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HIV Protease
• Treatment for AIDS
• Hoffmann- La Roche Inc. (of Nutley, New Jersey),
• First breakthrough
• Lowers the viral load of AIDS
This impacted us a lot because it has saved lives.& can also determine how long you can live with AIDS. -
Richland School Shooting
Jamie
• 22-calibre Reminton Viper semi-automatic rifle
• 2 teachers, 1 freshman killed
• Was always quiet. Parents referred to him as “emo”
Every school shooting makes teachers, parents and kids scared to come to school. -
Marcopper Mining Disaster
Picture of Marcopper disaster
• Barangay Hinapulan village buried under 6ft muddy water, 400 families destroyed
• 20 others evacuated
• Water, fish, crops, livestock, & tunnels affected
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine.
• 2 explosions through unit 4 reactor
• Radioactive particles swept across: Ukraine, Belarus, western portion of Russia, Europe, & Northern Hemisphere.
• Not an exact number. 32,000 Dead
• Minisatellite Mutation was unusually high
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C-Leg
C-Leg Video
• Made in Germany
• Easier to live with disabilities
• Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH
This invention made it easier for everyday disabled citizens to participate in the activities that they were not able to do before. This allowed Oscar Pistorius to win a Gold Medal in the 2012 Olympics. Has helped more than 20,000 people around the world. -
Stitches
Mi familia y yo estuvimos en Wal-Mart. Mi Hermana estuvo caminando mi a el baño. Una máquina de hielo esta cercadela puerta. El trabajadores de Wal-Mart estuvieron fregonando el suelo. Mi Hermana balanceó mi y yo deslize detrás el máquina de hielo. Mi oreja estuve cortar. -
Wedding
Wedding
Cuando yo tuve cinco años, mis padres divorciaron. Cuando yo tuve ocho años mi padre casó con mi madrasta. Yo y mi melliza fuimos las niñas de flor. En el quience de mayo, ellos van a estar casados por ocho años. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurrican video
• $81 billion repairs
• 1,833 people died
• 1/5 deadliest hurricanes in United States
The costly repairs hurt US. Affected travel, many people could not go see their families. Gas prices were affected. Many of them moved here, causing us to be more populated. -
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'Hospital Helper”
• Robot
• Bio-mimetric Control Research Center (Japan)
• Holds 80 pounds
• 320 pressure points
In todays world technolgy is taking over almost everything. Robots take on many of the dull, dirty or dangerous tasks in our lives. -
Vaccine preventing cervical cancer
Cervical Cancer
• Australia, Canada, Europe, & United States encourage their citizens to use this
• More than 80% of American women will have contracted at least one strain of HPV by age fifty
• United States: 11,000 cervical cancers found annually
• Men & women can both be carriers
Without this vaccine, there would be a lot more cervical cancers -
Bird Flu
Bird Flu
• Migrating birds spread the virus from Asia to Europe and Africa
• They isolated an entire city
• Nonpharmacologic measures will include the use of masks, social distancing, quarantine, & travel restrictions
The human being was in a big danger, as a current H5N1 strain is a fast-mutating, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) found in multiple bird species. -
Infrared Alcohol Test
• TruTouch Technology
• Alcohol absorbed into body tissue absorbs more light than normal
• Takes 60 seconds
This is a quicker way to test BAC than it is to use a breath analyzer. Police can get done with one person quicker, then get back on the road. -
First time going to the beach
Universal Studios
El año pasado yo fui a la playa para la primera vez. Yo estuve com mi mejor amiga. Nosotros fuimos a Disney Land y Universal Studios. Nosotros estuvimos para su cumpleaños. Nosotros pasamos catorce horas manejando a Florida. -
Sister going into airforce
Swearing in
Mi Hermana fué en la Fuerza Aérea el més pasado. Ella no sale hasta mayo. Ella escribió a nosotros una vez. Ella va a estudiante de posgrado campo de entrenamiento en Marzo. Mi familia y yo vamos a ver ella. -
Interview
• New Brunswick Canada
• 1 year to get green card
• To get away from harsh winters
• Loves vacation
• Canada: higher gas prices
• Canada: lower crime rates
• Popular for seafood
• Bilingual
• Higher standards
• Better health care
• London England was their first choice
• “Canada’s Day”
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