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2 edition of Characterization and assessment of economic systems in the interior Columbia basin found in the catalog.
Characterization and assessment of economic systems in the interior Columbia basin
David L. Fluharty
by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station in Portland, Or
Written in English
|Statement||David L. Fluharty.|
|Series||Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project--scientific assessment, General technical report PNW -- GTR-451., General technical report PNW -- 451.|
|LC Classifications||SH221.5.C64 F62 2000, SD11 .A479 no. 451|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||114 p. :|
|Number of Pages||114|
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Gateshead-based Transmit Start-Ups has hit a major milestone after delivering over £20,000,000 worth of start-up loans to 2,000 entrepreneurs across the UK.
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The 2,000th business to benefit is The Dukes gastro pub in Bedfordshire, opened by sister team Jo Carter and Sarah Smith. Formally an Indian restaurant and takeaway, Jo and Sarah restored the 260-year-old thatched building back to a village public house after it lay empty for two years following the closure of Shaanti Restaurant in 2014.
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“Sarah lives locally and spotted the pub was up for sale back in 2015. A full-time mum at the time, seeing the place empty sparked memories of how much she loved working in hospitality. We talked about the prospect of taking it on over Christmas and the more we spoke about it the more it became clear that The Dukes had potential to be a very successful business.
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This was our first voyage in our “new” RV. The plan was to start in Louisville to check out the city and a couple distilleries, go down to Mammoth Cave National Park to tour some caves and then head to Cumberland Falls. We planned this trip for months and ended up changing two of our campground reservations. We switched from Lexington to Louisivlle thinking it had more distilleries within walking distance from each other and we moved from a KOA to the Mammoth Cave National park to be in a more wooded area with a bigger lot.
The plan was to leave around 10 AM Monday morning but we ended up filling up the propane and the gas tanks and making a stop back at home to pick up a few things we forgot. So, we didn’t get on the road until 2 PM. Once on the road the drive took longer than anticipated which we’ve decided has to be expected. We didn’t get to Louisville North Campground until almost 10 PM.
Driving through Cincinatti and then finally getting to the Kentucky boarder.
By the time we got to the campground we were tired and decided to make something to eat, get some sleep and get a fresh start in the morning.
That night we had our first official meal in our RV. We ate a lunch of cheese, crackers and salami while on the road but this was our first meal parked at a campground.
The campground was next to a train track and close to an airport so it was very noisy until midnight. After that things quieted down and we were able to get some sleep.
The next morning we were able to get a good look at the campground. We knew the site was basically a parking spot to sleep close to Louisville.
Our first stop was Proof on Main. An interesting restaurant and gallery.
Peerless Distillery Tour
The engraving of our personalized bottle of Jim Beam Bourbon.
Hell or High Water speakeasy.
Mammoth Cave National Park
Pasta salad and Sangria Fruit Salad for lunch.
The Cleaveland Avenue Tour
Domes & Dripstones Tour
Corbin Lake KOA
I think riding the brakes on those winding mountain roads caused the tires to overheat and we blew a tire heading back from Cumberland Falls
Day Seven – Heading back home
Back home, emptying the shitter! LOL


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Let’s hang onto our summertime moods a little longer with these 3 tips for enjoying the good life al fresco.
Take a little nourishment from the sun and stars
Enjoy the nourishment of the sun or the stars and have an al fresco meal whenever the weather permits. Don’t let a warm and sunny day or a starlit night go by without enjoying this summertime favorite—eating outdoors. This too provides nourishment.
When it comes to eating outdoors, simplicity reigns. Good food doesn’t require a lot of fuss. Many times the best dishes are made with just a few ingredients making use of what is fresh and readily available. Summertime offers an abundant array of the freshest offerings. This is the time to keep it simple and indulge in our natural bounty.
Really Be There
Whether you’re eating your meal alone, or with loved ones, be there totally. Savor every bit. If you can’t cook or don’t feel like it…eat a peach. They’re amazing right now. So don’t worry about the food – there’s plenty to eat with no cooking required – and give your full attention to the ones you’re with. Take in the scene around you; a pulsing city street, a quiet, wooded backyard, a water view from the deck or simply the sky above. Take it all in!
…and go get you hands on some luscious tomatoes so a sweet meal is mere moments away.
For a no cook healthy meal idea, click here.
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I adore the tip to be there totally. Mindful eating solves so many food “problems.” It’s actually a pretty challenging skill to learn for us nowadays, but has so many rewards!
It is challenging Lacy but as you astutely noticed, it has so many benefits including really tasting our food and being present with those we share it with. Oh…and we tend to eat less because every bite is satisfying.
I love keeping things simple – great tip! Haven’t looked at the stars in a while. That’s a must-do before summer is over. 🙂
Can’t wait for some warmer weather so I can take the dining table outside again 🙂 Thanks for another inspiring post 🙂
I love that idea. I don’t know why it’s never occurred to me to do something like that. Plus, your no cook healthy meal idea is so easy and look so yummy!! Thanks for sharing!!:-)
Such a good reminder Silvia! Eating outdoors and truly savoring every bite is one of my favorite things in the world. And yet it is so easy to let the time get away. I am going to plan a small get together with those I love and keep it simple. Thank you!
I love Italian food almost as much as I love no cook meals and dining outside. It doesn’t get better than this.
So glad this fun post resinated with all of you. I know that lingering over a meal outdoors fills me up and makes me feel like a million bucks. Maybe it’s because I grew up with my parents and neighbors eating and talking well into the night around our outdoor table. Those memories are still with me.
Love this! Keep it simple and enjoy the moment. Perfect food for thought. 🙂
Thanks Shana. I know you get it.
On my first trip to London, I met a Frenchmen who invited me to dinner with his friends. When we got there, I was a bit uncomfortable because none of them spoke English, but they had a beautiful long table set up out in the garden, with gorgeous food and lots and lots of wine. It didn’t take long for me to relax and before I knew it, we had talked and ate and drank until the very early morning. That was about 20 years ago and because I took the time to truly savor it, I can still remember every moment of that lovely evening.
Really being there is what it’s all about. 🙂
Andrea, love your story. I can picture it myself. Food is intrinsically tied to memory so it can bring us back in an instant, with a whiff. That’s in part, the miracle of food and how it serves us as a humanity. I know you know this. Thank you so much for sharing your story and your fav no cook dish. Funny, I make something similar except I use prosciutto, sliced chicken, tomato and arugula in a wrap…yum!


