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VOLUME 1 ISSUE 31 | JULY 26 - AUGUST 1 | 2017

YOUR FREE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PERSONAL FINANCE, MUSIC & CLASSIFIEDS NEWSWEEKLY

LIVE & LOCAL Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal

REAL ESTATE Choose the Right Agent

EARTHWEEK A Diary of the Changing World

EVENTS This Week’s Events

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2017

1 | | JULY 26 - AUGUST & CLASSIFIEDS NEWSWEEKLY VOLUME 1 ISSUE 31 FINANCE, MUSIC RTAINMENT, PERSONAL YOUR FREE ARTS, ENTE

LIVE & LOCAL

Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal

REAL ESTATE

Choose the Right Agent

EARTHWEEK

World A Diary of the Changing

EVENTS

This Week’s Top Ten

FOCUS ON THIS WEEK! 4

THE ARTS

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FAMILY

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EVENTS

10 ON TEN

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REAL ESTATE

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HAPPY HOUR

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CLASSIFIEDS

ColdZell BanNer Zill Ee sharing real estate inforPation on a Ei ZeeNly Easis relating to the Euying and selling of your hoPe

To adYertise ePail focusonclassiĆeds#gPail coP or call today

13 THIS WEEKS FEATURE 18 HEALTH

Focus on Health Sponsored by Jane’s Health Market

20 EARTHWEEK

A Diary of the Changing World By Steve Newman

22 LIVE & LOCAL

Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal – Bringing Soul to the World By Andy Roberts

24 FINANCE

HereN Financial Zill Ee sharing Ćnancial inforPation relating to the ParNets inYestPents Ćnancial neZs and other inforPation Zith regard to Ćnance By Mike Herek

Focus is your FREE Arts EntertainPent Personal Finance Music & ClassiĆeds NeZsZeeNly WeèYe Erought all of these elePents together for the Ćrst tiPe all in one ZeeNly forPat Our goal is to SroYide you the custoPer Zith the Eest SossiEle SuElication to suit all of your needs Focus 7914 W Dodge Rd. # 413 Omaha, NE 68114 (402) 208-6545 focusomaha@gmail.com www.focusomaha.com

David Brooks: Continuous Service Altered Daily: Through August 26 %ePis &enter for &ontePSorary $rts Sunday, July 30 | 12p 6 th 6t 2Paha 1e Muffns and Mimosas %rooNs Sresents every single Sart of a Closing Reception used -ohn 'eere FoPEine -oin the PePEers of 1eErasNa 6urfaFe harvester laid out in varying degrees of 'esign $ssoFiation for the Ćnal day of disassePEly $dPission free 0orein +uPan 1ature :e Zill have PufĆns forPation online at and PiPosas or orange MuiFe avail www.bemiscenter.org aEle for you to enMoy Zhile taNing in ----------------------------------------------the art and enMoying disFussions Zith the artists

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Hot Shops Art Center 1301 Nicholas St, Omaha, NE 68102 ----------------------------------------------Jam Packed Gallery Star Deli Gallery Through July 29 6114 Military Ave, Omaha, NE 68104 ----------------------------------------------Where We Land Through August 12 The Union for Contemporary Art Gallery +ours Tuesday ü 6aturday a to S )5(( ----------------------------------------------Three Part Harmony Opens Aug. 4 at the little gallery ,f thereès one artist in the faPily FhanFes are there Pay Ee others 6uFh is the Fase for longtiPe 2Paha theatre and PusiF eduFator &arole :aterPan and daughters /isa .alentMaNos and 0arie $daPs The three Zill shoZFase their efforts at %ensonès little gallery in $ugust Zith Three 3art +arPony an intertZining of Sainting sFulSture and other art oEMeFts $n oSening reFeS tion is set for )riday $ug froP to SP The little gallery SoZered Ey 3oleFat &oPPuniFations is loFated at 0aSle 6treet in doZntoZn %enson Gallery hours are Tuesday through )riday froP to SP 6aturday froP aP to SP the seFond 6unday of the Ponth froP aP to SP and Ey aSSointPent

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)ree and oSen to the SuEliF during regular Euisness hours 6114 Military Ave, Omaha, NE 68104 -----------------------------------------------

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UNO Art Gallery 6 1 Dodge 6t OPaha 6 1 2 Anderson (nterSrises White Crane Gallery 15 1 W Center 5d OPaha 6 1 1 2 Howard 6t OPaha 6 1 2 Anderson Oè%rien )ine Art Old Market ZoPEie Art Glass Gallery 11 -ackson 6t OPaha 6 1 2 6 1 MaSle 6t OPaha 6 1 Artist CooSeratiYe Gallery MUSEUMS 5 6 11th 6t OPaha 6 1 2 DurhaP MuseuP %ePis Center for ContePSorary Arts 1 6 1 th 6t OPaha 6 1 72 6 12th 6t OPaha 6 1 2 Great Plains %lack History MuseuP %lue PoPegranate Gallery 7 Dodge 6t OPaha 6 11 17 5 DaYenSort 6t OPaha 6 11 -oslyn Art MuseuP CooSer %rown Art 22 Dodge 6t OPaha 6 1 2 2215 Harney 6t OPaha 6 1 2 OPaha Childrenès MuseuP Dundee Gallery 5 6 2 th 6t OPaha 6 1 2 16 Underwood AYe OPaha 6 1 2 6trategic Air CoPPand AerosSace Gallery 72 MuseuP 2 21 W Park Hwy 6 1 6 9inton 6t OPaha 6 1 Gallery 1516 PERFORMING ARTS 1516 LeaYenworth 6t OPaha 6 1 2 Holland Performing Arts Center Garden of the Zodiac 13th & Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102 1 6 Howard 6t OPaha 6 1 2 Omaha Community Playhouse Hot 6hoSs 6915 Cass St., Omaha, NE 68132 1 1 Nicholas 6t OPaha 6 1 2 --Color Me CaPille August 12, 13 -- Hugo Art Galleries Orpheum Theater 271 PaciĆc 6t OPaha 6 1 5 409 S Sixteenth St., Omaha, NE 68102 % 7he Underwater %uEEle 6how -oslyn Art MuseuP October 7 22 Dodge 6t OPaha 6 1 2 )inding NeYerland October 11-15 -- 6hoSkins LiYe 6hoS ,t US Nov. 27 Lewis Art Gallery 6 Cass 6t OPaha 6 11 MANG(L6(N ,Pages of Nature 1115 Harney 6t OPaha 6 1 2 Modern Arts Midtown 615 Dodge 6t OPaha 6 1 1 Old Market Artists Gallery 1 Howard 6t OPaha 6 1 2 Passageway Gallery 17 6 11th 6t OPaha 6 1 2 PetshoS Gallery 2725 N 62nd 6t OPaha 6 1 7he Little Gallery Underground )ilP )oruP 5 1 MaSle 6t 6 1 7he Union for ContePSorary Art 2 17 %urdette 6t OPaha 6 111

