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December 22, 2016
Handbook for the Resistance: A User's Guide to Taking On the Trump Agenda
Writers and organizers offer a handbook for fighting back. MORE
On Inauguration Day, Don't Go to Work. Don't Buy Anything. We Need A National Strike to Stop Trump.
A call for a national "Sick Out" on Jan. 20, 2017. MORE
By Marianne Hastings
How Muslim Activists Are Organizing Against Islamophobia in the Face of President Trump
Communities brace for more aggressive policies, and prepare to fight back. MORE
By Kalia Abiade
How To Fight Hate Crimes and White Nationalism in Trump's America
Standing against the far Right's vision means we can't stay silent. MORE
By Bill Berkowitz
Resisting Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda In the Streets and In the Courts
We will need a robust legal strategy and highly organized communities to stop the coming deportation regime. MORE
By Sameera Hafiz
Under Trump, Racial Justice Activists Must Seek Solutions Outside the State
Trump has promised to crack down on dissent, but the Movement for Black Lives must still grow stronger. MORE
By Asha Rosa Ransby-Sporn
The Only Way to Defeat Trump Is to Understand That Race and Class Are Inseparable
Solidarity is key to building a multiracial working-class movement. MORE
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"There's Not Very Much Time": Robert Reich's Plan to Fix the Democratic Party
The progressive economist outlines his vision for reviving the economy, reinventing the party and resisting Donald Trump. MORE
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LEHI, Utah – Real Salt Lake know they'll be missing a big part of their recent success without Javier Morales in the lineup. The Argentine midfielder will sit out Saturday's second leg of their Western Conference semifinal against FC Dallas due to the red card he picked up in last weekend's second leg.
Morales has been the man who has pulled the offensive strings for RSL this past season as they've defended their MLS Cup championship. But the Cobalt-and-Claret aren't panicking simply because they've got plenty of experience without Morales and are confident they can pull a win from Saturday's do-or-die tilt.
Last year, Morales missed four matches and sat out most of the MLS Cup game due to injury. This season, the midfielder has also missed four games. In that span, RSL garnered a 2-1-1 record.
[inline_node:319331]The loss – just one of four for the regular season – came against Los Angeles on April 17 before RSL got their legs under them. The draw came just a few weeks ago against Colorado in a game that saw RSL field a lineup replete of reserve players.
And in the two wins, against Toronto and Chicago, RSL showed they could play without Morales.
"I don't think [being without Morales] affects the way we play," said Kreis after Tuesday's practice. "Of course, Javier's a fantastic player and can be a difference-maker at times, but we've got four other guys that can step in and do a great job."
Usually filling in for the Argentine when he's not available is veteran Andy Williams. While their styles differ somewhat – Williams is known for his well-timed, well-placed long deliveries to players making runs, while Morales is adept at working in tight passing situations – both can use their creativity to unlock a defense, can control the ball well and are even better at setting up their teammates. Most of all, both can strike when the opponents least expect it.
Because of Morales' absence, it's also likely that Ned Grabavoy and Will Johnson will be on the field together, which leaves rookie Collen Warner as the main attacking midfield option off the bench.
"We're not going change how we do things or what we do," said Kreis. "We're still a very possession-oriented team, we're still a very dynamic team that's going to demand a lot of movement in our midfield. And the guys that step in to do the job, we have no doubts that they can do it."
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We typically cater to San Francisco based startups that need both development and consulting to bring their ideas to life. We all operate remotely ('remote agility'), and thus are able to cater to a national or global market. As we begin promoting ourselves to both software developers and our market, we want to ensure that our brand is both recognizable and strong.
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NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) – A lawsuit claims billionaire hardware kingpin John Menard pressured the wife of a business partner to have sex with Menard and his wife and retaliated with firings and lawsuits when she turned him down.
Menard's attorney says Menard categorically denies the claims by Tomisue Hilbert.
She accuses Menard in a lawsuit filed May 29 with extortion, battery, assault and breach of fiduciary duty for actions including the sacking of her husband, Steve Hilbert, as CEO of Indianapolis-based equity funds that the Hilberts and Menard founded in 2005.
Menard won a preliminary injunction in a Wisconsin court removing Steve Hilbert as CEO of the MH Private Equity funds.
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The Colorado Rapids had plenty of storylines in 2013 - from injuries to key players, to newcomers stepping in, taking the season series over that team on the other side of the Rockies, and returning to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the 11th year.
As the team broke today, we looke back at the season in numbers. Statistics are kept in a massive range of categories, so we tried to pull out the ones about the team - and season - as a whole, with a sprinkling of a few individual stats:
The 14 wins marks the most the Rapids have recorded in a season since the end of the shootout era (1999), and ties for the most ever in regulation.
- 1999: 20-12 including 6-3 in shootouts
- 1998: 16-16 including 2-2 in shootouts
- 1997: 14-18 including 2-3 in shootouts
- 1996: 11-21 including 2-4 in shootouts
- The 51 total points this season is the most in franchise history. The previous high was 49 points in 2011.
The 1.5 points per game were second most ever, following the 1.53 in 2010 (12-8-10, 46 pts)
- Also averaged 1.5 ppg in 1999 (20-12, 48 pts) and 2005 (13-13-6, 45 pts)
- Oscar Pareja is the first coach to win 14 regular season games in a season since Glenn 'Mooch' Myernick, who won 14, 16, and 20 in the shootout era in 1997, 1998, and 1999, respectively.
- The 34 points earned at home (10-3-4 record) is the most ever in a single season. The previous high was 32 points in 2005 (10-4-2).
- The 30 goals scored at home are the most since 2002, when the Rapids also scored 30 at home. The most ever is 31 scored in 1998.
- The 10 home wins were the most since the team won 10 home games in 2005. The most ever is 11, accomplished in 1998 and 1990, albeit in 1998 one was via shootout and in 1999 four home wins came via the shootout.
- The 10 home wins were second most in MLS (tied with MON, CHI, SEA, RSL); the most was 11 (NY, POR, SJ, LA)
- The 45 goals scored are the most in a season since 1998 (62 goals). The Rapids had scored 44 in four of the past five seasons.
