Let the seasonal tradition of overeating begin!  It’s actually pretty warm here, with this turkey day being the coldest this week, and I am waiting for the chance to bundle up and feel the cold chap my cheeks.  But like most things, Second Life can provide us with the platform to live our fantasies.  This time I took a look at the Winterfest showcase and I found Angel Woods.

This little gem is nestled amongst the bustle of the mainland and provides a very intimate scenery.  Plenty of nooks and crannies for peaceful reflection or for couples.  With the snow gently falling, I thought it was the perfect time to experience some new, wonderful designs by SL’s hottest designers.

Angel Wood

What I use to keep warm:

:GP: Petal Frex [Light] Winter-Sniffles 1 (the new skins from Curio are so cute and are perfect for exploring the outdoors.  Just the right amount of red nose and cheeks means fun in the snow.  If you want to theme it up this season, winter skins should be on your Christmas list)

fri. – Cassie – Passionate Red

Zaara : Anaya cluster earrings *onyx*

*COCO*_CheckSwingCoat_Blue (I love plaid, and this new coat from Coco is just so natural looking.  It drapes beautifully and flatters the figure.  I can’t imagine leaving the house this winter without it)

*PERSONA* Dita knit blouse – white  (for the plaid coat, I thought a knit would be best for underneath.  Just so happens that I stumbled upon this sweater that I have had for just about forever.  Always important to coordinate your textures and prints.  Knits and plaids have had a centuries old love affair with each other that can’t go wrong)

*COCO*_SlimJeansBelt_Brown (it’s the little details that really tell the world that you are smart about your appearance.  In other words?  Wear belts!)

[LeLutka]-WOOL PANTS-gray

Black Lace Gloves from *{JB}* Ariadne IV

Ring black saphire / oversize  / R *REDGRAVE*

Stepping through the doors of Holyrood, I felt myself overcome with many complex and conflicting emotions almost to difficult to describe. Wait, no. In hindsight it’s actually quite easy- ‘contempt’. Contempt for the building’s hideous and impractical architecture, contempt for it’s inconvenient location, and contempt for the ill deserved estimated costs of £414 million it took to build.

The ‘heated’ political debate I expected sadly dropped it’s pants to reveal itself to be nothing more than the same 4 or 5 points repeated to the point of nausea ie. more than once. The debate never went anywhere. After one msp was finshed speaking the next would stand up, states he agrees, and then regurgitates the same points of arguement what have just been said but with a smug sense of self satisfaction as if he’s actually making a difference. Upon entry of the chamber which is actually quite impressive and even attractive from the inside, through the inane muttering of the men seated behind us we heard the rural housing report read allowed by a committee official.

Evidently, the report itself seemed to have been very thoroughy created, and in a more then proffessional manner. Very pursuading points of arguements were made and yet it never really seemed to have an impact on the 10 or 15 msps that made up the main chamber. A measly number in my opinion which highlighted a question in my mind whether or not what was being said was actually of any importance or value. To be honest I don’t blame the other msps for not showing up. Although, I understand the importance of farming communities in providing food to the citezens of this country, personally I believe the death of rural communtites simply to be social progression. An attempt to keep them alive would be an attempt to hold people back from reaching their full potential that can only be achieved in a place such as a city. It is a shame for the genuine few that want to but can’t afford to stay in their own communities and so I tried to make that the underline theme of my article.

Surprisingly, even with my crippling undermining doubts about whether this was actually news worth or not; I found it quite easy to type up a simple news story describing the events of the debate with a little background knowledge recieved by reading the report myself. I’m not really sure if what I wrote was what was expected of me, but I attempted to lay down a simple narrative with just a couple of references and quotes. If anything, remembering the names of speakers and note taking potentially killer quotes was the most stressfull part of the work. No matter how fast my hand could scrawl it’s way across the page and despite my best efforts, the next point or speaker had already begun and I was left struggling behind, trying to keep up.

