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Virginia Master Naturalists are preparing for a basic training course in August and a public taste in May of what the organization does.

WISE – If you are looking for fresh fruit or decorative landscaping, the Bradford pear tree may not be a good choice.

WISE – Adriana Undreiu’s love of gardening comes from her childhood in Romania, and that love has grown as she and her husband Lucien moved to Southwest Virginia.

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Heres my selective look back at Light Readings longest-running event, which turns 15 this week.

we dont have the opinions. i should have said this earlier, but there was a process put in place a couple of years ago by the obama administration to declassify other opinions. there was a recognition on the part of the obama administration at that time that more of these opinions needed to be released and the public had a right to know more about how the court was interpreting the law. two or three years later, the result of that process is the release of no opinions. we dont have any...

i know it destroys the concept of entitlement. entitlement is killing us. what you want is the ability to get a good socially supported health benefit for everyone. above that, why do you have to say people who have the wealth cant spend it? no. lets tax it, progressivity. let government play with it and then provide you with a better benefit. still not what you could have had if you were able to use your own money. if you want to get the wealthy, cap the entitlement. dont give it to e...

energy. nothing was happening. nothing was happening. no permit had been issued. knock was going on in solar, in g geosolar for the plans of the country. the leadership of steve black and bob, director of the blm and so many others who have helped us, we have made that a huge priority for the united states of america, and we have permitted 29 projects up to this point in time. of large scale solar, wind and geothey were many projects on the public balance of the united states. and some...

wiretap application is approved in the process that it is. you said that basically whoever it was just reads the summary, determines whether theres probable cause, and if there is probable cause, then they send it off to get approval by the courts. is that basically what youre saying the process is? >> yeah, line lawyers in the office of enforcement operations look at the affidavits, prepare a summary thats reviewed by by deputy assistant attorney general -- >> the deputy assistance is...

walker and tom barrett. after that live discussion on the future labor unions. -- a discussion on the future of labor unions. he now remarks by senate finance committee chairman max baucus followed by a panel discussion with former white house budget director alice rivland, and bill thomas. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. monday, espn president john skipper on the networks expansion to different media platforms. john king on the ways technology has changed cnn an...