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Justice for the Rural Poor | Catherine Coleman Flowers

Justice for the Rural Poor | Catherine Coleman Flowers

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Of the forty-six million Americans in rural communities, more than seven million dwell in stubborn, relentless, abject poverty. They may live in neglected rental properties: a family might be so worried about eviction or a rent hike that they don’t want to call attention to the fact that the oven doesn’t work and the toilet overflows because it’s connected to a failing septic tank. Or they may live in a mobile home that started losing its value the moment it was towed off the lot. The roof and the floors are buckling from water damage. Temperature control doesn’t exist, so the winters and summers are unbearable. And they still owe $15,000 on the damn thing. The rural poor live with their parents, maybe even their grandparents, and their kids. There is never enough money to cover food and clothes, utility payments, and anything that goes wrong—and something always goes wrong. Checks from the government appear every month for the seniors, sometimes the kids receive meager disability payments, and that’s what keeps the family afloat. Thank …

Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popular with bees

Plants laced with a variety of fungi are more popular with bees

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A bee pollinating a squash flower Roman Kýbus/Alamy Plants treated with diverse species of fungi that live on roots grew larger flowers, prompting bees to visit them more often and spend more time there. “[These fungi] might not only have benefits for the plant itself, or for the soil, but also for the pollinators,” says Aidee Guzman at Stanford University in California. Guzman and her colleagues grew squash plants (Cucurbita pepo) inoculated with four combinations of different species of mycorrhizal fungi. These fungi live on… Source link

The Return of Trump—VII | Dahlia Krutkovich, Omer Bartov, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Joshua Craze

The Return of Trump—VII | Dahlia Krutkovich, Omer Bartov, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Joshua Craze

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Dahlia Krutkovich • Omer Bartov • Catherine Coleman Flowers • Joshua Craze Dahlia Krutkovich Bad-faith accusations of antisemitism on American campuses are not new, but they have exploded with new force in the last year. One example: this April a Yale student shared a video she took at a campus Palestine solidarity demonstration. Surrounded by a group of protest marshals who block her off from the rank-and-file, she films the participants, who chant about university divestment while walking by. One waves a Palestinian flag at the camera, at which point she yells “Ow! Ow! You stabbed—!” Writing the next day for Bari Weiss’s The Free Press, the student described the incident as an expression of wanton identity-based violence: “I was stabbed in the eye last night on Yale University’s campus because I am a Jew.” She reported that she had a headache for much of the following day but that she sustained no lasting damage. Five months earlier, she had come to prominence for complaining that the school cafeteria’s “years-old, popular ‘Israeli couscous salad with …

Academy commissioners: blooming flowers to ballooning bureaucracy

Academy commissioners: blooming flowers to ballooning bureaucracy

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Schools Week wasn’t the only new kid on the block in September 2014. To little fanfare, eight regional school commissioners (RSCs) were appointed to oversee academies on behalf of an overwhelmed government. Then academies minister Lord Nash spun the new commissioners – advised by headteacher boards – as the sector’s opportunity to “get control” of the academies system so “your future is in your hands and not some local bureaucracy”. But ten years later, that control has gone full circle – mirroring a similar shift across academies too. How did that happen? What can we learn? Schools Week chronicles the rise of the regional school commissioners… Regulatory turf war Tory education secretary Michael Gove put the rocket booster under New Labour’s academies programme after he took over in 2010.Alongside academising failing schools, he opened up the route for all ‘good’ or better schools. There were 200 academies educating 192,000 pupils in 2010; by January 2015 that had grown to 5,000 academies educating 2.7 million pupils. Sam Freedman It was an “unexpected and … unmanageable pace”, …

Ayo Edebiri Wears 3D Flowers by Loewe to Met Gala

Ayo Edebiri Wears 3D Flowers by Loewe to Met Gala

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Ayo Edebiri has hit the carpet of her very first Met Gala. The Bear’s breakout star, who has become a fashion darling with a series of custom looks during awards season, teamed with Loewe for a custom floral, backless column dress. The halter-neck gown was covered in a hand-painted, hand-embroidered floral lace and accessorized by 3D appliqué flowers delicately placed to look in bloom. In an interview with Vogue, Edebiri said that of her options this year, this “was the one that spoke to me the most.” Her stylist, Danielle Goldberg, then relayed that it also was the creation that Loewe designer Jonathan Anderson was most stoked about. “That really locked that in for me, in my heart,” Edebiri added to Vogue. “The level of craftsmanship that it took to make this dress is so beyond. Looking into those details, taking that into consideration, it just amplifies that feeling for me.” During the Vogue red carpet live stream, she told host LaLa Anthony, “This is a Loewe fantasy. … Feeling really easy but at the …

