Is the new iPad too hot? By Cheyenne

  

 The new iPad is the new hottest gadget and selling faster then the second generation iPad. The Apple company had run test on the iPad, saying that the third-generation iPad can reportedly run as much as 18% hotter than the iPad 2. There have been complaints that the iPad is too hot to hold. The scientist at Apple said, "We're also going to check with our health experts, to see whether it's an injury risk. A Dutch website called,Tweakers.net; had run test on there own and said,"That the iPad heats up to 92.5 degrees Fahrenheit.  Since Apple released the new third generation of the iPad, on Friday; Apple had sold three million. 

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-is-apple-new-ipad-running-hot-consumer-reports-20120320,0,7817415.story 

Teen killed in Oceanside,family members demand justice by: Marcella Marquez

“For a couple of years we had zero gang homicides,” said Bryan Campagna, form the gang unit of the Oceanside Police Department (NY Times).  Yet four gang related deaths occurred in the city between December 2010 and July 2011. This year there have been three. This Sunday a suspected gang related death occurred in the cities Crown Heights neighborhood. The victim 17 year old, Antonio Carachuri-Perez was known as “the kid who sold flowers and homemade ice-cream. (NY Times)” Police officials say his death was gang related, but the people who knew him said he was not a gang member. “He was a good boy. He didn’t have trouble with anybody,” said his mother, Maria Perez, 37, (NY Times). Tony’s cousin Daisy said “All the family knows is that Tony and some of his male cousins were hanging out on the porch when someone walking by the house shot him,” (NY Times).The fact that the cousin were on the porch at two in the morning; seems to be why some suspect this death was gang related. Although teachers and classmates at Tony’s former school, Oceanside High, say, he was a good kid. “If I ever asked him to do anything for me he would do it with no questions asked,” were the words of Tony’s English teacher Toni Chaney. Tony’s aunt and mother have not stopped mourning his death, and demand justice. “I don’t know why they did this to him. I told the detectives to do something about it. My son wasn’t bad. He didn’t deserve this. I want justice,” said his mother. “We want justice! He was innocent. We don’t know why it happened. He was inside the property. There’s never justice around this area, we want justice for him,” said Antonio’s aunt Roberta Perez; this Monday.

Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/12/oceanside-teen-slaying-has-mother-asking-why/ 

  

Generation Why Bother by: Adriana Lugo

Young Americans have become risk-averse and sedentary and the timing is terrible. With America at a 8.3 percent unemployment rate, Americans are less inclined to pack up and move to a state with a better economic situation. The Census Bureau Data claims that the likelihood of a 20 year old moving to another state has dropped over 40% since the 1980s. According to the Pew Research Center, the amount of young adults living at home has doubled between 1980 and 2008, before the Great Recession. Today's generation is literally going nowhere. The New York times says, "This is the Occupy movement we should be worried about." The most astounding behavioral change among young adults has been that an increasing amount of teenagers are not even bothering to get their drivers license. In the 1980's, 80% of 18 year old would walk around showing off their new drivers licenses, according to a study done by researchers at the University of Michigan's Transportation Institute. By 2008, that number dropped to 65%. Some may blame the high cost of gasoline or cars, but Comerica Bank's Automobile Affordability Index shows that it takes fewer weeks or work to buy a car today than in the 1980s. In a study made my Michael Sivak, found that when young adults spent time on the internet, they delay getting their licenses. "More time on Facebook probably means less time on the road," he said. That makes a less vibrant economy. The Great Recession and weak economy makes trend toward risk aversion worse. In the mid 1970s, every high school wanted a drivers license and freedom. It's time to encourage forward movement, not slouching.


