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We have examined the afferent and efferent projections between the claustrum and visual cortex in the Long-Evans rat using anterograde and retrograde axonal transport techniques. Injections of either wheat germ agglutinin/horseradish peroxidase (WGA/HRP) or Fast Blue were made into each of the main visual regions (17, 18a or 18b) as well as directly into the claustrum. The cortical injections were placed in either the upper, middle or deep layers so as to assist in determining the laminar organization of these connections. Of the 3 visual areas, only area 18b appears to have extensive and reciprocal connections with the claustrum. After a WGA/HRP injection of this area, dense labeled terminals and numerous labeled cells were found intermixed throughout the full extent of the claustrum. The density of this labeled activity was found to vary directly with the amount of the infragranular layers involved by the injections. Injections in the other visual areas did produce labeled cells in the claustrum, but their number was always small or even negligible. There was never any evidence of anterograde labeled terminals in the claustrum from any injection of areas 17 or 18a. Tracer injections directly in the claustrum confirmed and extended these findings by showing that the labeled terminals and/or labeled cells were localized predominantly in layer VI of area 18b of visual cortex. On the basis of these injections, two major conclusions are reached. First, the pattern of connections between the claustrum and visual cortex in the rat differs fundamentally with that found in other species.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Posted: December 01, 2010
Local dealmakers say M&A market has recovered—almost
A return to near normalcy
David Lewis
Merger and acquisition deals, like the time and tides, have their own texture and schedule, sense and scent, ebb and flow, except when they don't.
Just a couple of years ago time stopped, and there was no tide. The economy had suffered a coronary, and nobody knew what anything was worth.
Autumn 2008. Remember?
Selective memory is a wonderful thing.
Now near-normalcy is the new normalcy. Mergers and acquisitions are going on again in an almost normal fashion. Companies can be valued. Industry sectors have settled into categories including the good, the really great, the bad and the really ugly.
Even the homebuilding business has helped add to M&A activity, with its near-collapse and inevitable consolidation sparking combinations of Toll Brothers Inc. with Coleman Homes Inc.; Centex Homes with Wayne Homes; and Lennar Corp. with Winncrest Homes.
Let us drill down.
A look at Colorado merger-and-acquisition statistics reveals ... practically nothing. Fifty-nine Colorado companies closed deals in third-quarter 2010, according to Norwalk, Conn.-based FactSet Research Systems Inc., compared to 58 in the second quarter of 2010 and 60 in the third quarter of 2009.
A second glance, however, reveals the shocking and incredible fact that the Colorado M&A tracked by Mergerstat fell more than half, to $500 million from $1.1 billion in the third quarter of 2009. These numbers, however, reflect about one-quarter of all Colorado M&A tallied by the company, and in the somewhat murky world of privately held businesses coming to terms these are indicators more than solid statistics.
Still, they tell a story.
It's just as well to rely on the anecdotal evidence from local deal professionals. They say that the statistical indications of flatness and falling-ness are utterly misleading: The M&A market has recovered, just about.
Depending, that is, on a mid-sized list of variables, qualifiers and conditions.
Still, the experts say the basic conditions on the ground are: The economy is rising, albeit more slowly and uncertainly than people might like; post-election, there is less anxiety arising out of Washington; both strategic buyers and private equity groups have lots of capital to deploy (some estimate as much as $1 trillion); and good purchases are available, while many entrepreneurs are happy to sell at this juncture.
"The market is improving; it is not back to where it was, but it is improving," says Wes Brown, managing director for Denver-based St. Charles Capital. "And it is very dependent on the industry group."
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"As we know, M&A activity tracks the economy. When the economy is good, lots of deals are done, and reasonable to frothy multiples are being paid," says Ned Minor, president of Denver-based Minor & Brown in Denver and an attorney who specializes in M&A transactions. "All the deals that we've done in 2010 - in the 30 (transactions) range, which is kind of where we were in 2009 - these are all good companies that have sold for more than reasonable prices."
"The market is clearly significantly better than it was a year ago, although it has still not returned to the levels of 2005, 2006, 2007," says Warren R. Henson, president and senior managing director of Denver-based investment banker Green Manning & Bunch. "The data would back that up, and that's what we're seeing in terms of deal flow."
One funny thing about today's mergers and acquisitions marketplace is that it seems as if, like two teens in the back of a car, there is pent-up demand on both the buy and sell sides.
