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Fear, Inc.

ansoncfit — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:48:06 +0000

Excerpt from a great post at TomDispatch:

Since September 11th, terror in the US has rated above fatalities from shark attacks and not much else. Since the economic meltdown of 2008, it has, in fact, been left in the shade by violent deaths that stem from reactions to job loss, foreclosure, inability to pay the rent, and so on.

This is seldom highlighted in a country perversely convulsed by, and that can’t seem to get enough of, fantasies about being besieged by terrorists. [Read the full post here]

Snowy Morning

ansoncfit — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:57:55 +0000

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Walk through Philadelphia

ansoncfit — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:58:04 +0000

I spent a day last week walking through University City, West Philadelphia, Fairmount Park, North Philadelphia, and South Street. Some pictures:

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Winter Break

ansoncfit — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:17:19 +0000

I’m now back on campus after a thoroughly relaxing winter break. Highlights included spending time in the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino National Forests, surfing and enjoying bonfires at the beach, and riding the new Silver Line and Gold Line Eastside Extension.

Pictures:

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Time lapse video of fog rolling into the Tule River Valley (Windows Media Player required, go to full post, right click video, and select Play/Pause to start):

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E90 Update – Trip to the Bus Yard

ansoncfit — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:37:48 +0000

Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2

For my E90 senior engineering design project, I will be working on pollution reduction at the local school bus yard. I enjoyed my first visit to the bus yard, and it was great to learn about some of the particulate filtration systems already in use.

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