Life Lessons

Summer 2013 Edition Summer 2013 Edition Summer 2013 Edition N A N O - T E C H N O L O G Y Discover A science of the Incredibly small STEELING NATURES NANO SECRETS Crypto-Zoology A science of the weird? Improving Nature. An oxymoron? WOULD YOU BUY A BUFFELINO? Living an illusion? Use more of your DESIGNED BY CADOGANS SOLUTIONS 2013 DESIGNED BY CADOGANS SOLUTIONS 2013 Is Seeing Really Believing ? mind And much moreAnd much more A And much morend much more Supervised by Mr. Grayson

Welcome This magazine comprises of the efforts of class Year 6 National Continental school of Cairo. As a project piece supervised by Mr. Grayson Cadogan, it is intended to show some of the ideas and creative thoughts, to it’s audience. Dear Year 6 WELCOME TO YEAR 6 MAGAZINE We have had fun this year and I’m sure it has already become a memorable year for us all in one way or The reason we called this edition Life Lessons was that we all think another. school should be a place of discovery as well as facts and figures. So You have been, and this is true to say, the most with that in mind we have tried to put some ideas together to show we challenging and therefore interesting group I have had can also think different. ALL YEAR 6 (2013) the pleasure of dealing with. You also did some amazing things this year. You took charge of your own learning, covered many more units with independence, learnt a thousand or more new words, helped the school produce its first Yearbook, in sha Allah many more to come, and to round it off 6A won the Continental sports cup 2013. Good show. I would like to thank you all for the entertainment… to put it lightly, you have bestowed on an old man . I felt like a kid again it was Surreal. Also I got my first teacher’s daily apple, which was a milestone. I consider that an honor. Its like you actually might be a real teacher when you see that red or green fruit machine sitting on your desk. But I’m digressing. I know this year was tough on you, but I now see why I teach. I actually enjoy my job. A few thing that stuck out in my mind.. The first day of school how innocent you all looked. Butter wouldn’t melt in your mouths. What an awakening I got. Ehhh. I remember the time you got hypnotized or at least some peoples hands were stuck together and also when one heard Nahwat sing the twinkle song and we played it backwards. Remember when we used to play fling the teacher. Also the day tears don’t work and the girls stopped and the boys started! Can anyone remember the imaginary girl that we made. I’m sure you can picture her right now. I remember when you all increased your reading speed by nearly double in just a 5 minute exercise we did in . And the aliens… I think I will leave the other memories to you. Thank you all for the gifts and nice kind words of encouragement from the parents and you guys. Ahmed Hisham was chosen P.M. for the projects with his dedicated team of people good joy. Big thanks also to Sohalia 6C Nahwat 6B and Youssef Redan for editing this. And for all your contribution however big or small. So a big ThankYou. You did Great! Well done. I had fun making this. Enjoy your magazine and remember to work smart now hard and Short Sharp and Snazzy! Mr. Grayson Ian Cadogan B.Sc (Hons) Grayson Cadogan Our theme this year is diverse; nature and technology. Both are integral parts of our lives and should therefore be in balance; not conflicting and competing. Tolerance. All copyright goes to the owners of the original material. We do not condone or support any of the ideas that may be deemed offensive or controversial, Life Lessons is a non profit project conceived by Year 6 and Cadogan Solutions and is not responsible for any injury or harm that is brought upon themselves or others as a direct result of the contents hence with. 2 Life Lesson # 1 Thank God everyday for life. It can’t be replaced.

We learnt: team work , even though it took you 108 tries to be quiet for 15 seconds, you e learnt: team work , even though it took you 108 tries to be quiet for 15 seconds, you W We learnt: team work , even though it took you 108 tries to be quiet for 15 seconds, you We learnt: team work , even though it took you 108 tries to be quiet for 15 seconds, you made it. Respecting ones self by being kind and considerate to others listen to them and ade it. Respecting ones self by being kind and considerate to others listen to them and made it. Respecting ones self by being kind and considerate to others listen to them and made it. Respecting ones self by being kind and considerate to others listen to them and m especially working for our families pleasure. For speaking the truth even in difficult situa-specially working for our families pleasure. For speaking the truth even in difficult situa- e especially working for our families pleasure. For speaking the truth even in difficult situa-especially working for our families pleasure. For speaking the truth even in difficult situa- t tions and that is respected by the highest levels of society. Organising our time, respecting tions and that is respected by the highest levels of society. Organising our time, respecting tions and that is respected by the highest levels of society. Organising our time, respecting ions and that is respected by the highest levels of society. Organising our time, respecting other peoples’ time and our own. Not procrastinating. Developed project skills. You have ther peoples’ time and our own. Not procrastinating. Developed project skills. You have other peoples’ time and our own. Not procrastinating. Developed project skills. You have other peoples’ time and our own. Not procrastinating. Developed project skills. You have o also amassed an excessive word bank. Most importantly, we have all learnt patience. lso amassed an excessive word bank. Most importantly, we have all learnt patience. –– EDED a also amassed an excessive word bank. Most importantly, we have all learnt patience. also amassed an excessive word bank. Most importantly, we have all learnt patience. –– EDED 3

INSIDE LIFE LESSONS ISSUE 1 A Creative experience through LIVE MORE OF LIFE LIVE MORE OF LIFE the mind of a inquisitive person . LIVE MORE OF LIFE EARTH Amazing Places Gallery 114 Table of content and inside edi- tion 1 of Life Lessons , mixing nature with technology , with the intention of improving both. L E T T E R S SOME THOUGHTS AND ADVISE POEMS AND IDEAS FROM MEMBERS OF YEAR 6 STUDENTS ECOLOGY A SELECTION OF ORIGINAL AND 6 The Nature CLASSIC POEM COMPILED BY CLASS 2013 FOR YOUR ENTER- 62 TAINMENT. A N I M A L S THE RIGHT WALE M Y S T E R I E S UNDERWATER WORLD UNCOVERED CRYPTOZOOLOGY HUGGABLE HAMSTERS ALIEN PHENOMENA A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION? DINOSAURS BETTY, BARNEY E.T AND THE THE KING COBRA SNAKE MILITARY DAEMONS AND THE MATRIX THE SEA FROM WEIRD TO REALLY THE SAILING STONE OF EGYPT 44 BATS ARE AMAZING WEIRD ENDANGERED ANIMALS ALIEN ABDUCTION STORIES TECHNOLOGY Sony Computers On STRANGE ANIMAL FACTS Our Wrist. TYPRS OF ANIMALS S T O R I E S LEMURS FROM MADAGASCAR 30 THE GHOST IN THE DOLL STRANGE BUT TRUE THE TRAVELER AND HIS HORSE ARE YOU READY OR NOT? FUN 108 DID YOU KNOW… KIDS ANSWERS TO TESTS S P O R T S SP O R T S S FACTS AND NOTICE CRYPTOZOOLOGY S P O R TS S P O R T MUSIC The Okapi and other animals HIDDEN MESSAGES Be OXYMORON 74 fall under this category careful what you listen to TOP 5 CARTOONS H O B B I E S 68 The Future of Brand Technology intergrading with us. 4 Life Lesson # 3 Life is too short not to enjoy it.

TECHNOLOGY G A M E S G A M E S R E V I E W 12 M O R T A L K O M B A T T H E H I S T O R Y 13 C A L L O F D U T Y B L A C K O P S I I 8 Z O M B I E S SCIENCE & TECH IPOD TOUCH 8 SONY– WRIST COMPUTERS 9 SONY– PSP 9 GALAXY S4 8 SAMSUNG GALAXY WIN 8 NANOTECHNOLOGY 10 PHYSICS 24 TOP 4 PLAYSTATION 3 OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 28 GAMES REVIEW 2013. JUMP FROM SPACE 25 SEARCH FOR PLANET X 26 Ahmed Hisham writes a review about his top 4 PS3 games for 2013 12 MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE Explore the unexplained universe. Uncover mysteries that are also closer to home. 62 A R T I C L E S CAN YOU WATCH ANTHING ON TV? 16 THE MONA LISA THEFT 22 BEEFY BUFFELINO 19 THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR 17 ENTERTAINMENT PROFILES 54 STRANGE PLACES 65 EGYPT 64 RED LAKE 66 MADAME TUSSAUDS 20 THE PRESIDENTS BOOK OF SECRETS 52 THE MURDER OF TUTANKHAMEN. 53 WWE 72 OUR FINAL FRONTIER? THE HISTORY OF BARBADOS 58 MORE….. Life Lesson # 4 You don’t have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself. 5

Letters MAY 2013 imagination. Keeping Egypt clean You can draw any- Egypt is full of incredible nature like seas, where, anytime, anything, but if you want to draw, the green areas and deserts. Sometimes, Egyptians de- stroy this nature and environment by just throwing first step you have to do is rubbish in the streets and in seas. to think of what you want to draw. Then get your pencil and a piece of paper and There are many types of pollution that pollute the start drawing it carefully. environment. Exhausts and smoke of the transpor- tation pollute the air around us. Sometimes ships Secondly, after you that carry petroleum drop it in the sea by accident finish drawing try to think and that pollutes the water. of suitable colors that can Throwing rubbish in the soil go to the picture and the pollutes the soil. There are other colors. Joumana Mohamed el Bar- lots of different pollutions. bary We have to recycle the rub- bish we throw so it doesn’t Fashion Tips for pollute the environment. Teens Good Reading : Reading is good for the person’s language, vocabulary and informa- tion. Books are made to let the reader know more information about things so read! Reading Books they are reading. Do you want to freshen up could wear a formal shirt your look ? Well let me give on regular T-shirt,. If you Reading books is very im- Everyone should you a couple of tips. follow this you’ll be look- read books so they know portant in our lives. Read- ing and feeling great. For ing has big significance for things about everything For the girls this spring 2013 Nada 6C and have a more knowl- spring the colours are light us in gaining more infor- mation in several fields edge. I encourage every- like : light blues , pinks, one to read and people yellows and greens. The such as: the environment, The Continental persuasion and other who say that it’s a waste most popular shoes are of time, it’s not. Converse and Vans. School’s Nature Path things. Some people enjoy reading and it’s their Clothing. You There are many could wear skinny and turn hobby. All thanks to our principal good books for children them above your ankle Mrs. Saneya my school is who are ages 11-13 as: A formal shirt over a T- There are many filled with amazing nature types of genres, such as: Big Nate and Dairy OF a shirt or under it also the spots for education and for Wimpy Kid dresses that are slightly fairytales, fiction , non- watching, so this is why fiction, comics and many shorter at the front and my school always looks other types. How to draw longer at the back . You great. If you haven’t seen could wear sneakers with any of them then just read There are also First of all, drawing can your dresses. this and you’ll know types of reading like: read- help you to under- what’s there. First I’ll talk ing in loud voice so every- stand some words, so For the about animals. body can hear and benefit if you don’t know a word Boys: and there is reading in si- you just draw it and you We have all the lence so everyone can read can understand it. The colours are kinds of animals that you alone and focus on what blue and green. can imagine except for Also it helps Converse , UNICORNS however, we you in your imagina- Vans or any have horses, and the horses tion; nevertheless it is a kind of sneak- are very healthy and well great hobby because all ers. Jeans trained. They have a place you are going to need is a with turn-ups where they train them, their pencil a paper and a little and a smart T- stables are always clean bit of concentration and shirt. You and tidy and the horses 6 Life Lesson # 5 Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

