In the beginning of Oblivion you have to choose you race and gender and what you look like. There are many races to choose from and each one has its own unique abilities. These are the races you can choose from:
Nord
Breton
Imperial
Redgaurd
Wood elf
High elf
Dark elf
Orc
Argonian
Khajit
During the first part of the game while you are getting out of the prison you have to choose your seven major skills. You will have to increase your major skills later in the game to increase your level. You increase your major skills by using a sword a lot of jumping or running ect.
In the game your character is in the province of Crodyl. There are many different cities in the game and lots of people to talk to. There are lots of quests you can get from people and guilds, besides the main quest in the game. There are four guilds that you can join:
The Fighters guild
The Mages guild
The Thieves guild
The Dark brotherhood
In each guild you have to do missions to earn rewards and advancement in your rank within the guild.
There are lots of things you can buy from the merchants within all of the cities. You can buy swords, daggers, axes, maces, shields, armor, staffs, ingredients alchemy equipment and spells. There are spells to damage your enemy’s attributes, to heal yourself and to summon cool creatures to fight for you.
If you commit a crime in the game, like stealing or attacking someone the city guards will run up to you and give you three options: to pay your bounty, go to jail or resist the arrest. If you resist arrest the guards will attack you and kill you, unless you are very powerful or if you have the god mode cheat. If you go to jail, you do not lose any money, but when you get out you might lose a point to some of your attributes. So paying the bounty is the easiest, you may the money and they let you go.
You can pray at alter in the cities chapels to gain effects. You can also mix ingredients to make potions and poisons.
This is a very fun, long game, and is my favourite game I have ever played.
Copyright basti 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
What are Tornados?
A tornado is a twisting funnel, a couple hundred meters across, in which wind speeds can reach 350 km/h.
Tornadoes occur in many parts of the world but they are most frequently found in the U.S.A east of the Rocky Mountains during spring and summer. There are about 800 tornadoes every year in the U.S.A, resulting in 80 deaths.
Thunder storms often produce large hail, strong winds and tornadoes. Tornadoes sometimes accompany tropical storms and hurricanes.
A tornado’s diameter can differ between a couple of feet to a mile. A tornado normally travels in a northeasterly distance at speeds of 32 to 64 kilometers per hour and normally covers anywhere between 1 and 160km.
69% of all tornadoes are weak, 29% of all tornadoes are strong and 2% of all tornadoes are violent.
Weak tornadoes result in less than 5% of tornado deaths.
Strong tornadoes result in almost 30% of tornado deaths.
Violent tornadoes result in 70% of tornado deaths.
Tornadoes are most likely to occur between 3 and 9 p.m. but they can occur anytime of the day or night.
Safety tips: look out for dark, a lot of the time greenish sky.
Look out for wall cloud, large hail and a loud roar.
When the weather looks bad, listen to the radio in case there is a warning.
A weak tornado that forms over warm water is called a waterspout, but sometimes these tornadoes move onto land, get stronger, and cause damage.
People in cars and old and very young people are most at risk from tornadoes.
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Tornadoes occur in many parts of the world but they are most frequently found in the U.S.A east of the Rocky Mountains during spring and summer. There are about 800 tornadoes every year in the U.S.A, resulting in 80 deaths.
Thunder storms often produce large hail, strong winds and tornadoes. Tornadoes sometimes accompany tropical storms and hurricanes.
A tornado’s diameter can differ between a couple of feet to a mile. A tornado normally travels in a northeasterly distance at speeds of 32 to 64 kilometers per hour and normally covers anywhere between 1 and 160km.
69% of all tornadoes are weak, 29% of all tornadoes are strong and 2% of all tornadoes are violent.
Weak tornadoes result in less than 5% of tornado deaths.
Strong tornadoes result in almost 30% of tornado deaths.
Violent tornadoes result in 70% of tornado deaths.
Tornadoes are most likely to occur between 3 and 9 p.m. but they can occur anytime of the day or night.
Safety tips: look out for dark, a lot of the time greenish sky.
Look out for wall cloud, large hail and a loud roar.
When the weather looks bad, listen to the radio in case there is a warning.
A weak tornado that forms over warm water is called a waterspout, but sometimes these tornadoes move onto land, get stronger, and cause damage.
People in cars and old and very young people are most at risk from tornadoes.
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Asiatic Black Bear Habitat and Movement
Asiatic black bears like living in moist and dense forests below alpine elevations.
In summer they can be found at heights of 10,000 feet and descend to lower altitudes in the winter.
They hibernate in the winter in the cold areas of their range and don’t in the warm areas of their range where it is constantly warm.
They are found in southern Asia. The western edge of the range used to be Afghanistan, across Pakistan, eastward over northern India and southern China, northeastern China, former eastern Soviet Union, Korea and Japan.
Sometimes they come out of the forests to forage on the plains.
The territory of the Asiatic black bear can vary greatly from around 6.4 or 9.7 square km to about 16.4 or 36.5 square km.
The habitat that Asiatic black bears live in is forests and the bear has short strong claws that it can use for climbing trees, opening mounds and pealing bark to eat.
In the wild, Asiatic black bears forage alone, but during breeding season pairs van be seen gathering and hunting together.
Asiatic black bears are powerful swimmers and their 2 inch long claws make them good tree climbers.
They walk on all four feet, but when they fight they stand on their two back feet and slap their opponents with their claws.
They can have territories from 4 to 8 miles.