On the side of buyers and tire-kickers, there is plenty of dough or, to use the technical terminology, mazuma, shekels, drachmas, moola, loot and lucre.
Benjamins, too.
"There are some unusual phenomena going on in the marketplace, the kinds of things that are not intuitively obvious," Henson says. "There's a tremendous amount of capital. We're seeing fewer deals than was the case a few years ago, and there's more capital than ever. So paradoxically for good companies, their valuation levels are as good or better than they were in the good old days of 2005, '06, '07. They are phenomenally good for a good, growing business."
On the strategic purchaser side, Henson says, "Companies have a lot of cash, they have strengthened their balance sheets, and they are trying to obtain growth in a very modest growth environment. Companies' profits are significantly increasing, and many of these companies took an 18-month break, a breather, to increase cash balances and pay off debt and deal with internal affairs rather than bringing on new initiatives, and now they have the bandwidth both financially and managerially to bring on growth via acquisition."
Meantime, "the private equity groups have gone out and raised their funds. They're sitting on cash and looking to buy bargains," Minor says.
"Strategic buyers are flush with cash, and one of the ways to grow is deals," Henson says. "As for financial buyers, a lot of this capital was raised back in the good old days, and it wasn't deployed from the middle of '08 into '09, so in addition to new capital raised, if you aggregate all the capital raised and add to that the fact that the debt markets have returned - I have seen numbers anywhere between $500 billion and $1 trillion of transaction value available in the form of financing."
An interesting footnote to demand is that if your business is not a good, growing company, fuggedaboutit.
"If you have a company that is still declining in revenues, has declining EBITDA, and to an extent is unprofitable, there's much less interest in that company," Henson says. "So the old 'story deal,' where, 'here's what we're going to do going forward,' those deals are much more difficult to do now."
The same goes for sectors. Some industries continue to struggle, while others are going gangbusters.
Brown specializes in the banking and finance sector, one that continues to struggle.
"Financial services is still in a depressed mode," he says. "The new regulations arising from Dodd-Frank have really hurt the profitability of the business."
Meantime, potential sellers have survived two major economic bubbles in the first decade of the century and have discovered that they're not getting any younger.
"You've got a number of companies that have stayed on the sidelines in this downturn, focused on their business. Some are going to come to market because they need to raise capital, want to partner, or just want to sell the business. So there's a building inventory, if you will, of deals," Henson says.
Seller psychology also says get out, diversify.
Baby boomer entrepreneurs "are coming through the pipeline in record numbers. They have been a business for 20 years and they have missed two gigantic opportunities. They are that much older. They are more cognizant of looking at an exit strategy today than they've ever been before," Minor contends. "If things start to brighten up in various sectors of the economy, those people will be more prone to thinking about putting their companies into the marketplace in 2011 vs. waiting."
It all depends on the larger economy.
"In declining markets, deals tend to fall apart. In rising markets where everybody has low expectations, low budgets, and then the companies start beating their budgets because conditions are improving, not only do you not have the negatives that adversely affect the seller, but the buyer becomes more enthusiastic," Brown says. "So you have a much greater close rate in an improving, strengthening market, which we're now in."
"I don't know exactly when it's going to happen," Henson concedes. "But there is going to be a very, very meaningful uptick in M&A activity, just by the nature of supply and demand."
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Soccer Rally 2 - Launching April 24th!!!
