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The politics of farming
Heading into the new year, farmers in our region face challenges from both weather and politics. A drought cut into yield during the 2018 growing season. On the political side, President Trump imposed a tariff on imports from China in July, prompting China to retaliate with a 25 percent tariff on soybean imports. U.S. soybean prices declined by roughly $2 a bushel since March. On top of that, Congress delayed passing a new farm bill by its September deadline, finally reaching an agreement as the year drew to a close.
In mid-November, Brooks Hurst had nearly finished harvesting 6,000 acres of soybeans on his family farm near Tarkio, Mo. However, he had yet to sell any beans from the 2018 crop.
"We watch where every penny goes, and we've made long-term investments in on-farm storage, so we have more options in marketing the crop," said Hurst, president of the Missouri Soybean Association and member of the American Soybean Association board. He farms with his father, Kevin; his grandfather, Charlie; his uncles, Blake and Brooks; and his two younger brothers, Dallas and Taylor.
Low market prices are mostly to blame for the Hursts' hesitation to sell new-crop soybeans. In July, the Trump administration imposed 25 percent tariffs on Chinese products such as steel and aluminum. China responded by placing duties on U.S. imports, mostly agricultural products, with soybeans most impacted. Soybean prices have declined by approximately 20 percent since the tariffs went into effect.
The ability to store soybeans helped to insulate the Hursts from this decrease, but others may not be so fortunate.
"Our association has placed a high priority on developing our international markets and export relationships for many years," Hurst said. "Our farmers are counting on having access to these markets and the demand they create for U.S. soybeans. What we're seeing now is a direct hit to farmers and rural communities."
Missouri farmers raised an average of 247 million soybeans annually over the past three years, according to the University of Missouri Extension Service's Commercial Agriculture Program. Typically, more than half of Missouri's annual soybean crop is exported, with nearly one in every three rows of soybeans destined for China.
Chinese citizens are demanding more pork as their economy develops, and China feeds beans to an increasing number of hogs. The Chinese population also consumes an abundance of soy cooking oil.
MU estimated that a $2-per-bushel decrease in soybean prices costs Missouri farmers nearly half a billion dollars, which means $212 million in lost earnings for workers and business owners and 3,000 fewer jobs statewide.
The American Soybean Association released this statement in late September: "Some trade analysts say it will be impossible for China to find enough soybeans and other protein feeds from other sources, and that China will continue to depend on the U.S. for a significant amount of its imports. But even if the U.S. keeps half of its soybean market in China, the value of exports due to lower prices will fall to an estimated $5.6 billion from the $14 billion sold in 2017. The outlook is for continued low prices and declining U.S. soybean production for years to come."
MFA handling fewer beans
Hurst wouldn't be surprised if farmers shift to planting more corn in 2019. Eric Williams, manager of grain trading for MFA Incorporated, agrees.
"The tariff will skew how we plant," Williams said. "If I were a farmer, I'd plant more corn."
In the midst of the 2018 harvest in November, Williams said MFA was handling fewer soybeans than usual.
"We're seeing beans come across our scales, but not in the volume that other states are seeing, maybe due to the drought in parts of our trade area," Williams said. "Also, some farmers are holding more beans in their own storage than in 2017 and are selling more corn now since corn prices haven't been as affected by the tariff."
Still, Williams predicts the 2018 U.S. soybean crop will be huge, on top of a large carryover from the 2017 crop. Large carryovers can depress market prices. However, Williams said MFA's Grain Division positions itself to withstand different dynamics in the market every year.
Why a tariff?
As a founding partner with Global AgriTrends, Brett Stuart analyzes global and trading trends. He explains why the U.S. imposed tariffs on China.
"China has used many different means to keep U.S. products out, including non-scientific restrictions on U.S. beef, pork and poultry as well as feedstuffs," Stuart said. "The current China duties retaliate against the Trump administration's efforts to improve market access for U.S. farmers. Whether it succeeds is yet to be seen. But the reality is that outside of soybeans, China has never really opened to U.S. agriculture."
Now, Stuart adds, Chinese officials have implemented an embargo of sorts, not allowing some U.S. soybeans in even if importers pay the duty. He warns that the trade war could be prolonged.