- 14 different players scored goals; 8 players scored their first goals as members of the Rapids, accounting for 37 of the 45 total goals.
- The 38 goals against ties the 2009 team for fourth fewest allowed in a season. The lowest are 32 (2004, 2010), 34 (2007), and 37 (2005).
- Only Sporting KC (30) and Portland (33) allowed fewer goals than Colorado.
- The Rapids outscored their opponents in each half: 18-17 in first half, 27-21 in the second half. Only POR (16) and SKC (17) allowed fewer second half goals.
- The 17 road points (4-8-5 record) ties the 2010 team (4-6-5) for the second most since the end of shootout era. The most road points in a season since 1999 is 22 in 2011 (6-7-4). The most road points is officially 23 during 1999, when the team went 9-7 on the road but with two shootout victories (3 pts for a win, 1 for a tie).
- Colorado was 11-1-6 when scoring the first goal and 3-10-2 when allowing the first goal
- Rapids were 7-0-4 when leading at the half and 2-8-2 when trailing at the half.
- Only SKC (301), LA (326) and RSL (394) allowed fewer shots against than Colorado (395).
The team averaged 15,499 spectators per home game (6 sell outs), marking the fourth straight year in which attendance increased over the previous year.
- It was the highest per game average since 2003, when the team averaged 16,772 spectators per game.
The Rapids posted a 9-8-7 record against Western Conference opponents and a 5-3-2 record against teams in the Eastern Conference:
- In the West, won the season against LA Galaxy (2-1-0), Vancouver Whitecaps (2-1-0), Real Salt Lake (1-0-2), and Chivas USA (2-0-1), tied the series' against Seattle (1-1-1) and FC Dallas (1-1-1), and lost the season series to San Jose (0-2-1) and Portland (0-2-1).
31 of 34 rostered players made an appearance in at least one game during the 34 regular season games.
- 14 players made their Rapids debut in 2013
- 10 made their MLS debuts
- 4 made their professional debuts.
- Deshorn Brown's 10 goals were the most by any rookie for the Colorado Rapids, and second most by any rookie in MLS (Damani Ralph scored 11 for Chicago in 2002).
- Brown's 97 shots taken (31 games) are second most in a season behind Junior Agogo, who was credited with 102 in just 22 games in 2000.
- Dillon Powers suffered 62 fouls against, the 5th highest in a season and most since Jason Moore was fouled 77 times in 2001. Moore has the highest ever with 83 in 2000. Martin Rivero was fouled 61 times in 2012.
Goalkeeper Clint Irwin's 14 wins were most since Marcus Hahnemann won 16 in 1998 (2 via shootout).
- Irwin's 10 shutouts tied Joe Cannon (2004) for most in a year.
- His 1.10 goals against average tied Matt Pickens (2010) for fourth lowest. Cannon posted a 1.07 GAA in 2004.
- Left back Chris Klute led the team with 7 assists, becoming only the second defender ever to lead the team in assists. In 2004 centerback Antonio De La Torre and midfielder Chris Henderson tied for the assist crown with 5 each.
- Edson Buddle lead the team with three game-winning goals and Vicente Sanchez had the most game-winning assists with three.
- On Oct. 5 the Rapids defeated Seattle 5-1, tying the mark for most goals in a game. MORE HERE


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MyFirstHouse.co.uk is an independent portal for visitors looking to buy their first home. The site contains all the information needed to buy a house, including checklists and mortgage quotes (where the main revenue will come from).
A predominately an online UK audience for first time buyers, so that's generally 20-35 years old.
They will be looking for a friendly, up to date website they can trust.
sitors will want to feel warm and good about the fact they are settling down and purchasing their first property, so the the site (firstly the logo) needs to be reflect this feeling -
The brand : independent, honest, money saving, friendly, helpful, useful advice, hand holding.
Please review the attached wireframe and logo design.
The page should also contain the strap line 'Independent, honest and money saving advice - all under one roof'.
The homepage needs to grab attention in terms of what the site is for, with the main call to action being the 'How much can you afford' box. This box will grab basic mortgage quote details within this page. For now, please design to capture a user's salary (or salaries for 2 people). - example : http://www.moneysupermarket.com/mor…alculator/
The checklist is to encourage people to click through to the 'Steps in buying a house' page.
Newsletter needs to be a name and email address sign up.
The Find the best mortgage also needs to be a strong call to action.
Latest news will highlight (with images) the last 3 new items
Example competitor sites : http://www.firstrungnow.com/ (although poor design, you get the idea about news articles and getting people to click through and give their details).
Over all, a fresh clean and friendly site that looks much better than the competition.
The wireframes have been designed to contain enough information on the homepage without it appearing cluttered. With the main call to actions being the main menu and mortgage advice.
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A sun-drenched roadtrip
Five days, four nights, 600 kilometers: A roadtrip from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
On the first day of our trip from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo, the sound of samba lures us into the narrow lanes in Rio's harbor district and seduces us with a smile.
Rio, 40 degrees, marvelous city, purgatory of beauty and chaos," sings Fernanda Abreu, 52. There was a time when such lyrics would not have been heard. After all, the movie Rio, 40 Degrees (1955) was subsequently censored in Brazil on the grounds that the temperature never exceeded 39.6 degrees. Now the city is experiencing its hottest summer since weather was recorded. The asphalt steams. Down on Copacabana Beach, a bearded vendor lops open a coconut for us. We dig our feet into the sand and take in the scene and its perspiring beauties. The hills on the horizon stand guard over Guanabara Bay. Christ the Redeemer spreads out his arms above us: Come hither, people, yes, it is hot – but this is Rio.
"The hot-blooded capital, containing the best and the worst of what Brazil has to offer," Brazil's radio diva continues. After sunset, the best of Rio can be heard in hip Lapa district, where the samba lyrics speak of great love and even greater pain. The samba is at home in bars such as the Rio Scenarium, the Mangue Seco and the Carioca da Gema – and one of its faces (and voices) belongs to Ana Costa.