Soccer Rally 2 is launching April 24th! Big thanks to everyone who's supported us so far with Soccer Rally 2, as well as everyone who's played our earlier games
Here's the new Gameplay Trailer: We are really excited to launch Soccer Rally 2. I can't believe that I'm typing this and we are actually launching next week. It feels crazy! It's been a really long development for our 3 man team. This is because; we have basically incorporated every feature under the sun, which you could possibly ever want in a Car Soccer game. If we had an idea...It pretty much went in. Soccer Rally 2 is a good example of what is known as "feature creep", multiplied by about 10. I'm going to roll out a list of features so you get where I'm coming from We have 20 Tournaments to play through with 4 different pitches. There are 9 cars that we painstakingly tuned and tweaked, so you get clear advantages and disadvantages from each one. There's a same device 2 Player Multiplayer mode, to challenge your friends. There's a paint shop where you can make unique car designs by adding decals, stripes or mixing gradients over the top of each other to get different colours. You can also share them to the world on Twitter and Facebook. There's an 18 track soundtrack, provided by 13 bands and electronic artists. There's a boost power up, that slows down time and fires you across the pitch at speed to shoot the ball, or get back to your goal line to save the ball in dramatic style. There's 7 Balls other than a Soccer Ball, ranging from an American Football to an Ice Hockey Puck just for fun. And last but not least, there are over 90 mini game style challenges, which will test your skills across 5 different game modes. These include Canon Defence, Waypoints, Ball Sorter, Goal Attack and Multiball. And now finally, it's done! The game is out April 24th and even including all these features, the game is free. We've made sure that you will not need IAP to complete the game and there will be no time waiting freemium roadblocks. We didn't want any pay walls in the game where it stops you from progressing. There also isn't any ridiculously high priced IAP's. The IAP isn't necessary, but will add more to the experience for those who want it. The main secondary currency is Golden Balls, which are used to fill Boost Slots. Boosts are really fun to use and if you want to use them carefree, it's better to get an IAP of Golden Balls. If you are struggling with the games difficulty, or just want to buy a better car for early on in the game, you can do this by buying SR Coins, which let you buy higher Spec cars. We are generous with the primary purchase path and you can generally afford the next tier car when you need it. SR Coins buy more layers for customizing your car in the paint shop as well. You can also buy a Ball Pack for the Multiplayer mode, which lets you use balls other than the Soccer Ball. You still experience the different balls in the single player tournaments for free though. There will be ads, but any IAP will remove them. We're really happy with Soccer Rally 2 and hope you will love the game as well. Any questions, feel free to ask. Thanks Jon Last edited by IceFlameGames; 04-15-2014 at 02:07 PM.. |
I was watching this since the announcement and it's finally coming out, congrats
Two questions: Does oversteer exist in this game? (To be able to drift a little bit ) What is the price for multiplayer "balls"? |
Hi Gr3nade!
Thanks for following SR2's progress Yeah! There is over steer/drift on some cars. Some of the higher tier cars are drift heavy. The Phantom has a lot of over steer. It's very fast in a straight line and you can kick the back out to turn it around fast. You have to be a good driver to use it though, and compensate for it's drift quite a lot. The Roma and Invader have quite a lot of over steer, but are way more manageable. The WRD-Mk II is probably the most balanced car, for control and drift, while also been fairly quick. The Ball Pack for Multiplayer will cost $1.99 I noticed your name is Gr3nade. So I made you a car design using the WRD-MkII in the Paint Shop Thanks Jon Last edited by IceFlameGames; 04-16-2014 at 12:17 PM.. |
Thank you for your answer. You just sold one of your iaps The Phantom seems like a perfect car for me I liked Ice Rage becouse of it's single screen multiplayer and mechanics it has (air hockey-like but instead of finger on screen you were controling a hockey player, just as you use cars in this game.. I would bet you have seen it ;D ). I really love cars and driving (in real life, of course) so this might actually be even better Hahah, nice paint job I wonder if it can explode.. By the way this is just random (fake?) nickname which I'm not using anywhere else, not even in games. I think I should change it here, I've been here for long enough - thank you for reminder |
*BUMP* Is this out in NZ yet?
It'll be out in NZ very shortly! I think it's going to be aprox 1 hour 15 Minutes
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WMSE, a community-funded radio station in Milwaukee, WI needs to replace its in-house digital studio to keep live music on the air.
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WMSE 91.7 FM, a community-funded radio station in Milwaukee needs to replace its in-house digital recording studio. After 30 years of supporting and documenting local artists, the dated and deteriorating equipment will soon preclude WMSE from recording and broadcasting live in-studio performances.
This Kickstarter project is intended to outfit the new studio and produce the Best of Local/Live. This project will also allow WMSE to expand programming to include the recording and production of entire albums for local artists and increase the number of live in-studio performances from touring artists that visit Milwaukee.
The impact of these performances, and especially the support of local music, has been recognized outside our broadcast boundaries. The station bolstered the careers of Milwaukee based national recording artists such as the Violent Femmes, Kings Go Forth, Jaill, and countless others.
To be clear, this project is completely different from WMSE routine, annual fundraising efforts. All of the equipment that makes programs like Local/Live possible is over 12 years old; a pretty long life in terms of technology! Because of the aging equipment, we are experiencing a host of compatibility issues, failing preamps, and other problems that may soon prevent us from broadcasting and recording live music. Subsequently, we launched this special capital project to raise $30,000 by December 22nd.
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Please back the project to Keep Live Music on WMSE today.
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This is a special capital project.