there are pelicans? Well if Software Pirates main leader for the anony- you didn’t then you better mous you have to take part go see them. There are in hacking a website to join beautiful pelicans there the group. they are very clean, well taken care of and trained. In 2005 a movie based on You have got to see them swimming and the way that they bend their necks is amazing. They’re also very big and thanks to my teacher Mr. Grayson, me and my friends all got to see them and we discov- and ered the rest of the school. Anonymous the ideas of the anonymous And finally now I’m Do you file share and bene- group with the name of V going to talk about the fea- for vendetta showing that fit from illegal software. tures in my school okay Do you defend the right of the government is always first the grass. Technically trying to hide its secrets. peoples freedom? Well if Reading is good for the person’s language, vocabulary and informa- if you class is facing the not you are a rare case . tion. Books are made to let the reader know more information about things so read! dessert you’ll see what I’m Anonymous is a talking about. Okay, try to group of hackers who de- So in the end we are in- compare the inside of the debted to those brave fend the people and fight school (the playgrounds) for libration from by hack- young or old Anonymous and the outside of the men and women in the ing into official govern- school. There’s a very big ment websites like the FBI, field who are trying to difference because our maintain a check for the IFPI and DOJ. school is full of grass, big companies and govern- flowers, trees and animals. ments who want to take the So it looks beautiful. In April 2009 when the internet away. We will be, A lot of classes I’m sure, be hearing a lot themselves are always IFPI , International Fed- clean. benefit from all that and eration of the Phono- more about this group in sometimes they go and the near future. Ismail 6B graphic Industry, tried to How about the plant different kinds of close Piratebay.com for For Next edition letters stuff. Plus we have a lot of make sure you get them in other animals? How you facilitating extensive copy- seen any of those? Well fruit trees in our school so right infringement, so the as early as possible , well they always make the trees ish. We, by the way, do not right next to the horses anonymous hackers hacked there’s a place where I’m look colorful and our trees the website and took it condone software piracy are full of flowers but some even though it is now a sure everyone has seen down which closed many which has a lot of animals: people in the school just small businesses and very viable method across don’t care about that and peer to peer networks. –ED hamster, fish, chickens, started a one day riot. birds, parrots, hens and lots just take flowers from trees then throw or don’t use the more. Aren’t they really On January 19 2012 cute ? and they also go garbage and just throw all megaupload a website with their rubbish on the ground with the environment of the fileshare was closed by the school. and don’t even bother FBI and the DOJ and as throwing it. Well this is soon as the website was Now I’ll talk about totally wrong. closed a successful attack something that I think not a was directed at the FBI and lot of people have seen it Well this is all I the DOJ website and all the have to say so THANK because they don’t even information was scattered bother discovering the YOU!!!! Habiba Elsaadany over the website. school. Did you know that behind the football court As there is no Life Lesson # 6 Save for things that matter. 7

Master of the Galaxy S4Master of the Galaxy S4 M Master of the Galaxy S4aster of the Galaxy S4 A new boy on the market is stirring up a storm. Introducing the S4. THE LATEST SAMSUNG The newest features involve PHONE IS OUT AND S4 SPECS different options for navi- READY TO BE MAS- 5-inch full-HD gation. For example, if the TERED. (1080x1920) phone senses someone is Super AMOLED looking at the screen, the The Galaxy S4 is the line of display (441 ppi ) user can tilt it forward or Galaxy S series, highly suc- 1.9GHz quad- backwards to scroll up and cessful mobile phones. They core processor/ down a Web page. seem to be a very popular 1.6GHz octa- brand here in Egypt and core processor The phone will also allow rightly so, 2GB RAM users to hover a finger over an email inbox or a photo The has some amazing new 16/32/64 GB Storage gallery to get a glimpse of features. Galaxy phone's (expandable by more details of what's in capabilities: it can stop and 64GB via micro the email or which photos start videos depending on SD slot) are in an album. whether someone is looking 13-megapixel at the screen, flip between rear camera, 2- Another feature includes songs and photos at the megapixel front the option to automatically wave of a hand, and other camera put a copy of details from a features not typically found Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/ photograph of a business on rivals' screens. g/n/ac, GPS/ card into the phone's con- - Ed GLONASS, NFC, tacts database or call a The Galaxy S4 will sport a Bluetooth 4.0, IR bigger 5-inch display than LED, MHL 2.0 number in the business card. The device also has a 13 megapixel cam- the S3's 4.8 inches. But be- Android 4.2.2 era, compared with the S 3's 8-megapixel. cause the new display will (Jelly B) Instant translation between All in a tiny package. cover more of the phone's surface area, the device itself 2,600 mAh bat- 10 different languages for tery certain applications, as well will be the same length and as a separate translation slightly narrower, thinner 130 g in weight and lighter than the previous application on the device. generation. S Samsung Galaxy WinSamsung Galaxy Win Samsung Galaxy Winamsung Galaxy Win Cheaper quad-core S4 If you like many other find processor, than the S4 but with 2GB of the DUOS) with most apps working. the idea of spending 5500 who is counting. It will be of internal storage and a It also carries many of the LE on a phone even though much cheaper. 5MP rear camera. S4 features. There's also it the Galaxy S4, then you Motion UX gesture con- have a great alternative. It has a hand sized 4.7 inch The OS is the Android trols, letting you control Samsung will be delivering screen that runs a 720p 4.1 Jelly bean which if elements of the mobile the Galaxy Win with a resolution. There are a you have used is ex- software onboard without slightly slower quad-core buffed up 8GB (compared tremely stable and quick using the usual taps and swipes. 8 Life Lesson # 7 if you try keeping up with the Jones prepare for empty stomachs..

Technology iPod Touch The IPod touch is on of the best Ap- ple products that a lot of people have been buying. The IPod is the same as the iPad but the iPad has a bigger screen. The IPod has a long battery life that can last more than 5 hours using the browser. The IPod has a lot of styles, the best th one is the 5 generation IPod that has bigger screen and it looks the same as the brand new iPhone 5. The IPod and the iPad are from the best things that I have heard about. Apple is the best company in the world. By Youssef Abdelmoniem In 2020 We Can Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept Wear SONY is constructed out of a flexible OLED touch screen. It is due to Computers On be released for the year 2020, features like a holographic pro- Our Wrist jector (for screen), pull-out extra keyboard panels and social net- We now are all in constant need working compatibility, make the of an internet connectivity all the concept plausible. Seven years time. It is so profound that sec- from now is not too far away, so ondary devices like the Nextep how many of you think we should Computer are bound to happen. be buying such gadgets? SONY PSP By time, electronics vary and slowly become abounded. Many years ago, people didn't have any of these things and didn't have time to do anything except work, but now peo- ple have time to play. Now there is something called PSP. Children love playing with these new gadgets especially PSP because they can waste their time playing. PSP stands for “Play Station Portable”. PSP was first invented in 12 December 2004 and has been evolving by time. It was invented in Japan by The Sony Company, then it was known all over the world. PSP was first made as a trial then when the inventors found that it is a way for kids to play and have fun instead of sitting bored all the time they decided to make many of them. Now you have the PSP phone targeted for kids Children like to play games on PSP, they download games through the internet and the can also download songs, but they must not play a lot because games and music actually affected you especially when you are playing all the time. The advice is to play about only an hour daily. Life Lesson # 8 When you think you’ve seen it all expect the unexpected. 9

NANO TECHNOLOGY Under the microscope get ready to change the world—Nawat Nanotech the Future In the not too distant future, be WHO KNOWS? Maybe one day tiny sure that there are many things robots, smaller than your pinky, will that are going to change. And if be injected into your body carrying there are many things that are drugs to the cells that need them going to change, then the com- directly. In the future, people may puter will be one of them. have Nanobots permanently inside their bodies to make sure that they What is ‘Nanotechnology’? aren’t ill and if they were ill they It is the science of making working take actions at once. machines so small that you can see them only with a microscope. The Nanobots Controlling the World first computers were the size of You may find the subtitle a little buses, but now you can find com- weird but this will happen. Imagine puter power in a mini laptop which you’re living in a world controlled is as big as your hand. by microorganisms that live in your body. They will control your move- Doctor Nanobot ments, actions, everything! Like I Have you ever thought that you said, they can rule the world only might use Nanobots as a medicine? when perfected. See the next page If not, then you better think again to see what is now being targeted. because it is now possible and scientists already started using it. Did you know? A piece of paper is 60 million atoms thick. What’s an atom? The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element and consisting of a nucleus. Did you know? The robot in this illustration swims through the robots and engineering teams around the A piece of paper is 60 arteries and veins using a pair of tail appendages. million atoms thick. world are working to design robots that will eventually be used to treat everything What’s an Atom? The smallest component from hemophilia to cancer. magine going to the doctor to get of an element having the As you can imagine, the challenges facing chemical properties of treatment for a persistent fever. engineers are daunting. A viable nanoro- the element and consist- Instead of giving you a pill or a ing of a nucleus. bot has to be small and agile enough to Arms with I the doctor refers you to a grippers to hold shot, navigate through the human circulatory body cells or special medical team which implants a tiny atoms system, an incredibly complex network of robot into your bloodstream. The robot veins and arteries. The robot must also detects the cause of your fever, travels to Chemical have the capacity to carry medication or sensors for the appropriate system and provides a dose identifying the miniature tools. Assuming the nanorobot target cells of medication directly to the infected area. isn't meant to stay in the patient forever, it Surprisingly, we're not that far off from also has to be able to make its way out of Arms with seeing devices like this actually used in grippers to hold body cells or the host. By Nahwat 6B. atoms medical procedures. They're called nano- 10 Life Lesson # 9 God’s amazing design is always being discovered.

