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Come and celebrate the joy of yoga, dance, delicious food, and new friendships at the Doron Yoga & Zen Center for this New Year's rejuvenation yoga retreat. This week will be all about celebration. The one hundred and sixty square meters await for your yoga practice and dancing feet. All levels are welcome. This retreat is for everyone interested in a more holistic yoga lifestyle.
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The rooms at the Doron Yoga & Zen Center in Tzununa are simple but beautiful, rustic, and yet charming. Located up the hill from Lake Atitlan, coffee, banana and other trees, and lush vegetation abound on the Doron Yoga & Zen Center's grounds.
All Doron Yoga & Zen Center accommodations are brand new and built for comfort and safety while being ecological. The base for all rooms is a stone wall, made of stones from the land held strongly together with concrete.
The other walls are of wood, or at times bricks to have better sound insulation between rooms. The showers have hot water, and there are Western toilets (eco treatment). The water source is from a spring supplied by the municipality and from river water that runs through the property.
Casa Feliz is a wood and stone house containing two double and private rooms (one with a matrimonial bed; the other with two imperial beds) and one shared room with imperial beds. Casa Feliz has an elevated outdoor deck and sitting hammock with great views of the surrounding mountains, lake, and lush greenery. These have fun shared bathrooms that have an outdoorsy feel.
It is a beautiful cozy wood and stone house with one smaller shared room and one double and private room. All beds are dreamy pillow-top mattresses.
During this retreat, morning sessions include Ashtanga primary through third series practice, as well as meditation and pranayama (breathing). Afternoon sessions include a number of workshops from Dr. Asana (examining correct alignment, how to go deeper in select poses, jump backs and through, inversions, arm balances, hips, core, and more), yoga and Zen philosophy, and more.
Receive amazing hands-on assists from a loving, compassionate, enthusiastic, and energetic teacher with more than 25 years of yoga practice and studies around the world. Relax surrounded by the soothing sound of the babbling river that flows through the Doron Yoga & Zen Center (DYZC)'s grounds and views of Lake Atitlan, its volcanoes, mountains, gardens, coffee, avocado, and banana trees.
In between your meditation, pranayama, and asana practices, enjoy the beautiful surrounding nature by swimming, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding in the lake, or hiking up one of the surrounding mountains or volcanoes, maybe even up to a waterfall. Indulge yourself in a sound vibration session or massage (at an additional fee).
You can also venture by boat, tuk-tuk, or foot into one of the neighboring towns for some shopping for traditional textiles and paintings, some traditional cacao drinks or Guatemalan coffee, and holistic healing offerings.
Located a 10-minute hike up from Lake Atitlan, in the small Mayan village of Tzununa, Guatemala, the Doron Yoga and Zen Center's grounds naturally grow coffee, banana, avocado, and other trees.
Close to the small Tzununa River, the river of hummingbirds and water that flows through the property, are herb and vegetable gardens, a large chicken coop, plenty of grounds for dogs and cats to play with, and a fire pit to enjoy on chilly evenings.
The yoga shala and all other buildings located at the center of the property are built for comfort and safety while also being ecological. Unlike many ashrams, the center does not cut corners and invests in good quality earthen construction and facilities.
All of the buildings have stone foundations reaching far into the mountainside for increased stability. The cane, cyprus, pine, and rocks used in the construction are locally sourced, where local community workers built each house with care. Permaculture principles are followed to ecologically enhance the quality of the construction and design-functionality of the center.
You will be served healthy, well-balanced, nutritious, organic, locally produced vegetarian meals. To the greatest extent possible, produced greens and herbs come from Doron Yoga & Zen Center's own garden. Please let Doron Yoga know if you have any food allergies or special dietary restrictions. If possible, carry any food that may be specific to your dietary requirement.
Doron Yoga is able to accommodate vegan and gluten-free dietary restrictions with advanced notification. Breakfast includes options such as fresh fruit served with superfood oatmeal packed full of the goodness of chia and flax seeds, cinnamon, peanuts, raisins, shredded coconut, and bananas or mangos, superfood smoothie with hearty granola made in-house, or shakshouka, a Middle Eastern egg, tomato, onion, and herb dish.
Doron Yoga also offers the special sprouted garbanzo pancakes with fruit compote. Kombucha, superfood smoothies, bliss balls (made with pure local Mayan cacao), and banana muffins are available for sale throughout the day.
With all of the beautiful nature and serenity of the Doron Yoga & Zen Center, you may just want to stay on the grounds enjoying the view of the lake (lago Atitlan), reading a book in a hammock, dipping in the river pools, or book a massage or other treatments at the Doron Yoga & Zen Center. If you feel like venturing out to see more of what is around Lake Atitlan, there are great opportunities to explore.
You can take an excursion to neighboring villages and towns, swim, kayak, hike, bird watch, enjoy holistic treatments in San Marcos, and more. All the villages around Lake Atitlan are awesome, but the most known ones for travelers are San Pedro, San Marcos, Panajachel, and now Tzununa is the next up and coming spiritual and permaculture center.
The Doron Yoga & Zen Center is located in Tzununa - the Mayan land of hummingbirds and water. This quiet, serene village is surrounded by hills on Lake Atitlan with great views of the volcanoes on the other side of the lake. There are a lot of yoga activities around Lake Atitlan, and now Tzununa is becoming the authentic yoga leader of Central America. About 20 minutes up the hill is the Tzununa waterfall with 500-year old Mayan paintings.
There are a lot of hiking options around Tzununa with great views. You can swim in the lake, bird watch, or just walk around this real authentic village that still has the flavor of the tradition to it. Local lanchas (boat taxis) stop about every 20 minutes to take you to explore other towns around Lake Atitlan.
The town of San Marcos, to the west of Tzununa, can be reached by lancha, tuk-tuk (five minutes), or by foot (30 minutes) along a dirt road. Known as a spiritual center of Central America, you will find many workshops and classes, including kirtan, dance, shamanism, cacao ceremonies, Reiki, massage, and yoga classes in San Marcos, among others. One of the calm villages around Lake Atitlan, San Marcos offers many cafes and chill out restaurants of various flavors.
There is a natural reserve, which has a fun deck to jump from, straight into the refreshing lake. Kayaks for rent are at the entrance to the reserve. The town hosts a small health food store and numerous mini markets that carry a variety of health food products, including kombucha, locally sourced honey, various seeds and powders, and more.
Additionally, you can learn Spanish at the San Marcos Spanish School (a branch of the San Pedro Spanish School) in beautiful outdoor study cabana.
Going around Lake Atitlan to the other side via public boat, San Pedro has more of a vibrant backpacker's atmosphere and is a little less expensive than San Marcos. It also hosts numerous bars and restaurants for a night out, including the well-known Sublime and the Wild Rover.
