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A totally tubular guide to the language of Stranger Things
Pack up your Cabbage Patch Kids and power down your NES consoles, fans of the eighties! It's time to take a break from vegging out and do a deep dive into the language of everyone's favorite 1980s-set kid-centric TV sci-fi drama, the Netflix original series Stranger Things. (If you have a different favorite 1980s-set kid-centric […]more


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Aiming to be among the first public fitness facilities globally to achieve dementia-friendly status, the UK's Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub (part of LiveWire Warrington) has a remit to help members young and old stay active. Commercial Manager Kev Forester explains how the site made group exercise a central pillar of its recent £16m redevelopment.
Early this year, we completed phase 1 of a £16m overhaul of the site to modernise and ensure it's a hub for community health & wellbeing. We've already grown our membership to in excess of 2,700 with a really broad demographic comprising lots of young families, plus a lot of older members. This is why we're aiming to become the world's first public building seeking the DSDC Gold Award for its dementia-friendly architecture and design. As part of this much consideration has been given to the signage, equipment, colour, tonal references, and general design elements. As such, we need a wide range of exercise options, but as a community facility charging £16 – £30.75 per month for membership, it's vital these are all cost-effective and inclusive.
It was a complex project and this spanned the dementia-friendly aspects, an integration of local leisure, library and health services under one roof, plus a whole range of outdoor sports facilities. On the fitness side, we decided to go big on group exercise, so we've now got three studios, two of which are set up for Virtual, including a dedicated indoor cycle studio. It's proven to be a masterstroke!
We're smashing our numbers and group exercise is playing a big part. The LED look and immersive feel of the studios really helps give the 'wow' factor, while offering 100 classes per week now is a real selling point. We run live LES MILLS™ classes such as BODYPUMP™, BODYCOMBAT™ and we just launched GRIT™, while on the Virtual side we've got RPM™, SH'BAM™, BODYPUMP, BODYCOMBAT, CXWORX™, and BODYBALANCE™. We've worked with Les Mills for a number of years and the quality and trust in the brand is a big driver of new members. It's the same for instructors – we want to attract the best and Les Mills is what they want to teach.
Ahead of our re-opening, we offered residents a chance to sign-up for an exclusive pre-opening membership offer to use the leisure facilities at a discounted rate. At the same time, the release of our new timetable on social media sparked huge engagement. And the group exercise angle definitely helped build a buzz among members. Brand Central is a really useful source of assets to support this and spread key messages across a range of marketing channels to ensure we reach our broad audience.
It's obviously given us a big boost in terms of our class offering – we've added 40 extra Virtual classes at the push of a button. This has been huge for us in terms of having a strong GX proposition throughout the day, making greater use of our studios and freeing up space on the gym floor. The impact has been well beyond our expectations – we've got Virtual RPM on a Saturday morning with 29 people in the class! All told, we have 1,100 GX attendances each week, with virtual accounting for 25-27% of these on average.
It's definitely bringing in a broad range of members, which is massive for a community facility like ours. Virtual is great for new starters who might be a bit intimidated initially – it helps them feel their way in and many then move onto live classes as well. Some of the feedback has been that classes like Virtual RPM are a bit more sociable and relaxed for our members who like to have a chat. We've got people forming their own little groups around SH'BAM and CXWORX too! Around 30 per cent of our active members do GX each month and we want to get that up to 50 per cent, so Virtual is key to driving that growth in a way that's cost-effective.
A couple of things. We've invested in SMART TECH kit for our studio which is definitely a plus-point with members. We've been challenged quite strongly by budget gyms, so things like SMART TECH help us to demonstrate the added value we offer, through high-quality kit that members can touch and feel. We've also got big plans to use launch events as a means to drive GX and memberships in general. We've selected January 2019 for a major event at Great Sankey – not just a few classes, but a real celebration of fitness with masterclasses and a focus on providing a great inclusive community experience.


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NDIANAPOLIS – The proposed Flat Rock Wind Project in Rush County became a little less likely to happen, at least in Rush County, as of this week.
The Indiana Court of Appeals Tuesday morning issued its opinion on the case involving Flat Rock Wind, LLC. – also known as Apex Clean Energy – and the Rush County Area Board of Zoning Appeals, with that opinion upholding the decision back in July 2015 to enact a 2,300-foot setback distance, from non-participating property lines, on Apex's special exception permits for construction of industrial wind turbines as part of the proposed wind project which is slated to span both Rush and Henry counties. Continue reading via this link to National Wind Watch


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The WorshipTheRock.com songwriting contest has returned! We are excited to bring this great contest back to the table after one year off. We have some exciting changes though so here are the details!
If quality feedback isn't enough, we have some great prizes available also!
Overall Winner - #1 song between both categories
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Cody Kidnapping Suspect Caught in Montana [VIDEO]
39-year-old Jesse Paul Speers, who is a suspect in a Cody, Wyoming child abduction case, has waived extradition and will be transferred to Wyoming in the coming days.
Speers is currently being held at the Gallatin County Detention Center in Bozeman after being captured by FBI agents and the Gallatin county Sheriff's department in Belgrade, Montana on Saturday.
Today, new details emerged surrounding the abduction of an 11-year-old Cody girl on October 8th.
According to the press hearing given by Cody Chief of Police Perry Rockvam, the victim was asked to help find a puppy and then threatened with a pistol to get into the suspects vehicle. The girl's hands were later tied in a church parking lot before being taken out into the mountains where she was hit in the head with a pistol and sexually abused. The suspect released the victim on a mountain road where she was later discovered by hunters.
Rockvam says the girl was courageous and extremely helpful in solving the case. The suspect was tracked by coordinating times and events in the girls story to cameras that captured the same vehicle at all of the suggested locations. The suspects vehicle was also captured traveling into Yellowstone National Park.
During the public hearing, Rocvam said that he is "very confident that we have the right person and I'm not going to comment on the confession."


