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Climate Gentrification theory suggests rich are moving to higher, low-income neighbourhoods
Climate change is causing waves of gentrification in the cities most vulnerable to rising sea levels, as the wealthy move to poorer areas with a lower risk of flooding, according to a recent study.
Coined Climate Gentrification, the theory and its potential affects on urban migration are outlined in a research paper written by Jesse M Keenan, Thomas Hill and Anurag Gumber.
"Climate Gentrification is based on a simple proposition: climate change impacts arguably make some property more or less valuable by virtue of its capacity to accommodate a certain density of human settlement and its associated infrastructure," said the paper's introduction.
The authors argue that as water levels rise, a trend is emerging for high-income households moving away from low-lying coastal areas to higher ground further inland ? traditionally occupied by those less well-off. Wealthy investors swapping risky Miami Beach for safer Little Haiti
They use Florida's Miami-Dade County as a primary case study. The article presents evidence that instead of buying in wealthy Miami Beach, which lies at an extremely low elevation and is already prone to flooding, affluent property seekers are gradually opting for areas like Little Haiti on the mainland.
Despite the neighbourhood's lack of luxury amenities, this is seen by some as a better investment, as properties at lower elevations are predicted to see less appreciation than those on higher ground due to the risks of climate change.
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Tom DeLay: In debt contest, America loses
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The deal underway in Congress to raise the debt ceiling is bad for America and not what the citizens of this country have made clear that they want. The people desire less spending, and this compromise does not deliver cuts.
According to an Oct. 10 Rasmussen Reports survey, 53% of likely voters want "major spending cuts as part of a debt-ceiling deal." A Sept. 24 Rasmussen poll shows that 64% of Americans think spending cuts are best for the economy as opposed to the government doing more to try to "stimulate" it.
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Predictably, most news media accounts have portrayed this whole budget showdown as a lose-lose proposition for Republicans. That's an oversimplification of a problem that has left Democrats tarnished as well. As shown in numerous polls over the past couple of weeks, a majority believes that President Obama has put politics over the country in the budget negotiations, and more than 60% disapprove of the way Democrats in Congress have handled the impasse. In short, no one comes out of this mess clean.
It's hard not to feel the pain of the GOP leadership, which faced a ticking clock and a president who outrageously refused to negotiate. Republicans kept going back to the bargaining table while Obama headed to the golf course. A government can't function responsibly when only one side is dealing.
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What if a neighborhood came together to build a playground on an empty lot? It's cool, but it's been done before. Taking it a step further, what if that playground was made from recycled household materials from the neighboring homes? Rotterdam-based BOARD presented that very idea in its "The Recycled Apartment" proposal. The Recycled Apartment won second prize at the Richard Krajicek Foundation Playground awards, and it's one of the most interesting ideas that has evolved from the urban pocket park movement.
BOARD began its design by first recognizing the competition organizers' wish to involve the surrounding buildings as much as possible. The design team enlarged a typical neighboring apartment floorplan by 500% and presented it as the ground plan of the new playground. Even at this scale, the thought was that this reproduction would be easily identified and lead to a strong sense of ownership among the residents.
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The competition jurors saw the benefit of the design, both in principle and sustainability. By collecting recyclable materials from the local residents the energy required to transport new materials to the playground will be reduced significantly. The design also helps fight global warming by providing the local communities around the playground with regional gardens and recreation areas.
The idea of pocket playgrounds made from recycled materials from the neighborhoods is a great approach to the ever-changing global market and global climate. BOARD may have proposed this design for the Netherlands, but this can be applied in any developed country around the world – and it should!
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Chronicles of Reilukerho Ptolus campaign: Claw and the prison plane
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Raguel, Lord of Dark Reliquary and Leader of the Fallen, has asked a PC's to do them a job. In addition to promise of an enormously valuable diamond, he promises to help them free their lost friend, Calista from dungeons below the Dark Reliquary. In the picture above, players have just entered the reliquary using teleport.
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After about five years of playing, my 4E Ptolus campaign has reached it's finale. This post has SPOILERS so if you're playing in a Ptolus campaign, or are going to, you better not read this post. The campaign has a lot of elements from the book, but also many elements created by myself.
The final session I had initially planned to run on one night become one 6-hour session and one 10-hour session. This last 10-hour session had just 3 combats, and while it had also good amount of non-combat playing, combats were really long, even if a lot of the opponents were minions.
Lord Zavere had promised to Linele's ghost and Reilukerho to find out where Linele's body and the demon possessing it are. With Shard's help, he found that the demon is inhabiting the lighthouse island in front of Ptolus. Reilukerho got themselves a boat on started to row towards the island.
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Pistachio, Strawberry & Vanilla Semifreddo // K. Jaques Corvette Sandals
Don't both of these things just scream summer? A semifreddo is a wonderful party dessert that appears way more fancy schmancy than it is. I love the sweet, preppy colors of this one. Throw in a little metallic and I'm more than happy to match my footwear to my ice cream for a backyard cocktail party!