By: Adriana Lugo


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/the-go-nowhere-generation.html?src=me&ref=general

Man on facebook has been charged since his two wives found eachother By Cheyenne

    Alan L. O'Neill had two wives that were both on Facebook. The two wives found each other when wife No.1 to discover a picture of her husband and his second wife standing in front of a wedding cake.  O'Neill, who used to be known as Alan Faulk, married his first wife in 2001. He moved out of his house in 2009, but his wife did not file for divorce. Then, in December 2009, Faulk changed his name to Alan L. O'Neill and a few weeks later married wife No. 2.Wife No. 1 clicked through to wife No. 2's Facebook page, and that's where she saw the telltale cake picture. Now O'Neill is facing charges in a Pierce County court in Washington State for a year in jail.


http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-man-charged-with-bigamy-on-facebook-20120309,0,7376601.story

San Diego's FIRST Robotics Event by: Marcella Marquez

               This Sunday the sixth annual FIRST Robotics Competition San Diego Regional took place. The free event was held at the Valley View Casino Center, and it attracted more than 10,000 viewers over 3 days (union tribune). This competition began 21 years ago with Dean Kamen, the man who created the Segway, he wants this completion to “inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people and the community (union tribune)”More than 56 high schools competed this Saturday, 30 of which were local, overall more than 2,400 students will be participating nationwide this year. This competition is very important to many it has even been called the “Super Bowl of Smarts.” A name fit for the competitors, whom spent six weeks building a robot from a motorcycle battery, power distribution boards, and clear polycarbonate casings. This year the game was “Rebound Rumble” therefore their robots had to be capable of moving around “a basketball court,” pick up balls from the floor, shoot baskets, and move through obstacles. In the end five winning teams will have the opportunity to go onto championships in St. Louis, those teams are: Super NURDs from San Pasqual High School, Code Orange from River Springs Charter School and Heritage Christian School in Dana Point, T-Birds from Yucaipa High School, the Holy Cows from High Tech High School in Point Loma, and Team Spyder from Poway High School. 

Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/05/san-diego-first-robotics-event-draws-10000/

New Invisible Car ! ...... sort of.

Mercedes promotes it's fuel cell technology with an invisible car. Mercedes tried to convey that hydrogen fuel cell technology will make a car disappear through a viral ad or its forthcoming F-Cell vehicle. The company covered a car in strips of LED lights to make an entire side of the car a large screen. Then they attached a Canon 5D digital SLR camera to the other side of the car so it would transmit what the lens sees to the car's screen. As a result the car blends in with the environment around it. Mercedes is trying to sell that there are zero emissions with this technology, since it only produces water vapor after burning the hydrogen fuel. Mercedes told Mashable that it's hydrogen-powered car was "ready for series production" but others don't expect mass production until 2015. Obviously everyone will have to wait longer for a completely camouflaged car.

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZIGzpi9lCck

source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/03/mercedes-invisible-car-is-coming-sort-of/

By: Adriana Lugo

Nasa hacked 13 times last year.

In 2011 hackers got into NASA’s high security network a reported 13 times. One of those times was from a Chinese IP that gained complete control of the crucial systems and employee accounts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the space agency's inspector general told Congress this week.  Another security failure occurred in March 2011, when an unencrypted NASA notebook computer was stolen. It contained algorithms to command and control the International Space Station. NASA said, however, the station was never in any jeopardy.

            Between October 1^st 2010 and September 30^th 2011 NASA reported a total of 5,400 security incidents. NASA Inspector General Paul Martin said in his written testimony delivered Wednesday to a hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee investigations subcommittee.

            Only about 1% of NASA portable devices are encrypted and 48 were stolen between 2009 and 2010.

            In the attack of the jet Propulsion Laboratory the hackers “gained full access to key JPL systems and sensitive user accounts.” Hackers traced to China-based Internet Protocol addresses stole personal credentials for 150 employees.

            "The attackers had full functional control over these networks," the IG's report stated, adding that they would have been able to "modify, copy or delete sensitive files" or "upload hacking tools to steal user credentials and compromise other NASA systems," the BBC notes.

