Many people think carbs are the enemy. They are not. There is room in a person’s meal plan to include carbohydrate foods. In fact, 50 to 60 percent of the total calories in a healthy diet usually come from carbohydrate sources.
Every year the trustees of the Social Security System — officially known as the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Disability Insurance trust funds or the OASI/DI trust funds — provide their most recent estimates of the solvency of Social Security. Starting back in the mid-1980s, Social Security began collecting more in annual payments from current workers than was paid out to retirees, producing a favorable balance in the Social Security Trust Fund, amounting to nearly $2.7 trillion in assets as of Dec. 31 of last year. At this very basic level, it may seem as though all is well.
My 60th birthday just passed, and it made me think, oddly, of my daughter, a little-known constellation, an even more obscure astronomer and a tea tray. Canes Venatici may be an obscure constellation, but it produces in me (in a convoluted way, as you shall see) an intensely religious frame of mind. Every time I look at it, I think of a time two decades ago, when my then four-year-old daughter rescued me from a terrible fate.
T he Delaware Arts Festival is only a few days away, and I hope you are planning to attend. Stop by the “Geek the Library” booth to let us know what you “geek” (are passionate about.) The libraries of Sunbury, Ashley and Delaware have collaborated on the “Geek the Library” campaign, and we hope you’ll become a part of it. Telling us what you “geek” is fun and you’ll be surprised at what fellow Delaware Countians “geek,” too!
Before becoming a Master Gardener, I had not ever really given much thought to whether or not a plant was a “native” species. However through the association, I have met several gardeners who are strong advocates in preserving the cultivation of our native landscape and the plants that define it. The more I learned the more fascinated I became. Through learning about native plants, I have also become enamored and mystified by how Native Americans propagated and cared for these native species. In fact, many common practices still employed in the garden today are actually methods started by Native Americans.
My mother would have been 100 on April 1. No one ever forgot her birthday — the only benefit of being born on April Fools’ Day.
James Kent knew that there was something wrong with his computer. He had only recently acquired the computer — not through a purchase of his own, but through his employer. Kent taught public administration at a college in upstate New York and the computer had been installed in his office as a replacement for an older one. When the IT department had put the new one in they simply moved Professor Kent’s files onto the new computer’s hard drive.
While you are outside enjoying the weather this spring and summer, don’t take the health of your skin for granted. Increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun increases your risk of skin cancer and premature aging of the skin.