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Brandon's giant accomplishment in the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program proved a point to Christina Byrd, who says, "There are a lot of things a mom pushes, but this wasn't something I did push. It was all him. I probably would have thrown it in the trash."
That's where the small seedling almost ended up, but after Brandon nearly "drove his mom crazy," he finally got to plant the cabbage, first in a pot and then into the ground.
"We used some stuff that helps it grow ... plant food," says the Roseburg boy, who wears a cowboy hat and is raising a steer in 4-H. "I watered it a lot. And it had a big space to grow."
Now 10 and in fourth grade at Umpqua Valley Christian School in Roseburg, Brandon was one of 1.5 million students -- 5,600 from 295 schools in Oregon -- who entered the competition that started in spring 2012 and ended last fall.
For five years, third-grade teacher Tiffany Fink has sent her class home with potted-up 'O.S. Cross' cabbages, a variety bred to bigness by Bonnie Plants. This is the second year a student from her class won best in state.
"Why did I do it? Because they give us plants," she laughs. "Actually, it sounded like a fun, easy project. And it gets kids gardening."
Not only that says Christina, "It shows that hard work pays off. When something is important to you, you keep after it."
Which is just what her son did. And when it was time to harvest last September, Brandon's mom took a photo and emailed it to the school. Fink considered it along with the rest of the pictures submitted by her students and chose Brandon's. His name went into a pool with the other Oregon participants and was drawn randomly by a representative of the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
"I was really surprised and really happy," Brandon says. "I put the money in a savings account for college."
Bonnie Plants started the cabbage-growing program in 2002 to help connect kids to gardening.
"It worked for our family," Christina Byrd says. "We've already picked out a spot for a garden this year and we've got seeds started."
REGISTER: Third-grade teachers can sign up for the Bonnie Plant Cabbage Program. Cabbage plants will be delivered to school in April. The company also provides tips on how to grow giant cabbages.
-- Kym Pokorny

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College Basketball: Michigan State vs Loyola
Saturday, December 08, 2012 4:55 PM
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Michigan State's Derrick Nix (25) reaches for the ball with Loyola's Jordan Hicks (2) and Ben Averkamp (24) during the basketball game between Michigan State and Loyola at the Michigan State Breslin Center on Saturday. Michigan State won, 73-61.(Abbey Oldham | MLive.com)
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BAY CITY — In four days, Bay City's workforce could permanently be a little trimmer.
Thursday marks the final deadline for the city's unions to have ratified contracts in place that would bring back any laid off employees.
And as of Friday afternoon, only three of the city's eight bargaining units have reached tentative agreements with the city — the most recent being the city's largest union — Utility Workers Union of America Local 542.
Local 542, which had about 120 members, lost 11 in two rounds of layoffs this summer, said union President Pat Sayen.
They struck a last-minute deal with the city on Friday evening and now must have members vote and approve the contract by Thursday to bring those 11 people back.
Sayen declined to discuss specifics of the agreement, since union members haven't all seen it yet, but it includes changes to health care and some furlough days.
Union officials said they've been working with city leaders since the beginning to make the cuts, but ran into roadblocks trying to get everyone together to meet.
"It was never our intent to drag it out and never our intent to withhold from the city," said Martin Jurish, Local 542 bargaining committee member. "From day one, we've been cooperating, it was just a matter of meeting with (city leaders) and getting the job done."
The other two unions that reached agreements prior to the deadline are the International Association of Firefighters Local 116, which avoided layoffs by ratifying a contract before July 1, and Utility Workers Union of America Local 541, which reached an agreement in late August.
Nearly 40 city employees were slated to be laid off this summer as the city faced a $1.66 million budget deficit going into the 2010-2011 fiscal year. In January, all city unions were told they'd need to cut 10.8 percent from their budgets or face layoffs come July 1.
In the end, less than 20 employees actually lost their jobs because of various retirements and grants that brought employees back, said city Human Resources Director Wendy White.
And on Thursday, most likely less than 10 layoffs will become permanent. City officials were not sure this week exactly how many layoffs would become permanent because of ongoing job switches and other issues.
And the Bay City Commission still has to approve the contracts for both UWUA locals 541 and 542 during its Sept. 13 meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Bay City Hall, 301 Washington Ave.
White said last week that she didn't think any other unions would reach a tentative contract agreement in time to meet the deadline.
Teamsters locals 214 supervisory and 214 non-supervisory both are heading into mediation later this month.
White said she continues to meet with police patrol and police command unions.
Cpl. Patrick Lochinski, president of the city's patrol union, said city officials informed his union that they plan to go to arbitration — a move only available to the police unions — which means the final contract details will be decided by an arbitrator.
The police patrol union lost five people to layoffs, three have since been brought back — two through a grant and one when another officer left the city. The department also is down three officers who were let go for other reasons earlier this year when they did not pass field training.
Lochinski said he's hopeful something can be done to bring back all the officers.
"The way they change everything around, I don't know if anything is permanent," he said of the layoffs becoming permanent after Sept. 9.
He said there is no chance the police union will have an agreement with the city by Thursday.
"I'd rather not go to arbitration, but the way things were going at negotiations, it seemed headed that way from day one," he said. "They gave us an ultimatum and that was pretty much it. The writing was pretty much on the wall."
While permanent layoffs for some won't be avoided for now, White hopes the unions can continue to negotiate.
"I'm hoping since we have (three agreements) that we'll see things move a little more quickly," she said.
Others, however, expressed frustration with the process.
Commission President Christopher Shannon, 1st Ward, said the issue has gotten to the point where he and his colleagues are "really road worn and weary."
"You get to the point where it's like, 'Come on, guys. What do we really have to do to instill in the organization that we have serious problems here and we all have to work together to solve them?'" he said. "Maybe we didn't do a good job conveying the message that this is real."
City officials began the budget process in January when they told employees that cuts needed to be made. A July 1 deadline was put in place to reach contract agreements and unions were promised if they did they would be guaranteed no layoffs for the length of their contracts.
