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Syndicate Accomplice Forced to Resign
Lisa Jackson, Director of the Environmental Protection Agency has (finally) resigned. She will leave the EPA after the forthcoming State of the Union address.
The official reason is to spend more time with her family. But the actual reason is that in the next few weeks a lawyer that sued the EPA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is to release emails proving Director Jackson was an accomplice in yet another scam on the American people.
The agency did not offer an explanation. But Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the scrutiny over the alias emails is clearly a factor. "Life's full of coincidences, but this is too many. She had no choice."
Horner and CEI earlier this year had sued the EPA for documents pertaining to Jackson's use of alias email accounts. She was said to operate under the name "Richard Windsor" -- the use of those accounts has since drawn the scrutiny of Republican members of Congress, as well as triggered an audit by the EPA inspector general.
According to court documents, the EPA -- represented by the Justice Department -- two weeks ago agreed to release as many as 12,000 emails pertaining to the CEI request beginning by Jan. 14, at a rate of 3,000 documents per month. The court accepted the schedule last week.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/27/attorney-claims-epa-chief-resigned-over-alias-email-accounts/
As to Marco Island and its metastasized syndicate, Director Jackson was named in another FOIA lawsuit when the City of Marco Island committed environmental crimes by violating the Clean Water Act (pumping toxic effluent into Gulf of Mexico) and the Clean Air Act (crushing and burying asbestos). In this case the EPA under Director Jackson obfuscated long enough for the crimes to be things of the past – you know, long enough so the city councilors and the city manager and the city public works director and the bizarrely named "environmental specialist" could sound believable when they repeated ad nausea "I don't recall." And it wasn't until the EPA agreed to settle the case as it was moving to trial in federal court that the EPA released the documents proving that the crimes were in fact committed by the City of Marco Island.
In the case Sanchez vs. EPA, the U.S. Attorney defending the EPA, as well as EPA attorneys, admitted that Director Jackson had in fact received approximately twenty (20) faxes alerting her that the City of Marco Island was contaminating the air and polluting the water – both acts causing harm to people. Yet Director Jackson refused to engage the EPA to stop the crimes. Ergo she became an accomplice.
The Marco Island city councilors boasted of their chummy good ol' boy relationship with then-Governor Crist. The very same city councilors often spewed in public how Crist would do "whatever it takes" to ensure that the city installed sewer lines – now obviously even if it harmed people and the environment. How can we forget how the de novus democrat Crist fawned and groveled over friend-of-Jackson Obama. We also now know that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) repeatedly looked the other way when asbestos was flying and hydrogen sulfide was poisoning the water and sickening people. And how can we forget how they had the Collier County judges make questionable rulings against the citizenry and environment.
As Mr. Horner just stated, "Life's full of coincidences, but this is too many."
The incestuous nature of corrupt politics takes time to be exposed albeit with insufficient retribution for the harm to the citizens and to environment.


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Wassailfest in New Braunfels, Texas
Information courtesy of New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce
Wassailfest began ten years ago as a festival to catch the Holiday Spirit. Each year, Downtown New Braunfels' merchants open their doors at the holiday season offering wassail to drink, special treats to munch and lots of holiday cheer.
Entertainment is everywhere as talented musical groups perform throughout the downtown area singing, playing, harmonizing on street corners and inside establishments.
As Christmas downtown lighting glows with over 100,000 lights and the Plaza becomes a fairytale setting, the centuries-olde Christmas carol "Here We Go A-Wassailing" takes on a new and special meaning. New Braunfels residents are welcomed and invited as holiday guests to sample a wide variety of Wassail, a drink whose very name means ". . . to your health". The juice and spice mixture has been served over the centuries as far back as Robin Hood and his merry men. Over fifty merchants go to great lengths preparing their special wassail, enough to serve
several thousand guests. Awards based on people's choice voting are presented to the top three "wassail-meisters". At the close of the evening, Wassailfest guests meet and greet at the Plaza bandstand to enjoy the door prize drawings in expectation of an early Christmas.
Past special events enjoyed at Wassailfest have included hot air balloon basket medleys, young gymnasts demonstrating their skill and agility, beautiful and haunting Scottish bagpipes, puppet shows, music for the little ones and an automobile collectibles show to fire the imagination of the most devout Christmas grinch. When bell choirs, barbershop quartets, children's chorales, dancers, mariachis and oompah bands are added, the evening marks a truly joyous occasion. As the bells of the Courthouse ring to call a close to the evening's festivities,
families celebrate the "making of a memory" not soon forgotten.

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Good Morning Crafters :-) Hope you are all well and enjoying this fabulous weather! Long may it last eh? I'm so excited to do my first post as a member of Crafters Companion Design Team!!! I was asked a few weeks ago to join the team and of course I was delighted and accepted straight away, I mean to say..who wouldn't??? So, I have been working in the background (My kitchen table) with some amazing new crafty goodies which I can share with you from today so over the next few days I will be posting some of the samples I've made with these gorgeous new Die'sire embossing folders, Die'sire die's and beautiful Christmas stamps to compliment the Die'sire die's, there are four stamp sets in total and they are crammed with all the sentiments you will ever need for Christmas.
My first card is using a Die'sire Embossalicious Folder called 'Christmas Patchwork', a Die'sire 'Ivy' die and Grace frame and a beautiful Christmas verse from the Christmas stamp set called 'Christmas Magic', this set compliments the die set scalloped Tags and Magic Mirror. First I used versa mark on black card and embossed the verse using gold and silver embossing powder, I then embossed black cardstock using the 'Christmas Patchwork' embossing folder and using more black cardstock I die cut the ivy, now for the fun bit, I got out the gilding wax :-) and gently covered it all using bronze, silver and gold wax until I got the effect I wanted, giving the whole card a rich metallic look and enjoying the aroma at the same time hehe. I finished my card with some black satin ribbon and a little pin from my craft stash.
I will be back later with some more sneak peaks. x


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Apr 18, 2017
Show 1781 David Berlinski—Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions
This ACU show consist of 2 segments from The Hoover Institution's show called Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson.
Segment 1- David Berlinski—Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions
David Berlinski is the author of a number of books, including the recent volumes One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics and The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions.
Berlinski asserts that "a great many men and women have a dull, hurt, angry sense of being oppressed by the sciences. They are frustrated by endless scientific boasting. They suspect that ... the scientific community holds them in contempt. They are right to feel this way." With Darwin's theory of evolution as a point of departure, he takes scientists to task for their antireligious assumptions and explores the conflict between the scientific community and those with firmly held religious beliefs. Uploaded on Sep 1, 2011
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Segment 2- David Berlinski on Science, Philosophy, and Society
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This week on Uncommon Knowledge, David Berlinski, a mathematician, philosopher, and biologist, discusses the current state of the scientific community, the theories of Darwinism, and the science behind global warming. Peter Robinson gets a sneak peek at his new book, The Best of Times, on the history and perplexities of the twentieth century. Berlinski is also author of The Devil's Delusion, The Deniable Darwin, and The King of Infinite Space: Euclid and His Elements. Published on Feb 18, 2014
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I was with you Jim during the Summer of '68 and I agree with your take on this point. However I would add that The World Changed several times due to events in our lifetime. JFK assasinination changed everthing as did Vietnam and how the people changed the War. Watergate and Gov't involvement in our lives changed us once again. Later the creation of the Internet was a monumental change in this world and of course 911 was perhaps was as the cause of so many changes of Freedom Ever. I submit to you that the graduates of Today's high schools should take time to reflect and hope that their world Adapts better than ours.ReplyDelete
Hi, Jimmy. I was a student at Temple U during the period you discussed and was an investigative reporter for the university's alternative paper The Temple Free Press. I think that period was my change vaccination. In the early seventies I started my marketing career on an Underwood typewriter and have evolved to the front lines of inbound marketing. I just wrote a blog post for a client about fear of change -- posted last evening. Perhaps the evolution of the species will include a passion to seek out the new without fear.ReplyDelete
Seems to me that the speed of change is a function of how intensity of the pain, how visible it is, and to how many. That era had Kronkite giving it to us across the nation - there was no hiding from the pain.ReplyDelete
We've grown numb, to some extent. The media now, instead of black and white footage of the raw experience, has polished the "embedded reporting" into a new type of reality TV.
