Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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It is an inspirational story that may bring tears to your eyes. And by all accounts, it's actually true. A 60-year-old Tennessee man who spends time volunteering as Santa Claus at a local hospital granted a 5-year-old terminally ill boy his final wish this holiday season, and held him as he died in his arms. "I spent four years in the Army with the 75th Rangers, and I've seen my share of [stuff]," Eric Schmitt-Matzen told USA Today. "But I ran by the nurses' station bawling my head off. I know...
BrainStorm STEM Education, a tech-based academy for children in Irvine, is making programming available to all via their newly launched online course. Combining a Minecraft Adventure game with educational programming lessons, students take on the role of a codeologist and must use Python code to help solve the challenges faced by our hero. With over 100 million registered users, Minecraft is one of the most widely played games of this generation, making it the perfect platform to engage the code...
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, by majority vote, issued an official statement regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline. The statement may be viewed below. Commission Chair Martin R. Castro stated, "The issue of the pipeline is not just about the pipeline alone, but rather it is about the entire relationship between the United States and sovereign Indian Nations, their rights, traditions and religious beliefs. As we prepare our civil rights report on this relationship we call on Congress to...
Travel media company Lonely Planet announced its annual list of the top 10 most exciting places to go in the United States in the year ahead. Best in the US 2017 (lonelyplanet.com/best-in-us), selected by Lonely Planet's travel experts, names 10 destinations poised to shine next year, whether they're up-and-coming, overlooked or offer new reasons to visit in 2017. This year, the charming enclave of Asheville, North Carolina was named the #1 destination in the US to visit in 2017. The vibrant...
Updated: Additional closure dates for the I-10 sign replacement project:Thursday, December 8; Friday, December 9; December 11 through Wednesday, December 14 It is likely that the closure will continue on Thursday, December 15 and Friday, December 16, but the contractor is hoping to have the work completed Wednesday. Closures are from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. The same detour information applies. In it's ongoing effort to spend money and create high paying jobs for City of Santa Monica employees,...
Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm to deliver energy to the American power grid, began generating electricity in commercial operation on December 12. The project was developed by Deepwater Wind, a Providence, RI company invested in building offshore wind farms on both the east and west coasts. Aside from generating pollution-free energy, this technology has the potential to create thousands of jobs and power millions of U.S. homes and businesses. The offshore wind industry in...
Kanye West and Donald Trump discussed more than just "life" Tuesday morning. After their meeting at Trump Tower in New York City, Donald Trump nominated Rapper Kanye West to be the nation's 23rd Under-Secretary of the Interior. No one we spoke to is entirely sure what Secretary of the Interior actually does. So the fact that West is a musician who dropped out of Chicago State University to pursue music, is no barrier. "West knows many of the players in Hollywood, where he does massive deals,"...
Open Letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: We are Electors who were selected by the voters of our states to represent them in the Electoral College on December 19, 2016. We intend to discharge our duties as Electors by ensuring that we select a candidate for president who, as our Founding Fathers envisioned, would be "endowed with the requisite qualifications." As Electors, we also believe that deliberation is at the heart of democracy itself, not an empty or formalistic tas...
The following resolution has been passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, introduced by Board President London Breed, in response to the election of Donald Trump: WHEREAS, On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That no matter the threats made by President-elect Trump, San Francisco will remain a Sanctuary City. We will not turn our back on the men and women from other countries who help make this...
The outgoing president will sign an executive order reversing President Richard Nixon's 1970 order, listing Marijuana as a Schedule One Drug, forbidden at all times. This is said to have been a jab at 1960's "Hippy Culture." President Barack Obama, who wrote of experimenting with marijuana as a young man, will legalize marijuana on his way out of office. He will make pot a Class II drug, legal under Federal law with a doctors prescription. States will be able to continue to outlaw marijuana, if...