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I have to admit our time in the U.S. feels a bit like it was just a dream. It went by so fast! And now that we're home and getting into the routine of life in Argentina again, it all seems rather surreal.
Not sure if I mentioned on the blog that kids tried breaking into our place a couple months ago until the neighbor chased them off. They managed to really tear up the screen and break the kitchen window, but a friend had the window repaired by the time we returned (Ivan dropped off the screen last Thursday and we're still waiting on it).
Other than that the casita was intact, but very dirty. I immediately swept the main traffic areas so we wouldn't track too much dirt around, but waited until the next day to do a thorough cleaning... since we arrived about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, tired from a 30 hour trip that took us from Middlebury, Indiana, all the way to our humble abode in Carlos Paz, Argentina.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit that almost a week later, I still haven't put everything away and it might be another couple days before we are completely organized. In my defense, we have been rather busy. Here are a few of the things we've been up to since getting back:
~ took our friends Julio and Magdalena into Cordoba on Friday, for a doctor's appointment and other errands
~ Ivan had the windshield in the car replaced (there was another big crack in it when we got back), made sure we were all caught up on tramites, took our car for it's annual inspection and accompanying sticker that allows us to buy gas, and today is in Cordoba doing some shopping and getting our tickets for next year.
~ I've been cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, doing laundry, taking care of emails, doing laundry...
You get the idea I've had a little laundry to do? Well, that's because I put dust covers over most of the furniture in the casita while we were gone. Which by the way, was the best idea I've ever had! It cut down on cleaning time considerably -- BUT, it did mean I had to wash all those dusty dust covers (very appropriately named). And since my washer takes about 2 hours to do a load, it took me the better part of two days to get them all done.
~ Have had various friends stop by to welcome us back! That's been the fun part :)
It doesn't look like much when I get it down in print, but honestly, we've been on the go pretty much from the time we landed.
And last night after Ivan took Charlie home and I washed up the supper dishes, we just both sort of collapsed, like someone suddenly let the air out of our balloons. I've been fighting a head cold since last Tuesday, and not sleeping very well at night because of congestion and coughing, so I think it just all caught up with me, and I was done. I put my pajamas on and was in bed by 9 p.m.
This morning we got some shopping done locally. There's a place that sells mostly to other stores, but the public can shop there too and it's a little cheaper. That's where I get things like butter, lunchmeat, cheese, oatmeal... And I hit up my favorite vegetable stand, which doesn't have much variety at this point since it's early Spring. I bought very little at the local grocery store because they didn't have a lot of the things on my list, but Ivan was going to stop at Walmart while he's in Cordoba this afternoon and he should be able to pick up the remaining items there. It's not like starting completely from scratch, but there are a lot of things we have to stock back up on after being gone over four months.
Our yard is a sad sight. Brown and yellow crunchy dried grass is all that's left of our lawn, and almost all the plants died too. We did get some rain Friday and a little bit yesterday, but we need a LOT more! The lake, which we drove past this morning, is really low again. Not quite as low as it got in 2009/10 but still pretty low.
Once we get a little more settled I hope to get back to blogging on a more regular basis. Our neighbor's internet has worked at least a part of every day since we got back! If that continues, I should have no problems posting more often, but not sure if we can count on that continuing to be the case. Vamos a ver.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
3 comments:
- Mari said...
I can only imagine how tired you have to be after all the traveling you did here, along with the busyness - then traveling home and trying to get the house back in order? That's a lot!
The dust covers were a brilliant idea.
- October 15, 2013 at 6:29 PM
- rita said...
Why is it sooooo dusty 'en el interior' (as we referred to that are of the country)? Even a closed-up house gets covered...
Glad for the fun 'bienvenidas' mixed in w/all the work in resettling.
- October 16, 2013 at 7:16 AM
- The Bug said...
I think I want to put dust covers on our furniture even though we're in the house - ha! I don't know how two people generate as much dust as we do...
It always takes me a while to get reoriented even when I've just been gone a week - so take your time. I give you permission :)
- October 16, 2013 at 11:08 AM
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GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALTA.—Karen Sagle and Brit O'Neill live in a nice place with a cute dog in Ottawa and, over the last several months, their respective social media feeds paint the picture of a life filled with, in order: curling, beer, travel and each other.
"We like to have fun," Sagle said. "We like to do fun things."
"We're a live-in-the-moment kind of couple," O'Neill said, with a widening smile. "Not so much a plan-for-the-future couple, it seems."
"We're trying to be better at that," Sagle said.
"It's like, 'Do we have enough money just to do that, and nothing else, and not eat? Then let's do that,' " O'Neill said over Sagle's laughter.
They got the chance to do something they never really thought was possible this week, competing as a team with Ontario at the Canadian women's curling championship. Their rink was still in contention for a playoff spot until Friday morning, but fell just short, meaning they will not play this weekend.
It was their first trip to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and they wondered if their presence marked another first: the first time an out couple competed together for the national title.
"We might be," Sagle said.
"I would love to know if we're making history here," O'Neill said.
"We should know about it," Sagle said, with a laugh.
Curling Canada officials could not confirm it, but said they believed it was the case.
"Homophobia in sports is still a pretty big thing in a lot of sports," Sagle said. "We've been very lucky. The people we surround ourselves with, it's never been an issue for us. But certainly, it's still something that's a little hidden away, and a little bit not talked about in sport, in general."
Sagle, a 29-year-old event planner from Ottawa, and O'Neill, a 29-year-old dental hygiene student from Ancaster, Ont., played alongside skip Jenn Hanna and her sister Steph in Grande Prairie. Sagle was lead, and O'Neill was third. Both have been curling for years, and they played each other at the 2007 Ontario junior championship. (Sagle's team won, as she pointed out with a smile.)
They only got to know each other four years ago, at another curling event in Brockville, Ont.
"We actually got locked in an elevator together," Sagle said, smiling.
"That's the truth," O'Neill said.
They became friends, and within about six months, they were in a long-distance relationship. O'Neill moved to Ottawa to erase that distance. They are a common-law couple, but not one that immediately joined forces in curling.
Initially, they worried about personal space and boundaries, and the ability to separate what happens at home from what happens on the ice, and vice versa.
They were both curling on weekends. Eventually, it just made sense to compete together.
"Ninety-eight percent of the time that we spend here," O'Neill said, "we're teammates."
"Right," Sagle said in agreement.
"And we take on that role very seriously," O'Neill said. "So I don't consider it as being, like, around her too much as my girlfriend. It's a totally different headspace."
They listed their relationship status — naming each other as partners — in the official Curling Canada media guide for the Scotties.
"Nobody talks about it," Sagle said.
"Not at all," O'Neill said.
"It's interesting," Sagle said.
"I don't know the reasoning," O'Neill said. "Me, neither," Sagle said. "Maybe it's just not talked about. But sometimes you wonder when it's not purposely talked about, whether there's a reason behind it."
Their rink became the talk of Canadian curling last month when it shocked the heavily favoured Rachel Homan rink in the Ontario championship, earning the right to compete this week at the Scotties. O'Neill and Sagle will return home now, with plans to drop in when the men's championship opens in Ottawa early next month. In June, if they can scrape together the necessary funds, they will be in Thailand.
"I mean, it's pretty cool for us to be here together," Sagle said. "I would love for people to know that, to know that we're that strong of a couple — that we can be awesome in a relationship and also curl together and be awesome at that."


