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It’s why I always urge clients to put that time on the calendar — even before the campaign has started — to review.
So, in that spirit, before we rush into 2025, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what I learned in the past year. One of the fun parts about my job is that it allows me to tackle new challenges and educate myself about new or evolving issues in the field. Every year,…
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Animal of the Day: The Surfside Sand Dollar
Did you know that the Sand dollar is related to something called a sea cucumber? I wonder if there is a sea zucchini?… Loading Everlit Audio… Here is some more text. It’s pretty great and amazing. Lots of text here.
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Animal of the Day. The Crazy Kangaroo.
By Charlie. Did you know that the Kangaroo belongs to a family called the Macropod family otherwise known as the big foot family? Loading Everlit Audio… They are the largest marsupial and their babies are called Joeys. They are also the fastest hopping mammals. The crazy thing about kangaroos is that they go as fast…
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Animal of the Day. The Harrowing Hammerhead Shark.
By Charlie. Did you know that the hammerhead shark is the most recent shark to evolve? Sharks have been around for over 450 million years, but the hammerhead has only been around for the last 20 million? Crazy! People always wonder why they have that funny looking nose that looks like a hammer on the…
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Animal of the Day. The Gnarly Narwal.
By Charlie. Did you know that the queen of England paid over 10,000 pounds for a Narwal horn, which is over 6.3 million pounds in today’s money? WOW! That’s a lot of money for a big tooth. The name Narwal actually means corpse whale, because the gray color of the mammal looks like a drowned…
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Animal of the Day. The Magnificent Manta Ray
By Charlie. Did you know that Manta Rays fly through the water using wings that can be over 24 feet wide and can make up over 85% of their body? They are super intelligent and have the largest brain of all fish. Even bigger than a whale shark! Woah. They were originally related to sharks…
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Animal of the Day: The Tenacious Tardigrade.
By Charlie. Did you know that Tardigrades live in every place on earth and are almost indestructible? Tardigrades have been found in the fossil record, preserved in amber since the cretaceous period. They are super hungry and some of them are known to eat parasites and nematodes. They have eight legs and are the worlds…
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Paris pulls off the improbable with an epic, safe Opening Ceremony on the Seine
By Ann Killion,Sports ColumnistJuly 26th, 2024 PARIS — Magnifique! When Paris announced its aspirational, inspirational plan for the 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony, the world wondered if it truly would happen. And as, over the past two years, the world became an even more violent place, the doubts increased. Paris pulled it off Friday night. The Ceremony…
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Animal of the Day: The Awesome Axolotl
By Charlie Did you know that the Axolotl is believed to house the spirit of a Mexican god and can only be found in a specific lake region outside of Mexico City? It’s a huge Salamander that’s also known as a water monster. They are the only type of Salamander that permanently live in water…
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In the garden, there is only one queen, and she is a rose.
Esther Ortiz and Thelma Muraida are sisters who grew up on the city’s West Side surrounded by roses and stories. By Elaine Ayala April 19th, 2024 Esther Ortiz, 71, and Thelma Ortiz Muraida, 73, are sisters who grew up on the city’s West Side in a house right behind the Little Flower School, next to the famous basilica of…