It’s soul crushingly boring stuff to write but requires very little skill just to regurgitate the events of a day to the point that it’s actually disturbing. Though I’m sure my article was far from perfect with regard to language used, and traditional, preferred structure; it saddens me to think that this is actually what some people are tasked with doing as their daily work. It’s not an exprience I look forward to repeating but is one I plan to use and grow upon, especially as I expect I will be instructed to go there again in the near future. Political reporting it would seem is a boring yet necesarry part of journalism for without a knowledge of politics, the public would be ill fit to vote- and most of them are already.

The Scottish parliament is too review legislation regarding taxation on holiday homes in rural Scotland after it was highlighted as both a danger to the survival of Scotland’s rural communities, and a solution with regards to rural project funding.

Last week, a relatively small number of msps gathered in Hollyrood’s main chamber to hear and discuss the committee report. An in depth investigation into issue facing people- especially younger generations- when trying to find residence in rural communities of Scotland. In ay cases, communities in which they grew up in.

Other points of concern highlighted by the report were the availability of land itself, especially land suitable for housing projects; and affordability of housing that is being built in and around rural communities for younger Scots. Landowners and Housing developers came under scrutiny for this as it is believed by those who conducted the report that it is landowners holding onto suitable land with hopes of gaining even larger profits upon selling in the future and housing developers favouring and creating luxurious holiday homes intended for the wealthy and retired whilst ignoring demand for affordable, and even rent controlled housing from younger generations.

According to the committee there is need for a ‘cultural shift’ and a change I attitudes to a very real issue facing many young Scots and the rural communities of Scotland. If rural communities are to survive; ‘fresh blood’ must be able to find find housing ad create homes and pre- mentioned communities, or we as a country risk losing them and part of our heritage and culture, so to speak. For this to happen issues with affordability and all round accessibility must be taken into consideration by the Scottish Parliament whom the committee hold accountable.

However, did hear speculation over whether or not such investigations were necessary and questions were held over whether or not the committee were simply ‘pushing against an open door’. The representative of the SNP made clear that the government understood and were aware of such problems facing rural communities and the accessibility of housing for young people arguing that gears have already been set in motion to aid them.

As part of a ‘revival campaign’ for rural Scotland, the government have been successful in bringing in thirteen thousand new, and affordable homes for rent in a number of Scotland’s rural towns and villages. To date; over one hundred and forty six million has been invested in the campaign, though the government accept that new sources of funding is needed, especially in the current economic climate.

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This is a report of the Scottish parliament debate on rural housing from Wednesday 7th October.

Parliament Report

Maureen Watt, SNP MSP for North East Scotland, today put forward the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee’s bid to have more affordable housing schemes built in rural Scotland.

In front of the Parliament Mrs Watt began by thanking her colleagues before talking about the “unaffordability and unavailability of rural housing.” Mrs Watt then went on to argue that with the lack of rural housing in Scotland, young families were being forced into moving away from their communities. She said: “Tight-knit rural communities cannot survive in the long term if young people are prevented from building their lives there.”

In highlighting the need for local councils to obtain more land to build houses, Mrs Watt introduced the idea of implementing the rarely used compulsory purchase order. “What is the point of having the power if it is never used—not even, for example, to stop a perfectly habitable building falling into disrepair in an area of high housing need?,” Mrs Watt added.

When asked to speak, Minister for Housing and Communities Alex Neil responded in a positive manner to Mrs Watt’s speech. He said that the Scottish government is “singing from the same hymn sheet in recognising the importance of housing in sustaining our rural communities”, before going on to focus on the work that the Scottish Parliament has already done to improve rural housing. He said: “We are investing £146 million in delivering more than 1,300 new houses in rural communities.”

In response to Mrs Watt’s criticism of the right to buy scheme, Mr Neil revealed that the government is planning on “ending the right to buy for new houses, possibly ending the right to buy for new tenants, and extending the period of suspension of the right to buy in areas of high pressure” in their forthcoming housing bill.