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Scitern Named to All-OVC Men's Golf First Team
Dickson, Tenn. – Senior Cameron Scitern has been named to the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference All-Conference team. Scitern is just the fourth Tiger in school history to be named to the first team and the sixth to gain a position on either the first, second or newcomer team. The Tiger captain is the first to be named to the first team since former head coach Chris Seibel accomplished the feat in 2010.
Adrian Adams was the first for TSU to be honored in 1996, while Robert Dinwiddie is the only Tiger to be named multiple times as he was named in all four of his seasons from 2002-05. Phillip Watkins was placed on the second team in 2006 and current team member James Stepp was named to the All-Newcomer team last season.
Scitern was third in the OVC this year with a 72.5 strokes per round average. The Rockdale, Texas product finished in a tie for ninth at the Big Blue Intercollegiate with a three-round 3-under. Scitern experienced his best round on the final day as he carded a 4-under, 68.
Scitern closed out the fall season with a second place finish at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate in Hopkinsville, Ky. The senior finished 8-under for the tournament and recorded 69's during the first and third rounds and a 70 during the middle round. Scitern missed out on the title by one stroke.
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But, Mr. Hague said, Assad is still at heart a reformer and could choose to make concessions to protesters' demands, the Guardian reported.
"President Assad has made two major speeches on reform in Syria — one of them was in the eyes of most of us too weak and the other one was too late but nevertheless he has made those speeches and committed himself to important reforms," said Hague. "It is not too late for him to say he really is going to do those reforms and additional reforms." …
"We will urge them to do the right thing. It is not too late for them to do so. They are being urged to do so by many other countries including in our own region and I appeal to them again to respect the legitimate grievances and not to engage in this repression and violence against their own people."
In an opinion piece for POLITICO, former State Department official Aaron David Miller argues that there is a "growing chorus" in Congress and elsewhere that Assad is not a reformer. He observes that the Obama camp is divided on how to proceed, and that the steps so far indicate more of a "whack-a-mole" approach than a coherent policy.
The United Nations Security Council also appears to be divided over a draft statement condemning the violence in Syria. China and Russia, who both have the ability to veto a Security Council statement, are unhappy about the Libya intervention and reluctant to get entangled elsewhere in the region, while Lebanon is hesitant to criticize its neighbor.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has also called for an independent investigation to the violence. Syria's envoy to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, insisted that was unnecessary, saying the country had a functioning government and would be able to carry out an investigation of its own. "Syria has a government, has a state," said Mr. Jaafari. "We can undertake any investigation by our own selves with full transparency.... We have nothing to hide."
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Assad Tuesday, urging him to curb the use of violence and to implement the reforms demanded by protesters, Reuters reports. He said that lifting the emergency law was a start, but not enough, and called the violence a "disturbing process."
Prime Minister Erdogan is dispatching an envoy to Damascus and the country's national security council is meeting to discuss the possibility of a civil war in Syria. Turkey is also preparing for a possible influx of Syrian refugees across its eastern border with Syria, according to Bloomberg.
Syria's unrest presents a worrying guessing game for the US, Israel, and many other countries, the Los Angeles Times notes. Unlike Libya, which sits politically and geographically on the periphery of the Arab world, Syria is at the center. It has close strategic ties to both Lebanon and Iran, support from Russia, and also shares a border with Israel, with whom it has no diplomatic relations.
Regime change is "threatening to upend some longstanding alliances and encouraging neighbors to scramble for sudden advantage" and could affect issues ranging from the US-Iran relationship to water rights in Jordan, according to the LA Times.


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Carl_SaulIsaac needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Saul Isaac Photography
We are a Portrait Studio Specializing in Mid to High End Portraiture. Looking to capture the natural beauty in people and their surroundings.
Our Target Audience in this case is a higher end client that will be looking to spend a little more on their partner for Valentines Day. We will be using the Vouchers to Partner with other business such as Florists, Lingerie Shops and Jewellers.
The Voucher will need to have an elegant and slightly expensive look and feel. It will also need to be tasteful.
I have uploaded my company logo and also some sample images to be used.
[Updated] We have now decided that we would prefer it if only one image was used.
The Voucher will also need to contain the following text:-
"Who says romance is dead?" – this voucher entitles you to a complimentary photographic session with your special someone!
(normal cost £65.00)
For further details and to register your voucher please telephone xxxx xxx xxxx".
I would prefer the Voucher to be the following dimensions, a 3rd of A4 which is 99mm x 210mm. [Updated] We have now decided that we would prefer the voucher to be horizontal\vertical.
I would also like the design in illustrator so that I can change the text and images if necessary.


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Shifting strategy for abortion battles
Conservative states that ran into legal trouble passing some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation last year have shifted their approach for 2014: smaller instead of sweeping.
Rather than bans that directly challenge Roe v. Wade, many states are again going for more incremental measures that address the physical space requirements of clinics, physicians' qualifications and the use of certain procedures. The move is hardly a retreat, abortion opponents say, but rather a strategic decision that they expect could be nearly as effective in less time. Compared to broader moves, restrictions that are more narrowly drawn often pass judicial muster.
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"I think the public understands the abortion bans," said Gretchen Borchelt, director of state reproductive health policy at the National Women's Law Center. "But they don't understand how harmful things like regulation of clinics and restriction on medication abortion are to provider practice and to women's access to abortion."
Efforts to limit abortion in various ways or at various stages have only accelerated in recent years. Clinics in numerous states have been forced to close, leaving women with few options and energizing abortion opponents.
In 2013, the Arkansas Legislature made abortion illegal after 12 weeks, while North Dakota lawmakers prohibited it after six weeks — a point at which many women don't even know they're pregnant. Three states passed 20-week bans, also known as fetal pain laws, bringing to nine the number of states outlawing abortion midpregnancy.
Yet courts subsequently blocked the first-trimester bans of North Dakota and Arkansas, legal fights continue over the bans in other states, and the movement to restrict abortions at 20 weeks — on the grounds that a fetus at that stage of development feels pain — remains highly controversial. Because of those crosscurrents, strategies are evolving. Both sides expect their upcoming encounters to be fought as much over step-by-step actions as big, dramatic approaches.
Developments are certain in state legislatures, the courts and even at the ballot box, a triple front that has many abortion-rights advocates braced. The issue could also factor again into local and congressional political campaigns.
Some approaches will push into different territory, including a Colorado proposal that asks voters to consider an embryo or fetus a separate legal "person" under the state's constitution in acts of violence against women. This differs from other "personhood" initiatives, which thus far have failed to pass in at least 10 states; its intent is to protect a woman and her unborn fetus by recognizing the fetus as a second victim should she miscarry because of a criminal act. But abortion-rights advocates say the language, backed by a national "personhood movement," does nothing to discourage violence against women and only complicates such cases.
And a North Dakota measure appearing on the ballot in November takes the concept a major step further, giving an embryo legal rights under any circumstance from the moment of conception. It would outlaw almost all abortions and some forms of birth control. Critics say it would also restrict fertility treatment and stem cell research.
More commonly, however, upcoming efforts will focus on regulations. Their underlying intent, abortion-rights advocates charge, is to systematically end abortions. Abortion opponents counter that the procedure and the places that perform it warrant greater scrutiny to ensure women's safety.
"This past year was a real watershed moment," said Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life. The public became increasingly concerned about abortion providers being "out of control" and in need of greater regulation, Yoest said, particularly after the trial and conviction of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell.
A report just released by the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks reproductive health issues, reflects how that concern was manifested. Nearly two dozen states enacted 70 abortion restrictions during 2013, the second-highest annual total ever, according to the report.