You can quench your thirst and fill up on vitamins and minerals with a delicious fresh juice or smoothie. De' Juice Girls are located on the main tourist strip along the lakeside (first left after you come up from the dock and down a few shops on the right-hand side). Further down the street, you will find an American-run health food store Salud Para Vida - offering an impressive array of products but at a premium higher than the US retail rates.
More on the food side, Carnivores and vegetarians alike can mindfully enjoy Smokin Joe's BBQ, offering flexitarians the occasional mouth-watering steak and a bountiful salad bar!
To conclude your trip to San Pedro you must stop at the market, preferably on the weekend. It offers produce spices, meat, cheese, clothing, kitchen needs, and other surprises. Keep going up the hill from the Pana Dock. It is mostly active every day till 12:30 p.m.
Santa Cruz is the small village seat of one of the lake's municipalities, which also houses numerous expatriates in villages and hotels lining the lake. Hostal La Iguana offers drinks, food, and scuba diving. Retreat centers such as Villa Sumaya and Isla Verde are part of Santa Cruz. CECAP, a vocational center for locals, runs a good café and sells some great local food products, including herbal tea and homemade peanut butter.
Considered a gateway to the lake, as this town is easily reached from Guatemala City and Antigua. It is the first town around the lake to get gringos settling in. In the 60s, many expats came down there, some choosing this awesome lake instead of the war in Vietnam. Panajachel has a great market every day, which includes produce, fabrics, cloths, and more. It gets even busier Saturdays and Sundays.
Panajachel is also a great place for shopping along Calle Santander. Santander market offers many traditional items, but also many items one may wish for at home, made with traditional fabrics.
Pana is a good place to exchange/withdraw money (BAM, Colua, Banco Industrial). There are a few DHL store locations and a stores that sell international foods. There are phone agencies, lots of food options, and a quick bus ride up to the bigger town and market of Solola. Solola market hosts more of a traditional feel and cheaper prices that some other markets around Lake Atitlan.
This beautiful artisanal town is the home of friendly locals and many co-op fair trade organizations. The paintings and textiles here are worth the visit. There are also coffee shops that sell home roasted coffee, a chocolate shop and lots of beautiful hand painted murals with local Mayan themes. You will find enough places to eat there and nice strolling around. It is a calm and peaceful village, even if tourism is on the rise there, the charm is still alive.
The major town of Santiago is located under Volcan Tuliman and is known as the home of Maximón who is an idol formed by the fusion of traditional Mayan deities, Catholic saints, and conquistador legends. He is believed to answer the more unscrupulous prayers when offered tobacco, alcohol, and money. Santiago Atitlan is a relative large town with a bigger medical facility and some stalls selling arts and crafts. In general arts, crafts, and boat building are common trades there.
This laid back and simple Mayan village is known for its ceramic work. Combine a visit to Santa Catarina to make it a great one day tour. Taking a tour guide for both can help in seeing the little details and getting to the right shops.
This village hosts a variety of agriculture initiatives and fair trade coffee farms. Enjoy your time around Lake Atitlan - it is magical, spiritual, and like no other. The Mayan tradition mixed with the Christian influence, and now the yoga and meditation practices merge into an amazing experience.
Please book your flight to arrive at La Aurora International Airport (GUA). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request, which will include a taxi to Panajachel, followed by a boat to Tzununa. This costs between 35 to 65 USD depending on the number of the persons sharing, and up to 140 USD for private transportation.
Doron Yoga can arrange an optional group shuttle to leave the airport at noon. It is best to arrive in Panajachel before 2:00 p.m. Boats from Panajachel announce they are headed toward San Marcos, and Doron Yoga are the third public stop from Panajachel, one stop after Jaibalito (unless the boat stops at private docks on the way).
It is possible to also take a shuttle directly to San Pablo, followed by a tuk tuk to Tzununa. This option, however, costs much more and the road is much bumpier and curvier.
Once in Tzununa, you can either walk (10 minutes) or take a tuk-tuk all the way to the Doron Yoga & Zen Center. When getting off the dock, walk up the road and you will see the Centro de Nutrition straight ahead. This is right above the Campo de football, which is considered the entrance to town. Pass the Centro de Nutrition and take the first right turn.
There are a restaurant and a shop (tienda) at the corner. Go straight, you will cross a bridge over the river, after which you take your first left turn onto a dirt road with a big boulder on the left. Go up about 100 meters or so and you will pass around a stone house on the left.
When you reach The Seed (known locally as Casa Blanca) on the right-hand side, take the tiny path directly across the street that goes down to the left between a chain-link fence and a barbed wire fence. Follow the path around and you will see a cane (cana) gate. That is the Doron Yoga & Zen Center.
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I believe in the power of the arts to transform. There is no lesson that cannot be learned, no difficulty insurmountable, when a person is given the chance to creatively express who they are and what they can do. My life has always revolved around the theatre, but I was not positive that my calling was in theatre education until my first week on the road with a national children's theatre.
In the summer of 1995, my tour partner and I were in Nampa, Idaho to mount "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" with 75 local children ages 5 – 18. As the 2 hour audition drew to a close and we announced the cast, a mother approached me. She proceeded to tell me that there was no way her daughter could handle the part. "She can't read," said her worried mother, "there's no way she'll learn those lines by Saturday. It will be robbing another child of a great opportunity." I asked the mother to do one thing for her daughter this time around: don't tell her she can't do it and let's see what happens.
As the week progressed, the little "dwarf" had trouble remembering her lines, just as her mother had said. She was dyslexic and would put the script down whenever we started to block a scene, embarrassed to be unable to read the words on the page fast enough. Her mother was a nervous wreck come show time. I remember her sitting in the front row of the packed auditorium, ready to run up and rescue her daughter from the stage if need be.
It was then I learned the true transformative power of theatre. The entire cast herded on the stage for their final bows. As they all bowed together, saying silently "hello, shoes!" as the magic measure of time to stay in a bow, the audience spontaneously jumped to their feet and were thunderously applauding. When the fourth dwarf raised her eyes from her shoes, she faced 2000 cheering, smiling, waving and clapping adults and peers standing up for her. One of the luckiest moments in my life was when I happened to look at that little girl as she raised her head and felt, for the first time in her life, a victory over something she thought she could not do.
I believe in the transformative nature of the arts. I believe in the beauty of a person's imagination. I believe that children need to hear that they can indeed accomplish miracles, and the adults around them need to move their cynicism aside and believe right along with them. I believe the arts can heal enormous wounds of self-doubt and self-criticism.
The image of wonder on that little actor's face as she looked out at the audience is as vivid today as it was 11 years ago. It is a personal talisman for me as I struggle to overcome my own self-doubts, cynicism and the sometimes overwhelming negativity of a world living in a time of fear and suspicion. I believe my art can do more than delight and instruct, it can save lives – it will help our children dream a better world, believe in it and act it out.
