This weekend you can attend the annual Des Moines Dog Shows, Obedience Trials & Rally for free at the Varied Industries Building on the state fairgrounds. The event runs today through Sunday and includes approx. 2000 dogs from 45 states+other countries!  It’s a really fun thing to watch if you’re a fan of man’s best friend! I love to go see so many breeds in one spot! And who knows, you could be lucky and preview some of the Westminster competitors! It’s amazing to me how well trained these dogs are, especially for obstacle or rally events. Try it out for a fun, free experience this weekend. (The building has a/c, restrooms and food vendors.)

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Tomorrow at 7 p.m. (Iowa time), ABC, NBC & CBS will stand together to Stand Up To Cancer.  Tune into any of those networks to see it. A first-time event, the Stand Up project is funded by the American Association for Cancer Research and aims to bring together researchers in the fight to understand and beat cancer. By bringing famous faces and Hollywood dollars together, the tv component of this effort aims to shine a spotlight on cancer research.

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A new report from careerbuilder, just out today, lists a few growing career fields. Luckily for our students, the demand for physician assistants is expected to increase by 27% by the year 2016! By then, eight years from now, there are expected to be 83,000 PAs.

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