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===Hello and welcome to my page. My name is Edwin and I currently go to St.Felix Primary School in Bankstown. I abosolutely love Science, HSIE, History and stydying the Earth. If you do copy, use or edit my page please e-mail me so I know. ===

Truth About Maps
Gerardus Mercator- The Mercator Map

The Mercator Map was designed by a Flemish geographer and cartographer named Gerardus Mercator, in 1569. It is commonly used in schools, high schools and universities to teach geography. It was also used as a navigational tool to navigate European sailors through the ocean and seas. Like all map projections that attempt to fit a curved surface onto a flat sheet, the shape of the map is a distortion of the layout of the Earth's surface. The Mercator Projection exaggerates the size of areas far from the equator.

For example: Greenland is presented having roughly the same area of Africa, when in actual fact Africa's area is 14-15 times larger than Greenland! Alaska is presented having the similar or even slightly more land area than Brazil, when Brazil's area is 5 times larger than of Alaska. Greenland and China look fairly the same. But in reality China is almost 4 times larger than Greenland!

Gall-Peters Projection

The Gall-Peter's Projection map, most commonly known as the Peters projection Map was named after James Gall and Arno Peters. Arno Peters, an amateur historian devised a map based on Gall's orthographic projection in 1967 and presented it in 1973 as a "new invention". Unlike the Mercator Map the Peter's Projection map doesn't inflate the areas of different continents, but it shows the correct size of continents as well as oceans.

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No TRUTH, No FREEDOM

How is Truth related to freedom? Truth is related to freedom because when telling the truth the victim feels much happier and free inside of themselves because they have told the truth. Telling the truth equals yourself being free from guilt. (Truth = Freedom+guilt free)

//"If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples; you will come to know the truth and the truth shall set you free."//

//John's Gospel//

//Digging up the truth in Movies, Books, Pop Culture and the media //

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-style: normal;">What are your thoughts about what this might mean, in the film and the Bible ???

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">I personally belive that this passage in the Bible and in he movie means that the truth always will prevail and will never hide if you are guilty. In the movie Jim Carrey wins his case without lying.

<span style="color: #1d1dd7; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 145%; font-style: normal;">Curly Questions
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;">Do you think you can ever lie to yourself?You can defiantly lie to yourself if you want to trick yourself in saying that you can do something, look like someone or others....... <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;">eg. You might trick yourself in believing that you look like Justin Bieber or Usher.

Are truth and lies the same as right and Wrong?No, because it can be good to lie about something. eg. A surprise birthday

Can you be truthful for dishonest Reasons?Yes, because you might be telling somebody something that they aren’t supposed to know.

Is something only true if you can prove it?No. For example if somebody murdered a person and there was no proof, it doesn't mean that they didn't.

What is a white lie?A white lie is a small lie or joke that isn't so important.

Are some lies bigger than others?Yes, some lies are bigger than others. eg. If you say a white lie that you at dinner, It is much different to lie that you killed someone.

Is truth different at different points in a person’s life? (eg 10-20-30)Yes, because when you would have been a kid you would have believed in Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy. But when you grow up you find out that they are fairy tale creatures.

Can truth differ between cultures?Yes because different cultures because some cultures believe

What about a debate: can both sides be telling the truth even if they disagree?Yes, because they have different points but they are all true.

Is seeing believing? Can you think of examples where this is NOT the case?No because it could be a trick like in a movie if there is a monster or magic it's probably just special effects.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">A Truth Formula

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Truth= <span style="color: #ff4747; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Honesty <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> + <span style="color: #23b84f; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> Loyalty <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> - <span style="color: #3db6ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Lies <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">+ <span style="color: #ea05ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Truism <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> + <span style="color: #f7b722; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Reliability

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">My truth formula is very self- explanatory. In truth honesty, Loyalty, Truism and reliability is crucial.

Truth In Art

How would this truth have been affected if he had lived in a different time?

The truth of Rembrandt's paintings would have been affected dramatically if he was to live before the time he painted. Here are some reasons why: 1.The quality of paint 2. The quality of the canvas 3. He would not have even become an artist 4. He might have painted something else rather than himself. 5. Painting might not have been discovered at the time. 6. Maybe citizens were not allowed to paint/draw What other questions come into your mind when you think about what artists do?

There are several questions that come into my mind when I think about what artist do. There are some of my questions: What type of paint do artists use? Are there certain types of artists that create certain types of art works? Why do we have artists? Why do artists use canvas instead of art paper? What type of brushes do artists use? Who was the first artist? When did people start to paint? In which year did the art start?