Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Carrie Fisher, who had been hospitalized since a plane flight last Friday after paramedics responded to her at Los Angeles International Airport, had long been open about her struggles with drug addiction. Like others, she attempted to self medicate her bipolar disorder. Unlike others, she documented her struggles with drugs in films and autobiographical novels. She acknowledged taking drugs like cocaine and Percodan throughout the 1970s and '80s and stated that she was using LSD while filming t...
NORMS Restaurant on Pico and Camden Avenue is closing after 47 years. Christmas Eve will be the last day. The large parking lots and one story googy structure will be replaced by "high end condos and multi-use retail, what else?" said David Bowman. He said that their 50 year lease had been bought out three years early. Bowman is a NORMS manager, but not at this location. Like others in the NORMS organization, he had volunteered to help out at the overflow crowds. Many diners, like myself, were...
Winter is the perfect time to visit Morro Bay, CA and enjoy the fantastic coastal destination with sunny days perfect for lovebirds, romantic hikes, cozy nights by the fire, and amazing bird watching - the quaint town is located along of the Pacific Flyway. In fact, winter is birding season and the Morro Bay National Estuary Preserve and its 800-acre wetland are home more than 250 species of land, sea, and shore birds, both migratory and resident and dozens of endangered species including...
Two Cornell University astronomers have published a paper postulating that light modulations visible in 234 stars, are most likely signals generated by Extraterrestrial Intelligence. https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.03031 If true, this is the most important scientific discovery since the fall of the Roman Empire. Last September, a signal from space that seemed to be of extraterrestrial origin, turned out to be from a Russian satellite. This signal, however, is from an entire class of stars. The...
Elephants continued to be slaughtered for their ivory this year. More than 18 tons of illegal ivory, plus 949 elephant tusks and more than 3,000 pieces were reportedly seized in 2016, with at least 15 large seizures in excess of 500 kilograms. Most large shipments were intercepted in Vietnam, although huge amounts were also found in Malaysia, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Spain, Austria and Germany. "It is a sad fact that practically no day goes by without dozens of elephants being killed by...
3/25, 1 pm EST: The Twitter account of Sony Music falsely tweeted Monday that Britney Spears had died, featuring separate postings that read: "RIP @britneyspears #RIPBritney 1981-2016," and "Britney spears is dead by accident! We will tell you more soon #RIPBritney." Similarly the twitter account of Bob Dylan tweeted "Rest in Peace, Brittany Spears," so it appears Dylan was hacked as well. A representative for the 35-year-old pop star told CNN the death claim was erroneous. Both tweets were...
The fifth annual "What's Trending in Nutrition" national food trend survey has been released after polling over 1,700 registered dietitians (RDs) across the country on next year's big trends in food and eating. This year overall, results reveal a decline in consumers' interest in dieting. Instead, many are choosing clean and mindful eating as their path to healthier living. The survey is conducted by Pollock Communications and leading nutrition trade magazine, Today's Dietitian. "Year-to-year,...
On December 28, 2016, one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, Reynolds was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, in fair-to-serious condition after suffering a stroke at her son's home. Later that afternoon, she died in the hospital. Her son Todd Fisher tweeted that her last words were that she wanted to be "with Carrie." Reynolds, 84, complained of breathing problems, an unidentified source told the Los Angeles Times. The Times notes that, unlike Fisher, Reyno...
Carrie Fisher has died at UCLA Hospital's Ronald Reagan Medical Center, at 8:55 am PST Tuesday. She was 60 years old. Fans, who remembered her mostly for her role as Princess Leia, shared their feelings on Social Media following Christmas. It was as if Darth Vaader had prevailed in "A New Hope." "A million voice's are crying out tonight... Carrie Fisher was very intelligent, funny,forthright and a film icon she will be sadly missed," said Bryan Dow. "Now a million voices cry out in mourning....
The 8th annual Fireside at the Miles performance series will take place at the historic Miles Memorial Playhouse from January 7 – February 25. The series began in 2010 to reignite the Playhouse's large period fireplace as a community gathering space for the arts as it was in the 1930s and 40s. All are invited to experience this year's lineup of music, dance, and comedy in a truly intimate and historic setting complete with couches, candles, and a coffee and tea bar. Events are scheduled F...
The announcement culminates months of vigorous internal debate over whether and how to respond to Russia's unprecedented election-year provocations, ranging from the hacks of the Democratic National Committee to the targeting of state electoral systems. Donald Trump will be in power in 3 weeks, and his softer view on Putin's Russia, indicates that he will undo the order. The Obama administration announced new measures on Thursday in retaliation for what U.S. officials have called "Russian...
