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ALL ACCESS The Pulse Summer 2011 Tour Las Vegas Hilton//July 15-17 Summer.ThePulseOnTour.com (650 att endees)The Broadway Dance Center tours with its dance workshop. Gold’s Gym International Franchise Annual Convention Mandalay Bay//July 17-21 GoldsGym.com (850 att endees)Franchisees of Gold’s Gym meet to educate themselves. Retail Tobacco Dealers of America 2011 Sands Expo & Convention Center//July 17-21 RTDA.org (5,500 att endees)Tobacconists trade their wares at the largest convention of its kind. Solution Tree- Pyramid Response to Intervention Institute 2011 Bally’s //July 18-20 Solution-Tree.com (600 att endees)Educators meet to learn about gett ing classroom instruction right the fi rst time. Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers Fair Las Vegas Convention Center//July 20-23 AWFSFair.org (15,000 att endees)The biannual convention focuses on technology solutions for the woodworking industry. Edible Arrangements International Annual Convention Aria//July 23-25 EdibleArrangements.com (500 att endees)If food baskets are your thing, this is your convention. National Property Management Association- National Education Seminar Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers- Nuclear & Space Radiation Eff ects Conference World Shoe Association Rio//July 25-28 NPMA.org (650 att endees)Dozens of continuing education classes are off ered during the seminar. 2011 ICast Show July 13-15 The world’s largest sport-fi shing convention casts its net over Las Vegas, bringing more than 7,000 fi shing enthusiasts, both amateur and professional, to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Information: ICastFishing.org J.W. Marriott //July 25-29 IEEE.org (900 att endees)The conference is particularly timely aſt er the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Sands Expo & Convention Center//July 27-29 WSAShow.com (17,000 att endees)Imelda Marcos would be proud. National Court Reporters Association-Annual Convention and Exposition Cosmoprof North America ASD Las Vegas Nevada Police and Fire Games American Association of Diabetes Educators DiabetesEducator.org (8,000 att endees)Sugarfree cookies! HBW Business Development Conference 2011 Planet Hollywood//Aug. 7-9 HBWInc.com (800 att endees)Insurance company HBW employees convene in Las Vegas for their annual development conference. International System Safety Society Annual Conference MGM Grand//Aug. 8-12 System-Safety.org (550 att endees)Education and training take center stage for system safety experts. Star Trek Annual Convention Rio//Aug. 11-14 Creationent.com (3,000 att endees)William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Patrick Stewart are among those beamed to Las Vegas. Bally’s //July 27-31 NCRAOnline.org(1,400 att endees)See who can record the fastest at the National Speed Competition. Mandalay Bay Convention Center//July 30-Aug. 2 CosmoprofNorthAmerica.com (23,000 att endees)The educational conference for beauty professionals convenes in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Convention Center//July 31-Aug. 3 ASDOnline.com (34,500 att endees)The Associated Surplus Dealers meet to sell everything. Orleans//Aug. 2-6 NPAF.net(500 att endees)Police offi cers and fi refi ghters hold their annual Olympics. Mandalay Bay Convention Center//Aug. 3-6 The Amazing Meeting July 14-17 Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution and many other books is one of the keynote speakers at the meeting of skeptics organized by the James Randi Educational Foundation. More than 1,000 people are expected at South Point. There is also a private luncheon with Randi, Dawkins, Carol Tavris, Bill Nye and Penn & Teller, among others. | 4 JULY 2011 | 29