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Olaf Nicolai’s (*1962, Halle an der Saale) works have been featured in numerous international exhibitions, from documenta to the Venice Biennale. The landscape, one of the most complex themes in the history of art, is a leitmotif in Nicolai’s work. For the Lokremise St. Gallen he has designed a walk-
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Olaf Nicolai, Zabriskie Point, 2010. Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin 2018, ProLitteris, Zürich
Exhibition 07 July -
Nicolai’s installation in the Lokremise consists mainly of sand, a loose sediment that, under changing climatic conditions, forms a landscape in motion. Geological as well as geopolitical references come into play; Michel Foucault’s notion of heterotopia also comes to mind: Foucault coined the term in the late 1960s to describe transitory places on the margins of society in which social order is both represented as well as disputed and undermined. Nicolai’s barren landscape thus comes into view as an ambiguous place that can be understood in the context of current social change and at the same time sets in motion the viewer’s imaginative potential.
The exhibition begins with the work Zabriskie Point, a series of photographs taken with a stark flash at night at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. The photos document a nocturnal, almost one-
When visitors begin their walk through the landscape in the Lokremise, they can pick up a hand-
Another element of the installation is the previously unpublished texts by Simeon Wade, a resident of California, who visited Death Valley in June 1975 along with Michel Foucault. Passages from Wade’s texts about their stay, including an interview with Foucault, relate to a special experience: along with Wade and his friend, Foucault first took LSD at the symbolic Zabriskie Point.
Nicolai’s exhibition will also extend to the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. Drop-
The show That’s a God-
While all three exhibitions examine different facets of Nicolai’s work and retrospectively reflect the artist’s interdisciplinary concepts of the past 20 years, the presentation in St. Gallen brings together both existing and new works that demonstrate the development of the artist’s oeuvre in a site-
As part of the exhibitions, a catalog will be jointly published by the three institutions.
Curator: Lorenzo Benedetti

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Eberron Chronicles: D&D Adventures set in the world of Eberron
Dungeons & Dragons 5e on Roll20, Zoom, Theater of the Mind
Price per player-session
Duration: 1.5 to 3 hours
Number of players: 2 to 6 players
Experience required: Intermediate
About the adventure
In Eberron, a war-torn world filled with magic-fueled technology, airships fly across the skies and lightning trains bolt over the landscape, It's world where noir-inspired mystery meets swashbuckling adventure. Will Eberron enter a prosperous new age, or will the shadow of war descend once again? I have DM'd in Eberron since its launch in the early 2000s and it is THE campaign setting for me, from Indiana Jones-esque adventures, to James Bond-ish mysteries or corporate conflict, all while keeping it fantasy and fun. I'm open to any ideas or desires in the world of Eberron, from urban locked escapades in the city of Towers, to a romp across Khorvaire in search of lost Artifacts with a nebulous group of nerdowells hot on our heels. Story gets the spotlight here, but at the same time, respect for the rules helps generate memorable moments, (lets be on top of both of these, together!) Emergent storytelling is what captivates me most and I encourage many of you to take the storystick and fill in the blank. There is no wrong answer, only "Our Eberron".
How to prepare
The best audio/video you can muster with a microphone and webcam, please. Tech is important for tolerating each other for hours. Zoom for video/screen sharing. Roll20 for the occasional battle map. (Optional) SyrinScape for shared audio and sound scape.
What I provide
I have a Legendary DNDbeyond account with master monthly subscription. I have a top tier SyrinScape account. Thinking about buying into Roll20...
The rule of cool. Let the dice fall where they may, strategize as best as we can.
Safety tools used
How will character creation work
A meet & greet session 0. Chat out desires, dreams, dynamics. Aim for regular sessions. We can start at any tier or level.
Players can expect
- Combat/Tactics: Medium
- Roleplay: Medium
- Puzzles: Low
- Experience Level: Intermediate
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Undeniably charming, this elegant example of its era demands attention. In early 1900s Otaki, schools were being built, the local newspaper was being established, the 'New Otaki' was beginning to thrive and market gardeners were drawn to the town with extraordinary growing power.
This cottage was one of two built to house some of those original market gardeners, and has been a home and/or business premises to those who have loved it over the years due to its proximity to shops, transport, cafes and businesses nearby.
Beautifully kept with original features including floorboards, high ceilings, sash windows, this two bedroom home is welcoming and full of character. The charming front entry with bull nose verandah is a delight and a small back garden space, with what appears to be a garden shed, actually opens to reveal a most wonderful claw foot bath and separate laundry space.
Stunning original features have been well kept, some updates have been made with the original character in mind. The home has been re-wired and re-plumbed. Take a step to own a character in an excellent central location, with little to do but enjoy being in the centre of it all. Just a short walk to transport and all you need - premises of this type don't come along very often.

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Own It March 02, 2010
Runtime: 120 Minutes
UPC: MAV-5327, 8-24355-53272-2
A heat wave, a devastating tennis ball size hail storm, and a dead farmer all leave the local police mystified; but for experienced Meteorologist's, January Berger, these are warning signs to a bigger natural disaster. A relentless storm is about to hit the center of town and with no advanced warning system in place residents are left to fend for themselves! As the massive twisters rip a path of destruction though the city, will anyone make it out alive?
|Andreas Linke||Matthias Koeberlin, Mina Tander, Lisa Martinek, Rudolf Kowalski, Sascha Gopel, Harald Schrott, Amber Bongard|
About the Crew
- Directed by award winning director Andreas Linke (won the Audience Award at the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival, won Best Short Film at Elche International Independent Film Festival)
- Written by award winning screenwriter Don Bohlinger (won Best Screenplay at Fantasporto and Best Screenplay at the Bavarian Film Awards)
- Matthias Koeberlin won Best Actor for his role in F4: Vortex at the German Television Awards
- Starring Adolf Grimme Award winner Martin Lindow
- Jacob Matschenz won Best Young Actor at the Max Ophuls Festival for his role in Das Lacheln der Tiefseefische
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Hopefully like me you have the day off today or were at least able to get up to something good this weekend. I spent my holiday weekend sewing up my first sundress of the season with Mimi G’s new Simplicity 8123 pattern. Plus, I was finally able to use this gorgeous linen fabric I bought at Textile Fabrics in Nashville last year. For construction details, read on.
The best thing about Mimi’s patterns is that all of her patterns feature a step-by-step video guide through the Simplicity channel on Youtube. Even if you do not plan on making this dress anytime soon, I highly recommend you watch her video if for nothing else but her invisible zipper installation. It’s genius and I won’t insert an invisible zipper any other way now. Mimi G Video Tutorial
I watched the forty minute video before I cut my fabric. I learned that she cut her bodice in a size 10 and the skirt in a 12. Since neither of us are particularly busty and she appears to have a similar waistline as me, I decided to copy her and cut out the same sizes. I figured I could make any fit adjustments as I went along. I also underlined my pattern pieces with a linen blend I picked up at Joann’s. If I did not underline, my dress would be see through. Underlining provides some stability to your garment and makes a sheer fabric more opaque. The inside of the dress is as so:
The dress appears to be a button up dress. However, it is actually a faux button up dress. It does not open up from the front. Therefore, I decided to forego button holes and just stitch on some muted buttons.
The buttons run down the length of the dress.
I also hemmed the dress using my favorite method: double fold bias tape.
And for the finishing touch I stitched on my beautiful label.
All in all I’m quite pleased and would highly recommend this pattern or any of Mimi G’s other patterns.
My boyfriend was doing yard work as I was snapping some pictures so I invited him to join me for a shot. He struck his best supermodel pose.
I’m glad it’s almost June. It will be a busy month of sewing. I need to make my friend Brad a shirt and it’s Indie Pattern Month over at The Monthly Stitch. Will you be participating?


A cash strapped Valley council has awarded on average £126,200 to five senior officials to take redundancy last year. This has been exposed by Plaid group leader Pauline Jarman
The ruling Labour clique as usual fails to accept responsibility for their action. This mirrors cases in Caerffili Council where again Labour is very free with taxpayers cash. When it comes to their special responsibility salary they accept the cash but not the responsibility.
The five officers in Rhondda Cynon Taf council walked away with £631,000 between them
True to their socialist traditions lower paid staff received £4,614 to take redundancy.
Councilor Pauline Jarman, leader of the opposition Plaid Cymru group on RCT council, exposed the huge awards which were buried in the Council accounts.
She said: “I’m sure that people across the council area who see the level of pay-outs to highly paid officers will be staggered at their size.
“These figures show 140 staff received little more than five senior people which highlights the stark differences between those at the top and bottom.
“It may be that the VER (voluntary early retirement with redundancy) scheme needs to be adjusted because it may become unaffordable in the current financial climate. We would want it retained in some form so it is more generous than compulsory redundancy.
“It has to be better than the state provision, especially, as the people most at risk will be the frontline low paid who will not have much of a pension to rely on even if they have long service.
“I’m anxious to ensure those at the bottom of the pay scales such as dinner ladies or care workers don’t lose out. There needs to be discussions on this issue between the council, the trade unions and workforce.”
The total redundancy bill was £3,052,000 in 2012-13 for 192 staff. This is an increase from the figure for the previous year amounting to £2,761,000.
Following these shocking decisions RCT Labour group is undertaking a massive range of cuts.
These could see meals on wheels cut, closing libraries, school budgets hit and the number of play centres almost halved.