...pain not felt, visibility not there...
- AnonymousAugust 14, 2013 at 9:24 PM
Being a child of the South, I observed first hand much of the turmoil. My mother was/is a bleeding heart liberal and made sure that I was exposed, either in person or via television or newspaper news. I was probably the most well informed and liberal child in my 3rd grade class!ReplyDelete
My takeaway is the same as Andrew's... there was a lot of pain in those days. I honestly think it started with the assisination of JFK and ran downhill through the 60's with Vietnam, protests, the assination of MLK, burning bras (although I am eternally thankful to the women who came before me, paving the way for my success!), and so on. All that pain burned the change into my brain and my heart.
The changes that are happening now are largely benign: bigger and better tv's, smartphones, fuel efficient vehicles, and so forth. Gen X and Gen Y expect them and don't even blink an eye.
My favorite quote: Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine!
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Anything attached to the Internet, including mobile devices like mobile phones and also tablet computers need to be safeguarded– specifically throughout hefty usage durations, like the holidays.
Watch out for emails concerning problems with your charge card or an account or the standing of on-line order.: Take safety preventative measures, consider the effects of your activities on-line as well as enjoy the benefits of innovation with peace of mind while you go shopping online using rewards (ordinarymoves.com).
Conduct research study: When utilizing a new site for acquisitions, reviewed reviews and see if other customers have had a positive or adverse experience with the website. When unsure, toss it out: Links in emails, articles and also texts are often the methods cybercriminals aim to swipe your information or contaminate your gadgets.
5 Ways to Send Money Online by Alia Hoyt
At some point in your life, a person you know is most likely to need cash, and they're not most likely to have time to wait on the article office. In stores, one need only keep alert guard of one's wallet to guarantee its security; not so online. It's exponentially easier to insist one's will certainly over short-lived seasonal help when returning an item in shops. Nicole Hill/Getty Images Back in the not-too-distant past, people in search' – of gifts were needed to shower, outfit as well as brave cold winds as well as inflamed fellow consumers to pick holiday presents.
With threats that differ from walk-in shops, on the internet purchasing requires special precautions. This could seem apparent, but lots of people disregard the suggestions to install anti-malware software. It is crucial that on the internet buyers secure their COMPUTER from viruses as well as various other assaults. After all, these are the main staples of the bathroom, and also they act as the major emphasis (both in feature as well as aesthetic appeals).
By complying with these ideas in buying shower drapes online, you make certain to locate the excellent shower curtain for the restroom(s) in your house. In either case, buying shower curtains online could be a fun experience that will help highlight the most effective in your shower room.


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Can a Person Who Is Mentally Ill Be Held Responsible for Debt?by Lainie Petersen
Some people find debt management difficult, particularly if they suffer from mental illness. And some mental illnesses can trigger overspending. But proving that a mental illness rendered someone incompetent to agree to a debt is a difficult and costly process. Individuals who struggle with mental illness -- and their spouses or families -- should seek legal advice for protecting their finances.
Debt and Mental Illness
If a person falls into a contractual debt while deemed incompetent -- defined as unable to understand what she is doing or the fact that she is obligating herself in some way -- it may be possible to nullify a contract. But proving someone is incompetent is difficult and requires working with a lawyer. The fact that a debtor has a mental illness may not be enough to remove the debtor's responsibility for the debt. Instead, the debtor's attorney would have to show in court that the debtor did not understand that she was entering into a contract or did not understand the consequences of the contract, such as owing money.
Mental Competence
Laws that define mental competence in various areas of civil and criminal law vary by state. This means that the debtor's attorney must prove that the debtor meets the standards established by state law for mental incapacity or incompetence for signing a contract at the time that she took on the debt. In California, for example, the attorney may present evidence that the debtor was so impaired at the time of undertaking the debt that she was unfamiliar with who or where she was, or was unable to communicate with those around her. The attorney may also point out that the client was experiencing hallucinations, delusions or disordered thinking when agreeing to the debt. To prove these claims, the lawyer may need to call witnesses, medical records or doctors that can testify or document the debtor's mental condition.
Guardian Appointment
For many people, going to court to escape responsibility for a debt isn't a reasonable or cost-effective option, as it would require financial resources that may be equal to, or even exceed, the incurred debt. In such cases, the debtor or his representatives may wish to explain to the creditor directly that the debtor was not competent to take on a debt. In some cases, a creditor may continue collection efforts, but may also be willing to settle for the total amount owed if it appears that the debtor may be able to prove incompetence if the case is litigated. People declared mentally incompetent through the legal system, must have someone assigned as a guardian to handle their financial affairs.
Garnishment Exemptions
The law protects some types of government benefits, such as Social Security Disability Income or Supplemental Security Income from garnishment and levies. This means that if a mentally ill debtor receives all or most of his income from government assistance, he can protect his income even if a creditor wins a lawsuit against him. It is up to the debtor to protect these funds by notifying the creditor, and the court that issued the judgment against the debtor, that these funds are exempt. This usually involves filling out forms that are available at the courthouse and, in some situations, could also involve a court hearing.
- HGExperts.com: Law and Psychiatry: Assessing Civil Competence
- MSN Money: Married to a Financial Basket Case?
- Find Law: Legal How-To: Declaring Someone Incompetent
- MSN Money: How the Brain Busts the Budget
- Federal Student Aid: Cancel or Discharge a Loan
- Federal Trade Commission: Creditors Seeking Federal Benefits in Your Bank Account? Understanding Your Rights; May 2009
- Federal Trade Commission: Creditors Seeking Federal Benefits in Your Bank Account? Understanding Your Rights; May 2009
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This month, we Daring Bakers were challenged by Tandy ( of Lavender and Lime) to make twist bread. Oh darn! That sounds horrible ... NOT!!!
Tandy gave us the freedom to select the filling, so I went with a riff on cinnamon bread because I'm lazy and I had the ingredients on hand. (Let's be honest, eh?) I would really like to try this again with a savory filling (maybe sundried tomatoes, mozarella, and basil??) but didn't get around to that in time for posting here today. If you're so inclined, here is the link to Tandy's challenge recipe.
I found this recipe quite easy to follow (woo hoo!). The only struggle I had was after I sliced the loaf down the middle and then had to twist it. The outer layers sort of peeled away from me as I attempted to twist the loaf. Once I managed to get a "that's good enough" twist (an extra set of hand would have definitely helped ease the process!), I shaped the loaf into a ring (re-twisted a bit along the way), brushed it with an egg wash, and popped it into the oven. About 15-20 minutes into the baking process, the house started to smell amazing! You really can't beat the cozy smell of cinnamon wafting from a hot oven.
The final verdict? Eric thought it was ok but not spectacular. The kids loved it; Annika gladly put on her newly self-appointed food critic hat to let me know it was "flavorful and had good texture." I thought it was good, but could have used more of the cinnamon sugar filling. My co-workers (who got the remainder of the loaf the next day) inhaled it. So, there you are!
Thanks, Tandy, for this fun and yummy challenge. Can't wait to try it again!!
Friday, May 27, 2016
May 2016 Daring Bakers' Challenge: Twist Bread
Posted by The Olson Four at 11:27 AM
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- Lavender and Lime (http://tandysinclair.com) said...
my first twist did not work out as well as the second one. And yes, an extra set of hands always helps. Thanks for taking part :)
- May 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
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- renwoman
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- Wedding: August 2014
20 days until the wedding and I just want to be married. I don't care anymore if the guests don't dance, if they like their food, if they complain that we don't have fancy liquor. I don't care if our arrival is not announced, I don't care if we do the middle school shuffle instead of some elaborate first dance. I don't care if they don't like the fact that our ceremony requires them to be outside for 30 min in afternoon sun. I don't really care about their 'experience' . I know this sounds awful, but I really just want to be married, that's the only thing I care about right now. I feel better admitting what an awful bride this makes me. Thanks for the mini rant.