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Further reading and resources:
more about asiatic bears and other bears
In summer they can be found at heights of 10,000 feet and descend to lower altitudes in the winter.
They hibernate in the winter in the cold areas of their range and don’t in the warm areas of their range where it is constantly warm.
They are found in southern Asia. The western edge of the range used to be Afghanistan, across Pakistan, eastward over northern India and southern China, northeastern China, former eastern Soviet Union, Korea and Japan.
Sometimes they come out of the forests to forage on the plains.
The territory of the Asiatic black bear can vary greatly from around 6.4 or 9.7 square km to about 16.4 or 36.5 square km.
The habitat that Asiatic black bears live in is forests and the bear has short strong claws that it can use for climbing trees, opening mounds and pealing bark to eat.
In the wild, Asiatic black bears forage alone, but during breeding season pairs van be seen gathering and hunting together.
Asiatic black bears are powerful swimmers and their 2 inch long claws make them good tree climbers.
They walk on all four feet, but when they fight they stand on their two back feet and slap their opponents with their claws.
They can have territories from 4 to 8 miles.
copyright basti 2011
Further reading and resources:
more about asiatic bears and other bears
Asiatic Black Bear Diet and Skeleton
Asiatic black bears are omnivores. They eat insects, small mammals and birds, carrion and fruits.
In autumn they will visit nut producing trees, where they eat nuts from platforms they make in the trees.
They have a long gut for digesting grass. Their barrel shaped body tells us that they have a long intestine. They have a simple intestinal tract.
Their molars are broad and flat. They have 42 teeth. They have all their permanent teeth by the time the bear is two and a half years old.
Asiatic black bears have massive skulls. Their skulls are usually long and they are wide across the forehead with protruding eye brow ridges.
The size, shape, use of teeth and jaw muscles influence the size and shape of the bears head.
They have a large jawbone hinge and their molars are wide and flat.
A bear has a similar arm structure to that of a man and a bird.
A bear has a barrel shaped body.
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Further reading and resources:
More information about Asiatic Black Bear
In autumn they will visit nut producing trees, where they eat nuts from platforms they make in the trees.
They have a long gut for digesting grass. Their barrel shaped body tells us that they have a long intestine. They have a simple intestinal tract.
Their molars are broad and flat. They have 42 teeth. They have all their permanent teeth by the time the bear is two and a half years old.
Asiatic black bears have massive skulls. Their skulls are usually long and they are wide across the forehead with protruding eye brow ridges.
The size, shape, use of teeth and jaw muscles influence the size and shape of the bears head.
They have a large jawbone hinge and their molars are wide and flat.
A bear has a similar arm structure to that of a man and a bird.
A bear has a barrel shaped body.
copyright basti 2011
Further reading and resources:
More information about Asiatic Black Bear
Acid Rain and Acid Rain Effects
Droplets from clouds are naturally acidic, because the carbon dioxide in air dissolves to form a weak acid. But sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides made from burning fossil fuels form stronger acids. The moisture gets to the ground as acid mist, snow or rain. Acid rain damages forests and acidifies lakes, harming aquatic animals.
Pollutants can be carried by the winds for hundreds of kilometers before they are washed to the ground by rain.
Over the years scientists have noticed that some forests have been growing slower and slower without reason. Trees don’t grow as fast they used to before. Leaves turn brown and fall off when they are meant to be green. This is caused by acid rain.
Acid rain also damages buildings. In Westminster England up to ten million pounds was spent on repairs because of acid rain. There have also been lots of complaints of damage to car paints.
Acid rain also acidifies lakes and damages aquatic life.
It looks, feels, and tastes like clean rain. Acid rain cannot harm people directly. You can even walk in acid rain or swim in an acidic lake and won’t be harmed, but the pollutants that cause acid rain (sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) do damage human health.
You have to understand the causes and effects of acid rain to help reduce it.
Cars and trucks are big sources of the pollutants that cause acid rain, so car manufactures are required to decrease the amount of nitrogen oxides and other pollutants released by new cars.
Other ways to reduce acid rain is to:
• Save electricity.
• Use less paper.
• Decrease emissions from mining, smelting and generating electrical power.
• Cut back on products that make CFC’s.
• Drive less.
Copyright Basti 2011
Further reading and resources:
The effects of acid rain on automotive coatings
Pollutants can be carried by the winds for hundreds of kilometers before they are washed to the ground by rain.
Over the years scientists have noticed that some forests have been growing slower and slower without reason. Trees don’t grow as fast they used to before. Leaves turn brown and fall off when they are meant to be green. This is caused by acid rain.
Acid rain also damages buildings. In Westminster England up to ten million pounds was spent on repairs because of acid rain. There have also been lots of complaints of damage to car paints.
Acid rain also acidifies lakes and damages aquatic life.
It looks, feels, and tastes like clean rain. Acid rain cannot harm people directly. You can even walk in acid rain or swim in an acidic lake and won’t be harmed, but the pollutants that cause acid rain (sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) do damage human health.
You have to understand the causes and effects of acid rain to help reduce it.
Cars and trucks are big sources of the pollutants that cause acid rain, so car manufactures are required to decrease the amount of nitrogen oxides and other pollutants released by new cars.
Other ways to reduce acid rain is to:
• Save electricity.
• Use less paper.
• Decrease emissions from mining, smelting and generating electrical power.
• Cut back on products that make CFC’s.
• Drive less.
Copyright Basti 2011
Further reading and resources:
The effects of acid rain on automotive coatings
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