"The administration's demands are big, broad and vague: intellectual property theft, market access, dumping, subsidizing," Stuart said. "Those are difficult to fix in China. Chinese duties could last through 2019."
Help comes from subsidies
With $27 billion of American agricultural exports affected, the U.S. announced it will subsidize American farmers for up to $12 billion through the Market Facilitation Program to offset losses resulting from China's retaliatory tariff.
"Soybean farmers were scheduled to receive half of the promised amount—82.5 cents per bushel—on Dec. 3," Williams explained. "If the tariffs go away, the federal government doesn't have to pay the rest of the subsidies."
While grain handlers like MFA can easily report the volume of soybeans they're holding, USDA would have to send personnel to farms that store their own beans, Williams added.
"I don't know how USDA will do it all," he said. "Farmers don't want a handout—they'd rather earn their profits in the marketplace. I don't have a solution, but everyone will be happy when we can get away from tariffs."
The deadline for applying for USDA's Market Facilitation Program is Jan. 15, 2019. The program will provide payments to soybean, corn, cotton, dairy, hog and wheat producers based on 2018 production. Contact your local Farm Service Agency, or visit www.farmers.gov/manage/mfp.
USMCA cheers up corn and soy growers
September brought better news when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was replaced with the slightly revised U.S., Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA), allowing trade between the three nations to remain duty-free. President Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the USMCA Nov. 30 at the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires.
"We appreciate the stability this stands to bring soybean producers in the North American markets," Hurst says. "U.S. soy exports to Canada and Mexico were almost $3 billion in 2017, with Mexico the No. 2 export market for U.S. soybeans, after China."
Corn growers were pleased as well. In 2017, the U.S. exported more than $3 billion of corn and corn products to Mexico and Canada, according to the National Corn Growers Association. Mexico is the top importer of U.S. corn.
No one can predict the outcome of the president's bold trade strategy, but it's certain to affect agreements with other nations.
"With USMCA and the Korean-U.S. trade agreement mostly complete, the focus is on China," Stuart said. "However, the administration intends to begin free trade talks with Japan, the EU and Britain. Those markets hold key benefits for U.S. agriculture."
Prices may rally
MFA's Williams is hopeful for positive news in the soybean market, quoting a Nov. 30 St. Louis daily cash price for soybeans of $8.72, while March 2019 futures were priced at $9.05.
"Some farmers will hold onto a high percentage of their beans," he said, "and an upside price rally is possible in 2019."
Williams also reports that the U.S. continues to export soybeans to China, although at a slower pace. Some worry that Brazil will step in and capture the U.S. market.
"Brazil can't supply all of China's needs," Williams said. "Besides, Brazil is selling beans for about 20 percent higher than before the tariff. China's going to pay more, no matter where they source it. China accounts for roughly 60 percent of world demand for soybeans, and eventually they've got to come to North or South America to get what they need."
When will we see a new farm bill?
The Sept. 30, 2018, deadline for a new farm bill came and went without resolve, even though Congress had been working on new legislation throughout the year. That's not surprising to those in agricultural circles, said Gary Marshall, CEO of the Missouri Corn Growers Association.
In late November, however, Farm Bill negotiators said they had reached an "agreement in principle," offering hope of breaking the impasse and sending legislation to President Trump before the end of the year. Details of the deal had not been released as of press time.
At issue has been a provision in the new draft of the bill that would impose stricter work requirements for recipients of food stamps. The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the $867 billion bill in June with the tougher requirements, over the objections of Democrats. The Senate, meanwhile, passed its own bipartisan version that excluded the requirements.
"The farm bill is intended to manage risk and provide certainty by offering farmers a safety net in times of hardship and ensuring the United States remains the safest and most effective food source in the world," said Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a Republican, who in July was named to serve on the Conference Committee formed to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill.
The newly re-elected congresswoman has a personal stake in the bill. She, her husband, Lowell, and their daughter, Tiffany, farm near Harrisonville, Mo.
"We, like all farmers, are feeling the effects of lower prices," she said, adding that she hopes for a resolution on trade with China soon.
For an outlook on the new farm bill, we talked with Hartzler, Marshall and Chuck Conners, president of National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC). MFA Incorporated is a farmer-owned cooperative and a member of NCFC.
Crop insurance
Conners predicts that the final farm bill will reflect strong support for crop insurance.
