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High-Tech Devices Help Drivers Put Down Phone

Dede Haskin's constant companion would be her cellphone. It has been her companion for more than a decade. She also said she considered herself a careful driver. Though, she has missed many exits while driving even while using a hands free set. To solve this problem, she signed up for ZoomSafer. What is ZoomSafer? ZoomSafer uses her phone's GPS censors to show if she is driving in the right speed. It then disables her cellphone until she stops her car. The great thing about this is that it is free! I thought this service seems helpful to those that are always busy. It keeps more people safe because you don't have to do two things at once. It's better to focus on one thing than doing two things at once.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/technology/22distracted.html?ref=technology

Learning to read? Try talking to a dog

Bailey is a registered therapy dog. She visits schools and children read to her. This however, helps kids learn to read. How does this work? Well, when kids read to their classmates or other people, they feel scared and/or shy because a teacher might correct them. They might also feel a little nervous because they are being judged by their peers. If a child doesn't know a word, the dog doesn't know the word either. They can just look it up in the dictionary and not feel nervous around others. This will also make kids want to go to school. They would want to because they are excited to read to a dog. I thought this article was very interesting because I never knew reading to a dog actually improved your reading skills. I have learned that when you read to a dog, your actually reading to someone but to someone who can't judge you.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/22/dogs.irpt/index.html

Former Golf Course Yields Insights Into Human Evolution

In 2009 of August, two paleoanthropologists named Curtis Marean and Kyle Brown found 72,000 year old silcrete rocks with an international team of collaborators. Early humans fired and flaked these rocks to make stone tools. These rocks were located at Pinnacle Point (south tip of Africa). At the same site in 2007, Marean and a group of colleagues found a 164,000 year old resource usage. The cave consisted of advanced stone tool technologies. In my opinion, this article got me very interested because cavemen were also very smart. They created advanced tools in their time and probably lived life happily.

My information: http://www.livescience.com/researchinaction/ria-090917.html

October Sky Blog

The movie October Sky showed Science and Math connections because the main character, at first, tried to build a rocket but it blew up. He found a good rocket launching site up on a mountain and built a little house up there. His second time building his rocket succeded but it didn't go high enough. His other rockets failed but later on, he found the problem. He needed a better metal where the fire blows out of. In the end, he finally created a rocket that can go as high as he dreamed it would go. He accomplished his goal. He conquered a lot of hardships during this process like getting the materials to create the house that he later burned down. He also had to make money with his friends to afford the metal so the rocket can go as high as he wanted it to go. The main character showed respect to his father because even though his father only cared about working, he was cooperate. He also argued with him a little bit, but his father finally came to his son launched the rocket. Also, he had to work in the mines when his father had an accident down there. That is why he showed cooperation and respect.

Sickle Cell Anemia Genetic Disease Response

I feel that sickle cell anemia is a terrible disease. People have to undergo a lot of pain for treatment. I hope people find a better and less painful cure for this. It would make people who have this disease feel much more better. I am surprised that it was discovered in 1904 which was not that long ago. It is really heartbreaking because people who have this disease can only live to about 42-48 years of age. 1 out of 5000 people have this disease world wide. Hopefully people will make a cure for this terrible disease so people who have this can live longer!

[this is a response to: cookiemonster1696]

The Color Blindness Genetic Disease

Color blindness was first discovered about 40 million years ago. Color blindness is commonly caused by heredity.  People who are color blind have problems with seeing colors. People cant tell whether a women is wearing lipstick or not. They have problems distinguishing or telling reds and greens apart or blues and greens apart. There is no treatment for this disease but there are special tinted eyeglasses to help tell colors apart. Fortunately, people cannot die from this disease. 7 percent of males in the United States are color blind and only 4 percent of women are color blind. The European region is more vulnerable to the disease. There are many reasons why color blindness is caused. First, there are red, green, and blue cones. If one cone is absent or is not there, then that means you are color blind. The cones are responsible for coding colors. Color blindness is a disease from the optic nerve or the retina. An idea that people can do to develop new treatments is to make contact lenses that can code the colors in your eyes so people don't have to wear eyeglasses. I feel that this disease isn't as bad as some others, but it is really hard for people to tell some colors apart. I hope they find a cure for color blindness.

Anne Milgram Should Have Used The Sledgehammer on Ticketmaster

The state attorney general, Anne Milgram was said by a critic that "she used a sledgehammer to kill a fly." Anne Milgram was sent a sledgehammer the next day as a joke. She got rid of it right away but chuckled and feared it at the same time. She slapped a vulture with a sledgehammer instead of using it on Ticketmaster.

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Eddie Van Halen Reinvents The Guitar

During the summer of 2007, at the gates of center staging, A black BMW convertible drove up and out jumped a teenager from the driver's seat with a baby-face. Eddie Van Halen walked out of the passenger door. Everyone outside stared, It was Van Halen! A reuinion tour had been announced by the band Van Halen. Later on, a guitar was fired up. "I built a guitar that even i can't destroy," says Van Halen.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/04/eddie.van.halen/index.html

Science Blog

Google Latitude Keeps Tabs On Friend's Locations

A new software for your phone called "Latitude" will be launched on Wednesday. What is "Latitude?" Latitude is a software that lets phone users share their locations. It will help people find where their loved ones are. People can share nothing at all, change their privacy, and their exact location. This can help if you are trying to find out where your family members are or best friends. I think that this software can be very helpful.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/google.latitude/index.html

Social Studies Blog.

Working Hard To Look Busy

When Business is very slow. Employees try to look busy, why is that? well because their bosses want them to be doing something and so their customers know that a shop's employees aren't lazy. “I’m putting the energy out there,” says Ms. Bailey. “I have to stay positive. And busy." 7.2 is the rate of unemployment. During 2009, there has been more layoffs and shrinking workweeks for employers. In conclusion, there has been more layoffs during 2009. Employees try to look busy for their bosses and their customers.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/fashion/25busy.html?_r=1&ref=style

Inauguration Of Barrack Obama

On January 20, 2009, Barrack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America. Obama read off of Abraham Lincoln's bible before he was sworn in. He made history because he was the first african american to become president. Millions of people watched from Washington D.C. (where to event took place) on their T.V's and on their computers.

Obama closes secret prisons and detention camps. He says "we dont have to torture." President Bush was accused for years by critics from permitting torture. 16 retired generals stood behind Mr. Obama and applauded as he signed three orders at the White House.


Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/23GITMOCND.html?hp