Wednesday, April 25, 2012

National Penguin Day, Henry Ford and Update on Eagles

Penguin Awareness Day, and World Penguin Day are great opportunities to learn about and appreciate one of the few natives of Antarctica. On these days, spend a little time learning about them.... a pictorial book or internet site is fun. You can also watch a documentary of these cute and popular, grounded birds.
These days are also a time to wear black and white penguin colors. However, wearing a tuxedo in their honor is optional. It is also popular today to tell a penguin joke or two.World Penguin Day coincides with the annual northward migration of penguins. This happens each year on or around April 25th. Penguins do not fly. Rather, they walk, or waddle their way to and from.Our research did not uncover any information about the origin of Penguin Awareness Day. And, we found no consensus on the date. Rather, we found several conflicting dates in January. If anyone can provide information about this day, please contact us.

 Automobile manufacturer Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on his family's farm in Dearborn, Michigan. From the time he was a young boy, Ford enjoyed tinkering with machines. Farm work and a job in a Detroit machine shop afforded him ample opportunities to experiment. He later worked as a part-time employee for the Westinghouse Engine Company. By 1896, Ford had constructed his first horseless carriage which he sold in order to finance work on an improved model. Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company in 1903, proclaiming, "I will build a car for the great multitude." In October 1908, he did so, offering the Model T for $950. In the Model T's nineteen years of production, its price dipped as low as $280. Nearly 15,500,000 were sold in the United States alone. The Model T heralds the beginning of the Motor Age; the car evolved from luxury item for the well-to-do to essential transportation for the ordinary man.

The baby eagles are growing up so fast they are resting in the nest with mommy or daddy. they are almost ten weeks old. They are so cute. They are getting so big they are even turning different colors like black and brow and a little bit of white. They are getting closer to flying lessons i hope they learn not fast cause then they will be gone forever and they probably wont come back. Remember you can see them at www.alcoa.com/eaglecam.

1 comment:

  1. Andrea,

    Don't forget that you can look in many different places for information to help you write your blog. In your paragarph about penguins, you keep mentioning "us" who is us and this shows me that you are not writing about what you read but are rather copying and pasting information. Secondly, I took off a point for comma usage.

    In your paragarph about Henry Ford, you just kinda stopped at 1903. What happened afterwards?

    In your paragraph about the eagles, you misspelled some words, you did not capitalize some things and you had a run on sentence.

    Word count: 397 words
    Score: 18/25

    love
    mommy

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