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Wednesday, July 26 Family Summer Nights Omaha Kroc Center, 2825 Y St., Omaha, Ne 68107 Battle of the Praise Bands Cookout | 6p There will be hot dogs on the grill and Sraise bands on stage for the Ćnal 6uPPer 1ight of the season Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket Bring swiP attire and a towel $ctivities subMect to change $ny Tuestions ĂĽ Slease contact /ori at 02 0 3 00 ----------------------------------------------Thursday, July 27 KidsFunFare at Regency Court 120 Regency Pkwy #118 Omaha, NE 68114 Celebrate our last Kids Funfare with 2Paha 6treet Percussion at 10aP ----------------------------------------------Thursday, July 27 - Sunday, July 30 Gretna Days Weekend Celebration Gretna, Ne Gretna Days Carnival kicks off Thursday night at S CoPe Moin us as 6aPs $PusePents returns to Gretna Days 2n Thursday night we will have an all you can ride wristbands froP SP to 10SP Craft 6hows Tractor Sulls Sarade and Pany Pany Pore fun events for the coPSlete schedule visit httS gretna days coP ----------------------------------------------Thursday, July 27 Jazz on the Green | 6:30p Presented by Omaha Performing Arts featuring Bayou City Brass Band Turner Park 2Sens For 6eating $t S Pre show 6tarts $t 30S Music 6tarts $t 30S Free and 2Sen to the Public :arP nights Cool grooves Get ready to wraS yourself in another season of Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing Sresented by 2Paha PerforPing $rts <ou deterPine the Sace ĂĽ laid back or lively :eèll suSSly the Slace ĂĽ Turner

Park beautiful centrally located Serfect for a Mazz lovinè crowd ----------------------------------------------Friday, July 28 | 6p Bridge Beats faturing Lemon Fresh Day Bridge Beats was created in 2013 by the 2Paha Parks Recreation DeSartPent to increase the liveliness of the Bob Kerrey Bridge Plaza with a yearly Pusic series of concerts for faPilies 9isitors enMoy free live Pusic along with Missouri River views tiPe with faPily and friends and walks across the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, 705 Riverfront Dr, Omaha, NE 68102 ----------------------------------------------Friday, July 28 | 6:30p Sounds of Summer Concert featuring High Heel Shadow Lake Towne Center 72nd Street & Hwy 370, Papillion Grab a blanket or a chair and Moin us every Friday froP 30 30SP all suPPer long in the $PShiteatre sSonsored by 1ebraska Medicine Bellevue for an e[citing concert line uS sSonsored by 1 Kiss 2nline :e are e[cited to welcoPe +igh +eel as they Slay classic and current fePale SoS hits all evening long CoPe out and enMoy a cold beverage each week at the 6uPPer 6handy Beer Patio Srovided by :ine Cellar 10 Grab a bite to eat with food Srovided by +y 9ee 1o outside alcohol is Ser Pitted Cash only For the full 6ounds of 6uPPer Concert series line uS Slease visit www shadowlakeshoSSing coP. ----------------------------------------------Friday, July 28 Music &Movies In The Park Bayliss Park, 599 1st Ave Council Bluffs, Iowa, IA 51503 Bring your lawn chairs blankets faPily friends

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Music and Movies in the Park is a FREE series for the whole faPily ----------------------------------------------Friday, July 28 Rockbrook Village Friday Night Concerts feauring Luigi, Etc. Rockbrook Village | 7p /ocal Pusicians entertain faPilies every Friday night throughout the suPPer DeSending on the night youèll hear rock Mazz SoS blues latinð you naPe it Bring a lawn chair and enMoy a delightful evening with the whole faPily This event is co sSonsored by the Rockbrook 9illagep Merchantsè $ssociation the 2Paha Musicians 8nion and the Music PerforPance Trust Fund who helS fund in whole or in Sart the instruPental Pusic for

these SerforPances as arranged by /ocal 0 $Perican Federation of Musicians More inforPation online at httSs rockbrookvillage coP event fri day night concert series ----------------------------------------------Sunday, July 30 Falconwood Park Drive-In Movie: Toy Story Falconwood Park, 7p Gates at Movies at dusk Tickets are Ser vehicle for one Serson single occuSancy 1 for two double occuSancy or 20 for 3 or Pore SeoSle 3 /oad uS the crew but Slease leave your coolers at hoPe :e will have a food truck and concession stand with hot food SoScorn snacks drinks and a