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The 11th Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Housebuilders Survey 2022 has found that custom and self build represents a significant stream of business for small- and medium-sized (SME) builders, with over 50% saying that self and custom build contracts were the most popular form of funding.
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Good news comes in the fact that the materials crisis is easing, and that the link between custom and self build and the SME sector is becoming better recognised.
Constraints on supply
62% of respondents cited the ‘lack of available and viable land’ as the most serious constraint on SME housebuilders ability to build more homes.
The second major barrier remains the planning system, with 60% of respondents identifying it as a problem. The lack of resourcing in planning departments consistently caused delays – which drove SME costs up.
47% of respondents stated that skills remains an issue. However, 1/4 said they were planning to grow their on-site workforce.
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While mortgage finance in general has improved, the interest charged on new loans was having a hampering effect.
As the number one issue, over 4 in 5 respondents said that the number of small sites opportunities were decreasing, up to 82% as opposed to 71% in the 2021 survey. However this is tempered by the fact that 25% say the felt that local authorities were now taking small sites seriously, up from 11% the previous year.
The survey is an important indicator of the health of the SME housbuilder sector which has declined dramatically with time. SME house builders used to deliver 40% of new homes just over 30 years ago, but they now build around 10%. They are also responsible for building nearly all of the community led, custom and self build homes in the UK.
The FMB Housebuilders Survey has been running for 11 years and canvasses the opinions of FMB members, with 122 responses received, all of whom were builders in England. Of these, 47% build homes as contractors – and of this section 89% build self and custom build homes, designed to the specification of the owner.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Lately I have really been lovin' the mid-century look. I love how simple the lines are, and how it can be fused with basically any style. The Museum of Modern Art has an interior design exhibit that features mid-century furniture and really sparked my interest. Then I also love Emily Henderson's design style on Secrets of a Stylist (HGTV) and feel like she has mastered the eclectic mid-century look. If I can't have one of several beautiful Eames chairs, than I will settle on a mid-century style coffee table or TV hutch/stand. In the meantime, enjoy the inspirations.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
I have been a MAJOR slacker in the blogging world the last few months. My family and I have been in DC and now NYC for the summer. (We are in business school remember so we have a summer internship in between the 1st and 2nd year....our stuff is all sitting in our Berkeley apartment so we are basically living out of suitcases). With all of the moving around, juggling 2 little kids mostly by myself while my husband works long hours and only having my husband's laptop available, blogging just isn't top priority or easily accessible. So, I am going to start back slowly.
I also think that I haven't been too wowed by things lately. I love the industrial look, indian block printed fabric and everything else that is hot right now, but I feel like I have seen it all before in the blogging world.
But, I was flipping through this month's Elle Decor and fell in love with a few items:
Blow Light chandelier by Lindsey Adams Adelman
So feminine and glam but not too over the top.
The Watson Table by Brooklyn-based Paul Loebach
I've never seem legs like that before. Amazing.
Blaplumb Scandenavian Rug by Maas-Fjetterstsrom, 1937.
Just some little diddies to inspire you (hopefully). And I promise that the next post will not be so far away!!!


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Drum Chair - Broadway musical The Last Ship written by and starring Sting.
Associate Musical Director/Drum Chair - Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, MGM Grand Las Vegas
Drum Chair - The Color Purple feat. Chaz Shepherd, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR 2018
Founding drummer for rock band The Pretty Reckless feat. Taylor Momsen (Gossip Girl)
Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Competition New York City, Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, Monterey, CA
International performances for Festival Of Lights in Taiwan and South Korea


Official demographic studies show that China faces a severely aging population crisis that will see 30% of its population above the age of 60 by 2035.
The state-operated Global Times quoted China’s Director of the Department of Aging and Health, Wang Haidong, as saying the nation’s leadership faces “great pressure to cope with the aging scenario.”
Speaking of geopolitics, an interesting article in @thetimes about Chinese demographics. Population is already dropping and China is now an ‘aged’ society, not aging. Significant repercussions for state spending, growth, etc. paywall, but here is excerpt. pic.twitter.com/vTbnkAJ46k
— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) April 20, 2022
In a report released Tuesday, China is shown to face the same issue that most other industrialized nations must come to terms with — a population that is aging and not reproducing itself. Longer life spans combined with lower birth rates have the country on a fast track to crisis.
The outcome is that there will not be enough young workers to shoulder the financial responsibility to care for the rapidly aging population. This dilemma is faced by almost all European societies as well as Japan.
China’s crisis is coming significantly sooner and involves more of an aging population than previously believed.
Wang said that the communist government will plot a course to correct the issue and develop a national strategy, but nothing so far has proven effective.
Many experts see the country experiencing a net population decline in just three years, and some believe that regions of the vast nation already have negative population growth. It is widely thought that this will be an issue for the nation for many years to come.
China, of course, purposefully kept the fertility rate low for a long period of time. Last year saw it post its lowest birth rate in modern times, though some credit that to COVID-19 lockdowns and the inability of people to socialize.
The nation backed away from the long term “One Child Policy” and began to urge couples to have two children. It has now realized that to reverse negative population growth, significantly larger families are necessary.
So far, everything from propaganda to private school price controls are not convincing young Chinese to have more children. China is rapidly joining the industrialized world with having to find a way to deal with an elderly population that is rapidly growing — with fewer replacements.


