Super 8 movie trailer

Posted on March 14, 2011 | Comments Off on Super 8 movie trailer

This movie trailer has that classic Spielberg feel. Likely to be the biggest movie of the summer. Can’t wait.

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Celebrity school photos

Posted on March 14, 2011 | Comments Off on Celebrity school photos

They were just like us! Take a look at some school portraits of famous celebrities. (via Blame It On The Voices)

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What nuclear poisoning can do to you

Posted on March 14, 2011 | Comments Off on What nuclear poisoning can do to you

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There is a lot of news coming out of Japan regarding nuclear reactors melting down. It is serious business and will likely derail plans for nuclear energy expansion for a long time.

There are two types of radiation poisoning. They are:

  • Acute Radiation Syndrome: This is caused by a short term exposure to radiation.
  • Chronic Radiation Syndrome: This is caused by a long term exposure to radiation.

Symptoms of Radiation Poisoning

  • Decrease in the number of red blood cells.
  • Decrease in immunity cells or white blood cells.
  • Sterility in males as well as in females.
  • Headaches.
  • Nausea.
  • Uncontrollable bleeding in the mouth, under the skin and in the kidneys.
  • Destruction of bone marrow cells.
  • Damage of Gastric and Intestinal Tissue. Intestinal Bleeding.
  • Massive Diarrhea and loss of water.

The death caused by radiation poisoning is often quite painful. At present, there is no cure for radiation sickness. The only treatment available is for relieving the pain of the patient.

If you can stomach it, a Google image search of “nuclear poisoning” will give you an idea of how dangerous this stuff is.

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How to help the people of Japan

Posted on March 11, 2011 | Comments Off on How to help the people of Japan

The amount of devastation from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan is astonishing. Scores of people have lost their lives and the destruction is flabbergasting.

If you would like to help the people of Japan right away, I would recommend the Red Cross. Be careful donating to unknown organizations. You can vet charities on websites such as CharityNavigator.org and the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance (bbb.org/us/charity).

The American Red Cross – Click here

You can give $10 by texting “Red Cross” to 90999. The donation will be automatically added to your phone bill.

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Amazing video of tsunami destruction here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640

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A Day Made of Glass

Posted on March 11, 2011 | Comments Off on A Day Made of Glass

Here is a corporate video from Corning that has gone viral. It has been viewed more than 8 million times. It shows the innovation possibilities one can achieve with glass and how it can be applied on our daily lives. Though many of the ideas are futuristic, Corning believes they are possible and are working on making them a reality.

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Crime & Punishment: Clever Sentencing

Posted on March 10, 2011 | Comments Off on Crime & Punishment: Clever Sentencing

Alabama judge orders shoplifter to wear signboards outside a local Wal-Mart proclaiming "I am a Thief. I Stole from Walmart."

We are a nation that loves to put people behind bars. An estimated 2 million people (1 in 142 people in U.S.) in America are incarcerated. The cost on this is astronomical and is requiring many states to get creative on how we punish people who commit crimes.

Sentencing is most restrictive at the federal level, where judges tally up the offenses and use a formula set by Congress to determine prison time. Felony and misdemeanor judges in every state have legal constraints on sentences, but many have leeway to add “special” conditions. Municipal courts, which generally handle traffic and misdemeanor cases, typically leave the most room for creativity.
 
I believe that we need to differentiate between the criminals who we are afraid of and the people who we are mad at for doing something stupid. I want to lock up bad people, but I am also in favor of unique punishments that are personalized for the convicted.

Here are some examples of creative sentencing that I applaud.

  • Judge Mike Erwin of Baton Rouge first ventured out of the rulebook in the early 1990s. A young man hit an elderly man in an argument “over something really stupid.” Erwin ordered him to listen to a John Prine song, Hello in There, about lonely old people and write an essay about it.
  • In 2007, criminal defense attorney Michael Steven Sherman of Wexford, Pa., asked a Butler County judge to reconsider making his client carry a photograph of the man she killed in a car accident after his family chose a photograph of the man in his coffin.
  • Judge Larry Standley in Harris County TX added mandatory Yoga classes to a jail sentence for a man accused of slapping his wife.
  • Matthew R. Willis will serve 30 days every year for a decade on the anniversary of the crash that killed a passenger in his car. He had been speeding and driving carelessly.
  • Every Friday for the next 10 years, as part of his sentence, Brandon Blenden must write a $1 check and mail it the parents of a girl who he killed while driving drunk. He must also write in the memo, “for the death of your daughter Whitney.”

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This man really admires Julia Roberts

Posted on March 10, 2011 | Comments Off on This man really admires Julia Roberts

When it comes to Julia Roberts, what’s not to love? Admiration of a famous celebrity is nothing new, but film buff Miljenko Parserisas Bukovic has taken it to a whole new level of creepy. He loves the “Pretty Woman” star so much he has etched 82 tattoos of her all over his body.

Photo Source: Reuters


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CIA Spy Tools

Posted on March 10, 2011 | 2 comments

WIRED has a wonderful review of some spycraft tools used by the CIA. Check out the cool tradecraft tools and full article here.

Source: WIRED. Special devices were used in World War II to roll and retrieve letters from envelopes without disturbing their seals.

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Youth Lexicon: Understanding how teens talk

Posted on March 10, 2011 | Comments Off on Youth Lexicon: Understanding how teens talk

Next time you want to embarrass your teenager, hop on Facebook and start posting to their wall with some of these abbreviations.

They may get “sensy” about it, but it will be “totes” worth it.

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Lent explained through the music of Sting

Posted on March 9, 2011 | Comments Off on Lent explained through the music of Sting

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Is there a little black spot on your head today? Then you probably know what Lent is. If you aren’t Catholic and don’t really understand Lent, here is a music video that uses the music of Sting’s “King of Pain“ to help explain.

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