"The farm bill isn't the magic bullet when it comes to low prices affecting agriculture," Conners said. "It can provide a safety net to keep losses from becoming even more catastrophic."
Commodity support programs and crop insurance are the most important elements of the safety net, he added.
Marshall agrees: "Crop insurance is our only real protection from drought or low prices."
Mike Smith, principal agent for MFA Crop Insurance, assures farmers that even if the farm bill is further delayed, it won't affect the crop insurance program for 2018.
Conners, Marshall and Hartzler all want to see provisions to increase exports. Since NCFC represents grain-marketing cooperatives such as MFA, Conners said expanded access to export markets is a high priority.
Corn and soybean growers associations also have skin in the game. Both devote a share of check-off funds collected from grower-members to foreign market development.
In our farm bill discussions, we found a consensus of support for conservation funding.
"Our members use a lot of conservation dollars," Marshall said. "The state of Missouri matches federal dollars to help us put crop protection where it's supposed to go."
Conners thinks we'll see a continued trend towards consolidating working lands programs.
"Overall funding will likely stay the same or possibly increase," he said.
Hartzler said she would like to roll the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) authority into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to ensure decisions are made closer to ranchers and landowners.
The biggest bone of contention between the House and Senate versions of the bill is the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. The program benefits 40 million Americans and makes up 80 percent of farm bill funding. The House bill requires SNAP recipients to work or get job training; the Senate version doesn't include those stipulations. The final legislation will likely not include the stricter requirements.
"Any action on nutrition programs should preserve the broad-based coalition that has ensured strong support for farm programs in the past," Conners said. "We will probably see some changes to SNAP, but the end result will be much closer to the Senate's legislation than to the House's provisions on work requirements."
Research, the internet and labor
Additional farm bill priorities, according to Hartzler, are continued research and development funding, along with improving access to high-speed Internet.
"The House version of the farm bill includes my provision to set minimum speeds and expand access to Rural Utility Services loans and loan guarantees," she said.
Access to labor is a challenge for many farmers. NCFC calls for a guest worker program and other reforms, but Conners admits the outlook remains uncertain with the contentious immigration issue.
As of press time on Nov. 30, the farm bill's language was yet to be finalized. The latest debate among lawmakers focused on forestry provisions The latest debate among lawmakers focused on forestry provisions following the deadly wildfires in California. Once voted on, the bill goes to the president for signing.
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Yesterday we had our Star club here in Kustavi. The telescope was outside and the theme of the day was the SUN.
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Jack leads most of the survivors away, leaving Sayid and his two shooters. When 10 Others arrive, Sayid and Bernard hit their targets, causing This Weeks Obigatory Explosions, and killing 7 of the 10 invaders. But Jin misses the mark, and soon, the three shooters are captured.
Contacted on walkie-talkie, Ben demands information about where the rest of the Survivors have done. When no one speaks, Sayid is knocked about, and Ben says to kill Jin. Bernard caves, telling not only that the survivors are heading for the tower, but that they have a satellite phone. He also reveals that Karl is the one who warned them that the Others were coming.
Meanwhile, the survivors stopped to wait for the shooters, and hear only two explosions. Worried, some of them want to go back, but Jack is able to keep them moving for awhile.
Charlie is being beaten by the two rough women in the Looking Glass, but he isn't saying much. They contact Ben. Ben seems very worried and tells Mikhail to go there and find out why Charlie is there. Mikhail is initially reluctant, wondering why Ben told them that the Looking Glass was flooded and inoperable. Ben says simply that he lied, and says he needs Mikhail to do this. Mikhail agrees.
The women again ask Charlie why he is there. He says he is there to shut the jamming signal. They ask how he will do it without the code. Charlie says he doesn't need the code, because he is going to succeed. He seems so sure of himself that the women are looking a little bit uneasy.
Ben reveals his plan to head for the radio tower to convince the survivors not to use the phone. When Alex expresses an interest in going, Ben agrees, saying that he will take her to her new home. He also reveals tht the reason he tried to get rid of Karl was to stop her from getting pregnant (and dieing).
