Hi,

 

We made a box with a spring on the bottom. We also made a lid to increase the air resistance and wings to make it balance. I was thinking of making a bigger parachute in order to get more air resistance and adding some weight to the box to prevent it from tipping over, but we did not accomplish any of both. Everybody was thinking that everything would fall at a same acceleration at 9.8m/s2 which is absolutely right. However, there is air resistance which need to be taken into consideration. Since the paper has little mass, the air resistance plays an important role of reducing its accleration. We used a spring at the bottom which did do a lot to reduce the collision. But we didn't make the most useful part of incresing the area exposed to the air. How we made the container was very exciting. We made a box first and then we made lots of small springs by folding the papar. We had enough tapes and cards for the construction but as I was thinking of the weight, our ggroup got disagreement with the usage of cards. I persisted that we would need at least 20 cards as weight, as they decided we need those to make more springs. Finally I comprimised and we gave up the idea of using weights which I finally proved was a bad idea. On the drop day, we finished the final construction of the container by putting the egg in and making it a nice lid. We made a mistake here. We should have used tapes to keep egg away from the bottom of the box which would be very helpful, but instead we simply put the egg on the bottom of container. Our guys worked very hard for the project. we really enjoy it and love it. I felt I did not contributed enough to the group. I did not do the construction which Alisha was working hard on. I simply gave my suggestions and idea. I would do better next time. I was not too much disappointed of our container but I was very surprised at the "parachute" of Megan's group who did an amazing job. There are a lot of things that I need to learn from them. Hope them good luck tomorrow!

 

Above is from the evaluation for the egg container.

 

811

Hi,

 

 

811

Hi,

 

I found thrillers really good and I preferred to watching thrillers in my spare time than doing other things. Some scenes in thriller are disgusting or too scary. I watched Black Water about the crocodile, Somebody Help Me about a cruel doctor. I am trying to discover some more thrillers without too many blood scene. I would prefer if I could go to the Chinese kid today, but I need Carol's permmision to take me. Not much I can do. I just recieved the bill charging me 150 bucks for my insurence which I do not appreciate at all. Now I have 26 hrs driving record(with 5 hrs night record) in my first month with my license. I need 50hrs in total(with 10 hrs night) to get  to the test in 6 months. I will achieve that easily.

 

811

Hi,

 

这个假放得太长了，实在有点想上学。做了不少事。买好票了，玩得也不错，车越来越熟练了，park稍差一点。明天出去玩吧，去一个老兄家的party。回来就该上学了。申请填了一部分，有些太烦了，明天就可以寄了。买了个耳机，还不错，原来那sony的破玩也儿！哎。估计是给我压坏了。phil刚从mi回来，真可惜我没能去成。最近好冷，还下雪，真不舒服，幸好有车。

 

今晚上没事了，看部电影吧，好了，歇了。

 

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• PHIL.M KELLEY

Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport to Tokyo Narita

Wednesday, December 26

Tokyo Narita to Beijing/Capital International Airport

Thursday, December 27

Beijing/Capital International Airport to Tokyo Narita

Thursday, January 3

Tokyo Narita to Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport

Thursday, January 3

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wanke 说:

Bill,

8:11 Zhou 说:

您好

wanke 说:

Happy thanksgiving.  I just remembered you may not have enough money in your bank account to buy the tickets.  Please let me know if you need me to help.

wanke 说:

Alos,

8:11 Zhou 说:

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8:11 Zhou 说:

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wanke 说:

Please ask Phil and Carol to apply for Chinese Visa soon.  Here is the information http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/hzqz/zgqz/t84246.htm

8:11 Zhou 说:

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8:11 Zhou 说:

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wanke 说:

They need to go to New York Consulate to get the visa or do it through a traval agent so they do not have to be phisically there. http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/eng/

8:11 Zhou 说:

Oh, I don't know it is that complicated. I thought that we just need to fill in a application form online and send it to dc with their passport. The embassy will send it back within a week

8:11 Zhou 说:

I will find out the procedure and start it today

wanke 说:

If you read the first link I just sent you, it states that mail application is not accepted.  To be sure, have them call the Consulate on Monday to corfirm.

