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Send items to carson@globe.com or mail to Sharon Carson, Boston Globe North, 1 Corporate Place, Suite 200, 55 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923. Send faxes to 978-646-3940. No listings will be accepted over the telephone. ARTS Beverly: The School of Art and Design at Endicott College presents the exhibition "Point and Click," featuring "net art" works by Canadian artist David Clark, through April 24, in J. David Broudo Gallery on campus, 376 Hale St. (Route 127). Free. Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 978-232-2250. Beverly: "Prelude to Spring," an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Beverly artists Mary Scannell and Margaret Thorndike, through April, at Beverly Farms Library, 24 Vine St. Free. 978-921-6066, beverlyfarms_library@noblenet.org. Beverly: Photographs by Lou Jones are displayed at Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex St., through April.
Student named Collegiate All-American
A Wallace State student recently became one of a small percentage of college students named a Collegiate All-American scholar.Falkville resident Janice Anita Collins, a 1972 graduate of Addison High School, was nominated for the honor by Stacey Moore, a Wallace State instructor. Collins is graduating May 12, and will begin work as a medical assistant May 14 at Dr. Terry Reynolds optometry office in Decatur. The United States Achievement Academy's Collegiate All-American Scholar program was established to recognize superior students who excel in academic disciplines, according to a press release from the USAA. The award is presented to fewer than 10 percent of all college students.Nominees must earn a 3.3 grade- point average or higher, and must be selected by a school official or other qualified sponsor.
Corn ethanol myopia
The lion's share of biofuel bashing on Grist deals with corn ethanol, because we Americans primarily use gasoline for our cars and ethanol runs fine in them, with few modifications. However, our pals in Europe drive a lot of diesel cars and the biofuel crisis over there revolves primarily around biodiesel. I think it is time we recognize that their problem is also our problem. A comment from Pcarbo alerted me to Monbiot's latest take on biofuels. He has now gone so far as to propose a ... ... moratorium on all targets and incentives for biofuels, until a second generation of fuels can be produced for less than it costs to make fuel from palm oil or sugar cane. .
HealthShares(TM) Announces Change to the HealthShares(TM) Patient ...
NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HealthShares(TM) Inc., an investment company with a series of 20 underlying fund portfolios, today announced it has been informed by Standard & Poor's, the calculating agent for the HealthShares(TM) Indices, that effective at the opening of trading on Monday April 23, 2007, Genesis HealthCare (NASDAQ: GHCI) will replace United Surgical Partners International, Inc. (NASDAQ: USPI) in the HealthShares(TM) Patient Care Services Index. Companies included in the HealthShares(TM) Patient Care Services Index are engaged in providing direct treatment of patients in hospitals, outpatient clinics, nursing homes, assisted living centers, treatment facilities or home health providers. About HealthShares(TM) XShares Advisors LLC, a financial services company based in New York, is the creator of the HealthShares(TM) family of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
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