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Oakland County opens business center for entrepreneurs
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Oakland County is trying to make starting a business or taking it to the next level easier for entrepreneurs by offering free, walk-in business counseling.
One Stop Shop Business Center
at the Oakland County Executive Office building, 2100 Pontiac Lake Road, in Waterford will open May 9 and offer regular walk-in hours after that. The hours for May 9 are 9:30-noon and 1:30-4:30. The business center is on the first floor of Building 41W.
"We usually operate on an appointment-only basis but many entrepreneurs walk into our One Stop Shop with questions on how to get started with their business idea," says Greg Doyle, supervisor of the One Stop Shop Business Center. "By designating special walk-in days, we hope to reach more entrepreneurs and help them understand their next steps as well as present the resources we can make available to them. Our aim is to get them started quickly in a way that makes the most sense to their unique situation."
Counselors at the business center can answer specific questions, suggest planning tools and give direction on where to go to solve problems or achieve goals. All sessions are confidential. The counselors have expertise in business development, community planning, financing and market research.
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Greg Doyle, supervisor, One Stop Shop Business Center
Oakland County adds fresh foods market to downtown Pontiac
Thursday, April 25, 2013
An effort to increase Pontiac residents' access to fresh, healthy foods is spreading in Oakland County with the opening of a third goverment-run market.
The newest market will operate one day a week on Tuesdays and sell fresh fruits and vegetables at a low cost.
The markets are a project of the Healthy Pontiac We Can! Coalition and the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency.
Two other markets sell on Fridays and Saturdays, and all three share recipes for meals using fresh foods, lead cooking demonstrations and offer free samples.
"This market is a part of Oakland County's strategy to improve the quality of life of our residents through healthier lifestyles," says Kathy Forzley, Oakland County Health Division manager and health officer. "Consuming a diet high in fruits and vegetables decreases the risk of many chronic diseases, including heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and some cancers."
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Kathy Forzley, Oakland County Health Division
Downtown Rochester seeks public input on parking improvements
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Downtown Rochester is coming off a complete rebuild of Main Street, and now city planners see this as an ideal time to determine if parking options downtown also need updating.
To figure it out, the Rochester City Council and the Rochester Downtown Development Authority have gone the survey route, asking anyone with an opinion on what's needed and what's not when it comes to parking. The survey, which also includes an open-ended question, is getting high responses and also yielding useful information not necessarily related to parking, says Kristi Trevarrow, executive director of the Rochester Downtown Development Authority.
"We're getting an insane response, over 100 surveys in the first 40 minutes. We're at almost 800 now," she says.
The Main Street makeover, which was completed in November and included a re-do of downtown sidewalks and the addition of amenities to make being in downtown easier and more convenient, took out all parking meters.
Before deciding whether to replace those and make any other parking changes, say structures, kiosks, or re-arranged lots, the survey was sent out. The city council, planning commission and the DDA will review the findings April 10.
"It's fast. We don't want this to be a long, drawn-out thing…We want it to be a working document," says Trevarrow.
The changes will affect not only immediate parking needs, but attempt to plan for the future. The last parking study was done in 2003 and determined that the parking as it was was adequate.
"If a big development were to come in, maybe residential with retail or a large company, we want to be prepared," Trevarrow says. "The economy is snapping back. At some point there will be a development. We want to be prepared and have that answer when the time comes."
Want to share your thoughts?
See the survey here
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Kristi Trevarrow, executive director, Rochester Downtown Development Authority
Getting Michigan cities redevelopment ready
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Just over 35 cities and townships in Michigan are joining a new state program that teaches them how to prepare their communities for redevelopment and attract the kind of development they want.
Of the cities accepted into the first round of training and certification in the
Michigan Economic Development Corporation's
Redevelopment Ready Communities program, eight are in metro Detroit. Ann Arbor is also on the list.
It, along with
Lathrup Village and Novi, will receive a formal
Redevelopment Ready Communities
evaluation that could lead to certification as a Redevelopment Ready Community. This means they either have outlined or have plans to outline their redevelopment strategies and draw development to fit their community. This designation could also make them eligible for redevelopment grants.
Dearborn, Clawson, Farmington Hills, Hamtramck, Wixom, and White Lake Township will receive best practice training and assistance and could move onto the certification process later.
They all will learn how to creatively re-use space, support and attract economic innovation, and devise devise plans that bring in redevelopment investment and in turn rebuild thriving communities for employees, residents and recreation.
The program was originally launched by the Michigan Suburbs Alliance in 2003, and its success led to the state program.
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Kathy Fagan, spokesperson, Michigan Economic Development Corp.
Unearthing the Clinton River as economic development in Pontiac
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The vision is to have a river running through downtown Pontiac, one with restaurants, offices and shops alongside and perhaps small boats bringing in people and, ideally, ripples of prosperity.
The Clinton River is currently covered up, piped underground beneath a parking lot and the Phoenix Center, a deteriorating city-owned structure that could come down if the vision to daylight the Clinton River is actually pursued. The river opens up on either side of downtown.
As it is now, the Phoenix Center is used only occasionally.
"By daylighting the Clinton River, if it winds up with a river walk along it, it's going to be something that can be used everyday," says Bill Watch, chairman of the
Urban Land Institute Michigan.
The idea of daylighting the river, something done in other cities, including Kalamazoo, is being explored with a feasibility study in a partnership between the
Urban Land Institute
Oakland County and the city of Pontiac.
In June, students from the institute's
Larson Center for Leadership
, 34 of them considered business leaders, will come up with a document that outlines what it would take as far as a process, expenses and time to uncover the river.
The student leaders work in real estate, development, planning and other areas and will complete the "Daylighting the Clinton River" feasibility study in order to graduate from Larson.
In part they will determine if the benefits of uncovering the river outweigh the costs. One cost barrier is out of the way as the county has agreed to pay for the demolition of the Phoenix Center, which has seen better days.
"Oakland County had come to us in the fall and they wanted ULI's help to study this," Watch says. "This is something they've been thinking about.The county wants to do something for downtown Pontiac. It's a sort of legacy project."
Uncovering the river, if approved, wouldn't take all that long, he says. It's bringing the investors and companies and residents in to build there, work, and live there.
"It's not going to happen tomorrow. It will be years or even decades," he says. "But this is going to be something that could provide an attraction. It will give Pontiac a feature to bring people in."
The Clinton River was once a scenic gathering place for downtown Pontiac, but it also came with flood issues. It was paved over, built on and covered with drainage projects in an era when the economic draw of having a town on a river -- if well designed -- was less appreciated.
San Antonio's Riverwalk was a flood control project turned top tourist attraction for the Texas city.
