Avoiding school work...part II

Wow, I'm having a difficult time concentrating.  The Internet is my enemy as of now?!?!?!

Avoiding school work...

I'm so exhausted lately. Going to school pretty much full-time and working full-time takes a toll on me. It's extremely exhausting but completely rewarding. Reading about our government puts me to sleep every night. It's interesting stuff but it's just really dense. To avoid school work I goof off on facebook, check out random blogs and websites but even that gets old.

One creepy thing I discovered is Megan's Law. The law was formed by the Kanka family. Their 7 year old was raped and murdered by a neighbor who was convicted of molestation twice but no one knew. The website claims that all states have some form of Megan's Law established. Basically, all persons that have been convicted as a sexual offender has to register on Megan's Law website and the general public can look up their area by address, zip code or school and the website will list how many offenders live in your area . It kind of creeped me out to see how many were in my area, I think it was about 6 or 7. 
www.meganslaw.ca.gov
at your own discretion...

Expo, Expo read all about it!

I've kind of been obsessed with our Public Transportation System here in Los Angeles (well more than usual) especially the development of the Exposition Light Rail Line. The first phrase will be estimated to be 8.5 miles from an existing Metro Rail station on 7thStreet/Metro, which will extend to USC along Exposition Boulevard and end at Washington/National in Culver City. The second phase will be from Washington/National to the Santa Monica area. The first phrase is estimated to be completed in 2010 and the second phrase hasn't been determined yet.

This project is expected to alleviate the heavy traffic on the I-10 freeway because during rush hour the I-10 is a parking lot. I drive to school on the I-10 about 2 to 3 times per week and seriously folks I have tried alternative routes by taking surface streets but the freeway spills out into the streets as well. One issue is that the core city was made horizontally instead of vertically and another is that the Expo line will be built on existing line that was built in L.A. two decades ago, which did not connect the trains with cities. Yes, it's a lot of work for the City Planners, MTA, Metro Expo Authority and many more but as an end result people will have alternative ways to travel. I do acknowledge that cars will never be replaced at least here in L.A. but the development is not about perfection but about alleviating some of the problems and giving people options.

http://www.buildexpo.org/