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ESPN highlights the few injuries keeping several competitors from performing at their best, we as amateur athletes and weekend warriors can identify with their injuries. Most of us have never felt the pain and frustration from withdrawing from the race of our life, but anyone who kicked a ball a little too hard, or landed unevenly can attest to the searing pain of a muscle injury.
Hamstrings, the major muscle group in the back of our thighs, are commonly injured. The hamstrings are made up of the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus muscles. These muscles start at the bottom of our pelvic bone, called the ischium. (When seated on a hard chair or the floor, you can often feel these bony prominences). The muscles attach at the back of the shin bone, behind the knee. The hamstrings collectively extend our thigh and flex our knee. Because it crosses two joints, it is more prone to injury. It is also one of the major muscle groups of the body, which means it is used for more movements than you might realize.
In sports, the most commonly injured structures are the muscles, tendons and ligaments. Tendons attach muscle to bone. Ligaments attach bone to bone. A muscle strain occurs when minor tears develop in the fibers from overexertion. Strains can range from mild (just a few fibers affected) to severe (a tear through the full thickness of the tissue). Most injures heal within a few days to a week, more severe injuries can cause symptoms up to a month.
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"People don't realize that the military really trains you to be leaders," said Manny Espinoza, CEO of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting, more commonly known as ALPFA. "They have a lot of different types of leadership skills and they bring them to the table."
During their annual convention and job fair in Las Vegas this week, ALPFA put together an exclusive panel of military veterans to discuss ways for veterans to transition into the corporate sector based on their skill sets.
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Prudential spokesperson and veteran Pat Brzozowski said "we need people that can get up every day and get dressed in the proper attire and come to work on time…those things are taught in the military."
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
Final notice.
This final notice announces the approval of the Indian Health Service (IHS) as a national accreditation organization for outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) services. This notice also announces the decision of the IHS to adopt the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs (NSDSMEP), for purposes of determining that American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) entities meet the necessary quality standards to furnish outpatient diabetes self-management and training services under Part B of the Medicare program. Therefore, diabetes self-management training (DSMT) programs accredited by the IHS will receive "deemed" status under the Medicare program.
This accreditation is effective on March 22, 2002, for a term of 6 years.Start Further Info
Eva Fung, (410) 786-7539.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
I. Background
Section 1861(qq) of the Social Security Act (the Act) provides us with the statutory authority to regulate Medicare outpatient coverage of diabetes self-management training (DSMT) services. The section also permits DSMT programs to be deemed to have met our regulatory standards if they are accredited by an organization that represents individuals with diabetes as having met standards for furnishing DSMT services. Section 1865 (b) of the Act specifies a process whereby we approve and recognize national accrediting organizations for the purpose of recognizing health care entities accredited by the organization to have met such program requirements. The regulations published in accordance with section 1865(b) have served as the model for our approval of accreditation programs. Start Printed Page 13346
The final rule on DSMT, published on December 29, 2000 in the Federal Register (65 FR 251) explicitly modeled its accreditation organization approval process after the section 1865 approval process specified in 42 CFR part 488, subpart A. The final rule states that DSMT programs interested in participating in the Medicare program must meet conditions for coverage specified in our regulations at 42 CFR part 410, subpart H. One requirement is that entities must satisfy required quality standards. Currently, one way that an entity must satisfy the quality standards under § 410.145 is to be accredited by a CMS-approved accrediting body. The regulations pertaining to the application process for national accreditation organizations for DSMT at § 410.142(a) specify that we may approve and recognize a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization with demonstrated experience in representing the interest of individuals with diabetes to accredit entities to furnish training. After we approve and recognize the accreditation organization, it may accredit an entity to meet one of the sets of quality standards described in § 410.144, and we will deem these entities to have met these standards.
II. Review Process and Findings
A. Review Process
In evaluating an application from an accrediting organization, we consider the following factors under section 1865(b)(2) of the Act and specified for DSMT purposes at § 410.142(e):
- The organization uses and enforces quality standards that CMS has determined meet or exceed the CMS quality standards described in § 410.144(a), or uses the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs (NSDSMEP) quality standards described in § 410.144(b);
- The organization meets the requirements for approved organizations in § 410.143;
- The organization is not owned or controlled by the entities it accredits, as defined in § 413.17(b)(2) or (b)(3); and
- The organization does not accredit any entity it owns or controls.
We are required by § 410.142(d) to publish a proposed notice in the Federal Register after the receipt of a written request for approval from a national accreditation organization. After review of the national accreditation organization's application, the regulations require that we publish a notice of our approval or disapproval after we receive a complete package of information and the organization's deeming application.
B. Review Findings
We received a complete application from the Indian Health Service (IHS) on September 5, 2001. On October 26, 2001, we published a proposed notice in the Federal Register (66 FR 54262) announcing the application of the IHS for approval as an accreditation organization for American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) diabetes self-management training programs. We reviewed the application, and our findings indicated that the IHS meets the CMS criteria as "a nonprofit organization with demonstrated experience in representing the interests of individuals with diabetes" to accredit entities to furnish training in § 410.142(a).
We recognize that the IHS has a solid record of well-balanced experience in representing the interest of individuals with diabetes in the past decades. The AI/AN population has the highest rate of diabetes in the world and the prevalence of diabetes is 350 percent higher than in the general U.S. population. Recognizing the size of the AI/AN population affected by diabetes, the Congress, since 1979, has funded the IHS-administered National Diabetes Program to promote collaborative strategies to combat diabetes, develop standards-of-care policies for diabetes, disseminate comprehensive information about diabetes, and advocate for the AI/AN population in the health field. The IHS has played a leadership role in the development of diabetic care surveillance and data collection in the AI/AN diabetes program. The IHS monitors the quality of the AI/AN diabetic education service through the established system and network of the IHS National Diabetes Program, the IHS Area Consultants, the IHS Model Diabetes Program, the Special Diabetes Grant Programs and the IHS Integrated Diabetes Education and Clinical Standards Recognition Program for AI/AN Communities. Additionally, the IHS works in partnership with the IHS Model Diabetes Programs to tailor educational materials, treatment programs, nutrition counseling and physical activities to accommodate cultural, physical and geographical needs.
We recognize that the traditional definition of "nonprofit organization" used by HHS in other contexts generally does not cover governmental entities. However, we have determined that the IHS possesses the indicia of nonprofit status because among other things, it is not formed for commercial or profit-making purposes; it does not have shares or shareholders, and it serves charitable purposes. All the health care services, including DSMT services, are furnished to the AI/AN population free of charge, and The Indian Health Care Improvement Act requires Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements be allocated back to the facilities to make improvements in the programs and maintain compliance with the applicable conditions and requirements.
