Martin Samuel A few years back I was staying at a country house hotel in Yorkshire when, around mid-morning, a loud commotion came from outside, with screams and whoops and boisterousness, and there, on the manicured lawns below my window, a party of overexcited adults were bouncing up and down on trampolines. Martin Samuel A few years back I was staying at a country house hotel in Yorkshire when, around mid-morning, a loud commotion came from outside, with screams and whoops and...

Sheep control weeds in the vineyards; owls and raptors, encouraged by strategically placed boxes and perches, catch rodents; and beneficial insects are released to reduce pests. Legumes and clover are used to preserve or improve soil structure and nutrient content, eliminate erosion, reduce dust and provide habitat for beneficial insects. To reduce traffic, the casino requires employees from Santa Maria, Lompoc and Buellton - approximately 1,300 of 1,645 employees - to take free Chumash...

Tin Cup Adventures, a traveling, hands-on living history museum, brought the past to life for East Taunton Elementary students Wednesday by turning their gymnasium into a pioneer settlement. Students participated in dozens of authentic pioneer activities at various learning center displays featuring real artifacts, photographs, and information that could be experienced through touch. Kids can see what life was like at a very different time, and see what it was like when they didnt have all...

Particpants create either a stock racer using a whole zucchini or a custom racer which includes some part of a zucchini. Not only are they being judged and given feedback on what they have learned with their clubs over the year, they are completing a vital community service effort as "teachers" - educating Fair visitors, young and old alike, about their projects. The demonstration, or exhibition, is about the natural partnership and harmony between horse and human, on the ground and...

senator selling his new military initiative in Afghanistan, and Redford as a professor prodding a passive student toward activism, is the filmmaker's challenge to the YouTube generation. It indicts the media for not informing, students for not performing, elected officials for not leading, and the country for not educating its youth. Since the 1960s, when he vaulted to stardom as the Sundance Kid opposite Paul Newman's Butch Cassidy, Redford has actively advanced an environmental agenda,...