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Edible wild greens could help improve food security, boost public health and make communities more resilient to disaster. Edible wild greens are consumed globally, particularly during food shortages, and many are used medicinally in teas, poultices and supplements.
Sleep has become widely recognised as playing a really important role in our overall health and wellness – alongside diet, stress management and exercise. Recently, researchers have been learning more about how poor sleep influences our dietary choices, as well as how diet influences sleep quality.
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you’ve probably heard that crash dieting isn’t the best way to go about it. Although you may lose lots of weight initially, you won’t be able to keep the weight off and may even end up being heavier than you were before. But our latest research suggests that this isn’t always the case.
A solid white mass found in a broken jar in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has turned out to be the world’s oldest example of solid cheese. Probably made mostly from sheep or goats milk, the cheese was found several years ago by archaeologists in the ancient tomb of Ptahmes, who was a high-ranking Egyptian official. The substance was identified after the archaeology team carried out biomolecular identification of its proteins.
Time-restricted eating (also called time-restricted feeding) is a new dietary concept that involves reducing the time between the first and last calorie consumed each day. There is strong evidence to support the health benefits of time-restricted eating (TRE) in animals, and recent small studies by our research group and others suggest possible benefits for humans, too.
Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that primarily effects young people during their adolescence. While anorexia is relatively uncommon, affecting about 1 percent of the population, it can be lethal. Indeed, despite its relatively early onset, anorexia can last for several decades for more than half of those afflicted. It can lead to many associated psychiatric and medical risk factors, which in part explains why anorexia has the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disorder.
The news that, after 106 years, Captain Scott’s fruitcake was found by the Antarctic Heritage Trust and “smelled edible”, raises the question: are there other foods that have similar staying power? The answer is, yes, several.
Everybody knows that to lose weight you should eat less and move more. But, of course, it’s not that simple; the combination of today’s environment and human biology can make it really, really hard to shed pounds. To reduce diseases caused by being overweight or obese, society needs to change, but those changes will be slow to come. We need effective weight-loss strategies now.
Almost 40 percent of Americans can expect a cancer diagnosis in their lifetimes. As the number of new cancer cases per year is expected to rise to 23.6 million by 2030 worldwide, people are desperate for answers, turning to alternative therapies that fall outside the typical “slash, burn, poison” treatment model. A review of the documentary “The Food Cure,” which follows patients undergoing an intensive and controversial nutritional therapy.
Veganism, the plant-based diet which shuns meat and dairy, is having its time in the sun. Since 2008, there has been a 350% increase in the number of self-described vegans in the UK alone. Where this motivation stems from is varied, but includes concerns about animal welfare, worries about the environment and religious reasons.
A diet developed in the 1920s to treat children with epilepsy is suddenly all the rage. The ketogenic diet, or “keto diet”, has reportedly been endorsed by celebrities and even athletes are giving it a go.
Red meat is an excellent source of protein and essential nutrients such as iron, zinc, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fats, which are are linked to heart and brain health. But while a small quantity of lean meat may be good for us, too much red or processed meat can increase our risk of some cancers.
The more you diet, the more obsessed with food you become. Unfortunately, depriving ourselves of the foods we enjoy and exercising as a form of punishment is not a sustainable, long-term solution to weight loss.
People are living longer and healthier lives all over the world, unencumbered by pain and many of the afflictions we have come to associate with aging. These people don’t have to take pain medications, cholesterol medication, high blood pressure medication, or...
A visit to the supermarket these days can feel more like walking through a pharmacy, with an ever-expanding range of milks, yogurts, pills, powders and specialty foods promoting their “probiotic” prowess.
With all the different types of yogurt on offer, making a decision on which one to buy can be difficult. How do you know which one is healthiest?
Global obesity rates have risen sharply over the past three decades, leading to spikes in diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. The more we understand the causes of obesity and how to prevent it, the better.
Omega-3 fats can be found in many food sources, including salmon, flax seeds and walnuts as well as over-the-counter supplements.
Osteoarthritis is the most common of the more than 200 forms of arthritis, affecting more than 20% of the population.
Omega-3 fatty acids are commonly found in plant and seafood sources. If you don’t have high enough levels of omega-3s in your diet, it’s a leading risk factor for death globally, contributing to the development of chronic diseases like cancer.
Do you eat to live or live to eat? We have a complicated relationship with food, influenced by cost, availability, even peer pressure. But something we all share is appetite.
We all love delicious foods, even if we know they may not be good for us. Foods high in energy – specifically sweet, salty and fatty foods – tend to taste the best.
A surge in childhood food allergies across the United States has turned classrooms into homemade-treat-free zones and parents into experts at scanning labels. But what’s fact and what’s fiction?
In the past, food scientists like me often praised mushrooms as healthy because of what they don’t contribute to the diet; they contain no cholesterol and gluten and are low in fat, sugars, sodium and calories. But that was selling mushrooms short. They are very healthy foods and could have medicinal properties...
Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food – especially concerns about safety and purchasing behavior. And higher income doesn’t always correlate with informed choices. On the contrary, our research shows that affluent Americans tend to overestimate their knowledge about health and nutrition.
With springtime comes the desire to shed those few extra pounds, in preparation to don swimsuits and head to the pool. This year, new obesity research is making it easier to find a pathway that is right for us.
The World Health Organization recommends limiting “free sugars” to less than 10% of our total energy intake. This equates to around 12 teaspoons a day for an average adult.
While preparing food at home, or while buying prepared food from grocery stores and restaurants, salt tends to find its way onto our plates. Does our love for salt come at a cost? How much salt is too much, and should we be concerned? These are the questions that not enough people are asking.
The world is obsessed with fad diets and weight loss, yet few of us know how a kilogram of fat actually vanishes off the scales.
In nutrition, sugar refers to simple carbohydrates consisting of one or two basic carbohydrate units such as glucose, fructose and galactose.
Evidence shows that the health risks from sugars, such as tooth decay and unhealthy weight gain, are related to consuming too many free sugars in the diet, not from eating sugars that are naturally present in fruits or milk.
We all have that one friend whose eating habits and body shape simply don’t add up. While enjoying the unhealthiest of meals and a sedentary lifestyle, somehow they effortlessly retain a slender figure.
When you google “weight loss” the challenge to sort fact from fiction begins. These five supplements claim to speed up weight loss, but let’s see what the evidence says.
Did you know that your morning cup of coffee contributes to six million tonnes of spent coffee grounds going to landfill every year?
While plant-based milk beverages like soy milk have been on the market for a couple of decades and are advertised as being healthy and wholesome for those who are lactose-intolerant, little research has compared the benefits and drawbacks of the various kinds of plant-based milk.
People who are overweight may be at higher risk for overeating in the evening hours, especially when experiencing stress, a new study suggests.
Brussels sprouts, like their European namesake, divide opinion. Some people embrace the flavour and familiarity of the small green vegetable. To others, they are an object of derision and disgust.
Kids who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are 4 points higher, on average, than those who eat fish less frequently or not at all, a new study shows.
In less than six weeks’ time working together, Sandy lost fifteen pounds and within four months she was a total of forty-five pounds lighter while eating more fat and exercising less. Her war with food was over, and she finally had what she wanted. Here’s what she did.
If we have to feed 9.8 billion people by 2050, food from the ocean will have to play a major role. Ending hunger and malnutrition while meeting the demand for more meat and fish as the world grows richer will require 60% more food by the middle of the century.
Are vegetarian diets the key to healthy aging, or could they be a risk to those who adopt them? These questions are a source of confusion for the general public, and for many scientists too.
Drinking moderate amounts of coffee – about three or four cups a day – is more likely to benefit our health than harm it, our latest research shows.
As the weekend approaches, people are opening wine bottles in bars and restaurants and homes around the world, ready to kick back and relax.
Low-fat or low-carb? Butter or margarine? Avocado oil or coconut oil? Bombarded with contradictory media reports on the ever-changing landscape of nutrition research
