December 2007
1 post
November 2007
5 posts
Common Sense wins award
A small shop in downtown Plymouth, MA won an award for upholding the historic look of the town. They put window displays relating to the season up every few months and use rustic signs and keeps up the appearance of the awning (which with most toher stores are fraying.) This story probally doesn’t seem to be of much importance to many but since i live there, i am able to see the significance...
Patriots set to put green power into play
In this article it told of how the Patriots football team is purchasing renewbale energy credits to offset the energy used to put on a game. this energy consists of lighting the field, powering the consession stands, the scoreboard, etc. i think it is very innovative for them to do this and will set a good example for sports teams in the future. this will also give a positive outlook on reducing...
Dewmocracy
I think this website and campaign were very interesting because of how interactive it is. I thought it was a little strange how they made it so you had to enter a chamber to create your Mountain Dew. But I guess it makes sense to do this because it makes your new Mountain Dew like a survival tool in this virtual chamber world. You have to battle with your dew and this will help to maintain your...
October 2007
12 posts
N.C. blaze kills seven students at beach house
Seven people were killed in a house fire in North Carolina this past weekend. Six people survived and one jumped from a window into a waterway to escape the fire. 12 of the 13 kids attended University of South Carolina, and one attended Clemson. The house belonged to the parents of one of the girls who was in the house. The source of the fire is yet to be determined, and the names of those who...
Rear Window
The evidence collection between that in Rear Window and modern evidence collection today i don’t think are that different. I think the situations were different however between these two scenarios. In Rear Window he is stuck there 24 hours a day just watching his neighbor, and observing his behavior while in the privacy of his own home. With modern evidence collection detectives will stake...
Custody Battle Ensues Over Leg Found in Barbecue...
A man stored his severed leg in a smoker to preserve it after a 2004 plane crash. the man kept the smoker in a storage unit, but after he didnt pay the charges for the storage, the company sold the smoker to an auction house. Whibsnant, who bought the smoker turned the leg in to the police, who then gave the leg over to a funeral home. now, Wood, the leg’s original owner and Whibsnant, who...
September 2007
12 posts
“Don’t say that you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same...”
– H. Jackson Brown Jr.
My Divided Attention
While starting to read this article, I was unsure about how much I agreed with the idea that having more news sources was actually detrimental to our cognitive social development. But as the article went on I saw that you in fact make an excellent point (and I’m not just saying that.) there are so many means of obtaining information out there that very few people search multiple websites or...