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In this blog, I will be talking about the “Study suggests Earth to warm more than 2 C this century” article from the CBC. In the article, it talks about the rising climate change and how it will affect the earth in the future. The article’s first paragraph is “A new study from the University of Washington suggests that there is a 90 per cent chance Earth will warm anywhere between 2 C and 4.9 C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.” This shows the article pointing out the increasing temperatures of the Earth. In my opinion, this is really bad since it will lead to changes in environments. For example, the icebergs will melt. The article also pointed out the increase of natural disasters. In hotter areas, the risk of forest fires and droughts will rise. Other disasters like floods, famine, and animal migration changes will also increase.

Fortunately, the world realizes this and is trying to make a difference. In the article, it says countries should follow France due to their strict regulation on carbon emissions. For example, France has carbon-efficient public transportation, high gas tax, and nuclear power. If more countries do something similar to France, carbon emissions will go down. Luckily the world is already making steps to achieve this goal. A great example is the Paris agreement. This agreement which was signed by 200 countries, is meant to limit carbon emissions. If the world meets its goals, the carbon emissions will hopefully not rise above preindustrial levels.

In the end, this article taught me a lot. It shows we should take better care of our planet. The article tells us we should try to limit carbon emissions. If we don’t, the article also shows us the consequences. Consequences of global warming could be floods, famine, animal migration changes, and environmental changes. Overall, this article reminds us that we have to take care of the earth.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/earth-to-warm-more-than-2c-1.4228914

On July 7, of this year we went to Montreal for a wedding. It would be a short trip since we would only be staying two nights. After some last minute packing, we finally left the house. Before we could actually go to Montreal, we had to go pick up our grandparents. When we arrived at our grandparent’s apartment, I helped out with loading the car. After around three hours of riding in the car, we stopped to eat and refill. The food at the service center, would actually be our breakfast and lunch. We wouldn’t get to eat anything else until we reach Montreal. In the end, most of us ended up getting burgers. Once again, we hop back in the car for another long ride. After another three hours of riding in the car, we finally arrived at our destination. The place that we would be staying at, was one of our distant relatives house. For dinner there, was curry, beef, vegetables, rice, and much more. After dinner, my brother and I played on the PS4 with a few of our uncles. At around midnight it was finally time to go to bed.

The next morning, was the day of the wedding. However, the wedding was in going to happen until late in the day. What what’s going to happen early in the morning, was church. Fortunately, my brother and I didn’t need to go. In the end, my brother and I ended up watching TV for most the morning. When the adults got back, nothing really changed. I watched TV until the time of the wedding. The great thing about this wedding compared to the others weddings is that I didn’t need to wear a suit. This time, I wore a collared shirt, running shoes, and dress pants. After 30 minutes of getting ready, we went to the wedding. The wedding was held at a Chinese restaurant. At the beginning of the wedding, there wasn’t to do. Besides the snacks, there wasn’t much to do. During the actual dinner, there was a lot of seafood. For example, there was fish, lobster, and I think crab. After dinner, dessert was immediately available. At the dessert table, I grabbed some wedding cake and an eclair. Once, we finished with the desserts my brother and I tried passing the time with games. We played card games and Charades. Eventually, we left the wedding at around midnight. When we arrived at the house, we immediately went to bed.

The next morning, it was time to go home. After packing up, we had one last lunch with our relatives before we had to go. After moving most of the luggage into the car, we took a family photo. Then we finished packing up and headed home. Our uncle and grandparents also came along with us. After one washroom break and 6 hours in the car, we made it to Richmond hill. We then dropped our uncle off at the nearest subway. After that, we dropped off our grandparents off at their apartment. With that done, we finally went back home.

Overall, I enjoyed this wedding over some other weddings. This is mainly because of what I had to wear and the building. At this wedding, my clothing was much more casual. The building was lighted up, and much better than some of the other weddings. This made it much easier to see things. However, the music was still loud and the dinner was not as good as some of the others. In the end, I really enjoy this wedding.

A few weeks ago, mommy, Nathan, Kalen, and I went to the cottage. In this blog, I will be talking about our second and third days.