Desmond comes to after his knockout by Charlie, but doesn't have much time to recover before the arriving Mikhail. Mikhail starts firing at him. Desmond dives and is able to make it up into the Looking Glass, and to hide before the women see him. Just as the more aggressive woman is about to torture Charlie with a spear gun and also accidentally find Desmond, Mikhail arrives soon after, saying that Desmond is in there somewhere. Charlie stirs up things by asking Mikhail why Ben had said that the station was flooded. He also reveals that Ben was jamming all transmissions. Ben rings and Mikhail confronts him about the jamming. Ben says that Jacob said to do it; it is all part of the plan to protect the island, which is currently under attack. Ben apologizes to Mikhail for not trusting him, and then asks him to kill Charlie and the women too.
Eventually goaded by Kate, Sawyer says he will go back. Jack says no, since with no guns, it would be a suicide mission. But Juliet says that she knows where there is a cache of guns. Juliet and Sawyer leave, and after some banter about who is screwing who, Juliet says there are no guns – she just said that because Jack would not have let them go. Hurley catches up, but Sawyer tells him to go back. As with Charlie, Sawyer uses Hurley's weight to turn them away.
Locke awakens. His legs won't move. He reaches for a nearby gun, and is ready to shoot himself. But Walt shows up at the edge of the hole and tells Locke to get up, because he has work to do. Locke's face changes from despair to hope.
The group continues to head for the radio tower but stops when confronted by Ben and Alex. Ben asks to speak to Jack, saying that since Jack just killed 7 of his people, he owes him that. Jack and Ben walk a short distance away; Jack grabs Ben's walkie just in case.
Ben says that Naomi is one of the bad guys, and if she is able to contact the outside world, everyone on the island will be killed. He urges Jack to give the phone to him. Having lost all his credibility, Jack doesn't believe him, so Ben goes to plan B. He reveals that he is holding the three hostages, and says if Jack doesn't turn over the phone in one minute, he will shoot them. Jack refuses, and three shots are fired. Enraged that his friends have been killed, Jack beats Ben for about the head until he is bloody.
Jack carries Ben back to the group and tells them to tie him up. Danielle takes this moment to walk up to and look longingly at Alex. From the ground, Ben reveals that Danielle is Alex's mom. Danielle seizes the moment and gently suggests to Alex that they tie Ben up together in a true bonding moment, in more ways than one. Jack walks a short distance away and confides in Kate that their three friends are dead. He cautions her not to let anyone else know.
Sawyer and Juliet have reached the beach, but with no guns, they have no way to mount an attack. They hear a noise coming toward them – it sounds a little like the smoke monster. But it is Hurley, driving the van. He burts through the beach knowing out two of the guards. Sayid snaps the neck of one of the others with his legs. Tom surrenders to Sawyer, but Sawyer shoots him anyway; he says this is payback for taking Walt off the raft. Hurley uses the walkie to try to contac the Others, but gets Jack instead and tells him that everyone is okay. The survivors enjoy a brief moment of joy (especially Jack and Kate, who thought Sayid and the others were dead).
At the Looking Glass, Mikhail has made his choice. He shoots the two women, killing one and mortally wounding Bonnie. As he is about to shoot Charlie, Desmond jumps out and shoots Mikhail in the chest with a speargun. Charlie manages to convince Bonnie to tell him the code as a way of making Ben's life miserable. Charlie does crack the code, and the jamming signal stops. Just as Charlie is leaving the control room, an incoming video message arrives. It is from Penny. When Charlie asks about her boat, she says she knows of no boat and knows no one named Naomi. At this moment, Mikhail appears at the outside porthole and detonates a hand grenade. Seeing what is about to happen, Charlie locks Desmond out of the control room, saving Desmond's life but dooming his own. As the control room floods, Charlie has time to scroll a quick message on his hand: "Not Penny's Boat." Desmond sees the message and touches his hand to Charlie's against the glass before Charlie dies.
The main group reaches the radio tower. Naomi discovers that her phone is working. She is still being jammed by Danielle's signal, so Danielle shuts it off.
Just as Naomi is about to make contact, she is struck by something and falls forward, blood pouring from her mouth. It is Locke, who has shown up just in time to throw an axe. He holds a gun on Jack and tries to get Jack to move away from the phone, but Jack refuses. When Ben tries to urge Locke to shoot Jack, Danielle nonchalantly knocks him out with a blow to the head. Locke backs down, while saying that this is not what Jack was supposed to do. Jack answers the call and tells the man on the other end that they are survivors of Flight 815. The man says he will get a fix on their position and be there soon.
