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Our FAIRS bring living wisely to life with hands-on workshops in organic gardening, country skills, renewable energy and more.
While Ford staffers busily gave test drives nearby, an eager crowd gathered under the Renewable Energy tent at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR last Sept. 13 to learn about the latest electric vehicle (EV) technology. For nearly an hour, Stephanie Janczak of Ford Motor Company answered audience questions on the workshop's broad topic: "Everything You Want to Know About Hybrid and Electric Vehicles." The large crowd at Seven Springs, Pa., eagerly tapped into Janczak's extensive knowledge — she is Ford's Manager of Global EVSE Technology and Deployment for Sustainability and Vehicle Environmental Matters.
Many audience members already owned electric vehicles and wanted to know more about recent technological advancements. Among the questions Janczak answered were the following:
Following the question-and-answer session, Janczak presented a $2,000 check to the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture as part of Ford's Community Green Grant program (pictured at right).
Seven Springs FAIR visitors could test-drive any or all of three electric technologies offered by Ford through its Power of Choice initiative. Ford currently has five EVs on the market, including the C-MAX Energi, the Fusion Energi, and the Fusion Hybrid. Ford Motor Company was a title sponsor of the 2014 MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR in Seven Springs.
Please visit the FAIR website for more information about future FAIRs, including Oct. 25-26, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Tickets are on sale now.
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1. Plan on attending for more than one day. There is simply too much to see and learn about. If you only go for one day, you'll always be wondering about what you might have missed.
2. Read the program. Each morning, take the fair program out and circle the workshops that you are interested in attending. Also, check out the map to find out where those workshops will be located. Good preparation can increase your chances of getting a seat.
3. Bring a water bottle. You'll be thirsty and although there are boxes to place garbage that can be recycled, be proactive (and environmentally savvy) by bringing your own water bottle that you can refill.
4. Bring a tote bag or backpack. If you have your own bag, you don't need to take one from each vendor.
5. Bring money. It will only be the very strongest who won't come home with soaps, fermented foods, and wooden spoons. You certainly don't have to spend money but this is one place where your money is well spent.
6. The FAIR will be indoors as well as outdoors, bring sunglasses. If you burn, also consider a hat and some sunscreen.
7. Wear comfortable shoes. I wore a fit bit on Saturday and logged over 14K steps (a very good day is when I hit 10K) wear good sturdy shoes with socks, your feet will thank you at the end of the day.
8. Ask questions. You'll get answers about everything, but you won't if you don't ask, so go ahead, people want to tell you about what they have.
9. Give things a try. Go ahead and try the brown soap in the rest rooms, the whiskey hickory syrup, the fermented food. Here is your chance to try things out and discover new products, take advantage of it.
10. Pace yourself. It's going to be a long weekend, pace yourself to make sure you get to see it all. There's nothing wrong with sitting down for a break to have some food or a cup of coffee, it will all still be there after you've gotten a break.
11. If you buy something big like a broom or shovel, ask the vendor to hold it for you until you are ready to leave. No need to carry anything bulky or awkward, vendors will be glad to set aside your purchase.
12. Say "hi" to the person next to you. This is your tribe, everyone belongs.
13. Take photos. Do you want to look something up before you buy it? Take a photo so you'll remember the details. Also take plenty of photos to share with your friends when you get home, they'll want to know what all the fuss was about.
14. Consider staying in the hotel associated with the FAIR. Sure it might be more expensive than the one located 20 minutes away, but sometimes, convenience can be priceless.
15. Consider packing a bottle of wine to enjoy in the hotel at night. 'Nuff said about that one.
16. Breathe. There's something about being around like-minded people that makes you feel like you're at home. Relax, you've got a few days here where others won't think you're strange for composting with worms.
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We had a great time seeing the beautiful heritage livestock breeds that came to our MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRS. From gentle llamas and stubborn pack goats to regal roosters and braying mules, we've had the chance to see (and pet, and play with) them all. With help from our friends at The Livestock Conservancy, we've combined some of our favorite pictures and video clips of heritage livestock breeds in this video slideshow.
We'd like to give a special thanks to Jeannette Beranger from The Livestock Conservancy for her help compiling many of these photos.
Summer greetings, everyone! The heat is definitely on, and after a long afternoon spent mowing the lawn and weeding the garden, I'm ready for something cool and refreshing to drink. Because I'm quite health-conscious, soda and sugary drinks just don't strike my fancy. So, what does this gal reach for instead? My favorite cold watermelon drink, which I whip up in my blender in less than 2 minutes. It's lip-smacking good, gorgeously pink, super nutritious and amazingly filling (even though it's extremely low in calories).
Watermelon is a thirst-quenching fruit loaded with natural sugars, carotenoids such as lycopene and beta carotene, and potassium. If you happen to retain water, watermelon should be your go-to fruit, as it has natural diuretic properties that dramatically reduce that waterlogged feeling. Wonderful for those of you with high blood pressure, too, due to the high potassium content. The recipe below is easy to make. All you need is an average kitchen blender. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Watermelon juice, naturally high in pick-me-up sugars, is the perfect choice to refresh, refuel and rehydrate following a hard, sweaty workout or an afternoon spent mowing the lawn. This sensational, celebration-in-pink juice blend is also an excellent beverage to serve for alcohol-free summer entertaining. Sweet-tart and cooling to the palate, it looks especially enticing served in prechilled fancy glassware garnished with sprigs of fresh mint. For a festive option, add party appeal with colorful straws and tiny decorative umbrellas. Here's to summer!
4 cups cold, seedless watermelon, roughly cut into 1-inch chunks
Juice of 1 medium lime (about ¼ cup)
1 tablespoon raw honey or agave nectar
5-10 fresh mint leaves
2 mint sprigs for garnish (optional)
1. Place the watermelon, lime juice, honey, and the 5-10 mint leaves in a blender. Liquefy until smooth and the mint leaves appear as tiny specks, about 30 seconds.
2. Pour into two beautiful glasses with or without crushed ice. Garnish glasses with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.
Yield: 2 generous servings
A good source of: potassium, vitamin C, beta carotene and the cancer-fighting carotenoid lycopene.
Excerpted from Raw Energy © Stephanie L. Tourles. Used with permission of Storey Publishing.
You can learn how to make more fabulously nutritious and delicious raw food recipes by reading my best-selling book, Raw Energy: 124 Raw Food Recipes for Energy Bars, Smoothies, and Other Snacks to Supercharge Your Body (Storey Publishing, 2009). I've also written many other "healthy living" books, including my most recent, Hands-On Healing Remedies: 150 Recipes for Herbal Balms, Salves, Oils, Liniments & Other Topical Therapies (Storey, 2012), and my popular title Organic Body Care Recipes (Storey, 2007).
Please visit my website, www.stephanietourles.com (plus see my blog and Facebook page, which you can access through my website by clicking on the appropriate icon in the upper right hand corner) to find out more about me and stay tuned for my 2014 MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR speaking schedule.
Please visit the FAIR website for more information about future FAIRS: September 12-14 in Seven Springs, Pa. and October 25-26 in Topeka, Kan. Tickets on sale now.
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Whether our desire to raise our own food stems from a growing concern about food additives, a passion for social justice, an aspiration to promote the humane treatment of animals, or a yearning to protest the way commercial foods are grown and processed, the obstacles we face are daunting. The intricacies of organic gardening and animal husbandry are a mystery to the beginner, and the learning curve for the truly determined dairyman or woman is steep. A primary difficulty lies in finding suitable land for the little farm of our dreams; and the price of such land when we find it is often considerable. So are the costs of outbuildings, fencing and watering systems, animals, feeds, fuel and fertilizers. Any one of these issues might be enough to discourage the would-be homesteader. There is hope, however; these obstacles may not be as great as they appear. At the Sow's Ear, nearly 30 years of home food production have seen us go from growing some tomatoes in the backyard garden to overseeing a large, four-season organic garden, pastured poultry, a small intensively grazed Jersey herd for meat and dairy, home butchering, food preservation and cheesemaking. Those years have altered our opinion of what is actually necessary to begin a small, sustainable organic farmstead. It is our goal to dispel some common myths.
We'll begin with finding suitable land. What constitutes "suitable" land for a small farmstead depends, of course, on what you plan to do with it. You may envision a permaculture paradise, a battalion of chicken tractors or a herd of miniature Jerseys. The difficulty is in finding any land at all that promises hope to your projected endeavor, and once you find it, in finding a piece that is for sale. Good farm land is accessible, cleared of rocks and superfluous trees, and with soil that is deep and fertile … and is precious, mostly held by people who, far from wanting to part with it, are holding on like grim death and looking to buy more. Rich, fertile farm land with a modest house, fences, outbuildings and stock water systems are occasionally to be found on the market, but the vast majority of these have price tags that would make Bill Gates stop and think, let alone us plain farmer types. Determined though we were to exchange our city rental home for a place in the country, after five years looking for just such an acreage we were still in the city, with a couple dozen tomato plants in the backyard but no nearer to our little farmstead.
