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5. Choose your favorite character from the film. Explain why you choose that person. Would you want to be that person? Why? Why not?  

-My favorite character would have to be Jerome because, what human being would do all of that for a random person to pretty much just take over him. Its like having a twin. All the time Jerome spent preparing everything for vincent was amazing. That takes real dedication to do all sorts of things.

7. The technology to do what was done in the movie is definitely possible within the next fifty years. Do you think that Vincent’s world could eventually happen in America? Why? 

-If it is definitely possible to have the technology in the next fifty years than yes i do believe that Vincents world could eventually happen in American. Just look at technology now.

2.Why do you think Vincent left his family after tearing this picture out of the family photo, after winning the swimming race againts his brother? 

-I think Vincent left is family because maybe the thought that he coudl do things on his own. He doesnt have to depend on people to help in with things. Now he wants to help other people.

  

11. Picture yourself as either Vincent, Jerome, or Anton. Would you have acted the same or done things differently if you were in the same world as them? 

-I don't think i would have done anything differnet. All the characters were amazing.

6. At the end of the film, you are told that the Doctor knew about Vincent all along. Why did the Doctor go along with the fraud? What would you have done if you were the Doctor?

 

-The doctor may have gone along with the fraud because maybe he wanted to see if it was really true, and that it was amazing that he pulled it off for so long. If i was the doctor I probably would have done the same thing.

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The 'Secret Jews' of San Luis Vally

The article on The 'Secret Jews' of San Luis Vally really relates to the blog post that I did on breast cancer. But here is her story. Genetic counselors from nearby hospitals and specialists in inherited cancers, the four would get together periodically to talk shop. That day they surprised one another: they'd each documented a case or two of Hispanic women with aggressive breast cancer linked to a particular genetic mutation. rumors of secret Spanish Jewry had floated around northern New Mexico and the San Luis Valley for years, and now the cold hard facts of DNA appeared to support them.By comparing DNA samples from Jews around the world, scientists have pieced together the origins of the 185delAG mutation. It is ancient. More than 2,000 years ago, among the Hebrew tribes of Palestine, someone's DNA dropped the AG letters at the 185 site. Wright had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, when she was 45. Her right breast was removed and she was treated with chemotherapy. Later, her left breast, uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries were removed as a precaution. She had vaguely known that the women on her father's side were susceptible to the disease. Hordes, pursuing another line of evidence, also pointed out that some of the New Mexicans he was studying were afflicted by a rare skin condition, pemphigus vulgaris, that is more common among Jews than other ethnic groups. Some people do ask if they have to be tested. The answer is no but you have to pretend you're positive and be more proactive about your health and your screening. . The revelation that the Valdezes were related to Spanish Jews prompted quizzical looks. But, later, Elsie Valdez Vigil, at 68 the oldest family member there, said she wasn't bothered by the information. "Jesus was Jewish," she said. So you see that there is so much you want to know about breast cancer. If you ever feel alone in this, well your not, there are thousands of women and men in your same shoes. In my opinon you shoud get tested it would be the smartest thing you have done. Some make sure you take care of yourself and your cancer.