Do you live in one of America’s happiest cities? The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index released the results from the interviews with more than 353,000 Americans during 2009, and the happiest city in the U.S. is Boulder, Colorado! Yeah, not a single city from South Dakota! Scores were based from these six indexes:
Archive for the ‘Society’ Category
CNN Susan Candiotti: Disrespecting US National Anthem
December 6th, 2009
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What was CNN National correspondent, Susan Candiotti, thinking today while reporting live at the protest in NY by 9/11 families who are against terrorist trials? I was watching CNN around 11 A.M. central time, Saturday, when the news segment about the protest came. Susan Candiotti was with the protesters, covering the event on the field. [...]
Filipino Efren Peñaflorida – 2009 CNN Hero of the Year
November 23rd, 2009
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A Filipino was declared the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year! His name is Efren Peñaflorida. I watched the short video clip with Peñaflorida tonight as CNN reported the winner during the ceremony at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood Saturday night. Congrats! Efren Peñaflorida won the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year award through online [...]
US – Philippines relationship, a love-hate?
November 3rd, 2009
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I was browsing TV channels tonight and happened to land on the KESD public channel with the Worldfocus broadcast. Worldfocus featured a short clip of the US-Philippines relationship, which they described as a love-hate relationship. Watch the video below. This is so short a clip that I don’t think it is enough to describe how [...]
H1N1 enters SDSU GIS Center, Wecota Hall
November 1st, 2009
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There is no stopping for H1N1 (aka swine flu) fury spreading across the university campus. Few days ago, I have heard that one person from our GISCE department has been infected by the H1N1 virus. He went to the Health Center for check-up and was confirmed positive of the deadly flu strain. It is more [...]
Police visibility keeps Brookings, SD safe
October 26th, 2009
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Literally, Brookings, South Dakota has a zero crime rate. When you watch the early evening newscast, you hardly hear anything about Brookings. If there is something to broadcast, it will most likely be about road mishaps, or the state of the cold winter weather, or the state of the economy. None of such nature like [...]
Being Naked at Home is Indecent Exposure!
October 22nd, 2009
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According to a “peeping tom” lady, the man she saw naked inside his home while brewing coffee is pure indecent exposure. So the lady reported what she saw to the police and the Northern Virginia man, Eric Williamson, is now charged! WTF! Eric Williamson, 29, said he did know he could be seen. “Yes, I [...]
The Peg Leg Update Issue 2
October 8th, 2009
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Grab a copy of The Peg Leg Update volume 1, issue 2 from few locations in Brookings. If you haven’t read the first issue, you should. The Peg Leg Update second issue has improved a lot compared to the first print. The inside layout gives more good-looking pages, presented in columns. The articles are still [...]
