2 Million iPads sold in 60 days

Apple has sold 2 million iPads since the day it went out April 3rd.This is only in the U.S. The CEO says they are having a hard time keeping up with demands. There are 5,000 apps for the iPad. all together there are 200,000 apps for the iPod Touch, iPhone, and the iPad. It took them only 28 days to sell the first million.

I can't believe that people have enough money for this. How is it any different from an iPod touch? I understand that it's cool and trendy but you could be spending your money on something else. Then again I'm not that big on techy type things.

here's the article

The Last Harry Potter Movie

Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe talk about the last two weeks of shooting the last Harry Potter movie. Daniel says that he will be devastated that it's ending but that it's also very exciting. Emma says she feels like someone is dying.

It's very sad that it's ending but everyone knows that it has to. I'm excited for it to come out. It feels weird to know that both I and the actors grew up with the movies. everyone my age did. it'll be strange when it's over.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20388825,00.html

Lost Commercials

Ads for Lost went up to $900,000 a pop. Target decided to take charge and did little "spoofs" of the show. Using the smoke monster for a smoke alarm and a boar for BBQ sauce. Most people are ok with this, but the writer of the show said it was cheap.

I saw the commercials and I thought they were funny. I don't think they were cheap and I think most of the Lost fans found hummor in it. That's the most important part is the fans

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/24/did-you-feel-lost-in-commercials-last-night/?hpt=Sbin

Bare Faces

It seems to be the new celebrity trend to not wear any make up. Jessica Simpson is the trend setter. They are baring all showing their true selves. It is a way to empower women showing that glamor comes from inside.

This is pretty cool but at the same time I am somewhat skeptic about it. you see the covers with stars without makeup....but it still looks like they are. They might not be wearing makeup but I wonder if Photo Shop had a part to play.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2010/05/13/sbt.stars.without.make.up.cnn?iref=allsearch

Betty White at the Oscars

There is another Frenzy about Betty White on Facebook. There is another Campaign for her only this time it's for her to host the Oscars. There is another Facebook page underway for her to host the Emmy awards. White hasn't said anything about hosting or wanting to host the Oscars. We will just have to wait and see.

I hope she does! That would be so cool. I haven't heard of anyone not liking Betty White. I'll go on Facebook and join if that's waht I have to do to get Betty on to the Oscars I'll do it.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/12/betty.white.for.oscars.ppl/index.html

The Next Justin Bieber?

Greyson Michael sang one of Lady GaGas songs, Paparazzi, at a sixth grade talent show. Youtube has helped in the making of a star. He was on Ellen Degeneres performing the song. He also got a call from Lady GaGa. He has been dubbed "Little Lord GaGa".

I watched the video and he did such a good job. It was insane how well he did. I can't wait to see what else he has in store.

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/13/justin-bieber-2-0/?hpt=Mid

College Dropouts

I just read a little article on the top 10 college dropouts. Some of them included Tom Hanks, Tiger Woods, Harrison Ford, and Lady GaGa. A lot of them seemed to have the same reason for dropping out. it was to expensive or they wanted to do there carer choice full time.

I never realized that that many famous people dropped out. It might have been a good thing that they did because some of them might not have invented the things that they did. Like Steve Jobs who founded Apple and Pixar. If he stayed in college he might not have changed the world like he did.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1988080_1988093_1988082,00.html

Betty with her foot down on nudity

Betty white is going to be on SNL this weekend. there will be singing and dancing but no nudity. "well, a little here and there" said White "mostly here". It's going to be a Mothers Day special and six other former SNL cast members will be back.

I'm very excited about this. i can't wait to see what Betty has u her sleeve.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/05/03/betty.white.nudity.ppl/index.html

All Things Being Unequal

National income has always been a problem. For the wealthy income went up from 45.5 percent to 53.5 percent. The middle class have to pay more for health care, child care, energy, food, education, etc. Economists think there are many different factors for the divide in income globalization, tax policy, education, and technology. congress and many others have talked about the problem and the impact that it has on the middle class. They don't know what to do. They do agree that some inequality benefits the economy with intensives for hard work. Advocates say that the gap is unfairly wide. They say that government should focus on restricting trades and outsourcing, this way domestic jobs are protected and salaries are maintained. Proponents also want the government to increase taxes on the wealthy and to cut taxes for the middle class. They also want retraining programs, unemployment benefits, and wage insurance to help out the middle class. Opponents say that if they do retraining programs, etc. the business wont make as much so there would be less money to distribute. They also say that raising taxes would screw up the economy and hurt all workers. They also say that the programs we have for workers are already taking up a lot of money. Free market supporters say that if we leave supply and demand alone the problem will be solved.

