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THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The number of American teens who lost their lives in car accidents jumped 11 percent in the first half of 2011, the first increase in eight years, a new report finds.
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Although overall traffic fatalities fell during the first half of 2011, deaths for 16- and 17-year-olds rose from 190 to 211, according to the report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA).
"While it is not a surprise that these numbers are stabilizing or slightly increasing, states should not accept these deaths as something that cannot be prevented. More work can and should be done to save teen lives," report author Allan Williams, formerly the chief scientist at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a GHSA statement.
To compile the report, Williams pored over data from GHSA member groups.
At the same time, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released numbers suggesting that total motor vehicle deaths for people of any age during the first six months of 2011 had dropped 0.9 percent.
However, in the GHSA report, deaths among 16-year-old drivers went up from 80 to 93 (a 16 percent rise), while deaths among 17-year-olds rose from 110 to 118 (7 percent).
Among the states, 23 reported jumps in teen traffic deaths, 19 states had decreases and eight states plus the District of Columbia saw no change, according to the report.
Although for most states the increases in teen traffic deaths was small, for Florida, Texas and North Carolina, there were significant increases, Williams found.
GHSA chairman Troy Costales noted in the statement: "While it is good news that overall deaths [for people of any age] appear to have declined during the first six months of 2011, we are concerned that the trend with teens is going in the opposite direction."
Williams speculated that much of the increase may be due to the leveling off of initial benefits from states' Graduated Driver Licensing laws, since these laws have now been around for a while.
In addition, the economy may be a factor -- putting more teens behind the wheel and thus increasing their risk for fatal accidents.
And, Costales said, "As the report notes, a widespread strengthening of laws is still possible and finding effective tools outside of Graduated Driver Licensing is an important goal. These include improving driver education and involving parents in proactively establishing safe driving habits for their teens," he added.
"As the parent of a young driver and a soon-to-be-driver, I know firsthand the pressures parents face in allowing their teens behind the wheel," Costales said. "As parents, we must set and enforce strict rules for our new drivers, making sure risks are minimized. This includes limiting other teens in the car, limiting nighttime driving and absolutely prohibiting any type of cellphone or electronic device use while driving."
Barbara Harsha, GHSA executive director, also believes that states need more federal help to save more teen lives.
"As part of the upcoming highway reauthorization bill, Congress should provide financial incentives to states that have strengthened or will strengthen teen driving laws," she said in the statement.
Specifically, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the states should get funding to carry out "distracted driving" campaigns aimed at teen drivers who may be texting, phoning or simply carrying on with friends while driving, Harsha added.
"Research also needs to be done to determine the impact of changing school start times so that teens are less likely to be driving fatigued," she said.
-- Steven Reinberg
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SOURCE: Governors Highway Safety Association, statement,Feb. 16, 2012


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Queens has the most veterans of any borough in New York City.
In the school cafeteria, a variety of organizations that offer programs for veterans set up informational tables, including LaGuardia Community College Veterans Upward Bound, Women Veterans Network and Allied Veterans Memorial Committee of Greater Ridgewood and Glendale.
"We can never thank our veterans enough for all the sacrifices they've made for our nation, and we must do all we can to ensure that they have access to the befits and services that they require," said Meng. "But a lot of Queens veterans are unsure how to access those resources, and many are unaware that they even exist."
Meng also told the audience of veterans about a bill that she has introduced to speed up the backlog of veteran disability claims.
"The first five minutes that I've been here I have already met so many soldiers that have come from serving our country and protecting our democracy day to day, and they're telling me that their claims are taking to long," said Meng.
The American Veterans for Equal Rights, who advocate on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender veterans, also participated in the event. Public relations officer Denny Meyer said that coming out to community events are important.
"It's all about visibility," said Meyer. "There are gay veterans everywhere. There are 1.4 million living gay and lesbian veterans and a lot of them, particularly in the boroughs, are very isolated."
Edward Perry of the U.S. Veterans Administration also discussed the various benefits that veterans are able to access, what documents are important to save and how to contact different groups in order to receive these services.
"There are many services out there, but the connection doesn't happen as often as we would like," said Crowley. "When they come home, their service can never be forgotten, and they deserve the best health care, education and employment opportunity our country and city have to offer."

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TARDIS Mug
A mug for a time-traveler
- Looks just like the eleventh Doctor's TARDIS
- Comes with lid for containing your temporal essence
- NOT bigger on the inside than the outside
Remember that time Rose, as Bad Wolf, opened up the heart of the TARDIS, and the golden steam stuff flowed everywhere and she destroyed the Dalek fleet, and then the Doctor regenerated and became a funny Scottish guy for a couple of seasons? Using this mug is kind of like that. Only, without Rose. Or the Doctor. Or the Daleks. (But we have a mug for that, too!) And steam doesn't usually glow in the dark. But all of the rest of it? Totally almost like using this giant TARDIS styled mug, especially if you put some hot tea or coffee in it and then take it somewhere cold so you can see the steam pouring out of it.
This isn't your Granny's sipping mug. This mug was made to hold large quantities of beverage and to deliver it to you at the right time - your time. Styled to look like the eleventh Doctor's TARDIS, complete with St. John Ambulance badge and white notice on the door, this is the mug all aspiring Time Lords use when they're not satisfying their hunger for fish fingers and custard. While not actually bigger on the inside than the outside, it can hold 16 ounces of your choice steamy beverage. So kick back like a Time Lord and take a drink from your own personal time machine - just don't let the Pandorica open. It's bad for the mug.
Product Specifications
- Hand wash only
- Don't put it in the microwave.
- Dark blue and painted to be a perfect replica of a 1950's British police box
- Internal volume is smaller than the external. It's a mug, not a time machine.
- Lid to keep the essence of your TARDIS contained until you're ready for it.
- Won't blend in with other, inferior mugs - broken chameleon circuit and all that.
- Impervious to the Master materializing another TARDIS inside yours.


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View currency rates in Opera's Speed Dial with data provided by Yahoo. You can change the currency pair in the extension's preferences.
N.b. there may be inaccuracies due to time delays or my coding so, before making any financial decisions, please double-check the latest exchange rates, e.g. at http://finance.yahoo.com
- This extension will appear in Speed Dial.
Feedback from users
Reviews and ratings
Garbage. There is no way to turn off the link. I DON'T want a crappy yahoo finance page to open if I should happen to click on the speed dial item.
And it should be possible to view mulitple currencies at the same time within one speed dial item, NOT force people to install three or four instances of this crapware to view multiple currencies.
I was using Chrome. There is a widget for multiple currency converting. You could add unlimited currencies.
For example, you've chosen USD, EUR and JPY. When you enter 5 into USD box, it converts to the currencies you added instantly. Also, when enter 5 into JPY box, it converts to the currencies you added, etc.
All currencies are sorted alphabetically and vertical.
Could you create a similar one?
Many people will be appreciated for this.
Thank you!
For those of you who want to monitor more than one currency pair, check out the 'Instant Currency Rate' extension I created. It allows you to view up to 5 currency pairs simultaneously in your Opera Speed Dial.
More info: http://currencyrate.tumblr.com/
Download: https://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/instant-currency-rates/
Yes, more currencies pairs and/or several currencies for one (e.g. EUR & USD for RUB) would be better.
I't good someone had this idea, but I'm really begging for an option to display more currencies in the field, as darek said 3 or 4 would be nice. Thanks :)
IMHO it would be better if you could set up to 3 or 4 pairs.
@ozoratsubasa: https://addons.opera.com/addons/extensions/details/unit-converter/1.0/
very usable =)
make one about weight, meters, litres, those things, would be cool


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Two Women Subjected to Sex Harassment and Retaliation for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges
ATLANTA – BellSouth Telecom, Inc., a nationwide telecommunications provider, subjected two female employees to sex harassment and retaliation after they complained about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Carla Suber and Melanie Williamson-Terry were subjected to hostile work environment sex harassment by the same manager. When Williamson-Terry filed an internal complaint regarding the harassment, four days later the alleged harasser stripped her of her managerial responsibilities and then demoted her. Likewise, when Suber filed a complaint of sex harassment, within a month the same manager denied her a promotion and demoted her as well.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex or retaliation. The EEOC filed suit (Civil Action No., 1:11-cv-03345-WSD-JFK) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. The EEOC is seeking back pay, compensatory and punitive damages for Suber and Williamson-Terry as well as injunctive relief designed to stop such discriminatory conduct and prevent it from recurring in the future.
"An employee has a legal right to be free of sex harassment and, when it does occur, the right to complain about it without fear of reprisal," said Bernice Williams Kimbrough, district director for the EEOC's Atlanta District Office. "Unfortunately, the person who engaged in the unlawful behavior was allowed to seek retribution against the victims. The EEOC is committed to ensuring this does not happen again."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Check with 32green, he was looking for something like this.
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Friday, January 29, 2016
We're pleased to introduce Eerie Eden as our Guest of Honour at Unifursal Studios! Eerie will be participating a range of panels/events at Fur-Eh! 2019.
In the past 3 years, you've helped raise approximately $14,000 for our charity partner! We are thrilled to welcome back Underdogs Rescue Society as our Charity Partner for 2019!


