Hollywood Sign Gets Spared

Recently the famous Hollywood sign was spared by huge fund raising.  A $900,000 donation by Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner, and a $500,000 matching grant capped a $12.5 million fund raising drive to protect 138 acres near the famous sign from the development of luxury estates.
"The Hollywood sign has been spared from urban sprawl and will stand unobstructed to welcome future actors, writers and Austrian bodybuilders," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Monday.
 As long as the sign has been there I would personally hate to see it go.  It's like a trademark or emblem for Hollywood.  It's even one of the most famous tourist attractions in the area. 
I do however, think it is quite ridiculous that so much money had to be raised to protect it.  I guess that is lavish Hollywood for you.

Twilight Saga: Eclipse

I know a lot of people everywhere are really excited and pumped up about the new edition to the Twilight Saga.  I know there are plenty of people who have read the books and can not wait for this too come out!  If you haven't read the books or seen any of the movies I highly suggest you do.  For the best experience read the books first.  The first Twilight movie was a dissapointment for me, but New Moon brought more of the intensity that you get from the book.
Ladies, if your man says that he doesn't want to go with you to see Twilight, show him this trailer and he might change his mind.  Some of the fight seems look like they are going to be awesome.

Would you camp out... for a job!?

Over the weekend in Queens, NY hundreds of people camped out on the streets in the rain, in hopes of getting a job through a union elevator repair company.  The company gave out 750 applications to the prospective hopefuls. 
I know the economy is bad, and being unemployed myself I can understand the dire need or having a job.  I'm not sure if I would go to such great lengths like camping out in the streets, but I definitely can relate to these people.  I hope most of them get jobs and I wish them luck in their job search endeavors.
Check out this news report video.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/newyorkcbs2-15751042/despite-rain-hundreds-camp-for-job-in-queens-19325369

Should Humans Seek Out Extra Terrestrials?

British scientist Steven Hawking says that aliens may exist but that we shouldn't seek out contact with them.  "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,"said Hawking.
Personally I think the situation could go either way.  If aliens came here they could be looking for resources.  Maybe their home planet ran out of resources and they came in search of new and better ones.  Maybe they are just like always wondering, what if there is other intelligent life out there?  Maybe they are already here and we just don't realize it.  Skeptic or not, it is something to think on.
To find out more of what Hawking thinks on the subject check out this article.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100425/sc_afp/scienceastronomyextraterrestrialhawking

Return Your Library Books, Or Go To Jail!

Colorado resident, Aaron Henson, was handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police car after being stopped at a license check.  To his surprise there was a warrant out for his arrest.  Arrest for what?  Non-payment of overdue library book fines. 
An ordinance in the county were Aaron lives makes it to when if you don't pay the over due fine it turns into a citation.  Non-payment of the citation leads to a warrant for arrest.
The warrant Henson was brought in on in January was actually for failure to appear. The town claimed it sent numerous bills, notices, a summons and a notice of a court date, but they apparently were all sent to a previous address and Henson saw none of them.
Lovely, isn't it?

N.C Teacher Calls Student a Loser on Her Paper

A middle school teacher from Enka Middle School in Candler, North Carolina is gaining national attention for calling a student "loser" on a test paper.  It's happened several times and has been addressed, but now one parent thinks he has taken it way too far. 
On one test paper the teacher wrote "-20% for being a Loser" and underlined "loser" twice.  He claims that he uses terminology like that to relate to the students, but most parents agree that this is just a form or bullying the student.

Lady Gaga And Cyndi Lauper Raise Aids Awareness

Recently Lady Gaga, and Cyndi Lauper have teamed up to raise awareness for aids.  They were recently on Good Morning America discussing the importance for women to talk and speak out about aids.  Aids is rapidly spreading with a large majority being women.  Proceeds from the new MAC Diva Glam lipstick is being donated to educate women about aids.  Both women are huge icons in the music industry and have a lasting impression on their fans.  I think it's wonderful that these two women were able to team up and spread the awareness.