When that deadline passed, an Aug. 31 deadline was set for layoffs to be rescinded if agreements were made, although the no-layoff guarantee was no longer in effect.
A Sept. 9 deadline was then put in place because both White and City Manager Robert Belleman were gone for a week in August.
Shannon said he doesn't expect any further extensions.


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Who: Felicity Jones
Where: BAFTA Los Angeles 2011 Britannia Awards
Why we like it: The odd pairing of a bronze shadow on the lower lashline with a coral lipstick and bold, winged eyeliner makes for a surprising look. While she pulls it off efforlessly on the red carpet it would also be perfect for a night out.
How to get it at home: Start by creating a flawless base with Estee Lauder's Double Wear Light Makeup SPF 10 $35. This foundation's formulation is sheer but very long-lasting and it will wear perfectly throughout the day or night. Use an eye shadow or brow powder such as Bare Escentuals' Essential Brow Color $11, and lightly fill in your brows without changing the shape at all. Use a brow comb or old toothbrush to brush the color through. By adding a bit of pressure, you'll lift some of the color out of your brows and end up with a very natural finish. Start your eyes by applying Stila's Eye Shadow in Kitten $18 all across the lid and into the inner corner. This will be your base and peek through when you have your eyes open. Next, take Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil in Lit $20 and run it all along the lower lashline. If your eyes don't suit shadow beneath them, use a liner brush instead and you can still get the same effect but with less product. With a small angled brush, use Smashbox's Jet Set Waterproof Eye Liner in Midnight Black $22 and carefully draw on your liner. To ensure an even flick on either side, start from the outside and draw towards the middle. Finish off your eyes with a few coats of Tarte's Lights, Camera, Lashes! Mascara $19, only on the top lashes. Leaving the bottom ones bare accentuates the feline shape of the eye. Lastly, apply a coral nude lipstick such as NARS' Lipstick in Barbarella $24.
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Backdoor Bakeshop tweeted a sample of what they're planning to bake up for Saturday's Chocolate Trail.
"We bought a growler of @
TheBrewWorks Raspberry Imperial Stout and we're gonna use it in cupcakes for the @VisitBethlehem Chocolate Trail," the bakery tweeted.
Co-owner Gail Lehman says they're featuring the stout in a dark chocolate cupcake with dark chocolate icing.
Visitors on the Downtown Bethlehem Association's Chocolate Trail will get to sample the cupcakes along with chocolate treats at 22 other shops.
Emily Gerber, assistant manager of the DBA, says they have 250 passports available for the event, which runs 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets are still available and can be purchased 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Hotel Bethlehem lobby.
Backdoor Bakeshop will also pour cups of their Mexi Hot Mocha drinks (either a hot cocoa or coffee base with cinnamon, ancho chile powder or cayenne powder and whipped cream) for visitors.
If you can't make the tour, but can drag yourself out of bed a little earlier, you may be able to buy a cupcake. The bakery will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Find more information at backdoorbakeshop.com.


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Point Inside offers one-stop access to deals, maps, and indoor navigation
Point Inside Shopping & Travel is an app that was released quite some time ago, but recently changes bringing added functionality. For those that are uninitiated, Point Inside is essentially a Google Maps for the indoors, specifically retailers. Their database has information for over 1150 malls across North America, and over 100 airports worldwide. It also has maps for theme parks and museums.
So why should you get on this? Well, first, how hard is it to find a directory in a mall these days. Pretty difficult. Even 5 years ago, maps would be everywhere. Now, those maps have been replaced with sad, scrolling advertisements that give you zero information. Enter Point Inside. It offers navigation within a mall to your favorite stores but that's not all. You can also get relevant info like business hours but also provide you with deals that are being offered at the stores you visit. Need an ATM? Point Inside has you covered. Hungry but don't know where to eat? It can help you do that too!
So for all you folks out there that still do the brick-and-mortar thing when it comes to buying clothes, shoes, etc. Give Point Inside a try and let us know what you think below!
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DPP manifesto launch set at Bingu Conference March 29
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25 March 2014 01:37:48 Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is set to launch its electoral blue print – manifesto – on Saturday, March 29 at the Bingu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital Lilongwe. The party's spokesperson Nicholas Dausi said the manifesto launch is expected to be colourful and will be presided by DPP president Peter Mutharika... Full article on DPP manifesto launch set at Bingu Conference March 29
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Abuakwa North Bye Election Set for March 29
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The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced Tuesday, March 29, 2016, as the date for the conduct of a bye election at Abuakwa North. The following is a press statement issued by the EC in Accra yesterday and signed by Amadu Sulley, Deputy Director in charge of operations. ......
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DPP to observe death anniversary of Bingu wa Mutharika
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Malawi ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will from Sunday April 5 to April 7 be celebrating the life and achievements of the party's founder and former head of state late Bingu wa Mutharika. DPP 's director of youth for the central region Rajab Malimba has called upon youths in the country to pray for the...
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China to launch M503 flights March 29
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Andrew Hsia (???) yesterday confirmed reports that China will officially begin using the M503 flight route on March 29 when responding to questions ...
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DPP to continue Bingu policies. colour dreams -APM
1.0072724 18 June 2014 01:42:15 Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi
Malawi's new President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday his would pursue policies that had been adopted by his sibling, former president Bingu wa Mutharika, before his death two years ago. Mutharika, who was elected in disputed elections last month, told Parliament in a speech that his government will continue Bingu-era policies. "We will continue from where...
