Read and summarize the following article. What did you learn from reading it? What is the message the article is sending?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/01/20/ah.no-text.pledge/index.html
This article is about staying off your phone while driving . Shelly and her husband, Daren Forney lost their daughter due to a car accident and their fighting for changing the law in Colorado.
What stars are lined up for the Haiti Telethon on Friday? What is the telethon for? What time is it on on Friday and on what stations? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100119/entertainment/us_haiti_telethon
Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban and Alicia Keys are just a few of the performers who will be featured. The “Hope for Haiti” benefit will be televised on all the major networks at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT), as well as MTV, VH1, CMT, BET, PBS, CNN, Bravo, and a host of other networks. In addition, the telethon will be streamed live on Web sites including YouTube, MySpace and AOL.
Watch the following video on an IT Summit invention… what do you think of this idea and why? http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/01/18/perry.uae.energy.show.cnn
I learned that there are many things that are economically friendly. I think many of the ideas in this video are definatly a step on the right direction. I think its good that inventors are thinking about the environment now.
Who were the major award winners names and categories at the Golden Globe awards on January 17, 2010?
Best motion picture — drama:
“Avatar”*
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire “
“Up in the Air”
Best motion picture — comedy or musical:
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”*
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”
Read the following article. What did you learn about the video game Call of Duty?
Activision Blizzard says ‘Call of Duty’ has crossed the $1 billion mark,
Based on the revenue figure, Pachter said the company has probably shipped about 17 million copies of the game so far. And he expects it to surpass the roughly 23 million copies sold of “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,” which was released in 2004 and holds the previous record.
“Call of Duty” has an edge because of its online multi-player mode. New updates to the online version can give titles a longer shelf life.
Still, Pachter said he doesn’t expect Activision’s fourth-quarter financial results to surpass expectations. “They’re not killing it, but they’re making it,” he said.
Read the following article. Why are Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien attacking/taking aim on each other? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100114/entertainment/us_tv_late_night
“There was a certain bite to some monologue jokes by each man Wednesday, a day after O’Brien said he wasn’t willing to move the “Tonight” show back a half-hour to make way for Leno.”” Conan got way more for something then Jay did! They are having a big rivalry over something that seems so stupid to me.
Read the following article about a magazine name change? What did you learn? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100112/oddities/canada_media_sex_offbeat
‘OTTAWA (AFP) – Canada’s second-oldest magazine, The Beaver, is changing its name after 90 years because the title is too often censored by online porn filters, preventing it from reaching new online readers.”
“”Several readers asked us to change the title because their spam filters at home or at work were blocking it,” she said. “I’ve even had emails bounce back because I had inadvertently typed the term in the heading.””
“But in modern times, the term “beaver” has become slang for women’s genitals.”
Watch the following video about American Idol.
http://ca.tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.ap.org/tv-news.en.ap.org-20100111-us_tv_fox_cowell
What did you learn? Do you ever watched American Idol, why or why not?
That Simon is leaving ‘American Idol’ for ‘X Factor’ after this season. Yes, I did watch american idol, I never followed a whole season but I saw some episodes in between… I like hearing people sing, I love music, and it’s really funny when they are horrible, people think too highly of themselves.
Watch the following video about American Idol.
http://ca.tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.ap.org/tv-news.en.ap.org-20100111-us_tv_fox_cowell
What did you learn? Do you ever watched American Idol, why or why not?
That Simon is leaving ‘American Idol’ for ‘X Factor’ after this season. Yes, I did watch american idol, I never followed a whole season but I saw some episodes in between… I like hearing people sing, I love music, and it’s really funny when they are horrible, people think too highly of themselves.
– Watch the top ten viral videos of 2009: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1945171,00.html?cnn=yes
Which do you think are the top 3 and why?
The baby dancing to Single Ladies – he’s super cute and it’s really funny, he actually dances!
The little boy coming home from the dentist – again, he is super cute, it’s so funny and i love him, i love when he stands and just yells, for fun.. is this real life?
The dancing wedding… that is so cool, i wish my wedding could be like that.. it seemed super fun and entertaining, it was really cute, warmed my heart a little
Read the following article: http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/01/megan-fox-sarah-palin-sent-to-hell/ What did you learn about the marketing of the web-based game Dante’s Inferno?
“”Marketing an upcoming video game is a difficult balance between showing enough to excite gamers and spoiling the story by giving away too much.
Electronic Arts is taking a different approach by using Web-based games to promote “Dante’s Inferno” (Visceral Games), a video game loosely based on Dante Alighieri’s epic poem about one man’s journey through the afterlife. The game focuses on a trip through hell, emphasizing its nine levels and seven deadly sins.””