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US to upgrade Pakistan C-130 fleet
March 13, 2014, 3:12 pm
ISLAMABAD- US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan for a C-130 Fleet Upgrade Programme.
It will facilitate the continued operation of the Pakistan's Air Force C-130 fleet for counter-terrorism flights, regional humanitarian operations, troop transport; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions within Pakistan and in the region.
It said the proposed sale of equipment and logistical as well as training support will help improve the security of Pakistan.


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Stake seminary and institute teachers and supervisors must be worthy to hold a temple recommend (see "Stake Presidency" in section 11.1.1 of Handbook 1: Stake Presidents and Bishops [2010], 102). They should also:
- Strive to emulate the Savior in their lives, including how they live, teach, and dress.
- Enjoy associating with young people and believe they are eager to learn the gospel.
- Be available to prepare lessons, teach classes, and attend regularly scheduled inservice meetings.
Duties and Responsibilities
Teach Effectively
- Teach students the doctrines and principles of the gospel as found in the scriptures and the words of the prophets. Teach them in a way that leads to understanding and edification.
- Help students fulfill their role in the learning process and prepare to teach the gospel to others.
- Use approved curriculum and materials.
Seek to Develop as a Teacher
- Attend and participate in faculty and area inservice meetings.
- Visit regularly with their supervisor to obtain feedback and guidance.
Enroll and Encourage Students
- Help parents and priesthood leaders identify and enroll all potential students.
- Cultivate a loving, respectful, and purposeful environment in the classroom.
- Keep accurate and on-time student enrollment, attendance, and completion records.
- Encourage all students to complete class with credit.
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First-time quarterly real estate transaction volumes eclipse $100 billion since onset of global financial crisis
LONDON, CHICAGO, SINGAPORE, 20 January 2011 - Jones Lang LaSalle's global capital markets experts today announced that a strong fourth quarter brought full year global transaction volumes to US$316 billion, which is more than 50 percent higher than 2009 levels representing a significant recovery in investment activity across all three major regions.
According to Jones Lang LaSalle's proprietary Global Capital Flows data analysis, after reaching a low of US$209 billion for the full year 2009, global direct commercial real estate volumes were bolstered by an active first half of the year in key markets and a general surge in fourth quarter investment activity. Activity in the fourth quarter 2010 activity marks the first time global investment volumes have exceeded US$100 billion since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2007.
"At the beginning of 2010, we predicted total global volumes to land near US$300 billion, and the fourth quarter surpassed our estimates," said Arthur de Haast, head of the firm's International Capital Group. "Barring further sovereign debt crises or financial shocks, the momentum of 2010 is expected to continue over the next 12 months and we predict global volumes for 2011 should increase by 20 to 25 percent."
2010 Regional Transaction Volumes
Direct investment volumes around the globe marked an encouraging recovery in 2010. The Americas and Europe, having experienced the greatest decline in total volumes in 2008 and 2009, have shown the strongest rebound.
"Of the developing markets, China and Brazil volumes were bolstered by a surge of activity in the fourth quarter as volumes in both countries hit record levels," added de Haast. "The United States, the Nordics and Germany also experienced healthy growth in the final quarter compared to a year ago."
In Asia Pacific, full year 2010 volumes amounted to US$83 billion, up 25 percent from 2009. A number of major markets saw significant growth in volumes including Singapore (+219% y-o-y), Australia (+77% y-o-y), China (+41% y-o-y) and Hong Kong (+28% y-o-y). Investment volumes in the fourth quarter 2010 rose quarter to quarter by 17 percent to US$23 billion and were up by 24 percent over the fourth quarter 2009.
Stuart Crow, Head of Asia Pacific capital markets commented: "The pick up in investment activity reflects improving market fundamentals across the region and acceleration of rental growth in many markets. While Japan continued to see the biggest overall investment volumes in 2010, China outperformed in the fourth quarter and achieved 2010 volumes equal to two-thirds of those of Japan on the back of robust economic growth."
Full year 2010 volumes in the Americas more than doubled from US$45 billion in 2009 to US$97 billion in 2010 and recorded the greatest increase in volumes of all three regions. Investment activity peaked in the fourth quarter 2010 at US$38 billion, reaching the highest transaction level since the first quarter 2008 and representing an 150 percent increase over the fourth quarter 2009.
"With increased quality and availability of product, Brazil transactions more than tripled to reach a new record US$3.4 billion of investment transactions in the fourth quarter 2010," said Steve Collins, managing director, Americas of Jones Lang LaSalle's International Capital Group. "However, the Americas' recovery has mainly been underpinned by investor interest in core gateway cities like New York, Washington DC, San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro. As competition is driving the yields down in these core markets, investors are now extending their interest to other primary markets outside of the coasts in each region."
In the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, which recorded the highest overall volumes of the three regions in 2010, full year volumes reached €102 billion (US$136 billion), up by nearly 40 percent on a year ago (in US$ terms). Fourth quarter volumes hit US$49 billion marking the highest level since the first quarter of 2008 (US$60 billion) by a significant margin.
Europe's largest markets, the UK, Germany and France made up over half of the region's direct commercial real estate volumes confirming the global trend of investor appetite for core product in mature and transparent markets, though there is clear evidence of investors being prepared to look further afield.
"In Europe, the Nordics, CEE countries and Germany have seen the greatest increases in activity over the year," said Richard Bloxam, director of Jones Lang LaSalle's EMEA Capital Markets group. "The restricted supply of core assets in Europe's major markets is driving investment demand to other cities and geographies. Additionally we are witnessing an increasing appetite from investors to step into core investments at an earlier stage of development."
In Europe's largest market, the UK, volumes were up year-on-year by nearly 46 percent in 2010 to US$49 billion. Buyers, particularly oversees investors, continue to target London which is seen as a safe haven from economic and financial uncertainties elsewhere, thanks to the transparency and liquidity of the market.
Global Capital Markets Outlook
For the full year 2011, Jones Lang LaSalle expects EMEA volumes to exceed €110 billion (US$150 billion), up a further 10 to 15 percent over 2010 levels. Asia Pacific volumes for 2011 are estimated to land at US$95 billion, a 15 percent increase on 2010, whilst the Americas 2011 volumes are expected to reach US$135 billion, a 40 percent increase over 2010 levels. If the regions perform as expected that would mean total global volumes in 2011 will be up 20 to 25 percent on 2010.
Notes to Editors
1) Entity-level transactions, development projects and multi-family residential investment are excluded from our provisional data and may change2) Jones Lang LaSalle converts transaction values into USD at the average daily rate for the quarter in which the transaction occurred. In other words, the foreign exchange effect has not been removed.3) Cross-border investment is where purchaser, vendor or both originate from outside the country in which the asset is located.4) Cross-border investment is classified as 'intra-regional' investment (both purchaser and vendor originate from the region where the asset is located) and 'inter-regional' investment (purchase, vendor or both originate from outside the region in which the asset is located.5) Global Funds are funds which raise capital in multiple regions.
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Lawrence Montaigne as Stonn
Lawrence Montaigne reprises his role of Stonn from the Original Series episode "Amok Time."Lawrence starred or co-starred in twenty-five films in the U.S. and in Europe and also appeared in more than two hundred television episodes.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Rome, Italy, he developed an early talent for languages, which opened many doors for him as an actor. Trained as a classical dancer, he appeared on Broadway in "Hazel Flagg" and in "Shinbone Alley" with Eartha Kitt. He was eventually lured to Hollywood where he worked with the Hollywood Bowl Ballet Company. In films, he worked as a dancer with such notables as Gene Kelly, Donald O'Conner and Mitzie Gaynor. He studied fencing both in the U.S. and Europe, which afforded him the opportunity to work as a stuntman on "Scaramouche", "The Three Musketeers", "Julius Caesar", and in a series of low budget, swashbuckling films for Sam Katzman at Columbia.
Upon discharge from the Marine Corps, he studied Drama at The Dramatic Workshop in New York, and was prepared to make the transition into acting when the opportunity arose. He was featured in such films as "The Great Escape" (with Steve McQueen and James Garner), "Tubruk" (with Rock Hudson and George Peppard), "The Power" (with George Hamilton and Suzanne Plechette), "Captain Sindbad" and "Damon & Pythias" (both starring Guy Williams), "The Mongols" (starring Jack Palance and Anita Ekberg) and "Escape To Witch Mountain" (with Ray Milland and Donald Pleasance.) He starred in "Pillar Of Fire" (made in Israel), "Moby Jackson" and "Rapina Al Quartiere Ovest" (both made in Italy.) He has worked in Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, Israel and Spain. "Of all the films, television and theatre I've done, I can honestly say that the things I'm most remembered for are the two roles I created on Star Trek: Decius in Balance of Terror and Stonn in Amok Time."
He returned to the States in the sixties, just one week before the assassination of John Kennedy. Lawrence says that all the experiences he had and all the countries he visited helped to mold him into a better actor. "There weren't too many characters I couldn't identify with in one way or another. I'd been there, done that."
Lawrence eventually made the transition from acting to writing when he was hired by Walt Disney Productions to write the screenplay from his original story, The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance, a Civil War adventure starring Brock Peters.
"The only thing in my life that was constant was my insatiable appetite for books and learning. Each time I settled down in some city, the first thing I did was to enroll in the local college or university. It took me thirty years to get my Bachelor's Degree and nine months to do my Masters." He holds a Masters Degree from North Texas State University where he also taught as an Associate Professor for five years.


