DG Issue 10

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0488dfc3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0498dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mrs. Davies                      Room 206</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mrs. Davies Room 20"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Diverse Grapevine 20052006"><U>The Diverse Grapevine 2005-2006</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 1"><U>DG Issue 1</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 2"><U>DG Issue 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id59.jsp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 3"><U>DG Issue 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 4"><U>DG Issue 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 5"><U>DG Issue 5</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 7"><U>DG Issue 7</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 8 "><U>DG Issue 8 </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DG Issue 9"><U>DG Issue 9</U></A>   |   <B>DG Issue 10</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0498dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>DG Issue 10</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Review Edition</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Keeper of the Winds (The Daughter of Destiny series)</U>,  by <I>Jenna Solitaire</I> is a book about a girl who finds out that she is a keeper of 13 boards of power. Then her last remaining family member dies of natural causes and she decides to clean out the attic. In the back of the attic she finds a case made of human skin. In side this case is a board with symbols on it. She later finds out through her dreams that the board has the power to control the winds, when half the town gets destroyed with tornadoes. Then she learns that she has a predetermined destiny where she will have to get all 13 boards of power and defeat a god like demon power.</div> <div> Next book: Keeper of the Waters</div> <div> Coming in April 2006</div> <div> by Greg Sandoval</div> <bR> <div> MySpace.com</div> <div> There are now 200 online communities to choose from.  Out of all the communities online that one could choose from, it seems that everyone has a MySpace.</div> <bR> <div>      MySpace is a community made up of lots of diverse people from all different walks of life.  The MySpace website allows you to meet people, listen to music, play games, have discussions, promote events, search for people who are looking to talk to others online, singles looking to meet other singles, families who want to keep in touch with one another, classmates, business associations, and make a profile in which you can either make it pretty with a lot of HTML or just write in your interest and add up to ten photos.</div> <bR> <div>      Just like any online community, every community has their ups and downs to not only being a success, but also giving people what they want.  10<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Perpetua" >th</FONT> grader Fred Kelder says, “MySpace is wicked awesome.”  MySpace has many advantages in which other online communities don't acquire. MySpace is fun, easy to use, free, has a wide variety of features, and it's a good way to chat to friends.  Not only is MySpace great for this, but MySpace gives you great freedom to do what you want!  The drawbacks are that MySpace is addictive, there are technical glitches as well as eyesore pages, and there are weird people that contact you.  For the most part, MySpace has a goal to be more of a good site than a bad one.</div> <bR> <div>      Although MySpace may not have as many members as some other online communities such as Friendster or Fropper, many agree that MySpace is far more reliable.  MySpace makes it easier for one to search than Friendster or Fropper.  On MySpace you can search for people by location, interestsd, by name or email.  You can also brownse through a gallery of MySpace members, restricting the scope of the gallery by gender, age, number of miles from your location, or by limiting it to a specific country.  By the way, MySpace has every country listed, having the ability to send messages to anyone, block users from contacting you, add or delete friends from your Friend List, or request to be added to someone's Friend List.  However, unlike Friendster, requesting someone's friendship will not reveal your email address to people.  The truth is, although Friendster has more than 16 million members, MySpace has people addicted because the site has a lot more features.</div> <bR> <div>      Some people may have said that MySpace is dangerous, however, MySpace wasn't made to bring people apart, it was made to bring people together.  10<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Perpetua" >th</FONT> grader, Alex Silver says, “If you're careful with whom you talk to, there is no problem.”  </div> <bR> <div> MySpace was made to help satisfy the needs of what people want, but may not have in their life.  Nevertheless, there are people that view this point as a threat.</div> <bR> <div>   Mr. John Webber says, “I know that MySpace gets a lot of bad rep. in the press.  Sites like these have their place, but not in school and not for school-aged kids!”  </div> <bR> <div> To criticize would be wrong, but to try to destroy a website that is being used by more and more people everyday is unstoppable.  Mrs. Sue DeStefano says, “It's unfortunate that there is a loss of control over what the Internet is used for.  I hope students remember the dangers of meeting with strangers from MySpace.”  </div> <bR> <div> 12<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Perpetua" >th</FONT> grader Brandon Huebsch says, I don't like MySpace.  I feel that too many people are making it into a dating service, making MySpace become widely known with too many restrictions!”</div> <bR> <div>        As many say, MySpace gives you more space!</div> <div> by Priscilla Brown</div> <bR> <div>                        <I><U>  Stay Alive</U></I></div> <div> Stay Alive is a movie that was released in April of this year. <I>Stay Alive</I> was based on <I>The Ring</I> and was switched with a video game. The game is passed on as a bootleg and mysteriously anyone who plays the game dies although not a sudden death, they die the way they die in the game. Even if someone does not finish the game the game plays by itself and to live there are roses that the player or players are granted with to keep them alive. The game is based on Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who earlier in the 1800's by taking young girls and torturing them and was scared to look in a mirror because she was terrified of seeing herself become aged. Although the hunt is not over yet! </div> <div> The characters included: Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Sophia Bush, and Adam Goldberg </div> <div> *<I>City Pages</I> explains that the movie “It's not a bad idea”, “The fictional game depicted here is way cooler than anything else in the movie.”</div> <div> <U>Brett Troxler</U> explains, “If the movie itself weren't so improbable, the geek in me would also probably complain about the film's slew of improbabilities.”</div> <div> <U>Adam R. Holz</U> says that “About the only thing even remotely 'good' that </div> <div> <U>Bob Rossiter</U> might be said of this movie is that its PG-13”</div> <div> The idea that an evil person can come back to the land of the living to                                    torture and kill people is bogus."</div> <div> <B>*</B><I><U>Jam Showbiz</U></I> says that “Never mind staying alive. You'd be doing well to simply stay awake through all 85 interminably inert minutes of Stay Alive”</div> <div> According to <I>The </I><I><U>Hollywood Reporter</U></I>-“Frankie Muniz, Jon Foster and Samaire Armstrong will topline the horror thriller <B>Stay Alive”</B></div> <div> <I><U>Cinema Blend</U></I> explains “It's a genre that typically lacks real intelligence, relying on gore and cheap jumpy moments to scare its audience instead of scary concepts to drive its plots.”