Hello, I am Joshua Walsh. I was born on the second of October in 1990. I am 16 years old and am currently living with my family on Long Island. I am in the 10th grade and will hopefully graduate in 2009. My favorite things to do are read, play videogames, watch Real Time with Bill Maher, and talk with my friends at school. My favorte book is J.R.R. Tolkien and anything he wrote about Middle Earth is on my favorites list. J.K. is another of my favorites, and in the coming June I will probably begin salivating over the release of the new and final enstallment of the Harry Potter Series, I have also read C.S. Lewis, Tamora Pierce, Dan Brown, Elie Weisel, and am working on H.G. Well's War of the Worlds.

My passion is ...

Reading

I know too much about ...

HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher and the Harry Potter Series

My parents always told me ...

To do well in school and behave myself

My childhood ambition ...

To be a lawyer (although I was really just saying that to make myself seem more interesting, and I do not whish to persue this career).

My favorite memory ...

I have a few favorites, one of which was when I got to take a field trip to Hershey's park with my school.

Why I write ...

People always tell me I am a good writer and I wanted to express myself

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

H.G. Wells, Tolkien, J.K.Rowling, Tamora Peirce, Dan Brown, C.S. Lewis, I love the Lord of the RIngs Movies and once again Real Time with Bill Maher I got a new Evanescense album which I love

My first job ...

I don't have a job, but if helium works out it will be the first time I get paid

My best moment ...

When I had a solo in school and I did not mess it up (my worst moment is when I had another solo which did not go over as well).

My inspiration ...

My family, my friends, my teachers, and what I read watch and listen to

Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather Factors affecting regional climates

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Earths CLimate is determined by a number of things. The first of these is the lattitude of a given location. The farther north or south one travels from the equator, the colder temperatures become due to the decreasing angle of incidence (angle at which the energy from the sun strikes the Earth).
Another one of these factors is the elevation of a given location. The farther up one travels in the troposphere (the lowest layer of the atmosphere where earth's weather is found) the colder the temperature is. This is why the tops of mountains are often covered with snow; since the up...

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