MODEL/MEDIA LOG
Type of media: news
Date/time spent: Orlando Sentinel
December 3, 2009
It was about: The once-pristine image of golf superstar Tiger Woods took more blows Thursday after disclosures that neighbors found him lying shoeless and snoring on his Isleworth street after he plowed his SUV into a fire hydrant and tree.
These details, included in a Florida Highway Patrol troopers' recorded interview of neighbors who rushed to Woods' aid, emerged as a celebrity gossip publication reported that yet another party girl had trysts with Tiger Woods.
Kalika Moquin, 27, a marketing manager for The Bank nightclub in Las Vegas, "hooked up" with the champion golfer as recently as late October, Life & Style magazine reported.
Tabloid reports blamed the Nov. 27 crash on a quarrel they said Woods, 33, had with his wife Elin Nordegren, 29, after the National Enquirer reported the golfer had an affair with club hostess Rachel Uchitel, 34. With Los Angeles hostess Jaimee Grubbs, 24, the number of reported mistresses now stands at three.
Thursday's news raised more questions than answers. In the recording, Tiger Woods' neighbor Jarius Lavar Adams and sister Kimberly Harris had no information on why he came to be in his post-crash state. They told troopers Woods' family barely spoke with them.
Highway patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said her agency had no comment.
Moquin didn't confirm or deny reports of her encounters with Tiger Woods. A news conference scheduled by Uchitel was cancelled by her high-profile attorney Gloria Allred hours before it was to take place.
What I found interesting: There also are reports by the Web site The Daily Beast that Tiger and Elin Woods are in marriage counseling and are renegotiating their prenuptial agreement. "A lawyer familiar with the hastily conducted negotiations of the past 72 hours said that as of Wednesday evening Elin has been offered a $5 million payment immediately if she agrees to stay — and her prenuptial agreement is being revised to give her up to an additional $55 million," the Web site reported. They are also undergoing marriage counseling, it said.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Industrial disease!!
MODEL/MEDIA LOG
Type of media: news
Date/time spent Thursday, December 3, 2009
It was about: 25 years after an industrial disaster, people in Bhopal, India are still suffering from the fallout
Read it on Global News: Industrial disease. It’s been a quarter of a century since India was rocked by a major industrial accident but people there are still feeling the effects of the disaster, physically and otherwise. In December 1984, an employee working at a pesticide-producing plant in Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, added a large amount of water to a tank holding a dangerous gas called methyl isocyanate. The resulting chemical reaction caused a major leak and 41 tonnes of the gas and other toxins traveled from the plant to densely populated communities nearby. Thousands of people died right away and thousands more fled the area in a panic. Overall, an estimated 20,000 people died and about half a million others suffered the effects of exposure to toxic gas. Many victims developed respiratory ailments or eye problems. Some went blind. In subsequent years, soil and water contamination led to chronic health problems and high instances of birth defects among local residents. Investigations later determined the catastrophe had been caused by inadequate operating and safety procedures at the plant, which was owned by a subsidiary of U.S.-based Union Carbide Corporation. The state of Madhya Pradesh took control of the site in 1998 but only cleared part of the plant. Hundreds of tonnes of toxic chemicals remained scattered around the site. Today, chemicals continue to leak and pollute the ground and water there. New research shows that groundwater three kilometers from the site contains nearly 40 times more pesticides than the level considered safe. Pesticide levels are 560 times higher around the factory itself.
What I found interesting: A year after the disaster, the Indian government passed an act allowing it to act as the legal representative for the victims. In 1989, Union Carbide paid $470 million (U.S.) to the Indian government for the victims. In return, the government agreed to drop criminal charges against the company.U.S.-based Dow Chemicals acquired the company ten years later, and stated that the settlement resolved all existing and future claims against the company. Executives blamed a saboteur for the disaster and claimed the factory was in good working order before the gas leak. The compensation money was used to make payments of up to $2,000 to those unable to work because of the disaster but many of those affected received nothing. In 2004, the Supreme Court of India admitted a plea by gas victims seeking to re-open the compensation issue. But three years later, the court rejected it, asking the victims to approach the state government instead.
