This was supposed to be a follow-up essay to Take Stock about the evolution of my foodie life now that we really have dug into full time travel in our twenty-six-feet-long camper, but I have found it difficult to articulate just that, so my thoughts have been steeping for awhile. As it turns out, talking about my new kitchen experience is only part of a much larger conversation for me, for us, in this new way of life called Tiny Living: It is difficult to discuss how my life in food has changed without highlighting the bigger picture of living small. One aspect begets another; it is the sum of all its part. A Tiny Living Venn Diagram. Here is how it is going.
Tiny living encourages minimalism. There is not a lot of space in general when one lives in an area roughly two hundred twelve feet. Naturally, that affects the physical kitchen space in which I/we work. One of the changes that I noticed right away when preparing food in a tiny space is that I move more slowly and carefully. Without creating extra workspace, there is only one built-in countertop between the sink and stove with an area of about seventy-two inches. In order to create more prep space in the kitchen, I utilize one or both of my cutting boards and place them either on the stove top or over the sink. To ensure that they do not slip while I prep, I place rubber gloves or shelf liners underneath them, which helps keep the cutting boards in place, even if it looks like I've trapped someone in the sink.
Trapping Someone in the Sink Helps Keep the Cutting Board from Slipping.
This doesn't mean that I can chop quickly the way I used to or work in large batches; I simply do not have the room in the kitchen for operating in such ways. Often, I am playing the Shell Game with bowls and utensils, so now I use fewer of them when I prepare food. Moreover, slicing and dicing with more gusto might mean that I run my knife into the faucet or my elbow into the wall of the refrigerator, or that lots of food bits fall into one or all of the many lurking crevices, which would require more tedious cleanup. If I must, I utilize our wobbly dinette table as an extra work surface, or I can use our picnic table at the campground. But mostly for efficiency, and because I like it, I use the kitchen space that I have or create, working unhurriedly and very deliberately in it. It saves me from cutting my fingers and making a mess, and it helps me focus on just what I need to make, which requires less, not more. Preparing and cooking food has become simpler and easier, and I find that the slow pace and small space create a lot of peace. I think more and differently about it.
It also means that a tiny bistro or food truck is still in my future.
Kitchen minimalism also means that we keep and, therefore, utilize only essential kitchen tools for which we have space. For example, small canning jars are used for drinking, storing and traveling, because they are versatile, durable and portable, especially with screw top lids and EcoJarz tops (a favorite item) with holes for aluminum straws. There is only one unique piece of cooking equipment in the kitchen, and that is my madeleine pan, which I use often. Everything else on board has its place and purpose. There are no extras, so there is no rummaging through cabinets and drawers to try to find things, because there are no duplicates and no clutter. There actually is extra room to spare in our storage spaces because they are not filled with more than we need or "just in case" things.
EcoJarz Lids with Sippy Holes. Great for Everyone.
The only piece of equipment that I miss is my Atlas pasta maker. I decided not to bring it because it weighs so much and I thought that it would take up too much space. We actually do have the space for it, but we are existing without it, using my rolling pin instead and a modified homemade pasta recipe for easier rolling, or we buy fresh pasta from local farm markets if it is available.
Spartan living actually has freed up space in which to work in my kitchen, and it has made it easier. Less actually means more, particularly regarding space.
Tiny living encourages frugality. Now that we live tiny, any form of buying anything extra has come to a halt, especially as it pertains to food. It took some time for me to figure that out regarding our produce from farm stands, where I have overbought with good intentions. Not anymore. We do not have the counter space, refrigerator space, freezer space, shelf space, recycle space or trash space to keep any extras. I make sure we are truly out of something before we buy more so that there is little to no waste. Micro-shopping works for us. Not buying in bulk or overbuying makes us think a lot about our purchases. Do we really need an item or many of them? Can I make it instead? Is it worth the cost? How did it arrive at the store? Is it local? If not, can I buy it locally? Is it something that all of us can utilize? Is the packaging recyclable or burnable? Is the item multi-purpose? So many things to consider as tiny dwellers and full time travelers, but all so important.
As a result, we simply buy fewer things and, therefore, consume less, because we have just what we need and it takes days or weeks or even months to truly go through something like tubes of toothpaste, butter and so on. I examine the contents of our various small spaces to see what we have and what we can do with it, then very little goes to waste, if anything goes to waste at all, because it doesn't sit, it gets used. If I put something on a grocery list, I double check to see that it is really, truly, absolutely necessary right now or in the near future, which, in fact, it is mostly not. It has turned out to be a very liberating experience.
I'll Take Two, Thank You.
There was a point early on in our endeavor when we thought that we needed a small cube refrigerator, which we would have kept on the picnic table outside to keep a few extra food and drink items, such as beer or vegetables, or even my sourdough starters — fed and unfed versions — to create more indoor kitchen space. We already had purchased a medium-sized cooler to hold such items while camping. Thankfully, we never acquired the small fridge, because we sat on the idea for a long time and realized that we did not need it. We ceased using the cooler as well. It now serves as a clumsy step stool for Luna to climb aboard the rig. In other words, we didn't need them and we don't need them, because we manage our stuff and travel lightly. We think long and hard about what we bring into the camper. It saves us a ton of money and keeps our spaces clear for what we really need.
Tiny living encourages resourcefulness. Remaining from our old life is a basket full of spices that are likely to continue to go unused. There are some that I can add to the firepit to create an enormous incense burner, or perhaps they can go into the woods or act as natural cleanser, like the cream of tartar. (I have no idea if cream of tartar can act as a mild abrasive.) But after just four months (as of this writing) of full time travel in a tiny space, my standard kitchen supplies are few. Like the kitchen tools I use to make food, I do more with less now. What I purchase to be placed in the "pantry" or refrigerator better make sense in the kitchen or else it won't make the cut. There is nothing really fancy about any of this. It is just basic stuff.
We remain primarily vegetable driven, and with my basic stash of dry and some fridge goods, I can make just about anything that can go with local produce, meat or fish, such as fresh pasta, bread, muffins, madeleines, crêpes and dough of all sorts, or stocks and soups, freezing some for a quick meal later. Simpler, easier, just as elegant and delightful and nourishing. No extra stuff. That is why the remaining spices go unused: I no longer reach for anything to create something. Now, I rely on just what I need to create everything.
This resourcefulness also includes buying in season and locally, which are very important topics to us. Buying locally and in season do many things. It allows us to get a real sense of a region and its people. It supports local economies. It is more sustainable generally: We buy what is available when we need it. It reduces packaging waste and carbon emissions. It saves water. It's less taxing on the Earth. It speaks of the terroir, of histories and of cultures. It supports most ways of eating. It makes us smarter, better consumers. As we travel, our practice of buying locally and in season has only grown. It has even reemphasized the way I cook, because I am utilizing only what is around me, so I am more creative with and respectful toward the available foods. I am aware that some of what we consume is not locally or as ethically sourced as we'd like them to be, and we are trying to change that. In the meantime, we have enjoyed the inspiration we've received engaging in local food economies. It goes very well with tiny living and travel, and makes for excellent camper kitchen cuisine.
Tiny living encourages conservation. Now more than ever, our conservation radar is up and attuned. To our surprise, we have been able to recycle more than we had anticipated on this journey. Most campgrounds offer recycling or can tell us where to go to do so. However, just in case we can't recycle, we make sure that we are buying more consciously in order to literally reduce or reuse. Our space and time and travels dictate it.
For instance, although this is not new for us, we buy nothing that utilizes Styrofoam. We can't do anything with it, nor can a landfill or recycle center. It never goes away. Meats and mushrooms are particular culprits in the perpetuation of Styrofoam, and so are to-go boxes from restaurants outside of New York State. If paper is an option, we go for it and we burn all of it. Scot has reverted to beer that only comes in cans. We try really hard to find alternatives to plastic, of which there is so much. Thankfully, lots of plastic can be recycled and can be made into really cool stuff, like compost bins and deck furniture.
