Friday, September 25, 2009

The first real car that was driven was in 1885.  There were other cars before that but they were steam powered.  The first car that was able to go itself was made by Nicolas Cuglot in 1769 which could get  a maximum speed of 6 miles per hour(MPH).  Two years later he made another steam powered engine that ran so fast it crashed into a wall, causing the first accident.  This sparked of many other idea around the internal combustion engine with little or no degree of commercial success.  Than in 1860 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir made the first successful 2 stroke gas engine.  Later in 1862 Jean built an experimental vehicle, ran by his gas engine, which could get to a max speed of 3MPH.  

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Innovation

The innovation was the SSC Ultimate Aero.  Shelby Super Cars(SSC) started the project was started in 2000, but the first was produced in 2007.  SSC was the company who made it, and in 2007 it became the fastest car in the world.   The SSC Ultimate Aero can do a maximum of 270 Miles per hour(MPH), and can get from 0-60 MPH in 2.7 seconds.  It looks like a sleek Very low to the ground and Very Aerodynamic.  Well to the upper class with some money this car can provide attention, Satisfaction to car lovers and the eyes of people on the street(doing cars but sticking to this one).  Well it is the fastest production car, I'm guessing they had machines to help them build it.  For cars they started as nothing much but as time went on they got and better and now we think of them as a luxury and some of the fastest machines on earth.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Personality

Personality, is how you describe yourself, or how you come off as.  Friendly, mean, unhappy, sarcastic and happy are some examples of how you come off as.  Your personality can change your decisions like if your an unhappy person your answer wont be so up-right or if your happy it wont make you as likely to do something bad, but you'll stay as a happier person.  i choose to try to stay a happy, sarcastic and friendly person to keep a good laugh and make new friends.  

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Freedom Proverbs


1.) "Life is the greatest bargain- We get it for nothing", Yiddish proverb
2.) "Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us", Stephen Corvey
3.) "The best things in life aren't free but priceless", Benjamin Lichtenberg

These Freedom Proverbs describe how we have the right in the United States of America, we have the right to control ourselves and what we do.  The first one says how we get life for no price.  The second one shows how we control how we are affected by others, like a teacher can present work, but cant make us think.  The third one is very true in my opinion, your families love is free, and family is always there to back you up or just be there when you need someone to be with.  Education is free, and education is the key to everything.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Obama speech

On 9/8/09 President Obama talked with new ninth graders about school.  He talked about how no matter what you have going on in or out of school, it is not an excuse to have a bad attitude, or talk back to your teacher.  He stated that many successful people did not start out as successful as they are. President Obama said "some of the most successful people in the world, are the ones who had the most failures "Michael Jordan for one, was cut from his high school basketball team and missed thousands of shots and lost hundreds of games in his career but he stated "i have failed over and over again in my life. and thats why i succeed." J.K. Rowling's first harry potter failed 12 times before being published and now is a huge hit series of books.  No wealth or riches came without and education.