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Over the last few years, wedding webcasts have become very popular. Having a webcam at your wedding will allow your friends and relatives who can't make it to the wedding to be able to watch your ceremony and reception live on the Internet.
Many couples are opting to pay the cost of setting up a webcast of their wedding, and then cutting back on their guest list.
One wedding webcast company that is very reputable and relatively inexpensive is Webcast My Wedding. They can set up a full-service webcast package for just $595 that includes a live broadcast of your wedding over the Internet, plus an on-demand archive where anyone can view the video for the next 30 days after you wedding day.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
What happens when there is no Internet?
Martin's Blog: "Why we are building Fon (as portrayed by South Park)"
Monday, April 14, 2008
Fonera 2.0 and The Fonosfera [UPDATED]
"As I've recently disclosed, our main objective at FON is the launch of our next product, the Fonera 2.0. The Fonera 2.0 is a Fonera that will not only make it easy to provide WiFi for yourself and for your neighbors, it will also provide Foneros with great features like the ability to connect a hard drive to it and autonomously upload or download content from the Internet while you're doing something else on your laptop or your PC is off. In short the Fonera 2.0 will manage your daily relationship with the Web 2.0 doing such thing as sending your pictures to Flickr, your videos to Youtube, downloading your torrents, etc. Many of the things that the new Fonera will do a PC can do of course but why tie up a thousand dollar investment with your vital info doing menial task when you can have a $49 Fonera do them.
The Fonera 2.0 will be an open platform for developers to build their applications on top of, much like a hacked iPhone is now. An open platform is nothing without a community of developers, so we're announcing today the launch of The Fonosfera, our development community program that will span not only the Fonera 2.0 but all Fon products. We know there are already many communities doing great things with our Foneras, adding new features and fixing bugs. The idea behind the Fonosfera is to bring all the development work the communities have been doing and will do in the future to any Fon user.
The Fonosfera will be a chance for all these communities to keep working independently, while contributing to the development of Fon products including the Fonera 2.0 and the applications that will run on it. The Fonosfera will provide a space for gathering and sharing between developers and to make their projects available to end users all around the world. It will include a framework with development and community tools such as svn, trac, forums, mailing list, wiki etc. We already picked a few communities that have proved they can do great things with the Fonera and sent them a test version of our Fonera 2.0.
The Fonera 2.0 will provide a USB connection and users will be able to plug any sort of USB device to it (as long as there's software support in the firmware, and we invite developers to add support for any device they might think of). The Fonera 2.0 will provide out of the box the ability to connect a hard drive or pendrive to it, so you can access it on your local network and use it to store the contents your Fonera 2.0 will download from the Internet for you. Another interesting feature we are working on is the ability to connect an HSDPA modem to the USB port of the Fonera 2.0, to share an HSDPA connection on the move or where DSL is not available.
We are working hard to make the Fonera 2.0 as open as possible, and we are willing to take all the help the development community can bring to Fon and Foneros. Our users will still have to wait a few months to get their Foneras 2.0, but we're sure it will be worth the wait."
Martin's Blog Post: The Fonosfera: FON's development community program and the Fonera 2.0
Looks like Martin is back at it again with ideas for what La Fonera 2.0 could do. Some of them are kind of weird, crazy, stupid, and yet a few are good.
Martin's Blog post: "My ideas for La Fonera 2.0"
Fon Blog: "Fonosfera: The FON Development Community"
Friday, April 11, 2008
FON Raises $9.5 Million
What are we going to do with the money? Launch Fon in Russia, launch the Fonera 2.0 (the fonera that uploads and downloads stuff to and from the internet while you are doing something else with your laptop) and develop the fonera 802.11n for an end of the year launch.
Unfortunately we will also have to do all this spending less money because this market forces us to do so. We already cut losses at Fon from $1.3 million per month to $800K per month in the last half year and we achieved this through cost reductions, a great reduction in router subsidies and increased revenues with high margins. We plan to do more of the same in the future and my target is to be losing half a million per month by June and to break even by the end of 09. And yes I do know that I should not be telling any of these things because we are a private company but if this blog is of any value to entrepreneurs I believe I must share them with you.
Bottom line: tough market forces you to think harder about everything you do but we are very happy to have closed this C round."Well, this kind of money will hopefully help FON move on from their current slump. It will be nice to see how the Fonera 2.0 turns out, but I'm worried about the retail price of it is going to be. I have a feeling that the router is going to be a failure, it's going to be too expensive and still have only one LAN port. On the other hand, it will have a USB port (might come in handy, since you will be able to attach a USB storage device). I would rather see some of this money being spent making the Fonera 1.0 better, expanding the FON community, not wasting money on things like Twitxr, developing the Mexican Wave site, paying hot celebrities, and maybe developing firmware for a real router (something like a linksys router). I guess they have a reason to start FON Russia, I don't know, but I'm assuming there is some type of market over there. It doesn't help out the US though. As for the Fonera 802.11n, I don't think there will be a market for it yet or this year as a matter of the fact. Give it time though, just like technology has moved from 802.11b to 802.11g, wireless-n will eventually become the new standard. Anyway, read the techcrunch article and the comments (some of them are pretty interesting and Martin has responded too)
and of course, the community opinion
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The World's Biggest Mexican Wave!
"Anybody can be part of The Biggest Mexican Wave. Joining the wave is very easy, watch some tips on how to film and submit your own (you can use a webcam, a camera or your mobile phone). Once you upload your video you'll be part of the world's biggest Mexican wave, watch it on the website and try to spot yourself!"
Martin's Blog: "The World's Biggest Mexican Wave"
Heck, if it works for sporting events, why not FON and BT. Also,
"BT FON has been selected by the judges as a finalist in the Most Innovative Wireless Broadband Company category of the Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards. Vote for BT FON!"
Martin's Blog: "2008 Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards"Never heard of the Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards, well neither have I, but I guess it is another accomplishment (well, not quite yet?) for FON and BT.
And this raises the question: how is BT Fon going to reach out to the public with this? Well the answer is: Hire a Model...
"The Sun's coverage of BT FON's latest campaign. The girl in the photo is Jennifer Metcalfe, star actress in the UK.
Peter Crouch and Jennifer Metcalfe have grabbed their sombreros to spice up the launch of the world's biggest ever Mexican Wave.
Liverpool striker Crouch and Hollyoaks stunner Metcalfe are promoting BT FON's fun new campaign which aims to find out which football team in the UK has the most passionate fans.
Bradford babe Metcalfe visited Arsenal's Emirates Stadium for Saturday's clash with Liverpool to meet who filmed their own, unique Mexican Waves.
To me it is fontastic to see all this going on as BT is showing Fon that if you really want to reach the general public you have to go for themes that are less geeky than ours. Who would not dream of being able to connect to Jennifer Metcalfe´s Fonera?"Martin's Blog: "BT Fon and how to reach the general public with Fon"The Sun Article
Hmm... Martin's last line there cracks me up. So what are you just sitting there for. Get up and join in on The World's Biggest Mexican Wave! And heres why...
Friday, April 4, 2008
I Think FON is ______ (Fill in the Blank)
I'll make this short and simple:
La Fonera is a wireless ONLY router and if you want ONE lan port be prepared to fork out 50 bucks. For only $60 after rebate you can get a Linksys WRT54GL that had four lan ports and a much better deal.
Personally where I live, there are only like 5 FON Spots around and I have never tried to access them because they are too far out of the way for me to get to. Also, it doesn't help that I live in a city that if I need wifi I can just head onto the college campus or go to some other place (like Dunkin Donuts) and get free wifi access.
I have only had one or two aliens log into my FON Spot (repeatedly) just to use the 15 minutes of free access. They did this for about a month or two, and then I blocked them using the FreeWLAN addons, but later unblocked them. For the first time I had a Fonero log into my FON Spot last month after it has been up and running for about a year.
I personally don't care for the idea that anyone can use my internet access to download all kinds of who knows what and have no control over it. This makes me responsible for illegal downloading, porn, and more. I use openDNS to block certain websites, but there is not much more I can do.
Unencrypted wifi . . . need I say anymore.
The firmware on the router is ____. I really can't explain it, but the FreeWLAN addons help out a little. The original firmware works perfect for me, but from what I have read on the boards, many people have problems installing and setting up their Foneras. Sometimes (once a month or so) I have to power cycle my router just for it to show up as "online" and the FON website.
The Fontenna, kind of works. I noticed a little bit of a gain with it, but it's not worth $20. For those who got it for $2, your lucky because now the cheapest you can get it is for $10. I'm glad I got mine for free. I think it's a poorly constructed antenna to begin with and it doesn't help that the cable for it is like 10 feet long.
DD WRT. . . need I say anymore, again.
I quit now, I'm sure there is a ton more to complain about (I don't want to get into stuff that I don't know what I'm talking about), but I'm not going to bother. I have and will keep my Fonera up and running as long as FON exists. Don't get me wrong. I like the idea of FON, some things need to be changed. The next episode of FON wifi, FON will ________...
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Expecting new stuff from FON, lets see what the future holds
First FON is starting a new beta testers program (at least in the US), information can be found on the forums. Don't bother trying to get in, everything is closed as of now until "the new firmware is ready to roll out" and they are ready to get more testers. Its hard to tell when this is going to start, this topic started in mid February.
Second, on the forums again, a picture of the "new router" was posted. Its hard to tell if its real or not, but it was posted by a moderator.
And last, Martin posted about a hacked fonerabot. In the comments of the post, somebody asked why doesn't FON "release a development firmware of Fonera..." and Martin's response was "In the next 90 days we will!"
What's going on over at FON, I personally want to find out. FON first came out with the Linksys router, then La Fonera, then La Fontenna, and most recently (about July 2007) La Fonera +. Could this be the "FON Liberator" or "La Fonera 2.0," it's like "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop, the world may never know" and I leave it at that. . .
search the forums for the others.
Wow, its true. La Fonera 2.0 (the one with the USB port) will be coming out sometime this year. I thought that it couldn't be true at first, but a few things came up on a blog and the German FON Blog.
Here's what it said on the German FON Blog. 30 of the routers were sent out for alpha testing and that round of testing has been closed. (both sites need to be translated using google)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
New FON Promo codes, Save on La Fonera or La Fonera +
Save $10 on La Fonera + (comes to $49.95 after shipping) code: A801939721353896
(The promotion code for La Fonera could expire at any time, if you look at the terms and agreements it says it expires in January 30, 2008. This code is the same that I previously posted, its just now valid again)
Keep an eye out on the right hand side of my blog under "Current FON News!" for up to date information, promotion codes, and more!