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Gretna Days Gretna S Walter Trout w Brandon Miller Band OPaha Big Band /TD ChroPe /ounge S Bayliss Park S Bill Chrastil The NorPan Jackson Band Ozone /ounge S Ozone /ounge S Havok Dustin West /ookout /ounge S Vino Mas S Rayès Piano Party Bike NIght with Outlaw Road Mr Toadès S Dr Jackès Drinkery S Acoustic Groove Birds of a Feather Tavern on 4 S APerican DreaP S Sirius ;Mès Coffee House /ive Tour Voice of Addiction The Shidiots Dead w Joshua Radin Rachael YaPagata & Words (SonyPous Brandon Jenner Waiting RooP S /ookout /ounge S SwaPSboy Blues Band OSen Blues JaP On the 4 S Rusty Nail S Nicolas Jaar w Closeness Good Old War w Twin Bandit Slowdown S Slowdown S A /ow Down Weekly CoPedy Show Chris Young Dr Jackès Drinkery S Stir Cove S BYOV ([SriPental soPes IPSrov

Harney Street Tavern S The Backline S Music Crush Wednesdays Hear Kitty Kitty Reverb /ounge S Growler USA S Keychain Adakin /eighton Mindćight Magic K Acooustic Duo & Adakain Harney Street Tavern S ShaProckès Pub S Kasas City Takeover The Reckoning ParliaPent Pub S Bar S Karaoke Reverb /ounge S THURSDAY JULY 27 A Night Out w Jon HerPan Variety

Jazz On The Green featuring Bayou The Backline S City Brass Band Turner Park at Midtown Crossing S Punch Clock Martyr Davis K N M Sic The Down Under /ounge S DigiTour GoodTiPes The Waiting RooP S Chris Shelton Dubliner Pub S

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FRIDAY JULY 28 Bridge Beats featuring /ePon Fresh Day Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge S Carolyn Wonderland w Sinners ChroPe /ounge S Di[ieland JaP Jazz A /ouisiana Kitchen S Turner Park Night Music Midtown Crossing at Turner Park S Sounds Of The SuPPer with High Heel Shadow /ake Towne S

Pelican Road FlagshiS CoPPons S (deP Soul Music Hotel R/ S Rockbrook Friday Night Concert Series featuring /uigi Inc Rockbrook Village S Ken Sitler Band Soaring Wings Vineyard S Mike & The Occasionals Twisten Vine PaSillion S Party Under The Stars Westfair APShitheater S Midnight River Choir Buckès Bar & Grill S

Caleb Bradley Band Bushwackers Saloon 8S 3ets With +uPan NaPes The RooftoS Junk Dr Jackès Drinkery 8S FishFest 2Paha Falconwood 3ark 8S Brandon Liberty Firebarn 3aSillion 8S Gabriel Iglesias FluffyMania Ralston $rena 8S SeStePber Mourning wsg The EPbleP Faction & Skysail ShaProckès 3ub 8S Cornhustle 044 featuring CoPSosuresTuad Bar 41 S The Bedrock Traveling Mercies Ragged CoPSany Barley Street S SiPSlicated Band Blue Legends S Free TruPan DSM The New Rosenbergs Milk Run S The DiBaise Brothers 2n the 4 S TwinsPith Release with I Forgot To Love My Father Slowdown S DJ Shift D The Cove Lounge S When Towers Fall & Your Last Chance with Your Last Chance The Waiting RooP S The Si[ Two Fine IrishPen S E[ Cults Wrong 3ets Nowhere 2èLeaverès 3ub 0S The Kellihans Dubliner 3ub 0S Interrogated The $rena The Backline 10S Love Down Below The 2Paha Rockets Kanteen 10S

SATURDAY JULY 29 FishFest 2017 Falconwood 3ark 12S 9ibes SuPPer Concert Series Featuring CoPe Together Band 9illage 3ointe 0S The 70ès Band $ksarben 9illage 7S El Dub Breakerès Bay Bar at Fun 3le[ 7S Stavro So]o Coffeehouse 7S Sweet Tea 9ino Mas 7S Chevelle SuPTur $PShitheater 7 0S Chris Shelton TheraSy Bar & Grill 8S Shiddyfest 7 or 8 Lookout Lounge 8S FroP the $rcès +oPetown Show ShaProckès 3ub & Grill 8 0S String Theory Bar 41 S Slings & $rrows The Electroliners Daniel Burns Barley Street Tavern S 2rSheus Fallen Reign Flourishing Illusions Dr Jackès Drinkery S Matt Co[ Growler 8S$ S Benson Soul Society Reverb Lounge S Salsa Night RhythP] Lounge S Sinners & Saints ChroPe Lounge 0S MRMC with CosPic Radio The Down 8nder 0S Cover Me Badd Two Fine IrishPen 0S Westerners Cloud Feeder +ouse 9acation 2èLeaverès 3ub 10S continued on page 11

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SiriusXM’s Coffee House Live WAITING ROOM

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Beer & Bacon Fest

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Chris Young STIR COVE

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Chris Isaak

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Tuesday August 1

Steve Earle & The Dukes w/ The Mastersons SLOWDOWN

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School Of Rock AllStars REVERB LOUNGE

SUNDAY JULY 30 BluesEd Season FInale The Waiting RooP S Adelitaès Way BourEon Saloon S Drive In Movie featuring Toy Story Falconwood 3ark S Chris Isaak Ralston Arena S Ja]] with Luigi Inc Mr Toad S

MONDAY JULY 31 The FaP GrouS Showcase The OPaha Rockets Kanteen S Finding Dory 3G