How Nanotechnology Could Reengineer Usow Nanotechnology Could Reengineer Us How Nanotechnology Could Reengineer UsHow Nanotechnology Could Reengineer Us H Nanotechnology is an important new area of research that promises significant advances in electronics, materials, biotechnology, alternative energy sources, and dozens of other applications. The graphic below illustrates, at a personal level, the potential impact on each of us. The usage of nanotechnology has the potential to change every aspect of our lives. 11

G GAMES GAMES GAMES AMES REVIEW CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 2 Call of Duty: BLACK OPS 2 vital information on the where- pull the world back from the brink abouts of Raul Menendez. Woods of annihilation In the year 2025, US Special admitts that Menendez has recently Forces operatives led by David visited him, and shows them a Black ops 2 was released in 2013. It Mason and his partner, Harper, locket that the latter had left be- won the title ‘Best Game in the arrive at \"the Vault\", a top-security hind. Frank then narrates several World; it is an awesome game but I location home to an aging Frank covert missions undertaken during Woods, whom they suspect possess his military career which span their previous encounters. Black Ops II injects players into a potential near future - a Twenty- First Century Cold War in which technology and weapons have merged to create a new generation don’t like the zombies mode how- of warfare. Black Ops 2 introduces ever I liked it in Black Ops 1 ver- players to a diabolical villain sion. I loved the multiplayer in named Raul Menendez who hijacks Black ops 2 and that why it’s top of the US military infrastructure to my list. advance his own agenda. Take con- trol of the power of near-future technology and next-gen robotics to INFAMOUS 2 Infamous 2 takes place in a modern Kessler to use his newest power to hero. 127 side missions 86 normal -day world where people with super go back in time and better prepare missions 20 evil moves and 20 human abilities, called Conduits, the Cole of the present. Clandestine good moves fire V.S ice, red V.S exist—created by a device called organizations attempt to create and blue, it not just a game its Infamous the Ray Sphere. The Ray Sphere use Conduits for their own pur- 2 unlocks these abilities in rare hu- poses and see Cole as one of the mans who possess the Conduit gene most powerful, attempting to gain by siphoning away the energy of his aid or eliminate him. regular humans, killing them. This game is amazing. You can be The first such event granted electric evil you can be good you can be -based abilities to Cole MacGrath, an infamous villain, you can be a but devastated his home of Empire City. The event is part of a scheme instigated by Kessler, revealed to be Cole from an alternate future where a creature known only as the Beast has ravaged the world. Kessler fled the Beast with his fam- ily and they died as a result, forcing 12 Life Lesson # 10 Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

PSP3 TOP 05 PSP3 TOP 05 P PSP3 TOP 05 SP3 TOP 05 MORTAL KOMBAT KOMPLETE EDITION After centuries of Mor- Mortal Kombat 9 by the fans) intro- new \"Co-op Arcade Mode\" or com- tal Kombat, Emperor duces a number of game-play fea- pete against another team online. Shao Kahn has finally tures including tag team and the defeated Raiden and his The pumped-up Komplete Edition allies. Faced with ex- deepest story mode of any fighting of this blockbuster fighter includes tinction, Raiden has one game. Introducing a number of a variety of add-on packs, including last chance to save Earth realm. To game modes as well as an online four additional characters and 15 undo the Emperor's victory, he experience, Mortal Kombat allows bonus character skins. must strike Shao Kahn where he is Best mortal kombat game ever up to 4 players can battle \"tag- vulnerable...the Past. made. It has X-ray vision moves team\"- 2 players can team up in the and there are also some new char- acters who have joined mor- tal kombat like Kratos, Freddy Krueger, scarlet and cyber Sub_zero. GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY scenario, Niko is Roman's guardian angel. If you have been a fan of the GTA series, you will know that each epi- Niko mercilessly hoards away the sode is totally original, If not here loan-sharks while the evils of Lib- is a taster. erty City begin to surround both of the Bellics, and ugly figures from Niko Bellic, a European immigrant, Niko's past begin to catch up with arrives at Liberty City at the invita- him. tion of his cousin Roman, who ad- vertised a fictitious lifestyle in In a city where there is no such America that included a mansion, thing as peace and sincerity is rare exotic sport cars and beautiful pro- and indistinguishable, Niko Bellic miscuous women. truly ponders the deeper meaning of the American Dream. Upon his arrival Niko finds out that everything Roman told him via the This contains 200 missions, 117 Internet was a mere lie. In reality, different cars, and there are also his cousin runs a slummy taxi de- helicopters and boats and para- pot, thrives in a small one bedroom chutes and planes and you can even apartment and is constantly hin- visit the statue of liberty but sadly dered by the presences of greedy you can’t destroy it. debt collectors; and in this case Life Lesson # 11 Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 13

H History of Mortal KombatHistory of Mortal Kombat History of Mortal Kombatistory of Mortal Kombat MK history unleashed Mortal Kombat 1(the Journey begins) Mortal kombat 2 Mortal Kombat 3 (unlimited death) The first Mortal Kombat ever made was in This was the worst Mortal kombat made in This game was a little better because than 1992. It isn’t the best game but in 1992 it history, it was terrible. The graphics were Mortal Kombat 2 because they added more was amazing. There were still not many horrible the special moves were a disaster. characters and prepared some great special characters and a lot of special moves but it Even though they added people like reptile, moves. The story mode came back unlike in was nice. The game focuses on the journey Baraka, Melina, Kung Lao and Jax, they Mortal Kombat 2, and they even added of the monk Lui kang to save Earth from the were awful and so they took Kano out of the Shiva the four arm queen. evil sorcerer Shang Tsung. The graphics game. were terrible. Mortal Kombat 4(MK gold) Mortal Kombat 5(deadly alliances) Mortal Kombat 6(deception) In this game they added something that was mortal kombat deadly alliance is the first A new era has come the era of Onaga King of never in mortal kombat a super weapon for game that has something called fatalities. it all in my opinion the hardest leader to beat in everyone it came out with L1 for example: was amazing its leader was Goro. all of the leaders mortal Kombat deception was Sub_zero had a sword made of ice. the only game that had something called Chess Kombat and puzzle Kombat. Mortal Kombat 7 (Armageddon) Mortal Kombat 8 Mortal Kombat 9 This game had the most characters and it The DC Comics has come together with Best mortal Kombat game ever. Has X- had something called Motor Kombat you midway game forming MK VS DC it is an ray vision moves and new people who even could play with Onaga and the leader awesome game it has superman in it. joined like Kratos, Freddy Krueger, scar- was Blaze. let and cyber Sub_zero. 14 Life Lesson 12 There is nothing new under the heavens.

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Articles Should children be allowed to watch whatever they like on television? I has changed from the introduction of the T.V. in the 1920s. Men and s it true that we are influenced by the television. I will be writing woman had a modesty and dressed appropriately. about why children shouldn’t watch whatever they like on televi- sion. nothing to watch. Now, the media and the movie industry is using this Children should be able to watch cartoons and acceptable pro- In the early days the audience did not watch a lot of T.V. as there was grams. They should also be able to have fun while watching. medium to program ideas and promote businesses, all to make money. Therefore, children are being subjected to inappropriate programs However, there is a difference between children having fun while watching meant for older generations. acceptable programs and children watching violent and unacceptable pro- grams. This also includes video games and their violence. We have all seen big crimes committed by young people and the banning of some video- The word media, which includes magazines, newspapers and the popular games in Europe due to the levels of violence. This makes children, visual stuff is the plural and comes from the root word medium, which is who are no longer in the street playing games with friends, live in a an tool or instrument used to influence peoples minds or to get a message fantasy world where Black Ops is real. across to people. As children watch video games, their effect becomes greater. First, The media was established to have an effect on the way people think, it’s a video game play is active whereas watching TV is passive and you learn kind of brain washing technique. In the last century ,100 years, the televi- more from doing something than reading or just watching. Second, sion has changed the way people from all over the world look at things. players of violent video games are more likely to identify with a violent Before this time there was nothing called T.V, so for thousands of years the character. In a violent TV program, viewers might or might not iden- world was virtually unchanged. People would prefer to be outside more, in tify with a violent character. Third, violent games directly reward vio- the countryside, playing together outdoors. People had more morals. They lent behavior, such as by awarding points or by allowing players to had more respect for each other, being kind to their neighbours. Even advance to the next game level. different religions and ways of life were accepted and the fairy tale life which we now only find in fables and poetry, did actually exist. Not as a In 1972, the Surgeon General issued the following warning on violent fantasy but as a reality. TV programs: \"It is clear to me that the causal relationship between televised violence and antisocial behavior is sufficient to warrant ap- The western society propriate and immediate remedial action. … There comes a time when before the media. the data are sufficient to justify action. That time has As we said the soci- come.\"\" (Steinfeld, 1972). ety, before the me- I think that children should be allowed to sit in front of the T.V screen dia, had not and watch acceptable programs for maybe an hour a day or a certain changed in thou- amount of time and if needed to be supervised by their parents they sands of years. For should be, but I don’t think that children should be watching inappro- example the way priate or violent programs. Better still, we need to find out what child- people have dressed hood is about and play some of those good outdoor games. Our minds Changes in the way that people dress, has in the since the invention of TV in the 20s has changed are precious; so we need to make sure we know and be able to control, unrecognizably, that its hard to believe that this is only a recent change, as now men woman, boys and girls all look the same. Have we been influenced? what goes in. Salma 6b 16 Life Lesson # 16 Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

Articles The Acoustic Guitar By Sara The other side of string theory Tips and hints T It is made of three things : slightly larger body. oday, a lot of people wood , 3 nylon strings and 3 use the gui- There is also the 12 string guitar: metal strings. tar as a which has the same thing as a popular musical in- There are many types of Acous- classical guitar but it has 12 strument around the world. tic guitars, such as: strings and not 6. Steel-string guitar: this instru- How to take care of a guitar? Now, Acoustic guitars are used in ment was developed around the many different types of music, 19 century. 1. Don’t place it near water. th they also make wonderful ac- 2. Don’t place it in breakable companiments to the voice and To the classical guitar, it’s only places. also support the tune. large differences and sometimes 3. Put it in a cover so that you can prevent it from being broken Nobody knows, maybe common when it is hit badly. Acoustic guitars are at the end 4. When the metal strings starts the same as the classical guitar! to rust, you have to change them The classical guitar first ap- and put new strings so that it peared in Spain and Italy but af- can’t get weak. ter that it has changed and 5. Your guitar should be treated turned into Acoustic guitars, but well. classical guitars still exist . 6. Every now and then, pick it up, then NOTICE THAT : PEOPLE STILL polish it. USE CLASSICAL GUITARS 7. Do not MORE THAN ACOUSTIC GUI- TIPS take off all TARS. strings before you Acoustic or classical guitars has: TAKE CARE OF IT: REMEMBER, ANY SMALL SCRATCH NEAR put new body, hole, bridge, neck, 6 THE STRINGS WILL CAUSE ones. strings, 3 nylon and 3 metal, frets WEAKNESS TO THE GUITAR and keys. AND IF YOU BREAK IT YOU Most of all CAN CAUSE DAMAGE FROM it’s your It is a very light and non-electric THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE guitar so guitar that performs a perfect GUITAR AND YOU CANNOT FIX love it. range of music. IT AGAIN AND FINALLY, PLEAESE DON’T CLEAN IT WITH WATER. Life Lesson No one is in charge of your happiness but you. 17

BLUE DAYZ Articles BLUE DAYZ Modish MuscleModish Muscle Modish Muscleodish Muscle M Modish MuscleModish MuscleModish MuscleModish Muscle Modish MuscleModish MuscleModish MuscleModish Muscle M M MUSTANGMUSTANGMUSTANGMUSTANG MUSTANGUSTANG MUSTANGMUSTANG MUSTANGMUSTANG MUSTANGUSTANG T Engine information : The 2013 Mustang will run great on regu- It usually has a 210 horsepower engine, how- lar fuel, but it also has a great dual-adaptive ever for a bonus, the new Mustang’s engine he Ford Mus- will have a boost of 15 horsepower, bringing knock calibration that allows the 2013 Mustang to run on regular fuel as well as its numbers up from 210 hp to 315 hp and tang is an awe- from 240 lbs. to 325 lbs. How so? Well, the premium fuel, but a good side effect from some car. For engineers at Ford have equipped the new the premium fuel is that it can improve the starters, let me say the wait is over. Returning base 2013 GT Mustang with an air- torque of the engine. once again for 2013 the Ford Mustang is induction system pioneered on Ford’s exten- The 2013 Mustang also features a 5-speed more powerful, features a revised interior and sive racing programs. This true ram-air sys- manual or automatic transmission. exterior, and is available with options such as tem delivers a colder, denser intake charge to Improved Ride : a backup camera, voice activated navigation, the cylinders resulting in increased horse- The 2013 Mustangs feel more controlled and 19-inch wheels. The new Ford Mustang power and torque. Which means more horse- for steering and handling, yet retain a good marks new levels of both power and refine- power and torque in all driving conditions. ride balance. ment. It’s designed and engineered to be the Ford also increased the redline of the V-8 By Mahmoud 6A next classic Mustang that people will talk of Mustang to 6500 rpm. ‘Best of all, the engine will be able to run on regular unleaded just for years and years. fine. 18 Life Lesson: More haste less speed.

