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Sunday, May 22, 2016
It was reported last week that two dead people were married in China. “‘Til death, then you wed” was part of the catch phrase they used in the article.
But in China, ghost weddings, as they call them, is a common occurrence. Tradition has it that if a single man dies before he is wed, his family...
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Sunday, May 15, 2016
A few years ago I was leaving the Writer’s Guild in Beverly Hills, carefully and slowly backing out of a parking spot. Behind me was only one lane of traffic, and it had cordially stopped for me to finish backing out. There were no other cars in the lot near me or behind me. I was keeping my eye on...
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Saturday, May 7, 2016
I’ve made six trips to China. During those trips I had the opportunity to admire moon bears in various zoos and presentations. I admired their strength and beauty. But there was another side to the moon bear trade that I was not exposed to until recently.
It sickens me.
Moon bears, along with other...
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
Just as we sit somewhat passively watching the Great Barrier Reef floundering in distress, a new reef is discovered.
Ninety-five percent of the Great Barrier Reef is turning white and yellow, which happens when ocean temperatures increase. This is the most severe bleaching of the coral we have ever seen...
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Sunday, Apr 24, 2016
Ninety-six percent of all confirmed Lyme disease cases are reported from 14 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. That’s why most people in California never even think...
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Sunday, Apr 17, 2016
The Valencia Green Team from Boston Scientific is known for its tremendous virtue of giving back to the community.
On April 2, team members joined forces again with the Community Hiking Club to tackle the overgrown East Canyon Native Plant Garden, located at the base of East Canyon (southeast of Newhall)....
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Sunday, Apr 10, 2016
It’s amazing when you realize that each and every Californian consumes an average of more than 300 gallons of water per week.
How is that possible? You are eating food that is produced in California. California farmers produce more than one-third of the nation’s produce. They also produce two-thirds...
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Sunday, Apr 3, 2016
What will your last words be? Will they be witty? Will they be repeated long after you are gone? Perhaps they will be legendary or dull.
When George Washington (1732-1799), the founder of our country died, his last words were, “’Tis well.” Maybe all was well; maybe not. After all, he did die. I...
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Sunday, Mar 20, 2016
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”
– Hippocrates, the father of Western Medicine
Your mother told you to eat your broccoli, remember? She might not have known it, but broccoli is one of Mother Nature’s cancer-fighting foods.
Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable. This group...
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Sunday, Mar 6, 2016
Every once in a while, the climate conditions in Death Valley are just perfect to create a breathtaking display of flowers called a “super bloom.”
There is an amazing super bloom in Death Valley right now. If you’d like to see it, head up there as soon as you can, as it will probably last only...
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