1/19/12

Three men conquered the elements. One conquered land, the other water, and the other air. One is attempting to high wire in Yosmite, and he has been training since the 90's. Another is trying to make the longest dive in a blue hole in the Bahamas. One man is attempting to sky dive from 100,000 feet. The diver is willing to risk it because he says that it would be the best way to die if you are doing what to you love. All of these men were able to it. The man who dived 100,00 feet stated about how beautiful it was from the top of the world. The climber and diver expect to take their accomplishments farther. Red bull has run several world record attempts featuring bikes, etc. Aaron Rodgers also excelled in sports through out his school years. When the end of college came, Rodgers entered the NFL Draft. He wasn't highly picked in the draft, and he was actually 24th picked.

1/18/12

A 27 year old autistic man is using his iPad for communicating. He hasn't been able to communicate for his whole life. However, the first time he used the iPad, he told his doctor about his brother. He can order his food at a diner all by himself. The iPad has given autistic children this window of speech. Jake is autistic but is also a math and science genius. He ended taking college level courses at age 8. He would give presentations to researchers twice his age. He used the money received from the presentation to convert his room into his own "lab". Jake and his Physics teacher published an article into a scientific journal. He is the youngest person to publish in a journal like such. Jake is known by everyone and is constantly called to help other students study. He is expected to graduate undergraduate at age 14.

1/22/12

Cody Rye had a dream to play football all his life. Unfortunately Cody was in a car accident, and he was disabled from the waist down. His cousin and his grandparents were also in the car, but they were not affected to this degree. The passengers in the other car did not make it, and unfortunately died. At the age of 5, doctors told Cody's parents that he will never walk again. With lots of rehabilitation Cody regained some muscles in his legs, but remained to be disabled in the ankles and feet. In high school, Cody became a line backer in the JV football team. He never played offense though. In his Senior Year, Cody played two offensive plays. One of these plays was the final play of the game.

1/13/12

Ashley was born with a disease where her lungs fill with fluid. Paco was boxing for the championship in Philie, and he was beaten into a coma. In a couple days he was determined brain dead. That is when doctors asked if Paco's family if they were willing to donate Paco's organs. They agreed to this, and his organs were given to multiple people. His lungs were given to Ashley, and this saved her life. His heart was given to Alexis, and his liver was given to a swimmer. The organ receivers all came to meet Paco's family face to face, and all were extremely well behaved towards the family. For the cost of Paco's life, came the lives of four others.

1/12/12

Patrick Willis bought a 5 million dollar home, and it was a huge difference from his double wide trailer. He and his siblings were constantly abused by their father. Patrick excelled in sports like basketball and football. When Patrick was 8 years old, he picked up a full time job in the cotton fields. His dad would often take his earned money for drugs such as weed and alcohol. Patrick was a line backer at Central High School, and won multiple awards with sports. However, this abuse continued until Patrick contacted his guidance teachers at his high school. Child Protection Service took the children away from Patrick's father, and they were taken in by Patrick's basketball coach. For Patrick this way his chance to be a kid again, since he never experienced having to support his family. When he graduated high school, he was taken by a university. He started all 13 games of his freshmen year.

1/11/12

One million people attempt suicide in the U.S. each year. Every year 4000 teens also attempt to commit suicide. Jordan was very successful in high school. However, he pressured himself to much in sports despite being extremely good at his sports. He would constantly win MVP awards. However he would drink, and this disappointed his parents. He locked himself in his room and jumped out the window. He fell at 50 mph, but survived. He broke multiple bones, and had to go through rehab to be able to do basic activities. This still didn't stop Jordan from graduating, and he made a goal to walk through graduating. Now Jordan travels around the country in order to tell his story.

1/10/12

A 45 year old man named Tim Brown was given a bone marrow stem cell treatment. He was tested positive for AIDS as well as Leukemia. However, this bone marrow stem cell treatment cured him completely of these diseases, but the Leukemia came back within a year. This was solved by another treatment from the same donor. Tim Brown lives in Berlin, Germany. Also, he only suffered from minor brain damage. This damage is quickly recovering though, and is expected to make a full recovery. This might not be a cure for everyone, since it took this specific donor. This adaptation was supposed to come from people that adapted from the black plague.

1/9/12

There are multiple diseases that are considered to have no cure. Con men have proposed stem cell treatment to cure this multiple diseases that have no cure. One family has tried to cure their son by going to Mexico to take illegal treatments. This family decided to work with a doctor from Equator. This doctor moved to Equator after his doctor's license was taken away in Alabama for multiple causes. He sold medicine to a patient he was having an affair with, he sold medicine to a drug addict, and he had sex with young girls. The man sold dead stem cells that could really harm or kill a person. The man should be arrested for fraud, but it is hard since he is likely a citizen of Equator.

1/6/12

In South Africa, 80% of the population believe that homosexuality is wrong. Corrective rape has taken place in these communities. These rapes happen to correct lesbians' way of thought. In other words, men rape lesbians in order to turn them in to a heterosexual. It has gotten worse than rape now there has been raping then killing. It doesn't matter if you are famous either, a famous soccer was raped then killed. Higher officials denied corrective rape being a problem. The police often doesn't help lesbian rape victims. This might be do to homophobic thoughts.

1/5/12

Some kid cheated on the ACT and SAT for other students. This boy was a intelligent student and a varsity football player. He was paid thousands of dollars for just a single test. He did this for years and he continued to take the SAT and ACT even into college. Multiple times he scored perfect scores in certain categories. The boy was arrested for accounts of fraud. The man took the test at least 16 times. However, the people that cheated were caught eventually when their SAT/ACT tests didn't match up to their expected performance. Of course not everyone was caught, but a majority of them were. When caught they would cover their faces, so they couldn't be identified on camera. As identification you only need a school ID and your date of birth. This makes the test seem easy to cheat on.

1/4/12

In Seminole County they are 1100 homeless children in schools. I don't really understand why that Florida has so many homeless children. What sets this state apart from other states? Two children and their dad are living in a truck, and they say that the truck has taught them a lesson about life. The children appreciate what they have, and they blend in normal at school. These two kids also aren't ashamed about living in a truck. They say it is just life, and you do what you have to do. I do feel these kids experience since I have known homeless people, and it isn't easy.

1/3/12

So this husband killed his wife, and the only one that knew for sure was the Xbox buddy. This is rather depressing because the buddy lived in his apartment to allow the husband to kill his wife. The husband was known to abuse his wife and his kids. However, the body hasn't been found. A girl named Carol Anne Brown was a famous soap box racer, and her dream was to make the world championships. She had bipolar disorder, and this was found out when her depression medicine didn't work. She couldn't take the two lives, so she hung herself on Good Friday. To honor his sister Shawn Brown won the World Championship for Soap Box.

1/2/12

A bunch of people in BeeBee County decided to lead to the death of a bunch red wing black birds. It was known that someone set off fireworks in the bird roost. The birds died by flying into objects. In 2011 many things have happened. It has ranged from Bin Laden's death to Steve Job's death. Also, there have been many scandals. Arnold Schwarzenegger's scandal has been well known. All U.S. troops are out of Iraq. Also, the Libyan leader has been killed. All these things happened in 2011. Rep. Weiner also resigned after his scandal.