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Cyber-bullying
If you are being cyber-bullied or someone you know is being harassed, you need to get help. For tips & strategies, click here.
To check out the story on the Rutgers University student, click here.
And to read about the University of Michigan student, click here.
Tracking What You Eat
All week we're looking at different aspects of 'food' in our lives... in our special "Eatocracy" coverage. Counting calories is so old-school. These days, there's an "app" for that... or for tracking your protein... or keeping to your raw-food diet.
It's called "Salud!"... and it's being developed right down the street at Georgia Tech.
To check out the website for yourself, click here.
This technology is set to be highlighted at the research showcase during FutureMedia Fest 2010 at Georgia Tech October 4th-7th. For more information, click here.
"The Social Network" aka The Facebook Movie
So there's a new movie out tomorrow that everyone's talking about: "The Social Network." It focuses on the early years of Facebook – now the most prolific social networking site in the world. Founded just 6 years ago, it reached over half a BILLION users this year.
That's 1 in 12 people worldwide. Graham Flanagan, our resident movie guy, saw it.
To read his review, click here.
Making Better Food Choices
Today on the show we featured a website called Usable Health and a program called Meal Swap. To check it out for yourself, click here.
And to see the segment that ran on CNN, click here.
THE BIG I: Augmented Reality
Today's Big I was all about bringing the data online to the world around you...literally. We introduced you to Argon, augmented reality web browsing technology developed by researchers at Georgia Tech.
To read up on Augmented Reality, click here.
To check out KHARMA, the architecture on which Argon is built, click here.
Augmented reality technology will be highlighted at GA Tech's FutureMedia Fest next week. To check out the details, click here.
School Lunches Or Food Stamps?
The First Lady is facing strong opposition not from republicans, but democrats when it comes to passing a child nutrition bill in congress prior to a September 30th deadline. The bill would take away $2.2 billion dollars from the food stamps program to pay for an overhaul to the school lunch program which has not seen reform for five years now. The program aims to bring fresh fruit, vegetables, and new healthy alternatives to cafeterias across the country.
Looking back to your days of school lunches what were your favorites or do you just have horror stories? C'mon we wanna hear from you. Kyra Phillips will read some of them during the 10 o’clock hour of CNN Newsroom.
Atheists & Agnostics Ace Religion Test
People of faith may "know God"…but knowing about God– that's a different story. The Pew Research Center quizzed Americans on their knowledge of religion. And listen to this: the highest scorers were not the devout believers... They were actually Atheists and Agnostics! The people who have rejected religion outright or aren't exactly sure. Mormons and Jews came a close second, outperforming Protestants and Roman Catholics when it came to knowing details about all religions. It was even more shocking to see that people claiming a religion couldn't even answer simple questions about their own faith!
For example, more than half of Protestants couldn't even identify Martin Luther as the man who led the establishment of the Protestant church. The quiz was 32 questions long... The average number of correct answers: 16. That’s half. Seems like a lot of wrong answers for a nation where just about four in five people says they belong to some sort of religious group.
World renowned spiritual leaders Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson and Reverend Art Cribbs of the San Marino United Church of Christ spoke with CNN’s Kyra Phillips.
The Safety of Lasik Surgery Questioned
The quest for 20/20 vision… Millions of people want it and have undergone Lasik surgery to get it to correct their vision. But the man who was a key proponent to approve laser eye surgery is now speaking out against it. Former Food and Drug Administration official Morris Waxler sees things differently now. Waxler is petitioning the FDA to strengthen warnings and regulations regarding Lasik…. To stop what he calls an “epidemic of permanent vision problems” caused by Lasik.
CNN’s Kyra Phillips spoke with Morris Waxler and Dr. Stephen Slade who performed the first Lasik surgery in the U.S.
MISSION POSSIBLE: Re-opening of the Grand Ole Opry House
Dierks Bentley will perform at the Grand Ole Opry House tonight along with a host of other country music artists. You can check out the concert live on the Great American Country (GAC) channel at 8pm CT.
To learn more about the Grand Ole Opry House, click here.
To check out Dierks Bentley, click here.
RogueApron: Underground Supper Club & Speakeasy
The founder of RogueApron is on the show today to talk about how you can start your own underground supper club.
To connect to RogueApron, click here.
To see the segment that aired on CNN, click here.
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