Year six found us desperate to get out of town. When 17 acres of clayey, rocky trees-up-the-side-of-a-hill and a derelict house for just 11,000 dollars came to our attention, although it looked nothing like the farm of our dreams, we took a deep breath and jumped. Despite the extremely rough appearance of the house, inspection showed that it was essentially sound. The land was labeled "not suitable for agriculture" on state plat maps, and it wasn't; at least, not the kind of mechanized agriculture the state recognizes. There wasn't a flat spot on the place, the topsoil was thin to nonexistent, and most of the land was approaching the vertical. But 17 years later, our little piece of hillside is the heart of a small farm where we raise most of our own food and most of what our animals eat, without expensive equipment, outbuildings or inputs of feed, fuel or fertilizer. This land, which seemed to have no potential as a homestead, is bursting with life and fertility, producing enormous amounts of nutrition and hosting tremendous genetic diversity.
As homestead hunters, our first mistake had been overlooking the great potential in almost any piece of land. We were searching for fertility as though it were a mineral deposit, like gold or oil, something that either was there or was not, failing to recognize that fertility, in land, is a condition, something that can be changed with time and effort. Our steep, rocky acres were sour, infertile and completely unsuitable for mechanized agriculture, yes, but it was perfectly possible for determined people with hand tools, a chainsaw and a garden fork to clear the underbrush, let in some sunlight, and start adding organic matter to the soil. We did this, and 17 years later our garden soil is rich, light and full of worms, enabling us to raise virtually all our vegetables (we confess to a taste for avocadoes and oranges, which we cannot grow in eastern Ohio) for 10 people, year-round. Our home pasture consisted of 5 acres of steep hillside that had been logged, compacted and then stripped of topsoil, but after only three years of intensive rotational grazing, it allowed us to graze two lactating Jerseys for nine months of the year with a minimum of grain and no additional hay. Today the forage in this pasture is a dense turf of mixed legumes and bunch grasses, deep-rooted to hold moisture in even prolonged dry periods; and this change was effected not with expensive permanent fencing, elaborate watering systems, commercial pasture grass seed mixes or fancy outbuildings, but with grazing animals, portable electric fence reels, captured water, low-pressure water valves and a simple shed. Obviously this land "not suitable for agriculture" was entirely suitable for growing a family's food.
We venture to surmise that in most rural areas there are similar pockets of land, places that for a variety of reasons do not recommend themselves for methods of commercial farming or as conventional home sites with level yards and direct road access. For these reasons such sites may have low, even remarkably low, cash value; but in the hands of a creative person pursuing home food production, such a site has potential to become a flourishing smallholding, perhaps even more potential than would a flat, cleared parcel. One hidden advantage of such a place is the presence in it of a variety of microclimates, each susceptible to a different sort of culture. Wooded acres may contain nut or fruit trees, and lumber for building or firewood. South-facing slopes favor the gardener, while north-facing slopes, where fruit trees blossom later in the year, may be preferable for a small orchard (as the location discourages premature fruit set). A broad creek bottom in an east-west valley can mean fertile, well-watered soil with a long sun exposure, while marshy areas provide cover for wild birds that eat garden pests; and against a rocky outcropping, late vegetables may be buffered from frost damage by solar energy stored in the stones. What may look to the average buyer like a useless piece of land can be wealth to the small-scale food grower.
There are certain qualities that are necessary to any farm place. Water, that without which there is no life, is a must, but water does not have to mean a generous well with water enough for domestic and farm use, or access to city water. Does the piece of land you are interested in have a stream or pond? Look at it, smell it: It may be of adequate quality for watering stock or gardens. Ask a neighbor about it: Where does it come from, does it flow all year, is the water clean? Your local Soil and Water Conservation office may have a circular to help you identify native animals and plants in your waterway that can indicate the purity of its source. (Caddis flies, for example, those little spidery insects that live in tubular houses of cemented sand and gravel, indicate a clean waterway.) If you are in any doubt, get it tested, by all means, especially if the area in which you are searching has a known source of contamination, such as a mine, dump or processing plant. The value of free captured water for your farm will quickly repay the expense of having it tested.
On the Sow's Ear, our animals drink water captured from two slow but reliable springs and three barn roofs, and our gardens receive unlimited water from two small creeks diverted through plain garden hose. Seeps (that is, slow, surface springs) and small springs may be improved at low cost; many require only a pick and shovel for digging a trench below the frost line, some inexpensive perforated pipe or "tile," and a ton or two of gravel. Simple diagrams for spring improvement are available from most extension offices or the local Soil and Water Conservation District. These offices even have personnel who will visit your land and advise you about ways to improve or conserve your natural water sources. Your tax dollars are already paying for this service, and here's your chance to use it; in our experience, these people are knowledgeable and helpful. Make a careful examination, however, of any government incentive programs designed to help you offset the cost of expensive improvements; the small print for these grants may commit you to restrictions on the further use of your land. Once you are enrolled in a subsidy program you may fall under state or federal jurisdiction for wetlands, for example, and lose the right to make your own decisions about draining a swampy bit of ground (in government parlance, "wetlands"), or improving a section of creek as a water crossing ("damaging riparian waterways").
Improving springs is one way to use naturally present sources for watering stock; small creeks can provide another. Graveled creek crossings, if access is limited, can provide reliable water for livestock. A creek that passes through a culvert offers a sterling opportunity for low-cost, simple technology water capture. A bucket or tub plumbed at the upper rim with a hose fitting may be placed under the flow from a culvert, and water diverted through a simple garden hose to any point lower than the tub itself. Such simple means can provide fresh, constantly running water to stock tanks or gardens, or even made to fill a small pond. We are doing all three.
Everyone knows about rain barrels, but for the really determined home food producer the 55-gallon barrels that are usually employed simply don't hold enough water. Even a modest rainfall on a small roof will fill such a barrel in no time, after which the overflow is lost. And during a dry spell of any duration, one of these small barrels is less than adequate to water the livestock or keep a medium-to-large garden from drying out. Why not buy several 300-gallon water hogs (otherwise known as "intermediate bulk containers" or IBCs) instead? Plumbed together at the spigot with PVC pipe, these can be made to fill simultaneously from a roof downspout or French drain outlet, providing hundreds of gallons of water for garden or stock. Our four-tank array stores adequate water for eight cows for 10 days, even in the hottest summer weather, and a single tank at the side of the barn allows us two weeks to water seedlings daily while they are small and need special care.
Watering systems for livestock are usually designed around pressurized water; that is, water (whether from a well or a city water system) that is delivered under high pressure like the water in your pipes at home. Pressurized water must be buried below the frost line of your area so that the pipes do not freeze and crack in the winter. Such systems are beautifully convenient but expensive and labor-intensive to install. The home food producer who practices intensive rotational grazing needs to be able to water his stock anywhere he has grass, and this may be easily and inexpensively accomplished with half-barrels, garden hose and captured water, which is free and nearly always delivered at low pressure. We are fortunate that the livestock industry has developed several excellent low-pressure valves for just such water sources: Hudson valves and jobe floats are inexpensive water flow regulators for the small-scale grazier. Plumbed to the inside of a small tank or half-barrel, they can be hooked up to a regular garden hose gravity-fed from a rain barrel or spring tank, and the array moved daily along with the animals by a single person of average strength.
Pasture is necessary, of course, if your home food production is to include ruminants, unless you are able and willing to provide your animals with ample barn space and pre-harvested grass (hay) and grain. In some ways, the non-pasture method makes for lighter chores, but the expense of feed will considerably offset, if not outweigh, any savings in meat or dairy products. And other complications (vet bills, for example, because barn-kept animals are more prone to disease, foot rot, vitamin deficiencies and other health problems) will also diminish the overall convenience. Pastured animals, on the other hand, get the food most natural to them, and rotationally grazed animals get the best of the best. For most of us, the word "pasture" evokes images of something flat, grassy and fenced; for the more experienced, it may also imply a good turf of legumes and mixed grasses. But pasture land can be expensive or even out of reach, forcing us to think creatively about what is necessary to a pasture. Soil of at least some description is a must; plants, as well; but it is permissible that the green meadow of our dreams may, like the fertility mentioned earlier, be present only in potential; it need not already exist. In fact, if it is only a potential when you purchase the land, chances are you are going to pay a lot less for it. A purchase of 4 acres of scrubby undergrowth and raspberry cane will generally cost much less than an equal area of clover and timothy. But a couple of years of judicial rotational grazing ( perhaps with goats in the beginning, graduating to cows after a year or two, with some imported hay initially to supplement the forage and add organic matter to the soil) can transform a sour, rocky vacant lot into a green pasture of great biodiversity, healthy in itself and able to give health to the ruminants that graze on it. When you think "pasture," don't think square, fenced, flat or green; look instead for the pasture-in-potential that may hide under an unpromising-looking but low-priced acreage.
