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From l-r, Willard Franklin, Ann Keasling, Spencer Harmon, Jordan Warren and (on the floor) teacher Joe Andrews perform improv. An improv show will be Friday and Saturday.
Douglas High School Thespian Troupe 990 performed their way into spots at the state thespian festival in Vegas.
The community can get a taste of their performances at a showcase today and Saturday.
The showcase coupled with a silent auction will be a fundraiser to help raise money to send the troupe to the state competition.
Silent auction items include dinner and one-night stay at the Hard Rock, dinner and show and a stay at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, an $800 photoshoot and two rounds of golf from Empire Ranch.
"Let the DHS Improv Team leave you in stitches by creating on-the-spot scenarios based on audience suggestions," Drama teacher Amy Sando said. "In between scenes, DHS Thespian Troupe 990 will perform the solo musical numbers and monologues that earned them the right to compete at the Nevada State Thespian Festival in Las Vegas in March. The entire troupe qualified for state, and you will be impressed with their display of talent and have the opportunity to help raise funds to get them there."
If you cannot attend but would like to support the Troupe, direct donations can be made to any Improv player or Drama Club member.
Performances start at 7 p.m. in the high school drama room 101.
Tickets are $5 before the show and $10 at the door.
They can be purchased from any drama club member.
For more information call 392-1543.
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who is currently basking in the success of 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi', is all set to treat fans with her upcoming film 'Panga'.
Kangana recently wrapped up the Delhi schedule of the film. Her co-star Jassie Gill shared a picture from the schedule wrap on his Instgram Story and revealed that the team's next leg of the tour would be Kolkata.
The actor shared a small clip and wrote "wrapped up, Abhi chalo Kolkata...yeh movie hum pure India mein shoot kr rahe hain." (Let's go to Kolkata now, we are shooting this film all over the country).
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, the director of the film, thanked Delhi as the crew packed up for the next destination.
"Inspite of tough schedule and soaring temperature, Delhi you have been really kind. Thank-you my lovely #panga people. #pangastories," she wrote on Instagram.
Kangana and Ashwiny have been bonding well and having a good time together. A couple of days ago, the filmmaker posted a few pictures of the two enjoying their time in the capital and hogging on scrumptious food that Dilli offers.
Kangana will be seen playing the role of a Kabaddi player for the first time in the upcoming sports film. It also stars Neena Gupta and Richa Chadha in pivotal roles.
Reportedly, lot of actors, including Kangana, have undergone Kabaddi training for the film. In fact, Kangana underwent rigorous training for over two months.
On August 21, last year, Ashwiny had revealed the cast of the film.
She chose a unique way to announce the film as she shared a video, featuring snapshots of its cast with their family.
The film is all set to hit theatres on January 24, 2020.
The industries contribute more than £100 billion to the UK economy.
England’s creative industries have been handed a £20 million boost, the Government has announced.
The package, which will help sectors including fashion, broadcast and video games, is designed to support an industry that contributes more than £100 billion to the UK economy, Minister for the Creative Industries Margot James said.
The deal includes £4 million being pumped into the creative industries of Bristol, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands while a £14 million Creative Careers Programme will see leading industry figures working with schools and college to improve access to job opportunities.
Organisers hope to reach more than 160,000 students by 2020. Another £2 million will go towards the Get it Right campaign, which seeks to educate consumers on copyright infringement.
And £200,000 will be spent on the Digital Schoolhouse programme, which is delivered by games trade body Ukie and PlayStation.
It aims to inspire the next generation of game creators and could be in place in 50 schools by September next year.
Ms James said: “Millions of people around the world enjoy our world-class creative and cultural output every day and we want to stay as a frontrunner in these vibrant sectors.
“Our creative industries are a vital part of the economy, contributing over £100 billion to the economy so it is important we maintain the pipeline of talent.
The cash injection follows the publication of new figures which reveal the value of the creative industries to the UK is up from £94.8 billion in 2016 to £101.5 billion, growing at nearly twice the rate of the economy since 2010.
April 15, 2018 at 12:02a.m.
Boardman voters will decide in the May 8 primary election whether to replace an existing levy at a different millage rate to generate additional revenue for the township.
The township is seeking replacement of a 3.2-mill levy that has been renewed numerous times since it was approved in 1976 and for which the effective millage rate has decreased to approximately 1.2 mills. While the levy currently generates approximately $1.2 million per year, replacing it at 2.9 mills would boost its annual revenue by approximately $1.5 million, to $2.7 million per year, according to information provided by the Mahoning County Auditor’s office.
The five-year levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $60 per year, compared to the $37 per year it currently costs, according to information provided by the township.
