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The Oxnard Salsa Festival is an annual event started in 1993 that takes place in Oxnard, California. Attractions include a salsa tasting tent, salsa recipe contest, international foods, craft and retail vendors, festival souvenirs, a kid zone, and Dancing with our Community Stars. Around six different salsa bands play at the festival with the setup including a main stage, a small dance floor, and a large seating area. 

One of the main attractions of the festival is the charity fundraiser, Dancing with our Community Stars. The fundraiser is a salsa dance contest similar to the TV show Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Competitors pair with the best local salsa instructors and dance to raise funds for their charity of choice. The chosen pairs have nine weeks to rehearse in preparation of the competition where they will face a panel of judges. Spectators can “vote” for their favorite dancers by making donations before and during the event. One dollar equals one vote. Since this fundraising contest began, more than four hundred thousand dollars has been raised for charity.

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William Waugh-Smith, president of Randolph-Macon College (R-MC), founded Randolph-Macon Women's College (R-MWC) in 1891 in Lynchburg, Virginia, so women could get the equitable education as men when integrating women at R-MC failed. R-MWC started out with 36 students and 12 professors in fall 1893. R-MWC grew exponentially and gained a reputation for its academic prowess and international focus. R-MWC changed to Randolph College and became co-ed officially in summer 2007.

Randolph College (RC) is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate and graduate programs emphasizing small class sizes, accessible professors, individualized education, and student engagement on/beyond campus. RC is consistently featured on national rankings by guidebooks including Forbes, The Princeton Review, and U.S. News & World Report. It was the 8th college to have its own e-sports team!

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AVIA Hotels launched in 2007 as a boutique hotel collection with four locations: AVIA Savannah (GA), AVIA Napa (CA), AVIA Long Beach (CA), and AVIA The Woodlands (TX) by LodgeWorks L.P. Staff at AVIA hotels represented hosts of the hotel and surrounding localities. They started PALETTE e-zine with its inaugural winter issue in November 2010 to be published three times annually. It featured cooking and drink recipes, offers for AVIA subscribers, shopping, and unique qualities of all AVIA Hotel locations. Only two e-zines were published because Hyatt Hotels acquired 24 hotels from LodgeWorks L.P., including AVIA Hotels, in July 2011, and the magazine was discontinued.

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The Fox Valley Folklore Society is located at 2642 Bauer Road in North Aurora, Illinois. This organization hosts the largest folk festival in Illinois, with eight stages featuring more than thirty acts. Every labor day the festival takes place on a thirteen-acre island in the Fox River. The festival was first held in 1977, and is one of one hundred different annual events the Fox Valley Folklore Society has in the Fox Valley area. Fox Valley, an area compassing many cities and natural landscape near the Fox River, is located close to Chicago’s western suburbs, and has a very scenic natural landscape.

The 34th Annual Fox Valley Folk Festival was a two-day event. On both Sunday and Monday, there were fourteen main music performances some of which included Two Way Street Sampler, Lyn Ford Shanta, Andy Cohen, February Sky, Andrew Calhoun, and more. There were also twenty-one different workshops both days such as the Songwriter’s Summit, Gypsy Jazz Insights, and Ballads with Some of the Best. There were several teaching events, six hand-made events, seven children’s events, and seven story-telling events on each day. Some of these other events included learning to play the hammer dulcimer, making puppets, stories and ventriloquist puppets, Creole 101, Fox Valley Folklore Society "Sing-Around", Little Guitar Pickers, and a Fox Valley Storytelling Guild Showcase.

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JL&D stands for Job Location and Development. The Job Location and Development (JLD) Program established circa. 1998 and targets students who seek jobs regardless of financial need. JLD is designed to help students find opportunities that align with their passion and goals. JLD allows students to get experience in a career of their choice through hands-on activities to develop professional skills and strengthen their career readiness.

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The yin-yang is a symbol dating back to ancient China and was a dominant concept across many Chinese schools of thought. Originally written as separate characters, the first known documentation comes from Oracle Bones, bones and remains of certain animals, most notably tortoise shells, used for divination during the Shang Dynasty in the 14th century BCE. At that time, the characters for yin and yang referred to natural phenomenon, such as the movement of the sun and the phases of the moon. Yin referred to darkness, stillness, and rest, while yang referred to daylight, movement, and work. No one knows the origin of the current popular symbol, but it has come to reflect life and the balance of good and bad. The symbol shows interconnectedness and co-dependence. One cannot exist without the other, for within the light, there is darkness and within the dark, there is light.

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Painted Pepper Farm is located on forty wooded acres in Steuben, Maine. The family that runs the farm includes parents Jordan and Lisa along with their three young daughters Ella, Maiah, and Margaret Mae. The farm has a herd of Nigerian dairy goats and specializes in selling goat’s milk yogurt, gelato, kefir, chevre, and fudge. The farm also sells Chevrecake and organic maple syrup. These products are sold at the farm seasonally as well as at farmers’ markets and retailers. Nigerian goats are also bred and sold by the farm to reputable new owners.

Open Creamery Day is an annual event which was started in 2008. The event includes demonstrations, farm tours, and a Kid’s Fun Run. Visiting the goats and learning about goat care is a main attraction for this day. The Kid’s Fun Run is also a favorite part of the event, and includes all children under the age of eighteen. For this race through the farm, every child who participates receives a button and a gelato cone. Top winners in certain age categories also get a coupon for a container of gelato to take home.

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This is a variation of the "I heart NY" logo that was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world, such as merchandise for the United States capital, Washington, D.C.

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Green Friday was developed as a counterpoint to Black Friday: the day after American Thanksgiving, which is considered to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Large retailers put items on massive discounts to encourage to visit and shop. The Green Friday movement—formed in 2015—encourages people to think differently about how they shop that day, and focuses on shopping mindfully and sustainably. 

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Marathon Maniacs is a club for people all over the world who love running marathons. In order to join the club, you must either run three marathons in ninety days or two within sixteen days. The headquarters is located in Tacoma, Washington, on 15 South Oregon Avenue. There are different levels club members can reach, with nine levels possible. Bronze level is the same as the base requirement to join the club, while the ninth level, titanium, requires you to run fifty-two marathons, or more within 365 days, or fulfill one of the other intense requirements listed on their site for this level. The club has a code of conduct that emphasizes integrity, respect, support of other members, and separating politics and beliefs from club activities and social media. These ideals are reflected in the motto “respectful, accountable, responsible.”

The Dahlgren Heritage Rail Trail was established in 2009 and is fifty kilometers long. It takes place at Rt. 605 Trailhead in King George, Virginia. The race starts at 6:30 AM and participants must finish by 3:30 PM. Awards for the overall top three contestants include two hundred dollars, one hundred dollars, and fifty dollars. All race finishers may choose either a hat, glass, or medal as a souvenir. This race is one of many listed on the Marathon Maniac website that club members may participate in.