MySpace: Friend or Foe?

In Boulder, Colorado, when a party turned violent, police used the popular networking website MySpace to identify six suspects who are accused of rape and robbery. Officials said that there was blood "in almost every room of the house". Six men have already been arrested and a seventh is still being looked for. The victim of this terrible accident is said to have become aquainted with the suspects through MySpace. The victim only knew their first names, however their pictures were posted on their website. The detectives took a look at her friends list to see who could have been involved. The men face charges of sexual assault and felony theft. They stole $40,000 worth of goods, however $13,000 of those goods have been recovered. Whose fault was this, the girl's fault or the suspects fault. Is MySpace mostly good or mostly bad, or does it depend on the user?

Just Some Info on Body Oddities

The human body does many things that we have no idea why it does it. Some of the things it does we don't even understand why it's doing it. I have done some research on some of the body oddities in attempt to help myself and others understand them a little bit better.

Twitches- The technical name for these uncontrollable spasms is "fasciculation". These spasms are causes from nerve abnormalities underneath the skin that are associated with that part of the muscle. Caffeine, lack of sleep, stress, or even healthy excersise can cause theses fasciculations to occur. They are possible in every place there is a muscle.

Ear Wax- Your ear is lined with glands that are simmilar to sweat glands except these excreate wax. these glands are called cerumen glands. The reason for this wax is to help trap dirt and any other thing that tries to get in one's ear. This wax for the most part usually makes it's way out of the ear naturally, but if your ear has a mass amount of wax, then you should consider cleaning it or calling a doctor.

Hiccups- Hiccups happen when the diaphragm starts to spasm and like every other spasm, it is impossible to voluntarily turn on. The diaphragm is a muscle at the bottom of the lungs and causes the lungs to intake a sharp breath of air whenever it begins to spasm. Hiccups are caused by raising the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and by stimulating the vagus nerve. Some different ways to get the hiccups are by holding your breath, breathing into a paper bag, drinking water through a wash cloth, pulling gently on the tongue, and rubbing your eyeballs.

Crazy Weather in California

I know what your asking yourself, and yes, the current storm that we are in was brought from Alaska. The result of this was spotty showers and the chilly weather in the lowlands and up to 18 inches of snow in the mountains. This new powder made for the best snowboarding and skiing conditions this winter. This storm affected many schools including all 8 schools in the Rim of the World School District which will be closed on Monday. These schools are located in the city of Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, and Running Springs. This weather which includes; gusty winds, snowy skies, and icy roads, have created horrible driving conditons.

The Scopes Trial vs. "Inherit The Wind"

There is a common misconception about the Scope's Trial that the society perceives it as. The reason for this misconception is because of the popular 1960's movie, Inherit The Wind. Inherit The Wind was a movie that attempted re-enact the Scope's Trial of 1925. The movie had some truth in it, but most of it was propaganda and demoted Christianity. Inherit The Winddid not give an accurate view of the Scope's Trial and it certainly degraded the Christian faith.
The movie perceives the trial as something that was really going on in the town. Now, the trial really was going on in the town, but the movie plays it off like the towns people and the courts have no idea that what is going on is a big setup. The actual purpose of the Scopes trial was to put the city of Dayton on the map as a popular American city. The whole thing was fake and most everybody in the town new that the town and the people just wanted a lot of hooplala around the town so it would get publicity.
While in the city, the were many Christian and Evolutionary protests going on. Signs were everywhere that supported both types of life styles. Many fairs and rallies were held in order to bring the media and the public over to the city. The trial was successful in this aspect of it's purpose. For this very reason, it is valid to say that the Scopes trial can also be called a "show trial".
Inherit The Wind, for the most part, was made from a very Naturalistic or Pro-Darwinian Evolutionary point of view. There are many one liners in the movie that refer to the Evolutionary Theory as being true and creation being a fantasy. The movie is very Anti-Christian and makes many references that degrade the lifestyle of Christianity. It makes Christians look like fools and insane people. It perceives Christians as being non-loving toward non-believers and very narrow minded toward new ideas which does have some truth to it.
The overall point of Inherit The Wind is almost entirely completely inaccurate. It makes the Scopes trial to look like a real event when in reality it was all really just a setup. The bias it has against Christianity is completely ridiculous and shows it's true worldview colors. This movie as a whole does not have very much truth to, but most of the culture has accepted it to be true because they do not know the truth about the Scopes trial. The only way one would know that this movie is false facts is if they researched the trial and did their homework about it.