... 's website. Since their beginning, the company has expanded the list of domain endings to include such top-level domain names as .biz and .xxx, but the list will soon grow exponentially (Gross). However, the option won't be open for everyone. The cost for an individualized domain name will be at least $185,000 per domain application and $25,000 in annual fees, more for those who ... idea that only powerhouse companies will be able to spend the money on their own domain name. Furthermore, the new rule could cut down on phishing and other online scam attempts. For instance, if a certain ba...

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The Notre Dame campus is still in shock over the sudden death of Declan Sullivan, a junior studying film marketing and television and theater (Gay). Sullivan was filming a football practice atop a scissor lift, a portable hydraulic lift that allows people to videotape team drills from as high as 40 feet above practice field, when the lift collapsed from high winds (Auman). The afternoon that Sullivan died winds reached up to 51 mph in South Bend, according to the National Weather Service. Students even struggled to walk to class (Hall). Hours before his death, Sullivan tweeted about his predic...

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... a fight in a fast food parking lot. According to witnesses, Davis shot Mark MacPhail in the face and the heart, ultimately ending his life. Since then, Davis has been granted three stays of execution. However, those fighting for Davis' fourth stay of execution argue that he was wrongfully convicted in a case that was built on an incredibly insufficient amount of physical evidence and shaky-at-best witness ... testimony (Severson). There is no physical evidence that ties Davis to the killing. Furthermore, seven of the nine witnesses later questioned their own testimony ... ...

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Jennifer Mee, a Floridian teenager who once gained fame as the "hiccup girl," is now in the spotlight for a different reason. Hee was recently charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting and armed robbery of Shannon Griffin. Griffin's body was found with "several gunshots to his upper body." Mee brought Griffin to a home where two others, Laron Raiford and Lamont Newton, robbed him at gunpoint (Flam). "Jennifer Mee lured the victim to the address...

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... . Conrad Murray, the personal physician of the late Michael Jackson, took a turn for the worse after the 911 call was played to jurors on September 29th. Murray chose not to call for an ambulance for nearly thirty minutes after he first realized that Jackson needed medical attention - a fact that prosecutors are calling an attempt at a cover-up (Los Angeles Times). Jackson's security guard, ... then calmly told Alvarez that the singer had "a bad reaction" and needed to be taken to the hospital. However, instead of calling an ambulance right away, he collected medical vials and pill bottle...

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... ones, this ceremony will be the last one conducted by the survivors' association (Lovett). "We had no choice," said William H. Eckel, who previously directed the Fourth Division of the association. "Wives and family members have been trying to keep it operating, but they just can't do it. People are winding up in nursing homes and intensive care units" (Lovett). Harry Kerr, another survivor ... Southeast chapter, said, "We just ran out of gas, that's what it amounted to. We felt we ran a good course for 70 years. Fought a good fight. We have no place to recruit people anymore: Dec. 7 on...

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... , the woman said her monthly grocery bills have almost doubled. Spikes in gasoline prices have her husband looking for part-time work because he drives a daily 60-mile round trip to work. There's no talk of a summer vacation this year. She's not alone. Whether a household has one or four members, the double-digit rate rise in the cost ... a fill-up remains a shock, but said that rising food costs could eventually have more of an impact on a budget because families typically spend three times more on food than gasoline. That's not to say the increase in gasoline prices the past two years ...

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... high school, I was able to choose a career to study for a day. This involved going to work with a person in that field of work. I chose to go to work with my grandma. It was more about seeing why she keeps going to work every day more than it was the career I wanted to study. On that day, I learned why grandma got out of bed and went to work with a smile on her face. Nursing ... was not just a job. It was a career that allowed her to meet ... home at night knowing that I was helping people. Becoming a nurse is rewarding. It is challenging at times, but when you see a patient able to go...

