Beheading in Farmingdale, New York

Halloween prank gone wrong.  10/29/14

35 year old Derek Ward killed his own 66 year old mother Patricia Ward. He murdered her inside her apartment. Derek had beheaded his mom and dragged the body and head out onto the street. Onlookers thought it was just a macabre Halloween prank but it turned out to be a murder. Moments later the convector jumped in front of a commuter train near Farmingdale, N.Y. and committed suicide. 

Patricia Ward (Left) was currently sharing an apartment with her 35 year old son Derek Ward. He had a history of mental illness/ psychiatric problems. 

When people saw the beheaded body they though it was just an early Halloween prank. They soon learned it was not a prank it was indeed a true murder committed by her son.  

Crime seen 

SOURCES: 

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/patricia-ward-professor-at-farmingdale-state-college-beheaded-in-incident-college-says-1.9558179

http://www.barenakedislam.com/category/beheadings-graphic/

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/29/police-say-ny-man-beheads-woman-before-jumping-in-front-train/

Ebola Symptoms and Out breaks in the U.S.A (Continued)

What is Ebola? Ebola is a virus that causes hemorrhagic fevers, organ failures, severe bleeding, and in many cases death. 

When experiencing Ebola these things may occur: 

• Nausea and vomiting 
• Diarrhea (may contain blood) 
• Red eyes
• Chest pain and cough
• Stomach Pain 
• Severe weight loss
• Bleeding, usually from the eyes, and bruising(people near death may bleed from their other orifices, such as ears, nose and rectum)
• Internal bleeding 

Recently their has been a case of Ebola found in New York. Craig Spencer entered the next phase of Ebola. He had been treating patients for the disease. He is New York's first Ebola patient to show symptoms 

Craig Spencer

Sources: 

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ebola-virus/basics/symptoms/con-20031241

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/25/craig-spencer-ebola-next-phase_n_6047988.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-craig-spencer-nyc-doctor-who-has-ebola-being-praised/

Ebola out break

Liberia, Africa

The Ebola outbreak approximately began in March 2014. There has been 7492 cases of Ebola and 3439 deaths from this cause. This out break started in Africa and the country to have the most deaths and out breaks is Liberia, Africa. Following with 3834 cases and 2069 deaths from this deadly virus/syndrome.

Symptoms: Blood starts leaking/ bleeding into the eye, leads to shock and death and bleeding from the inside to outside, blood pressure lowering,

Scientist think that since there aren't really any food source of meet Africans usually eat monkeys (i.e bush meat) and since we are closely evolved that we are basically eating our own kind and something must have gone wrong in the blood process.

Dr. Preston Mark discovered HIV 2 in a local pet monkey in a near by village some where in Liberia.
Lofa is a trading center where hunters would bring in the meat to be traded and paid but now closed. Liberian government banished bush meat for health concerns but that's what people can only afford to eat.



Most of the people that live in Liberia think that Ebola is not real it is just Africa's way of getting more money for the government from other countries.

Some say that by eating a monkey you will get Ebola and that's why the Liberia government shut down selling bush meat to the Liberian people because they want to try to reduce the cases of Ebola outbreak.

Scientists have found that humans have contained the same virus that was found in the monkey and by cutting your finger while preparing the bush meat this can transfer the virus and put their health at high risks.
By cutting your finger then touching the meat this is where disease transition can occur.

Ebola has become a serious matter, but it has always been serious it just wasn't a big deal at first but now it has gotten worse and people are starting to become more cautious on what they do in life so they can prevent getting any sort of virus.



Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasTcDsDfMg
http://www.map.org/ebola

Different polices of alcohol in Vermont compared to Germany

Drinking is more likely to kill young people than illegal drugs. People who begin drinking before the age of 15 are more open to damaging their liver and are four times likely to develop alcohol dependence at some time in their lives.

In Vermont two out of three teens the ages between 15-16 says its easy to get alcohol from their homes with out parents knowing it.

One out of four Vermont teens think that drinking alcohol daily could be harmful to their health.


In Germany at the age of 14 they are aloud to drink beer, wine, and others if accompanied by a custodial person.  At 16 they can drink without a legal guardian, and at 18  they are aloud to access distilled spirits.

Vermont and Germany are very different in alcohol wise and Germany is less restricted than Vermont. In Vermont if you are caught drinking underage you can get a fine and sent to jail. In Germany you would just need a guardian to watch over you. In that case Vermont has a safer economy than Germany.

Say no to Alcohol till 21 or over

 













Sources:   http://healthvermont.gov/adap/underage_drinking/statistics.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_in_Germany