Five people were killed and another seriously injured on Wednesday in an explosion at an industrial unit in Lincolnshire, in eastern Britain. Police, fire fighters and ambulance crews were called to the site. The cause of accident was still under investigation. “Inquiries are ongoing and will be ongoing throughout the night to establish the cause of this explosion,” a police spokeswoman said. She added that the circumstances at the moment were still unclear, and that there would be a full for
People always talk about how much cell phones and Facebook have ruined society’s ability to talk to each other face to face, and generally I have scoffed at the suggestion. I mean, I still spend the majority of my waking hours talking to real people, and don’t rely on Facebook to keep me in touch with my friends. However, I am starting to see their point of view, where I could never before. I don’t necessarily think that the internet and social networking sites are creating a generation of illiterates, incapable of communicating without a Blackberry in their hands, but I do think that the growing number of online forums and networking sites, has contributed to a decline in manners and the anonymous nature of the internet has created a culture where it is deemed acceptable to say whatever you want to the person on the other side of the computer, with no regard for their feelings. ‘Cyber Bullying’ has become a fashionable tag line for politicians and school administrators. However, cyber bullying isn’t only a problem for teenagers who are harassed by other kids at school, on social networking sites. Cyber bullying can be seen, at least to a certain extent, with the way people talk to each other on online forums, online magazines or even with the pictures and video they upload to sites like YouTube and Facebook. I was always told, as I’m sure a lot of people were, that ‘If you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all’. And although most people live by this in their daily life, when they are let loose on the web, this no longer seems to apply, and all their inhibitions seem to fade away. For example some of what is written on this website at times, is cruel stuff, stuff that you would never say to somebody face to face. So why then do people think that it’s cool to write it down? Is it simply because you don’t have to see the person about whom the comment is written? The issue of anonymity and the lack of inhibitions it creates can probably be seen best on Facebook. I know people who wouldn’t say boo to a goose in real life, but create arguments on Facebook, simply because they can. It also seems that people get petty with social networking, and will ‘de-friend’ someone, even someone the are close with in real life, for next to no reason at all, yet they will not actually physically talk to the person they have the problem with. For example, just before Christmas, I received a phone call from a friend who was losing the plot over something she read on Facebook. A conversation between two mutual friends had come up on her news feed, which, for all you non Facebookers out there, (if there are any left), is basically, just a web page telling you everything that all your friends have done on Facebook since you last logged on, such as added photos, changed their status, updated their location information, relationship status blah blah blah. Anyway, my friend, who we shall call ‘Lily’, was mad about what she read between people we shall call ‘Jasper’ and ‘Sam’. They were discussing how they needed to cut out their old friends from their lives (meaning Lily, and some others). To make a long story short, earlier this week, she called me again, to tell me that both Jasper and Sam, had ‘de-friended’ her on Facebook. She hasn’t spoken to either of them in at least a few months, and before they de-friended’ her, I don’t think she was really too bothered about whether or not she spoke to them again. What bothered her the most, I think, was the fact that being ‘de-friended’ on Facebook, is generally not done, as, for some people at least, having hundreds of Facebook friends is very important. And so as silly as it is, being de-friended’, and by someone you actually know personally can be quite hurtful (even when you only keep them as a friend, so you can stalk their status updates and photos). Being de friended, is an abrupt, kinda rude way, of cutting someone out of your life. What makes it rude is the fact that there is no personal aspect to it. Would you actually tell someone in person that you never want to hear from them again? Probably not, but I know that everyone has deleted at least one person from Facebook, and probably didn’t think anything of it. However, losing our manners doesn’t just refer to bullying, or ‘de-friending’. Even simple things, like sending out invites, or calling to thank someone for a birthday or Christmas gift, seems to have fallen by the wayside with the explosion of the web. In the last few weeks, I cannot even tell you the amount of events I have been invited to from friends on Facebook. But, even for ‘serious’ events, such as baby showers and twenty first birthdays, I did not receive even one hard copy invite. Last year, a very good friend of mine, who at the time hadn’t jumped on the Facebook bandwagon, wasn’t even invited to an event, because the party planner didn’t even think to double check who of their (very good) friends wasn’t invited. Oh, and while I’m at it, how many of us have just clicked ‘not attending’ to an event, and not even bothered to tell the host why?. I also attended a wedding in the middle of last year, and got a text thanking me for my attendance and gift. I mean really? I know we’re all busy, and I don’t want to sound like a whining grandma, busting out the ‘back in my day…’, but how hard is it really to write on a damn card?. I don’t know, you tell me, am I over reacting or has what is deemed acceptable behavior changed drastically with the explosion of social networking? Is Common Etiquette Still Alive In 2010? Gym Etiquette: Do You Make These Mistakes? 5 Things That Have To Stop On Facebook
