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Rougher, but a smash hit?
Ever look back wistfully to the days when an NFL defensive lineman could wind up and give his opponent a vicious bone-jarring slap right upside his big knotty head, knocking him senseless?
Well, wish no more. The head slap is coming back to football next January via the XFL, the upstart, made-for-television football league being jointly developed by NBC and World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. This concession to offensive linemen: They still get to wear helmets.
As the NFL has gotten gentler over the years, some think it has also become staid and a little boring. That's the hook the XFL is trying to exploit as it positions itself as a rougher, sassier and more exciting brand of football. In a phrase-and a phrase that XFL executives never tire of saying-it's "smash-mouth football."
That's not the only thing that will get smashed. The league is also doing away with the "in the grasp" rule that protects the quarterback from extra bumps and bruises (if not concussions) once a defensive player grabs hold of him. In the XFL, as long as the quarterback keeps struggling for yardage, the defense has the right "to bury him," as Dick Butkus, newly named head coach for the XFL Chicago franchise, puts it.
Although the plan isn't finalized yet, NBC is considering coverage of two games each Saturday night, one beginning at 8 p.m. on the East Coast, followed by a West Coast contest three hours later. In addition, UPN will carry a Sunday-night game. And soon, Broadcasting & Cable has learned, the league will announce that Viacom's revamped TNN (future home of the WWF itself) will carry a weekly Sunday-afternoon game.
The XFL has told advertisers it expects to average a 5.5 household rating for NBC Saturday-night games, with about 2.7 million men 18-49 tuning in. The Sunday-night UPN telecast should average about a 3.0 rating, with a little more than 1.2 million men 18-49 watching. The Sunday-afternoon game on TNN should do a 2.5 rating, with about 1.3 million men 18 to 49.
Agency sources said the XFL was shopping sponsorships in the range of $2 million and up. Those sources estimate that a single 30-second spot in NBC's Saturday night game might cost between $17,000 and $20,000, if the games reach the ratings targets.
The league partners have committed close to $100 million in startup costs, and both NBC and WWF are putting heavy emphasis on first kickoff Feb. 3, six days after the NFL's Super Bowl. (In addition to its 50% share of the start-up costs, NBC has acquired 2.3 million shares, or 3%, of publicly traded WWF Entertainment Inc. for $30 million.)
The XFL will control and sell all the inventory in the games, WWF's new President Basil DeVito says. That way, he explains, NBC and UPN and TNN won't be sending conflicting messages about the league to advertisers. DeVito promises the XFL will announce several advertising and licensing deals soon.
Ad agency sources say the XFL has sold sponsorships for the beer, auto, candy and soft-drink categories but won't identify the sponsors. As for pricing, agency execs say the league will likely get rates more akin to cable (a cost-per-thousand-viewers rate in the $6 to $8 range) than to the NFL (with an average $15 CPM).
So will it make it where many leagues have failed before? Schulman/ Advanswers National Media Buyer Tom Decabia says, "It's not a bad product to put at that time of year for the male audience. They should find out within a month or so whether the true sports fan accepts or rejects it."
NBC and Turner considered a football league venture two years ago but couldn't make the numbers work. When CBS lost the NFL in 1994, it too considered a startup league, says media consultant Neal Pilson, then president of CBS Sports. "When I looked at it for CBS, we didn't feel there was a public demand for the product," he notes. "I'm sure NBC and WWF have reached a different conclusion five years later."
For the most part, agency executives remain open-minded about the new league. "It's something [to which] we're paying close attention," says Tim Spengler, head of national broadcast buying for Initiative Media, Los Angeles. "Who knows what will become of it long-term, but, for a young-male demo, it's probably worth taking a shot."
And as a player, it might be all right if you can take a hit. The XFL has several ways it intends to rough up the game. For example:
- There won't be a point-after-touchdown kick. Teams will have to run or pass the ball for an extra point.
- Forward motion by the offensive backfield will be allowed before the ball snap.
- The bump-and-run returns, allowing defenders to give offensive receivers a good pop at the line of scrimmage. The current NFL rule bars defensive contact with receivers until 5 yards past the line of scrimmage.
- There are no fair catches. On punt returns, the ball will be in play until someone takes possession and gets tackled.
- Sorry, no touchbacks on the kickoff. The kickoff starts from deeper in the kicking team's territory than in the NFL, but, even if the ball reaches the end zone, the receiving team will have to attempt to run it back.
- A shorter period of time is allotted to initiate a play.
- A player needs only one foot in bounds for a legal pass reception.
- Now there will be spontaneous player "celebrations," currently banned by the NFL but permitted by the XFL (as long as they don't delay the game).
The league will have an unprecedented amount of TV and radio coverage at launch. It's likely that all four weekly contests will receive national TV exposure from the start.
On the radio side, local teams are starting to shop around local-rights packages, and there may be a national radio game of the week as well, says DeVito.
Although the XFL will clearly be a more violent brand of football, officials say they don't intend to let the games degenerate into the brawls that figure so prominently in the National Hockey League. "It has not been contemplated to allow unrestrained fighting" on the field, says an XFL spokesman. The same penalties that apply in the NFL would apply to the XFL, up to and including ejection, he maintains.
But XFLers have built-in financial incentives to win every week: They'll be paid thousands of dollars less when they lose. During the 10-game regular season, each winning team in each game will split a $100,000 bonus pool. Losers get no bonus.
For the championship game, the winning team splits a $1 million bonus pool, while the losers get nothing. Thus, over the course of the season, players have the opportunity to more than double their take-home pay in bonuses.
League officials say the average player base salary will be $45,000, far less than the NFL but more than any other football league. (Arena Football players make about $25,000 per season; Canadian Football League players, about $31,000.)
Meanwhile, the league is establishing franchises in eight cities: New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; San Jose, Calif.; Orlando, Fla.; Memphis, Tenn.; Birmingham, Ala.; and Las Vegas. Chicago is furthest along; just last week, it named NFL Hall of Famer Butkus head coach, the XFL's first.
The league has stadium deals in six of its eight markets and is in discussions in New York with the operators of the New Jersey Meadowlands Stadium, home of the New York Giants, and Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas.
