lot of people have claimed Antarctican as their land, but there is no proof. There is a lot of buildings there for the scientists.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

medieval essay

It all staretes 50 years ago at 1321 A.D. in the 13th century. Traveling merchants settled in a large area of land. The land was great with rich soil and had a freshwater stream. Peasants families heard about this great land and traveled there. Peasants, merchants, farmers, carpenters, and all other kinds of craftsmen went to this land. As more and more people came, the population grew. The people decided that they needed a town and elected one. The new and first ever lord of the town was James Finkleburg and the town got its charter. The charter was official on October 15, 1001.
This town was named after the first merchant that came to this area. It was called There were about 400 people when this town got its charter and about 399 people came to the original ceremony. The party was held all around the town. People had a feast and danced all night. The population of the town multipied rapidly. There was a serious problem with diseases about 7 years later. There wasn't any vaccine for any diseases and antibiotics weren't made until the 1800's. Some Christians back then believed that diseases were results of sins and thought that the diseases were spreading by bad odors. The population decreased to 4/3 of the normal population. This disease problem was over after about another 6 years.
At 1397, the lord died and his son became the second lord. The second lord's name was James. He was a great smart lord. He made great choices for the town and extended the town a few more acres. Being a barber was a great joab back then. This was because barbers were like docters. When someone was sick, they went to the barber. Becoming a craftsman was a great responsibility and was a great job too. You would live with your master when you were a apprentice and help him out. You would work at your master's shop and get trained into a master if your were a journeyman. Masters would get money and prepare his shop. This process would keep going on. The medieval days was a hard time for people but it is still part of history.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Akiane




Born underwater at home, on July 9, 1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois, to the atheistic stay-at-home Lithuanian homemaker mother, and an American father, culinary arts instructor, chef and dietary manager.


Lived in Illinois, Missouri, Colorado and Idaho, experiencing poverty and affluence.


Having attended both public and private schools, now is home-schooled with her three brothers, Delfini 14, Jean Lu 12 and Ilia 3 years old.


Began drawing at 4, and painting at 6, teaching herself and learning mostly from her own keen observation and study.


Speaks four languages: Lithuanian,Russian, English and Sign Language


Heritage:Lithuanian, Jewish, Polish, Hungarian, Slovakian, Russian, Bohemian, Chinese, French, Danish and German


At 4, had a life-changing spiritualtransformation, converting the family to Christianity.


At age 7 began writing poetry and aphorisms.


Her poems often arrive fully conceived.


The inspiration for her art and literature comes from her visions, dreams, observations of people, nature and God.


Paints from imagination, reference materials and models.


Favorite size canvases: 48 x 60inches.


Considers her style: Akianism -a universal blend of realism andimaginism


Wants people to find hope in herpaintings.


Has the same goal with each painting: to be inspiration for others and to be the gift to God.


Favorite medium: acrylics for full figures, and oil paints for large portraits.


Rises at 4 a.m. five-six days a week to get ready to paint in the studio and write; works for about three hours a day.


Often works over a hundred hours on a painting, producing 8 to 10 paintings a year.


Usually makes many sketches before painting.


Works on one painting at a time.


Favorite subject: people and spiritual subjects.


Has "start-to-finish" demonstration videos of her painting.


Favorite activities and hobbies: art, poetry, chess, trampoline, piano, dancing, reading and helping people.


Likes about herself:"sensitivity to people".


Does not like about herself:"impatience".


Assesses her own character:"daring heart and cautious mind".


Her biggest wish:"that everyone would love God and one another".


Her life goal: to share her love for God and people around the world.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

map of asia


Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.4% of its land area, and it contains more than 60% of the world's human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

map of australia


Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.Australia consists of six states, two major mainland territories, and other minor territories. The states are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The two major mainland territories are the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. In most respects, the territories function similarly to the states, but the Commonwealth Parliament can override any legislation of their parliaments. By contrast, federal legislation overrides state legislation only with respect to certain areas as set out in Section 51 of the Constitution; all residual legislative powers are retained by the state parliaments, including powers over hospitals, education, police, the judiciary, roads, public transport and local government.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

map of south america


South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.As part of the Americas like North America, South America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.South America has an area of 17,840,000 km² (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,000,000. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Map of africa


Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,300,000 km² (11,700,000 mi²) including adjacent islands, it covers 5.9% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.3% of the total land area.[1] With more than 840,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for more than 12% of the world's
human population.