CNN Hero Of The Hero!

Liz McCartney is CNN hero of the year because she helped survivors of Hurricane Katrina rebuild thier homes. She recieved $100,000 to continue her work out of New Orleans. She was one of the top 10 CNN heros thier as more than 1 million votes and she won with the most votes. Liz lived in Wahington and she was haunted by images of the storms destruction and stories of people. In Febuary 2006, Liz and her boyfriend went to volunteer at New Orleans. Thier experience thier changed thier lifes. By, June 2006 they quit thier jobs and moved to St.Bernard Parish. Now thier still dedicated to help people rebuild thier homes and move back into thier homes. Within two months of thier arrival they opened the nonprofit organization St. Bernard Project they put Senior citizens and families with children first on thier list. The St. Bernard Project can transform a gutted house into a livable home in just eight to 12 weeks for an average cost of $12,000. More than 6,000 volunteers have worked with the St. Bernard Project, helping more than 120 families to move back into their homes. Liz McVartney and her boyfriend plan on working till they can get everyone back into thier homes.

Terrorist Attacks In Mumbai

The Terrorist attack in Mumbhai, India left many killed 195 people killed plus 300 injured people. The attacks started on November 26th and ended on 29th November 2008. At least 195 people killed and 300 were injures in the attacks. Police belive that 12 terrorists were responsible for the attacks at 10 different locations. The terriorist used a fishing boat to travel to the city by sea to avoid gujrat security patrols and checkpoints. At 9:15 PM five terrorists armed with AK-47'S barged into Leopold Cafe. At 9:20 PM two men on a motor bike threw a grenade at a petrol station and killed two people and took number of hostages from a pub. At 9:24 they attacked CST Railway station gunmen started shooting at the reservation counter and nu,ber of people were killed and dozens wounded in this attack then the terrorists ran out of the station (tells you how secured indian railway stations are!). At 9.30 PM Armed men walked into the hotel throught the service entrance and started firing and throwing grenades. They took about 100 british and american hostages. At least two terriosts were killed during the attack at the Taj Mahal palace hotel. At 9:35 PM the same thing happend at Oberoi Trident Hotel and most of the city's expensive hotels. At 9:55 a taxi blew up in Vile Parle but this city was north than the rest of the attacks. At 10:15 Terrorists began firing inside and outside of Cama Hospital a police inspector, two security police men, two security men were killed. At 10:30 gunmen fired two police men near Mtero Cinema before hijacking a police vehicle. At 10:45 another taxi blew up and at least 3 people killed and 25 other people were injured. At 10:50 PM two terriorists opened fire after being confronted by police but, both gunmen were killed and police discovered two rib-type boats filled with explosives.

Twilight Post#1 :D

I am currently reading twilight because a lot of people said it was really good. I am on page 270. I’m pretty addicted to it now. Well, the book is about a boy named Edward who is a vampire and Bella who is a normal teenage girl that moved to a small town in Washington called Forks. First, he doesn’t seem to like her because when he was in biology he would move as much away from her as possible and would always clench his fists. After a week went by he introduces himself as Edward Cullen and is totally nice to her now. One day he saves her from a van that was sliding on ice with his strong powers. When Bella confronts him being strong and blazing fast he denies it. She finds out stuff about the Cullen’s through friend named Jacob black who knows a lot about them. But eventually he tells her that he is a vampire and what is allowed to do and what his appetite is. He even tells her what he can do for example he can read minds except for Bella’s. Even as Bella and Edward try to get to know each other more it is hard for him to be near her because he a total different person.

Teenager Commits Suicide on webcam as others watch!

A florida teenager died in his bed of druf overdose while others watched him over the internet through his webcam on Justin.tv. The cause of the death was because of Benzodiazepine, an antidepressant and other drugs that were used to treat depression. The article did not reveal his name. His body was found in his apartment behind a locked door which the police broke down. He was blogging between 3.am to 4.am about him taking overdose of drugs and he also posted a sucide note. The people that commented his video were telling him that he was joking and he couldnt kill him self with the number of medicines he took. But yet he passed away but the people that were watching the video were concered and called the management of Justin.Tv and reported the police.