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This week's Saturday Scraplift highlights Carolyn's page. It is so creative. I love the lines created by her sketch and blending technique. I wasn't able to lift those lines, (although not for lack of trying) so I lifted other little details about her wonderful page. Thanks for the inspiration, Carolyn. :O)
Katie Pertiet:
Arctic Whites Paper Pack No. 02
Terra Botanica Paint
Letter Box Garden Song Kit
Surf Lagoon Scrapbooking Kit
Thin Classic Photo Frames Curled and Flat No. 01
All You Need Overlays No. 04
Graphic Pop Border Lines Overlays No. 01
Orange, Black and Cream Mini Kit
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Pay No Tax Next Saturday at
Holliston Antiques
October 5, 2012 — Holliston Antiques owner Al Carboni said of his customers, mom Cindy, ten year-old Tyler and Camden, 7, above, both in and out of the looking glass, "They're all antique-ers."
Mr. Carboni said that Holliston antiques, which in addition to a store full of fine antiques, sells and buys silver and US coins, will be having a no-tax day next weekend. The vendors will be paying the tax, which will not be added to the price of the purchase. In the meantime, stop by 798 Washington Street in Downtown Holliston to pick out your purchase.
Merry Go-Round
October 5, 2012 — Four year-old Caroline Charland didn't need any carousel horses during an outing with Mom and brother today on Hopkinton Common as she invented her own game to play around the non-functioning fountain.
Smooth as Silk
October 5, 2012 — Everything went forward without a hitch today as authorities performed an evacuation drill at Center School. Officer Gregg DeBoer is in the foreground and School Resource Officer Philip Powers is on the right, background.
HOPKINTON, MA (October 5, 2012) – Creatures of all species – including four-legged friends or feathered fowl -- are invited to receive a special blessing at St. Paul's Annual Blessing of the Animals on October 14.
All dogs, cats, and others of God's creatures – and their human friends – are invited to a special ceremony being held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 61 Wood Street (Rte 135) in Hopkinton. The Blessing of the Animals is being done at 10:15 a.m., followed by a "Pet Friendly" service of the Holy Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend. File photo, left.
School Superintendent
Search Process Underway
October 5, 2012 — After considering several
potential courses of action, the Hopkinton School Committee has
decided to continue its work with the New England School
Development Council (NESDEC) to search for a Superintendent of
School Committee Ponders Elementary School Building Committee
Committee, Selectmen lock horns over authority
by Muriel kramer
October 5, 2012 — School Committee (SC) and Board of Selectman (BOS) met in a joint session last evening before the regular televised meeting of the SC to discuss the formation of an Elementary School Building Committee (ESBC) to address the issues at Center School and/or Elmwood School; specifically the Mission of the ESBC is proposed "To facilitate the development of a proposed solution to the operational and educational constraints of Center School and/or Elmwood School that will be supported by the voters of Hopkinton as well as the MSBA [Massachusetts School Building Authority]."
Discussion between the two boards largely centered on the makeup of the committee; BOS member Brian Herr and BOS Chairman Ben Palleiko advocated strongly for an ESBC that maximized volunteers from the community to fill the seats on the Committee as mandated by the MSBA.
School Committee Chairwoman, Nancy Alvarez Burdick, began the discussion by asserting, "The five of us [SC members] over the course of work on two committees are unified." There is a need to define a solution that protects the town's eligibility to receive matching funds from the MSBA and has broad based community support. Several speakers on both boards emphasized during discussion that no specific solution had been identified; it could be a remodeled Center School, a new School on the Center School site or a new School at a different site.
SC Vice-Chairman, Scott Aghababian, elaborated, "Our thought was that we've done various activities to gather input, and there are still a lot of questions and issues.
Tempers flared briefly between SC member Rebecca Robak and Palleiko when discussing which Board oversees the ESBC and has ultimate responsibility. Palleiko asserted that the BOS has the overriding responsibility for overseeing the ESBC and its work; Robak disagreed pointedly, "The SC drives this process; I disagree entirely with that."
Palleiko responded, "I know we've disagreed on this before. We are not trying to usurp the role of the School Committee, but I am unwilling to hand off responsibility to the SC."
Ultimately discussion centered on ways to work collaboratively; the Boards will discuss this again at the BOS meeting October 23rd. Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steven Hiersche commented, "The piece we got back to is that this has to be a collaborative effort." He also made the point that "Time is of the essence. Our ultimate goal is to do this as quickly and efficiently as possible."
The BOS adjourned their meeting and the SC opened its regular meeting just after 8PM. Resident Joe Markey (file photo) spoke during public comment addressing his still unresolved concerns regarding the handling of the previous superintendent's resignation, specifically the timing—informing the public long after it was known to SC members that the superintendent was resigning.
Last Spring the SC held off announcing the resignation of Dr. Jonathan Landman until after the Town Election had been held. Markey asserted that the public should have been informed immediately. Referring to the emails that have been recently released to the public, Markey expressed dissatisfaction that the emails "lack any indication of concern for communication to the public." According to Markey, the emails showed an emphasis on informing staff and the administration but not the public. "Any candidate running for office that knows the Superintendent [of Schools] has resigned has an obligation to immediately communicate to the public that resignation." The news was not released until after the election, and SC member Jean Bertschmann, having served as Chairwoman last year, was re-elected. Markey further stated, "The School Committee needs to develop a higher level of credibility*." In keeping with their established format, SC members did not enter into a discussion with Markey.
Maintaining that the format gives the Board members an opportunity to consider and reflect before responding, Alvarez-Burdick held to the established format commenting only that Markey's points were something to think about.
Alvarez-Burdick updated the committee and public on the search for the new superintendent; there will be a public forum and electronic survey in October. Additionally, the SC will be forming an 11 member screening committee this month targeting November 19th as the start date to screen candidates.
A Special Town Meeting (STM) has been set for November 26, 2012 and an election the following week on December 3, 2012. The STM is hoped to have just one article, that article is to address replacing the roof at Elmwood School for 1.1 million dollars; it will require a 2/3 favorable vote at STM and a simple majority in favor at the ballot.
*The word in bold has been inserted to more accurately quote Mr. Markey.
Pet Care 101
Above, fifth grade Brownies wait in line to get a look through the microscope at a sample taken from the inner ear of a subject animal.
October 4, 2012 — Brownies from Hopkinton Troop 72956 were guests of Hopkinton resident Dr. Elizabeth Russell of Healthy Paws Veterinary Center, 6 Old Flanders Road in Westborough (Just past the Southborough Rod and Gun Club at the end of Fruit Street and over the Fruit Street railroad bridge on the right). The girls were treated to a tour of the comprehensive facility, getting a look at an operation in progress, the x-ray room, microscopic samples, grooming and listening to a stethoscope on the beating heart of a dog.
The girls also took part in what older scouts would need to do for a badge, such as learning how to keep a pet healthy and groomed, how to set up a kennel run, make up a game to play with pets, and list items and tasks for their own pet.
Hopkinton Historical Society & the Hopkinton Garden Club Presentation
On Sunday, October 14, 2012,
from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., please join the Hopkinton
Historical Society and the Hopkinton Garden Club for an
afternoon with
in 19th
century costume, Christie will whet your appetite with her
slide-illustrated lecture "According to Your Taste": Cooking
with Herbs in the 1800s". She'll explore growing and using
culinary herbs, or "pot herbs," as they were often known. These
time-honored plants improved the digestion as well as adding
flavor, preserving, and embellishing dishes of all kinds.
Looking at historic recipes brings herbs to the table paired
with meats, vegetables, breads, salads, dairy products,
beverages, and desserts.
A handout recipe booklet will be provided.
Christie Higginbottom has worked as a costumed interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) since 1981. From 1984 to 2004, she coordinated the historic horticulture program researching, planning, and planting the re-created kitchen and flower gardens at the museum's historic households. She also supervised the Village's Herb Garden collection, a garden exhibiting over 300 varieties of historic herbs. From 2004 to 2006 she researched and developed a series of self-guided walking trails interpreting people and the environment in the early 1800s. Now retired from full-time work at OSV, she continues to work in costume part-time – most often in the gardens, and to present garden programs for the Village.
Take a step back with us to the 1800's kitchen at the Historical Society building, 168 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA.
Donations are welcome at the time of the performance to help defray the cost of the event.
For more information contact Ray Gendreau (Hopkinton Historical Society), email email@example.com or phone 508-435-9865
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
7:13 pm A caller reported an erratic operator on Mayhew Street. Officer Matthew McNeil responded and spoke with the operator of the vehicle.
