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Students Suspended for Tebowing

 

LONG ISLAND, NY -- You can add one more thing to the list that apparently kids shouldn't do: Tebowing.

Four students at Riverhead High in Long Island, N.Y., were suspended after Tebowing, in which they struck a pose that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is known for, in the hall. Jordan Fulcoly, Wayne Drexel and brothers Tyler and Connor Carroll were given one-day suspensions for their homage to Tebow. The school suspended them because other students joined them, clogging the hallways.

Hopefully they don't get good grades or eat all their vegetables, or they may be suspended for that too, I'm guessing.

"The administration told us that our Tebowing was blocking the halls and could potentially cause a riot, because they were growing in number and if the wrong kid gets pushed a brawl could ensue," football and baseball player Connor Carroll told yahoo.com. "We had no idea that we could get suspended for such a thing. It was a joke between a group of friends that took a life of its own. We figured at the most we would just be told to stop."

The school said it gave the students a prior warning but Carroll told the New York Post that "we were never given any warning. They said they did, but that's completely false."

Riverhead School District Superintendent Nancy Carney said principal David Wicks made the right decision adding "this is not about religious discrimination. It is about being sure kids are able to get to class on time and keeping the kids safe and orderly. These students were warned and did it again," Carney said. "If the kids aren't going to abide by rules, there are consequences."

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked in theaters today

 

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

 

  Rated  G      Animation/Comedy/Fantasy/Music

 

Stars: Jason Lee, David Cross and Jenny Slate

 

 

 

 

 

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows in theaters today

 

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

 

Rated PG-13       Action

 

Starring: Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law

 

 

 

 

 

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Teen Sends Death Threat to Santa

 

A British teenager has threatened to kill Santa Claus if she doesn't get what she wants.

"This Christmas, I don't ask for much, so if I don't get at least two of the things I want, I will literally kill you! Do you understand?! Oh, also, I'll hunt down your reindeers, cook them and serve their meat to homeless people on Christmas Day," Mekeeda Austin, 13, wrote in her letter. "No one wants that, so here's what I want."

The girl lists a BlackBerry, money, a dress, high-top Converse shoes and the real Justin Bieber.

"Remember, two of these or you die," she wrote, signing it, "Love from Keedy."

 

Her mother found the letter and said she thought the letter was humorous, and she'll try to get her daughter everything she wants.

"I know it sounds like she is spoiled but I like to get my daughter what she wants, also you don't want to get on the wrong side of her," Tracey Soares told the newspaper, although she admitted getting the Canadian pop singer might be difficult because Bieber "will be busy with (his) own (family) on Christmas Day."

 

Austin told the reporter she didn't see any problem with the letter.

"I want all of these things and I don't see why I shouldn't get them," she said.

 

 

 Clearly this child and her mother's reaction is just dumb! 

If Austin doesn't get some parenting she may wind up in some serious trouble in the future.  What happens when she decides to give a death threat to a fellow student, the principal or teacher?  Death threats are no laughing matter.  Her actions indicates some 'emotional and psychological issues'.  Its not normal to give death threats for any reason. 

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Three Tween African-American Chess Masters

 

From left, James Black Jr., Justus Williams and Joshua Colas competing in Manhattan last month. Their success is a “phenomenon,” one veteran player said.

Fewer than 2 percent of the 77,000 members of the United States Chess Federation are masters — and just 13 of them are under the age of 14.

 

Among that select group of prodigies are three black players from the New York City area — Justus Williams, Joshua Colas and James Black Jr. — who each became masters before their 13th birthdays.

 

“Masters don’t happen every day, and African-American masters who are 12 never happen,” said Maurice Ashley, 45, the only African-American to earn the top title of grandmaster. “To have three young players do what they have done is something of an amazing curiosity. You normally wouldn’t get something like that in any city of any race.”

 

The chess federation, the game’s governing body, does not keep records on the ethnicity of its members. But a Web site called the Chess Drum — which chronicles the achievements of black chess players and is run by Daaim Shabazz, an associate professor of business at Florida A&M University — lists 85 African-American masters. Shabazz said many of them no longer compete regularly.

 

Ashley, who became a master at age 20 and a grandmaster 14 years later, said the rarity was not surprising. “Chess just isn’t that big in the African-American community,” he said.

 

In September last year, Justus, who is now 13 and lives in the Bronx, was the first of the three boys to get to 2,200, becoming the youngest black player to obtain the master rank. Joshua, 13, of White Plains, was a few months younger than Justus when he became a master last December. James, 12, of Brooklyn, became a master in July.

