Students Chip In To Help Katrina Victims

While most college students on spring break are busy sunning up and partying down in exotic locales such as Cancun, there are others who are content to sacrifice their spring break to help those less fortunate. The deadly hurricane Katrina caused irreparable damage to New Orleans and its surrounding areas, and many sympathetic college students stepped up to the plate to help those in need.

Pluto - Cast Off and Treated Like a Bum

I am in mourning for an old friend. I am depressed. Along with his eight siblings, Pluto is the guy I grew up with. Like the unwanted weakling of a herd of wildebeest roaming the Serengeti plains of East Africa, dear Pluto has been racially profiled a dwarf, stripped naked, nudged out of the family, discarded and condemned to eternally wander the vast emptiness of space, alone and forgotten. Having spent years of my youth at the wondrous Hayden Planetarium, kid sister to an older brother's passion for astronomy, I too developed a strong sense of connection to the mysteries of what's out there. Comets and asteroids come and go, but a planet is a thing of beauty forever.

Hurricane Ernesto to Re-route Cruise Ships in Jamaica and Cayman Islands

Tropical Storm Ernesto will soon be a Hurricane say Caribbean Meteorologists and those at the National Weather Service. Tropical Storm Ernesto is set to arrive there by Tuesday or Wednesday and make a real mess of things, but by then it is bound to be as full-fledged Hurricane. Local fishermen in Kingston, Jamaica are worried and say this may be the one we have been fearing during this 2006 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season.

Waste Recycling Needs our Support

It is important to try, as individuals and organizations, to support recycling of waste in any way that we can. A safe and healthy environment is the responsibility of us all.

Thoughts on the Current Immigration Mess

Congress is as much of the problem with illegal immigration as the solution. When you cannot protect the borders, other security measures like at US airports are just for show.

A Review of Troubled Youth Programs

Recent past has witnessed a steady increase of teenagers being put on the spot before law. This has necessitated the launch of different troubled youth programs, to help children and teenagers with problems fitting to the society lead a normal social life. There are many number of reasons for the difficulties they are facing. The usual problems associated with these young people are drug abuse, criminal activities and being subject of abuse.

Explosion of Light

Too much of a good thing can be bad. In the case of outdoor lighting, it turns out that it's a really bad thing.

The Watch Power

One of the most usual reactions a person has when another asks what time of the day it is, is to look at one's wrist so as to take a look at the small portable clock displaying the time.

Female Serial Killers...

One of the rarest creatures in the criminal world is the female serial killer. “Due to her dangerousness and limited treatability, unlimited detention in prison for the protection of others was recommended.”

Crystal and Indigo Children and Adults

Crystal and Indigo people thought they were like all humans and only recently did they feel, understand, act differently or become aware of their mission. So now they know their origins and purposes, for the most part, and many of them became Indigo parents. How many people are Indigo parents?

American Family Foundation

The American Family Foundation (AFA) is one of the most highly-visible and controversial groups involved in the effort to uphold traditional family values.

Private-Public Sector Partnership Necessary in Biotechnology Research

The article calls for private-public partnership in biotechnology research.

The Media As Big Mother

In the global village of the age of information, the chief hut belongs to Big Momma and no one is safe from her influence.

How To Approach Your Noisy Neighbors

It is certainly true that there may be no law that can put your noisy neighbors permanently behind bars, but there is still a way where you can achieve sweet justice. It is always a hassle when you are ready for your daily dose of sleep when all of a sudden your neighbor pumped up the volume of their stereo or are just plain boisterous and rowdy. You may feel that there is not much you can do since it’s a free world anyway. But there is a chance of hope to keep things under control if you try to talk and straighten the issue face to face with your neighbors.