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Del.Aware - January 31, 2014Page 15“The Wolf of WallStreet” controversyBY COURTNEY THOMPSONWorld News Editor“The Wolf of Wall Street” examines the frauds orchestrated byNew York stock broker Jordan Belfort in the 1990s. While the filmhas already won multiple awards, critics argue its morality becauseit is based on the memoir of the real Jordan Belfort.Jordan Belfort spent 22 months in prison after profiting fromvarious stock market scams. Belfort has recently moved to Australiato dodge court ordered restitution of 110.4 million dollars tovictims of his boiler room brokerage. So far, he has only paid back243,000 dollars.He sold the rights to his story for 1.045 million dollars, butinsists that he is not profiting from the film or books.“I am not making any royalties off the film or the books, andI am totally content with that. My income comes from new life[as a motivational speaker], which is far better than my old one,”Belfort said.Prosecutors disagree, claiming that Belfort has made moneyfrom both, and has not paid nearly as much of his restitution as heshould have considering this income.Belfort has not met with any victims of his scams and has notgiven an apology for his wrongdoings, claiming that “actions speaklouder than words.”The film, critics argue, glorifies Belfort’s crimes andsupplements him financially. However, many of the film’s starssupport “The Wolf of Wall Street.”“... the purpose of the film is to talk about what was wrong withthese people and what was wrong with how they were punishedand how possibly leniently they were punished,” said Jonah Hill.Tv Review“Toddlers and Tiaras”BY GRACE FARRELLSports EditorThe hit series “Toddlers & Tiaras” on TLC is a documentarystylelook into the world of child beauty pageants. The stories aretold by the little pageant contestants, parents, coaches and theoccasional judge. Each episode focuses on a different pageant,and follows a few of the contestants as they strive to perfect theirclothes, hair, make-up and routines to create the perfect pageantlook. Once at the venue, the contestants take the stage and tryDuck Dynasty starspeaks outBY GIORGIA DALQHUIST<strong>School</strong> News Co-EditorCable television network A&E lifted the suspension of PhilRobertson, the patriarch of the backwoods Louisiana crew in itshit reality show “Duck Dynasty” after expressing his anti-gaybeliefs as his rightful freedom of speech.In an interview with Robertson published in a GQ magazine,Robertson voiced his religious views and made several crudecomments. Homosexuals and people of different ethnicities werehighly offended by these comments.His remarks were slammed by groups such as GLAAD(Gay Media Watchdog Group) and the network put him on an“indefinite hiatus” on Dec. 18 after viewing his comments aboutthe “sin” of homosexuality and his interpretation of the Bible’sview of gays.Some believed this was an infringement on Robertson’sconstitutional rights, while others were pleased to know that hehad been punished for his offensive comments.A few weeks after, A&E removed thesuspension and decided to continue filmingthe series in the spring with Robertson.“We at A&E Networks expressed ourdisappointment with his statements inthe article, and reiterate that they are notviews we hold. But ‘Duck Dynasty’ isnot a show about one man’s views.It resonates with a large audiencebecause it is a show about family…a family that America has come tolove,” explained the network in theirstatement.to demonstrate the poise, grace and beauty necessary to take thetitle, cash, and most importantly the big crown. After the pageantis over both the children and their parents offer their thoughts ontheir overall experience, and the plans they have for the next one.Many of these pageants take place in the southern part of theUnited States, and often the camera captures the stereotypicalhillbilly parents talking about their pride and joy. Audiencesapparently find these ill-spoken, toothless and engorged parentsamusing because one family in particular has captured the heartsof Americans and even have their own spin off show, known as“Honey Boo Boo.”“Toddlers & Tiaras” is amusing to say the least; capturing thesuperficial crazed parents who will do anything for the lime light,including spray tanning, waxing, and gluing eye lashes and falseteeth onto their four and five year olds. The girls throw tempertantrums every five minutes, while the parents do nothing butsit around and watch with bulging eyes. There is no parentaldiscipline, not to mention the poor diets of mainly Pixie Stix tokeep the little ones awake throughout the long day of exposure.If you are looking to be mindlessly entertained “Toddlers &Tiaras” is the perfect show. If you are looking to restore your faithin current American culture, look away fast.Music ReviewBY ALYSSA KELLYEditor in ChiefBeyoncéOn Dec. 13, Beyoncé surprisedthe world by secretly releasing herfifth studio album at midnightconsisting of 14 songs accompaniedby 17 videos as a part of what she iscalling her first “visual album.”Beyoncé revisits thesinger’s common theme of selfempowerment,however taking on amuch darker theme not previouslyexplored by her music. Without anyprior promotion or announcement,the album was released to the iTunesstore and immediately debuted atNo. 1 on the Billboard 200 givingBeyoncé her fifth consecutive No.1.Beyoncé features collaborationswith husband Jay Z, Drake andFrank Ocean, along with vocals fromBlue Ivy, Beyoncé and Jay Z’s nearlytwo-year-old daughter, The-Dream,Ryan Tedder and Pharrell Williams.Beyoncé signifies where thefuture of R&B is heading, with lessfocus on beats and more emphasison emotional falsettos. Her brillianceand creativity are shown in thisalbum with a few songs having thetraditional pop structures, whileothers experiment more with thehalf-rapped/half-sung songs withinterludes that pack more ideas.Each song brings somethingnew to the album. In the first track,“Pretty Hurts,” Beyoncé sings of selfempowermentand her aspirations inlife, then moves on to sing a spinetinglingtrack with powerful visualsabout how she chooses to run herbusiness in “Haunted.”In “Partition,” my personalfavorite, Beyoncé starts with a calland-responsethat she asks heraudience every night, and thenquickly turns into a lady-thug calledYoncé singing lyrics like “I sneezedon the beat and the beat got sicker.”“I see music,” Beyoncé said ina press release, “It’s more than justwhat I hear. When I’m connected tosomething, I immediately see a visualor a series of images that are tied toan emotion.”
