Category: General Editorial
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Ellen Havre Weis, founder of San Francisco pop culture museum, dies at 64
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Ellen Havre Weis, founder of San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Mythology, died Tuesday, July 27. The cause was brain cancer, her husband, Gordon Whiting, announced today. Weis was sixty-four. Weis and her husband formed WeisPR in 1994 in Berkeley, California.
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Nature Fluent begins offering free same-day delivery of its eco-friendly Cottontail bamboo toilet paper
MENIFEE, Calif. — Cottontail bamboo toilet tissue is now available for free same-day delivery in Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee and other select South Riverside County cities on all online orders placed at Cottontailusa.com before 3 p.m. local time. The new service is being offered directly to consumers and businesses, and will expand to other areas in…
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African-American Woman College Student Retention Expert, Dr. Ezella McPherson Teaches Educational Institutions How to Retain and Graduate At-Risk Students
DETROIT, Mich. — According to U.S. News & World Report, 1 in 3 first-year college students will not return for their sophomore year. Dr. Ezella McPherson has retained 82% to 100% of at-risk first-year college students during her tenure at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Wayne State University, and Indiana University. She shares more…
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Wig Company Founder and Entrepreneur Turns the Tables and Heads
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — When Kimberly Cloud found herself out on the street due to domestic violence, she didn’t let that stop her. In fact, the incident just served to give her strength to not only start her own business, but to give back to the community too. With a passion for making wigs, she started…
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Lightning, Tragedy and Lessons Learned about Safety and Awareness: A Look Back at One of Lightning’s Deadliest Strikes
CUMBERLAND, Maine — This Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of one of the deadliest lightning strikes in the U.S. and the National Lightning Safety Council is recalling the tragic event to spotlight the dangers of lightning, a common, yet underrated weather peril.
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New Research Shows Consumers Find Moments of Small Pleasure Beat Big Experiences When It Comes to Well-Being
CHICAGO, Ill. — The Australian Macadamia industry released research that reveals that almost 50% of consumers globally now value finding peace and quiet in everyday life as the key to a happy mind. Conversely, only 25% globally said occasional big experiences and milestones make them happy.
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Presenting 7 living composers, 6 soloists, and an opera about a transgender woman, the Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces its most exciting season yet
LOWELL, Mass. — After successfully ending an entirely virtual second season, the Lowell Chamber Orchestra returns to live concerts with “A Season of Inclusion,” its third and most ambitious season to date. The season opens with another world premiere: Micah Roberts’ “Hypernovae,” a fantastic overture inspired by the cosmos
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Organic Aromas Pioneers Again With Exciting New Market Leading Products: Receives New Trademark For Raindrop Design And Vows To Fight The Fakes
BOISE, Idaho — Organic Aromas®, creator of the innovative nebulizing aromatherapy diffuser has once again introduced cutting edge products to the market. The Essential Oil Blending Lab Kit, The Attar Nebulizing Diffuser and the ultimate blending guide eBook are now available. The company has also received a new trademark for the Raindrop diffuser design.
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American Icon ‘Biker’s Bible’ EASYRIDERS Returns: New License Deal Brings Biker Lifestyle to The Masses
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — GIT Corp., a publishing company out of New York, today announced a new partnership with ER71 USA. Inc. (“ER71”) to license an exciting new monthly motorcycle magazine title that brings all the two-wheeled excitement of the motorcycle culture to the masses.