New research clarifies the mechanisms by which caloric restriction rapidly reverses type 2 diabetes. One in three Americans will develop type 2 diabetes by 2050, according to recent projections by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Reports indicate that the disease goes into remission in many patients who...
Let’s jump back to 1028, the year William the Conqueror was born. Healthy most of his life, he became so overweight in later years that he went on a liquid diet consisting of almost nothing but alcohol. He lost enough weight to resume riding his cherished horse, but a riding accident soon led to his untimely death.
Only 20 years ago butter was the public villain – contributing to raised cholesterol levels and public concern over an increased risk of heart disease. Now this public perception seems to have been reversed...
A high-fat, or ketogenic, diet not only increases longevity, but also improves physical strength, according to new research with mice. Ketogenic diets have gained popularity for a variety of health benefit claims...
Having lots of different types of bacteria in your gut has many health benefits, including a lower risk of diabetes, obesity and inflammatory bowel disease.
A look at menu items from 66 of the top 100 chain restaurants shows that while restaurants are offering lower-sodium options, food—particularly in main course items—is still high.
Lydia is seriously underweight and suffering from medical complications from an eating disorder. She is in hospital. Her treatment team recruits her mom to help Lydia gain weight through meal support.
Researchers have discovered brain cells that control our appetite. This major discovery opens up new possibilities for creating more effective diets—and even future treatments to suppress one’s appetite by directly activating the brain’s tanycytes, bypassing food and the digestive system.
People with extremely high levels of so-called “good cholesterol” have a 65% higher mortality rate than people with normal levels, according to a new Danish study. Does this mean that good cholesterol has gone from hero to villain?
A new study has added weight to the debate as to whether fat is better or worse for you than carbohydrates, in terms of risk of heart disease and early death.
Mice that are deprived of an essential fatty acid, called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), during pregnancy, are more likely to produce pups that display schizophrenia-like symptoms as adults, according to a new study from Japan.
Intermittent fasting is currently all the rage. But don’t be fooled: it’s much more than just the latest fad. the latest involving diabetes might be...
Obesity is a risk factor for numerous disorders that afflict the human race, so understanding how to maintain a healthy body weight is one of the most urgent issues facing society.
As consumers become increasingly dissatisfied with conventional, large-scale food systems, they are seeking ways to reconnect with their food. For the wealthy, that translates into a turn toward what we call the “alternative food system.”
The scent of baked goods wafts towards you as the supermarket doors glide open. Your stomach rumbles and your mouth waters at the sight and smell of so much food.
Humans began domesticating animals for food over 10,000 years ago, cultivating a close relationship with animals over the following millennia.
Are you a conflicted carnivore – loving meat but also hating that you love it? Perhaps you are worried about the carcinogenic, heart-clogging properties of cooked meat...
It’s fair to say that frozen food has a bit of an image problem. One in three Britons believe it is inferior to fresh food, and 43% say that nothing could persuade them to buy more frozen fare.
The Aztec emperor Montezuma II said that a soldier could march for a whole day on a single cup of cocoa. But this was not the hot chocolate we would be familiar with today. It was gritty, bitter and...
About 90% of men and 50% of children in developed countries are “overfat”, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Public Health.
The diet industry is thriving to say the least. More than half of British adults try to lose weight by controlling their calorie intake each year.
Drinking beverages containing low-calorie sweeteners may not help you lose weight and may even be bad for your health, according to new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Most people know that it’s important to get enough vitamin D. Among other things, it’s vital for bone and muscle health. What people may not know is that there are two types of vitamin D...
It recently has been suggested that using vegetable oils to fry food may be bad for your health due to the production of toxic chemicals called aldehydes during the heating process.
Some people on very low-carb diets say they feel euphoric, have clear minds and lose their appetite.
Eating late at night could be worse for your health than you might think.
Fasting has been used for centuries as both a remedy and a booster in all areas of health: physical, mental, and emotional. In the 21st century, fasting is often looked down upon. It is left out of anti-obesity initiatives because doctors don’t view it as a safe remedy for weight loss...
Vitamin P—pleasure—is a vital element that makes our meals nutritionally complete and makes life worth living. Like all organisms on the planet, we humans are genetically programmed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. A cat chasing a mouse is seeking pleasure; the unfortunate rodent is doing its best to avoid pain.
People post millions of food photos on Instagram every day. New research suggests this could be a way to track food intake for weight loss or fitness.
Eating a diet that includes foods containing soy protein may work to alleviate some symptoms of inflammatory bowl diseases, a new study with mice suggests.
This is the greatest favor I can do for you as a nutritionist: A diet program that doesn’t tell you exactly which foods to eat and in what amounts. Empowering you to be in deeper relationship with food and with the genius in your body is the surest road to your most powerful metabolism.
The heavy costs of an increasingly obese population are well known.
Fructose has been getting a bad rap lately. Although consuming too much can be bad for your health, those who exercise seem to be protected against some of fructose’s negative health effects.
Wherever you are right now, the good news is that you can begin any time, at any stage in your life, and in any situation or circumstance. You are reading this because somewhere inside of you, you want to be free...
Dietary calcium is necessary to ensure our bones hold on to all the calcium they need to stay strong.
One out of every 2,000 people suffers from long QT syndrome, which can lead to heart failure. For these people, too much sugar may be dangerous, research shows.
Microgreens, tiny versions of leafy vegetables and herbs, have been described as healthier than full sized greens. Do microgreens really contain more nutrients? Do they have other benefits? And are they worth the extra price?
Only a quarter of UK adults manage to eat the officially recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
Mercury concentrations in Hawaiian-caught bigeye and yellowfin tuna are steadily rising and mirror increases in North Pacific waters that have been linked to atmospheric mercury emissions from Asia.
Dependent on how you spend your Monday evenings you may have caught Channel 4’s Food Unwrapped on TV.
Some of us can definitely say we have a sweet tooth. Whether it’s cakes, chocolates, cookies, lollies or soft drinks, our world is filled with intensely pleasurable sweet treats.
Eating out is bad for us. Studies have shown that food provided outside the home contains more calories and more fat, especially saturated fat.
Food advertising strongly influences the eating choices of adults, adolescents and children alike. But TV and magazine adverts often carry misleading health and nutrition claims.
I was recently asked: If my eating habits are half good and half bad, does that make my overall diet balanced?
We generally assume moderate drinking (two standard drinks per day) is good for our health.
In the past few years, you may have noticed more and more people around you turning away from meat. At dinner parties or family barbecues, on your social media feed or in the news, vegetarianism and its more austere cousin, veganism, are becoming increasingly popular.
A feeling of apathy or being a little forgetful from time to time is nothing unusual. But for some, this could be an early sign of not getting enough thiamine (also known as vitamin B1).
“Bloating”, the feeling of a full and swollen belly, is one of the most common complaints we hear about in medical practice from patients, with 10 to 30% of people experiencing it.
In January, many of us strive to be stronger, lighter, faster versions of ourselves. It is also the busiest time of the year for physiotherapists.
A new study claims to have settled the debate on calorie restriction and longevity, but it is a complex read and far from definitive.
Andrew Taylor has eaten only potatoes for a whole year. Well, almost. He made his diet more nutritious by including sweet potatoes, and adding nut or soya milk to mashed potatoes.
Imagine you’re in the aisle of your favorite grocery store, bombarded with hundreds of the latest and greatest products on the market.
Wheat is everywhere. It’s in bread, pasta, pastries, biscuits, pizza, batter, cereals, soups, sauces, instant drinks, salad dressing, processed meats and sweets, to name but a few. The western diet is so infatuated with wheat that most of us eat a kilo or more a week. So why do we love it?
Around 2006, Cherokee leaders approached administrative liaison Pat Gwin about starting a seed bank. They already had launched an initiative to improve health care access and infrastructure at the reservation; now, they wanted to go even deeper by recovering ancestral seeds to preserve their cultural heritage.
The holiday season is in full swing, and with it comes time for family celebration while gathering around tables full of delicious foods with seasonal spices!
The rise of obesity around the globe has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge countries to impose a tax on sugary drinks, which are blamed for the spread of the epidemic.


