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If you love knitting, you’ll adore knitting blogs. There’s no better way to get free knitting patterns, keep in touch with your fellow knitters, and come up with new knitting ideas to get you excited about your craft all over again! Depending where you live, you might feel like the only knitter in the world. Following — or creating — knitting blogs can be the perfect way to find a sense of community. Not to mention share a lot of fun ideas and get some new ones of your own. Check out these blogs and have fun browsing their resources.
It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for free knitting patterns, searching for inspirational knitting stories, or thinking about ways to use knitting to help others. Knitting for Charity has it all. The site focuses on how to use your knitting as a service project, but there are also plenty of free patterns and fun tips, advice, and other useful items — you just can’t miss with Knitting for Charity, my favorite of all knitting blogs.
Chick Knits’ knitting blog has a lot of great ideas, fun commentaries, and links to free patterns. You’ll enjoy following along with these knitting adventures, and you’ll find lots of useful content on the rest of the Chick Knits site, too.
My favorite knitting blogs are entertaining AND useful, and Carrieoke manages to hit both of those goals. Her blog is fun to read, well designed, and offers great tips and hints to all sorts of knitters — and sewers too, for those of you who double craft. Carrieoke is a pretty popular site, so it’s also a good place to network with other knitters.
Although Ravelry isn’t a blog in the strictest definition of the word, it’s a fantastic resource for knitters. Think of it like a knitters’ Facebook, a place to meet other people who enjoy knitting, share ideas, and basically have fun. Many people who run knitting blogs are also Ravelry members, so if you’re thinking of starting your own, this is the place to begin. There are literally thousands of knitting blogs on the net, but if you start with these four you’ll have a great basis for building up your network.


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The Hotel Montefiore is a boutique hotel in the heart of Tel Aviv. The restaurant offers a blend of stylish atmosphere, top quality service and attention, with a fairly standard hotel menu for breakfast which include an Israeli-and continental-breakfast, omelettes, smoked salmon, cheeses and breads. The lunch/dinner menu is filled with clearly named dishes like sea bream & lemon grass cream, and sirloin burger & bone marrow which are likely simple plated dishes rich in flavour without over whelming the palate. We were told it was an excellent place to have breakfast/brunch, but we found nothing unusual or surprising on the menu. The food is of good quality, and the prices were in line with other restaurants in the area. It’s a sophisticated and fashionable place to have a dining experience. My friends had split a fairly standard Israeli breakfast which included and omelette with a small side salad of tomato and cucumbers, a small amount of cheese, olives and creamed cheese. I had initially ordered the Continental Breakfast of rolls, pastries, greek yogurt and fruit. But upon catching an “off-menu” secret item of Blinis with poached eggs and asparagus I was able to make the switch. This dish is only available in the winter and on weekends. The Israeli breakfast was nothing unusual, and to those eating it, felt a little sparse. They commented that other places offer a bit more of the accompanying sides (a bit more cheese, a bit more variety.) The Blinis, the warm potato pancakes with accompanying poached eggs and asparagus were a definite secret worth discovering, and in my opinion more exciting than a continental breakfast.
For dessert we ordered Saint Honoré (cream puffs). The server insisted they were the best dessert item on the menu. The cream puffs were a nice, bite sized way to enjoy the end of the meal. They were well balanced with just the right amount of fresh cream surrounded by light on the inside, crisp on the outside pastry, topped with caramelized sugar.
The Hotel Montefiore is a great place for older tourists, business people, and traveling couples looking for a fancy, sophisticated place to dine. For those in Israel, the restaurant offers a nice stay-cation venue if you are looking to step away from the standard Tel Aviv, Israel atmosphere. It has been noted that the dining experience can be a bit noisy which was our experience, but Hotel Montefiore is comfortable and inviting as any hotel should be. While waiting for our table, free mimosas made the rounds, which is a nice touch on the weekends. Being part of the R&M group of restaurants (Brasserie, Cafe 12, Delicatessen, Coffee Bar) you should expect and receive incredibly attentive service.
Hotel Montefiore’s Israeli breakfast, one of the three breakfast combinations available.
Professor NomNom: I like this, but it’s just more my style. Of course this is coming from someone that had two goldfish named Pomp and Circumstance.
Captain Blarg: This is maybe a place I’d take my wife for an anniversary, if we decided to have a watchucall’em? A stay-cation? Maybe treat my wife to a night at the hotel and then go here. The bar looked nice but I wouldn’t bring my soldiers to relax here.
NomNom: Completely. However service was impeccable, and the dishes were served clean.
Blarg: I agree, food seemed good, and I like more open spaces. Seemed stuffy.