"On a smaller scale this is what the Clinton River could become," Watch says. "Kalamazoo daylighted the river there and we'll be looking to them to learn about their experience."
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has called for daylighting the river for several months now, telling the
Oakland Press
in June, "Every city would love to have a river running through it, and the ones that do use it very well. The river becomes a focal point....I think that's in Pontiac's future."
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Bill Watch, Michigan chairman, Urban Land Institute
Ferndale's Park + adds up to easier parking
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Crowded downtown parking is both a curse and a blessing.
What is a blessing for businesses busy with customers can be a curse to those customers circling, searching for coins or winding up with expired meter tickets. Parking can be also be a deterrent at times for businesses working to keep good employees.
The city of Ferndale and the Ferndale Downtown Development Authority are trying to make the whole process of parking easier with the new
Ferndale Park +
system. The new system will include multi-space pay stations, rather than individual meters, and will take cash, coins, credit cards or ParkMobile, a pay by phone or online parking service.
The pay stations, called Luke II's, will be solar-powered and cover about 900 spaces in 13 parking lots. The parking design has changed too, into a concentric layout that makes the most convenient spaces available to consumers.
The system is expected to go into service by mid-February, after signage and such is complete. Improvements such as increasing the number of available spaces will be ongoing. Some individual meters will remain.
The concentric system will prioritize parking spaces and set rates according to the users. More affordable parking spaces on the edges of parking lots will cost less (ideal for employees), and closer-in spots will go at new, higher rates. Employees can also buy parking passes.
"Instituting all of the components of Ferndale Park+ is a very big step to improving the parking experience in downtown Ferndale," says Ferndale City Manager April Lynch. "Park+ allows us, as managers of the system, to get more use out of every space we have, while planning for future upgrades and the addition of more spaces."
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Chris Hughes, Ferndale Downtown Development Authority
New homes, lofts, less blight in downtown Pontiac
Thursday, January 31, 2013
A $13.7-million government program meant to stabilize struggling cities by targeting crumbling neighborhoods and re-building their decaying urban centers is complete in Pontiac. And, while still in the early stages, it appears to be achieving its mission.
The two-year-old Neighborhood Stabilization Program targeted Pontiac and about 10 other Michigan cities. It has led to the removal of dozens of blighted properties and building of new homes in Pontiac's Unity Park neighborhood, as well as two residential loft developments including the $20 million Lafayette Place Lofts, which sit atop the Lafayette Market and an Anytime Fitness, and the 10 West Lofts. Lafayette Place Lofts, a project of West Construction Services, is the city's largest development in 30 years or more.
The federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program was administered by the
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
in partnership with the
Michigan Land Bank
, Oakland County, and the city of Pontiac.
Funds from the program covered the demolition of 50 blighted homes in the Unity Park Neighborhood and the construction of 18 new single family homes there. All have been sold. Local members of the Michigan Association of Home Builders, Michigan Association of Realtors, lenders and developers marketed the homes.
Downtown, the 46 units at
Lafayette Place Lofts
in the former Sears & Roebuck Store, which opened to residents in December, are expected to be fully occupied within weeks and the
Lafayette Market
, a speciality grocer and coffee house, is filling the void of a fresh food source and take-out prepared meals for the city. The market and neighbor 24-hour
Anytime Fitness
, both on the ground floor of Lafayette Place Lofts, are generating traffic downtown.
Also downtown there is 10 West Lofts, another multi-use development in the downtown that has a skyline of historic buildings and a history of struggles.
Altogether, at least 300 construction jobs and 75 full-time jobshave been created.
Several other projects, though not a part of the stabilization program, are ongoing and more development is expected as a number of other initiatives roll out. One, the reconstruction of the main road leading into downtown, will direct motorists into the city instead of around it. Another, the opening of a new transit station, is for now a stop for Amtrak and local buses, but could function as a stop on a commuter light rail line between Detroit and Pontiac -- a proposal that is very preliminary and probably years away.
It all adds up to what may be an economic tide-turner for a city that has gone into bankruptcy, been taken over by an emergency financial manager and held back by the crime, hardship, and poor educational system that come with poverty.
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Construction on Troy's multi-modal transportation station begins
Thursday, December 13, 2012
An old Amtrak station in Troy is coming down, and in its place will be a modern transportation station that will be a hub - if all goes as planned - for regional high speed rail and bus service between Michigan and Illinois.
The $6.3 million, 28,000-square-foot project will include a 2,000-square-foot building connected to a pedestrian bridge to the train platform, a docking station for as many as four buses and parking lot to accomodate regular commuters and travelers.
Ground was broken last week at the 2.4-acre site off Maple Road and Coolidge Highway and construction is expected to be completed
Congressman Gary Peters secured the funding for the Troy Multi Modal Transit Facilty, which is one of several projects in metro Detroit, the state and the region. They are part of a reinvestment plan by the federal government to create jobs and also promote public transportation as an economic development tool.
The goal is to offer a modern, safe ADA compliant facillty that is easy to use and promotes greater mobility options through a centralized facility that provides access to intercity passenger rail service, regional bus routes, taxi services and the Troy-Oakland Airport. Dearborn and Pontiac are building a similar stations, and the cities are along a rail line that is eyed for high speed travel between Michigan and Chicago.
The project will create dozens of construction related jobs, and possibly economic stimulus in surrounding neighborhood but no full-time jobs once it is opened as the station will be unmanned, says Cindy Stewart, Troy's director of community affairs.
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Cindy Stewart, director of community affairs, City of Troy
Oxford is first Oakland Co. downtown offering free wireless
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Oxford has become Oakland County's first community to offer free wireless service across its downtown.
The Wireless Oakland initiative, which sought to set up wireless service in all of Oakland County downtowns as an economic stimulus, has been revived and scaled back after the original plan developed in 2005 "fell victim to recession when private investors backed out," Bill Mullan, a spokesman for the county, says in a news release announcing Oakland Township's going wireless.
Internet Provider Air Advantage is providing the wireless coverage in exchange for access to some of the county's strategically placed communications towers. Air Advantage will also offer competitively priced, wireless broadband services to northern and western parts of the county where there is no such service.
Writer: Kim North Shine
Source: Bill Mullan, spokesman, Oakland County
Changes to Pontiac-Detroit-Chicago rail line topic of state DOT meetings
Thursday, September 13, 2012
As plans to improve a 304-mile stretch of passenger rail line that runs through Michigan, Illinois and Indiana move forward, the public is invited to participate in the process that determines what the local impact will be.
For metro Detroiters, the Chicago-Detroit/Pontiac Passenger Rail Corridor could offer connections to places that improve economic situations or quality of life, but it could also affect neighborhoods.
