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No-Smoking Ban Mandated In All Public Housing
Posted on: 05 Aug 2018
On July 31st, the Department of Housing and Urban Development banned smoking in or near public housing. In 2016, the Obama administration passed this rule, and now the government finally implemented it. This ban prohibits cigars, cigarettes, and pipes in public housing and common areas. This excludes e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and snuff. According to the department, around 280,000 public housing units under over six hundred local agencies claimed to be smoke-free already. However, this ban now prohibits smoking in 940,000 other units. NO-SMOKING BAN IN PUBLIC HOUSING COULD SAVE THE…
Andy Spade Honors His Wife on Instagram with Christmas Lights
Posted on: 02 Aug 2018
Andy Spade, the husband of late fashion designer Kate Spade, paid tribute to his wife with Christmas lights on Instagram. On Monday, Andy Spade posted the following photograph: His caption says, She was born Christmas Eve, 1962. She loved the Midwest, the desert, and the city,” he wrote. “I was lucky enough to have dear friends let my daughter…stay at their home through a difficult time. This tree was standing alone beside the house so we ordered those multicolored, old fashioned lights from Amazon or Target and another dear personal friend…
The Carr Fire Takes 3 Members of the Bledsoe Family, And 3 Others.
Posted on: 02 Aug 2018
The Carr Fire that destroyed a hundred and twenty-five homes has now killed three people trapped in their home. Six total deaths occurred from the Californian wildfire. Currently, the size of the fire is as big as the city of Denver. And unfortunately, firefighters only contained 20% of it. The number of buildings destroyed went from 125 to 1,000. Carr has burnt about a 250,000 acres of land. The Bledsoe family suffered the consequences of the fire this week. In Redding, officials mandated evacuations. However, Ed Bledsoe was not aware…
Physicist, Jess Wade, Creates Over 280 Wikipedia Pages for Female Scientists
Posted on: 01 Aug 2018
Jess Wade, a physicist at the Imperial College London, began writing Wikipedia entries that recognize female scientists. Her reasoning? Because they aren’t receiving the recognition they deserve. Wade challenged herself for 2018 to write a piece a day about a woman in science. She says, “In writing them, you get so inspired and excited because these people that you are researching … are absolutely incredible. It’s such a fun thing to do that you get motivated to keep contributing to science because you want to be one of these phenomenal…
Over 1,000 People Plan to Print 3D Guns
Posted on: 01 Aug 2018
Old Hollywood predicted flying cars in the future, but instead, we got 3D printed guns. According to Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro office, over a thousand people have downloaded plans to 3D print an AR-15. This all began after a guns-right activist group made a settlement with the United States, making 3D gun printing legal. Cody Wilson, head of a non-profit group called Defense Distributed, sued the federal government after being denied to printing guns. On June 29th, the settlement confirmed that the organization and Wilson could publish gun-printing files…
