Bans on fireplaces and wood stoves are driven by concerns over global warming, and the notion that heat from wood is inefficient and dirty. While it’s true that burning wood or other biomass such as plant matter can release a range of pollutants, “biomass is generally considered carbon neutral because the carbon dioxide (CO) released from either burning or decomposing biomass approximately equals the CO that trees and plants take in from the atmosphere during their lives,” says the National Energy Board’s review of various energy sources. In other words, there’s no difference between burning a tree and letting it rot on the forest floor.

Victims were silenced, intimidated, repeatedly told it was medical treatment and even forced to go back for continued sexual assault. You have stated in a motion to dismiss our civil suit that, ironically, is being heard right now in court as I am speaking. That the reports that were given in 1997, ’89, ;99 and 2000 to track coaches, head gymnastic coaches and athletic trainers and supervisors don’t, quote, count as notice because these teenagers didn’t report it to the right official.

During February, Maryland residents are commemorating Black History Month by studying and celebrating the past. Meanwhile, what’s being called the racial reckoning of 2020 is barely in the rearview mirror. Those recent events Black people killed by police and marches demanding systemic change are prompting some Baltimore area residents to explore what needs to be done to ensure there is substantial progress toward achieving racial justice and equity..

31 Feb. 23. Bridge Repertory Theatre. “When he died it left me pretty empty. Third time lucky and he was legally on the road.”It meant I was out of the dumb range academically. Stanley adopted his catch cry “I want to read and write so I don’t have to walk in the shadow of others”.”When you can’t read or write properly you adapt and work around it.

At 23, she co founded Tom Sawyer Entertainment with her 29 year old bestie. In 2012, Tom Sawyer merged with Picture Machine to become Haven Entertainment. “I have a much smaller list than I would in a big agency,” Miller says. Admittedly, I was a little petrified when Ryan called me and asked me if he could film me for his new series, Do What You Love (a series about women doing what they love in conjunction with Gap’s 1969 Jeans collection). I’m not a big fan of being on video. I tend to get REALLY awkward.

Watanabe said that he has been surprised that this aspect of Brown’s professional rise has not been more scrutinized. At this year’s St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in Boston, Warren made one of few allusions to Brown’s years on the runway when she displayed a mock centerfold of her fully clothed self lying next to a calculator in Consumer Reports magazine, saying it was “the only magazine that would have me.”.