Jack's flashforward:
Jack's full beard can't hide his depression, nor can his parade of drinks dull it, as he heads back home on a flight to LA. When the stewardess cuts him off, he reads the paper instead – and finds out that someone is dead. Depressed beyond repair, he drives to a bridge and and gets ready to jump off. But a car accident turns him into a hero. Sarah comes to the hospital, but only because she is still listed as his emergency contact.
Jack tries to get involved in operating on the women who was seriously injured in the crash, but the surgeon on duty politely but firmly turns him away.
Jack goes to someone's funeral (viewing) and is the only one to show up. He says he is neither friend nor family.
Jack is turned away at a pharmacist because his prescription has expired. He slams his fist down on the counter and stumbles out.
Jack goes back to the hospital to load up on prescription drugs after his own prescription ran out. The surgeon on duty confronts him, asking him gently what he was doing on that bridge at that hour, suspecting that he was trying to commit suicide. Jack has another shouting fit and stumbles out again.
In a squalid apartment, Jack calls someone on the phone and they agree to meet him out near the airport runway. It is Kate (and we now realize we are seeing the future). Jack says they must find a way to get back to the island – that they were never meant to leave. Kate says they were meant to leave, and that she must go back home because 'he will be wondering'. Kate leaves, and Jack watches as a plane flies low overhead, taking off for destinations unknown.
Mikhail now has to decide whether to trust Ben once again (and kill three people) or perhaps team with the women to break away from Ben.
Charlie's death scene was extremely moving. I will miss him as a character (and actor), despite his many faults.
The creators were very clever and sneaky to make us assume that the alternative glimpses we were seeing of Jack's life had happened in the past, not the future, since all the other stories like that shown thus far were always from the past.
Whose funeral was Jack attending? From what little I could glean from freeze-framing the newspaper article, it is a man whose name starts with "Jo".
Who is Kate living with in the future?
It is now possible that the survivors will have to join forces with the Others to fight off this new threat, the supposed rescuers that will be contacted with Naomi's phone.
In the opening scene, the radio tower group heads out with the ocean on their right. But in the next scene, the ocean is on their left! They have turned around!
It's one of the oldest tricks in the book to fire into the air (or the dirt) but not actually kill the person. But why does Ben radio ahead and tell Ryan to fire into the dirt three times if Ben's voice is not heard? This is a silly strategy. It made sense for Ben to tell Jack that he would kill the hostages if the phone was not handed over. But by making believe he had killed all three of them, Ben lost any leverage he might have had to get the phone back! He would have been better off saying that he killed one of them, then threatening to kill another one in a minute if the phone was not handed over.
In his flash-forward, why is Jack speaking about his father as if he is still alive? Is this because the future the timeline the survivors returned to was different than the one they left?
Quotable Quotes
Richard: We're going to the radio tower?
Ben: Not we, Richard, me. You're going to take everyone to the temple as planned.
Richard: Now might not be the best time to go tromping off on your own.
Ben: Oh really and why not?
Richard: Because people are asking questions, Ben. About leaving home, about what happened to Locke, about Jacob. Not to mention the rapidly spreading rumor that everyone that went down to the beach is dead.
Ben: They're not all dead.
Tom: They're all dead. Diane, Ivan, all of em, dead. And Shephard and his people, they're all gone.
Ben: Gone, gone where?
Tom: I don't know. Did you hear me? They killed seven of our...
Ryan: Tom! Calm down and tell him the good news.
Ben: What good news?
Tom: We caught three of em. The one's who stayed behind to blow up the tents. Ben, they knew we were coming?
Ben: It was Juliet. She betrayed us.
Ben: Mikhail, you need to go down to The Looking Glass and find out what Charlie Pace is doing down there.
Mikhail: You told us The Looking Glass was inoperable, flooded.
Ben: I lied. Mikhail, I need you to go, now!
Mikhail: I can be there by dawn. But if Juliet told them about The Looking Glass, what else did she tell them?
Sawyer: So, you screwing Jack yet?
Juliet: No, are you?
