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Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick - The New York Times Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick - The New York Times Posted: 27 Nov 2019 02:00 AM PST We cruised down West Pico in Adam Sandler's ride, a custom Chevy passenger van tricked out in the style of an orthopedic shoe. The cup holders jangled with suburban odds and ends — a pair of tiny glasses belonging to his daughter; a bottle of Dry-n-Clear ear drops. We were bound for Hillcrest Country Club, the oldest Jewish country club in Los Angeles. "You're going to like this," Sandler said. He whipped the van into the valet station. Alongside the row of town cars and coupes, it looked like an airport courtesy shuttle. Hillcrest was founded in 1920, when Los Angeles's Reform Jews started earning major cash and no country club appeared willing to let them spend it. Barred from joining the WASP establishment, they banded together to forge a simulacrum, a place where self-pro...

A fairytale-like school lab for math and sciences takes over a tiny London "turret" - Inhabitat A fairytale-like school lab for math and sciences takes over a tiny London "turret" - Inhabitat Posted: 25 Nov 2019 11:30 AM PST Proving that inspiring design can be achieved in small spaces and on a budget, British architecture firm Hayhurst & Co recently transformed an existing two-story "turret" on top of a Queen Anne-style primary school in London into an award-winning learning space for children. Awarded with a RIBA Regional Award, the new Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) Activity Lab is a welcome addition to the Torriano Primary School that provides flexible, hands-on learning opportunities for its 420 students. The new, dynamic lab emphasizes creativity and playfulness from its shiny, whimsical, shingled roof to its cathedral-like interior framed with curved laminated plywood portals...

Bus services, city of Blaine brace for cuts after I-976 passes - Blaine Northern Light Bus services, city of Blaine brace for cuts after I-976 passes - Blaine Northern Light Horizontal Portal Market Research Report | Liferay Inc., Oracle Corporation, IBM Corporation - Sound On Sound Fest Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home - WIRED Hackers Can Shine Lasers at Your Alexa Device and Do Bad, Bad Things to It - Popular Mechanics Bus services, city of Blaine brace for cuts after I-976 passes - Blaine Northern Light Posted: 26 Nov 2019 02:45 PM PST Oliver Lazenby Local agencies aren't yet sure how the passage of Initiative 976, which caps car tab fees at $30, will affect Whatcom County transportation services and infrastructure, but they expect there will be some impacts. The initiative, passed statewide by voters with a 53 percent yes vote in the November election, repeals a...