BLUE DAYZ Articles Beefy Buffelino Big Things in Sm all Packages. Investing in a tuk-tuk may not be a bad idea T he Buffelino is a tuk- Try to imagine buying one tuk designed by the Ger- and living alone. man designer Cornelius Cormanns. W hat makes it so special? Its not an ordi- I think, if you are single. it nary tuk-tuk. It contains a is better to buy a Buffelino bed, a kitchen, a sink, a for 25,000 than to buy a bathroom and a place to house or villa worth put a laptop or TV. It’s a 300,000-500,000. At least virtual home. you can choose your neighbors and save the planet at the sam e time. It is sim ilar to the norm al tuk-tuk, used in Asia and Africa and has been de- Mohamed signed to allow the driver A.Nabi sleep in the car especially on long trips. It is similar to a small mobile office . Life Lesson Don’t buy stuff you don't need. 19

Articles Madame Tussauds is one of the most In 1802 and the following famous exhibitions all over the world. 33 years, Marie lead her hard- working It is an exhibition which shows statues life of a travelling show woman. She made from wax. travelled from town to town with her The person who discovered the idea caravans, organized advertising and and worked on it in the beginning was supplied the newspapers with her sto- Marie Grosholtz, later known as Ma- ries or arranged charity campaigns, dame Tussauds. She was born in 1761 where she donated a lot. in Strasbourg. Madame Tussauds (Marie) moved into In 1777, Marie made a model of the her future exhibition rooms \"The Baker famous writer and philosopher Francois Street Bazaar\" in Baker Street, London - Marie Arouet Voltaire. In 1780, in 1835. Marie became an art teacher of Louis In 1846, Punch Magazine coins the XVI's sister and she went to live at the term \"Chamber of Horrors\" for the Royal Court in Versailles. room at Madame Tussauds in which Marie returned to Paris in 1789. Later, victims of the French Revolution are together with Curtius, she made im- displayed. pressions of the heads of executed peo- Madame Tussaud died in 1850. With ple including people she already knew the support of her two sons, she was from Versailles. She also inherited Cur- destined for great success in her old tius' collection of figures in 1794. age. Her memoirs were published; she In 1795, Marie married an engineer sat for a portrait by a court painter and called Francois Tussaud, but she left was immortalized by Charles Dickens him after eight years of their marriage. as Mrs. Jarley in his novel \"The Old Then she went on a tour of the British Curiosity Shop\" and by the caricatures Isles with her collection. of Cruikshank. 20 Life Lessons: Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy clothes.

Amsterdam and can be seen In 2007, Madame Tussauds In 1884, Madame Tussaud's on the continent again for the opened in Washington D.C. nephew Joseph Randall first time since 1817. The exhibition is given to moved the exhibition into its In 1981, Madame Tussauds American politicians and present premises in Maryle- Amsterdam extends its col- presidents but in the unique bone Road. In 1925, the en- lection and moves to the fa- style of Madame Tussauds. tire building fell as a victim to mous Dam Square in the In 2008, Madame Tussauds a fire, which destroyed almost heart of the city. Berlin opens its doors. It dis- all the wax figures and cos- In 1999, the attraction plays masses of German per- tumes, as well as valuable opened in Las Vegas with sonalities and international furniture, paintings and art American superstars and stars. objects. Luckily, most of the Hollywood legends. In 2009, Madame Tussauds old molds were rescued and Madame Tussauds opened in Hollywood opened its doors used to restore the exhibition, New York in 2000, where it right on the Walk of Fame which opened its doors again exhibits, in addition to lots of and, as well as Hollywood three years later in 1928, ex- stars, the 'movers and shak- legends, also displays the tended to include a cinema ers' of the metropolis. In greatest stars of today. and restaurant. Hong Kong, Madame Tus- In 2010, Madame Tussauds In 1940, a German bomb sauds opened its doors with opened its tenth outpost in destroyed the cinema. 352 more than 100 wax figures of the Siam Discovery Center in heads were destroyed. international stars and local Bangkok. It also has the In 1958, Madame Tussauds celebrities. \"Royal Room\". opens the first planetarium in Madame Tussauds opened in In 2011, Madame Tussauds the Commonwealth. In 1971, Shanghai in 2006. The exhi- Vienna opened in the Vienna Madame Tussauds opens a bition showed a host of Chi- Prater and Blackpool on the new branch in Kalverstraat in nese personalities and stars. Promenade. Sohalia 6C Life Lessons: Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special. 21

Articles The Mona Lisa theft. The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as \"the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.\" O n 21 Au- gust 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen. It was discovered by a man who went to see the Mona Lisa and warned the guards who told him it must have been taken to be photographed, but when the guard checked it wasn’t being during the working hours and taken it back home photographed so the museum closed for a week to con- under his coat. He thought that Italy was the right- tinue the investigation. ful owner of the painting; it was believed that every day he played to it with an instrument, and as he The authorities arrested a man called was trying to Guillaume Apollinaire because he told his sell it to the friend Pablo Picasso that he had wanted Uffizi group the painting of the Mona Lisa to be burnt, he was caught Pablo Picasso was questioned and arrested and send to too. jail for 4 years Guillaume Apollinaire in Italy and the painting was returned to the mu- seum in France and other peoples belief was that he After 2 years when they thought actually stole it so his friend the Mona Lisa had been either could sell all his look alike burned or sold on the black mar- Mona Lisa paintings for ket it was returned by a man more money and no one called Vincenzo Peruggia who would notice. had worked there and stole it By Ismail E. 6B Vincenzo Peruggia 22 Life Lesson A genuine fake a real Oxymoron.

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Science Galileo made a huge dis- covery in 1610,he discov- ered that the Earth was not flat and that it rotates around the Sun, while the sun stays still. The judges hysics is a part of natural chaic Period. Some people like wanted to hang P philosophy and natural sci- Kepler, Galileo and him ,because of saying that, ence that involves the study of to be more specific and saying that what aristo matter and its motion through Newton are the peo- had said ,which was that space and time. To be more ple who discovered the sun revolves around the broadly, it is the general analysis of the different laws of ISSAC NEWTON Earth, is not true. nature, in order to understand of motion. Modern the universe how it behaves. physics started with To get out of trouble, he the work of Max- told them he was wrong. It is one of the oldest academic Plank in quantum disciplines. At the last two millen- mechanics and Al- MAX PLANK After that time his students nia, physics was a part of natural bert Eistein in were confused, he told science along with chemistry. Also relativity. Due to the them he had only said that at the Scientific Revolution at the inventions of these so he wouldn’t be hanged. seventeenth century, natural sci- great minds many of Now scientists discover ence emerged as a unique research the technologies that ALBERT EINSTEIN Galileo was right, and programs. Natural science took its we are using today are real. spread the discovery origins in Greece during the Ar- Omar 6b throughout the world. PHYSICS AT WORK Strangest physics Inventionstrangest physics Inventions S Strangest physics InventionsStrangest physics Inventions Robotic Fashion Model. Device that Produces Device that Helps You Perpetual Motion HRP-4C, the robot in- Rainbows Artist has been Understand Dog's Device that Produces cludes 30 motors that allow testing his device in parks Language. The device is Power from Gravity It it to walk and move her where he shot small rain- able to analyze a dog's was developed by a Somerset engineer, who limbs. In addition, there bows across the sky. He has bark and figure out its claims that his machine are 8 motors that are used a machine that would emotion. Bowlingual is breaks the law of physics to express certain emotions, generate much larger able to understand six of by generating more free such as anger and surprise. rainbows with the help of the dog's basic emotions. power than it consumes. rainwater and sunlight. 24 Life Lesson # 24 Time heals almost everything. Give Time time.

A GIANT LEAP FROM SPACE \"Sometimes you have to go really high to see how small you are,\" Felix Baumgartner W limits as they tempted fate and that speed wearing only a high-tech barrier in an aircraft. ith his leap from 128,000 suit. tested science. feet, Baumgartner becomes a larger- He reached 833.9 mph, or mach He fell at supersonic speeds on the Baumgartner's jump was possible than-life figure in aerospace history, 1.24, which is faster than the speed same date in 1947 that test pilot partly due to an expensive operation joining the ranks of those who have packed with top scientists, but also to pushed personal and technological of sound. No one has ever reached Chuck Yeager broke the sound the pioneering work of adventurers past. \"This is the end of my journey,\" he said. \"I've always been trying to find my limit, and this pretty much it. For the second half of my life, I want to be a good helicopter pilot. Fight fires. Rescue people. That would be fun.\" Life Lesson Overprepare, then go with the flow.. 25

