1-What time do you go to school ?
2-Do you know uruguay?
3-Wold you like to come?
4-What are your hobbies and interesis?
5-Do you like going shopping on weekends?
6-What activities do you do at school?
7-Do you study spanish?
8-Do you like.t di it?
9-Wold you like to be exchange students?
10-Do you like going on holidays with your family?
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
NASA History in Brief...
October 1, 1958, the official start of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was the beginning of a rich history of unique scientific and technological achievements in human space flight, aeronautics, space science, and space applications. Formed as a result of the Sputnik crisis of confidence, NASA inherited the earlier National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and other government organizations, and almost immediately began working on options for human space flight. NASA's first high profile program was Project Mercury, an effort to learn if humans could survive in space, followed by Project Gemini, which built upon Mercury's successes and used spacecraft built for two astronauts. NASA's human space flight efforts then extended to the Moon with Project Apollo, culminating in 1969 when the Apollo 11 mission first put humans on the lunar surface. After the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz Test Projects of the early and mid-1970s, NASA's human space flight efforts again resumed in 1981, with the Space Shuttle program that continues today to help build the International Space Station.
Building on its NACA roots, NASA has continued to conduct many types of cutting-edge aeronautics research on aerodynamics, wind shear, and other important topics using wind tunnels, flight testing, and computer simulations. NASA's highly successful X-15 program involved a rocket-powered airplane that flew above the atmosphere and then glided back to Earth unpowered, providing Shuttle designers with much useful data. The watershed F-8 digital-fly-by-wire program laid the groundwork for such electronic flight in many other aircraft including the Shuttle and high performance airplanes that would have been uncontrollable otherwise. NASA has also done important research on such topics as "lifting bodies" (wingless airplanes) and "supercritical wings" to dampen the effect of shock waves on transsonic aircraft.
Additionally, NASA has launched a number of significant scientific probes such as the Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft that have explored the Moon, the planets, and other areas of our solar system. NASA has sent several spacecraft to investigate Mars including the Viking and Mars Pathfinder spacecraft. The Hubble Space Telescope and other space science spacecraft have enabled scientists to make a number of significant astronomical discoveries about our universe.
NASA also has done pioneering work in space applications satellites. NASA has helped bring about new generations of communications satellites such as the Echo, Telstar, and Syncom satellites. NASA's Earth science efforts have also literally changed the way we view our home planet; the Landsat and Earth Observing System spacecraft have contributed many important scientific findings. NASA technology has also resulted in numerous "spin-offs" in wide-ranging scientific, technical, and commercial fields. Overall, while the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos.
Building on its NACA roots, NASA has continued to conduct many types of cutting-edge aeronautics research on aerodynamics, wind shear, and other important topics using wind tunnels, flight testing, and computer simulations. NASA's highly successful X-15 program involved a rocket-powered airplane that flew above the atmosphere and then glided back to Earth unpowered, providing Shuttle designers with much useful data. The watershed F-8 digital-fly-by-wire program laid the groundwork for such electronic flight in many other aircraft including the Shuttle and high performance airplanes that would have been uncontrollable otherwise. NASA has also done important research on such topics as "lifting bodies" (wingless airplanes) and "supercritical wings" to dampen the effect of shock waves on transsonic aircraft.
Additionally, NASA has launched a number of significant scientific probes such as the Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft that have explored the Moon, the planets, and other areas of our solar system. NASA has sent several spacecraft to investigate Mars including the Viking and Mars Pathfinder spacecraft. The Hubble Space Telescope and other space science spacecraft have enabled scientists to make a number of significant astronomical discoveries about our universe.
NASA also has done pioneering work in space applications satellites. NASA has helped bring about new generations of communications satellites such as the Echo, Telstar, and Syncom satellites. NASA's Earth science efforts have also literally changed the way we view our home planet; the Landsat and Earth Observing System spacecraft have contributed many important scientific findings. NASA technology has also resulted in numerous "spin-offs" in wide-ranging scientific, technical, and commercial fields. Overall, while the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos.
new vocabulary
ACHIEVEMENTS :
A
noun
1
accomplishment, achievement
the action of accomplishing something
Category Tree.
A
noun
1
accomplishment, achievement
the action of accomplishing something
Category Tree.