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Friday, March 22, 2002
Water, wells and the drought: How is Carlisle faring?
It's been one of the driest seasons on record with little rain and snow falling over the past fall and winter. The state is now on a drought watch with much of the East experiencing extremely dry conditions. It's hard to ignore the drought now that spring is here. With "leaf-out" and the growing season beginning, plants are about to take up what little moisture is available on the surface.
Carlisle and its private wells have fared well so far during this unusual cold-weather drought. The board of health (BOH), which has jurisdiction over private wells, has not received any calls from homeowners about wells running dry so far this year, says BOH agent Linda Fantasia. She remembers a drought in the mid-90s when some wells ran dry and had to be deepened or a new well drilled.
If the dry weather pattern continues into spring and summer there could be problems with area wells. However, Roger Skillings says groundwater tapped by deep wells is not affected by drought, except over a very long period of time. "We've never had a well that is in excess of 200 feet go dry because of a drought. You may have a slow-down in the volume of water, but it's unlikely that you will run out of water completely."
Nancy Bryant, executive director of SuAsCo, the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord River conservation group, says she is also aware that many shallow wells in the region have been running dry. "Well drillers are doing a good business right now," she says.
No well problems so far
Town well inspector Ralph Metivier hasn't seen any increase in calls about wells yet this year. Wells are being drilled for new homes, he says, or when an existing home needs to move its septic field to a new location, causing the well to be relocated to meet the 100-foot minimum distance required between the septic field and a well. Information on wells that may run low or out of water is harder to obtain. When the seal is opened on a well, the drilling and pump company needs to obtain a board of health permit to repair the well, though actually the board is not notified of every repair.
Mark Duffy of Great Brook Farm says soil on the farm is "extremely dry" right now and ponds are also at low levels. Great Brook Farm has a deep well with good flow and Duffy hasn't had a problem with the water supply for the cows. He irrigates the fields of sweet corn grown for sale at the ice cream stand, but silage corn grown for the cows depends mostly on rain and ground moisture, with only occasional irrigation. "I don't like to start the planting season dry. There's not much water in the soil," he said.
David Flannery, superintendent of buildings and grounds at the Carlisle School, reports the school has an excellent water supply due to a 400-foot deep well that can provide 16 gallons a minute. The municipal well was drilled in the late 1960s at the school. On one occasion last fall the school ran out of water by the end of the day due to an unusually high water demand and limited water storage. "The problem was that we reached our storage capacity limit of 4,000 gallons in our storage facility and we couldn't keep up with the demand," he said.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recommended that a second well be added as a back-up source of water, something that is not in immediate plans but is in long-range plans for the school, says Flannery. Where to locate it on the campus is an issue because new state regulations, since the old well was put in, require wells to be set back from surrounding parking lots and buildings.
There are no guarantees when it comes to finding water. Skillings drilled multiple wells before finding water on some new home sites on Hutchins Road in recent years. Well-drilling companies offer hydrofracturing to home-owners as one way to increase water supply. Hydrofracturing, where chlorinated water is pumped into a well under high pressure, is done to open fractures in the bedrock to improve the flow of water to the well.
Ground water low
Five town wells were drilled over a decade ago to monitor ground water levels in different parts of the town with different soil conditions. The wells are measured weekly by an engineer hired by the town. They are located on Cross Street, Towle Field, Blaisdell Drive, Fox Hill and Foss Farm.
March and April are high-water season for the board of health, with the ground water measurements collected at the wells used to calculate new septic field construction and placement. Recent test results indicate ground water levels are much lower this year than last. February 15, 2001 ground water depths at the five wells were: 4.1', 7.3', 5.2', 10.8' and 19.2'. February 28, 2002 depths at the same wells were: 11.4', 12.9', 7.2', 11.5' and 21.3', respectively.
Town well sites explored
Tony Mariano, Sr., a geologist and member of the BOH water quality and resources subcommittee, has explored the town-owned O'Rourke Land on Maple Street as a possible site for future town wells. The property has a glacial outwash plain, a natural resource which could provide a large supply of water, that can only be found in certain locations. Because of proximity to private lands, only limited areas of the O'Rourke Land are available for town use.
Currently the town is not pursuing a community well, but Mariano says, "Who knows how things will develop as the population gets denser? There can be an increase in contaminants due to septic systems, or some type of pollution can develop. With private wells and private septic systems we have a delicate situation."
Development can impact supply, he says. "The aquifer may lose some volume as homes are built if they are tapping the same aquifer." Some homes have had a decrease in water volume and quality believed to be related to nearby construction.
Concord, Acton, Bedford and Westford have town wells to serve the needs of residents. In towns with community wells, problems arise in summer when demand is high and towns often impose water bans for homes in summer, restricting outside water use to every other day. Some home-owners drill private wells on their property to ensure they have enough water for lawns, gardens and pools. Signs that say "Well water in use" have appeared in yards in other towns to indicate they are using a private water supply.
Share the aquifer
Automatic lawn irrigation systems are becoming standard at many new homes, but Skillings says they don't cause problems with water supply in a neighborhood, as a rule. "But I'm not going to say it can't happen," he says. Different homes in a neighborhood can be drawing water from the same fracture in the bedrock, something that is not usually known until there is a problem with supply.
Underground water is drawn from small fractures deep in the bedrock that can run for long distances. Skillings has seen situations in other towns where one home with a lawn irrigation system didn't have outside water until their neighbor shut off his sprinkler system, indicating their wells share the water supply. Even though automatic sprinklers in an area can affect supply, he says, "You may run low in your supply, but you won't run out of water."
The Malcolm Meadows housing complex on Stearns Street had a supply problem two years ago when a sprinkler system there caused a well to run dry, a situation that has since been resolved, according to Fantasia.
The board of health has well-yield regulations as part of its water supply regulations for domestic water use. For sprinkler irrigation systems the board can give guidelines with recommendations for home-owners, but it does not regulate outdoor water use. The board recommends a well yield of a minimum of 10 gallons per minute to run a lawn irrigation system.
Conserve water this summer
Though home-owners don't have to pay a water bill in Carlisle conserving water makes good sense, especially in a drought. Rains may pick up this spring, however the rainfall isn't likely to be enough to replenish water supplies. Besides, ground water for wells, surface water in ponds, lakes, streams and rivers are also at low levels, says SuAsCo's Bryant. "Everybody needs to chip in for the common good not for the individual good when water is scarce and we are sharing the same resources this summer."
"Everyone is entitled to a fair amount of water from the aquifer, but not an excessive amount," says Skillings, "If it affects somebody else, it's not right. Keep in mind that water could be coming from other properties, not just your own." He recommends watering lawns every other day early in the morning to cut down on evaporation and to prevent lawn diseases.
Water committee member Mariano takes a different view, "In a drought, watering lawns could be a luxury we cannot afford," he says, noting that Carlisle is lucky because many homes have kept their woodland settings and have smaller lawn areas.
Water quality testing
The Carlisle Board of Health will offer voluntary well water testing in May. Homeowners can have their well water quality tested by a private laboratory, at a volume discount offered to the board of health. This is the third year the board will offer water quality testing. Specific dates and other information will be published at a later date.
Keeping your well well
Scott Wilkins of Skillings and Sons suggests that a routine maintenance check be done by a well company about every five years, including checking the following:
· the pressure switch to make sure the pump is not starting and stopping excessively. Replacing the switch every five years will prolong the life of the pump;
· the air capacity of the storage tank to make sure the pump is not turning on and off unneccessarily;
· the pump's electrical functions, using a meter.
Other steps that can prolong the life of the well pump include installing:
· a larger water storage tank, so the pump motor works less hard;
· a low-water protection device to shut off the pump if the well runs dry. This protects the pump motor especially with low-yielding wells.
In addition, homeowners should have a basic water quality test done every two years and a more extensive quality testing every five years. Prospective home buyers should have a well contractor test the well water for quality and supply..
© 2002 The Carlisle Mosquito


