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What are gas hydrates?
Gas hydrates are a crystalline solid formed of water and gas. It looks and acts much like ice, but it contains huge amounts of methane; it is known to occur on every continent; and it exists in huge quantities in marine sediments in a layer several hundred meters thick directly below the sea floor and in association with permafrost in the Arctic. It is not stable at normal sea-level pressures and temperatures, which is the primary reason that it is a challenge to study.
“How Humans Exist”: 65 High-Quality Pics Of People Just Being People
We’re lucky to live in an age where we can find beautiful photos of anything we want online. Adorable puppies, stunning culinary creations, remote places in nature and even close-ups of tiny insects are at our fingertips.
Law and Indigenous Religion: Theorizing a Complex Relationship
Degree Name Master of Laws (LLM) First Advisor Benjamin L. Berger Abstract This thesis asks what preconditions are necessary to think the relation between law and Indigenous religion without marginalizing perspectives, such as those germane to Indigenous religion, that fall outside law’s frame (often figured, erroneously, as ‘objective’ and ‘neutral’). The research grounds itself in the only Supreme Court of Canada case that, to date, has involved Indigenous religious freedoms and s.
Disney Cast Members Reach 1 Million Mobile Cast Compliments
Through emails, phone calls, letters and social posts, guests consistently rave about the legendary service provided by Disney cast members. Less than two years ago, we introduced another convenient way to recognize our magic makers – Mobile Cast Compliments on the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps – on which guests have already shared more than 1 million cast member recognitions.
Disneyland Cast Share Stories Behind Their Disney100 Nametag Characters
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Meet the Cast Members Behind the Newest Guided Tour: ‘Celebrating Disney100 at the Disneyland Resort’
By Kristen Lewis For Disney fans looking to deep dive into the company’s 100-year history, the new “Celebrating Disney100 at the Disneyland Resort” Guided Tour is a living story that takes guests on a journey through past and present at iconic locations across the resort. The new guided tour, which debuted earlier this month, was designed by four Guest Relations cast members who were passionate about bringing the company’s storied history to life.
Designing the Celebrating Disney100 at Disneyland Resort Guided Tour
Have you ever wondered how Walt and Roy Disney started The Walt Disney Company? Or what it was like to be at Disneyland park on opening day in 1955? You don’t need a time machine to find out, because a new guided tour is available to answer those questions and more! The Celebrating Disney100 at the Disneyland Resort Guided Tour, which debuted earlier this month, is a living story that takes you through iconic locations across the Disneyland Resort while sharing the company’s 100-year history.
Cast Member Brings Family Traditions to Lunar New Year Celebration
By Kristen Lewis In honor of the annual Lunar New Year celebration, Paradise Gardens at Disney California Adventure park has been transformed with traditional red and gold decor, lively entertainment and authentic dishes to bring the multicultural celebration to life. This year, the tribute to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures honors the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese calendar and the Year of the Cat in the Vietnamese calendar.
Cast Member Brings Family Traditions to Lunar New Year Celebration at Disneyland Resort
As we embark on the annual Lunar New Year celebration, Paradise Gardens at Disney California Adventure Park has been transformed with traditional red and gold decor, lively entertainment and authentic dishes that bring the holiday to life. This year, the tribute to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures honors the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese calendar and the Year of the Cat in the Vietnamese calendar.
Stirring Up Holiday Cheer at Disney Festival of Holidays
Festivals and Outdoor Ventures cast member Alex Fuentez-Cardenas has a passion for dreaming up specialty beverages, a talent that is on display during Disney Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure park through Jan. 8. The celebration of Christmas, Navidad, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa and Three Kings’ Day includes food and beverage offerings representing these diverse festivities and beloved seasonal traditions — and that’s where Alex comes in.
Launching a Disney Family Legacy
By Kristen Lewis The Flag Retreat Ceremony in Disneyland park has always had special meaning to Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel Executive Housekeeper Julia Contreras. “There’s always been a little bit of Disney in my family, and it started with my grandpa,” Contreras said of her grandfather, John Surak, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945 and earned a Purple Heart in Okinawa.
Cast Member Carries on a Disney Military Family Legacy
John Surak served in the U.S. Marine Corps in WWII and attended opening day at Disneyland Park in 1955 Julia Contreras, John’s granddaughter, was inspired by his story and became a cast member in 1996 The Flag Retreat Ceremony in Disneyland Park has always had special meaning to Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel Executive Housekeeper Julia Contreras.
Disneyland Resort Child Care Program Gives Peace of Mind to Cast Members
By Kristen Lewis When Guest Relations Host Michael Sinatra and his wife had their second baby, they were prepared for child care expenses to skyrocket. So when Disneyland Resort rolled out its child care program in 2019, they signed up. “When the program started, I was very grateful for it, because having two kids, as opposed to one, in day care was definitely a hefty expense,” Sinatra said.