3:40 pm Officer Matthew McNeil spoke with the operator of a disabled construction vehicle that was taken up a travel lane on West Main Street.
12:57 pm A caller from Circle Drive reported that a red car hangs around her neighborhood all the time. Officer Thomas Griffin responded and advised that she was a resident who was waiting for her child's school bus.
12:44 pm Officer Patrick O'Brien checked and spoke with an individual on West Main Street.
11:26 am Officer Stephen Buckley checked and spoke with the operator of a vehicle parked on Old Farm Road.
11:14 am Officer Stephen Buckley spoke with the operator of a van who was making a delivery on Jami Lane.
10:33 am There were multiple calls for a dog by the road on West Main Street. The Animal Control Officer was notified and responded.
9:55 am Officer Stephen Buckley reported that a telephone pole on Wood Street was damaged and was starting to lean. The telephone company was notified.
8:48 am A caller reported that a large limb was in the roadway on Hayden Rowe Street. Officer Thomas Griffin responded and was able to move the limb off of the roadway.
Zoning Public Forum
The Zoning Advisory Committee will hold
a public forum on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 7:00 PM in
Room 211 of the Town Hall, at which time it would like to
hear ideas that Town Boards, Committees, officials,
organizations and the general public have with respect to
desired changes to the Zoning Bylaw and/or the Zoning Map.
Zoning bylaws generally regulate the use of land, buildings
and structures. This is an opportunity to propose changes to
the permitted land uses in specific areas in Hopkinton, and
other ideas with respect to land use regulation. The
Committee invites you to the forum to present your ideas and
suggestions and to submit ideas/proposals in writing,
especially if you cannot be present.
It is recommended that a written summary of the idea or proposal be emailed (firstname.lastname@example.com) or sent to Elaine Lazarus, Director of Land Use, Planning and Permitting, at Town Hall prior to October 18. For more information, please email or call Elaine Lazarus at 508-497-9755.
High Profile
October 4, 2012 — Hopkinton Republicans and their supporters held a standout on Fruit Street overlooking vehicles whizzing by below on Route 495 this morning. Although Sean Bielat signs are prolific in this photo, a much larger Scott Brown sign that would have filled the image is off-camera to the left of the photo.
State Park Customers
October 4, 2012 — These Canada geese and another dozen of their group outnumbered the humans by a large margin at Hopkinton State Park this morning, as this year's springtime brood has fully developed wings and adult feathers, making them ready for long flights if they so desire.
Toy Animal Veterinarians
Rural Vignette
October 3, 2012 — Pond Street offers visitors and residents a step back into an earlier period in Hopkinton's history, with original stone walls lining the streets and 100 year-old decorative trees framing scenes like the one above with a catalpa tree stretching across the entire width.
The Woodville Rod and Gun Club is sponsoring an Adult Halloween Party on Saturday, October 27 from 7:00 pm till Midnight. There will be a DJ, dancing and snacks, along with costume and raffle prizes. Bring your carved pumpkin and maybe win a prize or 2.
Tickets are $10.00 at the clubhouse.
National Depression Screening Day on October 11
Hopkinton Public Library
Mental Illness Awareness Week occurs October
8-12 with National Depression Screening Day on October 11 at the
Hopkinton Public Library. This event is sponsored by Hopkinton
Youth Services and Mass 211.
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Make Way
October 2, 2012 — This bona fide railroad crossing in Upton of the Grafton and Upton Railroad is a stop, look, and listen street crossing. The train, which has a speed limit of 5 mph on these tracks, stops at the edge of the roadway, the flagman cautions vehicles, and then the train blasts its horn while accelerating. As it is a bona fide crossing, trucks with certain payloads, like oil delivery and tanker trucks, as well as school buses, are required to come to a complete stop before crossing the tracks, even when there is no train in sight. In 2010, HopNews was among the first to cover the revival of this short-line railroad. See the video coverage here.
B.A.A. and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Celebrate Ten Years of Partnership
BOSTON – The Boston Athletic
Association (B.A.A.) and Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute commemorate ten years of partnership with
the 12th B.A.A. Half Marathon on Sunday, October 7.
The B.A.A. Half Marathon has been presented annually
by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund
since 2003.
File photo, Selectman Brian Herr running full Marathon for Dana Farber Challenge.
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Above, accident at crosswalk by Bill's this morning. The small pickup stopped for a pedestrian and was rear-ended by the compact vehicle, left.
Updated October 2, 2012
Incident Log
Monday, October 1, 2012
9:18 pm A passing motorist reported a vehicle parked on the front lawn of the church on West Elm Street. Sergeant Michael Sutton was unable to locate the vehicle, and determined that there were signs of masonry work being done to the front of the property in the area that the car was parked.
8:24 pm Sergeant Michael Sutton assisted the Ashland Police Department in locating a missing person on Cedar Street.
7:45 pm A caller reported a 2 car motor vehicle accident with personal injury on School Street. Officer William Burchard responded.
6:59 pm Officer Peter Booth assisted CEMLEC (Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council) with a matter on Spruce Street.
5:54 pm A caller reported a suspicious individual possibly going through trash on Saddle Hill Road. Officer William Burchard responded with a negative find on the individual.
5:14 pm Officer William Burchard checked a motor vehicle on a property on Wood Street.
2:30 pm A walk in to the station spoke with Officer Thomas Griffin regarding a stolen package on Colella Farm Road.
7:00 am A caller reported a vehicle had passed a school bus with the stop sign out on Wood Street. Officer David Shane spoke with the operator of the vehicle and advised them of the rules.
2:00 pm A caller reported a tree branch on the wires now in roadway on Lincoln Street. NSTAR notified.
1:38 pm Reports of what seems to be a Pitbull running around school property on Ash Street. Animal control officer advised.
12:40 pm Call for possible disabled motor vehicle on Hayden Rowe Street. Officer Stephen Buckley assisted with getting the vehicle into the driveway.
10:18 am Officer Stephen Buckley took report of vandalism. Cars were driving on fields at some point over the weekend on Hayden Rowe Street.
10:17 am Officer David Shane assisted the fire department with a report of an outside fire on Spring Street.
9:47 am A caller reported an erratic operator on Main Street. The vehicle was gone on arrival.
12:47 am A caller reported hearing screams either inside or outside on a property on Wilson Street. Officers were unable to locate the source of the disturbance.
Faith Community Church of Hopkinton Goes Solar with Solect
Hopkinton church to reduce electricity costs up to 50% with renewable solar energy installation
HOPKINTON, MA – October 2, 2012 – Faith Community Church of Hopkinton (FCCH) and Hopkinton-based Solect Energy Development have flipped the switch on a new solar photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy system on the roof of the church, a project that will help the church save significantly on its annual energy costs. Through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Solect will provide electricity to FCCH at reduced rates.
Solect installed a 160.7 kW solar system on the roof of the 80,000-square-foot East Main Street facility, which was remodeled and expanded in 2003. The system is expected to reduce the church's energy costs by more than 50 percent. The project includes 684 panels on the facility's roof, producing approximately 180,000 kWhs (kilowatt hours) of electricity per year. Solect managed the project end to end, from an initial feasibility assessment, through the design and engineering stage to installation. Solect will also provide ongoing monitoring and maintenance for the system.
300th Celebration Needs YOU!
The town of Hopkinton's 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee has openings for four at-large members. Come join us as we plan for the town's big birthday! Any citizen is eligible; all talents, ideas and skill sets are welcome. Some specific areas the committee could use assistance with: fund raising, event management, marketing/public relations and community relations. For further information please contact: Anne Mattina at firstname.lastname@example.com
Proposals for community-oriented arts, humanities, and science projects due October 15, 2012.
The Hopkinton Cultural Council has set an October 15, 2012 postmark deadline for organizations, schools and individuals to apply for grants that support
According to Council spokesperson Jean Bertschmann, these grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Hopkinton -- including exhibits, festivals, short-term artist residencies or performances in schools, workshops and lectures.
The Hopkinton Cultural Council will also entertain funding proposals from schools and youth groups through the PASS Program, which provides subsidies for school-age children to attend cultural field trips.
The Hopkinton Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. The LCC Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, sciences and humanities every year. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.