 

The three New Yorkers met several years ago during competitions. Justus has an edge over James, mostly because he won many of their early games, before James caught up. Head to head, James and Joshua each have several wins against the other. Justus and Joshua have rarely competed against each other.

Although they are rivals, the boys are also friends and share a sense that they are role models.

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8-Year-Old Tycoon Launched Booming Marble Business

 

Harli Jordean is an 8-year-old Marble King Tycoon!  

 

While his friends are  playing the latest computer games, Harli is racking in major dollars with his internet marble empire.  He stays busy with suppliers, buying stock and handling incoming orders.

 

For two years, Harli has been running the thriving marbleking.co.uk website from London.  His company is now turning over thousands of pounds each year – with orders flooding in from as far away as America.

 

The company has grown so much, he has employed his mom and two older brothers to help him handle the demand for marbles.

 

Harli said: ‘My dream is to have a chain of stores like Hamleys – it will be one of the biggest toy stores in the world but selling all sorts of marbles.

 

‘My friends love that I have my own business. At first some of them didn’t believe me – but they do now. They are some of my best customers.

 

‘I love marbles and I love having my own marbles company.’

 

The excitable entrepreneur kick-started his way to becoming a millionaire when he innocently began trading marbles with friends in the playground.

 

But when some older kids took all his stock he could not find anywhere to buy what he wanted.  He begged his mom to let him start his own site and the rest is history in the making.

 

Within months of launching orders flooded in – with Harli handling them all on his own.

 

Surely, Harli will be a millionaire before he's a teen!

                 Shop here >>     www.themarbleking.co.uk/

 

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Take The Educational Pledge!

Education is vital for your success!  Take the educational pledge and commit to creating a future of fulfilled dreams and goals!

The Educational Pledge Partnership is committed to advancing educational and professional opportunities for youth (adolescents, teenagers, and young adults) by working in partnership with individuals families and community institutions.

                       

                    www.TheEducationalPledge.com

*Includes the development of educational programs geared for youth living in urban settings.  The educational outreach components include initiatives that address youth needs at the local, state, and national level.

*Get ntroduced to positive educational role models that will motivate you to advance your education or training in preparation for meaningful careers and future challenges.

*Provides educational and artistic opportunities that promote strong positive value systems for youth and their families.

*Provides educational mediums (workshops, symposiums and theater productions) that develop and inspire positive and productive images for youths living in urban settings.

 

    Check out the website for Take The Pledge and tell your parents and teachers about all the resources available to you and your friends!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paris Jackson Gets a Movie Role

 

Michael Jackson's 13-year-old daughter Paris Jackson scored her first acting job starring in the new film 'Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys.'

'Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys' is a mixed live-action/animation movie.  Paris will play a  girl who survives being brainwashed by a jellyfish queen in the ocean.

 

Filming begins in January. Three Keys is first in a series of five Lundon O'Malley movies to which Paris is committed to act in also.

 

Paris is already giving back like her dad, Michael Jackson, half the profits from the movie and book versions, featuring Paris on the cover, will be donated to schools.

 

 

 

 

 

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Willow Smith & Target Gives Christmas Shopping Spree

 

Last week, Target teamed up with the Willow Smith and her “Kids Helping Kids” campaign to award eight deserving New York kids and their families with a holiday shopping spree in the Target Harlem store.

 

The lucky kids were selected based on a nomination from The Boys and Girls Club of NYC for displaying leadership and academic excellence.

Fifty excited honor roll students from The Harlem Children's Zone also joined in on the early morning festivities to cheer on the families as they sped through the store.

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Life Discovered on another Planet

 

Aliens! Did we find aliens?!

A new planet detected orbiting a star 600 light years away could have continents, oceans and life, it was revealed today.

The planet, Kepler-22b, is about twice the size of Earth and may have a surface temperature of around 22C – similar to a warm spring day in the UK.

 

It is the first so-called “super-Earth” known to lie within the “habitable” zone of a Sun-like star.

 

Dubbed the “Goldilocks zone”, this is the orbital band where temperatures are just right to allow the existence of surface liquid water.

 

This means the planet could have continents and oceans just like the Earth. And where there is liquid water, there could also be life.

 

Scientists believe Kepler-22b may not only be habitable, but possibly even inhabited.

 

“This discovery supports the growing belief that we live in a universe crowded with life,” said Dr Alan Boss, from the Carnegie Institution in Washington DC, who helped identify the planet from data obtained by the Kepler space telescope.

 

 

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