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Astrology for May 2009
TAURUS (Apr 21-May 21)HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAURUS! There is an abundance of artistic and productive energy available for you to tap into during the next twelve month period. You can accomplish a great deal if you take advantage of this whenever and wherever possible. If an opportunity arises for further ...
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Publisher's Note
As the swirl turns...On January 20 I decided to launch a 100 Day Plan for Information Press in support of our new President and to stimulate the local economy. As part of the plan it was time to renew the commitment to the purpose of Information Press, to give it a new look, re-energize and reconnec...
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Crocodile dung, Queen Anne’s Lace and Lysol
A History of ContraceptivesPart One
This is a three-part article summarizing the past 4,000 years of women’s contraceptive practices. And for the record, abstinence was never a choice given to women so it is not included. Defying death, sin, laws and the medical community, women have forever ...
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| Astrology | About Taurus
TaurusApril 21 to May 20I HaveA fixed, earth sign of negative polaritySymbol: the bullColors: pink and blueRuling Planet: VenusRules: the throat, cerebellum, and back part of the brainKeywords: Possessive, stable, determined, practical, sensualReliability is the essential characteristic of a Taurean...
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| Point of View | Letters to the Editor
The May 2009 "Kick the Can down the Road"Ballot-box legislating in California–as in this year’s special election – is a sorry way to run a state of 38 million people. The six measures on the May ballot, A through F, deal with fiscal matters – revenues and expenditures - that should have bee...
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| Health | How Whole Foods Heal
A whole foods diet and lifestyle has been shown to prevent and even reverse disease and bring the mind, body and spirit back to balance. Different foods and lifestyles balance different types of people. These days, many of us are out of balance, and utterly confused as to what works best for our par...
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| Point of View | Enough now of kicking the can down the road
I wonder what would happen if everyone were to look in the mirror and ask themselves – do I want to make it great. Whatever “it” may be …It could be their job, their marriage, their spiritual practice; a friendship, their family, their team, their company, their art, their community, their c...
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| Health & Wellbeing | Former Ms. America® Gives Ugly Advice!
Susan Jeske, a former Ms. America®, will give her own personal story and expose the toxic truth about "The ugly side of the beauty industry and how to avoid it. Are your skin care and personal care products safe?" at a free presentation on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 pm. Hosted by Earth Day Alliance and S...
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| Environment | Earth Plasters and Pigments
Earth plaster by another name would be…clay. Stuff it. Muck it. Stick it. Clay. Just like your kid’s play dough, but clay is the real deal, or should we say, the real dirt, for those playful architects among us. Long considered a “primitive” building material by many Euro-Westerners, ea...
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| Environment | Future Tech:
Computer Control of Cars On the HighwayA recent article in the Business Section of the Tribune (April 8, 09 GM Plans a Segway for two) revealed General Motor’s plans to partner with Segway to build a two-wheeled, electric scooter capable of carrying two people at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour....
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| Environment | National Train Day
Your train has arrived…and all of San Luis County is invited down to the San Luis Obispo train station on Saturday, May 9th, to celebrate the second annual National Train Day. The date celebrates our railroad history and its future and commemorates the 140th anniversary of the driving of the golde...
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| Society | Candies from America
In May of 2008 I had the opportunity to visit Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Conflict Management class I was taking at the Bologna Center at Johns Hopkins University in Italy had organized an informational trip. The purpose was to understand about “the troubles” 1962-1998. These were the f...
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| Society | So, how do We Look?
An International Introspective on the Facets of LifeWith only our maple syrup swigging neighbors to the north and our futbol frenzied amigos to the south, geologically the US isn’t exactly in the mix when it comes to other countries. Luckily, San Luis Obispo happens to be a sufficient showroom f...
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| Society | Whatever Happened to Skepticism?
If it’s on the internet, it must be true Like any red-blooded American, I spend too much time in cyberland swapping email forwards with my crew; jokes, amazing events, cute animals, warnings of dreadful-things-that-can-happen-to-you, calls to action, and political screeds (left and right).A lot of...
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| The Arts | “She who laughs, lasts”
An interview with Pam Delgado of Blame SallyIn speaking with Pam Delgado, I found a woman who has more then ‘served her time’* putting her creative energy, personal expression and passion into her craft since childhood, and yet her years have not jaded her, but made her joy all the more full an...
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| The Arts | 21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival
It’s the 21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival, a three day concert and camping event held every year on Father’s Day weekend at the Live Oak Camp Grounds, in the beautiful and peaceful hills off Hwy 154, above Santa Barbara, California. This year’s festival will be held on June 19, 20, and 21, ...
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