Recycling has always helped reduce our trash load and refine our buying habits, but what helped even more is having to recycle individual items while in Maine, where there is no single streaming and, therefore, no guessing. If I know what I can't recycle, then I know what I can and should buy, which only helps my consumer and food habits. It's really important to us, so we practice what we can. Plus, we rarely have to look for kindling anymore.
In other words, we know what comes in, and we know what is going out, too. It is important in traveling and living tiny, and for our carbon footprint. With recycling and burning, the trash that leaves our camper is a tiny bag of things that we can't burn or recycle or compost (kind of a bad idea camping around, say, bears), and we only have one or two a week. We don't buy trash bags. There is no place for a large bin and it is not needed. Tiny living has influenced all of this, especially in the kitchen.
Our Weekly Trash Bag. Still Looking for Alternatives to the Bag Itself for Biodegradable Purposes.
But I suppose the biggest impact that tiny living and travel has had on us — besides the joy and togetherness and amazing experiences and food — is in regard to water. No joke, it's incredible how little water we use.
To put things in perspective, here are a some interesting things to consider. When we lived in Arizona, our monthly water bill not only told us how much we had to pay, but also how many gallons of water we used a month to keep the pool full, which was something like 37,000 gallons on average. We now use the community campground pools, which serve many, or a cool river or lake fed by nature.
And, if Phoenix and Las Vegas and Palm Springs go down in flames, it will not be only because of the water consumption of its residents and visitors. It also will be because of all or any of us who buy year round fruits and vegetables from California. If you can buy fresh fruit in December or February in Wisconsin or Michigan or New York, so can everyone else around the country. We are witness to the fact that grocery stores all look the same for the most part; we know what to expect. Our food is coming from somewhere, and that food needs a fresh water supply. Buying locally and seasonally helps curb that. Tiny living and slow travel have reinforced that for us. Maine has the largest green peppers and the smallest blueberries I have ever seen. Michigan peaches are still the best. Bagged spinach from California tastes like chlorine and their bell peppers won't survive the winter truck ride without steroid injections. Just sayin'.
And, tiny living has eliminated a lawn and garden, as well as the water output to maintain them.
And, our grey tank — the tank that contains the soapy dish water — only holds forty gallons, which we fill and then empty only after we have emptied our black water tank (the poo tank), which is rarely ever full, or if we all bathed and we did the dishes, too. Otherwise, we empty the grey water tank every two or three days. We know how much water we use.
And, sometimes we fill our freshwater tank for off-the-grid camping, which only goes into the grey or black holding tanks anyway, so we aren't adding extra water; it stays in the system. Besides, a gallon of water weighs about eight pounds. Carrying weight while traveling is not a good idea. So, we know how much water we use then, too.
And, we only have one little bathroom with a little toilet that holds about a cup of water. No more multi-bathroom households here. We also shower less frequently, unless we hiked or jogged, as our routines have changed. For the sake of utilizing the hot water, I sometimes use Luna's tiny bath water. That may seem terribly off-putting to some Westerners, but it's just conservation. It would take a lot of energy to reheat the water, and it would take time as well, so I just bathe her and jump in while the water is still hot. No big deal. We are so used to limiting our water that we repurpose much of it, especially when we do dishes. Without a dishwasher and without extra plates or glasses, we wash, dry and put away right away (mostly). We wash our dishes over dirty dishes, rinse the dishes over other dishes that need to be rinsed and so on. It's like the days of tent camping. Little to carry, little to maintain. We know how much water we use here, too.
What I'm saying is that we don't take it for granted. Water is powerful. It is our new way in the kitchen — cooking and cleaning with a small tank and limited hot water — that has mostly enabled this keener awareness. Our water levels stay low. We use what we need and then let it go or reuse it. It has heightened our awareness more than ever, this tiny living and travel. It most definitely affects our kitchen and food life. We use with much more consideration now.
Lastly, tiny living encourages creativity. As for specific issues that come up in the kitchen through living tiny, there are a few.
Delicious Madeleines. You Can See which Two Baked over the Filament.
The RV oven is one thing that has taken some time to get-to-know. It is a little hot box that has funny hot pockets and inconsistencies that make for gauging baked goods differently than when I had a large oven. The one gas filament runs perpendicular to the oven door. If I am not careful, whatever it is that is baking directly over that filament will brown severely. In order to deter such a disaster, I place an AirBake sheet pan between the item baking and the oven rack, which I keep raised at the second level of the oven. So far, it has worked really well; darker muffin bottoms have been kept to a minimum. Hot pockets are still a problem, though. Some muffins or madeleines bake faster than others. Generally, in order to thoroughly bake something, I must increase the time by at least five minutes. We also cook outside a lot, especially in warmer weather. Scot is a grill and fire master, and it's fun. We seek a dome for creating an outdoor oven, which would be helpful, especially for baking bread.
The tiny gas stove is great and fun to use. To keep things quiet in the morning, we ignite the filament with matches to heat the Moka pot. Our pots and pans are small. There isn't enough room for long handles anyway, or wide bottoms. So everything we make is simply in much smaller quantities. As needed.
The RV refrigerator presents an almost constant game of shuffle. This is one reason why we buy minimally: I can see everything and I know what I have because there isn't a lot of room. It doesn't stay as cold as a regular refrigerator, but it doesn't matter — it works. No extra, lost, dying condiments here. We use the freezer for basic things, like stocks.
There is a microwave and the sink is ample. Most of our storage containers are flat for stacking, or we have small ones with lids. Variety wouldn't work in this space. Dry goods are in a basket on the bottom bunk of the rig, Coffee goods are next to the Bell or Mason jars, which are all on top of the server in the cabinet. When we travel, we stuff two pillows into the cubby that holds the nesting bowls, springform pan and rolling pin to keep them from falling. The salt and pepper go into the utensil drawer as we drive, as well as the garlic bulb.
However, with all this said, I would like to add that even though we are living tiny, it is still a privilege, because it is an option and choice for us on so many levels. So is our food availability and management. So is our water availability and management. So is our space availability and management. Just because we are living tiny doesn't meant that our way is the default way for those that live in tiny spaces. Not everyone has the option but to live any other way than in a small space, and it doesn't mean that he or she would make that choice, nor would reduce, reuse or recycle. And, with the overwhelming amount of poor and hungry in our country, and those without clean water in the world, most do what they can with what they have, and we don't assume that those coming from poor or hungry places would act as we do if they were more privileged. Our way with food, water, time, space, travel, stuff is our ethic and part of our belief system. It has given us more because we have shed the bulk as a privileged lot, the stuff that gets in the way of clarity and negates consumerism — the having of stuff. So we advocate it. It helps.
I thrive in the kitchen, Scot thrives around an open flame, Luna thrives with madeleines. Tiny living and slow travel simply have widened the lens and connected us globally, ethically, lovingly now more than ever. We are lighter in load and fully engaged. We practice what we preach, and we hope the same for the world.
Here is to life untethered. And to tiny kitchens.


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Drugged Woman Allegedly Causes Fatal Car Crash Involving Drunk Driver High-On-Meth
by Staff Reports September 7, 2022, 4:50 pm 1.8k Views
According to a source, a lady under the influence of cocaine is suspected of killing a meth- and alcohol-impaired driver in a horrific collision that happened in Las Vegas in January.
According to court records obtained by KTLA, Summer Butler, 37, is accused of driving while intoxicated that caused death, careless driving, and possessing a controlled narcotic.
The event started on January 14 when officials received a report of a two-car collision. According to the report, Butler's car, which was moving at 73 miles per hour, struck another vehicle from the front as it was making a U-turn in the centre lane. According to the report, the automobile doing the U-turn ejected both the driver and the passenger.
Summer Butler's blood had traces of cannabinoids and cocaine, and she had a blood alcohol level of .102 (the legal limit in Nevada is .08), a report said. https://t.co/Js8MBVecIX
— Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal) September 7, 2022
Butler's car slid more than 150 feet before coming to a rest in the middle of a field. All three of the accident victims were transferred to a hospital, where Butler was reportedly "acting erratic [and] had to be sedate by medical staff."
According to KTLA, while Butler was receiving medical attention for her wounds, a "small baggie containing a white substance fell out of the left side of her bra," which was later found to be cocaine. According to the complaint, blood testing later revealed Butler had cocaine and marijuana in her system in addition to a.102 blood alcohol level.