I think that we need to focus on the businesses them selves. Some businesses spend way more money than they should on operating or expenses. If we fix the businesses than we can fix a lot of Americas problems with unequal income. The income will most likely never be fair. Unequal income has been going on since the beginning of time. The wealthy will still have their ice in the summer and the middle class will get their ice in the winter. We might not be able to fix the problem completely but we can make it better.

here's a link
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Identity

The author of this article talks about how he is more than meets the eye. He is covered with tattoos and piercings but that doesn't make him some drug addicted rebel. He's a smart and kind person. His tattoos reflect who he really is. They show his beliefs, his faith, Family all that good stuff. He wants the stereo types about people with tattoos to be gone.

here's the article

I know what he's talking about. I love tattoos, I love how that's one way for people to express themselves. It's amazing how people interpret things in their lives into body art. And it is art. You don't have to be in a band to have tattoos.

Bullying Turned Deadly

Nine teens have been charged for the Suicide of 15 year old Phoebe Prince. Some of the charges include stalking, statutory rape, and violation of civil rights. She was cyber bullied, she was called names online, things were thrown at her, her books were knocked out of her hands, her face was scribbled out of pictures. She didn't have Facebook but a lot of the other kids did and were organizing things that way. A lot of this started with the mean girl sort of things. Things like the whispering and talking behind her back. Her friends set up a memorial page for her on Facebook but some of the kids went on there and were still saying nasty things about her on the pages. She might not have been raped by force but by law. There was a big age difference between Phoebe and the boys so it might have been reported for that reason.

here's the article


The school should have done some serious business about this in the first place. If they are throwing things at her like bottles or full cans you need to do something. And it was nine people involved with this, maybe even more. Why didn't someone do something about this?

Ditch Religion?

Philosopher Sam Harris told CNN for the world to tackle truly important problems, people have to stop looking towards religion for moral guidance. He says that there are major issues like education, nuclear weapons, poverty, etc. "These are issues which tremendous swings in human well-being depend on. And it's not the center of our moral compass." "Religion has convinced us that there's something else other than concerns about suffering. There's concerns about what God wants, there's concerns about what's going to happen in the afterlife," he said. he talks about how we look at gay marriage as one of the greatest problems in our country , which is ridiculous compared to the bigger issues going on in the world. he says we shouldn't be afraid to say that some acts are right and some are wrong. "It's not our job to not judged it and say everyone has to work out their own human fulfillment."

here's the artical


I agree with him on somethings. I don't think that we are all worried about what God thinks of us. At least not 24/7. I do agree that we are taking the whole gay rights thing out of hand and that we need to get over it and not bring religion into it. I think that some times we let religion cloud our judgment at times. Yet I think that it's important to have faith. Not necessarily just in religion but also in people or just in something. I think faith has a more powerful hold in people rather than religion.

Apple Runs Out of iPads

It seems that over night the iPads ran out. The delivery date for April 3rd has been pushed back to April 12th. It seems that you can't schedule a time to pick up an iPad from an Apple store at all. There will be iPads available next Saturday. It's basically just a first come first served type of thing. They don't know if it's because of a high demon or a short supply or both. There might be a1 million on hand or 300,000. They think that 204,00 have been pre-ordered.

I thought they would be making the iPods smaller not bigger, even though it is called an iPad. Doesn't it do the exact same thing as an iPod? I didn't think that that many have been pre-ordered all ready. Why would some one want one that big? you'd think it would be inconvenient.

artical here

Health Care Aftermath

Patrick Kennedy--Ted Kennedy's son--is very excited about the new Heath care bill. He said that the health care bill fulfils his fathers legacy and completes what his father has been fighting for through out his career. He also said that this is a program for the middle class and that their the ones that are left out. He's very honored to support his fathers beliefe and that Obama stood by his commitment. The Republicans are not happy about this at all.


I'm not sure how i feel about this hralth care plan. No matter what type of plan they have there's always going to be pros and cins to it. I think it's better than what we did have. i hope that we see some changes soon. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

here's the artical

Betty White Feeling Sad for Bullock

Betty's heart goes out Bullock about the whole issue with Jesse James having an affair. "We are all deeply, deeply saddened" said White " At such a high point in her life, it's tough, but I think the less other people have to say about it and let her work it out the better." "I love her with all my heart, she's one of the greatest human beings on the planet." White went on to say.

