Girl Who Does Not Age!

Today, i read in Newsweek about Brooke Greenberg. Brooke is very unique, she is 16 years old but has a body of an infant and a mind of a toddler. Scientist are very fascinated and are saying that her body is not growing as a whole unit. Brooke's loves to shop with her mother who pushes her around in the stroller. Brooke's mother says when she is asked the question of "how old is your daughter" she turns the years into months to avoid a long explanation. More research ois being done on Brooke and scientist hope to figure out whats going wrong with Brooke.
This is amazing, weird, and sad all at the same time. I could'nt imagine being Brookes parents and having to see my child not maturing as she get older.

Former Student Killed Coach

In Time Magazine i read an article about a former high school football player who killed his coach. This incident in Parkersburd, Iowa ( 80 miles northeast of Des Moines) on Wednesday morning around 8 am. Mark Becker (the student) shot Ed Thomas (the coach) shot the coach with a hand gun numerous times. Thomas was rushed to the near by hospital where he died. There were several students in the building when the shooting happened. No one else was harmed. Becker was charged with first degree murder.
This is a really sad story. My heart goes out to the families involved and students that witnessed this happening.

Bomb Kills 69 in Baghdad

Today, in Time magazine i read about a bomb that killed 69 in Shiite, Baghdad. There has been a recent rise in violence, which had made US troops pull back from bases. A series of blasts this weeks has killed more than 160 people and wounded about 135. This last bomb that killed 69 was hidden under vegetables on a cart and it exploded at seven pm. Investigators assumed that the terrorists timed it to explode at seven to maximise the casualties by striking at the time when people were out buying food for dinner.
I think this is really scary, the people in Baghdad never know if they are safe or not. I think its great that were over there helping them to eliminate some of the terrorism.

H1N1 in Scout Camp

Today, I read about an adult and a boy who caught the H1N1 virus. The child and adult were at a boy scout camp in southern Colorado. They were tested after they showed signs of having H1N1, and the results came back positve. Neither of the cases were life threatning. Both the child and adult both came from Plano, Texas and were among 29 other campers. They are undergoing treatment and will be sent home Saturday, June 20.
I think that its great we are learning more about the H1N1 sickness. This should be an awakening to the people around the world to keep up good health habits.

The Knox Controversy

Amanda Knox has been going through some pretty intense trials because she has been accused of murdering her former roommate Meridith Kercher. This incident took place in Italy where Knox has migrated from the U.S. Knox spent Friday June 12 in court trying to defend herself to the people judging her who decide if hers is the real truth. Knox goes to trial again this Saturday and will be questioned once more.
I think this is a big case that needs to be looked in to very closely. If Knox is innocent it would be horrible to send her to lifetime in jail. Im excited to follow this case and see what they find out!

Why Air France Went Down

One of possible reason flight 477 Air France went crashing down was because of the sensor tube called the Pilot was clogged. This device lets the pilots know how fast the plane is going. The plane was flying at a wrong speed in heavy weather condtions which may have casued it to crash. The messages sent to the crew were conflicting, they were not able to figure the speed of the plane and the autopilot was failing.
Its really sad that this had to happen and so many people lost their life in this tragedy, but I think it will help to prevent it from happening again. Hopefully something will be done so another accident doesnt happen.

Childrens Hospital Prom

In the Denver Post, I read about a prom that was put on for sick teenagers who were not able to make their prom. It was a dream for many of the patients. One particular story of a patient named Miles Person stood out the most. Person has brain cancer and his doctor says he has at most four months to live. He doesn't want to skydive or travel the world, the two things he wants is to spend time with his family,and his girlfriend who recovered from bone cancer. Person and his date danced the night away. Person said "it was a prom to live for".
This story really touched me. I thought it was great thing to give these kids a chance to go to a prom. Its a memory everyone should have.

Suspended for Racial Slur

Brendan Gaughan chief for nationwide series NASCAR was suspened for using racial slur against rival driver Marc Davis, who is black. Two people heard Gaughan use the slur when he was walking toward the Nashville Speedway garage to confront Davis. Gaughan was suspend because he represents NASCAR and is supposed to have personal conduct at all times.
I think Gaughan suspension is legit. Gaughan should be suspend for disrespecting Davis. Hopefully he will learn from this and have respect for other people especially in the professional world.

A Sip or Two

In the LA Times, Today, I read about an ongoing argument about letting teenagers have one glass of an alcoholic beverage at family events. There was a study done in 2004 and it found that parents who let there teen have a drink with them were less then half as likely to binge drink as the parents who did not let there teen have a drink. In that same study 20 to 25 percent of parents let there teens gateher and drink in there home, becasue they thought it would be safe if they drank under supervision.
I think this could be a bad thing because it would make the teen more comforatable drinking alcohol and they would think its ok to do it more often.

Electronic Cigarette

Today in the New York Times was an article about electronic cigarettes that fascinated me. The article was about a lady that had a terrible smoking addiction for 34 years of her life. She tried the nicotine patches, gum, and prescription drugs to help reduce her three pack a day habit, but none of these seemed to make a difference. Then, one day while watching TV she saw a commercial advertising electronic cigarettes and decided to try it out. She believes the cigarette can save her life and she has reduced her smoking to half of what she use to. The e-cigarette has not been studied and have not been government approved, but enough of them have made it into the U.S. that they continue to be made and sold on the Internet and in malls. Public health officials warn to use at your own risk.
I feel like this new product will help reduce the amount of secondhand and also aleviate people from having to smoke all the time.

Mysterious Wreckage Found Floating in Atlantic Ocean

Today I read in the New York Times an article about Brazilian military that found wreckage floating in the Atlantic Ocean. The Brazilian Air force think it could be some aftermath pieces of the Air France Flight 477 that went missing Sunday night without any warning. The debris that was found was an orange life vest, an aircraft seat, a drum, kerosene and oil. The French Prime minister is hoping the debri is part of Flight 477 because if so they would be able to set a designated search zone. Working all Monday through the night into Tuesday there has been no luck in finding the aircraft or life. The Brazilian Navy is on its way out to capture the debri and bring it back to land for it to be analyzed.
In the last few days there has been a few bodies found and pieces of the aircraft. The U.S. is sending out boats to help out the cause which i think is great!

Prince Harry's First Official Visit to the U.S.

Today I read in News Week magazine about Prince Harry and his first official visit to the United States. He came to the U.S. to play a game of polo in support of a charity for AIDS, orphans and impoverished kids in South Africa. Along with Prince Harry in supporting the cause was Madonna, Marc Jacobs, Chloe Sevigny, Kate Hudson and LL Cool J.
Team Sentebale was the team Prince Harry played with. They were decked out in all white uniforms. Their opponents were the Black Watch. On this team was Ignacio Figueras an Argentinian polo player and also the face of Ralph Lauren fragrances. The game was close and tied until the last few moments. Prince Harry swiftly passed the ball to his teammate who scored the winning goal!
I think its great that Prince Harry made a visit to the States to help out the kids in need. It shows he is following in his mothers footsteps.