Al Gore a Harvard law school graduate wrote An Inconvient Truth. Former United States Vice President talks about the crisis global warming. Global Warming is a serious issue.  Recented a Ice berg the size of Manattan just broke off Canadian island. There's only one earth and we have to take care of it.
Albert  Gore put in his book this quote by Mark Twain, " It ain't what you don't know that get you in trouble, it's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
What are Greenhouse gases you ask?
Greenhouse gases are gases in our atmosphere that hold in heat  such as Carbon Dioxide , methane, and nitrous oxide. They maintain a average temperature of 59 degrees ferenheit. Without these gases the Earth's surface tempature would drop to zero degrees.Our modern lifestyle has released too much greenhouse gases which is not good. CO2 accounts for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions. When we burn fossil fuels, coal , natural gas in homes we are releasing CO2 and other greenhouse gases. I don't know if you know that cutting down forests and producing cement releases CO2 as well. In the Northern Hemisphere when it's autumn and winter, the leaves fall thus releases CO2. Then in the Spring and Summer the leaves are back again , so it decreases CO2. In 2005 Mt. Kilmanjaro in Africa was famous for snow covered peaks but now the snow has melted and a giant iceicle used to be a glacier. Al Gore used past pictures of snow covered mountains and National Parks with Updated pictures that are from the 21st Centry. He has found out that snow covered peaks , and  snow mountains, and snowed covered park are now melting. Where do these melted water goes? They go into streams , rivers, lakes, and even oceans. This water increase has caused floods across the world. Some dry  places gets floods while wet places now get droughts. For example the Himalayan mountains in China and Nepal holds most of the world's drinking water 100 times as much ice as the Alps provide more drinking water for 40% of the world's population. If the Himalayan glaciers disappear before the next half century, Al Gore predicted that 2.6 billion of the world's people will face a serious drinking water shortage. Some people may say that the Global Warming is a natural process and point to the Medival warming, but Al Gore in his book showed a graph that proves that is not necessarally true because  in the past 2 to 3 decades we seen a trementous warming in the world that temperatures risen higher than the medival warm period. The temperatures are still rising higher if we do not stop the increase of greenhouse gases. The solution is solar wind, and electric that can power cars. solar power are extremely useful in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, California, and Nevada because there are extreme heat waves there. Near the equator countries, solar power will also prove useful in provideing alternative energy. 
Hybrid cars uses both electric and gasoline, but it mainly uses it electricity and doesn't switch to oil until it reaches 40 miles. Most countries except Austrailia and the United States have signed the Kyoto  Protcol, but some states have already going beyond Kyoto Protocol's measures like California. Arnold Schwartzenegger has done a great job for his state to be as environment as they can. 
Some countries like the United states and China already have hydrogen fueled buses that use hydrogen cells to emit exhaust that is water vapor instead of CO2. 
In some cities they have buildings with green roofs that can support plant life and only filter CO2 from the air. They also provide food , reduce heat from densely populated areas of cities, insulate buildings and they beautiful says Albert Gore. Wind Power is also another alternative energy source for cities and countries. I know Atlantic City New Jersey has some in the sea to produce electrcity. "A 100 megawatt wind farm can power 24,000 homes. You would have to burn 50,000 tons of coal releasing vast amounts of CO2to provide the same amount of electrcity,"
Al Gore in his 2006 book. 
Al Gore sends a message in his book which is that the world that we live in is in jeopardy and we need to save it. 
Global Warming, greenhouse gas, melting ice, rising sea levels, flooded areas, drought areas, water covered land in the future. 
Take care of this earth because this is all we got.  

               


           

Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony

            I was watching the Opening ceremony Friday night. I first felt the drums were like war but realized that the purpose was to show the countdown and exact beats. I also realized that normal people would not be so exact because the drummers were specially trained professionals to make the countdown at the exact time.  Another aspect that thrilled me was the large LCD screen where it showed Chinese traditions by drawing brilliant sceneries.

            Director Zhang yimou made the Tang dynasty trade boats very special. I realized that the side of the bird’s nest was an LCD display of the sea in that one scene. They made the cauldron lighting with Li Ning rising  to the side of the Bird’s nest where a LCD screen displayed a scroll. Every time Li moves, the scroll moves several spaces faster. It was also very unique how the flame just climbed up to the cauldron.

 

Disney did its best to make a movie, but out of all the Disney movies I seen , this one is terrible. It may have a plot and story , but I wasn't feeling it and I'm not feeling the Rock. It suppose to have high action , drama, but instead they put in a badly acted drama. It has bad humor and everything is bad, except the music. The grand finale music was the best.

Overall Grade:	D+
Story:	D
Acting:	C+
Direction:	D+
Visuals:	B+

As a movie critic, it is easy in most times and hard in others. Rating this movie was not an easy task. I had to look at how well it was suited for kids, adults, and senior citizens. Then I had to look at the special effects, graphics , and movie magic. I also had to look at the characters role, plot, and story line.
C.S. Lewis has created a classic for everybody to watch and read.
Prince Caspian was a movie with high action and breath taking moments. The movie started out with Miraz wanting to kill Caspian the 10th because he wanted his throne and Miraz got a new baby son.
Caspian later found Trufflehunter and the Badger. The Badger took care of him while Trufflehunter and Thumpkin protected their home from Miraz's men.
Then Caspian used Queen Susan's horn to call the four pevensies in England.
Susan , Lucy , Edmund and Peter have another adventure ahead of them.As the story moves on to Caspian and the four pevensies to raid Miraz's castle, Narnans vs. Telars, and Miraz vs Peter. This movie is filled with action and mobility.
The special effects were awsome like at the end when Aslan turned the whole battle around by adding trees to the battle and Bracchus to destroy the Bridge connecting the Fords of Burma and the Stone Table shrine.
At the end Susan and Peter were not allowed back at Narnia because of the Task they accomplished their. The Deep Magic, Aslan, made a doorway to send the Telmars back to their island where they can rule their again.
This movie showed Disney magic and creativity. Watch it soon.