A series of meetings will be held this month and hosted by the three states' Departments of Transportation. The meetings will explain more about the proposal to make changes to the line and also take comments from the public. They will also offer possible route alternatives and identify potential issues that should be considered in the planning. They are required as part of the plan formation and environmental impact assessment to be done before construction can begin.
The rail improvements come as several metro Detroit communities, including Detroit, Pontiac, Troy, Dearborn, and the federal government have invested in new transportation stations that have brought economic benefit to cities around the
country by opening up access to jobs, education and affordable transportation.
According to GreatLakesRail, "the purpose of the program is to improve intercity mobility by providing an improved passenger rail service that would be a competitive transportation alternative to automobile, bus and air service between Chicago and Detroit/Pontiac…The program will provide sufficient information for the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) to potentially support future decisions to fund and implement a major investment in the passenger rail corridor."
The local meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 7 pm. at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel, 5801 Southfield Expressway, Detroit.
Comments about the changes can also be shared online at
or by telephone, 877-351-0853.
Source: Janet Foran, communications,
Michigan Department of Transportation
Writer: Kim North Shine
Alternative energy at Oakland County Airport brightens bottom line
Thursday, June 28, 2012
All the eco-conscious bells and whistles that earned
Oakland County International Airport
LEED Gold certification
are also saving the county money by running at about half the utility costs prior to energy-focused rebuild.
According to Oakland County the new airport operates at 44 percent greater efficiency. From October 2011 through March 2012 the average cost of utilities dropped from 49 cents per square foot to 27.5 cents per square foot.
Features such as wind and solar electricity generators, a solar hot water heater, geothermal heating and cooling, fluorescent and LED lighting and, one of the more obvious for passengers, a living wall of tropical plants that clean the indoor air.
"These are real savings," Oakland County executive L. Brooks Patterson says in a statement announcing the utility cost analysis. "The energy efficient technology is part of the wow factor business and general aviation travelers encounter when they use the new terminal as their gateway to the region."
"The airport has a great impact on southeast Michigan," says Oakland County Director of Central Services J. David VanderVeen. He oversees the airport - the second busiest in Michigan. The airport, which is located in Waterford, underwent a $7.5 million update last August. Airport user fees and federal and state grants covered the cost.
"Nearly every Fortune 500 company flies through here in the course of a year and it has a $175 million impact on the region," he says.
Source: Bill Mullan, media and communications officer, Oakland County
Writer: Kim North Shine
Corned beef and fill-ups now available at Canton Marathon
Thursday, June 21, 2012
A longtime chef and caterer is selling his recipes from a Marathon gas station in Canton, an endeavor that's proving to be a winning example of entrepreneurship aided by a quick-moving city government.
Robert Grant's business plan to set up a restaurant in one corner of a gas station was unusual and, he was warned, could be problematic under city code.
"They were amazing," says Grant, who worked in food services at Metro Airport, for Pan Am Airlines and in catering on the campaigns of several Detroit and Michigan politicians. "
The K&L Marathon Deli featuring Fussy Gussie's Corned Beef is located at the corner of Lilley and Warren roads in Canton. It opened three months ago and is attracting nearby residents, office workers and walk-ins. The restaurant, a $1,200 investment, is basically two stainless steel tables as a front counter and prep space with a home refrigerator, hot plate and meat carver behind. In the back of the store, unseen, is the corned beef that so many people come for.
Grant, a culinary arts graduate, proudly displays his certificate of occupancy, food service license and a big poster with the first dollars he made here.
The restaurant name honors Grant's mother, who died in 2006. She left behind a winning corned beef recipe she learned from a Jewish woman she worked for. The ribs, green beans and Coneys "that are as good or better than Lafayette" are also on the menu, along with sandwiches, peach cobbler and other changing specials.
The name also recognizes the owners of the station, 42438 Warren. Owner Ken Merril urged Grant to bring some of his catering favorites into a retail setting. He's done it before in Detroit, but is still hoping to get a restaurant to stick. He's hoping to bring a food truck to Canton, something he'll go see those previously helpful city officials about, and one day package the corned beef sandwiches.
"He guess he probably smelled the cooking on my clothes one day and he said you could open up something here," says Grant, who was reluctant initially. "I prayed about it and took a chance. I'm so thankful for him and for everyone at the city who made sure I could get my business up and going in 48 hours. Can you believe that? They've given me the opportunity of a lifetime."
Source: Robert Grant, caterer and owner of K&L Deli Featuring Fussy Gussie's Corned Beef
Writer: Kim North Shine
Wyandotte turns up the heat on solar power
Thursday, June 14, 2012
It's more than ironic that a coal pile lies within view of a new solar power system in the city of Wyandotte.
The city, which operates its own utility, Municipal Electric, has made a major commitment to moving away from traditional forms of energy and toward alternatives such as solar and geothermal.
One of several projects underway in Wyandotte is the recent completion of two solar-power producing arrays that will take the load off the traditional power generators.
Other projects include changes to LED lighting on city streets and buildings and a free program to provide every Wyandotte property owner with a free energy audit, which includes freebies such as energy-savings light bulbs (as a way to encourage the energy-efficient changes to properties). The program also offers 1.99 percent interest loans.
The object is to create less demand - and strain - on the utility, saving everyone money, says Melanie McCoy, Wyandotte's Municipal Services general manager.
The solar power project came in two parts. One is a larger array built on a city water department settling basin. The other, a smaller solar garden, was placed across the street from Bishop Park.
"This little solar garden is very visual," McCoy says. "The kids at the park can see it. People in the community see it."
She says there are plans to install a kiosk and plaque explaining what the solar garden and the city's alternative energy program is about.
The solar power project, which was made possible by a $3.8 million Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant, is the latest in a series of changes showing the city's commitment to alternative energy, many of those changes prompted by government grants and tax incentives.
McCoy says the changes will eventually pay for themselves, and already they've created jobs - some temporary, some permanent, from consultants and contractors to energy and financial managers. Those jobs in turn have generated spending at local businesses, she says.
It has the ability to generate 212 kilowatts of solar power, enough for about 50 homes, she says. She says it will take about 16 percent of the load off the coal fire generation the city puts out. She says the irony of the new generation of power overshadowing the old school power source of coal - Wyandotte also uses gas to generate power for its residents - is not lost on city officials.
"This is bringing good things to our city," she says. "This has been a great thing for us."