It costs $440,000 just to keep the station on the air every year. This includes programming, signal maintenance and engineering, library management, and staffing to name a few. Our listener contributions cover almost two-thirds of that amount, and the rest comes from our underwriting partners, and a select few grants including the NEA grant that help make Local/Live possible. We run a tight ship to make our programming happen and that doesn't leave any extra money for capital projects such as this. That's why we are asking for your help with this special project to Keep Live Music on WMSE!
We chose this platform because we thought it accurately represents the urgency of our failing equipment and, because, we are confident that we can exceed our goal with your help. Plus, we get to offer up all of this sweet stuff at a mega-bargain!
Contrary to our first update, we can't actually post a photo in the FAQ (sorry about the confusion). Check out update number two for the T-shirt design.
Absolutely! When the project is over, we will be administering a survey through kickstarter to get some basic information. One of the things we'll ask is how each backer would like their name, or the name of someone they would like to honor, to be displayed on the studio wall. At that point, please enter the name of the person you would like to recognize and that is what will be proudly displayed at WMSE.
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It's a great day to be a woman on a bike taking photos.
I had to drop some equipment off at Rayko and inside the ladies' room, I was treated to a surprise photo on the wall.
When I got outside, someone else had treated me to a surprise.
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Five disabled people have succeeded in a legal challenge to the government's decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund.
The £320m ILF currently provides support enabling nearly 19,000 severely disabled people in the UK to live independent lives in the community.
The High Court ruled in April that the closure decision was lawful, but this was overturned by the Court of Appeal.
The government said it was considering whether to contest the judgement.
During the Court of Appeal hearing, the five argued the High Court had misinterpreted the law and there had been a lack of proper consultation by ministers over the changes.
They said that, without ILF funding and support, they would be forced into residential care or lose their ability to participate in work and everyday activities on the same basis as able-bodied people.
'Powerful'The scheme's average payout is £300 a week, and the government has said councils, which administer most social care, will take over funding this help.
The Independent Living Fund is effectively ring-fenced money for disabled people with high support needs.
They feared that the decision to close the fund and devolve the money to local authorities would, in reality, lead to a reduction or loss of that money.
The reason was that once it was devolved back to local authorities, it would cease to be ring-fenced.
That would have meant, the campaigners say, it could be subject to normal constraints and cuts within a local authority budget.
The Court of Appeal unanimously quashed the decision to close the fund and devolve the money, on the basis that the minister had not specifically considered duties under the Equality Act, such as the need to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people and, in particular, the need to encourage their participation in public life.
The court emphasised that these considerations were not optional in times of austerity.
This judgement is another example of judicial review in action. It is a process by which the decisions of public bodies can be scrutinised by the courts to ensure that they are lawful.
In this case, the Equality Act creates a process that government must go through to ensure their decision affecting disabled people are lawful.
Ministers took the decision close the fund on 18 December last year.
Court of Appeal judges Lord Justice Elias, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice McCombe allowed the challenge to the High Court's earlier ruling, quashing the original decision in favour of the government.
Lord Justice McCombe said the evidence upon which the decision had been based had not given "an adequate flavour of the responses received indicating that independent living might well be put seriously in peril for a large number of people".
The disabled applicants feared that the decision to close the fund and devolve the money to local authorities would lead to a reduction, or even loss, of that money, which had previously effectively been ring-fenced.
Welcoming the "powerful" ruling, law firms Deighton Pierce-Glynn and Scott-Moncrieff & Associates, which represented the claimants, said their clients had "feared that the loss of their ILF support would threaten their right to live with dignity, and that they could be forced into residential care or lose their ability to work and participate in everyday activities on an equal footing with other people".
The Court of Appeal decision was described as being "of major importance not just for the claimants, but for all disabled people".
Minister for Disabled People Mike Penning said: "We are very pleased the Court of Appeal upheld how we undertook our consultation on the future of the fund, and they accepted that it had been carried out properly and fairly.
"We are disappointed with certain aspects of today's decision, and we will be examining the judgement very carefully and considering the implications before deciding on the most appropriate way forward, which includes seeking leave to appeal."
The prime minister's official spokesman added that the Department for Work and Pensions was "now considering that judgement".
The Equality and Human Rights Commission was permitted by the court to intervene in the case and made submissions on the proper application of the Equality Act and UN Convention.
The ILF was established in 1988, but the government decided in 2010 that it had become "no longer appropriate or sustainable" to keep running the scheme outside the mainstream social care system. The fund closed to new applicants soon afterwards.


