Windmills

William Kamkwamba’s story is nothing short of amazing. William didn't go to to school because his parents couldn't pay the $80 tuition. But using only a picture from a book he was able to build a windmill, did I mention that he was only 15 when he did this? He built the first windmill using a tractor fan, and for blades he just used an old pvc pipe. The windmill helped his family's crops, and gave his family electricity. In the high winds in his town it was a perfect place for it. He got all of his materials from a junk yard that was across the street from his old school. I find it hard to believe that he could do this by himself with just simple materials like this, and we have to use things that is costing us so much money.

Glorious Dawn

Have you ever heard the term silence is golden? Well this brings a whole new meaning to the term.

Another One Down

Unfortunately the other day I heard about something tragic a large piece of history will be no more on October 2nd, as today I heard that the free library's in Philadelphia are closing. These are the same free library's that Benjamin Franklin had created for people who loved to read and people that loved books. This was the article that I was reading.

Another tragedy befalls Philadelphia. No, I'm not talking about Donovan McNabb. The Pennsylvania State Senate was unable to pass a budget this last week, which may result in the mandatory closing of all Philadelphia public libraries come October 2.

No public officials have set a potential reopening time for the libraries, but NBC Philadelphia has been quick to point out the social ramifications of the State Senate's failure:

• No access to the Internet for low-income earners
• Cancellation of after-school educational programs in libraries
• GED and ESL programs discontinued
• Obviously, no free books, magazines or movies

The Free Library of Philadelphia website details the canceled programs, but also gives options for ways to help prevent the closing, or at least aid the libraries in re-opening sooner, if you live in the Philadelphia area.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/15/philadelphia-libraries-cl_n_287745.html

I think I am going to see how I could help out even though I live here in Washington, we can all still help out.

New Blog Name?

Yes we are changing our blog name our new one will be Writers Block. Enjoy!

Part two of Say What?

Okay this is my second post for say what? 

Q. Now my new question is can you fold a 8 1/2 by 11 standard paper more than seven times?

A. No!  Although on myth busters they proved you could, but you still cant because they were using paper the size of a football field and they were using a forklift, so that concludes that standard paper cannot be folded more than seven times.

Say What?

My mom recently sent me an e-mail of these weird things that are supposed to be true, i couldn't believe some of these stories but others were inside reason so i found one i liked and decided to research it. Here is the question and answer that might surprise you.

Question- Can turtles breath out of their butts?

Answer-Due to an organ in the turtles body called a cloaca they are able to breathe through their butts but not all turtles have this organ and cannot then there are others who do have this organ but cannot use is up above is an illustration of this turtles insides.