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We Might Lose a Part of Julimar State Forest

The terms “State forest” and “timber reserve” refer to areas of Crown land set aside for uses including timber production, conservation and recreation. They include Crown land reserved as a State forest or timber reserve and used to grow non-native plantation species. State forests and timber reserves are managed by the Department of Environment and Conservation (“DEC”), and are the only areas where timber harvestingcan occur on DEC managed land. Timber reserves and State forests are managed identically.

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Waiting in New Zealand

“For a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured.At least by the person who’s waiting.” ~  Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun   If saying good-bye to my husband, being injured and worried, and a long trip ahead of me wasn’t tragic enough, I had...

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Budget Analogy

We all know how insane the economy is, we also know that the spending in Washington is only driving us deeper in debt and ruining it into a state like Greece has now. With that in mind, Jim sent me an analogy, assuming all the figures are correct, should make...

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Silas Wants to Go Too

It seems Silas wants to go with us to Australia too. He sat down and said, “Nana, I am going to miss you. I want to go to Australia!” “But you can’t Silas, you don’t have a ticket.” Silas, not stopping exclaimed, “Well, I will get a ticket!” “But it...

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Creative Economy Recovery Plan

This was forwarded to me and if it works or not, we’ll likely never know! The Birk Economic Recovery Plan I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend. To make the math simple, let’s assume there...

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Debt and Covetousness

Money is a terrible master, but it’s a good servant. I don’t think that I am a materialistic person, however we learned in a sermon by Dr. Michael Duffy in church a few Sundays ago, that ‘wanting stuff’ is basically in our fallen nature. He went on to say, “You...

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Campaign Money Trail

I got an email from Ann Coulter today. She asks: “Do you know which special interest has given more money to the Obama and Clinton campaigns than any other?” Not Labor Unions Not the Green Lobby Not NEA nor AARP The answer is WALL STREET. According to CNNMoney.com, Wall Street...

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What is a Billion???

The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” in a casual manner, think about whether you want the “politicians” spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in...