Sir Cedric is a 3-year-old tabby and white shorthair cat with big pointy ears. Cedric also has extra toes on his huge front paws. Plus, Cedric has a huge heart — he loves attention. He may get along with other cats given the right introduction and patience. Due to a kind donor, Cedric’s adoption fee […]
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By Zócalo Back in the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan famously took a jab at the policies of Lyndon Johnson with the remark, “In the ’60s we waged a war on poverty, and poverty won.” Since then, poverty has apparently continued its victorious march. According to the Census, 43.3 million people were living in poverty in […]
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By James Joiner, Daily Beast High in the Himalayas, Everest climbers can only hope for the best after Saturday’s devastating earthquake. As the numbers of injured and killed — currently 5,900 and 3,218, respectively—rise in the wake of yesterday’s earthquake in Nepal and aftershocks continue to rock the countryside, the first groups of evacuees from […]
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By Kate Bratskeir, Huffington Post A bicycle helmet funded on Indiegogo aims to make commuting to work even more convenient — and a lot less bulky. “The Morpher” is designed to fold flat, making it easier to carry around than a traditional helmet. And while cyclists will still deal with its heft, it beats having […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post The California drought and a warm spring in Utah pinched visits to Vail Resorts’ ski areas, but season pass sales and targeted marketing to wealthy skiers pushed the resort operator’s revenues ahead of the previous season. North America’s largest resort operator on Friday released results from its nine ski areas for […]
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By Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times A group of filmmakers poked gentle fun at California skiers who were recently photographed skiing on an anemic patch of snow on the state’s drought-ridden mountains, by promoting a new sport: rock skiing. In the film from Happy United and Groove Guild, a skier and a snowboarder donning winter […]
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By Lindsey Emery, Outside It’s an all-too familiar scene: You’re 19 miles into a marathon, feeling good (ish), loose, physically and mentally strong, and then all of a sudden you hit mile 20, and everything starts to crumble. Your muscles ache, your head hurts, your feet throb, your stomach groans — you’re fatigued, and you’ve […]
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On March 15, 2014, Jeff Andrews experienced a snowboarding accident at Sugar Bowl Resort resulting in a C6 burst fracture with associated spinal cord injury and transverse process fractures at L1, L2, and L3. He suffers quadriplegia at the C5-C7 level. His goal is to become as independent as his condition will permit and return to […]
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By Kathryn Reed I don’t think there has ever been a time that my sister, Pam, has come to visit that she hasn’t helped me with a new recipe. It’s a good thing she’s a good sport. And not all of the dishes have been keepers and some have been rather labor intensive. I have […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal As a late-season snowstorm swept toward the Sierra Friday, scientists prepared to do their thing. In this case, that meant activating mountaintop generators that spray chemicals into storm clouds, encouraging formation of ice crystals that fall as precious snow. “It looks pretty good. We are pretty confident we will get […]
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