Celebrate Mom With Flowers and Sweet Treats This Mother’s Day

Celebrate Mom With Flowers and Sweet Treats This Mother’s Day

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It’s May, which means Mother’s Day is almost here (May 12 to be exact). Flowers and chocolate are the go-to gifts for a lot of folks at this time of year, and they are top choices for good reason — who doesn’t love a good floral arrangement or sweet treat? And though some flower delivery services can be expensive, you don’t have to break the bank to get a nice bouquet with the below flower delivery deals. There are so many options when it comes to floral arrangements on sale with several popular flower providers companies getting in on the sales. And if your mom isn’t a fan of flowers, there are also deals on chocolate and edible fruit arrangements going on right now.  Proflowers is offering 20% off its best-selling arrangement this Mother’s Day. Choose from dozens and dozens of gorgeous roses to spring lilies and lovely lavender plants. There are even giant baskets filled with cookies and other goodies, if mom would prefer a treat for her sweet tooth. Use code SAVE20MDAY during checkout …

Gold Flowers Amid April ‘Stagflation’ Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed

Gold Flowers Amid April ‘Stagflation’ Showers; Stocks, Bonds, & Crypto Crushed

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The final day of April was really ugly: ECI way hotter than expected (spooked markets), Case-Shiller home prices soared far more than expected (spooked markets more), Chicago PMI puked (while prices paid increased), Consumer Confidence crashed, and Dallas Fed Services slumped… all of which left stocks, bonds, gold, crude oil, and bitcoin all languishing into month-end while the dollar rallied. Stocks puked into the month-end close today ahead of AMZN earnings… April was a disaster from a macro perspective… Source: Bloomberg …with soft survey data collapsing while ‘hard’ data limped modestly higher… Source: Bloomberg …and worse still growth surprises slumped as inflation surprises soared – screaming stagflation so loud no one could ignore it… Source: Bloomberg Against the backdrop of US 10Y yields up ~45 bps in the month of April… Source: Bloomberg … and the market taking another rate-cut off the board… Source: Bloomberg …price action in April is perhaps not overly surprising with Equities broadly lower, albeit, with NDX / Quality / Mag7 continuing to outperform. Source: Bloomberg Goldman’s Peter Callahan notes that …

How edible flowers can make your dishes look and taste divine

How edible flowers can make your dishes look and taste divine

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Garden designers and growers Lucy Hutchings and Kate Cotterill, founders of new heritage seed company She Grows Veg, are known for growing a range of delicious edibles – but they also realise the value of tasty flowers. “With outside space being ever more of a premium for many people, it’s not really surprising that edible flowers continue to grow in popularity,” says Hutchings, former jewellery designer to the stars-turned-social media veg grower (@shegrowsveg), with 186k Instagram followers. “Anything that helps create a beautiful outside space, while also offering an abundant harvest of food, is always going to be a winning formula.” She and Cotterill, marketeer and music festival organiser, will be exhibiting at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the first time his year, showcasing the She Grows Veg ‘Edimental’ display in the Great Pavilion, working with floral designer and broadcaster Hazel …

Best grow trays to kick start planting season

Best grow trays to kick start planting season

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If you’re keen to grow plants all year round, rather than waiting for spring, an indoor propagator provides all the light and warmth your seedlings will need to flourish. This 100 per cent recycled plastic and aluminium grow tray can be used for flowers, salad leaves, herbs or some smaller vegetables. Early in the season, the grow lights can supplement low light levels, then when spring arrives, lights can be turned off or used for an hour or two each day. The low-energy bulbs within this tray mimic sunlight and are just 11 watts with a consistent and solid glow. Each bulb lasts up to 10,000 hours and consumes 20 per cent less power than a standard domestic light bulb meaning you don’t have to worry about a surge in electricity bills. The canopy is adjustable up to 38cm meaning plants can be accommodated as they grow upwards. This tray comes with a 12-month guarantee for extra piece of mind. Source link

Air pollution can make it harder for pollinators to find flowers

Air pollution can make it harder for pollinators to find flowers

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antenna: (plural: antennae or antennas) In biology: Either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans and some other arthropods. average: (in science) A term for the arithmetic mean, which is the sum of a group of numbers that is then divided by the size of the group. biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things. chemical: A substance formed from two or more atoms that unite (bond) in a fixed proportion and structure. For example, water is a chemical made when two hydrogen atoms bond to one oxygen atom. Its chemical formula is H2O. Chemical also can be an adjective to describe properties of materials that are the result of various reactions between different compounds. combustion: (adj. combustible ) The process of burning. compound: (often used as a synonym for chemical) A compound is a substance formed when two or more chemical elements unite (bond) in fixed proportions. concentration: (in chemistry) A measurement of how much of one substance has been dissolved into another. crop: (in …