I am making the effort to visit as many places for breakfast/brunch in Tel Aviv as I possibly can in hopes of crafting a top five. It’s become a standing order among my friends that brunch is always an option so I’m doing the best I can. The challenge lies in the variety of venues available. Since they are so different how can one truly be objective? And what criteria do you base that assessment? Hotel Montefiore, for me, was a bit of a conundrum. I like breakfast places to be a little more laid back, airy and not so formal. On the other hand, I really think service and quality of food is paramount.
When one enters the Hotel Montefiore, Tel Aviv, you are presented with a very refined decor, black wood, shiny white marble floors. The well dressed hotel staff and restaurant host greets you with a smile and a “Do you have a reservation?” Very formal, very sophisticated. And that is why I would recommend it to older couples, elderly travellers looking for style, and a little pampering. It’s the kind of place even a younger couple would go as a treat to themselves, or a group of ladies on a special birthday (as I witnessed the table beside me, while I ate.) But I found the place a bit… pretentious and very much not my scene. The R&M group are incredible at offering a high quality experience as their attention to detail and service is remarkable. However, that aside, sometimes brunch is just brunch and not an invitation to the Ball.
I’m grabbing brunch with my American friend Shira and a fellow compatriot Canadian Andrea. We chance not making a reservation only because we did not think you could. You can, and you should. We end up waiting about 40 minutes for a table, which isn’t so bad given the circumstances. Also, as previously mentioned how R&M Group understand service, while we waited we were treated to complimentary mimosas. Andrea and Shira revel in this detail, even though Andrea is feeling a bit under the weather and barely sips from her champagne flute. I, on the other hand, don’t drink it at all. I’m suspicious of this whole “mimosa” concept. Orange juice and champagne in the morning hours? Sounds like veiled alcoholism. Someone discovered the perfect way to camouflage their need for booze early in the morning. It was almost as brilliant as the person who invented the muffin – which is basically cake for breakfast. And it worked. Cake in the morning and alcohol for everyone at brunch! In fact some places I’ve been to in the United States offer all you can drink mimosas. I asked Shira if she had been to one of these places but she just giggled, mumbled something incoherent and began wondering around the lobby.
Great… it’s 12 o’clock in the afternoon and someone is already drunk.
We are seated at a very nice table, elegant, and well set; white table cloth, wine glasses and two perfectly placed salt and pepper shakers. Our server realizes we don’t speak Hebrew, so she speaks to us in English. I tell her I don’t mind if she speaks Hebrew to me, and she laughs politely and says “it’s okay.” (Is it? Is it really?) She is half-American, from New York, or Florida or Mexico. I don’t really remember because I wasn’t listening–I’m still wondering why she won’t speak Hebrew to us?
And here is where you see the difference between Canadians and Americans.
My friend Andrea, who stands on guard for thee, says it’s too late. Accept the fact that I just ordered orange juice, a couple of rolls and some jam to smear. Maybe I can use one of the pastries to wipe away my tears. Shira “I’m from New Jersey, I say Water in a funny way” tells me it’s not too late, and even if I am served the dish I ordered I can tell them to send it back and bring me something new.
The servers at Hotel Montefiore Restaurant in Tel Aviv are very attentive so it was no trouble flagging her down politely. Mustering up all the Canadian in me but still persevering through that politeness I ask her if she could so kindly change my meal if was okay with her, the chef and anyone involved in taking down my bitty order of a Continental breakfast. I tell her to check with management as well, I don’t want to cause any trouble.
Andrea is holding her breath, Shira is rolling her eyes (is she still drunk?). I’m wondering to myself if the Continental Breakfast comes with donuts, maybe if I’m stuck with that it might not be so bad. Every Canadian loves a good donut.
The server smiles and says it shouldn’t be a problem. (Go America!) And thankfully I enjoyed the Blinis and eggs. The pancake was warm and satisfying, with a smooth texture throughout. Very different from a potato latke. And the eggs were poached to perfection.
Shira and Andrea weren’t so positive about their Israeli breakfast. The egg was done fine, but in my opinion it seems sad to receive an omelette on a plate just like that, with the accoutrements handed separately. It’s like when the kitchen was making the eggs, they felt it didn’t allow any of its food-friends to share the space.
For dessert the Saint Honore cream puffs were recommended by the server. She says they are the most popular dessert, and they seemed different and unique a menu item, it seemed worth trying. They were delicate, bursting with custard, and a sweet topping of caramelized sugar on top. The four pieces where just enough for the three of us to feel satisfied after brunch.
Overall, Hotel Montefiore, Tel Aviv is an excellent place to escape to a very posh atmosphere with a standard and consistent menu that could probably use a rewrite to excite the senses. Items are simply explained eg Toasted Hallah Bread, Smoke Salmon. Or Mussels, Lime, Lemongrass. You aren’t invited into imagining a dish so much as just reading a grocery list. The Blinis were a saving grace, but without prior knowledge of the secret (winter and weekend only) item you might end up with a basket of pastries and a Continental breakfast, especially if you are Canadian. And sadly it does not come with any donuts.
Which would have been pretty awesome eh?