Security alert overload, a source of frustration for bank security departments for some time, appears to have careened out of control.
A survey of bank security chiefs by the research firm Ovum documents how high the daily volume of messages about possible security incidents has grown. A third of the respondents were from banks in North America.
Over a third (37%) of banks, it turns out, receive more than 200,000 security alerts a day.
In the research report, released Thursday, Ovum analyst Rik Turner called this a “signal-to-noise ratio” problem.
It’s too much for humans to cope with, even at banks with the largest security teams. Adding more operators isn’t the solution, the problem needs to be solved through automation, Rich Baich, chief information security officer at Wells Fargo, said in an interview.
“Volumes of alerts will continue to climb until organizations implement the appropriate technology and overlay them with operational innovations that allow the organization to rapidly sift through the mountains of data to find the actionable alerts,” Baich said.
Raj Samani, chief technology officer of the security software firm McAfee, also sees these volumes as unmanageable.
“There’s no way any organization can do the necessary analysis on 200,000 events a day,” he said in an interview. “Even if we take it back a touch, 61% of organizations receive in excess of 100,000 events a day. It’s far too much to deal with in a practical fashion. A number of those events will simply be ignored.”
The surveyed bank security executives seem to agree: Thirty-five percent said the ability to monitor and report security threats is their top security operational pain point. Further down the list are the worries of dealing with resource constraints, obtaining a skilled workforce, managing security workload and managing security threats of new technology such as cloud and mobile.
The survey also asked the security heads how many security tools they’re using. More than a third (36%) said they are using between 51 and 100. This is another challenge to managing security, though the respondents noted that having multiple, disparate security systems improves their overall security posture.
“The challenge is that most organizations are running more than 25 tools,” Samani said. “I was with a client last week and told them we’ve got some tools that let you check bitcoin wallet addresses. Their response to me was, ‘God, no, not another dashboard.’ ”
The disparate nature of the many security software packages banks use is the weakest link in bank security, Samani said. Interoperability between security software programs would help.
But Baich noted that such security tech complexity is unavoidable.
“As organizations move from maturing their cybersecurity program from a static program to one that is proactive and preemptive, that requires a greater portfolio of tools,” he said. “To meet the growing demand of the complex threat environment, organizations need to stay current with the latest solutions and often become system integrators synergizing disparate technologies to work together to solve the toughest problems. Thus, the quantity of tools required to accomplish these goals continues to grow."


Local clergy in Forsyth County, North Carolina are once again free to pray “in Jesus name” when offering invocations before county commission meetings. On Monday night, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a revised public prayer policy that allows “religious leaders” to offer the invocation “according to the dictates of their own conscience.” The vote marks the end of a legal battle that started with a lawsuit in 2007 and resulted in a federal district court injunction that prohibited sectarian prayer at Forsyth County Commission meetings for four years.
“We commend the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners for voting to restore the freedom of local religious leaders to offer voluntary, uncensored prayers before commission meetings,” said John L. Rustin, president of the North Carolina Family Policy Council. “Public prayer before government meetings is a long-standing American tradition protected by the First Amendment that deserves to be defended and celebrated.”
In November 2014, federal district court Judge James A. Beaty, Jr., lifted the injunction against the county’s long-standing invocation policy in response to a motion filed by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on behalf of Forsyth County. The ADF motion argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 2014 decision upholding the constitutionality of a similar prayer policy in the Town of Greece, New York, “cleared the way for uncensored prayers to resume in Forsyth County.”
According to the revised invocation policy adopted by the Board on March 9, the clerk to the Forsyth County Board will publish a public notice “at least annually” in newspapers and on the County website inviting “all churches, religious congregations, and organized assemblies that periodically meet within the County for the purpose of worshipping or discussing their religious perspectives to identify a speaker to deliver invocations before regularly scheduled meetings…”
While the policy allows speakers to offer sectarian prayers, the public notice also includes a request from the Board that “the prayer opportunity not be exploited as an effort to convert others to the particular faith of the invocational speaker, threaten damnation, nor…disparage any faith or belief different from that of the invocational speaker.” However, the policy states that the Board will not review the content of individual prayers.


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Efficiency of the organization
Within the limits of the system approach the organizational structures, forms and types of the various organizations, features of efficient control of it are considered.
Key words: type of organization, management, model of management, sociology, a degree of the organization system.
Socionic type and its sphere of activities
Styles of management peculiar to different socionic types and strategic roles, in which certain personality types are effective, are described.
Key words: socionics, management, manager, personality type, extrovert, introvert.
Gurina V.V., Tykhonov A.P.
Communicative modeles of manageres
There are given the results of the empirical researches of the railway manager stuff. It is suggested that a 'communicative model' concept can be concerned to a personal manifestation of a 'psychical condition' category.
Key words: communicative model, type of information metabolism, psychical condition, D.Keirsey's test, rail transport.
Estimation of features of matrimonial relations from the point of view of Socionics
A system of 5 basic scales for family consulting of matrimonial pairs is developed and described. The system includes consideration of both gender roles of spouses and the basic socionic structure of type based on Jungian model.
Key words: socionics, Jung model, gender roles, matrimonial relations.
Problems of Education
Socionics in contact group lecturing system
There is proposed using of socionical small group conception, such as temperament groups, attitude groups, rings of social instruction and quadras, in educational process. The author considers two ways: to structure of class on contact groups or to structure of educational material and to discuss it depending on the types of pupils.
Key words: school education, lecturing process organization, socionical temperament, socionics, psychology, pedagogy, class, lesson, group, psychological type, role in group.
Psychological Practical Training
Age-old and new forms of Love
Descriptions of different forms of romantic feelings and relations are given in relation to reception characteristics and kinds of information processing, as per type of informational metabolism, and according to sub-type particularities.
Key words: socionics, types of informational metabolism, sub-types, accents of types, relations, emotions, compatibility.
Socionic training with a smile
Analysis of heroes in A.A.Milne tale "Winnie-the-Pooh"
Principal characters of A.A. Milne's tale "Winnie-the-Pooh", and their interrelations with regard to socionics are considered.
Key words: socionics, characters, tale, type identifying, intertype interrelations.

domain: psychology


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Salty like the ocean with a pronounced briny flavor. This moist sea salt is an excellent choice for grilled vegetables and is a wonderful flavor enhancer.
Celtic Grey sea salt actually contains iodine and 13% - 17% less sodium than average sea salts.
This salt is certified organic by France's Nature & Progrés. This is the most rigorous salt certification process, which equates to purity and quality. Traditional French grey sea salt is collected off the coast of Brittany, most notably in the town of Guérande.
Ingredients: Sel Gris de Guérande
About the Product
•Each one of Merchant Spice Co.'s specially crafted blends will bring home to you the flavors of the world's finest cuisines.
•Packaged in a stand-up, resealable bag for your convenience.
•Available in a 1-ounce sampler size, 2 ounces, 4 ounces or 8 ounces (1/2 pound) in either fine or coarse grains
•Enjoy the Spice of Life!

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text: Lately I’ve become consumed with wanting anything and everything that catches my eye on Pinterest and Instagram. And while this has led to many lovely purchases, I’ve definitely lost sight of focusing on my personal style. I’ve morphed into a consumer of many, many trendy things which if I sit back and reflect on are not really my style at all. So I’ve decided to roger rabbit it back up and get back in tune with my roots which include a lot of neutrals, sleek modern lines and pops of print and color here and there. Black and I reunited today when I was creating this Friday’s Fancy’s post and I couldn’t be any happier!


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CUMBERLAND, Md. (WDVM) — These are busy times for the Appalachian Regional Commission, the federal entity which partners with 13 states on economic development. West Virginia and the western Maryland region are in the commission’s focus.
It started as an anti-poverty agency decades ago, a partnership with 13 states. West Virginia is the only state entirely within the ARC. Three western Maryland counties are Washington, Allegany and Garrett. Chandler Sagal is director of development and grants for western Maryland and is focused on “public and private partnerships to bring new and developing industries into the state.”
Interstate 68 is a major part of attracting new industry to the region, part of an economic growth strategy to create jobs, improve infrastructure like roads and bridges and water systems, enhance broadband networks and build on educational assets like Frostburg State University and Allegany College of Maryland.
“When people get the opportunity, and they realize infrastructure has come, new industries are booming in this part of the state, they’ll realize, ‘Hey this is a great place, a great affordable place to raise my family, live healthily and happily and still earn a great living,” said Sagal.
All told, there are 420 counties that partner with the ARC. Delegate Mike McKay serves in the Maryland General Assembly and has been an active supporter of the commission’s work in the region, serving such important communities as Cumberland, Hancock and Clear Spring.
“I think that the ARC having representation from this part of Maryland really gets our name out there and lets them know that we’re here and we’re ready to create those partnerships and those new innovative ideas,” said Sagal.
Just this week, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was named co-chair of the commission, succeeding Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. The last time a Maryland governor served in this role was 1984, Governor Harry Hughes had the honor.
Later this month, Sagal will be meeting with his counterparts from other states about future ARC initiatives. Meanwhile, another familiar name on the national political scene has an important role with the commission — Gayle Manchin, the wife of West Virginia’s U.S. Senator — was recently appointed by the Biden administration to work with Governor Hogan starting at the new calendar year.