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I have a confession to make: I hate winter. Sure, there is plenty of fun to be had during the winter months. Holiday celebrations, ice skating, snow shoeing, and cross country skiing are all viable options. There is also quite a lot of beauty to be seen during this time. The first significant snow fall is always a pristine work of art, and some of the hues and color tones achieved by a winter sky are so impossible to replicate that one cannot help but sit and stare in admiration. Despite whatever positive qualities may exist during a typical winter, there is one problem that I am finding more and more difficult to accept: It's just too damn cold.
I should add a disclaimer here. I have actually lived in Chicago and its surrounding areas all of my life, and currently reside in the Northwest Illinois town of Rockford. For as close as we are to the state line, and how much it seems every neighbor and acquaintance of mine is a diehard Packers fan, it might as well be Wisconsin. I mention this only to make the point that the cold is not actually anything new to me. As every year ticks by, I simply come to realize more and more how aggravated I am by the winter. Maybe it's my south-of-the-border heritage, and subsequent instinctual affinity for warm weather, or maybe it's the fact that I'm 6'0" and 145 pounds soaking wet, but something just does not compute.
The brutal truth of this all smacked me in the face just the other day as I ventured out for my first winter ride of the season. A cloudy 25ºF with a wind-chill reading down to 19º did not exactly seem like the most ideal riding weather, but I had been locked up studying for days, and desperately needed to be outside turning some pedals. It is always a bit disheartening when it takes almost as long to dress for a ride (on account of the ungodly amount of layering necessary in these temps) as the actual duration of the ride itself. An even more enjoyable revelation is when you reach the furthest point of the ride and realize that you have made a poor choice in gloves and can no longer feel something as useful as your fingers. Good times.
I admit, I am being a bit extreme with my hatred of the winter cold. The stillness and peace that can be witnessed during these next few months is pretty spectacular to say the least. I am unaware if there is a scientific explanation for the apparent hush, or whether it is the fact that the world is simply too cold for much activity. Whatever it is, I do appreciate it. This peaceful serenity alone can make some of these ice-cold winter rides utterly enjoyable. I have recently resolved to avoid the trainer, to man up, bundle up, and get out and enjoy this meditative winter solace as much as possible this season.
In all honesty, this winter has not been very bad at all. So far our local temperatures have averaged somewhere in the high 30's/low 40's for the month of December. What significance does this have to anyone outside my own personal pity party? you may ask. Well, with the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships pretty much in my back yard in just a few days time, it seems that much of the grumbling the cycling community has heard for the past 12 months about Madison, Wisconsin being a moronically frigid venue for such a big event may have been a bit premature. The current forecast does not project anything like some of the previously "epic" conditions witnessed in such venues as Kansas City and Providence. However, as the rule goes, now that I have said it, I'm sure that I have all but guaranteed the coldest Nats that this country has seen in years. Enjoy.
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your suggested plotline would have been a great one, I think--if you write, you might try constructing a fan fiction that explores that story arc.Thank you. And I have actually thought about doing that when I read up on Jacen and then most of the events of LoF....which probably means I'll be reading LoF for research purposes lol.
You would probably have a lot of readers for it (particularly if you choose to post it over at TheForce.Net Fan Fiction forum).I would!?!! Has anyone tried writing their own retcons of LoF?? And thanks for the heads up about that website, am definitely checking it out.
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School Closing Guidelines
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The Rock Island-Milan School District No. 41 strives to keep schools open for students during the year. In times of inclement weather (most likely snow, ice or extreme cold) the decision to open or close schools is based on current and anticipated weather and road conditions that will affect families during school hours.
At any time, if a parent wants to pick up their child(ren) from school due to impending bad weather, please do so. Student safety is a priority, and the school buildings understand that parents have unique circumstances at times. Just give the building principal a call. School phone numbers >>
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- 10:00 p.m. Watch local evening weather for prediction of storm track, timing, duration and predicted precipitation.
- 2:00 a.m. Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds travels to all schools to determine the ability to clear parking lots and sidewalks prior to the start of the school day. He works with the snow removal contractor to prioritize locations.
- 4:00 a.m. Contact is made with the City Public Works Department to determine their ability to maintain safe passage on main thoroughfares and in front of schools. An updated prediction of weather is received from them.
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- 5:45 a.m. If decision is to close school: notify media outlets, place announcement on website, contact United Township feeder schools and non-public Illinois schools, begin staff calling tree.
