Monday, April 27, 2015

Baltimore Erupts

Demonstrators clashed with police in Baltimore today (Monday) just a couple hours after the funeral services for Freddie Gray, who sustained a fatal spinal injury while in the custody of police. 
 What we know so far: 
- Maryland Governor declared a state of emergency 
- At least 15 police have been injured 
- Several businesses have been looted 
- Police warned they would use tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd 
City officials are imposing a weeklong curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Tuesday.
 -According to the city’s Office of Emergency Management, the area around Mondawmin Mall and North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue are restricted.
                    

London Olympic Audio Story

This slideshow is from the BBC on the plans for the areas around the Olympic stadium and what they will look like. There is a voiceover done by Duncan Innes, form the Olympic Park Legacy Company. The slideshow has a mixture o shots of the state of the areas no and then the digital artistic impressions of what the areas will look like when the construction is completed. 
The slideshow I believe was done very well because it matched what Duncan Innes was saying to the images, for example when he says one area will be very close to the cycling tack, then a couple seconds later, he says it will also be close to the station, and then we get a visualization of what the Stratford station looks like. I think that timing is everything, and especially important with a voiceover in a video slideshow such as this one, such as if the voice was recorded before the slideshow, it would not match up and create confusion of the listener. 
Because this slideshow is showing what will be expected, I especially enjoyed seeing the before and the expectations of what the suburbs will look like when the construction is done, it shows huge promise and high expectations for the city of London. Not only does he talk about the the games but how the Olympic suburbs will help London grow as well, with jobs, journalism, just bringing everyone together. It also shows how each different part of the suburbs have its own personality, from urban, to country and how the travel to the main Olympic park is close to all of them making going to the games very convenient anywhere you stay. 

Overall, I think this slideshow was very effective, it had a lot of information, it was put together nicely and precisely, making sure that the voice over was correct with the photos being showed. I especially enjoyed seeing the before and after photos of transformation of each suburbs, and how every suburb has its own personality and unique things to do.  


Check out the story here: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-12785816

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

10 Best Islands to go to in 2015

Traveling this summer, wanting to travel somewhere in the year? Trip Advisor just released the Top 10 Best Islands in the world. There number one island is, Providenciales, the most populated of the Turks and Caicos islands.There is so much to do here from snorkeling, upscale dining, accessible to many beaches, and breath taking scenic views. Looking for somewhere in the USA? Maui, Hawaii is just your ticket. I was here a couple years ago and absolutely fell in love with it, I took the Road to Hana, this is an all day event in which you travel through the rain forests, banana fields, and just overall see the beauty of Maui. Everyone needs a break from their hectic life, and these islands are just the ticket, they are here for you to let loose and to reconnect with your self, your family, and your love ones. 
 Check out the rest of the Top Ten Best Islands of 2015 Here: 
http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Islands-cTop-g1

Spice up your regular cup of Joe

If you are like me you love your coffee, you get excited driving to Starbucks or your local coffee shop to get your favorite cup of coffee. Though now you don't even have to stress with long lines, and hoping that the barista got your coffee order right. Here is a link of 26 ways to spice up your coffee. I have not tried all of these though I have tried a couple on this list including, Rumchata iced coffee, baileys iced coffee, and Irish ice coffee and all of these are fantastic and I always want to have more than one cup. All of these recipes and photos look delicious and can't wait to try them! I am exceptionally want to try White Russian Cinnamon Coffee, I have had a White Russian, though never with cinnamon coffee which sounds so delicious.
White Russian Cinnamon Coffee

To see all these great recipes head to this link below
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/its-always-iced-coffee-weather#.jhM6bgY9D4

Who do you think you are?

The show Who Do you Think you Are on the tv channel TLC takes celebs on a journey of their ancestry. I have been a fan of this show for the past few seasons it has aired. It makes me think what stories my ancestors hold. In some episodes they are able to create a family tree reaching back to the 1600s. I find this information so fascinating, that everyone has a past, and story in their family. It makes me want to go out and search my ancestry to see what stories, controversies, triumphs that my ancestors have. If it was not for our ancestors, we, I would not be here today. All of our family trees started somewhere. I have a cousin that traced our one side of the families tree back to Poland though I do not know much details, I know that she has visited many of our long lost cousins and family members. Though you don't even have to leave the house now to find your families history, the use of ancestry.com allows everyone to trace their family tree, and show documents, photos and other interesting information that is attached to your families history. So what will your families history reveal?

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

#kyliejennerchallenge

Kylie Jenner recently has been sporting a more plumper lip, and many girls have been trying to achieve this look, yet have epicly failed. Kylie Jenner is becoming more and more influential with teens, but now her look is inspiring girls to a 'lip challenge' where a shot glass is used to plump their lips! Her challenge is leaving girls with bruises and face hickies. There has been a recent video of a girls lips exploding from doing this challenge, she said, " I did it as a joke to post on Instagram" Le says she put her lip inside a Sprite bottle and sucked the air until she felt her lips explode. The picots below is the result of attempting Kylie's lip challenge. Celebrities are always creating new trends, and which teens are being sucked into. Every girl want to have the latest style, the latest makeup look, because they do not realize they are gorgeous they way they are. They think guys will like them more if they have these huge lips like Kylie Jenner. Yet achieve this look has created much controvery and overall many problems.
My Words of Advice: Just Be You.


Woman’s Lips Explode After

A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words

Today in class we had a guest speaker, our Photojournalism professor come and talk to us about how photos capture the moment and create emotions we could not get by just reading a description. Throughout her presentation she should many different photos ranging from, iconic, happy, sad, and even disturbing. One of my favorite photos she showed was a photo story,"The final salute." These pictures was a story of a fallen solider being brought home to his family. The photos captured his pregnant wife, emotions, along with his fellow marines staying by his side one last time. These pictures hit home to me, I have had many friends go into the military and be deployed yes, many of them returned yet, one of my good friends did not make it home. I remember the 21 gun salute and his family holding the folded flag and processing that their boy is being laid to rest. But not all the photos she showed was heartbreaking the last photo she showed was a little girl pressed against a statues butt, everyone in the classroom started to laugh including me.

Photos are worth a 1000 words, they show peoples emotions, thoughts, and life. I think that photographing people is more interesting that landscapes, people to me have so much to share, and we can all relate to one another in different ways. And photos help us do so