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Rickard, Stephanie J. (2012) Electoral systems, voters' interests and geographic dispersion. British Journal of Political Science, 42 (04). pp. 855-877. ISSN 0007-1234
There is general agreement that democratic institutions shape politicians' incentives to cater to certain constituencies, but which electoral system causes politicians to be most responsive to narrow interests is still debateable. Some argue that plurality electoral rules provide the greatest incentives for politicians to cater to the interests of a few; others say proportional systems prompt politicians to be relatively more prone to narrow interests. This study suggests that both positions can be correct under different conditions. Politicians competing in plurality systems privilege voters with a shared narrow interest when such voters are geographically concentrated, but when they are geographically diffuse, such voters have greater political influence in proportional electoral systems. Government spending on subsidies in fourteen developed countries provides empirical support for this argument.
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On the day he was released from prison and after taking drink a 32-year-old man walked out in traffic and tried to punch a moped rider who was passing him.
He also caused damage to a car and punched a man twice on the head.
Adrian John Hughes, Churchill Park, Portadown, admitted a number of charges when he appeared last Wednesday at Craigavon Court.
He pleaded guilty to disorderly behaviour on June 18, two assaults and criminal damage to a car.
The court heard that CCTV showed the defendant walking in and out of traffic in Thomas Street, and he attempted to punch a moped driver.
Hughes was intoxicated, shouting and swearing, and was arrested for disorderly behaviour.
Police were approached by someone who said the defendant had hit his front nearside door causing damage. The driver's pregnant girlfriend was in the front seat and she was deeply upset.
Hughes punched the injured party twice on the head leaving a bump.
Another man approached the police to say he had been crossing the street when Hughes tried to punch him.
A prosecutor said that Hughes had got out of prison that morning at 11.45am and went to the pub where he said he had four bottles of beer and the next thing he remembered was waking up in Lurgan custody suite. He suffered from black-outs.
A defence barrister said that while he was on drugs he fell over and suffered injuries, including a broken jaw and a fracture of the skull. He added that Hughes had not got into any trouble since June and felt ashamed at what he had done.
The solicitor said his client wanted to move forward with his life and away from any peer pressure. He asked the court to consider probation as Hughes was trying to deal with his alcohol issues and probation would be experts to help him along the road.
District Judge, Mr Mervyn Bates, said he would defer sentence for four months until January 13 next year.
At that time he would want an updated pre-sentence report, a report from the community support team, any medical report from the defendant's legal advisors they wished to present, and that Hughes should not come to the attention of the police.


