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Lake Health Pediatricians Urge Parents to Vaccinate Children to Prevent Measles
Foreign travel and parents not vaccinating their children are among the reasons for the recent rise in the number of measles cases across the United States.
What you need to know about the measles:
•Measles is common in many parts of the world.
•It is a highly contagious respiratory disease that spreads through the air or on infected surfaces. According to the CDC, the measles virus can live for up to two hours on a surface or in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed. If other people breathe the contaminated air or touch the infected surface, then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become infected. Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected. Infected people can spread measles to others from four days before to four days after the rash appears.
•Measles cause a rash, high fever, runny nose, cough, and red watery eyes.
•Measles can be serious; of every 1,000 people who get measles, 1 to 2 will die.
According to Lake Health Pediatrician, Marni Turell, MD, the measles vaccine is safe and one of the most important ways parents can protect their children from this very real disease. Dr.Turell recommends children receive the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine at age 12-15 months and again at 4-6 years.
Lake Health Wins Gold: Healthy Ohio Worksite Award
CONCORD TWP., OH, February 4, 2015 – The Ohio Department of Health and the Health Ohio Business Council has awarded Lake Health with the Gold Healthy Ohio Healthy Worksite Award. The award recognizes Ohio employers who demonstrate a commitment to employee wellness through comprehensive worksite health promotion and wellness programs. Forty six Ohio employers were recognized.
Lake Health was recognized for its wellness fitness programs for team members, including Yoga, Pilates, Zumba and Tai Chi, and continuing their employee wellness program, which is a comprehensive wellness program that includes awareness, identification and recruitment of team members, peer wellness coaching, and creating a healthier workplace environment. Through this program, team members are encouraged to complete a health risk assessment with biometric screenings and participate in wellness coaching to develop wellness goals. Wellness coaching takes place over a six-month period with weekly and then monthly contact with a wellness coach.
Other wellness activities offered through the Lake Health Wellness Institute include a 12-week employee health and fitness program in partnership with Health 360; a five-month fitness challenge; personal health profiles; medical nutrition therapy; the Weight 4 Life anytime weight management program; stress management program; outpatient services including acupuncture, Reiki and massage therapy and annual employee health fairs.
Through our comprehensive wellness program we have been able to tailor services to our team members needs as well as help set individual wellness goals and assist our team members in meeting their goals," said Sharon Minjares, MBA,MS, RD, LD, director of the Wellness Institute at Lake Health.
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Legislators among group discussing funding for Preston cleanup at former hospital
Preston - Thursday's town meeting on a proposal to borrow $8 million to continue the cleanup of the former Norwich Hospital property drew only a slightly larger turnout than at the two informational meetings, but residents asked numerous questions about the plan.
About 30 residents, with perhaps half being town officials on various agencies, asked rapid-fire questions on details of the loan package, including projected interest rates, jobs that could be created, tax impact and what the state's reaction might be if the town rejects the loan package.
Residents will vote in a referendum Nov. 27 on an $8 million borrowing package for the cleanup of the former Norwich Hospital property. Polls will be open at Town Hall from noon to 8 p.m.
The proposal includes a
$4 million low-cost loan from the state Department of Economic and Community Development and $4 million the town would have to bond as the town match for the state loan. If residents approve the loans, the town also would obtain a $964,000 federal Economic Development Administration grant.
State Rep. Tom Reynolds,
D-Ledyard, whose term ends in early January, told residents he and state Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, worked closely with the Preston Redevelopment Agency to secure more than $6 million in state grants and loans for the package. He said the loan package on the table is more generous than other major projects in the state, and he was "pleasantly surprised" at the deal.
Given the newly released projected state budget deficit of $365 million, Reynolds said the DECD would be affected by upcoming budget cuts and an expected push to reduce state bonding.
"It makes no difference to us one way or another, but there's a long line of people waiting for a deal like the town would be receiving," Maynard said.
The state loan calls for an interest rate of 1.5 percent - half the initial state offer of 3 percent interest - and deferred payments for the first five years. For every 100 permanent jobs created by future development on the property, $1 million of the loan would be forgiven. And if the town sells portions of the land, the town would be allowed to pay off the town's bonded debt and past legal bills before starting to pay off the state loan.
No presentation on the loan package was given during the town meeting. At an informational meeting just prior to the town meeting, PRA member William Legler presented slides showing potential tax impact of the loan package on residents.
Town bond counsel used estimates for both tax-exempt and taxable bonds for the estimates. The town would use taxable bonds only if prospective developers are waiting in the wings to purchase the newly cleaned property. Tax-exempt bonds cannot be used to benefit private developers, officials said.
Using taxable bonds, the worst-case scenario would see a homeowner with a house assessed at $100,000 paying an additional $42 in taxes to cover the town's portion of the loan in 2014. That would jump to an estimated $140 in 2020, followed by a decline in tax impact. Tax-exempt bonds would carry lower tax burdens, officials said.
If voters reject the package, the town still owns the property and would have to pay an estimated $165,000 per year - amounting to 0.42 mills - for maintenance, security and insurance.
During the town meeting, Board of Finance member Norman Gauthier, a strong opponent of the borrowing package, objected to the term "do nothing" as applied to a vote against the loans. Gauthier said the PRA has worked too hard to give up, and he would expect progress to continue, albeit at a much slower pace.
• Nov. 17, 10 a.m., Town Hall
• Nov. 20, 7 p.m., Preston Veterans Memorial School
• Referendum: Nov. 27, noon to 8 p.m., Town Hall
Meetings, referendum
Informational meetings:
• Nov. 17, 10 a.m., Town Hall
• Nov. 20, 7 p.m., Preston Veterans Memorial School
• Nov. 27, noon to 8 p.m., Town Hall
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Award-Winning StarTex Power Brings Acclaimed Customer Service, Extends Constellation Residential Footprint in Thriving Texas Competitive Market
BALTIMORE, MD - Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG), a leading competitive energy provider, today announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire 100 percent of StarTex Power, a Houston retail electric provider with approximately 170,000 customers.