According to the investigation, the man who perished in the collision had blood alcohol levels three times higher than the legal limit in addition to methamphetamine.
Butler had a warrant for her arrest issued in June, and in late August, according to KTLA, she was released on $15,000 bail.
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The Reviewinator: Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Posted on December 25, 2019 by Rob
42 years is an outstanding run for any franchise. While there have been many ups and downs along the way, the story of Skywalker that began in 1977 has been an epic one to say the least. And even though this story seemingly ended twice before (once in 1983 and again in 2005), it has never been done with such unambiguous finality until now.
Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) has returned, and he has amassed a grand army with which to take over the galaxy. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) agrees to hunt down and kill Rey until the time is right for Kylo to kill Palpatine and take his throne. When the Resistance finds out about this, General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) sends a small team consisting of Rey (Daisy Ridley), Poe (Oscar Isaac), Finn (John Boyega), Chewie (Joonas Suotamo), and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to locate The Emperor and end this war once and for all.
The action begins immediately, going from one set-piece to the next, as The Rise of Skywalker wastes little time setting up what the viewer should already know. Every unanswered question is answered here and probably not in the way the viewer expected. The young characters, Rey, Finn, and Poe, lead the charge with Poe getting some added backstory that deepens his character. C-3PO has quite a lot to do by interpreting an ancient language (at a price) on their journey, and he even finally declares R2-D2 his best friend. But the main story is kept on Rey and her incredible force abilities, while also further exploring her complex pseudo-relationship with Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. Both of them teeter on the edge between the light and the dark. They're equally drawn to/threatened by one another. Considering this Sequel Trilogy's total lack of planning from the get-go (not to mention all the plot holes that had to be patched up because of it), Rey and Kylo's "relationship" feels like the only plotline that never lost its balance along the way.
Bringing back Emperor Palpatine was both an appropriate and questionable decision. Appropriate because it successfully ties all nine episodic Star Wars movies into one story, but questionable because it further reduces the ending of Return of the Jedi to being a non-ending while retreading ground already covered decades earlier. His unspoken absence in the previous two entries makes his re-appearance all the more jarring, and it doesn't help that he spends all of his scenes in one room, fixed in place, saying all the things we've heard him say before. On the plus side, Ian McDiarmid falls back into the role like he never left it. He steals the movie whenever he's onscreen, even when his faces (yes, plural) are kept in the shadows. His connection to Rey is nothing if not surprising and does an admirable job of giving Rey a compelling arc that makes this notoriously-capricious Sequel Trilogy worth the viewer's time.
Is The Rise of Skywalker a fitting conclusion for the 42-year franchise? Somewhat. It ties up every loose end it can, and the closing moments make it very clear to the viewer that the story of Skywalker is very, very over. There's lots of fun to be had, plenty of new worlds to be seen, and quite a few chuckles along the way. That being said, fan-service guides this story like training wheels. Palpatine's resurgence, old ships, old worlds, countless cameos, and the shoe-horned return of Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams). Carrie Fisher's involvement is minimal considering she passed away in 2016, so most of her actions and dialogue are salvaged from deleted scenes and are therefore unremarkable, forgettable, and could have been said or done by any character. This is nobody's fault, of course. It's fantastic that they were able to include Leia at all in this final chapter, but her story ends not with a bang but with an off-camera whimper. As for the rest of it, the story wraps up very neatly and the third act plays things big and loud but very safe. It's still thoroughly entertaining with plenty of closure in the final moments, but one can't ignore that this is a story that first concluded in 1983, so it ultimately comes off as more of a re-ending than a grand finale.
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Erin Wallis
– Destined to capture beauty
Michelle Hueller · March 7, 2015 ·
It's a beautiful life…. Photographer Erin Wallis has an eye for capturing that beauty
"I think I was trained and destined to see beauty," Erin Wallis says.
Her photographs are certainly proof of that.
The Campbell River photographer's images have an ethereal, dreamlike quality that capture beauty bathed in sunlight. Wallis says her images reflect her approach of photographing things as she sees them, or as she chooses to see them.
"I choose to see life, not through rose-coloured glasses, but focusing on the beauty in every single situation," she says. "The warm, dreamy feel is just how I see things, I suppose, life slowed down, in the best light."
The proprietor of Erin Wallis Photography (www.erinwallis.com) trained as a photojournalist but specializes in wedding photography and family portraits.
"I realized that as much as I loved storytelling with images, I wasn't cut out for hard news, and was more interested in capturing and interpreting moments in my own way," Wallis says. "I cried when I watched an image form on paper in the darkroom for the first time. The magic of photography, of capturing a fleeting moment and seeing it come to life before my eyes kept me in the darkroom for hours."
She seems almost destined to have become a photographer. She was born in Campbell River and raised by adventurous parents who took Wallis and her siblings camping, on long walks and long drives with a truck and camper.
"Camping was a big part of our childhood I have great childhood memories, being outdoors, playing, imaginative play."
Wallis' mother was always pointing out beautiful moments. Always saying things like: "look at that sweet (insert beautiful moment here)."
For graduation, she was given a camera and she was "instantly sold." A stint doing volunteer work in South America with Youth Challenge International had her snapping away with her newfound pastime. After returning home, she took a photojournalism program in Vancouver but instead of the gritty photography of news imagery, she fell into work as a cruise ship photographer with Princess Cruises for six years.
"There would be as many as 15 photogs on a ship at any time, and I think I learned more from doing photography with all of the photographers from around the world than anything.
The "invaluable experiences and training" she gained from the cruise ship experience convinced her that photography was the career for her.
"The first wedding I did when I really knew it was what I was meant for…was dear friends of mine Jody and Sarah Wright (of Campbell River). It was then, that I knew…I had to do this. I loved it. Loved clambering up on a ladder wildly flailing my arms around, yelling directions to get people together for a photo that the bride and groom and their families would have forever. Loved all of the emotion, the magic, the possibilities."
She learned to take inspiration from spontaneity but also from visual story telling.
"I am inspired by stories really. Real life stories. Inspired by old photographs of my family, ancestors. I come from a long line of photographers so I love seeing those old photographs."
Although spontaneous, a photograph is part of a story, the story of the moment captured in the image. She takes great satisfaction from the moment when a photograph comes together.
Moments, like when "I'm with my clients and suddenly a huge group of seagulls is swarming the air behind us making for the most amazing image, or when I've got a bride on a bluff, and Mother Nature decides to put on a magnificent show and let the sun burst through the clouds for a spectacular sunset as though on cue."
Big moments like weddings and a growing family's moment in time are a major component of Wallis' work but her images also capture small, intimate moments.
"I am always trying to anticipate what could happen. The bride getting her make up on…her mom is coming into the room…her mom might have a moment, a tear…give her daughter a hug. I'll try and posi tion myself close by but not incredibly in their face. I'll talk a bit, hang back a bit, but I'll always try and anticipate where something amazing might happen. I'm on my toes, I never stop moving, and I never ever sit down and take five. I'm always trying to be aware, listening to conversations to know what might happen, and where."
And, of course, nature plays a large part in her photographs.
"It is really hard not to around here. Vancouver Island is such a remarkable place. I can't help but be inspired by and want to incorporate the natural beauty of this place within the images."
Nature also plays a large part in the wife and mother of a four-year-old and seven-year-old's own life.
"As much as possible, I try and be outside with the kids and our family. Fresh air, the beach, trails, we are really fortunate here to have so many places to relax and walk around and play outside."
It all makes for a woman with an eye for the beauty of life.
"I am always photographing people as I see them. The beauty I see in their family, their moments. I try and focus on how beautiful I see my clients."
Even in the chaos or the reality of daily life there is magic right there in their family, in their life, on their faces, Wallis says.
"The connections between our loved ones are the most amazing parts of our stories, everyone has a story to tell. If I can capture a split second of beauty in an ordinary moment…then I am lucky."
