JAPANESE TRADiTiONAL COSTUMEz

*--->A very special outfit is worn by the traditional Japanese people which is know to be the Kimono. The kimno is the traditional dress that's worn nowadays on formal occasions.

*--->It is sometimes accused of being an impractical or useless form of dress, although it has it's advantages of giving the person who wears this traditional outfit a graceful and elegant deportment as some people say. In other words the look shows a sign of respect for the culture, including a sense of an obidiant look on the outside.

*--->A long under gament or a robe like outfit which is called the nagajuban is worn underneath the kimno and on top of their normal clothes that are worn. Right above is what it looks like

*---> The obiage supports the obi.
*---> The obi is a sash for the kimono.
*---> The obijime holds the obi in position.
*---> The baggy sleeves are called the Tamato.

*ONE FACT IS THAT THE MATERIAL BEING WORN IS SILK AND CAN BE DYED VARIOUS COLORS AND PATTERNS.

*---> Furisode is the formal kimono with long baggy sleeves worn by UNMARRIED women. Married women wear the normal-sleeved tomesode.

FACTz:

*The word kimono simply means things to wear

*Today a japenese women usually owns one kimono typically a furosode kimono which is worn for the women who are comming of age in their 19th birthday.

*---> The traditional white wedding Kimon is called the shiro-maku. Shiro meaning white and maku meaning pure. The wedding kimono consists of two different kimonos. The white wedding kimono is worn during the wedding ceremony and an elaborate rich patterened silk brocade kimono called the uchikake is worn over the white kimono at the wedding reception.

Education Essay

Elizabeth Tautuiaki
February 26, 2009
Dawn Miller
Genius

Obama’s Educational Plan

President Barrack Obama is one of the most amazing men on earth. He has come very far in his life. From my understanding, Obama wants the best for every single living American whether they’re poor or rich. I also know that as a full-time student, I’m encouraged by his changes for our education system starting with preschool children to adult college students. I would like to point out two of the drastic downfalls of the American educational system. First Obama has stated and recognized that the United States has the highest dropout rate of high school students. Second he states that half of the college students enroll and start college but, don’t finish and dropout. This is a defendant call for help! On the other hand Barrack Obama has made some Accomplishments for the educational system by trying to expand the charter schools. He reaches out to the parents of the United States with words of advice, telling parents that, “education must start at home”. Barrack Obama says that all children deserve competitive education, and he also claims that dropping out of school is NOT an option anymore! Barrack has prevented some teacher layoffs and plans to do way more than that for teachers such as rewarding them. Now, as the man that everyone looks to for help, he constantly and consistently works hard. Barrack is now trying and will make college affordable for every single high school student entering college. He says that he will lower the cost of education, and raise the pay checks of teachers. He plans to expand the education of early childhood helping the young ones strive to learn and start an early dream for their future. He also wants every single American to go back to college for another year. No matter what their age is he wants Americans to expand their education again. Barrack Obama claims that in 2012 he will cut the debt, because he does NOT want to pass debt to the American children. With all that’s said I do believe that Barrack will make the changes, and fix every little problem that has affected the education system for kids. I also believe that his word will come to life and American families or just an American alone will find satisfaction in his work, and not just off what he said.

LANCELETS[biOLOGy]

Lancelets are small non vertebrate chordates that often live with their bodies half buried in sand. Because lancelets do not have fins or legs, they can move only by contracting the paired muscles on their bodies.


*What do these Lancelets fish form?

Lancelets are smaller fishlike creatures who form what is called subphlyum cephalochordata, sometimes known as amphioxous. This is a group of primitive chordates.They can be found in shallow parts of temperate or tropic seas.

1. brain-like blister
2. notochord
3. dorsal nerve cord
4. post-anal tail
5. anus
6. food canal
7. circulatory system
8. atriopore
9. overpharynx lacuna
10. gill slit
11. pharynx
12. vestibule
13. oral cirri
14. mouth opening
15. gonads (ovary/testicle)
16. light sensor
17. nerves
18. metapleural fold
19. hepatic caecum (liver-like sack)

*What do they eat & how is it digestive to their system?

Unlike an adult tunicate, an adult has lancelet has a definite head region that contains a mouth. The mouth can open into a long pharynx, which is a sticky mucus that catches food particles. The lancelet that swallows that mucus into their digestive tract or system.

*Do they have a gass exchange?

Yes! Lancelets use their pharynx for gass exchange. Although from many research, it's been found that lancelets are thin enough to exchange gases through thier body surfaces. They also have a close circulatory system. They don't have a true heart. Instead, the walls of the major blood vessels contract to push blood through the body.

*How do they motion?

The fishlike motion of lancelets results fromcontracting muscles that are organized into V-shaped units. The muscle units are paired on either side of the body.


*What are their characteristics?

Chordates have a number of characteristics in common, which for most are only present during embryonic development which are the following:

*Notochord is found in all chordate embryos
*A hollow dorasl nerve cord
*Pharyngeal slits
*Postanal tail

*How do they reproduce?