We do not anticipate a conflict of interest in the deeming of AI/AN DSMT entities by IHS. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) (25 U.S.C. 450f) authorizes the IHS to contract or compact with tribes for independent administration and operation of health services and programs in their communities. Under ISDEAA and the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. section 254c-3(c)), the tribes may administer the diabetes programs funds independently from the IHS, and the agency serves in a consultative role regarding best practices. The IHS provides technical assistance to tribes on an as needed basis and has limited authority to sanction or assume a tribal health program. We therefore believe that IHS's deeming authority will be exercised in compliance with § 410.142(e) (regarding relationships with owned or controlled entities).
In the best interests of the AI/AN population, which has been affected by diabetes in alarming proportions, we have exercised our flexibility and discretion to approve the IHS application to accredit AI/AN DSMT programs. Our decision is based on the consideration of the unique relationship between the IHS National Diabetes Program, the Tribal Diabetes Program and the Special Diabetes Grant Program, as well as the distinct IHS funding structure that does not exist in other types of health care systems.
During the term of approval as an accrediting organization, IHS will: (1) Enforce the NSDSMEP for its deemed entities; (2) comply with the requirements for approved accreditation organizations under § 410.143; (3) continue to refrain from exercising administrative authority over the IHS Model Diabetes Programs, Tribal Model Diabetes Programs and the 1997 BBA Diabetes Grant Programs; and (4) continue to retain its consultative role regarding best diabetes practices.
III. Analysis of and Responses to Public Comments and Provisions of the Final Notice
During the 30-day comment period, we received one comment in support of the IHS application. We reviewed the application and determined that IHS has Start Printed Page 13347demonstrated experience in representing the interests of individuals with diabetes and is therefore qualified to accredit entities to furnish training. The IHS is adopting the NSDSMEP quality standards as permitted by the statute. Therefore, we have approved the IHS' application as an accreditation organization for diabetes self-management training programs under § 410.142(d) for a term of 6 years. The IHS is the second accreditation organization that we have approved for accrediting diabetes self-management training programs.
In accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 12866, this notice was not reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Program No. 93.773, Medicare-Hospital Insurance Program; and No. 93.774, Medicare-Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)Start Signature
Dated: February 3, 2002.
Thomas A. Scully,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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- to emit a strong offensive smell.
- to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.
- Informal. to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks.
- Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usually followed by of or with): They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry.
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- Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.
- stinks, (used with a singular verb) British Slang. chemistry as a course of study.
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before 900; (v.) Middle English stinken, Old English stincan; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with German stinken. (v.); cf. stench
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1. reek.
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Related Wordsplentiful, lavish, magnanimous, ample, copious, exuberant, free, galore, generous, handsome, liberal, luxuriant, munificent, plenty, prolific, unsparing, bounteous, plenteous, aplenty
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- to emit a foul smell
- slang to be thoroughly bad or abhorrentthis town stinks
- informal to have a very bad reputationhis name stinks
- to be of poor quality
- (foll by of or with) slang to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)
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Old English stincan; related to Old Saxon stinkan, German stinken, Old Norse stökkva to burst; see stench
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Word Origin and History for stink with
Old English stincan "emit a smell of any kind" (class III strong verb; past tense stonc), from West Germanic *stenkwanan (cf. Old Saxon stincan, Old High German stinkan, Dutch stinken), from the root of stench. Old English swote stincan "to smell sweet," but offensive sense began in Old English and was primary by mid-13c.; smell now tends the same way. Figurative meaning "be offensive" is from early 13c.; meaning "be inept" is recorded from 1924. To stink to high heaven first recorded 1963.
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c.1300, from stink (v.). Sense of "extensive fuss" first recorded 1812.
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- stink to high heaven
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- big stink
- make a stink
- smell (stink) up
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With tumbling oil prices and projects being mothballed or cancelled, knock-on effects are to be expected. Offshore contractors with vessels or rigs under construction in yards are less likely to be tolerant of construction delays than they would otherwise be, and may consider cancellation. The recent Commercial Court decision in Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard Co Ltd v Golden Exquisite Inc & Others [2014] EWHC 4050 provides a timely look at cancellation rights in the context of delay.
In Zhoushan, the buyer had purported to exercise its right to cancel under a series of materially identical shipbuilding contracts, on account of periods of accumulated delay in delivery. Article VIII.3 of the contract permitted the buyer to cancel if the total accumulated delay exceeded a certain number of days, but certain categories of delay could not be included in the calculation. One of the excluded categories was for delays "....due to default in performance by the buyer". The court recognised that, in each case, the cancellation of the contract by the buyer followed a similar pattern:
- The delivery of the vessel was delayed beyond the "delivery date" (as defined in Article VII of the contract)
- The buyer gave notice of cancellation of the contract on a date which was more than 270 days after the delivery date (being the relevant period of accumulated delay giving rise to a right to cancel under Article III of the contract)
- Before such notice of cancellation was given, the yard had not given notice to the buyer of any delay which the yard claimed had been caused by a breach of contract by the buyer (or any other cause for which the yard was not responsible)
- After notice of cancellation had been given, however, the yard did make such a claim and alleged that breaches of contract by the buyer had resulted in delays in the construction of the vessel totalling, variously, not less than 90 days or 100 days depending on the case
The yard argued that the cancellation was wrongful because part of the delay was, on its case, caused by the buyer's own breach of the contract, namely that during construction, the buyer had breached its obligations relating to the inspection of the ship by the buyer's supervisor (under Article IV). Essentially, the yard complained that the supervisor worked too slowly and sought to impose unreasonable requirements on the build.
If the cancellations were lawful, the buyer would be entitled, under Article X, to a refund of all instalments of the contract price which had been paid before the cancellation, together (potentially) with interest on those instalments, from the date of payment to the date of repayment. If the cancellations were unlawful, the yard would be entitled to keep the instalments and re-sell the vessels, crediting the buyer only with the balance of the proceeds of any such sale, after the yard has recouped its expenses.
The court (Leggatt J) held, on an appeal from previous arbitral awards, that the exception under Article VIII.3 for delays "due to default in performance by the buyer" had to be understood, in context and as a matter of contractual interpretation, as a reference only to those types of default by the buyer in respect of which the contract expressly provided for an extension of the delivery date. (An example of a specific provision to this effect was Article XI of the contract, which covered (amongst other things) failure by the buyer to make payments on time, and had the effect of postponing the delivery date so long as that default continued).
The court considered that the overall contractual scheme indicated that breaches of the kind of which the yard complained were not ones which were intended to entitle the yard to make late delivery, whatever other remedies the yard might have. In coming to this view, the court observed that for other breaches by the buyer, the contract provided for a formal extension of the delivery date, and required notice by the yard of its intention to rely upon such breaches to extend this date, but this was not so in relation to breach of Article IV.
The court concluded that the parties were unlikely to have intended for the yard to be able to rely on a period of delay without it having to give notice of this to the buyer, and observed that this interpretation would avoid an undesirable situation in which the parties might be unsure, at any given point, whether the contract could or could not properly be cancelled. The yard's interpretation, if accepted, would cut across this scheme. As the judge put it:
"The parties could no doubt have made a contract which left them each to perform their own calculation and then argue about the causes of delay after a cancellation has occurred. However, they have tried to avoid such an anarchic situation. Instead, they have adopted a scheme which provides for notices to be given and agreement reached, or any dispute resolved by arbitration if necessary, whenever an event occurs which the Yard wishes to say justifies an extension of the time for delivery."