Parents Make the Final Decision
The Superintendent has not closed school and you disagree with the decision. You feel it is unsafe for your child(ren) to get to school. If you feel it is unsafe for your child(ren) to make it to school, you may decide to keep them home. The parent has the final decision.
If you decide to keep your child(ren) home due to the weather, contact the staff at your school's office and make them aware of your decision. Also, discourage teenagers from driving in bad weather conditions, take them yourself, or offer alternative transportation.
These absences are excused and all work may be made up for full credit. The exception is at Rock Island High School. The absence will be excused and work accepted for full credit, but will count as an absence for students wishing to take advantage of the attendance incentive program.
Determining whether school is open or closed seems simple. In reality it is neither simple nor simplistic. Closing school is always a touchy subject with students, parents, and employees. No matter the decision made, some parents will not agree. Some parents have no one to care for their child(ren) and must go to work or lose their jobs. When schools are closed, they are put in a very difficult position. Other parents may disagree with the decision and the effects on student safety. If the decision is to keep school open and you as parent/guardian do not feel your child(ren) would be safe, you may decide to keep your child home. The final decision is in the parents hands.
Frequently asked questions or comments:
Where do I find out if schools are closed?
The school district will send out a phone call by 6:00 a.m. to households through the Emergency Notification System.
A note will also be posted on the district website at http://www.rockislandschools.org
On twitter: www.twitter.com/R_I_Schools
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Why do you stay open when the Iowa and surrounding Illinois districts close?
Unlike the Iowa districts and neighboring Illinois districts, Rock Island-Milan, being a mostly urban area, does not have the same issues with transporting students on rural highways nor more remote areas where high winds and drifting snow can make roads impassable.
You are only keeping school open because of money.
Funding from the State of Illinois is based on average daily attendance of the best three months of the school year. Because of the weather, the winter months are seldom used in these calculations.
My child will be punished if they do not come to school on these days.
If a parent/guardian calls in the absence to the child's school, the absence is considered "excused" and all work is accepted for full credit. The one exception is the attendance incentive program.
Like most other school districts in Illinois, the majority of our parents work outside the home and have limited options for child care when school is cancelled. As much as possible, we try to stay open to give families a choice. When school is closed, some parents must decide whether to:
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) announced today its Kettle Brand® was one of 24 recipients honored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 12 th annual Green Power Leadership Awards. The Green Power Leadership Award recognizes achievement in advancing the nation's renewable electricity market while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Step into spa nirvana at one of Germany's most impressive and extensive spa facilities, Land Fleesensee SPA, located just 300 metres from the hotel. Indulge in exotic treatments with Ayurveda and Lomi Lomi or an invigorating bath in an authentic Turkish hammam. Golfers can keep themselves in top shape with special sports massages and facial treatments that keep muscles and skin invigorated and ready to battle the natural elements of the many courses that grace Land Fleesensee. Guests enjoy a Russina banja, aromatic saunas and a 600-square-metre fitness area at one of Germany's most popular spa destinations.
As one of the largest spas in Germany, Land Fleesensee SPA offers exceptional facilities spread over an impresssive 6,000 square metres, all just a few minutes' walk from the hotel. Enjoy exotic therapies, such as Ayurveda, Lomi Lomi and hot stone massages, an authentic Turkish bath, beauty treatments, physiotherapy and more. The spa complements all treatments with top-quality products from Shiseido, Ligne St. Barth and Thalgo, many of which are mineral oil-free and do not contain parabenes or animal products. The Water World of Land Fleesensee SPA provides a refreshing experience for water lovers of all ages with its flow currents, neck showers, 52-metre slide, bubble seats and outdoor solar pools. Sauna World provides a Finnish, bio and ground saunas, aroma steam and Russian banja. Guests can head to Physio World with prescriptions for treatments, covered by all health insurance companies. Fitness World at Land Fleesensee SPA provides 600 square metres of ultra-modern fitness equipment, plus options for personal training sessions and 20 fitness courses per week.
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The wet areas
Indulge in the extensive wet areas within Land Fleesensee SPA.
The spa area encompasses:
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- Outdoor saline baths
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Sports and fitness
Enjoy a refreshing workout in the 600-square-metre fitness centre, which houses state-of-the-art equipment. Over 20 classes are also available, ideal for staying in shape.
Find the ideal sauna
Land Fleesensee SPA provides a wide variety of sauna areas, each offering a relaxing escape from the everyday.