Mr Neil also agreed with Mrs Watt’s views on the constraints of compulsory purchase procedures. The Minister said that he was confident the Scottish Law Commission will agree to his request of reforming compulsory purchase legislation “so as to make procedures much more timeous and much less bureaucratic than they are at present.”

Highlands and Islands MSP Peter peacock gave Labour’s response to the matter and while he agreed with the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee’s report and with Mr Neil’s stance on compulsory purchase, he also attacked the Minister’s retort on pressured area status, labelling it “weak and disappointing.”

Mrs Watt’s motion on rural housing will be decided at decision time at 17:00 and is expected to be agreed to.

If you would like some up to date Heritage news from Ireland, check out the Heritage Council website.  They seek to protect and enhance the richness, quality and diversity of Ireland’s national heritage for everyone. The Winter 2009-Spring 2010 Heritage Outlook Publication is available online, it features the latest heritage related matters in Ireland.

Since the beginning of November we have barely had a day without rain.  In the north-west of England hundreds of people have been evacuated from severely flooded homes, and several bridges have been washed away in the rains that just keep on coming.  Here in the south we have been let off lightly and I definitely can’t grumble, particularly since some rainy days have also brought sunshine and beautiful light like this.  In case you don’t know, the balls in the trees are mistletoe.  I will never tire of scenes like this.  But I wish with all my heart for an end to the rains for the people 300 miles north of here.