"At first, I just listened to the music," recalls the 44-year-old mulata with the infectious laugh, "but then it grabbed me and didn't let go." She has long since performed at almost all of the bars and knows practically every inch of Rua Lavradio, the area's main artery, which is celebrating a renaissance with the samba de raiz, the original form of Brazil's national rhythm. "Lapa is the perfect place for strangers to discover what life is like in Rio! This is where Cariocas forget the daily grind, and their enthusiasm sweeps everyone along!"
Ilha Grande: A nature reserve with a Caribbean feel
On day 2 we abandon our car after a few kilometers of lush vegetation and encounter the pristine beauty of a former outsider: Ilha Grande.
When things get too hot, the Cariocas drive into the mountains or out to Angra dos Reis on the coast, 150 kilometers southeast of Rio. After a few hours on the road, we find ourselves down beside the docks. Our flipflops are still pretty much melting away, but the water in the bay has a Caribbean glitter. Wealthy men, like cosmetic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy and TV presenter Luciano Huck, own islands here. We take the ferry across to Ilha Grande. It's lovely there, too, with a strip of golden sandy beach separating the main town, Vila do Abraão, from the ocean, and the rainforest-covered mountains rising up behind us. We turn our backs on the souvenir shops and walk as far as the old village square, where a gentle breeze stirs the leaves of the almond trees – and the nature park office is located. It's lunchtime, and the square lies deserted in the sun. Park ranger Leonardo Bacelar emerges from a side street and cycles over to us, a sinewy figure, who apparently isn't suffering from the heat.
Bacelar, 34, was born on Ilha Grande – and became an environmental activist there. "I used to put on headphones if I had to walk a longer distance than usual," he recalls. After looking around for a job, he finally signed up as a ranger in the nature reserve that covers more than half the island. "Now I'm out on the trails from dawn to dusk, checking for illegal campers and any trash people may have dumped, and listening to the birds and the howler monkeys." What's the best thing about his island? "I don't need money to be happy here. The waves, the bays, the beaches with their big, black pebbles, and the trails – all these things are free!"
Paraty: Colonial backdrops
Day 3: Overawed by the beauty of colonial chapels, we meet the people of a picturesque town. The rhythm of their day is set by history.
The afternoon sun glints on the irregular cobbles and the colorful, painted facades of the colonial-style buildings in Paraty's old town. Like in a scene from a movie, a woman in a floral-print dress steps out of the building opposite the Baroque church. Cynthia Tarrisse is an architect from Rio. As head of the heritage protection agency office, she lived for a year in the historical building, in an apartment that went with the job. "Living here, you are surrounded by history. The church bells wake you in the morning, remind you when it's lunchtime and set the rhythm for your day," she says.
She is overseeing a number of projects in the old town, and currently trying to reconstruct the original ground plan for one of them so that the conversion work can be planned around it. "It's pure detective work," she says. Her favorite building is the white chapel Nossa Senhora das Dores at the end of the street, almost on the waterfront, where her daughter was baptized. "Many people come to Paraty to get married," says Tarrisse, "they particularly like the chapel." Although she no longer lives in the middle of the old town, Tarrisse spends several hours each day walking through its narrow streets, planning renovation work, chatting with a restaurant owner, giving a painter a few tips on how to improve the ventilation in his house, or taking a look at what an artisan has just finished producing in her workshop. Isn't she even a little bit homesick for Rio? "Not at all! I don't need to go to Rio if I'm looking for culture. There's always something happening here, from jazz to literature festivals – at least one event a month, and nearly everything is free."
Maresias: Salty dreams
Day 4: Elsewhere, boys dream of a career as professional soccer players – in Maresias they want to become surf champions.
Thanks to the air conditioning, we enjoy a cooling breeze as we follow the coastline along the Rio Santos road. The scene outside our windows: trees ablaze with purple blossoms, forest-covered peaks and mountain meadows on the one side, deserted beaches on the other – so many, in fact, that it would be impossible to say which is the loveliest.
We stop in Maresias, a five-kilometer long bay with pristine white sand and perfect waves. In other parts of Brazil, young boys dream of becoming professional soccer players, but here they all want to become champion surfers. Between the red flags warning off the bathers, a young man plays with two dogs in the sand, just like a small boy – although he's almost six feet tall and very muscular. Gabriel Medina is one of the world's best surfers. Right now, he's making the most of the final days of his vacation.
Medina spends every December and January with his family and the dogs. Some days he doesn't even look at his board because he was out late the night before. "The rest of the year, I'm in the water every day," he says, grinning, "because I'm obsessed with surfing and just can't stay away from it."
For another few days, he will enjoy being an almost ordinary 20-year-old, living in the beach-front house that he bought for his family, drinking his sponsor's lemonade in front of the camera, setting off later (without the camera) to either the Morocco or Sirena club to hang out with his friends. In late February he gets back on the road, first to Australia, then to Hawaii, to finally claim the title. He was eleven years old when he announced to his father that he wanted to become world champion. "But deep down inside, I knew it long before," says Medina.
São Paulo: The capital of color
The final day takes us to the high-rises of the megacity São Paulo, where we are amazed to find lots of color between all the concrete.
With every passing kilometer, the buildings move closer together and the lush landscape thins away to just the odd tree here and there. We are nearing São Paulo. Larger, wilder, more avant-garde than any other city, the megalopolis is like a giant heart, traffic pulsating through its arteries. On tunnels, buildings, pillars, everywhere the urban signs of sprayers are in evidence – for some, they are the work of graffiti artists, for others, that of daubers.
Huge, wide-open eyes follow us as we continue along the streets, giant-sized daisies and bees seem to almost diffuse their scent and buzz between the cars. Images crop up of children, cowed, apparently unnoticed by the adult world. We let ourselves drift, allowing the images to work their spell.