Township officials have explained the decision to seek a replacement in terms of funding the township has lost in recent years, and their efforts to maintain services while balancing the budget.
The tax is a general operating levy that funds current expenses for the police, fire, road and zoning departments.
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Saturn's north pole photographed by Cassini earlier this year and released yesterday.
Before it ends its mission to Saturn by intentionally hurling itself into the planet's atmosphere on Sept. 15, the Cassini spacecraft will complete a series of measurements announced today by NASA.
Sept. 11: Flyby of Saturn's moon Titan that will put the spacecraft into its final plunge.
Sept. 13 and 14: Final photos taken (including of Earth and the very last will be of the propellers) and transmitted to Earth.
Sept. 14 and 15: Eight onboard instruments will be sampling the upper atmosphere of Saturn during the final plunge.
Early morning Sept. 15: Loss of signal about 950 miles above Saturn's cloud tops. Seconds later it will melt from temperatures of 200 - 500°C.
Hydrogen plumes on Enceladus, which could conceivably support life. "Enceladus has no business existing and yet there it is screaming...'I completely invalidate all of your assumptions about the solar system,'" Cassini program scientist Curt Niebur said in today's press conference.
Images of Titan, which Cassini confirmed has methane seas and rivers on its surface.
Did Pence or the tax returns move any conservative pundits?
Donald Trump is just a little bit behind in the polls.
Unless the theory that Donald Trump does not actually want to be president is true, the GOP nominee had a terrible week. Over the weekend, the New York Times published some of his tax returns; on Monday he insulted veterans, and his foundation was ordered to stop fundraising. On Monday night, pundits awarded his running mate, Mike Pence, a victory in the vice presidential debate. But Pence spent most of the debate pretending that Trump never said half the things he is on record as saying.
I've been critical of @GovPenceIN as VP candidate, but I do want to congratulate him for throwing @realDonaldTrump under the bus last night.
Trump was also reportedly miffed that Pence looked more presidential than him.
The polls are also working against Trump. In the Real Clear Politics polling average, he trails Hillary Clinton by 4.5 points in a head to head race and 3.7 points in a four-way race, with both margins having increased over the last week.
Trump wasn’t the only candidate to have a bad week, much to the despair of conservative pundits still hoping at this late date for a worthy recipient of their protest vote. Libertarian Gary Johnson—still reeling from his self-described “Aleppo moment,” in which he could not name a foreign leader he respected—refused to answer “Kim Jong-un” when a New York Times reporter asked him if he knew the name of the leader of North Korea.
Whether Johnson didn’t actually know or was being coy in response to what he perceived to be a gotcha question, it didn’t help him with our pundits.
I’ve now seen enough of Gary Johnson to reverse my position on pot legalization. Save the minds of our wan libertarians, keep weed illegal.
To be honest, we thought by this point in the election, most of our 25 pundits would have chosen sides. But the picture of where they stand is not getting clearer even as the election nears. There remains little enthusiasm for Trump or Clinton. And neither did anything this week to draw any more support. On to the tracker.
Stephen Curry may become MVP of Madison Ave.
Game 7 of the NBA's Western Conference Finals delivered in both action and viewership.
The Golden State Warriors 96-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder brought in an average viewership of 15.9 million for TNT on Monday night.
The highly anticipated win or go home match up between Steph Curry's Warriors and Kevin Durant's Thunder was cable's most watched NBA telecast of all time. It was also the the most watched program in the history of TNT.
The game peaked at 19.8 million viewers from 11:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. as the Warriors wrapped up the win.
Game 7 brought in big viewership in both the Bay Area and Oklahoma City where roughly 30% of the homes were watching the game.
TNT's NBA postgame show, "Inside the NBA," even saw big ratings bringing in an overnight rating of 4.8, the highest overnight rating for the show ever.
Overall, the game and the post game delivered the two top rated programs of the night across both cable and broadcast TV.
TNT, like CNN, is owned by Time Warner (TWX).
The Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder game 7 brought big action and big viewership to TNT.
Golden State's win now sets up what could be a blockbuster NBA Finals for ABC.
The Warriors will be taking on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. This pits the two biggest stars in the NBA (if not the entire sports world) in a rematch of last year's heavily watched Finals.
The six games of the 2015 NBA Finals averaged 19.9 million viewers for ABC. This was the most watched NBA Finals for the network since it started airing it in 2003.
It was also the most watched Finals since 1998 when Michael Jordan's Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz.
With attention surrounding James' attempt to end Cleveland's championship drought and the Warriors coming off a historic 73 win season, this year's number could easily top last year's.
California's Joshua Tree National Park is a special place where almost 800,000 acres host the meeting point of two large ecosystems, high and low desert. In the eastern part of the park, where the elevation is below 3,000 feet (910 meters), the Colorado Desert sprawls out, filled with creosote bush and small stands of ocotillo and cholla cactus.