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A list of weekly networking events around the Las Vegas Valley. Want to see a meeting here? Send your information to email@example.com.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Monday, Northern Voices Toastmasters, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Suite 112, firstname.lastname@example.com.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Monday, Nevada Holistic Chamber of Commerce Toastmasters, Nevada Holistic Chamber of Commerce, 4485 S. Buffalo Drive, 845-6129.
12:15 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Southwest Rotary Club, Lawry's The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, 870-4655.
5:30 p.m. first and third Monday, Virtualization Users Group, Mimi's Café, 596 N. Stephanie St., 340-8996.
5:30 p.m. weekly, Premier Toastmasters Club, Barrett & Co. Realty, 2885 S. Jones Blvd.
6 p.m. first and third Monday, Socially Speaking, Nacho Daddy, The Loco Room, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 375-2641.
6 p.m. second and fourth Monday, Toastmaster En Español, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce, 300 N. 13th St. (corner of 13th Street and Stewart Avenue), firstname.lastname@example.com.
6:15 p.m. first Monday, Powerhouse Pros Toastmasters, Pololu Robotics and Electronics, 920 Pilot Road, 434-8452.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Monday, TNT Toastmasters, 2800 E. Warm Springs Road, 561-5619.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Monday, VYP's Toastmasters, Emergency Arts second floor, 520 Fremont St., email@example.com.
6:30 p.m. first and third Monday, Silver State Patriots, Findlay VW, 7500 W. Azure Drive, email@example.com.
6:45 p.m. second and fourth Monday, Republican Toastmasters Club, Rancho Lake Condominium Clubhouse, 2075 N. Rancho Drive, 286-8957.
7:15 p.m. second and fourth Monday, Sourcerers Club, Unity Center in the Valley, 3037 E. Warm Springs Road, Building 10, Suite 300, 372-6773.
7 a.m. weekly, Business Connectors, Bacon Bar, 3520 N. Rancho Drive, 448-2422.
7 a.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Downtown Talkers, 110 City Parkway, conference room, 339-8604.
7 a.m. second Tuesday, U.S. Green Building Council, Las Vegas Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 952-2468 or www.usgbcnv.org.
7 a.m., third Tuesday, Henderson Chamber of Commerce, call for location, 565-8951 or www.hendersonchamber.com.
7 a.m. fourth Tuesday, Building Owners and Managers Association Nevada, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, 938-2662 or www.bomanevada.org.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of West Desert, Durango Hills Golf Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, 561-4500.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Summerlin, Norm's Eggs Cafe, 3655 S. Durango Drive, 499-4071.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of High Desert, Mimi's Cafe, 11215 S. Fort Apache Road, 676-7774.
7:10 a.m. weekly, Las Vegas Summerlin Rotary Club, Tournament Players Club Summerlin, 1700 Village Center Circle, 838-4550 or www.rotarysummerlin.org.
7:30 a.m. first Tuesday, LAMBDA Breakfast Power Club, Omelet House, 2160 W. Charleston Blvd., 731-2114.
8:30 a.m. first and third Tuesday, Women and Network Southwest Chapter, Mimi's Cafe, 7315 Arroyo Crossing, 644-7465.
11 a.m. second Tuesday, Society for Marketing Professional Services, Maggiano's Little Italy, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.smpslasvegas.com.
11:15 a.m. weekly, CAI-Nevada Chapter, Gold Coast, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, 648-8408 or www.cai-nevada.org.
11:30 a.m., first Tuesday, International Association of Business Communicators, Maggiano's Little Italy, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.iabclasvegas.com.
11:30 a.m. second Tuesday, Japan America Society of Nevada, call for location, 455-8259 or www.jasnlasvegas.org.
11:30 a.m. first Tuesday, defining: WOMEN West Chapter, Sedona Restaurant, 9580 W. Flamingo Road, 877-440-9944, opt. 2.
11:30 a.m. fourth Tuesday, National Association of Women Business Owners, Lawry's The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, 571-0462 or www.nawbosnv.org.
11:30 a.m. weekly, Women and Network Green Valley Chapter, Olive Garden, 4400 E. Sunset Road, 644-7465.
12 p.m. weekly, Henderson Rotary Club, The McCaw School of Mines, 57 Lynn Lane, www.hendersonrotaryclub.org.
12 p.m. every other Tuesday, H2orators Club, Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1001 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 258-3804.
12 p.m. first and third Tuesday, Say Watt Club, NV Energy, 6226 W. Sahara Ave., 324-5266.
12 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Host Lions Club, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, 585-3500.
12 p.m. fourth Tuesday, Southern Nevada Continuity of Care Association, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Las Vegas, 1250 S. Valley View Blvd., 870-4124 or www.sncca.com.
12 p.m. weekly, Fremont Rotary Club, Hugo's Cellar Restaurant, Four Queens, 202 E. Fremont St. 735-9333 or www.lasvegasfremontrotary.org.
12:10 p.m. fourth Tuesday, Ethics in the Marketplace by Father Max Oliva, Guardian Angel Cathedral, 302 Cathedral Way, www.ethicsinthemarketplace.com.
12:15 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas West Rotary Club, Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive, 341-6975 or www.lasvegaswestrotary.org.
4 p.m. first and third Tuesday, NLV Tech Pros, ITT Technical Institute, 3825 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 600, 245-5924.
5:15 p.m. weekly, Corporate Power Talkers, 4882 Frank Sinatra Drive.
5:15 p.m. every other Tuesday, Cheers Toastmasters, Ameriprise Financial, 280 Pilot Road.
6 p.m. weekly, Pyramid Power Talkers Club, The Learning Center at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 521-9839.
6 p.m. every other Tuesday, Opening Doors, Nevada State Bank, second floor, 3688 S. Jones Blvd., 427-6685.
6:15 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Desert Democrats, Clark County Government Center, Gold Room, 4000 Grand Central Parkway, 326-9616.
6:30 p.m. first and third Tuesday, Wordsmiths Toastmasters Club, Denny's Restaurant, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway, 595-6996.
6:30 p.m. first and third Tuesday, Starmasters Toastmasters Club, Desert BMW, second floor, 6900 W. Sahara Ave.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Toast of Sierra Toastmasters, Palo Verde High School, 333 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 255-9100.
6:30 p.m. first Tuesday, Las Vegas Young Professionals Kiwanis, Paymon's Mediterranean Cafe, 4147 Maryland Parkway, www.lvypkiwanis.org.
6:30 p.m. second Tuesday, ABWA Desert Dawn Chapter, American Legion, 425 E. Van Wagenen St., 274-6771.
7 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Summerlin Toastmasters, Peccole Ranch Clubhouse, 9501 Red Hill Road, 279-9712.
6:30 a.m. weekly, Early Risers Toastmasters, The Coffee Pub, 2800 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 2A, 429-0242.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Board of Directors, Black Mountain Grille, 11021 S. Eastern Ave., 731-6065.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Money in Motion, Island Sushi, 9400 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 103, 731-6065.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Westside Winners, Magoo's, 7360 W. Cheyenne Ave., 731-6065.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Integrity Business Pros, Wildhorse Golf Course Clubhouse, 3100 Warm Springs Road, 731-6065.
7 a.m., weekly, The Executive Leads Group, Charlie's Lakeside, 8603 W. Sahara Ave., 255-8891.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of West Valley, Marie Callender's, 8175 W. Sahara Ave., 379-5626.
7:15 a.m. second Wednesday, Commercial Marketing Group, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, cmglv.com.
7:15 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Las Vegas, Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive, 265-4118 or www.letiplv.com.
7:30 a.m. weekly, Windjammers Toastmasters, Denny's, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway., 876-6842 or windjammers.toastmastersclubs.org.
8 a.m. weekly, TEAM Referral Network Las Vegas Henderson Chapter, Village Pub, 10900 S Eastern Ave., Henderson, 938-2505 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
8:30 a.m. first Wednesday, defining: WOMEN Aliante North, Morrissey's Irish Pub, 6788 N. Fifth St., 877-440-9944, option 2.
9 a.m. first and third Wednesday, Women and Network Northwest Chapter, 6760 N. Durango Drive, 644-7465.
10:45 a.m. second and fourth Wednesday, Chamber Voices Club, Penta Building Group, 181 E. Warm Springs Road, 312-2048.
11:30 a.m. weekly, BNI Referral Pros, Giuseppe's Bar & Grille, 6065 S. Durango Drive, 948-9277.
11:30 a.m. weekly, Speakers and Leaders of Summerlin, Desert Springs United Methodist Church, 120 Pavilion Center Drive, 677-1502.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Wednesday, Energizers Club, DOE/NV Support Facility C-1 Building, Room 6510, 232 Energy Way, firstname.lastname@example.com.
11:30 a.m. first and third Wednesday, Network Pros, a BizPack Network, Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 527-7599.
11:30 a.m. first and third Wednesday, Women and Network Spring Mountain Chapter, Marie Callender's, 8175 W. Sahara Ave., 877-469-2231.
11:30 a.m. first and third Wednesday, Women and Network Summerlin Chapter, Gordon Biersch, 750 S. Rampart Blvd., 644-7465.
11:30 a.m. second Wednesday, LAMBDA Lunch Meeting, Las Palmas, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 893-2088.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Wednesday, defining: WOMEN, Network Centennial Hills Chapter, Sammy's Woodfired Pizza, 7160 N. Durango Drive, 877-440-9944, option 2.
11:30 a.m. fourth Wednesday, Southern Nevada Chapter CCIM, The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 798-5156, ext. 204.
11:30 a.m., fourth Wednesday, Convention Services Association, call for location, 260-8387 or www.conventionservicesassociationlasvegas.org.
11:30 a.m. first Wednesday, Women's Council of Realtors Las Vegas Chapter, Durango Hills Country Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, www.wcrlv.org.
11:31 a.m., weekly, LeTip of Henderson, Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 364-1650.
11:45 a.m. fourth Wednesday, Association for Financial Professionals, Southern Nevada, Lawry's The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, www.snafp.com.
12 p.m. weekly, Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, Marie Callender's, 8175 W. Sahara Ave., 630-3414 or www.kiwaniscluboflasvegas.org.
12 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Central Rotary Club, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, 731-3163 or www.lvcentralrotary.com.
12 p.m. first and third Wednesday, High Noon Neighbors Toastmasters, 8329 W. Sunset Road, Suite 100, highnoonneighbor.freetoasthost.biz.
12:05 p.m. weekly, Boulder Voices Club, Bureau of Reclamation, 500 Date St., Building 100, Boulder City, 293-8445.
12:05 p.m. second and fourth Wednesday, To Your Health, Southern Nevada Health District, 3330 Valley View Blvd., 759-1289.
4 p.m. weekly, UNLV Toastmasters, UNLV Student Union, second floor, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 895-3925.
5:30 p.m. second Wednesday, Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, call for location, 293-2034.
5:30 p.m. fourth Wednesday, Toastmasters 116, CAI Office, 9171 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 100, 563-9391.
5:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Las Vegas Toastmasters, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority human resources offices, 3107 Joe W. Brown Drive, 892-7591.
5:30 p.m. third Wednesday, TMA of Nevada, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, email@example.com or 403-3162.
6 p.m. first, second and third Wednesday, North Las Vegas Kiwanis Club, TGIFriday's in Aliante Station, 7300 Aliante Parkway, 399-7373.
6 p.m. third Wednesday, National Association of Women in Construction, Elk's Lodge, 4100 W. Charleston Blvd., 796-9986 or www.nawiclasvegas.com.
6 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Toastmasters at the V Club, Victory Mission Baptist Church, 500 W. Monroe Ave., 648-2286.
6 p.m. second and fourth Wednesday, Summerlin Sounders Club, Bank of America, 1351 Town Center Drive, 891-6420.
6 p.m. third Wednesday, Los Vaqueros Las Vegas, Platinum, 211 E. Flamingo Road, 439-0860.
6:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Summerlin Lions Club, TPC Grille at TPC Country Club, 9851 Canyon Run Drive, firstname.lastname@example.com.
6:30 p.m. weekly, B&B Toastmasters, Gordon Biersch, 750 S. Rampart Blvd., 444-6078.
6:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Summerlin Lions Club, TPC Grille at TPC Las Vegas, 9851 Canyon Run Drive, 243-2871.
6:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Curtain Call Toastmasters, 3081 Maryland Parkway, 248-6009.
6:30 p.ms. fourth Wednesday, Red Rock Democratic Club, Veteran's Memorial Leisure Services Center, 101 Center Drive, 768-3436 or www.redrock democrats.com.
7 p.m. first Wednesday, Henderson Democratic Club, International Union of Painters and Allied Trade, 1701 Ramrod Ave., 379-2525 or www.hendemsclub.com.
Call for time weekly, Nevada Small Business Development Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Paradise Campus, 851 E. Tropicana Ave., 895-4270 or www.nsbdc.org.
6:59 a.m. weekly, LeTip Southwest, Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive, 561-4500.
7 a.m. every other Thursday, Opening Doors, Oasis Room at Nevada State Bank, 3688 S. Jones Blvd., 427-6685.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Money Makers, Marie Callender's, 8175 W. Sahara Ave., 731-6065 or www.bnilasvegas.com.
7 a.m. weekly, Green Valley Rotary Club, Wildhorse Golf Club, 2100 W. Warm Springs Road, 458-7493 or www.greenvalleyrotary.org.
7 a.m. weekly, Northwest LeTip International, Durango Hills Golf Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, 469-2216.
7 a.m. weekly, ProNet of Las Vegas, Omelet House, 2160 W. Charleston Blvd., 384-1504.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Southeast Las Vegas, Marie Callender's, 530 N. Stephanie St., 888-650-9820.
7:05 a.m. weekly, Savage Network, call for location, 261-9048 or www.thesavagenetwork.com.
7:30 a.m., second and fourth Thursday, Henderson Chamber of Commerce's Roadmap to Success workshop, Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., www.henderson chamber.com/events.
7:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Las Vegas Sales Lead Group, Mimi's Café, 1121 S. Fort Apache Road, 544-9821.
7:45 a.m. every other Thursday, Professional Business Networking, Fireside Restaurant & Tavern, 1785 E. Cactus Ave., www.professionalbusiness networking.org.
8:30 a.m. fourth Thursday, defining: WOMEN Summerlin Chapter, Road Runner, 921 N. Buffalo Drive, 877-440-9944, opt. 2.
9 a.m. fourth Thursday, Women's Chamber — New Member Forum, Women's Chamber of Commerce, 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 800, 733-3955 or www.womenschamberofnevada.org
9:15 a.m. third Thursday, Business Educational Workshop, Women's Chamber of Commerce, 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 800, 592-4848 or www.womenschamberofnevada.org.
11 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Power Partners, Republic Kitchen, 9470 S. Eastern Ave., call Robin at 517-3078 or visit www.power-partners-networking.com.
11:30 a.m. second Thursday, Commercial Real Estate Women of Las Vegas, call for location, 798-5156 or www.crewlv.org.
11:30 a.m. second Thursday, Democratic Women's Club of Clark County, The Social Club at Main Street Station, 12 E. Ogden Ave., 615-4522.
12 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Viva Las Voices Club, Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St., sixth floor, 677-1542.
12 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Speak Easy Club, James Gibson-Henderson Library, 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway, 339-9945.
12 p.m. weekly, Voice Links Toastmasters, Acuity Financial Center, 7881 W. Charleston Blvd., email@example.com.
12 p.m. weekly, Vocal Vegans Club, Gold Room at Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 487-1206.
12 p.m. weekly, Leads Club Westside, Charlie's Lakeside, 8603 W. Sahara Ave., www.leadsclub.com.
12:10 p.m. weekly, West Charleston Lions Club, Las Vegas Golf Club, 4300 W. Washington Ave., www.westcharlestonlions.com.
12:15 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Rotary Club, Lawry's The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, www.lasvegasrotary.com.
5 p.m., fourth Thursday, Henderson Chamber of Commerce, call for location, 565-8951 or www.hendersonchamber.com.
6 p.m. first and third Thursday, Burnt Toast II Club, Arbecy Systems, 800 N. Rainbow Blvd., 824-2877.
6 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Lion's Roar Club, MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 256-1699.
6 p.m. third Thursday, American Society for Quality, Blue Ox, 5825 W. Sahara Ave., www.asqlv.org.
6 p.m. third Thursday, Young Professional Women's Club, call for location, 733-3955.
6:30 p.m., third Thursday, SolarNV, Greenspun Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 507-0093 or www.solarnv.org.
6:30 p.m. weekly, I'll Drink To That Toastmaster Club, The Stake Out, 4800 S. Maryland Parkway, 505-6367.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Centennial Hills Toasters, Findlay North Volkswagen, 7500 W. Azure Drive, firstname.lastname@example.com.
7 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Centennial Hills, Durango Hills Country Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, 217-5525.
7 a.m. weekly, Women in Networking, IHOP, 1401 S. Decatur Blvd, 487-2022.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Red Rock, Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive, www.letipofredrock.com.
7:15 a.m. weekly, Green Valley Kiwanis Club, Green's Supper Club, 2241 N. Green Valley Parkway, 617-1979.
7:30 a.m. second Friday, Business Connection Cafe, call for location, 733-3955, info@womenschamberof nevada.org or www.womenschamber ofnevada.org.
7:30 a.m. weekly, North Las Vegas Rotary Club, Los Prados Country Club, 5150 Los Prados Circle, 491-8498 or www.nlvrc.org.
7:30 a.m. weekly, Kiwanis Club Las Vegas Strip, A Tyme For All Seasons, 310 E. Warm Springs Road, 595-3733 or www.lasvegasstripkiwanis.org.
7:30 a.m. weekly, Valley Voices & Vices Club, Nevada One Credit Union, 2645 S. Mojave Road, 824-6221.
10 a.m. fourth Friday, defining: WOMEN Downtown Chapter, The Beat Coffee House, 520 Fremont St., 877-440-9944 opt. 2.
11 a.m. fourth Friday, Urban Chamber of Commerce, Culinary Training Academy, 710 W. Lake Mead, www.urbanchamber.org.
11:30 a.m. second Friday, BYU Management Society, Brady Industries, 7055 Lindell Road, 395-5887 or www.byulvms.org.
11:30 a.m. last Friday, PRSA Las Vegas, Cili Bali Hai, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 967-2222 or www.prsalasvegas.com.
12 p.m. second and fourth Friday, TNT Club, University United Methodist Church, 4412 S. Maryland Parkway.
1 p.m. weekly, High Noon Lectern Club, Denny's, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway, email@example.com.
6 p.m. third Friday, Bon Appetit Club, call for location, 255-9100.
6:30 p.m. last Friday, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals — Nevada Chapter, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.nvahrep.org.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Friday, T.G.I. Toastmasters, 8114 Blue Hope Diamond Lane, 278-4278.
10 a.m. second and fourth Saturday, Saturday Morning Toastmasters Club, Wardley Real Estate, 2470 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 100, 851-5050.
11 a.m. first and third Saturday, DeVry Toastmasters, DeVry University, 2490 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 150, email@example.com.
1 p.m. second and fourth Saturday, The Lunatics, call for location, 378-0937.
4 p.m. second and fourth Saturday, Speak No Evil, Southwest Central Christian Church, 5670 La Costa Canyon Court, 506-3984.
1 p.m. second and fourth Sunday, Jackpot Speakers, IHOP Restaurant, 9651 Trailwood Drive, 302-1473
1:15 p.m. second Sunday, New Life Trail Blazers Toastmasters, New Life Christian Church Annex, 1229 E. Carson St.
1:30 p.m., third Sunday, The American Legion, Spirit of Freedom Post 76, Durango Hills YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Drive, nvpost76.webs.com.
6 p.m. fourth Sunday, New Life Trail Blazers Toastmasters, New Life Christian Church Annex, 1229 E. Carson Ave.