Saunas available within the spa include:
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- Classic 95°C sauna
- Earth sauna
- Scented samarium
- Temperature-reduced sauna
Spa for men
The spa provides an extensive range of treatments for men, perfect after a long day of golf on the challenging courses in Fleesensee. Tailored for men, a relaxing sports massage or special face treatment will energise skin that has been exposed to the elements.
Spa for families and expectant mothers
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DOVER — The state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) confirmed another death related to widespread influenza in New Hampshire was reported on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths for this flu season to 14.
The most predominant strain recorded in the Granite State is Influenza A, or H3N2, according to the state DHHS. The flu vaccine this year protects against this as well as Influenza B and H1N1, commonly referred to as "swine flu." The New Hampshire Public Health laboratories have so far tested 408 specimens and 238 were positive for influenza, according to the state department.
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(KMOV.com) -- Political and religious leaders, as well as emergency room doctors, spoke about background checks and outlawing large-capacity ammunication clips at a downtown anti-gun rally on Saturday.
The rally was organized after a four-year old girl was shot in the shoulder as she stood on the front porch of her St. Louis home.
Supporters of gun rights stood next to anti-gun ralliers at the event, which featured appearances by Mayor Franics Slay and Police Chief Sam Dotson.


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Pace Egg play
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The Pace Egg Plays are traditional village plays, with a rebirth theme, in which St George smites all challengers and the fool, Toss Pot, rejoices. The drama takes the form of a combat between the hero and villain, in which the hero is killed and brought to life, often by a quack doctor.
The plays take place in England during Easter; indeed, the word 'Pace' comes from the old English word 'pasch' literally meaning 'Easter'. They are a tradition that was once widespread throughout England, but is now only practiced in a few areas, particularly Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
Many Pace Egg plays died out after the Great War, when many of the men who took part in them were killed in action. In Middleton, North Manchester, Pace Egging (performing the Pace Egg Play) was revived in 1967. The Bury Pace Eggers were revived in 1969, and still perform in pubs and squares around the town and surrounding villages on the weekend before Easter.[1]
The plays have also enjoyed a remarkable renaissance in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire in recent decades. The origins are uncertain, but some version of the plays have undoubtedly been performed over many hundreds of years. It has become an established Good Friday tradition, and hundreds come to Weavers Square to watch. In the play St George takes on contenders such as Bold Slasher, the Black Prince of Paradine and Hector.
The costumes — in particular the strange headgear comprising a towering edifice garlanded with flowers, peculiar to the Calder Valley — are as much a part of the fun as the action, where violent sword fights predominate but, as ever, good triumphs over evil.
Middleton Pace Egg Play[edit]
2011 sees the forty fifth consecutive year of the Middleton Play. Performancees take place in pubs throughout the town on Easter Monday, commencing at The Dusty Miller at 12.30pm and then every half hour at 'Last Orders' (formerly The Old Roebuck, the Britannia Inn, 'Harbord Harbord' (Wetherspoons), Assheton Arms, Old Boar's Head, and culminating in a final outdoor performance at the Ring o' Bells, at approximately 3.30pm (all times and venues subject to alteration).
After the last performance children take part in another ancient tradition, symbolising the rolling away of the stone from Christ's Tomb, when they roll their decorated (hard-boiled) eggs on the hill of the Parish Church of St Leonard. Although cast members come and go over the years, the current line-up have over 150 years of participation between them. The characters in the Middleton play are (in order of appearance) Captain Slasher, The King of England, St George, The Turkish Champion, The Doctor, The Female Clown (a.k.a. Miss Kitty Fair) Beelzebub and finally little Derry Doubt. There is also a large black horse, with rolling eyes and swivelling ears who, although not actually a traditional element in Middleton, nevertheless lends a certain something to the proceedings, and has even been known to dance![2]
The Midgley Pace Egg Play[edit]
As well as the senior adult performance, Calder High School itself performs a version of the play. The school performs the Midgley version of the play and it has become a big tradition within the school, and it has become a highly popular event with the Calder Valley public.
The school has performed to the Calder Valley now for over 50 years and the tradition still lives on to this present day. The play is rehearsed and choreographed by the students themselves so that they can make the performance their own and so that they can work outside the usual boundaries of a school drama lesson.