Turner 3ark S Gooch & his Big Band O]one Lounge S The Wallćowers Ralston Arena S

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TUESDAY AUGUST 1 TePSo of Twilight with The Brits Laurit]en Gardens S Joe McCarthy O]one Lounge S The Frights King Shelter On Drugs Kill Vargas & Mint Wad Willy Lookout Lounge S School Of Rock AllStars ReverE Lounge S Dancing With The Stars Live Ralston Arena S Steve Earle & The Dukes Slowdown S DoPestic Blend Flowtone & B Baldwin Band The Down 8nder S

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6treetFars or light rail haYe returned to 2Paha as a toSiF of disFussion $t one Soint in our Fityès history that forP of Pass transit was a daily faFt of life But it didnèt begin with streetFars Before there were streetFars in 2Paha there was the Horse Railway )ounded in 18 7 by (]ra 0illard $ndrew - HansFoP and $ugustus .oun]e what was then referred to as the Nebraska Territory Legislature awarded the FoPSany a year franFhise and e[FlusiYe rights to run traFks on 2Pahaès streets :hat started as a railway that ran for 1 sTuare Piles eYentually ended uS boasting 18 Piles of

traFk 1 Fars 7 horses ePSloyees and a staggering Sassengers annually They eYentually switFhed froP horses to Pules and Sainted their Fars yellow to enhanFe their iPage but that wouldnèt be enough $fter falling on hard tiPes the Fontrolling interest was eYentually SurFhased froP HansFoP in 187 By 1887 the Horse Railway had a FoPSetitor The 2Paha &able TraPway &oPSany was founded in 1887 and the FoPSanies eYentually Perged in 188 after the Horse Railway had taken the TraPway &oPSany and the &ity of 2Paha to Fourt saying they had Yiolated the terPs of the Horse Railwayès year franFhise bestowed to theP by the Territorial Legislature $fter the Fity held a SubliF Yote to giYe the TraPway the ability to oSerate a PoYe whiFh Yiolated the Legislatureès aFt the Fourts found in faYor of the &able TraPway &oPSany and let theP FoPSete HoweYer they did haYe to reSay the Horse Railway for losses due to the intrusion of their FoPSany lines This was a landPark Fase beFause it was the Ćrst tiPe that it Freated a seSaration between the oSeration of horse railways and Fable Fars That allowed for FoPSetition in a Parket that had uS to that Soint been PonoSoli]ed ,t was later Fredited with Fhanging the landsFaSe of $PeriFan SubliF transSortation &onseTuently the last horse Far route in the Fity stoSSed oSerating in -une of 18

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The 2Paha &able TraPway &oPSany oSerated froP 188 18 and was the

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Douglas Street Bridge Photo Credit to Douglas County Historical Society

a New <ork City based syndicate for Pillion with the syndicate taking control of all stock ,t would be called the 2Paha and Council Bluffs Streetcar CoPSany and later becoPe the 2Paha 7raction CoPSany

Gurdon Wattles Photo Credit to Douglas County Historical Society PaMor electric street railway systePs in only cable car line ever built in 2Paha having a total of only four lines of tracks the nation and 2Paha streetcars ran in oSeration ,nterestingly (]ra 0illard until longer than alPost every forPerly an owner of the +orse Railway other such oSeration in the country served as its Ćrst treasurer until his Following construction of the Douglas death in Street Bridge the 2C B laid out streetcar lines throughout 2Paha ,n after electrically Sowered Fr the Ćrst tiPe 2Paha and the traPs were introduced to 2Paha the coPPunities that at that tiPe were Cable 7raPway CoPSany consolidated its suburbs were connected 7hose with the 2Paha +orse Railway under the leadershiS of SaPuel D 0ercer but included South 2Paha Benson Dundee and Florence never could overcoPe the bad iPage due to freTuent disruStions in service ,n 2Paha banker *urdon :attles due to cable breakages ,tès interesting to note that the cables were Pade froP who later becaPe resSonsible for bankrolling Puch of early +ollywood wire and hePS roSe consolidated the 2Paha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge CoPSany 7he 2Paha and Council Bluffs Railway into the Council Bluffs Street Railway and Bridge CoPSany 2 CB was incorSorated in to connect 2Paha CoPSany and the 2Paha Street Railway with Council Bluffs via a bridge over the CoPSany 7hat brought together all the 0issouri River ,t was aPong the earliest railways before he sold the SroSerties to

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LIPS & DRIPS LADIES "NIGHT"!! JULY 29TH FROM 12-2PM 108TH & Q LOCATION

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,n the coPSany began training woPen due to the fact that Pany Pen had been called to serve in :orld :ar ,, They learned Tuickly and were Said the saPe as their Pale counterSarts ,n the late ès the coPSany was the target of a boycott called by the 'ePorres &lub a central grouS in 2Pahaès civil rights PovePent /ed by youth the organi]ation targeted the railroad for its segregation Sractices and Soor service to the 1ear 1orth Side neighborhood four years before the 0ontgoPery %us %oycott That boycott ensued in 0ontgoPery $labaPa after 5osa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white Serson Today the 2& % car barn is still standing and used by the 8 S Postal Service on th and Pierce Streets There are several locations that still have cars including one that is Sreserved at the 'urhaP :estern +eritage 0useuP Streetcars were an integral Sart of shaSing the *ateway to the :est that becaPe 2Paha and for different reasons today weère beginning to reali]e once again the beneĆts of such Pass transit systePs

.eeS your eyes oSen for Pore )ocus uSdates and interviews as the streetcar discussion continues

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Antibiotic Resistance, Food, and FoodProducing Animals

resistant to antibiotics 3rescribers should only treat SeoSle and aniPals with antibiotics when they need theP for Pedically sound reasons All huPans and aniPals have bacteria in their gut When they are given antibiotics Pany of these bacteria are killed but the resistant ones Pay survive and PultiSly This is why the resSonsible use of antibiotics is so iPSortant in both huPans and aniPals

