I am screwed.

There I was, just standing there, sitting in my awesome room staring at that thing. That awesome spectacular thing. That thing wants me really bad, It's staring straight back at me. I wonder, what in the world? Why can't I move? It's right there, come on man! You can do this! But for some strange, odd reason, my brain thinks I can't. What is wrong with you brain? Why can't you think? This is going all wrong. This is not what I expected. I think I need to get a check up or something. Okay. Now I'm getting really nervous. I'm starting to sweat a lot here. Someone! Do something! I try using the Force, but there is no way I can do this. Oh my gosh this is ticking me off sooo bad. I think I should just forget about everything and get up, walk over to my "thing" and start gaming. Ah, now you know what the "thing" is, don't you? Well anyway I can't really do anything. I can't watch T.V., game, computers, or any other nerdy things because guess what? I'm grounded. Yes I know. It's hard to see a guy like me grounded but I am. I just sit there, with this nasty face, whispering. "Come on man! Use your fricken ninja skills!" I turn my head and there was my mom, standing by the door. Watching my every move, thinking what the heck is he DOING?

Countdown to the LAST DAYS ON EARTH.

Part 1/7

Have you ever thought of the end of the world? Or do you just care to much about yourself and other people. Since we are drawing near to all this legends and rumors that the end of the world is here like 2012 and Armageddon. People are smart enough to know that it cannot possibly happen, but can it? Not really 2012 when the Earth would collapse but from the skies above. Like the day we get hit by an asteroid or a nuclear war? I am going to follow you in the countdown to the seven sources that can destroy our world from the most unlikely, to the most immanent. And make it into the death planet that never was.

7. BLACK HOLES: The death of a star part 2/2

Last time when we left off, we were talking about the awesome power of the Gamma Ray Burst. Now, that ship has sailed and we movie on to the next part of the death of a star. Oh my gosh! What do you think it could be? No you say? You think the Gamma Ray Burst and that's it with the star huh? Well, guess what? I'm sorry to say this but you are wrong. There is one more chapter into the last seconds of the star and that is what we are going to be talking about today. You better hold on tight, because I am taking you to Alpha Centauri where a black hole is about to be born....

Black holes were first discovered as early as the 1780's when scientist John Michell wrote a letter to Henry Cavendish stating that John thought about the idea of a region in space that not even light could escape. Since then scientist have left the subject for over a 100 years. Finally in 1916, Albert Einstein developed his theory of general relativity. This explains that gravity does effect the motion of light. Since then hundreds of scientists have been working on formula's to give a better and more accurate measure to this matter. So what does all this mean? It means that in the 1970's scientists at N.A.S.A found a star about 22,000 miles away that just went supernova. They thought that was the end of it but then, after deep monitoring, they looked closer to the scene of the explosion and found these stars...that were circling around in high speeds and in high temperatures, more than a billion degrees. People had no idea what this was and were kind of shocked. That's when scientists looked back to Einsteins theory and found out that they have discovered a black hole.

As you know, the definition of a black hole is a region in space where nothing, not even light can escape. now you might think that is scary and unimaginable, but there is something out there which is sucking up all the stars around it. Something invisible and a master of stealth. Anyway, scientist knew that this was one dangerous object in space and the had to look for any of these around earth, but so far the closest black hole to us is Sagittarius A*. Sagittarius A* is going to be the highlight star of our story here and let's take a closer look at it. Sagittarius A*, scientists say is home to a super-massive black hole. What a super-massive black hole basically is, is a regular sized black hole times a billion solar masses. Yes I know, it is very large and the scariest thing is that it is right here in the middle of our very own Milky Way! But don't worry about that. A black hole has to be fairly close to us for it to suck us up. Anyway, what I just said is going ot be the least of your problems. Just recently, scientists have found out that black holes can actually, well, move.

I know that sounds a little bit crazy to you but I am 100% telling you the truth right now, scientist have proven that these little monsters can move. So imagine what it would be like if all of a sudden, Sagittarius A* begins to move? How would you feel? I would be peeing my pants by then. Just think of it, a black hole a billion times bigger than the sun, coming straight at us? Like I said, I would still be scared out of my mind. So what is the big problem? Did scientists figure out that Sagittarius is coming at a course for our solar system, well let me tell you the good news. The chances of Earth getting swallowed by a "wandering" black hole is quite a bit less than you getting eaten by a dinosaur next week. That is how low it is. Is it possible for one to suck us up? Yes. Is it possible for a black hole to suck us up in a billion years. Very low chances. Like I said, there is nothing to really worry about in our generation right now but maybe in future ones. Anyway the last part is going to explain to you if a black hole really came to our solar system.

