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The Climate Crisis After Glasgow

The largest delegation at the conference was the fossil fuel lobbyists.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered a report on climate change predicting that we can no longer stop global warming from intensifying over the next 30 years and the role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed.

The report is described as a “Code Red for Humanity.”

How to Prepare for a Perfect Product Launch

To sell a product, you need to know a product... and be excited about it!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Launching a new product can be an exasperating time in the business world, particularly for small companies looking to establish themselves as real contenders in the modern entrepreneurial arena.

Careful preparation is often the key to success.

How Salem, Oregon Supports and Provides For Its Aging Community

Salem is growing older by the day, that's a statistical fact.

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to the World Health Organization, the world is currently experiencing an increase in its elderly community. And we don't need to look too far to see these changes in action.

Taking a look at Salem, Oregon quickly shows that citizens over the age of 60 currently make up roughly 15% of the population.

53 More COVID-19 Deaths in Oregon

Oregon reports 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, and 53 new deaths.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - There are 53 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,803; and 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, according to the Oregon Health Authority as of 12:01 a.m. today.

This brings the state total of cases to 380,091.

74 More Oregon Lives Claimed by COVID-19

The rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is four times higher than in vaccinated people.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - There are 74 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,543. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) also reported 1,211 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 371,001.

There were 2,025 breakthrough cases, accounting for 24.6% of all cases. 4.4% of all vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 1% have died.

The Problem with Vaccine Mandates

Dismissing people as foolish is not a good strategy.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - I live near Middlefield Ohio, the center of the fourth largest Amish settlement in America. I regularly see the horse and buggy operations on the road. Who am I to tell these people that I know better about how they should live than they do?

I know its complicated. More than five million people have died from this pandemic (747,000 in the U.S.).

Virginia & New Jersey Gubernatorial Elections

The voters see a party in disarray.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - Democrats are their own worst enemies.

Consider that the Trump-endorsed Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia gubernatorial race and New Jersey Democrat Phil Murphy’s race for reelection, supposedly a slam dunk win, turned into a nail biter.

The Carving Shed

I began to realize that for my tribal friends, abuse was an almost constant companion.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - In one school of thought, positive social outcomes are judged as worthy tradeoffs for historical atrocities.
We believe, in the so called rational universe that we supposedly inhabit, effects must have causes, causes must have effects.

But what if they don't, what then?

Five More COVID Deaths in Oregon = 4,377

Oregon reports 2,569 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 540, which is 11 more than yesterday. There are 114 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is four more than yesterday.

There are 65 available adult ICU beds out of 690 total (9% availability) in the state of Oregon.

You Can Never Go Home Again: The Limits of COP26

"People have to change from within." ~Dr. Jane Goodall

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - There's an old adage, adopted from the title of a 1940 Thomas Wolfe novel, that states, “You can never go home again.” The saying is meant to infer how nostalgia causes us to view the past in an overly-positive light, and how humans tend to remember people and places from our upbringing in static terms.

I had always wanted to be a documentary filmmaker. Be careful what you wish for. "Jesus" had gone to the desert and it was hotter than hell.