DeVito has little experience on the business side of football outside of a brief NFL internship during his college days. But he does have a sports-marketing background and the backing of WWF founder Vince McMahon, for whom he has worked for 12 years.
Others in the XFL front office are doing much of the day-to-day crafting of the league. Vice President, Football Operations, Mike Keller, a former player with the Dallas Cowboys, has held executive positions with the NFL, the defunct USFL and the World League of American Football. Vice President, Administration, Billy Hicks is a founding partner in the WLAF and one-time president and general manager of the Dallas Burn, a Major League Soccer franchise.
On the player front, the league has received more than 10,000 applications through its Web site, according to Keller.
Most of the 800 to 900 players who will be put under contract will come from the Arena Football League, Canadian Football League, World League and players who have been cut from the NFL, says Keller. In October, the eight teams will each draft 70 players who will go to training camp. Player trades and waivers and additional drafting will go on until the first game.
The XFL also thinks it can create a more intense viewing experience for the home audience by having more cameras and microphones in more places in and around its games than are currently allowed in NFL coverage.
Coaches will be wired for sound and tracked by cameras throughout the game-including the half-time locker-room session. Much of the sideline banter will also be taped. But none of it will scripted, a spokesman insists. "We're just telling the coaches to be themselves but, if they see a cameraman following them, not to slug him, because it will be our cameraman."
With three national TV outlets carrying its games, the XFL is rich in promotional vehicles. NBC aired a promo with McMahon during its coverage of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and plans to air a "significant number" of XFL promos during the second week of the Olympics, DeVito says.
"Having these resources certainly helps make a marketing opportunity just about everywhere we turn," DeVito says.
But Tom McGovern, director of sports media for OMD, New York, isn't so sure. "I think the closer it stays to real football the greater their challenge will be," he says. "Vince McMahon's success has always been pushing the envelope. People aren't craving more football."
The WWF and NBC, of course, are making a $100 million bet that just the opposite is true.


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Early Childhood Initiative
The Initiative Foundation believes that nurturing young children is the responsibility of parents and communities.
The Initiative Foundation advances this belief by providing support for community-based coalitions to develop a vision and a strategic plan that focuses on quality early childcare and education.
The Initiative Foundation in partnership with the Minnesota Early Childhood Initiative strives to ...
- Educate citizens about the first five years of rapid brain development that forms lifetime personalities, social skills and learning capacity.
- Promote parents and families as the primary and most important caregivers of young children and fosters the concept that nurturing and educating children should be embraced by entire communities.
- Help community coalitions create a shared vision and plan of action around the care and education of young children and their families.
- Provide training, financial and technical assistance and resource/referral services to implement quality community-based opportunities for young children.
- Connect with other early childhood-focused communities statewide.
- Promote and advance local, state and national public policy to support quality care and education for our youngest citizens.
- Create and promote "one voice" around the issue of early care and to speak for those who cannot.
To date, the initiative has developed 90 early childhood coalitions in 300 communities across Greater Minnesota. The Initiative Foundation supports 20 coalitions in Central Minnesota. Visit the grants page to learn how the Initiative Foundation could help you in your efforts to support healthy children, healthy families.
Promoting healthy social, emotional development
Statewide surveys reveal that an alarming number of Greater Minnesota children struggle with mental health issues and a striking lack of access to professional help.
These surveys paired with national studies prompted the six Minnesota Initiative Foundations to launch the Minnesota Thrive Initiative in 2007. The Minnesota Thrive Initiative goal is to build powerful community action teams that work to increase awareness, early intervention and prevention efforts among families, childcare providers and healthcare professionals.
In Central Minnesota, the Greater St. Cloud Area Thrive Coalition is working to ensure that all families have access to the information and resources they need. For more information, visit the Thrive website.
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text: Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appeared publicly on Friday for the first time since the military takeover in a defiant gesture, but faces pressure to step down from his party ahead of weekend protests.Leaders of eight of ten regional branches of the 93-year-old's ruling ZANU-PF party took to state television in an apparently coordinated push to call for him to go.READ: #Zimbabwe: 'We want someone who can make this country prosper again'"The province resolved unanimously to recall the president... from being the president of the party and the government," said Cornelius Mupereri, a spokesperson for the party's Midlands region.Mupereri was one of several branch officials to appear on ZBC's nightly news to read almost identical statements calling on the liberation hero turned autocrat to resign for the good of the nation.As well as increasingly vocal opposition from within his own party, Mugabe will face street protests on Saturday organised by veterans of the country's independence war and supported by long-standing opponents of the president.'Now we've got a future'The dramatic intervention by the regional leaders of Mugabe's party caps a week of unprecedented turmoil in which generals seized power and put the veteran ruler under house arrest.Ahead of his public appearance at a graduation ceremony in Harare on Friday, Mugabe had been confined to house arrest after the military takeover - a stunning turnaround for the president who has ruled since 1980.He attended the event in Harare dressed in a blue academic gown and tasselled hat, before listening to speeches with his eyes closed and applauding occasionally, an AFP correspondent reported.Mugabe did not comment on the take-over by the generals who seized power late Tuesday after vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa was sacked and Mugabe's wife Grace emerged as the frontrunner to succeed him as president.Mnangagwa, who had fled abroad after his firing, returned to the country on Thursday and seems poised to play a central role in shaping developments.Citizens were stunned by the military's actions, which were sparked by the bitter succession battle between Grace and Mnangagwa."I'm happy with what the army has done, at least now we've got a future for our kids," Teslin Khumbula, the owner of a security company, said."We don't want Mugabe anymore... Please - everyone go to the streets."'Finish the job'Mugabe and the army chiefs held talks on Thursday to resolve the crisis, but no official update was given on the status of negotiations that could see him relinquish power.Chris Mutsvangwa, chair of the independence war veterans' association which is seen as supporting Mnangagwa, said on Friday that "the game is up" for Mugabe and called for protests against the president.READ: 'My whole life, there's only been one man in charge' - Zimbabweans call for change"We want to restore our pride and tomorrow is the day... we can finish the job which the army started."Veterans of Zimbabwe's independence war were loyal supporters of Mugabe, but they turned against him as friction grew between the president and the military.Mnangagwa, 75, fled to South Africa following his dismissal and published a scathing rebuke of Mugabe's leadership and Grace's presidential ambitions.The military said on Friday they had detained some "criminals" in Mugabe's government in a reference to supporters of Grace's presidential hopes.Grace has not been seen since the takeover by the military, which has not overtly called for President Mugabe's resignation.Morgan Tsvangirai, a former prime minister and long-time opponent of Mugabe, has said the president must resign "in the interest of the people", adding that "a transitional mechanism" would be needed to ensure peace.Harare's residents have largely ignored the few soldiers still on the streets with shops, businesses and offices operating as usual.The international community has been watching the crisis closely.The United States has called for the army to quickly relinquish power following the takeover."We all should work together for a quick return to a civilian rule," said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday ahead of talks with African foreign ministers.In Paris, the head of the African Union, Guinea's President Alpha Conde, warned on Thursday that the continent "will never accept the military coup d'etat".Britain, Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler, said elections scheduled for 2018 should go ahead.