The purchase of StarTex Power for $142.5 million in an all-cash transaction gives Constellation Energy a foothold in the Texas mass market, the most active of all residential markets in the country, and is a key element of the company's broader strategy to be a residential sector market leader.
"StarTex Power brings award-winning service for residential and commercial customers to Constellation Energy's growing residential platform," said Mark Huston, head of Constellation Energy's retail business. "The StarTex Power acquisition strengthens our commitment to choice and innovation for customers, continues Constellation Energy's systematic retail expansion, and brings an employee base that has helped the company win significant awards from rating companies and the Better Business Bureau." Bob Zlotnik, president and chief executive officer of StarTex Power, said, "We are thrilled to marry our exceptional customer service model with Constellation Energy's brand of trusted service and price protection to extend our customer service expertise beyond the Texas border."
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The StarTex Power acquisition comes two weeks after Constellation Energy announced a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of MXenergy, a Connecticut-based supplier of natural gas and electricity with more than half a million customers in 15 states and two provinces in Canada.
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Alpine air on the Bosporus
Fragrances have a very special effect. They evoke images in the mind's eye and trigger memories: The smell of sunscreen wafting through the air can make us feel the warmth of summer on our skin, and the fragrance of roses conjures up memories of a garden bench where, as children, we once loved to sit on grandpa's lap.
Odors are unique, emotional and evocative. They can transport us to another world. Or even to another country. "I decided to use aromas that remind us of alpine air and pure glacier water," says Brigitte Schulthess, the biologist and fragrance expert who developed a special scent for the Swiss Hotel Group Swissôtel to evoke a distinctive alpine atmosphere in all of its hotels and resorts from Amsterdam to Istanbul.
Of course, all of the essences that go into that fragrance come directly from Switzerland, where nine highly motivated farmers from the Berne region grows herbs and trees from which they extract the essential oils – to date, a unique project for the hotel industry. The idea came to the men one night when they were sitting together in the sauna discussing the future of Swiss agriculture. They reasoned that in addition to cultivating crops and fattening pigs, they should attempt something new. The fragrant sauna infusion inspired them to try growing herbs. And why not do their own distilling and produce the essential oils themselves, too? They dreamed of flowering landscapes with fragrant fields of lavender and beds of herbs – of creating a Swiss Provence, in fact.
So they researched the best ways to cultivate lemon balm, yarrow, hyssop and clary sage and started to grow them in 2005. In addition, they bought a small distillation unit and step by step, taught themselves how to get the best results. They called their small local company "Suissessences."
"I was very surprised when I first heard about it," says Brigitte Schulthess, who has supported Suissessences from the beginning and is still responsible for blending its essential oils today. "Essential oils from Switzerland – no one had done that before." The economic conditions and the climate were really not in their favor, though. "Switzerland's natural resources are limited," Schulthess explains. "We don't have any of the typical scented plants, such as roses and citrus fruits, here." An alpine climate supports the growth of softwoods like spruce, Douglas fir and white pine, as well as clary sage, Elsie's lavender and lemon balm, so the focus tends to be on fragrances that are fresh, light, clear and tangy. According to Schulthess, "they embody Switzerland's down-to-earth mentality, cleanliness and love of nature." The Swissôtel fragrance is extremely popular in Asian and Arab countries. Swissôtel guests in Singapore and Istanbul are delighted when a faint breath of alpine air and timber chalets wafts through the rooms, and when their shampoo smells of mountain herbs, instead of the heavy, floral scents that general surround them.
Fragrances that are fresh, light, clear and tangy embody Switzerland's down-to-earth mentality, cleanliness and love of nature.
Swissôtel heard about the innovative farmers' cooperative back in 2010, and the two have been collaborating ever since. But Suissessences' blends of essential oils don't just feature in the room fragrance but under the name of "Pürovel," (loosely translated from Switzerland's fourth language, Romansh, as "calmly flowing mountain stream," are also used in the complimentary soaps, shampoos, shower gels and lotions provided in the rooms. Spa guests, too, can relax with a signature massage treatment using herb and timber extracts grown in Switzerland's alpine garden. What's more, the products are themed by the seasons and their characteristics: Spring stands for renewal, summer for activity, fall for relaxation, and winter for tranquility.
The nine Swiss farmers have now been pursuing their project with the utmost care for more than ten years, weeding by hand rather than using herbicides. They also wait for the plants to reach full bloom and their full aromatic intensity before picking them and taking them to Christoph Hess, the member of the cooperative responsible for distillation. Christoph, 28, a young man with a soft smile and strong hands, only recently took over the farm from his father, who was a member of the original group of farmer's in the sauna, who came up with the idea for Suissessences. Christoph now shares his father's enthusiasm for the innovative company. He regards Suissessences as an example of how farmers can shape a positive and innovative future for themselves: "I find it fascinating that we are producing essential oils from Switzerland, all organically grown and processed. It's the right way to go: back to nature."


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COLUMBIA -- Former Missouri safety William Moore was arrested and charged for simple battery in Fulton County, Georgia on Thursday. According to public records, Moore is currently still being held in Fulton County Jail with no bond set.
In Fulton County, a conviction for simple domestic assault offense or simple domestic battery offense is punishable as a misdemeanor, which can result in a fine up to $1,000 and/or not more than one year in prison.
On March 9, 2013 the Atlanta Falcons signed Moore to a five-year, $30 million deal after he recorded 105 tackles and four interceptions during the 2012 season. The NFL organization released this statement to the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding Moore's arrest: "We are aware of the situation involving William Moore and are in the process of gathering more information. Because this is now a legal matter, the club will have no further comment at this time."


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Don't miss this video describing two of the most interesting – and at the same time disgusting – things I have ever held in my hands.
It happened at the recent agriculture-themed meeting of the Greater Susquehanna Chamber of Commerce.
Each table at the meeting had some farm tools or objects we all had to identify in a fun little game. Table 7, apparently had quite the conversation pieces.