It followed that the shipyard's arguments had failed, and the court upheld the findings under the arbitration awards to the effect that the buyer's cancellation of the contracts was justified, and the yard was obliged to repay the full amount of the instalments advanced by the buyer.
Although the decision turned on the particular wording of the contract in question, it may provide some guidance as to the interpretation of other shipbuilding contracts, particularly those, as appears to be the case here, based on the widely used SAJ (Shipbuilders' Association of Japan) form. Some key points to note are:
- Standard provisions relating to termination and delay are frequently subject to extensive amendment by the parties. This decision highlights the potential significance of any ambiguity around which categories of delay do, and which do not, count towards the accumulated period permitting the buyer to cancel
- The decision suggests that buyers should, perhaps, hesitate to take at face value assertions by a yard that particular periods of delay are to be disregarded for the purposes of establishing buyers' cancellation rights. It would seem that the court/ tribunal may be slow to accept such arguments unless the wording is clear, particularly if the result would be that the yard would not have to give any notice of its intention to rely on the relevant delay
- In a similar vein, the case recognises the importance of contractual notice regimes where they appear. The court showed hostility to interpretations of the contract that would allow the yard to exclude periods of delay for the purposes of calculating buyer's cancellation rights without first giving notice of its intention, and only after the buyer had purported to terminate for excessive delay.
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Ever since World War Two ended and the people of the world began to feel that maybe life maybe wasn't so bad after all, musicians from all walks of life have picked up guitars and strummed out the first few notes of what we now know to be good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll. For a long time that was more than enough for us: a solid rhythm and catchy lyrics held our attention and captured our hearts.
As technology progressed, however, and the celebrity status grew, so did our interest in the artists behind the guitars. We became obsessed, not just with their music, but with their personal lives, their families: any little morsel of information that could bring us closer to the musicians that, we believed, sang only for us (for clarification, see the fandom for a little-known four-man rock group that exploded out of Liverpool back in the sixties.)
It made sense, therefore, that people would be champing at the bit to see a film that exposed the intimate lives of their favourite artists. Remember that little Liverpudlian band? Well, they were one of the first to hit the reels. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT premiered at the London Pavilion Theatre in the summer of '64. To nobody's surprise, this mockumentary style film was a huge success, setting records for box office intake in its first week. Showing a 'typical' day in the life of The Beatles, the film acted as a sort of a bridge between the stars and the mere mortals who worshipped them. Between the performances of some of their most popular songs, the band members were depicted not as the Rock Gods that they were known as, but as tired musicians who felt more like prisoners of their own fame. Right there lies the power of the Rockumentary. Iconic performers like John Lennon or Paul McCartney are presented in a way that people can relate to. There's a special magic in the way music makes us feel, and we quickly became obsessed with being able to connect to the artists that brought us that magic. Through these films, audiences got to experience all the highs and lows of the rock and roll lifestyle: every rehearsal, every party, all the fun and all the drama. It was like a backstage pass for the masses.
On the other end of the spectrum, we have documentaries that study the lives of musicians who are no longer with us, giving access to fans who can no longer see their favourite performers live in concert. Sourcing footage of the subject band/singer and intercutting it with interviews given by people closest to them, many believe that this is the apex format in which to display the true story of a musician's life. One such artist, who has been the subject of a number of documentaries despite his relatively short career, is Nirvana founder and grunge pioneer Kurt Cobain. Different aspects of his life have been the focus for different film makers, be it his first interest in music, his tumultuous relationship with Courtney Love, his drug addiction, or, as is present in 2015's MONTAGE OF HECK, an eclectic combination of all the above.
Rockumentaries can, of course, serve as celebrations as much as lamentations.
Covering an astounding portion of Cobain's life and featuring interviews with most of Kurt's family, a few of his bandmates, and even the elusive Courtney herself, the film covers everything from the first time Cobain picked up a guitar, through his career and onto the seemingly inevitable entanglement with drug addiction. The rampant drug use here is shown without flinching, offering an honest portrayal of the struggle that both Cobain and Love suffered with. Also released in 2015, and following similar themes, AMY charted the career and subsequent untimely demise of singer and fellow member of the '27 club', Amy Winehouse. Once again dealing with her substance abuse in an honest and mature way, the film succeeds in painting a portrait of a tortured artist, lost to the world well before their time. Both of these films work to show the dark side of rock and roll, and how the intense pressure of fame can affect the artists, leading to problems with mental health issues and drug dependence. These films in particular are extremely powerful due to their candid depiction of both stars' tragic demise. In a world with such rampant mental health and substance abuse problems, it's a solid reminder that even superstars have friends and family that are affected by their untimely deaths.
Rockumentaries can, of course, serve as celebrations as much as lamentations. With such iconic eras as the swinging sixties and the rocking eighties behind us, there is no better way to experience all the atmosphere that surrounded your favourite artists than through collected footage and images of their defining years. When David Bowie, for instance, performed what was to be his last gig as Ziggy Stardust on the 3rd of July 1973, his flamboyant costumes and fantastical makeup may have seemed a little strange to people who were just getting used to the relatively new craze of glam rock, but it wouldn't have been far out of the ordinary for the times. Thanks, however, to D. A. Pennebaker and his camera, people of all generations can revisit the infamous performance through ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (THE MOTION PICTURE) and soak up as much glitter and hip thrusting as they can manage.
In the same way that Bowie became a posterchild for the Glam era, Psychedelic music in the midst of the sixties found champions in the England-based rock group Pink Floyd. Embodying the indefinable journey that is psychedelia, founding member and Cambridge resident Syd Barrett combined whimsical lyrics with experimental guitar riffs, laying the founding blocks for what would become one of England's most successful rock groups. Although his short career ended with irreconcilable differences between Barrett and his bandmates, every success that Pink Floyd had across its expansive bibliography (including the often lauded Dark Side of the Moon) was made possible by the first strum of Syd's guitar. Many documentaries have been made about Pink Floyd, often including behind-the-scenes footage of some of their most famous work. But rarely is the founding member given as much attention as he is in the brand new film experience SYD BARRETT: A CELEBRATION, which premieres at Cambridge Guildhall on Friday the 21st of October 2016.
This joint venture between the 36th Cambridge Film Festival and Cambridge Live arrives mere months after the tenth anniversary of Barrett's death, bringing together archival music promos, classic sixties performances, and introducing the never-before-seen free form documentary Get All That, Ant? made by Anthony Stern, close friend and fellow art student of Syd Barrett's. This unique experience offers a personal insight into The Floyd, combined with astounding visuals from Stern's own archive, taking its viewers deep into the heart of psychedelia itself. In other words, Anthony Stern, The Cambridge Film Festival and Cambridge Live humbly invite you to join us, sit back, relax, and take a trip through time.