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We debated about whether to release our March issue at this time. After all, how are we to compete with all the other news out there? There's the presidential primaries, almost breaking annual snowfall records, our rapidly approaching Spring Break, and, oh yeah…that small story about #4 retiring. Ultimately, though, we decided the best way not only to keep you going until Spring Break, but also to approach this period of mourning for the end of an era in Titletown, was to try to lift your spirits with our always uplifting, inspiring, informative, page-turning, not-to-be-missed…er…newsletter.
Breaking News: Human Development and Psychology Hire Another New Professor!
Psi Chi News: National Speaker on Psychology Careers Coming to UWGB
This Just In: Possible New GRE Support Program
Careers of the Month: February 2008 Edition
Career Tip of the Month: Use the PRO System
Graduate School Tip of the Month: Carefully Investigate Graduate Programs
- Two Upcoming Presentations from Dr. Jill White
Join an Upcoming Teleconference on "Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents"
Developing Story: Priority Registration for Human Development Majors/Minors
The Pink Flamingo Mailbox


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We made a quick trip to Harrahs to keep our Reward Credits active. Only went for one night, it was our first trip boarding both dogs. It was really nice, wish you all could have been there.
We did have a 'surprise' when we checked in. Our room had been upgraded to a suite. Here are the pics, enjoy!
The wetbar
The dining room
Bed & Bath
Entry Foyer
Living Area
Oh, and did I mention the Butler?


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EC: Series 57 Pushbutton
Representing the latest in technology within the Human Machine Interface (HMI) market, the Series 57 is the first pushbutton to combine optical, tactile and acoustic features in one ground-breaking product. Product Manager, Marco Bighi, says, "Our new Series 57 should be the first choice for any operator to fully comply with EN 14752. EAO has a reputation for high-quality, innovative products, and now Series 57 will set a new standard."
The modern design features a user friendly, extra-large operating area of 74 mm, which includes two unique, independently-illuminated feedback rings. The raised symbols conform to TSI PRM (Technical Specification for Interoperability for Passenger with Reduced Mobility) and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines) and will never wear or fade. Options include illuminated symbols and an integrated "finding tone" to help visually-impaired users. Offering outstanding durability, the Series 57 is constructed using contemporary materials and will continue working through extreme temperatures from 40 C to +85 C.
The front is protected to IP69K against liquid and dirt ingress, and will resist chemical wash-downs often found within these application environments. To save both time and money, EAO has designed a new and efficient final-mounting system. This pushbutton is ideal for any application where visual indication, ease of actuation, and extreme durability are important requirements. Industries including access control, transportation, machinery, public interaction, and lifting and moving all rely on the features and characteristics of this product. EAO's Series 57 product line performs without doubt throughout the rigors, abuse, and harshness of these HMI applications.
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Job placement is 100 percent for the first cohort of eight graduate students who earned a master's degree in Art Therapy from Herron School of Art and Design this May, said Juliet King, program director and professor of Art Therapy. Launched only two years ago, the program has developed vigorously, in large part due to philanthropic support from individuals and foundations.
The Frank Curtis and Irving Moxley Springer Fund, a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, put its support into bringing together Herron students—who must complete 1,000 hours of supervised, clinical training as part of their degrees requirements—and community members who can benefit from art therapy services.
Herron's Art Therapy program is one of only 34 two-year, full-time, residential programs in the country—offering graduate art therapy education in preparation for the dual credentials of Registered Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Herron currently is working with nearly 30 community organizations to pair its art therapy students with programs that serve youths, adults, the aged and other vulnerable populations. Qualified professionals must supervise Herron's students in a clinical setting. That requires investment.
Andrew Black, a grants officer of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, said "The Art Therapy grant was in alignment with The Frank Curtis and Irving Moxley Springer Fund because it promotes the making of art and provides important health and social services to improve the physical, mental and emotional well-being of people of all ages, many of whom are dealing with significant physical and/or mental health challenges."
Frank began work at Eli Lilly and Company in 1937. He and his wife, Irving, became incredibly generous philanthropists. Both are now deceased, but their fund, established in 1998, will continue in perpetuity as they wished.
King said, "It's exciting to see the full cycle of the impact of the program. We are helping children and adults cope with illness, injury and trauma while the graduate students gain the academic experience necessary to become a trained professional and contribute to the workforce of Indiana and beyond." She added, "We are grateful to the Frank Curtis and Irving Moxley Springer Fund and CICF for the assistance in successfully developing the program."
The program's first eight graduates are Linda Adeniyi, Uriah Graham, Amy Granger, Katherine Hearn, Amanda Krieger, Heidi Moffat, Hillary Timmerman and Natalie Wallace. These alumni were hired by providers including Adult & Child Community Mental Health, MENTOR Network, Midtown Community Mental Health, Season's Hospice, Legacy House, Meridian Health Services and Gallaudet University that provide school- and home-based counseling, health therapy and hospice care.
Nine students are projected to graduate in 2015 and 13 in 2016.
Black added, "Not only does this therapy provide counselors, therapists, or case workers with an additional and often times necessary alternative method for communication, it also provides some of our most vulnerable populations with a creative outlet that promotes self-expression, increases their ability to cope with their circumstances or challenges, and ultimately aids in their rehabilitative progress and contributes to their quality of life."
To learn more about supporting Herron's Art Therapy Program, contact Kim Hodges, Office of Development, by email or by phone at 317-278-9472.


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Dear Jack Ask
This past week, I read an interesting item in the Winnipeg Sun's new advice column. You can read the column here, including the response from Jackie De Pape Hornick, a.k.a. "Jack Ask."
For the reader's convenience, here was the question put to "Jack Ask":
DEAR JACK ASK: I have breakfast with Ladd and sleep beside Noel. At least that's what it feels like since all my husband does is live and breathe the Winnipeg Jets.
I was pumped, too, when the Jets returned, but now my husband goes to all 45 home games and watches every away game on TV, so the Jets' schedule (stuck on my fridge) serves as the new family calendar. He literally asks me if I've "checked the fridge" if I mention a party we've been invited to — even for away games.
With the holiday season coming, he's refusing to go to my work party and a family gathering because they fall on home game days. I'm starting to feel like a hockey widow and he's not even a player. I don't want to tell him he can't go, but I don't want to spend the holidays alone, either. What can I do?
"Jack" gave a clever response. In this case, however, I think that I can do one better.
Dear Married to the Jets: Your situation is not unique among couples in Winnipeg, where the madness concerning this sorry excuse for a hockey team is still raging.
The end of this honeymoon period, however, is on the horizon, and with every loss that "Thrashers Light" piles up, interest in the team will continue to wane. Even your husband will soon be looking to pawn his tickets.
As long as owner/president/general manager/head coach Mark Chipman is in charge, you need not worry about a miraculous upturn in the team's fortunes that might re-ignite your husband's passion. Chipman and his hand-picked cadre of brown-nosers, personal friends and cronies will do little but let a bad team flounder while gleefully pocketing your hard-earned tax money.
Be patient. It won't be long before your husband and every other hockey fan in Manitoba will grow weary of watching a collection of fourth-liners and waiver-wire pickups that would have had trouble beating the Moose. Ride the wave and be ready to welcome him back when once he realizes that ownership is not nearly as committed to the team's success as the fan base.
In the meantime, enjoy the time alone. You'll soon be seeing more of him than you can handle.


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Hay, Pasture In Wyoming Shrunk By Drought And Fire
The Wyoming Department of Agriculture met with producers, law makers and county officials across the state in a series of meetings on the current impact of drought and fire.
Doug Miyamoto, Agriculture Department deputy director says they wanted to get information out as quickly as possible about the situation and hear what producers need.
Miyamoto says all areas of the state are suffering. "We've seen about at least 50 percent loss of hay production through out the state of Wyoming- if you were to average it- and even more than that for dry land pasture and range condition."
He says producers are calling for assistance in locating feed in what is a very tight market.
To ease the situation Miyamoto says they're asking public land entities for flexibility with grazing leases.
He says fires compound the problem, consuming more grazing resource along with crop and infrastructure loss.
One unexpected issue is the impact of displaced wildlife. "They are experiencing wildlife in hay meadows that typically don't have wildlife in them this time of year. So, there is not much hay being produced and what is being produced is being camped on by wildlife."
He says they'll be reaching out to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to find out if there is relief available in terms of damage payments to producers.