Among the chordate subphyla there are differences in their reproduction. In Urochordata they reproduce asexually. The Cephalochordata and vertebrates reproduce sexually.

N E W Y E A R z R E S O L U T i O N

*My first new year'z resoltion would be to come on time to school everyday. Understand that my grades are very important to me and coming to school on time makes a complete A on my report card. Completing this goal helps me to graduate on time & to keep my promise to my tercher dawn and also to myself that I would be on time every, & to know that my time is valuable so waisting time in my life only holds me back from acheiving! .[09 babee]

*Two personal new year'z resolution in my life are always to try my best to BE THE BEST THAT I CAN BE!
Following that last one would be to never give up in anything that I want to achieve in my life as a young adult. My worst moments in my life are my strongest moments in my life which makes me only stronger. I know that day by day i have to take one step at a time.

*One last new year'z revoltion that I have in the future would be to GRADUATE![O9 BABE!!!!]

THE SANFRANCISCO BRIDGE

*This is the bridge that my group and I had made. First I had sketched the bridge on a graph sheet of paper, and my teacher Connie gave us a card bord which our bridge, which was to be built on it the cardbord. Their were also rules of the game and these were the rules...

*a bride that had to be 5 inches off the card bord

*a bridge that had to be 7 inches tall

*you can't use more than 200 sticks

*no more than enough glue neeeded to be used

*Last but not least you can run for the best looking bridge or the strongest brigde. So we ran for the best looking brigde, and even though we didn't win we still got the credit for this project.

...The way it is...[Biography]

The beautiful Elizabeth Tautuiaki was born in Vallejo,California & when she was about seven years old, she moved to the great city of SanDiego where she was raised. She is the third child out of three kids, which means she is the youngest and the most intelligent. Elizabeth was not the spoiled one but the rebellious one who always loved to be the independent one. Her ethnicity made her confident & different from everyone else in school, beacuase her parents always told her to be proud of what she truly is on the inside. She always stood out in any crowd she was in, because she was always the kid with the beautiful smile & an outgoing atitude. Elizabeth learned to speak her mind, although it got her into trouble at times, she learned the hard way. Her parents are from the south pacific island of Tonga where the palm trees sway in the cool tropic whether, and the water is clear.

Elizabeth grew up in a difficult society beacuse her parents barly had any money. Her dad tried his hardest and sweat most of the days in the hot sun working construction, while her mother did part time live-in with seniors & took care of her three kids at the same time. As Elizabeth grew up, she noticed that life started to get harder, so she felt as if she needed to fit in & act a certain way to be accepted. She could only try to fit in so much that she gave up trying to be something that she really wasen't. Elizabeth was a fighter, but she also had a differnet side to her that was soft and forgiving.

Now, she is 25 years old, and has graduated from HighSchool, University of San Diego and, Law School including criminal justice which she strived to get her degree. She is now a part-time mom, although she dedicates her time to her beautiful two kids. Elizabeth's husband & two children are the light of her life. She is happily married & has settled in New York where she has always dreamed of living since she was little. Elizabeth is now working hard to support her children in a field of her interest. Her two little boys play football as her husbands helps to manage their schedule while she works on New Yorks murder cases. She hightly has expectations for sons in the future & wishes to grow old with her commited husband who've been happily married for seven great years. Elizabeth loves icecream so when she has time off she takes her boys to get icecream & spend time with them and the love of her life.

PERS0NAL G0ALz

1) -->Talk about 1 grade/credit that you're very proud of this term and why?

* I'm very proud about myself & the way that i stayed strong enough throughout this grading period, because I know that I have been working hard to earn the grades I have now. I would proudly say that I'm satisfied with my grades and, very motivaited to do better next grading period. 1 credit in my grading didn't make me happy, it was all of them put together. To see that I have a row of A's, on my reportcard is one of the best feelings. So i'm happy to say that I have some of he best teachers in the world who have the patience to deal with my grades & I.


2) -->Talk about 1 grade/credit that you know you could have improved this term and how could you have done this?

* I felt that my grades were good enough. I didn't feel the need to brag more about, how I need an A+, although that would be nice! I felt that I needed to improve my citizenship grade. I know that I need to be early & on time for class everyday, also with a better attitude, especially when I have my bad days. Including a bigg smile to help my teachers & fellow classmates have a better & brighter day.


3) -->List 1 academic goal you have for this next term/semester?

* Since I barely just started my 11th grade, I want to strive to finish this grade as soon as I can. I'm seven-teen so my graduating year is 09, therefore I'd love to graduate my year 09 babee!
* Working for my future, to have a better one than my parents did.

4) --> List two overall goals you have for this upcomming year.

* 1st & foremost i'd love to graduate so I may conintue to a successful college of my interest. I really want his diploma so my goal for now is to JUST DO IT & GET IT OVER WITH!
* 2nd have a job that pays well for my car that transports me from point A to point B. I feel that as soon as I have my car than it's a goal that I have fullfilled, but as of now my goal is to get a car because I got a job. That's one goal done & about 5 more to go!