Too Far?

This is  a video that has gone viral on the web with over 980,000 hits on YouTube: A 3-year-old in a wheelchair, patted down by the TSA. It happened in 2010, but his dad  who is the Chicago radio personality Matt Dubiel and he posted it over the weekend after looking through old family videos. He tells Soledad his son had a broken leg and could barely stand. And though the TSA agent was cautious with the child, he says his son was still scared by the experience. The TSA has since changed the way it screens passengers under 12 years of age. Do you think this is a little too much?


http://startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20/dad-says-son-was-scared-by-tsa-patdown/?hpt=hp_mid 

New car company

Coda once a Chinese automotive company has moved to California and is becoming an all american car company. The car company started its production of an all electric car on Monday in their Benicia factory which is just outside San Francisco. The coda car is retailing for just $37,250 and it car travel further than its competition with 133 miles in the city. The car has a efficiency rate of 73 miles per gallon, compare to the competition of 105 and 99 miles per gallon. It was founded in 2009 and it applied for the Advanced Technology  Vehicle Manufacturing loan in 2010. Their focusing on sales in California before they move anywhere else.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/03/13/coda-automotive-begins-car-production-in-california/?intcmp=features

Apples New ipad

Apple states they are releasing the new iPad 3. In this new iPad they are incorporating a sensual technology touch screen. The touch screen will allow you to feel the texture of a rough rock, or smooth silk just by touching the screen. The creator Senseg's says he turned a touch screen into a a feel screen. No one is for sure that this technology will come out on Wednesday when the new iPad is released. Apple will reveal its next generation on Wednesday 1:00 pm Eastern 10:00 am Pacific.



 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/07/apples-ipad-hd-may-feature-unbelievable-new-touchscreen-tech/    

Massive Storm

Wednesday a massive storm rolled through many of the Midwest states causing 12 deaths and many more injured. Harrisburg Illinois was the hardest hit with the tornado reaching wind speeds of 170mph killing six. The destruction path was three or four football fields wide and miles long. The storm left damage in Missouri and Kentucky with 100mph winds leaving homes and tractor trailers shredded and over turned. The twister that touched down in Tennessee left three dead and many more injured. The storm is predicted to calm down by the time it reaches the east coast with only a 5% chance of tornado's touching town. 



 http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=us_c1

Overreaction?

An eighth grader was suspended from his school for 55 days because he played a prank on one of his classmates. The class had just got done with a lecture about marijuana when the kid brought a bag of oregano and posed it as marijuana. The schools policy states that a student can get a 10 day suspension for "possessing illegal or counterfeit drugs and "misuse of chemical/material that causes or is claimed to cause a mind altering effect."A longer suspension can be imposed if officials determine a student's conduct "demonstrates a willful violation" of school policies. The mother states that it was a joke and the school needs to lighten up on the kids penalty. The incident happened February 1st and the school gave him a 10 day suspension and once his time was up the school called his family and said he had another 45 day suspension and is due to return March 29th. Do you think the school went too far?

 

 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/21/north-carolina-student-13-suspended-55-days-for-giving-oregano-to-classmate/#ixzz1n2QkKaWF

The Worlds Tallest Building

The Burj Khalifa has become the worlds tallest building standing at 2,716 feet tall and 160 stories. It holds many world records like the elevator with the longest travel distance, the Highest observation deck, and the highest occupied floor in the world. It is now the tallest free standing building standing over the KVLY-TV building. The unique design of this building is what sets it apart form all others; with its unique center core and tipple- lobed footprint. The building went through over 40 wind test to make sure it could withstand the force, they also tested the change in pressure over the height.



http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/language/en-us/the-tower/design.aspx

Super Bowl Commercials

For some people the super bowl is as popular as the ads it brings in. Which is why companies were willing to pay a whopping 3.5 million dollars for just 30 seconds of fame. This years commercials were filled with celebrities like Clint Eastwood staring in the crysler commercial and Elton John in the pepsi ad along with the winner of X Factor Melanie Amaro. Companies even went as far as selling sex, like in the Go Daddy commercial where she was seemingly posing nude. 

So which is your favorite super bowl 46 commercial? 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57371832-10391698/super-bowl-ads-which-were-your-favorites/