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Firefighters to benefit from donated equipment
Local firefighters will benefit from new emergency response equipment thanks to a $5,000 donation to the Santa Barbara Firefighter’s Alliance from ExxonMobil.
The nonprofit alliance works to supply local fire departments with critical equipment for firefighters who work on the front lines of public safety. The recent grant will fund weather meters, global satellite positioning units and emergency radios.
“Because of their generosity, our firefighters are able to get cutting-edge technical equi ...
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In March of 2006, a brave—though some would say either naïve or slightly insane—young man named Jeremy Gordon took meager family savings, enticed investors, hired a small but incredibly intelligent and dedicated staff, and produced this alternative s ...
Board of Stupes
An article appeared in the New York Times citing California’s budget crisis. The author, Jane Gross, noted, “…this year seems different, the fiscal problems in the nation’s most populous state are beyond reach of bookkeeping tricks and painless servi ...
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Some real lucky ducks
Two feathered canards, appropriately named Mr. and Mrs. Lucky Duck by the water crews at the Cater Plant, just hatched eight chicks. What makes a sweet, though commonplace event in nature more of a ‘miracle moment,’ is that Mrs. Lucky Duck sat on her nest throughout the Jesusita fires.
War is for Killing
War is for killing and the military is for conducting war. I was part of that military back in the 70’s. There were no major Middle East engagements at that time, although concerns about the safety of oil shipping channels did come up in our briefings, and there were plenty of Saudi pilots being trained alongside our Air Force.
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