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|About three weeks ago I planted a variety of shrubs, perennial and annual flowers in a newly created garden. I mixed topsoil (very clay like)from a local sand and gravel store with Miracle-Gro garden soil per the instructions. Now a few lower leaves on some of the flowers are turning yellow. Normally, I'd think I've over watered, but I don't think that's the problem since I've been hand watering just once a day. In addition to over watering that can sometimes cause leaves to yellow, what else could be the cause? I've spent a small fortune at Home Depot on the plants, soil and plant food so any thoughts/comments that may save the garden would be appreciated. Thanks. Julia|
|If only the lower leaves of your plants are yellowing, it could simply be a natural process. Plants tend to drop their oldest leaves in favor of growing new leaves and flowers. Since they have been in the ground for 3 weeks, you've probably seen the worst of the transplant stress (which includes yellowing and dropping foliage as the roots become established in their new homes). So, the yellowing leaves might be the tail-end of the stress. I'd continue to water deeply once or twice a week and pick off or snip off the yellowing leaves to make the plants look more attractive.
Best wishes with your new garden!

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And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 13
And He said to them, It is written, MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER
; but you are making it a ROBBERS
14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David, they became indignant 16 and said to Him, Do You hear what these children are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF? 17 And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry. 19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you. And at once the fig tree withered.
On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry. 13
Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see
if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14
He said to it, May no one ever eat fruit from you again! And His disciples were listening.
15 Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves; 16 and He would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple. 17 And He began to teach and say to them, Is it not written, MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS? But you have made it a ROBBERS DEN. 18 The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling, 46
saying to them, It is written, AND
MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER
, but you have made it a ROBBERS
47 And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him, 48 and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit //www.lockman.org
Adapted from Parallel Gospels © Books for Living, Inc. Digital Edition by V. Gilbert Beers, © 2009 Bible Studio, LLC.Used by Permission.

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- Poets at ONEONESIX will be held at 116 Bank Street, Whangarei, on Thursday 15 March at 5pm. Gold coin door entry.
- A free Kerikeri open-mic poetry evening runs from 7-9pm on 4 April 2018 and monthly thereafter on the first Wednesday of each month. It is run by poetry enthusiasts Ellen Rhodes and Vivian Thonger who encourage all poetic Northlanders, from teens to adults, to attend. The emphasis is on fun and sharing. The venue is Cherry Park House at 160 Landing Road, opposite Waipapa Landing in Kerikeri.
Flash Fiction Club: first Tuesday of every month, 5:30-7:30pm. Contact: Whangarei District Library for more information
Writers Up North: NZSA members and other Northland writers are encouraged to visit www.Writeupnorth.co.nz for Northland writing updates and to send their writing news to admin[at]writeupnorth.co.nz. Facebook group Writers Up North.
Creative Junction Magazine: Creative Junction is a new magazine with a Tai Tokerau focus. Please contact publisher and editor Pippa Bourke (pippa[at]creativejunction[dot]nz) for advertising enquiries or to share your news. There are also openings for writers to contribute.
Tuatara Design Store
Tuatara Design Store in Bank St, Whangarei showcases art and craft work by Northland artists. They are willing to sell books by Northland authors in their shop. Contact Tracey at tracey[at]tuataradesignstore[dot]com.
Kerikeri/Bay of Islands: Second Monday of the month at 7–9pm. Our aim is mutual improvement and inspiration through constructive criticism. We are writing short pieces, extracts and flash fiction, both to improve our style and for publication and competition. If you’d like to join us, email Vivian at vthonger[at]gmail[dot]com.
New Whangarei Writers’ Group: Second Monday of the month at 10am. This is a critique group and will be limited to just 6 – 7 people. A wait list will be created in case someone drops out. Please contact Derin Attwood on derin[at]wordlypress[dot]com.
Book Inn: Evon Morgan (formerly of The Piggery) now owns Book Inn in Kamo and is setting up a local writers’ section. Contact her if you have books you’d like to be included. Book Inn, 420 Kamo Road, 4353202. She has two tables – one each side of the entrance. One table is dedicated to NZ writers, with an emphasis on Northland writers. Several Branch members are well represented.
Kings Theatre Creative: creative gateway to the Far North, Kawakawa. Pop in and see the latest exhibition.


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14 August 2019 – EARNINGS of Ayala Corp. (AC) more than doubled in the first half of 2019, boosted by divestment gains from its education and energy businesses.
In a regulatory filing, the listed conglomerate said net income attributable to the parent grew 135% to P37.84 billion in the six-month period. Revenues also went up 8% to P160.38 billion. The company did not disclose second-quarter figures.
AC attributed its performance to the twofold increase in equity earnings from its business units to P41.7 billion. This includes divestment gains from AC Education, Inc.’s merger with Yuchengco-led iPeople, Inc., as well as its partial divestment from AC Energy, Inc.’s thermal assets.
AC Energy in June agreed to transfer its assets in the 552-megawatt GNPower Kauswagan’s (GNPK) coal-fired power project to its partner, Power Partners Ltd. Co. The deal will be implemented in tranches, subject to certain closing conditions and approval from the Philippine Competition Commission.
“Our first-half results reflect the strength of our core holdings in real estate, banking, and telecommunications. This was complemented by the value realization initiatives in our energy business,” AC President and Chief Operating Officer Fernando Zobel de Ayala said in a statement.
AC’s business units include Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI), Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Globe Telecom, Inc., Manila Water Co., Inc., AC Energy, and AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc.
For the property segment, ALI’s net income climbed 12% to P15.2 billion after a 4% increase in revenues to P83.2 billion. The listed company benefited from higher office sales and the double-digit growth of its commercial leasing segment.
ALI faced delays in securing permits for real estate projects during the semester, leading to only P19.5 billion worth of launches against its P130-billion target for the entire year. The company is optimistic it can unveil about P111 billion worth of projects in the second half to ramp up its inventory.
Meanwhile, BPI’s net income grew 25% to P13.7 billion. Revenues went up 23% to P45.9 billion, thanks to margin expansion and the growth of its fee-income business.