New discoveries? NEW DISCOVERIES ? THE SEARCH FOR PLANET X BY NANICE ABASS th uring the 19 century, astrono- Pickering and Lowell took Occasional mistake in mers have noticed that the over than 1000 photographic plates the plates caused heart-stopping orbits of the outer planets - between them and spent years analyz- false alarms, and almost every Uranus and Neptune were ing them, but to no benefit. Lowell was plate contained asteroids. He disturbed. The exciting a wealthy businessman and had built knew that only “Planet X” would news that of these wobbles an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to only move a few millimeters be- was that there was a ninth planet, indulge his hobby of observing other tween plates, rather than the cen- which was huge, had somehow planets. In 1916, he died before a ninth timetres the asteroids moved, but remained unseen. From that mo- planet was discovered; however, he they still distracted him. ment on, the search began… left money in his will so the search would go on. Backed by extra money Tombaugh’s excellent The two US astronomers from Lowell’s brother, a third search patience eventually paid off. In William Pickering and Percival began at Flagstaff at 1929. The obser- February 1930, after quite a year Lowell took on this mission to find vatory’s executive chose a young un- of searching, he found that a fleck it. Lowell started searching in professional astronomer called Clyde of light that moved only 3-4 mm. 1905 for “Planet X”, which accord- Tombaugh to do the work. “A terrific thrill came over me,” he ing to his calculations was seven later recalled. “I switched shutter times Earth’s mass and took 282 Tombaugh’s job was to take back and forth, learning the photo- years to orbit the sun. Pickering pairs of photographs of microscopic graphs.” He was so sure that he joined the search after Lowell by portions in the sky on different nights, found “Planet X” that he checked four years. It was because he and then compare between each pair his watch and made a note. It thought that “Planet 0” was no using a special viewing device that was 4:00 p.m. - ”Planet suspect”, more that twice Earth’s mass and approved him to flick between two pic- he noted in hid logbook. took 373.5 years to orbit the sun. tures. If anything had moved against the unchanging background of the After confirming the re- stars, then it would be obvious. Now, sults with other plates , Tombaugh computers do the same skill to look for told his boss Vesto Slipher, who asteroids, in Tombaugh’s time - it had cleverly advised Tombaugh to to be done completely by eye. It was a keep quiet about the discovery very deadly task and there was no until more checks had been made. shortcuts. The tiny speck was fainter than predicted - about 250 times fainter Day after day, his eyes kept than Neptune - but Slipher was on looking from left to right, studying certain it was “Planet X”. photograph after photograph by the help of his viewing device. Each photo- On 13 March 1930, to graphic plate could contain anything agree with Percival Lowell’s birth- from 50,000 to a million and takes a day, the news was released, and week to examine accurately. Tom- headlines around the world pro- baugh found it tiring and could focus claimed “Ninth Planet Found”. for only six hours per day. All the pho- tographic plates were piled up, but there was no way he could rush. 26 Life Lesson # 24 What other people think of you is none of your business. .

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Our solar system Lunar eclipses The Solar System The sun The universe contains galaxies which contain solar The sun is a huge star AND an enormous ball of burning gas. It is over 100 times wider than the earth. The sun is 150 million kilo- systems; and our one, as everybody knows, con- meters away from the earth. Light from the sun takes eight min- sists of the sun which is a very big star and the cen- utes to reach us. The temperature on surface of the sun is 6,000 ter of our solar system. o C. The temperature at its centre is 15,000,000 o If you look at it for a long time; you can be blind. Also it consists of a moon which is a dark Sometimes the moon passes between the earth and the sun. The sun disappears for a few minutes and all we can is black disc (the body. The sun gives it light so it can shine in the moon) with a ring of bright light around it (the sun). This is called night. an eclipse. The solar system consists of the 9 planets, but we all know that no one lives in those 9 planets The moon except for the Earth, which we all live on. Also, many The moon is much smaller than the earth. The diameter of the moon is 3,476 kilometers but the things take place in the solar system like: the solar diameter of the earth is 12,756 kilometers. The eclipse, the annular solar eclipse and the total solar earth weighs the same as 90 moons. eclipse. Be aware that when one of those eclipses The moon moves around the earth. It takes 27.3 days to make take place, it is very dangerous to look through it one complete orbit. We always see the same side of the moon. because it can hurt your retina. Joumana 6B The moon is covered with rocks and dust. The oldest rocks are about four billion years old. There are huge holes in the ground called craters. The biggest craters are 6,000 meters deep. There is no water on the moon and there is no life there. The shadow of the earth falls on the moon. As the moon moves, this shadow and the bright part of the moon change their shape. O The temperature on the sunny side of the moon is 100 C. On the o dark side of the moon the temperature is -150 C. The sky Look up at the sky and what can you see? During the day the sun shines brightly in a blue sky or hides behind the clouds. At night the moon shines in the darkness and thousands of stars twinkle above us. Looking at our world Halla Daker YEAR 6B 28 Life Lesson You can’t count the blessing of your Lord

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UNCOVERED Starfish Squid Starfish are some animals of the most beau- The squid does not have a shell. It does, how- tiful animals in our seas. However, starfish ever, have ten 'arms' or tentacles. Squid grow are slow and unintelligent. They usually to an enormous size .In 1954 one was found in have five arms, but some have as many as Norway that was nine meters long and weighed 44.If a starfish loses an arm, it can grow it about a ton. The squid can get away from its enemies because it is very intelligent and very fast. You can eat squid. They are a Living things: white-spotted puffer , the parrot fish who's teeth are like humans , some squids which eat so small fish and huge turtles. again. Starfish cannot be eaten. Jellyfish Jellyfish are also very beautiful but not intelligent. And some of them are danger- ous. A jellyfish looks like umbrella, with Octopus arms or tentacles. These will sting you if The octopus, which belongs to the same family they touch you. Jellyfish are not good to eat. as the squid, has eight arms. It has a soft body They are near to extinction because most of and is very intelligent. It can change colour them are eaten by fish. BENEFITS: very quickly, so its enemies can’t see it. When People used them in medicines for injuries at an enemy attacks it, the octopus releases black in any war situation. 'ink’. You can eat 'octopus in its ink' but it makes your teeth black. Crab The crab has a hard shell and ten legs. If it loses a leg it can grow it again. Some are very large (more than three meters Perfect smiles in the sea where the across).The crab can live in fresh water as parrot fish is concerned. well as sea water and some live on land. Seagrasses Seagrasses are flowering plants that create their habitat on their own and they fertilize the water from their waste products and addition- ally are homes for fish and snakes; place to lay their eggs, eat and hide. Also it takes the car- bon dioxide from water and creates oxygen substances. Crabs can be eaten. All and more under the sea….. 31 Life Lesson Everything can change in the blink of an eye… But don’t worry; God never blinks.

Are Amazing Amazing Bats Facts 1. Bats are the only mammals able to fly. Bats are only small mam- 2. A single brown bat can catch around 1,200 mals that have wings. A mosquito-size insects in one hour. bat’s wings can stretch from the tips of the bat’s 3. Vampire bats don't suck blood. They lap it up. finger down to its feet and across its tail. 4. Bats can digest bananas, mangoes, and ber- ries in about 20 minutes. Bats can live almost any- where in the world, most bats feed on insects, but 5. Fewer than 10 people in the last 50 years have some, such as vampire bats in south and Central contracted rabies from North American bats. America, take blood from large birds and mammals 6. Bats use echolocation to get around in the dark. Greater fruit bat His head and body length: 35-40cm, 7. Bats make up a quarter of all mammals. wingspan: 150cm and it is the largest wingspan of any bat, his habitat is 8. More than 50 percent of bat species in the Tropical forest and scrub in South United States are either in severe decline or are and Southeast Asia, his main activity listed as endangered. is flying at night, his food is fruits and 9. An anticoagulant found in vampire bat sa- gives one young every year. liva may soon be used to treat human cardiac Common pipistrelle bat patients. Head and body length:3-4.5cm, wingspan:19-25cm, 10. Bats have only one pup a year. usually lives in large colonies in house lofts, farm build- ings, church roofs and other buildings in Europe and 11. The average lifespan of a bat varies, but Asia, his main activity flying at night and these colonies some species of brown bat can live to be 30 can be very large, with more than 1000 bats in a years old. group, eats insects and gives one young every year. Little brown bat 12. Bats wash behind their ears. In cold places they migrate in autumn to warmer places where they can hiber- nate, head and body length: 4 cm, wing- span:14-18cm, usually lives in forests and built -up areas in North America, his main activ- ity is flying at night, feeds on flying insects and gives from one to two young per year. Omar W. 6B 32 Life Lesson # 32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Huggable Hamsters Hamsters are one of the kinds of animals that you can keep, and these animals are called pets. Hamsters are native to Syria and were primarily used for research. In 1948, Albert Marsh who was a really smart engineer, Introduced them as pets. A hamster is like a rat but he is cuter and tinier and a hamster also fine to be a pet because of its size. Remember, you have to keep him in a cage because it could run easily and you couldn't catch them. They usually sleep at day and stay awake at night so try to put them a place which is further than your room because you cant sleep because of their sound. The only way to stop your hamster to go at night, Hamsters are not expensive to buy and to is to close the cage hardly so that you can prevent him from buy an outside of a cage cleaning and proper food and coming out. relatively maintenance free. Since they sleep during the day, they are active at night when most people are home , so children get excited and play with them . A hamster can be a great family member and also a wonderful an excellent pet. Hamsters sometimes live better and happier without living with people ; hamsters are better when they are living in forests and jungles and often do better when they live alone. Some types, like the Roborovski and campbell’s live in pairs or groups but it isn’t necessary that they live in Hamsters are cuter and tinnier than a rabbit males and females . Having pairs of hamsters is something great, you could get a chance to have more than one hamster. HOW TO TAKE CARE FOR A HAMSTER: Most unknown hamsters live in far forests and jungles. 1.You MUST buy him a cage to sleep in. 2.You dont need to buy him the full of protiens food because it might make him sick so you can just feed him vegetables :carrots, cucumbers, biscuits, bread,or sunflower seeds..........etc. 3.Try to keep him far away from children cause he might bit thier fingers. 4.Keep him away from candels or anything that contains gas and flammable materials. 5. Feed him once a day. 6. Clean his cage every 2 days. 7. Never think for putting him in an open place. 8. Clean him with a brush and water. 9. Be carefull never put your hands in their cage Hamsters play a lot and while he is sleeping because he WILL bite you. Hamsters are sometimes 10. Never be sad if he dies because they only live better and happier living without with people for 5 months. Nareen 6A 33 Life Lesson 33. Believe in miracles.