Source: Melanie McCoy, Wyandotte Municipal Services general manager
Writer: Kim North Shine
$21 million investment and 90 jobs come to vacant lot in Sterling Heights
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Sterling Heights largest industrial vacancy will be filled in the spring of 2013 with a $21 million investment by AGS Automotive in a bumper system assembly plant that will lead to 90 jobs initially and more later on.
The project is part of an expansion by AGS Automotive, which was considering sites outside the city. Instead, the move to the vacant land and facility on 18 1/2 mile road in the center of the city allows AGS to expand to the new site from its Sterling Drive South in the city. It also restore the business lost when Borg Warner and later Ford Motor/Visteon, closed operations at the site.
The investment includes renovation of the 360,000-square-foot plant on the site, which has received a $900,000 Michigan Business Development grant and will come with other support and incentives from the city.
"This investment will allow AGS's US operations not only to retain their current jobs for the future, but also to significantly grow by tripling the number of jobs over the next few years and adding a number of new leading edge manufacturing processes and capabilities," AGS co-president Joe Leon says in a statement announcing plans for the new facility.
Source: Sterling Heights Department of Community Relations
Writer: Kim North Shine
$15.8 million project will bring Amtrak riders their own line from Pontiac to Chicago
Thursday, May 17, 2012
A $15.8 million project will add a new track between Detroit and Dearborn, giving Amtrak passengers and freight cars their own dedicated lines.
The changes to the West Detroit Connection Track, which is the key link between the new Dearborn multi-modal transportation station and Detroit's station downtown, were OK'd by the federal
Department of Transportation
last week. Feds will pay for half the project and the
Michigan Department of Transportation
will pay the other half as they look for ways to alleviate a bottleneck on portions of the track.
The West Detroit Connection Track is also a key part of the Detroit to Chicago line, known as Amtrak's Wolverine line.
The project, which will break ground later this year, will alleviate a bottleneck that is increasing waiting times for trains, costing companies money and slowing down travelers.
Carmine Palombo, director of transportation programs for the
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments,
says the changes make sense economically because they allow goods and people to move more quickly and efficiently.
"When you have 10 minute and more delays that are caused by the bottleneck that is there now, that is huge," Palombo says.
But metro Detroit and Michigan are still a long way off from trains carrying coffee-drinking, newspaper reading commuters. Improvements such as new stations, including in Dearborn, Detroit, Troy and Pontiac, as well as changes to increase train speeds up to 110 mph, are lining up to make Michigan a train-riding state.
"It's all part of the overall series of events to improve passenger service," he says.
As of now, the line is mostly for travelers and freight. He says a commuter train between Detroit and Ann Arbor is inching along but still far from a done deal.
"Part of what happens now is existing Amtrak trains start in Pontiac and go to Chicago…The problem is the times are not conducive for a lot of commuters .. The times are geared for getting you to Chicago, not points in between. And the costs are not necessarily in step with what commuters want to pay."
He says legislation that will have the state of Michigan financially supporting the train service could change that.
"When that happens we can have a little more say in the schedules and how that service is run," Palombo says.
In the meantime, the feds, who are executing President Barak Obama's High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program, see the project as a way to address congestion of the Midwest Regional Rail Network and promote alternative forms of transportation and to create jobs and spur economic development.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation and Carmine Palombo director of transportation programs, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
Writer: Kim North Shine
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Cover Cropping on a Diversifed Vegetable Farm
In: Western SARE Region
June 1, 2015
Oakville, Washington
In this afternoon farm walk sponsored by Tilth Producers of Washington, visit Let Us Farm to learn about integrating cover cropping with a diversified, certified-organic vegetable production system. There will also be a hands-on learning opportunity with soil-blocking.
Integrated Weed Management
In: Southern SARE Region
June 2, 2015
Lexington, Kentucky
This Organic Association of Kentucky field day takes place at the University of Kentucky Horticulture Research Farm, led by Mark Williams and Tiffany Thompson of the UK Department of Horticulture. Topics will include how to optimize each step of production to create an integrated weed control system, and the development and use of a range of scale-appropriate cultivating tools, from hand tools to tractor-driven cultivators.
Mitigating Soil Disturbance in Organic Systems
In: Online
June 2, 2015
In the Understanding Organic Agriculture series, this free, one-hour webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology. The presenter will discuss production practices that can offset the negative impacts of tillage in organic systems including the use of cover crops, compost, and other additions of organic matter. In an attempt to quantify the mitigation impact, this webinar will use RUSLE2 as a measure. A case study will be used to illustrate some of the presented principles.
USDA Organic and Local Food in New York
In: Northeast SARE Region
June 2, 2015
Chester, New York
Join the U.S. Department of Agriculture and local service providers for a meet-and-greet with New York farm producers and food processors. Get resources to grow and market high-quality organic agricultural products, including conservation incentives, crop insurance, microloans and grants. Connect with buyers, field agents, and more.
Advanced Postharvest Handling for Enhanced Shelf Life
In: Southern SARE Region
June 2, 2015
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
To assist growers in developing skills that will provide a competitive advantage within the fresh produce market, North Carolina Growing Together will offer a series of Postharvest Handling Workshops, in collaboration with NC State University Cooperative Extension. Participants will learn approaches and technologies to maintain product quality and extend shelf-life, limiting postharvest disorders and loss of sales. Geared toward producers selling into wholesale markets, as well as Extension Agents who are assisting growers with wholesale market expansion, this full-day, hands-on workshop will offer a variety of tools to assist growers in meeting US Grade #1 Standards.
Pastured Poultry Research Tour
In: North Central SARE Region
June 3, 2015
Wooster, Ohio
Muddy Fork Farm, in collaboration with the Ohio State University, will demonstrate a pastured poultry project using small moveable shelters and a novel feed ingredient. This project was funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture Organic Research Extension Initiative (OREI) grant, and explored a whole farm approach to incorporating pasture-raised organic poultry and the cereal grain naked oats into a multi-year organic rotation. This event is sponsored by OEFFA and is part of the 2015 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop series.
Women Caring for the Land
In: North Central SARE Region
June 3, 2015
Verona, Wisconsin
These free workshops support women landowners in learning about land conservation and connecting with various state agencies for program and local resource information. Women landowners who attend this meeting will learn to assess and improve the health of their soils through cover crops, no-till and strip-till, and other conservation practices. The meeting includes a bus tour of area conservation practices
Strolling of the Heifers
In: Northeast SARE Region
June 3-7, 2015
Brattleboro, Vermont
This multifaceted event celebrates local food systems. It includes the fifth annual Strolling of the Heifers Slow Living Summit, June 3-5, focused on farms, food, and food systems. Subtitled "Food, Mindfully," the Summit will explore "the journey of food", with topics including nourishment and wellness, food entrepreneurship, food systems, food justice, and food policy. The Strolling of the Heifers parade and Slow Living Expo are on June 6, and the Farmers Breakfast and Tour de Heifer bike rides are June 7.
