Sandhill Cranes

Its because of them that the Whooping cranes survived, because thanks to them the people behind operation migration was able to train Whooping cranes to migrate to Florida and they survived.

I think that the only reason i like this animals is because they saved Whooping Cranes

Whooping Cranes

Sooooo.....again hi here is my new blog entry

so we were seeing in class about some endangered species in the animal kingdom and this one specially caught my atention, because there was about 14 in the 1940's i think, and there was a special operation which was called operation migration, and involved ultralight airplanes and people dressed as Whooping cranes lol and whooping cranes instinct.

but theres a thing that makes me even madder!! that they almost dissapeared because of human's fault, because of the cities expansion in North america...

I love them but they are close to extintion...there's about 200 of them now and i love them XP(again) 

USA Immigration groups

Ever since the United States were founded or done (i don't know how you would say it :P) the USA has been a country that has a lot of opportunities for jobs, a good economy and the people that live there usually live better than in other countries, and thats only one of the causes for people to immigrate to the United States, apart from wanting a better live (I want to live there too lol XP).

Sooo...this entry is to make people know the difficulties of other people outside of the US 

Holy Week!! :D

Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!! :D XD 

At laaaaassstt!!! finally HOLY WEEK IS HERE!!! I thank God so much because of Holy Week...not only because its the time of the year were Jesus carried the cross, but its also the first vacations we have on the year....and i waited for it so much ;'D 

But anyways...i wanted to tell you guys what Holy Week is about, because Holy Week isn't just vacations, but Holy Week is the time we celebrate that Jesus saved us humans by carrying the cross and he died on the cross, just for love!!

Well Holy Week is actually that, but it doesn't have a actual date that we have to follow, it actually changes dates every year because of the moons location, and the climate, becaus when Jesus died, the clouds turned black, and there was a severe earthquake and massive rain!!

So we try to have Holy Week in a week that has those qualities so it resembles the scenary of the first Holy Week

So....Holy Week isn't celebrated in a lot of countries, I think that all of Latin America celebrates Holy Week, but apart from that, i don't know any country that celebrates Holy Week, and I think that it is only a Catholic custom, or maybe some other christian religions too.

And another think i like about Holy Week is the food we eat, tamales, chuchitos, fiambre and other things, but i like them all!!

I love that food so much!!! :D I'm actually kind of hungry right now, so i'll leave you with that, tell me anything else you know about these, comment, and rate!! So goodbye!!

Different animal Relationships! :D

Ok...sooo i was in class the other day, and my teacher started to talk about different animal relationships, and as a homework, we have to make a blog entry about it, and its not boring, actually it gets kind of interesting....sooo here it is:>>>>>>>


First...symbiosis...is close and often long-term interactions between different biological species. In 1877 Bennett used the word symbiosis (which previously had been used of people living together in community) to describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens. In 1879 defined it as "the living together of unlike organisms."
There are 3 main types of symbiotic relationships: 
Mutualism

which is when the two animals are getting benefits from their relationship, like in this image, the clownfish and the anemonae are both getting benefits, the clownfish gets protection, and the anemonae gets nutrients and other stuff.

Internet extension!!

The other day as I was on the internet, and I had a lot of explorer windows open and I noticed that almost every one of them, had diferent extensions on their web adresses, and I didn't even know their meanings, and as I had nothing to do, I started to look for their meanings, and I even made kind of a list, which I will post here:

