IRB Post 3- US Magazine: Julie Andrews' Husband Blake Edwards Dies at 88

This article is the sad story of how Julie Andrew's husband Blake Edwards died this past Thursday morning in Santa Monica at the age of 88. Doctors are saying his death was caused by complications of pneumonia. Edwards was the legendary writer/director behind movies like the Pink Panther series and Breakfast at Tiffany's. He will be greatly missed. At the time of his death his wife, famous actress Julie Andrews, and children were at his bedside. Edwards was an honorable Oscar winner and overall successful man.
I love Breakfast at Tiffany's and the original Pink Panther series so hearing about his death made me feel horrible and I also am a huge fan of Julie Andrews so feel sorry for how horrible she probably is feeling. Reading the details about his death however, i was surprised about the fact that he died at the age of 88; he looked much older and is actually a lot older than Andrews. I never would have thought that pneumonia was the reason for his death and it is truly a tragic event.

this is an article about Blake Edwards and his accomplishments
http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Edwards,_Blake/

IRB Post 2- New York Times: Holiday Books: Graphic Novels

This article was a book review about a comic book called Duncan the Wonder Dog by Adam Hines. The 400 page book, according to the 29 year old author, is apparently only the first of a nine book series. The review says that most comics have high concept stories that sound like movie pitches, but that this book discourages casual reading and feels less like a movie than the beginning of an old television drama. Apparently the dog that the book is named after walks upright, has human hands and is a legend in the animal world but only has a small appearance in the story.

I did not really understand the story line of the book and cannot see nine books full of this comic and story line doing well. A monkey from the plot explains the story by pointing out a difference between animals’ perception of the world and humans’. In my honest opinion, I don't think it will be perceived well by it's audience.

http://techland.com/2010/12/03/emanata-comics-rookie-of-the-year/

IRB Post 2- CNN: Volcano Known as 'Throat of Fire' Erupts in Ecuador

This article was about the eruption of a volcano near the capital of Ecuador on Saturday morning between 8am and 2pm. The eruption sent ash and lava nearly a mile into the sky. At one point, the ash cloud reached almost 3 km above the volcano's crater and lava flowed about 2 km from the crater. Apparently the National Agency of Risk Control knew had alerted residents in advance so the area was evacuated and no one was hurt. Luckily this volcano's eruptions happen periodically every 2 years so it is easy for authorities to know when it is going to happen as to take necessary precautions. The most previous eruption was in 2008 and the one before that in 2006.
The name of the volcano is Tungurahua, which means Throat of Fire in the native Quechua language.

When I searched for more articles about the volcano i found a few about previous eruptions but not many that had information on the volcano. This is one of the few about the most recent eruption.

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978760611

IRB Post 2- US Magazine: Teen With Tiny Waist Wins America's Next Top Model

This article is about America's Next Top Model's newest winner, Ann Ward and her tiny waist. Tyra Banks has said that she has the smallest waist in the world, and one of the judges, Miss. J Alexander was able to fit both his hands completely around her waist.
Apparently when pictures were released of this, there was a lot of negative publicity brought to the show and Tyra was forced to apologize for the style in which the top model promo clip was presented.
I honestly don't understand why the photo was taken in such a negative light. It doesn't look that bad, and Ward has not taken any offense to it.
In my opinion though, I think that her winning the competition is changing the definition of beauty and going to change the way people compare body size to beauty.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/ann-wards-waist-size-the-new-definition-of-beauty_100469033.html

this is an article that talks about my concern that Ann Ward's waist size may change the views of beauty and is being called the new definition of beauty.