Prairie on Farms Demonstration Workshop
In: North Central SARE Region
June 2 or 4, 2015
Dysart or Nashua, Iowa
Discover how prairie installation improves water quality, soil health, and pollinator habitat in addition to personal enjoyment in the field. Technical Service Providers, land managers/producers, Soil & Water Conservation District staff, seed company representatives, decision makers, and anyone interested in learning more about the benefits of prairie on working farms are highly encouraged to attend. Practical uses of prairie for water quality improvement efforts and pollinator habitat, site assessment and preparation, and tips to determine an appropriate location for prairie plantings on working farms will be discussed. The event also offers a side-by-side comparison of three prairie seed mixes planted in mid-spring.
Blueberry/Small Fruit Workshop and Field Day
In: North Central SARE Region
June 4, 2015
Maiden Rock, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Extension and North Central Region SARE present this event at Rush River Produce Farm. Presenters will address cultivars, soil nutrients, disease and insect management, and pollinator habitat. There will also be a field walk with UW Extension specialists.
Farm to Fork
In: Southern SARE Region
June 5-7, 2015
Durham, North Carolina
Join in a weekend celebrating sustainable farming, the bounty of local agriculture, and the relationships that continue to bloom in the food community between farms, restaurants, fishermen, beverage producers, and consumers. The weekend features a local-food dinner with five acclaimed North Carolina chefs, presentations on the seafood industry, and the Farm to Fork Picnic more than two dozen chefs and farms paired together and another two dozen food artisans featured.
Rodale Institute Annual Tour for Pennsylvania Women in Agriculture Network
In: Northeast SARE Region
June 5, 2015
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Rodale Institute will host its Annual Tour for the Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network (PA-WAgN). The event is open to all women (and their families) interested in learning more about the work of the Institute and the many practical applications of its research in organic food production. The Rodale team will conduct a wagon tour of the 333‐acre Rodale Institute farm with planned stops at each project site for presentations and discussions.
Spring Elderberry Workshop, Farm Tour & Plant Sale
In: North Central SARE Region
June 6, 2015
Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
Minnesota Elderberry Cooperative free workshop on growing elderberry and farm tour of some beautifully productive berry fields. Presentation topics to include elderberry planting - land management strategies, soil health, weed control, irrigation, overview of elderberry cultivation, varieties, harvesting and market potential. Events will include a walking field tour education and hands-on experience. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.
Upstate Farm Tour
In: Southern SARE Region
June 6-7, 2015
Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Laurens, Greenwood and Spartanburg counties, North Carolina
In this 9th annual tour presented by Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, visit local, sustainable farms and discover the delicious meat, dairy, fruits, and veggies produced in upstate North Carolina. The tour is self-guided. Choose participating farms to visit over the course of two afternoons.
HMI Open Gate Learning Day: Triple Cross Farm
In: Southern SARE Region
June 6, 2015
Fruitvale, Texas
The Open Gate Learning Series from Holistic Management International consists of farm/ranch days held on the land and hosted by an experienced Holistic Management practitioner. Attendees have the opportunity to identify common challenges and discuss creative solutions in a friendly atmosphere. The goal of the day is to create a forum for sharing practices, ideas, advice, and solutions. This event at Triple Cross Farm is titled "Improving Water and Nutritional Cycles for Land, Animal and Human Health."
Planning for a Permaculture Swale System on Pasture
In: North Central SARE Region
June 6, 2015
Maxwell, Iowa
Bruce Carney will walk participants in this Practical Farmers of Iowa field day through the swale-design process, and discuss his future plans to incorporate fruit and nut trees. Luke Gran, forester and owner of Prudenterra, will be there to answer questions related to planting diverse perennials, and will walk participants through the Web Soil Survey, demonstrating how soils determine species selection. Paul Miller, a local NRCS district conservationist, will speak about cost-share opportunities for these conservation practices.
Ride to Farm
In: North Central SARE Region
June 6, 2015
Barneveld, Wisconsin
This bike ride through the rolling hills of Iowa County starts and finishes at Botham Vineyards. Riders will enjoy food and camaraderie at farm rest stops. Ride to Farm is a fundraiser for the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers.
Spring Native Pollinator Workshop
In: Southern SARE Region
June 6, 2015
Poteau, Oklahoma
The workshop will include general information about native pollinators and habitat as well as information specific to ecoregions in Oklahoma. Topics will include polllinators and pollinator plants, how to incorporate pollinator habitat into a home landscape, garden, ranch, or farm, and beneficial insects. Participants will also get outside and see pollinators and habitat on the Kerr Ranch, horticulture farm, and office landscape.
Mother Earth News Fair
In: Western SARE Region
June 6-7, 2015
Albany, Oregon
The Mother Earth News Fair is a fun-filled, family-oriented sustainable lifestyle event featuring practical, hands-on demos and workshops. More than 150 practical, hands-on demonstrations and workshops are offered, along with sustainable lifestyle products and services from hundreds of regional and national vendors.
Lamb Production and Wholesale Marketing
In: North Central SARE Region
June 7, 2015
Williams, Iowa
This Practical Farmers of Iowa field day visits Three Sisters Farm, where Ortrude Dial has 400 ewes and 330 acres of row crops. Ortrude will discuss her future plans regarding non-GMO certification and the ability to sell to different markets, such as Whole Foods. Mark Tjernagel, a lamb buyer, will speak on lamb supply and demand for nationwide markets. The discussion will include pasture management, organic row crops, cover crops, small grain production and conservation practices Ortrude has incorporated.
Postharvest Handling Workshop
In: North Central SARE Region
June 8, 2015
Lawrence, Kansas
This evening workshop is part of the Growing Growers monthly workshop series.
Building Soil Tilth: Grazing Sheep on Cover Crop
In: Western SARE Region
June 8, 2015
Pullman, Washington
Join Tilth Producers of Washington for an afternoon Farm Walk at Zakarison Partnership on the Palouse. Learn from these experienced farmers and WSU researchers about building soil fertility through grazing sheep on cover crops in a dryland system.
Growing Watermelons Successfully in "SEMAP Territory"
In: Northeast SARE Region
June 8, 2015
Plympton, Massachusetts
For Southeast Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership's second Twilight Workshop of the season, visit Colchester Neighborhood Farm. Maryann Martinez will share her knowledge about growing watermelons and other melon varieties in New England. This workshop will talk about the best varieties, when to start your seeds, field selection and prep, keeping the pests and critters away, when to put them out in the field, irrigation, and more.
