Health officials probe virus exposure at Yosemite

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ? Two more Yosemite National Park visitors have been found with a mouse-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two people, bringing the total number of infections to six, state health officials said.

The new discoveries were made during the agency's investigation into cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome at the famed park, California Department of Public Health Anita Gore spokeswoman said.

The infections spurred park officials to close 91 tent cabins at Curry Village in Yosemite Valley, where five of the six infections occurred. Gore said one of the infected people may have been in another area of the park.

"Our investigation is trying to determine which area of the park that person visited," she said.

Over the past three weeks, two people have died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome after staying in cabins at Curry Village in Yosemite Valley.

Park officials said the double-walled design of the cabins that were closed Tuesday made it easy for mice to nest between the walls. The disease is carried in the feces, urine and saliva of deer mice and other rodents.

The illness begins as flu-like symptoms but can quickly affect the lungs. It can take up to six weeks to incubate.

Five of the people who fell ill are known to have stayed in the tent cabins in June or July, and warnings have gone out to visitors who stayed in Curry Village in June, July or August.

The hantavirus outbreak occurred despite efforts by park officials to step up protection efforts last April. A 2010 report from the state health department warned park officials that rodent inspection efforts should be increased after a visitor to the Tuolumne Meadows area of the park fell ill.

The new hantavirus policy, enacted April 25, was designed to provide a safe place, "free from recognized hazards that may cause serious physical harm or death."

It came after the state report revealed that 18 percent of mice trapped for testing at various locations around the park were positive for hantavirus.

"Inspections for rodent infestations and appropriate exclusion efforts, particularly for buildings where people sleep, should be enhanced," it said.

In 2009, the park installed the 91 new, higher-end cabins to replace some that had been closed or damaged after parts of Curry Village, which sits below the 3,000-foot Glacier Point promontory, were determined to be in a rock-fall hazard zone.

The new cabins have canvas exteriors and drywall or plywood inside, with insulation in between. Park officials found this week when they tried to shore up some of the cabins that mice had built nests in the walls.

The deer mice most prone to carrying the virus can squeeze through holes just one-quarter-inch in diameter. They are distinguished from solid-colored house mice by their white bellies and gray and brown bodies.

The park sent warning emails and letters Wednesday to another 1,000 people who stayed in tent cabins, after officials found that a computer glitch had stopped the notices from going out with the original 1,700 warnings Monday. The warning says anyone with flu-like symptoms or respiratory problems should seek immediate medical attention.

In 2011, half of the 24 U.S. hantavirus cases ended in death. But since 1993, when the virus first was identified, the average death rate is 36.39 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

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Dearen reported from San Francisco.

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Miners occupy Sardinia coal mine to protest rumored closing

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Union spokesman Stefano Meletti is being helped by fellow miners after having slashed one of his wrists during a press conference of 100 Sardinian striking miners barricaded inside a coal mine in Sardinia, Italy, on Aug. 29, 2012.

By Claudio Lavanga, NBC News

The miners laugh at the sight of worried journalists, who are used to elevators stopping on the ground floor. This one, instead, is descending about 400 yards underground, to the site of the last coal mine in Italy.

The gate opens to an underworld where conditions are almost unbearable. It's hot and humid, and it doesn't take long before we chew on the bitter taste of coal dust.

Just a few miles away, thousands of tourists sunbathe on the Italian island?s pristine beaches, but the miners' skin has been darkened by ash and soot. They joke that they are the only Sardinians who got a tan in the dark.

The mine looks like hell, but to the miners, this is a second home.

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Some have been working in these mines for decades, much like their fathers and grandfathers before them. In this impoverished region, there's no other option. The coal mines have given work to generations of migrants from all over Italy since the 1930s. No wonder the biggest town in the area is called Carbonia.

Now, the company running the mine is planning to take the carbon out of Carbonia.

Coal is now considered outdated and unprofitable, and it is rumored that the mine could close by the end of the year.

The miners' reaction was quick and simple: if you want to kick us out, we won?t come up to the surface.

At least 30 workers have been occupying the mine as they await reassurances that they can keep their jobs, and the other 417 are taking turns to show their support. Living conditions in the mine are hard, they say, but they?d rather live in the familiar darkness than try to look for other jobs.

Lorenzo Congia is on his fourth consecutive day underground. He says he has no options but to cling to the only job available to him: ?We will stay here until we have the certainty that we can bring the bread back home to our families. We work underground to feed our families. Outside of this mine, we are doomed,? he said.

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His colleague, Andrea Pinna, agrees: ?Our children are all unemployed and with no job prospects. If this mine closes, we won?t have anywhere to go. There?s nothing out there for us.??

On Wednesday, another miner, Stefano Meletti, slashed his wrists in front of television cameras shouting: ?Is this what we have to do?? before he was wrestled to the floor by his startled colleagues. While they didn?t expect his sudden act of desperation, they say they, too, are ready to resort to ?extreme measures? to keep their jobs.

They put up a white sheet with a warning, written in red letters in the Sardinian dialect: ?This is the time for gunpowder." And the threat might not be entirely metaphorical.

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A few feet away from where they are stationed, an iron gate is plastered with yellow warning signs. That?s the storage room for almost 1,600 pounds of explosives, and more than a thousand detonators. They are there for mining purposes, but authorities fear that in the hands of miners who pledged to fight for their cause to the bitter end, the explosives could turn into a dangerous weapon.

Union leader Gianfranco Sau says the miners don?t want to resort to violence, but he is finding it hard to restrain them.

?It?s difficult to retrain 447 workers. We keep guard of the explosives day and night, we don?t want an exasperated worker to do something crazy," Sau said.

A miners' delegation will meet government representatives in Rome on Friday to try to give the mine a new lease on life as a storage site for carbon dioxide in order to mitigate global warming and produce clean energy.

The miners are hoping for some good news. In the permanent darkness, any ray of light will do.?

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WhatRunsWhere Acquires Mobile Ad Spy To Help Advertisers Tame The Wild West Of Mobile

Here's an example of a Northern American company buying up some European tech: WhatRunsWhere, the service that enables ad agencies and advertisers to track competitors? online ad campaigns, has acquired UK-based Mobile Ad Spy to expand its offering to mobile. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed. WhatRunsWhere offers a "competitive intelligence" service for online media buying which lets users look up what advertisers are doing online in terms of where they are running ads, who they are buying inventory from, down to exactly what ads they are running. This also extends to the ability to scrutinise individual online publishers, looking at things like who is advertising there, who is selling the inventory, and what ads are on display. The premise is that if you can better understand what is working for your competitors then you have a greater chance of trumping them -- and boosting the all important ROI.