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Special Inaugural Ms . Issue Stirs Buzz & Debate
Ms . magazine's new special inaugural issue has stirred up a lot of excitement-and some controversy.
The striking cover by illustrator Tim O'Brien shows President-elect Obama opening his suit, Superman-style, to reveal the iconic "This is What a Feminist Looks Like" T-Shirt. Playing on the existing superhero imagery around the president-elect-who has himself joked "I was actually born on Krypton"--the cover reflects both the national and feminist mood of high expectations and hope as the 44th President of the United States takes the oath of office.
"This cover speaks for itself-we're proud the president-elect identifies as a feminist," says Ms. Executive Editor Katherine Spillar.
The cover has drawn acclaim on feminist blogs such as Feministe and Jezebel, where posted comments call it "awesome," "inspirational" and "fantastic," and one feminist says, " It shows pride in using the word feminist instead of derision that we've had for years ." And feminist author Naomi Wolf went on CNN to defend the cover, saying, " Ms. sensibly [and] very obviously points out that this is what a feminist looks like."
But it's also stirred up a firestorm from PUMA PAC, a group that pledges to watchdog the Obama administration. They've launched an email and phone campaign to tell us "how laughable and insulting it is for [ Ms. ] to claim that Obama is a feminist."
We at Ms. stand by our cover and embrace the opportunity to affirm that men can be feminists, too. Obama-who ran on the strongest platform for women's rights of any major party in U.S. history-self-identifies a feminist.
Of course, we're not wearing rose-colored glasses. As Ms. publisher Eleanor Smeal says in a Huffington Post editorial:
"We are not giving President-Elect Obama a blank check. For our hopes to be achieved, we must speak out and organize, organize, organize to enable our new president's team to achieve our common goals. Ultimately, we must hold our leaders' feet to the fire, or to put it more positively, uplift them when they are caught in the crosscurrents of competing interests." (See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eleanor-smeal/this-is-what-a-feminist-l_b_157531.html )
In this spirit, the editors of Ms . asked feminist leaders, experts, and activists-along with our readers-to share their visions of what must be done to move forward at this extraordinary time. Statements from Kim Gandy, bell hooks, Margaret Cho, Alice Walker, Ani DiFranco, Cynthia Enloe, Dolores Huerta, the editors of Feministing.com, and many others are in the current issue of Ms. and at http://msmagazine.com/winter2009/VisionOfChange_quotes.asp .
Note to editors : Ms. Executive Editor Katherine Spillar and Ms. Publisher Eleanor Smeal are available for interviews.