EFFORT:
A
noun
1
deed, feat, effort, exploit
a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"
Category Tree:
A
noun
1
deed, feat, effort, exploit
a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"
Category Tree:
My favourite Blizzard Beach rides...
Downhill Double DipperShoot the tube and blast down the slopes at 25 miles per hour in these side-by-side speed slides. Hop on your inner tube and disappear into a tunnel before remerging seconds before your splashdown. These two parallel 230-foot-long racing slides are a slippery good time
Toboggan Racers
Race in one of eight side-by-side lanes that toboggan down the mountain. Hang on to your mat and head down the slopes. Exhilarating dips make your charge to the finish line an avalanche of fun. Ready. Set. Snow!
S
lush Gusher
Speed down the 90-foot tall Mount Gushmore in a slush-banked mountain gully. Two humps create brisk fun-filled ups and downs on your journey to the bottom of the powder-capped mountain. Launch down the slopes in the shadow of Summit Plummet. There's "snow" where else like it.
Race in one of eight side-by-side lanes that toboggan down the mountain. Hang on to your mat and head down the slopes. Exhilarating dips make your charge to the finish line an avalanche of fun. Ready. Set. Snow!
S
lush GusherSpeed down the 90-foot tall Mount Gushmore in a slush-banked mountain gully. Two humps create brisk fun-filled ups and downs on your journey to the bottom of the powder-capped mountain. Launch down the slopes in the shadow of Summit Plummet. There's "snow" where else like it.
NEW VOCABULARY
HOP :
noun
1
hop
the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward.
noun
1
hop
the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward.
EXHILARATING :
A
adjective
1
elating, exhilarating
making lively and joyful
2
exhilarating, stimulating
making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air" .
A
adjective
1
elating, exhilarating
making lively and joyful
2
exhilarating, stimulating
making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air" .
HUMPS :
noun
1
bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
noun
1
bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
My fouvorite MGM rides...
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster® Starring Aerosmith
Aerosmi
th's having a backstage party across town and you're invited. Ready to brave the LA freeways? Zoom from 0-60 mph with the force of a supersonic F-14, take in high-speed loops and turns synchronized to a specially recorded Aerosmith soundtrack and zip through Tinseltown in the biggest, loudest limo you've ever seen.
Aerosmi
th's having a backstage party across town and you're invited. Ready to brave the LA freeways? Zoom from 0-60 mph with the force of a supersonic F-14, take in high-speed loops and turns synchronized to a specially recorded Aerosmith soundtrack and zip through Tinseltown in the biggest, loudest limo you've ever seen.The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
Brave the creepy
facade of a once-glorious hotel for a jolt back in time. Board a phantom elevator, shoot up 13 stories and brace yourself for a thrilling plummet... but beware! The experience just got scarier. You rocket back up, only to plummet down yet again. You dare to ride once more, but wait! That's not what happened before. That's right, now the Tower is in control, so it's never the same fear twice!
Opening October 2007! High School Musical 2: School's Out!
Enroll in a whole new class of summer fun as the hit Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical 2, soars to life with a dazzling new show of singing, dancing and "Wildcat Fever!"
Feel the beat and join in on an irresistible sing-along event for the whole family.
Enjoy many favorite hit songs from the hit Disney Channel Original Movie, including "What Time Is It?," "Work This Out," "I Don't Dance," "All for One" and more!
Brave the creepy
facade of a once-glorious hotel for a jolt back in time. Board a phantom elevator, shoot up 13 stories and brace yourself for a thrilling plummet... but beware! The experience just got scarier. You rocket back up, only to plummet down yet again. You dare to ride once more, but wait! That's not what happened before. That's right, now the Tower is in control, so it's never the same fear twice!Opening October 2007! High School Musical 2: School's Out!
Enroll in a whole new class of summer fun as the hit Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical 2, soars to life with a dazzling new show of singing, dancing and "Wildcat Fever!"
Feel the beat and join in on an irresistible sing-along event for the whole family.
Enjoy many favorite hit songs from the hit Disney Channel Original Movie, including "What Time Is It?," "Work This Out," "I Don't Dance," "All for One" and more!
NEW VOCABULARY
LOOPS :
noun
1
loop, loop-the-loop
a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane .
noun
1
loop, loop-the-loop
a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane .
FEAR :
noun
1
fear, fearfulness, fright
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
noun
1
fear, fearfulness, fright
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
FEEL :
noun
1
feel
manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a fee
noun
1
feel
manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a fee
My favourite Epcot rides...