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GOP assails Obama on foreign policy, defense

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Republicans delivered a scathing indictment of President Barack Obama's national security policy, although the Democrat's aggressive approach has often been compared to that of his GOP predecessor, George W. Bush.

Defense and foreign policy, largely footnotes during the first two days of the Republican convention, were at the core of speeches by Sen. John McCain, Obama's presidential rival in 2008, and Condoleezza Rice, Bush's secretary of state. Neither uttered Obama's name Wednesday night in their prime-time remarks, but the target of their criticism was clear.

"For four years, we've drifted away from our proudest traditions of global leadership," McCain said. "We've let the challenges we face, both at home and abroad, become harder to solve."

He faulted Obama for projected cuts to defense spending, a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan and an unwillingness to use more U.S. military force to stop the months of bloodshed in Syria. McCain drew the loudest applause when he criticized the government over suspected national security leaks.

Rice acknowledged the nation's weariness from the two long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that Bush started but said: "If we are not inspired to lead again, one of two things will happen: No one will lead and that will foster chaos, or others who do not share our values will fill the vacuum. ... We do not have a choice. We cannot be reluctant to lead ? and one cannot lead from behind."

Republicans have seized on the words "leading from behind," which an unnamed Obama adviser used in a New Yorker article, even though the idea is to empower others while avoiding the perception of unilateral U.S. action.

Rice recalled standing at her desk the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and learning of the terrorist attacks. She made no mention of Osama bin Laden and Obama's order as commander in chief for the Navy SEAL operation that killed the terrorist leader.

"Our friends and allies must be able to trust us," she said. "From Israel to Poland to the Philippines to Colombia and across the world ? they must know that we are reliable and consistent and determined. ... Our military capability and technological advantage will be safe in Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's hands."

National security has barely warranted a mention at the convention as jobs and the economy remain the dominant issues for the electorate. The short shrift also reflects a political reality of the past four years ? Republicans have made little headway in challenging Obama's aggressive security policies.

Obama has waged a secret campaign against al-Qaida in two countries ? one on the Arab Peninsula, the other on Africa's east coast. Navy SEALs took out bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011 and armed drones have pursued al-Qaida terrorists within the country, degrading the group.

The U.S. military and allied forces aided rebels who overthrew Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi last year. Prodded by Congress, Obama has imposed tough sanctions on Iran amid recent hints of a cyberwar against Tehran. The president has ended the war in Iraq and taken steps to draw down U.S. forces in Afghanistan after more than a decade of fighting.

Romney insisted Wednesday that Obama has been less than forceful.

"For the past four years, President Obama has allowed our leadership to diminish," the Republican presidential candidate told the American Legion in a speech in Indianapolis. "In dealings with other nations, he has given trust where it is not earned, insult where it is not deserved and apology where it is not due."

Rice was pressed repeatedly during an interview on "CBS This Morning" to provide specific examples of where Obama has failed on foreign policy. She declined to offer any examples.

"It's a question about what a President Romney would do," she said. "There is no doubt that the United States' voice has been muted. When the United States' voice is muted, the world is a more dangerous place."

A group of Democrats countering the Republican line argued that the ticket of Romney and Paul Ryan is the least experienced on national security of any Republican presidential duo in decades.

National security "is a strength of President Obama's," said former Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind., who cited the "litany of achievements and accomplishments of the Obama administration," including the killing of bin Laden, the fall of Gadhafi and aid to Israel for the "Iron Dome" system to intercept shorter-range rockets that might be launched by Palestinian and Hezbollah militants.

"No wonder Republicans don't want to talk about national security when the president has a spotless record," Roemer said.

Republicans are convinced, however, that they can make political inroads with cuts in military spending even though they voted for the reductions last summer.

"The Obama administration is set to cut defense spending by nearly a trillion dollars. My administration will not," said Romney, a former Massachusetts governor.

In fact, some $500 billion in cuts are over 10 years and were part of the deficit-cutting plan that Obama and congressional Republicans backed in August 2011. Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, and McCain voted for the reductions.

If Congress fails to agree on another plan to slash the deficit, an additional $500 billion in cuts would kick in during January 2013.

Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday that he'd "like to see the governor beat up on the president" over the looming cuts.

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Joe Paterno's FBI file reveals letters, threats

File - In this Oct. 8, 2011, file photo Penn State president Graham Spanier, left, and head football coach Joe Paterno chat before an NCAA college football game against Iowa in State College, Pa. As Penn State tries to move past the scandal after Sandusky?s trial, the devastating Freeh Report and unprecedented NCAA penalties, Title IX remains a potential long-term legal problem. The reason: Not only have Title IX lawsuits produced some of the most expensive judgments against universities in recent years, but the law allows for the possibility, however unlikely, that a university?s access to all federal dollars could be cut off. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar, File)

File - In this Oct. 8, 2011, file photo Penn State president Graham Spanier, left, and head football coach Joe Paterno chat before an NCAA college football game against Iowa in State College, Pa. As Penn State tries to move past the scandal after Sandusky?s trial, the devastating Freeh Report and unprecedented NCAA penalties, Title IX remains a potential long-term legal problem. The reason: Not only have Title IX lawsuits produced some of the most expensive judgments against universities in recent years, but the law allows for the possibility, however unlikely, that a university?s access to all federal dollars could be cut off. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar, File)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? The FBI kept a thick file on Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, but it mostly involves threatening letters sent to him and his staff years ago, and there's no mention of his former assistant Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted this year of molesting boys.

Paterno's 868-page file shows he received a series of threatening letters sent in the late 1970s and early '80s from someone who signed them A Bitter Father. The author blames Paterno for family problems that apparently surfaced after his son left the university's heralded football program prematurely.

"I feel you are responsible for me loosing (sic) my son," A Bitter Father writes. "He went to Penn State because of you in the first place. He feels he got a bum deal and I agree. He lost interest in everything and went from bad to worse."

Another anonymous letter, to an assistant coach, suggests Paterno was responsible for the assistant's "tragic accident." The file doesn't say what the accident was.

The FBI posted the late coach's file online Wednesday in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from media outlets. The Washington Times first reported on the contents, which also had been mailed to media outlets a day earlier.

Paterno died in January at age 85, two months after losing his job over the Sandusky sexual-abuse scandal.

An FBI memo dated Dec. 16, 1977, said Paterno found the letters troubling.

