Percy Jackson Movie

Have you read the Percy Jackson books. If you did, and enjoyed them, continue reading this. In case you didn't know the 1st book has turned into a movie which is coming out on President's Day 2010.

Here is the website: Percy Jackson Movie

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz. He is widely respected around the world.

Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901. His father had left him and his mother left him to his grandmother. He ended up growing up on the streets after his grandma died, singing and playing music for money. But with no family to love or take care of him he often got in trouble with the police. One day a school music teacher found him on the streets playing and singing for money and decided to take him in. Louis ended up going to the teacher’s school and learned to play the cornet and trumpet, which seemed to come naturally to him. Though he was a natural at the instruments his singing was terrible. In the end he gave up on singing and decided to lay music on his trumpet. The type of music he loved to play and listen to was jazz.

By 1920(the jazz age) he was one of the most famous musicians of the time. He was part of the Harlem Renaissance which was a place and time when famous artists entertained people. There he met and played with Duke Elengington and Bessie Smith. Even during the Great Depression and after the jazz age he made a lot of money for his trumpet playing. But he also sang and the song that he was most famous for was What A Wonderful World. He died July 6, 1971 at the age of 70 because of a heart attack. Even though he is dead we will never forget the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong.

What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong

Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees highlights

On Thursday 9-3-09 I went to Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees game and in this blog I am going to tell you the highlights. In the bottom of the 2nd inning there was a double play by the Blue Jays. But the best highlight was in the the top of the 9th inning when the 1st home runs of the game were hit the first one was a solo shot by Alex Rodriguez(pictured left) and the next one was a double home run by Jorge Posada(pictured right). The Yankees won 10-5. If you want to follow the Blue Jays or the Yankees here are there websites.

New York Yankees

Toronto Blue Jays

Water Purification

Water Purification takes 5 steps. The 1st is coagulation. The 2nd step is sedimentation. The 3rd step is Filtration. The 4th step is Disinfection. The last step is storage. It normally starts when you flush a toilet. The water goes in to the pipes to an underground machine that takes out the the yucky stuff from the water. Then it goes to a water treatment plant where the take out the hard stuff from the water. Then it gets filtered to get rid of the bacteria in the water. then they disinfect the water to get rid of whatever bacteria is left. Then the water gets stored for dinking and other uses. Here is a picture on the 5 steps.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

The sequel to Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen, contains many surprises. In the movie Megatron comes back, there are new robots, and Sam learns a shocking secret about himself. As the Autobots fight the Decepticons, they face a bigger threat, the Fallen(pictured right) , the first ever Decepticon, who plans to use a machine that will blow up the sun. Will the Autobots defeat the Fallen or will earth be destroyed? Find out in Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.

Here is the website:

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

The Lightning Thief series

About the book series
The Lightning Thief Series, by Rick Riordan, is about a boy, Percy (short for Perseus) Jackson, who learns that his real father is Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea.

In book 1, The Lightning Thief, Percy is in 6th grade when he gets attacked by a mythological creature of the Underworld called a Fury. He also gets attacked by a Minotaur a half-man, half-bull creature. After that he came to a place called Camp Half-Blood where finds out his best friend, Grover, is a satyr, a half-human, half-goat creature, that the camp is for people like him, half-human, half god. He is also offered a quest, one that will decide the fate of the world.

In book 2, The Sea of Monsters, Percy returns to Camp Half-Blood is in danger because someone poisoned the camps magical borders which keeps all he mythological monsters outside of camp. He also finds out that Grover has been captured by a cyclops. Percy must save his friend and Camp Half-Blood or else they are all doomed.

In book 3, The Titan's Curse, Percy receives an urgent distress call from Grover saying that he found 2 half-bloods and needs to get hem safely to camp. But, a Greek goddess, Artemis, has bee captured by a mysterious evil. To rescue the goddess Percy tarts a perilous quest.

In book 4, The Battle of the Labyrinth, Percy discovers a maze that could

help their enemies get into Camp Half-Blood. So Percy goes into the labyrinth, on a quest to find it's creator so they can destroy it, a quest that nobody has come back from alive.



Book 5, The Last Olympian, is now available where ever books are sold.

My Opinion
In my opinion The Lightning Thief series is a great at book. I liked it not only because it was funny, but because I love Greek mythology.
For extra unknown adventures check out The Demigod Files.


Website
Percy Jackson Books

My career report

When I grow up I want to be an athlete.
When you're an athlete you have to stay at the top of your game. You have to train hard everyday to stay in shape. To prepare you have to study P.E., nutrition, biology, anatomy, and sports education. To stay in shape you have to go to the gym and/or practice 2-4 hours a day. There is something every job has and that is a job outlook. A job outlook is the hiring intentions of employers which means the chances of you being hired. The job outlook of an athlete is 18%-26%. To improve your outlook of becoming an athlete you have to go to college for 2 or more years before you are drafted by a sports team. As a pro athlete you earn on an average of $25,001 to $30,000 a day.To be a good athlete you have to be a good team player / a "good sport". All of this info applies for football, basketball, ice hockey, etc. If work hard and train right you may become the athlete you always wanted to be or admired.

Here are some athletes you might know.