"My modest contribution to society is to demonstrate that no one has to do what others expect in order to survive. And today I am still painting wherever the wind blows me, whenever I want to!" His colleague Tinho has a small, sturdy build and Asian features. He talks about how it all began, back at the end of the military dictatorship, when he was a punk and a junkie and wanted to change the world. Today, Tinho is 41 years old, has a son and his own studio – and he has also changed the world a little bit: "We have the freedom to express an opinion, even though censorship still exists – but at least now there are bright flecks of color in the gray."


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That would really sort out the men form the boys (literally).
Knowing the general reticence of people on the 'net generally, I can't see anyone wanting to be so bold as to give the slightest hint of their real personality.
Are they afriad of being plagued by unwanted e-mails or do they just want to deliberately create a false 'net personality to hide their own deficiencies?
I'm unafraid of telling anything about myself, and have done on this site and others. What are people so afraid of??
What do I care what someone thousands of miles away thinks about what I say? Anyway most people are afriad to give even their own names, or the other things asked for in their profile page.
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In this column, Ignacio Ramonet, director de Le Monde Diplomatique in Spanish, analyses the protests raging ahead of the football World Cup in Brazil.
PARIS, Jun 7 2014 (IPS) - It is unlikely that Brazilians will listen to the audacious call made by Michel Platini – a great player in his time and now the politicking president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) – on Apr. 26: "Brazil, make an effort for a month, calm down!"
The FIFA World Cup opens in Sao Paulo on Jun. 12 and comes to a close on Jul. 13 in Rio de Janeiro. And there is concern that the current protests could escalate during the global sports event.
Opposition to Brazil's hosting of the World Cup has been expressed in demonstrations and protests since June 2013, when it all began with the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Why so much opposition to the biggest global celebration of football in the country considered the sport's Mecca?
For the past year, sociologists and political scientists have been trying to answer that question, especially given the fact that in the last 11 years – in other words, since the Workers' Party (PT) started to govern the country – the living standards of Brazilians have improved considerably.
Successive minimum wage hikes have managed to significantly boost the incomes of the poor. Thanks to programmes like 'Bolsa Familia' (Family Grant) or 'Brasil Sem Miséria' (Brazil Without Poverty), the quality of life of the lowest-income segments has improved. Twenty million people have left poverty behind.
The middle classes have also progressed. But Brazil still has a long way to go to become a less unequal country that offers decent material conditions for all, because the inequality remains abysmal.
Since the PT does not have a majority in either house of Congress, its maneuvering room has been very limited. To move towards more equal distribution of income, PT leaders – former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva first and foremost – had no choice but to forge alliances with conservative parties.
This created a vacuum of representation and political paralysis in the sense that the PT, in exchange, had to promise to put a damper on the protests.
That led the demonstrators to question the functioning of Brazil's democracy. Especially when the government's social policies began to show their limits. Because at the same time, society was experiencing a "crisis of maturity".
When they were lifted out of poverty, many Brazilians moved on from "quantitative" demands (more jobs, more schools, more hospitals) to "qualitative" ones (better jobs, better schools, better care in hospitals).
In the 2013 wave of protests, the demonstrators were often young people from lower-income segments of society who had benefited from the social programmes implemented by the administrations of Lula and his successor, President Dilma Rousseff.
Young people in that category number in the millions, and earn low wages. But they have access to the Internet now and are connected enough online to find out about the new global forms of protests. In this new Brazil, they also want to "get on board".
But then they find out that society is not very willing to change and to accept them. As a result, they feel frustrated, and are expressing their discontent.
The catalyst for that anger was the World Cup. Obviously, the protests aren't against football, but against some shady practices that have emerged in the organisation of the event.
The World Cup has involved an enormous investment estimated at 8.2 billion euros. Brazilians believe that, with that budget, more and better schools, more and better housing, and more and better hospitals could have been built for the people.
The World Cup has also revealed less than transparent ways of doing business with public funds. For example, in the construction of the stadiums alone, the final cost went 300 percent over budget.
Demonstrators are protesting the cost overruns paid at the detriment to the already poorly functioning public services offered in areas like education, health and public transport.
Protesters are also demonstrating, in several of the 12 cities that will host the World Cup matches, against the eviction of thousands of families from their neighbourhoods to free up the property for the construction and expansion of airports, freeways and stadiums. An estimated 250,000 people have been evicted from their homes in this country of nearly 200 million people.
Others are protesting the commercial exploitation of football, which FIFA fuels.
Several protest movements express five demands (for the five World Cups won by Brazil): housing, public health, public transport, education and justice (an end to state violence in the favelas or shantytowns and a demilitarisation of the military police).
The social movements that are leading the demonstrations are divided into two broad groups. A radical fraction, under the slogan "no rights, no World Cup", has struck up alliances with the most violent sectors, even the Black Block with its extreme tactics.
The other group, organised in "World Cup people's committees", protest the sporting event but do not take part in violent demonstrations.
Nevertheless, the current protests do not seem to be taking on the magnitude of the June 2013 demonstrations. The radical groups have helped fragment the movements, which have no single unified leadership.
The result: according to a recent survey, two-thirds of Brazilians are opposed to protests being held during the World Cup. And they especially disapprove of violent protests.
What will the political cost of all this be for the Rousseff administration? Last year's protests dealt a major blow to the president, who, in the first three weeks after they broke out, saw her popularity drop more than 25 percent.
Later, she said she was "listening to the voices from the streets" and proposed political reforms in Congress. That vigorous response enabled her to recover some of her lost popularity.
This time, the challenge will be at the polls, because the presidential elections are scheduled for Oct. 5.
Dilma – as she is popularly referred to in Brazil – is the favourite. But she will be facing an opposition grouped in two alliances: the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), whose candidate is Aécio Neves, and the much more worrisome social democratic Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), made up of the union between Eduardo Campos (a former science and technology minister under Lula) and environmental activist Marina Silva (a former environment minister under Lula).
For these elections, which will be decisive not only for Brazil but for all of Latin America, what happens this month during the World Cup could be critical.