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Clydesdale chief argues NAB-owned British bank is very cheap
By Clancy Yeates
Clydesdale Bank chief executive David Duffy is promising shareholders who will soon own a piece of the lender directly, that it has dealt with a series of problems that dogged the bank in recent years, dragging on profits of its owner National Australia Bank.
After NAB investors strongly backed a plan to spin off its British business, early next month NAB shareholders will receive one share in Clydesdale for every four NAB shares they own.
Britain's Clydesdale bank says issues which have dogged it recently have been resolved. Credit:Bloomberg
While analysts say there are still significant challenges facing Clydesdale, Mr Duffy's pitch to sceptical investors is that they are picking up the lender at a "very cheap" price, while he also pointed to a series of changes at the bank.
Chief financial officer Ian Smith reiterated the bank's intention to start paying dividends from next year, despite some analysts questioning its ability to maintain the needed returns over the longer term.
Clydesdale Bank chief executive David Duffy with NAB chief financial officer Craig Drummond and Clydesdale CFO Ian Smith. Credit:Sahlan Hayes
NAB's move to offload Clydesdale comes as the Scotland-based bank was hit by bad loans during the global financial crisis, while in recent years it has copped hefty compensation bills for misselling complex financial products.
Mr Duffy, who is in Australia meeting institutional investors, pointed to NAB's move to revamp Clydesdale in recent years, and NAB's injection of as much as £1.7 billion ($3.5 billion) in capital to cover future compensation payments.
Issues resolved
"Every single issue that they've had concerns about in the past has been resolved by getting the bank ready for sale," Mr Duffy said.
"It's a really well-positioned competitor in the UK being offered at a very cheap price with dividends to come within a year. It's a really potentially successful franchise with all that history cleaned up."
Mr Smith conceded it could not guarantee no further instances of misconduct would be uncovered. But he said the bank had done a "significant scrub" of its book of products sold previously, and it had not discovered material concerns.
The demerger of Clydesdale will see 75 per cent of the bank transferred to NAB shareholders directly, while NAB will sell the remaining 25 per cent to institutional investors in an initial public offering next week.
NAB's float range is £1.75 ($3.58) to £2.35 ($4.80) per Clydesdale share, a valuation of between 0.56 and 0.76 times book value. Market sources have suggested demand is strongest at the lower end of this range.
Clydesdale is is aiming to pay a "modest" portion of earnings as a dividend in 2017, and over the longer term is targeting a dividend payout ratio of 50 per cent, lower than the Big Four.
Dividends questioned
Credit Suisse analyst Jarrod Martin this month said unless return on equity could improve, its ability to sustain a 50 per cent dividend payout ratio over a reasonable timeframe was "questionable". Mr Smith argued the dividend plans were realistic, because Clydesdale would be able to lift return on equity from about 8 per cent to more than 10 per cent over the next five years.
Mr Duffy, who was appointed chief executive in the middle of last year, said some of the key questions big investors were asking centred on its growth targets, the state of BritaIn's housing market, and conditions in business lending.
There have been concerns about overheating in Britain's housing investor market, but Mr Duffy argued that was "less of a concern" for Clydesdale because most of its growth in the coming years was from owner-occupied housing.
About two thirds of Clydesdale's assets are mortgages, and it is aiming to tilt its growth further towards home loans.
It aims to grow at 8 per cent a year in mortgages, while in business lending it is eyeing loan growth of 4 per cent. Its strategy is based on larger British banks including RBS and Lloyds as a "challenger."
"In the UK, as the only challenger with SME and retail capabilities, and the largest challenger, we look pretty good from where we are positioned against the competition," Mr Duffy said.
He said discussions with investors suggested Britain's economy was slowing, influenced by softer global conditions, but he believed that would not have a "material" impact on the banking sector.
Clydesdale's core equity tier 1 capital is 13.2 per cent of assets, which puts it in the top quarter of best-capitalised banks in Britain.
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RFE/RL's Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am) is the most preferred and trusted online media resource in Armenia, according to a new poll published by a leading local watchdog on Wednesday.
A group of researchers working on a subgrant from the Union of Informed Citizens recently conducted a survey on the subject of media literacy among 1,200 respondents in capital Yerevan and rural and urban communities in all provinces of Armenia.
Respondents were asked questions on a wide range of issues, including their attitudes towards media, government institutions and politicians.
The results of the polls show that among television companies the most watched and trusted are Shant and Armenia TV, while the Public Television of Armenia is in third place.
According to the polls, Public Radio and Azatutyun have the largest audiences among radio stations. Over 18 percent of respondents said they prefer to get their news on Azatutyun's website, which is also the most trusted online media resource for Armenians, according to the polls. Azatutyun.am is followed by News.am and 1in.am.
Of the respondents 36.5 percent mentioned the internet as their main source of information, about the same percentage of respondents prefer television as their primary source of information.
The number of radio listeners in Armenia is ten times as low, but nearly 19 percent of respondents trust the information broadcast by radio stations.
A majority of respondents (56 percent) said that during the past six months they followed live videos on Facebook by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and other officials and politicians, including opposition ones.
The polls show quite a low level of public trust towards the National Assembly, which yields to the level of trust towards the prime minister, the president and the government. And this is despite the new constitution adopted through a referendum in 2015 to turn Armenia into a parliamentary republic.
The judicial system and political parties enjoy even lower trust of the public than the National Assembly, the researchers said.
The most popular politician, according to the polls, is Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, followed by President Armen Sargsian and Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukian.
The polls conducted last summer show that Artur Vanetsian, who resigned as director of the National Security Service in September, was in fourth place according to his popularity, followed by Parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan.
One of the questions asked to respondents was about the most disliked public figures. According to the researchers, while a majority of respondents did not name anyone, 26 percent said they disliked most the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sarkisian. Other most disliked figures included senior members of the former ruling Republican Party Armen Ashotian and Eduard Sharmazanov, followed by Armenia's second president Robert Kocharian and first president Levon Ter-Petrosian.
Researchers said that the polls show that fewer Armenians have the desire to leave the country permanently as compared to similar surveys conducted in the past. Nearly 60 percent of respondents said they will definitely not emigrate from Armenia.
«Մատնահետքերի նախագրանցումը վերահսկման ավելի արդյունավետ մեխանիզմ է» (azatutyun.am) Հայաստանը ԵԱՏՄ կազմում ամենատուժած կողմն է (Ա1+) Դանիել Իոաննիսյանը Ջրառատի դեպքերի մասին․ Ազատություն Դանիել Իոաննիսյանի հարցը դատախազության ներկայացուցչին՝ կապված մարտի 1-ի քննության հետ (Armtimes)


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Theodor W. Adorno (; ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer known for his critical theory of society.
He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, for whom the works of Freud, Marx, and Hegel were essential to a critique of modern society. As a critic of both fascism and what he called the culture industry, his writings—such as ''Dialectic of Enlightenment'' (1947), ''Minima Moralia'' (1951) and ''Negative Dialectics'' (1966)—strongly influenced the European New Left.
Amidst the vogue enjoyed by existentialism and positivism in early 20th-century Europe, Adorno advanced a dialectical conception of natural history that critiqued the twin temptations of ontology and empiricism through studies of Kierkegaard and Husserl. As a classically trained pianist whose sympathies with the twelve-tone technique of Arnold Schoenberg resulted in his studying composition with Alban Berg of the Second Viennese School, Adorno's commitment to avant-garde music formed the backdrop of his subsequent writings and led to his collaboration with Thomas Mann on the latter's novel ''Doctor Faustus'', while the two men lived in California as exiles during the Second World War. Working for the newly relocated Institute for Social Research, Adorno collaborated on influential studies of authoritarianism, antisemitism and propaganda that would later serve as models for sociological studies the Institute carried out in post-war Germany.