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While this television on the stuck “state subsidies, 13 percent,” doing we could save four or five hundred pieces, farmers XUE Chao-hu, or spend 4000 yuan to buy a flat-panel LCD. “CRT’s, too low, and the other can purchase expensive point, lest we still have change.” Yanggu County, Shandong Province, China Xue Xue Zhaicun town super-Lok Hu said that China’s rural household appliances is a microcosm of the countryside. Appliance sales are difficult to climax According to Commerce Department figures, the first three quarters of this year, “home appliances to the countryside” products were sold 20.82 million units, amounting to 38.8 billion yuan, but the country is expected to be able to pull about 1,500 a year billion from the rural consumption is still large. National home appliances to the countryside in September month, total sales of 6.178 billion yuan, the total sales of 3.16 million units, compared with August were down 18.66% and 16.58%, compared with September sales decline in July is 30%. Refrigerator sales of which more than 120 million units, accounting for more than 38%, followed by the color TV sales of 77 million units, accounting for 22%. The other followed by washing machines, air conditioners, computers, water heaters and so on. Cause these products are still not very hot the reason is that many products can not meet the needs of the residents. XUE Chao-hu according to their own situation of the people around them feel wealthy family, and want to buy household electrical appliances countries do not give subsidies. The difficulties at home, home appliance and then cheaper, but also can not afford. XUE Chao-Hu suggested the country should abolish subsidies for household electrical appliances to take some of the restrictions can be no ceiling on the opening of all commodity subsidies for the benefit of the consumer. In this regard, the State Council Development Research Center of the Ministry of Rural Han Jun judge is expected this year, home appliances to the countryside, even at an 800 billion in sales goals more difficult. So would like to rely on some subsidies to the farmers want to go buying household appliances, is still not realistic. According to report, the country home appliances to the countryside of all the members of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference in late October just in the composition of inspection teams, the rate of subsidy paid down on the list of provinces, 100 to buy the low rate of provinces, the policy on subsidies for home appliances to the countryside payment such issues as auditing supervision and inspection. The inspection team is expected to be on the 10th of this month will present a report before the end of the last 11 to form a written summary report to the State Council. Some analysts said the new report suggests that the removal of subsidies, a ceiling price of home appliances restrictions to stimulate the future, the rapid sales of home appliances. Is understood that the current rapid growth in sales of home appliances to the countryside belongs to Sichuan, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Henan and other places. The northeast, the western provinces are generally slower sales growth. Rural Housing Loan hot And home appliances to the countryside policies pulling effect is relatively weak in sharp contrast, the rural housing consumption pull up a new round of boom. Han Jungang had just completed a study in Shandong Weifang. He found that local banks do not need to guarantee mortgages without a way, is quickly occupied this part of the market. Given the current sales of household appliances in the countryside the situation is not satisfactory, next year, the rural housing construction, the rural consumer market starts to become another hot spot. Shandong, for example, this year, the province plans to build Rural Housing 756.2 thousand, and strive to complete the 922.8 thousand. Guo Zhaoxin vice governor of Shandong Province in the October 20 report to the Provincial People’s Congress, pointed out that Shandong and strive to achieve the “one million rural households to build new houses” project, which focuses on villages in the city, the city side of the village, township resident village, the village economy strong, large enterprises resident and the surrounding villages, coal mining subsidence area and the relocation of the village unexploited coal zone. These projects have made significant breakthroughs, as at the end of September, the province this year, construction of rural housing under construction and completion of transformation of the whole village, a total of 643.3 thousand, to complete renovation of dilapidated buildings 115,000, respectively, accounted for 85% of the task and 77.3%. Han Jun, found that these local farmers and the banks are very bullish on the housing construction, such as his research in 67 villages in two months time, there are more than 700 peasant households to 86.6 million loan for housing loans, a maximum loan-to-10 million loan period is 5 to 8 years, the government there is the interest rate concessions, the peasants do not need guarantees, team approach taken by UNPROFOR. He estimates found that a prefecture-level city, three-year loans to 300 million, in the province or the country analogy, it is a staggering figure. He concluded, “We want to find a new home appliances in addition to stimulate rural consumption hot spots, this is definitely hot houses of farmers.” Shandong’s approach is not new. In recent years, Tibet, Shandong, Zhejiang and Hebei provinces and cities, has been pushing the province within the area of the building’s support for farmers policy, its effect is obvious. For example in Tibet from 2006 to the present financial supplement for less than 7 million by the end of this year, one million Tibetan farmers and herdsmen to live in new houses go. This year the central government come up with the country of 40 million, in 23 provinces and supports 80 million households of farmers carried out renovation of dilapidated buildings, one to 10000. The effect of these subsidies is very obvious. Shandong, for example, this year alone, Shandong Province, the special fund for financial investment is only 4.4 billion yuan, but to start leveraging the role of domestic demand is very great. Situation in the province of Shandong Province Academy of Social Sciences Research Center, director of Qin Wu estimated that for every new home can be an investment of 100,000 yuan on average driving. If the realization of one million new homes each year terms, can stimulate investment in the annual 100 billion yuan, three-year boost investment 300 billion yuan. Shandong Province to start due to taste the sweetness of the rural housing construction, the next step this done a more thorough preparation. Letter to the province’s public housing construction committee and the provincial Office of identification, will be organized to implement the delivery of cement, steel and the countryside in order to offer below-market prices to farmers or construction unit sales, will soon be piloted in some counties and cities.

3100601    การศึกษาด้านสัตวแพทย์ในชนบท    Rural Veterinary Study

ฝึกปฏิบัติกับสัตว์ป่วยในชนบทในการตรวจและการวินิจฉัย การวางแผนการรักษา การป้องกันและการควบคุมโรค การเขียนรายงานและการนำเสนอ

(Practice on animal patients in the rural area: examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, prevention, and control of diseases; report writing and presentation.)

(3100601 จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)

…I also love when someone points out the metropolitan bias it has. Coming from a VERY rural area, I find it a bit offensive that the New York Times considers any area with a population of less than 5 Million people as “rural.” I also don’t like the presumed stereotypes about rural America that it tends to perpetuate. Apparently, those at the Daily Yonder agree: Speak Your Piece: Since When is Dallas Rural? | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural.

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I took these photos in the town of Franschhoek, near Cape Town.

Enlarge the Tub and Printed Circuit radio. See more of my gallery here.

