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Local Notes
Gallery Extends Hours For HolidaysBELLA VISTA -- Wishing Spring Art and Craft Gallery is continuing its holiday season and extended shopping hours, with a special presentation from noon to 4 p.m. today.Award winning painter Jack Hetterich will be demonstrating his creative techniques from 2 to 4 p.m.Wishing Spring will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sundays from noon until 4 p.m. through December.Each item offered by the gallery is a creation of a member of the nonprofit The Village Art Club, Inc.The gallery is run as a cooperative. .
Najaf to be handed over to Iraqis
BAGHDAD - The holy city of Najaf, seat of Iraqs most powerful Shia clerics and scene of an uprising against US troops after Saddam Husseins fall, will be officially handed over to Iraqi control on Wednesday. The province of Najaf is the third of Iraqs 18 provinces to be transferred from the US-led occupying forces to Iraqi security forces. Whether it can remain calm will be a key test for the Iraqi government and for US hopes of handing over the rest of the country and withdrawing. US President George W. Bush is under pressure to withdraw troops amid rising US and Iraqi casualties and growing public dissatisfaction with the war which contributed to his Republican partys defeat at congressional elections last month. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who was due to attend Wednesdays ceremony, has pressed for a speedy handover.
NOAA SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR THE 2007 ERNEST F. HOLLINGS ...
The 2007 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program will provide approximately 100 college undergraduates up to $29,000 to further their academic studies related to NOAA science, research, technology, policy, management and education activities; and to offer a related summer internship designed to provide "hands-on" multi-disciplinary training. Applications will be accepted through February 9, 2007. The Hollings scholarship will provide selected undergraduate students with academic assistance for full-time study during their junior and senior years (up to a maximum of $8,000 per academic year); a 10-week, full-time summer NOAA internship position paying $650 a week; a housing subsidy for scholars who do not live at home during their internship; and travel expenses to a mandatory Hollings Scholarship Program orientation and conference at the beginning and end of the internship.
Smoking ban another line in the sand
The ocean rescue superintendent said this week that his lifeguards have other things to do, like pluck gasping people from rip currents. But Bob Taylor said they'd do "whatever the city determines is the best way to go." The bottom line on the butts Considering what the city has decided thus far, Taylor shouldn't hold his breath on rational thinking from this group. Although, really, I've been sitting here making up inane rules - and it is both fun and empowering. I don't think fat people should eat. I don't think addictive people should smoke. I don't think anyone should have a cocktail with dinner. Ever. But I do think small-town politicians worried about cigarette butts on their public beaches should learn how to enforce the littering laws.
TalentPen and Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Connect Diverse ...
Recruiting system matches hundreds of outstanding African-American students with Fortune 500 businesses to fill key management positions. Pleasant Prairie, WI (PRWEB) December 13, 2006 -- Hundreds of leading African-American students were recently connected with recruiting executives from 60 prominent companies, including Wal-Mart, Bank of America, AT&T and Nike, thanks to a partnership between the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) and TalentPen, a candidate collection and personality matching system. .
Inside the First Amendment: Don't fear freedom
The First Amendment turned 215 years old this week (on Dec. 15). At its birth as it is today, this constitutional guarantee was a breathtakingly beautiful testimony to the value of freedom of conscience and expression. When it was ratified as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791, the First Amendment secured all other freedoms because it provided protection for a nation of citizens to question their government, to foment change, to fight injustice. It encouraged a democratized conversation in which individuals could freely create and criticize, give voice to passion and pain, give substance to their dreams. It invited all Americans to proclaim their power as citizens and their worth as human beings. The promise and wisdom of that compact has been affirmed time and again over the course of two centuries.
Christmas comes early for Tri star
A sensational year just got better for triathlons budding superstar Flora Duffy after learning yesterday that she had been given a $10,000 scholarship by the International Triathlon Union.
The 19-year-old Bermudian is widely regarded as one of, if not the most promising female triathlete to break through to the senior ranks this year a fact recognised by the ITUs prodigious investment which will help cover the burgeoning costs of Duffys global travel.
The former Warwick Academy student also revealed yesterday that she had been approached by a top French professional team who want her to compete with them during the upcoming season.
Poissy Triathlon multi-time French national champions will pay Duffy to take part in three or four triathlons across the country next year, covering the cost of her travel, accommodation and kit while providing her with the chance to compete against many of the worlds best in between the all-important World Cup assignments.
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