Super Bowl XLVII Power Outage

Super Bowl Power Outage

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     Shortly after Beyonce's halftime performance and the kickoff the power in the SuperDome went off. Which was the cause of a 34 minute delay. After investigation into Super Bowl XLVII's blackout the NFL believes that an electrical device installed to prevent a power outage actually caused the blackout in New Orleans. Company officials said the device performed with no problems during January's Sugar Bowl and other earlier events, but has been removed and will be replaced. All systems at the Superdome are now working and the dome will host a major Mardi Gras event Saturday night. The company released a statement on the situation saying; "They are designed to keep a problem they sense from becoming something bigger, like a fire or catastrophic event and that's exactly what it did." Due to trip of power there has now been a $4.2 million dollar plan of upgrades lined up for the SuperDome. The FBI has ruled out the possibility of cyberterrorism as the cause. It was believed to be done by a group like "Anonymous" at first thought. 

Personally, it surprises me that something like that would happen when they have done so many months worth of preparation leading up to the big game. At least the NFL can feel a little safer knowing it wasn't a terrorist attempt. Let me know what you think about it. 

If you want to read more about it you can at: http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8929106/super-bowl-xlvii-utility-says-bad-device-caused-super-bowl-blackout

Cell Phones Causing Cancer

Scientists have recently done studies that have linked some cancers to cell phones. Cell phones give off a radiofrequency energy which is a form of electromagnetic radiation which can be absorbed bye your skin which can lead to cancer in the area in which your cell phone is held. The amount of radiofrequency energy depends on the technology of the phone you have. According to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association the number of people who use cell phones has increased rapidly in the past three years. Also, the number of cell phone calls per day, the length of each call, and the amount of time people use cell phones has increased quite a bit too. Scientist also concluded that young infants and children are more likely to be affected by the radio frequency energy waves that cell phones give off since their bones are still developing and maturing. Their bones and skull are not as developed as a full grown adults would be.
I personally think that carrying your cell phone in your pocket may be harmful to you but only in the long run. If you constantly keep your phone in the same spot it could effect that area more rapidly.  But I personally think that this should be something for people to freak out about. Most people like to overreact to things like this but my opinion is that cell phones may only harm you in the long run.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones

Missing Australian Teen Found

Two months ago, teenager, Matthew Allen, 18, went missing from his home. He went missing during the day Sydney, Australia was had a record high temperature. He was found alive in a bushland close to his home. It is believed that he had been there the whole two months. They say he was suffering from exhaustion and dehydration. When he was found by two hikers, he was covered in leeches and had several mosquito bites. His lower legs were also suffering from gangrene which is when your body tissues begin to decompose from a bacterial infection.  Matthew was also suffered from significant weight loss and also partial blindness. According to ABC News, when Matthew was found he said that he had survived from living of the water from a creek bed not too far from him. They also said that detectives have not yet been able to speak to him about the event to find out what exactly happened and why he was out there.
I found it so crazy that they actually found Matthew alive! He had been out there for two months with nothing to eat and drinking water from a nearby creek. I think that he is really lucky that he had survived this whole thing. I also wonder how nobody had found him earlier than that because the article had said he was found not to far from his home. I also found it weird that in the article it said the Matthew had not brought his phone or anything with him when he went out. Most teenagers bring their phone with them no matter where they go so I just thought it was odd. If you would like to view more of this article you can visit

