Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A Stockton, CA woman faces a trial and potential jail time after selling meals to an undercover policeman who had joined her social media community food group. Mariza Reulas was cited for selling an illegal substance: a bowl of her homemade ceviche. "It was just like unreal that they were saying you could face up to a year in jail," Reulas said to KTXL. For several years, Reulas has been a member of the Facebook group called 209 Food Spot. People from the Stockton area join 209 Food Spot to...
The Water Protectors have called upon all friends and supporters to log onto Facebook and "check-in" at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The protestors, numbering in the thousands, are trying to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which goes through sacred historical sites and under the Missouri River, the only source of water for tribal lands. It is believed that the militant Law Enforcement sent in by North Dakota Governor (and DAPL Investor) Jack Dalrymple is...
The flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has announced a move to a USA-made eco-friendly mycelium packaging to replace polystyrene. "We are looking for innovative alternatives to materials, such as replacing our polystyrene packaging with mycelium - fungi packaging," Joanna Yarrow told the Telegraph. Yarrow is the head of sustainability for IKEA in the UK. Mycelium is the part of a fungus that grows in branched fibers to attach to the soil or other host, essentially the roots of the fungus. New York...
Wood pulp, a common waste material, could allow homeowners and communities to create their own energy by just walking around. UW–Madison associate professor Xudong Wang, graduate student Chunhua Yao, and their collaborators published the details of this amazing new technology in the journal Nano Energy. Wood pulp is already a component of many pressed wood products, including flooring. The pulp contains tiny, cellulose nanofibers that, when chemically treated, will produce an electrical c...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is well known for his frequent Twitter Storms. Now, a clever fundraising program on opponent Hillary Clinton's website is taking advantage of that activity by allowing donors to pledge a certain amount for each tweet. The "Troll Trump" campaign lets donors to pledge as little as ten cents, or as much as $100. They can also set a daily limit on the contribution, just to guard against an over-zealous midnight tweet-fest on Trump's part. Donald...
What do you do when you are waiting outside the classroom door (or presidential debate) and suddenly realize that you didn't read the mandatory pages for today's discussion? This 10-step formula is fairly simple and easily mastered: 1. Flip through the book, and select a couple of easy-to-understand charts or graphs. If it is a novel, choose some quotes from a main character. Mark the pages. 2. Always allow others to speak first. Let at least one do-gooder, prepared, student set the tone for the...
Threatening to undermine the separation of powers that is fundamental to our free society, John McCain says that a Republican Senate would not confirm any potential Supreme Court Justices nominated by Hillary Clinton. This obstreperous partisanship is unprecedented in American history. Responsible politicians know that a complete court is fundamental to the review process necessary to ensure that laws are being carried out in a fair and just manner. While past Senators may have occasionally grum...
A suspect in the killing of two Palm Springs police officers was arrested about 1:30 am Sunday morning. John Felix, 26, was unarmed but wearing "soft body armor" when taken into custody. Felix is accused of shooting officers Jose Vega, a 63-year-old father of eight who was due to retire in December, and Lesley Zerebny, 27, who had just returned to active duty following maternity leave. The suspect faces two counts of first degree murder with special circumstances including multiple murders and...
Thanks to his good friend Trump, FOX television host Sean Hannity seems to have found a new job: verifying America's fibbery. "I once ate a bear while flying an F16 nude. Don't believe me? #callseanhannity" (@nathanchurch74) During Monday night's presidential debate, the Donald had several brushes with the truth, as usual, but he seemed particularly determined to argue away a 2002 recording in which radio host Howard Stern asks if he supports invading Iraq, and Trump replies "Yeah I guess so."...
When Governor Sam Brownback began his great tea party tax experiment in Kansas, he championed a quarterly economic review as an accountability test of his vision. Now that his vision has failed miserably, the Council of Economic Advisors, chaired by Brownback himself, has determined that they will no longer compile and distribute the report, which was based on a comparison with economic markers from six neighboring states. Their excuse: it confuses people. "A lot of people found them helpful,...
Archeologists have found what may be the remains of King Henry I under a parking lot on the site of Reading prison. The discovery was made by a team exploring the location of the ruins of Reading Abbey, which was established by Henry in 1121. While it was known that the king and his queen Adeliza were both buried in the Abbey, the exact place of the graves was unknown. Henry was the fourth son of William the Conqueror. He ruled England for 35 years after the death of his older brother William...
Over the weekend, a work crew used a crane to hoist a 30-ton meteorite out of the Campo del Cielo (Field of Heaven) about 670 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the border between the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero. The meteorite, named Gancedo, has been tentatively declared the second largest yet discovered on Earth. Careful weighing will have to be done before that title can be formally declared, as well as tests to confirm that it is an actual meteorite. This...