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Griffith pointed to a problem with the elementary school water line as a sample of needs that can't be neglected. The district paid top dollar for emergency repairs last year, he said, rather than fixing the problem so it won't happen again.
Other needs include—
Elementary school: Replacement of cracking tile held in place by asbestos adhesive; installing energy efficient windows in the gymnasium; replacing exterior doors that are showing corrosion; replacing corroded plumbing; replacing aging toilet fixtures; repairing areas of the roof; paving the front circle drive.
High school: Addressing mechanical issues with the bleachers; replacing exterior gymnasium doors where corrosion has resulted in rotten wood on the gym floor due to water damage; sanding and refinished the gym floor; replacing several exterior doors due to corrosion; replacing the water pressure tank; replacing shower fixtures in locker rooms.
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Chiropteryx, also known as 'vampire bat', is a supernatural chiropteran species of large vespertiliae that feasts on the blood of the living to sustain itself. Bigger than a human when standing up on its feet with dark, leathery wings that wreathe around its body like a grotesque cloak, these lethal predators glide through the darkness without a hint of sound.
Chiropteryx stand around 7 feet tall from head to feet, with a wingspan of between 20 to 25 feet. Although lesser in bulk than their suspected closest relative, the dire bat, their wings are both larger and faster, and their ability to hunt and kill verges on the supernatural. Despite the size of their wings, they can retract them very close to their bodies midflight to clear narrow spaces without impeding speed or maneuverability.
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A vampire bat prefers to hunt with cunning and patience instead of direct confrontation. Easily smart enough to lay ambushes and wise enough to wait for the opportune moments to strike, they dive in to attack their prey when they least suspect it only to immediately disappear again into the darkness afterwards. Exercising this ingrained sense of sadism, chiropteryx like to whittle down their victims' strength in an exhausting game of cat and mice before finally swooping in for the kill.
Using their intelligence, highly honed senses and preditorial instincts, a chiropteryx is more than able of setting traps, often involving blocking off the entrance leading to their lair to ensure that their prey is left at their mercy. From thence on, every bite drains the victim's blood and weakens them bit by bit until the curtain closes.
Most of the time, vampire bats are solitary hunters, but they will occasionally unify under the leadership of a particularly powerful exemplar of their race (usually advanced to at least 15 HD). Such a gathering is often referred to as a conclave. Regardless of their number however, they always hunt alone and will only respond in numbers if the conclave falls under direct attack.
Blood Drain (Su): When a chiropteryx damages a creature with its bite attack, it drains 1d8 points of its Constitution. Blood lost from a chiropteryx bite cannot be naturally replenished, and the wounds from the chiropteryx bite is persistent and cannot be naturally healed (although the hit points lost may be recovered with magic). This is ability drain and is permanent until restored. Creatures that don't have blood (or a Constitution score) are immune to this ability.
Deathwatch (Su): A chiropteryx can determine the physical condition of any living or dead creature or unliving object within the range of its blindsight. This functions as the deathwatch spell, except that the chiropteryx can accurately gauge the amount of health and Constitution any living creature has left. As this ability is supernatural, spells and effects that block magical scrying do not block a chiropteryx' deathwatch ability, but an antimagic field does.
Improved Evasion (Ex): Whenever a chiropteryx is subject to a spell or effect that allows a Reflex save for half damage, it takes no damage on a successful save, and only half damage on a failed save.
Light Weakness (Ex): When exposed to sources of bright light, a chiropteryx may be rebuked or even physically harmed. It takes damage like an undead creature from any damage dealing spell with the Light descriptor and upon exposure to such forces or within the area of a light spell or effect, it becomes sickened and must make a Fortitude save or be nauseated for as long as it remains within the light source.
More than anything, the sun is the chiropteryx' bane. Sunlight deals 2d6 points of damage to it every round, sickening it and requiring it to make a DC 20 Fortitude save to prevent nausea. Furthermore, direct exposure to sunlight suppresses the chiropteryx' damage reduction, greatly weakening it in combat. As such, it only travels overland at night and ventures out during daytime only when sufficient cloud cover is present, or if it has no other choice.
Cantrips such as light and non-magical sources of bright illumination are generally too weak to nauseate a chiropteryx, but they can still sicken it.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex): A chiropteryx retains its Dexterity bonus to AC even if caught flat-footed or struck by an invisible attacker. However, it still loses its Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized.
Sanguine Bond (Su): Whenever a chiropteryx draws and tastes the blood of a particular creature, it establishes a strong connection to that creature. From the moment of injury onwards, the chiropteryx is completely aware of that creature's condition and location as per the status spell as long as the chiropteryx and the creature are on the same plane of existence. This connection persists even if the chiropteryx' blood drain is countered and restored, and only disappears upon the chiropteryx' death. After tasting particularly tasty blood, a chiropteryx may actively pursue such a surviving victim wherever they go in attempts to gorge upon them once more.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will—darkness, death knell (DC 17), silence (DC 17), vampiric touch; 1/day—waves of exhaustion. Caster level 10th. Save DCs are Charisma-based.
Skills: Chiropteryx have a +8 racial bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks.
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Solving environmental problems often comes down to solving people problems. How can we compel individuals and groups to accept willingly—and, better, to seek out—more sustainable life patterns? This is one of the main challenges of creating meaningful environmental change, and the overarching focus of the Behavior, Education, and Communication field of study.
As a Behavior, Education, and Communication specialist, you will learn how people think, what drives them, and the conditions under which they behave most reasonably and creatively. You will develop conceptual frameworks and learn to employ strategies to address local, regional, and global environmental problems by motivating individuals, groups, and organizations to adopt impactful behavior patterns. Through leadership and engagement, you will influence human behavior and empower diverse communities to achieve the ultimate goal of enduring environmental sustainability.
"The Behavior, Education, and Communication track combines my interests in psychology and environmental conservation. It provides a background in the environmental sciences along with the tools to change our collective behaviors. When I graduate, I plan to work as an organizer to help communities share resources and foster environmental stewardship."