The FBI withheld 44 pages of Paterno's file, citing privacy issues and the protection of a confidential source.

The FBI spent several years investigating the written threats sent to Paterno, his staff and even a Penn State television commentator, following leads that took agents to a Roman Catholic church and a shipbuilding company in the Pittsburgh area. The leads apparently went nowhere.

Additionally, Penn State basketball coach Dick Harter received a threatening letter in 1980, the file shows.

A Bitter Father later apologized to Paterno, saying he had spoken to his priest and realized he shouldn't blame others for his troubles. But the letters seem to have continued.

Sandusky, Paterno's longtime defensive coordinator, was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys, some on campus. He awaits sentencing and maintains he's innocent.

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh led a recent Penn State internal investigation into the Sandusky matter, faulting Paterno and other university leaders for putting the university's reputation and football program over the safety of children.

Paterno's family strongly denied he protected Sandusky for fear of bad publicity.

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Travel Is Getting More Fun Now That We Don't ... - Business Insider

Self-service kiosks might be the coolest thing to happen to airports?since the lounge.?

As the Journal pointed out on Monday, airports are moving away from human interactions to a do-it-yourself model where online booking, check-in kiosks and mobile boarding passes are the norm.?

"I saw the Journal's story and I was thinking, what took them so long?" said consumer advocate Christopher Elliott over email. "A lot of aspects in the check-in process have been begging to be automated for years."?

With self-service kiosks, where people check and tag their own bags, airport lines could move a lot faster, and that's a good thing for our sanity and wallets.?

For starters, if there's no reason to check a bag then there will be less incentive to leave items at home or turn to shipping services like Lugless, which literally lug bags from destination to door?and charge rates starting at $39. If you're cool with checking your bag, why ship it??

The automated check-ins could also do away with?cluttered cabins and delayed boarding times,?both of which tick off travelers and hang penny-pinchers out to dry when there's no room to store their bags, and they have to pay to check them.

"There are lots of inefficiencies in the check-in process today," said Elliott. "Have you ever stood in front of a ticket counter and watched an agent type away furiously, trying to fix something or change your seat assignment? That can be automated."?

All this automation might be the beginning of a whole new travel era, one that's just what the passengers ordered. Last spring, 75% of worldwide fliers?told SITA, the Geneva-based airline IT provider, that self-service is the way to go.??

Could self-directed boarding be next??

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New imaging technique homes in on electrocatalysis of nanoparticles

ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) ? By modifying the rate at which chemical reactions take place, nanoparticle catalysts fulfill myriad roles in industry, the biomedical arena and everyday life. They may be used for the production of polymers and biofuels, for improving pollution and emission control devices, to enhance reactions essential for fuel cell technology and for the synthesis of new drugs. Finding new and more effective nanoparticle catalysts to perform these useful functions is therefore vital.

Now Nongjian (NJ) Tao -- a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute -- has found a clever way to measure catalytical reactions of single nanoparticles and multiple particles printed in arrays, which will help characterize and improve existing nanoparticle catalysts, and advance the search for new ones.

Most catalytic materials synthesized in labs contain particles with different sizes and shapes, each having different electrocatalytical activities, but the conventional methods measure the average properties of many nanoparticles, which smear out the properties of individual nanoparticles.

"The capability of measuring single nanoparticle catalytical reactions allows for determining the relationship between the efficiency of a catalytical reactionand the size, shape, and composition of the nanoparticle." Tao explained. "Such an imaging capability also makes it possible to image arrays of nanoparticle catalytical reactions, which may be used for fast screening of different nanoparticles," he added.

In the current study, platinum nanoparticles acting as electrochemical catalysts are investigated by means of the new technique, known as plasmonic electrochemical imaging. The method combines the spatial resolution of optical detection with the high sensitivity and selectivity of electrochemical recognition.

Results of the study appear in this week's advanced online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) has been used to image electrochemical reactions by mechanically scanning a sample surface using a microelectrode. In this process however, imaging speed is limited and the presence of the microelectrode itself may impinge on the sample and alter results.

The new method relies instead on imaging electrochemical reactions optically based on the phenomenon of surface plasmon resonance. Surface plasmons are oscillations of free electrons in a metal electrode, and can be created and detected with light. Every electrochemical reaction is accompanied by the exchange of electrons between reactants and electrodes, and the conventional electrochemical methods, including SECM, detect the electrons.

"Our approach is to measure electrochemical reactions without directly detecting the electrons." Tao said. "The trick is to detect the conversion of the reactant into reaction products associated with the exchange of electrons." Such conversion in the vicinity of the electrode affects the plasmon, causing changes in light reflectivity, which the technique converts to an optical image.

Using plasmonic electrochemical current imaging, Tao's group examined the electrocatalytic activity of platinum nanoparticles printed in a microarray on a gold thin-film electrode, demonstrating for the first time the feasibility of high-throughput screening of the catalytic activities of nanoparticles.

Additionally, the new study shows that the same method can be used to investigate individual nanoparticles. As an electrical potential is applied to the electrode and cycled through a range of values, nanoparticles clearly appear as spots on the array. The effect can be seen in accompanying videos, where nanoparticle spots 'develop' over time as the potential changes, much like a polaroid picture gradually appears.

Microarrays featuring different surface densities of nanoparticles were also produced for the study. Results showed that electrocatalytic current at a given potential increases proportionally with nanoparticle density. Further, when individual nanoparticles were characterized using SPR microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), good agreement was shown between the results, further validating the new technique.

Tao notes that in principle, plasmonic electrochemical imaging -- a rapid and non-invasive technique offering the combined benefits of optical and electrochemical detection -- may be applied to other phenomena for which conventional electrochemical detection methods are currently used.

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New on video: 'Battleship,' 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits,' 'Think Like a ...

?The Pirates! Band of Misfits?