"Here's a better question to ask Cyclops. Why did your little friend Ben tell you people that this entire station was flooded, when it isn't? Or, why these two have been jamming transmissions off the island."
- Charlie
Jack: You okay?
Kate: Yeah, I just, had a rock in my shoe.
Jack: He didn't mean it, you know.
Kate: What?
Jack: Sawyer. When he said that he didn't want you to go with him, he didn't mean it.
Kate:If he didn't mean it, why'd he say it?
Jack: I'm trying to protect you. That's why I asked you not to come back for me.
Kate: Hey. Why are you sticking up for Sawyer, he'd never do it for you.
Jack: Because I love you.
Ben: May I have my walkie back?
Jack: What?
Ben: There's something you need to hear. Please?
(Jack hands Ben the walkie-talkie)
Ben: Thank you. Tom are you there?
Tom: (over the walkie) Yeah, I'm here.
Ben: (To Jack) Your plan killed seven of my people. But the ones that you failed to kill are now holding you friends, Jin, Sayid, Bernard, at gun point.
Jack: And what's to stop me from snapping your neck?
Ben: Tom unless you hear my voice in one minute, shoot all three of them.
Tom: Got it.
Ben: (pulls out his watch) Bring me the phone Jack. (struggling is heard over the walkie) 40 seconds.
Jack: No, I'm getting them off the island. All of them!
Ben: Let me ask you something, Jack. Why do you want to leave the island? What is it that you so desperately want to get back to? You have no one, your fathers dead, your wife left you; moved on with another man. Can you just not wait to get back to the hospital? Get back to fixing things? (Jack moves forward) It's 20 seconds now, just get me the phone Jack.
Jack: No.
Ben: 10 seconds, bring me the phone.
Jack: No.
Ben: I'm not bluffing!
Jack: I won't -
Ben: 5…
Jack: Do it!
Ben: 4, 3…
Jack: No!
(3 gun shots are heard over the walkie)
Ben: I'm so sorry Jack.
(Jack attacks Ben and beats him, he then picks up the walkie-talkie)
Jack: Tom, are you there?
Tom: Yeah Jack, I hear you.
Jack: Im gonna lead my people up the radio tower and I'm gonna make a call. And I'm gonna get 'em all rescued, every one of them! And then I'm going to come and find you, and I'm gonna kill ya.
Tom: Okay. I give up.
(Sawyer shoots him in the chest)
Sawyer: That's for taking the kid off the raft.
Hurley: Dude, it was over. He surrendered.
Sawyer: I didn't believe him.
Ben: Jack! I know you think you're saving your people. But you need to stop this. It's a mistake.
Jack: The mistake was listening to you.
Ben: This'll be your last chance, Jack. I'm telling you, making that call is the beginning of the end.
Naomi: I've got it, I've got a signal!
Ben: Jack please, you don't know what you're doing!
Jack: I know exactly what I'm doing.
Ben: You have to understand, everything I did, I did for the Island.
Mikhail: The Island told you it was necessary for you to jam your own people?
Ben: Yes it did. You've always been a loyalist, Mikhail, now I'm asking you to trust me, to trust Jacob who told me to do this.
Mikhail: Why would Jacob ask you to lie to your own people?
Ben: Because this Island is under assault by forces stronger than anything its had to deal with in many many years. And we are meant to protect it, Mikhail, by any means necessary. The jamming was for everyone's security. We are in a serious situation here.
Locke: Please, put the phone down.
Jack: No, you're done keeping me on this island!
Locke: I will kill you if I have to.
Jack: Then do it, John.
Jack: Every Friday night I, I fly from LA to Tokyo or, Singapore, Sydney. And then I, I get off and I, have a drink, and then I fly home.
Kate: Why?
Jack: Because I wanted to crash, Kate. I don't care about anybody else on board. Every little bump we hit or turbulence, I mean I, I actually close my eyes and I pray that I can get back.


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There are a lot of things that can bog a person down at school... and your schedule doesn't have to be one of them. When you learn to organize, prioritize, and get help whenever necessary, you can make what you've got an advantage!!!