Quarter 2 Blog #1

Health Hereos

Hereos in a box.

“When life gives you lemons you make lemonade."

Got the news today
Doctor said I had to stay
A little bit longer
And I'll be fine
When I thought it'd all been done
When I thought it'd all been said
A little bit longer
And I'll be fine

But you don't know what you got
'Till it's gone
And you don't know what it's like
To feel so low
Every time you smile or laugh you glow
You don't even know
No no
You don't even know

All this time goes by
Still no reason why
A little bit longer
And I'll be fine
Waitin' on a cure
But none of them are sure
A little bit longer
And I'll be fine

But you don't know what you got
'Till it's gone
And you don't know what it's like
To feel so low
And every time you smile or laugh you glow
You don't even know
No no
You don't even know
No no

Two, three, four!

Yeah!
And you don't know what you got
'Till it's gone
And you don't know what it's like
To feel so low
And every time you smile or laugh you glow
You don't even know
No
Yeah
Woah!

Animas Corporation and Nicole Johnson Baker launch Diabetes Hero campaign; Distributes Diabetes Heroes Awareness Bracelets to Children Nationwide

WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- Animas Corporation (Nasdaq:PUMP), a leading manufacturer of insulin pumps, along with Nicole Johnson Baker, former Miss America, TV Host and Author, have launched the Diabetes Heroes campaign. Diabetes Heroes is a nationwide program created to identify and recognize individuals who have demonstrated exceptional resilience and/ or creativity in living with diabetes or who have provided exceptional assistance and motivation to one or more persons with diabetes. Heroes will be named in five categories including: patient, family member, friend, healthcare professional and other.

As part of the program, Animas will be distributing Diabetes Hero awareness bracelets through diabetes camps nationwide. Animas will make a donation to the non-profit organization, Children with Diabetes for every bracelet given to a child this summer.

Children with Diabetes is dedicated to promoting the importance of care and treatment of children with diabetes within the families, schools and daycare; to support families living with the disease; and to promote the importance of research and finding a cure.

"Since Animas was founded in 1996, we have met countless individuals who tirelessly work towards making a difference in the lives of those living with diabetes. Many of them have family members with the disease, while others are living with diabetes themselves and aspiring to making life better for those around them," explains Audrey Finkelstein, Executive Vice President, Sales, Clinical Affairs and Marketing. "We want to recognize these extraordinary people and their efforts, while at the same time, educating the public about this disease and the physical and emotional impact it has on the over 18 million it claims."

Health Hero: Diane Harper
She helped develop a vaccine that could save 250,000 women a year

By Alexis Jetter , Alexis Jetter writes about science and politics, and is the co-editor of The Politics of Motherhood.

Prevention's April Health Hero, Diane Harper, MD, MPH, helped develop Gardasil, the first vaccine against human papillomavirus, the main cause of cervical cancer. She's taken a leave from Dartmouth Medical School to educate doctors around the world about the vaccine, developed by Merck & Co., and a similar vaccine, Cervarix, developed by GlaxoSmithKline, which is expected to be approved by the FDA soon. Contributor Alexis Jetter recently spoke with Harper.

Your work is going to profoundly affect women's experience in terms of their gynecologic health--what was your first experience with a gynecologist?I joined the Navy in college, which wasn't a good fit, literally. I tried to wear the uniform but they didn't have one to fit me. But I joined because I was going to MIT, which cost $40,000 a year. I went to helicopter school, learned how to crash a helicopter underwater and swim out--very scary. In the end, the Navy and I parted0--it was not, as I said, a good fit.

My very first pelvic exam was done in a Navy hospital; I don't even remember where. A big naval base somewhere. We were all lined up in Johnny robes. The gynecologist was about 102 years old. I was 18. "Oh my God," I thought. "What's happening to me?" We had very little clothes on, and at 18, you're thinking: "This is my body and what's happening to it?"

He never said a word. No talking. He figured everyone had had one of these exams before. I was hundreds of miles from my home and from my mother. It was an important event, and shaped the way in which I approach medicine: How do you provide medical care? How do you listen?