Upon his return to Frankfurt, Adorno was involved with the reconstitution of German intellectual life through debates with Karl Popper on the limitations of positivist science, critiques of Heidegger's language of authenticity, writings on German responsibility for the Holocaust, and continued interventions into matters of public policy. As a writer of polemics in the tradition of Nietzsche and Karl Kraus, Adorno delivered scathing critiques of contemporary Western culture. Adorno's posthumously published ''Aesthetic Theory'', which he planned to dedicate to Samuel Beckett, is the culmination of a lifelong commitment to modern art which attempts to revoke the "fatal separation" of feeling and understanding long demanded by the history of philosophy and explode the privilege aesthetics accords to content over form and contemplation over immersion. Provided by Wikipedia
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In support of greater transparency in the funding of candidates and campaigns, the Green Party of California endorsed AB1148, the California DISCLOSE Act, on December 4th.
• "Stand By Your Ad": Require the top funder of television and radio ads (e.g. the CEO of an organization or a millionaire) to appear and say that they approve of the message. E.g. Instead of saying, in small print, "Paid for by Stop Hidden Taxes — No on 25/Yes on 26, a coalition of taxpayers and employers...", Yes on 26 ads last November would have said: "I am John Watson, CEO of Chevron, located in California. Chevron helped paid for this message and approves it.
Television ads: Top 5 funders to appear in writing in a clearly readable manner when the top funder is reading their Stand by Your Ad statement.
Radio ads: Read off second largest funder after Stand by Your Ad statement.
Print Advertising: Disclose Top 5 funders in large, clearly readable type.
Websites: Disclose Top 5 funders in large, clearly readable type on home page.
Online Advertising: Disclose as much of the Top 5 funders as feasible.
• Tell voters where to find the details: "More funding info at www.."
• E.g. Require slates to list their five largest funders and to reveal when an independent expenditure group pays for candidate endorsements.
As an amendment to California's Political Reform Act of 1974, AB 1148 (Brownley, D-Santa Monica) can either be put into effect by a 2/3 vote of the legislature or a majority vote by the legislature placing a measure on the ballot for the voters to decide. AB 1148 is a two-year bill that will come up for its first hearing in 2012. The initial language of AB 1148 is in print, but details are still being drafted, based on the federal DISCLOSE Act (H.R. 5175) that passed the House of Representatives in 2010 and will include other reforms specific to California.


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About the Author Tony Czarnecki is a futurist - a member of Chatham House and Managing Partner of Sustensis, London – a Think Tank for inspirations for Humanity's transition to coexistence with Superintelligence. In this article he presents his views on possible developments on the global, European and British [...]
The Union restored to full health?
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The excitedly visionary – or fantasist – proponents of "more Europe" are already talking about a new Health Union alongside Fiscal Union, Defense Union and even the seemingly more mundane Banking Union. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ursula von der Leyen and her college of commissioners have seized [...]
What is a Hamilton moment?
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by Professor Sam Whimster Deputy Director & Head of UK Futures Programme, Global Policy Institute Have I seen this musical before? No, that is not a Hamilton moment, but the musical is based on Ron Chernow's excellent biography of one of America's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton. We used [...]
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by David GowEditor of Sceptical.scot, Senior Adviser at Social Europe and Senior Adviser at Acumen Public Affairs. He is former European Business Editor of The Guardian and worked for The Scotsman and London Weekend Television. 26th May 2020 Federal Germany has won substantial plaudits around the world, not least in other parts of Europe, for its comparative [...]
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by Dr Andrew BlickReader in Politics and Contemporary History at King's College London; Senior Research Fellow at the Federal Trust 14th February 2020 Criticism of the European Union in United Kingdom (UK) political discourse has often focused upon the proposition that as a project it is federal in nature. For this [...]
The relevant tasks now for Europe and for Federalists
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by Ira Straus Chair, Center for War-Peace Studies 13th January 2020 It's a new world in UK-EU relations. All -- Europeanists, federalists, the EU itself -- have to find their bearings in it. All have to refocus on the tasks most relevant for the future. So also do all who [...]
From the European Union to the Human Federation
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Preparing Humanity for coexistence with Superintelligence 2nd December 2019 Lecture and Discussion with Tony Czarnecki, presenting his forthcoming book: Democracy for Human Federation – Coexisting with Superintelligence(external link to Amazon) Respondent: David Wood, Chair of London Futurists and Co-Founder of the Transhumanist Party Videos of the presentation and the response: [...]
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Federalism, Parliament, Religion and Monarchy Comparing Prorogation in the 17th Century with Prorogation in the 21st Century By Dr. Andrew Black, Digit LtdSenior Research Fellow at Global Policy Institute; Senior Research Fellow, Brunel Business School 13th September 2019 "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?""Oh yes," said Ford with a [...]
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30th September 2019 March 2016 saw Myanmar's first democratically elected government to take office since 1962, though under a constitution that gives veto powers to non-elected representatives. Before it took office the National League for Democracy (NLD) set out a new direction for the country, stating that it would 'strive [...]
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A major state-of-the-environment report shows the country's glaciers have shrunk by more than a third in the past 30 years, and a glacier scientist says it is likely humans have helped that to happen.
The government report released on Wednesday says the volume of glacier ice has dropped by 36 percent since 1978 because of rising temperatures.
Andrew Mackintosh of Victoria University's Antarctic Research Centre said globally there was no doubt that human influences had caused glaciers to retreat.
He said it has yet to be scientifically demonstrated in New Zealand, but it was very likely humans have played a part.
"There's no doubt that New Zealand glaciers have lost a lot of ice during that period, especially since 2008 we've seen a rapid loss of ice in the Southern Alps and iconic glaciers like Franz Josef and Fox have retreated dramatically."
Dr Mackintosh said regional climatic variations had also had an effect on the glaciers.
"There's some combination of climate forcing and other processes that are at play here that cause glaciers to retreat."
Dr Mackintosh said the glacial melt would also have an impact on the country's water resources, and the ability to generate electricity through hydro power and the ability to irrigate land.
"It's not completely clear yet how that's going to pan out because you could imagine as glaciers melt more they'll actually give us more water in the short term, but eventually there will be enough ice lost that that water reservoir will be gone, so at some point in the future that extra stored water that we have in the mountains will disappear."
Dr Mackintosh said that the glacial volume loss was still an estimate because it was incredibly difficult to measure a glacier, but scientists in New Zealand are working hard to improve the estimates of volume change.
He said modelling of glaciers and the climate was underway to understand the detailed relationship between climate change and glacier change.
Senior research fellow at Victoria University's Antarctic Research Centre Brian Anderson used a fixed timelapse camera at four glaciers in the Southern Alps to monitor the rapid change in the glaciers.
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New Zealand scientists have helped establish a formula for the rate of glacial erosion, which will help indicate future erosion and the potential effects of climate change.


This past year has been one of heavy consolidation for US-based competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), but underlying the need to gain scale through acquisition are a few other prominent trends, according to industry experts.
Competitive players and smaller incumbents are looking at higher-value offerings including cloud-based and data center services and that has also led to M&A activity. Cbeyond Communications (Nasdaq: CBEY) in November bought two cloud services companies, MaximumASP and its affiliated companies, as well as the outstanding stock of privately held Aretta Communications.
CLECs are realizing how well network services, data center, and cloud services complement each other and how integral cloud-based or data center services are becoming to business communications needs.
Competitive players are also looking to move up the market chain, and not focus exclusively on the SMB space where many cut their teeth, Washburn adds.
CLECs are building up a portfolio to go after larger business customers and that's propelled by what they see happening at the small business levels. Large incumbent LECs and cable companies are relentlessly pushing down prices and pushing up speeds. Mid-sized businesses have to wonder why they should buy voice and data on a T1 if they can get a voice trunk and a 20-Meg FiOS link for less money. And let's not forget the impact wireless is having on the CLEC's core SMB clients.
The result is "an ugly market" for which many CLECs aren't well-suited, and so they are building up their Ethernet services and getting more into cloud-based and data center services to move upmarket.
For now, the industry believes CLECs are interested in hosted services and basic data center offerings, not specific applications-on-demand, but that could change. In some cases, the acquisitions are bringing in those new, larger customers.
I have noted that there are several CLEC's in the market today that are not expanding product portfolio, do not own fiber nor are they venturing into the larger business client market. I have to wonder if they will be acquisition candidates, or simply dinosaurs that will fade from existence. Naturally only time will tell, but if I were guiding an investor or a potential client, I would steer clear of such CLEC's for now.
