The truth about CSI

"CSI" is one of the most popular shows on television. Millions of viewers every week tune in every week to see Las Vegas criminalists use forensic science to solve crimes, especially murders. How much like real life is the television show? Almost from the first show district attorneys and police have criticized it for not accurately displaying how crimes are solved and for its excessive violence The fact is many experts have said there are many aspects of "CSI" that are not like how real criminalists solve crime. By comparison, experts have said the television show, "NCIS" about military and ex-military officials is dramatized and does have fictionalized accounts and the people in the show may not always have a professional attitude toward each other. On the other hand, in that show, real life NCIS agents work with the actors to make the characters seem like real agents, and NCIS does give information about real life cases to the makers of the show. Some experts may have more criticisms of CSI than they do of NCIS, even though many do believe both shows to be good entertainment.


CSI sneak-a-peek:

Wash your hands and to get a toy : a friendly way to step up to children to wash their hands

 Here's a simple and a smart way of washing hands for health - A hand washing promotion from a NPO (Non Profit Organization ) called Blikkiesdorp4Hope ! 

This was a promotion for children who was venerable from diseases by a way called Nudge Marketing. As from the name, Nudge marketing is a soft way for people to choose to the product, by 'nudging' people to buy them, not forcing them. The promotion which was introduced from this community was to put some toys inside the soap , and giving to them, for free. This soap was called ' Hope Soap.' 

 The soap doesn't have any warnings about the disease. It just a soap, which you naturally would get a toy, when you are done with washing your hands with this soap.

kids can get toys naturally, and wash their hands also. It's a good deal - kids can get good health, and also a toy they wanted. 

These nudge marketing seems good and a smart way to make people from poor surroundings to keep their health. I hope kids will be able to keep their health, and learn the importance to wash their hands :)

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A Math Essay : WHO WAS FIBONACCI AND WHAT HAS MADE FIBONACCI ?

WHO WAS FIBONACCI AND WHAT HAS MADE FIBONACCI..?  

• It was in Pisa, Italy, when Fibonacci started his mathematic innovations. Fibonacci was a mathematician, who was born in Pisa, obviously, who discovered many different theories, like the golden ratio, and the Fibonacci sequence in math. He is now called among people, ‘the greatest mathematician that existed in the middle ages. ‘
•  So who was Fibonacci, ‘the greatest mathematician that existed in the middle ages ‘? Fibonacci was a man who was living in Pisa- as I said before, who was born in 1180. Leonardo Pisano – his real name, and throughout his life, he had travelled over the meditarrian sea, gaining mathematic knowledge. He introduced Arabic numbers, to Europe , gaining a foothold to the basic mathematics. His theories are also shown in Liber abaci, a book, published by himself. His books on how to divide, add, multiply, and subtract. It was completed in 1202 and persuaded many European mathematicians of his day to use this "new" system.  
• So what were his theories? Fibonacci sequence was one of his theories, one of the famous works that he has done. Obviously, this sequence was named after Fibonacci that was introduced in the book Liber abaci. This Fibonacci sequence was basically numbers added one after another, starting at 1. For instance, it starts with 1, and 1, and then the next number would be 2, with 1 and 1 – the two numbers at the front, added to make the next number.  And here’s a surprise. If you take any two successive Fibonacci numbers, their ratio is very close to the golden ratio . The basic of beauty, the golden ratio was also one of his works. The golden ratio is the special number equal to 1.618 – which makes a balanced and a ‘pretty’ image of the viewing point. The golden ratio is used in many pieces in many genres – for example, in art – Mona Lisa for example, and in architecture if designing buildings stunning and balanced. Fibonacci also introduced the numbers that we use now – starting with Europe.
• So what were the elements that made Fibonacci  a great mathematician, the foothold of the basic mathematics ? First it moves on to his home, Pisa, Italy. Pisa , was relate to many of Mediterranean ports, during that time. So naturally he was able grow up with a North African education under the Moors , with many merchants working in ports . The merchants taught him their systems of doing arithmetic, making him realise the many advantages of ‘ Hindu – Arabic’ System . He later travelled extensively around the Mediterranean coasts, giving him the basics of what he had developed. His book Liber Abaci was also from the nine Indian figures, and their arithmetic , which was used around the Mediterranean countries, and his book was just a ‘translation’  to make their use more commonly understood in his native Italy. In the matter of fact, I think Fibonacci was more of a importer that brought innovations to mathematics than a ‘mathematician’.
• Fibonacci was a great mathematician who lived in Pisa, Italy, who brought innovations to Europe, and later on to the whole world. His theories are still used until today, being the basic to every mathematics we hold today , and until the future we will face. 

