Less than a week ago, an ex-UVA lacrosse player was convicted of the murder of his former girlfriend in a tense courtroom. Eyes around the nation were glued to the TV screen. Even if you did not have a connection to the University of Virginia or did not know George Huguely or Yeardley Love, it was [ Read More ]
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I know it’s easy to blow off all of this Election Day chaos because it can seem to be straight-up silly at times. With all of the mud-slinging and “he said, she said” going on, it’s easy to want to write it all off as one big joke, but even though the antics of the [ Read More ]
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What I love about the Internet Age is how more and more tools are made available to us on a daily basis that can make our lives easier. And the best part? Most of the best ones are free! Here are some websites I use on a daily basis to help me save time and [ Read More ]
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Today we’re hearing that many parents don’t teach their youth or children about their own personal finances. I have to agree! I sure know my parents never took the time to show me anything when it came to my own personal finances. It’s so very important for all of us to learn this process [ Read More ]
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OK, I’ll admit it – I’m one of those geeks who took the time to watch Mark Zuckerberg’s F8 2011 keynote about the changes rolling out on Facebook in the next couple months. Although everything seemed really innovative and interesting, there were a couple points that raised my concern. App privacy issues Eventually, when you give [ Read More ]
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OK, so I think it’s a universal agreement that Facebook’s upcoming Timeline interface is going to be pretty epic. There’s no denying that. The changes should be available to everyone in the upcoming weeks, so try to contain your excitement! If you aren’t excited (or are kind of pissed off about the situation), here’s some reasons [ Read More ]
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Think back to the election of 2008: do you remember seeing the map of the United States filled with red and blue states? Such electoral maps make America look quite separated by state and region. Yet, is this polarization really what defines American politics? As the election of 2012 approaches, polarity does seem to be [ Read More ]
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So, you select only what you want to see. Yeah, that’s great; you never have to look at something you don’t want to again. But what else are you seeing daily? Nothing. It’s kind of like tunnel vision- you’re not seeing anything else. And when you’re not seeing anything new or random that’s outside of what you expect, you’re limiting yourself.
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Not guilty. These two words were on the minds of Americans everywhere. The vigorous trial finally came to an end in a Florida courtroom on Tuesday afternoon, bringing shock and dismay to many. However you may feel about the innocence (or lack thereof) of Casey Anthony, I can’t help but be reminded of why our [ Read More ]
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