What's most exciting to you about the new vaccine?One woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes--it's the number one cancer-killer of women in the developing world. And these women are dying at a point in life when they're most productive and most needed by their families. This vaccine can prevent 70 percent of those deaths, and that's a huge number of lives that we can save--nearly 300,000 lives a year. That's incredible. We have never had a vaccine against anything that comes close.

You've been traveling a lot recently to help increase the chances that this vaccine will be used.I have. Just recently, I've been to Turkey, Thailand, Geneva, Poland, Greece, and the Philippines

Blog post #5

Blog # 5!

Woman goes raw, loses more than half herself.

A woman named Angela Strokes has lost 160 pounds. She used to weighs 300 pounds because of an under-active thyroid gland. When she graduated from college she wore a U.K dress size 26-28. She had a hard life time because it was hard for her do daily things like cutting her toenails, going on walks, mobility was very restricted. She has never been interested in diets until her friend in Iceland gave her a copy of a book about benefits of eating raw foods. She started to eat raw foods every day. It took her two years to lose 160 pounds and she has been experiencing improvements emotionally, physically and socially. She recommends for people to start out with 50 percent raw.

Outside reading numero dos

BLUE JASMINE!
BY: KASMIRA SETH.

I am reading the Blue Jasmine By Kashmira Seth so far this book has a good begining and a good confict. The story is about a girl named Seema Trivedi who just moved from a small town in India to Iowa City. She misses her best friend/cousin raju and her family. She feels like an outsider in Iowa because everything is different including her language and traditions compared to Iowa city. She has been really close to her neighbors they are really nice to her and they welcomed thier family. They also taught seema new words and phrases. When she was just getting used to the culture of america her family gets a phone call from india and finds out that her grandma is really sick. Her and her family has to go see her. I had to stop reading here. :(

Blog Numero uno

I read an article about the temple stampede that killed 168 people in India. This was caused by overcrowding because there was more than 12,000 people gathered at the temple to celebrate a festival. They know that at least 168 people were killed in the stampede. The stampeded began because of a false rumor of a bomb spread among the crowd. The people thought it was true because there has been a lot of recent bomb attacks in India. They say that this wasn't the first time a stampede has happend in India. In august there were 145 people killed when rumors of an avalanche sparked a stampede at a hilltop temple in northern India.

Codi and Doc Homer!

Doc Homer and Codi have similar characteristics but they don’t interact with each other in the book but as we read it seems to change. Codi seems to very forgetful about her past. She forgets that she almost killed herself in a flood trying to save coyote pups but she had to be reminded by Hallie in a letter “remember we found those abandoned coyote pups, and the river was flooding”. Doc Homer has Alzheimer’s which makes him forget what’s happening but he always refers back to what’s happening to his past. They both seem very lost about things in life. Codi and Doc Homer both went to medical school however Codi never finished medical school she only did 3 years of medical school, but she is very intelligent she teaches biology at grace high school. They’re both caring in many ways Codi has saved Emelina’s baby from choking and she offered jack (the dog with the green bandana) some lamb chops at the fiesta so he didn’t feel left out from the party. Doc Homer cares about the people around him. He gives Codi blue pills when she had her miscarriage and he yells at Rita Cardenal for not eating right when she was pregnant with twins. Doc Homer is strict he has certain rules that Codi and Hallie need to follow but sometimes they break the rules. Codi seems to be very out of place about where she belongs or where she wants to be. Doc Homer is just out there half the time he doesn’t know what the person is saying because he always refers back to his past.

Book

Book

A book that I have recently read was Hope was here by Joan Bauer. It’s about a regular teenager who travels places with her aunt who works as a cook and ever since she was a baby she lived with her aunt because her mom wasn’t ready to be a mother, Hope and her aunt move around and her dream is to be a perfect waitress just like her mother but she wants to be a better waitress than her. Since she moves around so much it’s really hard for her to fit in. The author provided this thesis by having the main character move around to different places, restaurants, towns, schools, and whenever she has to get everything out she puts it all out on boxing. I agree with the characters position in the book because at a point of everyone’s life they either feel out of place or they don’t belong where they are in their life. I would feel out of place too if I had to move around like a nomad searching for new jobs. It’s like starting all over again. I liked the piece because it had an interesting concept and it had an attention grabber. I never wanted to put the book down.