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Wikipedia is a vast database of knowledge. The double edged sword of using Wikipedia is that while most of the information is accurate, anyone can edit an article, and Wiki Trolls are commonplace. Evidently, some people have nothing better to do than to place insanely inaccurate information into the articles on Wikipedia. Detractors will say that no one should use Wikipedia as a reference for anything, and many ... schools and colleges have forbidden the use of Wikipedia as a reference. ... , research it yourself. If something isn't sourced, but it peaks your interest, and you'd like to know...

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... is a known fact that oil is a long natural process and should be taken more seriously by the people. This is a luxury that we have taken for granted. Chose a job close to home or move closer! Ride a bike or take a walk to work instead of adding to the pollution and losing more money on car insurance, car bills and gas. Not only will the stress ... been melting for some time now; however, they've been melting much quicker than predicted by scientist. Reason being, as with the Green House, so much pollution covers the planet that when heat enters through sunbeams that same amount of heat ...

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... than global, and more than ever before people, at least in western society use fashion to communicate the sort of person that they want you to believe they are. In fact, there seem to be "Uniforms" that tell people who you hang with. For example, if one were to say "Name part of the lesbian uniform", most in today's culture would say things like "Birkenstocks, flannel shirt ... , Khaki shorts, and short hair". (Feminists are assumed to wear the same uniform) Artists wear lots of hand knit stuff, computer ... , so long as you don't also smell. For the first time in history, determining wh...

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... be a dream that the audience could have. While the narrator speaks of marching on, he refers to it in the fourth line as "and toward our distant rest began to trudge" (Owen, 1). This sets up the tone of the work to be dreamlike and distant and, as the soldiers must go on, wearily and sleepily with rest being something that was not so much distant, as was ... . To forget what was experienced would be rest, but the narrator cannot forget. The narrator presents the poem in a way that suggests he is in a perpetual nightmare, constantly dreaming of a man, who died in front of him. He uses the...

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... online or by cell phone by anyone in the family. You can view the calendar in day, week, or month format and can have reminders sent automatically to your phone in the form of a text message. The calendar information can be shared with anyone you like so you can make sure other caregivers know what is going on. This free tool allows you ... . Set out clothes for the school the night before and have a morning routine firmly in place so everyone knows what needs to be done and how long they have to do it. This will help children feel confident and at ease instead of anxious and rushed. Aft...

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... their homes and families. We've heard a lot about Wall Street and the banks and how greed brought them down. We did not hear about how greedy the construction and real estate sales market was. All of the blame seemed to be put on the financial sector, when in fact, these two industries were actually complicit in pushing for more lenient guidelines so that ... industry. Small town budgets collapsed with the housing boom. In some small towns, such as North Port, Florida, a bedroom community of Sarasota, the unemployment rate went up to 25% at one point. The only thing that brought it back...

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... Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. had designated a terrorist organization, are on the receiving end of some of these funds. According to Roger Middleton, author of a key report on the situation, "at the moment it's a five-six problem [on a scale of one to ten] with the potential to be a seven or eight You're lookin at nine, ten, if it starts to be co-opted by international terror organizations." The Gulf ... from the Middle East and various goods from Asia en route to Europe and North America. The pirates know how important this route is, and they understand the economics of how their terrorist ...

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... points he determined as untrue had been "in the context of alarmism and exaggeration," according to The Times Online Edition of October 11, 2007. However, a look at recent news seems to show that Mr. Gore's critics are and will continue to be proven wrong at calling him an "alarmist." The following evidence is likely just the "tip of the iceberg." The Associated Press reported on August 27 ... of this year that "sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about thirty years." Scientists characterize this fact as a "global warming tipping point" and speculate that by the...

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... aired a controversial, patriotic montage that showed children saying the Pledge of Allegiance. To the disgust of many of the viewers, NBC edited the words "under God" and "indivisible" in the first version and omitted "one nation" as well in the second version. Within hours, social media outlets were flooded with outraged viewers protesting against NBC's omission. NBC's announcer publicly apologized ... It was our intent to begin our coverage of this U.S. Open championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being here in our nation's capital for the t...

