So the naked sleepwalker wins C10m in record-breaking Irish libel case. This is hysterical!
The man, Donal Kinsella, a businessman from Dunleer in Ireland filed a libel suit against his employer Kenmare Resources. He claims that the firm issued a press release about an incident that happened in 2007 involving a fellow female colleague while they were on a business trip.
The firm stated that Kinsella, while sleep-walking naked went to the room of the fellow female associate, Deirdre Corcoran three times. Corcoran did not let him inside. The company also made it seem like there was some hank panky going on.
Kinsella was able to prove he was indeed a legitimate sleep walker and that there was no improper conduct with this woman. The companies press release made him look like a 'laughing stock," and at the end of it all he won and was awarded a huge sum of money.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/latest/8350427/naked-sleepwalker-wins-17-million-in-libel-case/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/nov/18/naked-sleepwalker-record-libel-payout
http://www.overoll.com/Content/Naked-sleepwalker-wins-%E2%82%AC10m-in-record-breaking-Irish-libel-case-/2010/11/19/400477.news
Friday, November 19, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Propaganda
The beautiful people. The celebrities!
The one that utterly breaks my heart is the SPCA commercial that depicts caged, neglected animals, animals with their eyes gouged out, animals beaten to the point they can't walk, starved and disease ridden. Sarah McLaughlin, singer and song writer speaks for the as and her heart wrenching song "Angel" plays in the background. It is horrific and the campaign has been very successful for the SPCA. This is beautiful people, celebrity technique that prompts people to pick up the phone and donate lots of money.
I don't know what the hype is over the Paris Hilton burger commercial because Audrina Patridge's commercial BLOWS her out of the water. She makes me want to eat a Carls Junior Teriyaki burger so I can have her amazing bikini body. If that isn't propaganda I don't know what is! Another beautiful people technique.
A repetition style propaganda: Some of my favorites are "5 dollar 5 dollar foot long!" "I wish I were and Oscar Meyer Wiener."
The one that utterly breaks my heart is the SPCA commercial that depicts caged, neglected animals, animals with their eyes gouged out, animals beaten to the point they can't walk, starved and disease ridden. Sarah McLaughlin, singer and song writer speaks for the as and her heart wrenching song "Angel" plays in the background. It is horrific and the campaign has been very successful for the SPCA. This is beautiful people, celebrity technique that prompts people to pick up the phone and donate lots of money.
I don't know what the hype is over the Paris Hilton burger commercial because Audrina Patridge's commercial BLOWS her out of the water. She makes me want to eat a Carls Junior Teriyaki burger so I can have her amazing bikini body. If that isn't propaganda I don't know what is! Another beautiful people technique.
A repetition style propaganda: Some of my favorites are "5 dollar 5 dollar foot long!" "I wish I were and Oscar Meyer Wiener."
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Internet
I counted 197 social network sites. I have not heard of most of these. Scary. "Digg" is not listed on this site. I know it is a social networking site that you have to apply to. They are not accepting new people. I am waiting. It was recommended as a marketing tool for me through Examiner. Some of the ones I have heard of are Blogster, Academia,Facebook, Meetup, Myspace and Twitter.
Hospitality.net is a hospitality based social networking organization that helps bring people together from all over the world to foster international friendships in the hopes of increasing cultural understanding and the promoting of world peace. So basically people host guests at their home, offer guide services etc with no exchange of money. Also volunteers of Hospitality arrange special events and camps to get people together. It seems like a great way to travel, experience new cultures and meet new people.
I use Facebook and Twitter for my social networking. Twitter more for marketing myself with Examiner.com. Facebook is the way I stay in touch with friends and stay involved with their lives. I post pictures, read the news feed and contact friends via messaging or sometimes write on their wall. I have never had a bad experience with Facebook. My privacy settings are set so that only my friends can view my postings and pictures. I have never had a bad experience on Facebook. My friend, who shall remain nameless, had her Facebook shut down by her husband because she was posting pictures and commenting about her activities with a celebrity friend of theirs. Apparently the celebrity said she was posting too many things that made him uncomfortable and so it got pulled. She is now back on Facebook and does not post many pictures of that person and does not make comments about that person. I also know a friend who uses it to be unfaithful to her husband. I don't know how far it has gotten, but it seems inappropriate.
Hospitality.net is a hospitality based social networking organization that helps bring people together from all over the world to foster international friendships in the hopes of increasing cultural understanding and the promoting of world peace. So basically people host guests at their home, offer guide services etc with no exchange of money. Also volunteers of Hospitality arrange special events and camps to get people together. It seems like a great way to travel, experience new cultures and meet new people.
I use Facebook and Twitter for my social networking. Twitter more for marketing myself with Examiner.com. Facebook is the way I stay in touch with friends and stay involved with their lives. I post pictures, read the news feed and contact friends via messaging or sometimes write on their wall. I have never had a bad experience with Facebook. My privacy settings are set so that only my friends can view my postings and pictures. I have never had a bad experience on Facebook. My friend, who shall remain nameless, had her Facebook shut down by her husband because she was posting pictures and commenting about her activities with a celebrity friend of theirs. Apparently the celebrity said she was posting too many things that made him uncomfortable and so it got pulled. She is now back on Facebook and does not post many pictures of that person and does not make comments about that person. I also know a friend who uses it to be unfaithful to her husband. I don't know how far it has gotten, but it seems inappropriate.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Television
Eminem video with Rhianna called, "Love the Way you Lie."
4:27
A very intense video that depicts a young couple in crazy passionate love who are abusive towards each other. Abusive in a way that could quite possibly lead to death. In the depiction it glorifies and makes sexy the intimacy after brutal fighting and hitting. It portrays a woman who loves a man no matter how horrible he treats her. She keeps coming back. It brings up the questions of violence and censorship.