If the piece of land you are considering has tight fences, that's great; but if it hasn't, you may assume that means you have to spend thousands of dollars on high-tensile, vinyl, woven-wire or board fences. Before you invest your time, labor and capital, consider this question: How much of the land needs to be fenced, and what sort of animals, and how many, are to be confined? On level land a single animal may be tethered, as we did with our first brush-clearing wether goat, Souflaki. Later our goat herd included several Saanen and Nubian does, also tethered. One day our lead doe, Ginger, tripped in a steep place and couldn't get back on her feet. Gravity pulled her further and further down the hill until her collar was tight and her breathing compromised. Fortunately, our farm is small and we spend most of our time outdoors, so her predicament was discovered before it was too late. After that, we knew we needed to come up with some kind of fence for our little dairy flock. Nevertheless, the year or two we tethered the goats allowed us to use them to clear the land while we learned to care for them and began to learn dairying. It also gave us the opportunity to discover by experience where our fences, when we got them, would do the most good … all before we had to dig up the money for good, tight fences.
Perimeter fences are good security, but lack of a tight perimeter does not necessarily mean you can't begin grazing cattle. Management intensive rotational grazing is the ideal way to improve your pastures, or what will one day be your pastures, and this can be begun with one or two young dairy steers and some portable electric fencing. A few hundred dollars will buy ample polywire, a pair of reels, two or three dozen step-in posts and a two-joule charger, all that is necessary to begin repairing your turf and filling your freezers with delicious, naturally marbled, almost-free Jersey beef. Baby Jersey bulls are among the least prized of farm stock, often to be had free or for a few dollars at a commercial dairy or auction barn. These babies are frequently delicate, suffering from the endemic germs of a large confinement operation, but with care they can be raised to a butchering weight of four or five hundred pounds in eighteen months on grass alone, saving the first ten weeks or so when they will require milk or milk replacer. Their carcasses are smaller than those of beef breeds, but for the person seeking food independence this may be an advantage, because it makes home butchering and food preservation easier. Our Jersey steers are generally docile animals, especially when young, and two reels of wire allow us to leap-frog them from paddock to paddock without ever turning them loose. Naturally, care and discretion must be used when pasturing animals in proximity to a road or a neighbor's garden, because the farmer will be liable for any damage they cause if they go wandering.
Intensive grazing generally means portable electrical fencing, which means a fence charger and a source of power, but you don't necessarily have to spend the thousands of dollars it takes to have electricity run out to the pasture. The food producer who intends to practice managed intensive rotational grazing may charge his fences with small solar electric cells or dry cell batteries charged with house current. These sources have the additional advantage that they can be moved to different areas of the farm as needed. We may dream of a tight, six-strand, high-tensile electric perimeter fence from which our portable fences may be powered, but if the cost of installing permanent fence is beyond our reach, we can begin small with solar or battery-charged fences. If in a few years we can afford the improvement, the experience we will have acquired will help us know what configuration of fence and gates will be most convenient for our uses.
Then there are outbuildings. The classic red barn is a charming structure, but most animals can make do with something much simpler for shelter. Unfortunately, most how-to books emphasize the ideal, not the adequate. They abound in blueprints for $2,000 chicken palaces, air-conditioned horse hotels, and dairy barns with self-cleaning gutters. For the adventurer with a dream of food independence who doesn't happen to have a small fortune, these books can be discouraging; but although cement floors, circulating fans, and hot and cold water systems are great conveniences, they are principally for the convenience of the farmer, not the animals, and if convenience is really our goal, the greatest convenience will probably be to scotch the farm and buy our food at Walmart. For those of us who want to win nourishment by the labor of our hands, however, a little inconvenience in our early years of farming is a small price to pay for finding ourselves food independent.
In most climates, ruminants (cows, sheep and goats) have little or no need for expensive housing. Some kind of shelter in extreme heat or cold may be all that is necessary, shelter being as simple as a grove of trees or a three-sided run-in shed that backs to the prevailing wind. Sheds can be made of recycled or salvaged materials, and if in a dry location may have dirt floors. If outbuildings serve multiple uses, all the better. Our first barn was a 10-by-14 pole shed sided with old roofing tin. One end was enclosed, and the floor paved with old brick, to provide the chickens with predator-proof night housing; the other side was open and served as a run-in shelter for the goats and a guard pony. As our livestock increased we built a second barn, again of salvaged materials. This rough structure, squeezed against the side of the hill, has three pens in the lower level for feeder pigs, lambing sheep, and gardening tools; the upper barn is used for hay storage, with four box stalls on one side for housing young bucket calves. Initial investment is small, the simple construction methods mean that the work can be done by beginners with little experience, and combined use saves money and space.Although the red barn and board fence farm of our dreams may be beyond our financial reach, we don't need red barns and board fences to get started on our dreams of food independence.
A growing conviction that the present food-production systems upon which we are dependent are compromising our health and the health of our nation's soil, is inclining more and more people to consider what we can do individually to improve our nutritional sources and contribute to the re-greening of our land. Many of us, in addition, are seeking to discover a lifestyle in which not all of our needs are provided through the medium of monetary exchange. We have an innate desire to work with our hands and with nature to provide at least some of our necessaries, to improve the piece of the earth on which we live, to enjoy the aesthetic pleasure of well-tended gardens and healthy livestock. In the initial effort to make a change of lifestyle, don't let misconceptions about what is necessary to a family-size farmstead discourage you in the search for that small rural acreage, reasonably priced, where you can begin to realize your dreams.
In our next post, we'll take a look at how to Foil the Feed Bill.
Editor's Note: One of the favorite events among attendees to the 2014 Puyallup MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR was investigative author Doug Fine's Hemp Bound talk. Here are his thoughts on why hemp matters so much, a belief he translates into a passionate and funny workshop for Fair audiences.
In the three weeks before I discussed hemp at the Puyallup MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR in 2014, four more states legalized hemp cultivation. And not just those you might call the usual suspect states: We're talkin' Nebraska, Indiana, South Carolina and Tennessee. This on top of federal authorization of hemp research in this year's Farm Bill. Heck, the DEA just turned over 286 pounds of hemp seed to Kentucky farmers. When did all this good governing start happening?
My key bullet point at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR was that two years of worldwide field research convinced me, a seasoned investigative author, these developments are important for humanity. As a father who'd like to bequeath a livable climate, I'm optimistic about our climate change mitigation prospects for the first time in a long time.
At every one of the dozen talks I've given since writing a book about hemp, some entrepreneurs, farmers or processors have approached me about bringing the tri-cropping ideas expressed in Hemp Bound into the real world economy. (Tri-cropping, as described in the book, is utilizing one hemp harvest for three applications: seed oil, fiber and energy.)
One of these events (complete with slide show, a 1735 hemp-bound book an audience member brought, and my tales of taking a hemp-powered limo ride) was taped by C-Span. (It's available online at C-SPAN.)
Even I can't believe this is all happening. Not to this extent. Not this fast. How did it go from the dream of my college roommate with the lava lamp to federal policy? I'm just grateful. So are American farmers. One hemp pioneer I followed in the book, Ryan Loflin, is clear about what hemp's return means.
"It takes half the water that wheat does," the 41-year-old Coloradan told me, scooping up a handful of drought-scarred soil so parched and sandy it evoked the Sahara. "And provides four times the income. Hemp is going to revive farming families in the climate change era."
Also excited are my own Funky Butte Ranch goats, as you can see in the photo below: They'll be getting homegrown hemp seed feed very soon, as will I.
- Doug Fine, Funky Butte Ranch, N.M.
P.S. I don't even know what to say about this one except thanks to the one and only Willie Nelson, one of my principal role models. He just tweeted: Best book o'the year! Launch #HempBound 2 #Top10 on @amazonbooks w/1day push 2day &revive #America thru laughter http://amzn.to/1oefJsZ
Photo, above:Taylor Swift, the Funky Butte Ranch nanny goat, attempts to take a bite out of an advance copy of Hemp Bound, April 2014
Summer greetings everyone! It's that time of year when the flying, buzzing, blood-sucking insects are at their peak annoyance, and, if you want to comfortably enjoy the great outdoors, you'll need to apply some sort of bug repellent to your body.
Most insect repellents on the market today are chock-full of chemicals and replete with unpleasant, toxic aromas that are often masked by irritating synthetic fragrances. Why would you want to repeatedly spray your body with unhealthful products in order to enjoy the outdoors? Many people, myself included, are highly sensitive or even allergic to the chemicals in these commercial products, especially the pesticide DEET, a chemical the U.S. Army patented in 1946, and which is so poisonous that even the Environmental Protection Agency says you should wash off your skin when you return indoors, avoid breathing it in, and not spray directly on your face! Really now … if it's that toxic, then how are you supposed to actually use it? No thanks!