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Aleke Banda's son Thoko Banda Steals Show At DPP's Manifesto Launch, As He Endorses Mutharika
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Thoko Banda, son to the former Peoples Progressive Movement(PPM) founder Aleke Banda got a standing ovation on Sunday when he endorsed DPP manifesto saying it contains soul-soothing verses. Thoko Banda speaking on his capacity as an independent citizen hailed DPP for coming up with a manifesto which he said it is worth the name. Banda Related Posts: Aleke Banda's Son Thoko Hits Back on PP's… Aleke Banda's Son Thoko Dumps Atupele Muluzi: Announces… YCF Declares Support for 2014 Young Aspirants DPP Launches Manifesto In Grand Style…As Diplomats,… Standing Ovation for President Banda's Speech at…
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DPP Is The Only Strongest Party In Malawi:This Is The Manifesto Of The Party That Is Set to Reclaim Victory-Says Peter Mutharika
0.97791034 06 April 2014 19:14:40 Malawi Voice
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has described DPP as the only strongest party in the country saying they are even set to reclaim victory in the forthcoming polls "This is the manifesto of the party that is set to reclaim victory. This manifesto is a reflection of DPP beliefs and Related Posts: DPP Eastern Region Veep Yunus Mussa In Landslide….Malawi… DPP Optimistic Of Double Success In Mzimba Bye-Elections: We PP's Tiuzeni Campaign Explained DPP Marvels Malawi's Opinion Poll Victory: However We… Peter Mutharika Says Food Security, Justice, Internal…
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DPP Launches Manifesto In Grand Style…As Diplomats, Intellectuals Meet
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The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had painted the City Center part of the Capital City blue after it turned the Bingu International Conference Center into a blue sea to mark the colourful and unprecedented manifesto launch Sunday afternoon. Full house is probably a word which can best describe the turn of who is who at Related Posts: No Retreat No Surrender:Peter Mutharika Gets MEC Nomination… Snap Shot Into The DPP's Manifesto:Promises A Cabinet of… DPP Polls: Henry Mussa, Nicholas Dausi, Yunus Mussa,… Atupele To Launch Campaign With Manifesto This Sunday 'Blue Sea' Awaits DPP's Njamba Rally: Call
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DPP Breaks Silence: Announces Memorial Mass for Bingu, Campaign Launch Rallies Across Malawi's Cities
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Apparently sensing growing anxiety over its silence among its supporters when other players were scaling up their political game, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has come out of its shell and announces a memorial mass for its founding leader late President Bingu wa Mutharika. Many DPP supporters on the social media have been questioning the Related Posts: Atupele To Launch Campaign With Manifesto This Sunday 'Blue Sea' Awaits DPP's Njamba Rally: Call No State Memorial Service for Bingu: Any Malawian, Members… Road to 2014: Malawi's Major Political Parties Belittle… K60 million For DPP's April Indaba:Thanks Indians For…
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DPP defers launch of election manifesto
0.8748877 28 March 2014 01:49:30 Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has postponed the launch of its electoral blue print – manifesto – on Saturday, March 29 at the Bingu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital Lilongwe to a later date The party's spokesperson Nicholas Dausi confirmed the manifesto launch has been postponed due to what he said "change of...
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Earth Hour set for March 29
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Related Articles: Bid to cut 45% power use by 2035 Education key to curb joblessness 'Seek approval before teaching Islam to others' Kudos for publishing letter disparaging BT Bruneians crowned champs THOUSANDS of people are expected to gather in the capital on Saturday to mark Earth Hour, a global movement to raise awareness about energy conservation. The annual event, which is marked by millions of people worldwide switching off all non-essential lights for one hour, has gained widespread popularity in the Sultanate. Classification: News National
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McCain's "moderates" loading gas canisters and screaming "allahu akbar," which we know is a good thing because McCain says it is.
More Gas Cylinders Mounted on Shells and Fired by FSA Terrorists against the Syrian Army… thanks to Eretz Zen
New footage from September 3, 2013 shows militants from the "Free Syrian Army" (FSA)using blue canisters/cylinders filled with an unknown gas mounted on top of shells fired on Syrian Army targets in different areas of Aleppo that are still under the control of the Syrian military. Could these cylinders contain some poison gas?


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« Street Fighter X Tekken: Release of 12 DLC Characters Moved Up to July 31st Along with Balance Patch. Details. »
Capcom has announced that the 12 new DLC characters for Street Fighter X Tekken which were originally planned to be released later this year (around the time of the Vita version hitting shelves) will be released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions on July 31st. The date was moved forward so that the release would coincide with a balance patch that will also arrive on that day.
In case you forgot, the characters are Blanka, Cody, Dudley, Elena, Guy and Sakura from Capcom and Bryan Fury, Jack, Alisa, Lars, Lei and Christie from Tekken. The price is still the previously announced 1600MSP/$20.00. If you planned on buying the game on both PS3 and PS Vita you can get a really good deal. If you buy the PS Vita version on October 2nd (which includes all DLC characters) you can also download them for free for the PS3 version.
Here are a few of the changes you can expect on the balance patch. These were revealed at a panel during EVO 2012:
- The hitboxes on Ryu, Ken and Akuma's Hurricane Kicks has been reduced and the blockstun has been shortened by 5 frames.
- Rolento's standing Light Punch block stun has been reduced by 2 frames.
- Xiaoyu's crouching Hard Kick phoenix loops only possible 3 times.
- Raven's crouching Hard Punch loops also changed.
- Auto-Block and Auto-Tech gems now require more meter and will use more each time they are used to block or tech.
- The team is looking for a solution to accidental quick combos and will give you the option to disable them with the Quick Combo DLC.
Capcom also continued to put out damage control over the whole DLC on disc issue by issuing a short statement on the topic along with this news. Here's what they had to say:
I know the 12 DLC characters have been a contentious topic since they were discovered on the disc, but your reactions have been heard. We can cite our reasons why they were on the disc all day - compatibility for all players, save HD space, download bandwidth etc - but in the end you have to hear what the community has to say. The dev teams are listening, and promise to incorporate that feedback into future titles.
So, does this all sound great to you or is it too little, too late for the game?


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AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn has spent eight months focusing on finding a way to finish off the final 13 seconds that kept the Tigers from winning the final BCS National Championship last season.
Now, the Tigers can finally start pursuing that goal in earnest.
