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LAND UN blockbuster: 'Aging Dams' reveals global threat; in Florida, Rodman Dam and the 'Herbert Hoover Dike comes to mind’

UN blockbuster: 'Aging Dams' reveals global threat; in Florida, Rodman Dam and the 'Herbert Hoover Dike comes to mind’

By JOHN HOWELL The Daily Fray
January 22, 2021 7:00 pm

Florida has 1,109 dams, averaging 50 years in age, and they come in many shapes, sizes, and materials. Some are concrete. Others involve earth and large rocks. And 24% are deemed “high-hazard” – that is, failure is expected to result in deaths and significant economic losses. MORE »
FITNESS MONDAY Here’s how your ‘health personality’ can evolve

Here’s how your ‘health personality’ can evolve

By KATHLEEN TROTTER Special to The Daily Fray
April 5, 2021 5:00 am

Adopting a healthier lifestyle requires finding something that you enjoy (or at least don’t hate) and something that is convenient so that you can do it consistently. The mediocre plan you do consistently is much better than the “best” plan you never do. MORE-»
GREEN WISE The world of investment is falling in love with ESG

The world of investment is falling in love with ESG

By LAUREN RUDD Special to The Daily Fray
March 8, 2021 5:00 am

In many ways, the thought is that the investment world is moving from sustainable investing as a good idea to a reality – one that carries implications for all investment portfolios. MORE-»
CANNABIS Medical marijuana adversary takes crusade to Tallahassee

Medical marijuana adversary takes crusade to Tallahassee

By JOHN HOWELL The Daily Fray
February 14, 2021 8:00 am

A Florida House subcommittee is meeting on Tuesday to focus on THC levels in medical marijuana. Cannabis advocates are calling the hearing the latest salvo against more than 330,000 registered patients that would lead to higher prices and less effective care. MORE-»
LAND UF/IFAS Master Gardeners going mobile in Manatee

UF/IFAS Master Gardeners going mobile in Manatee

THE DAILY FRAY
February 4, 2021 9:00 am

A mobile plant clinic featuring volunteer Master Gardeners is coming to Manatee County on the first Thursday of each month. Volunteer home gardening experts will be available to share their knowledge on horticulture and answer questions on a wide range of subjects. MORE-»

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» ENJOY A DEEP SEA  CHILL with a group of octopods or – as Ringo Starr put it for the Beatles in 1969 – "I'd like to be / under the sea / in an Octopus' garden / in the shade ..." Video is via the nonprofit Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.


 
 
 

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