When aniPals are slaughtered and Srocessed for food the bacteria froP the aniPal can contaPinate Peat 0ore than APericans or other Sroducts %acteria also can get sick every year froP infections sSread froP aniPal feces SooS to caused by antibiotic resistant food the environPent which can then borne bacteria according to CDC contaPinate soil and water used to estiPates 3eoSle who are infected grow fruits and vegetables )ood and with antibiotic resistant bacteria the environPent can get contaPinated Pay e[Serience Pore severe illness with bacteria in these ways including including hosSitali]ation and death with bacteria that are resistant to because these infections can be harder to treat /earn what CDC is doing and antibiotics how you can Srotect yourself and 3eoSle can get resistant infections by your loved ones froP these tySes of handling or eating raw or undercooked infections Peat or Sroduce contaPinated with resistant bacteria They can also get Antibiotic Resistance and Food sick froP contact with aniPal feces Production either through contact with aniPals and aniPal environPents or through Antibiotic resistance is the ability of contaPinated drinking or swiPPing bacteria to resist the effects of an water antibiotic This Peans that bacteria are not killed by the antibiotic and What CDC is doing can continue to grow About one in Ćve resistant infections are caused CDC is working to Srevent infections by gerPs such as SalPonella and CaPSylobacter froP food and aniPals caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria by: • Tracking resistant infections and Improving antibiotic use can help studying how resistance ePerges and slow antibiotic resistance. sSreads • Detecting and investigating Antibiotics are Pedicines that antibiotic resistant outbreaks Tuickly kill bacteria They are e[trePely iPSortant in treating serious bacterial to solve stoS and Srevent theP • DeterPining the sources of infections in SeoSle +owever antibiotic resistant infections that are bacteria can becoPe resistant to antibiotics when these drugs are given coPPonly sSread through food and aniPals unnecessarily to SeoSle or aniPals • Strengthening the ability of state and who donèt reTuire theP ,PSroving antibiotic Srescribing and use is critical local health deSartPents to detect resSond to and reSort antibiotic to ensure that bacteria donèt becoPe

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resistant infections • (ducating consuPers and food workers on Srevention Pethods including safe food handling safe contact with aniPals and SroSer hand washing • 3roPoting the resSonsible use of antibiotics in huPans and aniPals Protect yourself and your family There are steSs you can take to helS Srotect yourself and your faPily froP antibiotic resistant food borne illnesses • Take antibiotics only when needed • )ollow siPSle )ood Safety TiSs: • C22. 8se a food therPoPeter to ensure that foods are cooked to a safe internal tePSerature: r) for whole beef Sork laPb and veal allowing the Peat to rest for Pinutes before carving or consuPing r) for ground Peats and r) for all Soultry including ground chicken and ground • C/(A1 Wash your hands after touching raw Peat Soultry and seafood Also wash your work surfaces cutting boards utensils and grill before and after cooking • C+,// .eeS your refrigerator below r) and refrigerate foods within hours of cooking hour during the

suPPer heat • S(3A5AT( *erPs froP raw Peat Soultry seafood and eggs can sSread to Sroduce and ready to eat foods unless you keeS theP seSarate 8se different cutting boards to SreSare raw Peats and any food that will be eaten without cooking • Wash your hands after contact with feces aniPals or aniPal environPents • 5eSort susSected outbreaks of illness froP food to your local health deSartPent • 5eview CDCès Travelerès +ealth recoPPendations when SreSaring to travel to a foreign country )or Pore inforPation on antibiotic resistance and food safety visit the CDCès )ood Safety Sage 8ntil ne[t week ĂŞStay +ealthy 2Paha ĂŤ Courtesy of CDC

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Diary of a Changing World

By Steve Newman Iceberg Alley Atlantic Canadaès ĂŞ,ceberg AlleyĂŤ has been clogged with an unusually high nuPber of icebergs this sSring and suPPer with Pany still ćoating through the *ulf of 6t Lawrence and along the Labrador coast *abrielle 0c*rath coPPander of the 8 6 Coast *uardès ,nternational ,ce 3atrol says it has so far been the 18th worst ice season since records began in 1 About 1 icebergs have been counted so far this season in Atlantic shiSSing lanes due in Sart to accelerated Pelting of Arctic sea ice and the *reenland ice caS

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New Zealand and Hawaii with no nearby neighbors Peans it controls a huge ParitiPe territory 7he Pove to establish the Parine reserve Nnown as 0arae 0oana was aSSroved by the countryès traditional leaders

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ĂŞ, Nnow of no other e[aPSle of inter sSecies adoStion or nursing liNe this aPong big cats in the wild ĂŤ said LuNe Hunter chief conservation ofĆcer of the big cat conservation grouS 3anthera He said that if the cub Panages not to be Nilled by the lionessès Sride and grows to Paturity aPong the lions it is liNely to revert to norPal behavior for its sSecies

northernPost coral reefs are being hit by the coral bleaching -70° ShenoPenon that has Vostok, ravaged reefs around Antarctica the world :arPing ocean tePSeratures are blaPed for reef destruction esSecially during strong (l Ni³o eSisodes Hiroya <aPano of -aSanès National ,nstitute for (nvironPental 6tudies says there was large scale coral bleaching in his countryès subtroSical ONinawa chain

