Information Kiosk

[Marcus Baker]

hmm...anyone knowz how to make this thread sticky?

I can! (I feel important now hehe) I can make it stick for you guys..actually, i havent made sticky threads yet...hehe, well, for the active threads, ill make em sticky/.

[azn wizard]

hm...which button is it? i haven't quite figured it out yet...

[Gwared]

hm...which button is it? i haven't quite figured it out yet...

When you create a new topic you chose the title and first post, down the bottom of the grey box are three options, normal, sticky and announcement. You chose which one from there.

If you are a mod of a forum and wish to make a non-sticky topic sticky then you edit the first post and check the sticky box.

I also have read 1984, synonymous now with Room 101 and Big Brother!

Good luck with the topic, hopefully it'll prove very useful.

[Hermione]

here's an idea from the new 'head of the english department' Maybe somebody already posted this; I haven't really read through this thread completely yet.

Wouldn't it be a lot easier if we created separate threads for each subject? Then we wouldn't have to search through hundreds of stuff that's completely irrelevant to the topics we're helping with . . .

[AccioNiffler]

Well Hermione, I think that would be a good idea, but so far we have no customers I think we can look into it once business picks up though

[gecko]

If needed, I can help people out with Latin and maybe (ancient) Greek //
Just ring the bell, and I'll come : ) !

[Marcus Baker]

I can help with portugues, if anyone studies that...hehe

[azn wizard]

ooo...i do need help with french....constantly but not sure of the exact time...so maybe i'll need a private tutor, anyone?

[Gwared]

ooo...i do need help with french....constantly but not sure of the exact time...so maybe i'll need a private tutor, anyone?

Personally I'd just ask one of the Beauxbatons lot...you can find them in the Great Hall.

[tiggirl]

What about a technology department? I'm a computer science major at my university and I've done lots of programming. Plus I know lots of other computer stuff.

[Violet]

I can help with English, or philosophy if anyone studies that.....

[AccioNiffler]

ATTENTION:

I have decided that we will all be wearing uniforms from now on, a different color for each department (mine is of course pink though, hehe):

MATH: Saphire Blue
SCIENCE: Kelly Green
ENGLISH: Red Hot Red
SOCIAL STUDIES: Turquiose Blue
LANGUAGE: Dandelion Yellow
COMPUTERS: Patronus Silver

Please go to Madame Maulkins's to get measured and to pick up your robes. Do no forget to tell her that you are from the Information Kiosk




**AccioNiffler, Stewardess Extrodinaire, Head Chef of the Leaky Cauldron, and Proprietress of the Information Kiosk

[Marcus Baker]

I placed my order for my robes..

Sitting down in a deserted corner with a bunch of science lab equip. "hey choki, having fun yet??"

[choki]

*jolts awake suddenly*
What..what? Phew, I dozed off, didn't I?
No customer still, Marc it seems like everyone is so clever
Why not I start the ball rolling...can anyone explain the moon cycle to me? I mean what blocked what to cause the cresent?

[Gwared]

Well, I'm not a teacher but;

The sun shines on the moons surface and the reflected light is what we see on Earth. If nothing blocks it you get a full moon. However, occasionally the position of the Earth blocks relative to the sun blocks some of the light and you get partial moons. The 'new' moon is where the sun and the moon are both on the same side of the Earth (the light is reflected of the face we cannot see).

The phases are:

new moon
crescent waxing (or waxing crescent)
first quarter
waxing gibbous (I think..it has been a few years!)
full moon
waning gibbous
last quarter
crescent waning (or waning crescent)

they take about 29 and a half days to go, so just under every 2 and 3/4 years you get two full moons in one month, the second of which is called a blue moon, hence the phrase, "once on a blue moon"!!!