If you're into all things scary, instead of reading a Stephen King novel, why not just read some of the precautionary statements (in tiny print) on the labels of some of the popular, commercially available, chemical-based mosquito repellent sprays. The information is downright frightening! Perhaps you'll think twice before using these types of products on your skin and instead seek out natural, non-toxic alternatives.
Thank goodness there are now a handful of truly non-toxic insect repellents available commercially from health food, home goods, and hardware stores or online … just in case you don't want to make your own formula at home. But, if you do want to craft your own antibug material, the following easy-to-create, wonderfully aromatic recipe, "Fend Off" Herbal Oil Insect Repellent, offers a natural alternative to chemical-based sprays. When applied to your skin, it will help form an insect-repelling barrier around your body, minimizing the chances that mosquitoes, black flies, deer flies, gnats, no-see-ums and their ilk will land on your skin and inflict their misery.
This formula tends to work best on days when the local biting and stinging nasties are only slightly to moderately hungry. If they're voracious, additional protection such as a net hat, net body suit, or just a high-collared shirt and lightweight pants can come in handy. Wearing a baseball cap or gardening hat, sprayed with this formula, works super to keep bugs from flying into your eyes, nose and neck area.
NOTE: Before venturing outdoors, remember to avoid wearing any type of fragrance (aside from your natural insect repellent product), including cologne, aftershave and scented deodorant. These seem to attract pests, as do the scent of shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, bath oil, soap, hair gel and even breath mints, laundry detergent and linen sprays. Biting insects seem to love the same odors that we do!
The base oil recommended for this recipe is organic soybean oil, which has natural bug-repellent properties and a light-to-medium texture. It easily penetrates the skin and leaves it soft and silky. Make sure you purchase organic soybean oil as nearly all soybean oil on the market is derived from genetically-modified soybeans … and you definitely don't want that on your skin! Jojoba oil can be substituted, if you don't want to use soybean oil. Jojoba oil is a medium-textured, golden-colored oil (technically a liquid wax ester) derived from pressed plant seeds or beans and it is chemically similar to your own moisturizing sebum. Jojoba penetrates well, leaving no oily residue and can be used by almost everyone, including those with very sensitive and oily skin. It's one of my favorite base oils for making essential oil perfumes, facial elixirs, and bath and massage oil blends because it does not turn rancid and requires no refrigeration. It's also an excellent conditioner for hair, scalp, skin and nails, and is an all-purpose skin lubricant.
All ingredients for this recipe can be found at better health food stores and/or online from Mountain Rose Herbs or Jean's Greens. My favorite organic jojoba oil can be purchased from The Jojoba Company (located here in Maine). Essential oil companies that I recommend are Simplers Botanicals, Oshadhi and Aromatherapeutix.
If you are looking for an effective, pleasantly aromatic, non-toxic insect repellent, then you'll love this recipe. Please give it a try. A bottle of this oil also makes a fabulous gift for your outdoorsy friends!
I use this oil every day when bugs are at their worst … and sometimes twice per day to saturate my pores with its bug repellent properties. As a bonus, my skin is soft and conditioned. Occasionally I even get a compliment on my unusual fresh "perfume." If they only knew!
½ cup soybean base oil (Note: This oil has natural bug-repellent properties.)
15 drops each of the following essential oils: lemongrass, geranium, catnip
10 drops basil or eucalyptus radiata essential oil
Add all ingredients directly to a storage container. Shake the mixture vigorously to blend. Allow the oil to synergize, for 1 hour.
No refrigeration is required, but for maximum bug-repelling freshness and potency, please use within 6 to 12 months.
Application tips: I like to apply this formula onto my palms first, then massage the oil into areas that need bug protection. During the height of bug season, when the little biters are on their worst behavior, I actually use this pleasantly fragranced, oil-based repellent as an after-shower massage oil, bath oil, hair conditioner, scalp massage oil, and all-purpose body moisturizing oil.
Recommended for: all skin types except very oily
Use: as needed
Prep time: approximately 10 minutes, plus 1 hour to synergize
Blending tools: shake container before each use
Store in: plastic or glass spritzer, pump or squeeze bottle
Yield: approximately ½ cup or 4 ounces
Excerpted from Organic Body Care Recipes © Stephanie Tourles. Used with permission of Storey Publishing.
You can learn how to make other natural skin and body care products by reading my best-selling book, Organic Body Care Recipes (Storey Publishing, 2007). I've also written many other "healthy living" books, including my most recent, Hands-On Healing Remedies: 150 Recipes for Herbal Balms, Salves, Oils, Liniments & Other Topical Therapies (Storey Publishing, 2012), and my very popular title, Raw Energy: 124 Raw Food Recipes for Energy Bars, Smoothies, and Other Snacks to Supercharge Your Body (Storey Publishing, 2009).
Please visit my website, www.StephanieTourles.com (plus see my blog and Facebook page which you can access through my website by clicking on the appropriate icon in the upper right-hand corner) to find out more about me and stay tuned for my 2014 Mother Earth News Fair speaking schedule.
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Skratch Bastid wrote: hey,
Skratch bastid will be there, too.
tom inhaler wrote:
tonight's show is gonna be great!
cakes wrote:
i brought a friend with me who came to the htdd tour, but last night you guys really pulled him in. he said it was his favorite sage set (we love this back up trio), and that the fact he wasn't headlining was a nice touch because there was more music to come. his final remarks? "i clearly need to go to more hip hop shows."

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NAIROBI, 31 October 2013 – Two Latin American companies have won the SEED Gender Equality Awards 2013, sponsored by UN Women and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and supported by the international law firm Hogan Lovells.
The awards are part of the wider 2013 SEED Award schemes to support enterprises tackling key sustainable development challenges at community level in developing and emerging economies.
The award winners were announced today at a high-level ceremony at the UN Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on the day of a special SEED symposium, "Green Entrepreneurship: Local Solutions that Make a Difference", taking place in the framework of the Global South-South Development Expo.
An international jury of experts selected the Colombian company, Provokame, and the Peruvian organization, Life Out Of Plastic - L.O.O.P., as the two most promising and innovative enterprises that are women-led or -owned and that prioritize gender equality or women's empowerment as a core objective.
Provokame produces innovative 100 per cent biodegradable plates, made from natural fibres and recycled paper, which are also implanted with seeds. The enterprise trains and employs local women living in rural areas in the plate production process. The plates are distributed through supermarket chains and organic products shops. The entire process contributes not only to the reduction of pollution and sustainable waste management, but also creates job and income for women, while additionally increasing environmental awareness among the community.
Life Out Of Plastic - L.O.O.P. is a 100 per cent women-owned organization that designs and sells green products such as reusable bags and fleece made from rPET fibre - a textile derived from bottle recycling. L.O.O.P.'s mission is to raise awareness among coastal communities about plastic pollution using market tools such as social media to fund education campaigns, art exhibitions, guided tours for school-groups and beach clean-up activities, all teaching the value of marine ecosystems to communities.
Commenting on the awards, UNIDO Director-General, LI Yong, said, "Promoting women's economic empowerment is an integral part of UNIDO's work. As half of the world's population, women play a crucial role in economic growth, environmental sustainability and poverty reduction. This year's SEED Gender Equality award winners should be recognized as social innovators who are paving new roads towards not just the empowerment of women, but also towards inclusive and sustainable industrial development. They are pioneers at the local level but make considerable impacts at the global level, shaping new opportunities for themselves, and more importantly, other women."
The two award winners will receive a financial contribution of US$5,000 and will receive support from the international law firm, Hogan Lovells, which has an established pro bono practice advising women entrepreneurs across the world.
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The Oklahoma Mesonet will be given space for a research quality meteorological station and access to site. The Station is already in place.
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WAYNESBORO — The Waynesboro Maidens basketball team is in the early stages of a learning curve.
Once they learn how to deal with the halfcourt press defense, things will get much better for the inexperienced varsity squad.
On Saturday, Waynesboro improved its offensive output but struggled with the press defense as James Buchanan ran away with a 54-27 victory in the consolation game of the Franklin County Tip-Off Tournament inside the Waynesboro Area Senior High School gymnasium.
"We had 35 turnovers Friday (against Greencastle-Antrim) and we had 32 turnovers Saturday," said Waynesboro head coach Doug Stuart. "We have to clear that up.
"Hopefully, we'll improve each night in some phase of the game."
Waynesboro (0-2) trailed 20-13 at halftime but collapsed in the second half. The Rockets (1-1) outscored the Maidens 33-14 in the final 16 minutes, including 13-1 in the fourth quarter.