Grassland Birds and Pastures
In: North Central SARE Region
June 9, 2015
Hickory Corners Michigan
The Pasture Dairy Center at Kellogg Biological Station offers a wagon tour of the pastures. Learn about the birds of Michigan's agricultural landscapes and about agricultural practices that conserve grassland birds. Talk with Pasture Dairy staff about robotic milking machines and sustainable dairy practices.
Improving Soil Health in Orchards, Vineyards, and Groves
In: Online
June 9, 2015
This free, one-hour webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology at 2:00 pm Eastern. Participants in this webinar will learn how the soil-health principles of minimizing soil disturbance, increasing diversity, keeping living roots growing throughout the year, and maintaining residue cover can be applied in orchards, vineyards, and groves to improve soil health, increase productivity, and minimize environmental impacts.
Heirs' Property and Sustainable Forestry Forum
In: Southern SARE Region
June 9, 2015
Jackson, Mississippi
USDA, the Foundation for the Mid-South, the Center on Community Philanthropy, and project partners invite the public to a presentation by the Center for Heirs' Property Preservation about the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Project. The day-long forum will include presentations from USDA about why heirs' property and forestry are a priority, highlights on the practice and outcomes of sustainable forestry and land retention pilots, and discussion on work on heirs' property and forestry in Mississippi. To register, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Grazing 102
In: North Central SARE Region
June 9-10, 2015
Dubois, Indiana
Purdue Extension presents Grazing 102, a program designed to help producers understand important concepts needed to make a management-intensive grazing program work for their own operations. Presentations will cover forage, fencing, and watering. There will also be hands-on activities, pasture walks, and field tours.
Should Crop Insurance Be Part of Your Farm Risk Management Plan?
In: Online
June 10, 2015
Join ASAP, along with the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), North Carolina Cooperative Extension, and Farm Service Agency (FSA) for a series of online workshops designed to help you manage risk for your farm. This workshop will be examining the newly created Whole Farm Revenue Protection policy, new organic crop price elections for organically produced crops, and new Non-insured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) buy-up options.
Organic Apple Production: Managing Productivity, Insects, Disease and Weeds
In: Northeast SARE Region
June 10, 2015
Geneva, New York
At this NOFA-NY field day, join Entomologist Arthur Agnello, Horticulturists Terence Robinson and Susan Brown, and Plant Pathologist Kerik Cox for a workshop at New York State's Agricultural Experiment Station, Loomis Farm, where they will discuss organic orchard practices informed by their ongoing research. Growth and productivity will be discussed, including new and upcoming disease-resistant varieties, rootstocks, training systems, pruning, weed control options, and nitrogen fertilization. Basic and advanced seasonal management approaches to insect control will be shared such as the use of entomopathogenic nematodes for biological control of plum curculio, and predatory mite seeding for the control of European red mite. The group will also go over organic fire blight management techniques and share results from last year's summer disease trials.
Montana Organic Association Farm Tour: Alger Ranch
In: Western SARE Region
June 10, 2015
Stanford, Montana
The Alger Ranch is 100% Certified Organic. Jess Alger grows, uses and sells lentils, Kamut®, winter wheat, peas, barley, Sainfoin and alfalfa as well as grass-fed cattle. Researchers Dr. Perry Miller, MSU Agronomist, Dr. Pat Hatfield, MSU Livestock Specialist, and Dr. Fabian Menalled, MSU Weed Specialist will also be presenting research findings and observations during the tour. Jess and the MSU researchers will share information on weed management that is working well and will share the results of the use of vinegar to control Bindweed, White-top and Canada Thistle. The Alger Farm Tour is free and open to the public and lunch will be provided.


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East Coast Railway (ECoR) will run a pair ofweekly Express trains via Srikakulam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kendujhargarh to cater to the needs of the travelling public during the peak season of Durga Puja celebrations.
Train no. 08516 Express will leave Visakhapatnam on Sundays from September 22 to November 24 at 5:45 p.m. and reach Tatanagar on the next day at 10:45 a.m. This train is scheduled at Simhachalam 6:01 p.m., Vizianagaram 6:45 p.m., Srikakulam Road 7:50 p.m., Palasa 8:50 p.m., Ichchapuram 9:36 p.m., Brahmapur 10 p.m., Chatrapur 10:22 p.m., Balugaon 11:05 p.m., Khurda Road 00:30 a.m.(midnight), Bhubaneswar 1 a.m., Mancheswar 1:15 a.m., Cuttack 1:35 a.m. on the Visakhapatnam–Cuttack main line and in the Jakhapura–Rajkharswan– Tatanagar line, this train will stop at Jakhapura junction, Sukinda Road, Harichandanpur, Kendujhargarh, Nayagarh, Banspani, Dangoaposi, Chaibasa and Rajkharswan junction, according to the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division M. Yelvender Yadav.
Train no. 08515 Express will leave Tatanagar on Mondays from September 23 to November 25 at 1 p.m. and arrive in Visakhapatnam on the next day at 4:40 a.m.(early hours of Tuesday). This train halts at the same stations between Tatanagar – Rajkharswan junction – Jakhapura junction and on the Cuttack – Visakhapatnam main line the schedules are: Cuttack : 9:30 p.m., Mancheswar 9:57 p.m., Bhubaneswar 10:05 p.m., Khurda Road 10:40 p.m., Balugaon 11:34 p.m., Chatrapur 00:12 a.m. (midnight), Brahmapur 00:30 a.m., Ichchapuram 00:54 a.m., Palasa 1:50 a.m., Srikakulam 2:43 a.m., Vizianagaram 3:43 a.m. and Simhachalam 4:23 a.m.
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This week, in a much-anticipated sketch on her Comedy Central show, Amy Schumer staged a trial of Bill Cosby in "the court of public opinion." Schumer—her character, at any rate—played the role of the defense. "Let's remind ourselves what's at stake here," she argued to the jury. "If convicted, the next time you put on a rerun of The Cosby Show you may wince a little. Might feel a little pang. And none of us deserve that. We don't deserve to feel that pang."
Her conclusion? "We deserve to dance like no one's watching, and watch like no one's raping."
Ooof. This is the kind of thing that gets Inside Amy Schumer referred to as "the most feminist show on television," and her act in general called, in a phrase that reveals as much about her craft as about Schumer herself, "comedy with a message." But while Schumer's work is operating at the vanguard of popular comedy, it's also in line with the work being done by her fellow performers: jokes that tend to treat humor not just as an end in itself, but as a vehicle for making a point. Watch like no one's raping.
Caves and tunnels have always been part of human life.