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Going With The Flow – SXSW Interactive Days 3 and 4
Mar 14 2011
Following up on my Day 1 and 2 post on SXSW Interactive, I continued days 3 and 4 following my zen-like strategy. On Day 3 (Sunday), I went to the Girl + Guy party hosted by Guy Kawasaki (well known in the tech start-up world and a big supporter of women entrepreneurs) and companies like Culture Map. Last year, I got a picture with Guy at the party they hosted at Allen Boots which I think was why I was wearing a pink cowboy hat. Afterwards, I went to eat Indian food with some new friends that I met at the party and one of them emailed me the picture of her friend wearing the t-shirt that I put in this post because it's pretty funny.
Today, I caught a panel led by my friend Thom Singer called You Can Impact Charity Without Being Rich. Eugene Sepulveda (also a friend), who runs the Entrepreneur's Foundation of Central Texas (where our company's at ATI donate a portion of their equity) was on the panel. I caught most of the keynote with Felica Day, a former World of Warcraft gamer who created an online TV series called The Guild, and although I had no idea who she was before I walked into the room, I was impressed with her youth and energy.
I walked the Trade Show (a whole separate blog post to come about that experience) before going to a panel run by another friend, Enrique Ortiz, on mobile development and applications. He had the founder of Rovio Mobile, which makes Angry Birds on the panel. My kids love playing Angry Birds so I asked him if he had a couple of those stuffed animals he could give away. He didn't have the big ones, but he gave me two small ones. He was also giving away t-shirts that said "Chillin' Like A Villian" with a St. Patrick's Day theme. My kids thought I was awesome for a few short moments. He said they have surpassed $100 million in revenue, Angry Birds was the 52nd game they made, and it had 1.2 billion hours of played time last year. Amazing!
Then it was off to the ATI co-hosted Entrepreneur's Lounge to network with a bunch of folks and I got a Fandor (facebook fan page) video/flip book done with one of my co-workers that is supposed to be uploaded to their facebook fan page sometime tomorrow. Then a few of us headed over to the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)/NEA party which was pretty rockin'. The CEO of Groupon was there playing the keyboards for one song that apparently had to do with some lost bet. I'm not sure who the singer was, but it wasn't his best voice night.
Overall, this year's SXSW has been pretty low-key for me. I think I tweeted (@aruni) more these past few days than I have all of last year. I've been home by 10:30 pm each night despite the lure to stay at the parties longer and go to yet another party afterward.
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We'll trot through the highlights in a moment, but since I'm an elderly gentleman with actual memory of these times (I actually started sneaking into McMenamins the same year Full Sail was founded), I thought I'd pull up the wayback machine. It is difficult in a time when people know specific hop varietals to imagine a time when people didn't know the difference between lagers and ales. That time was 1987. Breweries had the unenviable task of selling people a product they were unfamiliar with. Even the idea of "ale" required a moment of song and dance.
In my little world, Full Sail was the first brewery to embrace the hop. It is difficult to imagine it now, but Amber seemed like rocket fuel. One of the theories about craft beer was that it couldn't be too aggressive or too weird. Ambers had the virtue of a sweetish caramel backbone to soothe the fears of the uninitiated, and they were a big deal. Full Sail's, though, was not a sweet bomb--it had quite vivid hopping. That alone illustrates how different things were. I recall sitting in the back yard of a friend drinking Full Sails, one after another, marveling at how good our fortune was. A little later on, the brewery started making a beer called Equinox ESB, which was almost iridescent green in its hoppiness. (In my early days as a beer writer, I called it Oregon's best hoppy ale.)
Here's another odd fact: in 1987, none of the Oregon breweries were bottling their beer. Full Sail had the distinction of being the first--not with Amber, but a beer called Golden Ale. (Breweriana geeks take note.) Full Sail took occupancy of the old Diamond Fruit cannery (abandoned 15 years earlier) and installed their brewery, including a wicked little bottling line. That little speedster did six bottles a minute--but it was the second fastest line in the state. The brewery was a rather optimistic 15-barrel set-up, though, and this positioned the brewery to grow.
(The story of American amber ale is worthy of its own post, but for now, let this thumbnail suffice. In a geography marked out by colors--golden, pale, brown, black--amber was an obvious invention. The beer itself is really just a pale ale, but in the US, the two styles forked. Pales are lighter bodied and hoppier, ambers thicker and sweeter. Pales highlight hops, ambers find a balance point closer to the malt, but always with characteristic American hopping. You could say American amber is really just a strong bitter, but because of its density and those hops, the two styles don't taste all that much alike.)
|James Emmerson and Irene Firmat (courtesy Full Sail)
Other highlights:
- In 1998, following a visit by Macallan's master distiller, Full Sail began their barrel-aging program. For those of foggy memory, that was quite early.
- In 1999, Full Sail brewed their first fresh hop ale (also very early).
- In 2005, the brewery released Session Lager, a pretty radical move for a craft brewery--but a prescient anticipation of where the market was headed. They added Session Black in 2009.
- In 2006, Full Sail continued its lager experimentation with the LTD series. (For old timers like me who remember the brewery's early days, the lager development was really unexpected.)
- Began the Brewer's Share program in 2008, again anticipating the interest in seasonals and offbeat beers.
- Installed a mash filter in 2010. This may be insider baseball to some, but for brewing nerds, it's pretty amazing. Read about it here.
|The mash filter.
I've been rattling on for quite awhile here, so I'll stop. Feel free to add your own memories, additions, and thoughts in the comments. And if you're near the Horse Brass or in Hood River tonight, consider joining one of the celebrations. They'll be kicking things off at 5pm in the Tasting Room in Hood River, and have a big line-up of beers, including the new anniversary doppelbock, at the Brass starting at 6pm.
|John Harris joined Full Sail in '92 and left this year.


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They say this part of California
Is paradise on earth for the roof rat,
Who loves the palms & vines of the middle classes,
The ubiquitous fruits, the delectable nuts & ivy.
Just another genus struggling to become indigenous,
When it arrives they switch the menus. But it won't leave.
Palm trees (Washingtonia robusta), Santa Monica, Ca.: photo by Infratec, 2006


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Welcome to Mariposa Footprints...
We all leave footprints.
