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Man Eats Face in Miami

This past week in Miami, sixty five year old Ronald Poppo was attacked by thirty one year old Rudy Eugene. The majority of Poppo's face was chewed off by Eugene. This happened on Saturday May ninth on the ramp off of Miami's MacAruthur Causeway. Currently, Poppo is located in the Jackson Memorial Hospital and is in critical condition. Witness' reported to the newspaper, “The guy was, like, tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him 'Get off!' said Larry Vega. “The guy just kept eating the other guy away, like, ripping his skin.” When the police officer came, he told Eugene to back off but Eugene raised his head “with pieces of flesh in his mouth” and then growled at the officer and continued to eat the man. When the officer fired the first shot, Eugene did not flinch, and kept eating Poppo, after that the officer kept shooting at Eugene until he was dead. It is believed that Eugene might have been “suffering from a drug-induced psychosis” which is also called “bath salts”. Until further notifications, Poppo will still remain in critical condition in the hospital.

You can learn more about this story at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/ronald-poppo-identified-man-eats-face-miami-rudy-eugene_n_1554063.html
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Monster Sunspot to Unleash Powerful Solar Flares 

            Over the weekend, there was the discovery of a huge sunspot on the sun.  It measures more than 60,000 miles across. The scientists from NASA said in a tweet that this spot is a "monster sunspot". Sunspots are temporary dark patches on the top of the sun that are caused by magnetic forces from the sun. These spots sometimes erupt into solar flares. Then they send high energy radiation going into space. Over the course of a few days, this Monday showed scientists they found a new sunspot on the sun.

 ^ This shows the different sun spots that are on the sun, from the past few years.

At NASA, they figured out that the outbursts from 2005 through 2010, our sun began to get really serious last year, shooting off many powerful flares. Most scientists expect the outbursts to continue over the next year or and possibly more. The suns activity waxes and wanes, like the moon on an eleven year cycle, and scientists think the newest one known as Solar Cycle 24 will reach its highest point ever in 2013. 

You can find this article and picture at the following  links> http://news.discovery.com/space/sunspot-ar1476-120507.html

http://news.discovery.com/space/zooms/sunspot-ar1476-120507.html

"36-Hour Face Transplant 'Most Extensive' Ever"

     In 1997, a thirty seven year old man named Richard Lee Norris was shot straight in the face. The bullet affected the areas between the nose, mouth, lips, and most of his tongue. Norris wore a mask covering his face for the last fifteen years! After having several visits with many doctors, Norris finally got his face transplant that was taken on March 19^th 2012. For thirty six hours the surgery was in progress. On March 19^th, the surgery started at four a.m., and ended the next day between the hours of two and three p.m.     

          This was truly an unbelievable operation. I have never seen anyone work this hard for over one day, non-stop.  It is a blessing that someone, like the anonymous donor would give up his/her face structure for someone who desperately needs the help.  From the surgery, Norris received a new jaw, upper and lower, a new set of teeth, tongue, cheeks, and a practically a whole new appearance/facial structure. I can’t express my feelings toward how this man has drastically changed, for the good.

^ this is the amazing change of Richard Lee Norris’ face, from high school, 1997, to now as of March 22th 2012.

http://amazingnotes.com/2012/03/28/richard-norris-the-most-phenomenal-face-transplant/

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/27/36-hour-face-transplant-most-extensive-ever/?iref=storysearch

Labs When Using Physical and Chemical Changes

For the past two weeks our class has working on labs focusing on physical and chemical change. The labs we did were, pouring carbon dioxide on to a candle, burning a candle, burning a marshmallow and burning sugar. These are all examples of either physical or chemical change. The physical changes in these labs would be the form of the candle once burned, and breaking the marshmallow in half and burning it so the marshmallow would burn and become black. The chemical changes were putting the gas on the fire so it went out, and burning the sugar became a caramel than into a solid which got rid of all the sugar. All these labs are similar in ways, such as we either burned something, or make a physical change or feel/taste the object. Finally, these labs were both fun and informational to the topic we are learning in school, physical and chemical changes. 