"We made a personnel change on our press break. It worked against JB. Hopefully, that will help us against Greencastle Tuesday night," Stuart said.
"Obviously, we scored more points (than Friday's game). We could have scored more points. We missed six or seven layups. We can't afford to miss a lot of the close stuff."
Dori Kozain led Waynesboro with 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. Hunter Mowen had nine points, two boards and three assists.
"I will give them this. Our kids play with a lot of heart. They play hard. I even had an official come up to me and say, 'Coach, your kids play hard all the way to the end.' That's a great sign. We just have to go back to the drawing board and see what we can do."
Waynesboro hosts G-A in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division game. The junior varsity game tips off at 6 p.m. followed by varsity.
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How do I Come up with a Basketball workout Schedule? There are so many things to work on,and I'm exicted about getting better..
But I don't know where to start..I atten a Private School where the basketball program won't be active til next year.I've played in rec leagues,but they really didn't focus in on fundamentals which kinda frustrates me.You have to walk before you crawl..
Any ideas on how to come up with one?
I would say to just look around online for drills for the things you need/want to work on. Plenty of stuff on youtube and other websites. Also if your family can afford you could go to camps. Most camps emphasize fundamentals.
This is what I do. Monday, tuesday, thursday. I work on things I struggle at the most. This week I did vertical Monday, setting screens second, and threes Thusday. Wednsday I work out, and Friday I do a light training followed by a game. Saturday I play games all day, organized or pickup, and Sunday I rest. So set it up according to your needs.
When I workout with the players I train, I always start with non-dribbling exercises. Your hands are your greatest asset, so do a lot of drills that improve hand speed and hand strength. These drills should last approx. 10 minutes.
From there I would go into stationary ball handling for about 15-20 minurtes.
After stationary ball handling, start making moves to the basket starting at half court. Attack the the free throw line for example, make a dribble move ( between the legs for example ), then attack the basket with a layup. Every drill must be done 5-10 times, or until you make a certain number of layups, not messing up the dribble. Do every exercise starting with either hand, that way you finish going to the right and then going to the left. Do various dribble moves or combinations for about 20 minutes.
Then start under the basket with the ball and throw the ball out away from the basket ( to any position ), pivot to face, then make a move to the basket using the drag step, shot fake, jab step, etc.
Work all areas of the floor, throwing the ball out to the 3-point line, jump stop, and vary your pivot to face. Say you have to make 30 layups, half with the good hand and half with the off-hand.
From there go into shooting. Start in close for about 10-15 minutes, inside 5 feet, making shots without hitting the rim. Get your rebound yourself quickly and get back to your spot. Make ten no-rimmers from 10 spots.
After that, move out a little further ( 7 - 10 feet ) and shoot jumpers, rebounding your misses, and hustling back to your spot until you make 10 shots, from 10 different spots.
After that, move further and repeat.
Lastly, throw the ball out, run and catch on a jump stop, pivot various ways to face, then take the shot off the dribble, always ending in a 1-2 step pull up jumper.
This is just an idea for you. But work around the basket a lot, for footwork and balance and shooting touch.
There's so much you could do, but it's a start.
Good luck!
Coach Beez
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Gas tax revenue that Phelps County received in March so far through its County Aid Road Trust (CART) fund distributions is up compared to the same month last year.
According to a financial report received at Thursday's County Commission meeting, showing CART funds prepared by County Treasurer Carol Green, gas tax revenue received in March 2013, which amounted to $48,869.69, is up compared to the amount received in March of last year, which was $48,514.91, a positive difference of about 0.73 percent.
Gas tax revenue received in February 2013, which totaled $50,363.70, was down compared to the amount received in February 2012, which was $52,197.19, a negative difference of about 3.51 percent.
The county's share of gas tax revenue in January 2013 was $50,670.90, which was up from the total of $50,558.22 received in January 2012, a positive difference of 0.22 percent.
In addition to the gas tax revenue, the county receives distributions from two other tax funds administrated by the state — motor vehicle sales and motor vehicle fees.
Motor vehicle sales tax revenue decreased to $9,124.49 in March of this year from $9,750.46 in March 2012, a negative difference of about 6.42 percent.
Revenue from motor vehicle sales taxes received by Phelps County in February 2013 increased to $8,972.35 from $8,844.13 in February 2012, a positive difference of about 1.45 percent.
Motor vehicle sales tax revenue went up to $10,229.08 in January 2013 from $9,211.13 in January of last year, a positive difference of about 11.05 percent.
Revenue from motor vehicle fees went down to $5,045.23 received in March 2013 from $7,004.51 received in March of last year, a negative difference of approximately 27.97 percent.
Motor vehicle fees revenue received by the county decreased to $5,533.22 received in February 2013 from $6,612.30 received in February 2012, a negative difference of about 16.32 percent.
Revenue from motor vehicle fees increased to $8,523.02 received in January 2013 from $5,941.54 received in January 2012, a positive difference of approximately 43.45 percent.
Year to date, the county has received a total of $149,904.29 in gas tax revenue, $19,101.47 in motor vehicle sales tax revenue and $28,325.92 in motor vehicle fees revenue.
In other business
Also at Thursday's commission meeting, it was announced that the county will hold a surplus sale, in which both county employees and the public will have the chance to bid on surplus items from county courthouse offices.
The sale will be open to county employees only the morning of Wednesday, April 17.
The public can bid on items Wednesday, April 17, from noon to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale will take place in the courthouse's multipurpose room.
The commission received a letter from Gregory J. Gould, director of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, regarding the sequestration order that canceled approximately $85 billion in budgetary resources across the federal government and its effect on monthly mineral revenue payments to the state between March and July 2013. The planned monthly sequester amount during that time is $25,920. That number is based on the state's fiscal year 2012 disbursement.
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Blandford Forum Cottages
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Surrounded by rolling countryside on the banks of the Stour, our Blandford Forum holiday cottages are great for exploring Dorset, with attractions and amenities on tap.
Picture elegant streets lined with Georgian buildings - the town dates back to earlier times but the Great Fire of 1731 destroyed almost everything and so it was rebuilt. It's a lovely place to discover on foot - East, West and Salisbury Streets, the Corn Exchange, Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Ryves Almshouses and the Great Fire Monument are just a few highlights. You'll also find inviting shops, galleries and a good choice of places to eat and drink. Thursdays and Saturdays are market days while the monthly farmers' market showcases top-class regional produce.
Great activities near your Blandford holiday home
Enjoy a stroll along the river, perhaps with a picnic hamper on a warm, sunny day. Follow fashion from the 1730s to 1970s at Blandford Fashion Museum. Learn about local life and culture at the Blandford Museum. Don't miss a trip to the Royal Signals Museum at Blandford Camp, offering interactive exhibitions, code breaking secrets, fun trails and more. Quench your thirst and watch beer being made on a tour of the Hall & Woodhouse Brewery. Head out of town to the Compton Abbas Airfield, complete with Flying Museum and Falconry Centre. Take a walk amid glorious surroundings at Larmer Tree or Kingston Lacy House and Gardens (National Trust).
Or plan your cottage holiday in Blandford Forum around the Great Dorset Steam Fair, an extravaganza of steam exhibitions, rural displays, vintage vehicles, music and more.
Please find below self catering holiday cottages to rent in Blandford Forum, Dorset.


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This adorable Play doll makes a wonderful companion. Jumper style outfit has several snaps in the back and is removeable and made of a very soft, cotton Sherpa fabric. The hat is not removeable. Both have brown hair, blue eyes, light skin. Measures 11" tall. Made and stuffed with the finest 100% organic Egyptian cotton. Fair Trade, made in Egypt.
Blue Striped Doll - stripes are white, light blue, dark blue, yellow. Hat is baseball style cap in light blue cotton.


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The concept of the modal travel bike is to have a bike that is thoughtfully designed and equipped so that it could be run as a regular road bike or quickly converted into a single-speed road bike with minimal fuss and fit into an airline-friendly case for travel.
The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic 2007 starts tomorrow and Team Bike Hugger is already there getting ready, previewing the course, and strategizing. Follow their progress on our team blog, check the photos on Flickr, cheer them on, and wish them luck.
So I've just got one week left to get everything together for my big trip to Japan. My travel bike is fully decked out for touring now….except for the gearing.
This came in from our contact form
Yesterday I met some wonderful individuals who really made my day. I was out for a bike ride with my girlfriend and I ended up popping a tire at the north end of Mercer Island. I was about to call my husband to pick me up when members of the Bike Hugger team kindly stopped and helped me out. Not only did they patch and pump my tire for me, they took the time to teach me how to do it in case it happens again in the future. It was so nice of them to stop their ride to help me out! THANK YOU!
It was our pleasure.
I discovered this interesting bike while researching the Bike Hugger Modal – here's the translation from Dutch to English.
It's a randonneur with enclosed Rohloff drivetrain and S&S Couplings.