What is it? The charmingly goofy animated feature showcases characters known only as the Pirate Captain, the Pirate With Gout, the Albino Pirate, etc. The day-to-day business of pirating ? they?re not so good at. Adapted by Gideon Defoe from his series of children?s books, ?The Pirates!? is built around the premise of a reality-TV-style contest between the Pirate Captain and three other blackguards: Black Bellamy, Cutlass Liz and Peg Leg Hastings. In his search for ships filled with booty, the Pirate Captain accidentally sacks the HMS Beagle, the research ship of Charles Darwin (voiced by David Tennant), leading to a more landlocked, and delightfully ludicrous, adventure. Like many Aardman Animations films, this one is awash with silliness. It has enough humor to keep Mom and Dad from falling asleep. As with Aardman?s ?Wallace and Gromit? films, there?s a sardonic animal sidekick. Perhaps, by the second ?Pirates!? film, there will be a character as beloved as Gromit. In the meantime, ?The Pirates!? has made a buoyant maiden voyage. Rated PG for mild cartoon action and some rude humor Time: 1:28 We gave the film: *?*? Extras: Filmmakers? commentary, ?So You Want to Be a Pirate!? mini-movie and ?Mr. Bobo?s Flash Card Challenge.? Also, on Blu-ray: ?Pirate Disguise Dress-Up? game, making-of featurette, ?Creating the Bath Chase Sequence? featurette, two Peter Lord short films?Battleship? What is it? Hasbro?s venerable game of naval strategy, in which players use a combination of guesswork and logic to deduce the location of their opponents? ships, isn?t exactly known for its thrill-a-minute narrative complexity. Fear not. ?Battleship? is an invigorating blast of cinematic adrenaline. Deftly directed by Peter Berg, from a script by brothers Eric and Jon Hoeber that adds muscle, sinew and heart to the skeletal source material, the resulting film is an enormously entertaining amusement-park ride. Yes, it?s a bit preposterous, not to mention loud. But it?s also brisk and viscerally thrilling, with a genuine surprise or two ? including a plot twist that manages to brilliantly incorporate the game?s essential DNA of blindly shooting at invisible targets. It?s the action that propels this fleet film forward. Like its naval namesake, ?Battleship? may be bulky, long and overblown, but when it gets in the water it?s as nimble as a speedboat. Sure, it may be beset by a few cliches, but it manages to outmaneuver them all in the end. Rated PG-13 for action violence, mayhem and some obscenity Time: 2:12 We gave the film: *? Extras: Featurettes ?Preparing for Battle,? ?All Hands on Deck: The Cast? and ?Engage in Battle.? Also, on Blu-ray: alternate ending pre-visualization and five featurettes, including a short on visual effects, a behind-the-scenes with director Peter Berg, ?USS Missouri VIP Tour? and ?Alien Tech 3D Model Turntable Explosions? ?Think Like a Man? What is it? An all-star revue of some of the most physically stunning actors in Hollywood, ?Think Like a Man? is a pleasure if only on a purely sensory level. The nine main characters might be archetypes-bordering-on-stereotypes, but all manage to resemble authentic human beings, thanks to the terrific actors who play them, including Taraji P. Henson, Meagan Good, Regina Hall and Gabrielle Union. Each of these gorgeous, high-achieving, self-aware women faces a specific dating problem for which Steve Harvey?s relationship book has just the right advice. That advice ? with its 90-day rules before having sex and warnings against being a ?chirp-chirp? girl ? doesn?t break any ground. Forget hackneyed cliches about Players and Dreamers and the scheming women who seek to domesticate them. Focus on the pleasures of watching a group of gifted actors spar and seduce each other with genuine warmth, and ?Think Like a Man? just might go straight to your head. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some crude humor and brief drug use Time: 2:02 We gave the film: *?*?*? Extras: deleted scenes, blooper reel. Also, on Blu-ray: four behind-the-scenes featurettes?The Lucky One? What is it? Can a drama be too restrained? ?The Lucky One,? adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel, features Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling in a sudsy romantic melodrama that lavishes good taste and sunsets on a story that ? devoid of genuine tension, conflict or combustible chemistry between its two stars ? just prettily sits there. Efron plays Logan Thibault, who as a Marine in Iraq happens upon a photograph of a beautiful blonde and proceeds to see the picture as a talisman that saves his life. When he returns to the United States, he tracks down the girl, who turns out to be a single mother named Beth (Schilling), and begins working in the dog kennel she runs with her grandmother, played with vinegary acumen by Blythe Danner. Most of ?The Lucky One? consists of proving how sensitive Logan is (he reads Melville and plays the piano with a suitably faraway look) and how put-upon Beth is as she clatters around her grandmother?s impeccably distressed cottage and affects Veronica Lake-esque bangs-in-the-eye sultriness. Rated PG-13 for mild cartoon action and some rude humor Time: 1:41 We gave the film: *?*? Extras: ?Zac and Taylor?s Amazing Chemistry? featurette

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Five Sales Management Mistakes in Business

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These tips can decide out how enormous and successful your business will become in the future. These are some significant sales management blunders that you have to avoid at any price.

Blurring the Line separating Recognition and Training

Congratulating your sales staff for a good job and moving immediately into debating areas of improvement can be really deceitful. This common blunder of method is usually regarded as an insignificant shortage of appreciation to their efforts. Provide quality sales and marketing courses to them all.

The Lack of Sales Support

Another common bad call most entrepreneurs make in business is the hiring of sales staff, without providing support at defined levels needed for them to be successful. Regardless of if what you have under your wing is a top performer and knows everything inside out of the industry, they need your support and attention, so that they can familiarize themselves with the company, its mission, the products and the markets. Dedication to sales force coaching can go a good way, and it pays great dividends long-term.

The Absence of Sales Accountability

There?s a likelihood that your reps will fail notwithstanding your support and the coaching they received. You might find it straightforward to pass it all off to external forces (powerful competition, poor selling, the funny economy), but don?t forget that you brought your sales rep on board to bring in the sales. You have to determine how to make business grow.

If they fail in spite of your full support and dedication to them, then you need to have a look at their performance. And who is answerable for this unsatisfactory performance? It is your sales management program naturally. The best practice is to separate recognition when you?re training and save their performance improvement areas to the training sessions. Recognize and celebrate their achievement separately with its own significant time, it?s these gestures that win hearts.

Having No Sales Plan At All

Of The lack of a clear sales plan in handling your marketing team is like setting them off blindly with no clear concept what they have to be doing.

To have a very highly efficient and successful salesforce, you need to supply them with steady planning, reviews and tracking, with each sales unit having its own action plans as a guide for its responsibility and everyday sales activities.

Putting Too Much Concentration on Control

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International Satellite television and BGAN Satellite television Services

We've got come to recognized satellites like the international satellite television that has been sent a few years returning to space. Numerous see them while machines sent to circle the earth. But do you realize of what it could actually do? Why were these people sent in space?

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Light from self-luminous tablet computers can affect evening melatonin, delaying sleep

ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) ? A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that a two-hour exposure to electronic devices with self-luminous "backlit" displays causes melatonin suppression, which might lead to delayed bedtimes, especially in teens.