China's first space station, the Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace 1," is expected to fall back to Earth in 2017. The laboratory was launched in 2011 as part of China's ambitious plan to catch up with other space powers. Experts and amateurs alike have speculated for several months that the 34 foot-long module might have suffered some kind of technical or mechanical failure, and may no longer be in communication with the Command and Control Center in Beijing. Harvard astrophysicist Dr Jonathan...
Flomaton, Alabama police have taken one adult and two juveniles into custody in connection with a threat that put four local schools under lockdown, and they may be able to link the trio to some of the other malicious clown activity that has frightened communities over the last few weeks. Makayla Smith, allegedly the clowns' ringleader, will likely be charged with making a terroristic threat, report the Flomaton police. Smith is from Pensacola, Florida, according to information released by...
If you are a single parent in America, don't vote for Donald Trump unless you want to pay more taxes. The latest incarnation of the Donald's tax plan could as much as double the tax bill for unmarried parents. At the same time, it would greatly reduce payments made by the wealthiest citizens. The single parent penalties would come about with three of the major revisions that Trump proposes for the tax code. First of all, he wants to get rid of the Head of Household status for filers, forcing...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an order that bars the Dakota Access Pipeline from working within 20 miles on both sides of the Missouri River at Lake Oahe. The Native American #NoDAPL protestors and their allies are seeking a permanent injunction to protect sacred sites and burial grounds around the lake. The court described Friday's order as "administrative," so as to give the judges more time to consider the merits of the underlying lawsuit. "The purpose of this administrative...
More than 250,000 gallons of gasoline have spilled in Shelby County, Alabama, after a major fuel pipeline ruptured this week. The governors of both Alabama and Georgia have declared a state of emergency. The Colonial Pipeline crosses the southland and up the east coast, carrying gasoline from refineries in Houston. The spill spans an area roughly two acres in size, with the fumes creating the most immediate environmental hazard. Roads have been closed into the northern end of the 39,000 acre...
A new survey on civic knowledge has found that only a quarter of adult Americans can name all three branches of our government. Nearly a third of Americans can't name even one of the branches. This abysmal result should send shockwaves through a democratic society. Without a basic understanding of the ingenious political system put into play by our founding fathers, it is easy for political or media agitators to manipulate Americans into a slathering frenzy over issues that were done and...
Tuesday, September 13. Unarmed Native American "Water Protectors" protesting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline were arrested today, along with journalists who were trying to cover the action, and two medics who were with the protestors. All roads to the site are now blocked off, and there has been a near blackout of media coverage. Facebook commenters have said that their photo images of the arrest have been censored, and Unicorm Riot, which had been broadcasting live video, says...
Evan McMullin believes that America should be much more worried about presidential candidate Donald Trump's close ties to Vladimir Putin. The former CIA agent and former Republican is so concerned about Trump's ties to Putin that he entered the 2016 presidential election as an Independent candidate in July in an eleventh-hour bid to bring some attention to the issue. In an interview this week with CNN, McMullin asserts that his friends in intelligence have told him that Trump's previous...
Tear gas and dogs were used by private guards to attack Native Americans trying to protect burial grounds from Labor Day weekend destruction by Dakota Access Pipeline bulldozers. Six people were bitten, and about 30 sprayed. One guard and two dogs were taken in for medical treatment. The crowd dispersed quietly once law enforcement arrived. Energy Transfer Partners is under fire from all sides as it tries to force its way across the prairie to construct the quasi-legal pipeline. Demonstrators...
District Court Judge Anna Brown is probably getting a bit exasperated with bad boy Ryan Bundy. Bundy, who is being held awaiting trial for the unlawful occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last January, has opted to defend himself rather than have an attorney. In an order filed August 24, Judge Brown threatened to strip Bundy of his pro se status because of his unwillingness to follow court orders and his open defiance of court authority. Brown wrote that by repeatedly raising...
Protests across the country brought in a small victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their many supporters when the U.S. government promised to temporarily halt all construction on government owned land. Hundreds gathered in cities as far away as Denver and Tulsa to protest the fast-track approval given to Energy Transfer Partners and their subsidiary Dakota Access, LLC. Evidence indicates that approval sidestepped appropriate consultation with affected Tribes, as well as historical...
Millions of honeybees died within minutes after being sprayed with an insecticide targeting Zika-carrying mosquitoes. In their first aerial spraying in 14 years, Dorchester County used a product called Trumpet. The manufacturer provides a label warning that it is "highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment on blooming crops or weeds. To minimize hazard to bees, it is recommended that the product is not applied more than two hours after sunrise or two hours before sunset, limiting...
Investigators have announced that a pedal strike on the Lower Rock Creek trail at the California/Nevada border acted like a flint and steel fire striker that caused a spark and ignited grass nearby. 122 acres burned over eight days and led to the evacuation of the small town of Swall Meadows, population 220. A number of roads were closed as the fire jumped around the dry landscape. A crew of 338 personnel were needed to contain the blaze, including five helicopters and 16 fire engines. The...