This year, the Hopkinton Cultural Council will distribute about $3,870 in grants. Previously funded projects include: Sunset Jazz Concert at the CAA (file photo); author Yoko Watkins for Middle School students; ESL production of a Tribute to the USO; and performances and programs at the Hopkinton Public Library, Hopkinton Senior Center, Hopkinton Historical Society, Respite Center, and Golden Pond.
For specific guidelines and complete information on the Hopkinton Cultural Council, contact Jean Bertschmann at 508.435.5195 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Application forms and more information about the Hopkinton Cultural Council Program are available online at www.mass-culture.org/lcc_public.asp. Application forms are also available at the Hopkinton Public Library.
Hopkinton Women's Club Progam
Preparedness Coordinator Chris Besse of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and Chief Ken Clark of the Hopkinton Fire Department will be the speakers. They will talk about how to prepare and what to do during an emergency, Hopkinton's emergency notification system, and the town's coordination during an emergency. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Assisted Suicide on November 6, 2012 Ballot - HopNews Poll Results
We asked people to read the link provided to become familiar with the question that will be on the ballot on November 6, 2012 asking people to approve or disapprove of legalizing assisted suicide.
HopNews readers responded with a resounding "Yes" vote. It is about a 2-1 victory for what Dr. Jack Kevorkian predicted would become legal one day. Dr. Kevorkian was known as "Dr. Death for his advocacy for physician-assisted suicide.
It will be interesting to compare the results with the actual ballot question in November.
In addition to the poll question, people were invited to take part in our Quality Conversations, and many did. Thanks to everyone who participated.
girls' volleyball team is hosting its annual Dig
Pink match
on Wednesday, October 17
vs Holliston High School in support
of the Side-Out Foundation. Side-Out was established in 2004 to
unite volleyball players and coaches and to have them work
toward the common goal of furthering breast cancer awareness and
patient services by supporting clinical trials, increasing
compassionate support services and educating communities.
Volleyball players will be participating in numerous fundraising activities leading up to and during the game including themed basket raffles (Hillers pride, Life is Good, Think Pink Bath and Body products), pink balloon selling, and donations/dig. All are welcome to support the team and donate to this great cause. http://www.side-out.org/application/ous/fundraising_page/7489


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When Breaking Bad hit TV screens, one of Alabama's most successful meth cooks was already knee-deep in building a massive empire. His name? Walter White. From 1988, the drug maker who shares the same name with the main character in the 10-time Emmy award winning TV show was cooking and selling methamphetamine across his own county.
Eventually White's wife divorced him, and he began to lose touch with his family because of his double life. He was arrested, and after failing to appear in court, he was jailed with a $2 million bond placed on his release. He was placed on the top of state's Most Wanted List. If convicted of his crimes, Walter could be put in prison for the rest of his life.
The real Walter White has bad teeth, his friends are in prison, and he struggles with drug addiction and he could go to prison for life. Walters son was a Christian, and he got together with a few friends to help his Father out. When you face a wall due to bad decisions in life where can you go, who can you turn to? Jesus is the answer - He can restore that which was lost.
Below is a fifteen-minute documentary on the man, courtesy of Vice.


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William Hanley's three-hander, set in a Brooklyn store as the news breaks of Adolf Eichmann's execution, determinedly raises every possible moral question, letting them reverberate one against another and orchestrating the occasional jangles but never pretending to intimate even the shadows of answers. Whenever a Statement seems imminent, another perspective-shift springs up to derail it.
Lisa Forrell's direction refuses to hurry the script, so an audience needs patience in the initial phases: hip young brigand Randall and concentration-camp survivor Glas must each be established as characters before they can be undermined by gradual revelations and the developing current of interaction. The moral norm is represented (too sketchily) by Rosie, writing a thesis on the camps and having lost her bearings on her way to an abortionist complications, you see? This overdue British première testifies not just that the world isn't simply black and white, but that the whole visible spectrum is just a fraction of what's out there. Watch and learn.
Written for City Limits magazine.
Copyright © Ian Shuttleworth; all rights reserved.
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Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Michael Shannon
Written by David S. Goyer
Directed by Zack Snyder
Rated PG-13 - Superhero and sci-fi violence, language
Running Time: 143 Minutes
Because of this, military leader General Zod (Michael Shannon) leads an attempted coup to ensure his vision of Krypton's future after the planet's coming destruction. In the heat of battle, Jor-El steals a valuable codex containing the DNA patterns of Krypton's unborn children and sends it and his infant son to planet Earth, away from Zod and his power-grabbing minions.
The child grows up on Earth, raised by kindly Kansas farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent (Kevin Kostner and Diane Lane). Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) is a man who doesn't understand his place in this world. He feels abandoned by his birth parents, but also has trouble relating to his adoptive ones. He's developed fantastic powers, stronger than any human and practically invincible. But this makes him alone. When he hears that some sort of strange object has been found deep in the ice of northern Canada, he travels there and meets Lois Lane (Amy Adams), reporter for the Daily Planet.
Clark discovers that the object is a Kryptonian scout ship, buried there long ago. He learns his true heritage, and begins to understand what purpose he might serve in his life. Unfortunately, that discovery comes with dire consequences: Zod and his forces, having survived the destruction of Krypton in the Phantom Zone, are alerted by an automated signal from the ship and travel to Earth. Zod, desperate to rebuild a new Krypton in his own image, demands that Clark surrender himself or let Earth face the devastating consequences.
"Man of Steel" is a complete reinvention of the "Superman" film series, ditching the continuity of the popular and enduring Richard Donner/Christopher Reeve films of the 70s and 80s, and the last attempt at reviving that series, 2006's "Superman Returns." Taking the same sort of approach to Superman as they did Batman, the makers of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," David Goyer and Christopher Nolan, along with director Zack Snyder, have redesigned much of the Superman mythos without abandoning what makes the character one of the most enduring comic book characters of all time.
Right off the bat, we know this will be a different Superman movie when we start digging into Kryptonian society and the reasons why that planet is doomed. This backstory helps add some solid logic to why this story unfolds as it does. (Frankly, as incredibly fun and wonderful as the Reeve movies are, there are huge gaps in logic and continuity errors abound). This is a much more serious take on Superman, who is actually only referred to as such once in the movie. The version of Krypton here is a sight to behold, with all kinds of great sci-fi technology and production design. Krypton feels like an ancient and alien world; I would have watched an entire movie with Russell Crowe's Jor-El and the civil war depicted here.
In fact, one of the things this film does so incredibly right is that it plays much more like an alien invasion movie than a superhero film. It doesn't treat Superman particularly as a comic book hero, but as an alien who can't sit by while innocent lives are endangered. Much of Clark's dilemma in the film is his desire to help others but in conflict with his father's fear that the world will fear and reject him if he reveals himself. "I don't think Zod can be trusted," he confesses at one point, "But I'm not sure the human race can, either."
Ultimately, it's the trust of Lois Lane that helps him come out, as it were. That trust will continue to develop over the course of the film, and Clark will work to earn the trust of others, especially that of the United States military.
This is very much Clark's story, so some of the familiar secondary characters of the Superman cast are pushed aside. There's no Lex Luthor here (though we know he exists - keep an eye out for LexCorp logos sprinkled on trucks and buildings throughout the film). Jor-El and Jonathan Kent get a surprising amount of screen time, though Perry White (Laurence Fishburne) and some of the Daily Planet regulars are fairly minor presences. There's no sign of Jimmy Olsen, though there is a young girl at the Planet named Jenny who fulfills a similar role. (There is, however, a humorous running gag involving Pete Ross.)
One of the best changes made to the universe is that Lois Lane, the world's greatest investigative reporter, is no longer stumped by a simple pair of eyeglasses. This film doesn't even bother trying, since it's Lois' investigation that leads her directly to the Kent farm in Kansas, which is a refreshing change of direction. For me, it makes the Clark/Lois relationship much more honest and satisfying - even though it's very much in its infancy here. I really liked Amy Adams as Lois, much more so than the last attempt by Kate Bosworth, and I look forward to a sequel where she gets to dig even deeper into that character.