The line up in 2010 included Billy Painter (Who is also chief Editor of The Painter's Chronicle) as The Fool, Dario Coates as St George, Sam Harris as Bold Slasher, Jack Deighton as The Doctor, Rowan Carter as The black prince of Paradine, Jacob Jones as The king Of Egypt, Joe Cotton as Hector, Desmond as Toss Pott. And Clara Collet and Jess Woodhead as Directors.
The Calder High students perform at St George's Square, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, in Midgley and Heptonstall.
The 2011 performance had Billy Painter as Saint George, Rowan Carter as The Black Prince (It is those two last year of being able to do Pace Egg), Jack Deighton as The Fool, Sam Harris as Bold Slasher, Joe Cotton as Hector, Tom Jennings as Toss Pot and James Kay as The Doctor and last and least Sol Cotton as King Of Egypt. The performance included a meeting in battle of the Calder High Black Prince and the seniors' Black Prince played by father and son.
The 2013 paceegg is currently being run by Tom Jennings (Who has played Toss Pot for 2 years) and Jack Deighton (who has played The Doctor and for the last 2 years has played The Fool).
Pace Egg Quotes[edit]
- "For pray you remember...tis pace egging time" - The Fool
- "Mince Pies hot, Mince Pies cold, I'll send thee to Black Sam before thou is nine days old" - St George/Hector
- "Cursed Christian!" - King of Egypt
- ^ "Bury Times, 3 April, 2009". Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ Pace-egg.org.uk
Further reading[edit]
- Cass, E. The Pace-Egg Plays of the Calder Valley, London: FLS Books, 2004.
- Cass, E. The Lancashire Pace-Egg Play, A Social History, London: FLS Books, 2001.
- Jennings, B. Pennine Valley: History of Upper Calderdale Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd, 1992.
External links[edit]
- Calderdale Council: The pace egg play
- The Rochdale Observer 1909:The Pace Egg and its origin No such article found on this page October 28, 2012
- Digital Tradition: The pace-egging song


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Corrie star Jane Danson has said she is intrigued by the decision to have a new actor play the role of Nick Tisley, according to a report.
The show's bosses announced in June that Nick, formerly played by Adam Rickitt, would return to the Street but with a new actor cast in the role.
Jane's character Leanne Batterby was married to Nick in the late '90s. The couple split and Nick fell in love with hairdress Maria (Samia Smith).
Talking about Nick's return Danson told Holy Soap: "What's interesting when you bring an old character back is that even though it's a different actor, there's all the baggage there from years ago.
"He's been involved with Leanne and Maria, and obviously his family are there too so there's lots of scope for that character."
She added: "I don't know whether they will make anything of Leanne and him or not because she seems quite settled where she is.
"But there's always a possibility of revisiting it. Leanne would probably just wind him up I think.
"I suppose it's an open book at the moment. I'd quite like to see Maria and Nick get together."
Asked who she would like to play the part, she replied: "Well, I don't think Brad Pitt's available!
"It'll be interesting because working with Adam was lovely. We were really close at the time.
"He's abroad now so I wonder whether they'll go for someone very similar looking or if they'll go completely in a new direction.
"I don't think it really matters. Viewers get used to new actors and they accept them. It'll be interesting to see which way they go."
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Students of the Theatre and Performing Arts Department of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (JKKNIU) in Trishal staged a dance drama "Wangala" recently.
Wangala (harvest festival) is a prominent festival rooted to the religion and culture of the indigenous Garos, who mainly live in Mymensingh and Madhupur of Tangail.
"Wangala", also an ancient dance drama, is performed mainly by Garo artistes at the beginning of the winter harvest. It is a combination of many dance sequences on agricultural activities round the year.
The spontaneity of the artistes cast a spell on the audience at the festival.
Sahitya Bazar Patrika, a literary newspaper published from Dhaka, assisted the function.
Directed by Professor Syed Mamun Reza, 22 students performed on the stage. The students also staged the dance drama outside the university on receiving much applause from the audience.
Al Jabir and Imran Hasan Shimul assisted the staging of the dance drama.
Earlier, a discussion was held.
Swadhin Chowdhury, Executive editor of Sahitya Bazar; poet Farid Ahmed Dulal; Shahadat Hossain Khan Hilu, secretary of Bahurupi Natya Sangstha; Prof. Taposh Kumar Saha and Sajal Koraishi addressed the discussion, among others.
Garo people celebrate Wangala festival, one of their greatest festivals marking the beginning of harvesting. Cultural teams from Mymensingh, Tangail, Netrokona and Sylhet observe Wangala celebrations, said the speakers.


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