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NEW YORK, July 28 (UPI) -- A previously unpublished Stephen King story is being released as a series of 25 original online video episodes, Simon & Schuster, Inc. said Monday.
Publisher Scribner and Simon & Schuster Digital have teamed up with Marvel Entertainment and CBS Mobile to deliver the story "N." in a digital format that can be seen via computer and mobile phone.
This is believed to be the first comic-style book adaptation specifically developed and produced for viewing on popular small-screen platforms.
Starting Monday, viewers can go to www.NisHere.com or www.simonsays.com to see a preview of the 2-minute-long episodes.
The series will also be available for purchase at major online digital content retailers.
The tale of a psychiatrist, who becomes the victim of the same mysterious and deadly obsession as his patient, will be included in King's collection of short stories, "Just After Sunset," to be released Nov. 11. It will also be published as a comic book miniseries by Marvel beginning in 2009.
The episodes are presented in a "pan and scan" format with comic book-style graphics, an original score, sound effects and a full cast of voice-over actors, led by Ben Shenkman.
"I'm always interested in new delivery systems for stories and always curious about how those systems work with the old storytelling verities. This one, it seems to me, works extraordinarily well," King said in a statement.


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|3 Days Tsavo Magic
Tsavo National Park ( East and West)
The national park of Tsavo, which is divided into Tsavo East and Tsavo West is one of the biggest parks in the world, if not the biggest, at 20,812 km2. The northern part of Tsavo West is the most developed and has spectacular scenery with a rolling volcanic landscape carpeted in long grass and dense bush. Although the tall vegetation makes game spotting trickier than in some of the other parks, the big five are in residence along with a fine collection of antelope. The main attraction of the park are the two watering holes, where lodges have been built which more or less guarantee that their guests will be treated to fabulous game viewing.
Tsavo East is famous for its large herds of elephant and spectacular herds of up to 1000 buffalo which are common here. The rolling scrub-covered hills of the park have a very remote feel and it does not attract large numbers of tourists. The best game viewing is along the watercourses and at the Kanderi swamp, which is not far from the main Voi gate. Thirty kilometres from the gate is the Aruba Dam and lion are commonly spotted around here.
Depart Nairobi or Mombasa this morning and drive to Tsavo National Park - Kenya's largest National park. Tsavo is divided into two halves, known as East and West. Your drive takes you into Tsavo West, once home to more than 50.000 elephants. Drive past Mzima Springs. Fed by the waters draining from Mt. Kilimanjaro, the springs form an oasis for a wide variety of wildlife. Overnight at Severin Camp / Kilaguni Serena Lodge.
After an early breakfast and game drive, continue to Taita Hills Private Reserve. Once a private Sisal plantation, Taita Hills is almost 170 sq. Kms. of lush forest, cascading waterfalls and abundant game. Your afternoon game drive might reveal buffalo, waterbuck, elephant and more. Tonight, be sure to spend time at the waterside blind at your lodge - the animals are so close that you can count their whiskers!. Overnight at Salt Lick Lodge.
Depart for Mombasa or Nairobi this morning, arriving around midday.


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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge smartphone was launched in September 2014. The phone comes with a 5.60-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1600 pixels by 2560 pixels.
The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is powered by 2.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor and it comes with 3GB of RAM. The phone packs 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 64GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge packs a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 3.7-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge runs Android 4.4 and is powered by a 3000mAh removable battery. It measures 151.30 x 82.40 x 8.30 (height x width x thickness) and weighs 174.00 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is a single SIM (GSM) smartphone that accepts a Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, Infrared, 3G and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope and Barometer.


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He is just the sweetest.
and wouldn't ya know my sweet ainsleigh is just the opposite, early to bed and an early riser :)
Awww...He is so sweet Casey! My best friend taught her little girl sign language and will probably do it with her little boy! It is amazing because they did it before they could even say words. I am for sure going to do it with our kids!
that face he's making is just too cute!ReplyDelete
You are not alone! I dread Bedtime...really...just writing about it right now I hyperventilate. I have three and even my two oldest who go to school I will find still awake at 10:30...I wrote a post about it the other day :)
This bathtub picture...FUNNY!ReplyDelete
oh he is the cutest thing!! i'm sort of jealous of the 9am sleeping in, although i don't know if i could last until 10:30 at night :) totally like teenager, i love it!ReplyDelete
Haha I love that face he gave you. Too funny. And how cool is that they have different sleeping styles? I know it may not seem like it sometimes (like maybe when you're super tired yourself), but it allows you to have those early mornings with JUST Ainsleigh and the late nights with JUST Aiden. Sweet bonding time.ReplyDelete
i have to ask: what is that snake like thing coming out of the bath tub?ReplyDelete
ok...he could be best friends with my 3 year old dylan....I call him my
"frat boy"....he could stay up until midnight if I let him....and around 9 he starts saying he is hungry...because of course he would rather play than sit down and eat dinner...My older son is in bed by 8 and asleep by 9...but my frat boy wants to stay up all night...and gives me those same dirty looks when I try to prep him for bed....its just thier personality. At least Im not alone...thanks. Love it!!!
He's adorable!!! :)ReplyDelete
he is growing fast:(ReplyDelete
What I love is you seem to embrace whatever/ however he is...not forcing him - bedtime, pacifier, ... That is how I am. They are only small once... They won't do certain habits forever.ReplyDelete
so sweet!!!ReplyDelete
YES! Zach and Ainsleigh really are meant to be! Let's start the planning :) He woke up this morning at 4:30am for the day. He got in bed with me and wrapped his arm around my neck and said Mommy. He finally says it! But like I always do in the middle of the night when I'm up with my baby - I thought about you and the sweet bond we share over our kiddos. I love that our "mommy hearts" are so similar :)ReplyDelete
my boy is real close to aiden in age and had almost identical curly blonde hair till daddy took him for a "trim" without me :)
we sign too. before my babies were born, i worked with children/adults with disabilities and alot of people with hearing loss who used ASL so i have a fairly extensive vocabulary and i started with just basic/baby friendly signs with my boy but then started just signing words i knew to him while i verbalized them outloud and he has picked up so much!! its so good.
dying! :-) He is PRECIOUS! I especially love the picture with his straight hair! :-) So "hollywoodish!" AND i am OBSESSED with baby sign language! :-) it is AWESOME! :-) now, if only dogs could learn it! :-)ReplyDelete
Bathtub picture=cutest picture ever.ReplyDelete