All about Papier mache - all in just one easy page !

In today's post, I decided to post about Papier Mache, which is a fun and professional yet eco friendly way to sculpt . Since I learnt about it, and since it's end of the term now, maybe it's a good way to summerize :)
I would post in two posts- one including how to actually Papier Mache, and one to actually develop this and make an animal mask out of it.
WARNING : THIS PAGE IS BASICALLY HOW TO MAKE  A SCULPTURE OUT OF PAPIER MACHE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW TO MAKE A MASK OUT OF PAPIER MACHE, SEE THE OTHER POST.

sculptures I found interesting

So what is papier mache ? A Papier Mache is a malleable mixture of paper and glue, or paper, flour, and water, that becomes hard when dry, and by using this method, you can create, sculpt , and make all kind of things.

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WHAT WILL YOU NEED ?

You would first need glue, and some water, and some brush - here let me just give you a list. 

LIST OF THINGS YOU WOULD BE NEEDING

• GLUE : Now, not just some glue stick whatever, (ddakpul- we like to call it in Korea ) you would have to make one of pastes for papier maches, like one of those orange bowls you see at the top ?Now here are some options you can make some paste of Papier mache: 

  OPTION 1:  3/4 white glue to 1/4 water (or if using a good, thick glue, like elmers you can do 1/2 and 1/2)

  OPTION 2:  COOK METHOD:  1 part flour to 5 parts water... boil about 3 minutes and let cool  (my          favorite!  it's the cheapest method and is nice and smooth

   OPTION 3:  1 part flour to 1 part water.  Stir together.

If you success, you will find with a bowl of gloopy liquid colour of milk.

• THICK PAPER OR NEWSPAPER : So papier mache is basically making a sculpture out of paper, so you would need a bunch of newspapers, that you don't use would be great. Just any source of paper would be great.
• A BRUSH : the brush should be strong and thick, with all the glue over it.
• CELLO TAPE : I actually found these cello tapes excellent for sculpting, and getting shape for my sculpture. 

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HOW WILL YOU DO IT ?

1. So this is how I did it :
2. First , tear up the paper and newspaper into pieces. It does not have to be neat, just tear it up, hun!
3. Now make the model of the sculpture : I found this as the hardest, you will have to chunck off your creativity, and make the model of your sculpture. For example if you are making a um- pinata, you could make a ball of newspaper by wrinkling all up(:body ) and make a smaller version of that ( :head) and connect them with cellotape. 
4. now its show time ! use the BRUSH and the PASTE you made earlier. First slowly brush the paste on the model you made with the brush , making it glimmering. Then apply those newspapers on to this model on the paste. Now layer the paste again on top of this newspaper you pasted, with your brush- leaving it with paste. You may do it more if you like, but no more than 4 layers. 
5. Do it all over the model, with a thin mold of paste and newspaper. It might look chaotic at the meantime, but it would work out soon enough.
6. Now leave the sculpture out in the sun, somewhere dry. 
7. Let it dry completely . : Now you will find your sculpture solid, not as chaotic as much *laugh* at 6.
8. Now you are done ! :)

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OTHER (TIPS / SKILLS )

Now you are finished!! Was it easy ? I hope it was. *giggle *

now I 'm going to show you some tips and skills I found in the internet : Hope you find it useful.

• Q: I hate the paste smell - can I let it go away ? If so, how ?  
• A: A little cinnamon to the recipe and it would take away the smell. 
• Tips of a online user 'TRISH' to a dolphin papier mache
  "I briefly looked at your dolphin paper mache...  Have you ever tried using an old 2 litre soda bottle instead as your base? I use these a lot for paper mache.  They are a good size and easy to cut and tape to alter to suit your needs. I taught Art to 4-7 graders and we made Elephants, Hippo's and Parrots out of the paper mache using the soda bottle method.  I made a wonderful dolphin using a mineral water bottle that had a beautiful triangular shape.  Wish I had a picture!!
  