Henry Cavill's Clark Kent is solid. He doesn't quite nail it, but there's a lot of potential there. I felt like most of the time, he does very well, but there are a few line readings here or there that just feel off, like perhaps he'd been giving the wrong direction for what he was trying to say. He works well with the other cast members around him, particularly Crowe and Adams, but his interactions with Diane Lane's Martha are some of those times that don't come out quite right. Certainly, as Superman, he's much less stilted and unnatural than Brandon Routh was (though Routh did a great job aping Christopher Reeve's goofy Clark Kent).
So I love the direction this film takes in a lot of ways. There are some iffy moments in the script, pieces that are supposed to be emotional or dramatic that come off flat or even unintentionally humorous. A scene with young Clark frightened by his developing powers during the middle of class might have read well on paper, but in execution is somewhat awkward for everyone involved. "The world is too big, Mom," young Clark says. I'm not sure if it's the actor's performance or the fact that no 9-year-old from Kansas, alien or not, would ever say such a thing, but it doesn't quite work. Additionally, if all the Kryptonians are bred for specific roles in society, why is it that scientist Jor-El is so good at fighting and shooting?
Zack Snyder was apparently very anxious to direct this film in a more hand-held, verite style (as opposed to his usually steady, oft-slow-motion compositions) and this occasionally works to the film's detriment. The Kryptonians are moving so fast that at times I was almost begging for some of Snyder's trade-mark speed-ramping so that I could watch all that comic book carnage unfold.
The battles between Superman and Zod's minions are pretty huge, and this is the most destructive Superman movie ever. The scale of it is impressive, with massive battles on Krypton as well as city-leveling destruction on Earth. If you thought the damage to New York City in "The Avengers" was impressive, wait till you see this. But the scale is appropriate for this movie, as the special effects technology finally exists for such large-scale battles in a Superman film. When Kryptonians punch each other, the force is incredible, and the damage is going to be even greater since we're watching fights between opponents who are, for all intents and purposes, indestructible. The film makes it clear that while these people aren't really being hurt, they do feel pain and they get tired. The only problem with some of these fights is that the computer-generated stunt-doubles for the characters have a tendency to look video-gamish, a little too cartoony.
Ultimately, while "Man of Steel" has some flaws and drawbacks, it's still a great new take on Superman. The cast is great. While much comparison will be made between this film and the 1978 classic, I think such things are counter-productive. These films are so unlike each other in tone and goal and execution. There should always be room for new takes on an idea. I will always love the Christopher Reeve version of Superman; it's the one I grew up with. But that doesn't mean I can't also enjoy someone else's version.


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$12M USD was raised through the presale, with $20M sold in the public crowdsale.
All participants in the sale were required to pass KYC verification.
The crowdsale was capped at $20M USD, with the ETH exchange rate being decided the day the sale contract launches. The price of tokens was always set at 900 BRD to 1 ETH.
The BRD token crowdsale contract will be closed on Dec. 24th GMT / Dec. 23rd PST, at which point tokens will become transferable. The $20M cap was reached within 90 minutes.
As BRD prepares to rapidly expand into all aspects of global finance, we are launching the first-ever wallet-based rewards program, built around the BRD token.
BRD tokens will unlock a long list of perks for users of the BRD platform. Token holders will enjoy discounts, sequential tiers of complementary or exclusive access to premium features, and full white glove service for our most elite customers.
Tokens can be earned through various promotions, such as giveaways, opt-in surveys, or even automatic airdrops for frequent users. BRD tokens exist on the Ethereum network as a standard ERC-20 token, which means access to these perks can be freely bought, sold, or transferred independent of the BRD platform.
Adam is co-founder and CEO of BRD. Previously, Adam was CEO of WearSens, a wearables startup focused on monitoring eating habits. Earlier in his career, Adam was CEO of Chip Estimate, acquired in 2008 by Cadence Design Systems.
He has held a variety of sales, marketing, management and engineering positions throughout his nearly two decades in the hardware, software and Internet industries.
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Throughout his career, Aaron has held a variety of software development positions at prominent Silicon Valley mobile app and web startups. He has a strong focus on consumer applications designed with the utmost care for simple and intuitive user experiences.
Co-founder and CMO of BRD, Aaron is a marketing executive with 10 years experience designing and leading customer-centric research for de novo and high tech products in the healthcare and life sciences industries, including cutting edge software applications.
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After moving to San Francisco to work for Coinbase and Kraken, he joined BRD as one of the very first employees. He now lends his experience and expertise as BRD's head of product, designing new features, setting schedules, and constantly improving the quality of BRD products.
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Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and place in the refrigerator until cold, about 1 hour.
Using the finest grater you have, lightly scrape the skin of 1 lemon, removing only the top surface of the peel. Squeeze out the juice and remove the seeds from both lemons.
Open the Champagne or sparkling wine, and pour it into a 9 by 12 by 2-inch pan. Mix in the simple syrup, lemon juice, and grated zest. Place mixture into the freezer. Check after 30 minutes. Using a wooden spoon, break up any ice formed on the sides and stir into the rest of the liquid. Continue to freeze and repeat this procedure every hour for at least 3 hours. Before serving, fluff the granita by "chopping" up any clumps with the spoon or gently whisking the frozen mixture. Spoon into small glasses or cups and serve.


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The Cost of the Continuing California Drought
Published: July 1991
Authors: Peter Gleick and Linda Nash
Pages: 67
Since 1987, the State of California has been in the grip of a severe drought. water availability throughout the State has been far lower than normal for each of the last five years when measured in any of a variety of ways: total precipitation runoff, groundwater overdraft, or reservoir storage. The current drought is comparable in severity to the drought of the late 1920s and early 1930s, considered to be the worst drought on record and there is no guarantee that next year will be any wetter. The California Department of Water Resources has classified four of the last five years as "critically dry", while the fifth was classified as "dry".
We present here the information on the impacts and economic costs of the drought where they are available, for a wide variety of sectors. We also assess what the current drought tells us about California's vulnerability to global climate change. We have avoided making an overall dollar estimate of the costs of the drought to California in part because such estimates can be misleading. They tend to focus attention on those impacts that can be easily quantified while undercounting those impacts that cannot be readily assessed in economic terms. Indeed, our study suggests that many of the most sever effects of the first four years of the drought have been in those sectors that are not adequately evaluated by economic measures, the State's ecological resources: its fish, wildlife, forests, and natural ecosystems.
Based on the information collected for this report, we believe that the greatest impacts are currently falling on the environment, and that, moreover, many of the ecological effects may be irreversible. In addition, California will see substantial economic costs, totaling roughly $3 billion, as a result of decreased hydroelectric potential. Limited portions of the agricultural sector are also bearing heavy costs, although the effect on California's overall farm income will be relatively small. While urban areas have suffered shortages, they have been manageable in most cases and have not cause major economic dislocations. The additional rainfall that the State received in March of this year helped to avert much more serious impacts int eh municipal and industrial sectors, but only modestly improved the conditions of ecosystems and the water supply for agriculture.
The drought is not over. With doubt, another dry year would result in much more severe situation than California has experienced thus far. Reservoir reserves have been drawn down to extremely low levels, some fisheries populations have been brought to the verge of extinction, if indeed they have not already been pushed over the edge, and ground-water reserves have been severely depleted in many agricultural regions.
Lear more about the impacts of the drought by downloading "The Societal and Environmental Cost of the Continuing California Drought."


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Full Disclosure: I attended the Alltech One Conference. My travel expenses were paid for by Alltech, but the thoughts I had following the conference are my own.
800 million people will to go bed hungry tonight.
Tomorrow, 25,000 people will die of starvation.
Each year more people die of hunger than HIV, malaria, and road accidents COMBINED.
As Jack Bobo was introduced, I have to admit I was not looking forward to a great speech. His title "Can Ag save the Planet Before it Destroys Itself?" had me expecting to hear about all the evils of farming and ranching. I mean he works for a synthetic biology company, Intrexon, whatever that is.
According to Bobo, farming uses 70% of the earth's fresh water and 40% of all land is dedicated to food production. Initially, I thought wow that is too much water to be used. We don't irrigate our crops on our farm, but my friends who do are doing amazing things to decrease the amount of water they use. Bobo went on to say, "There is nothing more critical to our survival than ag." I'll let that soak in a moment. In fact, I will wait while you read that again. That is a pretty powerful statement…without food we fail to survive. Is 70% of the earth's fresh water really too much?