But it's the cooler and wetter environs of the higher-elevation Mojave Desert where the magic of the namesake Joshua tree happens. Large stands of this gorgeous, unruly member of the Agave family cover the western half of the park, giving it a surreal feel, as if straight from a desert fantasy – all of which is so beautifully represented in this image showing the soft, dreamy side of a desert sunset.
The Seattle Mariners announced today that they will add a video display above the center field bleachers that will be the largest in Major League Baseball (see artist's rendering below).
The screen will be 201.5 feet wide, or about 25% wider than the video displays above the field at Cowboys Stadium. The video display will also be 57 feet high, giving it a size of 11,425 square-feet, making it slightly smaller than one in Dallas (11,520 square-feet).
Treating patients is an important part of clinical psychology training.
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As a clinical psychologist, you'll help patients who have mental health, social, work-related, emotional and psychological disorders and problems. Clinical psychologists offer specific services, such as assessments, psychological testing and psychotherapy, to help improve their patients' functioning and overall well-being. The road to becoming a clinical psychologist is long and, in many cases costly, involving several years of education and training.
All prospective clinical psychologists earn bachelor's degrees before they can begin graduate-level training. But you don't necessarily have to major in psychology – many graduate schools accept applicants who come from liberal arts or other backgrounds. A bachelor's degree in psychology can help you determine whether this is the right field for you and provide a basic foundation for further study. Regardless of your major, you should have taken introductory psychology courses and a course on psychopathology. Since most graduate programs in psychology place a strong emphasis on research and statistics, it's also usually a good idea to take several courses in these areas.
Clinical psychologists receive most of their training during graduate school. Most clinical psychologists enter doctoral programs in clinical psychology directly after graduating with a bachelor's degree. During graduate school, clinical psychologists are trained through a combination of lectures and seminars, research opportunities and hands-on, supervised clinical practice. Clinical psychology coursework mainly focuses on personality and psychopathology, according to the Society of Clinical Psychology. In a 2002 article for Psych Central, psychologist John Grohol advises prospective clinical psychologists to choose graduate programs that provide early clinical experience, preferably beginning in the second year of study.
Once you have satisfactorily completed doctoral coursework and practicums, you are eligible for a predoctoral internship. The predoctoral internship builds on the experience and training provided by your practicums. During a predoctoral internship, you provide psychological services to patients in a clinical setting under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist. You will ideally gain experience assessing, diagnosing and treating a wide range of people who have various psychological disorders and mental health complaints. Your internship should be in a setting approved by the American Psychological Association or another similar organization.
After you graduate, you'll need to become licensed in your state to practice clinical psychology. One of the dilemmas faced by many new graduates is that most states require a certain number of hours of postgraduate supervised experience. For many aspiring clinical psychologists, postdoctoral placements help them fulfill these requirements. According to a 2012 article in the American Psychological Association's "Monitor on Psychology," you can use both accredited fellowships and informal postdoc positions to help accrue supervised experience. Postdoc experience is usually paid and provides additional training and guidance while working in a clinical setting.
Northwestern University: Department of Psychology: What Does it Take to Get Into Graduate School in Clinical Psychology?
Psych Central: So You Want to Become a Psychologist?
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: What is an Internship in Clinical Psychology?
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LINCOLN, Neb. — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. State Department to conduct a more thorough review of the Keystone XL pipeline’s proposed pathway after Nebraska state regulators changed the route, raising the possibility of further delays to a project first proposed in 2008.
President Trump is making good on his promise to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline — but the fight is far from over.
President Trump took steps to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines while foreshadowing a renegotiation of terms and insisting that developers use U.S. steel.
TransCanada Corp. opened one of the largest trade appeals ever brought against the United States, seeking to recoup $15 billion tied to the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
TransCanada Corp. is withdrawing its application with Nebraska regulators for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, less than two weeks after President Obama rejected the project.
President Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.’s bid to build the Keystone XL pipeline, ending seven years of debate over an infrastructure project that swelled into one of the most contentious environmental issues of his presidency.
TransCanada Corp.’s request to pause a U.S. review of its Keystone XL oil pipeline gives President Obama a way to ease a political headache at home and help him repair frayed relations with Canada.
Hillary Clinton declined to weigh in on the Obama administration’s ongoing deliberations over the Keystone XL oil pipeline July 27, avoiding an issue that has become a litmus test for climate activists.
The U.S. Senate failed to override President Obama’s veto of a bill forcing approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, a setback for Republicans who have made building the $8 billion U.S.-Canada oil link a legislative priority.