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The Bridge the Gulf blog is hands-down the best source of post-spill news and insight, written by locals who have a stake in the recovery.
No concensus of opinion on the BP spill. BP is wrapping up "active clean up". Residents are saying the same things as they did four years ago. And it is not OK!
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The House majority leader lost the GOP primary to a Tea Party challenger. That’s a terrible omen for any sort of policy progress or competent governance.
If candidates who oppose collaboration and sane solutions to the many serious problems facing us keep winning, I am afraid the bell might go off before we solve things.
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A new study ranks the actions we could take against climate change.
Will we be in time to keep the planet inhabitable for number of people on it now?
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“Patriesia Hernandez gives a receipt to a customer at a Panera Bread Co restaurant in Chicago. (Photo: Reuters)
Popular sandwich chain Panera Bread Co. is expanding its “Panera Cares” line of pay-what-you-can “community cafes” to the west coast, with their third location opening in Portland.”
We need more of this kind of giving. Things are really difficult for some of us and the government is playing hardball more and more. So it has to come from the private sector, retail business, etc.
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THE FRONT LINES is a nonfiction assemblage of stories and photos detailing modern-day poverty and homelessness in southwest Yonkers, NY.
Poverty and homelessness exist juxtaposed to areas of the NYC area that are their antithesis. So near yet so far apart.
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This wedding cake is based on the theme of "Til Death Do Us Part’, the dia de los muertos, a Mexican tradition. The design uses the traditional sugar skull motif.
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A ginger bug is a culture of beneficial bacteria made from ginger root and is the starter culture for many homemade fermented sodas and drinks.
Oh wow, homemade ginger ale and a ‘ginger bug’ to use as a starter. Natural soda making should be fun.
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Fermentation Recipes –
Making Kombucha can be a lot of fun. Since I love the taste and how I feel from it, I decided to make my own. I can become quite costly buying it retail (from @ $3.50 to over $4.00 a bottle).
Fermenting is a skill and one that can take time to develop. But SCOBYs seem to be rather cooperative. I have so many now I feel like they may overtake my whole kitchen.
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Fermentation Recipes –
This (second) fermentation recipe sounds really good for fizzy Kombucha. I am going to try it.
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Corporations aren’t people — despite what the Supreme Court says. Corporations don’t break laws; specific people do.
We need equality across the board. But our world is rampant with inequality.
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