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Step by step guide on how to play African Millions
The birth of Africa Millions came from the decision to replicate the success of Euro Millions and implement it in Africa. This decision resulted that the BR Gambling in France went into partnership with the African Assosiation of Sate lotteries (AALE) in 2009.
The operation was rolled out across 6 countries after the agreement was signed namely Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali that all have a joint population of over 50 million.
In the table below is listed the biggest lottery payouts in Africa.
Biggest lottery payouts in Africa
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You can win the African Millions after the correct numbers have been picked. By matching your ticket numbers to the exact 6 winning numbers you will receive the jackpot. The winning numbers will be chosen completely random so every number will have equally the odds of being drawn as the other.
For example, if your 6 numbers are 6,8,2,1,4 and 21 and on the draw date the numbers displayed by African Millions correspond exactly with your chosen numbers you will be guaranteed the payout of the amount you won.
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Odds of winning
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|French Lotto||1 in 6
|SA Lotto||1 in 96
|SA powerball||1 in 36
|African Millions||1 in 90
|UK Lotto||1 in 9,3
|Austrian Lotto||1 in 12
|EuroMillions ||1 in 13
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Yes, you win an amount of R100 and your odds of winning are 1 in 330.
The draw takes place every Wednesdays and Sundays at 21:30.
Yes you can play the African Millions from South Africa.
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Yes, you win an amount of R40 and your odds are 1 in 120.
You will only have 60 days from the draw date to claim your prize money.
R2000 will be the prize with odds of 1 in 12,041
All the numbers are chosen completely random so every number between 1-90 has an equal chance of being drawn .
The odds of winning is 1 in 56,035,316,700
You can claim your prize by following the official claim procedure. This is to make sure that you will avoid scams.
You need to get the star number correct to win an amount of R30 and your odds are 1 in 90
There is a total of 6 numbers in the African Millions, you as a players need to choose 6 numbers to between 1-90.
There is a total of about 622,6 possible combinations.

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Cadre Helps Residents Improve Livelihoods, Solve Difficulties in Their Lives
Many residents of Lianhua Gongyu, a residential zone in Putuo, a district in Shanghai, have called Liang Huili, director of the zone's neighborhood committee and secretary of the zone's general Party (Communist Party of China) branch, "elder sister." Why? During the past 16 years, Liang has pooled the power of the committee's members to help residents both improve their livelihoods and solve the various difficulties in their lives.梁慧丽是上海市普陀区桃浦镇莲花公寓社区的党总支书记、居委会主任。任职以来，她始终秉持“从身边的小事做起，从居民最需要的地方做起”的工作理念，带领团队，用勇气赢得人心，用真情凝聚群众，用爱心换来理解，用智慧巧解难题，用汗水铸就和谐。
Improving Living Conditions为群众办实事、办好事
At the end of 1999, leaders of the Party committee of Taopu, a town in Putuo District, told Liang they wanted to assign her to Lianhua Gongyu, to work as the secretary of the zone's general Party branch. The leaders also told Liang it was an arduous task to administer the faraway place. Without hesitation, Liang accepted the task.
As the resettlement projects progressed in several of Shanghai's districts, 2,836 residents moved to Lianhua Gongyu in 2000. Liang realized the zone's environment was dreadful, due mainly to many residents' lack of awareness about the importance of environmental protection. Garbage and weeds could be seen almost everywhere. However, as Liang and the zone's neighborhood committee's members led residents to improve the zone's environment during the past decade, Lianhua Gongyu evolved into a "garden-like residential zone."
Liang made great efforts to improve the zone's infrastructure during her first few years on the job. She led the committee's members to raise money to finance various projects, including the provision of gas, electricity and safe running water, and the establishment of bus routes and cable-television networks.
Under Liang's leadership, the zone during the past decade has been named both a National Harmonious Residential Zone and Shanghai's Civilized Residential Zone. The committee has also received accolades and special titles, including the National May 1st Women's Pacesetter Post and the National March 8th Red-banner Pacesetter Collective.
Given Liang's remarkable achievements, she has received many awards throughout the years, including being named March 8th Red-banner Pacesetter in Putuo District and one of China's Top 10 Leaders of Residential Zones.
Yet, despite all of her achievements, Liang keeps a low profile. "I merely did what I should do … I'm grateful to the committee's members, for their efforts to promote the zone's development," says Liang.
Liang during the past decade has put much effort into helping residents solve difficulties in their lives. "We (the committee's officials) should try our best to improve the zone's public services, to make it easier for residents to live here," says Liang.
In 2003, the zone took Liang's advice and built a healthcare center close to the committee's office building. The center opened at the end of that year. That meant the residents no longer had to travel a long distance to see a doctor. That was especially beneficial to the elderly. A short time later, Liang learned that regulations of Shanghai's public-health bureau permitted residents of a community (in the city) to receive basic health-insurance benefits only if they saw a doctor in a healthcare center that occupied more than 150 square meters. Within a short time, a part of the committee's office building was vacated to create space for the center's new wards and consultation rooms. In 2005, the new center opened. Now, the center accommodates dozens of residents, who seek medical advice from the doctors.
Liang in 2007 suggested Putuo's transportation department should improve the district's transportation system, so the zone's residents could more easily travel to Shanghai's
downtown areas by bus. At that time, only the line for bus No. 768 linked the zone and downtown Shanghai. Liang made the proposal to improve the district's transportation system to the department several times. Eventually, the department replaced the small buses along the line with larger buses, so the vehicles could carry more passengers.
In 2011, the people responsible for managing the zone took Liang's advice, and they rebuilt a deserted building and opened a restaurant and a supermarket, so residents could more easily buy foods and daily necessities. Many elderly residents, especially those who live alone, are grateful to Liang, as they can now buy inexpensive, delicious foods from the restaurant. That saves them the trouble of cooking for themselves.
Many officials of neighborhood committees in the town's districts call Liang the "secretary who loves to make proposals (to higher authorities)." Why? Liang frequently speaks out to protect residents' rights and interests.
"We (the committee's officials) should try our best to help residents solve the difficulties in their lives. In so doing, we can gain the trust of the residents," says Liang.
She has a tight schedule, as she has to help residents resolve family disputes and/or solve various difficulties in their lives.
"Sometimes, when residents ask us (the committee's officials) to give them advice on thorny matters that are beyond our work duties, we try our best to help them," says Liang. "How can we stand idly by when the residents, who are as close as our relatives, are in trouble?"
Sometimes, when Liang travels through the zone on her bike, she occasionally stops to chat with residents, to gain a better understanding of their needs, and to learn about the various difficulties they face.
Liang's drawers (in her office) are like "treasure houses," in which she keeps various materials, including residents' deposit books and written agreements and wills. There is a touching story behind each item, and each story showcases the resident's trust in Liang.
An elderly woman, who was in her 90s, asked Liang to keep her deposit book. She told Liang she was afraid she might forget where she hid the book in her house, and she was reluctant to give the book to her adopted son. Liang asked two of the committee's officials to witness her acceptance of the book. Liang also asked the elderly woman to keep the book's password confidential. When the woman's niece, who lives in Beijing, learned about this, she sent, via express delivery, a letter of thanks to Liang, and a silk banner (as an award to her).
Liang has organized Party members (in the zone) to offer one-on-one assistance to elderly residents who live alone in the zone. The members often chat with the elderly, and they help them do their housework.
Liang invites the elderly residents to have dinner in the committee's office building every Chinese New Year's Eve. Many of the elderly have said they enjoyed eating foods cooked by Liang.
Zhu Kouzhang, a resident in the zone, will never forget Liang, whom he refers to as his lifesaver. Zhu lost contact with his family after he ran away from home in 2005. After Zhu had a heart attack in 2013, Liang promised the hospital's president she would provide financial assistance to cover Zhu's cost of medical treatments, and she asked the president to allow the doctors to perform surgery on Zhu immediately. Moved by Liang's sincerity, the president consented to her request. Fortunately, the operation was successful.
Liang visited Zhu every day. With Liang's help, Zhu was employed by the zone, as a security guard, after he recovered.
Many of the zone's residents have said Liang, who has treated them like they were her relatives, has always been ready to help them. As stories about Liang have spread far and wide, many Chinese have come to consider her to be a role model.


