Describe the whisky incident in a blog posting. Why do you think that Orwell chose to make this scene somewhat humorous?

I think he tried to make the scene funny because he wanted to show that the pigs have traits of humans. They drink beer and then they go all crazy, and he showed that the pigs are not actually all that great. And maybe he wanted to add a bit of humor so the readers will keep reading the book.

Climate Change

Russia: Global Warming to Cause Droughts, Floods

Because of global warming a lot of places are getting hotter, Russia is one of the places that are suffering from global warming. The climate changes resulted in Russia having more forest fires, droughts, and floods. But the benefit is that before Russia has brutal winters now with the temperature warmer there will be less snow and ice. Siberia and the Far Eastern region of Chukotka had a decrease in winter snow, resulting in the volume of river water increasing. The scientists had measured the soil, and they say there is a increase in climate. ( climbed by 1.8 F)
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/02/19/98043.htm

Mayan Technology vs. Egypt Technology

Similarities
Both of the civilizations had built temples for the rulers. And both of the temples were very structured. The two civilizations both had hieroglyphics to record their writing and important events. Both of the civilizations had a calendar counting the days of the years accurately. And they both had a math system.

Differences
Even though both the civilizations had math but they used different ways. The Mayan and they Egyptians used different calenders, meaning the Mayans had three different kind of calendars. The building styles of both the civilizations were kind of different.

Submarine SMASH Day Reflection

2/10/09
Today during smash day we were trying to build a periscope. Our mission was to use the periscope we made and see what things was in the box on a table. The only supplies that we are allowed to use was card board, paper, 4 mirrors, and scissors.
I am not sure how many times we had to modify our designs, because we kept changing it. Our group knew we had to change the design because we kept experimenting and when it did not work we knew we had to change it. We didn't exactly know what to do when we modify it we just went through trial and error. We communicated to each other by showing each other what we thought would work.
If someone was doing this for the first time my tip to them is just keep going through trial and error. Because i didn't succeed in this either.