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The show was pretty good with Piper being the big highlight for me.
What happened at set break I will never forget. My friend got us a couple of beers and mentioned that last call was coming up so i decided to get two more so that we had something to sip on for the second set. I decided to go upstairs to the concessions behind the top of the lawn. As I'm wrapping up my transaction Phish comes out and starts the second set off with Piper. There is a crowd of people heading to the stairs that I came up on and so it is crowded all of a sudden. I look to my right and see there is a entrance into the top of the lawn so in order to avoid the crowds I head that way. I go through the opening and there I am on the top of the lawn smack dab in the middle looking right down to the stage. I start traversing down the lawn to meet with my friends and while navigating through the crowd I loose my footing and start sliding down the lawn on my ass with both beers in my hands. People are getting out of the way for me and I make it all the way to the cross walk that separates the lawn from the seating. I stand up with about 3/4 of one beer left and 1/2 of the other with a lawn towel wrapped around my lower body. People are kind of standing around scratching their heads wondering what the hell just went by them. I took the blanket off and walked to meet up with my friends back on the lawn. When I reach the crew I find my friend and give him a 1/2 full beer. I told him "sorry I didn't bring you a full beer but the craziest thing just happened to me" He starts cracking up and says "Dude, I saw the whole thing."
Oh the memories, another classic show with friends but I will never forget sliding down that lawn like that.


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Adobe Photoshop
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The swiss army knife to manipulate photos.
Not sure what everyones issues are, PS3 ran well although it was a bit slow to load on my MacBook (although the 1000 fonts probably had something to do with it) the app itself was amazing. And now PS4 flies on my new 2009 MacBook Pro. An amazing app.
It's huge and slow to load. For some things it's all that will do but for most stuff photography related, I use Aperture on the Mac along with Pixelmator for stuff that I would formerly have used PS for.
There simply is no alternative to Photoshop. For every one person who knocks on PS because of a problem that specific user had/has, there will be hundreds if not thousands working perfectly fine with this beast of a program. That's simply the nature when the said program is at the top of the pyramid.
I'd love to avoid it but the competition is far behind !
I've used Photoshop for Windows professionally in all its versions since 5.0. Moving to the mac, I was looking forward to finally using the app on it's 'home turf'. But somehow they have managed to make Photoshop even less pleasant to install, configure and use on Leopard than it was on Windows. That's got to be some kind of engineering miracle.
Leaving aside the myriad interface woes, which there is not enough time in the day to describe, what galls me most about Photoshop CS3 on the mac is how un-neighbourly it is. After installation I found my Applications folder cluttered with Adobe subfolders, one for each component of the application - including several I hadn't agreed to install (Adobe Bridge, anyone? Adobe Device Central? Adobe Stock Photos? "Adobe Help Viewer 1.1", an application I am never going to run separately in my life?) Each of these folders was full to the brim with licensing agreements I'd already agreed to, and support files that should be living in /Library/Application Support/. None of these folders or applications can be renamed or moved after installation, otherwise the applications stop working. None of these components can be uninstalled without uninstalling the whole application - and you cannot even start the uninstaller without closing all your browsers first. This same casual, careless contempt for the user and their system extends to the design of the entire application.
After 7 years, trying it on the mac was the last straw; I have come to thoroughly resent this application and Adobe's attitude to software design. I'm frantically exploring alternatives because I do not want to be beholden to Photoshop for another minute of my professional life.
The only way Photoshop will get measurably better, faster or more pleasant to use is if they start again with a clean sheet of paper. I'm not holding my breath.
This fu%#&ing app is still completely broken on Leopard.
The cursor disappears and selecting anything is impossible.
Do not buy. Do not use. Adobe has no respect for their customers.
Huge and expensive, great if you know what your doing, overwhelming if you don't. I wish there was a more consumer version of this application that was a Universal Binary.
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Tax Guns and Ammunition
Published: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 12:00 a.m.
The National Rifle Association has advocated armed guards in schools. Funding seems to be a problem ("NRA Ignores Reality," editorial, Jan. 10). The NRA surely would consider a special tax on guns and ammunition to pay for extra security. Seems like a win-win situation.
The pro-gun people always are comparing automobile deaths with gun casualties. Cars are taxed when purchased, licensed and registered, and renewals are required for licensing and registrations. Seems only fair that guns and ammo should have the same taxes to pay for trying to prevent the carnage they cause.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- For U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson, shaping the future of the Oakland police department is another routine shot at making more history.
This is a judge who once rubbed elbows with Martin Luther King Jr., serving as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's first black civil rights lawyer on the front lines of the roiling, segregated South in the early 1960s. His legacy already is so rich he's been the subject of a documentary, "Soul of Justice."
In more than three decades as a Bay Area federal judge, Henderson has ordered California's vast prison system to change its ways, threatened governors with contempt and, in perhaps his most famous case, struck down the state's voter-approved ban on public affirmative action programs -- a decision that was later reversed but provoked so many death threats that U.S. marshals had to stand guard outside his East Bay home.
Now 79 and in the twilight of his career, Henderson is not done branding his name in the law books. On Thursday, he will be asked to sign off on an unprecedented agreement that calls for him to appoint a monitor to oversee the Oakland police department, fueled in large part by his concerns that city leaders were not doing enough to fix a long-running pattern of officer brutality.
To those who know him best, it is a vintage role.
"I just think he sees a broader picture," says Marilyn Hall Patel, a former federal judge who joined the local bench in 1980 at the same time as Henderson. "Maybe it's a sense of history in terms of what he thinks needs to be done."
Henderson's 19th-floor chambers are a museum of that history. Amid the pictures of civil rights leaders and rows of law books, a framed, yellowed leaflet from June 1963 hangs prominently, a reminder of a dark chapter he witnessed firsthand.
"Ask yourself this important question," reads the old leaflet, found on an Alabama doctor's waiting room table. "What have I personally done to maintain segregation?"
Henderson remains struck by the message, saying it is part of a past that shapes his approach to solving what he perceives as injustice, whether it was abuse of inmates at the state's notorious Pelican Bay State Prison or the government's failure to protect dolphins from the tuna industry's nets.
As Oakland officials have discovered, the soft-spoken Henderson can be impatient when government drags its feet.
"In most institutional reform cases, whether it's schools, police departments, prisons ... they deeply resent a judge's presence," Henderson told this newspaper. "They sort of hunker down and wait for us to go away, try to sweep it under the rug.
"But this is not what it is all about," he continues. "I'm going to look under the rug. And you're going to do it right."
Henderson was raised in Los Angeles by a single mother, taking up football in high school and earning a scholarship to play for Cal. He tore up his knee his first year, forcing him to focus on his schoolwork.
After graduating from law school, he was recruited by the Justice Department's civil rights chief. "I was the black guy out in the field who had access in the field," he says.
He was forced to resign amid controversy when he loaned a car to King for a drive to Selma, unleashing fury from Southern political leaders who viewed it as being too cozy with the civil rights movement. Henderson returned to the Bay Area to develop a practice as a civil rights lawyer and raise his young son.
Former President Jimmy Carter put him on the bench in 1980, and Henderson jokes now that he would never be confirmed in today's partisan judicial battles. He recalls his only opposition came from the late Sen. Strom Thurmond -- and the judge can still imitate the South Carolina pol's drawl while grilling him.
Henderson's role in the civil rights battles became an issue in 1996 when he declared unconstitutional Proposition 209, California's ban on affirmative action in state agencies, including universities and public contracts. The ruling sparked a conservative backlash, with House Republicans calling for his impeachment. Ward Connerly, the former UC regent who pushed the law, at the time called Henderson's ruling "the most garbage decision I have ever seen."
Connerly, who still thinks Henderson was wrong, is more subdued now.
"I still have a measure of respect for him," Connerly says. "But I was among those who felt he was straying outside the framework of the law."
Henderson remains convinced he was right on Proposition 209. "That's probably as careful a decision as I've ever drawn up," he says.
Henderson's confidantes say the case exemplified a fearlessness.
"You just realize this guy is undaunted," says Ed Swanson, a former law clerk.
Time is starting to catch up with Henderson, however. The former running back is now in a wheelchair, limited by an autoimmune disease that has sapped the strength in his legs. While he can still fish, his greatest love outside the law, his hands are giving out as well.
But Henderson isn't ready to hang up his robes just yet. Each year, he decides whether to hire a new crop of law clerks, and if he does, it's a promise he'll keep going for that year. And he continues to attract big cases: He just drew the legal challenge to Proposition 35, the recent crackdown on human trafficking offenders.
"They keep coming along," Henderson says. "What I see now is that one day, and I have no idea when it'll be, I'll say I don't want to do this again."
