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The Roadkill Waiting List
If you’re a serious deer hunter, this may not be a secret to you: in many states, you can have your name added to a roadkill call list. When a deer or moose is struck near you, they’ll call down the...
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State Health Care in Hawaii Since 1975
While the federal health care reform bill passed in the House of Representatives last night, Hawaii and Massachusetts have had state regulated health care since 1975 and 2006 respectively. Whether you...
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Pure Vanilla Extract is 35% Alcohol
I made vanilla crème brulée a few weeks ago and I used a lot of pure vanilla extract, almost twice the amount the recipe suggested. I did a Grand Marnier flambé on top and although it tasted great, the...
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ID is Not Required to Buy Cooking Wine
By Chad Upton The laws and store policies around the products that require ID and the ones that don’t, are sometimes confusing. I was in Target a while back and bought a can of compressed air to clean...
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Drinking and Driving is Legal in Mississippi
By Chad Upton Ever since I can remember, “Don’t Drink and Drive” has been drilled into my head. But, the range of acceptable blood alcohol content varies from 0.01% in Albania, Guyana and a few other...
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How to Watch Blocked Internet Videos
By Chad Upton | Editor The internet is a great place to catch TV shows and clips that you or your PVR missed. Unfortunately, a lot of websites only allow their video content to be viewed in their...
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How Hollywood Became the Center of the Film Industry
By Chad Upton | Editor The thirty mile zone (aka “TMZ” or “studio zone”) is the approximately thirty mile area in Southern California where America’s movie industry is based. However, New Jersey was...
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The Dropped Call Rules
By Chad Upton | Editor No matter which mobile phone carrier you use, you’ll eventually drop a call with somebody. Even if you don’t have a cellphone, you still have to deal with dropped calls when...
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China Has Travelling Execution Units
By Chad Upton | Editor Although it looks like a rockstar tour bus, this is one of at least 40 mobile execution vehicles that China uses for capital punishment. Just like a blood bank bus or MRI trailer...
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Movies are Corporations (Hollywood Accounting)
By Chad Upton | Editor One of the most interesting classes I took in College was taught by a film producer. He only taught that one class, for two hours, once a week. He shared learnings from the...
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