Steve Jobs Did WHAT?!

Recent reports are saying that Mr. Steve Jobs was stealing all of his ideas from a young college student who has just now come forward to file a lawsuit against Apple.

Club With Two Way Mirrors

A nightclub in Scotland is in trouble for installing a two-way mirror in the women's bathroom and having a private room where people could go and watch. Creepy!

So..Basically Your Major Doesn't Matter...

New data from the Jaison Able and Richard Dietz of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has revealed that only 27% of college graduates have jobs related to their majors. Partially due to the recession and the increase of unemployment rates.

It's Pronouced "JIF", People!

There has been much debate about how to pronounce "GIF" but that time is now over. Steve Wilhite created the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working for Compuserve in 1987. He recently received a Webby Award, and in his five word response, lit up a screen flashing the words "it's pronounced JIF not GIF." Debate over.

Education For Women

There is a Pro Worker Policy for women that is spreading throughout the world. It shows the economic benefit of adding more women to the work force.

#Femminist Problems

Feminists in Germany are angered by the building of a "barbie dream house". Protesters argued that this house was advertising that the height of femininity was cooking and primping. They argue that Barbie in general encourages sexism and poor body image for women.

The Coldest City on Earth

I liked this essay because I think it looks so surreal. How do people even live there?

Education

My view on education is that it is generally approached in the wrong way. If students aren't engaged in what they are learning, teachers tend to give up on them and focus on the kids who are interested in a given subject. As a result, the kids who are not interested get the idea that their learning is not important to that teacher. If it's not important to their teacher, why should it be important to them?

What to do For New Orleans?

These situations are always tough. Your heart goes out to all those hurt and their families who cannot pay for the medical bills. Personally, I believe that if the city cannot afford to pay for them out of pocket, the public should come together in fundraisers. The city could sponsor events that raise money for the victims. It would also be unifying for a community to come together and take care of their own.

The Flu Causes Mental Health Problems?

According to a new study if women get the flu while pregnant their child is almost 4x more likely to have bi polar disorder later in life. That is so scary. But hopefully this information will help doctors come up with preventative measures.

Guilty

Jodi Arias was found guilty today of first-degree premeditated murder, leaving open the possibility that she could be sentenced to death. She gives me the creeps.

Gluten is Good for Breast Cancer?!

Scientists at Cambridge University have been studying the effects of going gluten free on breast cancer. They made a shocking discovery. Women who had a gluten free diet were as much as 3 times as likely to have regressive cancer.

Nun Breaches Nuclear Security?

elderly nun and two fellow peace activists walked undetected onto one of the nation's most secure nuclear facilities. That is terrifying. They can get it, who can't?

To Infinity and Beyond!

Buzz Aldrin wants us to go to Mars. He has released a http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/07/buzz-aldrin-get-to-mars-within-20-years/?hpt=us_t3for the trip! This is cool.

No Rest For the Wicked

Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev,was killed in a shootout with police. According to the medical examiner, no one has stepped forward to claim the body. Here is a list of a few other infamous people and their final resting places: Lee Harvey Oswald-Rose Hill Burial Park in Fort Worth, Texas John Wilkes Booth-unmarked grave at a family plot in Baltimore Al Capone-Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois

1st Woman on FBI Most Wanted Terrorist List

Joanne Chesimard, 65, has been living freely in Cuba since 1984, five years after she escaped from a U.S. prison. Now known as "Assata Shakur," she is wanted in the killing of Trooper Werner Foerster on the New Jersey Turnpike on May 2, 1973.Chesimard escaped from prison with help from a coalition of radical, domestic terror groups. Chesimard was a member of the Black Panther Party and later the Black Liberation Army

Sad News

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The death toll from a Bangladesh building collapse climbed over 220 with scores of garment workers believed to be missing as rescue crews pulled more bodies from the rubble.

Talented People

Jonny, Robbie (fiddle) and Tommy (guitar), known as the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, are 10, 14 and 15. In 2011, they got calls from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and in the summer of 2011 they appeared as musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman and NBC’s Today Show. Their first album, America’s Music, was released in September 2011. In October 2012 they released their second album, The Farthest Horizon. They are so talented!

Spacey-Wacey

Space Stuff

'Merica (SMH)

Obama pushed for Congress to include expanded background checks in any gun package and the White House campaigned in support of the compromise. However, the National Rifle Association promised retribution against supporters of tougher gun laws. The final vote was 54 for to 46 against.

LGBT

The survey, which asked 120,000 American adults whether they identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, found that 6.4% of people aged 18 to 29 said they were LGBT: about three times more than people over age 65. But do results like these indicate that younger adults are more likely to be LGBT, or are they simply more likely to acknowledge it? It's probably the latter.

Football Player In Jail

Manti T'eo is going to jail for drug abuse. the 22 year old football star for Notre Dame was caught with several ounces of cocaine yesterday.

Woman Found in Car Days After Crash

The body of Carolyn Watkins, was found inside her wrecked car at a tow yard on Monday, the same day family members said they reported her missing. Her car was taken to the yard Friday after a trooper discovered it in a ditch in Johnston County, North Carolina.The trooper said that no one was in the vehicle. That report has since been called into question, and authorities said they are working to get to the bottom of the case.

Scary North Korea

u.s. navy confirmed it's moving a guided missile destroyer to South Korea. North Korea is saying that it has authorized it's military to launch nuclear bombs. It's hard to know how seriously to take these claims. Are they empty threats? I don't think that's a chance anyone is willing to take.

Paint With Sound

This is such a cool idea. This artist's attempt to answer the question "What does music sound like?"

A Warm Spring? Count Me In.

