Monthly Archives: February 2012

Mounting Drug Violence in Mexico

Drug violence in Mexico seems to have increased over the past few years.  I came across this news story and realized I have been to Mexico a few times but for vacation, obviously.  It is crazy to think some of …

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Thin or Not, Humans Still Have Feelings

Earlier this week, images of Ioana Spangenberg surfaced on the internet. She’s a fashion model. Most people might think nothing of it; I mean, seriously, do pictures of new upcoming fashion models really attract our attention anymore? No, not really. …

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Separation of Church and State

“Separation of church and state” is a concept used in the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of  the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The First Amendment  elucidates that “Congress shall make no law respecting an …

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Survivor Producer Trying to Survive Murder Convictions

Bruce Beresford-Redman, former producer of the hit show Survivor, is awaiting trial for the murder of his wife.  Beresford-Redman took his wife and youn children on a vacation to Cancun, Mexico in 2010.  A week later, his wife’s body was …

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Puerto Rico wants to kill millions of iguanas

There are roughly four million iguanas living on the island of Puerto Rico and government officials aren’t too happy about this. These iguanas have been blamed for taking over airport runways, tunneling under buildings and destroying its foundations, as well …

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Sandusky spotted watching children

On Tuesday, state prosecutors asked to have the former Penn State assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky confined to the inside of his house as part of his house arrest. Apparently, there have been complaints that Sandusky has been outside on …

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Grand Canyon to Ban Water Bottles

According to the Huffington Post, the sale of plastic water bottles will soon be banned at the Grand Canyon. This decision was made by the National Park Service on Monday and the plan is to eliminate all plastic bottle sales …

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Is transportation planning appropriate for today?

Since the size and safety of cars in the same parking lots or, for that matter, on the same roads has been raised, let’s take the issue one step farther; what about bicycles? I happen to fancy myself an environmentalist …

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Nerd Herd Says Goodbye To Chuck

When the fall season kicks off, networks roll out brand new shows along with new episodes of established favorites.   The 2007-2008 television season saw the release of two programs for the nerds in all of us, The Big Bang Theory …

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SOPA Put On Hold, But For How Long

Internet downloading, pirating, sharing, streaming.  It doesn’t matter what name you use to define it, either way the government wants to put a stop to it.  Last week Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was discussed in congress as a means …

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