We have all heard that we are going to need 60-100% more food produced by 2050 to feed our growing population. To do this, we are going to need to be able to use technology. Some of these technologies are accepted by consumers and others are not.
Have you ever wondered why people love innovations, but hate change? I am as guilty as the next guy. I love my autosteer on my combine, but when I am flying I want that paper boarding pass. There is no way I am trusting my phone to keep my flight information for me. Innovations are coming at us faster and faster every year. Just think back to 1980, you had a camera, Walkman, calculator, compass, map, and a phone on the wall, and now it is all in your pocket.
|Photo Credit to Farm Kid Blog for snapping a picture of this slide at ONE17.
Farmers are no different. Just look at what we have accomplished since 1980 with the help of science and technology:
Farmers, ranchers, and scientists are continuing to innovate to make food production more efficient, safer for the environment and even making foods more nutritious. What we need to do is learn to tell the stories of our innovations to our consumers. After all, consumers have never cared more and known less about their food than right now.
We have technologies available that could allow fewer people to go to bed hungry tonight, but the affluent members of our society are fighting to let those technologies be used. Isn't it our responsibility to take care of our fellow man? Shouldn't we be trying to help them live a better life rather than making it hard for them to afford food? Shouldn't we allow them to have access to food that could solve many of their nutritional deficiencies?
Here's your challenge to leave a comment:
If you are a consumer: What would you like to know more about your food? (If the question is about a food I don't raise, let me help you find a farmer who does raise it. Maybe we can get them to host Flat Aggie next year, too.)
If you are a farmer and a consumer: What do you wish consumers knew about your farm or how you produce their food?
Want to see more of the things I have learned at the Alltech conferences the last five years? You'll like these:


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How wonderfull, I will try this today, thank you.ReplyDelete
Many greetings,
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These cranberry scones are delicious eaten on their own. They paired very well with the homemade strawberry vanilla jam and not forgetting with clotted cream (I did not have clotted cream at hand) or a great deal of butter.
The scones are crunchy on the outside, from the coarse sugar sprinkled on top of them, tender and buttery on the inside.
Cranberry Scones
(makes 7, 7cm scones)
260g unbleached organic flour
40g sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
75g butter, cold and cubed
1 egg (55g), cold
1 tsp vanilla extract
60g milk/cream, cold (I used milk)
30g cranberries
7 tsp of coarse sugar, for sprinkling on the top of the scones
1 Tbsp of milk, to brush the top of the scones
Steps to bake:
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
- In a big mixing bowl, sieve flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
- Add in cold, cubed butter and using only your fingertips, rub the butter into the flour until the mixture formed pea sized clusters. You can use a pastry cutter to aid you in this process.
- Mix milk, egg and vanilla extract in a small bowl.
- Add the egg mixture into the dry ingredients and using a spatula incorporate them. Do not over mix.
- Lightly flour the counter top and scrap the dough onto the counter top and pat the dough into a disk, 3cm in thickness.
- Cut the dough using a round cookie cutter (mine was 7cm in diameter) and place the cut scones onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- Gather the rest of the dough and form into a disk of 3cm thickness until all the dough is used up.
- If you do not have a cookie cutter, you can also use a mug with a wide enough mouth to cut out the scones.
- Lightly brush the top of the scones with some milk and sprinkle 1 tsp of coarse sugar on the top of the scones.
- Place baking sheet on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 15 - 18 minutes or until top of scones are lightly golden brown.
- Once baked, remove from oven and let it cool on a cooling rack for 20 minutes.
- Scones are best eaten on the day they are baked but they can be kept refrigerated in an airtight container for 2 days. Microwave it on high for 25 seconds to reheat.
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The Volume War is also finished (phew what a busy week!). Well I say finished, but I'm still lacquering the base, but that will be done tonight so I'm classing it as near as dammit! You can't see from the pics that the LED is blue when it is on (rhythm) and red when off (solo).
Archive for the 'Volume War' Category
Volume War Finished!Posted: November 30, 2011 in FX, Volume War
Tags: 0xd, booster, FX, pedal, solo, volume, war
Volume War, "The Leech" and Morse Device updatePosted: November 16, 2011 in Bomb Idea, FX, Morse Device, Volume War
Tags: 0xd, device, FX, Leech, Morse, volume, war
I have been busy the last few evenings sanding, cleaning and priming the enclosures for this trio of bad boys, and also preparing the overlays. All is going well so far, just waiting on the colours to arrive now so that next week the pedals can all be coloured, decals applied, lacquered and then populated. Pretty exiting times! I also got in a few more bits from Doctor Tweek, check him out if your from the UK and looking to buy some pedal parts. His site is great for buying the gear for one-off pedal builds, and he has thought of a hell of a lot, from components to finishers and tools! So the plan is to hopefully have working finished versions of all three pedals within the next 10 days or so, that is if Skyward Sword doesn' take up too much time!
Edit – 17/11/11: Well the postman has been to work and I'm STILL waiting for the paints to arrive! As they are coming to my work address that means all prgress is off until next Wednesday, when I'm next in. This takes the record for slowest enclosure paint job in history!
Volume War (Solo Booster Pedal) Artwork III – Advance WarsPosted: November 10, 2011 in FX, Volume War
Tags: 0xd, advance wars, booster, FX, pedal, solo, volume
Here's the finished artwork for the Volume War. I have modified the logo a bit, and made the background fully opaque. The reason I had it semi transparent before is that when I print onto waterslip I have to use draft printer settings to avoid too much ink getting onto the paper and smudging, and this makes the colours look a bit translucent as more white of the paper gets through. I think this was the right overlay to go for, the others were a bit confusing/dull/irrelevant. I did love the Ikaruga overlays, but hell I may do an Ikargua themed 'Bullet Hell' pedal in the future… hopefully painting will start on the Leech and Morse Device tonight (providing the primer turns up)!
These were the final contenders, and some of them may surface at some point, who knows! It was great designing them, I love the hand drawn looking pedals but I also love using pre-existing images like these. The grahics are from (left to right) : Advance Wars (DS), Ikaruga (Gamecube version), Ikaruga (Gamecube version), Strikers 1945 (Arcade), Ikaruga (Gamecube version), Ikaruga (Gamecube version), Ikaruga (Gamecube version), Dynablaster (Arcade) and Xenon 2 (Amiga).
Volume War (Solo Booster Pedal) Artwork IIPosted: November 8, 2011 in FX, Volume War
Tags: 0xd FX, advance wars, Ikaruga, pedal, sollo, volume, volume war
Volume War (Solo Booster Pedal) ArtworkPosted: November 7, 2011 in FX, Volume War
Tags: 0xd FX, advance wars, booster, fx loop, solo, volume war
So in the end I didn't go with Advance Wars inspired art work, I have gone with an actual Advance Wars background! Well, here it is.
The knob is going to be a bright red Davies style knob, and the enclosure is going to be pearl white, with this overlaid on the top. The LED is going to be a two bi-colour LED, thinking blue for rhythm, red for solo. I'm pretty happy with this overlay to be honest, I love the 8/16 bit era, and while Advance Wars wasn't from this era it took a lot from it. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure the Gameboy Advance was 16 bit…
Volume War (Solo Booster Pedal)Posted: November 6, 2011 in FX, Volume War
Tags: 0xd FX, booster, pedal, reducer, solo, volume, war
So I have been having this idea for a pedal for a while that is really basic. There are already loads of pedals out there that do a similar job to this, but most in a subtly different way.
Basically I want a pedal that boosts my volume during solos and drops me back for rhythm. For me though a traditional volume pedal is no good – I don't want to change my sound, I just want it louder. Using a volume pedal or a clean boost will blow this, as it will change the signal the pre-amp is getting therefore altering the tone when the input signal is at different levels. So the solution has to lie in after the pre-amp.
I think Award-session do this best with their solo booster pedal. This sits in the FX loop and acts as a secondary volume that reduces the volume getting fed to the power amp (you set it up so when it is off you have your "boosted" volume, and when it is on you have your rhythm volume), therefore not altering the main tone produced by the pre-amp, but creating 2 switchable volume levels. It is a great idea reducing power amp volume rather than boosting, and one I'm surprised more people don't embrace. By the way check out Award-sessions Cleartone cables – they are a bit of a gem for a great price.
