Looks Like Trouble

So, an Egyptian cobra went missing from the Bronx Zoo this weekend. This snake is extremely deadly and is said to be able to kill an elephant in 3 hours, and a human in 15 minutes. Clearly, this is a VERY dangerous situation! The zoo closed down the reptile exhibit and said that they are pretty confident that the snake is still somewhere in the reptile house since the Egyptian cobra likes closed-in spaces. This all went down on Saturday. My question is, okay, it's now Monday- two days later, and no snake.... Red flags are certainly presenting themselves! This snake is highly deadly, and the venom is some of the deadliest of all snakes. So why is no one freaking out yet!? This story creeps me out, especially thinking about where that snake could be! If they don't find it mid-week, I'd say it's necessary to put the zoo on high alert. I think it's a bit ridiculous that they are even allowing customers to still visit the zoo! That seems very dangerous to me.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/27/new.york.missing.cobra/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1

How Could A Mother Do This?

Julie Carr, 33, received a 20-year sentence after being convicted of child pornography charges and sexually abusing her 2-year-old daughter. She was streaming videos of the child pornography overseas to Nicholas Wilde, who at the time was only 19. But the most disturbing part of this scenario- she was performing the sexual abuse on her daughter.

This story really disgusted me and made me really angry with the mother. How could anyone do this to their child!? U.S. District Judge John Woodcock, who imposed one of Carr's sentences says: "When I see child-pornography, I ask myself: Where are the parents? Where are the people who are supposed to be protecting the child?  Well, Ms. Carr, in your case, we know where the mother was."

Carr has four children, all of whom got taken away from her. Wilde was sentenced in England to five years in prison and had to register as a sex offender. I just can't believe that people can actually be capable of committing such an inhumane act- especially to their own family! Both of these people deserve prison time and shouldn't even be allowed near children.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/23/maine.sex.crime.sentence/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Gas Still Rising

As I'm sure EVERYONE reading this is quite aware, gas prices have skyrocketed lately. Prices have risen 37 cents since Feb. 22. Experts are projecting the prices to rise to $4 in the near future. So the question everyone is asking, is why? Why are the prices rising so high? The civil war in Libya and discontent with the Saudi Arabian monarchy are the main causes. The demonstrations to take place in Saudi Arabia will have a huge influence on the prices of gasoline in the United States. Tom Kloza, the chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service projects that prices will peak to a nationwide average of $3.75 a gallon. But hey, it could be worse- this article states that Norway is paying around $9.60 a gallon right now!

I don't know about everyone else, but I have been tremendously impacted by this sudden rise. I work in Norwalk, CT Monday-Friday, live in Bethel,CT, and go to school in Danbury, CT! That's a whole lot of driving! I am praying every day that these prices start to decline, or I just don't know how I will be able to drive anymore! My car is pretty good on gas (Honda civic) but what about the poor folks with the SUV's?? I can't even imagine! Thoughts on the gas prices??


http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/11/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htm