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Conference Circuit: Hey Dude

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The Dude Ranchers’ Association 2016 Convention rode into Cody, Wyoming, earlier this week. Dude ranchers from the Western United States and Canada are currently in Wyoming to exchange ideas about how to continue exceeding the highest hospitality standards within the industry and how to promote the Western ranch vacation.

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Neurologist Shortages Widespread in U.S., Alzheimer’s Association Warns

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The care gap is seen as an opportunity to both expand service and better educate primary care physicians on neurological issues. The gaps were most significant in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Oklahoma.

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Bring the Great Outdoors Into Your Meetings

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have a jam-packed day of education sessions, networking events, and exhibit hall exploration; and don’t get outside again until after 5 p.m. Then there’s the Wilderness Education Association , which will have 30- to 45-minute “field-based sessions” at its October conference in Wyoming—something that seems almost required of a group like WEA.

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Meetings, Destinations Get Ready for Solar Eclipse

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Spokesman Kevin Fountain told PennLive.com that players, managers, and umpires will also be given glasses—but they can’t be worn on the field—and that they will be educated in the days leading up to the eclipse about the dangers of looking directly at it without protective eyewear. Explore St. Louis has a list of events on its website.

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Study: The Gender Pay Gap Is Real—and It’s Not Changing

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Hallman, CAE, wrote in the report, which analyzed data from the Census Bureau, Department of Education, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AAUW analyzed how the pay disparity affects women of all ages, ethnicities, and education levels. It was largest in Wyoming, where women earned 64 percent of what men did.

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Group Aims to Help School Counselors Face Growing Caseloads

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Only New Hampshire, Vermont, Wyoming, and the U.S. From the 2008-09 school year to the 2010-11 school year—the most recent for which data is available—the ratio of guidance counselors to students nationwide rose from 457 to 1 to 471 to 1, according to data from the National Center of Education Statistics cited by the Cincinnati Enquirer.