Under the weight of expectations that come with being the reigning SEC champion, No. 6 Auburn will begin its title defense at 3 p.m. Saturday against Arkansas, the first time in 19 seasons the Tigers have opened up against an SEC opponent.
"It's been a long offseason, the way the season ended in our last game," Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn said. "Our guys are just excited that the season's here."
Auburn is still dealing with a few of the offseason's ramifications.
Quarterback Nick Marshall and boundary cornerback Jonathon Mincy will not start against the Razorbacks, the product of offseason legal incidents stemming from marijuana possession.
Malzahn has declined to reveal when both players will enter the game Saturday, leaving all eyes on backup quarterback Jeremy Johnson, the sophomore who will start the game in Marshall's place.
"We have a lot of confidence in him to run our entire offense," Malzahn said. "He's very talented."
Johnson, a 6-foot-5, 230-pounder who's a natural pocket passer, has a very different skill set than the lightning quick, 6-1, 210-pound Marshall, sparking speculation about whether or not the Tigers will throw two offensive schemes at the Razorbacks and force Arkansas to adjust once Marshall enters the game.
Marshall, who is coming off of a season where he passed for 1,976 yards and rushed for 1,068, presents a different set of challenges than the big, accurate Johnson.
"We're going to obviously have a game plan when Nick's in the game; we'll have a game plan when Jeremy Johnson, or anybody else that they throw in there," Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said. "You're not playing the player, you're playing the team and it's important for our guys to realize that."
Bielema's presence adds another layer to a game that looks on paper like a mismatch between the SEC's reigning champion and a struggling SEC West team that enters in the middle of a nine-game conference losing streak.
For most of the past two years, the pair of second-year head coaches have been linked, in part because of Malzahn's history as a high school coaching legend Arkansas and mostly because the two coaches have served as the faces of both sides of the pace-of-play debate that dominated the college football discussion in February and March.
Arkansas would like nothing better than to knock Auburn off its perch right away in 2014. A year ago, Auburn was in the Razorbacks' position, desperate to bounce back from an abysmal season.
Now, the Tigers are in the crosshairs.
"We know the expectations are high, we know that we went from being the hunter last year to being the hunted," Auburn guard Chad Slade said. "We know that we have a target on our back."
And on top of the coaching rivalry, it's Auburn's first season opener against an SEC team in 19 years, a quirk of the schedule that leaves some coaches uneasy, due to the unpredictable nature of openers.
"Arkansas is a really good opponent," defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson said."Their record last year, they had two or three close losses toward the end of the season where they probably should have won some ballgames, and we certainly didn't play well enough last year against them to feel like we're that much better than they are."
What the Razorbacks bring to the table is a three-headed rushing attack that ranked 21st in the country last season and a first-year defensive coordinator's changes to a unit that will be shorthanded without senior cornerback Tevin Mitchel.
As much as Auburn is focused on picking up their first SEC win, though, the Tigers are also beginning their march toward that final 13 seconds again.
No SEC team has repeated as conference champs since 1998. Auburn wants to break that streak.
"We've got high expectations for us," running back Cameron Artis-Payne said. "We're confident we can do what we did last year and hopefully finish up what we fell short at."
Auburn can take its first step on Saturday.


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One of the first talks I attended at GDC 2012 was Mare Sheppard's "Why I Hate Women in Games Initiatives." The title alone is obviously pretty eye catching and the talk itself hit some interesting points. I will go ahead and say that I felt she didn't offer much by way of solving the problems she discussed and so I ultimately left the talk feeling disgruntled rather than empowered to create change. But maybe that's just me.
Sheppard opened with an disclaimer–although the talk was focused on gender issues, it truly applied to any form of discrimination within the game industry–race, sexual orientation, etc. I think that's something we can all agree with. Sexual discrimination within the industry is one of those problems I'm vaguely aware of, but have yet to encounter in the form of anything beyond mild annoyance. Here are a couple of slides Sheppard provided that made me start considering the gender issue more seriously:
Sheppard was speaking for the creation of a meritocracy within the game industry, ie an industry wherein individuals are promoted and valued solely by merit rather than by race, gender, etc. An ideal, to be sure–unfortunately she never really talked about how she hoped to achieve such a state. She talked about how she made games–not games for women or games for men, but simply games. Creating games for specific groups of people might be ideal for some situations, but at the same time creating games solely for women help to emphasize the gender gap. This is something I strongly agree with. There is a purpose for games created for specific audiences (for example, educational games) but I've often felt that games like "women games" have this condescending edge towards them. As someone who was repeatedly forced through STEM activities (science, technology, engineering, and math) in hopes that I would eventually love and embrace all of the above, I feel that a specifically personalized attempt to get people interested in something is not the way to go. Creating games specifically for women sticks us in another box, an often terrifyingly pink box that discourages me, personally, at least from touching it (for example, Sheppard brought up Legos for girls in her talk–seriously, what was wrong with normal Legos?)
Women's initiatives, Sheppard mentions, do have the ability to empower women. At the same time, they often lead the people in the initiative to adopt an "us versus them" sort of feeling. She mentioned how some initiatives she has personally attended created a feeling of mild hostility towards men, rather than simply a feeling of empowerment for the women participating. On the flip side, women initiatives can also lead to further derision from the "opposing" group. Her example being that if a game that was produced by such an initiative was given positive credit, it might be viewed as "a great game by women" rather than simply, "a great game."
Although my main disappoint with this talk was that Sheppard gives very little by way of solution, solutions for this problem are hard to come by. Gender differences have been engrained in our culture and I believe that, to an extent, they exist for good reason. Stereotypes are important and often useful, otherwise they wouldn't exist. I guess the main thing to remember is that they are stereotypes–broad, general guidelines regarding gender, ethnicity, etc rather than absolute truth.
Sheppard has a more in-depth article along the same lines of her GDC talk located here.


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Norma Fuhriman
Norma Marie Fuhriman
Norma Marie Fuhriman, 86 of Nampa passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at her home.
