Staff Picks Week of November 1st
Chipotle In Trouble
Arts and Entertainment
Sunday, October 18th, Papermill Playhouse’s new show, The Bandstand, had its opening night. It is the world premiere of the show and stars Broadway veterans Laura Osnes, Corey Cott, and Beth Leavel. The show runs through November 8th.
Can’t seem to get enough of Elsa and Anna? Disney unveiled a new “Frozen” Plane. I think it’s time to let it go.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/frozen-plane-westjet_5624df04e4b02f6a900cd43c
Leonardo DiCaprio has a look alike who lives in Sweden. 21 year old Konrad Annerud often gets mistaken for DiCaprio in the streets.
https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=C011US0D20140717&p=google+docs
According to Common Sense Media, recent studies have shown that teenagers spend at least 9 hours a day on their cell phones. Cell phones and social media are completely reshaping children’s lives and should be a wake up call to all parents that maybe they should consider the damage it’s actually doing to their children.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/teens-tweens-media-screen-use-report/index.html
World
The winter weather poses new challenges for the Syrian refugees including finger numbing rain, harsh winds, and snow. The fear of more border closes also is anxiety provoking for the many of the refugees. Read more by clicking link to the article.
War torn and now drenched Yemen gets hit with tropical Cyclone. The first tropical storm to ever hit yemen dumped more rain fall in one sitting than the whole year. Yemen has already been destroyed due to war with ISIS and now is running into worse humanitarian problems.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/middleeast/yemen-tropical-cyclone-chapala/index.html
US
43 Chipotles have closed down in the Pacific Northwest due to E Coli complaints. The cause of the illness is most likely a vegetable option at the chain restaurant. None of the afflicted customers has died, but a third have been hospitalised.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/02/chipotle-e-coli-oregon-washington-state/75031254/
A Chicago boy accidently shoots his brother with a gun while they were playing. Their father is facing charges because he bought the gun and kept it in their home.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/19/us/chicago-boy-accidentally-shoots-brother/index.html
A cattle rancher from Idaho was shot and killed yesterday in an altercation with the police. The fatal situation arose when one of his bulls ran into the highway, and was hit by a car. Emergency responders rushed to the scene, where the injured bull was behaving very aggressively towards all humans. As they debated putting the bull down, the rancher, Jack Yantis, showed up with a rifle and began firing at the police, who fired back and killed him. Authorities are in the process of gathering more information regarding this unfortunate event.
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was a put in prison for not abiding to the law and issuing wedding licenses to gay couples, has made a new appeal in court. Her lawyers hope to have her punishments revoked from her record forever.
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/03/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-appeals-order-that-put-her-in-jail/21258412/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D-928682921
Business
The owner of Tinder, OkCupid, and other dating brands filled to go public on Friday, 10/16. Match group as more that 40 other dating brands and plans to list on the NASDAQ under the ticker “MTCH.” It’s goal is “to increase romantic creativity worldwide.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/match-the-company-that-owns-tinder-just-filed-to-go-public-2015-10
Celebrities/Gossip
Lamar Odom is communicating with body language and short sentences following his three day coma. Odom was in a coma after being found unconscious from an illegal drug combination while he was at a brothel in Las Vegas last Tuesday. He is expected to recover, not fully however since four of his vital organs had failed in his coma. He has a long road ahead of him.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/19/us/lamar-odom-condition/index.html
Science
Marine Biologists studying the coral reefs around the Solomon islands have discovered the first bioluminescent reptile, a variety of the hawksbill sea turtle. Currently they are investigating the nature of this bizarre glowing reptile, as they have only speculative ideas as to the purpose of this adaptation.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/marine-biologist-discovers-biofluorescent-sea-turtle/story?id=34128234
As our space exploration get deeper and more extensive the next planet on the list is Mars. But the problem with this 140 million trip comes many issues. Along the way astronauts need places to refuel their rockets. The only viable option will hopefully come from asteroids that hope to be mined. Drilling into a moving object will not be easy but NASA hopes to have it up and running within five years.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/16/opinions/jones-lamar-odom/index.html
NASA is getting closer to making a long lasting mission to Mars a reality. They have advanced their technology so far, and solved enough problems, that people might be living on Mars by the 2030s.