When we woke up to our second day, we ate breakfast. Soon after, we went fishing because Nathan was very eager to catch some fish. Our first trip of the day wasn’t really successful. We caught Sunfishes, Perches, and a few Bass. After two hours of fishing, we eventually gave up and went back. For lunch, we decided to go to Pizza Palace. Unfortunately, they were closed. Disappointed, we looked around for another restaurant. We eventually found a Chinese buffet. It was pretty small, and the items were decent. The best part would probably be the ice cream. We then headed back to the cottage to lay back. Later we had dinner, which was beef. Once, dinner was over we went on another fishing trip. This time we were a bit more successful. We caught a lot more Sunfishes, Perches, and Bass this time. We then came back to go to bed.

The next time we woke up, it was our third day. Again we went fishing and caught some more fish. When we returned, I was very excited to go to Pizza Palace. When we arrived, it was around 12:50. For lunch, we had pizza, onion rings, and some soda. The pizza was half Hawaiian and half chicken caesar. Apparently, the chef hadn’t made a chicken caesar pizza before. Overall, the meal was much better than our last lunch.

Right after, we went go carting. I had a lot of fun there. The carts used real motors and gasoline. After three laps we had to get off the track. It was really fun and I hope to go next year. Soon we were back at the cottage. While we waited for dinner, Kalen, Nathan, and I tried making a fire. We weren’t too successful because we could only maintain the fire for a few minutes. For dinner, we had a beef and vegetables. After dinner, we had our last fishing trip. That day, we caught many Sunfishes, Perches, and Bass. The next day we had to go back home.

Overall, I really enjoyed our trip. I had a lot of fun fishing and making fires was really exiting. Next time I go to the cottage, would like to do more go carting and other activities. In the end, I had a really fun time.

This week I looked at an article called “Unlikely predators: Owls, raccoons feast on endangered baby hawks”. This article on CBC talks about an endangered hawk, called the ferruginous hawk. Recently, there have been multiple attacks on ferruginous hawk nests. Each nest contains baby ferruginous hawks. Researchers didn’t know who carried out these attacks until the University of Alberta found the culprits. Two of the attackers are the raccoons and great horned owls. This really surprised me when it said raccoons. When I picture a raccoon I see it looking through garbage, not attacking baby ferruginous hawk. The researchers at the University of Alberta put cameras right next to 90 nests. In three years there were four attacks. That doesn’t seem like much but each nest contains multiple baby ferruginous hawks. It also doesn’t help that half of the ferruginous hawks in Canada died since the 1990s.

Because of all these attacks on North Americas largest Hawks, their numbers are dwindling. In response to this, researchers from the University of Alberta are looking for ways to protect these birds. Unfortunately, the researchers at the University of Alberta are still watching the ferruginous hawks. Therefore, researchers haven’t implemented any counter measures yet. Maybe a way to help these ferruginous hawks are to place their nests in less accessible areas, like maybe on top of a cliff or mountain. Another way to possibly protect the ferruginous hawks is to fortify their nests. An example is putting barb wire or raccoon traps around the nests. Hopefully, this might make raccoons think twice before assaulting a nest. All the idea I just mentioned, are for the raccoon because I can’t think of a way to stop the horned owls without hurting the ferruginous hawks.

After reading this article, it really made me think of all the other endangered spices around the world. Before this article, I didn’t even know what a ferruginous hawk was. This reminded me that polar bears aren’t the only endangered animal. I have also learned not to underestimate furry creatures (raccoons, rabbits, etc). They seem harmless, but they destroy many things. Overall, I liked this article it showed me that a lot of things are happening right now in the real world.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ferruginous-hawk-predators-raccoons-owls-1.4199813

This week, I’ll be talking about my last few days at Redstone. June 28, was the last full day of school. So on that day, we had a lot to do. At the beginning of the day, we mainly had our locker clean outs and yearbook signing. However, it was mainly signing yearbooks since we got to go to the other classes. After going to Mrs.Biniki’s class, it was recess. Recess was short and we didn’t really do anything.

