CHRISTMAS CARDS

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Dog house

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My house

Dream house

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ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN

Two thousand years ago, the people of France and England were Celtic. They were afraid of the night of October 31st because they used to thing evil spirits came out that night since October 31st was the day they had "Samhain", which is the ceremony of the dead. During the Samhain ceremony, the druids, who were members of the priestly class, held cruel rituals, burning the prisoners, criminals and live animals. The druids claimed they could predict the future through dead animals.

Later, the Romans invaded the land of the Celtics. The Romans celebrated holiday called "Feralia" in October, which was held in the honour of the dead. After a long period of time, the Roman and Celtic holidays were combined into a whole new holiday.

About four-hundred years after the birth of Jesus Christ, a new religion, called Christianism was developed. The Christians tried to get rid of this Roman and Celtic holiday because they considered this evil. Finally, the English Christians transformed the holiday into "All Hallow Eve" which was celebrated on November 1st. The All Hallow Eve was for honour the dead Christians.

However, the Celtic tradition continued even after the new Christian holiday. On October 31st night, in certain villages of Scotland, people put food in front of their doors for the spirits that came out that night. This is where the tradition of dressing up as ghosts and asking for candies derived from.

Halloween came to the United States when European immigrants "brought their varied Halloween customs with them". In the second half of the nineteenth century, America was flooded with new immigrants from Ireland. By combining Irish and English traditions, Americans began the "trick-or-treat" tradition. In the later 1800's the holiday became more centered on community and in the 1920's and 1930's, Halloween became "a secular, but community-centered holiday". This all led to what Halloween actually is like today.

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Games I made on Sploder.com!

The Algorithm Crew: Download the Secret Plans

Physics Puzzle: Easy Physics

Platformer: Capture the Crystals

Shooter: Capture the Flags

THANKSGIVING DAY

The only difference between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving is that Canadians celebrate on the second Monday of October, while the Americans celebrate it on the fourth Thursday of November. This is because the Americans have a tradition of remembering the Pilgrims (A person who travels to a sacred place for religious reasons or someone who travels on long journeys) and settling in the New World. However, the Canadians give thanks for successful harvest season, which falls earlier than US for Canada is located further north.

The origin of Canadian Thanksgiving is linked more to the tradition of Europe, rather than American traditions. When Martin Frobisher, an English explorer, arrived in Newfoundland in 1578, he held a formal ceremony in thanks for his safe arrival in North America. He followed the tradition of Europe, where the festival of thanks and celebrations of harvest took place in October. This is considered the very first Canadian Thanksgiving.

For hundred years, Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated on either late October of early November. In 1879, the Parliament declared that Thanksgiving Day should be celebrated on November 6th. However, after the World War I, the official date for Thanksgiving was moved to the 2nd week of October because of Remembrance Day, which was on November 11 and kept on falling in the same week.

My family and I, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day because we're Christian. Most of my friends have a grand dinner or fly across the country to visit their family and relatives. However, we don't have magnificent supper or a family gathering because Thanksgiving Day isn't commonly celebrated in Korea and all the relatives live in Korea. We tried turkeys 2 years earlier for Thanksgiving dinner, but we decided to replace it with chicken for all my family members agreed that chickens taste better. We pray out of gratitude at the table before supper and watch some movies after. Though it's very simple, I like the way we celebrate it because we don't get as much time to spend as a family.

Recipe- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/maple-walnut-pumpkin-pie/ MAPLE WALNUT PUMPKIN PIE.

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/thanksgiving-day Dates for Canadian Thanksgiving!

TERRY FOX

Definition of a hero: a person admired for great or noble deeds

Terry Fox is one of the greatest Canadian heroes for he put his own life up to save and help people who were suffering from cancer. Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox was born on July 28th, 1958, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fox had been a very enthusiastic and determined athlete as a child. He enjoyed playing soccer, baseball, rugby and many others. Basketball was his favourite among them, and he was very passionate for it. However, standing only 5 feet tall, he was a poor player at the time and was the last substitute for the team. Fox dedicated his whole summer, improving his skills and became a regular player in grade nine. He even earned a starting position in grade ten and the Athlete of the Year award in grade twelve. In college, he studied kinesiology (the study of the mechanics and anatomy of human muscles) to become a physical education teacher. This shows how determined he was and how he would do anything to achieve what he wants.

On November of 1976, while Fox was driving home, he crashed into a truck and survived the crash with only a sore right knee. The pain continued to trouble him, but he kept ignoring it for it was basketball season. By March, the pain had intensified, and Fox finally visited hospital. He was announced to have osteosarcoma, which is a form of cancer that usually start near the knees. The doctor told him his right leg was to be amputated, and that this meant he had 50 percent chance of survival. Fox found out only 2 years ago, his chance of surviving would have been only 15 percents. This impressed Fox and after his treatment, he decided to spend the rest of his life help other patients suffering from cancer.

When Fox read an article about Dick Traum, the first amputee to complete the New York Marathon, he was greatly inspired. He took a training program that took 14 months and decided to run across Canada to increase cancer awareness for he was disappointed at how little money was dedicated in cancer research. When he revealed his plan to his family, his mother let him down by not supporting him with the plan. However, knowing how stubborn his son was, his parents agreed with him eventually.

The journey began as he dipped his amputated let in the Atlantic Ocean near St John's, Newfoundland. Fox arrived in Montreal on June 22. He was at 1/3 of the way of his 8,000 kilometre marathon and collected over 200 thousand dollars. Fox continued with his mission even in the intense heat of summer, running 42 kilometres a day. Soon, people started to recognise him as the awareness for cancer and the donations increased. However, on September 1st, he was forced to stop running shortly due to the pain in his chest and coughing that wouldn't stop. He was driven to a near hospital and announced that his cancer had returned and spread to his lungs during a press conference. Fox ended his run after 143 days and 5373 kilometres.

Fox received numerous cancer treatments, but it didn't stop cancer from continuing to spread. As his cancer intensified, more Canadians supported Fox and hoped for a miracle. He had chest congestion and developed pneumonia when he was back to Royal Columbian Hospital. On June 28, 1981 exactly a month before his 23rd birthday, he fell into a coma and died. His funeral was attended by more than 200 guests and hundreds of memorial service for him was held all over Canada.

Fox's dream, which didn't seem possible at all, came true, and he still remains as a hero in many Canadians' hearts.

ACSS TERRY FOX 2012

ACSS Terry Fox Run was held on September 28th, 2012.

All students were required to run or walk the Terry Fox course during lunch period this day.

We, the IT 9/11 students, took some pictures of the event and edited them using Photoshop.

We used the crop tool and adjusted the levels to control the exposures for each picture

And here's the Terry Fox Run poster I made, using the edited pictures.

PEN TOOL.

We used Pen Tool (from Photoshop) to create these shapes.

And here is the TUTORIAL for using the Pen Tool.

-A star

-A circle

-A pen (believe it or not)

-Blue square

-A boomerang

-A lime blob!

-A purple triangle with yellow polka dots

-A random shape of my choice (a heart)

-A red round rectangle