| Events: St. Paul / Klondike Kate Cabaret to hit the stage Saturday...
The cost is $5 per person, and parking permits are required. Snowshoes will be provided. Registration is requested by calling 651-430-8370. Elsewhere Conference for women with MS: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Minnesota Chapter, invites women living with multiple sclerosis to attend the 2007 Women's Conference from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, 3131 Campus Drive, Plymouth. The conference will be an opportunity to network with others affected by the disease and learn ways to balance work and family and cope positively with MS. Featured speakers include Dr. DeAnn Nerum, neuropsychologist at Mercy Ruan MS Center in Des Moines, Iowa; Dr. Heidi Crayton, MS specialist at Georgetown MS Center in Washington, D.C.; Wendy Booker, marathon runner and mountain climber; and Brenda Elsagher, humorist and storyteller.
Ask EngadgetHD: What is the difference between a HDTV and a monitor?
There are two main differences, a tuner and the resolutions. (some may say 3 if you include the connections) In order to be considered a HDTV or a TV for that matter the display must include a tuner, traditionally this meant a NTSC tuner, but today ATSC tuners are also required on most TVs and soon all TVs will require a ATSC tuner to get the name TV. Tuners aside there is still a distinct difference, between a computer display and a HDTV. When the PC just got started (or an Apple) you could use a TV as a monitor, but they quickly learned that interlaced tubes are terrible for reading text, so progressive scan displays became the norm, so along came VGA which has the same resolution as an SDTV; 640x480, but progressive. This obviously wasn't enough and NEC released the first multiscan display that supported multiple resolutions.
She's alleging violations of disabilities act
TRAVERSE CITY A former Traverse City Area Public Schools employee filed a federal lawsuit against the district alleging violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Lynn Bryan, 57, sued TCAPS and the district's school board last month in U.S. District Court. She worked as a custodian for TCAPS from May 2001 until May 2005. The lawsuit contends that after Bryan suffered an anxiety attack at work on March 16, 2005, the district mandated she attend medical and psychological examinations to assess her fitness for duty. Bryan attended the medical evaluation and was authorized to return to her job. She initially objected to the psychological examination and was disciplined for refusing to participate. Further evaluation by a psychiatrist found Bryan was fit for duty, but she did not attend subsequent counseling sessions scheduled by TCAPS.
Stronger road to Fort Pickens could keep park accessible, bring ...
When the campaign was under way in the 1960s to create Gulf Islands National Seashore, to include Fort Pickens, supporters pledged to keep the park accessible to the public.That still has to be a guiding principle.The problem lies in guaranteeing public access without doing things that go against the park's other prime directive: preserving the natural resource that brings people there in the first place, and protecting its rich natural habitat for wildlife.Before Hurricane Ivan, visits to the park had topped one million a year, making it one of the top national park destinations in the country. And that level of visitation has made the park an integral piece of the local economy.Trying to provide that level of access without a road would be a challenge, to say the least.But the road has proven repeatedly vulnerable to hurricanes.
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