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Behavior, Education, and Communication (BEC) coursework builds a sophisticated understanding of the causes, dynamics, and consequences of decisions and actions that impact natural resources and the environment. You will study human behavior—both current and evolutionary—in the context of the environment. You will learn to share information effectively, use instructional and motivational techniques to encourage desired behaviors, and negotiate conflicts by engaging diverse stakeholders to address sustainability challenges collaboratively.
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The Missouri Department of Public Safety provided an evening update on the effort to determine the status of individuals who were unaccounted-for as a result of May 22's devastating tornado in Joplin.
The Missouri Department of Public Safety provided an evening update on the effort to determine the status of individuals who were unaccounted-for as a result of May 22's devastating tornado in Joplin.
The unaccounted-for list is available on the Missouri Department of Public Safety Web site, www.dps.mo.gov, and will be updated daily.
As of 8 p.m. Saturday, May 28, the next-of-kin of 73 deceased individuals have been notified. The names of these deceased individuals are:
Miguel Alvarez, 28, Joplin
Sarah L. Anderson, 47, Joplin
Grace Aquino, 46, of Joplin
Robert E. Bateson, 45, Joplin
Dorothy T. Bell, 88, Joplin
Regina M. Bloxham, 55, Joplin
Lathe E. Bradfield, 84, Joplin
Leo E. Brown, 86, Joplin
Tami L. Campbell, 28, Joplin
Arriyinnah S. Carmona, 8, Joplin
Moises Carmona-Navarro, 42, Joplin
Shante M. Caton, 10, Joplin
Trenton Caton, 6, Pierce City
Raymond Chew, 66, Joplin
Carolane J. Collins, 62 Eagle Rock
Clyde Coleman, 72, Galena, Kan.
Lois A. Comfort, 66, Webb City
Adam Darnaby, 27, Joplin
Nancy E. Douthitt, 94, Joplin
Ellen Doyle, 75, Joplin
Randy E. England, 34, Neosho
Betty Fisher, 86, Joplin
Marsha A. Frost, 32, Joplin
Sebastian C. Frost, 10, Joplin
Charles K. Gaudsmith, 21, Carthage
Billie J. Gideon, 77, Joplin
Caley Hare, 16, Joplin
Dorothy V. Hartman, 91, Joplin
Glenn W. Holland, 60, Joplin
Hayze Howard, 1, Webb City
Harli Howard, 11, Webb City
Thomas Russell Howard, 29, Webb City
Cheryl L. Jones, 39, Altamont, Kan.
James D. Kendrick, 63, Joplin
Bruce A. Lievens, 48, Joplin
Rachel K. Markham, 31, Joplin
Nancy Martin, 52, Miami, Okla.
Jesse L. McKee, 44, Neosho
Randall E. Mell, 49, Joplin
Ronald D. Meyer, 64, Joplin
Donald R. Miller, 49, Joplin
Doris Montgomery, 83, Joplin
Edmond V. Mullaney, 82, Joplin
Sharyl Nelson, 34, Joplin
William R. Norton, 18, Joplin
Dennis M. Osborn, 34, Seneca
Shirley Ann Parker, 68, Joplin
John H. Petty, 37, Neosho
Natalia M. Puebla, 37, Neosho
Shelly Marie Ramsey, 42, Neosho
Loretta Randell, 54, Joplin
Troy Raney, 39, Joplin
Virgil T. Reid, 77, Joplin
Johnny Richey, 52, Joplin
Vicki Robertson, 66, Joplin
Keith D. Robinson, 48, Joplin
Virginia Mae Salmon, 80, Joplin
Tonya L. Sawyer, 41, Fort Scott, Kan.
Daniel W. Shirley, 48, Joplin
Judy Smith, 71, Joplin
Nicholaus A. Smith, 23, Joplin
Shyrell L. Smith, 68, Pittsburg, Kan.
Steven J. Stephens, 28, Joplin
Kayleigh Teal, 16, Pittsburg, Kan.
Heather L. Terry, 36, Joplin
John Thomas, Jr., 40, Joplin
Sandra K. Thomas, 55, Carthage
Margaret Tuit, 92, Joplin
Michael E. Tyndall, 33, Joplin
Miles Wells, 49, Webb City
Tiera Whitley, 20, Fulton, Kan.
Zach Williams, 12, Joplin
Charles W. Writer, 74, Joplin
To help reduce the list of unaccounted-for individuals and speed the process of reuniting tornado survivors with loved ones, Spillars urged the public to call the Missouri State Highway Patrol Found-Persons Hotline: 417-895-6868.
To get direction on filing a report about an unaccounted-for individual, families and loved ones may call 417-659-5464 or file a report with the Highway Patrol in person at the Billingsley Student Center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.
The Department of Public Safety will release a daily update of those individuals confirmed as deceased as a result of the tornado, following notification of next-of-kin. The updates will be available on the department Web site, www.dps.mo.gov.


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Greg Jordan, a 1978 Wabash College graduate and one of the nation's top interior designers, died Wednesday in his New York City home. The 48-year-old designer to celebrities and socialites died of a heart attack, according to a publicist for his company.
His mother, Patricia, told the New York Times in a story published Sunday, the heart attack stemmed from advanced coronary artery disease.
Jordan, a Monroe, La. native and Wabash English major, started his business in 1983 and expanded to Los Angeles just last year, according to the report of his death in the Los Angeles Times.
His client roster included basketball great Pat Riley, actress Ashley Judd, and Blaine Trump, wife of Donald Trump's brother. He had recently worked for Larry David of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
InStyle magazine design editor Jacqueline Goewey told the L.A. Times that Jordan was known for designing "very high-end, traditional looking interiors, impeccably done."
"Everyone always says that they make rooms that can be lived in, but lots of people don't," she said. "In Greg's rooms, no matter how luxurious the fabrics, how precious the furniture, it was all meant to be lived in. Put your feet up."
Architectural Digest featured Jordan three times, most recently in January. The magazine listed him as one of 30 "deans of design."
Survivors include his mother, Patricia Jordan, and a brother, Jeffrey.