For those who didn't go to prestigious schools, don't come from money, and aren't interested in sports and booze—it's near impossible to gain access to the best paying jobs.
As income inequality in the U.S. strikes historic highs, many people are starting to feel that the American dream is either dead or out of reach. Only 64 percent of Americans still believe that it's possible to go from rags to riches, and, in another poll, 63 percent said they did not believe their children would be better off than they were. These days, the idea that anyone who works hard can become wealthy is at best a tough sell.
This growth in inequality has also sparked a national fascination in the so-called 1 percent. Namely, who are they? And how much money does one need to be part of this elite group? While the number varies by age (and there's some geographical variation), in 2010 it took an income of $332,000 to be in the top 1 percent of U.S. households.
What it's like to watch a komodo dragon get dissected
Try to imagine how hard it would be to skin a Komodo dragon.
It is harder than that.
The problem is that the giant lizard's hide is not just tough and leathery, but also reinforced. Many of the scales contain a small nugget of bone, called an osteoderm, which together form a kind of pointillist body armor. Sawing through these is tough on both arms and blades.
I'm at the Royal Veterinary College, about 20 kilometers outside of central London, watching four biologists put their shoulders into the task. A Komodo dragon, which recently died in London Zoo for unexplained reasons, lies on a steel gurney in front of them. Their task, over the next three days, is to dissect it and measure all of its muscles. So, first, the skin must come off.
The grim 1960s L.A. crime drama stars David Duchovny as a detective on a collision course with the notorious 60s killer.
Starting with its title, NBC's Aquarius is a TV show at war with its own contradictions. The year is 1967, and as the song goes, it's the dawning of the Age of Aquarius—flower children are converging on California, drugs and free love are flowing, but, sadly, there are still crimes to be solved. There's plenty of weight to this "event series," debuting Thursday, which among other things promises to tell the story of Charles Manson's rise to depravity in the San Fernando Valley. But most of all, it's a straightforward cop show, starring David Duchovny as a bullet-headed detective who has a few things to learn about the changing world around him—and the show's rigid adherence to the conventions of that genre is its ultimate limitation.
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
What is the Islamic State?
Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State's appeal. "We have not defeated the idea," he said. "We do not even understand the idea." In the past year, President Obama has referred to the Islamic State, variously, as "not Islamic" and as al-Qaeda's "jayvee team," statements that reflected confusion about the group, and may have contributed to significant strategic errors.
New research confirms what they say about nice guys.
Smile at the customer. Bake cookies for your colleagues. Sing your subordinates' praises. Share credit. Listen. Empathize. Don't drive the last dollar out of a deal. Leave the last doughnut for someone else.
Sneer at the customer. Keep your colleagues on edge. Claim credit. Speak first. Put your feet on the table. Withhold approval. Instill fear. Interrupt. Ask for more. And by all means, take that last doughnut. You deserve it.
Follow one of those paths, the success literature tells us, and you'll go far. Follow the other, and you'll die powerless and broke. The only question is, which is which?
Of all the issues that preoccupy the modern mind—Nature or nurture? Is there life in outer space? Why can't America field a decent soccer team?—it's hard to think of one that has attracted so much water-cooler philosophizing yet so little scientific inquiry. Does it pay to be nice? Or is there an advantage to being a jerk?
The danger of uploading one's consciousness to a computer without a suicide switch
Imagine a supercomputer so advanced that it could hold the contents of a human brain. The Google engineer Ray Kurzweil famously believes that this will be possible by 2045. Organized technologists are seeking to transfer human personalities to non-biological carriers, "extending life, including to the point of immortality." My gut says that they'll never get there. But say I'm wrong. Were it possible, would you upload the contents of your brain to a computer before death, extending your conscious moments on this earth indefinitely? Or would you die as your ancestors did, passing into nothingness or an unknown beyond human comprehension?
The promise of a radically extended lifespan, or even immortality, would tempt many. But it seems to me that they'd be risking something very much like hell on earth.
A song from 2011 is causing controversy now, proving how slowly the genre's attitudes about women are evolving.
The rapper Action Bronson, whose major-label debut came out recently, is mostly known for his love of food, his large frame, and the fact that he sounds so much like Ghostface Killah that even Ghostface Killah gets confused sometimes. He will likely now be known by more people for one particular lyric of his, due to a headline-making petition asking Toronto's NXNE music festival to kick the artist off the bill because, in its words, he "glorifies gang-raping and murdering women."
The lyrics in question come from the 2011 song, "Consensual Rape," which has a verse that mentions giving a girl MDMA and then having very rough sex with her. The petition also calls out a 2011 music video that portrays Bronson happily disposing of a woman's corpse.
Along with the Nancy Drew series, almost all of the thrillers in the popular teenage franchise were produced by ghostwriters, thanks to a business model that proved to be prescient.
In the opening pages of a recent installment of the children's book series The Hardy Boys, black smoke drifts though the ruined suburb of Bayport. The town's residents, dressed in tatters and smeared with ash, stumble past the local pharmacy and diner. Shards of glass litter the sidewalk. "Unreal," says the mystery-solving teenager Joe Hardy—and he's right. Joe and his brother Frank are on a film set, and the people staggering through the scene are actors dressed as zombies. But as is always the case with Hardy Boys books, something still isn't quite right: This time, malfunctioning sets nearly kill several actors, and the brothers find themselves in the middle of yet another mystery.
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My fav kinds of games are survival horror and FPS/TPS,but no matter what kind of games you play as long as you love gaming you're welcome to join See you then -Adrian(SlenderMin) =D
As you all know Slender Man is a thin 7ft tall man with no face and has four tentacles sprouting from his back. Thats not weird at all
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Slender Mans Shadow has a secret project going on.What it will be will be announced in less than a week.I have my hopes up for this Slender Game because they've been working on it for a while.Most of you reading this have played the original Slender game by Parsec Productions.If not its a survival-horror game that takes place in dark eerie woods where your objective is to get all eight pages before the Slender Man gets you.
My favorite Slender game,Slender's Woods, it features two different game modes, a page collecting mode and a story mode.For the creepiest and suspenseful experience I recommend you play story mode first.It takes place in the woods but its got lots of different "environments" and caves and tunnels,and other stuff like that.This game can be found on Desura,free download.You can also check out some gameplay in the video section.The latest Slender Game is Haunt:The Real Slender Game which adds a story to the Slender Man and why he does what he does,and now the Slender Man can actually run!I myself haven't played it much because its a little laggy on my computer but it probably wont be on yours.
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TACLOBAN CITY—A rare disease has stricken more than 200 people in two remote villages in a Samar town, according to a regional health official.