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How to use the DS iOS app to control two or more Digital Sputnik DS1s simultaneously, configuring one to be a wi-fi server and others as a client.
Note that it might take up to 25 seconds for the DS1 to switch the mode from access point (server) to client, and the app is not refreshing while waiting for this to happen. Some of the wait has been shortened in the video to save your nerves.
Download the DS1 manual here. You can download DS iOS app from the iTunes Appstore.
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Pick-Up Methods
We are at Maryland Hall during the first week of classes each semester. If you have made a reservation, you can pick up and pay then. Even if you haven't, you can arrive early and try on sizes same day. We accept Cash, Check or any major Credit Card. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early if you did not make a reservation to ensure your child is changed and ready for class.
If you were in our production last year, you can pick up your DVD (the price of one DVD was included in your performance fee, additional DVDs may be purchased).
If you are unable to attend the first week of classes, please contact us to schedule when you will be available to pick up.
Returns and Exchanges
You may return or exchange an item provided it is:
- Un-washed and un-worn (except for sizing purposes)
- Provided with original packaging
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Miceli Insurance Agency of Darien, CT, offers you a wide range of property and casualty insurance policies through well-established insurance companies. We are dedicated to helping you obtain the best insurance coverage as possible. Our reliable, honest agents have over 30 years of combined experience you can trust.
Auto insurance
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Our goal is to provide you with personalized customer service, ensuring your needs are fully met.
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This is a practical guide for parents of children who are experiencing learning difficulties:
Where and how to find help that suits your child.
Check lists that will help you identify the areas that need further investigation: body movement, speech, allergies, eyes, ears.
Mothers' stories of 9 children.
This book will either reassure you that there is no need to worry or identify the best available help.
Barbara Zaremba, Head, The Guild Centre, Sydney College of Advanced Education
"This book should be in the professional library of all teachers and students as a reference."
Ken Johnson, Principal, Cromehurst Public School, Special Education Centre, NSW
"I will be recommending this book to all teachers and parents who contact us about a learning disability. It contains valuable and reassuring information."
The book is written for those parents and teachers who wish to help their children to open new horizons through ease of academic learning. Help Your Child to Learn has sold over 22,000 copies and is in its third edition.
Now available as an e-book in PDF format, you can download your book directly to your computer saving time and expense.
You can keep a copy on your computer, and on other personal computers, and you can also print a personal copy – but it is for personal use and you are not make allowed to make a copy of it for anyone else.
We do, however, have further discounts available for those who would like to make multiple copies. Just contact our office.
E-books offer advantages in that they can be instantly purchased without the need for postage, are flexible in format and much cheaper. We would appreciate purchasers respecting our copyright. It may seem like a little thing, but we depend on product sales to continue with our work.


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The support plate is exceptionally flat - and stays flat for precision sharpening. The 100% Diamond abrasives can sharpen any knife or blade - from kitchen knives, hunting knives, pocket knives, chisels, and other bladed objects. Tungsten, Ceramic, stone, tool steel, stainless steel, and other materials can be used with the Edgecrafter without any special lubricants or oil.
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Job Description
Colvin Run Mill Historic Site G-Status Historian
Part-Time: 900 hrs/year
Colvin Run Mill Historic Site
10017 Colvin Run Road
Great Falls, Virginia 22066
Description of Duties: As a site educator, primary duties will be to present cultural history interpretive programs for school aged children and/or adults on a regular basis. Groups can include: school groups, scout groups, general public, thematic class series, camps, events, and special request programs. Additional duties to include plan, prepare, and present Scout and/or other activities, both pre-scheduled and upon request. Front desk, administrative, and other jobs may be included.
Hours: Must be able to work weekday mornings Tuesday-Friday, with core hours of 9:30am -12:30pm, to present field trip programs during the regular Fairfax County Public School's school year. Scheduled hours for field trips will generally fall during October, November, and late February through early June. Additional hours including weekends may be scheduled as needed.
Required Qualifications: Experience preparing and presenting interpretive programs to individuals or groups. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Ability to deal effectively with citizen inquires and questions. Ability to remain flexible and adaptive on a daily basis, in a small museum environment.
Preferred Qualifications: Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in history, education or a closely related field, and six months experience presenting interpretive programs or teaching children.
Note: Individuals in these positions are not eligible for employee benefits, and are not eligible to earn leave or receive holiday pay. This position cannot exceed 900 hours per calendar year.
To Apply: Please send resume with references, and cover letter to firstname.lastname@example.com
10017 Colvin Run Rd.
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Repl.it (Online editor)
Repl.it is an online text-editor that can be used on any device (with the appropriate browser). It supports dozens of popular programming languages, hosts random online hackathons, has several discussion forums, etc.
Repl.it can be used on any device, making it ideal when one cannot download a good text editor. Repl.it has sharing, auto-saving, color coded text and a light/dark theme for easier readability, easy file creation, deletion, and uploading capabilities, support on various web browsers, several easily accessible commands, public projects etc.
