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Downtown Los Angeles’s historic core is about to get its first major museum, if that’s what you want to call it.
Only minutes on the freeway from Malibu and Rodeo drive, downtown Historic Los Angeles is a million miles away. Its core is about to get its first museum. Although personally, I think Downtown LA, itself is a museum.
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‘It takes 75 op-ed articles to pass a law.’ — Wall Street Journal Editor 10 Shocking Facts on the Kochs: 1. Koch Industries, which the brothers own, is one …
How the Koch Brothers are strong-arming their way to get their way. PBS TV cancelled airing the ‘Citizen Koch’ film because Koch money supports PBS. This is just one example of how they get their way.
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“The billionaire Koch brothers and their political network are planning to spend almost $300 million during the 2014 election cycle, some of which will go toward a renewed effort to combat unprecedented carbon regulations unveiled by the Obama administration last month.”
How the Koch Brothers are spending their money in political donations under the radar.
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Modern single family residence designed by Hernandez Silva Architects.
This is my first foray into a publication called ‘Home Adore’. How could you not adore it with these magnificent photos. The house isn’t bad either.
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A CT scan machine offers a close look at how fire ants grip each other at a force of 400 times their body weight to build waterproof rafts to stay alive.
Fire ants are the great engineers of life rafts and bridges according to a study done at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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“Today, architect Shigeru Ban will walk away with $100,000 and a bronze medallion—maybe someone will throw in a bouquet of flowers, just for good measure. He will be honored with the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an award granted annually to a living architect for his or her contributions to society. The choice of Ban, a well-regarded architect at Kyoto University of Art and Design who’s become known for disaster-relief projects, eases at least one of the criticisms the Pritzker jury has received in recent years; that is, the award has become focused on male starchitects, to the detriment of the award’s ambitions to recognize humanitarian architecture practices, especially among women. (It wasn’t until 2004 that the organization granted an award to a woman, with the honor going to Zaha Hadid.)”
Shigeru Ban is a man who is an architect for the people not just part of that elite group of bow tied (males). Architects were considered something for the wealthy only. Ban has been involved in numerous disaster relief projects besides condos and other prestigious work.
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So easy, no machine is needed. Here’s the scoop: add a small amount of guar gum and chill the mixture as quickly as possible. Also helpful, stirring finished mixture every half hour or so as it starts to freeze, as noted by the always cool David Lebovitz.
Of course, there are other ways to make ice cream without a machine. You could use a dryer on the fluff setting. Or get one of those play-and-freeze balls.
By the way, this chocolate ice cream is great added to coffee. If that doesn’t make your day, I just don’t know.
Off to make more ice cream and chill.”
I love ice cream. I do not like dairy. This looks like the ideal recipe for me.
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“The League of Women Voters of Nassau County has canceled a candidate forum in the 4th Congressional District primaries after only one Republican and one Democrat agreed to show up.”
I believe that it is an important part of the democratic process for the candidates to debate. Their ‘paper list platforms’ become real agendas when faced with live dialogue, questions and confrontation.
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Electoral upsets happen every so often in Nassau County. There was Republican Dan Frisa beating his party’s incumbent, David Levy, in 1994. Like Levy, Frisa became a one-term congressman after a …
The Democratic primary looks like it is going to be a very tight race with DA Kathleen Rice and NC Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams vying for the Democratic ticket. I support, am campaigning and voting for Kevan Abraham. If you are in the 4th Congressional District on Long Island and a Democrat, I hope you will vote for him in the primary as well.
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Director Stephanie Soechtig talks about her new documentary.
When a brain scan shows that the brain reacts similarly to both sugar and cocaine, there isn’t much else to say about the fact that the standard industrialized nation’s diet is a disaster.
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