Radio from around 1950s

While this television on the stuck “state subsidies, 13 percent,” doing we could save four or five hundred pieces, farmers XUE Chao-hu, or spend 4000 yuan to buy a flat-panel LCD. “CRT’s, too low, and the other can purchase expensive point, lest we still have change.” Yanggu County, Shandong Province, China Xue Xue Zhaicun town super-Lok Hu said that China’s rural household appliances is a microcosm of the countryside. Appliance sales are difficult to climax According to Commerce Department figures, the first three quarters of this year, “home appliances to the countryside” products were sold 20.82 million units, amounting to 38.8 billion yuan, but the country is expected to be able to pull about 1,500 a year billion from the rural consumption is still large. National home appliances to the countryside in September month, total sales of 6.178 billion yuan, the total sales of 3.16 million units, compared with August were down 18.66% and 16.58%, compared with September sales decline in July is 30%. Refrigerator sales of which more than 120 million units, accounting for more than 38%, followed by the color TV sales of 77 million units, accounting for 22%. The other followed by washing machines, air conditioners, computers, water heaters and so on. Cause these products are still not very hot the reason is that many products can not meet the needs of the residents. XUE Chao-hu according to their own situation of the people around them feel wealthy family, and want to buy household electrical appliances countries do not give subsidies. The difficulties at home, home appliance and then cheaper, but also can not afford. XUE Chao-Hu suggested the country should abolish subsidies for household electrical appliances to take some of the restrictions can be no ceiling on the opening of all commodity subsidies for the benefit of the consumer. In this regard, the State Council Development Research Center of the Ministry of Rural Han Jun judge is expected this year, home appliances to the countryside, even at an 800 billion in sales goals more difficult. So would like to rely on some subsidies to the farmers want to go buying household appliances, is still not realistic. According to report, the country home appliances to the countryside of all the members of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference in late October just in the composition of inspection teams, the rate of subsidy paid down on the list of provinces, 100 to buy the low rate of provinces, the policy on subsidies for home appliances to the countryside payment such issues as auditing supervision and inspection. The inspection team is expected to be on the 10th of this month will present a report before the end of the last 11 to form a written summary report to the State Council. Some analysts said the new report suggests that the removal of subsidies, a ceiling price of home appliances restrictions to stimulate the future, the rapid sales of home appliances. Is understood that the current rapid growth in sales of home appliances to the countryside belongs to Sichuan, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Henan and other places. The northeast, the western provinces are generally slower sales growth. Rural Housing Loan hot And home appliances to the countryside policies pulling effect is relatively weak in sharp contrast, the rural housing consumption pull up a new round of boom. Han Jungang had just completed a study in Shandong Weifang. He found that local banks do not need to guarantee mortgages without a way, is quickly occupied this part of the market. Given the current sales of household appliances in the countryside the situation is not satisfactory, next year, the rural housing construction, the rural consumer market starts to become another hot spot. Shandong, for example, this year, the province plans to build Rural Housing 756.2 thousand, and strive to complete the 922.8 thousand. Guo Zhaoxin vice governor of Shandong Province in the October 20 report to the Provincial People’s Congress, pointed out that Shandong and strive to achieve the “one million rural households to build new houses” project, which focuses on villages in the city, the city side of the village, township resident village, the village economy strong, large enterprises resident and the surrounding villages, coal mining subsidence area and the relocation of the village unexploited coal zone. These projects have made significant breakthroughs, as at the end of September, the province this year, construction of rural housing under construction and completion of transformation of the whole village, a total of 643.3 thousand, to complete renovation of dilapidated buildings 115,000, respectively, accounted for 85% of the task and 77.3%. Han Jun, found that these local farmers and the banks are very bullish on the housing construction, such as his research in 67 villages in two months time, there are more than 700 peasant households to 86.6 million loan for housing loans, a maximum loan-to-10 million loan period is 5 to 8 years, the government there is the interest rate concessions, the peasants do not need guarantees, team approach taken by UNPROFOR. He estimates found that a prefecture-level city, three-year loans to 300 million, in the province or the country analogy, it is a staggering figure. He concluded, “We want to find a new home appliances in addition to stimulate rural consumption hot spots, this is definitely hot houses of farmers.” Shandong’s approach is not new. In recent years, Tibet, Shandong, Zhejiang and Hebei provinces and cities, has been pushing the province within the area of the building’s support for farmers policy, its effect is obvious. For example in Tibet from 2006 to the present financial supplement for less than 7 million by the end of this year, one million Tibetan farmers and herdsmen to live in new houses go. This year the central government come up with the country of 40 million, in 23 provinces and supports 80 million households of farmers carried out renovation of dilapidated buildings, one to 10000. The effect of these subsidies is very obvious. Shandong, for example, this year alone, Shandong Province, the special fund for financial investment is only 4.4 billion yuan, but to start leveraging the role of domestic demand is very great. Situation in the province of Shandong Province Academy of Social Sciences Research Center, director of Qin Wu estimated that for every new home can be an investment of 100,000 yuan on average driving. If the realization of one million new homes each year terms, can stimulate investment in the annual 100 billion yuan, three-year boost investment 300 billion yuan. Shandong Province to start due to taste the sweetness of the rural housing construction, the next step this done a more thorough preparation. Letter to the province’s public housing construction committee and the provincial Office of identification, will be organized to implement the delivery of cement, steel and the countryside in order to offer below-market prices to farmers or construction unit sales, will soon be piloted in some counties and cities.