Norma was born August 10, 1926 in Nampa, Idaho to Russell and Hilda Bullinger Harpster
She was the oldest of two children, both girls. She married her lifelong sweetheart Keith Fuhriman on May 25, 1944 and enjoyed 68 years of marriage. They had four children: Winston (Wynn) of Boise (spouse Becky Curtis Fuhriman), Kathy Macdowall of Idaho Falls, (spouse Randy Macdowall), Judy Mease of Kuna (spouse Wade Mease) and Kristi Losee of South Jordan, Utah, (spouse Leon Losee).
Norma was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed serving when asked. Keith and Norma farmed in Kuna and then in 1961 they moved to Alaska where they lived for eight years, fishing commercially each summer.
They moved back to Idaho in 1969. Norma is survived by her sister Jeanie Bowen of Renton Washington; her four children; 25 grandchildren and 80 plus great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 12th at the Nampa LDS Chapel located at 3015 Sunnyridge Road between Greenhurst and Locust Rds. in Nampa.
A viewing will be held from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 11 at the Zeyer Funeral Chapel, 83 N Midland Blvd, Nampa (467-7300) and at the church from 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. Saturday, prior to the services.
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Zeyer Funeral Chapel
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FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio – There will be plenty of food, music and dancing 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 6 when St. Mary Magdalene Byzantine Catholic Church has its fifth annual European Festival.
On the main stage inside, a variety of entertainment is planned. The Geauga Highlanders Pipes and Drums get things rolling at 11 a.m., followed by the Cleveland Saxon Group at noon, Cannon Irish Dancers at 12:30 p.m., Tribal Fire Dancers at 1, STV Bavaria Dance Group at 1:30, Living Traditions Rusyn Folk Ensemble at 2, Sezatoarea; Romanian Dancers at 3, Annunciation Greek Orthodox at 3:30, Wiwaty Polish Dance Group at 4, the Italian Choral Group at 5 and Northcoast Mix Band (polka and more) at 6:30.
Visinata Romanian Mix Band will perform 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside.
Guest speakers in the church will be the Rev. Michael Lee at 1 and the Rev. Larry Ober of St. Ignatius High School at 3. Sisters of Christ the Bridegroom Monetary will be on hand and Virgil Daniel will conduct church tours.
Vespers (evening prayers) will be at 5 p.m. and the Divine Liturgy (evening Mass) will be at 11.
The festival also will include a craft fair, religious goods, ethnic food and bakery, beer and wine, a bounce house for children, children's activities, basket raffles, a $2,000 grand prize drawing and more.
The church is at 5390 W. 220th St. Visit ebni.com/stmarymagdalene for more information.
And for pierogi aficionados, hand-pinched potato-cheese pierogies are available in the church hall 2-6 p.m. on Fridays for $6 per dozen (frozen). Call 216-926-2791 for more information.
Festival fun: Our Lady of Angels Parish will have its annual Fall Festival Sept. 12-14 on the parish grounds, 3644 Rocky River Drive, in Cleveland's West Park neighborhood. Festival hours are 5-11 p.m. Sept. 12, 1-11 p.m. Sept. 13 and 1-10 p.m. Sept. 14.
Kathleen Harrington of the festival committee tells me the popular steak roast will take place at 5 p.m. Sept. 13, and a chicken dinner will be available 1-4 p.m. Sept. 14.
Carnival rides, games, musical entertainment and a variety of foods will be offered. At 10 p.m. Sept. 14, there will be a drawing for a $5,000 prize. Raffle tickets are available at the rectory prior to the festival or on the midway throughout festival weekend, Harrington said.
Exchange student: Nancy Goette, hosting coordinator of AFS Greater Cleveland-West sends word that Elsa Pahne of Sweden is living with the Dave and Laurel Covell family of North Olmsted for the 2014-15 school year. The family also includes host brother Jonathan and host sister Elise.
Elsa is attending North Olmsted High School, where she is a member of the tennis team.
Irish Celebration: Ennis Court will have an Irish Celebration at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 to benefit the Rev. John Cregan Chapel at Ennis Court.
Cregan, former pastor of Our Lady of Angels Parish in West Park, lived at the nursing and skilled care facility in Lakewood before his death in 2012.
West Park resident Emmett Donelon said The New Barleycorn, a popular Irish duo, will play and the Brady Campbell School of Irish Dance will perform at the event. Refreshments will include traditional Irish fare and spirits.
Seating is limited. Tickets, at $25 each, are available by pre-sale only. Make checks available to The Cregan Chapel at Ennis Court. Call 216-226-3858 for ticket information.
John and Emmett Donelon arranged The New Barleycorn's appearance.
Ennis Court Skilled Nursing Care and Assisted Living is at 13315 Detroit Ave., Lakewood.
Chamber chatter: Fairview Park and North Olmsted chambers of commerce will have a joint networking lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Gemini Center, 21255 Lorain Road, Fairview Park. Guest speaker will be Dr. Neil Smith, president of Fairview Hospital. The hospital is sponsoring the lunch program.
Smith's topic will be Population Healthcare Management.
Cost is $20 at the door, payable by cash, check payable to Fairview Park Chamber of Commerce, Visa or MasterCard. Make reservations by contacting email@example.com, calling 440-779-7396, or contacting email@example.com, or calling 440-777-3368.
Heroes Run: The 13th annual Cleveland Heroes Run is set for Sept. 14. There will be a 5-mile run, 2-mile fun run/walk and a free kids race for children 7 and younger. St. Joseph Academy, 3430 Rocky River Drive in West Park, is hosting the event once again.
Both races begin and finish at SJA.
Advance registration can be made online at westparkmemorial.org or active.com for $25 through 11:59 p.m. Sept. 10. Late registration and race-day registration is $30.
Mass will be offered at 7:15 a.m.; opening ceremonies begin at 8:10 a.m. with the Fallen Heroes Roll Call; 8:30 a.m. 2-mile fun run/walk begins; 8:35 a.m., the 5-mile race begins and the kids run is set for 9:30 a.m. on the SJA track.