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Leonardo Mello needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 72 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
Oferta Local (Local Offer in English)
We are a one offer a day website in Brazil like Groupon (http://www.groupon.com) and Living Social (http://www.livingsocial.com). We are a collective buying site for local services. You can check our design at http://www.ofertalocal.com.br . We are really not satisfied with our logo and we would like to change before we go live. Our name is Oferta Local and it means Local Offer in Spanish and Portuguese. We would like a minimalist logo that put the daily offer in fist perspective. The color of our web site are not yet defined and we would to have a logo that could be used in different designs.
Our target audience is broad and could not easily be defined. It is a new market in Brazil and It competes with traditional local advertising on newspapers.
We will need the logo application on white and black (with transparency) backgrounds. We will need a Corel Draw Vector file for the final version.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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What kind of information do we collect from visitors, and how do we use it?
We do not collect any personally identifiable information from the visitors to our website. We automatically only receive and record the following information from your computer and browser: IP-address as well as software and hardware attributes. We monitor visitor traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout of the website and to plan for a better collection of our products and services. The information we monitor do not allow us to draw any conclusions from the identities of the visitors to our website.
2 What kind of information do we collect from members and e-mail subscribers, and how do we use it?
When you join as a member or offer your e-mail address to receive e-mails from us, we collect the following information: your name, e-mail address, gender, age and date of birth to identify and to communicate with you as one of our members. The supply of personal information by the members or intended members is entirely voluntary, though without sufficient details we may not be able to serve you fully as a member.
We use the information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfil your requests for services, improve our website and services, inform you about our news, updates and member privileges and contact you for general requests.
Do you share information with others?
As far as legally permitted, we keep confidential all personally identifiable information you provide us. However, we do disclose your personal information under certain circumstances. These include making disclosure when we believe, in good faith, that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
We may team up with other companies to promote or provide products, services, contests or promotions only when we have your permission. Subject to safeguards, we and such other company may need to cross-check our databases to avoid duplication or to use the combined information to identify and organise future marketing and promotions.
You can tell us not to share your e-mail address and other personal data simply by sending an e-mail message "re: no sharing" to
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We do not share, sell or rent any information you provide us with.
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Our Website uses social plug-ins ("plug-ins") from the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). These plug-ins are marked with a Facebook logo or the label "Facebook Social Plug-in".
Whenever you access a Web page on our Website that contains one of these plug-in, your browser establishes a direct link to Facebook's servers. The plug-in content is transferred from Facebook directly to your browser, which integrates the content into the Web page.
Integrating the plug-in sends information to Facebook indicating that you have accessed the corresponding page on our Website. The Internet address of the Web page you visited (including your IP address) is transmitted to one of Facebook's servers in the USA where it is saved. As a rule, it is also not possible for Facebook to identify you personally based on the dynamically assigned IP address your Internet provider saves while you surf the Web. Once it has been published on Facebook, this information is not processed further or forwarded to third parties, and it is anonymised after a period of three months, so that the information is no longer associated with any particular user. This does not apply when you visit our Website and are logged on to Facebook at the same time. In this case, Facebook can share information about your visit with your Facebook account.
In the event that you interact with plug-ins, for example by pressing the "Like" button or submitting a comment, the corresponding information is transferred from your browser directly to Facebook and saved there.
For information on the purpose and scope of the information shared and how Facebook uses this data along with your respective rights and managing your privacy settings, please refer to Facebook's Privacy Policy.
If you are a member of Facebook and do not wish to share information about your visit to our Website with Facebook, you will need to log off of Facebook before visiting our Website.
What about "cookies"?
A "cookie" is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored in the hard drive of your computer. We use cookies to help us provide customisable services.
Cookies do not damage your system or impair its function in any way. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and other websites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
What about "links"?
This website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any such sites. This statement of privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website. We advise you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
How do we make sure your information is secure?
Protecting your information is a priority for us. We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to protect the security of your on-line information. The SSL encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information on-line, we also do everything in our power to protect personally identifiable information off-line. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job to fulfil the services to our customers (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Protection of children's privacy?
We are concerned about the safety of children in their use of the Internet. We will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. If we receive actual knowledge that a member is under the age of 13 and has registered without the permission of his or her parent or guardian, we will remove from our files all personally identifiable registration information about that child.
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We want to communicate with you only if you wish to hear from us. If you would rather not receive marketing or promotional communication from us, please inform us by sending an e-mail message "re: off" to firstname.lastname@example.com. Clicking the hotlink will activate the pop-up message box.
By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by Esprit International. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under which circumstances we disclose it.
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Henri de Toulouse-LautrecBiography
Having studied academic art in Paris, Toulouse-Lautrec came into his own as an artist during his nocturnal visits to both the fashionable nightclubs of Montmartre and the brothels of Paris. In both settings, Lautrec deftly captured mood and gestures with his quick charcoal sketches, which he later taped to his studio walls as reference for larger paintings.
In the late 1890s Lautrec's excessive drinking began to catch up with him and his work began to deteriorate. By 1899 the artist suffered a complete mental breakdown and was confined to a sanatorium for a time; he suffered a second breakdown and died at the age of thirty-seven.
Today, Toulouse-Latrec's work is celebrated not just for its bon vivance, but for its historic value as an accurate documentation of his generation.
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Few people look to politics these days for straight talk. So a recent mailer from City Atty. Carmen Trutanich may strike many as just more of the cynical spin that's become so commonplace. In it, the city's top lawyer extracts a few headlines and phrases from articles and an editorial in The Times, and suggests that the paper's editorial board harbors fundamental doubts about former Assemblyman Mike Feuer, who is battling him for the office.
Just to be clear: The Times endorsed Feuer for city attorney in the March elections and still regards him as the far more qualified candidate in the May 21 runoff.
Feuer has served on the City Council, where he championed such causes as gun control and such innovations as the city's 311 system. His record as an honest broker followed him to the Assembly, where he chaired the Judiciary Committee and was an advocate for public safety. His record reveals a dedication to growth, common sense, environmental stewardship and open government — all worthy ambitions. He has a background that has well prepared him for the position and the temperament to make the most of it.
Which is not to say we agree with him about everything. In this campaign, Feuer and his political consultant, John Shallman, created an arrangement under which the consultant would be paid only if Feuer won. That meant that Feuer made no payments to Shallman in the first round of the election, helping Feuer to stay under the spending limits established by the city for candidates who want to receive matching funds. Feuer insists that he had oral approval from the city Ethics Commission staff, and it's true that he's not the first to make such an arrangement. Still, if city rules allow such a practice, those rules should be revisited.
But this isn't a race about the relationship between a candidate and his consultant. It's an opportunity for voters to choose the candidate best suited to represent the city in lawsuits, to act as counselor to city departments and to prosecute misdemeanors.
Trutanich has had four years to demonstrate his abilities in those areas, and he's failed, disappointing many of his early supporters, including this page, which endorsed him in 2009. Trutanich has alienated city leaders with threats and bluster and has pursued cases that get him headlines but matter little to residents.
Voters have noticed and already have voiced their disapproval. Last year, when Trutanich broke his pledge not to run for district attorney, he was solidly rejected.
The next city attorney will need to be a counselor to agencies and an advisor to the new mayor and City Council. To be successful, that person will need legal acumen and political skills, as well as integrity. Feuer brings all of that, and thus should be the easy choice of city voters.


