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When the administrators of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, adopted six 'therapy' cats from an animal shelter, they had no idea that among them was one that possessed an uncanny sixth sense to predict theimpending death of terminally ill patients.

Oscar the tabby cat's story begins in 2005, when the newly born kitten was placed on third floor of the nursing center, home to patients that are in the last stages of illnesses like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer. The kitten spent the first year lazing around and watching the bustling activity around him. Then, just before his first birthday, Oscar began visiting each of the 41-patients on the floor regularly, just like the doctors and nurses did.

Initially, the hospital staff did not pay much attention to the feline's behavior. However, after some of the people that Oscar was snuggled next to passed away, they began to notice a pattern - the cat only went close to those that were a few hours away from dying. Otherwise, he would curl up on a desk and spend the day sleeping.

To test if it was just a coincidence, the staff tried to place Oscar next to a patient they believed was close to dying. But the paranormal cat refused to stay put and decided to snuggle next to someone else. Turns out he was right because 'his' patient died that same evening, while the one whose death the nurses had thought was imminent, lived on for another two days.

Among the biggest believers in Oscar's paranormal powers is Dr. David Dosa, ageriatrician and Assistant Professor at Brown University. He is so convinced of Oscar's unusual 'gift' that he not only published a paper about him in the New England Journal of Medicine, but also wrote a book. Entitled "Making rounds with Oscar: The extraordinary gift of an ordinary cat’, the 2010 publication outlines the various pieces of evidence he has been able to gather about the cat's predicting powers. Also convinced is the hospital staff who has been using Oscar's foretelling abilities to inform family members so they can bid farewell to their loved ones before it's too late.

Of course, not everyone believes that Oscar has a sixth sense. Some feline experts think that his perfect timing may have to do with a certain smell that the cat has come to associate with death. Others speculate it may have to do with the lack of movement in people that are about to die.

Then there are the skeptics who maintain that Oscar's record is not as perfect as it has been made out to be. They think that the hospital staff and Dr. Dosa have simply 'cherry-picked' the occasions when Oscar has been accurate and ignored the ones when he has not. Fortunately, none of this negative chatter has affected nine-year-old Oscar who continues to provide comfort to sick people in their final hours!

Movie Challenge

My group made a video on why smoking is bad.
I think my group did well with acting.
Next time I would make a better poem.
I would improve the audio.

How to make a felt slipper

Picture story

Waimarino

I sit there staring at the next person to grab me and ferociously throw me in a kayak to push me down the slope into the freezing, cold water. I feel a cold wet hand slap onto me and pull me of the rack. My user pulls the kayak down the wooden slope and then we slap into the water. I feel cold and wet as I get splashed into the freezing water.

When we get to the spot the instructor told us to get into a circle. I watch all the other paddles paddling along behind me, then she asked for some one to show how to stand up in the kayak. Later I had to be dunked into the freezing water again to go back to land.

Life Education

Methamphetamine has negative effects that can include disturbed sleep patterns, hyperactivity, nausea, delusions of power, increased aggressiveness and irritability. Once taken the user looses weight. Antonie Dixon completely or partially severed the hands or arms of two women with a Katana (Samurai sword), shot a man dead with a sub-machine gun and kidnapped another man.

Here is a photo of before and after methamphetamine users.

Candy that Doesn't Cause Cavities?

 Article Comprehension:

1. What causes cavities? Cavities are caused by the sugar remains left on your teeth and the sugar eats away at your teeth. 
2. What was the genius idea the scientists at OraganoBalance came up with to try combat cavities? The bacteria that is naturally found in cultured milk product, Kefir, is known for its ability to bind with streptococci mutans and therefore could potentially help draw the bacteria away from the teeth
3. What was the experiment they conducted to test their thesis?  They tested it on rats. Was it successful? Yes it was successful. 

Bao Bao's First Birthday

Article Comprehension:

1. Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special? Bao Bao's birthday is special because Bao Bao's is the USAs favourite Panda!
2. How did the zookeepers celebrate it? The zookepers celebrated it by putting up sign's saying"Long Life."
3. What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year? Bao Bao learnt how to go to some one when they shout her name.

Homework

For my homework I have to do 4 walks or a run around a local walk. For my walks my dad, mum and I have gone to Mount Maunganui, Papamoa hills, Kaiate falls and Karngahake gorge here are some photos of the walks we have done.

Dinner homework

For my Rimu homework challenges I have prepared a 3 corse meal for my family. We had scallops wrapped in bacon for the Entrée and the main we had roast and vegetables lamb and for dessert we had carrot cake. Here are some photos of the meal and the making.

Here is the menu

Entree

Scallops wrapped in bacon strips

Main

Roast lamb 

served with roast vegetables 

and seasonal vegetables

Dessert

Carrot cake 

with cream cheese icing 

Dangerous Decibels

Today at 12 O'clock my class went to the Whare to go and learn about Dangerous Decibels. Toni the lady teaching us handed out some tuning forks then we banged them on the ground and it made a ting, we put the fork about 20cm away from out ear and out ears felt VERY weird! Then we got some pingpong balls and then banged the tuning fork and put the fork on the ball and it kept bouncing off!
And we learnt about how loud sounds can affect our hearing.

Mine Trampoline Park!

Article Comprehension:
Q:How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?

A:Bounce Below is different because they have massive zip-lines and there tramp park is underground.

Q:What are some of the things visitors will experience at Bounce Below?

A: At Bounce Below people want to see the big zip-lines and the underground tunnels to the tramp park.

Q:What are the two zip-lines called? 

A: One of them is called Velocity and the other is Titan.

Q:What is special about each zip-line?

A: They are special because they are all different in length and speed. 

Make something out of recycled materials (Homework challenge)

For my homework I have chosen to make something out of Recycled Materials. I made a peg gun that shoots match sticks.

Joey Chestnut wins a hot dog eating contest for the eighth consecutive year.

Article Comprehension:

1. Who was responsible for making Nathan's hot dog contest famous? Nathan's fame is from The International hot dog eating contest. 
2. How many hot dogs did he eat? Nathan demolished 61 franks hot dogs.
3. How many years has Joey Chestnut won the contest prior to this year? in 2007 Nathan got his first victory by dethroning Japan's Takeru Kobayashi
4. What significant event occurred before the contest began? Nathan got married!
5. What happened in the women's contest? Three-time defending women's champion Sonya 'Black Widow' was defeated by Miki Sudo.

Bali

1. In Bali little parcels are every where this decoration is called Canang sari. These little baskets contain flowers and food.


2. Bali schools are quite different to New Zealands schools. there is no intermediate there primary is from 6 to 12 year old pupils.


3. Bali has fish that eat dead skin and bacteria off your feet and you pay very little for a tingle in-between your tows!

4. Batik is a fabric dyeing method using wax to create patterns and designs on different fabrics.

5.  Saraswati temple Kingdom of Ubud is dedicated to honor the Hindu Goddess Saraswati.