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Recycling in the city is nothing new, there is now just more of a focus on it. Remember the first time the blue buckets were handed out and everyone was laughing about them? Well people aren't laughing now as every city in America and every country around the globe is looking for better ways to [...]
Chinese antigues shop thinking has us whittling by the stove but taking turns reading from some history book. We see that the Boxer Rebellion broke out in 1900, and that it was due to frustration of Chinese over decades of being treated as the servant in their own nation. In the past half century China [...]
There's a growing epidemic these days with the justice system and its jails. To put it simply — jail and prison space is in limited supply, especially in heavy populated states like California. Because of this space problem, DUI busts for first timers and even repeat offenders are often punished using methods other than cell [...]
In California crank calls and threats over the phone to cause injury are illegal. Penal Code Section 653mm, states that every person who, with intent to annoy, telephones or makes contact by means of an electronic communication device with another and addresses to or about the other person any obscene language or addresses to [...]
On this thanksgiving day two thousand seven, when the first warm, inviting, delicious smell of the Thanksgiving Day turkey cooking in the oven strikes my positive smelling senses I think, oh! what a wonderful feeling and sensation.
Pepper sprays have been around since the Chinese threw bags of peppery spices at their foes thousand of years ago. Defensive sprays, as they are sometimes called, are the most popular self defense product in the world.
Since the break up of the USSR, and the fall of the Iron Curtain, many foreigners have visited the countries of today's Commonwealth of Independent States. The tourists have discovered countries that may have been off limits to them before, but they have also discovered the amazing beauty of Eastern women.
Japan, after surviving two terrifying Mongol attacks with some of China's looting plunder and rape, developed a protective samurai sword that has never been equalled, of any sword ever yet created. In any discussion of the evolution of the mind set of the mild mannered Japanese antiques shop personality, in contrast with the terror of [...]
We don’t like to think about people doing harm to ourselves or others. The reality, however, is that we live in a country with one of the highest rates of financial crimes, including embezzlement, fraud, theft, etc. And, that’s just the beginning.
The Super Bowl, for millions of people, is the most exciting game in the world. Every year over 100,000 Americans gather to watch the game, many as if their lives depend on it. What does this say about us as human beings? What does this say about our values?