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The Jaguars have a compelling and intriguing class of draft picks. Several have made news this weekend for good reasons. One has drawn attention because he suffered an injury during the first practice of the team's rookie minicamp.
Receiver/punt returner Ace Sanders, drafted by the Jags in round four, suffered on Friday what has been described both as a "minor groin injury" and an "abdominal strain."
Sanders didn't practice on Saturday or Sunday. Coach Gus Bradley called the decision to sit Sanders "more precautionary than anything."
It'll be important for the Jaguars to let Sanders fully heal, or the injury could linger into training camp and beyond. All too often, a muscle pull that happens to a rookie early in offseason workouts hangs around because the player is anxious to prove himself.


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Returning in the net for Lipscomb will be keeper Erin Zerio, while freshman Allison Brown will be counted on to push her for playing time in practice and games.
Although Zerio is a two-year starter in net, head coach Jon Ireland will give the incoming Brown a chance to earn some playing time.
Incumbent Erin Zerio will be the likely netminder in 2011 after starting every match in 2010. She ranks second all-time in minutes played by a keeper (2,504) and will pass Bethany Copeland for fourth all-time in saves if she makes 15 stops in 2011.
In 2010, she posted third-highest numbers by a Lady Bison keeper since Lipscomb moved to the Division I level in shutouts (three) and goals against average (1.82).
Also in net for Lipscomb will be incoming freshman Allison Brown, who was an all-region keeper for West Jessamine High School as a senior in 2010.
The Nicholasville, Ky., native backstopped West Jessamine to back-to-back regional championships in 2009-10.
The Lady Bisons kick off the regular season Friday, at 5 p.m., against Arkansas State. The match will be played at the Lipscomb training facility behind Cofer's Chapel Church on the corner of Caldwell Lane and Franklin Pike.


