Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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When MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tweeted that she is in possession of Donald Trump's 2005 individual tax returns and would reveal them at 9 pm PST, she implied that it was a major story. But nothing Trump's 1040's prove MSNBC's repeated allegations that Trump is unfit to be President. The returns show that Donald Trump paid $38 million on income of $150 million, taking $103 million in legitimate deductions allowed to a person at his tax level and in his businesses. This is a tax rate of 23%, in...
A science teacher at a junior high school in Alberta recently found his way to the stage of a TEDx event. His purpose for being there is a subject that seems to have slipped through the cracks for far too long. After seeing that traditional ways of teaching were not effective with his students, Scott Hebert used his imagination and talent to create an entirely new world for them. He reinvented his classroom and created an environment that would engage his students and make an impact on the way...
A new national survey finds good news for the environment: Nine out of 10 Americans believe the average person should be taking concrete steps to reduce his or her environmental impact. Two-thirds think that personal energy conservation habits can make a real difference in preventing climate change. The only catch, according to the new survey conducted by Knoxville-based Shelton Group: The things Americans are prioritizing in their own lives don't have the most environmental impact. "People...
To mark 30 years since the release of U2's fifth studio album The Joshua Tree, an anniversary edition of the iconic record will be released by Interscope Records on June 2, 2017. Alongside the 11-track album, the super deluxe collector's edition includes a live recording of The Joshua Tree Tour 1987 Madison Square Garden concert; rarities and B-sides from the album's original recording sessions; as well as 2017 remixes from Daniel Lanois, St Francis Hotel, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite and...
San Francisco Art Exchange LLC (SFAE) has been selected to exclusively represent the most valuable collection of rock and roll artwork ever to be offered for sale: eleven original paintings created and hand-selected by famed English artist Gerald Scarfe, from Pink Floyd's 1982 masterpiece The Wall. A major exhibition will be held in July with Scarfe in attendance at the invitation-only premier to be held at SFAE's gallery (458 Geary St, San Francisco, CA). Details to be announced. The paintings...
The award-winning movie The Uncondemned will be featured at a special Human Rights Watch screening Sunday, April 9, 2017. The film will be presented by the Human Rights Watch Film Club at New Roads School at the Herb Alpert Educational Village in Santa Monica. Both a real-life courtroom thriller and a moving human drama, The Uncondemned tells the gripping story of a group of young international lawyers and activists who fought to have rape recognized as a war crime, and the Rwandan women who...
New research published in the European Journal of Nutrition found that daily consumption of the equivalent of one cup of fresh blueberries, given as 24 g of freeze-dried powder, showed positive changes in cognitive function over a placebo. The research, "Dietary blueberry improves cognition among older adults in a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial," was conducted at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. Conducted over a 90-day period,...