Get to Repl.it
The website is located at: https://repl.it. You will need to create and confirm a Repl.it account, but Repl.it can be used regardless of an account (but changes will not save). After the account set up is complete, you will either be redirected to or you can visit https://repl.it/repls (where you can view personal projects).
Use cases
Repl.it is a programming text editor, like atom or nano. It can be used to create web pages, games, etc. as well as edit a host of file types. Clicking the blue
Visit https://repl.it/repls or log in to Repl.it to see your own coding projects. Clicking on a project you have created will open up a tab for you to edit. Clicking on the blue + new repl will prompt you to enter the type of coding language you want to create. Clicking on the three dots located on the side of each project will give a set of options, including edit, history, or delete.
One of the key features of Repl.it is the fact that it supports sharing and multiplayer. For the first time, you can collaborate on programming projects online with ease, much like Google Docs. User's text edits will be clearly marked, and there is a real time chat for easier communication. In addition, you can view other people's projects and duplicate them for personal use. For a quick video about the application of multiplayer, see https://repl.it/site/blog/multi.
Replacement for
Any text editor. This is not a replacement for Microsoft Word or Google Docs, which are meant for document creation, not programming. Note that this can only be used online. If the editor is offline, it will not close out the application, but will not be able to be saved.
External links
Some websites that have been created with Repl.it are: https://repl.it/@AdCharity/Venezuela-Final-Project, https://repl.it/@AdCharity/Bing (Bing incognito if admin blocks you XD)


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All equipment is rented by the hour.
Phones and cameras are not recommended on the water.
Sorry, no reservations. If the equipment you want is not available, we put you on a wait list. Everyone in your group must be present to be on the list. We do not put people on the list over the phone. If you have a large group, we put you out as the equipment comes in. When the last person in your group goes out, that is when the groups time starts.
Week Day Pricing
The two person pedal quad has a weight limit of 400 pounds. Maximum weight in toddler seats is 25 lbs. Seating in front is similar to a shopping cart. $15/hour.
Two available.
Three speed bicycles.
14 adult bicycles available @ $10/ first hour, and $5 each additional hour. 200 lb. max. Two child bicycles available @ $5/hour. Helmets included.
Canoes hold three adults or two adults and two children. Maximum weight is 750 lbs. 12 canoes available @ $15/first hour, and $5 each additional hour..
29 sit in kayaks available @ $10/first hour, and $5 each additional hour. Maximum weight is 300 lbs.
16 tandem kayaks sit are available @ $15/first hour, and $5 each additional hour. Maximum weight is 450 lbs.
Stand Up Paddle Boards
34 paddleboards available @ $10/first hour, and $5 each additional hour. Maximum weight 300 lbs.
Life jackets and paddles included.
All rentals (except the quadricycles) – $5/hour for each additional hour.
Equipment not returned by closing time will be charged a late fee of $5 every fifteen minutes. We use google for time. Please be courteous to our staff and return on time.
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Annual Southport 24 hour Race
Next Event:
Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th September 2019
West Lancashire Yacht Club,
More information
We are always looking for crew so do please contact the dinghy captain
This is an annual event where Liverpool Yacht Club and Tranmere Sailing Club enter two enterprises, that need to sail around the lake at Southport for 24 hours. For each boat that we enter, we heed a team of members so that there is support staff, as well as people to sail the craft in shifts of one to two hours.
The purpose of the two craft is very different.
The A Boat
This is the team for the competitive spirit. We would advise that you come visit us at Dinghys to improve your skills, so that, we can put the best team possible forward for this craft.
The B Boat
This craft is about fun, the kids go on this boat along with the more inexperience members, although we do pair you up with an experienced member. The purpose of this boat is to have fun and to simply have a go and take part.


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Used Nissan Altima at Maxx Drive Auto
A sleek exterior style, an ultra-luxurious interior and all the features you could ever want or need, only one sedan can offer it all and it's the Nissan Altima! Plus, the powerful engine options you may find don't hurt either! If you have been searching for the right pre-owned sedan for some time, you have come to the right place. The Altima is everything you could ever want it to be and more. Learn more about what a used Altima model has to offer from engine options to safety features and everything between by reading on below.
Engine Performance
- 2.5-Liter 4-Cylinder Engine
- 3.5-liter V6 Engine
Safety Features
- NissanConnect Services
- Blind Spot Monitoring
- Full-Length Side Curatin Airbags
Vehicle Design
- Bluetooth Connectivity
- Automatic Headlights
- Keyless Entry and Ignition
What kind of features does a used Altima offer?
Reliable doesn't mean ugly and the Altima is the perfect example with swooping lines and an attention-commanding presence on the road. Nissan generally offers the Altima in five trim levels. Standard features typically include full power accessories, air conditioning, split folding rear seats, a CD player, 4-speaker sound system, Bluetooth audio and phone connectivity, keyless entry and ignition, and 16-inch steel wheels.The higher trims commonly add on features like automatic headlights, cruise control, a 5-inch center display screen, alloy wheels, power-adjustable seats, leather upholstery, driver assistance features, a premium Bose sound system, and dual-zone automatic climate control. Some models may be outfitted with additional features via packages so if you're looking for a sunroof or additional driver assistance features, keep an eye out for those.
Can you tell me about the Altima's engine options?
There is typically one of two engine options powering a used Nissan Altima. The first is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder that generates up to 179 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque. Power is sent to the sedan's front wheels with a continuously variable automatic transmission. This transmission can be outfitted with simulated gears to feel more like a conventional automatic transmission. The EPA estimated that this engine offers up to 31 mpg combined. The other engine that can be found under the Altima's hood is a 3.5-liter V6 that produces up to 270 horsepower and 251 pound-feet of torque. This engine is also mated with a continuously variable automatic transmission that powers the front wheels. This engine has been estimated to offer up to 26 mpg combined.
Does a pre-owned Nissan Altima come with any safety features?
When it comes to safety, the Altima has your back no matter what model year it comes from. Generally, the standard features include full-length side curtain airbags, front-seat side airbags, stability and traction control, and antilock brakes. Some trims may be outfitted with additional safety and security features like NissanConnect Services which includes stolen-vehicle location services, emergency assistance, and automatic collision notification. Some other safety features to keep an eye out for include forward collision warning and crash mitigation systems with automatic braking, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alerts.