The research team, led by Mariana Figueiro, associate professor at Rensselaer and director of the LRC's Light and Health Program, tested the effects of self-luminous tablets on melatonin suppression. In order to simulate typical usage of these devices, 13 individuals used self-luminous tablets to read, play games, and watch movies.

"Our study shows that a two-hour exposure to light from self-luminous electronic displays can suppress melatonin by about 22 percent. Stimulating the human circadian system to this level may affect sleep in those using the devices prior to bedtime," said Figueiro.

The actual melatonin suppression values after 60 minutes were very similar to those estimated using a predictive model of human circadian phototransduction for one-hour light exposures. "Based on these results, display manufacturers can use our model to determine how their products could affect circadian system regulation," said Figueiro.

The results of this study, together with the LRC predictive model of human circadian phototransduction, could urge manufacturers to design more "circadian-friendly" electronic devices that could either increase or decrease circadian stimulation depending on the time of day -- reducing circadian stimulation in the evening for a better night's sleep, and increasing in the morning to encourage alertness. In the future, manufacturers might be able to use data and predictive models to design tablets for tailored daytime light exposures that minimize symptoms of seasonal affective disorder, and sleep disorders in seniors. Individuals would be able to receive light treatments while playing games or watching movies, making light therapy much more enjoyable than just sitting in front of a light box.

Along with Figueiro, co-authors of the study are LRC Director and Professor Mark S. Rea, LRC Research Specialist Brittany Wood, and LRC Research Nurse Barbara Plitnick.

Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland at night and under conditions of darkness in both diurnal and nocturnal species. It is a "timing messenger," signaling nighttime information throughout the body. Exposure to light at night, especially short-wavelength light, can slow or even cease nocturnal melatonin production. Suppression of melatonin by light at night resulting in circadian disruption has been implicated in sleep disturbances, increased risk for diabetes and obesity, as well as increased risk for more serious diseases, such as breast cancer, if circadian disruption occurs for many consecutive years, such as in nightshift workers.

"Technology developments have led to bigger and brighter televisions, computer screens, and cell phones," said Wood, who used the study as the basis for her master's thesis. "To produce white light, these electronic devices must emit light at short wavelengths, which makes them potential sources for suppressing or delaying the onset of melatonin in the evening, reducing sleep duration and disrupting sleep. This is particularly worrisome in populations such as young adults and adolescents, who already tend to be night owls."

In the study, the participants were divided into three groups. The first group viewed their tablets through a pair of clear goggles fitted with 470-nm (blue) light from light emitting diodes (LEDs). This was a "true positive" condition because the blue light is known to be a strong stimulus for suppressing melatonin. The second group viewed their tablets through orange-tinted glasses, capable of filtering out the short-wavelength radiation that can suppress melatonin; this was the "dark control" condition. The third group did not wear glasses or goggles. Each tablet was set to full brightness.

In order to accurately record personal light exposures during the experiment, each subject wore a Dimesimeter close to the eye. The Dimesimeter is a small calibrated light meter device developed by the LRC that continuously records circadian light and activity levels."

The research team established that duration of exposure and the distance between the eye and the display, which determines the amount of light reaching the back of the eye, affects melatonin levels. Melatonin suppression after a one-hour exposure to the tablet was not significantly affected. However, after a two-hour exposure there was significant suppression.

The type of task being performed on the tablets also determines how much light is delivered to the cornea and, therefore, the impact on evening melatonin levels. As shown by the team's Dimesimeter measurements, the range of photopic illuminance levels at the cornea from the tablets alone varied from 5 lux, which is not likely to affect melatonin, to over 50 lux, which would result in measurable melatonin suppression after a two-hour exposure. Therefore, before any generalizations can be made, it is important to measure how much light one is receiving from these self-luminous devices.

Until manufacturers develop more "circadian-friendly" electronic devices that increase or decrease light exposure based on time of day, Figueiro has several recommendations to reduce their effects on sleep. "We recommended dimming these devices at night as much as possible in order to minimize melatonin suppression, and limiting the amount of time spent using these devices prior to bedtime."

The study was funded by Sharp Laboratories of America.

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Your big September Calendar: Say farewell to summer with an ice ...

Summer isn?t over yet, but there are signs that fall is just around the corner ? including the Boise Urban Garden School (BUGS) 2012 Harvest Dinner Food Truck Rally and Capital City Public Market?s Harvest Moon Dinner. Impatient tomato growers will be able to finally show off the fruits of their labor at the heirloom tomato tasting and salsa contest. Want to have fun for a good cause? Pet lovers: Take part in the Run Fido Run Doggie Dash. Conservationists: Gather for an Evening on the River. General philanthropists: Eat and drink well at the Eagle Food and Wine Festival.

If you have an event you?d like listed in one of our calendars or online, please submit it at Events.IdahoStatesman.com.

SEPT. 1

Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social: Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, Historic Roseberry Townsite, 198 E. Roseberry Road, Donnelly. Ice cream, hot dogs, hamburgers, lemonade and baked goods served all day. Also, antique equipment demonstrations, children?s crafts, a classic car show, hay rides and tractor rides. Benefits the Long Valley Preservation Society. Free. (208) 315-4107, historicroseberry.com.

Music Theatre of Idaho?s ?Little Shop of Horrors?: 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St. S. $17. 468-2385, mtionline.org.

Jazz on the Green: 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, McCall Golf Club, 925 Fairway Drive. Featuring Jeff Baker, Van Paepeghem Quartet, Brianne Gray & The Jake VP Band. Proceeds benefit the Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary and McCall Optimist Club. $25 lawn seating, $35 deck seating. (208) 634-7200.

Bonnie Raitt: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Opening: Mavis Staples. $60.50. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

Picnic at the Pops: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, Eagle River Pavilion, 827 E. Riverside Drive. ?Patriotic Pops? features the Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale and other guests. $35 chair seating, $20 lawn. (Kids 12 and younger are free on the lawn only. Please call ahead.) Table seating available: $260 for four and $390 for six. 344-7849 and boisephilharmonic.org.

Sun Valley Ice Show: Show starts at dusk Saturday, Sept. 1, Sun Valley Lodge. All-star lineup of Olympic medalists headline with the professional skating company in residence. Features 2012 World Silver Medalists and 2010 Olympic Silver Medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White. $59 and $39 general, $16 children 12 and younger for bleacher seating; $99 per person for dinner and show at (208) 622-2135 or sunvalley.com. Hotel packages are available at (800) 786-8259.