Storms hit the Midwest and South by :Marcella Marquez

A total of 12 people have been reported dead, and more than 150 have been reported injured after violent storms hit states from Kansas to Kentucky. 3 of the fatalities occurred in Tennessee, 6 occurred in Illinois, and 3 occurred in Missouri. Kansas seems to be the first place were the storm hit, “Kansas was hit Tuesday night, and Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency for the tiny town of Harveyville, about 20 miles southwest of Topeka (cnn.com)” It was also reported that Pittsburg, Kansas, “experienced straight-line winds up to 120 mph Tuesday, creating a one-mile path of damage… (cnn.com)” Most of the damaged happened in Harrisburg, Illinois were 100 people were injured. Illinois was hit with an EF4 tornado “the second most powerful on the scale (cnn.com)” that had winds of 170 mph. One of the buildings in Illinois that was severely damages was, the Harrisburg Medical Center.  A large portion of the roof came of along with 80 feet of exterior wall.  Although it is safe to say the storm system caused damage everywhere it hit. Roofs came off, power lines came down, and mobile homes were tossed, in many cities blocks of building were turned into rubble. According to CNN’s meteorologist, Sean Morris, the storms began because of the mix of cold Canadian air with warm air from the Gulf of Mexico.

Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/29/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/us/storm-system-crushes-midwestern-towns.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lniYZEEHTQk&feature=related

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Have a Boy!

On February 27, Jennifer Garner gave birth to her new healthy baby boy Samuel Garner Affleck. The couple now has three children, two girls and one boy. Their two daughters Seraphina, 3, and Violet, 6, would now have a baby brother. The pregnancy was in August 2011, the insider said the couple had planned to have three kids. Garner spoke to US weekly talking about balancing work and family. She said "To have a great nanny and a supporting husband". 

BY Cheyenne Mello

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2012/02/jennifer-garner-baby-ben-affleck-baby-boy.html

Dad founds wife trying to drown their two daughters

                              

On February 15, In South L.A, a father found his wife trying to drown their two daughters in their bathtub. The father tried to stop his wife, but his daughters were in critical condition. Firefighters resuscitate the two girls. They are 1 and 5 years old. Authority said,"The one year old girl could not breath and was turning purple". neighbors said the mother try to kill her daughters because she had depression and thought of suicide. The family was from Guatemala 10 years ago. Police said, "She is assaulted with a deadly weapon --or will be charged with murder if her daughters die." 

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/drowning-girls-mother-suspect.html

By Cheyenne Mello 

Earthquake Strikes Northern California by: Marcella Marquez

        An earthquake with 5.6 magnitude struck northern California today at 1:o7 pm. The U.S. Geological survey said the earthquake happened about 18 miles inland form Humboldt County. “The epicenter was a rural area near the small community of Weitchpec on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, about 240 miles north of San Francisco and about 60 miles south of the Oregon border. (Union Tribune)” Some citizens living nearby commented about their experience during the earthquake. “It was just a mild shaking. It wasn’t a sharp jerk,” said Sgt. Gene McManus from the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Department. Debbie, who owns a shop located 5 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, said it only lasted 4 or 5 seconds and it felt “like a pick-up-and move, like a soft wave.” Lucky there have been no reports of any injuries or damage.  

Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/13/magnitude-56-quake-strikes-rural-northern-calif/

Want to own a piece of New York?

Now you can own a part of one of the city's most iconic skyscrapers. On Monday, The Empire State Realty Trust, announced plans to go public, which could raise about $1 billion dollars. The company owns and operates a dozen properties in the greater New York metropolitan area. The decision to put the company on the stock market came after the firm disclosed in November. Current tenants include LinkId, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a Coty a beauty product maker. The Empire Stare Realty plans to use the cash they get from investors to repay loans.


http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/home-front/2012/02/13/want-to-own-a-piece-of-nyc-now-you-can


By: Adriana Lugo

Hurricanes may be a risk factor for offshore windfarms.