  Try this easy paper mache paste recipe:
   - Take 1 heaped soup ladle of powdered cornstarch
   - Place in a heat proof bowl
   - Add enough COLD water to form a paste and to dissolve powder to consistency of thick cream.
   - Pour in one kettleful (1.7 litres) of RAPIDLY BOILING (MUST be bubbling away...) and stir like crazy...!
  
  It is very very HOT like porridge and it can form lumps so I usually give it a whisk or beating with my electric mixer to smooth it.
  Paste should change from opaque white to translucent once the boiling water is added.
  It will keep a few days and can be microwaved to be heated so it's less "jelly-like".  Kids love to use it while it's warm, but it works equally well cold.
  
  
• Pam says : Rather than make our own paste for paper mache, we use liquid starch that is relatively inexpensive.  I bought a large jug at the supermarket that we have been using for years. Sounds like it gives the same result as the cooked method.  It dries smooth and clear - fantastic for use with gift wrap scraps.  We use it with brown grocery bags when we want to create pottery or leather looking crafts."
  Thanks to Pam for sharing this idea!

END OF POST. HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED ! :)

Response Essay to the movie BRAVE

While looking in my last blog- trust me, you wouldn't want to see it, I found this response essay, and I thought maybe you would want to see it , for those who need it :) Okay, turning the time machine.....

movie trailer

Last Friday, we saw a movie called 'Brave'. This movie is a 2012 animated film produced by Disney. It is very touching and tells us a valuable lesson: choosing our own fates and realizing the importance of our loved ones.

Merida

Like any other Disney movie, the main character Merida is a princess.. Her mother keeps expecting her to be perfect, like her, and to be a successful leader later on. But Merida is hopelessly drawn to archery, which is out of her mother's topic of being perfect. As her mother keep on forcing her to marry a disagreed marriage, she gets frustrated and runs off to the forest, Merida's favorite place to play and explore on. As she wonders on the forest, she lands on the grounds

                              merida trying out archery

covered with tall rocks, and finds a willow of the wasps, believed to lead people to their fates. As the wasps lead Merida to a witch's house, and she offers the witch to buy all of her products and gets a spell, which turns her mother in to a bear. As the two daughter and mother strangles to find a solution, they realize what is really important, love and freedom of fate.

  In this movie, you can often she Melinda and her mom fighting- a lot. I think her mom shouldn't force Merida so much related to her future. Merida wasn't so satisfied with her being perfect, and her mom is keep forcing her and giving her pressure, ignoring the fact that Melinda likes archery better. I think that her mom doesn't even have rights to chose Merida's own fate. Every person should have the freedom to live their own lives with happiness. And following what you like is exactly the part of happiness. But I guess Merida also is responsible because she did not try to discuss the issue with her mom. What they really should have is understanding each other. Even adults should listen from their children. Only if they had listened to each other!

will- o- of the wasp

and Merida

   My second response to the movie is about Merida's rather selfish attitudes towards others. I'm not saying she should ignore her opinion's toward her mother was wrong. Even though Merida was angry, she shouldn't have lied to her mother and acted naughtily. She should have sat down with her mother,  calmly discussing without violence, not ripping the travesty off. Even if she was angry, that kind of behavior is unacceptable for healthy relationship with her mom. Or, chaos will happen, and it did.

lessons indeed!

  But the movie taught us a lot of lessons. Te first lesson was managing your anger. Because Merida couldn't, her mother almost turned into a BEAR. This shows that we should be careful of what we wish for, and try to manage the anger you and main .
The second lesson was about choosing your own fate, even if you become successful,
you wouldn't be happy. Like Merida, you should choose your own fate and future, while of course taking the responsibility for it.

 The third, love. In the movie, Merida doesn't understand her mother, but when her mother turns into a bear, comes to understands her mother's love, hope, and thanks towards her. As in the movie, we should realize the love around us and be thankful for it.

  'Brave' was a very touching story and taught me a lot of lessons. I think the movie had a great structure too. It was a nice move!

