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Possumhaw: Packing the Mayflower By Shannon Bardwell • 1 hour ago “If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say ‘thank you.’ If you can’t find a tree, a dandelion will do … nature is magic.” — Robert Bateman, Canadian naturalist and painter. (1930-) We sort of made a deal on the clover patch and areas for dandelions. Sam mowed most of our ever-growing yard while I negotiated clover and dandelion plots. When Sam got the Hustler, ...

Sailing in Ireland Looks to April 20th for Some Real Clarity 3rd April 2021 Spreading goodwill and mutual understanding…..the Howth YC Biennial Sporting & Cultural Mission to the Sovereigns Cup series in Kinsale, gathered at their shore base to celebrate another successful regatta. This years OLeary Insurance Group Sovereigns Cup is scheduled at Kinsale YC for 23rd-26th June 2021. Photo courtesy HYC Historical & Philosophical Studies Group How quickly can we hope to return to the carefree s...

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone fires a missile. | AP In the aftermath of the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, drone warfare is being touted as the latest breakthrough in military technology, a “magic bullet” that makes armored vehicles obsolete, defeats sophisticated anti-aircraft systems, and routs entrenched infantry. While there is some truth in the hype, one needs to be especially wary of military “game changers,” since there is always ...

Saturday March 13, 2021 - 04:45:00 PM In the aftermath of the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, drone warfare is being touted as the latest breakthrough in military technology, a “magic bullet” that makes armored vehicles obsolete, defeats sophisticated anti-aircraft systems, and rout entrenched infantry. While there is some truth in the hype, one needs to be especially wary of military “game changers,” since the...

13th March 2021 George OBrien Kennedy FRINA, (1912-1998). Known to everyone as Brian, and renowned as a dreamer of dreams, he is seen here in his early days of pioneering the Shannon Hire-Boat industry in the 1960s You know how it is. Youre wondering if the slightly odd flavour of the evening cuppa is a hint of the imminence of the C-Monsters indicator of taste-loss. All this, too, just as its increasingly clear that your already-proposed personal date with the jab before the end of March now ...

The family is planning a memorial service and celebration of life at 4 p.m. May 15 at the Hornsby House Inn at 702 Main St. in Yorktown. Phil Bowditch was a well-known Peninsula real estate broker and continued his mother’s legacy of supporting the Yorktown Watermen’s Museum, which she co-founded to preserve the heritage of local watermen

Posted: March 3, 2021 Dreams come true at Cranbrook Arts Lynn Taylor grew up in Ontario and dreamed of being an artist someday and she has done just that. Taylor’s work is on display in the window of Cranbrook Arts Gift Shop for the month of March. Taylor’s artistic work was initially inspired by her time living on Tobin Island in Muskoka, Ontario with her husband Jeff. They lived there with two dogs, chickens, and an apiary for their bees. It was here that her husband set up a small studi...

Recycler PreZero buys California bag maker Roplast PreZero International German recycling firm PreZero is buying California film and bag maker Roplast. Robots are used for separating PET trays, HDPE packaging and drink cartons at a recycling plant it operates in Belgium. Recycler PreZero US Inc. is buying California-based film and bag maker Roplast Industries Inc., an acquisition it said will help it supply recycled-content packaging and vertically integrate into product manufacturing. The Mar...

Why the Army’s order for 118 Arjuns is its last despite being India’s most potent tank The Challenger 2 of the British weighs 62.5 tonnes, Arjun’s latest version weighs 68.5 tonnes. Snehesh Alex Philip 26 February, 2021 11:44 am IST Text Size: A+ In about a year from now, the Army will place an order for 118 Arjun Mk-1A Main Battle Tanks, or the MBT as they are popularly called. Known as the “hunter killers”, the latest ...

The state of the arts in Jackson Hole is strong. That is, if the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s new exhibit, “State of the Art: Student Art Show,” is any indication. After closing for several weeks to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, the wildlife art museum reopened Feb. 16. It is now open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with plans to resume its normal seven-day schedule May 1. Currently on exhibit are photographer Noppadol Paothong’s “Sage Grou...