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Broken Clock Podcasts - Guaranteed to be Right at Least Twice A Day!
Welcome to another episode of the Broken Clock Podcasts Gamescast where we're celebrating the birth of the Game Boy!
This week Jon and Joe both reached a milestone and finished Sekiro, hear them breakdown their post game thoughts and whether they are ready for New Game+. Adam also faced new challenges as he talks his second go-round with Cuphead, now out on Switch.
The Lightning Round/Not Lightning Round has the first details on PS5, the confirmed details on the all digital Xbox One, new collections, the next wave of games coming to the Genesis mini, and the Halo show finds its Master Chief.

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Studio 3:18 25th Anniversary edition version of the Cut album. Moderately common. Available new in 2CD form.
Studio 3:18 2008 Tracks for Rarities Disc (CD). The Vault digital download at True Believers for 15 March 2015.
An unreleased Cut era Hunters and Collectors song.

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Participating in a book club is a great way to discuss ideas and gain new perspectives on literary works. In Dubai, you can be surrounded by people from different nationalities, but not really be aware of their worldview or perspective on life.
Joining book club discussions can certainly help with bridging the cultural divide. Remember to keep an open mind, and you’ll find that a book club meeting can be a fun and relaxing occasion.
Before settling on a club, have a look at the genre of books they select and the size of the club. Most clubs promote a democratic process for book selection, so you can vote for the books you’d like to read. Because a majority of the book clubs in Dubai use the website meetup.com, you can get a good idea of the composition and types of books read by looking online.
It is good etiquette to RSVP if you are going to attend a book club meeting. When you read, take some notes or highlight passages that you feel you may want to comment on. Good book club hosts usually select some topics for discussion prior to the meeting, but you’ll feel more confident speaking up if you jot down a few of your impressions about the book.
The Dubai Mall branch of Kinokuniya Books is the largest bookstore in the UAE, and also a good place to buy foreign language books. Magrudy’s bookstores are in different locations around Dubai, and also have a variety of well-selected titles.
The Safar Dubai Book Club has over five hundred members. The club was previously known as The Dubai Mall Book Club. Members explore different locations around Dubai for meetings, including locations in The Dubai Mall.
Using Goodreads as a platform to explore book titles, Safar Dubai Book Club welcomes newcomers and long-term residents of Dubai. They meet on the first Monday of the month and the third Wednesday of the month.
The group website acts as a discussion forum for each book, and the group selects books through a voting or recommendation process. The club works on an RSVP basis, so prospective members are asked to register their interest in advance of attending a meeting.
Would you like to read good modern fiction with interesting people in a relaxed cafe setting? If so, then Dubai Bibliophiles is the club for you. This book club meets every three weeks, on Saturdays at 7:00pm at Book Munch Cafe, located near Safa Park, Dubai.
The books are chosen through a voting process, and the group is open to any books within the specified genre. They do request that all discussions take place in English, so that everyone understands the nature and topics of discussion.
There is a token membership fee of 30 Dirhams (around 8.00 USD) due at the second meeting you attend. Dubai Bibliophiles accepts new members, male or female, interested in taking part in thought-provoking discussions.
Book Munch Cafe and Bookshop hosts book clubs, such as Dubai Bibliophiles, and hosts other literary events. These include book readings for babies and children, in English and in other languages.
If you’d like to read your book in the great outdoors, rather than in the cafe, then Book Munch has a picnic basket takeaway offer that includes a rug to sit on and complimentary passes to Safa Park.
This club actively tweets its members’ comments and suggestions on Twitbookclub. It is the most inclusive of the book clubs reviewed in this post. Remember, the goal is to read! Members are not absolutely required to read one of the four selected books each month. Rather, the selected books are a suggestion, and people are free to read one, all, or none.
The group meets at various locations on the third Saturday of each month from 11am – 2pm. The point of Twitbookclub is to nurture a love of reading. They have an “anything goes” philosophy. So, if you’ve read a different book than that which is on the list, by all means attend the meeting or tweet about the book you have read.
Authors can have their books featured and visit Twitbookclub sessions for a Q & A. It is only at the author’s sessions that the club requests you’ve read the book being discussed. Actually, all of Twitbookclub’s suggestions since the club launched in 2009 can be found at Goodreads.
Translating into “Books in Arabic,” Kitub Bilarabi is a book club with a twist. Members read books by Arab authors, for which there is an English translation available. While this book club selects books originally written in Arabic, it may consider books written in English by Arab authors. The purpose is to bridge the cultural divide between English and Arabic speaking readers.
Kitub Bilarabi introduces the work of well-known and lesser-known Arab writers to stimulate lively, cross-cultural discussions. Meetings are on Mondays, and members can RSVP and join book discussions on the meetup.com page.
Here is a newcomer to the book club scene. The Baby Book Club is an initiative aimed to foster a love of books and reading in infants and toddlers. The club makes book reading an immersive activity. Small children are introduced to age-appropriate books using a variety of props. Literacy-based activities take place after the reading.
The Baby Book Club meetings take place at Caboodle, Dubai Mall, 10:30am on Mondays, and at The Change Initiative, 10AM on Wednesdays. There is a fee associated with this book club, but new members can ask for a discount.
Mrs. Darcy’s Book Club at Spontiphoria is a book club in Jumeirah for ladies. The club reads the works of female authors exclusively. Members meet for a spot of tea. The cost of each meeting is 40 Dirhams (12.00 USD) to cover the cost of refreshments at Spontiphoria Cafe.
Downtown Dubai Women’s Invitational Book Group is a small female-only book club. It limits its membership to 10, and meets once a month to discuss a selected book.

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After our awesome weekend, it is back to the holiday to-do list. I have purchased all the gifts already so we are just waiting on those wonderful UPS boxes. Now for the stocking stuffers!
The Brodster had a pretty short Christmas list this year, so we'd love you give him a few little extras he might like in his stocking. He is very big on Star Wars Legos, art supplies, and SpongeBob Square pants. He is also really excited that he is reading now. Watching him sound out the words and then seeing his eyes light up when he realizes what the words are makes me so proud. This little guy is growing up so fast and I'm loving every minute of it.

