Wildlife restoration project leads to cold fusion honey business for Sunshine Coast beekeepers

Wildlife restoration project leads to cold fusion honey business for Sunshine Coast beekeepers

When Leisa and Tony Sams bought a farm and set about reconnecting bushland that had been divided for a century, they never imagined where it would lead them. Seven years later, they are producing an award-winning range of pure raw honey infused with flavours including organic ginger, turmeric, lemon myrtle, rose petals, chilli, cinnamon, lavender, finger lime, vanilla beans, truffle, and black garlic. “We actually started not because of a desire to have a honey business,” Ms Sams said. “We did a Land for Wildlife project on our 300 acres [121 hectares] at Peachester, on the Stanley River, with the goal of revegetating and securing a wildlife corridor from our back ridgeline through to the river. “With the help of a grant and Sunshine Coast Council’s environment officers we sat down and… Source link

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Letters & Op-Ed, September 14 2022 |

Letters & Op-Ed, September 14 2022 |

Doesn’t failing to show up usually get you fired? In the days when my dad was a councillor in Pickering, and then Chair of the Durham Board of Education, the paycheque was an honorarium. Not one person found the paltry excuses this Gang of Four finds when they don’t feel like doing their job or going to meetings and voting on matters of importance to the town. I wonder if the folks who work for some of these councillors would still have their jobs if they behaved the way the Gang does. The lack of integrity among all of the Gang of Four leaves a bitter taste, but the fact that they get paid for their insolence to the town is reprehensible. I hope the door slams them all in the rear-end when they leave the building. Hopefully the young people in our… Source link

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Wildlife restoration project leads to cold fusion honey business for Sunshine Coast beekeepers

Wildlife restoration project leads to cold fusion honey business for Sunshine Coast beekeepers

When Leisa and Tony Sams bought a farm and set about reconnecting bushland that had been divided for a century, they never imagined where it would lead them. Seven years later, they are producing an award-winning range of pure raw honey infused with flavours including organic ginger, turmeric, lemon myrtle, rose petals, chilli, cinnamon, lavender, finger lime, vanilla beans, truffle, and black garlic. “We actually started not because of a desire to have a honey business,” Ms Sams said. “We did a Land for Wildlife project on our 300 acres [121 hectares] at Peachester, on the Stanley River, with the goal of revegetating and securing a wildlife corridor from our back ridgeline through to the river. “With the help of a grant and Sunshine Coast Council’s environment officers we sat down and… Source link

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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Up to $10 Million to Study Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Up to $10 Million to Study Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions

Sept. 13, 2022 Press Release from DOE The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $10 million in funding to establish clear practices to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. The funding is part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) LENR Exploratory Topic, which aims to break the stalemate of research in this space. “ARPA-E is all about risk and exploring where others cannot go, which is why we’ve set out with this LENR Exploratory Topic to conclusively answer the question ‘should this field move forward, or does it not show promise?’” said ARPA-E Acting Director and Deputy Director for Technology Dr. Jenny Gerbi. “We look forward to seeing the… Source link

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Adobe set to acquire Figma collaborative design tool, developers fret about future • DEVCLASS

Adobe set to acquire Figma collaborative design tool, developers fret about future • DEVCLASS

Adobe plans to acquire Figma, a popular web-based collaborative design tool for around $20 billion. A post from Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field states that “today, we’re announcing that Figma has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Adobe … while this is not the end of the story, it is the closing of a chapter.” The transaction is divided into roughly half cash, half stock, and is expected to close in 2023, subject to regulatory approval. According to Field, Adobe aims to “keep Figma operating autonomously” and he plans to continue as CEO. He also states that “currently we have no plan to change Figma’s pricing,” including offering Figma free for education. Field will report to Adobe’s David Wadhwani, President Digital… Source link

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Ucore Rare Metals is building its rare earths Field of Dreams with RapidSX

Ucore Rare Metals is building its rare earths Field of Dreams with RapidSX

To misquote the famous line in the 1989 movie ‘Field of Dreams‘, “if you build it, they will come” (the actual line from the movie is he will come – referring either to Kevin Costner’s character’s father or shoeless Joe Jackson or perhaps both). Making a giant leap from that to the world we find ourselves in today, where 80% of the worlds rare earth resources are controlled by China, if you build it, or at least can process the raw materials into rare earth oxides (REOs), then arguably everyone will come. OK, maybe that was a bad segue but you’re just going to have to live with it. The point is, there are billions of dollars being invested over the next couple of years on EV battery manufacturing facilities in North America and the U.S. has recently implemented… Source link

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Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough ‹ Literary Hub

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough ‹ Literary Hub

Lauren Hough may be known for her spar-ready online presence, but in real life she’s pure warmth: years ago, she overheard us talking about the Insider Prize—American Short Fiction’s annual contest for incarcerated writers—at a coffee shop in Austin, and she walked up, and proclaimed, “I want to help!” So, this year, we asked her to be the judge. This year’s submissions capture the uncertainty, loss, and despair so many of us have experienced in the past two years. But they also capture self-reflection, hope, and a desire to escape to a new world—whether to a post-pandemic future filled with millions or clones, or to a more humane existence for those living within the confines of our criminal justice system. Though writers often specify which… Source link

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Cold Fusion, Lakewaves Trio, CoMingle – Isthmus

Cold Fusion, Lakewaves Trio, CoMingle – Isthmus

media release: $5 cover [7-11pm] 7:00-8:00: Cold Fusion 8:15-9:15: Lakewaves Trio 9:30-close: CoMingle COLD FUSION (local jazz/fusion/funk) Cold Fusion is a Madison-area jazz, fusion and funk quartet playing original material & some creatively reinterpreted covers. The band’s members include Bruce Wasserstrom (guitar), Aaron Metz (bass), Daniel Anderson (keyboards), and Mark Fairchild (drums). Their combined multi-genre experience fuses for a perfect capture of punchy grooves and pressure-cooked solos. The band stays rooted in both the past and present, thus creating their own cool, yet warm sound. https://www.facebook.com/ColdFusionMadison LAKEWAVES TRIO (local – experimental jazz/rock; “ambient prog-funk”) “The dreamy and Impressionistic,… Source link

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ScentBlocker Knockout Jacket | Grand View Outdoors

ScentBlocker Knockout Jacket | Grand View Outdoors

Whether it’s an early season deer hunt or a western elk or pronghorn hunt, warm-weather hunting can be sweaty business, making effective scent control an especially critical consideration. Now hunters can gear up with the most advanced early season technical hunting apparel Blocker Outdoors has ever made with the ScentBlocker Knockout jacket. Available in three popular camo patterns and five sizes, the Knockout jacket features quiet and lightweight polyester fabric, and maximum odor adsorption comes from Cold Fusion Carbon scent-controlling technology. Bowhunter-friendly features such as stretch-fit cuff panels, a built-in safety harness access port, and sensible, easy-to-access pocket… Source link

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