Life-Size Barbie

College student Galia Slayen, did something that could change the face of Barbie forever. She made a life-size version of the popular doll. The Barbie had an 18-inch waist and a 39-inch bust, which honestly, looks disgusting. The life-size version looks like a grotesque joke. Slayen went on the popular HLN show, Dr. Drew to show her creation. Slayen says she made the life-size Barbie to show the unrealistic standards that little girls are given from an early age by playing with Barbie dolls. She believes that those unrealistic standards are the reason so many girls are suffering from eating disorders and body issues. She wants everyone to see this model so they can see the kind of standards and pressure we are putting on girls and hopefully we will challenge these standards and push for healthier body standards.

Boys and Girls Club Easter Egg Hunt

Here is my video from earlier today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9uuIwtul_o

RIP Flipcam

Cisco announced today that they will no longer be producing Flipcams. Flipcams are tiny inexpensive video cameras that film moderate quality videos. Such Flipcams are great for student journalists as myself or anyone else that loves to film, but hates expensive cameras. Some people blame the unpopularity on all the recent smartphones that have video recording abilities or on digital cameras that come with video recording options. Regardless the Flipcam was a great product and it will be dearly missed. The full article, courtesy of "Yahoo.com" is below.

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - 04/12/11) - As part of the company's comprehensive plan to align its operations, Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO - News) today announced that it will exit aspects of its consumer businesses and realign the remaining consumer business to support four of its five key company priorities -- core routing, switching and services; collaboration; architectures; and video. As part of its plan, Cisco will:

• Close down its Flip business and support current FlipShare customers and partners with a transition plan.
• Refocus Cisco's Home Networking business for greater profitability and connection to the company's core networking infrastructure as the network expands into a video platform in the home. These industry-leading products will continue to be available through retail channels.
• Integrate Cisco umi into the company's Business TelePresence product line and operate through an enterprise and service provider go-to-market model, consistent with existing business TelePresence efforts.
• Assess core video technology integration of Cisco's Eos media solutions business or other market opportunities for this business.

"We are making key, targeted moves as we align operations in support of our network-centric platform strategy," said John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO. "As we move forward, our consumer efforts will focus on how we help our enterprise and service provider customers optimize and expand their offerings for consumers, and help ensure the network's ability to deliver on those offerings."

In connection with the changes to the consumer business, it is anticipated that Cisco will recognize restructuring charges to its GAAP financial results, with an aggregate pre-tax impact not expected to exceed $300 million during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2011. The charges will be disclosed in upcoming earnings conference calls and quarterly Form 10-Q filings. Additionally, the company expects this will result in a reduction of approximately 550 employees in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including the company's plan to align its operations in support of its network-centric platform strategy, Cisco's consumer focus going forward, the maximum size of the anticipated restructuring charges, and expected employee reductions. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due to a variety of factors, including, among other things, how well we execute on our strategy and operating plans, business and economic conditions and growth trends in the networking industry, customer markets and various geographic regions, global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based on limited information currently available to Cisco, which is subject to change, and Cisco will not necessarily update the information.

Shooting in Alabama

CNN) -- One person was killed and three others, including a woman in her 90s and a 4-year-old child, were injured Wednesday in a shooting on the campus of Southern Union Community College in Opelika, Alabama, police said.

All the victims are members of the same family, police said.

Suspect Thomas Franklin May III, 34, was arrested without incident about three hours after the shooting, after he approached a television crew on campus, Capt. Allan Elkins of the Opelika Police Department said.

CNN affiliate WSFA said its crew was on the scene when a man approached reporter Cody Holyoke and said, "I'm the guy you're looking for."

The crew immediately left the area, drove to a nearby parking lot and called 911, WSFA said. Police arrived, took the man into custody and searched his white Jeep, according to the station.

Elkins said earlier the shooting was believed to be domestic violence-related and the public was not in danger.

Police didn't provide the relationship between victims and suspect.

Shortly before 4 p.m. CT, police responded to a report of a shooting on the campus, which is about 60 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama, Elkins said.

Officers found a 36-year-old woman shot in the right arm; a 63-year-old woman who had been shot in the upper torso and was later pronounced dead; and a woman in her 90s who was shot once in the back and once in the neck and was flown by helicopter to Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, Elkins said.

In addition to the three adults, a 4-year-old child was cut by flying glass. She was transported to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika for treatment, police said.

Officers believe the 36-year-old woman is a student who was being dropped off or picked up, but authorities were still trying to confirm that, Elkins said.

All the victims were from Lee County, where Opelika is located,Elkins said.

Powerful Storm Effects Many, Kills Eight

(CNN) -- The severe storms that pummeled much of the South on Monday night left at least eight people dead in three states, officials said Tuesday.

Local authorities reported one death in Mississippi, six in Georgia and one in Tennessee.

Severe winds and pounding rain also toppled trees and power lines, knocking out electricity in some areas.

Mississippi had one fatality when a tree falling into the road hit a 20-year-old man, said Copiah County coroner Ellis Stuart. Damage was reported in 20 counties, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said.

In Georgia, 70 counties reported damage, as did 43 in Tennessee, according to state emergency management agencies.

In Georgia's Butts County, the sheriff's office reported two deaths -- a man and his son -- after a tree fell on their apartment building.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency said one person was killed and two others were hospitalized in the Greston community in Dodge County.

In Atlanta, a tree fell on a car, killing a man in the northwest part of the city, Atlanta police said. A large tree in a private yard was uprooted and fell on a passing motorist, who was driving alone, the Atlanta Police Department said. When emergency vehicles arrived, "it was apparent that that person was deceased," police spokeswoman Kim Jones said.y

There also was one fatality in Colquitt County and one in Irwin County, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency said.

The storms knocked out power to 147,000 customers statewide, the Georgia Power Co. said early Tuesday

In Memphis, Tennessee, an 87-year-old man died when he came into contact with a downed power line in his yard, according to power provider Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.

The National Weather Service said it received nearly 600 reports of severe winds across the Southeast on Monday, 19 instances of suspected tornado-related damage and 72 reports of hail.

Reports of funnel clouds poured into the weather service's office from Sumner County, Tennessee, CNN affiliate WZTV-TV in Nashville reported.

"It got so bad, I grabbed my son (and) got him in the closet," Chuck Carter told the station. "We always go to the closet when we think there is a tornado in the area."

In southern Kentucky, a line of uprooted trees dotted damaged roads. No injuries were reported, however.

Melvin Pendley wondered how to repair his home, which had its roof blown off.

"The ceilings are collapsed in the bedroom and half the living room," he told CNN affiliate WBKO-TV in Bowling Green. "Half of the inside is still OK right now. With all this rain, we don't know what's going to happen now."

This story obviously has a lot to do with Ole Miss students. Terrible storms like this one will continue to happen throughout the spring. Ole Miss students need to briefed on emergency storm drills so that terrilbe deaths will cease to happen.