Arborist wood chips, from One Yard Revolution video Arborist wood chips are in the gardening ether these days, with Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott herself (of Garden Professor and myth-busting fame) leading the charge to promote them above all over types of mulch. (Details in this brochure.) Just recently she’s debunked myths about them on a Joe Gardener podcast. … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission sued the country’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers on Friday, accusing them of steering diabetes patients towards higher priced insulin in order to reap millions of dollars in rebates from pharmaceutical companies. The case accuses UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit, CVS Health’s CVS Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts of unfairly excluding lower cost insulin products … Read more
LinkedIn has suspended the use of UK user data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models after a regulator raised concerns. The career-focused social networking site, owned by Microsoft, quietly saw users around the world opted into their data being used to train its AI models. But the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said on Friday … Read more
Powers devolved to the Scottish Parliament will be used to implement a ban on disposable vapes. The BBC spoke to a group of young people in Fife who have been making a documentary on the impact of vapes – they say more needs to be done to tackle the issue. Read more: Disposable vapes to … Read more
MIAMI — On the eve of Shohei Ohtani’s greatest night in the majors, Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough made a prediction. As a key character in Ohtani’s chase for 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases this season, McCullough had watched much of the Japanese star’s campaign from the first base coach’s box, marveling at … Read more
Members of European Parliament attend a plenary session in Brussels on April 10. John Thys/AFP/Getty Images The European Parliament is the legislative branch of the European Union and one of the bloc’s three main institutions, along with the European Commission, which is the executive branch, and the European Council, which is made up of ministers … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Money Movers Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller joins CNBC’s ‘Money Movers’ to discuss rate cuts, softening inflation, and more. 04:46 9 minutes ago Source link
I could be tempted to use this plant just for the fun of saying it’s name – Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (ark-toh-STAF-i-los u-VA er-SI) or one of it’s common names, kinnikinnick. It’s like I am Jane Fonda in Dancing with the Wolves. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, commonly known as bearberry, is a low-growing shrub native to North America and … Read more
I grew up near Richmond, VA, about an hour from Brent and Becky’s, the beloved flower bulb company in Tidewater, VA. I’ve even known Brent since I was a preteen and our families rented nearby beach cottages in Nags Head, NC. But it took a regional event of the Garden Writers Association for me to … Read more
Three Mile Island — the infamous site of America’s worst nuclear disaster — is gearing up for a comeback, and Microsoft is first in line to tap into its energy. The tech giant signed a data center deal with Constellation Energy to help resurrect a unit of the nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in what would be the first-ever restart … Read more