Woolworths starts closing down!

Just a few weeks after announcing it had run out of money, Woolworths is holding closing down sales in all of its 813 shops across the UK.

Last month, business experts called administrators were put in charge of the famous chain store after it admitted it was in trouble.Now they say some of the stores could close for good by Christmas as they can't find anyone to buy the business.It means thousands of people who work there could lose their jobs.

I hope people who lost their jobs can find the new job soon , the store can still open ,because Woolworths is open long time ago , maybe around 40 years.

New park to protect gorillas

A new game park has been open in Cameroon a country in Africa,they are hoping to save the gorilla ,because it is facing extinction.

I think people is fact , if gorilla is not facing extinction ,people will not open the new park for them . I hope gorilla will be fine.

Blast tears apart block of flats

An explosion has torn apart a block of flats in Wigan, injuring eight people.
It is really strange because no one know that why the house bone! I hope the people who's house has been bone can find the house soon!

Safety calls for railway crossing

There was a 56-year-old woman and the 7-year-old boy who were killed as they tried to cross the train track at Bestwood Village . A local councilor said the crossing had been "an accident waiting to happen".They couldn't find any problems with it .

Stranded whales swim back to sea

There were 64 whales swam stranded themselves on the beach last Saturday night but have already died.There were 11 survivors .They were kept alive using buckets of water and wet blankets before been to moved to deeper waters at a nearby beach to swim back out to sea.Some were fitted with tracking devices so scientists study where they go .

Poetry!

What is poetry?
There are as many definitions of poetry as there are poets.
-What are some poetic devices that make poems strong (for example: metaphor, simile ...)?
Some example are metaphor,simile
is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities.
-What is an example of a rap song (in English) that is a poem? Why?
EX:"If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry"
-Why do people write poems?
Because they might like to used it in a song .

5 FAT QUESTIONS???

1.In what ways did Roman culture help Western Civilization to develop?
2.Who did the Romans base that culture on?
3.What was the culture that preceded the Hellenic culture?
4.In what period did Greek culture and expanded into the near and middle east?
5.When did Greece enter the period call the Dark Ages?

Second school collapses in Haiti

This time the people were luckier ,because most of student were outside when the part of building fell,there are nine people were injured .

Girl investigates family war history

The 11th November is the day every year that we remember the soldiers that had to fight for our country in past wars. A little girl named Stephanie wanted to know what her family did during both World Wars . Her grandfather was killed when a bomb hit the ambulance.

Hum8-Alex

A school in Haiti with 500 students inside collapsed for no apparent reason . The search for survivors was called off yesterday,because no one has been found for the last four days .
At least 92 people have died and 150 others were hurt. No-one knows why the building collapsed, but some were worried it wasn't strong enough. The owner of the school, has been arrested.

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A nine year old boy can face to face to the cheetah in his backyard yesterday , this is very unusual because Toby leaves in Cambridgeshire , England . The cheetah had escaped from a nearby zoo, but its keepers soon arrived with the police to capture it. They said the creature had escaped because of a broken electric fence, but wouldn't have harmed Toby.

Science 8 -Alex Hsieh

I learned to work better in a team , but I didn’t learn any new skills in the science experiment yesterday.

Hum8-Alex

Strong earthquake hits Pakistan

Who?
South-western Pakistan people.
What?
Strong earthquake hits Pakistan
Where?
South-western Pakistan.
When?
11 o' clock on Tuesday.
Why?
The people lived on the street because of the earthquake

The quake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale, struck 45 miles north of Quetta at around 11 o' clock on Tuesday. The people ran from their houses in the city,and hundreds of houses made from mud collapsed.After the quake a lot of people sat outside on the street because they had lost their houses. They huddled around fires wrapped up in blankets to keep warm.

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Ronaldo named world's best player

Who?
Ronaldo is a soccer player for United .
What?
He received an award called the FifPro World Footballer of the Year.
Where?
United Kingdom .
When?
He has recently received this award .
Why?
Because he scored 42 goals last season and was voted for by other footballers from all over the world.

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U.S. Takes to Air to hit Militants Inside Pakistan

The White House has backed away from ground raids into Pakistan after furious complaints from its government, relying instead on strikes by drones.

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Prince Harry wants to be a pilot

He wants to be a pilot in the Army like his big William.
Army bosses say it's a very tough course, and around half of the soldiers who want to be pilots fail to make it. As well as Prince William, Harry's dad Prince Charles and uncle Prince Andrew have all flown helicopters in the military too.

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Five people have died after a crash on the M6 motorway in Cheshire in the north west of England.
Three lorries and two cars crash were involved in the collision .This accident is from 11 o'clock on Monday night.
A 46-year-old lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7680000/newsid_7681300/7681331.stm#top

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Trouble's in Myanmar after the Cyclone

A Cyclone badly damaged the Irrawaddy Delta region of Myanmar five months ago.
Many countries gave a lot of money to help these people who were hit by the big stone.
But other parts of Myanmar are also every poor , but these areas did not receive any money.
This has cause some problems.