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Villa Isabel - Javea
Villa with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and private pool in Trencall, Spain
From £1,040 per week
Villa to rent in Trencall, Spain
Luxury 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 shower room detached villa with private pool and garden located a short drive from the sandy beach in Javea.
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Child-friendly 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom villa located in a quiet area with private pool and garden.
The villa consists of 1 double bedroom with ensuite shower room, 2 twin rooms,room, and bathroom. Open-plan kitchen with hob, extractor, fridge-freezer and microwave. TV/DVD.
- short drive to beach
- adult pool and small childrens paddling pool
- outdoor dining table and chairs
- off-street gated parking
- sunbeds
Javea is divided into 3 areas:
Arenal (sandy beach) - obviously popular in the warmer months, with plenty of shops, restaurants, cafés and bars. The beach is in a crescent shape and is very shallow so excellent for younger children. Beside the canal you can hire a speed boat to explore the Javea´s natural coves and bays, inaccessible on foot. Nearby on the rocky beach north of the Arenal are numerous beach bars and more sea-front restaurants as well as jet-ski and windsurf hire.
The Port - about 2km from the sandy beach you arrive at the port. Still a small picturesque working fishing village, the port has a wonderfully authentic atmosphere with many pedestrian areas where families spend warm summer evenings either at one of the many restaurants or cafés while they watch their children play.
The Old Town - steeped in tradition, Javea´s old town is one of the prettiest villages on the Costa Blanca. Located up a hill leaving the port, this is the original village of Javea and still inhabited by local families. The atmosphere here is "true Spanish" with no sign of souvenir shops and where the local people tend to live, shop and work. The daily fresh food market is in the historic almost pedestrian centre where you will also find restaurants and the real Spanish tapas bars.
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Marriage: The latest trends in wedding dresses
The clothes from trendy bride in this spring 2017 are not simple, but elaborate white clothes with different colors that will give a special touch and give you a unique look and totally customized to your special day. The new collections in fashion this spring and summer are characterized by soft colors, candid but also livelier nuances. Did you ever think that the black color was in vogue for contemporary wedding dresses?
Black has always been associated with a deadly color, distinctive for the darker moments and sad life, rather to the surprise is also suitable for weddings. Utopia until a few years ago and actually today. There are many designers offering fashion for these dark colors. If black, however, feel it is impossible for your wedding then you could always fall back on less aggressive colors and edgy at the same time, for example you could wear a colorful dress with candy shades such as pink or blue, soft colors that will make even your sweetest image and poetic, almost ethereal, then if the dress is simple and smooth fabric like silk then it touches the spiritual perfection of style. Finally, if you want to find a happy medium between too aggressive bride and dark clothes and those colors too soft and pale then it is recommended a good compromise between the two shades of color.
How about by green wedding dresses, blue or pink? If you then still have not thought consider this viable alternative that could be your own choice. At the bottom of colorful clothes suggest women of character, self-confident and convinced of its ability, a true manifesto of femininity and sensuality that denotes a woman with exceptional features.
Flowers and geometries for new wedding dresses
Besides the colors you may choose to customize your wedding dress with sublime designs and evocative. New trends reflect the awakening of nature and spring by using colors that recall the colors of flowers and special designed above. Flowers, applications, special style that link to stunning effect and extremely impact. Enriching deep necklines, at heart, asymmetrical, one-shoulder, etc ... that characterize the summer collections with geometric designs and prompting the nature is the new trend, they offer lightweight yet full of deep meaning a simple wedding dress. Even the jewelry to wear are characterized by a range of colors multifaceted and endless fantasies that can take the type of style gown to wear to the fateful yes. Geometries that intersect and create volumetric necklines and fan out like a work in another work. Drawings and sublime forms that evade the classic and traditional models to make room for fresh, young and innovative; After the atelier to fashion houses, the goal is to make today's modern bride and delicate in their wedding dress.
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Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza featuring all our favorite Dr. Seuss characters! The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial while protecting Jojo and the other Whos. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family, and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Tickets: $24 Adults, $22 Students/Seniors, $49 Family Pack in Second Balcony (Contact Box Office to purchase Family Pack)
Prices do not include per ticket handling fees. Groups of 10+ receive a 10% discount.
The Cat in the Hat: Rebecca Singer
JoJo: Andrew Lyndaker
Horton the Elephant: Adam P. Blais
Gertrude McFuzz: Emily Goulette
Mayzie La Bird: Katie Libold
Sour Kangaroo: Shannon Thurston
General Schmitz: Fred Liebfried
The Wickersham Brothers: Daniel Hollander, Sharon Hood, Isaac Tardy, Joshua Veilleux
The Bird Girls: Emily Cates, Jordan Elizabeth McRae, Isabelle Grignon
The Mayor: Greg Wiers
The Mayor's Wife: Dawn Butler Wiers
Yertle the Turtle: Jeralyn Shattuck
Vlad/The Grinch: Bart Shattuck
Ensemble: Anderson Buck, George Coleman, Corrina Francose, Juliana Gudaitis, Richard Haviland, Lyric Mae Laffin, Isavel Lux Soc, Andre Morin, Sarah O'Hara, Lydia Schofield, and Kate Walters.
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Book by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Co-Conceived by Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Eric Idle
Based on the works of Dr. Seuss
Directed by Debra Susi
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Chief David Strickland Talks About NHTSA's Future Goals
Shortly after being appointed administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in January 2010, David Strickland was greeted with one of the highest-profile vehicle recalls in history. His organization's response to the recall of nearly 6 million Toyota cars and trucks was criticized by some and lauded by others.
In the end, Strickland's agency fined Toyota $16.4 million. With that recall behind him, insuranceQuotes.com spoke with Strickland about what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has accomplished in the wake of the Toyota case and what he hopes to achieve in 2011.