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So, I know I promised pictures...unfortunately I could not get it to work. I'll figure it out tomorrow.....hopefully!!
Today was much of the same as yesterday. Working on the second elevator, making new 'snaky' hose lines that we intend to push 210L of water though, and constructing other sampling devices that will eventually get attached to the elevator (picture promised) and tossed overboard. :) It is extremely hot, humid and sticky, but the water is glassy, calm, and beautiful blue.
If you have a chance, check out the latest link I sent. It should start to get really exciting once we get on site for the first dive (using the submersible Alvin), which is Wednesday.
Hope all are well...z

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Tri-County Executive Vice-President and General Manager Paul Thompson presented the winner of this year’s Cutest Kids Contest with her prize money on Thursday, July 24.This was the Times announcement, printed in early July when tallied votes showed now 9-month-old Alaya Hargrave as the winner.“After weeks of duking it out with their adorable little eyes, their overwhelming dimples, and their chubby little arms, the 2014 Cutest Kid has risen to the top and declared herself queen over all. There were 32 children entered into this year’s contest, but only one kid, in the end, could earn the votes to make them a winner.
“Auction for the Arts”, Macon County Arts Council’s annual fund raiser, is fast approaching! Last year’s money from the auction funded several of MCAC’s children’s programs. This next year the Young Americans will once again visit Macon County; this year’s profits will help fund that event. MCAC also offfers “Art in the Park ” and Teen Art Classes annually — all this thanks to help from auction contributors!
1520 Old Highway 52, out past the fairgroundsONE DAY ONLYThursday, July 317 a.m.-5 p.m.Discounted items after 2 pmFree items after 4 pmQueen bedroom suit with pillow-top mattress and box springs, Twin bed with mattress and box springs, 3 twin mattresses, 2 dressers, black TV stand, chairs, bar stools, men women and kids clothing, shoes, men’s suits, ktichen items, bedding items, home decor, car items, board games, books, ...
SEWING is fun, especially when a project can be completed in one day! On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 that’s exactly what eight youth and four adults did. They made a beautiful, color coordinated, lap quilt. To make the project, the backing fabric is fused to the batting, then strips of fabric are sewed to both the backing and batting. Quilt as you go. After all the strips are sewed on, the binding is attached and that completes the project.
The Red Boiling Springs Lions Club held a Pancake Supper this past Saturday, July 26 at the Historic Armour’s Hotel in RBS. Proceeds from this event, as well as many other events, will help support local area students in need of back to school supplies.The RBS Lions Club next big event is the annual Duck Days. It will take place on August 30th on the grounds of the Palace in RBS. This event will begin at 10:00 and will include a host of events such as live music, craft booths...
LEBANON, TENN. - July 25, 2014 - Debbie Mason, Marketing & PR Director for Macon Bank & Trust, is also a cancer survivor. Because of this, she knows the importance of having a support group who is there to help you emotionally, spiritually and ﬁnancially during the hardest time in your family’s life. That is exactly what Sherry’s Run is doing for cancer patients and their families in the Macon County area who have a true ﬁnancial need. “They treat you with comp...
Robert Pearson, 77, of Scottsville, KY died Thursday, July 23, 2014 at the Medical Center at Scottsville.Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Goad Funeral Home with Bro. Daniel Tinsley officiating and burial in Red Hill Cemetery. Donations may be made at Goad Funeral Home. www.goadfh.com
Former Macon County General Hospital employees enjoying past employment memories with Sam Oldham, CRNA.L-R: Dottie Hance, Gerri Harper, Sam Oldham, Katie Butram
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Scientists believe a plant used for centuries in Chinese medicine may offer a cure for the pancreatic cancer that afflicted Apple talisman Steve Jobs and many others worldwide each year.
Boffins from University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center have been testing Minnelide, a drug extracted from the lei gong ten or ‘thunder god vine’ (Tripterygium wilfordii) and presented their results in the Science Translational Medicine on Thursday.
For those in the know, Minnelide is a water soluble form of triptolide, a diterpenoid.
When tested on mice it was found to be “highly effective in reducing pancreatic tumour growth” and “shows promise as a potent chemotherapeutic agent against pancreatic cancer”, according to the research.
“This drug is just unbelievably potent in killing tumor cells,” Ashok Saluja, vice chairman of research at the centre, told Bloomberg.
“You could see that every day you looked at those mice, the tumour was decreasing and decreasing, and then just gone.”
Although Saluja was quick to point out that this will not necessarily translate into success when used on humans, his team apparently is hoping to start the first of three stages of human clinical trials in six months.
Thunder god vine grows natively in China, Japan and Korea, and has been a mainstay in traditional medicine for hundreds of years. The plant is a favourite for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Scientists have been aware of its benefits for some time – in 2007 it was found to prevent kidney cysts in mice – but the tests with Minnelide are thought to be something of a breakthrough.
Pancreatic cancer kills around 8,000 people in the UK alone each year, with survival rates over five years of less than four per cent – the lowest of the 21 most common cancers in England, according to Cancer Research UK.
Apple co-founder Jobs had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour, which accounts for only around five per cent of those diagnosed each year with pancreatic cancer and is thought to be generally more curable.
However, his death is thought to have been hastened by his initial decision to seek alternative treatments and refusal for nine months to undergo surgery as advised by doctors. ®