Signature sponsor is Fairview Hospital. The event will benefit the West Park Cleveland Police and Firefighters Memorial Scholarship Fund. Visit westparkmemorial.org for more information.
GOP to meet: Tom Dubowski tells me the North Olmsted Republican Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at Denny's Restaurant, 25912 Lorain Road, North Olmsted.
For more information, contact Sid King, 216-577-2256, or visit NOGOP.webs.com.
Jumpin' at Jefferson: The city of Cleveland, Cleveland Police Athletic League, Ward 16 Councilman Marty Sweeney, Bellaire-Puritas Development Corp., Fairview and Lutheran hospitals, Jefferson West Park Automotive and Gateway Church West will co-sponsor Jumpin' at Jefferson B-Ball with P.A.L.
The full-day hoops event begins at 10 a.m. Sept. 13 at Jefferson Park, West 132nd Street in West Park.
A basketball clinic for kids ages 9-12 is set for 10 a.m. to noon, followed by a cookout lunch noon to 1 p.m. The day wraps up 1-4 p.m. with a 3-on-3 basketball tournament for ages 13-17, with the winning team playing the Police Athletic League.
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Reminders: A series of fee lectures sponsored by Caring Hospice Services is taking place Sept. 3, 10 and 17 at the Gemini Center, 21255 Lorain Road, Fairview Park.
The Sept. 3 topic is Dementia and its Impact on Families; Self-care for the Caregiver is the Sept. 10 topic and Grief and Loss . . . Healing the Hurt is the Sept. 17 topic.
Each lecture will take place 7-8 p.m. Attend one or all three. RSVP to Charlotte at 216-524-5500. Refreshments will be provided.
•Public Employee Retirees Inc. will meet at 11 a.m. Sept. 4 p.m. on the lower level of the Fairview Park Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, 21255 Lorain Road. Guest speaker will be Ray Foeller, senior outreach and education program specialist for the Office of Ohio Consumers' Counsel.
•North Olmsted Junior Women's Club will have its first meeting of the new year at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at North Olmsted Senior Center, 28114 Lorain Road. Women 21 and older from North Olmsted and surrounding communities are invited.
The club meets the second Tuesday of each month. Contact Mindy, membership chairman, at 440-225-7684 for more information.
•Fairview Park Democratic Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 in the Dunson Room at City Hall, 20777 Lorain Road. All Democrats and Independents are invited. Guest speaker will be Matt Hrubey, the city's development administrator. He will discuss highlights of his work, with a focus on the Safe Routes to School Initiative.
Monthly meeting: Tammy Hanna sends word that the Cleveland Police First District Community Relations Committee monthly member meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, 10205 Lorain Ave., Cleveland.
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Clouds will move into western Mass tomorrow night as milder air streams in. This means temperatures will fall to near zero then start to rise after midnight. Along with the milder air will come a touch of light snow that could bring a coating to an inch. This is not the potential big storm that we have been advertising, that storm will make a run at us late Wednesday into Thursday. There's still more question than answers but it could be a big one so stay tuned!
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Mark Carney said they had prepared for an economic shock following a Brexit vote
EU supporters promise jobs windfall if the UK stays in the European Union
Liberal Democrats lost both their West Midland MPs in the general election but new party leader Tim Farron says his party will support the region
Future of state-owned broadcaster is being debated by ministers
Former MP who wept as she lost her seat breaks silence to admit: 'Lib Dems were swept away by a tsunami'
Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid and Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood both enjoy promotions - and there are rumours Ed Balls could be coming to Coventry
Conservative David Cameron will stay on as Prime Minister after Tories made gains - but Labour leader Ed Miliband and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg are both likely to resign after a disastrous night for their parties
APC Overnight gives priority to workers who discovered they faced redundancy over Christmas
Workers set to lose their jobs on New Year's Eve
Minister calls on unions and management to reach deal over pay and conditions during visit to Castle Bromwich plant
Mr Hemming - the city's only Liberal Democrat MP - said he hoped to speak to members on Saturday after crushing election results
Business Minister Matthew Hancock says cash is available to help and company has 'moral and a legal responsibility to look at the alternatives to closure'
Bid to keep manufacturer in city after current Castle Bromwich site is set to close in September
Business Secretary to meet bosses amid fears 300 jobs could be lost when Castle Bromwich centre is closed
Northfield's Richard Burden furious that Business Secretary will not meet him to discuss compensating former workers from a £14 million fine
The Chancellor said the limit, which covers fees on lending as well interest, would help prevent vulnerable consumers being exploited
Report into small business lending practices across the sector, is said to have uncovered a dossier of evidence of TBS's "unscrupulous" treatment of companies
Bosses from six banks which provided valuations Royal Mail before the flotation will appear before MPs, amid mounting claims the taxpayer has lost out on hundreds of millions of pounds
Council wants to stop stop community pubs being sold off or redeveloped as superstores, housing or fast food restaurants
Communication Workers Union wants a legally binding agreement that work will not be outsourced or franchised and new staff will not employed on cheaper rates of pay
Aaron Alexis, the defence contractor who fatally shot 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard was carrying three weapons during the rampage
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Steve McCabe believes the privatisation of the postal service will pave the way for a foreign takeover
Vince Cable orders review into conditions which do not guarantee work from one week to the next
Survey of 1,000 employers found one in five employed at least one person on a zero-hours contract – where staff are not guaranteed work from one week to the next
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Story by PEGGY O'CROWLEY
A children's book illustrator has to have technical talent, but it's also vital to be able to relive the magic of childhood, to think like a child, feel like a child, and capture those thoughts and emotions in pictures.
Donald Crews, for example, revisits his grandparents' Florida farm where he spent summers in his book "Bigmama's." E.B. Lewis expresses a young girl's yearning for her parents in "Coming On Home Soon." In Faith Ringgold's "Tar Beach," a young girl's summer nights on the roof of her Harlem apartment house result in a magical flight over the George Washington Bridge. Floyd Cooper captures the special relationship between a grandparent and granddaughter in "Grandpa's Face."