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One of the images of yesterday’s protests seems to show a Nazi salute. Gallingly, this behaviour is now common in this country.
While we’re focusing on the Melbourne riots, it is Australia’s weak official response that we should be focusing on.
The submarine deal is merely our latest attempt to please America. But why do we keep falling back into this toxic relationship?
Former Prime Ministers and journalists have painted Gladys Berejiklian as the victim. But this should not be what we’re discussing.
Every year, the internet comes together to disagree on renaming Father’s Day. But I suggest we should entertain the idea, as tradition is only what we make it.

domain: sociology


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The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko declares that in any case will not allow early parliamentary elections at this stage, since this requires six months of total inaction and populism.
He said this during a meeting with representatives of the aspen Institute, said on Monday the 29th of fgures in a press-service of the head of state.
«The only thing I want to emphasize – in any case, I cannot allow and will not allow parliamentary elections at this stage. Because, for all that, declare some political leaders and figures that they really want a reboot, they are actually trying to catch fish in muddy water, actually they work for early elections. We have no time, because it requires half a year of total inaction and populism, nor necessary, because the best Welcome we will not. We must learn to work with this Parliament», – quotes Poroshenko his press service.
The President cited the words of former Minister of foreign Affairs Gennady Udovenko, whom he called his teacher that the key to policy must be three «P’s» – integrity, professionalism and patriotism.
«Unfortunately, some politicians add to this their own ambitions, or even worse, personal insults, which are very disturbing. The search space is impeding the final result. A true leader in the first place the interests of the state», – said the head of state.
According to the President, the main thing that now needs leaders responsible, Patriotic, honest and professional.
The President also noted that the most important stage which must form a team of responsible individuals, able to realize that inherent in the bills, is the implementation of the reforms.
Also, the President Poroshenko calls parliamentary coalition to decide on the candidacy of the Prime Minister, members of government and the reform program.
According to him, the reboot of the government is now the responsibility of Parliament and the coalition.
The head of state emphasized the priority role of the parliamentary coalition, which, he said, should be determined and the nomination of Cabinet Ministers and the head of government, and the programme and order reforms to be carried out, and relative positions of the factions that will be part of this coalition.
In addition, Poroshenko announced the existence of a shortage of personnel who are able to take responsibility for the implementation of the reforms. The head of state noted that the task of implementing reforms require new leaders, «and now, a certain deficit of personnel who are able to take responsibility for the implementation of reforms».
«Most importantly, we need leaders responsible, Patriotic, honest and professional,» – said Poroshenko.
He added that in just over 1.5 years of its activity and more than one year government activities, despite a number of shortcomings, from the point of view of reforms made much. According to the President, the government has representatives who really represent aspen Institute.
«They are the representatives, I am proud of that delegated and offered to the government. Any minute I was not disappointed in their activities», — said the President.
The report notes that the meeting was attended by the graduates of the aspen Institute Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Hennadiy Zubko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko, Director of the aspen Institute Elliot Gerson, Eugene Utkin, Sergey Koshman, Klepatskiy Anatoly, Sergey Rogol.
Recall, 16 January the Verkhovna Rada listened to the report of the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the government’s work in 2015, dismissed him, acknowledging that the work is not satisfactory, but during the vote of no confidence in the government has gained only 194 votes with the required 226. In accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, in the next three weeks Yatsenyuk is to propose a new composition of the government either to resign, otherwise it will be considered the question of confidence in him personally.
February 17, faction «Batkivshchyna» announced its withdrawal from the coalition. In September 2015 the coalition left Radical party of Oleg Lyashko.
Without representatives «Samopomich», «the BYuT representatives» and «radicals» in the coalition «European Ukraine» will remain 217 deputies at the minimum required 226 members to form a majority.
On February 19 the first Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andrei Parubiy said that the parliamentary coalition remains more than 226 deputies, and therefore it exists.
First Deputy head of procedural Committee of the Verkhovna Rada Pavel Pynzenik said that legally the faction of the Radical party still resides in the composition of the parliamentary coalition.
The Prime Minister says that the necessary reformatting of the coalition and changes to the coalition agreement. Also Yatsenyuk is conducting talks on the future of the coalition with the leader of the «radical» Oleh Lyashko.
The leader of the BPP «Solidarity» Yury Lutsenko demands that Yatsenyuk has suggested the new government or gone.
Many politicians and experts talk about the inevitability of early parliamentary elections.
Poroshenko said that in any case will not allow early elections to Rada 29.02.2016

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THE NUMBER of suspected suicides for the year so far could be the result of a social phenomenon gripping the society.
Clinical psychologist Dr Marcus Lashley made the comment yesterday as Barbados recorded another suspected suicide death over the weekend. Dead is 24-year-old Shari Olivia Clarke of Pillersdorf Drive, Grazettes, St Michael.
Clarke reportedly ingested a poisonous liquid that claimed her life last Saturday morning.
The university graduate is believed to be the sixth person so far this year to have taken their own life.
“Once one person does it, then you will find that the number for some reason tend to escalate. We don’t understand why it happens, but it’s one of those things that once it starts in a community it just continues,”?Lashley told the DAILY NATION.
The psychologist said it was extremely difficult to narrow down what could have triggered such a number of suicides in less than two months of the year.“People opt for suicide and very often they have in their own mind exhausted all of the other options. Suicide still is for many people a last resort and they commit suicide because they don’t see any other option.
“In a sense they say to themselves death is better than what I am going through in life; let me step off the treadmill of life in order to be away from the extreme pain that I am feeling, ” he added.
According to Lashley, victims were faced with such hopelessness and “they cannot rationally arrive at alternatives or a way out”.
Clarke’s death follows the suspected suicides of two men over the past two weeks.
Sean Raymond Leach, 40, of No. 7 Garden Gap, Worthing, Christ Church, was found hanging in his bedroom two Saturdays ago. The unemployed man was discovered by his father David Leach.
Also believed to have taken his own life two days prior to that was 22-year-old Theo Toppin, who jumped into the Careenage and apparently drowned.
The young painter of 3rd Avenue, Friendship Drive, St Michael, had earlier been involved in an incident outside his former girlfriend’s home.


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Anal skin tags are the same as skin tags on any other part of the body. Typically they are not harmful, but can be removed if they're causing discomfort.
Anal Skin Tag Removal
Cliovana™ is a painless, non-invasive treatment used to heighten sensation, frequency and strength of orgasms. After 4 brief treatments over two weeks, the results are long-lasting.
Clitoral Hood Reduction
Excessive clitoral skin can be removed during a procedure that reduces the size and area of the clitoral hood to expose more of the clitoris itself.
FemiLift is a non-surgical, quick and safe solution for various common feminine issues, such as Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), vaginal laxity, vaginal dryness, recurring infections, and more.
Treatment of FGM is geared to toward addressing symptoms and restoration of anatomy.
During Hymen Restoration (hymenoplasty), the hymen – the membrane that partially covers the opening to the vagina – is reconstructed to become more intact.
Labia Majora Augmentation
Labia majora augmentation involves the use of the patients' own fat cells or cosmetic fillers to “reinflate” the vulva for a more youthful appearance.
Skin everywhere on the body becomes thin with the passage of time. Vulvar skin is not excluded. Due to decreased collagen and blood supply, vulvar skin can thin, become wrinkled, and easily traumatized.
The term "labiaplasty" most often refers to a procedure used to reduce and even out the inner lips - labia minora - of the exterior female genitalia.
Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation
Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation is a broad term that often refers to a number of different non-surgical procedures used to address common issues related to vaginal laxity. Each treatment works differently.
MonaLisa Touch is a non-invasive, fast, laser treatment that encourages the body to produce more collagen in the targeted tissue. Women experiencing painful intercourse, sexual dysfunction, vaginal dryness, or burning or urinary incontinence often request this treatment to find relief.
Mons Pubis Reduction
The mons pubis is the “fat pad” area above the vulva/vagina. Similar approaches to handling fatty areas of the abdomen can be used for this area.
Non-Surgical Urinary Incontinence Treatment
Millions of women experience loss of bladder control and leak urine involuntarily. Going far beyond absorbent undies, we have a full range of non-surgical urinary incontinence treatments that have proven to be effective for many women.
Orgasm improvement is often accomplished with the O-Shot – an injection of platelet rich plasma around the clitoris, the urethra and vagina. It results in improved nerve and collagen growth as a result of the stimulation provided by the platelets.
Pelvic Floor Muscle Rehabilitation
Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation helps women who are experiencing pelvic floor dysfuntion due to trauma, age, or other causes. Much like muscle rehabilitation for other areas of the body, a multi-disciplinary approach is used to repair and strengthen this essential support network.
Post Cesarean Scar "Apron" Repair
"Post Cesarean Scar Apron" is the term coined by Dr. Marco Pelosi II in reference to the sometimes thickened and retracted scar that occurs following a cesarean section. The scar retracts and causes abdominal tissue to create a flap or "apron."
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
Symptoms of urinary tract infections include urinary frequency and urgency, bladder or urethral burning, and discomfort in the bladder. Urinary tract infections are considered recurrent if you have 2 or more infections in 6 months or 3 or more infections in a year.
THERMIva® is a non-surgical treatment that is designed to comfortably restore the elastic, youthful properties to the inner and outer vaginal area without the need for plastic surgery, pain, or downtime. THERMIva uses RF energy that gently heats tissue to restore normal tissue tone and function.
Vaginal, Vulvar and Anal Bleaching or Lightening
Vaginal, vulva, and anal bleaching is a treatment designed to safely lighten the color of the skin in the genital area.
Vaginoplasty is the surgical lightening of the vagina for women who are experiencing vaginal laxity (looseness) or a widening of the vagina. This procedure repairs obvious defects in vaginal inlet muscle integrity as well as tightening of the vaginal canal.
Viveve® (formerly called Geneveve) is a treatment that uses gentle deep heating and surface cooling to stimulate the body’s natural collagen formation process. It is a comfortable, single-session, 30-minute treatment.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Bakersfield Memorial Hospital has announced a new President and CEO, Ken Keller. Keller was the COO of Memorial Hospital for the last four years and will be replacing Jon Van Boening, who accepted a full-time position as President and Senior VP of Operations for Dignity Health Central California.
"As we position Memorial and Dignity Health in Bakersfield, the healthcare landscape is changing. We have to take that legacy and future thinking and build to meet the need of today's community with the understanding that tomorrow is going to change a little bit and be on the forefront so that we are ready for the change as it happens," said Keller.
On December 24th, reports of a potential active shooter set all emergency responders into action. The Bakersfield Police Department said, 46-year-old Mario Thompson disguised himself as a security guard and made the false report from inside the hospital. Keller says since that event, the hospital has had four briefings to discuss ways to improve overall safety.
Keller says they will not only focus on new advanced surgical technology and enhancing patient care but training for emergencies by improving communication, response times, safe zones and facility security.
Keller said the hospital is currently working with law enforcement to create a communication technology plan to stop prank, false and unauthorized calls. There is no confirmation when the technology with be implemented but Keller says the staff will continue conversations on safety.