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Rahul Anand
Rahul found farming on a search for purpose, and a month into his first farm job he knew that he had found his calling. He dreamed of owning his own farm from early on, and edged closer and closer to that dream with each step. He opened Snapfinger Farm in Stockbridge, GA in 2016, converting a 14-acre horse farm to a thriving produce business. He now sells at two farmers markets, to Atlanta area restaurants, through a farmer-owned cooperative (Middle Georgia Growers Coop), and has a growing wholesale business.
David Bohlen
David Bohlen, owner of Bohlen Family Farms, has developed a reputation among high-end chefs in St. Louis and beyond as the go-to grower for specialty crops from around the world. He works closely with leading plant breeders, seed collectors, and chefs to develop and select varieties adapted to his region. David is also a forager and a father, and works alongside chefs in the kitchen for his private events. He is a first-generation farmer who has learned from experience, starting his farm on a vacant lot across from his previous home in Ferguson, MO in 2012. While his farm has expanded, now situated on a 240 acre property in Florissant, MO, Bohlen still harvests everything by hand.
Rebecca Carlson
Rebecca is the owner and farmer at Seeds Farm in Northfield, MN, where she farms 15 acres of Certified Organic diversified vegetables. A passion for environmental issues drew her to farming. Her business started as a five-member CSA and farmers market stand ten years ago, and since has evolved exclusively to wholesale. She has a long history as a food entrepreneur, having launched a bread baking business out of her parents' kitchen in high school and a maple syrup enterprise in college. She developed a sustainable farming curriculum and teaches a spring semester course at her alma mater, St. Olaf College, and advises their student farm. She is active in Land Stewardship Project, the Sustainable Farming Association, Minnesota Farmers Union, and Cannon Valley Grown, and she has a Masters degree in Sustainable Food Systems from Green Mountain College.
Krishana Collins
From the moment she worked on her first organic farm at age 19 Krishana knew it was her calling, and farming has never lost its luster for her even on the most challenging days. She initially grew vegetables, specializing in salad greens for more than ten years. While in mourning after her mother's passing, Krishana planted a field of flowers and stumbled upon a new business she hadn't planned, growing, selling and designing flowers for events and weddings. Applying and winning a grant from her town of Chilmark, MA she was able to secure a 75-year lease on a 13-acre farm with a beautiful 1756 farmhouse so she could grow her business as she had always dreamed she would: Tea Lane Farm. She strives to make this award a model, and to inspire the town to conserve land for agriculture and create stable opportunities for farmers.
In December 2018, Krishana and a small group of friends joined forces to save a historic 6+ acre property, Beetlebung Farm, from development. As the new stewards of Beetlebung Farm with Krishana assuming the role of farm director, their focus will be on developing regenerative systems to support farming, food, craft and community.
Vera Fabian
Vera co-owns Ten Mothers Farm in Cedar Grove, North Carolina. Ten Mothers grows year-round, no-till vegetables for 124 CSA shares and restaurants on just under one acre. While Vera didn't grow up farming, she was raised by a farmer's daughter and dreamt of a life closer to nature. In college she fell in love with cooking, and decided farming was the way she wanted to make an impact in the world. She landed a job at The Edible Schoolyard, where alongside her students, she learned how to grow and cook the best food she'd ever eaten. After five years, Vera and her husband Gordon worked up the courage to leave their city jobs to learn to farm. They started their own farm on leased land in 2015. To pay the bills while they built their business, Vera worked at an incubator farm for refugees and taught cooking to children and adults. Helping other farmers grow their businesses has been instrumental in her journey and she hopes to weave education and cooking into the future of their farm. Last year, Ten Mothers Farm moved onto permanent land and Vera still can't believe they get to grow in this soil for the rest of their lives.
Michael Farrell
Michael Farrell first learned about the wonders of maple syrup during a field trip while obtaining his masters in forestry from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. He started tapping trees on his childhood property and soon after went on to serve as the Director of Cornell University's Uihlein Forest, a maple syrup research and educational center in Lake Placid, NY for 13 years. Michael focused his efforts on the sustainable development of the maple syrup industry, assisted thousands of sugarmakers with their own operations, and conducted research and education on the potential for tapping other species beyond maple. His dissertation at Cornell explored the growth potential of the maple industry, and in 2013 he authored The Sugarmakers Companion: An integrated guide to producing syrup from maple, birch, and walnut trees. In 2017, Michael turned over a new leaf and left Cornell to focus entirely on the development of The Forest Farmers and New Leaf Tree Syrups, the world's most diverse array of organic syrups produced from different tree species. He is passionate about making the most of our forest resources and is fully active in all aspects of The Forest Farmers' mission. He lives with his wife Andrea and their three growing children in Lake Placid, NY.
Emma Jagoz
Emma launched Moon Valley Farm in Cockeysville, MD nine years ago, increasing the operation from a quarter acre on one leased site to growing nearly 15 acres across six bartered yards in her community, to finally purchasing a 25-acre farm of her own where she grows certified organic herbs and vegetables for a 250 person, 8 month-long CSA program. She also grows year-round for over 50 of the best restaurants in Baltimore and DC. She is deeply passionate about the range of work farmers need to engage in to build a successful business, from mapping out marketing campaigns to mechanics and tractor repair, and aims to see local produce become the norm for households and restaurants alike.
Sarahlee Lawrence
Sarahlee moved home to her family farm after a decade of working as an international river guide. She started with two acres and the most diverse array of seeds she could afford. Over the past ten seasons she has transformed her family's hay farm into a year-round, organic, full-diet farm. Today, she and her husband Ashanti cultivate a rotation of diverse vegetables, grains, and cover crops on 27 acres with the help of eight apprentices from the Rogue Farm Corps. Over the years they have added heritage cattle, pigs, and poultry to their operation and manage over 10,000 acres of pasture to raise their animals. Three years ago they built a commercial kitchen, restaurant, and farm store on the farm where they preserve food, provide a full diet to 100 families year-round, and host farm-to-table events. This year they hired an award-winning chef who adds the finishing touches of magic to the food they bring to the table. As a team, their dream is to create a culinary destination.
Tarun (Runi) Marya
Runi is the founder and farmer at Luna Vez Farm, a 2.5-acre diversified organic farm located in Los Altos Hills, California. Luna Vez Farm grew out of a longtime dream to provide healthy food to people while honoring and building the soil it is grown in. As a child, Runi had the privilege of eating homemade meals made by his dad, BK Marya, who learned to cook from his grandmother in a small village in Punjab. These experiences instilled in him a love and appreciation of good food and family. When in college studying Environmental Science, Runi cooked food at pop-up restaurants, and later was a pastry chef at a Michelin Star restaurant that supported local agriculture. He quickly realized that the magic was in the quality of the food and the health of the soil. He apprenticed on a seed farm in Sonoma County and started a small organic seed saving business called Bay Area Seeds. Runi has managed farms in San Gregorio, CA, Maui, HI, and Sonoma, CA. Today, Luna Vez Farm produces specialty crops for Maum, a Michelin Star restaurant in neighboring Palo Alto, Ca, hosts a CSA, and produces vegetables, fruits, herbs, poultry, eggs and floral arrangements for small accounts and events throughout the Bay Area. At Luna Vez Farm this work is done with an investment in respecting the land, the food, the workers, and our community.
Patrick McNiff
Pat is the founder of Pat's Pastured, raising grass-fed and pastured chickens (broiler and layer), turkeys, ducks, pigs and cattle on more than 150 acres in East Greenwich, RI. Pat's interest in farming was sparked when he ran a summer jobs program centered around an urban vegetable garden and he saw how food and community could create powerful change. He spent the next eight years working in urban agriculture through the Southside Community Land Trust in Providence, RI. He developed programs to bring gardening to classrooms, grow food at an organic urban farm, and redevelop vacant lots into community gardens. This further inspired him to go to graduate school for a Masters in Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University. For his thesis he helped to form the Urban Edge Farm Business Incubator to support the next generation of farmers. He then joined Casey Farm, a large nonprofit organic vegetable farm, as farm manager, before opening Pat's Pasture in 2008.