A Strange Animal facts ANIMALSANIMALS ANIMALSNIMALS Facts about Pandas 1. Pandas have excellent eyesight, they see very well at night. 2. Panda’s fur is waterproof. 3. Panda’s hair is covered in an oily liquid, produced by special gland. 4. Panda’s ancestors were carnivores 40 million years ago. 5. Panda can’t last for more than 4 hours with- out eating. 6. Adult weighing panda about 100 kg can eat 20 kg of bamboo shots per day. 7. Facts about Mandrills 1. They’re the largest monkeys 2. Mandrills are very shy and only live in African forests 3. Mandrills are extremely colorful more than any mammal 4. They are easily identifiable by the blue and red skin on their faces and their brightly hued rumps 5. If a Mandrill is very excited, his colors become even more brighter 6. They have very sharp and long canines that can be used for self-defense Their cheeks have built-in pouches Facts about Seahorses 7. that are used to store snacks for later consumption 1. Seahorses can’t move forward by flapping 8. Mandrills are one of the endangered their tail, but they curl their tail around animals because people in Africa hunt plants that grow on seabed and hold on. them as bush meat 2. Seahorses can be 30 cm long. 3. There are 35 known seahorse species in the world. Facts about Elephants 1. When elephants can’t find water or shade, they put their trunk in their mouth and suck up water from their stomach then they spray the water on their ears to lower their body temperature. 2. Adult male elephant can weigh up to 6 tones (6,000 kg). 3. Baby elephant weigh about 100 kg when they are born. 4. Adult male elephant can eat around 200 kg of food per day. 5. Elephants in Africa usually live in forests or on Savannah. 34 Life Lesson # 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

Zoo AnimalsZoo Animals P Farm Animalsarm Animals Farm AnimalsFarm Animals Petsets Zoo AnimalsZoo Animals F PetsPets Animals used for the prod- A pet is any domesti- ucts of human and animal cated or tamed animal food and feed, fiber, skin that is kept as a com- and hide and, to the extent panion and is cared for that they are used in farm work, bullocks and horses used in the hauling of Zoo animals, are ani- freight and for transport. mals that like to run They are animals that wild ,they are captured mostly don’t like to run by hunters who are wild like zoo animals. They equipped with useful are animals that like to in- gear that they use to somehow make the ani- mals fall asleep and take them after the affect is in their bodies. Some ani- mals are hard to get be- cause of speed, but affectionately. they are eventually they get usually kept in houses , caught. They are kept in but any farmer or anyone the zoo so that people who owns a heard could could have a better look have a dog that does the at them. About 2,000 herding. The most com- animals from 400 differ- mon pets throughout the ent species reside at the world are the cat and the National Zoo in Wash- dog some people have ington, D.C. the best other pets like known residents are the teract with humans unlike For example : giant pandas, but the zoo animals which look at Fish , turtles , tor- Zoo is also home to humans as prey. They are toises , and some peo- great apes, big cats, animals that live in barns ple might even own Asian elephants, and stables such as : some kind of reptile birds, amphibians, cows , horses , don- and there are a lot reptiles, insects, keys , ducks , chick- more ! aquatic animals, small ens , some types of rep- Maram 6A mammals, and many tiles , and lots more! more! 35 Life Lesson Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

ANIMALSANIMALS A Endangered Animals ANIMALSNIMALS Endangered Animals Animals that are in the verge of getting extinct are termed as endan- gered animals. These animals are killed most often for human needs and hunted on a regular basis. The fact that their population keeps on depleting at a very alarming rate, without any increase in their popula- tion, makes us aware that some are falling into the endangered species list. As per studies, endangered animals are those animals which can get extinct in the next 20 years. Whereas critically endangered animals might get extinct in the next 10 years. The endangered animals' infor- mation is very critical to humans as we can take the right actions to stop its extinction by promoting its breed as well as avoiding unneces- sary killings. The animals, getting extinct in the wild, can be tamed for some time to promote their reproduction. Animals getting endangered are a threat not only to the environment but also to humans Here's the list of animals that are endangered: Dholes: Dholes is a native of Southeast Asia. The International Union at the verge of extinction. of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared dholes as endangered owing to their sudden fall in numbers and they are in the verge of extinction. Giant Panda: Giant panda or panda literally means, \"black and white cat-foot\". Panda is a bear and a native of central western and south western China. It can be recognized easily with its large black patches around the eyes. Although there is a fall in the number of pandas, certain reports also show that their number is on a rise. However the Siberian Tiger: They are also known as Amur, Altaic, Korean, and North Chinese or Usury tiger. Researches in 2009 revealed that the population of the current Siberian tigers is almost the same as Caspian tigers that are extinct now. International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is not yet certain to reclassify these species from Endangered to Vulnerable. Ethiopian Wolf: They are also known as Abyssinian wolf, Abyssinian fox, red jackal, Simian fox, or Simian jackal and are a native of Africa. Blue Whale: Blue whale and its few species are found in the Indian Ocean, North Atlantic, North Pacific and South Pacific oceans. They were abundant in almost all the oceans of the earth before the begin- ning of the twentieth century. For years they have been hunted and are 36 Life Lesson Always choose Life.

Bonobo: Bonobo, which was previously called as Pygmy Chimpanzee, is a great ape. Bonobos are most endangered and found only in the De- mocratic Republic of the Congo. It is termed to be most endangered with only some remaining. Apart from this, we also have Snow Leopard, African Wild Dog, Tiger, and Indian Rhinoceros, for a few to name. The critically endangered animals include: Mountain Gorilla, Arakan Forest Turtle, Darwin's Fox, Javan Rhino, Brazilian Merganser, Gharial, Vaquita, among others. In order to maintain the ecological cycle, we need to make sure that animal species are conserved or else the future of mankind will not know much about them, and this will also lead to deforestation. In short, a threat to mankind. Halla Daker Year 6B Nature trails and Egypt Nature in the Makiki valley watershed farms and on the other side there is a includes a lot of plants and trees lot of potatoes and rice farms . Nature is a really lovely thing, in Hawaii, people who love Ha- that are not existing in any other place and Hawaiian people don’t waii’s environment encourage people to make schools for study- put them on sites . ing nature so that they can edu- Hawaii is famous by its cate children with an interactive palm trees and ocean and its and immersive approach. plant and its view is the most After people made the thing that attracts the tourists to Hawaii schools of nature in 1981 it has been working for more than 30 Many other countries years helping children to under- has nature views , and some stand the meaning of nature and doesn’t have a lot of nature such these schools always make trips as Egypt , Egypt doesn’t have to different places of nature. any rainforests and doesn’t have a lot of plants such as other coun- More than 15,000 children from Produce grown in Egypt elementary and middle school tries have but it actually have took awards. farms of yeast and sugar and a lot More than 850,000 chil- more , but Egypt has other places dren and adults have participated that has a lot of farms and a lot of in these schools since the incep- trees and palm trees such as tion. Wadi el Rayan and wadi el Na- In the islands Oahu and troon . Maui the Hawaii nature is really In Egypt when you are good , there are many parks such going to Alexandria in the middle as Pu u Ualaka a state park , it is between Cairo and Alexandria there is a lot of mango and peach From rice to mangos and more. Life Lesson . However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 37

Lemurs from Madagascar Lovable Lovable Lemurs Lemurs Lemurs CUTE CUTE LITTLE LITTLE MONKEY MONKEY Ring tailed Lemurs Ring tailed Lemurs Ring tailed Lemurs Lemurs are pri- mates found only on the Afri- can island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring is- lands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found no- where else on Earth. Lemurs may have floated there eons ago on \"rafts\" of vegeta- tion and evolved in isolation over count- less centuries. 38 Life Lesson # Never judge a book by its cover

from Madagascar Who are you calling a Lemurs use their hands and feet to move monkey? nimbly through the trees, but cannot grip with their tails as some of their primate cousins do. Ring-tailed lemurs also spend a lot of time on the ground, which is un- usual among lemur species. They forage for fruit, which makes up the greater part of their diet, but also eat leaves, flowers, tree bark, and sap. Ring-tailed lemurs have powerful scent glands and use their unique odor as a communication tool and even as a kind of weapon. Lemurs mark their territory by scent, serving notice of their presence to all who can smell. During mating season, male lemurs battle for dominance by trying to out stink each other. They cover their long tails with smelly secretions and wave them in the air to deter- mine which animal is more powerful. Ring-tailed lemurs live in groups known as troops. These groups may include 6 to 30 animals, but aver- age about 17. Both sexes live in troops, but a domi- nant female presides over all. Ring-tailed lemurs are en- dangered, largely because the sparse, dry forests they love are quickly vanishing. Life Lesson # Look a little bit down to see how fortunate you are 39

PREHISTORIC LIFE DINOSAURS By AbdAllah M. 6b FACTS Triceratops. The tricera- Dunkleosteus. 1. Most dinosaurs hatch from tops is a plant-eater (herbivore) that The dunkleosteus is a sea dinosaur eggs, and they could not fly or eats plants and its name means the live in water. tyrant lizard. Triceratops was about that lives in sea and its a meat-eater 26 feet to 29.5 feet (7.9 meters to 9 that eats meat and its name means 2. Dinosaurs are classified as meters) long; 9.5 feet to 9.8 feet (2.9 the dunkle’s bone and The prehis- reptiles… they are divided into meters to 3 meters) high and toric fish was 33 feet long and two groups based on the struc- weighed up to four tons. It was big. ture of the hip… one group weighed 13,000 pounds to 26,000 Tyrannosaurs It was mean. And it could bite a has lizard-like hips and the The family of tyrannosaurs pounds (5,909 kilograms to 11,818 shark in two. It had bladed jaws, a other group has bird-like hips. includes the famous Tyran- kilograms). Its name is a combination nosaurus rex as well as of Greek syllables tri-, meaning flesh-tearing feature that the sharks other large carnivores such it preyed upon had not yet devel- 3. Most paleontologists, scien- as Albertosaurus and Tar- \"three,\" kéras, meaning \"horn,\" and tists that study dinosaurs, be- bosaurus. They evolved in ops, meaning \"face.\" oped. lieve that birds are the only the late Cretaceous and surviving dinosaurs… so dino- their large size made them the top predators of the saurs aren't really extinct be- time. Like human beings, cause their descendents are tyrannosaurs went through still living. an adolescent growth spurt, increasing greatly in height and weight until they ap- 4. The biggest dinosaurs were proached sexual maturity. over 100 feet long and 50 feet Thereafter they grew much tall… the sauropod was the more slowly until they reached their final size. largest dinosaur… the smallest Tyrannosaur fossils are dinosaurs were the size of a found in Asia and North chicken and were called mus- America, through their an- cestors also lived in Europe. saurus, or mouse lizard. 5. Some dinosaurs were carni- vores, meat-eaters, and some were herbivores, plant eat- ers…some walked on two legs, while others walked on all four legs… some had horns and spikes, others had thick bumpy skin, and some even had feath- ers… the color of all dinosaurs is unknown because no one was alive at that time in his- tory. 6. There are currently over 330 described dinosaur species and this number is growing. The pteranodon is a flying dinosaur that flies and it’s a meat-eater that eats meat and its name means the toothless flyer and its size is 17 meters long. 40 Life Lesson # 40 All things come to an end.

