Houston Nguyen IT9: January 2018

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

About the World

About the World

1. The Australian Open

Roger Feder has won the Men's Singles against Marin Cilic, with scores of 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, and 6-1. Caroline Wozniacki as also won the Women's Singles against Simona Halep, with scores of 7-6(7-2), 3-6 and 6-4.

2. The Winter Olympics

Many countries are readying up their athletes for the famous international tournament in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. Security is also rising.

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About the School

About the School

1. Please share one or two things that is going well, that we need to keep supporting as a as school.

What is good at school?

Flex is a great addition to school. It helps catch up on missed work without doing it for homework. Band is also a great program, allowing musical students to express themselves.

2. Please share one or two things that you think we need to look at as a school.

What is missing at school?

I think that homework is always an issue in every school.

Super Moon

Supermoon

A supermoon is a full or new moon that is as close to the Earth as possible in its orbit, making it seem larger than usual. There are three or four supermoons a year.

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Connection with Blue Moons and Blood Moons

On Wednesday, January 31st, 2018, a blood moon, blue moon, and supermoon will all appear at the same time to create a big, bright, and red moon. The last time this happened was in 1866.

Blue Moon

Blue Moon

A blue moon has three definitions: a monthly blue moon, a seasonal blue moon, and an actual blue moon. A monthly blue moon is the second full moon of a two full moon month. A seasonal blue moon is the third full moon of an astronomical season with four full moons. An actual moon that is coloured blue is very rare. It can happen if there are enough dust and smoke particles in the air of a certain size. This is called Mie scattering. Blue moons happen every two or three years.

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Connection with Blood Moons and Supermoons

On Wednesday, January 31st, 2018, a blood moon, blue moon, and supermoon will all appear at the same time to create a big, bright, and red moon. The last time this happened was in 1866.

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Blood Moon

Blood Moon

A blood moon is actually a lunar eclipse. It is just called a blood moon because it appears red. A lunar eclipse is when the Earth, sun, and moon are aligned so that they are all in the middle. The moon gets no light because it is blocked by the Earth's shadow. The reason it appears red is because of rayleigh scattering of sunlight. There are two or more blood moons a year.

Blood Moon Phases:

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Connection with Blue Moons and Supermoons

On Wednesday, January 31st, 2018, a blood moon, blue moon, and supermoon will all appear at the same time to create a big, bright, and red moon. The last time this happened was in 1866.

Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy film loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name and directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson in their directorial debut. It stars the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow, and somewhat serves as a parody of other films adapted from numerous fairy tales, mainly animated Disney films. The film focuses on an ogre named Shrek who finds his swamp overrun by fairy tale creatures who have been banished there by order of the evil Lord Farquaad. In order to get his swamp back, Shrek makes a deal with Farquaad to bring him a queen in exchange for the deed for his swamp. Shrek sets out with a talking Donkey and rescues Princess Fiona. While they take Fiona to Farquaad so she can marry him, Shrek starts to fall in love with the princess and soon discovers a shocking secret about her. The rights to Steig's book were originally bought by Steven Spielberg in 1991, before the founding of DreamWorks, when he thought about making a traditionally animated film based on the book. However, John H. Williams convinced him to bring the film to DreamWorks in 1994, the time the studio was founded, and the film was put quickly into active development by Jeffrey Katzenberg after the rights were bought by the studio in 1995. Chris Farley was originally cast as the voice for the title character, recording about 80%–90% of his dialogue. After Farley died in 1997 before he could finish, Mike Myers was brought in to work for the character, who, after his first recording, decided to record his voice in a Scottish accent. The film was also originally planned to be motion-captured, but after poor results, the studio decided to recruit Pacific Data Images to help Shrek get its final computer-animated look. Shrek established DreamWorks Animation as a prime competitor to Pixar in feature film computer animation, and grossed $484.4 million at the worldwide box office against its $60 million production budget. It was acclaimed as an animated film worthy of adult interest, with many adult-oriented jokes and themes but a simple enough plot and humor to appeal to children. Shrek won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. It was also nominated for six British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Eddie Murphy for his voice performance as Donkey, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film's success prompted DreamWorks to create three sequels—Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Shrek Forever After (2010), two holiday specials—Shrek the Halls (2007) and Scared Shrekless (2010), and a spin-off film—Puss in Boots (2011). A fifth film, planned as the last of the series, was cancelled in 2009, with the announcement that the fourth film would conclude the series. However, the fifth film was revived in 2016, with a planned release for 2019/2020. The film's success also inspired other merchandise, such as video games, a stage musical, and a comic book adaptation by Dark Horse Comics. The film's main title character was awarded his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2010.