Christopher Myers captures the essence of the music in "Jazz" and "blues journey."
Those books are memorable not only for their artwork but because they are among the many books that capture an African-American childhood, an experience that until the 1980s was not often represented in children's books.
"There was a void for so long, not only of African-Americans, but Latinos and Asians were also not represented in books. It's a privilege to fill that void," said Lewis, who, like Crews, Ringgold and Cooper, has won numerous national awards for his work. He also, like the three other artists, has ties to New Jersey.
Lewis, a native of Philadelphia, lives in the tiny town of Folsom, in western Atlantic County. Ringgold lives in Englewood. For many years, Cooper lived in West Orange and Gillette before moving to eastern Pennsylvania. Crews, who now lives in the upper Hudson Valley of New York, was born and raised in Newark. Myers, who collaborates with his father, author Walter Dean Myers, spent his childhood in Jersey City, although he now lives in Brooklyn.
All the illustrators share the experience of growing up in an urban environment surrounded by family and extended kin and having had an early passion for art.
Cooper remembers drawing from the age of 3 while growing up in the projects in Tulsa, Okla. -- not the most encouraging place for a young artist, he recalls. "It's football and barbecue," he said, laughing.
But his talent was recognized by art teachers early on, with a high school counselor helping to secure an art scholarship to the University of Oklahoma. It was then Cooper decided to give up becoming a doctor and embrace painting.
"That was my first lesson in life: Do what makes you happy," said Cooper, who has illustrated 60 children's books. Cooper uses the "subtractive method," painting a surface and then shading and shapes with an eraser.
Like Lewis and Crews, Cooper said he resists being pigeonholed as an African-American artist, although he sees part of his role as providing books with which African-American children can identify. Cooper's grandfather was a Native American, a Creek tribal chief, he said.
Early in his career, he illustrated "Be Good to Eddie Lee," about a white boy with Down syndrome, based on a boy who lived in Bridgewater. He's also illustrated "The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars," which takes place in Japan.
Cooper said his multicultural approach was inspired by Augusta Baker, a long-time librarian at the New York Public Library.
"Her whole life was spent with the goal that it was her duty to put a book about a little black kid in the hands of a white kid, and a book about a white kid in the hands of a black kid," said Cooper, 50, who is married with two sons. "She saw books as a way to build bridges, a way to learn about each other from a child's level, without the extra baggage people bring when they get older."
Lewis, too, considers himself a "multicultural" artist who paints books on issues that pertain to multiculturalism, including race and gender.
Besides many books featuring African-American children, Lewis illustrated "Creativity," about a friendship between an African-American student and a boy from Puerto Rico, as well as "Magid Fasts for Ramadan," about a young Muslim boy in Cairo.
Lewis, 50, said he "must have come out the crib with a crayon" because he has drawn as long as he can remember. It was an uncle, Bradley Smith, who arranged for the 11-year-old Lewis to take Saturday morning art classes. An art teacher in high school encouraged him to attend the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, where he began to perfect his work on his distinctive watercolors.
While Donald Crews, 68, grew up on Avon Avenue in Newark, it is his summers spent on his grandparents' Florida farm in the 1940s, roaming the fields, going to bed by the light of a kerosene lamp, that he captured in "Bigmama's" and "Shortcut."
While those books featured a black child "because I am black and it was about my life," most of his books don't have human characters and focus on subjects that appeal especially to young boys, with titles like "Freight Train" and "Truck," both of which were named Caldecott Honor books.
Crews said his Newark neighborhood had an impact because in pre-television days, "people did things. Making things was part of your entertainment, it was important to have something you could do on your own." While attending Arts High School, Crews was encouraged by art teacher Seymour Landsman to pursue his work.
For Ringgold, 77, racial identity and culture are central. Working in a colorful two-dimensional style she calls "superrealism," her first children's book, "Tar Beach," a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award winner, captured her Harlem childhood. In a sort of visual magical realism, her character takes flight over the city and the glittering George Washington Bridge.
She, too, turned to art early, largely because she suffered from asthma as a child, she states on her Web site. A fine artist who is known for her painted story quilts, Ringgold has written and illustrated "If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks" and "Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky."
Her latest book, "Bronzeville Boys and Girls," is a series of paintings that illustrate the poet Gwendolyn Brooks' poems about her childhood growing up in the Bronzeville section of Chicago.
Myers, in his early 30s, is the youngest of the group. His interest in art probably was inspired by his mother, Constance, an artist herself who helps her husband with his extensive research. She encouraged his talent by sending him to art school in New York, where he was the youngest in the class.
For all the artists, leaving a legacy of work is important. Crews said he recently heard from a young child who had just discovered a book he'd written and illustrated decades ago.
"It's a plus that you've done something that has value beyond the moment," he said. "Every generation sees it as brand new."
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The Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002, P.L. 107-251, contained a number of provisions related to the designation of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). The most significant change for Federally Certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) is the eligibility for an Automatic HPSA designation as having a shortage of health professionals to provide primary, dental, and mental health care services. In order to be eligible for the automatic designation, these clinics must demonstrate that they meet the requirements of Section 334 of the PHS Act, Charges for Services by Entities Using Corps Members. Furthermore, they must have a Sliding Fee Schedule and a completed Certificate of Eligibility.
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Rule changes announced by the Government last week which allow local authorities to keep rent from council housing and receipts from right-to-buy sales rather than give them to the Treasury, mean local authorities are now planning to build new council housing at levels not seen since 1990. There are 5 million people on the waiting list for social housing.
