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Self-healing expert visits Davenport: An expert on self-healing techniques will visit Davenport this week to talk about how to overcome vision, spine and movement problems.

Meir Schneider of San Francisco an international health educator, author, therapist and inspirational speaker will speak Thursday and this weekend at the Institute for Therapeutic Massage and Wellness, 1730 Wilkes Ave., Davenport.

Thursday’s lecture, “Overcoming Vision and Spine Problems” is at 7 p.m. A workshop, “Self-Healing through Movement and Vision Improvement” will be Saturday and Sunday.

Schneider was born blind and read by Braille until, at 17 years old, he started a process that would heal his sight.

For more information, visit self-healing.org .

Shoes for veterans campaign kicks off: IowaWORKS Eastern Iowa will conduct the fifth annual Shoes for Veterans campaign from July 1 through Sept. 9. Tax-deductible donations of new and gently used men and women’s shoes, winter weather boots, winter coats and winter apparel will be accepted between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the IowaWORKS Eastern Iowa office at 902 W. Kimberly Road, Suite 51, Davenport. Monetary donations also will be accepted.Contributions will be given to homeless veterans Sept. 15 at the Bridging the Gap Homeless Veterans Stand Down 2011. For more information, contact Craig Norris at (563) 445-3219 or Jason Kerr at (563) 445-3216 or email craig.norris@iwd.iowa.gov or jason.kerr@iwd.iowa.gov .

River Music Experience to offer course: River Music Experience, Davenport, will offer Audio Engineering 103 — The Business of Music, an eight-week class designed to help students turn their dream job into their day job. Students will describe their ideal job or small business and build a business plan, produce graphics and documents and lay out concrete steps toward turning the idea into a real business.

A wide range of topics will be covered, including sales, photography, graphic design, web design, copyright law, business licenses, project management and the music industry. Students complete the class with a finished business plan in hand. Graduates of the RME’s Sound Lab program have gone on to work as live sound engineers, film sound engineers, retail music managers, performing artists, DJs and producers. The course will begin Monday, with classes running for eight consecutive weeks on Monday evenings from 5:30-7 p.m. Lab sessions will be held  from 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday evenings. The cost is $400, and financial assistance is available.

Why Independent Minor League Baseball Trivia Is Worth Knowing ...

If you follow professional baseball at any level then you may have heard about the independent minor leagues.  You even may have attended one of these games if you enjoy going to minor league baseball stadiums.  What you may not know, however, are some of the funny, unique, and historical trivia questions about the history of independent minor league baseball.  Here are some reasons why taking a few moments to discover this type of baseball trivia is worth your time.

First, people who enjoy baseball trivia do so for many reasons.  Sometimes they learn and remember these historical facts to impress other sports fans.  Other fans like the humor of certain baseball trivia questions; and other people enjoy obscure facts about baseball in order to enhance their appreciation for the game.  The independent minor league baseball industry provides ample amount of trivia for all of those reasons.

Independent pro baseball relies heavily on extremes in order to maintain financial solvency.  The extremes can take the form of unique promotions, trades, player signings, and owner activities.  The independent league teams do not get any money from the Major League clubs, so each team is forced to survive on ticket sales, concessions, merchandise, and sponsorships.  Therefore, memorable events – which translate into worthwhile trivia – happen frequently.

Here are just a few of the memorable events which have taken place in the independent leagues since 1993:

If you want to impress your friends and fellow baseball fans with unique, and sometimes hysterical trivia, then you should take some time to learn more about the history of independent professional baseball.  You just may laugh out loud and want to attend an upcoming game if you know that a unique trivia event may take place!

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