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Tucked between snow-capped mountains, Lake Titicaca was once worshipped by the Incas, who proclaimed its deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun. The steady deterioration of the prized tourist destination has caused a rash of health problems among the 1.3 million people in Peru and Bolivia living near Lake Titicaca's polluted banks. "If the frogs could talk they would say, 'This is killing me,'" said Maruja Inquilla, a local environmental activist who recently showed up at the Puno governor's house carrying plastic bags filled with hundreds of dead frogs in protest.


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by lyle e davis
It started back around the early 1960's in Germany, Switzerland and Japan. Someone got the bright idea that it would be neat to have good, healthy and fresh food, directly from the farmer.
They expanded that idea to include a subscription list of supporters who would agree to advance funds at the beginning of the growing season so the farmer(s) would be able to plan for the amount and type of crops to plant and work each growing season. At harvest time, each subscriber would share in the production proportionately by, usually, picking up a sack or basket of fruit and/or vegetables at a drop point.
This concept became known as the Community Support Agriculture System (CSA).
This basic idea all came about because folks were concerned about food safety and the urbanization of agricultural land. Groups of consumers and farmers in Europe formed cooperative partnerships to fund farming and pay the full costs of ecologically sound and socially equitable agriculture.
In 1965, mothers in Japan concerned about the rise of imported food and the loss of arable land started the first CSA projects, called teikei in Japanese - most likely unrelated to the developments in Europe.
The idea took root in the United States in 1984, when Jan Vander Tuin brought the concept of CSA to North America from Europe.
Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer.
Community supported farms have been organized throughout North America, mainly in the Northeast, the Pacific coast, the Upper-Midwest, and Canada. North America now has at least 1,300 CSA farms, with estimates ranging as high as 3,000.
In North San Diego County, we have identified four primary sources of CSA farms.
Morningsong Farms, in Rainbow, near Fallbrook.
Be Wise Ranch, Escondido
Garden of Eden, Escondido
J. R. Organics, Escondido
Shortly, we'll look at each of these CSA farms individually.
With each of the above farms, individuals, families or groups do not pay for x pounds or kilograms of produce, but rather support the budget of the whole farm and receive weekly what is seasonally ripe. This approach eliminates the marketing risks and costs for the producer and an enormous amount of time, often manpower too, and allows producers to focus on quality care of soils, crops, animals, co-workers — and on serving the customers. There is financial stability in this system which allows for thorough planning on the part of the farmer.
Some farms are dedicated entirely to their CSA, while others also sell through on-farm stands, farmers' markets, and other channels. Most CSAs are owned by the farmers, while some offer shares in the farm as well as the harvest. Some CSAs have evolved into social enterprises employing a number of local staff, improving the lot of local farmers and educating the local community about organic/ecologically responsible farming.
Typically, CSA farms are small, independent, labor-intensive, family farms. By providing a guaranteed market through prepaid annual sales, consumers essentially help finance farming operations. This allows farmers to not only focus on quality growing, it can also somewhat level the playing field in a food market that favors large-scale, industrialized agriculture over local food.
Vegetables and fruit are the most common CSA crops. Many CSAs practice ecological, organic or biodynamic agriculture, avoiding pesticides and inorganic fertilizers. The cost of a share is usually competitively priced when compared to the same amount of vegetables conventionally-grown, partly because the cost of distribution is lowered.
CSA members purchase only what the farm is able to successfully grow and harvest, sharing some of the growing risk with the farmer. If the strawberry crop is not successful, for example, the CSA member will share the burden of the crop failure by receiving fewer or lower quality strawberries for the season.
An advantage of the close consumer-producer relationship is increased freshness of the produce, because it does not have to be shipped long distances. The close proximity of the farm to the members also helps the environment by reducing pollution caused by transporting the produce.
Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.
A lone llama looks over the CSA Farm at Morning Song Farm in Rainbow
This arrangement creates several rewards for both the farmer and the consumer. In brief...
Advantages for farmers:
• Get to spend time marketing the food early in the year, before their 16 hour days in the field begin
• Receive payment early in the season, which helps with the farm's cash flow
• Have an opportunity to get to know the people who eat the food they grow
Advantages for consumers:
• Eat ultra-fresh food, with all the flavor and vitamin benefits
• Get exposed to new vegetables and new ways of cooking
• Usually get to visit the farm at least once a season
• Find that kids typically favor food from "their" farm – even veggies they've never been known to eat
• Develop a relationship with the farmer who grows their food and learn more about how food is grown.
In the northernmost community of San Diego County, the tiny, rural, unincorporated town of Rainbow is unknown even to most San Diegans. Moderated by ocean breezes and enjoying Southern California's subtropical climate, Morning Song Farm chose to locate here and set up their CCOF (California Certified Organic Farm) which produces a wide variety of subtropical fruits.
For most farmers, the CSA is just one of the ways their produce is marketed. They may also go to the farmers market, do some wholesale, sell to restaurants, etc. Morning Song Farm is a CSA program; they grow a variety of common and unusual subtropical fruits, as well as an amazing array of wonderful vegetables. Each week they deliver baskets of their fantastic produce to subscribers in Riverside, San Diego and Orange counties, California. Currently, they are not selling anything from their farm on a retail basis, outside of their CSA program. They're too busy!
They grow a lot of macadamias; and husk, shell, sort, and package raw, organic macadamias. If you've never enjoyed raw macadamias that have just been freshly cracked out (rather than fried in coconut oil, salted, and stored for who knows how long) you really must try theirs!
They also grow Reed, Pinkerton, Bacon, Toro Canyon, Zutano and Hass avocados, Bears limes, Satsuma mandarins, Nagami kumquats, Asian pears, Ollieberrie blackberries, Boysenberries, Fioja guavas, and several varieties of Figs.
They're experimenting with mangos, passionfruit, loquats, stevia and papayas. They have a small herd of beautiful llamas that contribute daily to their compost pile and soil fertility.
Why Organic, Why Fresh, Why Local?
Why Organic, fresh, local? Farming is a lifestyle; not a factory operation. They are not a factory. Because they don't have stockholders to answer to, they have the freedom to consider alternative forms of profit and loss that might not be considered by a conventional factory farm. Additionally, when a farmer boosts yields by using chemicals that poison the ground water, in what column does that loss get placed? Who pays for the actual cost of those increased yields? It's not that they could live without the profit that jingles, it's just that as organic farmers, they choose to take into consideration all the profit and losses.
Rain beating down on bare land will wash away precious top soil. Covered with compost, the soil is protected.