Meteorologist are predicting a warm, dry spring for the West Coast. The majority of the United States will have above-average temperatures over the next three months.it is expected to be drier than normal in much of the West, Rockies and Southwest. In the more Eastern areas it is predicted there will be more flooding.

More Issues in Steubenville

Although a judge has found two Steubenville teenagers guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl in a case that showed examples of teenage drinking and the cruelty of kids -- all wrapped in allegations of a cover-up -- The attorney general said Monday it's now time for a grand jury to look at whether anyone else should be charged.

Year Of The Comet

On March 9, Comet PANSTARRS makes its closest approach to the Sun, when it may reach magnitude –1.0. Because it stands 15° east of the Sun, we'll have an hour to spot it low in the west after sunset. For the next two weeks, the Comet PANSTARRS will glow to naked eyes at a dark site.

It's Alive!

Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon in the powder Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed on Mars.The data indicates area the rover is exploring was the end of an ancient river system or a wet lakebed that could have provided chemical energy for microbes. The rock is made up of a fine-grained mudstone containing clay minerals, sulfate minerals, and other chemicals. This ancient wet environment, unlike some others on Mars, was not harshly oxidizing, acidic, or extremely salty.

Crazy Courts are Also Crazy

James Holmes,to be tested with a "truth serum" if he pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.Judge William Sylvester ruled if Holmes pleads insanity his prosecutors would be permitted to interrogate him while he is under the influence of a medical drug designed to get him to talk. The idea would be that such a "narcoanalytic interview" would be used to confirm whether or not he had been legally insane during his shooting spree on 20 July last year. This encroaches on his fifth amendment rights -"...nor shall [he] be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..." He has the right to remain silent. Medical professionals are saying that this is not an acceptable way to determine his sanity because people under the influence of the drug can still lie and are also susceptible to outside suggestion.

Crazy North Korea is Crazy

North Korea continues to make threats against pretty much everyone. They have announced that they have nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles that are ready to be fired, and are not answering the hotline calls from South Korea. They have apparently cut all the phone lines that go outside the country. Whether or not the threats are legitimate, only time will tell.

Goodbye Herschel Space Observatory

The Herschel Space Observatory is expected run out of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks after spending more than three years studying the universe. The Herschel was launched May 14, 2009; with a main mirror 3.5 meters across, it is the largest, most powerful infrared telescope ever flown in space. It has taught us a lot about the development of stars, solar systems, and galaxies. This article is written for anyone and everyone who loves space!

Satire News Sarcasm

The Onion makes a funny and sarcastic article about the fiscal cliff and the negotiations of Congress. It pokes fun at the constant claims that disaster is right around the corner while they continue to push dates further and further back. This article is targeting young adults and anyone else who is tired of the "catastrophizing" that happens in Washington.

Mission to Mars

I think this would be so cool. Dennis Tito's ambitious plan to send a middle-aged married couple Mars would be like the movie!

Transgender Issues

Coy Mathis is a 6-year-old born with a boy's body. She identifies as a girl, and her family raised her as a girl. In kindergarten, she used the girl's bathroom with no problems. But this year, in first grade, the school said that she cannot continue to use the girl's bathroom. The family think this will "stigmatize her, having to be the only one having to go to a different bathroom." They have filed a civil right suit against the district. I think this is a complicated issue. It is even more difficult with the child being so young. I think the district should let her continue to use the girls bathroom since she is so young. When she gets older, and the issues are more pronounced, they should revisit the topic.

Today In Pictures- India

Talk about overcrowding!Travelers on a train in Kolkata, India. The Indian railway network is one of the largest, with about 14 million passengers daily and around 40,000 miles of railway track cut through some of the most densely populated cities.

Today in Pictures- Israel and Palestine

A Palestinian man burns tires during a protest to support Palestinian prisoners, outside an Israeli military prison. The fate of prisoners is sensitive in Palestinian society, where almost every family has had a member imprisoned by Israel. The situation is a sad one. violence reciprocating violence in an endless cycle.

The 30 Most Portland Things That Have Ever Happened in Portland

A fun list of wonderful Portlandian events.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh

"> Shabana Basij-Rasikh runs a school for girls in Afghanistan. She celebrates the power of a family's decision to believe in their daughters.

Gray Stuff On Mars!

The Mars rover Curiosity has become the first robot to drill into a rock to collect a sample on Mars. They have yet to complete chemical analysis but the material from the drill appears to be gray. Scientists explained that when things turn orange, it’s because there’s a rusting process of some kind going on that oxidizes the iron in the rock. This color change and possible discovery of non oxidized rock may mean that we can uncover proof of life on Mars!

On A Cheery Note...

Oscar Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend. He is a paralympic and Olympic runner. He was born with no legs from the knees down. He is accused of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. A shooting took place inside his house in Pretoria, South Africa,and only the two of them were there. This makes me so sad. He was my favorite person in the Olympics this year. I really admired him and to find out that he may have abused and killed someone breaks my heart.

Huge Asteroid Passes Close to Earth!!

An asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass nearer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, giving scientists an opportunity for close-up observations. The asteroid will pass about 17,200 miles above the planet traveling at 8 miles per second, bringing it nearer than networks of television and weather satellites. The time when it will be closest is 2:24 pm. Fingers crossed for a clear sky!

Pictures

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Marion Cotillard, the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, is kissed by Harvard University theatrical students Renee Rober, left, and Ben Moss, right. Hasty Pudding Theatricals. I love her. I think she is so talented. Also it's a guy dressed as an Indian woman.

Making Waves

US surfer Garrett McNamara rides a wave off Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, Portugal, he broke the world record for the largest wave surfed when he caught this wave reported to be around 100ft, off the coast of Portugal. I chose this picture because I think it would be amazing to surf a hundred foot wave, plus I really feel like going to the beach.