Bargain Bin PC Classics You Should Acquire
Eric Spellmann favors budget PC games worth grabbing. Freedom Force delivers destructible environments and humor with a 1960s superhero vibe, Diablo remains a landmark RPG with strong visuals and multiplayer, Most Masterpiece Edition and Myst Masterpiece Edition offer enduring puzzles and immersive worlds.
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Freedom Force
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Smaller schools, bigger costs: rural districts face consolidations
In a guest column Thomas D. Rowley argues that shrinking rural schools harms communities, despite research favoring smaller schools. He cites transportation and administration offsets, noting collapsed school boards and reduced local civic influence as outcomes of consolidation.
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America
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KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Rachel Tompkins
Rural School and Community Trust
Trust
Marty Strange
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West Virginia
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2003 Upland Cotton Loan P&D Tables Released
After USDA release on April 17, the 2003 Upland Cotton Loan Premium and Discount tables show lower discounts and higher premiums for 2003. Micronaire discounts drop, Uniformity unchanged, Bark discounts lower, Strength discounts rise for readings 25.4 g/tex and below, with premiums above 25.4 g/tex unchanged.
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Shawn Wade
USDA
High Plains
P&d
USDA Releases New Year Cotton Loan and Discount Table
The Premium and Discount tables set the loan values for U S cotton used as collateral to the CCC. USDA says the 2003 table blends 2002 crop figures with 2002 crop spot quotes. Producers can download the 2003 values from the Farm Service Agency site via Plains Cotton Growers links. The table compares 2002 and 2003 values for White Grades 11 41 and Light Spot grades 12 42.
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USDA
United States
Commodity Credit Corporation
Usda Farm Service Agency
Plains Cotton Growers
Plainscotton.org
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