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(Originally posted on the Inside BlackBerry Developer's Blog)
The BlackBerry® Partners Fund has just announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Developer Challenge for 2011 and has started accepting submissions for the first Competition! This year, there are three Competitions in total. Their purpose is to recognize, reward and celebrate innovation within the BlackBerry developer community. Similar to last year, each Competition will recognize winners in their respective regions, which will give developers the opportunity to stand out from one another with local content and language support.
The three Competitions are as follows:
- Best Adobe Flash/Adobe AIR app for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet – now accepting submissions – click this link for the Official Rules
- Most innovative BlackBerry® WebWorks™ app on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry® 6 (same app or companion app) – begins May 9, 2011
- Most Addictive social app using the BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) Social Platform – beginning later this summer
New this year, in addition to the Competitions, the BlackBerry Partners Fund will be honouring applications in six categories to receive a Recognition Award. The recipients, which will be recognized regionally, will be selected in the following categories:
- Best B2C app developed for a customer by an Agency or ISV
- Most useful enterprise application (all technologies)
- Best website conversion using the BlackBerry WebWorks platform
- Most creative implementation of Super App characteristics
- Top Performers – Most innovative use of Payment Service and/or Advertising Service
- Academic – Most compelling app created by student or faculty
It's exciting to note that across the three Competitions, there is approximately $3 million US in prizes available to be won. That's almost double the value of last year's prizing. This includes the incentive prizes that will be given out to the first 100 submissions in each Competition. Each incentive prize includes a free BlackBerry smartphone and a feature in the BlackBerry App World™ carousel for 1 week! Please click this link for the full terms and conditions.
To find out more details on the BlackBerry Developer Challenge and to submit your apps, visit the BlackBerry Partners Fund website and BlackBerry Developer Zone. I'm very much looking forward to seeing your apps submitted to the Competitions – happy building and good luck!


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A Revival of Calvinism: An Interview with Iain Murray
Tabletalk: What are the top three puritan works that every Christian should read and why? Iain Murray: The Westminster Shorter Catechism; Heaven on Earth by Thomas Brooks (on assurance); Nature and Causes of Apostasy by John Owen (Works of John …Read More
Fueling Reformation
I'm always puzzled when I see church billboards announcing a coming revival. They give the times and the dates when the church will be engaged in revival. But I wonder, how can anybody possibly schedule a revival? True revivals …Read More


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Inexpensive DIY holiday decoration to make from paper.
Make this super cute white Reindeer and Sleigh for your table decoration over the holidays. Print the patterns for this cute paper Reindeer & Sleigh and trace onto heavyweight paper for a Fun DIY Christmas craft project. this is a creative kids craft project that can be made in the classroom, at home or for a homeschool project. Easy kids Christmas craft.
Items needed:
- Scissors
- White cardstock
- Print patterns.
- Cut out patterns and trace, with pencil, onto a white cardstock. Make cuts, as shown for each pattern piece.
- Assemble by sliding pieces together, carefully, to make the 3D figures.


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Okay so now on to our first day and what we did. The students had some board work, what we call Big 5 to complete. Big 5 is simply five math questions (and I also do 5 LA questions) that are possibly review of items we already learned or are struggling with. Seeing that it's the first day of school it was simple end of fourth grade math problems.
I also wanted to give them a little something else, so I saw a few of these questions on Pinterest. They were each given six sticky notes and had to write their answers and post them, I did allow them to be anonymous if they wanted.
Here is what they looked like, I LOVE some of the responses, I hope you can read them!
Student responses to What will you need to be successful this year?
Student responses to What do you hope to learn this year in 5th grade?
Student responses to Our class should be _________________ everyday.
Next set of questions:
Student responses to School is important because __________________.
Each student made their own name bubble. They then had to partner up and shared their bubbles with each other. Once partnered up they "introduce" their partner to the class and share at least two things about that person.
We then did a fun Twitter activity! They each got to make up their own Twitter name and draw their own avatar (I have a little mimio I made for it, I'll have to take some Hypersnaps and show it to you all later, I left my school laptop at school tonight, on purpose!). Once we had those two things completed they got to write their own Tweet, sticking with all the Twitter guidelines! Here is how they turned out.
A few of you had asked how my clipboards were mounted on the wall. Just plain hooks...hot glued on the wall. That simple!
Hope you first day goes as well as mine did!


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Revision as of 08:03, 18 September 2009 by .FUF (Talk | contribs) (moved Talk:Helix to Talk:Helix3: more correct title)
This is a fantastic page, but should the tool links point to other pages on the wiki? Jessek 13:20, 27 February 2007 (PST)
Move HelixCE to another page? .FUF 07:20, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
I think we should add a few more tools to the tools section. There are several new Live CDs worth mention. CAINE, DEFT and hopefully very soon DRAFT.
- Added DEFT and Helix3 Pro .FUF 15:20, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


