April 2012
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Cloudy with a Chance of Files →
“Smart file management and transfer may seem unexciting, boring, and unnecessary. You’ve already got an ad hoc solution for saving your documents and school projects, and it’s built right into your email service, so why do anything different?You’re efficient enough, right?
WRONG.
STOP EMAILING YOURSELF…”
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The Battle for the Postal Service →
“It may seem like an egregious error to include the words “battle” and “Postal Service” near each other, but I assure you it isn’t. In fact, a bill passed by the Senate called the Postal Reform Bill may turn into a serious election issue, come November. The Senate passed legislation that will prevent approximately 3700 rural post offices and many postal sorting facilities from being closed...
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The Sorry State of Our State →
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Alabama’s anti-illegal immigration law helps Alabama to remain a running joke among the rest of the nation
Before everyone ducked out for this latest busy and especially earth-friendly weekend, those at the State House in Montgomery, AL gave a parting gift: a new, constitution-friendly, slightly altered version of the infamous Alabama Immigration law that is considered the harshest in...
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Future Limbs and Amazing Prostheses! →
“The Military’s Place in Today’s Amazing Technologies
In today’s modern world, we use several tools on a daily basis that we have developed over decades of research. Our most common tools are in electronic technology such as Apple products (the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers), smart cars, and the clock radio on your nightstand. But have you ever wondered where we got the ideas for these...
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Review: Jack White's Blunderbuss →
“Score: 5/5
Blunderbuss is Jack White’s first solo album… but it’s not. With respect to Meg White, Brendan Benson, and Alison Mosshart, Jack White is the absolute mastermind behind the blues-garage rock sound of The White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather. Now he has brought his gritty, Rust Belt touch to listeners all on his own…”
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Crisis in Syria: Why Russia's to Blame →
“With the flood of revolutions across the MIddle East, it can be easy to forget that in Syria there is still widespread terror as rebels fight a dictator who has support abroad. As of April 22, 2012, the death toll for civilians killed during the fighting was more than 10,000. Syrian citizens are overwhelmed by a corrupt family-owned government, a brutally loyal military, and the...
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I Don't Own a Boat →
“I don’t own a boat. I don’t climb mountains, or play polo, or drive sports cars. I’m a college student, so I hardly get to do any of these things on a regular basis, yet if you took a look at my wardrobe, you might think otherwise…”
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Review: Bloodhound →
“Eight of my friends and I had dinner last night at Bloodhound, a new restaurant and bar in Auburn, located where the Olde Auburn Ale House used to be. The building was originally built in 1937 to house Auburn’s first newspaper, the Auburn Bulletin, and retains a lot of the charm that some of the other, more modernized downtown buildings lack…”
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Kentucky's Win, Basketball's Loss →
“The scene unfolding in New Orleans’s Superdome the night of April 2 seemed typical of any finale to college basketball’s annual “March Madness” tournament. The victors, the Kentucky Wildcats, doused in confetti and the glory of winning college basketball’s grand spectacle, cut down the nets after defeating the Kansas Jayhawks 67-59. Star forward Anthony Davis, unibrow furrowed in...
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Diamonds in the Rough, Featuring The Fix →
“Searching through the depths of YouTube yields all sorts of results, most of which are unsettling. However, if you stumble across the music video for Modesty by Swedish group The Fix, you will be pleasantly surprised…”
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Why the iPhone Will Never Grow →
“Since Apple released the iPhone in 2007, almost everyone has raved about its sleek design, ease-of-use, and basic badass-ness. Many people, however, are clamoring for new features. Fortunately, Apple has given in to most of the feature requests…”
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Standing on Shaky Ground →
“Unless you’ve been living in a sealed nuclear bunker the past few months, you’ve probably heard of the hotly-contested Stand Your Ground laws. On the books of 21 states in some form or another, Stand Your Ground laws allow a person to use lethal force if they feel threatened outside their home, without attempting to retreat…”
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Parent-Led Dieting to the Extreme: Dara-Lynn Weiss... →
“Dara-Lynn Weiss certainly put herself on the chopping block with her editorial in this April’s Vogue. Although this is old news, in case you haven’t heard: after her daughter, Bea, came home from school one afternoon in tears over a boy calling her fat, Weiss decided that the perfectly logical response was to put her daughter on a very strict diet…”
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Kony 2012: A Scam Wrapped in a Good Cause →
“Joseph Kony may already be dead.
In any case, Kony has not been heard from in over a year, and the Lord’s Resistance Army has been out of Uganda since 2006. When Invisible Children’s famous viral hit, “Kony 2012,” was shown in Uganda, the members of the audience were horrified at how the video portrayed their country…”
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Preview: Venezuelan Elections →
“Hugo Chavez has been the President of Venezuela since 1999. He survived a coup in 2002, a recall election in 2004, and was reelected in 2006. He is now up for reelection once again this year, and faces a tough opponent in Henrique Capriles. Capriles is the most unique candidate that Chavez has had to face yet. He represents nothing of the old Venezuela, the Venezuela that allowed Hugo...
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So, What Exactly is The Handle? →
“WE are The Handle. What is The Handle you ask? What are you looking for on this site? What should you expect? Well, you could read our About Us, but consider this a primer on us and our site. This is, after all, just the inception of our organization, and we couldn’t be happier you’ve taken the time to join us at the start…”
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THE HANDLE IS UP!
we have launched!
there are quite a few articles up today, considering it’s our first official day of being up and running. i’ll give you a little teaser of some of the articles:
why the iphone will never grow
the real buffet rule
kony 2012: a scam wrapped in a good cause
and there are many more waiting! i highly suggest you check the website now. it’s full of really...
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“I don’t know. I’m still young and heaven knows I’m not employed yet, but I...”
– Posts About Nothing: Big Girl In A Small-Minded World: The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science) (via newsweek)
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the handle is very close to launching!
oh. but first, what’s the handle, you ask?
the handle is an online-magazine created by some students in auburn looking for some media alike their own. when they didn’t find it, the handle was born.
the focus of the handle is pretty broad — they’re something for everyone, i think. there are four main focuses: politics, culture, science, money. we also have a local focus for us in auburn....