insuranceQuotes.com: Since being appointed, your office has been pushing car manufacturers to do more to address safety concerns. How is that effort going to improve vehicle safety, and what do you hope to accomplish along those lines in 2011?
David Strickland: Since its inception, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has held automakers accountable for recalling vehicles and equipment that have a safety defect. We have one of the most effective defect programs in the world, and during my tenure we will continue to pursue recalls where our data justifies doing so. In addition, more and more recalls are being initiated by automakers, and we think this shows that manufacturers are taking their responsibility for safety seriously.
Safety is NHTSA's top priority, and we're committed to making vehicles even safer. This past year, the agency upgraded its five-star crash test ratings system, adding tougher tests, to challenge automakers to voluntary improve vehicles in order to obtain a coveted five-star rating.Under the new system, we're also highlighting, for the first time, specific crash-avoidance technologies that we believe will save lives.Those include electronic stability control, forward-collision warning and lane-departure warning systems.
In 2011, we will focus on improving vehicle crashworthiness and occupant protection, as well as crash-avoidance systems and in-vehicle alcohol detection technologies. Our plans also include (rules) to improve rear visibility in vehicles and decrease the number of occupant ejections. In addition, we're already working to fulfill the new Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, signed by President Obama to develop a standard that will be effective in addressing the issue of quiet cars and risks to pedestrians.
insuranceQuotes.com: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently levied some heavy fines against Toyota for its failure to report defects. Do you think these fines will send a message to other car companies that will make them think twice about not reporting such defects?
Strickland: By law, automakers are required to report any safety defects to NHTSA swiftly, and we expect them to do so.Our agency will continue to hold all automakers accountable for defects to protect consumers' safety.
insuranceQuotes.com: What other new initiatives are under way from your office to improve highway safety in 2011?
Strickland: In 2009, NHTSA recorded the lowest number of traffic fatalities and injuries in history. The record-breaking decline in traffic fatalities occurred even while estimated vehicle miles traveled in 2009 increased by 0.2 percent over 2008 levels.To keep the momentum going in 2011, we will continue to focus our attention on pressing safety issues such as distraction, seat belt use, use of child restraints, teen driving fatalities and pedestrian safety. With the help of our federal, state and local partners, we'll continue to address these issues through research, enforcement and public awareness efforts.
We're working with automakers, too. For example, NHTSA is working closely with automobile manufacturers to find ways to reduce drunk driving fatalities through the development of non-intrusive, inexpensive and reliable in-vehicle technology that can determine whether a driver is impaired. Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADDs) would prevent an impaired driver from operating a vehicle, once it has determined the driver is impaired.Laboratory development of DADDS and the verification of three prototypes are expected later this year.
insuranceQuotes.com: What is your greatest concern about highway safety today?
Strickland: A growing concern (Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood) and I both have are drivers being glued to their cell phones while driving behind the wheel.Driving requires a person'scomplete attention.If you're too busy sending a text or talking on your cell phone, you can put yourself and other motorists in serious danger.
Drunk driving is also a very serious issue I'm deeply concerned about, especially when it comes to repeat offenders. Drunk driving remains a leading cause of death and injury on our roadways. In fact, we released a survey last summer that found four out of five Americans identified drunk driving as a "major threat" to their own and their family's safety.
We have enforcement campaigns and research under way aimed at combating both of these problems.
insuranceQuotes.com: What's been the greatest achievement so far of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during your tenure, and what's the top goal you'd like to accomplish before you leave office?
Strickland: Last year, we saw the lowest number of fatalities and injuries ever recorded. While I found this to be encouraging news, road fatality numbers -- however much they have declined -- are nothing to celebrate. My top goal is to continue to improve safety across the board -- from vehicle safety, to impaired driving, to seat belt use, to distracted driving, to child safety seats. Even though America's roads are the safest they've ever been, they must be safer.
insuranceQuotes.com: What should motorists know about highway safety that they may not be aware of?
Strickland: I think the most important thing motorists should know about highway safety is to remember not to be complacent.All motorists should drive attentively, wear seat belts, obey state laws and properly maintain their vehicles.
insuranceQuotes.com: Is distracted driving now on par with drunken driving as a safety issue?
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1)Place gratted cheese, sour cream and green onions into food processor, and blend until you have a firm but creamy consistency. You may need to add additional sour cream to get to the consistency you like.
2)Divide the cheese into two equal balls. Now form them into a pine cone shape with one end in a pint and the other more rounded.
- Have the cones touching creating a slight V shape. coat the cheese ball with a small amount of sour cream to help the almonds hold.
4)Start at the bottom placing almond slices on the cheese balls, overlap them until you reach the top. You will see these lovely pine cones come to life.Place inot fridge unitl 1/2-1 hour before serving.
To finish off for remove from fridge and place two small branches of greenery from a pine tree and a decorative bow.
Serve with crackers, rye rounds .
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- 6-8 people
- 2 cups gratted aged chedder cheese
- 1/2+ cup sour cream
- 3 stems finely sliced green onions
- 2 cup toasted shell on slivered almonds
- The pine cone shape has directions for Christmas but this is also a wonderful treat for the kids lunches, after school or anytime. You can make it without the almonds, and simply place it in a nice bowl, on on a plate. Try topping it with chopped parsley,or fresh herbs of your choice. My company is crazy about this , little do they know how easy it is to prepare . It tasts like you have added a lot of ingredients, but it is simple enough to make last minute if company drops in.
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- Calories379
- Carbohydrates9 g(3%)
- Fat33 g(51%)
- Protein15 g(30%)
- Saturated Fat10 g(51%)
- Sodium197 mg(8%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat5 g
- Fiber5 g(18%)
- Monounsaturated Fat15 g
- Cholesterol44 mg(15%)


