Newborn HIV Cure

In an article titled, “Child Born With HIV is ‘functionally cured’” posted on March 3,2013 in the Los Angeles Times, tells the world about how a newborn, now two years old, is a survivor of HIV. Eryn Brown and Karen Kaplan reported that for the first time, doctors have reported that a child born with HIV was put on an unusually aggressive treatment regimen. This form of treatment has proven to functionally cure the infection. If the same remedy can work on other children, it could drastically save the lives of the estimated 1,000 babies born with HIV every day. Dr. Karin Nielsen, a pediatrician who specializes in infectious diseases said, “If there is a trial that shows this can happen again, then this will be very important” (Los Angeles Times). However, the concern is the possibility that he girl was not actually infected herself from her mother. It is true that in the United States and other developed countries, more than ninety eight percent of babies, born to mothers with HIV, do not receive the virus due to preventive treatments that begin before birth. In this case, the newborns mother was not aware that she had HIV until she took a screening test after she was in labor. Regardless, the attempt to replicate the results in other HIV-positive infants is the next step for doctors. 

Gatsby Style Party

I will be throwing the most amusing and pleasurable party that any person has ever been to. Whoever is invited will never forget this night and how much fun he or she had. The planning of the party is exceptionally costly and high-class. It will take place next Saturday on March 9, 2013 from 8:00 p.m. until sunrise so that the following day can serve as resting time. The location will be at a beautiful mansion in Beverly Hills, which I will rent for $20,000.  The guests include my family and friends. If friends want to bring someone who is not on the guest list, they may do so only if they inform me at least three days before the party. The reason is that security will be checking for IDs to verify the person on the guest list. Guests are not allowed to drive to the mansion because they will leave drunk with the incapability to control a vehicle. Therefore, I will rent about six Rolls Royce limos and five large party buses, which will cost me $20,000 (amazing deal because of connections.) The guests will all arrive and leave the mansion with these vehicles only. There will be an orchestra for the beginning of the night, three DJ’s and professional dancers for the entire night. All of this, including lights, will cost me $5,000. I will spend $5,000 on servants, chefs, cleaners, and security for the entire night. The largest amount of money will be spent on food and drinks. An unlimited full bar (with any kind of drink) and a variety of Cuban cigars and cigarettes will cost $30,000.  The food, which will mainly be Armenian food, seafood (including black caviar and a motley of fish and sushi), French crepes and macaroons for dessert will be $20,000. Guests are welcome to enjoy anything they like at the mansion.

The total cost for my party will be a $100,000. However, there are a few rules. First, whoever that damages an inch of the place will be responsible to pay for it with no excuses. Second, if a guest shows any form of misbehavior or negative action, he or she will automatically be dismissed from the party and security will escort them out immediately. Hopefully all can make it to have a fantastic time because this kind of a house party does not take place frequently.

Shocking Discovery of the Holocaust Camps

On March 1, 2013, in an article called “The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking” from the New York Times, Eric Lichtblau reported about an appalling discovery involving the Jewish holocaust, during which most Jews were sent to concentration camps. For the past thirteen years, researchers began the task of documenting all the ghettos, slave labor sites, and killing factories that the Nazis set up all throughout Europe. The shocking discovery was that these researchers have cataloged about 42,500 Nazi ghettos and camps in Europe, which shows that the numbers are far higher than what the world has originally thought until today. These documented camps include not only “killing centers” but also thousands of forced labor camps, where prisoners manufactured war supplies. There were “care” centers, where pregnant women were forced to have abortions or their babies would be killed after birth. The map that researchers made with this data turned all of Europe into black clusters of death, torture, and slavery. The reported number of Jews dead was set to about six million. However, lead editors on this project estimate that fifteen to twenty million people died or were imprisoned in the sites that they have identified as part of the campsites. Hartmut Berghoff, director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, stated, “We knew before how horrible life in the camps and ghettos was, but the numbers are unbelievable” (New York Times).

Fashion in the 1920s

Following the end of World War I, fashion drastically changed in the 1920s. Designers were favoring expensive fabrics, such as silk and velvet. These products were all produced through improved production methods, and they were affordable by working families. Most people looked more sophisticated with a new sense of luxurious style. Although they were restrained from the war, they still found new ways to look polished and clean. Women wore more geometric forms of clothing, such as form fitting dresses with flowers and expensive hats, beads, and rhinestones as luxuries. As a result, they looked more sophisticated and wealthy. For the first time in centuries, they began wearing brighter dresses, and their legs were seen with hemlines rising to their knees. Also, a more masculine look, flattened breasts and hips, make-up, and short hairstyles became popular. One of the first women who cut her hair and rejected the corset for trousers was Coco Chanel. Her style was influential and she pushed the freedom of women’s fashion. Extremely high-waisted suits and jackets characterized menswear during this time. They wore narrow and short trousers, which made their socks show, and their waistlines were higher than usual. They put handkerchieves or flowers in their breast pockets. The types of hats they wore resembled their class. High class men wore top hats, middle class men wore trilby hats, and lower class men wore flat hats.

            The twist in fashion during the 1920s is presented in The Great Gatsby through the characters’ appearances. When Gatsby was having a party at his house, numerous amounts of ladies came in short, high quality dresses with luxurious jewelry topping it off. People came in Rolls Royces and other luxurious cars, and every one looked wealthy. They all drank as if alcohol was not prohibited and had a boisterous party. All of these factors resemble the lifestyle of a typical person during the 1920s.