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In many regions salinity control can be a major issue. Salinity in the soil is the measure of salt in your soil. Sodium chloride or table salt is the most common salt overtaking soil.
Over salted soils are an issue in lands that have been irrigated over a long period of time. This tends to happen in arid and semi-arid regions the most.
Lack of precipitation and natural water infusion forces people to manually water their crops and those waters, generally from rivers and groundwater, have a higher salt content.

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- Extended and pre-drilled for permanent attachment on 14.5" barrels needing 16.1" overall length.
- Specifically designed for 5.56 NATO and .223 Rem
- Made in U.S.A.
- Pin NOT included
- Washer is included
- Caliber: 5.56 NATO / .223 Rem.
- Material: 17-4PH heat treated stainless steel
- Finish: Black oxide or Matte Stainless
- Weight: 1.9 oz.
- Length: 2.15"
- Diameter: 0.843"
- Thread: 1/2"-28
The BattleComp 1.5 is still constructed from 17-4PH stainless steel bar stock with heat treating, but it offers substantial benefits over the original.
One of the most popular features of this version is the pre-drilled hole for permanent installation on a 14.5-inch barrel to bring it up to the minimum length required by law. The other features of this device are very useful for both long-distance shooting and CQB situations. The gas ports arranged around the sides and top of the compensator work to suppress muzzle rise and dampen recoil. This means that you can take rapid follow-up shots and maintain accuracy. For these reasons, the BattleComp 1.5 is the preferred compensator of law enforcement officers, military personnel, and recreational shooters.
The BattleComp 1.5 Compensator comes in: Black Oxide and Matte Stainless.


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Unit Overview Materials (Unit Overview, NGSS Elements, Teacher Edition)
What can we learn about electricity from the infrastructure in our community?
How does energy transfer in wires?
How can we make decisions about the way we source energy for our communities?
What decisions do we need to make to design a more reliable system to meet our community’s energy needs?
P.1 Teacher Preparation Videos
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Could the blackouts in Texas have been caused by a broken or short-circuited circuit?
What happened to the energy sources during the Texas Energy crisis in February 2021?
What are some of the monetary, environmental, and social costs of storing electrical energy to use later?
What have we figured out, and what can we carry forward?
What can we learn from a blackout in Texas about producing reliable energy for our communities?
Where is the energy coming from?
What could have caused the disparities we saw in the blackouts in Texas?
Can we store energy from wind and solar for later using something else?


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“This case is an example of a wealthy client (Facebook) and its high-powered law firm (Gibson Dunn) using delay, misdirection, and frivolous arguments to make litigation unfairly difficult and expensive for their opponents. Unfortunately, this sort of conduct is not uncommon in our court system. But it was unusually egregious and persistent here. To give just a few examples:
- The central allegation in this case is that Facebook shared the plaintiffs’ private information with other companies. But Facebook insisted that: (1) it need not disclose to the plaintiffs what information it had collected about them unless it had shared that information with third parties; and (2) the plaintiffs were required to take at face value Facebook’s assertions about what information it had shared. Merely reciting this argument shows how ridiculous it is, but Facebook and Gibson Dunn repeated it over, and over, and over again – despite the presiding magistrate judge telling them many times that it made no sense.
- In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook investigated other apps that might have misused private user information. After the magistrate judge ruled that the investigation was not privileged as a blanket matter, Facebook and Gibson Dunn insisted that non-lawyer communications created in the course of that investigation (such as internal emails between Facebook employees) need not be produced. It was obvious at the time that these documents were likely to be probative, and that view has only been confirmed now that Facebook has finally been forced to produce them. Perhaps realizing they had no real argument for withholding these documents, Facebook and Gibson Dunn contorted various statements made by opposing counsel and the magistrate judge beyond recognition, using them to argue that everyone had already agreed that Facebook need not produce the communications – even as the plaintiffs continued to demand them. And again, after being told repeatedly that these arguments made no sense, Facebook and Gibson Dunn insisted on pressing them.
- Facebook’s witnesses and lawyers deliberately prevented the plaintiffs from obtaining probative information during depositions. For example, during a deposition of one Facebook employee whom Facebook designated to testify about the company’s information-sharing practices, a Gibson Dunn lawyer instructed the witness not to answer at least 22 times, asserting that the questions were beyond the scope of the deposition notice. Many of these questions were obviously within the scope of the notice. But more to the point, as Facebook and Gibson Dunn now concede, it is improper to instruct a corporate witness not to answer a question based on scope. The witness herself emulated her lawyer’s belligerence, refusing to answer questions without even waiting for an objection. Eventually, the deposition became so hostile that the witness stated she would do her own ‘bitching and moaning’ about the plaintiffs’ questions.
- All the while, Facebook and Gibson Dunn had the audacity to accuse the plaintiffs’ lawyers of delaying the case, and to assert that the plaintiffs’ reasonable efforts to obtain obviously relevant discovery were frivolous. It’s almost as if Facebook and Gibson Dunn spent the better part of three years trying to gaslight their opponents, not to mention the Court.
“Sometimes lawyers and their clients engage in conduct of this sort because they are incompetent. Facebook and Gibson Dunn are not incompetent. Sometimes lawyers reflexively oppose the other side’s requests without giving any thought to their actions. That does not seem like Facebook and Gibson Dunn. Instead, the Court finds by clear and convincing evidence that Facebook and Gibson Dunn’s conduct reflected a sustained, concerted, bad-faith effort to throw obstacle after obstacle in front of the plaintiffs – all in an attempt to push the plaintiffs into settling the case for less than they would have gotten otherwise. The plaintiffs are entitled to recover $925,078.51 for the fees and costs they incurred responding to this misconduct. Facebook and Gibson Dunn are jointly liable for this amount.”
In re Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, No.18-02843, 114 Fed.R.Serv.3d (Callaghan) 1658, 2023 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 22328 (N.D.Cal. Feb. 9, 2023).