Final Thoughts on the Used Nissan Altima
If you have been searching for a pre-owned sedan that meets all your needs, you have come to the right review! The Nissan Altima offers everything you could ever want from comfort and convenience features to powerful, fuel-efficient engines. Plus, the safety features make the Altima a safe place to travel with friends and family. If you would like to learn more about the used Altima models that we have to offer, reach out to our sales department today!Apply for FinancingSchedule Service


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From 1982-1986, Jim McVay served as the Director of Marketing for the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League. During that time, he devised the marketing strategies for the most innovative and fan-friendly product in the entire league. Today, McVay serves as the President/CEO of the Outback Bowl, one of the most popular and successful games of the college bowl season. McVay recently sat down to reflect on the era of good times and fun known around these parts as "Banditball."
Q. What were the challenges of introducing a new football team into this market?
A. The Bucs were not successful when we started out. They were getting ready to go on strike. Nobody liked Hugh Culverhouse. He was not universally accepted. The guy wouldn't spend any money on the team. Then the labor strike during the 1982 season enabled us to get the door open.
Then along came John Bassett hiring good-looking Steve Spurrier, a Heisman Trophy-winner from Florida with a great reputation. You had John Reaves, Jimmie Jordan, Florida, Florida State, Miami kids with local connections. Then you had Burt Reynolds, the number one box office draw. Back then was bigger than Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, all these guys combined. He was number one by far. Jerry Reed did our in-stadium music.
So here comes this fun, show-bizzy atmosphere built around Steve Spurrier and his wide-open offense. You talk about putting it together with a marketing blueprint. We had all the elements lined up. You have to have the right product, you have to have the right promotion, you have to have the right packaging, and you have to have the right pricing. It was a wonderful combination, and that's why the Bandits did so well. It's the other teams in the USFL that struggled a little. Not everybody was as well-managed as the Bandits and had the same organizational philosophy as John Bassett.
Q. Why is it that the Bandits seemed to have figured out the secret to succeeding, but so many other markets struggled?
A. If everybody would have followed John's blueprint, the league would have had a chance. What really caused the problems was losing control of the salary parameters that had been established for the players. You don't need to pay the players a ton of money. You hire a couple of high-priced guys and pay them some glamour money. When you start competing with the NFL, position by position, salary for salary when their revenues dwarf ours, sooner or later owners are going to say, "Why are we taking these losses?" That's where the league got in trouble. Too many owners were spending money they didn't have.
Q. Was this a league-wide problem or just a few rogue owners?
A. There were a few rogue owners, but it's tough to tell guys who are multi-millionaires or billionaires how to run their business. They'll do what they want to do. But what needed to be done was to get everyone to agree to stay within a certain financial parameter that met our television revenue and projected gates so that we could sustain ourselves and build an audience year after year. Then you get your larger television ratings and then your gate grows. Guys got ahead of themselves, didn't like the idea of losing games, so they started throwing money at different players and positions that really didn't make sense in our league. There is a market and there is a need for spring football. We really could have made that thing work, but guys got a little anxious, got a little spendy, and that's how we got in trouble.
Q. The Bandits were known for their creative promotions. What were some of your favorites?
A. We did a little of everything. We had a Miss Tampa Bay bikini contest, we had a Krazy Karat contest where we gave away diamonds, we had mortgage burnings, we gave away a million dollar deferred annuity, we had car giveaways. We had seven automobiles out on the field for one game. We gave away seven brand new beautiful Dodge cars, and as the cars were being taken off the field, one of the cars disappeared. It was gone. Somebody got in the car, drove out the stadium and kept going. The police said what happened, were there any witnesses? I said, "yeah, there were 50,000 witnesses!" We never did find that car.
We did enough things around the game to add an element of entertainment and pizzazz to a product that people wanted. You can't have a bad product and do all this fun, gimmicky marketing stuff. People want to watch football, and if they're treated properly with the right promotions, packaging, pricing, then you've got a chance. John and the group were smart enough to give it a local flair with guys who had local ties, and then you do all the fun stuff. We used to get complaints from the concessionaire during our games. They'd tell us to stop doing all this halftime stuff because nobody was coming down to buy popcorn or hot dogs.
Everybody was staying in the stands at halftime!
You've got 100 beautiful girls on the field in bikinis or Jack Harris standing out there in a fireman's suit burning mortgages and the table catches on fire, or we're giving away diamonds. We made the fans feel like we respected them and weren't going to take advantage of them. These things worked because they were wrapped around professional football. You've got to have the right product.
Q. What do you remember about the Smokey and the Bandit saga of 1985?
A. This was great. In the beginning, we developed an idea to have a black horse named Smokey, and a man dressed in black with a red bandana who was The Bandit. This became our logo. We thought it would be appropriate to have guy ride out onto the field to the "Banditball" theme song by Jerry Reed. It was really a great entrance.
So we're doing some promotion, engaging and activating local sponsors. Kash n' Karry was one of our big sponsors, and the horse and rider were part of the marketing and promotional concept with the store.
Before the 1985 season, the rider – who also owned the horse -- came to us and said because we are using their likenesses in advertisements that he wants to be paid "x" amount of dollars more. So I sat down with John Bassett in his office and I told him that the guy who rides the horse wants some more money or he's not going to do it. Bassett, in his quick-witted and clear-thinking way, looks at me and says, "You think that's the only black horse in Florida?"
I think the guy ended up coming around, but the brand had been built with a lot of money invested in advertising and promotions. There were a lot of moving parts that made us successful.
Unfortunately, the strength of who we were, and our model, couldn't carry over to every team in the league to build the continuity and sustainability to make the league work. All we could do from our perspective is run our franchise the best that we could, and we did. We were called the model franchise of the USFL. The logos, the colors, the music, the atmosphere, everything was first class.
