Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Hillary Clinton delivered a speech in Indiana Friday night, a seminal important speech in which she commented on the speeches of Republican Candidate, Donald Trump. As Roberta Flack said of Don McLean, Clinton said of Don Trump: I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style And so I came to see him, to Listen for a while And there he was this young boy, A stranger to my eyes He was strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song, killing...
About once every five years, a policeman in the US is saved by his badge, when the badge deflects a bullet. The last time was in New York City in 2010, reporte the New York Times. Last night, however, it happened to two different policemen in two states. In Huntington Beach, California, officers were involved in a high-speed pursuit when gunfire broke out. A 10-year veteran of the Huntington Beach Police Department had bullets shoot through his windshield and strike him. But his badge stopped th...
WESTWOOD VILLAGE, Calif., August 25, 2016 – Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary announced that it will expand its service to meet the needs of families previously served by Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral Directors, which closes on August 31. In addition, all service prearrangements from Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy will be en-trusted to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village after the Santa Monica funeral home closes. Both entities are part of the D...
Today, Green America's GMO Inside campaign launched a major push - "Smucker's: Make PB&J Great Again" - to get The J.M. Smucker Company, America's iconic producer of Smucker's jams, jellies, and Jif peanut butter, to phase out the use of genetically engineered ingredients (GMOs) and transition towards organic products. The new campaign website (www.gmoinside.org/smuckers) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/GmoInside) call on Smucker's to stop sourcing GMO ingredients for their products, and to...
A composite metal foam (CMF) has been developed at North Carolina State University that is strong enough to resist bullets, disintegrating them on impact. The foam is largely composed of steel, but it is much lighter than steel plating. It looks something like a metal sponge. CMF has been created in the lab using several methods. Basically, a gas of some sort is introduced into the material to create the bubble spaces in it. This can most readily be achieved by directly injecting a gas into the...
Brandy Young, a second-grade teacher in Godley Independent School District just outside Dallas-Fort Worth, sent home a letter to parents promising that she will not assign homework to students this year. Her letter has been shared more than 100,000 times on Facebook in one week, indicating that this is indeed a national issue. "After much research this summer, I am trying something new," Mrs. Young wrote. "Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day....
Southern California Gas Company has announced that they are closing their Santa Monica storefront payment location after 40 years. The location at 1300 6th Street, allowed you to pay your bill "Low tech" way, i.e. with cash. It will close on November 1, 2016. Those who wish to pay their Gas Co. bills in cash in Santa Monica, may still do say at Patton's Pharmacy, 734 Montana Avenue; at Mike's Liquor Store, 2402 Wilshire Blvd, or at Ocean Park Pharmacy, 2731 Ocean Park Blvd. These days of...
Feeling drab? Feeling dreary? You know what would pick up your spirits? Looking in the mirror and seeing a big smile.... Can't muster a smile? I get that. Some days, it's hard. One thing that helps me find that smile is my all-time favorite beauty tip. I recently became privy to the wonderful world of eyelash extensions. Once I had my first set, I was done for. It was the best thing to ever happen to my face. As many of you know, once you hit 50, your face sort of disappears and scrunches...
It's wrapped in wax, and as orange as Donald Trump's hair. If you don't specify what cheese you want to, it's going to end up on your sandwich at Subway. And there is so much of it that the government may have to buy the excess. Yes, it's cheddar cheese folks, and due to an oversupply of milk and less buying from China than expected, there is an over supply of cheddar cheese in the United States, reports the US Department of Agriculture. The Feds bailed out the auto manufacturers and major...