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Environmental Studies is multidisciplinary in focus, involving the natural and social sciences, as well as the arts and humanities. It explores the relationships between people and the totality of their environments—natural, built, and social. As part of that exploration, environmental studies concerns itself with the description and analysis of natural systems; with interspecies and species-environment relationships and the institutions, policies and laws that affect those relationships; with aesthetic portrayals of nature and how those affect human perceptions and behavior toward it; and with ethical issues raised by the human presence in the environment.
Demonstrate a multidisciplinary perspective on the natural environment including human interactions with and impacts on it.
Synthesize diverse multidisciplinary knowledge to develop and implement research or other major projects.
Communicate multidisciplinary knowledge through synthetic conclusions in reports that are accessible to specialists and/or non-specialists in both written and oral forms.
Earth Science introduces majors & non-majors to the ways in which scientists approach problem solving and investigation in areas such as geohazards, oceanography, landscape and history, environmental justice, earth resource challenges, and the earth around us.
By graduation, earth science majors will demonstrate an understanding of the magnitude of geologic (deep) time and the significance of rates of geologic change; the inter-relationships between the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere, and biosphere; the behaviors of earth materials – minerals, rocks, soils, water, and atmospheric gases; the assessment of risk associated with geologic hazards; the application of Earth Science to important issues facing society.
Majors will also demonstrate proficiency using a variety of laboratory and field measurement techniques and instrumentation; and, analyzing data in a manner appropriate to the nature of the data.
Geography emphasizes the spatial study of society from a variety of theoretical perspectives and analytical scales, ranging from local places to larger regions and global systems. For example, geographers examine the allocation and use of world resources, the spatial dynamics of metropolitan areas, political geographies of social problems and human rights, or the roles of political borders in contemporary global affairs. Topical courses offer systematic perspectives on issues such as urban geography, the conservation of natural resources, and economic geography.
Geography majors will demonstrate in written and oral work an understanding of the dynamic and complex nature of linkages among humans, other life forms, and the environment, while doing so in regard to variations in space, time and social relations.
Geography majors will develop and exhibit by graduation a proficiency in the theory and practice of one of more topic areas of the discipline, such as cartography, political geography, economic geography, urban geography, and environmental conservation.
Geography majors will demonstrate proficiency in careful writing, centered around a clear research question, and substantiated by an argument supported through evidence. Such work will manifest strong analytical skills vis-à-vis spatial forms and representations (e.g. maps), geographic patters, landscape analysis, qualitative and quantitative data, photographic and visual depiction, and/or archival documentation of historical geography.
Non-major students and Geography correlates will exhibit an ability to examine and explain the role that geography plays in relation to important issues facing society on various spatial scales—e.g. the local, national, and global.
Descriptions for each of these 'sustainability courses' can be found in the AC-1 Course inventory.
The Departments for Urban Studies, Biology and Science, Technology & Science also have number of sustainability values however per the credit criteria have not yet codified learning outcomes for sustainability.
On the course level, these 3 departments also include a broad selection of 'courses that include sustainability' and 'sustainability course' however none of them are specifically required for graduation.
We hope to work with Departments and Faculty to develop sustainability learning outcomes in these 3 programs and beyond.

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NEW MADRID COUNTY, Mo. (Reuters) - People don’t talk about trade tariffs in this stretch of the Mississippi River basin, where grains and metals have paid the bills for generations.
They skirt the subject at church fundraisers and sidestep it at Jerry’s Café and Quick Stop, where farmers and aluminum workers gossip about everything else.
Here, the winners and losers in U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war live side-by-side.
The Republican president’s tariffs on imported metals were instrumental in reviving an aluminum plant that most locals had written off for dead. But in the fields surrounding the plant and across the county, farmers anxious over trade retaliations against U.S. crop exports are delaying equipment purchases, renting their land to hunters and pre-selling crops before harvest - locking in today’s prices for fear they will fall.
Farmers’ fears were realized Friday as the United States and China levied dueling tariffs on $34 billion worth of each country’s goods. Many U.S. agricultural exports, including soybeans, now face 25 percent duties.
Neil Priggel knows both sides of the trade war’s impact on his community. He worked at the Noranda Aluminum smelter before it went belly-up in 2016 and also runs his family’s 4,000-acre farm along with two brothers.
As Trump announced steel and aluminum tariffs in March, Priggel stared at the TV news and thought: We’re saved. We’ll get our jobs back.
His very next thought: We’ve got to protect the farm.
Priggel and other farmers here, where about 70 percent of voters supported Trump, know their crops are obvious targets for countries striking back against U.S. tariffs. They also know the tax on metal imports helped lure new owners to reopen the plant that has long financed their neighbors’ mortgages, truck payments and groceries.
Kathee Brown worked at Noranda for three decades. She returned in March a one-person human resources division for what’s now called Magnitude 7 Metals. Her phone rings constantly.
Is it true the plant is coming back?
Did you get my application?
At her dusty office desk, its drawers still full of old invoices, she checks her voicemail – full, again. Many callers are former plant workers; sometimes they break into tears when she calls back.
The plant’s new owners plan to hire 465 people, for now.
More than double that number have applied.
Getting the smelter back was a long shot, locals say, just like getting a high-paying factory to this rural corner of Missouri in the first place. When it was built in 1969, they named its site for the patron saint of lost causes: the St. Jude Industrial Park.
Workers rode out years of aluminum price drops, labor strikes, recessions and fights with electricity suppliers. The company would cut shifts, lay off workers, then hire them back, workers say.
But the plant closed in early 2016 after a series of crippling blows: global aluminum prices plunged; a New York private equity fund heaped on $1 billion in debt in a leveraged buyout; an explosion disabled the plant’s cast house; a power-outage shut two production lines.
About 1,000 people had to go find jobs, often at much lower pay, said Mark Baker, a farmer and presiding commissioner for New Madrid County.
Local police and ambulance budgets were cut. The county went into the red for two years, Baker said. Noranda never made a $3.1 million tax payment to the New Madrid school district, forcing job cuts and halting school repairs, said Sam Duncan, county superintendent of schools. The district saw a 10 percent drop in school enrollments as families left the area, Duncan said.
But most stayed, often turning to the region’s other dominant for work.
“The only people hiring were the farmers,” said Dalton Bezell, 31, who worked for Noranda.
By late summer, Noranda’s staff had shrunk to nine people, making a fraction of their previous salaries. Their job: Secure the plant and try to figure out a way to revive it.
Steve Rusche, now chief operating officer of Magnitude 7 Metals, was among the nine.
He watched as prospective buyers toured the plant – not to restart it, but to chop it up and sell it for scrap. One was different: Magnitude 7 Metals LLC, founded by former Glencore Plc aluminum trader Matt Lucke, who wanted to operate the plant if it could work financially, Rusche said.
Lucke did not respond to requests for comment.
The Republican-controlled state legislature helped by passing a controversial law making it easier for manufacturers to hire non-unionized workers, a bill plant representatives supported. Some of Noranda’s remaining crew of nine helped to cut electricity deals and lock in raw material prices for the new company.
“The pivot point was when things started to come out of Washington about the metal tariffs,” Rusche said.
Last June, Magnitude 7 Metals Chief Executive Officer Bob Prusak testified before the Commerce Department at a public hearing about a department investigation into aluminum imports. Tariffs, he told them, were “nothing short of critical to get us up and running,” according to a video of the hearing.
More investors joined as Trump threatened and later imposed the metal tariffs. The plant ramped up hiring and opened its first production line on June 14.
“Now, there’s hope,” said Bodi, the New Madrid mayor.
Hope is fading on the farms of New Madrid county.
The region was among Missouri’s top soybean and corn producers last year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). DuPont Pioneer runs a massive soybean seed production plant here. A nearby riverbank is crowded with farm bins and barge loaders operated by global grain trader Archer Daniels Midland, farm cooperative Riceland Foods Inc and suppliers Crop Production Services and Agrium Inc.
Local grain farmers sell most of their harvests to river terminals for overseas markets because there is scant local demand. The traders ship crops down the Mississippi River to Gulf Coast seaports for international distribution.
Friday’s retaliation by China hits a slew of U.S.-made products, including soybeans, the most valuable U.S. agricultural export. Rising tensions with Mexico and Canada could also hit U.S. farmers as the countries renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Farmers were already hurting before the trade fight, with net farm incomes slashed in recent years as a global grains glut undermined prices.
About half of U.S. soybeans were exported last year, according to USDA data. More than one-quarter of the crop, worth about $12.3 billion, went to China. Missouri exported $2 billion worth of agricultural goods, federal data shows.
A couple of Rone’s employees took the farmer aside recently. They told him they were grateful he gave them work after they lost their jobs at the smelter. But with the plant reopening, they were applying for their old jobs.
Priggel and his brothers already sold more than half of the corn, soybeans and cotton they planted this spring, a move to lock in profits in case trade retaliations undercut prices. In June, U.S. soybean futures contracts nearly hit a 10-year low.
Missouri cotton marketer Barry Bean said one of his farmers was so freaked out about the tariff threat that he sold nearly 80 percent of the crop before he had planted anything this spring. He has no crop insurance. He keeps calling Bean, trying to sell even more cotton still growing in his fields.
Third-generation soybean farmer Bobby Aycock has cut his operating expenses, avoided buying new equipment and rented out some of his farmland.
He’s got a plan in case the tariffs drive down grain prices to a point that threatens his farm’s survival.