Monday, June 7, 2010
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In the early years of the twentieth century, white Mississippians pursued educational improvements that included school consolidation, new colleges for teachers, and a county-based system of agricultural high schools. The second session of the 1908 state legislature provided matching funds for counties that hired teachers and erected classrooms and dormitories to instruct young Mississippians of both sexes in agriculture and domestic science. By 1911 seventeen of the state's eighty-two counties had agricultural high schools, a number that had grown to forty-nine two years later.
Before the school consolidation movement mushroomed in the 1920s alongside the construction of state and county roads, few rural Mississippi children attended high school. State educators, civic-minded farm families, and other self-proclaimed progressives intended agricultural high schools to fill the void of educational opportunity among Mississippi's rural white youth.
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State educators intended the schools' agriculture and domestic science curricula to prepare students for success as farmers and homemakers. Boys practiced fieldwork, animal husbandry, and farm management. Girls studied home economics, gardening, sanitation, and caregiving. The agricultural high schools showcased Mississippians' desire to revitalize their homes, farms, and rural industries by harnessing scientific progress and modern business methods.
The decline of the state's agricultural high schools mirrored their rapid rise. After the initial local enthusiasm that established the institutions, rural school consolidation steadily siphoned off support. By the 1920s most Mississippi taxpayers were no longer willing to support the schools and voted many down in county referendums. Some schools closed when the state board of education refused to fund them. A few survived as two-year community colleges, while others reorganized to provide conventional high school curricula in a process known in the 1930s as superconsolidation. Today, only a handful of the state's secondary schools retain the title of "agricultural high school," and only Forrest County Agricultural High School maintains an agricultural curriculum.
Further Reading
- James D. Anderson, The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935 (1988)
- Joseph A. Bailey, Seaman A. Knapp: Schoolmaster of American Agriculture (1948)
- Ronald K. Goodenow and Arthur O. White, eds., Education and the Rise of the New South (1981)
- William A. Link, A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870–1920 (1986)
- Roy V. Scott, Eugene Beverly Ferris and Agricultural Science in the Lower South (1991)
- Wayne J. Urban, Essays in Twentieth-Century Southern Education: Exceptionalism and Its Limits (1999)


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- Acting Age : 35 - 43
- Based in : Los Angeles, Berlin
- Height : 168 cm
Sona Tatoyan is a first generation Syrian-Armenian-American stage and film actor, writer, producer, and director with bases in New York, Los Angeles, and Armenia. Ms. Tatoyan is a graduate of the William Esper Studio.
Other training includes a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Wake Forest University, Shakespeare and Company's Summer Training Institute.
Ms. Tatoyan's feature film debut was the lead role in The Journey (2002) - the first American independent film ever shot in Armenia.
Currently, Ms. Tatoyan is in pre-production to star in Celestina, a feature film co-starring famed actor Bill Pullman, Oscar Nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno and up and coming star Raul Castillo (HBO's Looking) which she is producing through her production company Door/Key Productions alongside Academy Award winning producer Barrie M. Osborne (The Lord of the Rings) and executive producer Walter Salles.
Ms. Tatoyan's writing/directing debut short film, Toujours, was a selection at the Arpa International Film Festival 2012. As a storyteller, Ms. Tatoyan is inspired by the universal issues of home, identity, love, family, connection, healing through facing truth, and the confronting of pain/trauma as a means to emancipation/illumination. She believes exploring the untold stories of her scattered people is an opportunity to share her rich, ancient, multi-faceted culture with the wider world.
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directed by Adrian Martinez
You & Me
as Eva
directed by Alexander Baack
On the Road - Unterwegs
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directed by Walter Salles
The Dry Spell
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The Journey
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Approximately 7 acres in area, located in the southern portion of Queens, New York, the site was formally utilized as a dumping area. During the developement of 3 new individual commerival buildings, Enviro Driling installed active sub-slab depresuriation systems and methane abatement systems in all three buildings. The systems consisted of passive and active sub-slab recovery lines and a series of blowers that draws sub-slub air via a network of perforated pipes. The system also includes a detection system with sensors located in each buliding that are connected to control panels located in each building's utility room. After the system installation, Enviro Drilling started the system and tested it. The systems is currently running in full compliance assuring the health and safetly of the commerical tenants, thier employes and customers.
Located in Jamaica Queens in the vicinity of residential and commerical properties, the site consists of an active commerical building constructed on a fomer gasoline station with an active New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Spill Number. Enviro Drilling installed a Air Sparge/Vapor Extraction System consisting of 5 air sparge wells, 11 vapor excavation wells, and approptriate blowers, electricity and shed. The system was successfully installed and is currently remediating groundwater contamination.
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Lisa Carrington ignited the final day of the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships in Szeged by adding the K1 500m title to the K1 200m crown she banked on Saturday to complete an exhilarating golden double.