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As you may or may not know, I've never been much of a fan of The Walking Dead. Could be I tried the first three trades and didn't find it to my liking, could be I've about O.D.'ed on zombie stories, could be I'm just one of those assholes that dislikes things that are popular just because they are popular. Regardless. Lucky for you readers of the ol' AC, my dear friend Matthew C. Funk happens to be not only a fan of said book, but a hell of a writer, too. And as such, I asked him to convince me to give this book another chance, and my friends, I fear he has succeeded. Read his article below and see why exactly.
The Walking Dead
Spoiler alert: Everyone dies at the end.
True fact. Don't let Stephenie Meyer sell you on wet dreams of sparkly immortality. Everybody's going to bite the big one sooner or later. That's life, as they say.
The Walking Dead throws this fact at your face from page one by having the central protagonist, Deputy Rick Grimes, laid out by a near-mortal shotgun blast. Written by Robert Kirkman and with art by Tony Moore and then Charlie Adelard, The Walking Dead is a black-and-white graphic statement that The End isn't just Nigh—it's already here and will take you when it damn well pleases. To get the technical tips of the cap out of the way, I'll point out that Kirkman's dialogue plays it straight, like a pared-down Bendis, letting his characters wax large in vernacular over their inner thoughts. And Adelard, the main source of ink for the series, has a style straight out of an EC Horror Comics flashback. This is no bite size Tale from the Crypt, though. The Walking Dead goes for epic.
It may be headed for that recognition—now with a 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series under its belt and an AMC TV drama, created by The Mist's Frank Darrabont, on the way. In The Mist, Darrabont inflicted the most emotional desolate ending in recent cinema history, and so may have the chops to do the kind of damage that The Walking Dead demands.
The first fatality taken in the series is civilization.
For those unfamiliar with the plot or unable to deduce it from the title due to a recent head injury, know that The Walking Dead is a Zombie Apocalypse book. It popped onto shelves under the Image Comics label around the time Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide was getting heat, but the subject couldn't be less similar. In The Walking Dead, we follow Deputy Rick as he ambles through a world already devoured by the undead, searching for his family and then trying to keep them safe.
This means the dead don't just roam the Earth—they rule it. Rick has to batten the hatches against an enemy that does not need sleep like he does, does not need food like he does, has no fear of the dark or fatigue or friends to support. He's forced to try to keep hold of a whole world of problems—disease, cold, starvation, sanity—while death itself, with relentless hunger, bears down on him and his loved ones.
Zombies are simple creatures, while Rick has only more problems. And the everyday nature of those problems drives home the central message of the work: We could all go at any moment. We could starve, suffer aneurysms, slip and break our necks. We could eat one another—figuratively, if not literally, taking bites each other's success, security and well-being. We persist, living in the face of these threats, fighting them and one another.
In essence, we go through life on borrowed time, and we do so at the expense of others, whether it's starving sharecroppers in Mexico or our own spouses. We can—and will—die, but we keep moving, keep feeding. We're the walking dead.
Rick represents the argument that yells back at that void—which is why it's crucial that he's a lawman. His shiny Deputy's star and embrace of ethics are a big middle-finger at oblivion—symbols of how mankind builds and secures and controls in denial that everything can be taken away at any moment. The Walking Dead drives this home by pointing out that the towering monuments to lasting achievement—our cities—would become death traps, stuffed with hungry hordes of flesh-eaters, if social niceties took a nosedive. So Rick hits the road with the wife, kid and some fellow survivors, keeping to the countryside.
This is key to the theme of The Walking Dead: We're going back to nature here, dear reader—back to humanity without the PDAs and the WWW, to a time where scarcity dictates desire and not the other way around. Rick and his crew live off the land, trying to scrape up four walls and three meals in order to see another day.
If you English Majors can already hear Dueling Banjos playing, you're hearing right—The Walking Dead's narrative has a lot in common with James Dickey's Deliverance. Only in Rick's case, the foray into the not-so-great outdoors isn't optional. He craves something to hold onto that won't bite back or turn into dust. Problem is, just like in Deliverance, shit gets real once you leave the streetlights behind. Other people turn from passers-by into rival predators, and Rick is soon having to battle against nut jobs, dimwits and challengers to his tribe. The zombies play the role of another hostile form of nature, serving mostly to stir up the rival animals or pick off the weak. On an Earth where all rules have been stripped away but Sartre's, Rick's real Hell is other people.
He keeps swinging, lifting, walking on despite it. The Walking Dead Compendium, Volume I, covering issues #1-48, sees Rick have to fight off dotty county doctors, suspicious prison inmates and an enemy tribe as nasty as anything from ancient Sumeria or The Stand, run by The Governor. If I tallied Rick's losses here, this article would double in size. Suffice it to say that the Book of Job has nothing on Rick Grimes. All the same, Rick stands strong—with increasing bitterness and decreasing body parts—that a shiny badge, a sturdy back and a sunny disposition will see things right one day.
They don't. Everybody dies at the end.
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"Status hominum naturalis antequam in societatem coiretur Bellum fuerit; neque hoc simpliciter, sed bellum omnium in omnes."
--Thomas Hobbes, Libertas, Leviathan
Just about everybody gets mad about death penalty cases. In The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes has to play the balancing scales for both sides of the debate: Placate the people who lose sleep over the innocent being punished and soothe the savage breast of those crying for ultimate justice.
Rick doesn't just want people to be happy. That kind of Machiavellian attitude is reserved for bad-asses like The Governor, who stages hillbilly versions of UFC fights in an octagon lined with chained zombies. No, Rick genuinely wants to do right and to believe it matters. He's our white hat, our John Wayne—the Duke from The Alamo and The Green Berets. But Kirkman makes it clear that The Governor—and just about all the still-living enemies of Rick's tribe—is a hero in his own mind too. He's Wayne in The Searchers, willing to take any life to protect a lifestyle.
The America of Kirkman's The Walking Dead isn't America anymore; it's not even a nation—it's a place where the rules are being re-written in blood. Cooperation and mutual security are just memories. They're sweet and solid enough for people to pine nostalgic for them, but when the chips fall, it becomes man-eat-man. Rick goes from deferential Daddy-figure to dictator, driven there by the gruesome consequences that trusting other people brings him. Every step forward Rick takes with his son in his arms and his wife behind him, he's echoing the plea of the Rodney King riots: "Can't we all just get along"?
And every step, the abyss where civilization used to be echoes back, "No."
Read The Walking Dead and it becomes apparent that it's different from your usual horror comic—even your usual narrative. There is no character whose development is essential to the plot—except perhaps Rick—and there are absolutely no rules to what can't happen to them. The 'hero' of this series is the lack of rules. And that makes for some scary shit.
See, it casts Rick in the role of everybody's favorite character: The Just-World Fallacy.
Proven through a study by psychologists Melvin Lerner and Carolyn Simmons—and by almost the entire course of human history—the Just-World Fallacy is one of the fundamental glitches in the human brain. It's a logic trap, and we all stumble into it. The Fallacy is that good deeds must be rewarded and that bad deeds lead to punishment. And yes, on the face of it, it's easy to sniff at what bullshit the Just-World Fallacy is. We all know murderers go free sometimes and that infants stop breathing for no apparent reason. But it's more than that—it's also the notion that there's any sense of cause-and-effect, of right-and-wrong, that holds ultimate sway. The adage that luck runs out eventually is just as full of shinola as the belief that hard-luck will change.
Still, Rick keeps marching on. He keeps planting his fields, even though they get taken from him at the end of every issue arc. Each time, he loses something more, forever.
That's the hero of The Walking Dead—the complete oblivion where cause-and-effect used to be. In that sense, Rick is the enemy of the story, just as much as The Governor. They live in the same world and that means that while they don't fight by the same rules, there are no universal laws preventing that. That means there are no reasons not to go all out.
This predatory outlook—the idea that we're only The Walking Dead when you strip away all the make-believe—is nothing new to human understanding. It's actually the foundation of one of the two primary schools of modern political thought. Thomas Hobbes put the capstone of that foundation in place with his treatise, Leviathan, where he writes of mankind's natural state:
"Status hominum naturalis antequam in societatem coiretur Bellum fuerit; neque hoc simpliciter, sed bellum omnium in omnes." In people speak, that means, "The natural state of men, before they were joined in society, was a war, and not simply, but a war of all against all."
Read that again to believe it. Let it sink in. Because The Walking Dead believes it, no matter what Rick Grimes may like to think. And you'll get the message soon enough. Rick is at war with everyone, just like everyone else is.
By issue #46, when the scrap with The Governor is about to become a shooting war, Rick has already realized that there are no battle lines. He hasn't just had to put a bullet in a close friend and father of two. He's also put a pre-emptive .38 round into a man's back, beaten another pal into submission and walked away from his pregnant wife into near certain doom on several occasions. If this sounds harsh, it is, but to Rick, it's what he has to do. It's for the good of them all. It's the rules—his rules.
Sound made up? Sound like egotistical bullshit? Good. It is. But it's all Rick has. In that Hobbes-ian state of nature, Rick's at war with his wife, with his risk-prone kid, with anybody who second-guesses him. All he's got, like Nietzsche says about "the war of all against all," is his own brain and the morality he makes up to be comfortable.
Nietzsche would say to Rick, "Insofar as the individual wants to preserve himself against other individuals, in a natural state of affairs he employs the intellect mostly for simulation alone." But Rick doesn't have time to pick apart what that bullshit means. He has his own bullshit to shovel—namely, the bullshit idea that he can keep his family alive and healthy, without having to eat too many lives in the process.
But sorry, Rick. Sorry, Just World. Sorry, folks.
Everyone dies at the end.