In brief, the reason for developing this site came about because of a little white house in Bear Valley, a small community on Highway 49 North, about 10 miles north of the town of Mariposa, the County seat. In searching the public records I found much information about the Margrave family in Mariposa County. The oral history does not always agree with the public records. We all leave footprints in our community. Mariposa Footprints is the story of the trail left behind by the Margrave family in Mariposa County. Fred Margrave, born in Mormon Bar, married Mary Estella Ashworth for ever joining the Margrave name with the Ashworth, Preston, Wass, Tribucco, Westfall, Scott and many other Mariposa families.
The web site remains an open project. At this point it covers the Margrave Family of Mariposa County, California. from 1850 to 1918. Hopeful information will be added regularly.
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The Rodney Bingenheimer of today seems always to be smiling through a deep sadness. He is a small man who still has the youthful cuteness that must have won him friends in his early days. His hair is still combed in the same tousled mid-1970s rock star style, and his T-shirts are the real thing, not retro. He lives now in an inexpensive apartment jammed with records, tapes, discs, and countless autographed photos of his friends the stars. And, yes, they are still his friends; they have not forgotten him, and David Bowie, Cher, Debbie Harry, Courtney Love, Nancy Sinatra and Mick Jagger all appear in this film and seem genuinely fond of Rodney.
Well they might. He introduced some of them — Bowie in particular — to American radio. He was known for finding new music and playing it first: The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Nirvana. Stations all over the country stole their playlists from Rodney. "Sonny and Cher were kinda like my mom and my dad," he says wistfully at one point. He ran a little club for a while, featuring British glam rock, and the stars remember with a grin that it was so small the "VIP Area" consisted simply of a velvet rope separating a few chairs from the dance floor.
The story of how Bingenheimer entered into this world is apparently true, unlikely as it sounds. As a kid he was obsessed with stars, devoured the fan magazines, collected autographs. One day when he was a teenager, his mother dropped him off in front of Connie Stevens' house and told him he was on his own. He didn't see his mother for another five or six years. Connie wasn't home.
He migrated to the Sunset Strip, but instead of dying there or disappearing into drugs or crime, he simply ingratiated himself. People liked him. He hustled himself into a job as a gofer for Davy Jones of the Monkees (they looked a little alike), and then became a backstage caterer; a survivor of a Doors tour remembers a Toronto concert where Rodney had enormous platters of fresh shrimp backstage. But the Beatles were backstage visitors, and Rodney gave them the shrimp, so there were only a few left for the Doors, who had paid for them. Challenged by The Doors, Rodney shrugged and said, "Well, they're the Beatles."
Wherever Bingenheimer went in the music and club scene, his face was his passport. Robert Plant says, "Rodney got more girls than I do." We hear a little of his radio show from the old days, and what comes across is not a vibrating personality or a great radio voice — it's kind of tentative, really — but an almost painful sincerity. He loves the music he plays, and he introduces it to you like a lover he thinks is right for you. The road downhill was gradual, apparently. We get glimpses of Rodney today, repairing his mom's old Nova with a pair of pliers, shuffling forlornly through souvenirs of his glory days. He seems very even, calm, sad but resigned, except for one moment the documentary camera is not supposed to witness, when he finds that another deejay, a person he sponsored and gave breaks to, is starting a show of new music — stealing Rodney's gig. He explodes in anger. We're glad he does. He has a lot to feel angry about.
The film was directed by George Hickenlooper, who made the classic doc "Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" (1991), about the nightmare of Coppola's "Apocalypse Now," and the wonderful fiction film "The Man From Elysian Fields" (2001). Why did he make this film (apart from the possibility that someone named Hickenlooper might feel an affinity for someone named Bingenheimer)? Hickenlooper has been around fame at an early age. He was 26 when he released the doc about the Coppola meltdown. He cast Mick Jagger and James Coburn in "Elysian Fields." He was aware of Rodney Bingenheimer when the name still opened doors. His film evokes what the Japanese call mono no aware, which refers to the impermanence of life and the bittersweet transience of things. There is a little Rodney Bingenheimer in everyone, but you know what? Most people aren't as lucky as Rodney. – Roger Ebert
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Kessel's hat trick powers Penguins past Vegas 4-2
NHL Headlines
- NHL plans daily COVID tests for players
- Recapturing team chemistry a challenge
- Mass. Gov. OKs pro practices for June 6
- USA Hockey president under investigation
- NHL awards regular-season trophies
By DAN SCIFO
PITTSBURGH (AP) Evgeni Malkin corralled the puck near his own goal-line and saw Phil Kessel sprinting out of the zone. He flipped a perfect pass to center ice, sending Kessel on a breakaway that resulted in a goal.
Carl Hagelin repeated a similar sequence with Kessel later in the second period that ended the same way.
The two goals completed a natural hat trick for Kessel and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night.
"There's a fine line between anticipation and cheating and I think Phil has a knack for seeing those windows of opportunity," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. "He has explosive speed so he can create separation when he needs to. He has another gear and you could see that on those breakaways."
Vegas scored the first goal of the game, and Kessel had the next three. It was Kessel's sixth career hat trick and first in four seasons with Pittsburgh. His last hat trick came Feb. 1, 2014, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, in a 6-3 win against Ottawa.
"It's been awhile," said Kessel, who switched sticks before his hat trick. "It felt good. I had some good passes and I was able to finish."
Jake Guentzel scored his third goal and Malkin had three assists for the Penguins, who allowed 11 goals in their first two games.
"I could see our guys making more of a concerted effort to defend," Sullivan said. "I think our team is capable of getting to another level. I don't think we had our swagger like we're capable of, but from an effort standpoint, you can see they were trying to do the right things."
Casey DeSmith stopped 35 shots in his first regular-season start for Pittsburgh. Starter Matt Murray missed Thursday's game and is day-to-day with a concussion suffered Monday during practice. Murray participated in, and faced shots during, Thursday's optional morning skate.
Reilly Smith scored his second of the season for Vegas and 100th career goal. Tomas Nosek also scored for Vegas, which lost its third straight and has opened the season with four losses in five games. The defending Western Conference champions lost their fourth game on Nov. 2 last season.