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We can hardly believe it is September once again, which can only mean one thing for the design calendar! That's right, The London Design Festival 2008 is set to kick off on Saturday the 13th and will run until Tuesday the 23rd of September. Kate Andrews and Antonia Halse of Inhabitat's London team will be scouting the events this year to bring you the latest and greatest, but for now here is a preview of some exciting eco highlights coming up in the schedule!
Festival Calendar:
Alternative Sitting @ ECO
13-23 Sept :: ECO 213 Chiswick High Road, W4 2DW
ECO, London's green hub, store, showroom and consultancy will host an exhibition with installations by established and up and coming designers including Pli Design, Reestore, Viable London, Adam Rowe, Osian Batyka-Williams and Farm Design. ECO will also launch their roof terrace outfitted with solar powered ballustrades and plant insulation to help reduce the store's energy needs.
Greengaged at the Design Council
15-23 Sept :: UK Design Council, WC2E 7DL
The 2008 London Design Festival will see the launch of Greengaged, a series of events, debates, workshops, exhibitions, seminars and masterclasses held at the UK Design Council. Entirely focused upon issues relating to sustainability, Greengaged has been organized by thomas.matthews, [re]design and Kingston University.
Greener by Design
17 Sept :: The Royal Institution of Great Britain
An evening event explores how we can make our buildings greener, by design. Speakers include: Sunand Prasad, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and Chris Wise, Director of Expedition Engineering.
Feelgood Fashion – A Celebration of Ethical Entrepreneurship and Cutting-Edge Design
17 Sept :: The British Library, NW1 2DB
A panel of four pioneering design and fashion entrepreneurs will talk about the new age of 'eco-fashion' and building the next generation of sustainable brands. Speakers include: Safia Minney (People Tree); Jen Ruppert (Revamp) and Ed Gillespie (Futerra).
SYSTEM RELOAD: Retooling Ourselves – Collaborative Design Actions
17-20 Sept :: The House of St Barnabas / The Hub, King Cross.
The o2 Global Network, the international eco design network, launches System Reload London, a unique three-day event of participatory workshops intended to spark eco-creativity and create real and meaningful solutions. Participants include; Clare Brass and Flora Bowden (SEED Foundation); Aleksi Neuvonen and Roope Mokka (Demos Helsinki); Tom Ainsworth (10to4); Kelly Davis; Fatina Saikali (CoCreando); Lili Larratea (Play Rethink); Shay Launder (Swamp Collective); Ian Crawford; Servane Mouazan (Ogunte); Alison Coward (Bracket) and Barbara Patkova (Magnificient Revolution).
Cardboard Cafe
18-21 Sept :: 42.5 Voss Street, E2 6HP
Interior Architectural Consultants, B3 Designers, will construct a Cardboard Cafe in their East End studio.
LIGHTEN UP by [re]design
18-21 Sept :: 100% Futures, Earls Court.
Sustainable design innovators [re]design return to 100% Futures to launch their LIGHTEN UP exhibition feature and book.
TOM DIXON, The Factory
18-24 Sept :: 5 Cromwell Place, SW7 2JB
Tom Dixon and George Smith will transform a Knightsbridge ballroom into an upholstery factory and create a new collection on site. Tom will be signing copies of his new book 'The Interior World of Tom Dixon' on Thursday 18th September at 3pm. Tom also remains the Creative Director for 100% Design this year and will be launching the 2008 collection "A Bit of Rough."
TENT London
18-21 Sept :: Truman Brewery, Brick Lane
With over 300 exhibitors, Tent London will take over Brick Lane's Truman Brewery for an eclectic mix of design for everyone to see!
Models of Sustainable Design, at 100% Sustainable
18-21 Sept :: 100% Design, Earls Court.
The University of Brighton's IF:Laboratory will create and curate a unique event space that will bring sustainable design discourse, discussions and debate to the floor of 100% Design. The theme for this year's event is "Models of Sustainable Design", and admission comes complete with a miniature world and model railway!
Ten twentytwentyone, at 100% Design
18-21 Sept :: Stand G40, 100% Design, Earls Court
Award-winning design group TEN return to 100% Design, showcasing innovative approaches to sustainable design, produced in partnership with retailer twentytwentyone.
100% Design
18-21 Sept :: Earls Court
Connecting the worlds of architecture and design with innovative, contemporary interior products, 100% Design is the UK's leading contemporary interiors event.
19-20 Sept :: 121-123 Deptford High Street,
From 7am to 7am, a number of creative teams will be given basic materials, tools and a brief to bring together objects, drawings, installation, music, video and textiles!
360o – Charting New Territory in Sustainable Design Education
19-21 Sept :: University of Brighton and 100% Sustainable, Earls Court, London
DEEDS (Design Education Sustainability) invites UK and international design educators, postgraduates, undergraduates and design practitioners who are interested in higher education and sustainable design, to a day of talks and interactive media presentations as part of 100% Sustainable.
Beau Sauvage at Liberty
19 Sep-19 Oct :: LIBERTY, Great Marlborough Street, W1B 5AH
Beau Sauvage at Liberty explores the complexities and contrasts in contemporary design – highlighting the beautiful and the raw through objects, furniture, new media and lighting designs.
Creative Resource: The Sustainable Materials Collection
23-29 Sept :: The Building Centre,
Exploring the aesthetic, economic and manufacturing potential of materials made from waste, the Creative Resource collection focuses on the sustainable development of materials and the design process.
So, if you are in London this September and want to check out the design happenings around the UK capital, visit LondonDesignFestival.com for the full events listings. Also, if you are exhibiting at this years festival and have a great sustainable product to tell us about, get in touch! Here's to a fantastic fortnight of sustainable design hunting!
2007 Opening Ceremony
London Design Festival 2007 Highlights included Tom Dixon's Eco Light Giveaway!


