Category: news
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Interesting News
I was visiting with a neighbor the other night and heard something really interesting. Many of the people on the Rosebud flat run out of hay during the recent snowstorm and had to go with no feed for their cattle since none was available. This to me shows how much some people were hurt by…
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Nutrition
<a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/261163_veggie01.html?source=mypi">Fruits, vegetables not as nutritious as 50 years ago</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In spite of what Mother taught you about the benefits of eating broccoli, data collected by the U.S. government show that the nutritional content of America's vegetables and fruits has declined during the past 50 years — in some cases dramatically.<br />n<br />nDonald Davis,…
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How Depressing
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/20/build/nation/55-students-skills.inc">Most college students lack skills to do complex tasks, study says</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Most college students close to earning a diploma cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food.<br />n<br />nThose are the sobering findings of a study of literacy on college campuses,…
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Reporting, I Guess
I see over at New West they are "reporting", I use that term loosely here, that Idaho has <a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/5160/">lost its brucellosis free status</a>. This peaked my interest as stories that involve cattle do so I looked into it. The "reporter", Bill Schneider, uses as source material for this report a website called <a href="http://www.forwolves.org/ralph/bisonrpt.html">Ralph…
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Talk About Funny
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2006/01/08/build/nation/58-mouse-fire.inc">Mouse Thrown Into Fire Sets Home Ablaze</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<b>Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit…
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I Understand
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2006/01/06/build/state/32-escaped-cow.inc">Cow flees packing plant, dodges vehicles, train before recapture</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A cow that escaped a slaughterhouse here dodged vehicles, ran in front of a train, braved the icy Missouri River and took three tranquilizer darts before being recaptured six hours later.</blockquote><br />n<br />nNow, I like a good chunk of beef as much as the…
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Who Deserves It
<img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /> <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS01/601050313/1009&theme=">Judge sentences man to 60 days for sexual assault on young girl</a><br />n<br />nMark Hulett admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl for four years. Sounds like he deserves the rope. Judge Edward Cashman sentenced him to 60 days in jail. Kind of sounds like…
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Opening Up
I see <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=70998">Thailand is lifting its import ban on US beef</a>. I don't know how big of market that is for US beef but every little bit helps.<br />n<br />n<b>Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. Euripides</b>
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Weather
I've been complaining about the unusually warm temperatures we have been having the past couple of weeks and while I stand by my complaints, it could be worse. Look at what is going on in the weather all over our country.<br />n<br />nWe have <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010201531.html">excessive rain and flooding in northern California</a>, severe drought and…