Além dos 43 cursos existentes na Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, a Instituição anuncia a criação de mais doze a partir de 2010. Para o 1º semestre são: Ciência da Computação (Nova Iguaçu), Comunicação Social/Jornalismo (Seropédica), Engenharia de Materiais (Seropédica), Gestão Ambiental (Três Rios), Hotelaria (Seropédica), Relações Internacionais (Seropédica) e Sistemas de Informação (Seropédica).

Terão início no 2º período letivo os cursos de Administração Pública (Seropédica), Ciências Contábeis (Seropédica), Farmácia, Geografia (Nova Iguaçu) e Psicologia (Seropédica). No total são 3.480 vagas, sendo 1.955 para o 2010-I e 1.525 para 2010-II.

O Projeto de Expansão do Governo Federal possibilitou o aumento de vagas e criação de cursos desde o ano passado. Os cursos criados para 2009 foram: História vespertino, Ciências Sociais, Filosofia, Letras (Português/Literaturas, Inglês/Literaturas e Espanhol, Literaturas), Direito, Belas Artes e Geografia.

A par da implantação dos novos cursos, a Universidade investiu também na re-estruturação dos já existentes, como Engenharia Agrícola, que agora é Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, e o de Engenharia de Agrimensura (Engenharia de Agrimensura e Cartográfica), e no aumento de vagas na Engenharia de Alimentos.

Vale lembrar que o processo seletivo da UFRRJ para 2010 será o ENEM como fase única, a ser realizado nos dias 4 e 5 de dezembro. O exame selecionará os estudantes para 2010-I. Os candidatos interessados nos cursos do segundo semestre deverão ficar atentos às próximas divulgações.

Programa l Ficha de Inscrição l Link

Richards Farm Restaurant

Just off of Interstate 57 east, in the little town of Casey, about 30 miles west of Effingham, is a barn. It was built in the 1930’s on the Richards Farm and was used, as most barns are, to shelter livestock, store grain and be the centerpiece of the farm. In 1976, it quit being a place to feed livestock and started being a place to feed folks.

Huge Dining Room

Gary and Diane Richards remodeled the old barn and have been running the wonderful, rustic, Richards Farm family restaurant there every since. They tore down old barns in the area to get enough material to add onto the old place, creating an environment like no other. There’s a huge dining room that seats 300 in the back with a most unusual horizontal paddle fan running the length of the ceiling, and complete with wagon wheel chandeliers.

Dining in the top of the barn

The south end is the original barn building, with multiple levels of dining that lead all the way to the peak of the timber-framed roof.  Nooks and crannies abound with a huge assortment of rural memorabilia from milk separators and plow shears to washboards and early American art. There’s an outside garden area on each end of the property, perfect to help walk off a hearty meal.