People always talk about how much cell phones and Facebook have ruined society’s ability to talk to each other face to face, and generally I have scoffed at the suggestion. I mean, I still spend the majority of my waking hours talking to real people, and don’t rely on Facebook to keep me in touch with my friends. However, I am starting to see their point of view, where I could never before. I don’t necessarily think that the internet and social networking sites are creating a generation of illiterates, incapable of communicating without a Blackberry in their hands, but I do think that the growing number of online forums and networking sites, has contributed to a decline in manners and the anonymous nature of the internet has created a culture where it is deemed acceptable to say whatever you want to the person on the other side of the computer, with no regard for their feelings. ‘Cyber Bullying’ has become a fashionable tag line for politicians and school administrators. However, cyber bullying isn’t only a problem for teenagers who are harassed by other kids at school, on social networking sites. Cyber bullying can be seen, at least to a certain extent, with the way people talk to each other on online forums, online magazines or even with the pictures and video they upload to sites like YouTube and Facebook. I was always told, as I’m sure a lot of people were, that ‘If you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all’. And although most people live by this in their daily life, when they are let loose on the web, this no longer seems to apply, and all their inhibitions seem to fade away. For example some of what is written on this website at times, is cruel stuff, stuff that you would never say to somebody face to face. So why then do people think that it’s cool to write it down? Is it simply because you don’t have to see the person about whom the comment is written? The issue of anonymity and the lack of inhibitions it creates can probably be seen best on Facebook. I know people who wouldn’t say boo to a goose in real life, but create arguments on Facebook, simply because they can. It also seems that people get petty with social networking, and will ‘de-friend’ someone, even someone the are close with in real life, for next to no reason at all, yet they will not actually physically talk to the person they have the problem with. For example, just before Christmas, I received a phone call from a friend who was losing the plot over something she read on Facebook. A conversation between two mutual friends had come up on her news feed, which, for all you non Facebookers out there, (if there are any left), is basically, just a web page telling you everything that all your friends have done on Facebook since you last logged on, such as added photos, changed their status, updated their location information, relationship status blah blah blah. Anyway, my friend, who we shall call ‘Lily’, was mad about what she read between people we shall call ‘Jasper’ and ‘Sam’. They were discussing how they needed to cut out their old friends from their lives (meaning Lily, and some others). To make a long story short, earlier this week, she called me again, to tell me that both Jasper and Sam, had ‘de-friended’ her on Facebook. She hasn’t spoken to either of them in at least a few months, and before they de-friended’ her, I don’t think she was really too bothered about whether or not she spoke to them again. What bothered her the most, I think, was the fact that being ‘de-friended’ on Facebook, is generally not done, as, for some people at least, having hundreds of Facebook friends is very important. And so as silly as it is, being de-friended’, and by someone you actually know personally can be quite hurtful (even when you only keep them as a friend, so you can stalk their status updates and photos). Being de friended, is an abrupt, kinda rude way, of cutting someone out of your life. What makes it rude is the fact that there is no personal aspect to it. Would you actually tell someone in person that you never want to hear from them again? Probably not, but I know that everyone has deleted at least one person from Facebook, and probably didn’t think anything of it. However, losing our manners doesn’t just refer to bullying, or ‘de-friending’. Even simple things, like sending out invites, or calling to thank someone for a birthday or Christmas gift, seems to have fallen by the wayside with the explosion of the web. In the last few weeks, I cannot even tell you the amount of events I have been invited to from friends on Facebook. But, even for ‘serious’ events, such as baby showers and twenty first birthdays, I did not receive even one hard copy invite. Last year, a very good friend of mine, who at the time hadn’t jumped on the Facebook bandwagon, wasn’t even invited to an event, because the party planner didn’t even think to double check who of their (very good) friends wasn’t invited. Oh, and while I’m at it, how many of us have just clicked ‘not attending’ to an event, and not even bothered to tell the host why?. I also attended a wedding in the middle of last year, and got a text thanking me for my attendance and gift. I mean really? I know we’re all busy, and I don’t want to sound like a whining grandma, busting out the ‘back in my day…’, but how hard is it really to write on a damn card?. I don’t know, you tell me, am I over reacting or has what is deemed acceptable behavior changed drastically with the explosion of social networking? Is Common Etiquette Still Alive In 2010? Gym Etiquette: Do You Make These Mistakes? 5 Things That Have To Stop On Facebook