8:11 Zhou 说:

ok

wanke 说:

Your Mom told me Carol's opinion on going to a private high school.  I think she is right about some private high school, not all of them.  There are ones that have high admission standard and first-class programs.  My suggestion is to proceed with your TOEFL and SSAT tests and applications.  When admitted, you can visist the schools and decide if you would like to attend any one of them or stay 

wanke 说:

at your current school.

8:11 Zhou 说:

alright, I have already applied for ssat

8:11 Zhou 说:

I have not decided yet when to take toefl

wanke 说:

I see.  Please arrange your test date to meet the application deadline of the schools you plan to apply to.  Given your outstanding grades, I do not know if you need to repeat Junior year again.  When you talk with the Lake Forest school admission officer, ask him about that.  Also aks him if a summer program at the school would help you getting into a good college without repeating Junior year.

8:11 Zhou 说:

Good idea, because I also don't think that repeating Junior year is not that nesseasriy for me

8:11 Zhou 说:

I will ask Mr Gerber about it the summer program

wanke 说:

If you do plan to not repeating Junior year, you need to have a very good SAT or ACT score to get in a good college.  The last test you can take is in March or April next year.  You need to prepare for the tests now.  Applications starts in September.  Many students start the process in the summer next year, filling out application forms, getting teacher recommendations, writing required assays. 

wanke 说:

On average, a student apply for 5-6 colleges, some apply to as many as 30.  Each school may have different forms and assay to write.  It is a long and laboring process.  Some colleges have early addmission that is decided in November next year.  By February 2009, all results should be out.  You Senoir year grades wouldn't be seen by the college addmision offiers until decisions have been made. 

8:11 Zhou 说:

I see. I am planning on taking the ACT early next year together with most of the classmates

The reading part tend to be the most difficult one.  Yaya has problem with it also.  You just need to work on it.  You probably also need to try to remember all the vocabulary.  I do not remember if we got you a word list. If not you can get one at a bookstore and start to remember them.

8:11 Zhou 说:

I have a word list

wanke 说:

To get into a good college, you will need to get at least a 32 out of 36 on ACT

8:11 Zhou 说:

By the way, I used up my phone card. How can I get it

8:11 Zhou 说:

I see

wanke 说:

I will get one for you next week.  Will that be soon enough?

8:11 Zhou 说:

I think I can get one myself

8:11 Zhou 说:

Maybe online purchase

8:11 Zhou 说:

No worries, I still have avout 30 minutes to use

wanke 说:

We use an online site called OneSuite. I will send you the link

8:11 Zhou 说:

Thanks

wanke 说:

http://www.onesuite.com/

HI,

 

Today is thanksgiving and we will have a big meal at about 1. I got my tickets and am going back this Christmas. (Excited)

Date: Tuesday, January 8		Flight: NW 12
Departs: Beijing, China (PEK) at 9:05AM
Arrives: Tokyo-Narita, Japan (NRT) at 2:05PM
Class of Service: Economy Class (Q)		Seat: 32-F, 32-G
Flight Duration: 4 hours		Approximate Miles: 1,313
Meal Service: Breakfast		Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Note: Flight Status posted day before departure

 

 

Date: Tuesday, January 8		Flight: NW 26
Departs: Tokyo-Narita, Japan (NRT) at 3:40PM
Arrives: Detroit-Wayne County Int'l, MI (DTW) at 1:25PM
Class of Service: Economy Class (Q)		Seat: 59-B, 59-C
Flight Duration: 11 hours 45 minutes		Approximate Miles: 6,398
Meal Service: Dinner		Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Note: Flight Status posted day before departure

 

Date: Saturday, December 22		Flight: NW 753
Departs: Detroit-Wayne County Int'l, MI (DTW) at 11:33AM
Arrives: Minneapolis/St. Paul-Int'l, MN (MSP) at 12:25PM
Class of Service: Economy Class (Q)		Seat: 18-A, 18-B
Flight Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes		Approximate Miles: 532
Meal Service: None		Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC9-50
Note: Flight Status posted day before departure