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When summers get hot, hot, hot, Baumann's Ventilation & Plumbing is the only company you need to call for all of your air conditioning system needs. We install, service and repair all leading makes and models, from huge industrial air movers to single-room window-mounted units. We have thousands of satisfied customers that will attest to our expert AC capabilities and honourable business practices.
When you purchase an air conditioner or heat pump from Carrier, you’ll be pleased to know that the appliance uses Puron refrigerant. In fact, since this chlorine-free refrigerant started appearing in Carrier products in 1996, users of these products have reported longer-lasting and more cost-effective conditioning of their air and quieter systems. Puron is environmentally sound and is replacing the former, popular, ozone-depleting Freon® 22.
Efficiency Look for a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) of 13 to 21% for lower utility bills and environmental impact.
Refrigerant Puron® refrigerant is environmentally sound and keeps systems running longer. In fact, systems with Puron carry a failure rate of less than one half of 1%. Freon®-22 is being phased out for environmental reasons.
2-Speed vs. Single-Speed High-speed systems cool your home faster, but lower-speed systems are more efficient and result in lower energy bills. Carrier’s 2-speed Infinity™ System air conditioners and heat pumps use low speed 80% of the time, also resulting in a quieter system.
Sound level Consider Silencer System technology, which you’ll find on the Carrier Infinity System and Performance™ Series models, for a less noisy cooling system far below the industry average.
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Variable Speed Technology Found in Carrier’s Infinity™ System fan coil and gas furnace models, these systems are efficient and can boost cooling capacity. Combine this with the Infinity Control, Thermidistat™ Control, Infinity Zoning or Performance™ Series Comfort Zone™ to remove moisture effectively.
ComfortHeat™ Technology This system offers longer, quieter heating cycles in the winter and better humidity removal during the summer and must be controlled by a Carrier Infinity or Thermidistat Control for top performance. This technology includes either a Carrier heat pump or air conditioner, along with a variable speed fan coil or variable speed furnace.
Gas Furnace Efficiency People in colder climates need more efficient furnaces for obvious reasons. Look for a high Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) rating to find the most energy-efficient choices – like the Carrier Infinity Series furnaces, with ComfortHeat technology and variable speed technology.
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T he Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued an implementation guide on financial reporting and disclosures by pension plans, postemployment healthcare plans and state and local government employers. The guide is intended to serve as a reference and instructional tool for preparers and attestors who must implement three recently published GASB statements on pension reporting.
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For a lot of students, that moment when the chalkboard requires more squinting to see is a right of passage to glasses. But when students don’t get their eyes checked, the squint turns into a serious learning impediment. That’s where Vision to Learn wants to come in.
The nationwide organization, which was founded by former LA Times publisher Austin Buetner, is coming to Baltimore to help clear up both vision, and the processes that hinder students from eye care.
The program was announced Tuesday, and Ray Lewis showed up to take some of the nerd factor off glasses.
It’s not an isolated problem, as 10,000 kids are estimated to need glasses in Baltimore. After students get screened by the school system and city heath department, they have to get another eye exam to get glasses if they fail. Many students don’t make get there right now, but Vision to Learn runs mobile clinics that will provide the exams. Reading-minded glasses startup Warby Parker, which just opened a store in Harbor East, is providing the glasses. Hopkins is bringing its evaluation capabilities, tracking its effectiveness and whether it helps students learn.
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Was Toto misunderstood or is he flip flopping about being interested in Ric?
Toto has praised up Ocon as a future Merc driver but he is being beaten by Perez.
Both Merc drivers are out of contract this year and who is to say Lewis will stay with Merc or chase new challenge.
Bot has shown better form of late though l think he is a better defensive driver than aggressive driver.
l think Merc would be Ric's first choice but would Ric be Merc's first choice with with so much young talent on the grid.
If he doesn’t win it with Mercedes I think he will either retire or try for a new challenge. That then could make way for Dan Ric or some other new talent.
Brad you think Bot will be resigned for 2019 or will they sign a young gun or Ric?
Well if im honest I want to see Ric at Ferrari, Mercedes will keep Bot, if Hamilton retires then Max V will take his place.
I dont trust ferrari that wouldn't compromise Dan efforts for Seb like Kimi, l think Merc would be fairer with the "no number 1 stance" but who knows..and marko saying about building the team around Max is time for Ric to leave imo.
Can't see him at Red Bull, Verstappen is their new Vettel. Bottas looked like a goner but he's really impressed me so I think he'll stay with Mercedes, and I doubt Hamilton is going anywhere. I think a Vettel/Ricciardo at Ferrari next year is really possible, especially as Seb is back on the ball and Ricciardo is probably at the top of his game. Whether it'll end in tears is another matter.
I think Daniel will stay with red bull for another year. the ice man is doing well at ferrari and think that kimi will be signing for another year.
in 2020 ricciardo is in the red ferrari and the iceman has stopped.
max just has to show that he is a good driver and must keep more rest when overtaking.
he is just the fastest of the grid and if he achieves good results max will go to mercedes or ferrari I hope!

