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This district has no programs and no facilities, so it's hard to fathom what trade it needs to keep secret. On Ferguson's suggestion, the district voted to hire a real estate appraiser to determine the value of John Muir's Concord hospital campus. The...
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His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality. Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, 1929 When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir,...
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 19: Singer Chaka Khan (C) John Muir Middle School Principal Miranda Ra'off (L) and student Tempest Brown (R) attend the Chaka Khan Hollywood Walk Of Fame Induction Ceremony on May 19, 2011 in Hollywood, California. View Photo »
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Bishop Olmsted's heart is to draw people into union with Christ—that's his heart, that's his passion and everything he does as a bishop has that as it's goal
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(02-13) 07:50 PST ANTIOCH -- A man died after being shot in Antioch, authorities said today. Clyde Gayden, 56, of Antioch was shot numerous times in an alley behind an apartment complex on the 2200 block of Spanos Street on Friday morning, police said. ...
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Giveaway: The Camping Trip that Changed America by Barb Rosenstock & Mordicai Gernstein Prize Package
Cynsations
From the promotional copy of The Camping Trip That Changed America: Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little-known but important story from our nation's history. In 1903, President Theodore...
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Earthfirst!: Big Greenwashing 101 (Or How Sierra Club Learned To Stop Worrying About The 99% & Love Wall Street)
Junk Science
Muir must be rolling over in his grave. The organization he founded in 1892, the Sierra Club, America’s oldest and largest environmental group, have been in cahoots with the worst of the worst corporations in recent years. They’ve been paid tens of...
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Back in the late 1800s, at a camp just like this, these are the same stars that John Muir was looking at on Mount Tamalpais
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By Friday's game it was pretty clear that our entire team was affected by the troubling news, though we kept it to ourselves and gave it our best. I share the hurt and disappointment with my student athletes and families who worked so hard to make this...
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For more than a century, this was the profiteers' garden. Dirt was moved. Rivers tamed. Plumbing installed. The big desert blossomed -- as it was being choked. Then about 20 years ago, the powers dealing from a stacked deck collided with a changing...
About John Muir
Wikipedia
John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of U.S. wilderness. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, have been read by millions and are still popular today. Full Article
