Day: November 29, 2012

Does Race and Economic Status Really Affect SAT Scores?

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The average reading score on the SAT college entrance exam for 2012 dipped to its lowest level in 40 years. The average overall score for 2012 was 20 points less than the 2006 average. These numbers, however, tell much bigger stories when the participating students are broken down by economic status, gender and race. The … Read more

CNN’s Ridiculous Look At “Black Nerds”

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CNN just had a segment devoted to “Black Nerds” that was just completely annoying. The reason is, Carolyn Costello, the CNN Anchor over the telecast, was trying to push being black and being a nerd as something new, and the guest, some brother with the Tampa Bay Tribune, who’s name I didn’t catch, just went … Read more

PeopleBrowsr v. Twitter: Twitter Lost This Round, And Should Have

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PeopleBrowsr, the company behind such products as Kred, is fighting for its life after Twitter, it’s main source of data that drives its business, suddenly (sighting the end of a one-year contract) elected to do an about face and try to turn off access to its “firehose” of tweet-based information that PeopleBrowsr spent $1 million … Read more

The Monkees “I’m A Believer” Sang On The X Factor By Emblem3

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The X-Factor on this evening featured a group called Emblem3. Emblem3’s a group of three teen boys who look like someone you’d pass on the street without giving them a second look – but that’s this blogger. The teen girls seem to like them, and that’s all that matters when you’re talking about moving music. … Read more

Hope Solo Husband Jerramy Stevens Arrested Again

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Whole Hope Solo’s in Washington, set to play a game against Ireland, her husband of two week, Jerramy Stevens, is in jail in Florida on a probation violation stemming from his first arrest on the same day he and Solo later married. This blogger thought Stevens would beat the probation violation because no charges were … Read more