This is going to be housed in a Hammond 1590A, it will be passive but have and option to use a LED to indicate when the pedal is NOT engaged (i.e. in solo mode) and the name is inspired by those jams where each guitarist (bassist or whatever) constantly cranks his own volume a bit so in the end both players get increasingly louder until they can't hear each other talk and they have reached the point of utter bnoxiousness ! The pedal is also likely to take a bit of an artistic nod from Advance Wars (google it if you are unfamiliar, or just look below for an idea!) and in an ideal world I would love an LED bar graph to show the current rhythm volume (compared to solo) kind of like a defcon meter, but in all honesty it probably won't be feasible in the enclosure (seriously just squeezing in one 3dpt, 2 jacks, a 9v power socket and a pot can be tight enough).
First things first though is to get the first Leech and Morse Device painted, decaled and operational!


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Let's get down to it. We're here to make some Shrinky-Dink dog tags.
I'm amazed that a lot of people don't seem to know what Shrinky-Dinks are. They were a crafting staple when I was a kid so I assumed they were for everyone. I guess not. Anyhow, they are sheets of plastic that you can draw on with markers, pencils, pens, etc. Then you can cut them out and shrink them in the oven. When they shrink, the plastic gets thicker and stronger. Perfect for a dog tag!
What's great is that these days, they have printable Shrinky-Dink sheets that you can run through your ink jet printer. A pack of 6 sheets cost about $8 after using my 40% off coupon at the local Hobby Lobby. I could fit 8 on a sheet so that's 48 tags for the price that one would cost at that big box pet store. Ha!
To make this project you will need:
· Printable Shrinky-Dinks
· A good, sharp scissors
· A quarter inch hole punch
· An oven or toaster oven
· Parchment or a brown paper bag
· Spray sealer
First, you need to create your design. I used Illustrator to design my dog bone shaped tag, but you can use whatever program you have available to you. If you prefer, buy the regular Shrinky-Dinks and draw your design free hand. You can use markers, colored pencils, pens, rubber stamps, or anything else that will stick to the surface. You want to draw your design about 2-3 times as large as you want the final product to be.
|My design printed on paper for a test run.
Next, cut out your design. Use a small scissors that is sharp all the way to the point if you have one. It will help you get into the nooks and crannies. You could also use a craft knife and cutting mat if you wanted. Craft punches work great, too. As a matter of fact, that's what I used to make the hole for the ring—a regular old ¼ inch hole punch.
|My tag before shrinking is much larger than it will be after.
Finally, the package instructions say to spray the finally product with a sealer to keep the inks fresh. I used glossy because I like shiny things.
I do have a few other tips if you decide to try this yourself:
· The Shrinky-Dink sheets are smaller than a normal letter-sized sheet of paper. Keep that in mind when creating your design. Keep everything centered on the page so it doesn't get cut off when you print.
· I created a semi-circle on top of my tag for my loop. Make sure it's big enough that after you punch it and it shrinks, it will still be thick enough to stand up to doggish shenanigans. In other words, don't punch too close to the edge.
· Colors will darken and intensify when the Shrinky-Dink is shrunky-dunk so make sure your original design is a couple of shades lighter than you want the finished product to be.
· If you want to be really cheap, instead of buying Shrinky-Dink sheets, you can use any plastic that is marked with the number 6 (like clear plastic containers that berries or prepared salads often come in). Before hitting the craft store, check your recycle bin!
That's all there is to it. Make yourself a whole sheet of dog tags at once and never have to buy them again.
|A dog as cute as this needs an extra cute dog tag.
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- Rolling out tart dough that was smooth and satiny because I had blended just the right amount of fat into it.
- Eating with friends at this really yummy Vietnamese restaurant on Buford Hwy, and getting to sit next to Norma Jack, southern progressive extraordinaire.


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Dallas, TX (September 30, 2014) – Trans-Lux Corporation (TNLX), a world leader in LED digital displays and LED lighting technologies, is demonstrating the power of LED displays to further engage congregations here at the WFX National Conference for Church Leaders. In addition to demonstrating the outstanding HD quality of the company's TL Vision 4mm Black LED display, Trans-Lux management is conducting seminars for show attendees on what to look for when evaluating LED display systems.
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Your attitude disgusts me, @danceme0918danceme0918 said:Ok, so here's my experience. M and I were engaged in May after he returned from deployment. I had chosen to move from our home state to where he was stationed. We had decided that I would not work after we were given orders to PCS in 5 months. Come July, we decided that it would be more beneficial to go ahead and get married at the courthouse because of all the moves (we just moved and have another one after our wedding) and he had to have a very serious medical procedure.I was raised in a Catholic Church by a Catholic mother and a Lutheran Father, I also happen to be my father's only child and the baby of the family. So, needless to say, this was not something that I EVER thought I would do. My mother definitely was conflicted with it until she realized that this was the most logical thing to do because of our situation, hell, we were gonna get married anyway. Luckily, she finally came forward and said that it made sense when I explained it.What we decided to do, ultimately, was up to M and I because we are adults. Neither of us expected it to be this way but we are grateful we did it. We've only told a very limited number of people and although we are married, and recognize that we are married, it doesn't feel finalized. Our wedding is in May of next year. The way we look at it is this: All we did was get the legal messy part taken care of first, the wedding is our spiritual finalization and what we get to share with our family and friends.I also made sure my parents were there when we went to the courthouse.Honestly, it's the best decision we made. There have been so many benefits, both expected and unexpected. Sweetheart, talk to your mom, be honest and explain how you feel; maybe she will understand..Side note: M and I have known each other for 23 years and we laugh and joke about this whole thing. After the courthouse, we went and had breakfast with my parents. It seemed like such an ordinary day... so ordinary that I forgot that we had done it later that week. I don't think he'll ever let me forget that!Another thing, in our experience with some of our friends in the millitary, most have done the same thing for one reason or another. Only YOU and YOUR Fiancee know what's right. This is a family decision. Don't listen to what anyone else has to say. Listen to your heart, listen to your gut, it'll help you decide what to do.
I won't call you lazy or entitled but I will call you a liar. You're lying by omission to people you supposedly care about and I don't condone that behavior.danceme0918 said:
You can judge me all you want, but at the end of the day, I face MY creator, NOT YOU. Your judgement against an individual that you do not know is disgusting. For the record, WE chose for me to not work for a few months. That does not mean that I am "Lazy, entitled, and spoiled" as you so kindly put it; in fact, I lived off of my own savings from jobs (tax paying) that I have been working since I was legally old enough to work. But, I'm not going to sit here and explain myself to you. I share my experience (which I believe is what was asked for in the original post), not my judgement. It is not up to me to d*mn, or berate, someone publicly for a decision that they have made or for a question they are asking. Good day ladies, and good luck with life. I do, sincerely, hope that your lives are blessed, full of happiness, joy, and wonderful gifts to come.
Then have your church wedding at the same time, then you can shut your parents up AND not be rude and entitled. It's a win/winKatze666 said:Honestly, I would do it. My fiancé and I are getting legally married first simply to shut my parents up about me moving in with him next year (very religious family).
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Knottie59112986 said:I know im super late on this, but maybe this still applies to you or someone else reading this. My fiance and I (dual military) are planning a wedding for a year from now, however we have legally been married for almost 2 years. our friends and family do not know and we only told our closest 2 friends. we didnt do it for money, however, we did it to be together. they were not going to station us together and we had already done 2 years apart. i wasnt doing that again! point is... everyone is different. and truthfully, this is INCREDIBLY common in the service. at the end of the day, do what is right for you and your family, but if you know you are getting married and cant afford the wedding you want/deserve/have been dreaming about forever, then get married and have the wedding when you can. Ive come to find that a wedding is different than a marriage.. the wedding isnt always the start of a marriage.Stuck in the box:Lying is not incredibly common in the military nor is it encouraged.
WishIcouldbeinthe'stan said:Congrats, you're a liar. Way to exemplify the standard. You had your wedding. It was your JOP. It was the start of your marriage. I'm dual military too. It's no excuse to lie.