Malcolm Subban made 18 saves for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury, who spent 13 seasons and won three Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh, served as the backup after allowing four goals on 28 shots during a loss Wednesday at Washington. Fans chanted for Fleury - selected in 2017 by Vegas in the expansion draft - after Subban allowed three goals on seven shots in the second period.
"We just have to stay positive," Subban said. "We've been generating a lot of shots on net. Eventually, we're going to start getting some bounces."
Nosek opened the scoring, taking a pass from Jonathan Marchessault along the boards and slipping a backhander behind DeSmith.
But Kessel answered for Pittsburgh when he beat Subban with a wrist shot following a Malkin faceoff win.
Kessel's breakaway goal midway through the second put Pittsburgh in front for good. Malkin hit Kessel at center with a stretch pass from his own goal-line and he finished the breakaway with a glove-side wrist shot.
To complete the hat trick, Hagelin hit Kessel with a long outlet pass and he beat Subban low to the glove side.
"I was just kind of going down and shooting," Kessel said. "Nothing special. The pucks found me and I had two good plays."
Guentzel's blocker-side wrist shot 57 seconds later on a backhand feed from Sidney Crosby gave Pittsburgh a comfortable three-goal lead through two periods.
Kessel did all the damage before Pittsburgh's last goal.
"We needed the win," Kessel said. "I think we can get better. We just have to improve each game."
NOTES: Vegas is 0-for-13 on the power play in five games. ... Pittsburgh D Juuso Riikola made his NHL debut in place of D Olli Maatta, who was a healthy scratch. ... The Penguins recalled G Tristan Jarry from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to back up DeSmith. Pittsburgh assigned D Derek Grant to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. ... Tomas Hyka played on the third line for Vegas in place of Oscar Lindberg, who was a healthy scratch.
Vegas: Close a five-game road trip at Philadelphia on Saturday.
Penguins: Play their first road game at Montreal on Saturday.
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Irvine receives Fulbright to rove in Norway
For several months, associate English professor Colin Irvine has listened to Norwegian language recordings during his daily commute between Northfield and Augsburg College as he hoped for good news.
It turned out to be a good decision.
That's because Irvine was recently awarded a Fulbright Scholarship award and will spend the 2010-2011 academic year in Norway as a Roving Scholar in American Studies.
In the role, Irvine will prepare presentations on American studies topics and travel to schools across Norway to provide opportunities for Norwegian teenagers to learn about the United States. The schools will request the presentation that Irvine will give. Irvine, who will be based in Oslo with his wife and two children, will likely give between 250 and 300 presentations.
"I've talked with four or five roving scholars and they all said that it is the most exhausting year of your life and the best year of your life," Irvine said.
Irvine, who earned his master's degree in American Studies and was previously a high school teacher before coming to Augsburg, has begun sketching out abstracts for his presentations. One topic he is working on is the cultural and political divide in the United States as it comes through the media. Another is humor in contemporary American society that looks at programs such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
"I've always been interested in the possibility in working or teaching overseas," Irvine said. "This roving scholar program was perfect."
Irvine was already planning on taking a sabbatical next spring semester, so the timing works well.
"Augsburg's been incredibly gracious," Irvine said.
While he hoped he would be selected, Irvine didn't really know what his chances were. He found out at the end of November that he made the first cut and had an interview via Skype with a committee in Norway in early January.
In recent weeks, Irvine has called his wife almost daily to ask if the mail arrived. A little more than a week ago, Irvine himself pulled the envelope out of the mailbox on a Saturday afternoon.
"It was thin and my heart sunk," said Irvine, who thought a thin envelope meant rejection. "The envelope was shaking so much. When we got it open, at the end of the first line it said, 'Congratulations.' I was shaking."
And now, Irvine is preparing to leave the country at the end of July for what will be an exciting adventure.
"I'm thrilled and anxious, it's exciting and terrifying," he said. "The more it sinks in, the more I get excited and nervous."
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Immigration Policy Conference: Competition for Global Talent
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June 28, 2012
Good morning. I'd like to begin by thanking the conference co-chairs for the invitation to speak today - and I want to extend my appreciation to everyone involved in organizing this important event.
In an increasingly competitive and mobile world, it is important and indeed it is progressive for a nation to debate the value it places on its citizenship - and the circumstances under which it is prepared to offer and share it. Our collective attitudes and actions regarding immigration help shape the extent to which Canada will remain a vibrant and diverse country.
My own thoughts about immigration have been heavily influenced by my experiences at RBC and the fact that I live and work in one of the most diverse cities in the world, Toronto.
Over the past decade, my thinking has evolved . from the early days, where I supported the notion of diversity as "the right thing to do".. a kind of moral imperative. to today, where I believe that it is one of the most important opportunities we have - to grow successful companies, to build enriched and enriching communities, and to see Canada advance not just economic prosperity but also our reputation as one of the best places in the world to live.
While this conference is primarily about immigration, I strongly believe that immigration, integration, diversity and multiculturalism are all intertwined and success will be determined by our country's ability to lead across the board.
Why? It's very clear that the world is changing. As the world globalizes, many countries are implementing proactive immigration strategies to attract talent beneficial to their national interest, benefits that come from different perspectives, skill sets and experiences.
Other countries, who employ immigration strategies to preserve the past and protect the status quo, do so to their economic, social and political detriment. I lived in Japan for three years and there is no better example.and they are paying a high price.
Like the countries we operate in, companies are also faced with choices about immigration. For us at RBC, where we have a large workforce that serves 18 million clients - not just in Canada but around the world - we strive to be the workplace of choice; to be the financial institution of choice for diverse clients; and, to help build healthy inclusive communities.
I've seen firsthand at RBC how newcomers enrich our workplace - just as they enrich our country - with their international experience, diverse language skills, access to international networks and understanding of global markets. They make us more agile, more complete, more nimble and vital.
As a company, and as a nation, being a recognized leader in diversity and inclusion can help us better compete. I strongly believe that if managed well, immigration, diversity and multiculturalism is one of our country's great competitive advantages. While we have challenges, we are far better positioned than many of the countries with which we compete to take chances and institute long-term policies.