• .com represents the word "commercial," and is the most widely used extension in the world. Most businesses prefer a .com domain name because it is a highly recognized symbol for having a business presence on the Internet.
• .net represents the word "network," and is most commonly used by Internet service providers, Web-hosting companies or other businesses that are directly involved in the infrastructure of the Internet. This is why "Dr. Bill Bailey.NET" is called ".NET" since we are a web site hosting service. Additionally, some businesses choose domain names with a .net extension for their intranet Websites.
• .org represents the word "organization," and is primarily used by non-profit groups or trade associations. It is also used by Non-Profit ministries, and is very widely known and accepted.
• .biz is used for small business Web sites.
• .info is for credible resource Web sites and signifies a "resource" web site. It's the most popular extension beyond .com, .net and .org.
• .mobi (short for "mobile") is reserved for Web sites built for easy viewing on mobile devices.
• .us is for American Web sites and is the newest extension. It has the largest amount of available names in inventory.
• .ly is a country site for the nation of Libya, and is used by some because of "spelling" things, like "on.ly" and "bit.ly"
• .cc was originally the country code for Coco's Keeling Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .bz was originally designated as the country code for Belize, but is now commonly used by small business who can't get the name they want using the .biz extension. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .tv is the country domain for Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, and has come to be used mainly for rich content/multi-media Web sites, commonly used within the entertainment or media industry.
• .me is the country code for the nation of Montenegro, and has come to be used for personal (vanity) sites. (As in, it's all about "me.")
• .vg is the coutry code for the British Virgin Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registred by anyone, from any country.
• .ws was originally designated as the country code for Western Samoa, but is now commonly used as an acronym for "Web sites." It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .name is the only domain extension specifically designed for personal use. It is commonly used for easy to remember e-mail addresses and personal web sites that display photos or personal information about an individual.
• .co.uk is the country code for United Kingdom. The .co portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for commercial purposes (similar to a standard .com extension). It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .org.uk is the country code for United Kingdom. The .org portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for an organization. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .me.uk is the country code for United Kingdom. The .me portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for an individual. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .de is the country code for Germany. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country. If you are not a resident and citizen of Germany, the Administrative Contact for this domain name registration will automatically be assigned Network Solutions' German proxy contact information.
• .eu is the country code for the European Union. Registration of .eu domain names requires registrants to meet one of the three eligibility requirements: have a registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Community; have an organization established within the European Community without prejudice to the application of national law; or be a natural person resident within the European Community. Alternatively, you can secure the use of a .eu domain name by using Network Solutions .EU Registration Service. Network Solutions Europe, LLC is the registrar for all .eu domain names.
• .be is the country code for Belgium. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .cn is the country code for China. It may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .com.cn is the country code for China. The .com portion of the extension indicates the domain is for commercial purposes (similar to a standard .com extension). It may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .net.cn is the country code for China. The .net portion of the extension represents the word "network", and is generally used by internet infrastructure providers. It may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .org.cn is the country code for China. The .org portion of the extension indicates the domain is for an organization. It may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .cn Regional names. There are 34 regional .cn extensions available, for example, .bj.cn. The .bj portion of the extension represents Beijing and the .cn represents China. These extensions may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .tw is the country code for Taiwan. It may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .com.tw is the country code for Taiwan. The .com portion of the extension indicates the domain is for commercial purposes (similar to a standard .com extension). It may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .org.tw is the country code for Taiwan. The .org portion of the extension indicates the domain is for an organization. It may be registered by businesses, organizations and sole proprietorships from any country.
• .at is the country code for Austria. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .com.mx is the country code for Mexico. The .com portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for commercial purposes (similar to a standard .com extension). It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .co.nz is the country code for New Zealand. The .co portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for commercial purposes (similar to a standard .com extension). It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .net.nz is the country code for New Zealand. The .net portion of the extension represents the word "network", and is generally used by internet infrastructure providers. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .org.nz is the country code for New Zealand. The .org portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for an organization. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .gs is the country code for the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .tc is the country code for the Turks & Caicos Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
• .ms is the country code for Montserrat. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.

And I made it on a mini size so you had trouble reading it XD ROFLMFAOLOL!!!

hahahahahaha XP

I was lazy, so I didn't put them in a chart, I just put them randomly.

A teacher asked me what I was doing with that list, and said that if you know about extensions, then you know about the reliability of the web page you are seeing! So in reliability, when you are trying to learn something, or you want accurate information for a investigation, then the best would be like: .gov, .edu, .org, and the best would be .info.

So there you have my list, their reliabilities of web extensions, goodbye, see you another time!!

Survival Skills!!!

Survival skills are skills that obviously you use to survive, usually in dangerous situations, like natural disasters I'm going to put in here a list of survival skills, equipment, and organizations that offer survival skills courses.
Ok, so survival skills could be the ones that provide us with all the human necessities, like water, food, shelter & habitat, or they can be the ones that can save us from other dangers, or establish communication with somebody in the need of help like the need to think straight, to signal for help, to travel safely from place to place, or anything like that, but theres a lot of people that dont only use this skills on survival situations, but they use them for recreation, and to interact with nature safely, or anything like that.
Ok...so the skills you need are:
Shelter building
Fire making
Water recolecting
First Aid
Navigation skills
and of course, mental preparedness

And you can learn this skills by either the not so good way, watching the worst case on Discovery channel, the not so good way but better than the last one, using a survival manual like the army's manuals, or the good way that is by taking survival skills courses.
Survival skills courses are training courses that are divided in usually three sections:
Modern wilderness survival (short term 1-4 days)
Bushcraft (medium term 4-40 days)
and Primitive survival techniques (long term 40 days or longer)

and now that i have put a list of the skills, its time for the equipment:
Survival knifes (for shelter making)
A type zippo or a survival lighter (for fire making)
A first aid kit or some of its components, like bandages or anything else
A compass and a topographic map (for navigation)
Glowsticks (since they are safe, visible, long lasting and help for navigation at night)
A survival lantern, or any lantern that could help!