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Plows PKMP-4-40R (PKM-4-40R) are intended for processing old-arable, weakly and medium-stony soils with a resistivity of up to 0.1 MPa (1.0 kgf / cm), and a plowing depth of up to 25 cm. Plows work on all types of soils with a moisture content of the cultivated layer up to 25%. Stubble and grass stand height up to 25 cm.
Plows are aggregated with tractors of class 2. 0 – Belarus –1221, with a tractor track width of 1800 mm.
The plows are equipped with PC 16.000 hulls of a semi-screw type with elongated dumps and a spring protection system, which serves to lift the hulls when hitting obstacles (stones, flagstones and other objects) and automatically dig them after overcoming obstacles. The share tip is reinforced with a special chisel. All highly wear parts of the enclosures are made of high-quality steel and heat-treated.
The PKM-4-40R plow is equipped with a mechanism for stepwise adjustment of the furrow width of 35, 38, 40, 42, 45 cm bodies. The PKMP-4-40R plow provides a constant body width of 40 cm.
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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Final Edition has been officially unveiled at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show and production of this gull-winged sports car will cease once the 350 limited edition cars are sold. Mercedes-Benz has left no stone unturned to give this car a fitting send off with the new Final Edition series. With numerous carbon-fibre body components, a further optimised aerodynamic balance and optional Cup tyres, the SLS AMG GT Final Edition has the absolute potential to fascinate.
The SLS Final Edition is powered by a 6.3-litre V8 front-mid engine producing peak output of 591 HP and 650 Nm of torque. The car accelerates from 0-100 km/hr in 3.7 seconds, 0-200 km/hr in 11.2 seconds and achieves an electronically limited top speed of 320 km/hr. The special design of the SLS AMG GT Final Edition ensures that it stands out in visual terms. The carbon-fibre effect on the bonnet, carbon-fibre front splitter, carbon-fibre rear aerofoil and the exclusive light AMG forged wheels add to the aesthetics of this gem of a car.
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Final Edition will be available as either a coupe or roadster. The super responsive AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed transmission perfectly complements the naturally aspirated V8 engine under the hood. The interior is made up of striking exclusive leather in diamond pattern used as upholstery on the Final Edition. A plaque indicating “AMG Final Edition – 1 of 350″ made up of carbon-fibre is found on the centre console.
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Final Edition gets exclusively developed Dunlop Cup tyres in size 265/35 R19 (front) and 295/30 R20 (rear) on request as no-cost option. The prices are not yet announced and the car is expected to go on sale during March next year. Nevertheless, the SLS will be replaced by a new model codenamed C190 (SLC) which will compete with the Porsche 911 Turbo.


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Mr Ladybird and I walk through the door and exchange the kind of glances that couples share that are almost a language in their own right. Mr Ladybird's face says, "Are you sure you wanna eat here?". Mine says "We should give it a chance..." The reason for our hesitation is the d écor, it is quite dilapidated and I see paint peeling off the walls. I turn a blind eye and we take a seat and start to peruse the menu.
I feel my blood pressure rising.... The menu is a mish mash of dishes - italian, mexican, western - you name it, it's there, but it's all very confusing and I see no direction. I take a big breath and tell myself not to be too harsh and to be open-minded. The waitress also shows us the Specials board. We place our orders and not too long after our dishes arrive.
I have the Eggplant Schnitzel with irish mash, mushroom sauce and vegetables ($15). I am a bit taken back by the presentation..but I won't go into that. The schnitzel is crispy on the outside, and the eggplant tastes nice. The mushroom sauce adds some good flavour to the dish. As I am an Irish-born Australian, I got very excited about the irish mash when I ordered, but alas it is nothing like the scrumptious Colcannon I'm expecting. What is irish about this mash, I don't know... The vegetables are not good, they are great big chunks of boiled vegetables.. I am getting flashbacks of school camp dinners.
My Ladybird has the Mediterranean Platter - three falafels on bed of rocket, served with home-made hummus, cucumber, tomato, fetta, roast eggplant and olives ($14.50). I can't help but wonder what is mediterranean about the platter (?). It is all served with a generous basket of turkish bread.
The platter's felafels impress Mr Ladybird and he tells me the felafels are the best he's had in his life! At once I demand to try some and they are indeed good - crispy on the outside and very flavoursome. He does say, however "What's up with this slab of fetta?!"
I really wanted to enjoy Badde Manors, but I left feeling a little sad. As a vegetarian it is always disappointing to visit a vegetarian eatery and feel let down. I also feel that such establishments perpeuate the stereotype of vegetarian food being hippy-ish and only so-so. It doesn't have to be. Vegetarian cuisine can be as sophisticated and exquisite as 'non-veg' food. There is incredible variety out there - I have seen it in places like India, Singapore and the UK. If only Australian restaurants/cafes would get with the program... and it is my hope that Sydney (being such a great place to eat generally) takes on the challenge- sooner rather than later. I think Australian diners are open-minded and adventurous enough to give something new a go - and if the food is good enough, the fact that there is no meat on the plate should be incidental. Good food is good food.
Badde Manors seems to be a place that people like to go and quietly read or write over a coffee and piece of cake or a quick meal, but I don't think I would go here for a dinner as such. Nor would I bring a non-vegetarian here. But in the spirit of keeping optimistic and giving second chances, I would not rule out trying their breakfast one day. We'll see...
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Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester United are trying to bring in a new left-back.
United want to sign Everton's Leighton Baines and Ferguson admitted for the first time he is looking at strengthening in that position.
Patrice Evra has been an ever-present at left-back over the past five years and the 31-year-old looked increasingly vulnerable last season.
Ferguson knows he must strengthen in that area and, with Fabio Da Silva having joined QPR on loan, there is no-one to cover at left-back if Evra is injured.
Speaking in Durban, ahead of United's first game of their pre-season tour, Ferguson said: "Left-back is an area which we're paying attention to.
"Patrice, in the last five years has played an average of 45 to 50 games. It's phenomenal.
"I don't know if anybody else has achieved that. He's still a fit lad and has the same drive and ambition. He's a fighter.
"Fabio went to QPR, which was so important for the boy because he has enormous ability, but he needs to play.
"Because Evra, touch wood, is never injured, the opportunities haven't been there for the boy [Fabio].
"He played a few games last season but it's not enough for a young boy of 21 years.
"He needed to continue with his progress. With Fabio at QPR for a year, we're just a little short in that department.
"That's why we're trying Robbie Brady at left-back.
"We also have Tyler Blackett here - he's a big, strong boy, tall and quick going forward. But he's only just turned 18.
"He has time on his side but he's here for the experience and he may yet surprise us."

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San Francisco – An initial progress report released today by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy, chaired by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, identifies three key issues related to the possibility of legalizing, taxing and regulating marijuana for adults to which the commission has devoted significant research and analysis during the past 18 months.
The report's release also signals the beginning of the public phase of the commission's work, which will include a series of public forums across the state, in addition to the launch of the commission's website at www.safeandsmartpolicy.org . The report is published as a new Public Policy Institute of California poll shows public support for marijuana legalization is at its highest point since it began polling the question in May 2010, with 55 percent of likely voters favoring legalization.
"With marijuana legalization increasingly likely in California, it is vital that policymakers are informed by the expert think tank we've assembled, to make sure any changes in law are thoughtfully constructed and implemented safely and effectively" said Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, who chairs the Blue Ribbon Commission. "The war on drugs has failed. Even though marijuana is illegal in California, it remains ubiquitous and easily accessible to kids. We incarcerate too many nonviolent people, spend too much money doing it, and ruin too many lives—especially among the poor and disadvantaged—all without enhancing public safety. As a parent and a policymaker, this demands a different approach."
The three key areas identified by the Blue Ribbon Commission for further research, analysis, and recommendations are issues relating to protecting children and youth, ensuring public safety, and establishing tax and regulation schemes that will maximize revenue while eliminating the illicit market. The report advises that many of the issues it is exploring need to be considered with the goal of limiting access to marijuana among California children.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse's annual survey for 2014 found that 34 percent of 10th graders had used marijuana, making the substance more prevalent among this age group than tobacco (23 percent). Nearly half (44%) of the surveyed 12th Graders had used marijuana.
"Marijuana legalization raises serious questions that demand thoughtful solutions," said Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California and a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission's steering committee. "The Blue Ribbon Commission invites the feedback of other experts, stakeholders and the public as Californians consider the issues involved in legalizing, taxing and regulating marijuana for adults beyond medical use."
An ACLU report released in June 2013 showed extreme racial disparities in marijuana arrests in California and across the nation that disproportionately impacted communities of color, disparities that would be decreased by a sensible tax and regulate measure.
Composed of leading legal, academic, law enforcement and policy experts from across the state and nation, the Blue Ribbon Commission is engaged in a two-year research effort designed to help voters and policy makers evaluate proposals for a strict tax and regulation system for marijuana.
Joining Lt. Governor Newsom on the panel is a broad spectrum of policy, legal and academic experts, including, among others:
Keith Humphreys, a Stanford Health Policy Associate who was a senior policy analyst at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009-2010;
Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law expert and dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law;
Dr. Timmen Cermack and Dr. Peter Banys, both past presidents of the California Society of Addiction Medicine;
Dr. Seth Ammerman, a Stanford University professor and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics;
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith;
Sam Kamin, a Denver University law professor who has been appointed to the Colorado governor's task force for implementing that state's marijuana legalization initiative;
Alison Holcomb, campaign manager of Washington state's successful 2012 ballot initiative to tax and regulate marijuana;
Carl Hart,Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University, Department of Psychology and Psychiatry;
Peter Banys, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF; Past‐President, California Society of Addiction Medicine; formerly served on a federal advisory board for methadone treatment;
Chris Magnus,Police Chief, Richmond Police Department, Richmond, California;
Craig Reinarman, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies, Sociology Dept., University of California, Santa Cruz; former Consultant, World Health Organization Program on Substance Abuse;
Harlan G. Grossman, Judge (ret.), Contra Costa Superior Court; former Special Agent, FBI; former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force; and former Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, USDOJ;
Igor Grant, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine; Director of the UCSD HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program.