1Evaluate the situation. What is bad about your schedule? One common problem associated with schedules, next to getting the classes you want, is having a lot, or even all of your advanced/core or less-pleasant classes one day, and having a minimal amount of hard classes the next day. (This applies if you have block scheduling) If you don't have block scheduling, it may just be that you have a lot of hard classes, maybe ones that give out more homework than you are accustomed to. (Please comment me, the initial author, if you have a different type of problem with your schedule, and I will write what I know on it.)
2Prepare for the worst so you can do your best. It's usually good to be thinking about how you will handle your schedule before school actually starts. When you go school supply shopping, be on the look-out for things that will help you keep track of what you need and when you need it. Think big, but for a small space. Look for locker shelves and racks that look sturdy, and take up the least amount of space. Buy small notebooks, if your teachers would allow it, so that if you have a lot to carry between classes, they won't take up so much space. (You can look up some good related articles on locker space and school supplies for more tips.) If you have any friends or siblings who were recently in your grade, ask them about any additional things they needed to be prepared. Also get things you will need specifically for each class, like a scientific calculator and ruler for math, a composition notebook and editing tips book for English, or extra reeds for band (that type of thing!) When you get everything, organize your locker when you are allowed to.
3Work what you have into what your school gives you. Keep a small, somewhat flat zipper pack in your binder/bag to keep a few pencils, pens, highlighter, calculator, etc. so you aren't caught off-guard during class. Keep your textbooks upright, in the order you will use them. If you don't have much time to go from class to class, think ahead and carry what you can (where you can walk without easily dropping anything) the class before. Organize your binder/bag regularly so that you can access papers quickly without wasting time or space. Label things. Take things to and from lunch if you are allowed to-keep the bulk out if you can, but you can still carry something so you don't take as long to get to your next class. Who knows, you could even work on homework if you finish eating early! It isn't hard to work on something and be in a conversation if you focus. And don't work on homework WHILE you eat-it can get very messy and make you rush.
4Focus on schoolwork and making it a stress-free part of your life. In class, listen and work efficiently. Work on your handwriting so that you can write quickly and still read it! That is very important. Work on homework at school as much as you can (as long as it doesn't disrupt you/others DURING class), and don't be afraid to ask teachers for help on an assignment that troubles you. Just think of it as professionally enhancing your work! Also, work on homework right after school. Grab a snack, maybe turn on the radio softly, and/or adjust the lighting to your satisfaction, and start and finish your homework in a space where you are not distracted OR discouraged. If you have block scheduling, (4 classes a day, a total of 8 classes) do most, or all, if you can, of your homework the first day, and finish the rest as quickly as possible if it isn't done the first day. If you happen to have an assignment you didn't complete that is due that day, make sure to take it to school and work on it in the morning in the bleachers, or esp. the library before class. You may still have a chance at completing it, or at least getting some credit. It is especially good to have a folder for homework that you need to finish urgently, so you don't lose them in other binders, folders, or papers. Finally, write in your agenda every single day, so that you won't forget anything. You don't have to write what happened in the class if you have a limited amount of time to write, but at least write down everything you need to know for your assignments that you don't already have written down.
5Settle yourself down so that things stay consistent long-term. If you find your grades are slipping, or you have too many other activities to finish your homework, don't pull yourself down so much... drop activities that are not very important to you or take up too much time for you to commit. If you have done that and still can't finish your work, find some time you were wasting originally, or didn't realize was useful, and work then, or get a tutor of some sort.
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- If all else fails, you can always talk to a counselor about your schedule and making possible changes or learning how to deal with it.
- Don't organize for the sake of organization, go ahead and change it to fit snugly into your schedule. It is all about you learning to save time and trouble, after all!
- If you are just starting middle school, don't stress. Just try to get all of your thing quickly. The first week or so they won't give you detention or anything.
- Try not to be late for class! Sometimes people can make fun of you for being late, and some teachers give detention, however if you are just starting middle school you should be fine.
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Northwestern will play as many as five football games at Wrigley Field under terms of a partnership between the school and the Chicago Cubs announced Tuesday.
It hasn't yet been determined which football games will be moved to Wrigley. No games will be played there in the 2013 season, officials said at a Wrigley Field news conference.
One possibility would be an annual game from 2014-18 or, depending on possible Wrigley renovation, the games could be spread out over seven or eight years.