ThinAndBeautiful.com by Liane Shaw

I recently read the book ThinAndBeautiful.com. It's about a girl, Maddie, who's in a place for people who are anorexic. As an assignment for her, she has to write a journal of her past. She starts off writing about how she was when she was little, and how her and her friend became close. Then it goes into her teenage years. Talking about her schooling, dances, boys, and parties. There's two parts of each chapter. First part is what she's putting in her journal, then the second part is how her life is now. In this place, she has no internet service, no friends, so she just stays in her room all day. It all began with her mom made her go to the doctor, When she was at the doctor, her doctor mentioned something about her needing to start watching her weight, and what she eats, only because she's none growing and everything she eats is basically gonna go to fat. But Maddie takes it the wrong way and starts starving herself. Her family and her friends start worrying about her, and telling her she needs to eat and stop starving herself. But Maddie thinks that they only say it because they want her to be miserable, but it's really because they worry about her and want her to be healthy. Eventually she loses her best friends, and she stops talking to her parents, and she turns to the internet, eventually she finds a website called ThinAndBeautiful.com. On the website, she starts talking to these three girls who are going through the same thing she is. I loved this book, and I think anyone who is worried about his or her weight should read it. Have you read this book, if so, would did you think?

Vince McMahon need surgery for broken hip because of Brock Lesnar's Dramatic F-5

If you are a worldwide wrestling fan like I am then you probably no about Brock Lesnar coming back to wwe and attack Mr. McMahon well i found an update on Mr. McMahon, wwe has updated its  story on the injury angle the promotion is running with Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon from this past week's episode of Monday Night Raw in Las Vegas and instead of a broken pelvis, now the word is he has a broken hip and needs surgery. This works much better for the purposes they likely intend. McMahon breaking his pelvis doesn't feel like that big of a deal but McMahon breaking his hip is far more effective in getting across the fact that Lesnar is a monster who would F-5 a geriatric grandfather to the point that he busted his hip and now needs surgery to correct it. I feel sorry for Mr. McMahon I hope that he gets better and he get back to Monday Night Raw as soon as possible. Tell me what you think will happen do u think that Triple H will return and take Brock Lesnar on again, let me know. 

Witch Burned Alive For Sorcery

     A woman was tortured and burned alive in Papua New Guinea after being accused of using sorcery to kill a young boy. The woman, a twenty year old mother named as Kepari Leniata, was stripped, tied up and doused in petrol by the boy's relatives in Mount Hagen in the Western Highlands. 
     Provincial police commander Supt Kaiglo Ambane stated that police were treating the case as murder and would arrest those responsible.In parts of the Pacific nation deaths and mysterious illnesses are sometimes blamed on suspected sorcerers or witches. Several reports have emerged in recent years of accused people, usually women, being killed.
     In 2009, after a string of such killings, the chairman of PNG's Constitutional Review and Law Reform Commission said defendants were using accusations of witchcraft and sorcery as an excuse to kill people, and called for tougher legislation to tackle the issue. Local Christian bishop David Piso told that sorcery-related witch killings were a growing problem, and urged the government "to come up with a law to stop such practice." 
     Obviously this is a tragic death and should be investigated thoroughly. With that being said I also think that this is hilarious. I mean a witch being burned at the stake! That's hilarious! Here where we lived in the civilized world you never get any of that anymore. So for me to know that these medieval witch hunts still happen is awesome!
    To read more click here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21363894

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I recently read the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. It is the second book in the Potter Series. I am currently reading the third Harry Potter book called Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I cant really say which is my favorite out of the three because the first are equally good! The Harry Potter books are a very easy read and make you want to keep reading. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is about Harrys second year at the Hogwarts. In this book Harry and his friends find out about a Chamber of Secrets. In this chamber there is supposably a hideous monster that kills "Muggle" born wizards. Muggles are people that are not wizards, so just regular humans. Harry finds out why Hagrid, the gamekeeper at Hogwarts, was expelled when he used to attend Hogwarts. In this book Harry has to face his worst fears and his loyalty to his friends is tested. Every time Harry gets close to finding out who opened the Chamber of Secrets or what is in it something stops him. When Harry finds a weird diary with no writing in it he tries his hardest to figure out how to get the writing to appear. After the fourth person at Hogwarts is attacked by "the monster" Harry decides something has to be done. So he takes things into his own hands. Harry is furious when he finds out that one of his best friends Hermoine is attacked he takes things to another level and enters the forbidden forest even though he knows its off limits. I would recommend this book to almost anyone! If you have read all the Harry Potter books which one is your favorite.