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FIRE was founded in 2007 by the experienced development team from the City of West Allis. Our team partnered with neighboring communities and economic development stakeholders with the mission to stimulate economic growth in the region by forming a new organization to seek New Market Tax Credits from the US Treasury.
FIRE has been extraordinarily successful; to date, FIRE has brought in over $140 million in new investment, creating over 1,600 family-supporting jobs and leveraging $200 million in new investment.
How It Works
To attract investment to communities that suffer from a history of disinvestment, the US government offers tax incentives in the form of New Market Tax Credits. This program allows individual and corporate investors to receive a tax credit in exchange for making investments in Community Development Entities. FIRE is the Community Development Entity for the Milwaukee region; it works to secure tax credit funding and translate these investments into impactful new projects that support the region's economy.

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Stability Ball Training 101
Welcome to the fifth installment in my “How to use X” series of blogs. In each blog I highlight a different piece of equipment -- I outline the pros and cons, who might benefit, and how to best use it. I want readers to be savvy enough to know which equipment would be a good investment based on their needs and budget, and how to actually use the equipment once purchased -- no one needs another coat rack.
The equipment of “the hour” is -- you guessed it -- the stability ball. My personal favourite aspect of the ball is that it helps me “find the joy,” lighten up, have some fun -- and giggle. Taking training too seriously (the ‘no pain, no gain’ philosophy, etc.) can be a deterrent.
Who Should Invest?
Anyone who wants to improve their balance, core, and posture. Exercise enthusiasts looking to spice up traditional strength exercises. Individuals wanting an inexpensive, multi-use piece of equipment -- the ball is everything from a chair alternative, to an exercise bench, to a balance tool, to a way to get low-impact cardio. All for the affordable cost of roughly $50.
Who Should Steer Clear?
Anyone whose goal is pure muscle size (i.e., to increase muscle hypertrophy). For size, do the bulk of your workouts on stable surfaces so that you can max out weights lifted safely. Yes, of course you can lift heavier weights on the ball, but the balance challenge will always be your limiting factor -- not ideal if you want to max out your strength and hypertrophy gains. The stability ball is unstable and will thus challenge your balance and core -- which is only ideal if stability, endurance, and functional strength are your goals.
A few ways to use the ball
1. Modify traditional strength exercises: Use the ball as a bench or stable ground alternative. Here are a few examples:
- Sit on the ball while doing upper-body exercises like lateral raises or shoulder presses.
- Try increasing the difficulty of a plank by putting your toes on the ball and your hands on the floor.
- Instead of lying on a bench, do upper-body exercises such as dumbbell bench presses with your head and shoulders on the ball.
- Dumbbell bench press: Make sure your feet are flat on the floor, with your hips up and shoulders on the ball. Hold a free weight in each hand, with both arms straight above your chest. Bend your elbows toward the floor so that your shoulder and elbow form a roughly 90-degree angle. Repeat 10 to 15 times. Since the ball adds a significant balance challenge, consider starting with a lower weight than usual.
Play sports? Add dynamic motion to your strength exercises. Balancing while controlling your motion will help your body learn to adapt to incoming stimuli -- as needed in life and sports.
For example, instead of simply doing a bridge, try bridge rotations: Start with your head and shoulders on the ball, feet on the floor, hips up. Rotate your upper body to the right so your right shoulder is on the ball and your left shoulder is straight up in the air. Slowly control your body and rotate back to the starting position. Rotate side-to-side for 10 reps.
3. Sit on the ball when at your desk.
Excessive sitting (especially if you have poor body awareness) can result in bad posture, muscle imbalances, stiffness, and lack of circulation.
Sitting on a ball can help to improve posture and body awareness, especially if you are a stability ball newbie; the instability will challenge your balance and force you to become more body-aware. You will have to sit up, or risk falling. If you're nervous, you can get a frame for the ball. If the aesthetic of the ball doesn't jive with your work environment, try sitting on an inflatable cushion. Inflatable balance cushions offer many of the same benefits as the ball, but are more inconspicuous.
4. Bounce to get low-impact cardio.
Bouncing is fun, works the core, and (somewhat surprisingly) gets your heart rate up! Sit on the ball with your feet on the floor. Shoulders back. Core engaged. Start to lightly bounce. On the upward portion of the bounce, engage your pelvic floor muscles and keep your posture. To add variety and make it more of a challenge, bounce higher, add “jumping jack” legs, add arms, and/or bounce in a circle.
Don't be discouraged if you feel silly – the instability of the ball can take some getting used to, but with practice, you will become Zen with the ball!
Curious about past blogs in the series? Past blogs outlined how to use the treadmill, bike, lifting parameters, and dumbbells. Happy training!


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Supporters and opponents of state Issue 2 clashed last night about whether the livestock-standards proposal is a "constitutional grab" by powerful agribusiness interests or much-needed protection for Ohio's farms and food supply.
Both sides of the issue that Ohioans will see on the Nov. 3 ballot got a full airing during a two-hour debate at Independence Hall on the Ohio State University campus. The event was sponsored by the Ohio Liberty Council, a coalition of on- and off-campus organizations.
Two Ohio Farm Bureau Federation officials were the strongest supporters.
Keith Stimpert, senior vice president of public policy, said the issue is necessary to fend off "out-of-state activist groups," specifically the Humane Society of the United States, which he said supports reforms for livestock and poultry care without regard to the impact on Ohio's $93 billion-a-year farming business.
Leah Dorman, a veterinarian and director of food programs for the Farm Bureau, raised the specter of suspect foreign foods filling the gap if "animal-rights activists" have their way.
If food can't be produced in Ohio, it will come from elsewhere. "That may be Indiana or Michigan. That may be China or Mexico," Dorman said.
Opposing the issue was Natalie Kee of the Ohio Act Coalition, made up of environmental and other groups who think Issue 2 is a bad idea to permanently enshrine in the Ohio Constitution.
Kee said the issue, if approved, would be "a blank check to put corporate profits before public safety."
Maurice A. Thompson, an attorney from the Buckeye Institute, a conservative research group, questioned the feel-good language of Issue 2 supporters who say it would preserve a safe and plentiful food supply for Ohioans.
"When someone says it's for public health and safety, hold on to your wallets," Thompson said.
Issue 2 would set up the 13-member Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board. The governor and legislative leaders would appoint members, including family farmers, veterinarians, a food-safety expert, a local Humane Society representative, members of statewide farm organizations, the dean of an Ohio agriculture college and two consumers. The state agriculture director would lead the panel.
The debate boiled down to questions about the need to create a powerful board and whether it's a good idea to build such a board into the Ohio Constitution, which is normally reserved for more-weighty matters.
The issue bounced to the ballot after the national Humane Society pushed agri-
business leaders to support "confinement" reforms that would allow permit farm animals and poultry to lie down, turn around and extend their limbs. Fearful that the society would mount a statewide campaign like those in California and other states, agribusiness interests asked lawmakers to put the issue on the fall ballot.
The new board would have far-reaching powers - and minimal oversight - to set standards for livestock and poultry care, food safety, supply and availability, disease prevention, farm management and animal well-being.
Stimpert acknowledged that it would cost "several hundred thousands dollars" to operate the board, including salaries for a director and small staff, plus regulatory expenses.
Several people questioned the idea of creating a new agency when the state is bleeding red ink.
"Isn't there enough government now?" one asked. "I just see it as more bureaucracy. I don't look for government to look out for the small guy."


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Rockville, Maryland—During the past four decades, obesity rates have soared among all age groups, increasing to 18 percent among children ages 6 to 11. More than 23 million children and teenagers (31.8 percent) ages 2 to 19 are obese or overweight, which constitutes an epidemic. “The growing rate of childhood obesity in our country is of grave concern,” said Benjamin L. Harris, CPA, CGMA, President and CEO of BLH Technologies, Inc. “Childhood obesity is entirely preventable. It’s up to adults to encourage healthy habits.”
Obese young people have an 80-percent chance of becoming obese adults; are more likely than children of normal weight adults to become overweight or obese adults; and are more at risk for associated adult health problems, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, stroke, several types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. From an economic perspective, obesity alone causes roughly $14 billion per year in direct health care costs. About 9 percent of Americans’ total medical costs are spent on obesity-related illnesses. Furthermore, psychosocial consequences resulting from obesity can hinder academic and social functioning and can persist into adulthood.
September 2010 was the first National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, established by presidential and congressional proclamations. In observance of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month in September 2015, organizations, advocates, and families nationwide are planning events and activities to build awareness of childhood obesity and ways to combat it.
“Childhood obesity is a public health crisis," said Congresswoman Kay Granger, a House resolution co-sponsor. “[National] Childhood Obesity Awareness Month supports the goals of families, schools, and communities that are working to ensure [that] we raise a healthier generation. If we keep our kids healthy now, it will alleviate a major burden on our health care system while giving millions of young people the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives.” Information and resources are available on line at http://www.coam-month.org.
BLH Technologies, Inc. is a professional and technical services firm offering talent and skill to Federal and State governments and private-sector businesses in four core areas: data analytics and research, communications and outreach, safety monitoring, and technology solutions. BLH’s website is www.blhtech.com.