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Bible Bedtime Stories – The Workers in the Vineyard
This month's story is based on the parable of the Workers in the Vineyard and its important message is a great reminder for us all, no matter our age! In this day and age, especially in the USA, there is much focus on entitlement and making sure there is equality and fairness for everyone. Although this is important, we should also remember that there may be other factors to consider when we try to judge what is "fair" – and a caring, giving nature is something we should all strive to attain. As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, it is good to appreciate and remember how much we ALL benefit from having such a loving, caring and giving Heavenly Father!


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I'm sure I'll take some heat for this – "Who does this guy think he is, telling me what I can and can't drink!?" – but New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is my new BFF now that he's on a crusade to ban Big Gulps in the Big Apple.
I'm all for freedom of choice, but if the choices people make are killing them why SHOULDN'T someone step in to try to stop them. If you saw someone hurt on the side of the road, would you really drive on by saying, "Well, it's really not my place …"
For those who haven't heard, Bloomberg made a splash when he announced he was proposing an unprecedented ban on super-large sodas and other sugary drinks at the city's restaurants, delis, sports arenas and movie theaters. Concerned about our nation's growing obesity epidemic, he wants the city to limit those drinks to 16 ounces max – an amount that used to be "large" but is now considered "small" in a world of Big Gulps, Super Big Gulps, Double Gulps, Super Double Dog Dare Gulps.
We're carrying around vats of soda – each containing something like 37,0700 calories and a 5-pound bag of sugar – and yet we wonder why we keep getting thicker in the middle.
If a 16-ounce soda – a full bottle of pop … a quarter of a giant 2 liter, for goodness sake – here's a novel idea. Drink some water.
You go, Michael. It's an uphill battle, but one that needs fought and won.


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Author: Victoria Pinder
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A hundred years from now, Earth has trading partners with alien beings, mostly humanoid. However, going into space brought forth an unknown enemy who attacks Earth at will.
The Zoastra is part of the Earthseekers, an organization originally designed to go into space. Its new mission is to find Earth's enemies.
Ariel is stuck on a Victorian planet and steals Grace's body and life to get off the planet. Grace must get her body back before Ariel bonds with Grace's husband, Peter. Then there is Cross, the man on a mission to find those who killed his family. Ariel is attracted to Cross, but she's stolen someone's life.
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I'm going to have to steal someone else's body to get out of here.
"Ariel, are you listening?"
Ariel Transcender stared dumbfounded at the mother superior of her prison, a/k/a Aulnale School for Orphans. "Yes, mistress."
She had no idea what happened, though she pasted a fake simpering smile of appreciation on her face. Ms. Rochelle walked away.
A few minutes later, Ariel looked out the window again, tuning out Rochelle's mind numbing lecture on what was proper behavior when near a man. The boarding home on this planet gave the stupidest lectures of the galaxy. Her lips curled into a sneer. Women were not excited to be bound to men.
Could I do this to someone else? Do I have any other choice?
Lenchena, the teenage girl who'd stolen her adult body and taken off on Ariel's ship, needed to be found. And Ariel refused to listen to the daily drivel about always listening to a man.
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Access multiple Gmail accounts at Once
Now you can access multiple Gmail accounts at once in the same web browser without using any extra scripts or addons. Google has officially introduced this feature into Gmail.
This is quite useful if you have multiple Gmail accounts and your not comfortable with typing in your credentials again and again.
Here's how you can enable multiple Gmail accounts:
1. Visit google.com/accounts and Click the Edit button next to Multiple sign-in
2. Now click on Use multiple Gmail Accounts in the same web browser and check mark the all boxes and click on save.
3. Now click on Sign in to another account on the top right of the page.
That's it, now you can toggle between your multiple Gmail accounts from the menu in the upper right corner of the Gmail.
Note: Multiple Gmail account switching does not work in all google products. For now it only works in Gmail, Google Reader, Sites, Calendar and Code.
Friday, August 06, 2010 written by Ankit Agrawal
2 Responses to "Access multiple Gmail accounts at Once"
August 6, 2010 at 1:56 AM
Will they be setting this up for Google Apps? I have a few different Google App Email addresses that I would like to be able to open the same thing with. Thanks
Ankit Agrawal
August 6, 2010 at 2:39 AM
@Carey.. Yes Google will enable this feature in Google apps soon..


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