Plan for border fence splits U.S. business golf course

Well, you can’t say the feds aren’t getting serious about border enforcement. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is about to “deport” an entire U.S. business. Plans for the fence the feds are building along the Texas/Mexican border will slice the Fort Brown Memorial Golf Course in Brownsville off from the rest of the U.S., locating it onto the Mexican side.

The course is owned by the University of Texas, and will be joined in exile by a Brownsville city park and bird sanctuary that are also located in a tricky bend of the Rio Grande riverbed.

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Reality TV’s Most Memorable Christians

In a world oversaturated with TV reality shows, it’s hard to hide the fact that so many of them have a similar cast of characters–the “Party Girl,” the “Bad Boy,” the “Funny One” and, increasingly, “The Christian.” Sometimes “The Christian” is portrayed as innocent, sweet, and genuine. Other times, judgmental and mean. But, positive or negative, he or she usually leaves some kind of lasting impression.

In this gallery, we introduce TV’s most memorable Christians, including a rapper-turned-minister, two models who refused to show skin, and a family on the ultimate road trip.

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Clay Aiken makes this list – I had no idea he was a devout Christian.

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Sitting straight ‘bad for backs’

Sitting up straight is not the best position for office workers, a study has suggested.

Scottish and Canadian researchers used a new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show it places an unnecessary strain on your back.

They told the Radiological Society of North America that the best position in which to sit at your desk is leaning slightly back, at about 135 degrees.

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The correct posture in the picture above makes me wonder if it would lead to a hunch back.

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