RedOne says the upcoming Born This Way is ‘too good to talk about.’ By Jocelyn Vena Lady Gaga Photo: Getty Images Why will Lady Gaga ‘s forthcoming Born This Way album “piss people off”? Gaga’s main man, producer and songwriter RedOne, thinks it might be because the album is all about the artist’s liberation. “I think it’s more of her freedom album. It’s like freedom this album … it’s her album!” he told MTV News. But trying to squeeze any more details out of the “Bad Romance” producer proved difficult. He remained tight-lipped about details, mostly because he feels the album, which Gaga has noted will veer toward bitter and political, isn’t ready for everyday talk just yet. “To be honest with you, I think that this album that she’s making is too precious to talk about. When it comes out you’ll hear and you’ll make your choice,” he said. “I think you’re gonna love it. But I think it’s too precious for me to talk about it. It’s crazy.” RedOne said that as far as he knows there will be no Beyonc
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Fans will have to wait until February for Bieber’s story line to continue. By Jocelyn Vena Justin Bieber plays a troubled teen on “CSI” Photo: CBS The appropriately titled season premiere of “CSI,” “Shock Waves,” found the CSIs chasing down a bomb suspect with a grudge against the cops. With the investigators each dealing with ongoing physical and emotional damage from various other traumatic events, they had to put those feelings aside to chase down the McCann brothers, two young men with some authority issues. After Dr. Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne) is stabbed by inmate Nate Haskell, it’s assumed Haskell is the man behind the bombing at a funeral for a dead officer attended by Nick Stokes (George Eads). When they realize that the killer’s MO doesn’t match that of Haskell’s, they are on the trail, looking into every lead, which includes two very key clues that bring us to Jason McCann, played by Justin Bieber in his acting debut . We first meet Bieber at a community center, where he is defending the man who helped raise him, Ralph. “Ralph was no criminal,” Bieber says. “He’s a decent man. He took my brother and I when we had no one.” But it’s not long before Bieber and the CSIs meet at the community center, where they are trying to track down a cell phone used to detonate one of the bombs. In Bieber’s several scenes, his biggest and most convincing acting comes during his interrogation by Stokes. After learning that a young man fitting McCann’s description bought a toy plane, also used in the explosion, he sits down with the teen to try to find his brother, Alex, the main suspect in the explosion. Bieber is certainly new to acting, but he shows some quick wit and certainly has a screen presence, not to mention that signature hair, while delivering his lines alongside the veteran “CSI” actor. “Where’s your gun, your vest, your badge? You’re off work or something?” Bieber quips. “You still represent the authority, everything I hate. It’s probably like you hate me.” Soon, however, McCann’s confused-kid nature starts to show as he opens up to Stokes about his brother’s vindictive nature against the police. “They’re going to kill him, aren’t they?” he asks about his brother, who most likely is the guy out to settle scores by blowing up cops. “I didn’t have anything to do with the bombs. I just bought the airplane.” Soon, we learn that Ralph, the man who cared for the boys, was arrested, though it is never said why or if he actually deserved it. “When the cops arrested Ralph, Alex snapped. Ralph was like a father. He was a decent man,” he said, adding his brother’s motives: “He told me he was going to scare the cops. He’s got a house in old Henderson. You’d better hurry. That show at the funeral was just fireworks compared to what’s coming.” Stokes is soon off to find Alex, though it really isn’t too hard to find him. Alex is caught buying supplies to make more bombs and is killed by the cops when he pulls his gun, leaving Jason without his older brother but the CSIs with lots of evidence in the back seat of Alex’s car. The evidence? He wanted to blow up police headquarters. Jason’s story is kind of left up in the air, but not without one more explosion at an abandoned building being investigated. The catch: Alex was already dead when the explosion was set off. And, with Bieber in custody and an evil look in his eyes, it seems he’s keeping the family business alive. So what will happen when Bieber’s McCann returns? Well, fans will have to wait until February to find out. What did you think of Bieber’s acting debut? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos Justin Bieber Stars In ‘CSI’ Related Artists Justin Bieber
A BP rig in the North Sea. Photo via BP Could we see deja vu all over again? This little bit of news emerged yesterday, though it was received with very little fanfare (could be that the ever-vigilant media is turning it’s focus away from the BP narrative, now that the most dramatic stuff is over? Nah …) — that just months before the explosion in the Gulf , BP was cited for failing to complete safety training and emergency exercises for i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
On Wednesday, BP released it’s report on the events leading up to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent record-breaking oil spill. As was expected, BP attempts to spread blame across all the companies involved. In other green news this week, the two Greenpeace activists arrested over two years ago for stealing whale meat from a shipping depot is over, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were given one-year jail terms, suspended, for theft and trespassing; Another study detailing the negative environmental effects of continued tar sands development in Canada was released this week showing that annual bir… Read the full story on TreeHugger
An enormous explosion just rocked San Bruno , California, a suburb just above San Francisco International Airport. Like, really big : A whole block is on fire with 200-foot flames. Six people are in critical condition. What the hell is going on? More
According to this video the baby has stopped smoking. Well it was a viral video and turned out there was no fakery in the video, causing health officials to step in a supply therapy to the child and get him off cigarettes. Turns out the scheme worked and the baby is now playing instead of smoking, with the family stating he doesn't ask for cigarettes. added by: Mcellie
