Category: Things That Matter


BofA plans to charge a $5 dollar debit card fee next year

Let me get this straight? We, the tax payers bailed out these HUGE bank monopolies with our hard earned money and now they want to charge us a $5 dollar fee for using their precious debit cards? Are you kidding me??

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When a drug-related gun fight breaks outside a school  in Monterrey Mexico, 33-year old kindergarten teacher Marta Rivera Alanis calms her students by focusing their fears away with the “chocolate droplets falling from the sky” song while recording video of the incident on her blackberry.

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Radiation levels in the United States

As Japanese workers scramble around the clock to cool down and contain the nuclear reactors in Fukushima. We are left to wonder onthe other side of the Pacific Ocean the possible effects released particles could have on San Diego.

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Law abiding citizens such as yourself and I may have to pay yet again for the thoughtless and illegal actions of a criminal. What happened this time you ask? Well due to a California Supreme Court decision (5-2 The People of Ventura County vs. Gregory Diaz) filed on Monday January 3, 2010, law enforcement can go through the contents of your cell phone without a warrant in California.

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AP - Florencio Avalos first of the 33 miners to reach the surface

Just a few minutes ago 31-year old Florencio Avalos wearing special dark sunglasses to protect his eyes, became the first of the 33 Chilean miners trapped for 10 weeks and more than one kilometer underground to reach the surface.

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Brokers of Expertise - myboe.org

We can’t deny that the social network Facebook is a great place to exchange ideas. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could apply that same model towards something more important than about how many pigs one has in their farm? Well, the California Department of Education has created such a site called Brokers of Expertise. The site exclusively for teachers allows its educators to create online groups and communities for collaboration to positively influence instructing strategies.

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