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Main speakers included the Vice Chair of The Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic Mrs. Vlasta Parkanová, Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Mr. Petr Bendl, Deputy Minister of Environment Mr. Tomáš Tesař, and further Mr. Bořivoj Šarapatka (Czech Parliamentary Sub-committee for the protection of nature and landscape), Carlo Leifert (University of Newcastle), Karin Stein-Bachinger (ZALF Germany), Jiří Urban (ÚKZÚZ, ČTPEZ), Jana Hajšlová (ICT Prague), Ctirad Hemelík (Felicius company); professional organizations have been represented by Zdeněk Perlinger (PRO-BIO organic farmers association), Miroslav Toman (Federation of the Food and Drink Industries of the Czech Republic), Martin Fantyš (the Agrarian Chamber ČR); the invitation has been accepted also by managers of successful organic food producers – Stefan Hipp on behalf of the producer of child bio-food and Johannes Gutmann on behalf of the producer of bio-products Sonnentor.
Charles University: Zvěřinová, I., Urban, J., Ščasný, M.: Why Czech consumers buy organic food?; Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – NRI, Poland: Źekało, M.: Cost competitiveness of selected agricultural products on conventional and ecological farms in Poland; Palacký University Olomouc: Šarapatka, B., Čížková, S.: Influence of various grass associations in organic farming to selected characteristics of soil with emphases to carbon.


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Join us for this MTalks with Glenn Murcutt, Australia’s best-known architect internationally, in conversation with MPavilion 2014 architect Sean Godsell for a chat that will explore Glenn’s enduring and award-winning career as an architect. Glenn’s illustrious career has seen him awarded the honour Order of Australia (AO) in 1996 and the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2002—often referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize of Architecture’. He is also a recipient of numerous Australian Institute of Architects Awards and has been a visiting professor at a number of prestigious universities. Come down to the Queen Victoria Gardens to see Glenn Murcutt in conversation with Sean Godsell, an influential and award-winning architect in his own right, for this MTalks convo that is sure to provide insights into two great Australian architect’s careers.
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Aerosmith’s drummer Joey Kramer says he’s feeling great. Kramer said he had gone to see his doctor after experiencing what he had thought was acid reflux but turned out to be more serious. "I kept getting this burning.
I was getting acid reflux from everything I ate including water. My stomach was not digesting. Zantac 150 gave me severe headaches, diarea, and muscular pain.
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Acid reflux can spell months of misery for a baby yet all too often it is dismissed or misdiagnosed, leaving parents feeling angry and abandoned Like any first time mum, Jennie Green was excited but nervous about looking after a.
Norman Swan: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is the pain of. could be sending people off for less aggressive acid lowering therapies such as what are called the H2 receptor antagonists, drugs like Zantac. Is that the situation in the.
These decrease stomach acid production, but do not stop it completely. Common H2 blockers are ranitidine (Zantac), famotidine (Pepcid. of medications and nutrients. An anti-reflux diet is a good option. It excludes certain foods like.
A sore throat and hoarseness can suggest another condition. She has published a series of books recommending a low-acid diet for reflux. A 2017 study reported that a dietary approach was as good as treatment with medicines.
Mar 9, 2015. Zantac may be used in dogs and cats to prevent and treat stomach and intestinal ulcers as well as gastritis and acid reflux. You should talk to. For heartburn: The typical dose is 75 to 150 mg once daily or twice daily, taken 30 to 60 minutes before a meal or beverage that can cause heartburn. For erosive.
I've had IBS for almost a year and when it keeps me up at night or I have pain in the daytime, I just take a 75mg of Zantac and I'm good to go. On changing to Zantac Initially I was precribed 150mg Zantac twice per day but found it only stopped acid production for 8 to 10 hours leaving a 2 to 4 hour gaps when heartburn.
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The good news for Davis? The acid reflux is gone. "I haven’t had any at all since the surgery," he said. Even after eating Mexican food. "Now it’s like I can eat these and it’s not gonna impact if I’m gonna sleep tonight or not," Davis said.
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A briefing paper from the European Court of Auditors highlights “multiple challenges” still present in EU cybersecurity policy.
The paper, aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of cybersecurity challenges in the EU, was compiled based on a documentary review of position papers, official policy documents and studies conducted by third parties; as well as field work including a survey of the national audit offices of Member States and interviews with representatives from the public and private sectors. Its authors describe the overall European policy landscape in the sector as “complex and uneven” and list the most pressing issues facing the development of a comprehensive EU-wide cybersecurity strategy.
Responding effectively to incidents: with the EU elections approaching, the authors express concern over potential online interference in the democratic process, stating that the failure to fully integrate cybersecurity policy across the EU raises the bloc’s risk of suffering “large-scale, cross-border” online security breaches.

