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It is the mission of SOREDI to be the leader in developing and nurturing economic partnerships among private, community, and public entities to: collectively build employment opportunities; diversify the economy; and promote the creation of jobs with wages and benefits higher than the regional average, compatible with community values.

11th Annual Labyrinth Walk: Honoring the Memory of Dave Marston | Facebook

The Eleventh Annual Labyrinth Walk to the New Year offers an oasis of contemplative peace and beauty ~ a place and time to review the old year and begin the new ~ a unique offering of love and gratitude for life in all its amazing glory. May we all know ourselves to be blessed!

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Solstice Songwriter Showcase | Facebook

Come celebrate this winter solstice with the energy of giving. Our community needs are help! This will be a fun night of great original music from an eclectic array of artists.

Happy Solstice & Light is Returning | Mosaic

Editor's Note: At the Ashland Resource Center we want to pause and thank you for whatever you have given to our world, for giving your attention to young people, for whatever you give to those less fortunate, for the work you do in your community, and for the light-life gift your soul presents to the world. May the darkness season you, may your soul find some warmth and comfort as the light gathers itself to renew the days again.

Skiing in Southern Oregon | 541 Live

Did you happen to hear the good news? Mt Ashland is set for opening day this Thursday – December 17, 2009! Click here for the latest opening day info, snow report and live web cam with real time mountain conditions.

Immunization H1N1 Vaccine Update | Ashland High School

Commentary:

Be aware the H1N1 swine flu is being touted by government and health agencies worldwide as the next pandemic and are selling millions of vaccines. In our opinion the fear of pandemic is being intentionally created without considering the side effects and possible health consequences of this and other vaccines which remain controversial at best.

The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare | Wall Street Journal

With a projected $1.8 trillion deficit for 2009, several trillions more in deficits projected over the next decade, and with both Medicare and Social Security entitlement spending about to ratchet up several notches over the next 15 years as Baby Boomers become eligible for both, we are rapidly running out of other people's money. These deficits are simply not sustainable. They are either going to result in unprecedented new taxes and inflation, or they will bankrupt us.

City to look at helping builders | Daily Tidings

With the recession putting a damper on construction, the Ashland City Council will consider whether to give 18-month extensions to all development approvals in town. That could help keep approvals on projects from expiring before projects can be built. The projects have already gone through the regular planning process.

Media Cover-up | WanttoKnow

The riveting excerpts below are from the revealing accounts of 20 award-winning journalists in the highly acclaimed book Into the Buzzsaw. These courageous writers were prevented by corporate media ownership from reporting major news stories. Some were even fired or laid off. They have won numerous awards, including several Emmys and a Pulitzer. Join in building a better world by helping to spread this news across the land.

Obama issues executive order exempting INTERPOL from the restraints of the Constitution and American law while operating in the U.S. | LiveLeak.com

During his presidency, Ronald Reagan granted the global police agency Interpol the status of diplomatic personnel in order to engage more constructively on international law enforcement. In Executive Order 12425, Reagan made two exceptions to that status. The first had to do with taxation, but the second was to make sure that Interpol had the same accountability for its actions as American law enforcement — namely, they had to produce records when demanded by courts and could not have immunity for their actions.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,370 | Yahoo! News

As of Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, at least 4,370 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,477 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011 | Yahoo! News

President Barack Obama's commitment to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by next month may be delayed until 2011 because it will take months for the government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists.

U.S., China, India and Other Nations Arrive at Nonbinding Agreement at U.N. Climate Summit | Scientific American

The U.S., China, India and South Africa form the core of a growing group of nations that have agreed upon a commitment to combat climate change, concluding a grueling two weeks of negotiations in the Danish capital here as part of the United Nations' climate summit. The so-called "Copenhagen Accord" will not be legally binding but will list in annexed documents, for the first time, commitments from both developed and developing countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Welcome to the secret hideaway of a long-forgotten goat, the flowers of a peanut plant nosing their way into the dirt, the lost art of turkey sex: In Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (HarperCollins Publishers, May 2007), our family documented our year of procuring as much of our food as possible from neighboring farms and our own backyard.