One of my favourite prog-metal albums of all time is Operation: Mindcrime, released by Queensrÿche in the Year of Our Metal Lord, 1988.

The prog rock giants honored their 50-year history while proving the reinvigorated band has a bright future, should they choose to pursue it.

I gotta admit, I wasn't totally sure that I'd be loving Geoff Tate's concert at the Great Canadian Casino Vancouver last night.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently announce the approval for local sponsors to purchase agricultural easements on 58 family farms representing 5,165 acres in 36 counties. Local sponsoring organizations, which include land trusts, counties, townships, and local soil and water conservation districts, receive funding from the Clean Ohio Fund to manage the Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program (LAEPP). The easements ensure farms remain permanently in agricultural production. The program supports long-term growth of one of the state’s largest industries, food and agriculture. To be eligible for the program, farms must be larger than 40 acres or next to a preserved farm, actively engaged in farming, participate in the Current Agricultural Use Value program, demonstrate good stewardship of the land, have support from local government and not be in close proximity to development. Landowners may use the proceeds of the easement in any way they wish, but many choose to reinvest the dollars in their farm operation. Funding for the state’s farmland preservation efforts is derived from the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund, approved by voters in 2008, and used to purchase agricultural easements from willing sellers through a competitive process. From 2002 to 2025, 689 family farms across 54 counties collectively...

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