SEPT. 2

Music From Stanley: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, Redfish Lake Lodge, 6 miles south of Stanley just off Idaho 75. Music by Old Death Whisper. Free. redfishlake.com/activities/music-at-redfish.

Hank 3: 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $18. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 4

Serving Up Wishes: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, Stueckle Sky Center, Boise State University. Gala, dinner and live auction to benefit Make-A-Wish Idaho. $175 per person. 345-9474, idaho.wish.org.

SEPT. 5

Moonface: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, Flying M Coffeegarage, 1314 2nd St. S., Nampa. Opening: Siinai, Sad Baby Wolf. $7 at brownpapertickets.com, $10 at the door.

Trampled By Turtles: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $18. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $20 day of show.

SEPT. 6

A Chefs? Affaire: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St. Local chefs prepare a six-course dinner with wines; silent and live auction and music by Steve Fulton. Benefit for The Idaho Foodbank. $125 per person. 336-9643, idahofoodbank.org.

Heirloom tomato tasting and salsa contest: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, Earthly Delights Farm, 3516 Hawthorne St., Boise. Farmers and gardeners: Bring your heirloom tomatoes to sample. Also, tomato seed saving demos, tomato peeling/processing demos and music. Cost is $5 or bring heirloom tomatoes to share.

Olivia Newton John: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, Eagle River Pavilion, 827 E. Riverside Drive. $35 lawn, $49.50 reserved, $99.50 VIP. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

Pretty Lights: 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $35. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 7

Hokum Hoedown: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise. Square dance and old-timey music series with the Hokum Hi-Flyers. $5 per person, $15 per family. 284-0355.

Jake Owen: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Opening: Jack Ingram. $29.50. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

The Old 97?s: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $20. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $22 day of show.

SEPT. 8

Free burrito breakfast: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Jovial Jerry?s sidewalk, behind Paul?s Market, Mountain Home. For parade participants and onlookers, before the Air Force Appreciation Day parade begins.

Avimor Demo Day: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Avimor Planned Community, 18454 No. McLeod, Garden City. Local vendors and mountain bike manufacturers will offer bikes for the public to demo on Avimor?s advanced, intermediate and beginner trails. Also, beer from Payette Brewery Co., food and music. Free. 939-0343, Ext. 209; avimor.com.

Dutch Oven Cook-Off and Diaper Dash: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Birds of Prey Motorsports, 721 Hannibal St., Caldwell. Start cooking at 11 a.m. for judging no later than 3 p.m. Collect diapers for children in need (kickstands up at 10:30 a.m., start at 11 a.m.). Free. 453-2222, birdsofpreymotorsports.com.

Greenleaf Harvest Festival and Tractor Pull: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Greenleaf Air Ranch, Oakwood Drive, Greenleaf. Vintage cars, trucks, tractors and planes on display, a fly-over, food, vendors, children?s activities. Free.

Run Fido Run Doggie Dash: 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Eagle Island State Park, 4000 W. Hatchery Road. 5K fun run/walk for participants and their four-legged friends. Proceeds benefit animal welfare organizations. 515-2077, runfidorun.org.

PurpleStride Boise 2012: 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Ann Morrison Park, 1000 Americana Blvd., Boise. A 5k fundraising and awareness walk to honor and remember loved ones, as well as kids? activities, music and more. Proceeds benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. $25 general, $5 children 3-12. purplestride.org.

Antique appraisal event: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Boise Hotel and Conference Center, 3300 S. Vista Ave. Benefit for Wish Granters. $20 for three items, $5 each additional item. 377-9029.

Science Fun Frenzy: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Boise Library Hillcrest branch, 5246 W. Overland Road. Kids are invited to a fun afternoon of science and experiments with different substances. Free.

Foothills Festival: 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Foothills Christian Church, 9655 W. State St., Garden City. To honor the victims of 9/11 and celebrate the Treasure Valley?s community of first responders. Features games, activities, food, music by Nate Fowler, a candlelight vigil and a fireworks display. Benefit for the Idaho Coalition for Justice. Free. 853-0011, foothills.org.

Evening on the River: A Gathering of Conservation Friends: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Bridge Event Center, 6200 N. Garrett, Boise. Gourmet food and wines from Tastevin Wine Merchants and beer from Grand Teton Brewing Co., music by Scott Knickerbocker of the Hokum Hi-Flyers, live and silent auctions. Fundraiser for Idaho Conservation League. $75 per person. 345-6933, Ext. 16; idahoconservation.org/eor.

Boise Contemporary Theater Season Opening Party: 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, BCT alley, 854 Fulton St. Local food and performances by BCT artists, plus highlights from the upcoming season, a silent auction and reverse auction. $100 at 331-9224, Ext. 205, and BCTheater.org.

Eagle Food and Wine Festival: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, BanBury Golf Club, 2626 S. Maypost Place, Eagle. Local wine pairings with food from local chefs. Benefits Idaho Elks Meals on Wheels, The Pet Food Pantry and Eagle Food Bank. $40 at eaglefoodandwinefestival.com, 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards, Brewforia in Eagle, BanBury and The Porterhouse.

Harvest Moon Dinner: 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, The Grove plaza, North 8th Street and West Main Street, Boise. Capital City Public Market?s fundraising gala features a pre-dinner reception showcasing four Idaho wineries, a five-course dinner with five additional Idaho wineries, five Treasure Valley chefs, ingredients sourced from the market and a live auction. $100 per ticket, $190 for two. 297-8487, capitalcitypublicmarket.com.

Corrido Music Concert: Idaho Latino History Through Song and Word: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St. S. Proceeds will go toward Latino students? scholarships. $10 at nampaciviccenter.com.

SEPT. 9

Sheepherders breakfast: 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, The Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise. Sheepherders bread, chorizos, churros, egg pipparade, Basque potatoes, bottomless Basque Bloody Marys or Sangria Blanco. $10 per person, additional $5 for alcohol. 433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

Boise Bike Crawl: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, Ann Morrison Park, 1000 Americana Blvd., Boise. The Boise Bicycle Project and Look! Save a Life will cover proper bike etiquette; ProHelmet and the Treasure Valley YMCA will give away helmets to kids and adults; Ada County Highway District will provide information about safe biking routes; BBP will also provide riders with quick maintenance checks on their bikes, flat repairs and quick tune-ups. Free. 344-5502, Ext. 291.

Barbara Martin-Sparrow?s September Tales for Fall: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, Boise Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace. Storytelling and poetry with a fall theme. Free. 340-6826.