Residents in the central 0e[ican town of 3ueblo Coral Bleaching 9ieMo fear a volcano Pay be forPing A Pagnitude beneath their feet as subterranean heat tePblor 1 Piles 6oPe of the worldès rising to the surface has burned soPe east of Russiaès rePote %ering ,sland of their goats 7he soil tePSerature SroPSted a brief tsunaPi alert across in Sarts of the sPall 0ichoacÂŁn the 3aciĆc No tsunaPi was reSorted coPPunity has soared to Pore than ĂŻ (arth PovePents were also felt in northern 6uPatra ,ndonesiaès northern 8 degrees )ahrenheit causing the local soccer Ćeld to breaN aSart while 6ulawesi ,sland northeastern -aSan releasing steaP ash and vaSor into PetroSolitan 6ydney southern 3eru the air 3ueblo 9ieMo is about Piles Crete and western 0ontana froP a relatively new volcano called 3arÂŻcutin ,t ePerged froP a cornĆeld Ocean Sanctuary in 1 and within a year had grown to Pore than 1 feet tall About sTuare Piles of the 3aciĆc Cross-Species Nursing Ocean have been declared one of the worldès largest Parine sanctuaries 9isitors to 7an]aniaès as the CooN ,slands Poves to helS Ngorongoro Conservation Srotect its territorial waters for future Area were startled to see a generations 7he island nation has a SoSulation of only about 1 living year old lioness Nnown as ĂŞNosiNitoN ĂŤ Ndutu Lodge guest Joop Van Der Linde took this picture of the unusual cross-species on 1 islands %ut its Sosition between sucNling a leoSard cub estiPated to be nursing between a lion and a leopard cub. Photo: Joop Van Der Linde Must weeNs old

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+e said Whe warPinJ waWers are drivinJ Whe coral norWhward Wo -aSanès Pain islands of .\XshX 6hikokX and +onshX The 8 6 aJenc\ 12$$ said lasW PonWh WhaW coral EleachinJ Pa\ Ee easinJ afWer Whree \ears of hiJh ocean WePSeraWXres

Tropical Cyclones )oXrWeen SeoSle were killed and dozens of hoPes wrecked when T\Shoon Talas hiW 9ieWnaP • The lower Windward Islands received a soakinJ froP PiniPal TroSical 6WorP 'on • +Xrricane )ernanda and TroSical 6WorP *reJ chXrned Whe easWern 3aciĆc

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Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal – Bringing Soul to the World

$ Tuick listen reveals +o\erès insSira tion coPes froP the sounds Pade fa Pous b\ 6ta[ 0otown 0uscle 6hoals 1ew 2rleans and PhiladelShia <ou can toss in soPe 6an )rancisco too

.en &ooPer forPerl\ the druPPer of 8ncle 7uSelo and :ilco Sroduced the bandès Post recent albuP 5unning )roP Love at 1ashvilleès 6ound (PSo riuP 1o 'eSression an online Pusic By Andy Roberts Sublication said ĂŞ,f -aPes %rown and 2tis 5edding had a love child it would 6itting at his ke\boards wearing that be -osh +o\er ĂŤ tradePark derb\ the Ćrst tiPe \ou see -osh +o\er 6oul &olossal the listen :hile honored b\ the Tuote +o\er er has no idea what to e[Sect also is huPbled 7hen a soulful roar eruSts ĂĽ kind of a cross between $nthon\ +aPilton and -oe &ocker ĂĽ and \ou donèt know what hit \ou %ut it is soul Pusic ĂĽ sPokinè hot soul out of blues loving Lincoln 1ebraska

ê, never bought into that ,èP a kid froP a lower Piddle class faPil\ in 1ebraska Í he said :hile the founding fathers of soul and its origins have $frican $Perican roots ê,t doesnèt Pean the Pusic Poves Pe an\ less

+o\er has a siPSle e[Slanation for his current focus on soul ĂŞ,t reall\ turns Pe on ,tès coPing froP a genuine Slace ĂŞ,t doesnèt reall\ Patter other than the fact \ouère being honest ĂŤ +is Srevious band 6ons of was built Pore on $Pericana and a 1ew 2rleans ćavor fused with rock çnè roll +eès not sure what heèll be Sla\ing in two \ears but right now ĂŞ6oul Pusic sSeaks to Pe ĂŤ :hat does soul Pusic Pean to +o\er" ĂŞ,t originall\ caPe out of the church and out of the blues world ĂŤ he stated ĂŞ7he origins of it are soPething , can never claiP to understand ,n the end the huPan sSirit is what is being unleashed ĂŤ 0usic has been Sart of +o\erès life as long as he can rePePber +is Sarents told hiP he was alwa\s singing and dancing around the faPil\ hoPe when he was little

1ow one of the areaès Post d\naPic SerforPers +o\er said it wasnèt al wa\s that wa\ ê, guess \ouère alwa\s working at it Í he revealed ê,ève been Srett\ sh\ , feel like over the Sast cou Sle \ears ,ève blossoPed itès fun Í +e then chuckled ê,ève learned how to sPile Pore Í +o\er enMo\ed success in his Srevious bands including the 6ons of and (lectric 6oul 0ethod +e called that second band ê$ killer grouS Í that included guitarist Luke Politnick who travels internationall\ and SerforPs 1ick 6ePrad êa great Siano Sla\er Í druPPer .\le $rPes and singer Laniece 0icek 7he hard working 6oul &olossal coPSleted several national tours in and Sla\ing Pore than shows in states each \ear 7he\ oSened for *eorge &linton &harles %radle\ %ooker 7 -ones and 0uscle 6hoals 5evue 7he\ have not let uS this \ear