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I love good comfort food, chicken noodle soup when your sick, meatloaf and mashed potatoes that remind me of being a kid, you know the classics. But the longer I live in Italy, the more I love Italian comfort food and wish I had been raised on passatelli in brodo, potatoes and cabbage mash or pasta norcina. Another classic Italian comfort food - stewed lentils with sausages. Lentils are very Italian and found in many dishes across the boot, but they are eaten most during the holidays. On New Year's Eve it is best to eat a few spoonfuls of stewed lentils with your cotechino to ensure fortune in the coming year! But the best lentils in Italy are from the tiny mountain top village of Castelluccio di Norcia on the Marche-Umbria border. The tiny greenish/brown legumes are not only known for their soft skin & creamy texture, but the beauty of the fields in May-June when the lentils are in bloom!Stewed Lentils with Sausages
Serves 4
6 Tablspoons/80 ml Olive oil
1 carrot small, diced
1 onion small, diced
1 celery stalk, diced
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and left whole
2-3 leaves of sage
250 grams/a little over a cup of lentils left to soak in cold water for a few hours
4 sausages
200 ml or 1 cup of passed tomatoes (pomodoro passato) or pureed tomatoes
2-4 cups of stock (vegetable or chicken)
salt & pepper
In a heavy bottomed pot on low heat add olive oil and gently sweat the garlic, celery, carrot and onion with a crack of salt and pepper. Once the vegetables are soft, turn up the heat a bit adding the sausages. Cook the sausages on all sides just to get them started.
Add in the sage leaf (you can add or substitute any herbs you like). Drain the lentils, then add them to the pot along with the tomatoes. Pour about 2 cups of stock (or 400 ml) into the pot and bring up to a slow simmer.
Simmer for 25-30 minutes or until the lentils are tender, adding a little stock if it begins to look too thick.
To finish, adjust seasonings with salt and pepper, fish out the sage and garlic if you like.
Drizzle good extra virgin olive oil and serve with crunchy toasty bread.


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Car seat safety — Consider common mistakes and how to avoid them.
Car seat safety is crucial for protecting your child during travel, but knowing how to safely buckle up your child as he or she grows can be difficult. Check out 10 common mistakes parents often make when it comes to car seat safety — and how to avoid them.
If you''re considering a used car seat for your child, make sure the car seat:
If you don''t know the car seat''s history, don''t use it.
The safest place for your child''s car seat is the back seat, away from active air bags. If the car seat is placed in the front seat and the air bag inflates, it could hit the back of a rear-facing car seat — right where your child''s head is — and cause a serious or fatal injury. A child who rides in a forward-facing car seat could also be harmed by an air bag.
If it''s necessary for a child to travel in a vehicle with only one row of seats, deactivate the front air bags or install a power switch to prevent air bag deployment during a crash.
If you''re placing only one car seat in the back seat, install it in the center of the seat — if a good fit is possible — rather than next to a door to minimize the risk of injury during a crash.
A car seat is designed to protect your child during travel. It''s not for use as a replacement crib in your home. A 2009 study showed that sitting upright in a car seat might compress a newborn''s chest and lead to lower levels of oxygen. Even mild airway obstruction can impair a child''s development.
Sitting in a car seat for lengthy periods can also contribute to the development of a flat spot on the back of your baby''s head and worsen gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) — a chronic digestive disease. In addition, a child can easily be injured by falling out of an improperly used car seat or while sitting in a car seat that falls from an elevated surface, such as a table. Although it''s essential to buckle your child into a car seat during travel, don''t let your child sleep or relax in the car seat for long periods of time out of the car.
Before you install a car seat, read the manufacturer''s instructions and the section on car seats in the vehicle''s owners manual. Make sure the seat is tightly secured — allowing no more than 1 inch of movement from side to side or front to back when grasped at the bottom near the attachment points — and facing the correct direction.
If you''re using an infant-only seat or a convertible seat in the rear-facing position, keep these tips in mind:
Position the car seat''s carrying handle according to the manufacturer''s instructions.
In the rear-facing position, recline the car seat according to the manufacturer''s instructions so that your child''s head doesn''t flop forward. Many seats include angle indicators or adjusters. You can also place a tightly rolled towel under the seat''s front edge to achieve the right angle.
To prevent slouching, place tightly rolled baby blankets alongside your newborn. If necessary, place a rolled washcloth between the crotch strap and your baby to prevent slouching. Don''t use any additional products unless they came with the car seat or from the manufacturer.
Resist the urge to place your child''s car seat in the forward-facing position just so that you can see his or her smile in your rearview mirror. Riding rear facing is recommended until a child reaches age 2 or the highest weight — typically at least 35 pounds (about 16 kilograms) — or height allowed by the car seat manufacturer. You can start with a convertible seat, which can be used rear facing or forward facing and typically has a higher rear-facing weight and height limit than does an infant-only seat, or switch from an infant-only seat to the convertible variety as your baby grows.
When your child reaches age 2 or the rear-facing weight or height limit of the convertible seat, you can face the seat forward. When you make the switch:
Harness straps might not provide enough protection over a baby''s bulky outerwear. If it''s cold, dress your baby in a lightweight jacket and hat. Buckle the harness snugly and then tuck a blanket around your baby for warmth. Save the bulky outerwear for outdoors.
Older children need booster seats to help an adult safety belt fit correctly. You can switch from a car seat to a booster seat when your child has topped the highest weight — typically 40 to 80 pounds (18 to 36 kilograms) — or height allowed by the car seat manufacturer. Remember, however, that your child is safest remaining in a car seat with a harness for as long as possible.
Booster seats must be used with a lap and shoulder belt — never a lap-only belt. Make sure the lap belt lies low and snug across your child''s upper thighs and that the shoulder belt crosses the middle of your child''s chest and shoulder.
Some booster seats come without backs. Backless booster seats also must be used with a lap and shoulder belt — never a lap-only belt. If your vehicle has low seat backs or doesn''t have a headrest to protect your child''s head and neck in a crash, consider using a high-back booster that fits your child''s height and weight.
Most kids can safely use an adult seat belt sometime between ages 8 and 12. Here''s how you''ll know that your child is ready:
Make sure your child doesn''t tuck the shoulder belt under his or her arm or behind his or her back. Remember, the back seat is the safest place for children younger than age 13.
If you have questions about child passenger safety laws or need help installing a car seat, participate in a local car seat clinic or inspection event. You can also check with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for help finding a car seat inspection station.