Boyd Cerro, regional sentinel nurse of the Department of Health, said the disease, chikungunya, took ill more than 200 residents of Banquil and Guintarcan, two of the biggest villages of Villareal town in Samar.
Chikungunya is a dengue-like disease.
Cerro said the discovery of the disease in Villareal is the first in Eastern Visayas although chikungunya is endemic, or known to naturally exist, in the country.
He said 235 residents of Banquil and 28 in Guintarcan have been afflicted with chikungunya. The two villages have a population of 1,000 each.
Renato Latorre, mayor of Villareal, quoted health officials as saying the disease came in November until December last year. "In fact, I myself got ill," said the mayor.
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"This is exactly what pop should sound like."
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No charges for woman who aided suspectVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canadian police said Friday that no charges will be filed against anyone who may have helped fugitive reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins, who fled to Canada after being accused of killing his ex-wife. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Norm Massie said a Canadian warrant for Jenkins' arrest was not issued until the day after a woman checked him into a remote motel in Hope, British Columbia where he later committed suicide. Massie said because there was no Canadian arrest warrant for Jenkins issued before they checked into the motel Thursday, there is no evidence to support charges against her. Aug. deadliest month for US in Afghanistan KABUL - An American service member died Friday when his vehicle struck a bomb in eastern Afghanistan, making August the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly eight-year war. The grim milestone comes as the top U.S. commander prepares to submit his assessment of the conflict - a report expected to trigger intense debate on the Obama administration's strategy in an increasingly unpopular war. The latest death was reported as Afghan officials announced an 80 percent increase in the number of major fraud allegations submitted after last week's disputed presidential election - a sign of the deep challenges facing the U.S. and its allies in shoring up a legitimate Afghan government capable of withstanding the Taliban insurgency, corruption and drug trafficking. - From wire reports
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Students from around the world who want to study in Australia can now use their TOEFL test scores as part of their visa application, according to an announcement by Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).
This is good news for large numbers of international students from Assessment Level three and four countries, including India, China, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey and the Philippines, who are interested in studying in Australia. They can now use the TOEFL test to demonstrate their English language proficiency, satisfying the required language component of the visa application process. A representative of TOEFL here said Australia's DIAC was hitherto accepting only IELTS scores for visa application.
"Nearly every university and college in Australia accepts TOEFL scores for admission purposes. This announcement means that students globally can now use their TOEFL scores for both visa and academic admission purposes," explained David Hunt, vice-president and Chief Operating Officer of Educational Testing Services' global division.
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Though Mom is ditzy and, at times, irritating, we come to recognize her as the family's most original creative spirit.
A beautifully rich performance by Meryl Streep, [18 September 1998, p. 57]
One True Thing demonstrates that the power of simple things, the transcendent nature of the ordinary, can make for riveting filmmaking.
A formulaic family melodrama whose craftsmanship and sensitivity to its characters raises it to the level of sublime group portrait.
This is not a happy tale, and its ending will have moviegoers reaching for every handkerchief they can find. But its compassion is as clear as the talents of the folks who made it.
Thrown into exalted company, Zellweger easily holds her own in the film's most difficult role.
Although the plot rarely excels, the actors bring enough to their roles to transform this motion picture into a satisfying weeper.
When we first see Meryl Streep's happy homemaker in One True Thing, she's a domestic dinosaur circa late '80s, a regular mommy monster. [18 September 1998, p.3E]
It's a film whose virtues--particularly its rare, intelligent portrayal of the relationship between two generations of women--outweigh its faults.
The framing story is pointless and almost insulting, even though it's part of former New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen's novel.
As sensitively written, fluidly directed and expertly acted as it is, and as elemental as its dramatic conflicts may be, One True Thing has trouble breaking free of its limitations as a small-scale, modestly aimed family drama.
In the end, One True Thing suggests, families can be healed even in loss. This may not be a true thing, but at least this emotional drama offers up hope, sweet like one of Kate Gulden's tasty cakes.
You may find yourself weeping toward the end, and, later, you may also find yourself wondering why. The revelations are staggeringly obvious.
The vicarious catharsis offered by this adaptation of Anna Quindlen's novel is as efficient as that of any family-affected-by-illness drama.
Quindlen's book is wry and deeply sad in its prose, but watching actors run this very simple maze is significantly less entertaining, or convincing.
No matter how tactful and sensitive Franklin's direction, he has made himself complicit in a polarization that panders to anti-intellectual populism even as it caters to women's movement backlash.
The movie's themes are enormously resonant, which makes its doddering tastefulness that much more frustrating.
This might have worked if the director and lead actress had the kind of intense mutual understanding that, say, Ingmar Bergman had with Liv Ullmann, or John Cassavetes had with Gena Rowlands.
Even director Carl Franklin, an artful purveyor of sterner stuff in "One False Move" and "Devil in a Blue Dress," can't prevent One True Thing from descending into chick-movie hell.
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Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? Zacharias Janssen, a Dutch 10-year-old, is said to create the first compound microscope using multiple lenses in a tube. (We're guessing his father, Hans, an eyeglass manufacturer, helped.)
Galileo calls his compound microscope with a concave and a convex lens the occhiolino, or little eye. The magnifying device is a gateway drug—he soon starts experimenting with telescopes.


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- Available on: iOS
- Available March 27, 2014
What It Is
Doc McStuffins Paint and Play is a digital coloring book that lets kids decorate and explore Doc's check-up room before bringing it to life. Kids can use a variety of digital coloring tools, colors, patterns, stickers, and more to color in Doc, her friends, her supplies, and other parts of the check-up room. When you're done coloring, tap the magic wand button to turn your coloring pages into fully animated 3-D characters that you can then see and interact with in Doc's check-up room. As kids explore the room, they'll also need to help Doc fix some boo-boos by finding the tweezers and squeakers for Lambie and Marvin. Kids can also use their smart device's camera to bring customized and unique textures and backgrounds from their own world into the check-up room.
Is It Fun?
This is a very creative app that is perfect for Doc McStuffins fans who will enjoy creating their own looks for the characters and scenes from the show. With so many coloring options, kids can do something different each time they use the app.
Who It's For
Doc McStuffins Paint and Play is for ages 3-5.
What To Be Aware Of
To access the parent section from the homepage, you'll need to enter a given three-digit number. Kids could easily enter the number themselves, tap on another app in the parent section, and be taken to the app store.
This app is compatible with iPad 2, 3, 4, mini, and air; iPhone 4 and 5; and iPod Touch 4 and 5 running iOS 5.0 or later.
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This app lets kids color and re-color to their heart's content, and kids will love creating new looks for the characters and Doc's check-up room each time they play.
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