ê7his \ear has been wonderful for Pe Pusicall\ 7he wa\ we coPPunicate and vibe off each other onstage has been the best ever for Pe Í +o\er $ lasting iPSression was Pade the Ćrst ePShasi]ed tiPe he steSSed in front of an audi ence 7ouring (uroSe was a highlight for the +o\er 6oul &olossal ê0\ Ćrst SerforPance ever , was si[ \ears old 0\ folks Sut Pe in a talent ê7he one thing that stands out the show 7hat was at 0alcolP +igh Post as a band was Sla\ing in front 6chool where P\ 'ad taught Í +o\er of SeoSle that wanted to be there Í recalled he ePShasi]ed echoing a freTuent laPent of Pan\ $Perican bands êPeo $ll the older girls fell over hiP and he Sle that wanted an e[Serience Í suddenl\ knew for sure ê7his is cool Í

ê, guess itès Must soPething that was alwa\s in Pe Í he stated

+o\er forPed his Ćve Siece outĆt in and the lineuS features soPe of the areaès toS Sla\ers sa[oShonist 0ike 'ee -aPes )leege on bass %enMaPin .ushner on guitar and druPPer Larell :are +o\er Sla\s ke\boards and sings

, deĆnitel\ reali]e P\ Slace in the world Í +e did sa\ the Sinnacle of his Pusic career is Sla\ing for SeoSle with a histor\ of the Pusic that recogni]e and validate his SerforPances

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PeoSle were not sitting at the bar or 2n stage and SerforPing also becaPe talking on the Shone the Slace where he was Post coPfort able +o\er started writing when he ,t was êPagic Í he said êPeoSle in the was and he hasnèt stoSSed for two 8nited 6tates are kind of Pissing out decades

on that Í The Post recent albuP 5unning froP /oYe continues to be a focus and +oyer said heès not currently worNing on another one

adays ĂĽ the lengths that SeoSle haYe to go to get noticed ĂŤ

The Voice is one way for that to haSSen he said but the Sublic did not go in large nuPbers to his website to checN out his Pusic +oweYer SeoSle ê,èYe always got ideas going through do coPe to checN hiP out on the road the head Í he said but four albuPs in three years including a liYe one Peans after seeing hiP SerforP ê2h *irl Í by The &hi /ites and :ilson 3icNettès itès oNay to taNe a little tiPe off froP ê0idnight +our Í that Sursuit Then there was +oyerès e[Serience on The Voice 1%& teleYisionès talent search SrograP where he gained na tional e[Sosure following his success ful audition

'esSite what soPe fans Pay thinN he does not rePain in contact with %laNe 6helton he was Sart of TeaP %laNe

but says of the country star ĂŞ+e was Sretty genuine ĂŤ

For the rest of the year the band will be on the road and Slaying regionally until the fall then going north and northwest +oyer also will be Slaying a ê,èP not cut out for +ollywood ü ,èll Must lot of solo shows a few sSot dates with the band and doing soPe writing say that Í +oyer laughed +e Sointed out that in a band setting there is an e[change of energy between the band That said the road is a tough Slace to PaNe a liYing and the audience The TV show had SroPSted aSSlause froP those in the %ut donèt e[Sect -osh +oyer to unSlug studio that had the crowed cheer anytiPe in the near future ing before he e[Sected theP to do anything For Pore inforPation on -osh +oyer 6oul &olossal httSs www Moshhoyer ê, learned a lot froP the e[Serience about what the Pusic industry is now coP To say the least for the 1ebrasNa soul Pan it was a different Nind of e[Seri ence

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For Better Investing, Think Like a Woman

households according to a 200 study by DailyWorth Whether youère currently leading your household investing efforts or Must looking to break in to the Parket hereès how to use your natural tePSeraPent to your advantage as you strive for long terP Ćnancial success

By Mike Herek

2nly Sercent of woPen are conĆdent in their investing skills coPSared with 1 Sercent of Pen according to a 2012 RBC Direct ,nvesting study $ lack of conĆdence can actually be a good thing as Pen tend to be overconĆdent overestiPating their abilities to the detriPent of their Sortfolio -ust as Pen stereotySically refuse to stoS and ask for directions when lost they also tend to want to navigate the investing world relying on their own sense of direction But asking for helS or at least adPitting your shortcoPings is the best way to iPSrove your abilities ([Serts conMecture that Pale overconĆdence Pay steP froP their historically Srivileged status in society whereas woPen are often sociali]ed to believe that investing is not for theP

STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT WOMEN’S RETURNS TEND TO OUTPACE MEN’S, BUT WOMEN OFTEN GET A BAD RAP WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTING. LEVERAGE THE NATURAL APPROACH THAT ALLOWS MANY WOMEN TO SUCCEED AT INVESTING.

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Do: $sk for helS and be aware of your investing ability so you donèt Pake Pistakes Donèt: /ack the conĆdence to invest in the Ćrst Slace or do other things to iPSrove your Ćnancial status such as asking for a raise

thinking and risk taking for iPPediate results such as in hunting and Ćghting (ven outside of investing woPen tend to take fewer risksĂŚtheyère safer drivers wear their seatbelts Pore often and ćoss their teeth Pore than Pen do Do: Be realistic about how risky Pany investPent vehicles can be and avoid those outside your risk tolerance Donèt: Be so risk averse that your investPents canèt even keeS uS with inćation

Trade less

$ lack of conĆdence Pay lead to risk aversion which can lead to less frequent trading 7his according to several studies Pay be the key to fePale success 0en trade Sercent Pore than woPen yet their annual returns are about 1 Sercent less than woPenès according to a 2001 8C Davis study ,nterestingly the study found that neither gender e[cels at beating the ParketĂŚit was Perely the frequency of trades that differentiated returns between Pen and woPen Do: 7ake a long haul investing aSSroach Donèt: Hold on to Soor SerforPers too long

Do: 0ake goals and a Slan for how to reach theP Donèt: $bandon your Slan when the Parket is in ću[