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"On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world. Query: how does the never to be differ from what never was?"
--Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Why even read this damn thing, then, if it's going to be such a dick about everything?
My answer would be that I have zombie dreams, too. I have to confess it. And I don't mean "zombie nightmares," either. I mean dreams. They're better than anything I've ever seen on Pay-Per-View.
Sometimes, my pineal gland treats me to my own epic horror adventure, where I wake up to find the world overrun by a plague of flesh-eaters. Living by my own resourcefulness and my own rules, I dash across the devastated Southland, fighting off hordes and gathering supplies from places like the Costco on Washington Avenue and The Travel Store off of the 55 Freeway. Then I link up with my best friends and family, and we head to Big Bear. There, in a snow-gartered mountain lodge, we hole up and live with a warmth hearth inside the protective ring of a mine-laden kill zone.
It's clear what they mean: I'm as crazy as Rick Grimes. My subconscious casts me as the Bigfoot-driving champion. The faceless masses of humanity that get in my way during waking life are, well, the faceless masses of undead humanity who are trying to eat, corrupt and kill my loved ones. It all turns out fine.
Of course, it won't turn out fine.
I'm going to die. So are you. Not to be a jerk, but it'll happen. And this article may or may not outlive me. And Rick Grime's son may or may not outlive him. And it may not matter.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road, the story of another father and son trying to survive in a world already mortally wounded by apocalypse, has been called a "lyrical epic of horror." The Walking Dead could just as readily be called a graphical epic of horror. It has the same pulse and just as much punch in its themes. And at its heart, yawns the same void.
In Rick's countryside, like on McCarthy's road, there are no godspoke men. There's no civilization and the Deputy star is just a piece of metal. The world goes on anyway.
That's the hard bottom-line of The Walking Dead—that whether you, I or Rick Grimes are good, bad, lucky, unlucky or just plain bonkers like The Governor, matters nothing to the never or the never was. They're going to be the same—lacking us but moving on. We're not outliving this world. It's the other way around. We can eat and eat as much as we want, but we get eaten in the end.
Rick is the living stubbornness that insists otherwise. Somehow, he's going to have a legacy. The more he fights for this cause, the more people and shame and pain it costs him. Rick and we all have that in common—all of us cancer-risking, collision-prone, fragile people. We know we're starving and we know we might eat one another, but we keep walking anyway.
Rick is us. More than just us. Rick is life itself. He's the urge that faces Nietzsche's abyss—faces McCarthy's never and never was—and tries to fuck that nasty void into giving him a legacy before he snuffs out.
Not because it matters to the void. But because it matters to him. And in a war of all against all, that is all that matters.
We're dead, but we have to keep walking.
See what I mean? Now, go check out Matt's other writings, beginning here at http://matthewfunk.net/ If you need me, I'll be out drumming up the bread for this Volume I compendium.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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WILSON � Defending state champion White Oak plays on in the NCHSAA 3-A girls� soccer playoffs thanks to the foot of Rachel Krueger.
WILSON � Defending state champion White Oak plays on in the NCHSAA 3-A girls� soccer playoffs thanks to the foot of Rachel Krueger.
The junior defender booted a 25-yard free kick into the goal about midway through the first half to help the Vikings defeat Hunt 1-0 in the third round Tuesday night.
White Oak, the second seed from the Coastal Conference, will play at rival Jacksonville on Friday in the East Regional semifinals. Jacksonville beat D.H. Conley 5-0 on Tuesday.
Hunt was the top seed from the Big East Conference.
�We are excited about getting the win,� White Oak coach Buddy Carroll said. �It�s just another step closer. We played pretty well tonight. We struggled with possessing a little bit tonight, but we were able to grind it out and we got a little more physical than they were.�
Krueger�s goal was all the scoring the Vikings needed.
�It was a good shot,� Carroll said. �They shifted their wall kind of late and it hit the top left corner.�
Alex Jones made five saves for WOHS, which allowed five shots.
�Our girls kept their shape and really played well,� Carroll said. �They didn�t get beat off the dribble a lot.�
Now the Vikings can focus on Jacksonville.
�It�s just another White Oak-Jacksonville game,� Carroll said. �It�s going to be intense.�
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GOALS�W: Krueger. ASSISTS�None. IN GOAL�W: Jones (5 saves). H: Watson (3 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL�W 4, H 5. CORNER KICKS�W 4, H 5. RECORDS�W: 19-4, at Jacksonvilleon Friday at 6 p.m. in regional semifinals. H: 18-3, season complete.
Jacksonville 7, S. Central 4: Sophomore Chad Shepard pitched a complete game, and Jacksonville overcame seven errors to defeat South Central in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs.
Jacksonville, the fourth seed from the Coastal Conference, will visit West Brunswick on Friday in the third round. West Brunswick beat Hunt 3-0 on Tuesday.
South Central was the No. 2 seed from the Coastal Conference. The Falcons beat Jacksonville twice in the regular season.
�I think our kids have the road warrior-type mentality now,� said JHS coach David Fleischer, adding this is the deepest the Cardinals have advanced in the postseason. �We�ve had seven straight away games, but the momentum right now has just carried us.�
Shepard allowed four hits and one earned run and struck out six to earn his second win. He managed to get out of several jams after JHS errors.
�That�s a testament of how well Chad pitched,� Fleischer said. �He really buckled down.�
Shepard pitched a perfect seventh inning to clinch the win for the Cardinals.
Jacksonville got early momentum with eight hits in the first two innings.
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Dixon 3, E. Carteret 0: Dixon�s Quinn Ryan pitched a complete-game effort to lead Dixon past East Carteret in the second round of the NCHSAA 1-A playoffs.
Ryan allowed four just four hits as the Bulldogs, the third seed from the Coastal Plains Conference, advanced to the third round where they will visit North Duplin on Friday.
North Duplin beat West Columbus 8-7 on Tuesday.
East Carteret was the top seed from the CPC.
�One of the marks of our team is that we try to play our best baseball come playoffs,� said Dixon assistant coach Nick Raynor, speaking for head coach Jack Brown, who declined comment. �Hopefully our best is in front of us and not behind us.�
The Bulldogs certainly look like the best when they get good pitching like they did against the Mariners.
�Quinn really mixed it up and kept hitters off balanced,� Raynor said. �He had them guessing all night.�
Raynor added that the Bulldogs played without Miles Padgett, who was injured in an ATV wreck Sunday.
�We (were thinking) of Miles today,� Raynor said.
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WP�Ryan 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, NA K, NA BB. LP�Carraway . LEADING HITTERS�NA. RECORDS �D: 16-9, at North Duplinon Friday in third round, time TBA. E: 12-7, season complete.
Topsail 9, Swansboro 0: Swansboro managed just one hit � a single by Nate Wieckowski with two outs in the sixth inning � as the Pirates lost at Topsail in the second round of the NCHSAA 2-A playoffs.
Topsail�s Trent Hansley pitched six strong innings, allowing one hit and striking out eight to send his team into the third round.
Topsail, the top seed from the East Central Conference, will play host to Eastern Randolph on Friday. Swansboro was the third seed from the ECC.
�He dominated tonight,� Swansboro coach Rusty Ross said of Hansley. �We had some defensive mistakes early that cost us and it seemed like that, along with his pitching, allowed them to get on a roll.�
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WP�Hansley 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 8 K, 2 BB. LP�Henderson(4-2) 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 K, 1 BB. LEADING HITTERS�S: Wieckowski 1-1. T: Sullivan 3-4, 2 RBI; Everett 3-4, RBI. RECORDS �S: 16-8, season complete. T: 16-9, hostst Eastern Randolphon Friday.
Trask 8, Dixon 4: Dixon fell behind 6-0 after two innings and lost at Trask in the second round of the NCHSAA 1-A playoffs.
The Bulldogs were the second seed from the Coastal Plains Conference while Trask is the top seed from the Tri-County Conference.
�Any team that is 18-1 has got to be pretty good,� Dixon coach Dawn Buchanan said.
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WP�Roughton 7 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 2 BB. LP�Whaley (7-5) 6 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 0 K, 2 BB. LEADING HITTERS�D: Whaley 2-3, 2B, run. T: Rivenburgh 3-4, 3 runs, 2B. RECORDS �D: 13-13, season complete. T: 18-1.
Morton tied for ninth: Richlands� Rielly Morton finished in a three-way tie for ninth place in the NCHSAA 2-A championships at Longleaf Golf and Country Club.
Morton ended 72-79�151 and was tied with Newton-Conover�s Trey Burton and North Lincoln�s Grant Studdard for ninth.
Newton-Conover�s Alex Hefner won the individual title at 70-72�142 to help his team win the championship. He was followed by Carrboro�s Kaleb Lester at 73-71�144.
TEAMS: Newton-Conover 299-312�611, N. Lincoln 307-308�615, Shelby313-314�627; Salisbury316-316�632, CorinthHolders 320-313�633, W. Davidson 327-330�657, SW Edgecombe324-334�658, Richlands 331-328�659, Carrboro 326-339�665, Cuthbertson 331-337�668, Bunn 348-342�690, W. Bladen 357-362�719.
LOCAL INDIVIDUALS: R: Morton 72-79�151, Johnson 83-78�161, Bostic 85-79�164, Edwards 93-92�185, Brown 91-96�187. ED: Wickline 90-83�173.
Crews tied for ninth: Jacksonville�s Reggie Crews ended tied for ninth place in the NCHSAA 3-A championships at Foxfire Golf and Country Club.
Crews finished 73-77�150 and was tied with Charlotte Catholic�s Ethan Mead for ninth. Crews was the only local golfer in the 3-A field.
Forestview�s Will Long carded a 74-66�140 to win the individual title and help his team take home first place for the second consecutive year. He was followed by South Point�s Nick Stafford, who shot 72-69�141.
TEAMS: Forestview 297-285�582, Williams 309-295�604, MarvinRidge309-305�614, Charlotte Catholic 301-315�616, South Point 304-312�616, Hickory309-312�621, So. Lee 317-314�631, Rockingham Co. 321-325�646, W. Brunswick323-330�653, D.H. Conley 322-332�654, Currituck 330-328�658, Weddington 342-327�669.
LOCAL INDIVIDUAL: J: Crews 73-77�150.
Southwest eighth: Southwest finished in eighth place in the NCHSAA 1-A championships at the Chapel Hill Country Club.
The Stallions were led by Trey Goodson�s 88-77�165. Lejeune�s Grady Colburn was the next-highest finisher at 84-82�166.
Bishop McGuinness, led by medalist Tanner Owen (70-73�143) won the team title for the second consecutive year.
TEAMS: Bishop McGuinness 305-306�611, Lake Norman Charter 319-328�647, E. Surry 327-323�650, Riverside-Martin 330-325�655, Avery 333-335�668, W. Montgomery343-343�686, NCSSM 368-359�727, Southwest 375-363�738, Hayesville 379-369�748, Franklin Acad. 383-377�760, Rosewood 392-380�772, Midway 412-389�801.
LOCAL INDIVIDUALS: SWO: Goodson 88-77�165, Lisle 87-86�173, Tausch 92-94�186, Moore108-106�214, Gagnon 117-124�241, McCurry 129-113�242. L: Colburn 84-82�166.