Page 16 Del.Aware - January 31, 2014HIV curereturns todrawingboardBY WILLIAM MULLENStaff WriterDoctors and researchers aredumbfounded by two would-be“cured” HIV positive patients whohave relapsed back to the effects ofthis Immunodeficiency Virus andhad to resort back to medicine.HIV is a virus which leadsto AIDS and was known to haveno cure until the famous case ofTimothy Ray Brown. Referredto as the “Berlin Patient,” Brownwas esentially cured of HIV whilereceiving treatments for leukemiain 2007. A stem cell transplantfrom a donor with a rare geneticmutation that resists HIV infectioncured him of the virus.Unfortunately, this expensiveand life-threatening procedure isfar from ideal for the world’s 34million people affected by HIV.The results, however, did influencescientists to focus on a geneticmutation know as CCR5 delta32 as a target for possible genetherapy treatment.A similar event occurred to the“Boston patients” - two men whoreceived bone marrow transplantsthat appeared to rid themcompletely of HIV, but relapsedand had to go back to treatments.Along with HIV, bothpatients had a type of blood cancercalled lymphoma, the reasonthey received the bone marrowtransplant. Doctor TimothyHenrich said the virus’s comebackunderlined how ingenious HIVcan be in finding hiding places inthe body to evade attack effortsby the immune system andtreatments.It’s a setback for the patients,of course, but. . . the field has nowgained a lot more knowledge,”said Steven Deeks, a professor andHIV expert at the University ofCalifornia at San Francisco.Body temperature indicates emotionBY ANNA CHAMBERLINNews EditorScientists have recently concludedthat love really does give one the “warmfuzzies” and sadness being associated withthe “blues” is just as real. Researchershave discovered that heat within the bodycorrelates to a person’s emotions and mood.In a study that was recently performed,participants were asked to explain where theyfelt activity increasing or decreasing whileviewing stimuli, such as emotional words,stories, movies or facial expression. Theywere prompted with six “basic” emotionsand seven “complex” emotions [anger,fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, surprise,anxiety, love, depression, contempt, pride,shame and envy] as well as a neutral state.According to the information collected,love is the strongest of all emotions, with highwarm/cold activity in the head, chest andgroin region. Happiness, along with shameand anxiety, runs throughout the bodyincluding the legs. Depression is anotheremotion that is experienced throughout thebody, but it is represented by a darker, coldcolor which indicates little activity. Pride isBY NICOLE SIMERSONStaff WriterConvenience and innovation are goalsin mind at the Apple Company as it stridestowards modernizing their technology afterreleasing their new upgrade of IOS 7. Notonly has Apple developed a new internaloperating system (IOS) complete with anew layout as well as added features,it also has triggered ideas spurringin the minds of the creatorsbehind such a technologicallyadvanced program.Apple may soon release avoice-based image tagging andsearching application. Plannedto be released by the end of thisyear or next year, this applicationwill change the way we talk to Apple’sspeech interpretation and voice-baseddigital assistant, Siri.The new app would mainly affect Siri,a program that has been a staple in theApple company since it was first released.This voice-based digital assistant on Appleproducts may soon be able to locate andorganize photos from your own photofelt strongly in the chest which accounts forthe “knot” felt in a person’s chest when he orshe experiences a feeling of pride. Fear anddisgust manifests as warm and hot colorsin the head and throughout the stomach,indicating highactivity. Fearis felt morein the chest,while disgustis stronger inthe mouthand stomachr e g i o n .Contempt isstrongly feltin the headand also in thegroin area aswell.It isclear thatthe strongestemotions feltby humanssupply the most activity throughout thebody, and as a result a person feels thatbuildup of “warmth” or the draining feelinglibrary with just a couple commands.Currently, Siri can only search forphotos on the web (an example ofthis is shown to the right), as thecurrent IOS 7 does not contain thesoftware to allow her to recognizeand select photos from the usersown photo library.This up and coming programwouldn’t only be for speakingcommands to Siri, but itwould also help Appleproducts identify faceswith certain photos.The new program willbe able to recognizefaces, buildings andlandscapes simply basedon previously capturedimages on the device.Siri will be able to answerquestions about pictures concerningcolor, number of faces she recognizes,as well as differentiating betweensimple landscapes such as a grassylawn or a high-rise building.IOS 7 was the most recent internaloperating system released from Apple. Thisof being “cold.” Regardless of the extremityof the emotion felt, it is clear the emotionis felt directly in the body and it is not allpsychological.“Our emotional system in the brainsends signals tothe body so wecan deal withour situation,”says LauriNummenmaa,a psychologistat AaltoUniversity whoconducted thestudy of bodyheat correlatingto emotions.“Say yousee a snakeSource: Discovery Healthand you feelfear. Yournervous systemincreasesoxygen to yourmuscles and raises your heart rate so youcan deal with the threat. It’s an automatedsystem,” said Nummenmaa.Lighter areas indicate higher body temperatures;darker areas indicate lower body temperatures.Technology quickly picking up speedupgrade is entirely about organization andmodernizing the new software, and has beenespecially reprogramedfor photos.Thenew programnow consists of alarge database thatcollects informationabout when andwhere each photois taken. Eachphoto is geotagged,which means that ageographic locationis attached to eachphoto.At a recent pressconference, theupcoming updatesfor the Siri imagesearch update werediscussed.Jan ErikSolem and ThijsWillem Stalenhoef,employees of Apple,stated that he new program is somethinggreat in the making.
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