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Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad
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The Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad Company was a railroad company incorporated in August 1850. Known also as the Atlantic and Mississippi and the Terre Haute and St. Louis, the company proposed to construct a railroad between Terre Haute, Indiana, and St. Louis, Missouri. John Brough, a railroad executive, was one of its staunchest advocates, prompting opponents of the line to label it derisively as "Brough's Road." Plans for a railroad between Terre Haute and St. Louis received strong support from citizens in Southern Illinois, but Chicagoans and other citizens in Central and Northern Illinois opposed it. Proponents of the road only succeeded in incorporating it after passage of the general railroad incorporation act in November 1849. Construction of the railroad in Illinois was delayed by several years because of significant opposition. Some Illinois citizens opposed the location of the proposed road, which, by going through Illinoistown instead of Alton, commercially benefited Missouri at the expense of Illinois. Opponents hired Abraham Lincoln and other attorneys to fight the company's charter. Lincoln and other attorneys challenged the company's charter in court, and the case reached the Illinois Supreme Court, which in June 1853, upheld a lower court ruling that the company's charter was legal under Illinois statute. On February 9, 1854, Illinois Governor Joel A. Matteson convened a special session of the Illinois General Assembly, and on February 23, the General Assembly passed a law recognizing the Mississippi and Atlantic as a valid corporation and authorizing the construction of the railroad. Opposition to the road, however, prevented supporters from completing it. The route was taken up again in 1865 by the St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad Company.
“Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad,” Scientific American 5, No. 49 (24 August 1850): 385; “Map of the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad and connecting lines” (W. Milnor Roberts, Chief Engineer: 1852), http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3711p.rr003440, accessed 14 March 2022; Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Gillespie; John T. Stuart, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin S. Edwards to Robert Smith; American Railroad Journal. Steam Navigation, Commerce, Mining, Manufactures. 2nd Quarto ser., 10, No. 14 (8 April 1854): 212; Albert J. Churella, The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), 279; "An Act to Provide for a General System of Railroad Incorporations," 5 November 1849, Laws of Illinois (1849), 18-33; "An Act Recognizing and Authorizing the Construction of the Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad,” 23 February 1854, Laws of Illinois (1854), 79-80; Railroad Record and Journal of Commerce, Banking, Manufacturers, and Statistics (Cincinnati, OH), 2 March 1854, 5:3; Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 19 April 1854, 3:4; American Railroad Journal. Steam Navigation, Commerce, Mining, Manufactures. 2nd Quarto ser., 21, No. 21 (27 May 1865): 491; People of the State of Illinois, on the Relation of Eldredge S. Janney, Appellants, v. The Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad Company, Appellees, 14 Ill. (Peck), 440-46.

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PHILADELPHIA - Thousands were fighting breast cancer Sunday at the Making Strides Walk at Citizens Bank Park.
6abc's Rick Williams was there to rally the walkers.
Families, co-workers, and friends walked together as teams raising awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society Sunday.
The money will be used for research and patient support programs.
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According to Canadian sources, Canada possesses significant carbon sinks, which include 990 million acres of forests, 370 million acres of wetlands, and 167 million acres of crop-yielding farmland. These carbon sinks absorb carbon from the atmosphere.
Biologists state that trees absorb around 2.6 tons of carbon per acre. By multiplying the forested area by this figure, we find that Canada absorbs approximately 2.574 billion tons of carbon annually.
When we consider the global emissions of about 36 trillion tons and Canada’s share of 1.67% (0.0167) of these emissions, it amounts to 601.2 million tons. Remarkably, in the forests alone, Canada absorbs nearly four times the carbon it emits.
It’s essential to remember that this calculation doesn’t account for carbon absorption by wetlands and farmland.
Despite being a significant carbon sink, Canada faces carbon taxes. It is perplexing why politicians pursue these measures, especially when Canada deserves recognition for its carbon-absorbing efforts.


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First off, we here at the Lee Civic Center hope you and your family made it through the storm ok with minimal damage and all your family safe.
WoW! What a wild ride September 28th was. One of the things about Ian that was most impressive was how LARGE the storm was. If you didn’t get to see any comparisons to Charlie or Irma, you missed out. From what the graphics show, you could fit both storms in the eye of Ian. That is both impressive and terrifying at the same time.
As to be expected, the Fair grounds is still here and operational. The Civic Center stood strong once again in the face of a mighty storm. It’s truly amazing to think the Civic Center has been in place since 1978 and has withstood may storms that have impacted the SWFL area.
Some of the buildings on property took some roof damage, but nothing catastrophic. By the time the Fair rolls around everything will be back up and running at normal speed. In fact, this coming Sunday (October 23, 2022) there will be Pig Tagging in the 4H area by the show arena.
We get a lot of questions when something like this happens in the SWFL region, what exactly happens to the Fair Grounds and the Civic Center. Consider this your all-inclusive pass into the world of storm relief and restoration.
The first thing that must happen would obviously be a storm that causes massive devastation to our area or areas close to us.
After the storm blows through and it is safe to resume normal driving on the main roads, we are in direct contact with and working with Lee County Emergency Management Operations to figure out what exactly needs to be done and how that is going to be handled and accomplished.
In past storms we have housed the Florida National Guard inside the Civic Center, for Ian we did not get to host the National Guard, instead we hosted several different Law Enforcement Agencies from all over the state. Agencies like Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Miami Beach Police, City of Miami Police, Hollywood Police, and several others. All the officers were very nice and easy to get a long with and work with. To say the least, that probably the most secure the Civic Center has ever been.
The Fairgrounds became a massive tent city. It was only a day or two after the storm that the first tents started to show up and the crews got started on putting them up. These tents would serve as sleeping quarters for the linemen that were working to restore power to our area, Large Chow Hall with some great lunch and dinner options. Restroom and showers made from Mobile Mini’s and Health services trailers were also on site to take care of any of the workers that may have been injured during the stay.
All in all, with everyone on our property from the Linemen restoring power, Law Enforcement Officers and all the workers that made the makeshift tent city possible, we had around 4,000 people staying with us for the past few weeks.
As power gets restored, the tent cities slowly start to break down and head out to the next disaster, wherever that might be. Or they move further south closer to Sanibel, so all the workers won’t have to travel so far after a long fourteen-hour shift.
All of us here at the Lee Civic Center are very thankful that we can help with the recovery efforts, even if its just providing property for the real workers to come in and take care of business and get everyone back up and running.