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Copyright © 2017 Lisa-Ann Fraser et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In the article titled “Risk Factors for Fracture in Diabetes: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study” , there was an error regarding the FRAX® tool, which should be clarified as follows.
The article notes: “The WHO fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX), a commonly used fracture prediction tool, has been found to underestimate fracture risk in the diabetic population .” However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX tool or its recommendations . The metabolic bone disease unit at the University of Sheffield that developed FRAX was a WHO Collaborating Centre from 1991 to 2010, but treatment guidelines must undergo a formal process before they can be endorsed by the WHO.

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I've have an interest in the Barbican since my first visit in 2011, which was to see 'Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion'. I've been back since for various shows and exhibitions; the rain room and Constructing Worlds to name a few, but only last month did I finally make time to go on one of their architecture tours.
The tour lasts for roughly 90 minutes, during which the guide talks history, design and the architects' initial intentions for the building; as you're in a small group there's also plenty of opportunity to ask questions. One of my favourite parts of the tour had to be the Conservatory, which, I'm sorry to admit now that I didn't even realise was there! The vibrant green foliage against the backdrop of concrete looks so unnatural and yet so beautiful. I also discovered you can have afternoon tea there so will definitely be booking that soon!
Gazing up at the vast concrete towers I couldn't help but think of the film High Rise.

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It’s that time of the year when the world’s largest democracy goes to the polls. The people of the country listen to various politicians presenting their vision for the country which they believe will make it very attractive to investors and a heaven to live in. Generally, that’s the idea. The election process is one of the largest operations in the world. And very expensive.
In 2014, BJP solely spent around Rs 715 crore on the elections, while the Congress spent around Rs 500 crore. While this was the amount spent on elections overall, at least 50% of this was spent on advertising. The ability to reach the targeted audience and touch him or her is the crux of the entire battle. While on the national scene in India the numbers keep increasing dramatically what is the situation in Goa?
When it comes to finance and its sources, political parties like to speak off record. A member of the ruling party who was very involved in the negotiations and closure of deals for publicity said ever since T N Sheshan’s tenure as the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India, things are fallen into shape. And with the strong regulations put in place, he said payments had to be done legally. Expenses had to be recorded. With regards to publicity material, he said the work was all done at the Centre. At the State level it was all about ensuring the volunteers were paid for food and fuel costs. Asked how much this was amounting to, he said he was not personally involved in it so he would not be able to provide any information. However according to people who have watched elections closely, they felt Rs 500-700 were paid to the volunteers. The party would ensure the payments would be done because at the end of the day, they were the heart and soul of the party. Coupled with this the party was also using social media very aggressively and smartly and had reduced on conventional advertising like banners and leaflets.
With regards the Congress party, Parag Raikar the man detailed to speak on such matters said all publicity material was printed in Delhi after a tender was passed. This arrangement held true for national and state elections. All the printing was done in Delhi. Last time however, it should be said the candidate from Margao printed publicity material of his own and distributed it in his constituency. The state units were otherwise not involved in such matters.
Now there are always two sides to a story. When the Herald spoke to the printers in the State, the reactions were one of casual indifference or of an interest to do business but on their own terms. Sayed Oduth a printer based in Panjim said till date he had not contacted the parties and neither had they. He felt with Lok Sabha polls; parties always depended on the Central office to take care of these matters. Then there was always the importance of chasing them for payments especially for work done during state elections. In the last state elections, the Congress he said had spent around Rs 11 lakh and the BJP in the municipal around Rs 4 lakh.
Perhaps the final word should go to Elvis Gomes the state convenor in AAP. He said all the publicity material was created and printed at the state level.
Despite all his claims, political observers said, even AAP had to pay its volunteers and that was the nature of this game. Costs will continue to increase and the limit of Rs 54 lakh placed on candidates in a State like Goa is easily surpassed.

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What happens when a 1st century fugitive runs into the Apostle Paul? A life is changed for Christ. Learn more about this transformation as we begin a study in the book of Philemon.
Anyone redeemed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ has experienced a miracle and has become reconciled to God. But how does this reconciliation between God and man extend to others? How does our faith transform our relationships with our spiritual brothers and sisters, including those who might seem very different from us? In this tour through the apostle Paul’s epistle to the slave owner Philemon, Alistair Begg shows how Paul encouraged Philemon to put faith into action and be reconciled with his runaway slave, Onesimus. Although the two men came from very different social classes, Paul asked them to do what would otherwise be impossible: to reunite in their new fellowship in the same community of faith. When we follow Paul, Philemon, and Onesimus along the road to reconciliation, we see the transforming power of the Gospel at work for the glory of God.