Test Track
Enter the hair-raising world of auto testing on one of the longest, fastest rides in Disney history! Strap yourself in to race up bumpy terrain, roar through hair-pin turns, speed into freezing cold chambers, and rush on to 50-degree banked curves at 60 miles an hour.
"Honey, I
Shrunk The Audience"
Professor Wayne Szalinski is at it again and this time you're the one who gets shrunk. This interactive adventure goes beyond 3-D with incredible special effects and awesome surprises. Be ready to make nice to mice, face the fangs of a python and duck when a dog has a very itchy nose. You might feel small, but your laughs will be big!
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
Witness a thrilling nighttime kaleidoscope as the sky erupts with over 1,100 pyrotechnic bursts and the extraordinary Earth Globe floats across the lagoon, revealing wonders of the seven continents on its curved LED screens — the first ever of their kind. Revel in rousing original music as lasers turn the very sky into a work of art.
Enter the hair-raising world of auto testing on one of the longest, fastest rides in Disney history! Strap yourself in to race up bumpy terrain, roar through hair-pin turns, speed into freezing cold chambers, and rush on to 50-degree banked curves at 60 miles an hour.
"Honey, I
Shrunk The Audience"Professor Wayne Szalinski is at it again and this time you're the one who gets shrunk. This interactive adventure goes beyond 3-D with incredible special effects and awesome surprises. Be ready to make nice to mice, face the fangs of a python and duck when a dog has a very itchy nose. You might feel small, but your laughs will be big!
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
Witness a thrilling nighttime kaleidoscope as the sky erupts with over 1,100 pyrotechnic bursts and the extraordinary Earth Globe floats across the lagoon, revealing wonders of the seven continents on its curved LED screens — the first ever of their kind. Revel in rousing original music as lasers turn the very sky into a work of art.
NEW VOCABULARY
RIDES :
noun
1
drive, ride
a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car.
noun
1
drive, ride
a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car.
PYTHON :
noun
1
python
large Old World boas .
noun
1
python
large Old World boas .
LAGOON :
noun
1
lagoon, laguna, lagune
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
noun
1
lagoon, laguna, lagune
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
My favourite Magic Kindom rides...
Space Mountain®
Dare to be a rocket jockey and blast into the outer-galaxy past shooting stars and other-worldly celestial satellites. Twist and turn in a tumult of fun as you launch into the inky blackness of the nether reaches of space. It's one giant leap for fun!
Splash Mo
untain®
Hop a hollowed-out log to follow Brer Rabbit's mischievous escapades as he tries to flee the clutches of Brer Fox and Brer Bear until you plunge five stories off Chick-a-pin Hill! "It's the truth. It's actual. Everything is satisfactual. It's a zip a dee doo dah day!"
The Haunted Mansion
Discov
er an enhanced Disney classic that's more haunting than ever! Make yourself at "tomb sweet tomb" as you hop aboard a Doom Buggy with your ghost host and encounter new spine-tingling terrors. Experience the stretching room, the séance, and meet hitchhiking ghouls as you make your way through a mansion with some scary surprises!
Dare to be a rocket jockey and blast into the outer-galaxy past shooting stars and other-worldly celestial satellites. Twist and turn in a tumult of fun as you launch into the inky blackness of the nether reaches of space. It's one giant leap for fun!
Splash Mo
untain®Hop a hollowed-out log to follow Brer Rabbit's mischievous escapades as he tries to flee the clutches of Brer Fox and Brer Bear until you plunge five stories off Chick-a-pin Hill! "It's the truth. It's actual. Everything is satisfactual. It's a zip a dee doo dah day!"
The Haunted Mansion
Discov
er an enhanced Disney classic that's more haunting than ever! Make yourself at "tomb sweet tomb" as you hop aboard a Doom Buggy with your ghost host and encounter new spine-tingling terrors. Experience the stretching room, the séance, and meet hitchhiking ghouls as you make your way through a mansion with some scary surprises! NEW VOCABULARY
ESCAPADES :
noun
1
escapade, lark
any carefree episode .
noun
1
escapade, lark
any carefree episode .
ENCOUNTER :
noun
1
encounter, coming upon
a casual meeting with a person of thing
noun
1
encounter, coming upon
a casual meeting with a person of thing
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