| How to make the most of your kitchen space
My husband and I have a long-standing war going on over the counter space in our kitchen — all eight inches of it. Dan, the sole cook in our home, seems to think the counters should be left bare for food-prep purposes. I, the sole decorator in our house, think counters are at their best when covered with eye-popping displays. After all, my idea of food prep is to phone in a carryout order, which requires absolutely no counter space at all. But a few years ago, I started giving ground to Dan when I realized I could combine my unbridled passion for decorating my kitchen with the need to organize it. The change came when I discovered organizational tools that were as beautiful as they were functional. While I'll never be accused of being compulsively organized, I've been delighted to discover that when your kitchen is organized, you can actually find what you're looking for.
Annan Leads Initiative [which] Seeks To Boost Agricultural ...
“The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on Monday pledged to increase agricultural productivity of the continent's small farmers and lift tens of millions of people out of extreme poverty in the near future. Addressing a press conference in Nairobi, AGRA chairman Kofi Annan said the organization has invested $150 million to support the development of new seed systems better equipped to cope with the harsh African climate. ‘Africa is the only region where overall food security and livelihoods are deteriorating. We will reverse this trend by working to create an environmentally sustainable, uniquely African Green Revolution. When our poorest farmers finally prosper, all of Africa will benefit,' Annan told journalists in Nairobi. The former UN Secretary General who has been on a fact finding mission in Western Kenya called on African leaders to chart a new path for prosperity by spurring the continent's agricultural development and also to seek help to reverse decades of relative neglect in funding for agricultural development for Africa.
Supervisors cost county $1.6 million
It cost Marin taxpayers at least $1.6 million to keep the county's five supervisors in business during fiscal 2005-06, an Independent Journal review indicates. The review suggests spending to maintain individual office operations of the supervisors is roughly in line with previous years. In 2004-05, for example, supervisors also billed taxpayers about $1.6 million to pay for office, aide, salary, benefit, telephone, travel, meal and related expenses. Three years ago, the board's expenses totaled about $1.57 million. "Unless I'm mistaken, this board doesn't spend a lot of money," Supervisor Hal Brown said. Brown was the most frugal supervisor, billing taxpayers $285,554. Supervisor Susan Adams also posted a penny-pinching $286,393. Supervisor Charles McGlashan was the big spender at $357,267.
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