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International Journal of UK Housing Markets and Analysis, vol. 2, 2009, p. 145-166
The authors identify four key areas of policy weakness which have contributed to the housing crisis of 2008/09. First, successive UK governments have promoted the notion of property as an investment, and have encouraged low-income families to participate in the apparent benefits of home ownership. Secondly, deregulation of the mortgage industry combined with a culture of property speculation has led to the rapid expansion of the buy to let sector, which in turn has spurred the construction of huge high-density city centre building projects which are particularly vulnerable to house price collapse, producing negative consequences for homeowners in entry-level housing. Thirdly, financial deregulation has led to a massive influx of cheap credit during boom periods, leading to unsustainable levels of indebtedness and vulnerability to negative equity and repossession. Finally, successive reforms of the welfare system have weakened the safety net for low-income borrowers and have increased the sensitivity of repayment difficulties to the economic cycle.


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|Publication ID: Fall 2007
|Title: Designation of New Animal Drugs for Minor Uses or Minor Species
|Abstract: The proposed rule was published on September 27, 2005, in response to the Minor Use and Minor Species (MUMS) Animal Health Act of 2004. The rule would implement section 573 of the MUMS Act, which sets forth the requirements for drug sponsors requesting MUMS designation for proposed new animal drugs. MUMS designation of a new animal drug allows drug sponsors to be granted 7 years of exclusive marketing rights for these limited demand new animal drugs once the drugs are approved or conditionally approved. This regulation would define content and format requirements for designation, requests changing designation ownership, and annual reporting requirements. This rule would also describe the criteria CVM will use for granting or denying these requests. Specific sections of the rule are dedicated to documentation of MUMS status in a request, granting MUMS designation, and revocation of MUMS designation. FDA intends to finalize this proposal after reviewing comments received. This is a voluntary program for animal drug sponsors. A large number of these drug companies are classified as small businesses.
|Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)
|Priority: Other Significant
|RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda
|Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
|Major: No
|Unfunded Mandates: No
|CFR Citation: 21 CFR 516
|Legal Authority: 21 USC 360ccc-2
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|Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
|Government Levels Affected: None
|Small Entities Affected: Businesses
|Federalism: No
|Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
|RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact:
Bernadette Dunham
Director, Office of Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Drug Development
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
HFV-101, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-50, MPN-4), Room 180, 7519 Standish Place,
Rockville, MD 20855
Phone:240 276-9000
Fax:240 276-9001
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Las Vegas public transportation offers many free shuttles and trams! You'll find information for getting around, including Las Vegas strip transportation.
Travel from the airport can be very affordable, if you care to share a van with others. Cost from McCarran Airport and the various Strip and downtown hotels and are usually a lot less expensive than a taxi. Expect to pay about $6.50per person or $12.00 Round Trip per person to Strip Hotels and $8.00 per person and $16.00 Round Trip per person to downtown Vegas hotels. You might also want to arrange for your return trip to the airport with the shuttle provider. Allow at least two hours before pick-up, some shuttle companies require 24 hour notice. A variety of shuttle/limousine services are available at McCarran Airport and are located on the west side of baggage claim, outside door exits 7-13. Please note that there are both group shuttle and "for-hire" stretch limousine services.
A taxi from Las Vegas airport to the Strip hotels starts at about $14.00 to $21.00 with the additional $1.80 airport pick-up charge, from the airport to downtown hotels, be prepared for fares that start at about $21.00...Tips
for taxi drivers in Las Vegas are not mandatory as in New York, here they are
totally optional! However, If you want to pay for taxi using a credit card, you
will be charged an additional $3.00 over the cost of the trip.
We are not big fans of taking taxis around Las Vegas because of the traffic and taxis charge $3.30 when you enter the cab, $.20 a mile for each 1/12th of mile thereafter ($2.40 a mile), waiting time is $30.00 per hour. So you see with heavy traffic a taxi gets very expensive. If you got big bucks go for a limo!
Have cash at hand as most Las Vegas taxis to not accept credit cards!
The Las Vegas Monorail has seven stations on the 15 minute or less Monorail route. .travels between the Bellagio and the Monte Carlo Bally's/Paris Las Vegas Monorail Station located at Bally's also offers easy access to Paris Hotel which is next door. The station is reached by going through Avenue Shops ar Bally's, head towards the pool. The Bally's station is convenient to The Bellagio, Planet Hollywood, The Venetian, Palazzo.
Take a look at the map.
MGM Grand Monorail Station is located off Tropicana Boulevard on the east side of MGM Grand at the hotel porte cochere. You can go through the Studio Walk shopping area or the Star Lane Shops in the lower level of the lobby.
Flamingo/Caesars Palace Monorail Station is located in the Flamingo Hotel, past the lobby toward the parking garage.
Las Vegas Convention Center Monorail Station is located at the intersection of Paradise Road and Desert Inn Road. The station can be reached from the Convention Center's parking.
Las Vegas Hilton Monorail Station is located near the main entrance of the Las Vegas Hilton. You can reach the station through the casino adjacent to the SpaceQuest Bar.
Sahara Monorail Station can be reached from inside the hotel via a hallway located behind the Casbah Theatre Lounge or from street level on Paradise Road behind the Sahara.
Harrah's/Imperial Palace Monorail Station is located on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard between these two hotels. Just go through either of these hotels and follow signs to the back of the hotels.
The Hard Rock which is off the Strip operates an hourly shuttle. The Hard Rock's Black/Yellow Shuttle leaves the hotel every hour on the half-hour and stops at the Stratosphere, Stardust, Forum Shops, Holiday Inn Boardwalk, Tropicana and Aladdin. Available from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. The Purple Shuttle leaves the Hard Rock every hour on the hour and stops at the Stardust, Fashion Show Mall, Forum Shops,
Palms Shuttle Service to the Strip: A shuttle departs the Palms for the Fashion Show Mall at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The shuttle leaves the Fashon Show for the Forum Shops at 10:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:34 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. The shuttle returns to the Palms from the Forum Shops at 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Also if you have a rental car, and town is not too crowded, just take your car and roll into the Free parking lots at the major hotels. Between 11:00am and 7:00 pm, things can get pretty hectic on Las Vegas Boulevard - so try Paradise Road, a good alternative! We covered quite a few hotels that way recently in February, when it was cold and RAINING!
For buses, slow but good if you've got the time.
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