Grizzlies No. 2 overall in ESPN The Magazine's 2015 Ultimate Standings

Grizzlies No. 2 overall in ESPN The Magazine's 2015 Ultimate Standings
Grizzlies No. 1 in “Affordability” for second straight year; Top 15 in “Bang for the Buck” (No. 3), “Players” (No. 4), “Stadium Experience” (No. 6), “Fan Relations” (No. 7) and “Ownership” (No. 13). Posted: Oct 14, 2015. Facebook · Google Plus …
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Gov. Deal appoints 10 to boards
Roy Copeland, Criminal Justice Reform Council. Copeland is an assistant professor of Business Law at Valdosta State University. He sits on the boards of the Lowndes County Industrial Authority and 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Copeland is a member of …
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5 Things You Should Know About John Kasich

5 Things You Should Know About John Kasich
Kasich is a former Fox News host. In eyeing the White House, Kasich had decided not to seek re-election to the House in 2000. He would go on to sit on corporate boards and was a managing director at Lehman Brothers until its collapse in 2008. But he …
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Building a better board: Average age of local members is 61
There's not a huge movement to add younger people to the boards of public companies, judging by public documents and interviews with local board members and experts. And in this case, people in their 40s count as young: The average local board …
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Eight Omaha school boards finalize budgets, tax rates
It was a busy night Monday as eight metro Omaha school boards approved budgets and locked in tax rates for the 2015-16 fiscal year. A property valuation increase of 4.5 percent across the 11 Learning Community districts — even higher in outlying areas …
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Digital Revolution Pushes Youth Talent Agents to Change Their Game

Digital Revolution Pushes Youth Talent Agents to Change Their Game
Not long ago, kids longing for a shot at stardom had to come to an entertainment hub like New York or L.A. to get in front of casting directors. But the digital revolution has changed all that as adolescent acts from Salt Lake City to Seoul — and, in …
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Gov. Nathan Deal appoints 8 to state boards
The appointments, announced Friday, include those to the Georgia Board of Nursing, Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group, Public Defender Standards Council and State Board of Veterinary Medicine. Nathan Deal Enlarge. Nathan Deal. The appointments …
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School Scrambles To Preserve Newly Discovered Chalkboards From 1917

School Scrambles To Preserve Newly Discovered Chalkboards From 1917
Math teacher Sherry Read's classroom is a total mess. The students are gone for the summer, and light fixtures dangle from the ceiling. The floor has a layer of dust. Down the hallway, workers make a racket while they renovate the school, which dates …
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Ballot Board fixes flawed language for pot legalization issue
Secretary of State Jon Husted said boards of election across the state can now update and mail ballots for military and overseas voters, which go out today. Husted said only 230 ballots were immediately impacted by the change. Ohio voters can begin …
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DMC executive Herman Gray to leave health care system to lead United Way

DMC executive Herman Gray to leave health care system to lead United Way
Gray serves on the boards of national, state and local professional and community organizations, including Children's Hospital Association, Skillman Foundation, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the U.S. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.
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Cooperatives' merger rejected
WEST MANSFIELD — The merger between Heritage and Legacy Farmer cooperatives has been rejected by members, according to statements published on the websites of the two cooperatives. Heritage Cooperative members approved the merger, while …
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Photos Of Pluto Reveal A 'Toy Store' Of Surprises
Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute, the mission's chief scientist, says that icy, soaring peaks on Pluto should "send a lot of geophysicists back to the drawing boards." It's not what the smartest people expected to see. These pictures also …
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Why Portland's Famed Powell's Books Will Outlive the Kindle

Why Portland's Famed Powell's Books Will Outlive the Kindle
Today Powell's City of Books spans an entire block in the city's Northwest quadrant, a temple of print so vast that visitors find their way around via fold-up maps (free souvenir alert) and giant directory boards that resemble the arrivals-and …
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Nikki Zeichner uses data to give new perspectives on parole and incarceration
“It's just so ridiculous that you have somebody who is 50-plus years old and [parole boards are] still looking at something he did when he was in his early 20s,” she says. “It's not recognized that somebody grows over time.” The case also taught …
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LA's Planning Commission wants say in new billboard law
When it comes to the proposed Los Angeles billboard law, everyone seems to have an opinion. Electrical workers want digital billboards legalized in Los Angeles, contending the displays will create jobs for their union members. By contrast, some …
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Splat! Diving boards stir feelings of summers gone by

Splat! Diving boards stir feelings of summers gone by
Even before The New York Times published an ode to diving boards earlier this month, I had begun ruminating on their role in the summer landscape. Such thoughts were triggered by a timeless scene I watched unfurl one sweltering July afternoon at …
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Sony's Crackle Aims to Thwart Digital-Advertising's Viewability Problem
Will it take a TV company to solve one of the biggest problems plaguing digital advertisers? Crackle, the streaming-video outlet owned by Sony, will enlist analytics company Moat and video-management service Freewheel in an effort to provide …
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Apple Unveils iPad Pro with Bigger Screen
Apple announced a new iteration of its best-selling tablet: the iPad Pro, with a larger screen and bigger keyboard, designed for business users as an alternative to laptops. The iPad Pro lets you “do things you can't do with a notebook,” Apple senior …
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Ohio's big school districts using service centers to get more state cash

Ohio's big school districts using service centers to get more state cash
Ohio lawmakers created the forerunner to ESCs — county school boards — over a century ago to help professionalize the state's tiny, rural school districts — think one-room school houses. The ESCs were to provide “supervision,” expertise and training.
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Boards of Heritage and Legacy co-ops vote to merge
The boards of directors of Legacy Farmers and Heritage agricultural cooperatives have voted unanimously to approve a merger agreement of the two groups, just months after meeting to discuss the issue. The agreement will be explained to members during …
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Hollywood poet, University of Miami law professor Marzi Kaplan dies at 79
Kaplan also chaired the Florida Bar Journal and The Florida Bar News editorial boards, served on the boards of WPBT-Channel 2, the Miami Book Fair International and the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Her essays were included in the Miami …
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Contractor on city boards cuts deal with prosecutors

Contractor on city boards cuts deal with prosecutors
A Sheboygan contractor who serves as an official on three city committees reached an agreement with prosecutors on a criminal charge against him. Pete Strysick was charged with theft by contractor earlier this year after he failed to install a sliding …
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The Art Of Knowing What You're Looking For
They are not better at remembering arbitrary arrangements of pieces on boards. But they are very good at remembering possible chess positions. For these aren't merely arrangements of pieces on boards; they are milieu, that is to say, meaningful …
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Red-light-camera lobbyist off convention-center and Veterans Memorial boards

Red-light-camera lobbyist off convention-center and Veterans Memorial boards
The lobbyist at the center of Columbus' red-light camera scandal no longer will hold seats on two county boards. John Raphael's four-year term on the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority expired on Saturday, and county officials notified him …
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Celestron Handheld Digital Microscope Pro
Clicking on either of the first two will take you to the directory of saved images and videos in Windows Explorer, named Microcapture_Photo and Microcapture_Video, respectively, while pressing Exit will close the app. From Options, the menu item named …
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Chris Brown leaves Philippines after wait due to legal issue
Chris Brown leaves Philippines after wait due to legal issue. Enlarge Image Request to buy this photo Bullit Marquez | Associated Press Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown waves as he boards a chartered jet at the old Manila Domestic Airport.
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