Type of media: news
Date/time spent Thursday, December 3, 2009
It was about: 25 years after an industrial disaster, people in Bhopal, India are still suffering from the fallout
Read it on Global News: Industrial disease. It’s been a quarter of a century since India was rocked by a major industrial accident but people there are still feeling the effects of the disaster, physically and otherwise. In December 1984, an employee working at a pesticide-producing plant in Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, added a large amount of water to a tank holding a dangerous gas called methyl isocyanate. The resulting chemical reaction caused a major leak and 41 tonnes of the gas and other toxins traveled from the plant to densely populated communities nearby. Thousands of people died right away and thousands more fled the area in a panic. Overall, an estimated 20,000 people died and about half a million others suffered the effects of exposure to toxic gas. Many victims developed respiratory ailments or eye problems. Some went blind. In subsequent years, soil and water contamination led to chronic health problems and high instances of birth defects among local residents. Investigations later determined the catastrophe had been caused by inadequate operating and safety procedures at the plant, which was owned by a subsidiary of U.S.-based Union Carbide Corporation. The state of Madhya Pradesh took control of the site in 1998 but only cleared part of the plant. Hundreds of tonnes of toxic chemicals remained scattered around the site. Today, chemicals continue to leak and pollute the ground and water there. New research shows that groundwater three kilometers from the site contains nearly 40 times more pesticides than the level considered safe. Pesticide levels are 560 times higher around the factory itself.
What I found interesting: A year after the disaster, the Indian government passed an act allowing it to act as the legal representative for the victims. In 1989, Union Carbide paid $470 million (U.S.) to the Indian government for the victims. In return, the government agreed to drop criminal charges against the company.U.S.-based Dow Chemicals acquired the company ten years later, and stated that the settlement resolved all existing and future claims against the company. Executives blamed a saboteur for the disaster and claimed the factory was in good working order before the gas leak. The compensation money was used to make payments of up to $2,000 to those unable to work because of the disaster but many of those affected received nothing. In 2004, the Supreme Court of India admitted a plea by gas victims seeking to re-open the compensation issue. But three years later, the court rejected it, asking the victims to approach the state government instead.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
James Delorey
MODEL/MEDIA LOG
Type of media: global news
Date/time spent: Sunday, December 6, 2009 7:38 PM
It was about: SOUTH BAR, N.S. — Heavy snow and strong winds were no help in the search for a young autistic boy missing in Nova Scotia on Sunday, but nor were they a deterrent to hundreds of determined residents who were scouring their community for any trace of the seven-year-old. There has been no sign of James Delorey since he was seen Saturday afternoon with his family’s dog outside their home in the community of South Bar in Cape Breton. Within hours of his disappearance, search-and-rescue officials were knocking on neighbours’ doors and asking for permission to search nearby properties in a race against time as the weather took a turn for the worse overnight.“It’s snowing and wet,” said Sgt. Ken O’Neill with the Cape Breton Regional Police. “We’re hoping if the weather breaks, we’ll be able to use the Cormorant (helicopter) again.” The weather prevented the helicopter from flying again Sunday, although Cape Breton police said the search would continue on the ground overnight into Monday and the Cormorant’s night-vision capabilities enabled it to search at night, weather permitting.“Visibility was limited and it wasn’t safe for them to be up in the air,” said Desiree Vassallo of Cape Breton Regional Police, adding “they do remain on standby.”“We still had well over 200 people out searching on foot and on ATVs; definitely there’s not been any less people out.”
What I found interesting: this story is such a tragedy. With the weather getting worse and worse every minute and James only being seven years old in no time he could have easily gotten buried under all that snow. This story is for every parents out there with little kids, always keep your kids where you can see them at all times and know that there’s nothing dangerous around them to harm themselves. Apparently not too far from the house there’s a forest. Apparently the family dog started to wander into the woods and they believe that James went after him but couldn’t find his way back. Hanna who had joined the rescue described the woods as a” real boggy, marshy-type of area, including ponds and tree trees with a few hills.” It’s also not far from a marina, and a police boat was in the water Sunday. Hundreds of people registered to help search the for the boy, Hanna said. “You wouldn’t believe the number of people looking with ATVs and off-road vehicles,” he said. Attention for the search was also growing online, where by Sunday afternoon concern about the missing boy from a community of roughly 2,000 people had prompted 11,000 people to register to a Facebook group called “Bring 7 year old James Delorey home safe!!”. Right now they haven’t had any luck, and the story is still going on.
Type of media: global news
Date/time spent: Sunday, December 6, 2009 7:38 PM
It was about: SOUTH BAR, N.S. — Heavy snow and strong winds were no help in the search for a young autistic boy missing in Nova Scotia on Sunday, but nor were they a deterrent to hundreds of determined residents who were scouring their community for any trace of the seven-year-old. There has been no sign of James Delorey since he was seen Saturday afternoon with his family’s dog outside their home in the community of South Bar in Cape Breton. Within hours of his disappearance, search-and-rescue officials were knocking on neighbours’ doors and asking for permission to search nearby properties in a race against time as the weather took a turn for the worse overnight.“It’s snowing and wet,” said Sgt. Ken O’Neill with the Cape Breton Regional Police. “We’re hoping if the weather breaks, we’ll be able to use the Cormorant (helicopter) again.” The weather prevented the helicopter from flying again Sunday, although Cape Breton police said the search would continue on the ground overnight into Monday and the Cormorant’s night-vision capabilities enabled it to search at night, weather permitting.“Visibility was limited and it wasn’t safe for them to be up in the air,” said Desiree Vassallo of Cape Breton Regional Police, adding “they do remain on standby.”“We still had well over 200 people out searching on foot and on ATVs; definitely there’s not been any less people out.”
