Retired forensic engineer Ron Hendry has written a series of articles theorizing that a "lone wolf" burglar, Rudy Guede, is responsible for Meredith Kercher’s death. NEW YORK CITY, NY Metro Media Consulting Group As the Appeals trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito – both convicted of the murder of British University student Meredith […]
The Poisoning of Flint Michigan’s Drinking Water
This story was on the front page of the New York Times on January 20. Pretty shocking story. But if you look into it, it’s been all over the front pages of the state press in Michigan for months. Local papers and MLive have been talking about it nonstop for at least five months — that’s […]
Brains, Perception and The Dress That Ate the Internet
When a picture of an everyday dress worn by the mother of a bride brings the Internet to its knees, something interesting is going on. To understand what means rethinking the very nature of the perceptual worlds we inhabit. “Is this dress white and gold or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t agree […]
The Amanda Knox Case: The Unbearable Thoughtlessness of Guilt
Written by Luca Cheli (Roteoctober) Monday July 9, Turin, Italy Originally posted on the Injustice in Perugia Blog. “They wanted to pose as the greatest Sherlock Holmeses and they put two poor kids in jail for four years.” Carmelo Lavorino, Italian Chriminologist October 4th 2011 Foreword In this paper I examine the available evidence […]
Local Economists See Dollar Signs in Facebook’s Future
Orlando Institute for Economic Competitiveness Director Sean Snaith believes that Facebook’s “name recognition alone will help sell the stock.” Facebook is estimated to be worth at least $75 billion. Snaith said, “Facebook’s greatest asset is the sheer volume of eyeballs that look at the site. With so many users the […]
Malawi elections: Upending the pundits’ predictions
With the elections over and the incumbent president Bingu wa Mutharika sworn in for his second and last term, Malawian bloggers (Mabloga) are awed by two developments that went against the predictions of many, especially the punditry. First was the suggestion that the presidential contest would be very close. It wasn’t. Second was the perception […]