Howard Mintz covers legal affairs. Contact him at 408-286-0236 or follow him at Twitter.com/hmintz
Thelton Henderson
U.S. District Judge
NAME: Thelton Henderson
OCCUPATION: Federal judge
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: Appointed to the Bay Area federal bench in 1980 by former President Jimmy Carter. Previously worked as a civil rights lawyer, at Stanford University law school, Legal Aid in East Palo Alto and with the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division during the Kennedy administration.
EDUCATION: Graduated from UC Berkeley law school in 1962.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Struck down Proposition 209, the state's ban on public affirmative action programs, but was reversed by federal appeals court. Member of three-judge panel that ordered California to reduce its prison population because of poor medical and mental health care for inmates. Found abusive conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison. Forced the tuna industry and U.S. government to protect dolphins from use of tuna nets.
NOTEWORTHY: Recruited by former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to be the civil rights division's first black lawyer, sent to the South to represent the government in early showdowns between civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., and Southern segregationists.
PERSONAL: Has an adult son. Went to UC Berkeley on a football scholarship. Avid fisherman and poker player.


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Amos Jack DeShields, 84, was born southwest of Okemah and graduated from Bearden High School. He passed away peacefully at home on his Rainbow Hills Ranch near Cromwell Oct. 2, 2012.
Funeral services for Amos Jack DeShields will be Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at 2 p.m. at the Butner School Gymnasium in Cromwell. Interment will follow at the Little Cemetery.
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Fourth Annual Diversity Summit, Montgomery, AL
Submitted by vivhdem on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 4:31pm
As the economic crisis unfolds, there is talk again of the importance of emerging markets, innovation, market share and talent management. But what are we doing to enhance skills and engage a multicultural workforce for the 21st century? The Fourth Annual Diversity Summit at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center, Montgomery, AL (September 15, 2011) will seek to create dialogue around issues that are critical to business success.
Presenters represent several business and other sectors and will include NCRW Board Chair Lucie Lapovsky who will be presenting findings from The White House Project's Benchmarking Report. For more information, click here.
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Here's what we know about Stanford's 2013 recruiting class: Unlike last year's heralded group, it's short on numbers (12 players), low in the rankings (No. 55, according to Scout.com) and lacking in headliners (no five-star prospects).
Here's what else we know: None of that matters a lick to coach David Shaw.
"We never go off star rankings, or who else offered a kid a scholarship, or Gatorade awards -- all that means nothing," said Shaw, who cannot discuss specific players until letters of intent are signed Wednesday.
"It's all about finding the right guys, the guys who can get in school and play the way we play."
Translation: Players who are smart enough to clear Stanford's admissions bar and tough enough to thrive in the Cardinal's brand of bruising football.
"They always do a good job identifying guys who fit their style of play,'' said Brandon Huffman, a national recruiting analyst for Scout, whose rankings are based on both the size and quality of a team's recruiting class.
In its endless search for players who fit the model, Stanford has made toughness quantifiable, like athleticism.
The size of a prospect doesn't necessarily correlate to toughness. Nor does brute strength.
"We see guys all the time who are big and strong but don't like contact,'' assistant coach Lance Anderson said. "When things get difficult, they back down.''
Stanford's coaches watch prospects perform in the weight room, during conditioning drills and in other sports (i.e., track and field).
They ask high school coaches questions about drive and determination. (If the answer is anything but ultra-positive, it's time to back off.)
But most of all, they look for toughness indicators while watching prospects on the field or examining videotape.
"The No. 1 tool in evaluating toughness is the No. 1 tool in creating toughness, and that's to play football,'' said assistant coach Mike Sanford, who doubles as the Cardinal's recruiting coordinator.
The coaches pay careful attention to how players respond to contact situations:
Do defensive backs try to slip blocks, or take them head on?
Do quarterbacks cower, or attempt to run through would-be tacklers?
Do offensive linemen simply push defenders back, or pile drive them into the ground?
Do linebackers grab running backs, or seek out full-contact collisions?
"Grabbers don't make it in major college football,'' Shaw said. "I remember when we recruited (middle linebacker) Shayne Skov. He was like a heat-seeking missile. That's the kind of guy we're looking for.''
Sanford often watches a prospect's eyes: If they're closed at the moment of contact, that's a bad sign.
"When you're on the sideline, it's a little like being in a zoo: You can see them in their environment,'' he said.
"It also gives you a chance to see, up close, how they respond to adverse situations. How do they interact with their teammates? How do they respond to coaching? Do they throw their helmet? Do they pout?"
Stanford's admissions process self-selects for mental toughness, as well. Shaw has found a "direct correlation" between recruits who complete the lengthy application and the mental mettle necessary to thrive on the field.
"The application has five essays. If you can do that while they're taking AP classes and playing HS football, you can compartmentalize and manage your time wisely,'' Shaw said.
"Those guys have proven to me they can fight through tough situations in the fourth quarter.''
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SAN JOSE -- The International Auto Show has rolled into town, enchanting Silicon Valleyites with new models featuring hyper-efficient engines, cutting-edge technology and multi-tasking consoles catering to your driving and nondriving needs.
Mustering their vaunted marketing savvy, Detroit and Toyota City lured thousands to McEnery Convention Center on Saturday with carnauba sheen and LED shine, as well as the old standbys of sleek styling, plush and comfy seats, quick acceleration and 10-spoke wheels. The show ends its four-day run Sunday.
For the testosterone-heavy crowd, "product specialists" in high heels and low-cut shirtwaists rattled on about HVAC features, electronic torque and triple titanium exhaust systems. But mostly, the objects of adoration were the cars and all things high-tech inside.
Way more than other states, California is tuned in to electric vehicles, hybrids, the latest technology and miles per gallon, car representatives said.
In fact, Chevrolet will unveil its Spark electric vehicle next summer only in California and Oregon. And a model on display at the show is catching some buzz.
"We've had people constantly," said Anne-Marie Damman, explaining that the Spark will travel 80 miles on one charge, accelerate from zero to 60 mph in eight seconds and will integrate its navigation, smartphone and Siri voice-recognition features into one system.
Its $32,500 sticker price dissuaded some browsers -- especially when compared with the under-$13,000 price tag for the gas-powered Spark -- although Damman pointed out that federal and state rebates will bring down the EV's price to below $24,000.
Benjamin Yee, 60, and his wife, Cheemin Bo-Linn, were inspecting various Toyota Priuses as a potential replacement for her Corolla. "We're at a transition stage in life," said Yee, of San Jose. "After the specter of $5 a gallon gas, something like a hybrid probably is more practical."
In fact, crowds surrounded Toyota's displays of its new hybrid Avalon, an electric RAV4, the Prius plug-in and others.
Whether or not they offered hybrids and electric vehicles, carmakers still called attention to the new bells and whistles on electronic dashboards, like Chevy's OnStar and MyLink, Acura's HomeLink and Cadillac's Cue, all of which integrate mapping systems with music and other features.
Not everyone was impressed.
"There are too many things to push there," said Jared Cariaga, 27, of Fremont. "I find it distracting, almost as bad as texting."
He and his friend, Julie Burch of Fremont, were sitting inside an Acura ILX tech hybrid. He'd prefer more of the ancillary gadgets be placed in the center console, instead of on the dashboard.
But Burch, 27, was taken in. "I like the styling and the body," she said.
Upon learning the car was rated at 38 MPG, she said, "That's awesome."
At the Lexus display, Darren Owyang, 31, of Castro Valley was attracted to the CT 200h hybrid's style. "I like the sleeker and aggressive look," he said about the sporty model.
But some would-be buyers were examining practical details.
Donna Schroder, 63, of Fremont, said she preferred the Lexus ES 300 because the navigation system's screen was surrounded by a glare shield. "I just want comfort and a keyless system so I don't lock my keys in the car." She and Marsha Parker, 63, also of Fremont, decided the auto show was a good place to check out new models without having to talk to a salesperson if they didn't want to. And, Schroder pointed out, fellow visitors to the show were knowledgeable and helpful.
Many weren't preparing to buy and were just looking. Chris Koontz, 30, of San Jose test-rode as a passenger in a Jeep over an obstacle course that demonstrated the SUV's clearance, stability, suspension and traction. It drove down a 35-degree slope without the driver braking. "It was something else," Koontz said.
But the new models don't offer improved mileage over the older ones. So Koontz, who already owns a '96 Jeep, isn't trading it in.
Said Koontz: "It's an oldie but goody."
Contact Sharon Noguchi at 408-271-3775. Follow her at Twitter.com/noguchionk12.


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Rocker. Positive Camber. Rocker + Positive Camber. It reads like the ingredients list for a mad science experiment, but for a snowboarder these are tech terms you want to understand.
Positive Camber
To see a board's camber profile, place the board base down on top of a table or another long, flat surface that extends beyond the tip and tail. If nothing like that is available, place it base down on the floor, but this works best if you can look at the board's side profile from eye level.
