IRB blog post 4- Double Feature: Dinner and a Movie

"To Upgrade From Dirty Carpets and Tubs of Popcorn, Theater Chains Try Full Menus, Seat-Side Service"
With the increasing amount of ways that you can order movies right from your home, movie theaters are trying to think of new ways to bring in customers. However, theaters are still relatively dingy with cramped seating and expensive candy. New theaters are trying to make going to the movies a more pleasant night out by adding dinner to the experience. These theaters are offering gourmet or casual dinners that you can eat while you watch. The seats are also larger and much more comfortable with more space in between rows.
I think that in order for the movie theater industry to continue to make money they are going to have to make improvements such as the ones mentioned in this article. People are not going to continue to go out and pay too much for a movie and candy if they can get the same thing at their house for a fraction of the price.
How long will it take all theaters to catch on to this new money-making opportunity?
Will people continue to go to regular movie theaters if they are not changed?

The pictures that goes along with this article makes these new theaters look very appealing.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808704576062040285064856.html?mod=rss_Arts_and_Entertainment

IRB blog post 4- BP, Transocean, Halliburton blamed by presidential Gulf oil spill commission

BP was the main company in the news being blamed for this summer's oil leak, but according to recent reports there are three main companies to blame. BP, Transocean, and Halliburton are blamed for being irresponsible and overlooking systemic failures. It is reported that all three companies ignored warning signs and didn't take necessary precautions. New reports documented the exact missteps of the three companies. There was also "poor communication between BP and Halliburton". Reports say that a disaster like this could happen again unless there are changes in the oil system.
Will these large companies suffer financial because of their poor management?
Will oil companies change the ways that they get their oil to make it safer?

Another article that talks about the three companies involved in the oil leak.
http://247wallst.com/2010/09/08/bp-report-blame-transocean-and-halliburton/

IRB blog post 4- Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal Reports

Results from a test supposedly proving that vaccines were linked to autism, has been renounced by 10 of its 13 authors. The paper was written in 1998 by Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues. It said that there was a link between a childhood MMR shot and autism. According to new findings information about the study was not true. They altered information about the children participating in the study. Apparantly, 5 of the children in the study had already been noticed to have developmental issues even though all 12 children were stated to be normal. Andrew Wakefield is no longer allowed to practice medicine in Britain.
After this study went public, many parents didn't give their children these vaccines. Even now, the rate of these vaccinations has not gone up to what it was before the study. Not giving children vaccines puts everyone at risk of highly contagious diseases that could be prevented. There have been recent studies proving that there is no link between autism and vaccinations.
Will people now understand that there is no link between vaccines and autism, or will they still be looking for something to blame?
Will the rate of vaccinations go back up to what it was before the altered study?
"It is easy to scary people, but, hard to un-scare them." -5 oclock news

This article also discusses Andrew Wakefield and his false study.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_autism_fraud