Jayne Merner Senecal
Jayne owns and operates Earth Care Farm, which was started by her father, Michael Merner, in 1977. With the help of 3 generations of Merners and a small dedicated staff the farm raises produce, cattle and is most well-known for its large scale, high quality Merner's Gold Compost. As the first and largest composter in Rhode Island, the farm transforms many hundreds of tons of materials per year into rich compost for gardens across New England. Additionally, Jayne has owned and managed a fine gardening service, Golden Root Gardening, since 1999. Jayne serves on the Rhode Island Food Policy Council, the Charlestown Agricultural Preservation Commission and has received numerous awards including the RI Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA) Professional of the Year 2018, 1st place for RINLA Sustainable Landscape Design, 2019 Providence Business News 40 under 40, and the National Udall Scholar "For leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to the environment." Jayne enjoys sharing her deep love of nature with the community through gardening and cooking classes. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and dance parties with her husband, son and 2 pet goats.
Angie Raines
Angie is a first-generation farmer at South Wind Produce in Rougemont, NC, where she and her husband grow diversified vegetables and small grains on 10 acres. Her interest in farming developed out of a lifelong love for cooking and eating. She started her career in the banking industry but decided to become a farmer as the 2008 financial crisis was taking hold and she began to reckon with the bigger systems at play in daily life. She worked at Next Step Produce in Maryland before establishing her own business. South Wind Produce sells at Farmers Markets and works closely with over 30 chefs and restaurants in the Durham area. As part of their effort to expand product diversity in their region she is currently testing varieties and methods of growing buckwheat for soba noodle flour. Angie's mission is to create a farm that is productive, profitable, pleasant to be on, nourishing, and forward-thinking, and she hopes to become more of a leader and a representative for small farms.
Jacy Rothschiller
Jacy is the co-founder of and farmer at Gallatin Valley Botanical at Rocky Creek Farm in Bozeman, MT. She first leased a two-acre parcel in 2002 to grow enough vegetables to market to a few chefs and farmers markets. She now owns a 57-acre property, where she farms vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers, incorporating mobile flocks of sheep, chickens and pigs, and offers a place for her community to visit, u-pick berries and apples, and have their apples custom pressed. She offers her items year-round to local chefs and CSA members. To further round out a four season farm, she founded a Winter Farmers Market for the community in collaboration with Women of the Dirt, an organization of local women farmers and ranchers. She hopes to channel her background in farming and relationships with chefs to turn this amazing place into an educational farm and learning center while continuing to provide healthy produce, quality meats, and beautiful flowers to her community.
Beth Schiller
Beth Schiller has been growing her business, Dandelion Spring Farm, in Midcoast Maine since 2002. She currently raises 7 acres of certified organic vegetables and herbs on 80 acres of land in Bowdoinham, ME. With an even 50/50 split between products sold at farmers' markets and direct sales to restaurants, Beth is continually trying to bring fresh eyes to sustainable entrepreneurship. About to start her third season on newly purchased property, Beth is eager to see what form her business will take during this next phase of growth with the opportunity to shift from annual to perennial crop production. She is inspired by her work as president of the board of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), and the increase in wider conversations about farming and climate resilience. She is deeply interested in the urban-rural interface and the ability to use food as a bridge for community development.
Ray Young
Ray is the owner/operator of Next Barn Over (NBO) Farm in Hadley, MA. NBO is a 50-acre, certified organic, mixed vegetable farm serving a 600 member CSA, farmers market, and many local grocers, distributors, and restaurants. Ray started Next Barn Over (NBO) Farm on a shoestring in 2010, renting land, tractors, and hiring friends. Over the last ten years, Ray and their extraordinary ten-person team have more than tripled their production; purchased land, infrastructure, and equipment; improved systems; and cultivated vibrant community partnerships. Prior to farming, Ray devoted themself to activism: they co-founded a political theater troupe and worked on many grassroots community justice projects in Western Massachusetts. Food justice is at the heart of Ray's farming practices, which has guided NBO to donate several thousands of pounds of produce to local food pantries annually, offer subsidized CSA shares, and in partnership with Gardening the Community in Springfield, MA, deliver fresh produce weekly to a neighborhood impacted by food apartheid. Ray lives at the confluence of the Connecticut and Fort Rivers with their sweet beasts and loving partner.
Meet the inaugural cohort
In December 2018, Stone Barns Center hosted 18 farmers for the first Entrepreneurship Intensive.


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I know that you are one incredible and amazing human being.
What we define as means more to me than a title on a book or movie.
I'll be by your side for whatever nature throws at you.
I would like to say I LOVE YOU with all my heart, I would never in a million years think I would find someone that is so truly understanding and willing to see who I really play in my chapter.
Yes this is just the beginning and I can not wait for you to help me write our chapter.
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Don Dokken: 'Up From The Ashes'
Posted on October 21, 2020 by Ruben Mosqueda in Uncategorized // 0 Comments
DON DOKKEN
UP FROM THE ASHES
Released on October 21, 1990 (Geffen Records)
"It's one of the best records that I have ever been a part of. I had such a fucking amazing band — Peter Baltes from Accept, John Norum [Europe], Billy White [Watchtower] and Mikkey Dee [King Diamond]. That was another album that took a long time to make, because I wanted to make an amazing record. It took us about nine months to make that one. It didn't sell anywhere near what it should have. That was going to be the next Dokken album, then I lost my name. The band sued me and I couldn't even use my own name. So I could call it 'Don Dokken' but I couldn't call it 'Dokken'? Give me a break, that's my name," said an annoyed Don Dokken when I spoke with him in July of 2020 for Metal Titans.
By the time 1990 rolled around, Dokken, the band, was over. George Lynch and 'Wild' Mick Brown had formed Lynch Mob and had released their debut Wicked Sensation. Jeff Pilson was working on War & Peace, and playing with the McAuley Schenker Group. Don Dokken as he said had assembled a united nations 'supergroup' of sorts with the aforementioned musicians listed. While Dokken looked to be over, we had two bands that rose from the ashes of the band's demise — Lynch Mob and Don Dokken. One could make all sorts of excuses and reasons for the album tanking or underperforming. In this case, it wasn't the talent pool. There were a handful of really good tunes, some that quite frankly didn't hit the spot and I couldn't connect with. Judging by the reception to the album when it was released, I wasn't alone.
The name was there. The artwork was a nod to Back For The Attack which three years earlier in 1987 afforded Dokken the opportunity to tour stadiums as one of the support acts for the Sammy Hagar fronted Van Halen as they trekked across America that summer. Dokken were clicking and firing by on all cylinders. It seemed like Dokken would stand the test of time, even with the fabricated or at times, the very real internal conflict. Don gave us a little more insight on Up From The Ashes, "Geffen [Records] was pushing my album pretty well, then they just pulled the plug on promotion for Up From The Ashes. The label elected to concentrate on Nirvana and Guns N' Roses."
The first taste we got of Don Dokken (band) was the video clip for "Mirror Mirror" which was a very good tune but it paled in comparison from what we had already heard from Lynch Mob. Sure, it was the voice of Dokken, but it was Don Dokken 'Lite' in comparison to what he had done in the past, quite frankly. Up From The Ashes didn't have the 'firepower' that you'd expect from the tandem of Norum and White. It was like a 'paper tiger' in that in print, this band should have decimated the singer's previous namesake, but in reality, it didn't. It was a little bit flat, extremely polished, which contributed to the vibe of the whole thing getting just sucked out of it. A 'buzzkill.'
The blame however, shouldn't be solely on Don's shoulders. Wyn Davis (Great White) was the producer. John Kolodner who was responsible for resuscitating Aerosmith's career was the A&R guy. Tom Zutaut who helped launch the career of Mötley Crüe and Guns N' Roses, also had a hand in the final say on this album. It's incredible how you can have that level of talent, some good songs, label experience, production and have this as the end result. I'm speechless. There were some highlights on Up From The Ashes such as "Crash 'N Burn," "Down In Flames," "Mirror Mirror," and my absolute favorite song on this album is "Give It Up." Had that song been released two years prior, it would have been a hit. The same could be said for "Mirror Mirror," in spite of the production.