Sunday Funday Series 2: 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, Expo Idaho, 5610 N. Glenwood St., Garden City. Featuring The Cataracs, Asher Roth, Feature Cuts, more. $10, at The Record Exchange, Reef and showclix.com/event/3646394. sundayfundayseries.com.

My Morning Jacket: 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Opening: Shabazz Palaces. $38. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 10

Minus The Bear: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $15. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 11

Brown Bag Lecture: Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, Idaho State Historical Museum, 610 Julia Davis Drive, Boise. Rich Binsacca will present a visual presentation of his book, ?Boise Double Take,? followed by a Q&A and book signing. Regular admission fees apply. history.idaho.gov/brown-bag-lecture-series.

Game night: Play with words: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, Boise Library Hillcrest branch, 5246 W. Overland Road. Word-oriented board games. Free.

Prehistoric Tools and Weapons: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. James Woods uses demonstrations and numerous replicas to illustrate a variety of clever and unusual tools and weapons made and used by our prehistoric ancestors. $5 general, $3 seniors, free to IBG and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members. 343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

SEPT. 12

Stuffed tapas cooking class: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, The Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise. Learn how to make Jamon Serrano and blue cheese stuffed mushrooms, spicy tuna stuffed eggs, and spinach stuffed piquillo peppers. $35 per person, includes wine tasting. 433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

FDR and Obama: The Challenge of Winning a Second Term: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd. Presenter Marc Johnson will examine the parallels between Roosevelt?s re-election bid and Obama?s and how the economy and unemployment impact politics. Free.

SEPT. 13

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon: Noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Opera Idaho, 513 S. 8th St., Boise. Opera Idaho?s annual lunch appreciation for current volunteers and registration for new volunteers. Free. RSVP by emailing Janessa White at janessa@operaidaho.org.

Eat, Drink and Be Healthy ? A Celebration of Local Food and Wine: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Education and Event Center at Barber Park, 4049 S. Eckert Road, Boise. Appetizers, drinks, wine wheel, auctions, buffet dinner, keynote speaker. Benefits Terry Reilly. $100 per person. 467-4431, trhs.org.

Salvation Army?s Harvest Gala: 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Stueckle Sky Center, Boise State University. Dinner, silent auction, musical entertainment. Benefits the Marian Pritchett School for pregnant and parenting teens. $75 per person. 383-4235, events.usawest.org/Home.aspx.

Static-X: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: Winds of Plague, The Browning. $20. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $22 day of show.

SEPT. 14

Carnevale: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Eclectic performing and visual arts. $10 general, $7 members. 343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Boise Urban Garden School (BUGS) 2012 Harvest Dinner Food Truck Rally: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, Boise Urban Garden School, 4821 Franklin Road. Dinner, desserts created by local chefs and served from the BUGS? handcrafted ?food trucks.? Beer and wine available for purchase. Music by Boise Rock School.

The Lincoln Trio: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, Morrison Center Recital Hall, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise. Part of Boise Chamber Music Series 2012-13. $100 for the series, $80 seniors and students. Individual tickets: $25 general, $20 seniors and students. 426-1216, boisechambermusicseries.org.

Curtis Stigers: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise. $30 and $35. curtisstigers.com.

Atmosphere: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: I Self Devine, Carnage, DJ Just Nine. $24. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 15

Sports card show: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Boise Hotel and Conference Center, 3300 S. Vista Ave. Buy, sell and trade cards and memorabilia. Free. 338-3828.

Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy Open House: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, 516 S. 9th St., Boise. Boise Philharmonic, Ballet Idaho and Opera Idaho present mini-lessons, mini-performances and activities. Free. 345-3531.

Indian Creek cardboard kayak race: 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Kimball Avenue and Blaine Street, Caldwell. Gold, silver and bronze awards for fastest run and award for most original kayak design. Register by Sept. 12. 402-0640 or 455-3011.

Family movie matinee: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Boise Library Ustick branch, 7557 W. Ustick Road. A legendary cat goes on a heroic journey, teaming up with several other well-known figures (rated PG, 2011). Free. For title, call 570-6900.

Cart Dash and Street Party: Block party from 5 to 7 p.m. and Cart Dash at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Main Street Market, 100 N. Main St., Ketchum. Three teams (two people each) will compete to win a $5,000 Main Street Market gift certificate. Raffle proceeds benefit the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. To enter for a chance to participate, buy a raffle ticket ($25 each) before 2 p.m. Aug. 30 at The Center, 191 5th St. E., Sun Valley, or the Main Street Market. sunvalleycenter.org.

River City Entertainment?s ?Achey Breaky Head?: 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Thunder Mountain Line, 120 Mill Road, Horseshoe Bend. Dinner served. 331-1184, thundermountainline.com.

Hillfolk Noir: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St. $20. BCTheater.org.

Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City. $17 at egyptiantheatre.net, Egyptian box office, The Record Exchange or call 387-1273. $20 at the door.

SEPT. 16

Rock Party: Noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise. Activity stations for kids covering mining, archeology and geology; hillside geology hikes, mineral identification, gold panning, mining history, more. $4 general, $3 seniors, $2 children 6-14, free for ages 5 and younger and members. 283-3186.

Idaho Bluegrass Association?s Bluegrass Appreciation Day: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, Calliope Gardens, Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St. S. Featuring Sunnyside Up, AnD Friends, High Desert, The Blakes. Free.

Daughters of the British Empire afternoon tea: 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, Education and Event Center at Barber Park, 4049 S. Eckert Road, Boise. Dainty sandwiches, scones, fancy cakes and hot tea. Benefits the Western District British Home and selected local nonprofits. $25 per person in advance only. 342-2821 or dbecrownjewels@yahoo.com.

Chicago: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise. $52, $76, $81 and $101. Select-a-Seat, 426-1110.

Band of Skulls: 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise. $15. TicketWeb, 466-8499.

SEPT. 17

Pickwick: 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, Flying M Coffeegarage, 1314 2nd St. S., Nampa. Opening: Aaron Mark Brown. $10 at brownpapertickets.com.

Rehab: 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $13. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 18

Willison Roos CD release party: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise. Opening: Steve Fulton. $5. Bring a can of food for The Idaho Foodbank and receive a limited-edition Willison Roos water bottle.

Orgone: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City. Opening: DJ Psycache. $10 at egyptiantheatre.net, the Egyptian box office, The Record Exchange or call 387-1273. $13 at the door.