The CSA model connects eaters to real farmers in a way no other distribution system can. Farmers' markets, at least locally, are troubled with "resellers," as well as factory farm practices, employees staffing booths who have never set foot on the farm they represent, and the high cost of inspections that don't do the job they're designed to do. What's more, many markets don't have a reputation for providing organic produce, which has a circular effect of not attracting organic buyers, so when the organic farmers do show up, they get discouraged.
Many small family farms are responding with going directly to the local food supporter in the form of a weekly subscription basket. Subscribers get truly local, "just harvested" freshness. Because subscribers make a commitment, the farmer knows months ahead of time how many customers to plant for, and can cost-effectively take risks with unusual and heirloom vegetables. Produce in a grocery store is often 14 days old and has, on average traveled 1500 (unsustainable) miles, losing nutrition and flavor along the way. Having your organic fruit and vegetables harvested and delivered directly from the farm provides a fresher, tastier alternative.
The reasons for buying locally-produced organic food are compelling. These include the benefits of consuming less pesticides, encouraging the sustainability of local farming, enjoying greater varieties of fruits and vegetables, reducing air pollution and fossil fuel consumption through decreased transportation miles, preserving farmland and open space, and keeping money within the local economy. Grocery store food from half-way around the world can never compete with the benefits of locally grown produce!
How does Morning Song Farm's CSA Work? As a member of the Morning Song Farm CSA, a weekly basket of fresh fruit and vegetables is delivered to a drop off site near you. You pick up your fabulous basket, brimming with just-harvested fruits and vegetables, and leave last week's basket in its place. It's that simple!
As to how Morning Song got started, owner Donna Buono says:
Initially I grew only a few commodities for large wholesale accounts and kept a small organic garden for my family's own use. Then a few friends, admiring the heap of fresh produce on my kitchen counter, asked to be included in my garden's bounty in exchange for helping with the costs of maintaining the garden. Morning Song Farm's CSA has grown from there. I continue to grow the things I think my kids and friends will enjoy! Although more expensive, I prefer heirloom vegetable seeds and am always trialing new seeds to compare and test. One part of my job that I'm passionate about is hunting down unusual heirloom seeds and trying new varieties in the garden. We also have a number of unusual fruit trees, as well as the common fruits you see often in the grocery stores.
At Morning Song, the ratio of fruit to vegetables changes each week.
In the orchard we have blackberries, fioja guavas, apples, peaches, plums, apricots, Mexican guavas, oranges, avocados, macadamias, and more. Supporters have to love being part of the ebb and flow of a local, just-picked harvest, as opposed to walking into a grocery store and buying off the shelf from near and far. We like to think that our supporters are more than vegetable/fruit buyers, but rather passionate, committed, Community Supported Agriculture participants. There's a big difference between a CSA supporter and a simple buyer of produce who wants to know how many pieces of fruit or vegetables, or what ratio of the two, they're going to be getting per dollar each week. Last summer there were weeks when we were inundated with tomatoes and had no avocados, and weeks when we had no lettuce but plenty of zucchini. In that sense, we're not unlike a giant garden. I'm proud of our consistent variety and mix, and think no CSA is as fantastic as Morning Song Farms!
Some weeks have more than other weeks, which parallels the garden's productivity. Becoming a CSA supporter is a good fit for those who want the next best thing to growing their food themselves but unlike a grocery delivery service, the garden has its ups and downs, and our supporters share in the abundance and the disappointments.
Morning Song Farms offers:
Small: baskets at $34.50 x 13 week = $448.50, half that for bi-weekly pick-ups.
Large Baskets:: $44.50 x 13 weeks = $578.50, half that for bi-weeklies
Presently, Morning Song has drop off points in Oceanside. They are interested in setting up drop points in Escondido, San Marcos, Vista and Carlsbad. If interested, contact Donna Buono at 949.310.4870, or by email at: email@example.com
Another CSA farm is Be Wise Ranch, located at 20505 San Pasqual Road, in Escondido. They are available by phone at at 760.746.6006, by their website at:
http://bewiseranch.com or by email at: email@example.com
Presently, they have two share plans available for their CSA subscribers. The large share, which typically provides a week's supply of produce for a large family or for three or four adults, costs $30.00 per week. With a large share, you would receive 10-15 items shown on the harvest calendar each week, with the content varying by season. For example, a large share might contain: 10 tomatoes, two avocados, five oranges, three lemons, green beans, squash, beets and carrots. For smaller families, they also offer a small share, which costs $25.00 per week. With a small share, which would supply weekly produce for two adults and a child, you would receive fewer items and/or a smaller amount of an item.
Be Wise has pick up points:
in Escondido at Via Rancho Parkway and San Pasqual Road
on Thursdays from 10:00-5:30 PM. In Vista, at Melrose and Vista Way, on Tuesdays from 3:30-6:30 PM. In Carlsbad at Carlsbad Blvd. & Palomar Airport Road on Tuesday from 3:00-6:00PM. (This pickup point is full, however. They are not accepting any new subscribers for this pickup point).
If interested, contact: Bill Brammer or Sandra Broussard at the contact points listed above, or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Yet another CSA farm in North County, J. R. Organics, is in Valley Center but is quite active in Escondido, participating every Tuesday in their Farmer's Market with one of the largest produce booths of the Market. J.R. Organics is a certified organic vegetable farm located on the beautiful rolling hills of Valley Center in San Diego County, CA. The land was pioneered by the Rodriguez family in the early 1950's, and is now farmed by Joe, Jr., 4th generation farmer. J R Organics is an old fashioned truck farm where at any given time of the year several different types of fruits and vegetables are being grown, many of them heirlooms. They farm about 35 acres and have about 450 subscribers.. They grow principally vegetables, the only fruits being melons, crenshaws, and strawberries. Once a year they offer a tour of the farm to their subscribers.
They offer a large box, weekly, at a cost of $29.50, a small box for $23.00.
For more information you can contact them at 714.235.3219 or by their website at: www.jrorganicsfarm.com or email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Their North County drop points are:
Grangettos Farm and Garden Supply, 1105 W. Mission Ave, Escondido, CA - Thursdays from 10:30am-5:00pm
The Escondido Farmers Market - Downtown Escondido on Grand Avenue Between Kalmia & Juniper. Open Tuesdays 3:30pm - 7:00pm (May 1–September 30)
2:30pm-–6:00pm (October 1–April 30)
San Marcos
Cal State San Marcos Farmers Market - Cal State University San Marcos (CSUSM)
333. S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd.
San Marcos, CA
Parking lot B
Wednesdays from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m 760-594-2974
High Tech High North County (HTHNC) - 1420 W San Marcos Blvd. San Marcos, CA
Thursday delivery from 11:30-5:00
San Elijo Hills - San Marcos, CA Near Questhaven & San Elijo Rd
Thursdays from 11:00-6:00pm
Warmlands Ave. -Vista, CA Located near Warmlands & Elm
Wednesdays from 12:00-7:00pm
Finally, we have Garden of Eden, also located in Escondido at 1221 Calvin Lane. It is a small farm, only two acres, but they contract with between 13 and 16 local small farmers so there is often a very wide variety of produce. In addition, they are adding another 10 acres to farm, soon.
