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NZ artist

Don Binney

I chose Don Binney because he was the first artist I came across when I was looking for one on the web. For some people it is important to gain knowledge from artists because they can affect the world around us. Here is some information on one New Zealand artist.

Don Binney was born on the 24th of March 1940 and died on the 14th of September 2012 aged 72. He was best known for his paintings which often had native birds, the sea and sky in them. He lived in Auckland for his early life, but in later life he lived in such places as Mexico, London and Australia. In 1663 when he was 23 years old he held his first solo exhibition at Ikon gallery in Auckland. He taught at Mt Roskill Grammar School until 1966 as well as teaching in the department of fine arts at Elam in 1977 when he was 37. He was married twice, his first wife was Dame Judith Binney a historian. His first wife he divorced and remarried to Philippa Binney.

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Random Facts

Random Facts

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on earth (not highest).

A duck's quack doesn't echo and nobody knows why. 

There are 3.5 million seconds a year.

The longest flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.

The average person laughs 15 times a day.

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

When Michigan was just a young territory, deer were so common and hunting such a part of life that whole deer or deer skin was used as money ...thus the term buck became.

Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing done on computers and other devices.

Bubble gum contains rubber.

there is an estimations of 100 billion planets in our galaxy.

Frozen lobsters can come back to life once thawed.

Slugs have 4 noses.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

Men are 6 x more likely to be struck by lightning than women are.

In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. 

Sneezes travel at the speed of 100 mph.

Bones can self destruct when they don't have enough calcium.

A group of pugs is called a grumble.

According to old English time units a moment consist of 90 seconds.

Rats and horses cannot vomit.

Jellyfish is 95% water ... Only 5% actual jellyfish.

In Apple Valley California it is a criminal offence for a duck to quack after 10 PM.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

Conscientious objectors in WW2

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SKIING

SKIING

On Friday the 28th of August all students from year 4-8 at Yaldhurst Model School who wanted to go skiing did. Unfortunately since it takes about 1 and 1/2 hours to drive to the ski field, consequently we had to be at school by 7:00 am and be on the bus by 7:15 am. 

Unfortunately for us the buses' clutch broke, thus, every time the driver tried to accelerate the bus went backwards, which is not a good thing when there's a corner not far behind you.

Luckily though, after half an hour of attempts to get the bus started, the bus drivers for Cashmere School stopped and put as many kids as they could get into each bus. 

After getting to the ski field we got an hour and a half skiing lesson, then afterwards enjoyed the rest of the day going down the quad and the 6. I really enjoyed skiing as well as sleeping in massively the next morning.