Immigration is one of the main pathways to a more diverse workforce and to nation building. That's true today and it was true more than a hundred years ago, when our young country sent out a message to the world: Come join us. Our sparsely populated land needed people to settle it, to work it, quite literally to shape and create a nation. "Let them all come," said Cornelius Van Horne, the famous railway pioneer. "What we want is population."
What this remark lacked in eloquence, it made up for in truth. Canada needed to grow. The prime minister of the time, Wilfrid Laurier, understood and appreciated the need for a new wave of immigration. He and his government promoted Canada internationally as a promising place to start anew and build a future. But Laurier also proclaimed what would become a defining Canadian attitude toward newcomers.
He said: "We do not anticipate, and we do not want, that any individuals should forget the land of their origin or their ancestors. Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them also look to the land of their children."
This remark, so inclusive and forward looking, still reflects, I believe, our national sentiment about immigration: We will not try to make you forget your heritage. We will not try to shape you as individuals; it is you, and others like you, who will help shape us as a country.
A century later, our need for newcomers is just as great. Retiring baby boomers are increasing our need for a well-educated workforce. Canada is facing a serious labour shortage, a fact that can be mitigated in part by improving productivity, increasing training and education and lifting the retirement age. But more is needed.
In some provinces, and in certain industries such as mining, oil and gas and health care, there is already a shortage of workers with the requisite education and skill. Nowhere is this jobs deficit being felt more today than here in Alberta, where it is estimated that deficit could reach 114,000 jobs within the next 10 years.
A million jobs could be going unfilled across the country by 2021 because of a lack of qualified candidates. This will hamper the ability of provinces like Alberta, and our country as a whole, to grow economically, to prosper, and to achieve our potential. Even in a Province like Ontario where unemployment rates are high there remains a shortage of skills to fill many jobs.
In a competitive and economically volatile world, where every nation is scraping for every advantage, we can't afford to play shorthanded. We need to create a system that brings in more skilled workers.
The future success of our country depends on today's leaders making bold decisions, now and in the years ahead. This may be difficult against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth and relatively high unemployment but sound immigration policy will help resolve our problems not increase them.
But it is not as simple as opening the door wider.
You'll be hearing later today from the Immigration Minister, and he is right when he points out that immigrants to Canada are significantly more likely to be unemployed or underemployed than people born in this country.
Immigrants with a university degree have twice the unemployment rate and earn 40% less than Canadian-born people with a university degree. And it's not getting better - in fact, newer cohorts of immigrants are falling further behind. This is where integration, diversity and multiculturalism came into play. To build long-term prosperity we have to get the whole package right.
A recent report from RBC Economics concluded that if all immigrants found the work for which they are qualified, and if their skills were rewarded in a manner similar to that of Canadian-born workers, the result would be an increase in immigrant incomes of more than $30-billion a year - or about 2 per cent of our GDP.
That's quite a gap. Are today's immigrants encountering bias? Are we welcoming people who are less likely to succeed, or whose skills are not in demand here? Are we squandering opportunity because of archaic accreditation rules? It is critical that we invest our time and resources in coming up with answers and devising solutions to reverse the trend.
I'm sure the Minister will have much to say about his proposed new selection process, which will place greater emphasis on language ability, youth and skilled trades. I commend the Minister for taking bold action on the immigration file but remind people (particularly in Alberta) long-term prosperity is not solely about filling skilled jobs. It is about maximizing human capital from immigration and many great Canadians would not necessarily pass a skill requirement test.
For my part, I'll say this: the effectiveness of immigration depends on attracting skilled immigrants and ensuring they find work that is consistent with their education and ability. Smart immigration combined with maximizing potential is a powerful combination.
If Canada is to maintain and improve its standard of living - and if we are going to be able to continue to afford the social safety net we've created - we must become the destination of choice for skilled immigrants: scientists, professionals and entrepreneurs. And we must not turn away from them once they're in the door. We must help them settle, adjust and begin to reach their potential.
We need local groups that help to integrate skilled immigrants into the regional labour markets. Let us not forget that as a group, the immigrants we welcome to Canada are better educated than those of us who were born here.
Yet, for all their qualifications and all their academic achievement, some immigrants find they lack the so-called "soft skills" that are vital to securing and succeeding in the job they want.
At the same time, we need businesses to see the tremendous reward that comes from hiring newcomers and helping them find their way - and we need those businesses to help government better understand what jobs and skills will be in demand tomorrow, not just today. As was said by a great Edmonton Oiler "go where the puck is going - not where it is."
This is important because right now, labour market projections and federal priority occupation lists reflect past trends - not current and emerging industries and occupations.
The opportunity is there for government and business to create and share transparent, timely data about genuine market needs.
We must understand that people come to our country because they are driven by the dream of a better life. Immigrants to Canada want more than a first job. Like many of us, they want viable paths to improvement and promotion. They desire access to training. They seek role models and mentors. We must therefore actively cultivate and nurture our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Last year, RBC worked with the Institute of Canadian Citizenship and other organizations on a survey that examined what it means to be a good citizen in our country.
Naturally, many of the respondents ticked off the boxes you'd expect: you need to follow the laws, you need to pay your taxes. But just as prominent were responses that spoke to a vision of social cohesion and community engagement. Sixty-three per cent of people said that "feeling connected to others in society" was "very important" to being a good Canadian citizen.
That ranked higher than knowing Canadian history. It ranked higher than displaying pride in Canada or giving to charity or speaking both French and English.
I will say it again: we need to help new immigrants settle, adjust, integrate and begin to feel that connection. It is not just about filling a skills need. This assistance requires an investment, a kind of pay it forward. Attracting, developing and retaining the best talent are essential to the success of any business, any city, any province, and any country.
We can't succeed together if individuals aren't succeeding on their own and maximizing their potential. And no country is better positioned to make this work than Canada.
Ladies and gentlemen, our labour challenges are real. They will impede future economic growth if we do not find a coordinated strategy to leverage the skills and talents of people who have come here looking for a chance to succeed - or are eager to come here and make their mark.
And let me just add: We make a mistake when we assume that, as a country, we can always change our mind sometime later, somewhere down the road, and open our door wider to welcome in the skilled people we need.