On Sunday (the day I was there, fortunately enough) they have a HUGE country-style buffet. I believe I counted 10 kinds of meat (including complete fixings for breakfast if that’s what you desire) as well as vegetables galore.

Yummmmm

In typical Richards Farm style, the buffet is lit with lights in upside-down galvanized ‘milk buckets’ hanging from the ceiling. Five varieties of homemade pie and ice cream are guaranteed to round out the meal.

Rural Charm

Upon leaving I heard a gentlemen explaining to his young grandson what a milk separator was for and how it was used…history and great food all in one place…can’t beat that!

It’s hard to find restaurants like this one, displaying the charm and warmth of Central Illinois in such a unique setting. When you’re in the area, stop by and see them or better yet, make it a destination. It’s as much a museum as it is a restaurant.

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- Ed Baumgarten

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Funding Source: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: $850,000
Award Ceiling: $300,000
Deadline: 04.14.10
Eligibility: Rural Community Colleges and Technical Centers

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With this RFA, NIFA announces the availability of funding and requests applications for the New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program (RTP) for fiscal year (FY) 2010. RTP grants are for technology development, applied research, and/or training to develop an agriculture-based renewable energy workforce to serve rural communities. Awards will stimulate and enable community colleges and advanced technological centers located in rural areas (Note: see definitions of these terms in Part VIII, E. of the RFA to ensure eligibility) to provide technology development, applied research, and/or training necessary to produce graduates capable of strengthening the Nation’s technical, scientific and professional workforce in the fields of bioenergy, pulp and paper manufacturing, and agriculture-based renewable energy resources.

Here’s the latest news on wireless in Savage from the Savage Pacer:

Clear Wireless provides wireless broadband high-speed Internet and is expanding its network to serve homes and small businesses in the metro area. Coverage of Savage will require six antennas: three will be located on city water towers and two on existing antenna towers.

The Savage City Council, Savage Planning Commission and the Savage Parks Recreation and Natural Resources Commission each approved the wireless tower plan. I’m not sure if this next tidbit is good news or bad news but apparently notices went out about the various meetings to discuss it and no one showed up. I’m going to optimistically call that an unanimous vote for broadband.

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This piece is inspired from a picture I took while on vacation in Maine. The scene is of a harbor in Stonington which is located on Deer Isle. If you’ve never been there, I highly recommend it.
 
I’m keeping this post brief. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

So…. The first blog, to be honest bit nervous, not sure what to say really.

My blog will (should) help people understand my life, firstly my name is rural child, as you’ve probobly guessed I live in the rural British countryside somewhere in between the cosmopolitan world that is London and the grassy, and rather unfortunately flooded countryside that is Cumbria.

17 year old male,would be the most basic description of me. Now I know what the image of this description conjures up in most peoples minds, he must go out on the lash every friday night, blags his way through his A-levels, going through relationships like socks and arguing with mum & dad constantly.

I am sorry to disappoint, but I don’t conform to these stereotypes, in fact none of them at all.

Drinking every friday night? Nope, I am (rather unfortunately according to most people.) allergic to alcohol. I know alot of people think this is a terrible thing, and most people could not live with this allergy. But to honest I don’t think I would be the person I am today, if I didn’t have this allergy. It’s not like I’m missing something, when I can’t have it anyway.
(Thats the most positive way I can look at it.)

Blaggs his way through A – levels? Not quite, I’m working at the minute, and love my job (more later), its not that I couldn’t stay on at school, I have a whopping 11 GCSE’s! (Don’t get to impressed.)

Going through relationships like socks? Nope, I have been seeing my girlfriend for over a year now, and to say we are going steady (going steady?? – not really sure what that means?) would be an understatement, not quite in love but nearly there anyway. (more on this later aswell)

Arguing with mum & dad, not so much. (more on this later…)

Although I have very basically covered what I wanted, I would like to say that there will hopefully be a few more blogs to explain the more laters…  as I hope to give you an insight into the life a 17 year old living in rural England.