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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: The heroism of Hirschhorn
When I was 16, I read Henry David Thoreau's “Walden.” I read about living deliberately and sucking the marrow out of life. Such musings led me to study philosophy. I learned that a deliberate life meant following a heroic life. In the “...Tags: Frostbite, Health, First Aid, Injuries and Wounds, Concourse
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Cultures meet over 'green' cup of tea
Descanso Gardens in La Caņada played host to a cultural exchange of East and West Monday as a Japanese Non-Profit Organization, Forever Green Japan, filmed Angeleno high school students performing the traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
The nine students,...Tags: Culture, Weather, Global Warming, Global Change, Arts and Culture
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The Valley Line: Halloween, and an Asian evening
The little ghosts and goblins will be out and about this coming Monday eve, so make sure your candy bowl is full.
Montrose Shopping Park will be having its annual party for the kids. The “Halloween Spooktacular” begins in the village at 5 p....Tags: Chinatown (Manhattan, New York), Religious Festivals, The New York Times, Festive Events, Entertainment
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In Theory: Can Americans reconcile with Islam?
Q. A leading Islamic cleric has begun a tour of America urging American Muslims to help shape the religion’s relationship with the USA. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf says Muslims should depoliticize their faith and that they should aim to make Islam be...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), National Security, Rape, Breads, Education
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Local firefighter returns from Japan
Los Angeles County Firefighter Specialist Anthony Ramirez — better known by his middle name, Pete — returned to work Saturday at Fire Station 82 in La Caņada Flintridge after taking part last week in search-and-rescue missions along the...Tags: Earthquakes, Fires, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters
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Sport Chalet and Soles4Souls pair up
Sport Chalet is teaming up with Soles4Souls for the second time in two years to provide shoes to the victims of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.
The pair first partnered up in January 2010 to collect shoes for the victims of the Haiti earthquake....Tags: Earthquakes, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Disasters
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Guest Column: Take time now to prepare for disaster
Last week’s earthquake in Japan is yet another wakeup call for the Southland. As you read this column think about our situation if the California’s “big one” hit right now. Are you ready? One of the lessons from the earthquake...Tags: Earthquakes, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters, Chemicals, Entertainment
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Piece of Mind: La Caņada rallies behind Japan
La Caņadans this week joined people across the world watching the news out of Japan, where Friday’s 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami set the country up for a possible nuclear meltdown of disastrous proportions. No sooner had word of the massive...Tags: Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Social Issues, American Red Cross, Human Interest
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Former La Caņadans spared brunt of quake
The devastation caused Friday by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan should serve as a warning for Foothills residents to take the threat of such disasters more seriously, says a former La Caņada Flintridge resident now living...Tags: Earthquakes, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Yokohama (Japan), Natural Disasters
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New festival blossoms at Descanso
As Japan struggles to rebuild itself in the wake of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the devastating tsunami that followed, La Caņada residents will have a unique opportunity this weekend to connect with and reflect upon the nation’s rich cultural...Tags: Culture, Tourism and Leisure, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Travel, Cherries
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Japan's ancient culture, modern ways
For 12 months filmmaker/adventurer Karin Muller traveled from one end of Japan to the other, living among the people and exploring Japan’s ancient cultural heritage and its modern ways.
Muller followed the dervish mountain cults as they...Tags: Culture, Travel, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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In Theory: Is America Islamophobic?
Last week's Time magazine cover story by Bobby Ghosh reported that "hate speech against Muslims and Islam is growing both more widespread and more heated," with protests against a mosque in lower Manhattan and the building of other mosques elsewhere not...Tags: Mass Media, National Security, Saudi Arabia, Bear (animal), Crime, Law and Justice
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