The competition for talent is growing increasingly global and increasingly tough. Many other countries share our demographic trends and are keenly aware of the ensuing economic challenges. They too seek people of talent and ability.
And let us not overlook the fact that in some cases, immigrants to Canada and other countries - people who have achieved success and are contributing to our economic well-being - are choosing to return to the land of their birth as these countries experience growth and improved living conditions.
As an example, a recent survey in the US found that 72% of Indian immigrants that returned to their home country said that the opportunities to start their own businesses were better or much better than in the US. For Chinese immigrant returnees, the figure was 81%. Immigrants have choices. They won't come here or stay here if they can't succeed.
Canada has a lot to offer as a destination and as a potential home - a good education system, quality health care, vibrant cities that are safe and clean, a rich and varied cultural life, and more.
But we are not the only game in town. The United States remains a popular choice for economic migrants. And the President's executive order halting deportation of young illegal immigrants highlights the recognition of the waste to their nation of repatriating young educated and talented workers. And we have active and determined rivals in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and countries in Europe. Australia has not only done a better job than us in facilitating smart immigration, they are attracting many skilled immigrants from Canada.
So we must at all times remember: we are in competition not only to prosper in the global economy, but also to attract and keep the people who will help us do that. We must therefore sell ourselves better to the world. We must ensure those who want to come here are not forced to wait an unreasonably long period of time in the queue.
We must be plain and straightforward about our ambitions for the future and our hopes for our country. We must move beyond tolerance to valuing and leveraging the differences that define and strengthen us. We must invest to make our cities the kind of places in which people of talent want to live, work and raise a family.
We must show to the people of the world, to the talents of today and tomorrow: Here is where you will find opportunity. Here is where you should build your life.
When we demonstrate to the world that we welcome newcomers, and that newcomers have every chance to succeed, that they are succeeding, and that there is room for more to succeed - then we become a more attractive destination for those wanting to build a better life.
The fact that our country naturalizes a higher percentage of immigrants than any other speaks well to the connection that people feel after coming here and the prospects they hold for ongoing success. We are good but we just have to be better.
I imagine there are many in this room who read with great interest the recent and rather provocative Globe and Mail series on immigration. The Globe advocated that Canada double its level of economic migration over the next five years, which would push total immigration to 400,000 new permanent residents annually. The result would be a younger Canada, more innovative, more diverse and better placed to meet its future labour needs. There are some who point to opinion polls showing that only a minority of Canadians support an increase in immigration targets. They cite this as reason for Canada to stay the course - to stick to that familiar annual benchmark of a quarter of a million newcomers.
But it is my belief - and I hope it is yours - that leadership means having the foresight and the confidence to guide public opinion, not merely reflect it. And I believe that today there is an urgent obligation upon policymakers and all interested parties - politicians, business leaders, academics and citizens alike - to educate Canadians about the reality of our demographic destiny. Immigration must be viewed as an opportunity that will benefit all Canadians.
One study, that albeit US, highlights the incredible power of immigration and found that 25% of all high-technology firms established between 1995 and 2005 had at least one foreign born founder. And by the way - those companies created 450,000 jobs and over $50 billion in sales. And that is just high tech. Skilled immigrants support jobs and living standards. Immigrants will start new companies, add value to large and small companies and fill labour needs.critical to future prosperity.
We need to build our labour force in order to better compete internationally and ensure the ongoing viability of the social programs we cherish. To get there, we need to show leadership in confronting the challenges of how best to attract and integrate newcomers.
And I must say that I am very encouraged about the people and passion underlying the initiatives and programs underway. I chair the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council or TRIEC, which is working to ensure we attract skilled immigrants and integrate them into our local economies and social fabric. Groups like TRIEC, and CRIEC here in Calgary, are an important part of the network to leverage the new talents and energies offered to us. Here in Canada, we have over the decades built a country to which untold millions around the world have aspired to come - to escape tyranny... to reunite with family... to find new hope, build a life and pursue a dream.
Our history is made of diverse generations coming to our shores - and finding their way and their place among those who came before. A century ago, many thousands of men and women made the journey from Europe to a young country, and west toward the Rockies, attracted not only by the vastness of the land but by the opportunity to be free, to create something of their own out of the long and lonely Prairie.
They came to humble beginnings - helping to settle the land, building communities and contributing to the diverse and prosperous country we know today: rich in multicultural traditions and dedicated to the principles of democracy and to the freedoms and the rights of individuals. It has served us well to keep our door open - to better reflect the changing world as it is. But our population is aging and our needs are growing. Immigration, diversity and multiculturalism - collectively is a great source of competitive strength for Canada.
You should always play to your strengths. In today's challenged world, we have opportunities to do things from a public policy perspective not available to more troubled nations. The US and Europe have significant social issues that impact their immigration policies.we don't.
We are in an extended period of economic challenges that will be marked by slow growth, high unemployment and social challenges. The solutions are multi-dimensional and many involve fiscal discipline, regulation, industrial policy, skills and training, innovation, investment, and the list goes on.
But immigration is high on the list and part of the solution. It is easier for us in Canada. Our economy, culture, diversity, education and healthcare all provide advantage.
But we need:
There are still challenges to overcome but opportunities to be seized - opportunities that will shape our current and future Canada. If we get it right it will pay great dividends for our country.