Hans Hofmann Self Portrait
I think its a very interesting painting, because of the abstract art's scent that is put in this painting, you can see how he expresses his feelings through his paintings, and what he thinks he is like, i think that when he painted this, he was like looking at a mirror, in the position he was painting

Guatemala's - USA's independence

Guatemala

On September 15, 1821, the Captaincy-general of Guatemala (formed by Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras) officially proclaimed its independence from Spain and its incorporation into the Mexican Empire, which was dissolved two years later. This region had been formally subject to New Spain throughout the colonial period, but as a practical matter was administered separately. All but Chiapas soon separated from Mexico after Agustín I from Mexico was forced to abdicate.

The Guatemalan provinces formed the United Provinces of Central America, also called the Central American Federation (Federacion de Estados Centroamericanos). That federation dissolved in civil war from 1838 to 1840 (See: History of Central America). Guatemala's Rafael Carrera was instrumental in leading the revolt against the federal government and breaking apart the Union. During this period a region of the Highlands, Los Altos, declared independence from Guatemala, but was annexed by Carrera, who dominated Guatemalan politics until 1865, backed by conservatives, large land owners and the church.

Guatemala's "Liberal Revolution" came in 1871 under the leadership of Justo Rufino Barrios, who worked to modernize the country, improve trade, and introduce new crops and manufacturing. During this era coffee became an important crop for Guatemala. Barrios had ambitions of reuniting Central America and took the country to war in an unsuccessful attempt to attain this, losing his life on the battlefield in 1885 against forces in El Salvador.

From 1898 to 1920, Guatemala was ruled by the dictator Manuel Estrada Cabrera, whose access to the presidency was helped by the United Fruit Company. It was during his long presidency that the United Fruit Company became a major force in Guatemala.

USA

Tensions between American colonials and the British during the revolutionary period of the 1760s and early 1770s led to the American Revolutionary War, fought from 1775 through 1781. On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, established a Continental Army under the command of George Washington. Proclaiming that "all men are created equal" and endowed with "certain unalienable Rights," the Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 1776. That date is now celebrated annually as America's Independence Day. In 1777, the Articles of Confederation established a weak confederal government that operated until 1789.

Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull, 1817–18

After the British defeat by American forces assisted by the French, Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States and the states' sovereignty over American territory west to the Mississippi River. A constitutional convention was organized in 1787 by those wishing to establish a strong national government, with powers of taxation. The United States Constitution was ratified in 1788, and the new republic's first Senate, House of Representatives, and president—George Washington—took office in 1789. The Bill of Rights, forbidding federal restriction of personal freedoms and guaranteeing a range of legal protections, was adopted in 1791.
Attitudes toward slavery were shifting; a clause in the Constitution protected the African slave trade only until 1808. The Northern states abolished slavery between 1780 and 1804, leaving the slave states of the South as defenders of the "peculiar institution." The Second Great Awakening, beginning about 1800, made evangelicalism a force behind various social reform movements, including abolitionism.

Territorial acquisitions by date

Americans' eagerness to expand westward prompted a long series of Indian Wars. The Louisiana Purchase of French-claimed territory under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 almost doubled the nation's size. The War of 1812, declared against Britain over various grievances and fought to a draw, strengthened U.S. nationalism. A series of U.S. military incursions into Florida led Spain to cede it and other Gulf Coast territory in 1819. The Trail of Tears in the 1830s exemplified the Indian removal policy that stripped the native peoples of their land. The United States annexed the Republic of Texas in 1845. The concept of Manifest Destiny was popularized during this time. The 1846 Oregon Treaty with Britain led to U.S. control of the present-day American Northwest. The U.S. victory in the Mexican–American War resulted in the 1848 cession of California and much of the present-day American Southwest. The California Gold Rush of 1848–49 further spurred western migration. New railways made relocation easier for settlers and increased conflicts with Native Americans. Over a half-century, up to 40 million American bison, or buffalo, were slaughtered for skins and meat and to ease the railways' spread. The loss of the buffalo, a primary resource for the plains Indians, was an existential blow to many native cultures.