 

 

Date: Saturday, December 22		Flight: NW 3
Departs: Minneapolis/St. Paul-Int'l, MN (MSP) at 1:30PM
Arrives: Tokyo-Narita, Japan (NRT) at 5:10PM on Sunday, December 23
Class of Service: Economy Class (Q)		Seat: 39-E, 39-F
Flight Duration: 12 hours 40 minutes		Approximate Miles: 5,953
Meal Service: Dinner		Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Note: Flight Status posted day before departure

 

 

Date: Sunday, December 23		Flight: NW 11
Departs: Tokyo-Narita, Japan (NRT) at 6:00PM
Arrives: Beijing, China (PEK) at 9:15PM
Class of Service: Economy Class (Q)		Seat: 31-F, 31-G
Flight Duration: 4 hours 15 minutes		Approximate Miles: 1,313
Meal Service: Dinner		Aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Note: Flight Status posted day before departure

HI,

 

Carol will be back today at 10. Phil alone is going to pick her up at the Metro Airport in Detroit, as I am about to go to play a basketball game at 9. Then Mike is going to take me home from the game. No injuries! Phil and I just came home from chess game in which we defeated St Francis with a score of 4 to 0. I won with black today on third board with a new rating of 1332 top 26 in the whole high school league in Toledo. Now I am ranked the third in Central team,with a perfectly 5 to 0 on boards. Ryan is 1597 now and Greg is 1376. Dan is 1326 and Tom is 1312. I could get much better. My game was not so flat, as my opponent played d4 opening which I am really bad at. I will have learn it better. Hope I could have a good game in Basketball tonight.

 

CU

811

Hi,

 

Today was the Open house day for Central Catholic HS, and I went there to help. We are in the Thanksgiving week now which means that we only have 2 days to go for the entire week. I am going to have a basketball game tomorrow at the same time Carol will be coming home so I am not able to pick her up at the arport tomorrow.

 

We had a problem that the dogs kept getting out of the fence and we finally figured out that the fence was broken. So Phil and I fixed it this afternoon. We are out of groceries at home and phil is too busy to go out today. Thanks god that Carol is coming home. I am having an easy week and during Thanksgiving I have to work very hard searching for school and taking interviews.

 

Everything will be just fine!

 

CU!

 

811

Hi,

 

Phil and I went up to Ann Arbor Michigan to meet his friends Gim and Raine. They live in Lansing MI, an hour north of Ann Arbor, and we live in Toledo OH, 1 hour south. They were really very nice people and invited us to come during Thanksgiving. We went to a fancy restaurant which was extremely crowded due to the Michigan vs OH States football game. Approximtely 111000 people went to the game taken place in University of Mihigan Ann Arbor Michigan.111000 is almost half the population of the whole city of Ann Arbor. Some people in Ann Arbor rent their lawn as parking places for the game for 20 bucks which was funny. We did not meet Danny because we could not get him . Phil tried to call him email him send him voice message or text message, but Danny never replied. Hopefully we will meet him during thansgiving.

 

Unfortunately, before we leave for Ann Arbor, we lost both dogs. Someone did released them from our gate. Phil and I drove and looked for the dogs. We found Carnie on Cherry Street after we gave and and prepared to go to the dinner. Alice was found 10 miles from Birckhead in 1 o clock in the morning today by 2 policemen. They picked her up and sent her home. Thanks god we found them or Carol would be so sad. Tomorrow will be open house for Central Catholic. Yeah! 