Did You Know… THE KING COBRA SNAKE: The King Cobra Snake is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m (18.5 FT) and weighs 6kg (13 LB). This snake is found in forests from India through Southeast Africa to Indonesia and Philip- pines. The skin of this snake is either; olive-green, tan, or black, and it has faint, pale yellow cross bands down the length of the body. The belly is cream or pale yellow, and the scales are smooth. KING COBRA SNAKES FACTS: When confronted, the Cobra rears up the anterior portion (usually one-third) of its body when extending the neck, show- ing the fangs and hissing loudly. The King Cobra’s diet is other snakes mainly: rat snakes, small pythons and even other venom- ous snakes. In Burma King Cobras are often used by female snake charmers. The charmer is usually tattooed with three pictograms, using an ink mixed with snake venom; superstition holds that it protects the charmer from the snake. By Hana 6B 41

ANIMALSANIMALS A ANIMALSNIMALS THE SEAHE SEA T THE SEATHE SEA Some people find the sea hostile, although some people find it not dangerous. In my own opinion, I find it hostile and here is a story. You read it and make up your own mind. The hostile sea it came nearer, they shot a harpoon into the shark then they put it onto the boat. They took it to their lab and started cut- ting its tummy with a knife. They found out that this shark eats whatever it sees. Next day they went sailing again to the sea so they could catch another one, be- cause maybe they could discover the rea- son they were dying. A group of scientists went to Australia to find out what was happening to sharks At sunset and after a long time waiting and to be specific, what was the main for a fish, a group of sharks came towards reason people kill sharks. At 7:00 am on the boat, they thought that they are hun- Monday, the scientists went sailing across gry but what they did not know was that the sea to hunt a shark so they know the they were sad because one of them had reason why they were dying. been taken away. The sharks started to smash their fishy heads against the boat They threw a big piece of tuna and some when it was night, they hit it very hard blood in the sea because they knew that until the boat turned over in water and sharks were attracted to blood. After a all the scientists were taken down in the while a fin came out of the water as if it water and no one saw them again. was cutting the water with a knife. When By Omar M. 6B here are many species of sharks found in the oceans around the wor T ld. Some of them are very big while others are quite small. Some of them are to be feared while others mind their own business and they are very calm. You may be surprised to learn some of the largest spe- cies of sharks in the ocean are the nicest ones to encounter. This information will help you identify some of the common species of sharks. There are 360 different species of sharks in the world today classified into eight different orders described below with some examples of known sharks species for each group. 42 Life Lesson Treat people how you want to be treated.

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Mysterious Universe “Why are so few students interested in science?” This commonly posed question reflects a continuing worry among educators and cultural pundits. Here is a slight paraphrase: “Why do so few youngsters want to become biologists, when so many are inter- ested in cryptozoology?” The purpose of my paraphrase is to suggest that such matters as Loch Ness monsters—or unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or psychic phenomena—offer a way of getting students interested in science. These topics are mysteries, and human beings are naturally curious about mysteries. In trying to get to the bottom of them, we find ourselves learning about science along the way. Moreover, we learn about it in away that shows science not to be a boring, cut-and-dried subject as it is sometimes portrayed in. LIFE LESSON: Cryptozology gives us a window in this unknown word of exciting ani- It’s OK to say you don’t mals and mysterious creatures. know because some things They are in our dreams and night- mares. Unicorns, fairies, Mothmen are a mystery to us all and Vampires’. They are now the legends of the great and the gigantic and small and the miniature. Every- one likes a good myth but if these creatures are only that, its very unlikely that we will be finding any of their remains anytime soon. 44

The science of mysteries . CRYPTOZOOLOGY …...the expected total number of different species pre- sent on this earth may be as high as 4.5 million. n the field of natu- ness monster. But there are of different species present head are giraffe parts but the ral history a crea- harmless fun myths like the on this earth may be as high okapi neck is shorter than a ture whose exis- unicorn, fairies and Santa as 4.5 million. Each of giraffe. Also it has got a tence I has been clause and his reindeers. these species is probably flexible tongue to take leaves reported by local legends or represented by billions of from trees to eat. If you want by eyewitness accounts but successive and contempo- to see an okapi there are two not yet proven is known as rary individuals. a “cryptid.” The study of in London zoo. That Okapi Cryptozoology is based on was once a cryptid. finding evidence that this animal lives or not, and it’s In the early 19th century We cannot say however, not a part of zoology and it across the world, many side- that no other animals exist doesn’t include science. show fun fairs travelled to because biologists have cities to show strange skele- cryptids is known as discovered more than 1.75 tons and animals, people “Cryptozoology”. million different types of with deformities or unknown species which exist on this creatures. Extinct animals count, like earth and are living on land, the dinosaurs. There are at sea and in the air. In types that we don’t have a addition, paleontologists clue about it. A lot of scary have discovered more than a myths include Bigfoot, quarter of a million extinct vampires and The Loch- species. Taking the average number of yearly discover- ies, of new species, in these two fields into considera- For example the Okapi is tion, scientists estimate that an animal which has legs of In musems all over Europe many stuffed animals were the expected total number a zebra and its body and its taken away and hidden. ALIEN PRESENCE ON EARTH Nordics, Blondes, Swedes - Known by any of these names. They are similar to us. Blonde There are some one hundred sixty (160) or hair, blue eyes (some have dark hair and more known types of Aliens visiting our world brown eyes and they're shorter in height). (Earth) at the present time, these are the They will not break the law of non- most commonly seen types: interference to help us. They will only inter- vene if the Greys activity were to affect us Greys, type one (1) - The Rigelians from directly. the Rigel Star system and are approximately four (4) feet tall, with a large head contain- Short Humanoids - One and a half to two and ing large slanted eyes, who worship technol- a half feet tall, with skin bluish in color. They ogy and DON'T CARE ABOUT US. The type are seen quite frequently in Mexico near popularized in the \"Communion\" book Chihuahua. by Strieber. They need vital secretions for their survival, which they are getting from us Hairy Dwarfs (Orange) - They are four (4) seem to be neutral and respect intelligent life (earthlings). feet tall and weigh about thirty five (35) forms. pounds. Their hair is the color of red. They Submitted by :YOUSSEF RADWAN 45 Life Lesson # Half of knowledge is to say I don’t know.

Mysterious Universe the first case of its kind. Barney Hill unwittingly added a whole new and then headed South. Shortly thereafter it Betty, Barney and the Alien. dimension to the UFO controversy, literally stopped and hovered in the air. There was no A have reported close encounters with the ers used the binoculars at this point. thousands of people from all across the globe sound evident up to this time. Both observ- ny meaningful attempt to try and accurately determine when the first so-called alien abduction of a Grays and their distinctly motley ilk. Less “While hovering, objects began to appear human being took place is inevi- tably going to be a very difficult task. Most well known, however, is the interest that the from the body of the ‘object’ which they described as looking like wings which made a U.S. military took in the Hill affair. researchers and students of the UFO phe- On the day after the Hill’s encounter, Betty V shape when extended. The ‘wings’ had red nomenon would probably concede that the telephoned the 100th Bomb Wing, Strategic lights on the tips. At this point they observed phenomenon that has today become popu- Air Command, at Pease Air Force Base, to it to appear to swoop down in the general larly known as alien abduction was relatively report the details of her and Barney’s experi- direction of their auto. The object continued unknown until sometime after September ence – at least, those parts of the event that to descend until it appeared to be only a 19, 1961. they could consciously recall. Of this tele- matter of ‘hundreds of feet’ above their car. On that night, Betty and Barney Hill, a phone exchange, Stanton Friedman and “At this point they decided to get out of that married couple from New Hampshire, were Kathleen Marden wrote in their book Cap- area, and fast. Mr. Hill was driving and Mrs. driving home from vacationing in Canada tured!: Hill watched the object by sticking her head when they were allegedly subjected to a terri- out the window. It departed in a generally fying experience. Despite viewing some form “Barney omitted his observation of the hu- North westerly direction but Mrs. Hill was of unusual aerial object in the night sky and manoid figures that communicated with him prevented from observing its full departure what appeared to be living entities that could through a double row of windows, fearing by her position in the car. They report that be seen through the craft’s portals, until their that he might be thought a ‘crackpot.’ Later while the object was above them after it had arrival back home, the Hill’s had very little that day, Major Paul W. Henderson phoned ‘swooped down’ they heard a series of short indication that there was actually far more to the Hills and questioned both of them exten- loud ‘buzzes.’ the encounter than they realized. sively. According to Betty, he seemed very “They continued on their trip and when they interested in the wing-like structures that arrived in the vicinity of Ashland, N.H., It later transpired, however, that approxi- telescoped out from each side of the pancake about 30 miles from Lincoln, they again mately two-hours of time could not be ac- shaped craft and the red lights on their tips.” heard the ‘buzzing’ sound of the ‘object’; counted for. After some months of emo- Of this aspect of the affair, Betty herself however, they did not see it at this time. tional distress, sleepless nights, and strange wrote: “Major Henderson asked to speak Mrs. Hill reported the flight pattern of the dreams pertaining to encounters with un- with Barney, who was hesitating about talk- ‘object’ to be erratic, changed directions usual, otherworldly beings, the couple finally ing on the phone. But, once he was on the rapidly, that during its flight it ascended and Betty and Barney. The sought assistance from Benjamin Simon, a phone, he was giving more information than descended numerous times very rapidly. Its Boston-based psychiatrist and neurologist. I had. Later, Barney said he had done this, flight was described as jerky and not smooth. first two abductees Subjected to time-regression hypnosis, both for Major Henderson did not seem to express “Mr. Hill is a Civil Service employee in the Betty and Barney recalled what had taken any surprise or disbelief.” Boston Post Office and doesn’t possess any place during that missing 120 minutes or so. Betty then added something very interesting: technical or scientific training. Neither does “Later, Major Henderson called back and his wife. Significantly, they provided very close ac- asked if we would be willing to be put “During a later conversation with Mr. Hill, counts of encounters with apparent alien through to somewhere else, and have our he volunteered the observation that he did creatures that took the pair on board some calls monitored. We agreed to this. One call not originally intend to report this incident form of alien vehicle and subjected them to a was transferred to another place and today but in as much as he & his wife did in fact series of physical examinations – a number of we do not know with whom we were talk- see this occurrence he decided to report it. which were highly distressing and intrusive ing.” He says that on looking back he feels that the in nature. The experience of the Hill’s later The following day, Major Henderson told whole thing is incredible and he feels some- became the subject of John Fuller’s now- Betty and Barney that he had spent the pre- what foolish – he just can not [sic] believe classic book, The Interrupted Journey and a vious night burning the midnight-oil, while that such a thing could or did happen. He 1975 movie of the same name. preparing an official report on the encounter says, on the other hand, that they both saw By far the most commonly reported creatures of the Hill’s, which reads as follows: what they reported and this fact gives it some present during alien abduction cases are “ …on the night of 19-20 Sept between degree of reality. those that have become popularly known as 20/0001 and 20/0100 Mr. and Mrs. Hill “Information contained herein was collected the Grays. Typically, the Grays are short in were travelling south on Route near Lincoln, by means of telephone conversations be- stature, around three-to-four-feet in height; N.H., when they observed, through the tween the observers and the preparing indi- they have gray-white skin, hence the name; windshield of their car, a strange object in vidual. The reliability of the observer cannot and their bodies are usually described as the sky. They noticed it because of its shape be judged and while his apparent honesty being thin to the point of near-emaciation at and the intensity of its lighting as compared and seriousness appears to be valid it cannot times. Certainly the most striking and to the stars in the sky. The weather and the be judged at this time.” memorable features of the Grays are their sky were clear at the time… Since many abductees report apparent secret, heads. official interest in their experiences, one has They are hairless and overly large in propor- “They continued to observe the object from to wonder: did it all began with the Hills tion to their bodies with their ears, nose, and their moving car for a few minutes then back in 1961? Did their encounter provoke mouth being vestigial at best. Their eyes, on stopped. After stopping the car they used some agency of government, or of the mili- the other hand, are black, huge, almond-like binoculars at times. They report that the tary, to initiate a kind of “Project Abduc- in shape, and hypnotic in nature. And since object was traveling north very fast. They tion” to study and evaluate cases of cosmic- that fateful 1961 night, when Betty and report it changed directions rather abruptly kidnap? Perhaps, when it comes to abduc- tions, we might be better off looking for the 46 answers not in the stars, but deep within the vaults of government…