Cast Members Get an Oogie Boogie Bash SnEEK PEEK
By Kristen Lewis As the gates to Disney California Adventure park crEEKed closed for guests on a night earlier this month, cast members dressed in their villainous best took over in the bewitching hours for a creepy cast-exclusive preview of Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party. The devilishly delightful fun included interactive treat trails, the “Frightfully Fun Parade,” attractions and many other offerings guests will experience select nights through Oct. 31.
What’s This? Disneyland Cast Members Get an Oogie Boogie Bash SnEEK Peak
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Disneyland Park Cast Member Celebrates Family Legacies at Veterans Event
Fantasyland Retail Stage Manager Megan Matsumoto is Japanese-American and the granddaughter of a World War II veteran, so she’s doubly honored this month to celebrate both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and Military Appreciation Month. “It’s important that [AANHPI] and military heritage are highlighted here at the resort because there are so many cast members that have a connection to either heritage or both,” said Megan.
Disneyland Resort Cast Members Thrive Together with Mentorship Program
“How can we create a program to provide mentorship with someone who looks like you, or resonates with things that are important to you?” Robert Clunie, general manager for Disney California Adventure park, posed this question in a conversation with other resort leaders about incorporating the Inclusion Key into a program for cast members.
Heroes of Avengers Campus Celebrate First Anniversary at Disney California Adventure Park
Cast members didn’t need the Time Stone this week to relive memories from the opening of Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure park last year on June 4, 2021. “It was nothing like I expected, but it was fun,” said Lead Nelson Medina-Castro. As the first land at a Disney park dedicated to Super Heroes, working in Avengers Campus provides “an opportunity to play … and use your imagination,” he said.
Inequalities in Louisiana have been exacerbated by COVID-19
From April 2020, NOLA Public Schools district laptops are delivered to John F. Kennedy High School during a statewide school shutdown meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photos provided by Kevin George) When Louisiana schools and businesses closed their doors to curb the growing spread of COVID-19, the state’s digital divide and stark inequality only became more apparent.
4 Aspects of My Chronic Illness That Scare Me Shitless
My chronic illness is invisible. That means you may not know anything is going on in my body when you walk by, but my body just doesn’t function properly. And my body is slowly building to attack itself month after month. This has been reality for much of my life. Cyclical illness every 30 days. Fevers. Chills. Body aches. But, the parts of being chronically ill that scare me the most are not always the symptoms or a fear of death. 1. Being a burden. I am a fiercely independent woman.
Northeast Louisiana was suffering before the pandemic and is in more dire straits now
(Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) By Jan Moller and Kristen Lewis Louisiana has had a year unlike any other. The Covid-19 virus has killed more than 6,500 Louisianians, sickened hundreds of thousands more and left people jobless and without the basic resources they need to stay afloat.
Black communities were forgotten during the recovery from the Great Recession. We can't let that happen again.
Otibehia Allen prepares dinner for her children in their rented mobile home in the same isolated, low-income community of Jonestown, Miss., where she grew up among the cotton and soybean fields of the Mississippi Delta. Her children are on Medicaid, but Allen says a small pay raise meant she lost her own coverage through the federal and state health insurance program. Rogelio V. Solis/AP During the Great Recession, communities of color were forgotten in the country's pursuit of economic recovery.
The Muslim Ban and academia
The Muslim Ban—in its current iteration as Proclamation 9645 and in its earlier forms—is certainly an egregious attack on the values of our academic communities, but it is not a novel one. Restrictions on scholarship and scholars tied to immigration policy targeting Muslims as threats to national security, as well as to sanctions on Muslim-majority countries uncooperative with US foreign policy interests, have had an enduring presence in recent US history.
Inequality: Shifting the Spotlight From Wall Street to Your Street
Income inequality, for years the great unmentionable in political discourse, is suddenly on everyone's lips. Thanks to the Great Recession, Occupy Wall Street, and the ensuing focus on the "1 percent," the gulf between the richest and the rest is now not only acknowledged, it is being cited by people across the political spectrum as an impediment to economic recovery. While income inequality is enjoying its moment in the sun, other forms of inequality are getting far less attention.
April is Fair Housing Month
MARION - Every April, US Housing and Urban Development (HUD), local communities and organizations across the country commemorate Fair Housing Month by hosting a variety of activities that enhance Americans’ awareness of their fair housing rights, highlight HUD’s fair housing enforcement efforts, and emphasize the importance of ending housing discrimination.
How to close NYC's lifespan gap? The answer may surprise you
New data reveals a yawning chasm in life expectancy among the city’s residents, with startling implications. While the average life expectancy citywide is 81 years, stunning disparities exist across our neighborhoods. A baby born today in Tribeca can expect to live more than 11 years longer than one born in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Will Obamacare help? One would think that residents with health insurance would live longer, healthier lives than those without it.
What Went Wrong In McKinney
Rebecca Steinitz: A group of teenagers can be a powder keg, which an adult can light -- or not. In this video screenshot, police officer Eric Casebolt pushes a teenage girl to the ground. (youtube) If there’s one thing I’ve learned from parenting tantrumming toddlers and righteously indignant teens, it’s that the reaction of the adult is everything. It seems, however, that McKinney, Texas, police officer Eric Casebolt missed this lesson.
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