text: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Compression Hosiery as Effective—and Cheaper—Than Bandages for Venous Leg Ulcers, But Patient Compliance An Issue Layered compression bandages may be the "gold standard" in treatment of venous leg ulcers, but according to a new study, 2-layer hosiery is just as effective—and less costly. Rates of adherence, however, may mean that the approach is "not suitable" for all patients, according to researchers. The study, which appears in the March 8 edition of The Lancet (abstract only available for free, but see note at the bottom of this story for additional access information), analyzed treatment results among 453 patients with venous leg ulcers at 34 facilities in England and Northern Ireland. The patients were divided evenly into 2 groups—1 receiving 4-layer compression bandage treatment that authors said is regarded as the "gold standard," and the other receiving 2-layer hosiery (understocking and overstocking). Each group was monitored to assess healing rates and proportions. The results showed nearly identical rates of healing, with a 99-day median healing time in the bandage group and a 98-day median time in the hosiery group. Likewise, the overall proportion of patients whose ulcers healed through compression treatment was nearly the same for each cohort, at 70.4% for the bandage group and 70.9% for the hosiery group. "Our results indicate that 2-layer hosiery is as effective as 4-layer bandage for healing of venous leg ulcers," the authors write. The study also found a decreased chance of recurrence among the hosiery group. The authors also looked at overall cost-effectiveness for each approach and found that at least for patients in the UK's National Health System, average mean costs were about $485 less per year for the hosiery participants, a savings realized mostly because of fewer nurse consultations. After making additional adjustments for ulcer area and duration, participant mobility, and participating facilities, researchers also concluded that the hosiery group had "slightly more" quality adjusted life-years than the bandage group. "These findings suggest that hosiery is a dominant treatment—that is, on average it results in higher quality-adjusted life-years and lower costs than do bandages," the authors write. Though outcomes were good for the hosiery group, researchers were surprised at compliance rates. Authors expected that because of the ease of application and greater mobility provided, the hosiery treatment would enjoy strong compliance. Instead, they noted, 38% of hosiery participants changed to a nontrial treatment before their ulcers had healed, compared with 28% of the bandage group (combined rate: 33%). "Our results suggest that participants had more complaints about discomfort with hosiery, which led many participants in this group to change to another treatment," they wrote. The complete article will be available free to members in approximately 3 months via APTA's PTNow ArticleSearch, the association's research access tool. Check out ArticleSearch regularly, or e-mail APTA library staff to be notified when this article becomes available. For synthesized information on the management of venous leg ulcers, members can visit PTNow to access full-text clinical practice guidelines and 4 full-text Cochrane Reviews.


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Today's article is not the start of another Wednesday series... I just wanted to add in the cute, alliterative title. That is all.
Jim Henson's Red Book Review
Michael Wermuth, Jr. - On September 24, 2010 (Jim Henson's birthday), The Jim Henson Company added a new website, Jim Henson's Red Book, containing excerpts from, well, Jim Henson's red book, Henson's personal journal. As noted at the top of the page, every day from 1965 until 1988 Jim Henson wrote one-sentence journal entries on what he did that day, and excerpts from the book get reprinted on the website. Now, this may not be too interesting to many, unless you just like knowing dates of events (and even then, Muppet Wiki has many dates posted already). Interest may be even lower if it's not about a specific production. But many (not all) entries have additional historical information, written by archivist (note from Ryan: and good friend of The Muppet Mindset) Karen Falk. And the historic information is a real treasure.
In case you don't know, I'm a pretty hardcore Muppet fan. I know the names of all the important characters, and the names of many minor characters you may not be aware of. But pretty much all of the historic information entries include info that even I had never previously known, and not just the kind of info I might not have cared about.
Before the Red Book website started, I didn't know that Twill and Harrison from the "Muppets String Quartet" sketch (from The Ed Sullivan Show) had names, or that said segment was a remake of one done years earlier, or that Mahna Mahna was called "Harry" in that script. I didn't know that Jim Henson's Sesame Street film where kids play in the sand was titled "Body Parts vs. Heavy Equipment." I also didn't know what the musicians from the "Come Together" number looked like (they're basically Beatles caricatures with the same attire as Mahna Mahna)--and these are just some of the many, many things one can learn from Jim's Red Book.
The historical information indeed provides great information, pictures, and often links to video clips uploaded to YouTube by The Jim Henson Company (just recently Jim Henson's "Wizard of Id" pilot was uploaded). Almost every time an entry is on a variety show appearance there is plenty of detailed behind-the-scenes info and pictures. There are some great behind-the-scenes articles on scenes from The Great Muppet Caper (I am particularly fond of the article on the parachute sequence).
Although it says the red book started in 1965, there have been a few entries that pre-date 1965, such as when Jane Henson got hired in 1955 and the last broadcast of Sam and Friends in 1961. Although the book ended in 1988, I'm hoping for some kind of entry on The Jim Henson Hour. I'm hoping to eventually see entries on the making of all of Jim Henson's Sesame Street films (especially the "baker films"), the various direct-to-video productions of the 1980s, and something related to Follow That Bird. Only time will tell.
If you don't follow the website you really, really should. It is a treasure for Muppet fans and a great history lesson every single day.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
Apr 6, 2011
Weekly Website Wednesday: Jim's Red Book
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Make: Asks is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.
When putting a project together for the first time, I usually do a quick and dirty prototype just to provide proof of concept. Once finished, I'll rebuild the piece and make it more polished and finished.
This week's question: What is your prototyping process like? Are you meticulous from the get-go, do you go through many different iterations, or somewhere in between?
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Local high school students will showcase their talents and get encouragement for future endeavors Saturday during an annual competition.
NICEVILLE � Local high school students will showcase their talents and get encouragement for future endeavors Saturday during an annual competition.
About 60 students will gather at Northwest Florida State College for the 22nd annual Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) sponsored by the Okaloosa County Branch of the NAACP.
�This is one of their major youth outreach programs,� said Art Blakely, chairman of the event. �It�s to encourage education once the school doors are closed.�
The competition is divided into disciplines of science, humanities, performing arts and visual arts. Each discipline has a number of categories.
�It�s very difficult for you to come up with something we don�t cover,� Blakely said.
The national program was started locally with the help of the Okaloosa County School Board and has flourished with the school district�s continued support, he said.
The competition kicks off at 9 a.m. Three judges will review each project and select winners based a point system, Blakely said.
Students will be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals, and also might be up for scholarships at a banquet in June.
Winners of the local competition could go on to compete in a national competition this summer. Local students have won at the national awards five times over the years, Blakely said.
However, the prizes are secondary to the lessons students learn when they participate in ACT-SO and receive mentoring from adult volunteers.
�Education is the key to continuing their flight in life,� he said.
WANT TO ATTEND? The event begins at 9 a.m. in the Spirit Theater at the Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Katie Tammen at 850-315-4440 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @KatieTnwfdn.


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