Lisa Carrington ignited the final day of the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships in Szeged by adding the K1 500m title to the K1 200m crown she banked on Saturday to complete an exhilarating golden double.The Kiwi kayak great was at her devastating best as she obliterated a world-class field to regain the world K1 500m she last snared four years ago in Milan.From the first few strokes, the 30-year-old from Ohope asserted her dominance and by 150m she was already, remarkably, a boat length up on the field.By the halfway mark the Kiwi kayaking superstar held a monster 1.93sec advantage on her nearest pursuer, the 2017 world champion Volha Khudzenka, with the defending world champion and two-time Olympic gold medallist Danuta Kozak of Hungary a distant fourth.Khudzenka, of Belarus, marginally closed the gap in the second half but Carrington – with her beautifully rhythmic style - was never seriously challenged and proved a class apart to secure her second gold medal in Szeged.The Kiwi crossed the line champion in 1:55.76 – 1.63 clear of Khudzenka in silver. Competing on home water, Kozak made a spirited charge in the second half of the race but had to settle for bronze in 1:58.01.Carrington has now won a remarkable 17 World Championship medals including ten golds in her stellar career and by striking gold she also ensured her country qualified a boat in the women's K1 500m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.The double gold medallist later returned to the water alongside Kayla Imrie, Aimee Fisher and Caitlin Ryan for the A Final of the women's K4 500m as the New Zealand crew placed fourth.The Kiwis, who 12 months ago won a World Championship silver medal in this discipline, made a decent start and narrowly trailed Belarus over the first third of the race.However, by halfway, Hungary, the defending champions, had made a significant move to nudge ahead of Belarus with New Zealand sitting third - 0.41secs further back. In the second half the host nation stamped their authority on the race to build on their advantage and ran out impressive winners in front of a delirious home crowd in 1:32.91. Belarus took silver in 1:33.69 with Poland finishing powerfully to take bronze in 1:34.77. The Kiwis has to settle for fourth in 1:35.35 but had the consolation of banking an Olympic spot in this discipline for the Tokyo 2020 Games.Carrington said of winning the K1 500m and her second World Championship gold medal of the regatta: "It was wicked. It is always scary going out there knowing this is my one chance every year where I have deliver my best performance. We had a strong headwind, which always makes things more challenging, and this added quite a few more seconds on to the race. "I went out there, did the best I could and today I earned the rewards for all the hard training. It is an event that challenges me hugely, so it is great to be able to nail it."The K4 was really challenging," she adds of their fourth-place finish. "We are racing the best crews in the world and to compete against them is pretty special. Today shows how big the challenge is leading into next year and I'm looking forward to stepping up to see how we can improve."Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie signed off their open World Championship debut with a plucky display to place sixth in a fiercely competitive B Final of the men's K2 1000m.The Kiwi duo had performed with distinction in both the heats and semi-finals and competing from lane one into a tricky headwind the Cambridge-based pair made a strong start and at half-distance sat in fourth – 1.64secs down on leaders Belgium.In the second half of the race the powerful Danish combination of Rene Holten Poulsen and Morten Graversen came to the fore, while Brown and Imrie had slipped to eighth by the 750m checkpoint.The resolute Kiwis, however rallied in the latter stages to haul themselves back up to sixth to record a competitive 3:31.66.The Danes secured top spot 2.65secs clear, but the men in black can earn huge kudos from the manner of their performances here in Hungary.Quaid Thompson finished a highly respectable 12th in the long-distance men's 5km A Final. Competing in a starting field of 35 the Poverty Bay paddler would have pleased with his efforts in completing the course in 21:14.72 – 1:20.64 behind gold medallist Aleh Yurenia of Belarus. Thompson's performance was a significant upgrade on the 2018 World Championships final, where he placed 18th.
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Hosts Elisa Rodriguez and Quinn Roseboom bring you this week's theme park and attraction news from Universal's Aventura Hotel. On this week's episode: [Read more…]
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Is addiction linked to your genes? Or is it all about your environment? According to the experts, it's both. Learn the role that your DNA plays in addiction and the ways to overcome the hereditary challenges you may face.
Doctor shopping is one of the most common methods of prescription drug abuse, and in the United States, its practice is fundamentally an epidemic. The most common method is to acquire a prescription from a reputable doctor, then request identical care from other physicians (legitimate or not), thereby multiplying your amount of drugs. This is not only practiced by addicts, but by drug dealers as well, who sell their prescriptions on the street to abusers who either don't have a network of doctors, or can't be bothered with the trouble. Some of the more common drugs that are on this market are opiates and benzodiazepines, but increasingly, amphetamine-based drugs such as Adderall have made a strong appearance on the black market.
Some of the attraction of prescription drugs is denial; countless times you will hear that ludicrous rationalization, "I'm not an addict, all the drugs I take are prescribed by a physician." Also, the purity of pharmaceuticals is an attraction for many. Street drugs scare a lot of people, and although this is somewhat understandable, pharmaceutical drugs can ruin your life or kill you just as easily. The cause of increased abuse may be linked to an emphasis in modern medicine to relieve pain. This has unconsciously led to an increased supply and development of medications that are more easily available. What we're trying to say is that some of the blame from the problem lay at the door of the pharmaceutical companies themselves…and they may just be the ones holding the trigger of the smoking gun.
Another unfortunate casualty of doctor shopping is the mentally troubled person is who stockpiling drugs. A certain amount of people who doctor shop may not be addicts necessarily, but they may have suicidal idealization…and a huge cache of dangerous narcotics may just be their ticket off of this mortal coil before their time. If you don't think this is true, check out the statistics for prescription drug suicide. According to the U.S. Department of Health, fatal prescription drug overdoses surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental deaths in 2007…and the he odds of a successful drug poisoning suicide are around 40 to 1 against.
On the bright side, in the United States, many doctors are faced with increasing scrutiny for over prescribing drugs of abuse, and some high-profile prosecutions bear this out. While this is causing some reputable doctors to be more careful in their prescribing practices, it doesn't really deter the common 'pill-writer' from going into business. Of these, there seem to be abundance. A reputable physician needs to accurately conclude which patients are suffering from authentic pain and not necessarily abusing medications, and sound physicians distinguish between patient tolerance, dependence, and addiction. The garden variety quack/pill writer doesn't really have these concerns.
But while respectable doctors may be getting better at identifying 'pill seeking', one of the sad facts is that there are many other medical professionals who enter the business solely for the opportunity to exploit it and dip their bread on the gravy of prescription drug abuse. Kenneth was in school to become a pharmacist in the 1970's, and his experiences are highly-reveling. "While I was in medical school," he remembers "I became friends with a team of young doctors who were in their internships. Several of them were keen on developing relationships with me, as I could – and did – become the supply line in their upcoming enterprise when I opened my own pharmacy. It was a bit like being in the quartermaster or supply chain of the army." Kenneth fell into the machinery of pill-writing doctors, and this was a huge money-maker for all concerned. It all came crashing down several years ago, when a couple of the doctors lost their licenses to practice medicine for over-prescribing abusive drugs. "I was caught, too," he sighs "and wasn't able to actually fill prescriptions for ten years…I learned my lesson, and it was brutal."
Due to extensive abuse of prescription drugs in both the U.S. and around the world, regulatory authorities have been deterring the practice by cracking down on 'doctor shopping', and some states have even criminalized the practice. Yes, you read that right: in most states, it's not necessarily illegal to have multiple prescriptions.