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Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
You Don't Know Jack
This article provides a biography of whiskey maker Jack Daniels. He lived an interesting life. For example, his famous appearance was a result of his height. The author wrote, "Jasper "Jack" Newton Daniel was born in 1849 in the small town of Lynchburg, TN, the youngest of ten children. He was also the smallest, only reaching a height of 5 feet 1 inch. Well into adulthood, people regularly mistook him for a teenager, prompting him to grow his trademark black goatee and long, drooping, mustache."
Jack Daniels was forced to live off of the kindness of neighbors and strangers because as a teenager his family was devastated by the Civil War. One of these helpful families taught him to make whiskey. The author wrote, "The last family he'd live with, however, the Calls, managed to teach Jack not only a valuable skill, but one he actually enjoyed. Down in the hollow of the aptly named Stillhouse Creek, Dan Call taught Jack Daniel how to make sour mash."
During reconstruction, Jack Daniels often had to bribe Union officials and ex-confederate gangs to get his product to market. The Klan was the biggest obstacle though. The author wrote, "These guerrillas were bellicose and bloody-minded, but couldn't hold a candle to yet another group skittering around the backwaters of the South in those days—the Ku Klux Klan. This gaggle of buffoons wanted to control all of the liquor in the South because they had gotten it into their heads that liquor made black men chase white women. On more than one occasion, Jack was forced at rifle-point to hand over his entire shipment to placate a Klansmen."
The amusing writing style continues and explores the rest of the main events in Jack Daniels life including the growth of his business into a world renowned name. The article itself begins and ends with a campaign against current Jack Daniels management for diluting the alcohol content of the current product but the rest of the article is an interesting history read.
4 comments:
- SpanishHistory said...
Could you please contact me at email@example.com
I have a Spanish History Article you may use on your Blog If you wish.
- Miland said...
Please feel free to post the link to the Spanish history article here in the comments. I'll take a look at it and include it as a future entry if I like it.
I don't consider history related links spamming in the comment section of this blog. (Viagra or gambling though and I delete!)
- Dymphna said...
Synchronicity: I was just reading the Cassell Dictionary of Slang and came across an entry for "Jack D" as a word for whiskey...
Here's part of the lyrics of a song from the Hogwaller Ramblers about same:
She Held That Bottle
Three guys guys named Dickel, Evan Williams and J.D.
Filling her up with lies, Lord, and stealing her away from me…
She won't hear me cryin'
For what she done to me
I'm just a Virginia boy
She loved the boys from Kentucky and Tennessee.
They held on to her like a poet holds his misery.
She held that bottle tighter than she held me…
My friends said she's no good son, she'll never be your wife
A drinkin' woman's trouble, best cut her on out of your life.
And though it like to killed me I did just like they said
If old Jack Daniels was alive, I swear I'd shoot him dead...
One of the good country songs...
- Miland said...
Dymphna, thanks for the post and the lyrics.
Jack D. seems to have lived an interesting life and I plan on doing some more research. Folk songs help with this.


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Tim Rutledge of Redline teaches us his Secret Cross Tips. This is Part 5 of 5 and covers "Tipping the bike over the barriers."
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Hawk and Owl Trustee Mike Rogers being interviewed by BBC Points SouthWest Photo: Hamish Smith
BBC news programme 'Points South West' dropped by St John's Church in Bath on Monday to speak to Hawk and Owl Trustee Mike Rogers and Peregrine Project team member Hamish Smith.
The peregrine pair that have taken up residence in the nesting platform provided by the Hawk and Owl Trust have continued their successful run of breeding attempts over the last few years having hatched two healthy chicks so far for 2013. There are still two eggs unhatched.
Peregrines were first observed regularly at Bath from around 2000. After three years of peregrine residence without any indication of successful breeding the Hawk and Owl Trust built a nest platform. It was installed on the spire of one of the peregrine's favourite roost sites, St John's RC Church in South Parade in 2005 and the birds first bred successfully the following season, in 2006.
They have hatched young every season since.
Conservationists are able to monitor the progress of the adults and their clutch thanks to a camera installed above the nest site.
The observations via the camera have provided invaluable insights into the feeding and breeding ecology of these magnificent birds. Because of the nature of the site there is no public access to the camera images, but thanks to the technology conservationists are able to keep a close eye on the birds without disturbing them.
Normal peregrine clutches are three or four eggs, with two or three hatching. At Bath the pair have been productive, with the female laying four eggs in three of the six most recent breeding seasons and twice raising four young. This is thought to be thanks to the ready supply of prey from the healthy feral pigeon population.


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Every little girl dreams of being a princess. But what if you found out you're related to one, like Brooke Shields is? Some other stars, such as Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, can be linked to superstars from other eras. And just when you thought they couldn't get any more glamorous… they do! Check out these celebs with famous family trees!
Sarah Jessica Parker is related to a woman persecuted as a witch — and she played one in Hocus Pocus! Tom Hanks rubbed elbows with presidents in Forrest Gump — and he's related to one!
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Fork bound for Mississippi
This might be the first thing I have sent to this southern state. It is a classic pre-suspension length unicrown fork with NOS Tange blades. The fork will be installed on an early '90's Paramount MTB. Set up for rim brakes and fenders, the only nod to semi-current tech is the threadless steerer.
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A leader in agricultural services, Van Horn Inc. has worked with Central Illinois growers for more than 80 years as a partner in the field. Van Horn, Inc. is the only 100 percent employee owned agriculture service-company in Illinois, operating eleven facilities including Bethany, Cerro Gordo, Delavan, Dewitt, Findlay, Goodwine, Havana, Macon, Minier, Sullivan and Warrensburg. Van Horn serves more than 5,000 customers in 18 counties, providing fertilizers, seed, crop protection, equipment, consultation and custom application services to local farmers.
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