 

http://cnx.org/content/m20443/latest/

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html

Separating the Mixture

1. The first step that I did in this lab was take out the parts of metal.
2. I took out the large marble looking rock, out of the cup.
3. Then, I took out the two toothpicks.
4. I took out the rocks, separating the extra metal pieces from the rocks.
5. I took out the water and put it through the funnel on top of paper and put it in the graduated beaker.
6. After that, I put the beaker on the heat plate, and put it to a boil.
7. While emptying the rest of the cup out, I separated the rest of the objects into their own little group.
8. When the water was done boiling, it ending up as just plain salt.
9. In the end, there was seven objects in the cup for the heterogeneous mixture, metal, sand, rocks, one big marble type rock, water, salt, and the toothpicks.

Frog Disection

       The frog dissection on Tuesday and Wednesday was both informative and unlike anything I have ever seen before. This lab was actually easy due to the packet I received, it showed all the instructions and where and how to cut the frog. We learned about all the organs, what they did and how they worked. Although the frogs did smell horrendous, it was bearable. What we did in this lab was the following: we made a small incision, cut the first layer of skin, make another incision and cut the muscle, then finally look through all the organs. To me, this was a new experience and as stated before, unlike anything I've seen before. I've seen CSI, Law and Order, and NCIS, but only I've seen the 'fake' insides in the human body. I didn't realize what differences and similarities in the frog and human. Finally, I have learned so much from this lab.

As seen in class, I found the website that does virtual dissections. The link to the website is listed below.

http://www.roketoyun.com/frog-dissection.asp 
http://www.frog-life-cycle.com/1-diagram-frog-anatomy.html

The Digestive System Lab

      Both today and yesterdays lab was focused on the digestive system, in the stomach. What occurred in this lab was the digestion of cut/cubed eggs in a test tube either with nothing, pepsin, pepsin and hydrochloric acid, or just hydrochloric acid. What happened over  the coarse of the day was, the test tube with just eggs stayed the same color and size, the tube with the eggs and pepsin changed a little by, the eggs moving towards the bottom with the pepsin. The test tube with both pepsin and hydrochloric acid changed a lot. This was by the eggs and pepsin mixed together at the bottom and formed a clump which looked as if there was just sugar and water together. The last tube with hydrochloric acid changed somewhat, due to the acid; it changed by the eggs forming together and some parts of the egg would come off. What i learned/witnessed today and yesterday was, that the stomach has both a lot of muscles to help move food along and, the acid in the stomach is very powerful. This is because, in order for food to move into the small intestine and large intestine it needs the help. Also, the acid is very powerful because every three days the stomach lining 'rips' off and grows back because of the powerful acid almost burning complete holes in the stomach. Thus, leading me to conclude what I have learned throughout this lab. 

Todays Lab, October 11, 2011

      Today's lab was not a success. This is because, I believe the baggie, which contained both water and starch, was too thick for the liquid to seep into the baggie. Even though this lab was not a success, I've learned how this lab didn't work, if it did work, the starch would have turned purple. If all labs did not have trial and error, life would be a lot easier, but it is also good to have errors to see which chemicals go with other chemicals without them blowing up or creating a pandemic. Also, tomorrow I think we will redoing the lab, since the lab didn't work today. In the future I think we should test it to make sure everything works out the way we planned it. In conclusion, I do believe we should test the labs for a success.

The First Cloned Animal Ever!

      In 2001, the first ever animal was cloned. The name of this cute and adorable kitten is "CC" short for "Carbon Copy.” In 2006, she gave birth to a healthy litter of three. Many scientists have tried cloning dogs, yet in 2003, they were successful with the "Snuppy," the world’s first cloned canine. They use the cloned dogs to sniff out explosives, drugs and other materials. After the success with "CC" and "Snupy", they created Dolly the sheep, who died at the age of six. Once scientists studied this, they proved the fact that it had nothing to do with cloning Dolly. The cloning animals all listed here have a life spand of about twelve years.

To learn more about cloned animals visit:
http://news.discovery.com/animals/top-10-animals-of-the-decade-slide-show.html

Angry Bird Attacks Reconized Face!

While Won Young Lee was researching the Magpies, the bird took a dive-bomb onto Lee's face. Lee has worked with these birds before; installing cameras in the nest's. During the attack, Lee was already counting the amount of egg's per nest. Lee is a student at at Seoul National University, stating that

"I remember when a magpie came down from a nest tree scolding at me, I was with a second researcher at that time, and I tried to fool the magpie by giving my cap to the other person. But this did not work! When I moved away the bird followed me rather than the fellow observer wearing my cap." From my perspective I would have done the same thing that Lee did, if I were in his situation. I also for one would not want to be attacked by the magpie, because to me the beak looks not only sharp, but very long.