Chapter 6 Censorship, Chapter 2 Violence
Question: Should censorship or some other type of guidelines that glorify abuse of women be changed?
My answer: Yes. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE this song and I love the video, but I am a 45-year-old woman who understands the behavior in the video is wrong and not glamorous. I can't say the same for a teenager or young woman who feels so overwhelmed by the passion and love in that type of relationship. It would almost make her situation okay. If a celebrity glamorizes it, then it must be acceptable behavior.
4:27
A very intense video that depicts a young couple in crazy passionate love who are abusive towards each other. Abusive in a way that could quite possibly lead to death. In the depiction it glorifies and makes sexy the intimacy after brutal fighting and hitting. It portrays a woman who loves a man no matter how horrible he treats her. She keeps coming back. It brings up the questions of violence and censorship.
Chapter 6 Censorship, Chapter 2 Violence
Question: Should censorship or some other type of guidelines that glorify abuse of women be changed?
My answer: Yes. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE this song and I love the video, but I am a 45-year-old woman who understands the behavior in the video is wrong and not glamorous. I can't say the same for a teenager or young woman who feels so overwhelmed by the passion and love in that type of relationship. It would almost make her situation okay. If a celebrity glamorizes it, then it must be acceptable behavior.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Television
Eminem video with Rhianna called, "Love the Way you Lie."
4:27
A very intense video that depicts a young couple in crazy passionate love who are abusive towards each other. Abusive in a way that could quite possibly lead to death. In the depiction it glorifies and makes sexy the intimacy after brutal fighting and hitting. It portrays a woman who loves a man no matter how horrible he treats her. She keeps coming back. It brings up the questions of violence and censorship.
Chapter 6 Censorship, Chapter 2 Violence
Question: Should censorship or some other type of guidelines that glorify abuse of women be changed?
My answer: Yes. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE this song and I love the video, but I am a 45-year-old woman who understands the behavior in the video is wrong and not glamorous. I can't say the same for a teenager or young woman who feels so overwhelmed by the passion and love in that type of relationship. It would almost make her situation okay. If a celebrity glamorizes it, then it must be acceptable behavior.
4:27
A very intense video that depicts a young couple in crazy passionate love who are abusive towards each other. Abusive in a way that could quite possibly lead to death. In the depiction it glorifies and makes sexy the intimacy after brutal fighting and hitting. It portrays a woman who loves a man no matter how horrible he treats her. She keeps coming back. It brings up the questions of violence and censorship.
Chapter 6 Censorship, Chapter 2 Violence
Question: Should censorship or some other type of guidelines that glorify abuse of women be changed?
My answer: Yes. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE this song and I love the video, but I am a 45-year-old woman who understands the behavior in the video is wrong and not glamorous. I can't say the same for a teenager or young woman who feels so overwhelmed by the passion and love in that type of relationship. It would almost make her situation okay. If a celebrity glamorizes it, then it must be acceptable behavior.
Television
I needed to post this because as I was searching around for videos I cam across this footage and it broke my heart! I never saw anything quite like this on our news stations.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Movies!
My favorite movie this year is "Blindside" with Sandra Bullock. I loved this movie because Sandra's character embodies my own heart and beliefs. It didn't hurt that Tim McGraw, who is handsome, rugged and sexy, played the supportive husband. It is about an affluent woman and her family who help a runaway teenage boy with no place to go. Within this whole process he becomes part of their family. The boy ends up having a special talent for football which Bullock's character fosters. Although there is suspicion of ulterior motives and exploitation on the part of Bullock's character with this boy, it ends up being a heart warming story. I loved this movie! I saw this movie on my television through pay-per-view in HD.
My all time favorite movie would be "Life is Beautiful." A truly heartwarming story about a Jewish man who falls in love and pursues a beautiful woman, his principessa. The beginning of the story is whimsical and romantic as they fall in love, get married and have a son. It takes place towards the end of World War II and the Germans come and take Guido and his son away. His wife, not being Jewish chooses to go with them. The Germans separate Guido and his son from his principessa at the camp. Guido protects his son by treating everything as a joke. He tells them they have entered a contest and that he must play along so they can win the big prize. This ultimately saves his son, but gets him killed. The son thinks he has won the game when an American tank shows up and he is reunited with his mom. I loved this movie because it tells a story of love, family, tragedy and heartache and shows us as a society that hatred and adversity cannot destroy our spirit, our love. I saw this movie on my televison through pay-per-view in HD.
Life is Beautiful
Rotten Tomatoes
Life is Beautiful
IMBD
Blindside
Rotten Tomatoes
Blindside
IMBD
Life Is Beautiful Movie Trailer
Blindside Movie Trailer
My all time favorite movie would be "Life is Beautiful." A truly heartwarming story about a Jewish man who falls in love and pursues a beautiful woman, his principessa. The beginning of the story is whimsical and romantic as they fall in love, get married and have a son. It takes place towards the end of World War II and the Germans come and take Guido and his son away. His wife, not being Jewish chooses to go with them. The Germans separate Guido and his son from his principessa at the camp. Guido protects his son by treating everything as a joke. He tells them they have entered a contest and that he must play along so they can win the big prize. This ultimately saves his son, but gets him killed. The son thinks he has won the game when an American tank shows up and he is reunited with his mom. I loved this movie because it tells a story of love, family, tragedy and heartache and shows us as a society that hatred and adversity cannot destroy our spirit, our love. I saw this movie on my televison through pay-per-view in HD.
Life is Beautiful
Rotten Tomatoes
Life is Beautiful
IMBD
Blindside
Rotten Tomatoes
Blindside
IMBD
Life Is Beautiful Movie Trailer
Blindside Movie Trailer
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