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Imagine sharing your home,your couch and even your newspaper with the donkey!!

If you visit the Ferrier family who live in Cornwall , England .

The donkey's name is Holly and she has always been a part of the family's life.

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Picture for fire.

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Huge wildfires are causing chaos in California, in America.

There is a big fire in California , in America.
There are two people already died and 12,000 others have had to leave their homes .
The flames have move through neighborhoods north of Los Angeles .
There are 1,000 firefighters fighting with the fire, but the winds are too strong ,so it is very difficult to them .

Science 8 -Alex Hsieh

I think is 20NT> Because there is 20 1nt and there is more dense.

Science 8 -Alex Hsieh

Density is the mass per unit of volume which is the amount of matter in a set amount of space .
If two objects are made of the same material they should have the same density.
In Taiwan we only have 1, 5 , 10 ,and 50 NT$ coins .
However only the 1 NT$ coin is made of a different material to the others .
A stack of 5 , 10 or 50 coins would have the same density , only the one NT$coin would have a different density.

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Footie teams hit by sickness

All the home nations are getting ready to play World Cup qualifying matches on Saturday , but Wales and England have been hit by sickness. Captain John Terry could miss England's match against Kazakhstan after not finishing training on Wednesday. The Chelsea skipper's suffering from a bad back, which means Rio Ferdinand could take the armband. Meanwhile, Wayne Hennessey is likely to miss Wales' qualifier against Leichtenstein in Cardiff.

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A farmer from Germany has become the first person ever have a double are transplant.

Karl Merk lost his arms in a farm accident six years ago, but in July, doctors did a 15-hour operation to fix the donor arms to his body.

Mr Merk, who's 54, can already do simple things like open doors and turn lights on and off.

But doctors say it could take up to two years before he re-learns how to use his hands.

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A spacecraft the size of a car has zoomed over Mercury taking more than 1,000 photos of parts of the planet that have never been seen before.

American space agency Nasa said the Messenger probe flew just 200km above Mercury's equator, getting close-up shots of the planet's rocky surface.

The first of the images being beamed back to Earth have already revealed newly discovered cliffs.

The mission is the second of three planned for the Messenger probe.

A spacecraft the size of a car has zoomed over Mercury taking more than 1,000 photos of parts of the planet that have never been seen before.

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Huge car pile-up on Japanese freeway

There was an accident in Tokyo, Japan .
There were 57 cars involved in a huge accident on the freeway.
But it was a small miracle that only five of those people in the accident were injured.

Science 8 -Alex Hsieh

No,I don't think matter can disappear.
Matter can change shape and take up different amounts of volume , it can even change state i.e:change from solid to gas .
For example: I can take a piece of paper crumple it up . It has change shape but it is still matter .
I can put the paper in water and it will break apart in to very very small pieces , but it is still matter.
I can even burn the paper and it will become ash , but it is still matter.

Science8-AlexHsieh

Because you give us a lot of experiment to do and let us know what is that what is this , your example is really fast to know what is this mean.

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In England their are millons of children who are living in poverty .
Because their parents are too poor to take care of them .
Some famlies have less than 500nt$ per person per day to pay for everthing they need .
A group of people called The Campaign to End Child Poverty is working to try and help the children whose familes don't have enough money.
The British Prime Minster, Gordon Brown , said that he wants to get rid of child poverty in this country by the year 2020.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7640000/newsid_7643400/7643428.stm#top

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The winner of this year's U.S open tennis tournament was Roger Federer .

This is the fifth time that he has won the U.S open .

He beat Andy Murray in three sets.

Before this tournament Federer had not had a good year and hadn't won any other major tournament .

He looks very happy in this picture .

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/tennis/index.html

Humanities8 Alex Hsieh

About one mother......
That mother want her son to slim so she used a stick to whip her son until the stick broke she broke two stick and her son call 113 to go away from his mother.

Humanities8 Alex Hsieh

I listened to some of the story about how President Bush wants to ask the U.S government for U.S 700billion to give to the big financial companies.This money will help the money problem in America so that normal people will not lose their homes.I think it is very confusing but it also sound serious.I hope the people in America will be Okay !

Science 8 -Alex Hsieh

Is air matter?
Yes,
Why?
Because air has volume and mass.
If we take all the tables , chairs , and shelves out of our classroom , it will still be filled with air .

About Jamaica national team's coach

Jamaica has a new national soccer coach,he is a former England player named John Barnes,Barnes who is 44 years old will be coaching the Reggae Boyz ,will be starting to coach Reggae Boyz on Nov.1 . The previous coach was sacked because the Jamaica national team has not play good soccer recently.




From Taipei Times , sports.............

Mr.Chen

He is a president before, when his president this 8 years he did really really bad thing ,in 8 years he corrupt Taiwan between 10~16 million and the other country write the letter to Taiwan government to say Mr.Chen has between 10~16million in his account other country want Taiwan check where is that money come from so everyday the news is talk about them.

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