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... . If you know a little bit about electricity, are good at building simple structures, and can follow simple instructions, there are sites online that can teach you how to build a solar cell for less than $200. Of course, you still need the batteries and other accessories, but according to these sites, you can purchase these pretty cheaply on auction sites. It would probably take about ... one cell can reduce your electric bill considerably. If building your own solar array doesn't appeal to you, there are other ways to use solar power to lower your electric bill. A very small way to save...

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... them. The fallen were buried in makeshift graves, with no headstones to even identify them. It would take over a year to finally enterr all the bodies that fell there that day. Gettysburg stands as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Only 272 words long, ... an inspiration to the living. By invoking the guarantees of human equality in the Declaration of Independence, it defined the Civil War as "a new birth of freedom" and equality for all of the citizens of the country. In his speech, Lincoln was attempting to unify a nation where state's rights would no more rule supreme. In his spe...

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... almost as common as acne. Nor is it just asthma as frightening as that is. Toddlers are increasingly being diagnosed with allergies and sinusitis. Why can't our children breathe? What is happening in our world to make the very air they need all but toxic to them? According to an article in Time magazine one culprit is undoubtedly global warming. Global warming increases the amount ... plants since they breathe in carbon dioxide, it's bad news for our children who are being deprived of oxygen. Plants, especially the weedier plants, are thriving and producing pollen out of proportion to t...

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... on the foreign ground. US troops initially staged a war to rid Iraq of the weapons of mass destruction that they were thought to possess, but after almost a decade in the hostile country, no such weapons were found. Instead, the nine-year invasion revamped American politics and provided Muslims with a solid foundation for their hatred towards Americans. With American troops absent from the country, Iraq has a long ... and arduous road ahead of rebuilding (Shanker). "Let me be clear: Iraq will be tested in the days ahead - by terrorism, and by those who seek to divide, by economic and so...

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... County Assistant Solicitor AnnaMarie Baltz (Garner). A.J.'s pre-K teacher disagreed even with the relatively easy sentencing Nelson received. "The purpose of punishment is for a person to pay their debt to society," she said. "Every time she has to check in with a probation officer or tell somebody what happened, she will have to relive this. She already has to relive it everyday. Her debt is paid. Every time she talks ... to her other children about A.J., or when she calls to check on his teachers, her debt is paid" (Garner). Although Nelson is going forward with a new trial, she simpl...

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... their pockets off of the misery of the middle class. He saw an equitable tax system, and a health care system where no one would ever die for lack of medicine or treatment. No one expected him to do all this in four years. It was almost a given that we would give him eight. Then the mortgage industry crashed, and the economy tanked with it. Barack Obama ... the needed money. 1. Stick by his plan to end subsidies to the oil companies. Why we are subsidizing one of the most profitable industries in the country has always been a mystery. 2. Change the tax code so that the middle class will...

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... foods. The most important of these is the transparency of the production process. You can see the farmer that grew the tomato or see the cow that ends up in your freezer. Domestic food is processed using domestic laws. Foreign producers have differing standards with regards to what pesticides and herbicides can be used and what safety rules meat cutters have to follow. In many ... in season. A tomato that has travelled a thousand miles and reaches you in March has far less nutritional value than one picked ripe in August. Eating locally forces us to get back in tune with the seasons: pe...

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... resources have sent researchers looking for new ways to power the modern world. The desire to make gasoline a thing of the past comes both from an ecologically friendly viewpoint and one that wants to be prepared when natural resources run out. So what lengths will people go to and where will they find new ways to power cars? A Car That Runs On Cheese This is not entirely true ... just make more cheese. There is not a big concern of running out of materials to make more cheddar. This may sound odd, but someday you may get from one place to another with the help of cheese. An Unexpected ...

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