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STEM / STEAM: Why is Spring a Good Time for Severe Weather?
Adam Epstein, Chief Meteorologist at Fox 40 News, Sacramento, CA has some very interesting stuff to say about Spring’s potential for severe weather. For example….did you know that Kansas (where I spent a few great years studying for my Masters Degree in EE) is no longer the heart of tornado alley? Thank you, Adam! Science, Technology, Engineering,…
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“Roommates” Movie Review
Devon (Sadie Sandler) is heading off to college hoping that she will meet one good friend there. Arriving at college shy and naive Devon meets outgoing Celeste (Chloe East) and surprisingly…..the two hit it off! Devon is sure she has found the best friend she wanted to meet in college. Then…… Oh to find out…
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Our 2026 Scholarship Winner: Abigail Avila
Meet Abigail Avila, our 2026 Carol Phan Memorial College Scholarship Winner! Welcome, Abigail, to the “ForCarol Scholarship family”. 🙂 Abigail is planning to attend Modesto Junior College majoring in Agricultural Communications / Dairy Science. Congratulations on your winning submission! We wish you the best of luck in college and look foward to getting your first semester…
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“Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” Movie Review
I asked Google Gemini AI for assistance writing the summary. I edited it (heavily) for clarity and completeness. When a deadly new AI program called the “Handle” is stolen, Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) is recruited by the British government to retrieve it before it could be unleashed…potentially destroying the world. Gathering his team: Tech Wizard,…
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“Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” Movie Review
Picking up where Part 1 left off…. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Entity has taken over the world and is now dictating how nations of the world are acting / reacting. Unfortunately, the Entity wants to destroy all human life and figures the best way to do that is to force all the nuclear capable nations…
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STEM / STEAM: Artemis 2 Blasts Off for the Moon
Scheduled for April 1, 2026 four astronauts will blast-off to do a look-see of the moon in a 10 day mission. Here is a short video from NASA: The four astronauts are from left to right in the picture below are: Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch (more on her below), Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman. Coverage…
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“Song Sung Blue” Movie Review
Two singers stuck in the Carnival, State Fair, Bar….circuit meet and become: Thunder (Kate Hudson) and Lightning (Hugh Jackman): A Neil Diamond Experience duo. And, wow, are they good! In fact….they are GREAT! Including, at their peak, opening for….. Oh, to find out. You can STREAM this movie on Peacock! 🙂 “Song Sung Blue” is…
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“Wicked: For Good” Movie Review
In the last movie, Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) exposed the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) as a corrupt fraud. Picking up in this movie…powerful witch, Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh), has forced the “evil” Elphaba into hiding while “good” Glinda sided, half-heartedly, with the Wizard. Now that the yellow brick road is finished….all roads in…
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“Zootopia 2” Movie Review
I asked Google Gemini AI for help summarizing “Zootopia 2”. I edited it for completeness and style. 🙂 In Zootopia 2, newly minted ZPD partners Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde Jason Batemen) face a strain in their relationship, landing them in “Partners in Crisis” counseling. Their dynamic is tested when Gary De’Snake (Ke…
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