Once recess was over, our class and some other classes went outside for free time. Unfortunately, during this time there was a fire drill. After the fire drill, we continued with our free time. The grade eights decided to play soccer, baseball, or kickball. Some of my friends and I played kickball. Eventually, my friends and I got bored of the game. Instead, we found some shade and decided to play cards. When the second block ended, we went back inside for lunch. After our last lunch at Redstone, we had our final lunch recess. For the last few hours of school, everyone went down to the gym. There we had our character assembly.

The next day, was our last and final day. Our first three periods of school were used to say goodbye to the staff that were leaving Redstone. One of these people was the vice principal. After the assembly we had recess, we mainly spent this time talking to others and saying how we will miss each other. The last three periods of Redstone for the grade 8’s was mainly spent signing yearbooks, saying goodbye, and getting ready to walk outside. After walking outside most of the grade 8’s had a very sad moment because everyone realizes that this is their last day at Redstone. When I left for home some people were still crying.

Overall, the last few days of Redstone are very enjoyable and happy memories. It’s really sad that I will be leaving Redstone, but at the same time, I got to move onto high school. I may not get to see some of my classmates, but we will still communicate with Skype.

 

This week I will talk about my Graduation ceremony and the following party. Everything started off normally on June 20 until I arrived at school. In the gym, all the grade 8’s practiced for the graduation ceremony. We were put into pairs in alphabetical order. Once we had our pairs, we would practice walking into the ceremony. After practicing, I was the only grade 8 in the school. Since I didn’t want to be the only grade 8, I called mommy and asked if I could come home. When I got home, it was still 11 am. After eating lunch and taking a nap, it was 2 pm.

When everyone got home, we left the house at 5 pm. When we reached the hall, some of my classmates had already arrived. Soon, almost everyone from the grade had arrived and it was time for the group picture. After the picture, we all walked outside and prepared for the ceremony. When we walked into the room again, our parents were already there. Like we practiced in the gym, we received our diploma. Once everyone received their diploma, we watched our graduation video. When that was over, everyone walked outside the room, the parents left and the children went to eat dinner.

The dinner was not as bad as I thought it would be. We had salad, pasta, fries, chicken strips, and bread. Besides food, we had Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, and Sprite Zero. After eating, the dancing started. The music was very loud and you could hear it from most parts of the room. Some other people and I spent most of our time at the dance floor corner. After the dancing stopped, it was time to go home. I personally liked the graduation ceremony and I look forward to high school.

 

 

The second day of our trip started early in the morning. My group got up at around 7:30, all because one of my friends got up early in the morning. We then spent the next 30 min packing up. Around 8:00 it was time for breakfast, the whole grade went down to the dining hall for breakfast. Breakfast was probably the best meal we got at Blue Mountain.

After breakfast, we separated into our groups to do our events. Our group had mountain biking, so we walked to the bike rentals. There, we got our bikes. We then rode our bikes to the gondola. Using the gondola we got our bikes to the top of the mountain. We then started riding one of Blue Mountain’s many courses. After a bit of riding, it was actually much easier than I thought. Even though most of us were having a good time some of us fell.

After the long ride, our group had a short break. Unfortunately, we found out we didn’t have a break and we were supposed to go to the Apex bag jump. However, since Mr. Barwin went to the hotel we didn’t have a teacher to accompany us. We didn’t get to go to the event until Mrs. Biniki came along. The bag jump event was actually really simple. There are four platforms, each one is higher is higher than the last. In order to go to the other platforms, you have to first pass a test. The test is also really simple, you just need to successfully jump to the prior platform. After everyone took their turns, it was time for lunch. For lunch, we had pita pit. Lunch wasn’t really special, in addition to our pita, we had a bag of chips and a drink of our choice.

After lunch, it was time to go back to school. We grabbed our stuff from our rooms, and we headed downstairs to the lobby. In the lobby, our grade was separated into two groups. Each group got to go on their own bus. This time on the bus ride back to school, we had a lot more space. After a long bus ride, we eventually made it back to school.

Overall, it felt like we did less than yesterday. For example, the grade didn’t get free time like yesterday. In the end, the graduation trip was really fun. We did a lot of events that were really enjoyable. Some of these events were zip lining and the bag jump. In the future, I hope to go on another enjoyable trip like this.