What I found interesting: this story is such a tragedy. With the weather getting worse and worse every minute and James only being seven years old in no time he could have easily gotten buried under all that snow. This story is for every parents out there with little kids, always keep your kids where you can see them at all times and know that there’s nothing dangerous around them to harm themselves. Apparently not too far from the house there’s a forest. Apparently the family dog started to wander into the woods and they believe that James went after him but couldn’t find his way back. Hanna who had joined the rescue described the woods as a” real boggy, marshy-type of area, including ponds and tree trees with a few hills.” It’s also not far from a marina, and a police boat was in the water Sunday. Hundreds of people registered to help search the for the boy, Hanna said. “You wouldn’t believe the number of people looking with ATVs and off-road vehicles,” he said. Attention for the search was also growing online, where by Sunday afternoon concern about the missing boy from a community of roughly 2,000 people had prompted 11,000 people to register to a Facebook group called “Bring 7 year old James Delorey home safe!!”. Right now they haven’t had any luck, and the story is still going on.
Pakistan*~
MODEL/MEDIA LOG
Type of media: global news
Date/time spent: December 4, 2009
It was about: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Three suicide bombers fired on worshipers then blew themselves up at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing 40 people, including many army officials, police said. The mosque is frequented by military officials in the town of Rawalpindi, home to Pakistan's military establishment and only a 30-minute drive from the capital Islamabad. The brazen attack in what should be one of the most secure areas of Pakistan was the latest challenge by militants against the writ of the state. A local television station said people were executed in cold blood. Pakistan is fighting Taliban fighters blamed for bombings that have killed hundreds of people since an offensive was launched on their stronghold South Waziristan in October. The nuclear-armed country faces mounting U.S. pressure to root out Islamist militants operating along forbidding border areas to help in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The violence will pressure President Asif Ali Zardari to do more to neutralise the threat from the stubborn Taliban insurgency. But he is an increasingly unpopular figure who has been at odds with the all-powerful military, which sets national security policy. "There is a possibility that some of them may still be hiding in the vicinity," said military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas. It was the second brazen assault on the area since October, when suspected Taliban gunmen wearing army uniforms attacked the army compound, killing three hostages and two army commandos.
What I found most interesting: what I found interesting is that I honestly don’t see why all these battles are going on. If everyone would put their big egos aside a lot of innocent lives would have been saved. In some of the other countries like Pakistan, even young kids are being trained to kill. Most of them were taken away from their parents. Why fight? Why war? In the end does it really solve anything? Fathers, Mothers, Children dying for no reason. Most of this started after 9/11, and ever since that day most of the wars going on because of that. Countless money been spent on weapons etc.
Type of media: global news
Date/time spent: December 4, 2009
It was about: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Three suicide bombers fired on worshipers then blew themselves up at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing 40 people, including many army officials, police said. The mosque is frequented by military officials in the town of Rawalpindi, home to Pakistan's military establishment and only a 30-minute drive from the capital Islamabad. The brazen attack in what should be one of the most secure areas of Pakistan was the latest challenge by militants against the writ of the state. A local television station said people were executed in cold blood. Pakistan is fighting Taliban fighters blamed for bombings that have killed hundreds of people since an offensive was launched on their stronghold South Waziristan in October. The nuclear-armed country faces mounting U.S. pressure to root out Islamist militants operating along forbidding border areas to help in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The violence will pressure President Asif Ali Zardari to do more to neutralise the threat from the stubborn Taliban insurgency. But he is an increasingly unpopular figure who has been at odds with the all-powerful military, which sets national security policy. "There is a possibility that some of them may still be hiding in the vicinity," said military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas. It was the second brazen assault on the area since October, when suspected Taliban gunmen wearing army uniforms attacked the army compound, killing three hostages and two army commandos.
What I found most interesting: what I found interesting is that I honestly don’t see why all these battles are going on. If everyone would put their big egos aside a lot of innocent lives would have been saved. In some of the other countries like Pakistan, even young kids are being trained to kill. Most of them were taken away from their parents. Why fight? Why war? In the end does it really solve anything? Fathers, Mothers, Children dying for no reason. Most of this started after 9/11, and ever since that day most of the wars going on because of that. Countless money been spent on weapons etc.
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