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The B2P is one of a long list of useful items that can be made from recycled water bottles, including car bumpers, life jackets, rope, t-shirts, carpet, the ever-present yet undeniably handy reusable shopping bag, and even lumber for homes and decks.

Many of us touch upon at least one piece of technology per day, and in this fast-paced, high tech world we live in, it’s an inevitable foundation in our lives. But when recent studies show that 7 percent of teens would rather lose their job than their phone, organizations and protest groups started to take a second look. Now ranked as influential as gambling addiction or kleptomania, technology addiction has taken the American population in its grip, having detrimental affects on our populations health and intelligence level. How can we collectively stand up to this addiction and cope with the immediate demands that require technology in our everyday lives?

Normally I write gaming articles, but I’ve decided to branch out this time and write something different. Halloween is now behind us and, with Thanksgiving on the horizon, many of us will be heading to the stores, intent on acquiring presents for the upcoming holiday season. As we embark on our journey down through the danger-filled dungeons of the department stores and set out on the tattered trail of televised toy technologies, many of us go forth armed with the belief that the customer is always right. But what does this actually mean?

When hearing the word Kikini, one may think of a tropical island paradise and if so, then you already have something in common with its founders. While Kikini may not offer poolside drinks and island breezes, it does fill a niche in the market of online dating; it is a site created for college singles only, ages 18 to 24.

While the weather is still beach-worthy, autumn is slowly creeping in, and students are trickling back into the busy schedule of classes, clubs, sports and social life. But even with this busy schedule, we can all take quick and easy steps to buy or use items from our closets to push the envelope and showcase the new season’s trends.

With everything that people in this country are arguing about, we as a people forget the many things we can agree on. One of those things is the idea that anyone who would do physical harm to a child is not someone who should be allowed to walk free in society. Many people would say there is nothing worse than that crime. But, in my opinion, there is and that would be the people who cover up these crimes or give safe havens to those who have committed these heinous acts. It is because of this that I am issuing a call that Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, be arrested for knowingly harboring those who have or would impose physical harm to children.

When one thinks of Brazilian music the fervent samba drum beats of Carnival or the smooth sounds of bossa nova may come to mind. Whatever the style, one may not think of NOVA music major Mark Sawasky. Don’t let his Dearborn, Mich. roots fool you though. He plays as passionately and soulfully as any world musician. He is a true artist.
Sawasky got his start in a rock band in his hometown. When a two-stringed Albanian Lute musician wanted to record with the band, they took their music to the recording …

The American public’s sentiment for creating sensible marijuana laws is ever increasing, and it seems someone finally brought these ideas to Virginia with the introduction of House Bill 1134.

Delegate Harvey Morgan was an unlikely candidate  to sponsor the first marijuana decriminalization bill in Virginia for over 30 years. The second most senior member of the Virginia House of Delegates, a Republican and pharmacist by trade; Delegate Morgan commands respect among his peers in the Virginia Legislature.

Virginia’s attorney general has encouraged institutions of higher education to remove written policies they may have that enforce anti-discrimination policies on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Ken Cuccinelli’s reasoning for this is that the standards of anti-discrimination policies for state institutions can only be set by the General Assembly and, since the Assembly has repeatedly voted against including such language in state policies, then universities should not be doing so.