Henry Rollins: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $20. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 19

Books-to-film movie night: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, Boise Library Collister branch, 4724 W. State St. See the movie inspired by the sci-fi novel ?Dune.? Light snacks permitted. Rated PG-13. Free.

The Dave Matthews Tribute Band: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $10. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $12 day of show.

SEPT. 20

Movie discussion group for adults: 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, Boise Library Ustick branch, 7557 W. Ustick Road. Moral outrage, injustice and the madness of war are explored in this picture adapted from Humphrey Cobb?s novel ?Paths of Glory? (1957, Rated TV-14). Snacks, popcorn and drinks provided. Free.

The Head & The Heart: 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $20. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 21

Brit Floyd: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, Eagle River Pavilion, 827 E. Riverside Drive. Pink Floyd tribute band. $19.50 lawn, $39.50 reserved, $59.50 VIP. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

The Garden Plate: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Demonstration features chefs from the Boise Co-op and provides inspiration for using healthy, seasonal vegetables. Free to members, $5 nonmembers. 343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

A Haven and A Hope Charity Banquet: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St. S. Music by Music Theater of Idaho?s Heather Grever, a message from former Boise State star Marty Tadman, testimony from authors Bruce and Liz Carpenter, and silent auction during the post-dinner dessert social. Benefit for Child Help International. $30 per person, $50 per couple. 649-6021, banquet.childhelpinternational.com.

Train: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, Taco Bell Arena, 1401 Bronco Circle, Boise. Opening: Mat Kearney, Andy Grammar. $29.50, $42.50 and $55. Select-a-Seat, 426-1766.

Utah Ballroom Dance ?Dancing with Caldwell Stars?: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, Jewett Auditorium, The College of Idaho, 2112 E. Cleveland Blvd., Caldwell. Treasure Valley?s own local celebrities pair up with professional ballroom dancers. Audience members can vote for their favorites. $13-$22 general, $6-13 youth. 459-3405, 459-5783, caldwellfinearts.org.

SEPT. 22

Koi in the Garden: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. The Idaho Water Garden and Koi Society host their annual koi and goldfish show featuring koi exhibit and competition, Bonsai display by the Bonsai Club, the Kawa Taiko Japanese Drummers and cultural items from the Idaho Japanese Association. Free. 343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Boise Celebrates Good Neighbors Block Party: Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, Boise Library Collister branch, 4724 W. State St. Sidewalk celebration with food and drawings. Free.

?Camper for a Night?: 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, Indian Creek Winery, 1000 N. McDermott Road, Kuna. Make your own name tag, sing camp songs and roast S?mores around the campfire. Silent auction, music by Possum Livin, followed by Dutch-oven dinner served by Vallivue 4H Club at 6 p.m. Fundraiser for Cascade Lake 4H Camp. $100 per person at cascadelake4hcamp.com. 18 and up. 467-3237.

Land Trust of the Treasure Valley?s ?Dinner in the Hollow?: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, Harrison Hollow Trailhead, Harrison Hollow Lane, Boise. Dinner, drinks and music by Dan Costello Trio. $60 per person. 345-1452, lttv.org.

Ben Taylor: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise. $19 at egyptiantheatre.net, Egyptian box office, The Record Exchange or call 387-1273. $22 day of show.

Buckethead: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $20. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 23

Opera Idaho Art Song Recital Series: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, Opera Idaho, 513 S. 8th St., Boise. Non-staged songs often incorporate well-known poems and seasonal themes with complex music and piano. Free. 345-3531, ext. 2; operaidaho.org.

Hatebreed: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $20. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 25

Uproar Festival: 12:55 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, Idaho Center Amphitheater, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa. Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind, Papa Roach, Adelita?s Way, others. $30 first 1,000 tickets sold, $35 second 1,000, $40 third 1,000, $45 after. ICTickets, 442-3232. $49.75 day of show.

Uncorked in the Garden: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Music by Rebecca Scott and wine samples from Fraser Vineyards. Free to members, $5 nonmembers. 343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Tegan and Sara: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $30. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 26

Roy Zimmerman: Hope, Struggle and Change: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6200 N. Garrett St., Garden City. A juggernaut of funny songs and comic commentary. $15 at the door.

George Thorogood & The Destroyers: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, Revolution Center, 4983 Glenwood St., Garden City. $29.50 general, $49.50 VIP. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

Matisyahu / Dirty Heads: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $30. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 28

Science Friday Live: Noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, Simplot Ballroom, Student Union Building, Boise State University. National Public Radio science correspondent and award-winning TV journalist Ira Flatow will visit Boise for a live broadcast of his popular weekly radio program ?Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.? $20. Select-a-Seat, 426-1494.

Grow the Garden Party: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Local food buffet by Bon Appetit, cocktails, silent and live auction, and music. Fundraiser for Idaho Botanical Garden. $60 per person. 343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Lynyrd Skynyrd: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, Idaho Center Amphitheater, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa. Opening: Shooter Jennings, Texas Hippie Coalition. $39.50 and $59.50. ICTickets, 442-3232.

Mindy Smith: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St. $20. BCTheater.org.

The Used: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: Twin Atlantic, Stars in Stereo. $26. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 29

Celtic Festival and Highland Games: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, Expo Idaho, 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City. Featuring Scottish athletics, clan tents and information, music by the Wicked Tinkers, celtic dancing, food and vendors. $8 Scottish American Society members: $4 seniors and children 5-15. $10 nonmembers: $5 seniors and children. idahoscots.org.

NAMIwalk Boise: 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 250 E. ParkCenter Blvd., Boise. The Boise affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts this fun walk for the community to raise awareness for mental health services. This pet-friendly walk takes place on the Greenbelt and ends with a barbecue lunch for walkers. Free. 376-4304, namiwalks.org/Boise.

Big Lebowski Night: 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 20th Century Lanes, 4712 W. State St., Boise. Two games of Monte Carlo will kick off the party at 6 p.m., followed by regular bowling the rest of the night. Dress up in your Big Lebowski digs with a chance to win great prizes in the costume contest. Watch ?The Big Lebowski? on TVs while you bowl; drink specials. $15 per person. 342-8695.

SEPT. 30

Poets and Boise Memories at the Depot with Barbara Martin-Sparrow: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Boise Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace. Inviting all poets and writers to read their own works or their favorite poets? works. Free. 340-6826.

Chevelle: 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $22.50. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $25 day of show.

Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/08/26/2244859/say-farewell-to-summer-with-an.html

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