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You’ve Got to Read This: January 4, 2011

Reid All About it

The Blizzard of 2010 hit Massachusetts last week while I was visiting my family. ” If this sounds familiar, and if you live in North Carolina, you’ll love Joe Miller’s blog, Get Going NC. I’ll go into this topic further in my post this week at SmartBlog Insights.

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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

Associations Now

Last month, NGA announced a pilot program in eight states—Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington—that will expand access to addiction treatment for offenders in prisons. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 65 percent of U.S.

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ASAE 2010

Association Okie

I was lucky enough to attend the program at Pinehurst North Carolina, and found it to be a great learning experience. They are two of the folks I pay close attention to in the association world. Catching up with the 2002 ASAE Future Leaders class.

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Northwestern Football Stars Draw Attention for Effort to Unionize

Associations Now

Most recently, a 2010 probe into the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s alleged improper academic help to players led to the December 2013 felony indictment of a faculty member implicated in the matter. The post Northwestern Football Stars Draw Attention for Effort to Unionize appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Parsing Common Core: An Education Program Under Fire

Associations Now

After collaborating with teachers, parents, and community leaders to draft the standards, then seeking comment and revising them, the groups issued the finalized version in June 2010. The initiative’s FAQ page lays out the standards , the people involved in setting them, and how the program works.

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Meet the Organization That Keeps Mini Golf Putting Along

Associations Now

Matt McCaslin of Holly Springs, North Carolina, has a fresh claim to fame. Brad Lebo, the 2010 U.S. The bar is relatively low for becoming a professional miniature golfer, admittedly, but it’s a sport that still drives big crowds and big stars from halfway around the world. The best part?

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The Elephant Climbs up on the Table : Off Stage

Off Stage

24, 2010 - The Elephant Climbs up on the Table. I was asked by the North Carolina AEs to be a featured speaker at a ‘Fireside Chat’: the AEs submitted questions and I (retired and “experienced”) responded with shoot-from-the-hip answers. Last week was an adventure—a new and fun experience.