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CAPITOL CHATTER
Food stamp cut begins farm bill debate
By Don Davis Food stamps are at the same time the biggest hurdle to enacting federal farm policy and a necessary part of passing the farm bill. Discussion about cutting spending for the program to fee...
6/18/13 at 5:16 PM

ASTRO BOB
Saturn-moon engagement plus a peculiar star worth watching
Tonight look to the south and you'll see the waxing gibbous moon paired up with two bright "stars". One's a real star - Spica in Virgo - and the other is the planet Saturn. If you let your gaze slid...
6/18/13 at 3:56 PM

FORUM COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
Forum Communications IT personnel talk new initiatives, future technology at conference
FARGO, N.D. - More than 20 information technology personnel from around the Forum Communications Co. network gathered here Tuesday afternoon to discuss common digital initiatives around the network a...
6/18/13 at 2:34 PM

OUTDOORS WITH SAM COOK
Wilderness canoeing in Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park
Last week, six of us made an eight-day trip through Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park, starting at Nym Lake, just north of the park, and paddling to Mudro Lake near Ely. We caught walleyes, lake tro...
6/18/13 at 2:03 PM

RINK & RUN
Yes one final farewell column; Marty Sertich update; Michigan Tech unveils new scoreboard
Yes a third, and final, farewell column by the Rink and Run editor with a look back at 35 years of covering Grandma's Marathon right here. Minnesotan Marty Sertich, a former Hobey Baker Memorial Awar...
6/18/13 at 7:47 AM

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IN THE BLACK
Personal Finance articles
Following are some recent personal finance articles I have written. Reasons not to cut up your credit cards even if you are not charging Benefits of Cutting up credit cards How to spend $5 less a d...
6/18/13 at 8:59 PM

SUNDOG
A Salesforce Object Join for Informatica Cloud with VB.NET
  With Informatica Cloud there are native connectors to Salesforce to bring in the data that is needed for the given Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) requirements. These native connectors can b...
6/18/13 at 2:45 PM

CLOQUET FAMILIES
From Digital Pacifiers to Brain Vitamins, how to buy eBooks for your kids
By Sherry Maysonave Ebooks are not only fun for kids, but theyre also unique teaching tools. Digital media offer children a whole new way to learn. Some people mistakenly think of ebooks as digital ...
6/18/13 at 10:35 AM

SLOWING THE RACING MIND
Miracles: What Do They Say About Jesus
by Kai-Michael Walther Miracle: an event or occurrence that is not contributed to human ability but rather to the supernatural, usually a deity. Such is a paraphrase of the dictionary definition and...
6/18/13 at 9:26 AM

SENSE AND CENTSIBILITY
How to Prepare for an Accident
We never really know what our future holds. We can plan and prepare, but we cant control every aspect of our lives. Unfortunately, any one of us may get sick or become seriously injured in an accident...
6/18/13 at 8:30 AM

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