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Update: International Symposium on Energy and Environment

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 Posted in Energy, Entertainment, Environment | No Comments »

Just two posts ago I wrote about an upcoming conference at Washington University in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had an update in today's paper called, "Universities see green at forum", detailing some of the outcomes of the Symposium. Washington ...

Subsidized by the Devil?

Thursday, February 1st, 2007 Posted in Capitalism, Entertainment, Politics, Society | No Comments »

There has to be a smidgen of truth to Hugo Chavez's claim that George Bush is the devil. Let's put aside the fact that Chavez isn't the most democratic leader in this history of civilization, but then again, neither is ...

Acting A Fool

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 Posted in Entertainment, Environment, Responsibility | No Comments »

An interesting study was released by UCLA recently that shows how environmentally unfriendly the movie industry is. An article about the study can be found here. Some of the eye-opening stats from the article include: . . . the industry created more ...