First, if possible, get to eye level with the board's edge so you can look straight-on at its side profile. With a camber snowboard, the area in between the bindings will be elevated off the surface. Press down on the elevated area and feel it flex to flat; when you relieve the pressure, the board recoils and the midsection is again elevated. That is positive camber.
People like positive camber boards for several reasons, including the "pop" it provides for ollies and airs, and the powerful edgehold for icy or variable snow conditions.
Rocker has become very popular over the last few years, ever since Lib-Tech introduced its Banana Technology. Now rocker is present in nearly every snowboard line, and there are several different types.
To see a board's rocker profile, lay it base down just like you did with the positive camber board. With standard rocker, the area in between the bindings is more or less flat instead of elevated, and if you push down on the midsection there won't be that downward flex or recoil when you relieve pressure off the board. That is rocker, however there are multiple types, explained below.
With Tip Rocker, the nose of the board will be elevated off the flat surface, starting from your front binding. This makes the board float more easily in powder. For example, Burton's S-Rocker uses this technology.
Tip and Tail Rocker offers a free-floating nose and tail, and that provides a very surfy ride in powder. With this combination, the board is typically flat binding-to-binding and the tip and tail then rise from outside the bindings. This combination is very good for powder, but not the best for icy conditions.
Then you have hybrid rocker. For example, rocker between your feet combined with positive camber at each end of the board. Or, positive camber between your bindings and rocker outside of them. The goal here is to offer the surfy ride of rocker with the pop and edgehold provided by positive camber. Companies continue to refine all these formulas and integrate them into their snowboard lines. Find the one that suits your style and get out there and ride.
-Mike Horn
The snowboard industry has witnessed an explosion of snowboard shapes over the last decade. This boom has allowed advanced riders to excel beyond their dreams and beginners to progress unlike ever before. Reverse camber, mustache, early rise, banana, call it what you will, rocker snowboards have made the biggest impact in the snowboard shape world. We offer hundreds of rocker snowboards for every riding ability and style. Read on for a break down of all things rocker to ensure you're next board is a perfect fit.
What is Rocker?
Simply put, the nose and tail are slightly elevated above the center of a rocker snowboard. When the board is laying flat on a surface, the rocker shape is easily noticeable. The board will also pivot and spin easily on a flat surface. Now picture a rocker board on snow with the weight of your feet splitting the center. The board will float and turn easier making for a loose and agile ride. There's much less of a chance of "catching" an edge making rocker a great choice for beginners and park riders of all levels. Rocker snowboards also offer superior float in the soft snow and powder.
Benefits of Rocker
Who Should Ride Rocker?
Anyone! Overall, rocker snowboards make for an easier ride with less fatigue. Beginners, park riders and anyone looking for some more fun on their board in any terrain will dig a rocker snowboard. Add one to your quiver today!
A three stage rocker that's equally fun from park to pow, V Rocker features a center rocker between the feet with additional rockers outside each foot that lift the tip and tail completely off the snow. Along the channel zones, Burton added Frost Bite Edges, formerly known as Pressure Distribution Edges, for enhanced grip and power that balances the board's loose and forgiving skate-like feel. Together the Burton V Rocker package energizes edge control while disengaging the tip and tail contact points to create a catch-free feel that's incredibly forgiving, floaty, poppy and fun on all terrain.
V Rocker. Loose the camber completely. Go with continuous rocker between and outside the feet and you get V Rocker – with it's peak to park catch free float and playfulness. Frostbite edges enhance power and grip, balancing the board's over all loose and forgiving feel.
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S Rocker is the next best thing since sliced bread. Well, maybe since Rocker… It's the real deal. For float through powder while maintaining speed, stability and powder, S Rocker is the way to go. As turns were made and word spread, it's popularity has gone through the roof in the past year. Why? Because it's a totally fun. Plain and simple.
Here's a quick scenario on why you need S Rocker. You get off the gondi at the top of the mountain. You slip into the trees to catch some freshies. You're riding and riding and riding for about a half hour having the time of your life. You haven't gotten stuck in snow and you're snowboard seems to be surfing the snow. And then it's time to dip back onto a groomer to get down to the lift. Hmm…now you're board isn't so fun. It's just not digging into turns as deep as you'd like. That old dude on skis just passed you. With camber beneath the bindings and a kicked up nose, you can float through powder in the trees and really drive into turns when you're on groomers. The added camber also drastically helps you maintain speed and stability in deep snow and variable conditions. Make sense? It's really the best of both worlds and we're pretty certain that you'll dig the Freebird, Spliff, Barracuda, Fish and Fishuit as much as we do.
S Rocker offers a spring loaded blend of camber and rocker that's freeride focused for maximum speed and float. Entry rocker extends from the nose to under your front foot, then transitions to camber between your feet. Compressing the camber causes the entry rocker to naturally lift the nose, thus improving float while maintaining momentum and stability through deep driving pow turns and variable conditions.
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Furman to host South Carolina College All-Star Bowl in 2014
Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 12:44 a.m.
The South Carolina College All-Star Bowl will be played at Furman University in 2014 and will feature players from ACC, SEC and Southern Conference schools, the bowl's officials announced on Wednesday.
The event will continue to showcase seniors from state colleges and South Carolina natives who played for out-of-state schools.
"While the game will continue to be a showcase for players from South Carolina, we received a specific request from the NFL that we make this more of a regional game," commissioner Sam Wyche said in a release.
Former Clemson coach Danny Ford will lead the Upstate team, while longtime S.C. State coach Willie Jeffries will coach the Lowcountry.
The game is scheduled for March 1, 2014.
For more information and to view the bowl's watch list of 777 potential players, visit www.sccollegeallstarbowl.com.
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By BookRenter Andy
If you haven't seen our Facebook page recently, you might not know about our current "season of sharing" campaign: Spread the Words. In an effort to donate more books than usual (we love donating books), we've created some e-cards for you to send around to your friends and family.
Every time you share a Holiday eCard with your friends, BookRenter will make a donation to First Book, providing brand new books to children at KIPP Comienza Community Prep.
Illustrations © 1997 by J. otto Seibold from Olive, the Other Reindeer published by Chronicle Books www.chroniclebooks.com.
My personal favorite e-card features Olive the Reindeer, the official mascot of our campaign, being towed through air by Santa's reindeer. People seem to forget that most reindeer, Olive included, are flightless, and can't share in the magic that Prancer, Dancer, and their homeboys/homegirls share. I believe this card sums up the holiday spirit in a nutshell. Showing true benevolence and care, Reindeer #3 is sharing his greatest gift, the gift of flight, with Olive. Granted, the knot he used to tie up Olive looks a bit sketchy, and I'm not sure any mountaineer (or Santa, for that matter) would approve, but it's the thought that counts.
A big thank you to Chronicle Books for generously allowing us to use artwork from their beloved book Olive the other Reindeer.
So which one is your favorite e-card? Please share. Now give Olive the gift of flight and send him around the Internet!


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Seeking a cause for the missing Monarch
Here in New Hampshire, UNH Cooperative Extension etymologist Alan Eaton said he hadn't noticed a decrease in population locally. The fluttering winged insects that bring joy to many children and adults are not expected to arrive here until August or September, but "Everywhere I expected to see them last year I did," Eaton told Fosters.
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An ice chest is a great option if you don't mind constantly changing out the ice since things will get wet, soggy, and unpalatable. With a compact fridge, you don't use any more space, and none of your groceries get damaged. All you have to do is make sure the fridge is securely attached and you are ready to go. Plug it in to your power source and your food and drinks stay cold, no matter what.


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Thursday's letters: Too big to jail
Published: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 7:40 p.m.
To the editor: Congressman Mark Meadows certainly mouthed the party line, according to an April 5 front-page story, when he claimed that government regulations are strangling free enterprise. Surely, he is aware as are many of us that it was the lack of government regulations on the big banks that are not only too big to fail but, apparently, too big to jail that caused our current economic woes.
Many believe it is the proper function of the government to shield us from greedy bullies who buy elections. Lawmakers and the regulators are supposed to protect us and our environment.
Bill Holcomb
Same-sex marriage
To the editor: Regarding the recent letter about to whom Sen. Kay Hagan was praying about same-sex marriage, maybe God is still speaking and we need to be listening. The Bible is a history of the revelation of God to mankind and mankinds understanding and, as a result, changing perspectives of God through the prophets, great teachers, and for Christians Jesus of Nazareth.
What did Jesus say about homosexuality? Nothing.
What did Jesus say about how mankind should get along with each other? A lot, which He summarized in Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, which, of course, has been paraphrased into The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Maybe through our own growth and understanding of these words, God is still revealing to us how we should live with each other, including allowing two adults, regardless of sex, who love each other and desire to commit that love to God and to seek Gods blessing, to marry.
Are we listening?
Clay Eddleman
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