Sandi Smith retired in 2014 and moved from California to the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Washington where she plans to continue writing and enjoying her new photography hobby. Email pagesmith1948@gmail.com.
Her website can be found at: www.pagesmith.org
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by Sandra Smith. From the first day I set up my home office, I could never keep it neat for more than a few hours at a time. I can't function in clutter -- it feels as ...
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by Sandi Smith. The two nights my friend, Wilda, and I spent in Boston turned out to be more interesting than I ever expected. The plan was to fly into Boston, ...
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by Sandra Smith. I used 2 BlEv dat cuz I can troubleshoot my own cmptr probz, knO my way around d Internet, & DzIND & creatD my own website, dat I must b ...
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by Sandra Smith. My friend Jane is incapable of throwing anything away. She filled up her house, then the garage, and began buying tin storage sheds to hold ...
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Study: Most Prescribed Opioid Pills Go Unused and Not Disposed Of In Recommended Ways
"If we can better tailor the amount of opioids prescribed to the needs of patients, we can ensure patients receive appropriate pain control after surgery yet reduce the number of extra oxycodone and other opioid tablets in many homes that are just waiting to be lost, sold, taken by error, or accidentally discovered by a child," says Mark Bicket, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the paper's first author. Analysis of two studies — which focused on opioid storage and safety — shows that up to 77 percent of patients reported that their opioids were not stored in locked containers. more »
Reliable Sources of Information Regarding Hurricane Irma: National Weather Service, National Hurricane Service, Florida Health, FEMA, US Army Corps of Engineers
Editor's Note: Florida Disaster has a section on Florida Shelters; National Hurricane Center; Key Messages for Hurricane Irma. FEMA: Hurricane Irma; Read safety tips, up-to-date info & rumor control, and how to help Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. FloridaHealth.gov. and other sources: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; US Army Corps of Engineers Responses to Climate Change. more »
A Better Way Forward on Title IX Enforcement? Remarks by Education Secy Betsy DeVos at George Mason University
Secretary DeVos stated that Obama-era campus sexual assault guidelines are not working: Speaking about plans to revisit Obama-era Title IX guidelines on campus sexual assault, Secretary DeVos says that "the sad reality is that Lady Justice is not blind on campuses today," adding that "there must be a better way forward." The Secretary also said: "Instead of working with schools on behalf of students, the prior administration weaponized the [Department of Education] Office for Civil Rights to work against schools and against students." We've included the entire speech. more »
What Berkeley Needs is a Non-Violent Containment Squad
Jo Freeman writes: Establishing a non-violent containment squad can't be done by a state agency, such as the University or the police. Too many legal complications. But it could be done by the churches, or by an independent group committed to non-violence. That's how it started in the South. Long before the sit-ins hit the airwaves, students and young people were being trained in non-violence. Some of the people who did that training are still alive, as are many who practiced it. more »