Calm and collected

Biologically woPen Pay be the Pore ePotional gender but their history of analy]ing disSlaying and Panaging a range of ePotions has actually Pade theP Pore stoic in the face of econoPic uncertainty Because Pen are taught to suSSress their ePotions they Pay not be as aware of their ePotional state when Paking rash decisions as woPen are $ Pan Pight Pake an ill tiPed trade or attePSt to overhaul his investPents when the rest of his life seePs out of control which can backĆre $ 200 study found that Pen were 10 Sercent Pore likely to sell at the bottoP of the Parket than woPen due to Sanic Do: .eeS ePotions out of investPent decisions Donèt: 3anic let Sublic oSinion sway you or Pake trades in the wake of an ePotional crisis

Empathic

-ust as woPen generally have a better handle on their own ePotions they also tend to be skilled at reading the ePotions of others ,f you look at the Goal-oriented stock Parket as a rećection of Sublic How often have you heard the stock ePotions it can be easier to analy]e Parket described as a battleĆeld or Warren Buffett has said that an investing as a vicious sSort" 3laying the what has traditionally been thought investorès tePSeraPentĂŚthe ability to Parket beating down the coPSetition of as a nuPbers gaPe WoPen tend to rePain calP and level headedĂŚis Pore Low risk and winning are not Potivators for the be ePSathic and intuitive traits that iPSortant than intellect when it coPes 2ne look at the 200 Ćnancial helS theP sort through e[traneous PaMority of fePale investors WoPen to long terP investing success $ crisis can tell you how Pany Pale tend to focus on sSeciĆc goalsĂŚsaving inforPation about the Parket nuPber of studies over the years have investors feel about riskĂŚthey love enough for a coPfortable retirePent consistently reSorted that woPen it WoPen on the other hand tend to sending their kids to college etc 0en Do: Be fearful when others are greedy generally Sossess this tePSeraPent be Pore cautious and favor lower risk reSort investing for high returns Pore and greedy when others are fearful and as the Post successful investor investPents 7his difference Pay also often focusing on Pa[iPi]ing returns Warren Buffett said this of our tiPe Buffett does too 7his be born froP woPenès historically Donèt: *et caught uS in the nuPbers and out earning other investors 7his is good news for woPen who donèt lower Sosition in society because and confusing business Margon attitude can be highly effective in feel conĆdent about investing or lower wages Pean less rooP for risk good tiPes but it tends to SroPote other Ćnancial concerns 7hese days Less impulsive taking $dditionally woPen are raised unnecessary risk taking Working Pore woPen are taking the lead with to favor child rearing and elder care toward sSeciĆc goals allows woPen to 3erhaSs because of the tendency investingĂŚ Sercent are now the to be less conĆdent woPen also Sutting their focus on Srotection 0en know when enough is enough Pain retirePent Slanner for their tend to take their tiPe and gather have been traditionally wired for quick

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How to Choose the Right Real Estate Agent: The Ultimate Checklist By Alexandra Filiaci Your real estate agent can Pake or break your hoPe buying or selling e[Serience %ut how do you know if youève found the right one" Finding the right real estate agent can be a challenge so how do you know if youève found the right one" What qualities should you look for in an agent" +ere is the ultiPate list of seven critical qualities your real estate agent needs 1. Licensed – ,t sounds basic but youèd be surSrised how Pany SeoSle Parket thePselves as ĂŞagentsĂŤ when they donèt hold a valid real estate license Licensed agents are held to the standards and resSonsibilities governed by the stateès real estate coPPission 7o check ask for their agent nuPber the double check that against your real estate coPPission website

2. Readily Available – 5eal estate is an unSredictable business and you donèt want to lose out on a sale or closing because your agent wasnèt iPPediately available when needed Your agent should return calls so because they Pay be busy consider hiring an agent who works within a teaP so if your agent isnèt iPPediately available another teaP PePber can steS right in 3. Knowledgeable Look for an agent who has a successful sales record in your area because Parkets vary (ven an e[Serienced agent Pay not know best how to succeed in your town $lso Pake sure they know about the tySe of SroSerty involved and have a Slan for selling your hoPe 7hat Pay include oSen houses and Pore ĂĽ that includes knowing how to get your hoPe ready to show 4. Backed by Local Data Your agent should know how to retrieve localized data and use it effectively Local data Soints and there are Pany can be used to Srice your hoPe coPSetitively Parket aSSroSriately and negotiate intelligently 5. Well Connected and Reputable Look for an agent who already has a list of SrosSective buyers or who works within a well known and well connected real estate agency 7he Pore SeoSle and agents that your agent knows the Pore likely theyèll be to sell your hoPe quickly 7he size and quality of their network can greatly

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e[Sand your Sotential buyer Sool

Slus so ask

6. Honest You want your agent to be brutally honest about what your hoPe is worth and what you can do to raise the value of your hoPe 'onèt take it Sersonally if your agent tells you to riS out that shag rug or reSaint the neon liPe walls in your hoPe 7hey know what sells 7hey also need to be transSarent about how they deterPined the asking Srice

9. You Trust Them 1ot only should you feel coPfortable with theP you need to trust theP and understand how they will be coPSensated because they will be helSing you Pake a PaMor Ćnancial decision

7. They Understand You – ,t Pay sound siPSle but your agent needs to know what you want ,t can be e[trePely frustrating for your agent to show you a square foot hoPe when you want one that has square feet 8. Tech Savvy Your agent to know the ins and outs of selling a hoPe online and they need a strong online Sresence 0any buyers Pay not even look at a hoPe without a strong online descriStion 9ideos are a

,f youère still not sure how to choose a real estate agent interview several Sotential candidates before Paking a Ćnal decision

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