According to Wikipedia: The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2014 drafted in September 2014 would provide $80 million to states and agencies to fight common addictions, as well as make the prescriptions rule stricter and allow prescription information to be shared across the state borders. (At present, pharmacies can only find out if you have been convicted of prescription forgery or other felonies; you can be flagged as a drug abuser, but it takes a lot to get there.)
While this is all well and good, it's only a small step. When you get down to it, we cannot afford to trust in the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex or lawmakers to fix the problem or police addicts. Their track record is a disgrace. It's up to ourselves and the recovery community to implement the safeguards through education and interdiction. It may be our only chance…
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PHOENIX—Nearly 600 school board members, superintendents and other public school leaders from throughout the state gathered in Phoenix Dec. 11-13 for the 56th joint annual conference of the Arizona School Boards Association and the Arizona School Administrators Superintendents' Division.
Conference attendees had the opportunity to choose from 35 educational sessions addressing issues critical to public school leadership, and hear inspiring and informative messages from several keynote speakers, including Dr. Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University. A five-session orientation track for new school board members was also offered.
In addition, the people and programs in Arizona's public schools that exemplified excellence in education in 2013 were honored with awards. Honorees hailed from districts large and small throughout the state.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Carolyn Warner, a three-term Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction and lifelong public education advocate, received the ASBA Barbara Robey Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contributions in support of public education and ASBA's mission through servant leadership over an extended period of time.
View ASBA's video tribute to Carolyn Warner
Governance and Leadership Awards
For the first time in a single year, two school district governing boards were presented ASBA's annual Lou Ella Kleinz Award of Excellence for demonstrating the most outstanding educational leadership this year. The award, which is highest honor the Arizona School Boards Association bestows on a governing board, went to the Baboquivari USD Governing Board and the Benson USD Governing Board. Members of the Baboquivari board are Verlon Jose, Sara Mae Williams, Sylvia Hendricks, Ella Mae Greasewood and Marlene Gonzales. Members of the Benson board are Robert Bernal, Frank "Chic" Maldonado, Brett Barney, Anita Choate and Kelly Johnson.
(Please check back to view the Baboquivari video tribute.)
ASBA also named a three-member "all-star team" of school board members from throughout the state. Recipients of the 2013 ASBA All-Arizona School Board Award were Mari Alvarado, Alhambra ESD; Robert Ethridge, Altar Valley ESD; and Barry Sharp, Ash Fork Joint USD. This is the highest honor ASBA bestows on individual board members.
View All-Arizona School Board video tribute
Recognition for Training
Individual board members and full governing boards that have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to pursuing training in leadership, governance and issues related to public education were also recognized. Sixteen boards received the ASBA Total Board Award, which is granted to a governing board when at least a quorum of members has received 36 hours of voluntary training. Thirty-five individual school board members received recognition for having completed more than 120 hours of voluntary training throughout their years of board service. Karen McClelland, who serves on the governing board of the Sedona Oak Creek Unified School District, had the highest total training hours (449.5); she received the Master of Boardsmanship Fifth Cluster Award. (A complete list of boards and individuals recognized for their commitment to training is available upon request.)
Awards for Programs that Advance Student Achievement
School programs from throughout the state that have shown outstanding successes in student achievement were also honored with ASBA Golden Bell Awards.
Recipients of 2013 ASBA Golden Bell Awards were:
Elementary (pre-K through grade 6) Category
First Place: Flowing Wells Inquiry Science Initiative
Centennial, Davis, Douglas, Hendricks, Laguna, Richardson Elementary Schools, Flowing Wells Unified School District
Runner Up: Arizona Ready-for-Rigor Project
Gadsden Elementary School, Gadsden Elementary School District
Middle Years (Grade 4-9) Category
First Place: Cougar Skills for Success Mentoring Program
J. O. Combs Middle School, J. O. Combs Unified School District
Runner Up: No award presented
High School (Grades 9-12) Category
First Place: All Wranglers College and Career Ready
Wickenburg High School, Wickenburg Unified School District
Runner Up: Transitions—A Valued Role for Every Student
Vail High School, Vail Unified School District
District-wide Curriculum Delivery and Accountability Category
First Place: College and Career Ready Clinic Program
Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology (CAVIT)
Runner Up: K-2 Literacy Toolkit
Higley Unified School District
(Images of Golden Bell Winners are available upon request)
Student Honors
Student achievement was celebrated at the conference as well.
ASBA named the winners of the annual Jack Peterson Student Photography Contest, who demonstrated excellence behind the lens. The theme of the statewide student photography contest was "Arizona Outdoors." The 2013 winners in the grades 9-12 category were:
- First place: Daba Yague, a senior at Pinnacle High School (Paradise Valley USD).
- Second place: Jose Coronado, a senior at Amphitheater High School (Amphitheater USD).
- Third place: Andrew Kingsbury, a senior at Lake Havasu High School (Lake Havasu USD).
The 2013 winners in the grades k-8 category were:
- First place: Spencer Scher, an eighth-grader at Madison Meadows Middle School (Madison ESD).
- Honorable mention: Evan Ziker, a seventh-grader at Sonoran Trails Middle School (Cave Creek ESD).
View/download the winning contest images
ASBA's Jack Peterson Scholarships, presented annually to high-performing high school seniors who plan to pursue college degrees in education, were awarded to:
- Amanda Grimshaw, Tanque Verde High School, Tanque Verde USD Photo
- Dakota "Cody" Hays, St. David High School, St. David USD Photo
- Sydney Knight, Greenway High School, Glendale Union HSD Photo
ASBA's Hispanic-Native American Indian Caucus presented the new Panfilo H. Contreras Honorary Scholarship to deserving Hispanic and Native American Indian students for their post-secondary education. Receiving scholarships were:
- Kevin Gutierrez, Gila Bend High School, Gila Bend USD Photo
- McKenna Parker, Window Rock High School, Window Rock USD Photo
- Beatriz Ortiz, Flowing Wells High School, Flowing Wells USD (no photo available)
The Arizona School Boards Association is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting elected local governance of public education and continuous improvement of student success by providing leadership and assistance to school district governing boards statewide. ASBA represents more than 1,000 school board members and more than 1 million Arizona children.