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White House apology: White House apologizes to fired USDA worker - latimes.com
White House apology: White House apologizes to fired USDA worker - latimes.com. Reporting from Washington — The White House has apologized to a former USDA employee it now says was fired before the situation involving controversial videotaped comments was fully reviewed. "A disservice was done, for which we apologize," White House press [...]
USDA reconsiders firing of Ga. official over speech on race | ajc.com
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today he is reconsidering his department's decision to fire a Georgia official in wake of new details about her controversial speech to the NAACP. Vilsack said in a statement early Wednesday morning that he will "conduct a thorough review and consider additional facts" about his decision to ask Shirley [...]
Saving Energy and the Environment With Wind Turbines
Saving Energy and the Environment With Wind Turbines By Cory Sober In current times it has never been more clear that we need to be actively searching for alternative natural energy sources in order to decrease the risks of global warming as well as avoiding depleting certain natural materials. As a nation we are using more energy than ever so [...]
Why We Need to Take Responsibility For the Oil Spill
Why We Need to Take Responsibility For the Oil Spill By Will McCorkle We see the pictures from the Gulf of Mexico, and they are sad and disturbing. Wildlife is being destroyed, and nature is being ravaged. It is easy at this time to place blame on one person or one organization. Naturally, the one easiest to hate is BP, and BP definitely has a [...]
School Desegregation and Its Effect on Black Achievement
School Desegregation and Its Effect on Black Achievement By Simon Waker Haughtone One of the major social science issues of the recent times school desegregation has always been the subject matter of hot debates and discussions among academicians and educationalists. Many investigations have also been carried out from time to time on such [...]
What is the Apus Constellation?
What is the Apus Constellation? By Joseph Stutzman The constellation Apus, pronounced APE-us, is probably not familiar to you at all. One of the least known of the 88 constellations, it has no famously named or commonly recognizable stars and no legends associated with it. Perhaps one of the most beautifully inspired constellations; it [...]
Why is Internet Safety Important? - A Few Reasons Explained in Plain English
Why is Internet Safety Important? - A Few Reasons Explained in Plain English By Worth Godwin From time to time people ask me "Why is Internet safety important?" "Why should I worry about it? I've got nothing to hide." If you're not thinking that Internet safety is important, then you're making a mistake. There's a variety of reasons that [...]
Wind and Solar Power Vs Fossil Fuels
Wind and Solar Power Vs Fossil Fuels By Ned Hall When talking about different renewable energy sources people usually talk about wind power and solar power though there are some other clean energy sources such as geothermal power, biomass, hydropower, tidal and wave power. The Sun and the wind are two abundant renewable energy resources [...]
7 Low Budget Film Making Tips to Help You Make Your First No Budget Film
7 Low Budget Film Making Tips to Help You Make Your First No Budget Film By Shane M. M. Boyd If you are considering getting into the movie making business, it is crucial to understand that low budget film making is the best place to start. Even if you are considering Film College, consider making your own no budget film before you even begin. [...]
Higher Demand For the LED Color Rendering Index (CRI) In LED Lights
Higher Demand For the LED Color Rendering Index (CRI) In LED Lights By Alicia Wu In the current situation in all areas of lighting, CRI has been more and more attention. Especially the indoor environment, it has high demand for the LED color rendering (CRI). Such as low pressure sodium lamp is close to 200lm/W in luminous efficiency, but [...]