 

811

Hi,

 

As I said, I am playing lots of chess. I won the game today (my 8th consecutive win in official chess games) and my ratings rises up to 1310( start from 1200). Although I am still playing 4th board, as Ryan is 1544 now, Dan is 1326 and Greg is 1364, I am feeling good and I almost catch up with them. We have Tom as our fifth board with 1290,which in even higher than the rating of first board Start player. And we beat Start with 3:1 today, and also won the fifth board, although only first 4 boards game results are taken into account of the matches. Hopefully I will pass Dan and Greg pretty soon and become 2nd Board player,but it is not possible to pass our City Best Player Ryan. My game was not as hard as the one yesterday. I took his knight for free first, then he trapped my rook and traded the rook with his knights. Then after some trade offs, I had 1 rook both knights and all 8 good position pawn vs his two rooks with 6 bad position pawns and finally I won the game.

 

I am going to Ann Arber Mi tomorrow, Yeah

 

811

Hi,

 

I just come home from a chess match. We beat Ottawa Hill today 3:1. I won my game with black. I was playing an defensive game and I almost ran out of time. That was a hard game, but fortunately I was the winner. Greg lost,while Ryan and Dan both won.

 

On yesterday's Quiz Bowl, we got 4 games in a row with a 25 to 23 against TSA final score by me. Everything goes well. I am taking lots of tests this week. I finished religion test today, and have math and physics to do tomorrow.

 

With some volleyball game photos,taken in Nutter Center Wright State University in Dayton Ohio. V R OH CHAMPS! We had a fancy pep rally today to celebrate and honor our volleyball team.

 

I am doing some comic Hamlet books during Brit lit and I had a lot of fun. I am not having fun with Spanish since it is really too much of work. I am going up to Michigan to visit his friends during this weekends. Hopefully I will have fun.

 

Enjoy!

 

811

Some mistyping mistakes.

Cities name(correct):

Indianapolis Columbus Cincinnati

Hi,

 

累了两天,终于我们的了州冠军.我在这两天也攒了11小时开车记录，还是挺爽的。周五的那场比赛相当艰苦。我们先输两局，后来连下三城，We eventually,beat them.

 

Yesterday's game was brilliant, as we swept a catholic girl high school. Ashley is our best and favorite player. She is very good as she averaged 18 hits and 8 blocks per matches. Ashley is at least 6'2". Everybody is proud of volleyball girls. This game is the end of all fall sports games, as winter is coming.

 

I lost my way on Friday as I almost drove to Columbus, Capital of ohio. I drove on 675 towards Colombus instead of I 75. Then I found it out and took I 70 back. There was road construction on I70 and the exit towards I75 back to Toledo was blocked, so we have to go another 50 miles and get into Indiana approaching Indianappolis. OOPs! That delayed me at least 2 hrs to get home. Yesterday, I took the right way as I was going on 675 towards Cincinatti, we got to cincinatti and took the I 75 back home. Loang hrs driving was really tiring. I took 2 rests from Cincinatti back home. I took a rest in Lima as we need gasoline, and took dinner in a truck station near Bowling Green. How exciting a trip was! This weekend is not ended as we still have Sunday and Monday off.

 

See ya

 

811

Hi,

 

好兴奋啊，明天就要去Dayton了。Dayton 这地方离Columbus 和Cicinatti都没多远的路， 我还想去看一下ohio  river 呢。 主要目的是去看排球比赛，学校首次杀入总决赛，激动的校长宣布放假，激动的恨不得所有学生全去Dayton助威。本来说做bus的，Phil又答应拉我过去，好吧，省下20块了。如果他们赢了搞不好还得在Dayton住一天，因为周六还有一场。我今天去了邮局，寄了个生日礼物给程烨，花了$7，还好吧，不算太贵，比Fedex强多了，Fedex竟敢找我要$75，哎，幸好没给他们。

 

周末挺长，没有作业。没有训练（封校了）我想还可以去参加个chess比赛，不去也罢了，那tournament太累人了。练练车，别说我这车感还不错，phil说我是他的学生中开车学车最快最好的，他说我是个expert。四月份再去驾校上课，上完了就可以拿正式的本了，嘿嘿。加油！811 ! 最近学习成绩越来越稳定了，一切好像都挺顺的。还不知道圣诞有没机会回去，主要看Carol的，她不来的话，我也就不跑了，圣诞在家好好休息也挺好的。

811