To learn more about this bird and its attack vist:

http://www.livescience.com/14242-magpie-recognize-faces-divebomb-researchers.html

Donald Trump, Serious?

      After reading the article about Donald Trump's presidential campaign, I have realized that Trump will not be running for president. "After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the presidency, this decision does not come easily or without regret." Trump said on last Monday. At a tea party, in Boca Raton, Florida, Trump dropped the F-bomb to Obama. Trump thought before of running for president, in 1998, 2000, and 2004 stating that he "might", "considering it" and "very serious". Trump, was most "flirty" with the government, when it comes to politics. For more than twenty years, Trump has been considering a presidential campaign. Finally, Trump was not serious about the presidential campaign, and will not be running for president.

To learn more about Trump's non presidential campaign vist:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/16/trump.again/index.html

Galileo Museum Virtual Tour

       The Galileo Museum in Florence, Italy was both very unique and fascinating. This museum was dedicated to the famous astronomer Galilei Galileo. In this museum, there are the two remaining telescopes in which Galileo was able to see the rings of Saturn in 1610. The Galileo Museum also has both the military and geometric compas's in which were use for most of Galileo's inventions. Also, in the museum, there is Galileo's thumb, index, middel finger from his right hand, and one of his teeth; persevered in a glass case. This amazing astronomer's corpse was transfered to a tomb in the Basilica of        Santa Croce, in Florence, Italy. Finally, the Galileo Museum is most extraordinary, and I for one would love to vist this museum, if I ever have the chance.


 You can learn more about the Galileo Museum at:
http://www.museogalileo.it/en/visit.html

Lit Poems

                                                   "Truly Alive"

Joey

Who loves her older brothers Byron and Kenny

Who feels scared and confused for Kenny

Who needs to know Kenny is okay

Who shares Byron's escape plan

Who fears the Wool Poo

Who'd like to see Grandma Sands

Who dreams of having more heat in the house

Who ends up living

"The Bomb"
Bomb
Scary, loud
Flying, racing, destroying
Dark, horrible, light, laughter
Smiling, running, enjoying
Cheerful, lucky
Happiness

 

Lawmaker Wants Teacher to Grade Parents in Florida

I for one, completely disagree with this law which might just become an actual law. Which this bill states is that, parents should be graded for what participation the parents pay to the school. If this law were to pass, it just might pass through all the states. A little over 75% of both parents in the U.S have work and have their children attend childcare. These parents have little to do with their children's education, and would not only be failing themselves, but also their kids. Finally, I  believe this is a terrible idea with the amount of working parents who can not commit to their child's school.

Green "Ark" That Could House Ten Thousand People and Looks like a Slinky

The "green ark" is a new "ark" that can be used in the water, as apartments, a wok office or a hotel. It is currently being planned out on boards in Russia. What my opinion on this is that it just might end up like the Titanic in  the water. In addition, there might be a conflict if it is an "ark" or hotel, apartments, or a work office, this could be because it could sink, have troubles in getting it in the water. In my other opinion, it could possibly work out very well and be a success, which I would love to try to go on to the "ark". Although I have two opinions they both can work.

Symbiosis and Parasitism

This picture is of both a tree and fungus. This is an example of parasitism, parasitism is when, one organism is living on or inside another oragnism and harming it. In this case the fungus is the parasite and the tree is the host. Obviously, the fungus is doing much harm to the tree because it is somewhat invading the tree and its supply of food and water. This picture was taken by Eatmybubbles, at a near location. I feel this was/is a great example of both symbiosis and parasitism, and that is why I chose to blog about it.

Abiotic and Biotic Limiting Factor

This picture of grass, is a Biotic limiting factor. This is a limiting factor, because if there was so grass to feed a cow, eventually the cow would die of starvation. If the cow were to die soon we as humans would have no cows/hamburgers or cheeseburgers to feed us. The existence of deer would also be limited/affected by the lack of grass to feed them. This was taken by Eatmybubbles, near my school.