October Sky

In the movie October Sky, I learned that boys did not always have a choice of what they wanted to be in life in the late 1950s. If they lived in a small town with little money, they were probably destined to work in their town mine with the other men in the town, including their friends and fathers. Homer Hickam, however, refused to let his destiny be taken place in the depths of a mine. His dream was to make rockets, and to be a Rocket Scientist. My response to the rocket portion of the movie is the following. I admired how Homer convinced his friends to join his rocket building even though they believed they were "too cool" to hang out with the "nerd", Quin, who was a great deal of help to Homer and his rockets. I was also interested in the way they kept trying to make the perfect rocket, which connects to the Character Ed trait, cooperation because they worked together and kept trying even though everyone in town, besides the boys teacher Miss. Riley, considered them a menace. In my opinion, personally the greatest part of the movie was when Homer's father, who rejected the rocket building idea from the gecko, finally came to see one of his "boy's" rockets fly. It was a tear-spilling moment for me, and I couldn't help but clap at the end.

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Dearest jazzdncr,
When I read your blog, I was surely surprised by the amount of information you put into your article. I was also astonished by the similarities our information shared. For example, both our diseases infect the Jewish decent and effect the brain. Unfortunately, there is no current cure for either disease, another similarity. I admired the picture you added to your post, it gave me a hint of what the disease looked like and where it could be located. I was actually surprised when you stated that the victims of this disease usually die at the age of 4. This surprised me since the victims of Tay Sachs disease (my research topic) dies around the same time. In conclusion, I admired your topic since its so similar to mine. I also admired it since your description of the illness was clear and easy to read. You should defiantly write some more. : ) BTW, no offense or anything but who are you again?-Shecklerluv1128<33

Tay Sachs disease

Discovered in 1881 by British ophthalmologist, Warren Tay, Tay Sachs disease is known to kill infants in the north- eastern countries. This disease is caused by a lipid storage disorder that has harmful quantities of a fatty subtance called Ganglioside which builds up in tissues and nerve cells in the brain. Infants known to have this disease, dont live past 4 or 5. However, childeren can only recieve this diesease if both parents are carriers of the gene. Unfortunatly, people of Eastern Europe and Askhenazi Jewish decent are more prone to the disease. French- Canadians and the people of the Cajun heritage also have a chance of getting the disease. "Cherry-red" spots in the eyes catgorize you as a victim of this fateful disease. These symtoms: deterioration of mental and physical ablities, blindness, unable to swallow, paralysis, seizers, and increased startle reflex to noise also indicate that your victimized by this diesease. Sadly, there are no current treatments for this disease, but an anticonvulsant helps control the seizers. Hopefuly, in the near future there will be a cure for this infection and its victims would be spared and allowed to live a full, healthy life.

Opening Arguements; sue agaisnt Middlesex County dentist, oral surgeon.

In New Brunswick in the Medical malpractice suit, a sue has been filed. Francis Keller, who died at age 21 on August 5, 2005 from his larynx being swelled and blocking his airway after he got his wisdom teeth pulled, family filed the suit on February 25, 2009. His teeth were pulled by oral surgeon, George Flugrad. Attorney, David Mazie said that both were guilty because both knew Keller suffered from an immune deficiency disease that caused parts of his body to swell after trauma. Of course, no one knows which side to believe. One side says that the dentist stopped treating Keller as soon as the office knew his condition. The office also warned Keller to tell his Doctor before having the operation. Also they say that Keller never discussed his situation with Flugrad. The other side states that the two did discuss Keller's condition before the operation. Also, that Keller did tell his medical Doctor about the procedure. The trial for this confusing case is in first week before Superior Court, Jude Nicholas Stroumtsos.

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Early whales gave birth on land

A 47.5 million year old fossil was discovered on Pakistan. The fossil was of an extinct pregnant female whale and a male of the same species. This discovery shows how whales gave birth and provide new insights into how whales made the transition from land to sea. H. Richard Lane said "This stunning discovery reinforces the belief that modern cetaceans originated from terrestrial ancestors. The species of the discovered fossil is the extinct species known as Archaeoceti. Paleontologist Philip Gingerich said that when he first saw the teeth of the new discoveries, he thought the fossil was a small adult whale. He now realizes that the ribs were too large to go with the teeth. By the end of the discovery day, he realized that the whale has a fetus. The whales big teeth indicated that they spent most of their lives in the sea, only coming on land to rest, mate, or give birth.
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/42913/early_whales_gave_birth_on_land.html

5th bank robbery in a month

On February 5th at 2:47 pm,a masked man entered the Investors Savings Bank on Brick Boulevard.The man supposedly handed a teller a note demanding money, but apparently had no weapon in hand. He soon fled with undisclosed amount of money.The surveillance cameras showed that the man wore a black stocking over his head, dark glasses, black scarf around face, jeans, and brown boots. The man was eventually caught and is identified as Justin Doyle. He was caught for suspiciously putting on self tanner on in the parking lot before the robbery. This is the latest of robberies in a month. Officials believe that the rapid amount of robberies were triggered due to the poor economy, They believe that people are beginning to steal due to lack of money.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/brick_hit_with_fifth_bank_robb.html