Learn all about diamante poems in one paragraph :)

Yes. Its a true fact that poems, are not the actually kind of 'BFF's of
most people. But I'm gonna show you , how to learn these diamante poems, to be your friend, and how they can actually be fun. Enjoy,.,,,, :)
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Video for background information

So, what is this Diamante poem ?

Diamante poem is a style of poetry - yes, we know that,  that is made up of seven lines. The words form the shape of a diamond- huh, who knew there could be a poem out of every girl's best friend ?  The form was developed by Iris Tiedt in A New Poetry Form: The Diamante ..

A diamante poem is a poem that makes the shape of a diamond, and the poem can be used in two ways, either comparing and contrasting two different subjects, like, diamonds or gold- two shiny and fabulous objects *wink-  or naming synonyms and antonyms for another subject. 

In the poems, the subject is named in one word in the first line. The second line consists of two adjectives describing the subject, and the third line contains three verbs ending in the suffix -ing which are related to the subject. A fourth line then has four nouns, again related to the subject, but only the first two words are related to the first subject. The other two words describe the opposite subject. The lines then are put in reverse, leading to and relating to either a second subject or a synonym for the first. and which makes up 7 lines, yes, that isn't too bad, to make up this poem.

                             noun          

                     Adjective-Adjective
                         Verb-Verb-Verb
                      Noun-Noun/Noun-Noun
                         Verb-Verb-Verb
                       Adjective-Adjective
                             

                              Noun

So here's one myself : 

Sunlight

matinal      Bright

smiling   refreshing  Rising

energy     hope     matinee    decline

sneaking  vegetating drifting 

browness vesperal

Darkness

You can also find the thesaurus, haha, yes, I just looked it up in Google, to find similar words to your subject ! Which makes it much easier, trust me ! :)

School Uniforms : written in a student's view

• All around the world, students wear certain clothing. Which is school uniforms .Even In Korea, these school uniforms are mandatory for students up to 14.  Every parent ad teacher force the students to wear these 'school uniforms.' Well- the real problem is is this good for students? Well. school uniforms are not beneficial for students.
•   First of all, school uniforms stop students from socializing with other student.s I fundamentally agree that students may wear some inappropriate clothes without school uniforms, But this is also a part if students' expressions. Thus, clothes help us to express ourselves. But school uniforms are just makes students hide themselves. Moreover, because students can do this they ca also socialize with other students. Clothes- they are also big part of self expressions.
•   Second, it's against student's rights and it causes stress. Every student also has rights  to express themselves. As I said before, but school uniforms are just ignoring them. And because of this, students can also feel stress and their grades will also decrease. There is an actual study for this: at one school, the grades had fallen quickley and students also surveyed that school uniforms gives them stress.
•  Those were my two reasons why school uniforms are bad. But however there are also these opposition arguments: School uniforms makes student focus in achedemic studies. Moreover, if the students wear school uniforms, they can less focus on fashion. However, this isn't true. If they wear school uniforms, they can get stress. They can also get stress , and this is truly shown as scientific result.
•  Second, some people say school uniforms ca n prevent school bullying. In addition, they believe that school uniforms can prevent them being judged for what they wear. However, this is also wrong. Because in school may people have the same economic situations because they all live near each other, since its a common fact that most people prefer to go to school which they are nearest at pointed at their houses.

End of the Year WOO HOO! :D

• I can't believe it's end of the year already ! Wow. Another 365 days past in my life. It seems a LOT happened in my life in 2013, and it's very exciting, actually, aging a one year older,but I guess this would picture as different as people by people. In Korea, we do, have a traditon, as in the end of the year, but I think this would accord to any one of you. We spend time with our families, and congratulate of another year that has past.
• However, I guess this part is different to your country to mine : we celebrate the new year but the countdown, yes, but by ringing a giant bell with celebrities, and we watch it by tv.
• And as in the new year, we celebrate a holiday called 'sul nal' , by the meanings of 'new' , and we also celebrate this with our family, eating a meal called 'dduk gook', which is a greasy soup with meat and rice cake, (:called dduck in korean) which is very delicous and we believe that by eating a meal with dduk gook, we will age one year older. 
  
• DDUK GOOK
• Well, that's it for the Korean tradition for today ! :) Hope you guys have a happy new year from all over the world !HAPPY NEW YEAR! *fireworks*