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Using the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), an international team of astronomers believes it has identified a “boy among men.” Surrounded by older galaxies, I Zwicky 18 is a dwarf galaxy that could be only 500 million years old, making it the youngest known galaxy.
Located 45 million light-years away, I Zwicky 18 is significantly closer to our galaxy than other young galaxies. In comparison, the Milky Way Galaxy is 12 billion years old, the typical age of galaxies across the universe.
“This is extraordinary because one would expect young galaxies to be forming only around the first billion years or so after the Big Bang, not some 13 billion years later,” explains Trinh Thuan of the University of Virginia, who coauthored the study featured in The Astrophysical Journal with Yuri Izotov from the Kiev Observatory. “And young galaxies were expected to be very distant, at the edge of the observable universe, but not in the local universe.”
The team believes the galaxy is young because a survey of Hubble data didn’t reveal any stars older than 500 million years. Also, the study showed the galaxy lacks elements heavier than helium — indicating no successive generations of stars have existed and, subsequently, manufactured heavier elements through nuclear fusion.
Another team of astronomers contends the galaxy is slightly older. Goran Ostlin of the Stockholm Observatory and Mustapha Mouhcine of the University of Nottingham used Hubble’s Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) to find a population of cool, red stars slightly older than the stars imaged by the team led by Thaun and Izotov. Ostlin and Mouchine estimate the age at 1 billion years — still relatively young. Their study will be published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
However, the dispute over I Zwicky 18’s age resolved, a deeper mystery remains: Why is this galaxy such a late bloomer in star formation? Thaun and Izotov describe this galaxy as resting in an “embryonic state as a cold, gas cloud of primeval hydrogen and helium.” Although astronomers have no definite answer, one theory holds that an encroaching galaxy may have prompted I Zwicky 18 into making stars. Gravitational disturbances between these galaxies may have caused hydrogen clouds to collapse, and creating stars.


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ALTERNATIVE TAKE: How Recording Industry Hid A New Attempt To Expand Copyright
Some of the new music legislation currently sailing through Congress has received criticism from music rights advocates. Not so with the CLASSICS ACT. But here, Mike Masnick of Techdirt shares his belief that some provisions in the bill represent a recording industry effort to expand copyright and why he opposes it.
Op-ed by Mike Masnick from Techdirt
Last month, we wrote about the problems of the CLASSICS Act that the House was voting on. There's a lot of background (much of it included in that post), that is not worth repeating, but the very short version is that sound recordings from before 1972 are treated somewhat differently under copyright law than songs recorded since February of 1972. Specifically, pre-1972 sound recordings are not covered by federal copyright law, but by a weird batch of state laws. Due to a bunch of shenanigans, many of those works will not be put into the public domain until 2067, even if by any other measure they should be in the public domain. The RIAA has always liked this aspect of pre-1972 songs. However, there are other aspects of pre-1972 songs that the RIAA does not like, and that's mainly that the lack of federal copyright coverage means that those works (mostly) don't get any performance rights, since most state laws didn't have such a concept. That's money the RIAA feels is being left on the table.
One way to handle this would be to just federalize the copyright on pre-1972 works and put all works on an equal footing. Easy, right? But that's not what the CLASSICS Act does. Instead, it just modernizes the parts of copyright for those works that help extract more money from people (such as adding in performance rights) while refusing to bring with it the parts of copyright law that protect the public — including the timeline for things moving into the public domain.
Larry Lessig has a piece over at Wired where he explains how this is really just the latest attempt at copyright extension. Earlier this year, we had noted (happily!) that it appeared that the usual crew of copyright maximalists had appeared to give in, saying they had no intention to push for any sort of copyright term extension this year, meaning that for the first time in decades in the US, some works may actually enter the public domain on January 1st next year. And while the CLASSICS Act isn't a straight-up copyright term extension, it is a form of copyright expansion on old works, done for no other purpose than to give the copyright holders more ways to extract money, without any corresponding public benefit. As Lessig notes, this is explicitly a welfare system for musicians:
That this statute has nothing to do with the constitutional purpose of “promot[ing] Progress” is clear from its very title. The “Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act” (or CLASSICS) is as blatant a gift without any public return as is conceivable. And it's not just a gift through cash; it's a gift through a monopoly regulation of speech. Archives with recordings of music from the 1930s or 1940s would now have to clear permission before streaming their musical content even if the underlying work was in the public domain.
Yet there is no registry of these owners anywhere. And while massive digital suppliers, such as Apple Music and Spotify, could probably afford to carry the burden, no public or non-profit website could even begin to bear the cost of assuring they were not committing a crime. The act doesn’t harmonize American law with international law. Indeed, it creates more disharmony. No other jurisdiction creates a similar right anywhere. The act is simply a gift, paid for by further weakening the ability of archivists to keep our culture accessible. That’s why more than 40 professors of intellectual property of all political stripes signed a letter this week asking Congress to reject the CLASSICS Act.
Now that the bill is in the Senate, EFF is asking people to contact their Senators telling them to vote no on this bill.
Now, I should note that I've seen some recording industry lobbyists mocking Lessig's piece, claiming that how could he be against supporting musicians. This, of course, is the whole setup of this bill. It's designed — like so many copyright expansions in the past — to make it hard for people to question, because, really, who doesn't want to support the content creators we like? But that ignores the other side of this equation. Copyright is designed to benefit the public. The whole setup is to give an exclusivity to content creators for a limited time in order to give them the incentive to create.
For EVERY SINGLE WORK that would be impacted by this bill, that incentive worked. It worked decades and decades ago. Those recordings were all created prior to 1972. So why do they now need more incentive for the works that were already created? And why, if we're giving them more incentive, does the public not get anything back in return? That's the hidden part that the lobbyists and think tank shills for the recording industry are hoping you'll ignore. The "expansion" here is at the expense of the public. And it's a big expense. For no benefit at all. The copyright system was an incentive system for creation, in the recognition that it would then help the public get access to content. But the CLASSICS Act flips that over. It takes away from the public and provides no new incentives to anyone.
Instead, it's just a welfare bill for musicians. And, hey, Congress can set up a welfare system for musicians if it wants to, but it should be described as such and debated as such. Instead, this is being positioned very differently, because of course that's how the RIAA plays things.


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Trails for all, trails forever: How trails promote positive mental health
Imagine you are on your favorite trail on a beautiful summer Colorado day. Your attention is focused on the mountain views, the sun shining on tall aspens, the softness of the dirt under your feet or on your bike tire, and the sound of birds singing. You are completely absorbed and present on a trail and with nature. You do not want to be anywhere else in the world except for right there and now. You completely forget about all your worries and the busy world we live in, not thinking about these things for a second.
The trail has taken you to your flow state. Simply imagining yourself on the trail and in nature more than likely makes you happier. Are you smiling right now?
Trails have many benefits for our community including economic, transportation, livability, conservation, and environmental. But the most impactful benefit that trails provide to us may be for our health, both physical and mental.
Trails connect us to nature. Spending time in nature is linked to many positive mental health outcomes including improved focus, lower stress, better mood, and a reduced risk of developing a mental health condition. Furthermore, research evidence shows that contact with nature is associated with increases in happiness, subjective well-being, positive affect, positive social interactions and a sense of meaning and purpose in life, as well as decreases in mental distress.
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Jared Polis stops in Edwards, EagleVail to sign bills addressing housing and behavioral health
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says housing and health care are two of the most critical issues facing Coloradans, and on Saturday he addressed them both during a visit to Eagle County.
Vail Health Behavioral Health Awarded the Community Impact Award at Vail Valley Partnership’s 20th Annual Success Awards
The Community Impact Award highlights the incredible work of the outpatient therapists, psychiatrists, integrated care team, case managers, care coordinators and support staff who work on behalf of our community.
Vail Health celebrates opening of the Wiegers Mental Health Clinic in Edwards
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Vail Health and Eagle Valley Behavioral Health celebrated the opening of its newest facility, the Wiegers Mental Health Clinic. The outpatient behavioral health clinic is part of Eagle Valley Behavioral Health’s vision of creating affordable and equitable access to behavioral health in the community.

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Author to speak on adding color to landscape with shrubs
Published: Friday, September 25, 2009, 10:33 PM
Wood is a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and was named Michigan Nurseryman of the Year. He has published articles and photos in a variety of gardening magazines, hosted a radio show, taught at Michigan State University and Muskegon Community College.
Wood has also published three books on gardening and plants. For more information, contact the library at (616) 846-5770, ext. 107.


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