Archive for March, 2009

Island lifelines run deep — in land and sea - Maui News

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Molokai konohiki, or traditional resource manager will speak at an ocean fair, and a homestead community will honor an alii and his legacy inevents next weekend reminding us of the island’s ancient lifelines to both land and sea. On Saturday, Kelson …

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Urban gardener makes the most of small spaces - San Francisco Gate

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009 And no, those jars on the counter haven’t been neglected, but are actually filled with beneficial microflora, turning common vegetables into the nutritional powerhouse kimchi. An avid gardener, Ruppenthal has yet to get …

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Homeowners get log cabin fever - Baltimore Sun

Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Homeowners get log cabin fever
Baltimore Sun, United States
By Andrea F. Siegel For more than 20 summers, Lenore Campbell and Leo Tims vacationed in a log cabin at Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland. They were in love with a home for which the structure itself is a defining element of the decor.

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Artful Abode - San Francisco Gate

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

And no, those jars on the counter haven’t been neglected, but are actually filled with beneficial microflora, turning common vegetables into the nutritional powerhouse kimchi. An avid gardener, Ruppenthal has yet to get discouraged living most of his …

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Student’s project changes lives - including hers - News & Observer

Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Student’s project changes lives - including hers
News & Observer, NC
Bell was a student coordinator for a trip that took her, a group of 14 classmates and NC State professor Marianne Bradford to Clementina, a poverty-stricken homesteading community in the desert of Peru, at the base of the mountain that overlooks

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Student’s project changes lives - including hers - Raleigh News & Observer

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Editor’s Note: Karen Bell will graduate May 9 from the MBA program at N.C. State’s College of Management. She is one of nearly 40 MBA students in the college who participated this month in alternative spring break projects, which provided …

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Former McCain Adviser Endorses Same Sex Marriage - Newsweek

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

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Former McCain Adviser Endorses Same Sex Marriage
Newsweek
Schmidt, who will speak at next month’s Log Cabin Republican convention in Washington, said he believes the GOP has been “shrinking party” in recent years because of intolerance. “One of the most tragic things in the world (is) when people are closeted
Former McCain campaign chief endorses same-sex marriage. Tips-Q GLBT News
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Martin-Wells takes lead in Women’s Bassmaster tourney - Gadsden Times (subscription)

Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Martin-Wells takes lead in Women’s Bassmaster tourney
Gadsden Times (subscription), AL
Other fishing holes she identified in practice had no water over them or other anglers homesteading them. First-day leader Emily Shaffer dropped to third place Friday after weighing in a 7.8-pound five-bass limit. “My fish shrunk,” she said of the

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Martin-Wells takes lead in Women’s Bassmaster tourney - Gadsden Times

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Tossing the wrong fish into the Coosa River failed to cost Pam Martin-Wells the tournament lead during the second day of competition in the season-opener of the 2009 Women’s Bassmaster Tour on Gadsden’s Neely Henry Lake. Martin-Wells culled a 2.2 …

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Pinellas County looks to open Eagle Lake Park in Largo in December - St. Petersburg Times

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

A bee feeds on a water lily in one of the lakes at Eagle Lake Park. In 1998 the county bought 157 acres from the Taylor family, which had grown citrus and raised cattle and generations of family on the land. When the air smells like orange blossoms …

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