Jennifer and Paul Trejo are in their 6th year of operating a CSA farm. Garden of Eden is different from a tradtional, one-farm CSA. They are a co-op of small farms, including JR Organic Farm in Valley Center, Sage Mountain Farm in Hemet, and other local, organic, family farms, both within and outside the county.
Though they are a relatively small farm, they have about 300 subscribers and think they would likely "max out" at 500 subscribers.
Eden Farms does not do Farmer's Markets. "Those wind up being 16 hour days," says Jennifer. We find the CSA farm concep hepls the farmer work better and more efficiently and deliver more produce to the consumer.
They offer three different sizes of boxes for subscribers:
Individual box for seniors/students,
A small family box, serving 2/3 people, and a large box, serving 4 or more people.
Typically, a box will feature up to 15-16 items each week.
Current drops sites are:
Carlsbad: Thursday, 3 to 5pm, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 5950 La Place Court, Suite 200, 760.448.8409
Escondido: Fridays 5-6pm; Stone Brewing Company, 1999 Citracado Parkway
If you'd like a drop site in your city and/or would like to become a drop site, call for details at 760.994.5861. Ask for Jennifer or Paul . . . or email to: email@example.com
Garden of Eden Farm is located at 1221 Calvin Ln, Escondido, CA. You'll find their website at: http://www.goeorganics.com
The CSA (Community Supported Agricultural) farms all operate under the same basic concept, with only minor variations.
Simply stated, CSA is the community and farmer working together on behalf of the earth and each other.
By picking up your ripe, freshly picked produce at a central drop site, you save time and costs associated with shopping at a local supermarket where the produce was picked days ago, unripe, from as far as 2000 miles away or more.
We've given you the background on a number of CSA farms here in North San Diego County.
Now it's up to you. Check them out. Go to their websites. Give them a call. Some farms have a trial package for a month; others have a variation on that, some require a 13 week commitment. Usually, there are no refunds . . . but policies vary from CSA Farm to another.
In any event, you now know where to go for the freshest of fruit and vegetables. We expect each of you to become enormously healthy within the next year. We'll check back in one year from now to see how you're doing.
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The Vamps' James McVey was absolutely heartbroken when fans caught his girlfriend Kirstie Brittain cheating on him, but it seems like they've gotten back together! Even though they dramatically broke up in November, she recently posted a couple photo on Instagram with a guy who definitely looks like him!
She captioned the pic, "👫💕."
Even though you can't see his face, we're pretty sure he owns that coat — and it looks like his hair from the back.
In fact, they seemed to be on the path to reconciliation towards the end of December. James cryptically wrote, "I don't understand how they can change my mind and heart so easily." While it didn't make sense at the time, it seems like he was talking about his relationship!
Sometimes you wake up from a dream and everything is so much clearer- I don't understand how they can change my mind and heart so easily.— James McVey (@TheVampsJames) December 28, 2014
We'll hold off on congratulating the couple on their reunion until we see a real couple photo, but we just want James to be happy! He told us he wanted to kiss Kendall Jenner under the mistletoe, but maybe he still had feelings for his ex.
Do you think that James got back together with his ex? Would you take someone back if they cheated on you? Tell us in the comments!


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Benny Hinn, Orlando Christian Center, Dec. 31st, 1989 [Listen Here]
"The Spirit tells me – Fidel Castro will die – in the 90's. Oooh my! Some will try to kill him and they will not succeed. But there will come a change in his physical health, and he will not stay in power, and Cuba will be visited of God."
Benny Hinn, Orlando Christian Center, Dec. 31st, 1989. [Listen Here]
"The Lord also tells me to tell you in the mid 90's, about '94-'95, no later than that, God will destroy the homosexual community of America. [audience applauds] But He will not destroy it – with what many minds have thought Him to be, He will destroy it with fire. And many will turn and be saved, and many will rebel and be destroyed."
Benny Hinn, TBN Praise-a-thon, April 2nd, 2000 [Listen Here]
"The hour is urgent. Many of you have known me for many years. But I am telling you right now, things I haven't said years 'n years 'n years ago. I believe – here this, hear this! I believe, that Jesus, God's Son, is about to appear physically, in meetings and to believers around the world, to wake us up! He appeared after His resurrection and He is about to appear before His second coming! You know a prophetess sent me a word through my wife, right here, and she said 'Tell your husband that Jesus is go'n to physically appear in his meetings.' I am expecting to see, I am telling you that – I feel it's going to happen. I, I, I'm, I'm careful in how I am saying it now, because I know the people in Kenya are listening. I know deep in my soul, something supernatural is going to happen in Nai – in Nairobi Kenya. I feel that. I may very well come back, and you and Jan are coming, to – Paul and Jan are coming to Nairobi with me, but Paul, we may very well come back with footage of Jesus on the platform! You know that the Lord appeared in Romania recently, and there's a video of it? Where the Lord appeared in the back of a church and you see him on video walking down the isle? Yeah! Paul do you remember when I came on TBN years ago and showed you a clip of the Lord appearing in our church in Orlando, on the balcony on the wall? Yeah. You, you remember that? [Paul Crouch] Very well, I saw it! [Benny Hinn] That was '80, 80 something, '86, what – whatever. You know I always wondered why the Lord, why did He do that? Do you know why, now I look back? That was the beginning of the greatest move of God in our church. Because '83, '84, and '85 were horrible years for me, horrible years. Eighty-six the blessings of God began, but they began with a – with this manifestation of the Lord's face on, on the balcony, that stayed for eight weeks. Eight solid weeks! The Lord has done this in the past, but He is about to do it again, now hear this, I am prophesying this! Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is about to appear physically in some churches, and some meetings, and to many of His people, for one reason – to tell you He is about to show up! To Wake Up! Jesus is coming saints! You have held back from the Lord in the past, don't you dare do it now. The day will come you'll stand before Him and give an answer. How dare we not give to God. How dare we hold back."
And here's why …
At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect— if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time. "So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Matthew 24:23-27)
What does the Bible say about false prophets?
Jesus warned us: Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. (Matthew 7:15)
Jesus again warned us about the end times: For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect — if that were possible. (Matthew 24:24)
Peter warned the church: But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies … (2 Peter 2:1a)
What are we as Christians supposed to do? Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)
What is a false prophet? I have not sent them," declares the Lord. "They are prophesying lies in my name. (Jeremiah 27:15a) But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death. You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord" If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message that Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him." (Deuteronomy 18:20-22)
If a man is found to be a heretic and false prophet, then what? A man that is a heretic after the first and second admonition reject. (Titus 3:10)
What is the end of false prophets? But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars — their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. (Revelation 21:8)
— Courtesy: deceptioninthechurch.com
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