Mysterious Universe The grey type Betty and Barney. The first two abductees 47 Life Lesson # 18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

Mysterious Universe Very Strange cases Hornsey Coal Poltergeist The Third Eye Manhe Third Eye Man T The Third Eye ManThe Third Eye Man January 1, 1921 Angelique Cottin, the Electric Girl November 1949 On January 1, Mr. Frost bought a load of coal, A fourteen year old peasant girl from La Students from the University of South which was delivered to his house at 8 Fer- Perriere in the Normandy region of Carolina in Columbia were walking near restone Road, Hornsey, London. France began distressing her friends with the Longstreet Theater late one evening From the beginning, it was clear to Frost, his her strange powers. Angelique Cottin when they were stopped in their tracks by wife, and three young children (or grandchil- became known as the “Electric Girl” for the appearance of a gray faced man wear- dren; the family’s relationships aren’t consis- the poltergeist-like effect she had on ob- ing a silver suit, who removed a manhole tent in newspaper accounts) that this was no jects such as making a weaving frame cover and disappeared into the sewer. At ordinary coal. When burned in the fireplace dance around the room or a heavy table the time, the strange man was dubbed, grate, the coal exploded or even more unset- float through the air. Chairs moved away “Sewer Man,” but he would soon be given tling, jumped out of the grate, took a stroll when she tried to sit on them. Beds a much different name following another, across the floor, and vanished, only to reappear wouldn’t stay still, either, and people more terrifying encounter in April 1950. showers of sparks in another room. Frost received electric shocks when they came sought help from a police inspector, who ex- near her. Paper and pens flew off tables This time, a policeman discovered a man perienced some frightening incidents first when s he held out her left hand. in silver near the remains of mutilated hand. Angelique also suffered convulsions and chickens. He shone his flashlight on the The terrifying activity escalated. Objects like injuries due to the frequently violent figure. To his horror, the strange man coal scuttles moved without being touched. A movements made by her body. Her par- had a third eye in the center of his fore- knife and a loaf of bread flew across the room. ents believed she was possessed and took head. The policeman went to his squad Knick-knacks fell off shelves. Events like these her to church, but a priest convinced car and radioed for help. By the time were witnessed by Rev. A.L. Gardiner, Vicar them the girl’s powers had a physical other officers arrived, the man was gone. of St. Gabriel’s, and Dr. Herbert Lemerle. cause, not a spiritual one. The next step Another encounter by students in the Speculation abounded. The coal came from was examination by scientists in Paris, Sixties in the steam tunnels under the British mines, and it was supposed by some including famous physicist François university kept the memory of Third Eye that disaffected miners had mixed dynamite Arago, who said the phenomena were Man alive. with coal to cause explosions (later disproved). genuine and the result of electro- Although the tunnels were thoroughly Others believed the poltergeist activity was magnetism. searched, no physical evidence of Third caused by the spirits of angry mine workers, Against the scientists’ advice, the Cottins Eye Man’s existence has ever been found. while skeptics blamed the boys. decided to exhibit Angelique to paying Is he a ghost? A creature? An alien? A The five-year old girl, Muriel Frost, died on customers. In April 1846—just a few prank? No one knows, but sightings con- April 1, purportedly frightened to death by the short months after the ordeal began—the tinued into the early 1990s. poltergeist activity in her family home. Her unexplained phenomena inexplicably brother, Gordon, was hospitalized following a stopped and she lost her electric powers nervous breakdown after his sister’s death. for good. The question: Who is the United States, Great Britain, China gangs operating out of China. Sugges- were and other world powers, certain crime tions of the possibility of an American initially Behind the Superdollar? syndicates and federal governments have CIA involvement. The American $100 set to be been suspected and implemented in bill is the most counterfeited currency in released in creating the notes. The U.S. Government the world. To fight the abuse, the U.S. early The superdollar, or superbill, refers to a believes that the counterfeit one hundred government has developed a new $100 2011, but the U.S. Treasury and very high quality counterfeit fake United -dollar bills are most likely being pro- bill that is more secure. The new design Federal Reserve suffered a major States $100 bill that has been circulating duced in North Korea. However, other has a complex printing process and holds setback when 1.1 billion new one around the world. After investigations by possible sources include Iran or criminal a new 3D blue security stripe. The bills hundred-dollar bills were printed with a flaw. 48 Life lesson: #48 If its written on paper, it worth the paper its written

A st ory from history about the Pyramids in Giza The Sailing Stones of Egypt B numerous wander- were struck by what was curiously, and rather enig- eyond any shadow of doubt, of the ings, one piece matically, described only as a rod of metal. Lo and many and varied architectural stands out as being behold, the stones then slowly began to rise into the achievements of the Human Race, the pyramids of Egypt must surely lowing orders – proceeded in slow, methodical, nating. top the list in terms of provoking deep awe and particularly illumi- air, and – like dutiful soldiers unquestioningly fol- amazement. And a great deal of unbridled contro- single-file fashion a number of feet above a paved versy and debate, too. Conventional Egyptology Within the pages of pathway surrounded on both sides by similar, mys- suggests that the pyramids were built during what his writings, which terious metal rods. are today termed the Old and Middle Kingdoms of were completed in Egypt. That’s to say from around the third millen- 947 AD – nine years For around 150 feet, Al-Mas’udi noted, the gigan- nium BC to roughly 1650 BC. The reason for their before his death at tic stones moved forward, usually with nothing construction: Almost certainly to act as tombs for the age of sixty – al-Mas’udi noted that in very early more than the very gentlest of prods – from the the pharaohs, so convention tells us. Convention Arabic legends there existed an intriguing story keeper of the mysterious rod – to ensure they stayed also tells us the pyramids were built by sheer brute- suggesting that the creation of the pyramids of on-track, before finally, and very softly, settling force, man-power and technology of a very down to Egypt had absolutely nothing to do with the con- back to the ground. earth nature. But is that really the case? ventional technologies of the era. Rather, al- Mas’udi recorded, tantalizing, centuries-old lore At that point, the process was duly repeated. The One Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Mas’udi, otherwise that had come his way during his explorations stones were struck once more, rose up from the known as the Herodotus of the Arabs, was a pro- strongly suggested the pyramids were created by surface, and again traveled in the desired direction, th lific 10 Century writer born in Baghdad in 896 what, today, we would most likely refer to as some for yet another 150 feet or so. And so the strange, AD who faithfully and carefully prepared an im- form of levitation. repetitive task continued, time and time again, until mense, 30-volume series of texts that told the his- all of the stones finally reached their ultimate desti- tory of the world, based upon his personal, exten- The incredible story that al-Mas’udi uncovered nation. Then, in a distinctly far more complex feat, sive travels to lands far, wide, and exotic. His im- went just like this: When building the pyramids, the stones were struck a further time, but this time pressive and dedicated treks took him to such varied their creators carefully positioned what was de- in a fashion that caused them to float even higher parts of the globe as India, East Africa, Egypt, scribed as magical papyrus underneath the edges of into the air. Then, when they reached the desired Syria, and Armenia. the mighty stones that were to be used in the con- point, they were carefully – and with incredible ease struction process. Then, one by one, the stones – manipulated into place, one-by-one, by hand and He was also a skilled seaman who traversed the nothing else, until the huge pyramid in question Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea, the Red Sea, and was finally completed. the Indian Ocean. And it was during his many excursions to such places that al-Mas’udi collected Such a scenario sounds manifestly astonishing. the equally many tales, stories and legends that Certainly, many might laugh at such amazing asser- made their way into that aforementioned and price- tions. Others might dismiss the whole thing as a less multi-volume work. Its collective title, trans- fanciful folklore. But, just perhaps, the old tale tells lated into English, was The Meadows of Gold and nothing less than a fantastic truth about amazing, Mines of Gems. But, for all of the fascinating data now long lost technologies of the ancients… that al-Mas’udi amassed during the course of his 49

Unsolved Mysteries 4,500-year-old harbor structures and papyrus texts unearthed in Egypt rchaeologists have stumbled upon what is thought to be the President’s Book of Secrets A back 4,500 years, to the days of the Pharaoh Khufu most ancient harbor ever found in Egypt, along with the country's oldest collection of papyrus documents. The harbor goes (Cheops) in the Fourth Dynasty, The Great Pyramid of Giza serves as the tomb of Khufu, who died around 2566 B.C. The team also un- earthed a collection of 40 papyri that detailed the daily lives of ancient Egyptians during the 27th year of Khufu's reign. Among the subjects reportedly covered were the arrangements for getting bread and beer to the workers heading out from the port. One papyrus is said to detail the daily activities of an official named Merrer, who was involved in building the Great Pyramid. the President’s Book of Secrets T and the President are on the same his theory was used in the film National Treas- side, are one and the same, or ure 2: Book of Secrets, whether the President fears for and claims that the Presi- Earth’s immediate future. Even more dents of the United States have insidious, in terms of realism, is the passed down a book from Washing- claim that the book told of the at- ton to Obama, in which some or all tacks of September 11, 2001 before have added facts and histories earth- they took place, and also tells of the shattering in scope and implications, imminent coup d’etat of Russia, and that this book’s location is only followed by a Russo-North Korean known to the President, and the invasion of South Korea, initiating National Librarian of Congress. WWIII. Thus, if the President is assassinated, the Librarian informs the next Presi- dent of the book. After each Presi- dent leaves office, the location is changed. This book is rumored to contain the truth about the alien landings at Roswell, NM and Rendlesham Air Base, UK, and many other UFO events; the truth about the JFK and any years ago, a RFK assassinations; the location of M young prince the Holy Grail (tying in with the called Tutank- of nine or ten, taking the throne name of Fort Knox conspiracy theory); the hamen was mur- Tutankhamen. His nurse was a woman fates of various high-ranking Nazis dered. Tutankhamen was the son called Maia, known from her tomb at Saqqara. following WWII (and the facts con- of Akhenaton (formerly Amenho- When he became king, he married his half- cerning the U. S. government’s assis- tep IV) and one of Akhenaton’s sister, Ankhesenpaaten, who later changed her tance of them); even the identity of the Antichrist. Assuming there is a sisters, or perhaps one of his name to Ankhesenamun. They had two daugh- book, and assuming it identifies the cousins. As a prince he was ters. Computed tomography studies released Antichrist, we are led to wonder if he known as Tutankhamen at the age in 2011 revealed that one daughter died at 5–6 50 17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.