On Thursday, June 8, I woke up at 7 am in the morning for the graduation trip. After some last minute packing, I arrived at school. By 7:45 am, some of my friends have already arrived. By 8:16 am we still haven’t left the school. Later, we found out that there was only one bus. This meant everyone in the grade had to fit in one bus.

After a long and uncomfortable ride to Blue Mountain. We grabbed our luggage and put it in two rooms, while we did our activities for the rest of the day. After the grade got split up into three groups, we went to our activities. My group’s first activity was a compass challenge. Basically, we had to complete challenges using a compass.
Like, go to certain landmarks.

Our next activity was zip lining. At first, I thought that zip lining would be exciting and quick. Unfortunately, I was wrong. First, we had to get our equipment on. This took a few minutes, then we had to hike up a mountain to get to the zip line platform. Then the long wait began. It took about ten minutes for three people to go and there were two classes. It didn’t help that I was in the back of our class. So after two hours of waiting, we finally finished the zip lining.

Our final activity for the day was the timber activity. This was my least favorite activity of the of the day. Basically, you had to complete a bunch of courses. These courses have different obstacles, for example, a bridge. The only part I don’t like is that all the obstacles are at least three meters off the ground. After the activities, it was time for dinner. After we moved our luggage into our separate rooms, we went to the dining hall. After our dinner, most of the students went hiking. Aaron and I started later than the others. After ten minutes we still hadn’t reached the top. However, I was able to some pictures. Soon it was time for bed. All of the students went to their room and went to bed.

Overall, the first day was pretty good. Besides the timber challenge, I had a very good time. My favorite part of the first day was the zip lining. Even though it took a super long time it was still very fun. My next blog I will talk about the second day of my graduation trip.

Destiny 2 is an MMO RPG and is Bungie’s successor to Destiny. The game will be coming out during September, so I will talk about all the current information.

The gameplay will probably remain the same with new weapons and armor. However, the only thing people are concerned about right know is the new subclasses. In Destiny, each class gets two subclasses and the player gets to choose one for their character. In the new installment, players get to choose three instead of two subclasses. These new classes are the Titan’s Sentinel, the Hunter’s Arcstrider, and the Warlock’s Dawnblade subclasses. I’m really excited to try the Hunter’s Arcstrider subclasses.

One of the things that got me excited for this game, was the support. The last Destiny game only appeared on 4 platforms. These platforms were consoles the PS4, the XBOX1, the XBOX360, and the PS3. This time, only the PC and newest generation of consoles will support the game. This makes me very excited since I don’t need a new console to play the game.

There will also be some tweaks to the graphics and multiplayer. Overall, I believe Destiny 2 is a game to keep your eye on. I think it has the potential to be a great game, and I’m looking forward to the release date.

Last week, Redstone PS had their annual track and field events. In this blog, I will talk about my experience with this year’s track and field.

A week before the actual events, we had to sign up for our events. I signed up for all the field events, the 200m, the 400m, and the 1500m runs. When the first track and field day came, my class was the first outside. After a few minutes, the rest of the classes came outside. Then the girls and the boys were separated, so then we could go to our events. The grade 8 boys first event was the 100 m dash. Initially, I did not sign up for the 100 m but I decided to do it anyway. I asked the teacher if I could sign up along with some other students. Unfortunately, I was put into heat with some pretty fast people. In the end, I managed to get third place in the heat. After doing our 100 m we had to do the triple jump, which I also signed up for. Then after the triple jump, we had running long jump. After those three events, it was time for lunch and we didn’t do any more events.

The next day we continued our track and field events. We finished the rest of our field of events. After our field events, we did our track events. Our track events that day were the 200 m, the 400 m, and the 800 m. I participated in the 200 m and the 400 m. I didn’t do really good in any of them, but I still tried my best. By the end of the second day, we completed all our events except for the 1500 m run. On our third and final day, the grade 8 boys did their 1500 m run. Even though I did not get a really good time I’m still happy I managed to complete the run.

Overall, I’m really happy this year of my track and field. This year I managed to do all the events except for the 800 m. Even though I did the 1500 m I probably won’t do it again. In the end, I’m really happy that I managed to do so much track and field this year.