I love Betty White. I know I've said this before but I truly do. She so kind and gracious. I can"t believe that we learned about the Bullock scandal right after she won an Oscar for best actress. Crazy things happen in Hollywood.

Article here

Walmart in Trouble

In Turnersvill, New Jersey someone's voice came one to the speakers and said all blacks must leave. Many people left the store in disgust leaving everything in their cart behind. A store manager got to the public address system to apologize, they also contacted the police. They aren't sure if it was a worker or if it was a prank done by a customer.

I can't believe someone would do this in the first place...it's really scary if you think about it. you don't know if people might become violent or not. What were they thinking? Good God. This isn't even close to funny.

here's the artical

Sweat Lodge Deaths Ruled Accidental

Back in October three people died in a sweat lodge it is now found out that the deaths were and accident according to autopsy results. Two were found to have died from heat stroke from sauna-like conditions. Another died from multiple-system organ failure as a result from being in the sweat lodge to long. They found out that she had jaundice and anasarca which is fluid build up in your tissue. 20 others were sick from the sweat lodge. James Aurthur Ray-- the one in charge of the lodge--pleaded not guilty to man slaughter. His lawyer says that he did every thing he needed to for the safety precautions, he had nurses and medical staff there to monitor the lodge both inside and out.

here's the story

Avalanche

An avalanche killed two and 30 were injured at a snowmobile competition in western Canada. About 200 people were at the event on Saturday when it hit on a British Columbia mountain. Police ere still going around at hotels to make sure everyone was where they needed to be. Emergency crews were using as many resources as possible to search for survivors after the area was cleared. The accident happened during " The Big Iron Shoot Out" on Boulder mountain near Revelstoke later that Saturday authorities said that three people were dead.

That's really freaky......it's weird how things like this just happen. I can't even imagine this happening. What's really amazing is that only three people died out of about 200. It's still a tragic story but there is still a silver lining.

here's the story and a video with it.

Betty White on SNL

Betty White fans(me being one of them) are very excited to know that she will be on Saturday Night Live. It was announced at Elton Johns annual Oscars viewing party on Saturday night. Fans have been wanting her to do this for quite some time. A Facebook page was used to attract half a million fans after seeing Betty on a Snickers commercial during the Super Bowl. PEOPLE aske dher if she would be on SNL, she simply said yes. " I don't know why or how, but it's been wonderful" she says. Betty didn't give any details about the show, it's been rumored that the show will be a special "Women of Comedy" with former SNL members Molly Shannon, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, but producer Lorne Michaels denied it.


I'm excited about this! I know this isn't a very important current event but I feel it's important to post this. My reasoning is that it's not as easy for women for to be comedians as it is for men. Betty White is a legend, not many women make it as far as she has. She's been doing this for years. I'm surprised that she hasn't been on SNL before. The time has come.

here's the article http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/08/betty.white.comfirms.snl.ppl/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

Social Insecurity

Americas budget plan....we know that there are some issues with it and I'm going to talk about one of them. Social Security. A lot of us know by now that Government will be spending more money than it takes in. Of course this is a huge problem. Bush proposed that we start private investment plans but people say that there are less dramatic ways to keep the system strong.

A reason that the social security system is going bankrupt is that the government is promising more to retirees than it can afford. They haven't been cutting programs or raising taxes so there isn't any money coming to keep the program stable. The program wasn't supposed to be a national retirement program but it evolved into one anyway. Now they are talking about cutting benefits for everyone except those in need and offering private investment accounts with president favors. These would have to be the way to save the program. Others argue that the system is strong the way it is and that the short falls can easily be averted without hurting the economy. the people arguing this say that the program is a national retirement plan that works, you put in your money and in return you get the benefits out of it.

The Supporters say that the program currently runs a surplus and financially brings security to millions of people. They also say that it can be shored up with modest fixes like raising the caps on earnings that can be taxed for Social Security, and gradually raise the retirement age.



I honestly don't know how I fell about this whole thing. It will affect me but by the time that I'm old enough to retire there won't be social security. All i know is that they need to get moving on this soon. I don't want to have to work until I'm 95. Here's a link to a paper talking about this.

There are more issues with the budget here are two other links
http://jamiescurrenteventsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/issue-1-war-dollars.html
http://megananderson2010.blogspot.com/2010/02/issue-2-spending-what-we-cant-afford.html