Monday, August 13, 2007

Incredible brain

The program show us about people who have fantastic abilities brains, who we called savants such as: Daniel Paul is a caculator, he can can read more than 20000 number of Pi in about 5 hours with exactly any small minute numbers, a fastest learner new language, with only one week he can pronuounced like a local person, or remember 26 chess's place in only 5 minutes with none any mistake, which normal person who has good memory still make 9 mistakes. Moreover, Futhermore, he can explain what happen inside his brain, what these numbers look like?It's amazing.
However, Daniel is not only savants in the world. there are some another people have special abilities. For instance, Orlando, a black guy has ability remember names of the days in the week and the days that some acidents happen. Or Kim, a man can remember everything he's had read, he only need to used 20 seconds to read a page ( normal, one person need about 3 to 5 minutes) and can maintain them very easily.
Now, scientists trying to discover what really hapen in these savants brains? it sound impossible, but we still research with the hope that one day we can understand major about how the savant's brain work? it might bring the fantastic result for humans life.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Now, the US is facing the challege of teenagers criminals; more than 2000 children in the age from 15-18 years old have life without parole.They have to spent the rest of their life in prisons. Of course, I agree that they have to be punished for their crime. But Is it very harsh to them? Do we give for them the second chance or not? Follow author of " when kids get life": America's laws for juvenile is considered as strictest law in the world. It don't give the teenagers any hope. Al they care are lock them up, and throw the keys".

The families of these kids supplicate the soicety gives for them the second chance. Please looking in the fact that was the accidents. Why is not matter, it should matter when these kids have no reasons to live. And did these punishment help the number of juveniles decrease?

However this numbers are increasing from 1994 only have 400 to 2000 juveniles in 2006. It's very sad result. So, what we need to do to make it better? it is hard a question that we need to find the true answer. The America education and society have to help the teenagers to understand more about all sides of what they would do. Moreover, we ask the family's victims, please forgive these kids.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007




Only with 12 minutes listen in Nova Science, but give for me the new knowledge about Asteroid.The astrophysicist gave us some information about Asteroid very interesting. He told about the solar system, it is the huge, wide field with the sun in the center, around by planets. With the speed about 30000-40000 miles per hour, they can explode everything very quickly.
One night in 2004, one dark moved near the earth. It was wide 1000 feet, bigger than the Rose Bowl, a football stadium in 2036. It would destroyed 80-90% the life of the earth if it hit to the earth at that night like 65 million years ago, the anasteroid hit to the earth, made all dinosaurs became extinct.
Moreover, the astrophysicists predict that on friday 13th 2029, another anasteroid will come close with the earth. It will hit straight the earth if it pass the key hole. The anasteroid s energy alost equal 100 nuclear boombs at the same time. They foresee that it will fall in Pacific Ocean and creat a significant flood shut all the cost line of South California. If it make in water will be more worse.
So, the question is What is the way to prevent the anasteroid not hit the earth? The scientists give two solutions. At first, try to adjust speed, it would miss the earth, but if we want to do this way we need to know exactly the shape and structure of the anasteroid. It would be the difficult work, because the anasteroid always have different safe instructure: Sometime it will be a cucumber, potatoes or sometime just look like the dog bone. Another solution which the scientists talked about is use its gravity to deflect the asteroid's trajectory.By this way we have to spend some million dollars, to searching and creating the new machine to help us.What do you think about this video?

After watching it, I really worry about our planet, the earth is threatening by crystals out side the world. It made me thinking about what I should do to halp save our the world?

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Homeowership in US

The American Housing Survey(AHS, formerly Annual Housing Survey) is largest, regular national housing sample survey in the United States. The U.S Census Bureau conducts the AHS to obtain up to date housing and Urban Development(HUD).

There were an estimated 127.3 million housing units in the United States in the first quarter 2007. Approximately 109.7 million housing units were occupied: 75.0 million by owners and 34.7 million by renters. The number of total housing units, total occupied housing units and total vacant housing units (17.6 million) were all higher than their respective estimates in first quarter 2006. Of the 1.9 million increase in total housing units, 0.4 million was for occupied units and 1.5 million was for vacant units. Neither the number of owner-occupied units nor the number of renter-occupied units was statistically different from its corresponding estimate a year ago. Of the 17.6 million vacant housing units, 13.4 million were for year-round use and 4.2 million were seasonal. Approximately 4.0 million of the year-round vacant units were for rent, 2.2 million were for sale only, and the remaining 7.3 million units were vacant for a variety of other reasons.

Homeownership rate (68.4 percent) for the current quarter was not statistically different from
the first quarter 2006 rate (68.5 percent), but it was lower than the rate last quarter (68.9 percent).

The homeownership rate by region was highest in the Midwest (72.2 percent) during the first
quarter 2007. The South (70.6 percent) was next, while the Northeast (64.8 percent) and the West
(63.6 percent) were lowest, although the 64.8 percent and 63.6 percent were not statistically different
from each other. When compared with first quarter 2006, the homeownership rates for each region were
not statistically different from their respective rates last year

Thursday, July 5, 2007

somethings about my self









Hi, everyone!




My full name is Dung, Thi Dang.But you can call me Jolie Dang (guess in french language, "jolie"-what does it mean?).I'm from Vietnam_One small country look like "S" word in the world map.



In America, I'm 17 years old but in my country I'm already 18. You have a question:" Why is it different?" that because in Vietnam people think that you are already one year_old when you still in your mother's uterus. However, people always want younger, so I like my age is 17 maybe is better.



Last year, I were exchange student in Alabama, i loved it, ROLL TIDE!I had great host family and wonderful friends EVER in my high school_Haleyville.



I love American, they so nice and they are helping me alot, I really enjoyed with my high school education, therefore I want to be a student in American college.



Under these are somthing Jolie's interest:


General: I like go travel all countries in the world, to see beautidul landscapes, to meet great people from many difference cultures.


Music: I like country, christian,and symphony music.


Movies: The Lord of the Rings and materials girls.

Animals: I love dolphins, penguins, dogs,...


Heroes: My parents.


I like to be friend with everybody.


Hopefully, two years in SCCC I can have a lot of friends. Thank you.