Guardians of the Galaxy teaser

Marvel’s first teaser for Guardians of the Galaxy’ on YouTube Guardians of the Galaxy is Marvel’s next franchise to make the jump to film, and now you can check out the movie teaser on YouTube. The 15- second spot doesn’t reveal much, but you can get a feeling for the new film’s look and feel. This film is based on the cult comic book and continues to explore the Marvel Universe in a different way. For all you Vin Diesel fans out there, you will get to see him play a mystical tree. The movie also stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Bradley Cooper voicing a genetically engineered raccoon.  This movie does not look as intense as the other Marvel movies we’ve seen, but it is due to hit theaters on August 1st.  It looks to me as if Guardians of the Galaxy will have a bit of drama,...

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Social Media Can Help Teens

Unnecessary moral panic starts at every turn these days and it takes nothing more than a random article or a flash of an edited out of context video clip on the 5 o'clock news to get viewers quickly jumping on the band wagon in a frantic frenzy to control the unknown. Frankly, its surprising how much can be exaggerated at every turn with little to no proof. The game of telephone between humans often called fatalists feed never ending cycles of madness that seem to increase as technology (and our lifestyle) changes to provide us with easier access to resources unavailable to the past generation. The most prevalent target of these moral panics? Why, the "anti-social youth of america" and their "technological addiction" of course! With the...

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Super Bowl XLVIII

So Who Watched Super Bowl XLVIII? According to Nielsen, the game averaged 111.5 million viewers, a record for a U.S. television program, according to Fox, which broadcasted the game. More than 79,000 spectators were set to fill the $.1.7 billion MetLife Stadium, the regular-season home of the New York Jets and New York Giants, for the National Football League title game. The game did lack some suspense, and at the point where Denver was down 36-0, a lot of viewers stopped watching the game completely. Denver accounted for only the tenth-best market in the United States, a statistic that could indicate that Broncos fans turned off the game as the score grew insanely lopsided, according to the Nielson overnight ratings. The Super Bowl half time show, featuring Bruno Mars and the Red Hot...

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