Jordan's comments about his design style will be featured in the spring issue of Wabash Magazine.


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It can be hard to accept that your child may be
bullying other children. But once you recognize
the problem, you can help solve it by helping your child learn how his or her
actions affect others. Being sensitive to others' feelings (empathy) is largely
a learned skill that you can teach your child.
If the behavior does not improve, seek help for your child from a
psychiatrist, psychologist, or a licensed counselor.
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With close proximity to U.S. ports, the Caribbean region is a natural destination for U.S. wheat exports.
Shipments from the Gulf of Mexico can reach destinations within a fraction of the time and cost it takes other wheat exporters to deliver their products to this region. As a result, the United States maintains a wheat market share of at least 80 percent in the Caribbean due not only to close proximity, but also high quality product and proven reliability as a supplier.
Unfortunately, American wheat farmers are missing out on a critical Caribbean market — Cuba.
With a population of 11 million people and wheat imports averaging over 800,000 metric tons (MT), Cuba is the largest wheat importer in the Caribbean. While the United States could supply the majority of these imports, the longstanding embargo and other barriers inhibit trade between the two countries.
American wheat farmers are missing out on at least $150 million in potential sales based on current export levels and prices. U.S. wheat sales to Cuba have fallen from a high of 500,000 MT in 2007 to 119,000 MT in 2009/10. Sales to date for 2010/11 to Cuba are only 32,500 MT, while U.S. wheat exports to the entire Mexico, Central America and Caribbean region are up 32 percent.
U.S. Wheat Associates has long supported elimination of sales barriers to Cuba and, with the entire U.S. wheat industry, has actively promoted open access to the Cuban market for more than 12 years. In early 1998, USW and state wheat commissions organized and funded charitable donations of wheat flour to humanitarian groups working in Cuba.
Industry representatives then traveled to Cuba over the next two years to expose their bakers to U.S. wheat flour, before the United States permitted sales of food and medicine. The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act in 2000 finally allowed agricultural sales to Cuba. After a devastating hurricane in late 2001, Cuba made its first wheat purchase of 40,000 MT of hard red winter wheat and 10,000 MT of wheat flour in 2001.
U.S. wheat exports began to flow and exports increased every year until a change in the rules made agricultural sales more burdensome and expensive. As a result of tightened U.S. restrictions and the lack of credit for U.S. purchases, Cuba began sourcing more wheat from competitors such as the EU, Canada and Argentina.
Recently, the Obama administration announced it will take steps to allow more Americans to travel to Cuba for religious, educational and family purposes. While these changes are welcome, more steps are needed to ensure a steady supply of safe and high quality food produced by U.S. wheat farmers to the people of Cuba.


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I intend to mold his personality into that of the God from the old testament, all powerful but petty and quick to anger. The only will he will bend to is that of my own, he will be the Salaryman to end all Salarymen and will bring about the renewal of Japan. I will not pressure him though.


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- Inventory of goods consigned to Captain George D. Sweet aboard the Brig Othello, owned by Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, departing Rhode Island to the Coast of Africa. Includes instructions that read, "To insurance in London, from thence to Affrica [Africa] at and from thence to market with slaves at 8 guineas." On back, "Invoice of slops [?] sent on board," such as frocks, hats, shoes, and rum.
- Remarks given [probably by Samuel or William Vernon] regarding a case against Captain Thomas Rogers, who is accused of producing falsified trade books and trading to his own benefit in Barbados, Cape de Verdes, St. Christopher, and Isle de Los. Document describes several instances of disregard for trade orders from the ship's owners.
- Resolution produced by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the United States Congress must abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Includes note that the "resolves were passed by the House in the 21st, & by the Senate of the 23 March" and that the resolutions are the same that are referred to in the letters of E. Jackson and R. C. Winthrop.
- Four-page inventory of Homer Virgil Milton [probably of Jefferson County, Georgia]. Includes names and estimated value of aprroximately 32 slaves, among other household goods. Signed on last page by appraisers Samuel Clements, Robert Lowry, Tom Rim [?], and "Mark T." Made official and signed by Sherrod Arrington.
- Two-page petition by George Wooley against A. O. Roberts requesting a recision of a previous contract regarding the purchase from A. O. Roberts by George Wooley of the slave girl named Ann, on the ground that the negro slave is unsound and diseased, in Fayette County, Kentucky [previous contract attached].
- Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Steamer Baltimore of Washington from the port of Alexandria. Includes names of ship's Master, John Rogers, shipper J. N. Stark, collector Edward S. Hough and four slaves, Jane Diggs, Richard Diggs, Betsy Sanders and Charles Sanders.


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The Cubs (5-7) roll into the big apple today, looking to kick off a four game series against the Mets (4-8). Both clubs have struggled to provide run support to their starting pitchers, however, the Mets have had it slightly tougher in that their starters aren't exactly providing quality starts either. Tonight's matchup at Citi Field:
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Wells takes the mound tonight for the Cubs. Last year, the rookie sensation caught fire and didn't slow down, becoming the Cubs second most reliable pitcher behind Ted Lilly. This year, with Lilly starting the season on the DL, Wells is expected to continue his success and not suffer a sophomore slump. Once Lilly returns to the rotation (Saturday) there will be key decisions to be made regarding the 25-man roster and the starting rotation. Until then, there are a week's worth a games to be played and the current five man must keep the ship together until Ted is back to help right it.
Both the Mets and the Cubs are looking up at division leaders with 8-4 records. As expected, those teams are the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Phillies are always a thorn in the Mets side and New York is going to have to figure things out quickly to stay in the race, even though the baseball season hasn't even flipped the calendar page to May yet. They will look to start figuring things out against the Cubs tonight.
The Cubs will hopefully face a tired and frustrated Mets team after their brutal series with the Cardinals this weekend which included a 20 inning marathon (the only game the Mets won over the weekend against St.L). The Cardinals are still the team to beat in the Central so it would do us well to win the series against the same teams the Cards win series against. I wouldn't sweat Pittsburgh sitting above us in the standings just yet. Like I like to say here at Prose and Ivy, "We'll Always Have Pittsburgh". I believe that will again ring true in 2010. A great start is bound to fall apart for the Pirates.