There it comes. Oh no, it's coming! Everyone run! No. That is not the best idea to do. Actually you don't really have to do anything. The first thing the black hole has to do is to get us into its gravitational pull. Depending on what kind of black hole it is, their gravitational pull are all different compared to their sizes. Let's stick with a regular black hole. About a couple hundred solar masses. Now for the black hole to get us in, it just needs to be about a couple of million miles from the solar system. (meaning as far away like from Pluto) Then only 2 events would happen that scientists have estimated. Either Earth would be spinning out of orbit and maybe, just maybe get pushed out of our solar system or the other theory. Earth would be pushed in the opposite direction, to the sun and eventually get so close to it that it will melt. Either way, we will all get sucked up in the black hole. It would cause our home planet to be literally melted, ripped apart and then swallowed by a hungry black hole. In a contest against the black hole and the Earth. The black hole would win for sure. It is that simple. Just think of the black hole as Chuck Norris. He always wins, no matter what. I just want to make it clear that it will be a long time before earth sees its first black hole.

Now we are finally at the end of the death of a star. I hope you learned a lot from these 2 pieces and look at these events in a different way and not only in science fiction. So we have finally ended our 7th series 2 part matter and now we move on to number 6 on our Countdown to the Last Days on Earth. If you think you've seen the future think again. Someone has beaten you to it, something smarter and more intelligent than every human's brain combined together on the face of the Earth. If you think you can beat it, then only you can stop it...

***Stay tuned on my blog for Number 6 on our Countdown coming soon!***

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Harrison's World.

Bijoy Babu
Language Arts
3/7/10

HARRISON’S WORLD

Irony. True irony, this is the type of story that you would know is an irony by reading the first what, paragraph of the story? Today we are reading a very unusual and very confusing story called “Harrison Bergeron.” ‘Harrison Bergeron” is a masterpiece irony from author Kurt Vonnegut and it explains the deep parts and situations we all get into if life in the future was finally “equal” or if you know what I mean…

The year was 2081, in the future, where the world is completely equal. Everyone was equal. The people were equal, the countries were equal, the governments and so forth were all equal. Nobody was smarter or dumber than anyone else. There was one thing that stuck me most about this story and that it has a very emotional, very strong dialogue for such a delusional piece of work. Kurt has put his talents into this story and making it a very amusing, while confusing story you will never forget, and it all starts in the month April to be exact. This is where the drama takes place.

Harrison Bergeron is a 14 year old boy and on that month, that April month, the Handicapped General men took him away from his family, his mother Hazel and his father George. You think they would have fought and cried, but all they really did was just stand there. They knew it was a tragedy but this part of the story confused me even more. Why did his parents just stand there? In my opinion I think it was just a rule, a law in the “equal world” that there should be no action taken in times like this.

When the couple were watching television after that night, they saw a show on ballerinas and it makes you think, why in the world would you think they are watching television when their only son got arrested? It makes you think a lot but it is just probably a simple answer. That it is one of the rules and laws in the equal world. By the way, whoever is running this world is probably a madman…or woman. We get to the scene were Hazel and George are almost done watching the ballerinas when they show a picture of their son, Harrison on screen. This is where the real action takes place. You could hear the crowd start taking and out of nowhere, Harrison just walks up on stage. It was just like that, in an instant. “I am the Emperor!” shouted Harrison. Now I thought, this was going to be the good part. He was finally going to take control of the world and make it a better place? I don’t know but he looked like he was going to do something. The more this story progresses onto the end, the more you realize that something is going to happen. I told you that it was an irony and it is. Now what could happen next I wonder?

Harrison made the audience fill the room with silence. You couldn’t even hear people breath. Harrison announced that he wanted an Empress, a wife so he could rule the world with her. Now this part really made me confused. An arrested boy about 14 years old just walks upstage and declares that he is Emperor? I don’t think so but that is what really happened. Now by now you might be thinking what is going on here? I will tell you that one of the ballerinas from the audience comes up and wants to be his wife. Harrison takes of her ballerina mask and see’s the beauty of her face. The thought that comes up to his mind that he knows he is doing the right thing. He is going to marry her, and they will be the couple who ruled, and changed the world forever. B y this time Hazel and George were in shock, their son, right on television just declared he was King and was already by now, dancing with his new wife. What an extraordinary event. Everyone was dancing and laughing and cheering that they were free. What a time it was! But you know that that all happy and joyous events don’t last forever. Out of nowhere, while the couples were dancing, Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapped General of the United States came out behind the curtains with a double barrel shotgun and fired twice. The Emperor and Empress where dead. The last words that Harrison’s parents said. The ones who couldn’t do anything from the beginning said:
"Gee - I could tell that one was a doozy," said Hazel.
"You can say that again," said George.
"Gee-" said Hazel, "I could tell that one was a doozy."
That was the end of Harrison Bergeron.

The story quite resembles many other stories in the making but for this story alone. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut is a masterpiece that is great for any fan of irony. I am not a big fan of irony myself but from reading this story, I know that this is something to look into. That irony is a deep dark story with a tragic beginning, a dark middle and a tragic flaw at the end. The characters in this story, from Harrison Bergeron to the one and only Diana Moon Glampers. These characters are a solid resemblance of who the people might be if the world was all equal. And for those people out there who want to know if the world is ever going to be equal, or if anything like this might happen. I might guarantee that it’s not going to happen. Never.