"I didn't want to be on Geffen anymore. I waited until John Kalodner became the president of Columbia (Records) and we were the first band that he signed. That's how Dysfunctional was recorded. It was supposed to be a 'solo' record. George came back to the band, literally about a week before the record was done. He threw in a couple of solos on that. He didn't have much to do with the writing for it. That's what happened with Up From The Ashes," sighs Don Dokken. Up From The Ashes is a 'good' record. It could have been a 'great' record since the songs were there but the production just wasn't. There was just some magic that happened when the classic line-up got together, as we would later hear on Dysfunctional even with limited input by Lynch in terms of songwriting. We'll pick things up from there when it's that album's anniversary.
01. Crash 'N Burn
02. 1000 Miles Away
03. When Some Nights
04. Forever
05. Living A Lie
06. When Love Finds A Fool
07. Give It Up
08. Mirror Mirror
10. Down In Flames
11. The Hunger
Don Dokken – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
John Norum – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Billy White – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Peter Baltes – bass guitar, backing vocals
Mikkey Dee – drums
Additional Musicians:
Glenn Hughes – backing vocals (6)
Tony Franklin – bass intro (9)
Ken Mary – drums (11)
Produced by Wyn Davis
Engineered by Eddie Ashworth and Melissa Sewell
Mastered by George Marino
Executive producer: Tom Zutaut
Band Websites:
Official Website (Dokken)
Facebook (Dokken)
Reviewed by Ruben Mosqueda for Sleaze Roxx, October 2020
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Rutherford Remembers September 11th
Photo credits: Jennifer Ersalesi and Ginny Coleman
As people throughout the country gathered to observe the twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2021, the community of Rutherford also came together in Lincoln Park for a ceremony entitled, "Rutherford Remembers…".
Mayor Frank Nunziato gave the Welcome Introduction during which he extended his sincerest sympathies to all those families and friends who continue to mourn the loss of the "sons of Rutherford" whose lives were lost during the attack on the World Trade Center.
The Invocation was given by Reverend Peter Wilkinson of the First Presbyterian Church. Chief John Russo of the Rutherford Police Department led the Pledge of Allegiance. Following the Pledge, the Rutherford Marine Corps League Air, Land, & Sea No. 710 Detachment conducted the Posting of Colors. Under the direction of Mrs. Patricia Blanchard, the Rutherford High School Choir sang the "Star-Spangled Banner".
Troup 166 B and 166G, Cub Scout Pack 168, and Girl Scout Troop 97096 attended the event as well.
Councilwoman Stephanie McGowan spoke about Port Authority Police Officer Maurice Barry who was known as "Moe", an Ambulance Corps member and Boy Scout Leader and part of the Port Authority Police Department's Emergency Services Unit. Councilman Tom Mullahey read a short biography about John Crowe who was an active community member who coached a number of different sports. Crowe's niece, Jennifer Van Blarcom, produced the conceptual design for the September 11th Memorial in Lincoln Park. Tim Finnerty was remembered by Councilman Ray Guzman who recounted Finnerty's love of basketball and coaching. Mayor Frank Nunziato spoke about his friend, John Griffin, who created the "Hope with Heart" organization along with his wife, June, which supports children with heart defects after the death of their son Jonathan. Ronnie Breitweiser, a 1980 Rutherford High School graduate, who truly loved his community was remembered by Councilman Matt Cokeley. Councilman Mark Goldsack spoke about Port Authority Police Officer Paul Laszcynski who was a devoted father and a member of the Port Authority Emergency Services Unit who received several awards for acts of heroism. Councilwoman Maria Begg-Roberson recounted the lives lost that day, their heroism, and those affected by their tragic deaths.
Rutherford resident, Dan Coleman, played "Taps". DOJ Retired Deputy Chief Brian Bruton Bergen County Police, Pipes, and Drums played "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes. Pastor Shawn Pate of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church and Reverend Dr, Karen Rezach of Grace Episcopal Church led the Litany of Prayer. The RHS Choir sang, "Seasons of Love", from the musical "Rent" under the choral direction of Mrs. Patricia Blanchard. Father Phil Latronico of the Community of God's Love gave the Benediction and the Rutherford Marine Corps League conducted the Retiring of Colors.
Councilman Mark Goldsack thanked all for joining and taking part in the Observance, He asked all "to enjoy the beautiful day in memory of those lost...". DOJ Ret. Deputy Chief Brian Bruton concluded the program with the Recession during which he played "America the Beautiful" and "God Bless America" on the bagpipes.
Click here for the link for the video of "Rutherford Remembers...".


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Arlington Heights apartment standoff ends with man's arrest
Updated 12/5/2019 8:31 AM
An Arlington Heights man was arrested after an early morning standoff at his downtown apartment today.
Officers were called to the apartment on the 0-100 block of Campbell Street just before 12:30 a.m. for a report of a domestic disturbance, Arlington Heights police said. They located a woman in the apartment who had suffered "minor injuries to her extremities."
When officers directed the woman's 42-year-old boyfriend to leave the apartment, he refused and brandished a knife, police said.
Officers attempted to subdue the man with a Taser, but it was ineffective and he closed the door and barricaded himself inside.
A regional tactical response team was called to the scene and attempted to negotiate the man's surrender during what police described as a "prolonged effort."
Police eventually released pepper spray into the apartment, leading the man to open the apartment door, authorities said. He continued to threaten and resist officers, but ultimately was taken into custody after use of other "nonlethal responses to resistance were deployed," police said.
The man was taken to a hospital for evaluation and is awaiting charges. The investigation remains ongoing, police said.
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MaritimeGardening.com is a podcast and website resource for gardening enthusiasts in The Maritime Provinces of Canada and beyond (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island).
"My name is Greg Auton, and I love gardening. There is something about the whole experience of gardening that really appeals to me: I'm outside, in the fresh air, getting some exercise and a little sun; it's quiet and peaceful, I am completely focused on what I am doing, like a meditation; I slow down, watch, and listen – and when this happens I always learn new things; and of course, I am growing my own food, and it tastes better than anything I've ever bought!
I grew up like many kids in the 1970's, with a modest backyard vegetable garden that my parents maintained, and when I bought my first house, I put in a garden that very year and my garden has gotten bigger each year ever since. A number of years ago I discovered an approach to gardening called 'permaculture', which briefly defined, involves copying the systems that work in nature, and incorporating them into to your garden design. This means moving away from roto-tillers, perpetual watering, perpetual weeding, pathological fertilization, and constant poisoning of pests. It's about moving toward a far easier, less costly and more productive approach to gardening, by creating a garden that is designed to take care of itself. I currently maintain a garden that is approximately 2500 square feet. I do this all by myself, it takes very little of my time, and provides for a good proportion of my family's diet each year.
(1) I've noticed that the practice of keeping a backyard vegetable garden, which was very common when I was a child, has really been lost on my generation and subsequent generations. Something has happened in our collective minds, such that we've become convinced that we do not have the time, it's too hard, or it's just not worth it. I want to change that, and bring people back to gardening.
(2) I want to introduce people to permaculture gardening. There is a lot of information out there on this approach, but I think a good deal of it is needlessly over-complicated. Adopting a permaculture design in your garden is really quite simple in its essence, and is ideal for anyone who values a low maintenance, high output garden.
(3) The prospect of getting started might be overwhelming for some. There are many costs that we associate with setting up a garden, and it hardly seems worth the money or the time. In my experience, this has never been the case. My third and final goal for this show is to show people that when they are properly designed, gardens always give, they never take.


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In order to qualify, interested applicants must meet the following basic eligibility requirements.
Do your current living conditions include at least one of the following?
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Each adult family member is required to complete 250 hours of volunteer "sweat equity" time in order to complete the program. Sweat equity hours are completed through home construction, classroom instruction, assisting with events, and other opportunities as available.
If you meet the above guidelines, please contact our office at (605) 348-9196 for more information on how to apply. All information is confidential and used only for family selection. Applications are accepted during the months of March and September, and the application determination process takes up to three months.
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