Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The Soledad Unified School District approved a contract with OpTerra Energy Services, Inc. (OpTerra Energy Services) at its last board meeting of August to design and construct the first solar project at Soledad High School. The project is funded through a $2 million, zero percent interest loan from the California Energy Commission and is expected to be completed by February 2017. It is estimated that the project will generate over 745,000 kWh of clean electric energy, which is the equivalent...
Consumers should immediately stop using and power down the recalled Galaxy Note7 devices purchased before September 15, 2016. Samsung has received 92 reports of the batteries overheating in the U.S., including 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, including fires in cars and a garage. This recall involves the Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone sold before September 15, 2016. The recalled devices have a 5.7 inch screen and were sold in the following colors: black onyx, blue coral,...
A huge moon balloon rolled through a city-scape following typhoon Meranti in Fuzhou, China. It rolled across a construction site and down major boulevards. Surprised residents used the Chinese phrase 'furious moon' to describe it (or perhaps that's a phrase from a David Bowie song?) For Chinese, the incident coincided with China's middle-autumn festival, where moongazing is part of the traditional rituals. Moon Balloons are tethered to building across China, as part of the festival. The Moon is...
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...
Santa Monica, CA - - Students at Santa Monica High School, part of "Team Marine," will be showcasing "Volts Wattson," a 1971 red convertible VW Super Beetle that they converted into an all-electric vehicle. This will be the fourth year that Samohi students have participated in AltCar with their Electric Vehicle. Since last year, some improvement were made to the electrical and mechanical systems thanks to financial support from Wells Fargo. "Team Marine" is an environmental science teen action...
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation's longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition initiative for creative teens, is now accepting submissions from students across the country in grades 7–12. The Awards have fostered creativity and talent since 1923 for millions of students and feature a notable list of alumni recipients including: Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Stephen King, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford and Andy Warhol; and more recently, Richard Linklater and Z...
"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." Anaïs Nin The creators of "Anaïs: A Dance Opera," now playing at the Greenway Court Theatre, surmounted a daunting and enviable challenge, creating a work of music, dance, and projection to bring the diaries of the writer Anaïs Nin to life. Spanning 63 years, they tell the story of an extraordinary life in an extraordinary time spent amongst extraordinary people. To distill these seven volumes into an ev...
