A choice on our Rube Goldberg

Hello all you Rube Goldberg fans! You know, that cool machine which does easy tasks in the most hard way possible. We have finally decided what are machine idea is going to be. Sadly, you people NEVER leave a comment telling us things. For example, you could of guessed what the machine was going to do. Anyway, getting off that depressing note, the machine is going to pop a balloon! *tweet, tweet* Well it may not sound exciting, but remember all those videos you saw? Well, hopefully this we'll be just as well.                    
The picture is drawn by Nikita, and this report is written by me, (Andre). This machine might be improved, so please leave a comment telling us how we could improve it. If you don't like the idea or how this machine is going to be built, please tell us how we could take away a part and replace a certain part with, or add to the machine. Be honest! (children never lie, right?)   Well, sadly this article comes ....to..... an...............END! :(

The fist American to orbit the moon

Today's article is about the first American man to orbit the moon in outer space, John Glenn. This video shows you an interview about him. Check out this New York Times interview video with John Glenn. Notice the amazing view of the Earth he got to see on his exciting adventure to orbit the moon.

It's important to not forget that he was the first AMERICAN man to orbit the moon. Yes, this is amazing, but we must remember that the Soviet Union did this amazing task before us. The Sovieit Union is now known as Russia. The U.S. is celebrating this today, for this event happened 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy laid down this task, for at first the Americans were lagging behind. Please check out the video, for it gives great information.
   
Have a nice day!  

By Andre J.

The Epic Rube Goldberg machine

This is a continuation of the Rube Goldberg project. Leading this project are Nikita and Andre. As a reminder, the Rube Goldberg machine is made to do the most simple everyday tasks in so much more complicated ways. If all goes well we will create a Rube Goldberg machine. To get some ideas we went on YouTube, and watched some videos. One of our favorites was a Halo Reach Rube Goldberg video, but since it was animated we posted this one instead. In this video, a Rube Goldberg machine saves a weird dancing kid from stepping on a banana peel. The Rube Goldberg video is a bit hard to explain, so for more information watch this video!

by Nikita and Andre

Sites Protest Against Sopa

Many of your favorite sites, like Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube, were protesting. Wikipedia even went as far as shutting down for a day. Regular Joes protested in the streets, while the sites protested by posting signs of protest on their sites all over the world. Which one do you think was more effective?

Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a U.S House bill designed to stop online copyright abuse. Copyright abuse is when any type of media is used without permission. There are two sides to this story. One side — the side that dislikes the bill (Wikipedia, Google, and YouTube) — think the bill is to extreme and think it will prevent the public from sharing ideas and innovating. The other side, including companies like Disney and Magazine publishers like the bill because it protects their creative work.

The following Khan Academy video explains more about SOPA:

Making a Book Is Harder Than You Thought

Making a book is harder than you thought. It's not just a bunch papers with writing you staple together. In the first video you have or are about to see the lady talks about how they started making books in 2nd century Egypt to 2011. Notice how they started making the books out of expensive material, and then got cheaper and cheaper but still made more money.

Modern day books go through advanced machines but if you're a worker and the machines don't work guess who's fixing! It's a lot easier making books though. Watch these videos to learn how books were made a long time ago and in new modern times (it's too much work for me to have to explain all this, so watch the videos)!

Cagebreak Rats Will Work To Free A Pal

People usually call someone a "rat" when they are not helpful and are giving up on somebody. But according to studies, rats will try to help out a friend in need, not just to have a playmate.

Now, I'm pretty sure I'm not as nice as a rat, but the studies say that rats will help out ONLY their buddies, like a NORMAL human. When they try to free their buddy they will open a trap door that will free their buddy on accident. Soon, they will purposely open the trap door.

In one experiment, Jeffery Mogli of McGill University in Canada made two trap doors, one with the rats' favorite food (chocolate chips), and in the other the stuck buddy in need. They free both in no exact order, and then SHARE the chocolate chips with the buddy they just freed! So that proves that the example of "rats" at the top is partly wrong unless the rat is not your buddy.

That's why they say rats are in a way like humans; they will help a FRIEND in need, but not some random dude, ( or rat! ). So if your family member or friend says "You're a rat!" They're wrong!

By Andre J.

My Animoto video

I made an Animoto video about travel and nature. To make an Animoto video, go to Animoto. com and click on "Create Post." You can choose your pictures, background, and music from Animoto or your own computer. I chose mine from Animoto's website.

The video you are about to watch ( or already watched ) was not made for any specific thing. I just chose ones I liked ( And some were even random ).

You can pay Animoto if you want better quality or even by an app on Animoto called "Full Screen," for a full video. Please enjoy the video and comment ( if you like it )  So go ahead and try whatever you would like! ENJOY!!! ( or don't). Have a nice day.

Big Names on hand to honor 'AL'

This article is about the honor of 'Al' Davis. 57, 300 raiders fan people came for the memory loss of Al Davis, the once owner of the Oakland Raiders. More than 36 former players came in memory of 'Al'. The most stirring moment was when Former Head coach John Madden lit a touch for 'Al' durning Half time. Many people brought R.I.P. signs and wore 'Al' T- shirts. John Madden is also a former broadcaster and he said " The fire that burned with "Al" and burns within the Raiders is the will to win." The Raiders wore down Cleveland 24-14 victory on the field. Before the game, Jerry Davis, 'Als' older brother said" We were lucky to him as long as we had him.
  
 Rappers Ice Cube, Mc Hammer and Hall of fame Joe Morgan resented non-foot ball celebrities. Ice Cube said " I don't know if 'Al' would approve of this but, to me, he was the first gangster, he always spoke his mind. There was a 4 minute tribute video and video clips throughout the game. At half time, several Raiders came from all different directions. The current head coach said " We'll always talk about 'Al'.

By Andre
 Source: S.F. Gate

Chief Resigned After Critical Court Report

Officers were accused more than a decade ago of systematically beating and framing suspects. As a result,the alleged victims settled for 10.5 million that led to federal court oversight of Oakland police department had the responsibility, as required by U.S District Judge Thelton Henderson. To reform the department. Batts announced his resignation after receiving his crital report by a court appointed monitor. Batts's consultant Scott Brayant, said "I don't know what esse he could of done." But Oakland attorneys Jim Chanin and John Burris, who represented the victims in the civil suit said they were disappointed in Batts.

"Substantial progress hasn't been made." Burris said. This is making the court frustrated by it. Jean Quan, the mayor of Oakland, was expected to name an interim chief on wednesday. City Council President Larry Reid expects her to apponnt Assistant chief Howard Jordan. The court appointed monitor, Robert Warshaw said he and his staff had found problems in severed areas, including how the department reviewed police force used on suspects and why officers and center stopped suspects people on the streets.

By Andre