There is now another thing we have to worry about when hurricanes come. Offshore wind farms. Offshore hurricanes could potentially demolish all of the proposed turbines off of the US coastlines according to a study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

            "We find that hurricanes pose a significant risk to wind turbines off the U.S. Gulf and East coasts, even if they are designed to the most stringent current standard," the authors from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh write.

            They estimated that over a 20-year span the turbines and their supports would collapse when matched up with hurricane force winds. They stated the 4 states Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina and Texas — where offshore wind-farm projects are now under consideration.

            Wind turbines are vulnerable to hurricanes because the maximum wind speeds in those storms can exceed the current design limits of wind turbines, according to the study.

            The current construction standards for the turbines and assumed a maximum sustained wind speed of 111 mph near the top of the turbine, about 90 meters (about 300 feet) above the surface. This is the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane.

The riskiest of the states is offshore of Galveston County, Texas followed by the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Atlantic City and Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

By Ryan Bockmier

Source

A Pilot Dies from A Propeller Accident by: Marcella Marquez

Today, a pilot form Gillespie field died after being hit in the head by a plane propeller. “The pilot and passenger were in the aircraft when the plane began to taxi out of a hanger at the west end of the airport about 8:30 a.m., said Monica Zech, spokeswoman for the city of El Cajon. (Union Tribune)” The 41-year-old pilot, whose name has not been released yet. Tried to hand crank that propeller, when the planes single engine stopped working. The pilot was taken to the hospital after the accident, there he was declared dead. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are the ones leading the investigation, on this accident. According to the FAA the plane that caused the accident is a blue and white 1974 Piper Cherokee fixed-wing plane.  A flight instructor that works in the Gillespie field said that what the pilot did is very dangerous.  According to Koch “Once engaged, the metal blades can immediately rev up to 2,000 revolutions per minute. (Union Tribune)”     

Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/30/pilot-injured-propeller-gillespie-field/

Cruise bookings down notably in wake of Costa accident

Carnival Cruise Company has revealed that bookings for cruises have gone down significantly since the Costa Concordia crashing. Carnival Corp., the parent company of 10 major cruise brands including Costa, Carnival, Princess and Holland America, said in a regulatory filing that bookings at its non-Costa brands declined "in the mid-teens," percentage-wise, in the 12 days after the Jan. 13 accident as compared with the same period a year ago.

            Bookings for Costa are down to although it is hard to get percentages for that.

"Costa's booking activity is difficult to interpret because of the significant re-booking activity stemming from the loss of the ship's use and related re-deployments, however we believe it to be down significantly," the company says in a 10-K regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

            "Despite these recent trends, we believe the incident will not have a significant long-term impact on our business," it says.

            Carnival also updated its estimate of the immediate financial impact of the accident. The company said costs related to loss of use of the ship for the rest of the fiscal year, insurance deductibles and other related costs could be $155 million to $175 million, or about $0.20 to $0.22 per share.

            Carnival is now determining the coast of repairing the Costa Concordia and seeing if that is even possible at this point.

By Ryan Bockmier

Source

Senate delays PIPA vote.

Senator Harry Reid and House leaders called off a scheduled vote on PIPA on January 20th. Mr. Reid, Democrat of Nevada, who also organized protest against the legislation, announced a delay in the vote via Twitter. “Counterfeiting & piracy cost 1000s of #jobs yearly. Americans rightfully expect to be fairly compensated 4 their work. I’m optimistic that we can reach compromise on Protect I.P. in coming week.” Texas Republican Lamar Smith, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, called off plans to draft his version of the antipiracy bill this February. Two days after Mr. Smith promised to move forward from this issue, Mr. Smith said in a statement: “The committee remains committed to finding a solution to the problem of online piracy that protects American intellectual property and innovation.” But he added, “The House Judiciary Committee will postpone consideration of the legislation until there is wider agreement on a solution.”