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Haggling in shops, markets or restaurants is not an accepted practice. At hotels and for services like tours and activities, you can ask proprietors if they can cut you a better deal, but generally set prices won’t be altered.
Many grocery and convenience stores, airports, and bus, train and ferry stations have ATMs. Most are linked to international networks, the most common being Cirrus, Plus, Star and Maestro.
Most ATMs also spit out cash if you use a major credit card. This method tends to be more expensive because, in addition to a service fee, you'll be charged interest immediately (in other words, there's no interest-free period as with purchases). For exact fees, check with your own bank or credit card company.
Visitors heading to Canada's more remote regions (such as Newfoundland) won't find an abundance of ATMs, so it is wise to cash up beforehand.
Scotiabank, common throughout Canada, is part of the Global ATM Alliance. If your home bank is a member, fees may be less if you withdraw from Scotiabank ATMs.
Most Canadians don't carry large amounts of cash for everyday use, relying instead on credit and debit cards. Still, carrying some cash, say $100 or less, comes in handy when making small purchases. In some cases, cash is necessary to pay for rural B&Bs and shuttle vans; inquire in advance to avoid surprises. Shops and businesses rarely accept personal checks.
Major credit cards such as MasterCard, Visa and American Express are widely accepted in Canada, except in remote, rural communities, where cash is king. You'll find it difficult or impossible to rent a car, book a room or order tickets over the phone without having a piece of plastic. Note that some credit card companies charge a 'transaction fee' (around 3% of whatever you purchased); check with your provider to avoid surprises.
Traveler's checks are becoming more and more obsolete. Traveler's checks issued in Canadian dollars are generally treated like cash by businesses; those in most other currencies must be exchanged for Canadian dollars at a bank or foreign currency office. The most common issuers are American Express, MasterCard and Visa.
All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars ($), unless stated otherwise.
Canadian coins come in 5¢ (nickel), 10¢ (dime), 25¢ (quarter), $1 (loonie) and $2 (toonie or twoonie) denominations. The gold-colored loonie features the loon, a common Canadian waterbird, while the two-toned toonie is decorated with a polar bear. Canada phased out its 1¢ (penny) coin in 2012.
Paper currency comes in $5 (blue), $10 (purple), $20 (green) and $50 (red) denominations. The $100 (brown) and larger bills are less common. The newest bills in circulation – which have enhanced security features – are actually a polymer-based material; they feel more like plastic than paper.
The Canadian dollar has seen fluctuations over the last decade, though since 2007 it has tracked quite closely to the US dollar.
For changing money in the larger cities, currency exchange offices may offer better conditions than banks.


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We at Horváth & Partners have been working for many years now with our successful 7C Principle, developed in-house based on the extensive experience of our consultants, to systematically analyze and develop business models. Seven dimensions are needed to scrutinize a business model.
At the heart of the 7C Principle lies the strategic core. This comprises all the fundamental decisions of a company, including defining the product portfolio, selecting the target customers and markets and utilizing core competencies. All the other elements “orbit” this strategic core and need to be examined carefully to identify and define the ways they interact with one another.

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King County Council Representative Kathy Lambert is on the scene of a retired Kind County Metro van that the county donated to Carnation Farms for educational programs.
Carnation Farms board members and staff (L to R), Stella Oderyd, Daniel Oderyd, Sarah Oderyd, Hannah Cavendish-Palmer, and Elbridge Stuart along with Kathy Lambert, King County Council Representative, and Jeff Gottlieb.
Those programs include teaching kids about where foods are grown and the importance of farming. Carnation farms was established in the early 20th Century to produce milk and conduct research, but the farm now teaches classes about farming, cooking and the skills that go along with that.
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Welcome to the Think College Wisconsin website! Efforts are unfolding across the country to increase and expand upon postsecondary education options for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In Wisconsin, the demand for college is growing and pockets of people across the state are discussing how to develop programs in their own communities. This website serves as a tool to inform, connect, and support people involved in these efforts. Explore the site, read the state plan, and register for the listserv. It's time to THINK COLLEGE.
"Establishing Inclusive Postsecondary Education Opportunities: Tips for Effective Communication" provides tips for how to get an inclusive postsecondary educational initiative started at a college.
"A Dual Enrollment Postsecondary Education Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Winthrop Transition to College" describes a South Carolina program using person-centered planning to guide students in their selection of courses, employment settings, and recreational activities on campus.
"Profiles and Promising Practices in Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disability" provides profiles of five postsecondary programs and learn about promising practices at each one.
Inclusive Higher Education: Its Time Has Come -- Check it out.
A Transition Coordinator Network (TCN) meeting is scheduled for October 8, 2013, from 8:30-3:30 in Wausua, WI. This meeting will include a report from state agencies as well as presentations on dual enrollment for students with disabilities and effective 18-21 year old program options. Learn more and register here.
To view the meeting dates, times, and locations of the upcoming meetings, click here.
Emily, a sophomore in southern Wisconsin who loves to dance and is actively involved in her local 4-H chapter, wants to go to college. She’s working towards a drivers’ license, plans to live independently after school, and wants to get married (preferably after finding a job, encourages her mom, Fairy). Read more here.
Watch a video of a previously featured student at her AmeriCorps placement.
Do you want to be a featured student? If so, contact us. We want to share the stories of students with intellectual disabilities who want to go to college and the stories of those who have had the opportunity to experience college.
Do you want to read about other students going to college? Check out this story about Silas, a student attending the Postsecondary Inclusion Partniship program at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Kentucky.
Visit the national Think College website. This useful site includes a college database, webinars, videos, and a plethora of other information for individuals with intellectual disabilities, families, service providers, K-12 school staff, and college personnel.
Join listservs about postsecondary education to receive and share up-to-date information about college opportunities. The national Think College initiative recently began a listserv. Join by emailing join-thinkcollege@lists.umb.edu. To become a member of our state's listserv, email cooney@waisman.wisc.edu.
Students and family members thinking college should be sure to check out our Students & Families section for information on the benefits of college and how to start preparing now for postsecondary education.
Teachers and college instructors who want to learn strategies to prepare and support students in college should check out our Promising Practices section.
Individuals concerned about the costs of college may want to learn about national and community service as a path to college in our AmeriCorps section. Also, check out Ruby's Rainbow scholarships for students with Down syndrome interested in enrolling in higher education.