</div> <div> “It's a test of endurance few will survive explains <I><U>E! Online</U></I></div> <div> “ Videogames are no longer brainless, so why are videogame movies so slow to evolve?” explains <I><U>Entertainment Weekly</U></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="291" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="129"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="129" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B>Votes</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <B>Average</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-male" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Males</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  1191</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22305050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 3.0</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-female" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Females</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  445</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22405050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 3.2</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-age_1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Aged under 18</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  418</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22505050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 4.5</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-male_age_1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Males under 18</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  255</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22605050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 4.3</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-female_age_1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Females under 18</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  162</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22405050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 5.4</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-age_2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Aged 18-29</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  931</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22505050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 3.3</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-male_age_2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Males aged 18-29</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  704</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22605050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 3.2</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-female_age_2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Females aged 18-29</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  224</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22a05050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 4.0</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-age_3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Aged 30-44</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  219</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22505050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 2.3</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-male_age_3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Males aged 30-44</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  177</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22c05050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 2.5</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-female_age_3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Females aged 30-44</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  38</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22405050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 1.2</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-age_4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Aged 45+</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  68</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22e05050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 1.9</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-male_age_4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Males aged 45+</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  49</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22605050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 2.0</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-female_age_4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Females aged 45+</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  18</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22405050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 1.9</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-top_1000" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Top 1000 voters</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  59</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22505050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 1.9</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="129"><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-usa" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>US users</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  1227</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22505050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 3.2</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/ratings-international" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441796/rati"><U><U>Non-US users</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  410</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22505050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 2.7</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="129"><div>  </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="38" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="114" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="129"><div> All votes </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="38"><div>  1726</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="114"><div> <IMG SRC="22505050.png" border=0 width="5" height="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> 3.1</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> By Clara Tedesco</div> <bR> <div> Entertaninment Weekly</div> <bR> <div> The April 7<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> issue of the magazine <I>Entertainment Weekly </I>was one of the best issues this year for photography. The cover featured a very clean-cut-looking Howard Stern rubbing his chin and holding a bitten apple that was painted as planet Earth.  Dressed in a white suit, Howard Stern put on a curious face for <I>EW</I>'s photographer, and the apple/globe in his hand was very appealing. </div> <div>      Aside from the cover, the issue proves to be one of <I>Entertainment Weekly</I>'s best in photography, filled with brilliant photographs. The first of these photos is found on page thirteen and features an article on the television show <I>Arrested Development.</I> It is set on a background featuring the cast of the show. Photographed by Art Streiber, it illustrates the very unique eye that the photographers for <I>Entertainment Weekly</I> have. </div> <div>      Other great photographs of this issue include two Howard Stern pictures taken by Matthias Clamer. One of the photographs features Stern sitting under a table in a room with a microphone, while surrounded by over twenty surveillance cameras. The other picture of Stern shows him dressed casually in front of an all-black background with a bunch of frayed, colored wires in place of both of his hands. The picture of veteran actress Blythe Danner sitting on a delicate sofa, taken by Eric Ogden, is absolutely breathtaking, and the black and white snapshot of comedian Ray Romano letting out a hearty laugh on the last page was very well-captured by photographer Sam Jones.</div> <div>      While the photographs of this issue of <I>Entertainment Weekly</I> were brilliant, the articles were nothing to scream about. Although all of the new releases in film and literature were accurately covered, there were only a few feature articles and interviews that stood out and were well written. The feature interview on cover boy Howard Stern was very informative and surprisingly serious, contrary to what is expected of Stern. </div> <div>      The best-written article/interview of this <I>EW</I> issue is the Jennifer Armstrong article on Blythe Danner, wonderfully titled “Mother's Day.” The article features information on the actress's personal life and the new turn for the better that her career is taking. Not only well-written, the article is a breath of fresh air as <I>Entertainment Weekly</I> finally included an article on an actress that not many people may have known about before, but after reading the article on her, would know more about. </div> <div>      Overall, this issue of <I>Entertainment Weekly</I> did not include many great feature articles or interviews. nor the commentary on the last page by <I>EW's </I> Stephen King that readers often look forward to. However, this issue is well worth reading, if not for the literary content, for the wonderful photographs that are included in this issue.</div> <div>      </div> <div> by Angelee Santillo</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>