why!?!?!?!?!?!

So I have a question... I park in the back of the school in the hopes no one will park exactly next to me but everyday some1 parks exactly next to me when there are like four spots both ways! so now i have dings in my doors from people slamming there doors into my car. why does this happen every day? why cant people not park next to someone? to add more I was at the hospital yesterday and some truck parked next to me but that isn't the worst of it my car ended up being surrounded by firetrucks cuz this time they didn't bang there door on my car. There car was smoking and had the potential to blow up of course next to mine!

Annular Solar Eclipse

This Sunday, May 20 there will be an annular solar eclipse. We will be able to watch this event as the sun starts to set. Also, we will not be able to view the whole event.

Other news: We may have another planet orbiting the sun. The Venus transit happens June 5 and will not happen again till 2117. Also, last night I was able to see M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy.

Subway Promotional Tie-in

http://buffalogamebuffsblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/subway.jpg?w=600

Now that I know what it is, I notice all these promotional tie-ins.  This is one for Subway with Scrabble.

JC Penny Loses Sales After Reform

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-jcpenney-idUSBRE84E1DA20120516

JC Penny's sales have fallen substantially with their new decree to start with lower prices. Since the company stopped with sales and coupons, starting by selling with the sale price, sales have dropped off.

College Majors With Low Unemployment

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/low_unemployment_degrees.htm?kid=1LE84
Health Care Administration
Criminal Justice
Accounting
Marketing and Communications
Information Technology (IT)

banning Soda?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/business/pepsi-and-competitors-scramble-as-soda-sales-drop.html?_r=1&ref=advertisingandmarketing

  This past year, students that live in the Faulkton Area School District have been putting a "ban" on soda at school. This is happening more and more as time progresses.

Boy attends school from home

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/05/zachary-vgo-robot-virtual-student/

Holographic kind of thing so he can attend school from home.

Ban on plastic bags?

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/01/could_proposed_colorado_law_to.php

of course prep school kids are just dying to have plastic bags banned. they were the one's who asked legislatures to do it. I don't know what will happen to this purposed law, but I'm pretty sure it won't get passed. what will happen is that bags will be taxed $.06 per bag for three years then after that three years the bags will be banned completely! I'm really indifferent about this whole thing because i'm happy that it's cleaning up the environment, but the other bags will use more space in the landfill! Although there's probably no need to worry because I'm sure it won't get passed.

Old Mining Town Gets Wiped Off Map

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/magazine/last-ones-left-in-treece-kan-a-toxic-town.html?_r=1&hp

The town of Treece, Kansas, the last of the population has left the toxic mining town. The town and Picher, Oklahoma were discovered by accident when a truck for a mining company broke down and the miners drilled a hole to pass the time. They struck a rich vein of zinc and iron. When the mining started to slow down after the bulk of the ore had been mined, the town was deemed toxic and everyone started leaving. Craters started opening up in the towns since the ground was toxic and sinking in.

Climate change

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&biw=1920&bih=844&tbm=isch&tbnid=C35ud-V4SAXJdM:&imgrefurl=http://www.treehugger.com/culture/coolest-environmental-advertising-slideshow.html&docid=xMm7i0K_qw-X8M&imgurl=http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/CoolAds-ACT-Cannes-2009.jpg&w=468&h=490&ei=WK-zT4WrO4nE2gWTzvyiBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1627&vpy=240&dur=2871&hovh=230&hovw=219&tx=126&ty=138&sig=109206401385566107875&page=1&tbnh=116&tbnw=109&start=0&ndsp=58&ved=1t:429,r:23,s:0,i:122

Scared or annoyed? More DVD anti-piracy warnings

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/scared-annoyed-more-dvd-anti-piracy-warnings-221532151.html
the FBI has gotten into the movie business crazy

Social-Media Ad Spending to Jump to $9.8 Billion in 2016

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-15/social-media-ad-spending-to-jump-to-9-8-billion-in-2016.html

U.S. social media advertising may rise $9.8 billion in 2016. Last year it was at $3.4 billion. Youtube is a very important role in the increase of advertising spending as social video is rapidly growing more popular.

advertising mistakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=139233.0\
http://accidentalmommies.com/funny-signs-and-ad-mistakes/

Funny advertising mistakes. First site is small.

GM Pulls Advertising

GM has announce that it will no longer be advertising on Facebook, as  they have found it to be ineffective.

Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120515/AUTO0103/205150423?fb_ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.detroitnews.com%2Farticle%2F20120515%2FAUTO0103%2F205150423%2FGM-unfriends-Facebook-pulls-10M-ads&fb_source=home_multiline

Burger King Moon

http://dailyartcocktail.com/images/2010/12/creative-advertisements/creative-advertisements-04.jpg

I liked this advertisement about Burger King because it kind of serves a dual purpose.  It's advertising the burgers, but it's also advertising that Burger King is open late as well.

Loud TV commercials, begone! New rules to take effect Sept. 1

http://www.canada.com/business/Loud+commercials+begone+rules+take+effect+Sept/6585757/story.html

Canada will have laws set that TV commercials cannot be fluctutating from the TV show, starting September 1, 2012.

interesting facts about advertising

http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-advertising.html

Here are 55 interesting facts about advertising. Beware some of these facts are a bit creepy.

Amazon Sells High Fashion

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/business/amazon-plans-its-next-conquest-your-closet.html?_r=1&ref=business

Amazon sells high fashion clothing along with its many other products.

Obama unveils new ad campaign on economic recovery

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0507/Obama-unveils-new-ad-campaign-on-economic-recovery

Barack Obama is targeting middle-class voters, in a $25 million new ad campaign to run across nine states. This ads theme is that America is coming back, with you continuing to work, so is Obama.

Hot Careers That Are Hiring Now

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/hot_careers_hiring_now.htm?kid=1LE88
Medical Assistant
Paralegal
Accountant
Public Relations Specialist
Computer Software Developer