Monthly Archives: September 2012

Parents Posting: What about the Children’s Right to Privacy?

After 6 years of posting photos, videos, and stories about my children on social networking sites, I have to admit I have only ever been concerned about it in terms of safety. I have made sure to set my privacy …

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Convergence in the Canadian press

The Canadian press has often impressed me with their analyses of issues that the American electorate either didn’t know about or didn’t know enough about to care. The Canadian press has yet to let me down on this front, as …

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Foreign Species taking over in the South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

Can you imagine what life would be like if your entire community was being invaded to the point of eradication? What would life be like? What would you do to prevent this from happening?

The Lionfish, native to the pacific …

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Yellow Journalism in the Apathetic World of Modern Media

Yellow journalism is, or rather was, a form of journalism that relied on exaggerated headlines and sensationalist stories to sell papers. It often featured little to no research in an effort to pander to the public’s need for juicy stories. …

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We’re STUCK in our Chairs

It seems as technology becomes more sophisticated we sit down in our chair more. We are somewhat forced to sit down, stare into our computer screens, iPhones and video games and become slaves to technology. The things we had to …

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Whats your web presense?

These days you can’t do anything online without making an account. Making an account on a site requires having an email address, giving away information such as your birthday, location and any number of other details. I started thinking not …

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SIRI: Saving Lives or Endangering More?

For years now, phone companies and other researchers have long debated the dangerous of the cell phone and driving. There were many different approaches to this, depending on the laws of the particular state. Some banned cell phones while driving …

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Journalism as a Force for Change

The ability of today’s media to influence opinion and coverage of events has led to the development of news as a weapon politically and in martial matters. Winston Churchill once remarked that “history is written by the victors”, and indeed …

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A Philadelphia Business Owner Faces Lawsuit for paying $20,000 to clean a Trashed Lot

Have you ever passed by a corporate area or neighborhood with a trashed vacant lot? What if you happened to be an business owner or homeowner that happens to live next to the trashed lot? Would you let it be …

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The Thin Line Between Journalism and Abundance

It can be said that journalism is the last line of defense for freedom, if it is lost the fourth estate is no longer watching out for the people; unfortunately, the decline is visible. Broadcast journalism has a very hard …

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