Source: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/copyrights/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=sopa&st=cse

-Adriana Lugo

Harvard finds out that the iPad can hurt your neck? By Cheyenne

 Harvard had studies that the iPad can affect the head, neck and shoulders of spending time on the tablet. People who use iPads hold the device almost at their lap, and are putting a lot of strain on the neck muscles.  Harvard says ,"If you think about your position when you are hunched over looking down, your head is hanging out over space, so you are using your neck muscles to support the weight,"  The best position to have your tablet is in a movie position so you don't have to look down or strain your neck. 

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/harvard-researchers-ergonomics-ipad.html

New Bill Looks To house the Homeless In Government Funded Stadiums by: Marcella Marquez

In Florida they have recently revisited a law that states that stadiums built with money from taxpayers must house homeless on nights when no events are happening. This law that has been ignored for the most part is 23 years old. Two legislators have taken it upon themselves to pass bills that would make the law become effective.  They seem to reaching their goal too, this past Monday “the bill passed the committee with a unanimous vote (Miami Herald).”  According to the Miami Herald the legislators say: “We have spent over $300 million supporting teams that can afford to pay a guy $7, $8, $10 million a year to throw a baseball 90 feet. I think they can pay for their stadium. I cannot believe that we’re going to cut money out of Medicaid and take it away from homeless and take it away from the poor and impoverished, and we’re continuing to support people who are billionaires.” What the bills looks to do exactly is “…force owners of sports facilities like the AmericanAirlines Arenas in Miami and Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg to refund millions of dollars and begin operating homeless shelters on off-nights. So far, the state has spent more than $270 million on constructing stadiums, with the former Dolphin Stadium receiving $37 million and AAA taking $27.5 million. (Miami Herald)” If the bill does pass it is clear the stadiums will have to pay huge amounts of money.  

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/23/2604180/bill-would-enforce-law-turning.html 

Rare tornadoes hit Alabama, killing two and injuring hundereds.

Nine months after deadly tornados hit Alabama killing more than 238 people the state is again looking for victims and assessing the damage. This time though, the tornado is a rare January storm and has killed two people and left plenty more injured.

            "Right now, we are in the search-and-rescue phase," said Jennifer Ardis, press secretary to Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, who declared a state of emergency Monday for all 67 Alabama counties. "It's important to search and find those people that are injured. Once that is over, we will begin to move into the recovery phase."

            The worst damage caused by the storm is in Jefferson County near Birmingham.

"The storm destroyed homes, toppled trees and knocked out power," said Chief Deputy Randy Christian of the Jefferson County sheriff's office "An 82-year-old man died in his home as a result of the storm."

Another victim is a 16 year old, "died when her home took a direct hit from the storm as she and her family slept," Christian said.

More than 100 people are injured and 250-300 homes have been destroyed.

Severe thunderstorms spawned the tornados, large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding across the state.

National Weather Service meteorologists toured the state's hardest-hit areas Monday and confirmed that a tornado struck the town of Clay. Wind speeds from this tornado were estimated at 150 mph.

By Ryan Bockmier

Source

She is out there, hiding in the 2012 presidential race. She has twelve Social Security cards, benefits from four fake dead husbands, and collects food stamps while owning a Cadillac. The 'Welfare Queen' is an infamous character who has re-emerged in the year's presidential race. People are accusing the three leading Republican presidential candidates of restoring the 'Welfare Queens'. They call President Obama the "food stamp president," and declaring that America is moving towards an "entitlement society." 

What is the Welfare Queen?

Ronald Reagan invented her and Americans buy the lie. Others believe don't fall for the lie. "This image of the lazy African-American woman who refuses to get a job and keeps having kids is pretty enduring. It's always been a good way to distract the public from any meaningful conversations about poverty and inequality." The Welfare Queen is known as a legendary character in political circles.

Adriana Lugo

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/politics/weflare-queen/index.html?hpt=hp_c1