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GOODS South
This Hubble Space Telescope view reveals thousands of galaxies stretching back into time across billions of light-years of space. The image covers a portion of a large galaxy census called the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS).
Besides the myriad of galaxies visible in this image, only 10 percent of the total number of galaxies in the universe are observable for the current generation of telescopes, according to a new analysis of the GOODS and other Hubble deep-field surveys. The study's researchers concluded that at least 10 times more galaxies exist in the observable universe than previously thought.
According to the research, about 90 percent of galaxies in the observable universe are too faint and too far away to be seen with present-day telescopes.
NASA, ESA, the GOODS Team, and M. Giavalisco (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)


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Edmonton, Canada is going green with its garbage.
Garbage-to-biofuel plant launched in Edmonton
Ok, so it is suppose to be green but, from the comments after the story some people don't think it will have as big as an impact on greenhouse gas emissions as they would like you to think.
I am not a Bio Fuel expert so, I have no idea who's right. I do however see a bit of truth in what each side is saying. Using the public's garbage to make biofuel sounds great. They say the new plant will reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking away from the roads 42,000 cars every year.
I just wonder how much emmissions will be put off trucking all the household garbage to the plant.
Ok, I will not try to astound you with my biofuel smarts (because I have none) but, I thought it was a cool "going green" article.


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I was inspired to undertake math as a career after watching a documentary on the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. As such it's been a small goal of mine to understand Wiles et al's proof.
In a similar vein to this question, I was hoping to get a roadmap as to the required topics, with either suggested books or papers to read, I would be required to learn undertake this task. I am, in particular, looking for expository papers on Galois representations of elliptic curves and deformations of Galois representations.
As for my background I am currently a first year graduate student with the usual algebra, analysis, and topology prerequisites. I also have a course in algebraic number theory (up to the proof of the finiteness of class numbers), modular forms, and algebraic curves (up to Riemann-Roch) under my belt. I am also currently working through Silverman's AEC.
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[Chicago, June 24. Image via Getty]
CHICAGO - JUNE 24: Children wait for the start of activities following breakfast at a day camp program at Casa Juan Diego St. Pius V Youth Center June 24, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The center provides free breakfast and lunch to about 90 children a day in the program. With 84 percent of Chicago public school students receiving free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches during the school year, families are forced to rely on other sources such as Casa Juan Diego for this help during the summer months. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)


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Date: July 11, 2011
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Cocktails in The Gardens Celebrates Five Seasons in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Cocktails in The Gardens toasts its fifth anniversary on August 11, September 8 and October 13 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in the Hill Garden at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The annual event invites The Magic City's young professionals and music fans to mingle amid Alabama's largest living museum while enjoying the sounds of homegrown artists extending their footprint beyond. Admission is free for members and $15 for non-members. Imperial Catering will offer a cash bar, proud to serve the evening's signature drink, along with wine and domestic beer, to patrons of consent and complimentary hors d'oeuvres are available to all who attend.
This season, we are proud to introduce the V.I.P. area. At $25 for both members and non-members, the event's V.I.P. area offers Cocktails in The Gardens' most scenic views, an expanded menu, a more fully-stocked cash bar and exclusivity limited to 100 patrons.
"Surf on the Turf" will kick-off the season on August 11, with entertainment provided by Jon Black. A Birmingham native, Black's music has provided the soundtrack for popular television series' "90210," "Private Practice" and "The United States of Tara." Fresh from an appearance at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, the singer/songwriter has recently been featured in Paste Magazine and American Songwriter. The evening's signature drink is Sea Breeze.
The season's second event, "Green and Serene," will be held on September 8. Downright co-founder Matthew DeVine will perform a solo set featuring many of the funk and rock selections from his band, along with his own unique material. While full-band shows have become less frequent, Downright has toured the southeast for more than a decade, releasing four full-length albums and a DVD. The evening's signature drink is Midori Melon Punch.
The final event of 2011, "A Haunted Affair," will be held on October 13. One of Birmingham's veteran acts, Rollin' in the Hay, offers their eclectic blend of bluegrass and Southern rock to fill the autumn air. Rollin' in the Hay's accomplished resume includes opening slots for diverse acts including Gregg Allman, The Doobie Brothers, Alabama and Widespread Panic, as well the commercially successful "Pickin' On" series – 15 instrumental tribute albums featuring interpretations of popular rock catalogs. The evening's signature drink is the Caramel Apple Martini.
Proceeds from Cocktails in the Gardens will help support The Friends' mission to educate the public about plants, gardens and the environment. 2011 sponsors include: Imperial Catering, 103.7 – The Q, James Avery, Fox 6, Southeastern Attractions, Birmingham Magazine, Over the Mountain Journal, 280 Living and Décor by Kirsti. For more information, visit www.bbgardens.org/cocktails or contact Shelly McCarty at 205.414.3965 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Birmingham Botanical Gardens is Alabama's largest living museum with more than 10,000 different plants in its living collections. The Gardens' 67.5 acres contains more than 25 unique gardens, 30+ works of original outdoor sculpture and miles of serene paths. The Gardens features the largest public horticulture library in the U.S., conservatories, a wildflower garden, two rose gardens, the Southern Living garden, and Japanese Gardens with a traditionally crafted tea house. Education programs run year round and more than 10,000 school children enjoy free science-curriculum based field trips annually. The Gardens is open daily, offering free admission to more than 350,000 yearly visitors.
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