So tonight the Cubs must win a game they are expected to win once again. They let us down over the weekend dropping a series to the lowly Houston Astros. We can't scoreboard watch this week and be disappointed time and again. These are games we need to win so the offense needs to be there against a Mets rotation that is struggling to figure things out thus far. And in order to do so, Lou has devised a brand new line up for three of the games this week where the Cubs face lefties. A test drive if you will of a line up against opposing left handed pitchers that Lou thinks may result in greater production. If that holds true, then tonight I could potentially be watching, firsthand, this Cubs line up take on New York at Citi Field:
So far this season, Theriot is 1-for-11 against lefties which forces Lou to move Theriot to the eighth spot in the lineup. Although is production is down against lefties at the top of the lineup, considering he's a guy who can get on base and is counted on to set the table for the bigs, for a number 8 hitter, even one who is struggling, we could do a lot worse. Nady hitting clean up isn't something I'm thrilled with. I much prefer Ramirez in the clean up spot considering he's a stronger power numbers guy and is healthier than Nady right now. Nady can't do this every time they play lefties since he is still recovering from elbow surgery. However, considering they face a lefty pitcher three times this week against the Mets, you can figure I'll see Nady in the line up in the 4 hold at least once.
I don't know much about Byrd's record in the leadoff spot. He's a level headed guy with a lot of potential and a quick start to the season so you don't lose much productivity by replacing Theriot with Byrd there. If you have Nady hitting clean up, you don't have Fukudome playing so he's not an option there. Soriano is out and no one else makes sense. That might be more the reason why Byrd hits lead off in this line up. More of a process of elimination than anything really. When Sori's not playing and Colvin is in the line up I'm not sure that he fits in the no. 6 hole quite as easily. He has shown great patience at the plate though and an ability to go deep so perhaps all Lou would have to do is write in Colvin's name that day as opposed to Soriano and his line up is still good to go. I have a feeling I may see the answer to that scenario at some point this week too with the Cubs playing the Mets here in New York for what should shape up to be an evenly matched, intense, equally important to both teams, four game series.
Likely pitching matchups for the next few games are as follows: Wells v. Niese tonight, Zambrano v. Pelfrey tomorrow and then Silva v. Perez on Wednesday evening. On paper, I like our odds and I can't wait to see Silva in person. I'm surprised by his quick start to 2010.
Looking forward to seeing the Cubs this week at Citi Field…I feel like the circus has come to town. Go Cubs Go!


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Abraham Ramírez Vásquez, Juventino García Cruz and Noel García Cruz, the first political prisoners of the Ulises Ruiz regime in Oaxaca, are from the Zapotec town of Santiago Xanica. The three members of the Committee for the Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI) and the Popular Anti-neoliberal Oaxacan Magonista Coordinating Body (COMPA) were arrested on January 15, 2005, after hundreds of preventive and judicial police opened a crossfire on a group of 80 men, women, children and old people who were unloading bricks from a truck as part of a community work project. Abraham, Noel and Juventino were seriously wounded by gunshots. The people responded to the attack with sticks and stones, but more police came in, dragged the three wounded people out of the clinic, and took them to a house to be tortured by the police. After a few days, they were taken to the Ixcotel prison and then to the prison at Pochutla. Despite their serious wounds, they received no medical treatment until 36 hours after being admitted to the Pochutla hospital.


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2109: Vacation Villa for Rent Calabash North Carolina
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We welcome you to share our outstanding resort amenities at the Brunswick Plantation Resort and Golf community in the quaint community of Calabash, North Carolina.
We offer beautifully furnished villas with a variety of different bedding options with bright, airy interiors that are tastefully furnished. There are ceiling fans in every room. The living room and bedrooms all have TVS. Each unit has a full-size washer/dryer.
The Villas are offered in three combinations. One or two bedrooms adjoining a large, open great room that encompasses the kitchen, dining and living areas. In these Villas, the full capacity kitchen is fully equipped with all major and small appliances including a dishwasher for easy clean-up. In some instances, the sofa will convert to a full-size sleeper.
For those with more modest needs, there are Villa efficiencies that can house up to 4 in two queen beds.
For your convenience, bed linens and bath towels are included with your rental. We do recommend that you send your own pool/beach towels and your golf clubs! We have a full-service pro shop, and 27 holes for your enjoyment, with an onsite 19th Hole restaurant and bar. We have over 50 affiliated golf courses within 30 miles or less of our resort for even more expansive golf experiences.
We do have two, family friendly pools onsite. There are also world-famous beaches, like Ocean Isle, Sunset Beach and more all within a 30-minute drive.
We also include wireless internet for your convenience.
Calabash is just down the road and offers great seafood. If you like more variety, the North Myrtle Beach "restaurant row?� is a quick 20 minutes away.
If you are on a shopping spree, or looking for lots of options in activities, Myrtle Beach is the place to go. Within 30 to 45 minutes, you can shop hundreds of stores from Barefoot Landing to Broadway at the Beach and access thousands of fun, family friendly activities.
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The farm bill is up for renewal in 2012, and as I reported a couple of weeks ago, some in Washington are trying to write it behind closed doors.
The foods that are subsidized through the farm bill have an enormous impact on how America eats. When you compare farm subsidies to the USDA's MyPlate recommendations, it's easy to see that it's not a positive impact. If we want to change the way we eat as a nation, we need to change what the farm bill subsidizes. In this short video, real food advocate Michael Pollan sums up why it's necessary to change the farm bill, including possibly changing its name.
I first saw this video on the Nourish blog, and the bloggers there have some ideas about how you can take action regarding the farm bill. One idea is to call your state representatives and use the script found at Food Democracy to let your representatives know that the process of writing the farm bill should be open and public.
If calling your representatives isn't your thing, you can always reword the script into an email, and contact your representative through the House of Representatives website.