Hello Kitty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:Hello_Kitty_Animation_Theatre_screenshot.jpg

Hello Kitty is a popular cartoon character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. She is a female white Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow (usually).

Her first appearance on an item was on a vinyl coin purse in 1974. She has dolls, stickers, greetings cards, clothes, accessories, school supplies, dishes and home appliances with her name or picture on them.

She also has two official theme parks; Harmonyland and Sanrio Puroland.

On Hello kitty's TV show, she is a little kitty, living with her mother, father and twin sister Mimmy, who is identical to kitty apart from her clothes and her bow is on the opposite ear to Kitty's.

Why Research 2

What is research??? This is such a fascinating subject :P

Research is another word for gathering information. Research can be done in many ways and for many different outcomes.

Why do we Research??? Again, a VERY fascinating subject.

We research to gather knowledge. Knowledge can be used for many things. Such as, for an easy example; if I was to make a a cake and I didn't know how, I could research a recipe and method.

I am going to research a good question... it will be very interesting.

Why do spiders bite people?

(this pic is from google images- http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=huntsmen+spiders&form=QBIR&qs=n&sc=1-16&adlt=strict#)

This is a quote from 'Sean D' on Yahoo!Answers "I get spiders in my house and I can't even sleep on the couch any more because every time I fall asleep I wake up to a puffy swelled spider bite? i thought that if you don't mess wit spiders they don't mess with you? and i was wondering do spiders take blood when they bite? and, what makes a spider bite so puffy and itchy????

That quote just freaks me out! I think that spiders are much more likely to bug you if you bug them but this quote doesn't really suggest that...

(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080728151449AAfqosS)

I am not exactly the biggest fan of spiders but I don't go around killing them.

Spider bites go puffy because some spiders are poisonous but also, huntsman spiders eat flies, flies are gross, and, do you ever see a huntsman brushing it's teeth? No. So therefore, they are infected. This may freak you out a little, but, that could be why huntsman bites puff up so much.

(this pic is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_bite)

This type of spider is called 'black wishbone spider'. EW

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A few facts about spiders...

Q. Do spiders drink human blood when they bite?

A. No, spiders do not drink human blood. But ticks do and they are IN THE SAME FAMILY AS SPIDERS!

Q. How do spiders walk upside down on cielings and their webs?

A. Hunting spiders have a special brush of hairs on their legs aloowing them to adhere to surfaces so that they can walk upside down.

Web spiders ahve a special oil on the tips of their legs that stops them sticking to their webs.

Q. How many species of spiders are there in the world?

A. Worldwide there are 37,500 different species known.

Q. What are the largest and smallest types of spider in the world?

A. The largest is the goliath or bird eating tarantula; found in South America (body 90mm long, leg span 250mm).

The smallest is the orbweb from Samoa (body- 0.43mm long, about the size of a pinhead).

(These facts are from http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/education/insects_spiders/spiders/largest.asp

Why We Research

Albert Einstein; 'If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be research'

We research because... well, we can use research for a lot of things. As a student, you can use research for projects; for example, presentations.

Research can be done on a computer, taken from books or even by asking someone a question, you can get social research.



Einstein was a theoretical physicist, philosopher and author. He researched these branches of science and shared his findings with the world. he became a very well-respected man.

His quote (shown above) probably means something like, if we knew everything we looked up and researched, it wouldn't be research. Because research is finding out new things by looking for them (or you could come across some things by accident). Learning is also a key word- finding out information is learning.



Albert Einstein was born 14th March 1879; and died 18th April 1955. He received the 1921 Noble Prize in Physics.

*This information was found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein*

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Superman

Superman is my hero.

He is sssoooooooooo cool. Superman is the strongest of ALL the heroes and he is always there when he is needed.

He saves so many people. The Superman comics are great! I don't like the movies quite as much, though.

Superman is the best, and that's all I can say...

XOXOXOXOXOX

:) Trucks, Freeways & Cars :)

ARE TRUCKS THAT BIG A PROBLEM???

Victoria will become the first Australian State to ban trucks from right hand lanes of freeways.

Complaints have come in that trucks clog roads when they overtake.

Trucks caught breaking this law will face a fine of $350.

The new rule will be rolled out from July. First targeting a 38km stretch of the Princes Highway, then the Melbourne Ring road, Eastern Freeway and EastLink.

It will not apply to the Westgate Bridge due to roadworks being incomplete.

This problem was raised after a fatal accident on the Monash Freeway of September last year, when two trucks and a Ute collided, causing traffic to back up 15km.

John Begley, chairman of the Victorian Freight quoted, "I think it would probably cause MORE congestion to some extent, because you would have a continuous flood of trucks... the slowest truck would dictate how fast the lane went. What happens to people who are in the middle and outside lanes who want to take an off-ramp? If trucks were lining the outside lane all the time, how would anybody be able to get across safely to exit the freeway?"

He thinks trucks have as much right as cars to use the roads.

In my opinion, John Begley has a more practical idea because I have an understanding of how annoying it must be to have to turn back or take another road to your destination if a truck (or 20), are crowding the turnoff! On the other hand, if it is dangerous, maybe it could be a good idea.

John Begley needs to think of some ideas to prove that he is right and this law won't work.

But the best idea, in my opinion, is to wait and hope, and just think of some new ideas to improve road safety with trucks.

(this information was found on http://www.theage.com.au/).

Brisbane Lions

I love the Brisbane Lions- they are my favourite team in sport! Jonathon Brown and Simon Black (lol) are my favs!!!

My favourite team is Brisbane because my dad goes for them so I copied him. My older brother goes for Sydney Swans and my younger brother goes for geelong :P, (he likes to follow the winning team in everything).

my mum doesn't follow footy.

My cousin Brad Sewell is a star player for Hawthorn so i feel like a bit of a traitor. :(