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The Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department is committed to the safety of it's faculty, staff, students, and visitors. A mandatory Safety Seminar is given annually and best safety practices are taught and followed throughout the department. Check below for the date of our upcoming Safety Seminar and links to additional safety information.
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CBE's Safety Seminar will be held the first Tuesday after the begining of the Fall Semester in Room 404 of the Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Building.
Please direct any CBE safety concerns or questions to our departmental safety officer, Paul Dalhaimer.
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Celebrate National School Breakfast Week by entering the Learning ZoneXpress "Soar with School Breakfast Recipe Challenge" for a chance to win this custom "Soar with School Breakfast" banner.
How to enter: Submit your favorite school breakfast recipe by emailing LZX and attaching your recipe. Be sure to include the name of your district/organization in your email.
We'll be sharing your recipes here on our blog all week long, so you may visit for ideas from your colleagues.
Our featured recipe to kick off our challenge is Whole Grain Banana Cocoa Muffins from Owatonna School District in MN.
Enter by Monday, March 14, 2016. Winner will be selected at random and announced next Tuesday, March 15 here on our blog and Facebook page. The winner will also be notified by email.


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Merry Christmas!
From our families to yours, we at Raz Mataz wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday and all the best in the new year!
We've got lots of exciting things in the works, and are giddy with glee at the thought of sharing what we've been working on.
Thanks for the support!
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Hi David, On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, you wrote: > The Java language has a nice feature: static detection of exception > leaks (or, more exactly, a conservative and simple approximation of it, > since the full problem is of course undecidable). > That is, functions must declare the exceptions they can throw > (except those generated by the runtime system); exceptions that can be > thrown from function f are inferred by looking at those that can be thrown > by the functions called from f, those that are explicitely thrown in f and > those that are caught in f. If I understand what you mean, I think that it would be necessary to annotate functionnal type expressions with throwable exceptions. For instance : let eval f x = throws Not_found in f x;; would have type (('a -> 'b; [Not_found]) -> 'a ->'b) [Not_found] meaning that f is a function that can only throw Not_found. I think that the consequences of this annotation would be quite important on the type system and type inference algorithm. -- Alain Frisch


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Irving Ladimer joined his first Community Board 8 meeting in 1988, when he could visit the movie theater to see Tom Cruise in "Rain Man," and spend just $3.50.
He had just turned 72 back then, and was looking to enjoy his retirement by giving back, advocating for better health care and encouraging more senior citizens to take part in the community, all while demystifying how government works.
As he gets ready to turn 102 on Feb.16, Ladimer still serves on CB8, spending time on both the aging and the rules and ethics committees. And he's almost as busy now as he was as an attorney and teaching health care law at schools like New York University and Columbia University.
"Age has not stopped him," said Lisa Daub, chair of the aging committee, which Ladimer founded more than a decade ago. "He is an inspiration."
"He is just so dedicated, and his whole life has been about civic engagement and working to the benefit of people with disabilities and the health and welfare of people of all ages."
And Ladimer always has advocated that as people like him grow older, Daub added, they should be allowed to age with grace and be treated well.
"When I think of Irving, I think of his energy and his intelligence and his thoughtfulness," said Rosemary Ginty, CB8's chair, who worked with Ladimer on the law, rules and ethics committee. "He cares about issues and he takes his job on the board very seriously."
Ladimer, who occasionally uses a cane, regularly attends his committee meetings. He usually only misses them when there is bad weather.
The widowed father of two — who has resided in Riverdale for more than 60 years — now lives on his own, but is regularly visited by home health care aides.
"My objective in life, for which the community board is an example, is to leave this world better than I found it," Ladimer said. "The community board represents the one area, which gives us a chance to express our views, and in particular for me, to give me the opportunity to talk about the particular groups I am concerned about."
One of the projects Ladimer is passionate about is elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage, or more commonly known as EPIC.
It is a state program for income-eligible seniors to supplement their out-of-pocket Medicare Part D drug prescription costs.
Drug stores have been "very remiss" in advertising the discount, Ladimer said, until he steps in and encourages them to promote the program.
Ladimer's other passion is making sure residents of all ages understand how government works.
"Most people don't seem to know who to go to in the event they have a question," he said. "So, I have to promote the idea of learning who your Assemblyman is, who your senator is and so forth, for the simple reason of getting people to work together."
Through grants from the American Bar Association and the help of groups like Yes the Bronx, Ladimer arranged for seminars at local libraries to teach "Government 101" last year, learning about the federal, state and city levels.
From building a stronger relationship between Riverdale residents and Bronx health care facilities, to educating people about the Constitution, Ladimer says despite a recent trip to the hospital, he still has a lot more work to do in getting more senior citizens engaged with CB8.
"My purpose in staying on the board, and in particular through the aging committee, is to encourage people to get them to feel strongly and more actively to do the things they are interested in," Ladimer said. "We have to do more to provide a surge of interest on the part of people who care, who will benefit from it and contribute."


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I've featured some pages from my sketchbooks before but I decided that since I am heading down a very addictive embroidery path, that I should start to plan some of it, rather than just always let it grow organically (organic growth is good too, but sometimes it leads me up the garden path as well as to the wonderful forests and mountains). I'm really enjoying doing little snapshot embroideries in hoops and loving some of the inspiring hoop art I'm finding on the web. So I took down a fresh, new hardback A4 sketckbook from the shelf and decided it would be my embroidery hoop sketchbook. I even drew round some hoops on the first three pages, and noted some categories to fill in on each page to give it some organisation and to capture any relevant data. For each sketch I wanted to record the following.
Title: self explanatory really!
Idea: a little bit of blurb about where the design sprang from, any inspiration etc.
Thoughts: what I think of the finished design, and what could be done to improve it.
I wanted to test it out right away so I sat down, and in about ten minutes I had three sketches for embroidery patterns that I love! Isn't it great when you find a creative method for you that just works? Now I can keep all my designs in one place and also use it to inspire me. What creative methods work for you? Of course I'm also thinking that the sketchbook could also do with a lovely embroidered fabric slipcover...Ooooooo (starts on another sketch).
This is called 'monster love', and I'm thinking that a series of cute applique and embroidery monsters holding hearts would be quite sweet. I've just missed valentines but who doesn't need both monsters and love all year round?
My daughter loves to pretend to be animals, and one day she said she was a 'big stompy fox'. I loved those words so much I decided they needed to be brought to stitchy life. This time I wanted to do something less realistic and more stylised, and this pattern was born. It needs tweaking, but I can't wait to try lots of new stitches bringing this fella to life!
And a more realistic one. I wanted to plan some backgrounds for my animals, and I liked the moodiness of this. It's supposed to be on snow, but at the moment I have no idea how to do snow so I might need to do some testers and work on it some more. I do feel very inspired though!
I've been working hard preparing for my first embroidery workshop too. Don't these bundles of ready-to-sew calico templates look so neat and nice?
I hand drew every pattern with my trusty light box and frixion pen. I also decided that I would whip up a quick little sampler. If you've never sewn a stitch in your life before, you don't want to try out stitches on your final piece do you? So I came up with this simple sampler.
|Thought I'd sew one up and I think it looks fab!
WIPS section
I took a little break from my sewing machine WIPs this week, as hand stitching was all I wanted to do. Still, the little quilted blanket is progressing. I did a quick and nasty stitch in the ditch (and it was quite nasty and innacurate), but afterall this is a first quilting tryout, and is for a doll's bed so don't feel too precious about it and I know my daughter and her toys won't.
However, I left the back piece of the quilt large thinking I'd simply fold it over and bind it to the front, but some fumbling while moving piles and cutting fabric at my desk resulted in me knicking the fabric close to the front and batting. Booo.
Now I need to add full binding. This is always kind of how I approach any new technique or way of working. I like to blast through it, get a feel for it, and also, usually muck it up a bit. For some reason this seems to help me learn. Embrace those mistakes people! Learning is a journey!


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External applicants: please note that places for external applicants are limited on this course. If you studied your Foundation Degree at a college that is not within the Kingston University partnership, please apply early to avoid disappointment.
This one-year course offers a route to a BA(Hons) in Early Years: Teaching & Learning for those who have a Foundation Degree in Early Years, or equivalent. This qualification will enable you to combine academic study with work-based learning. You will develop critical thinking and understanding whilst exploring theory and practical subjects through a range of learning experiences.
The course covers the following areas:
Please note: to obtain QTS you will need to complete a PGCE after successfully completing this course.
The course covers the following areas:
Please note: to obtain QTS you will need to complete a PGCE after successfully completing this course.
This module is an exciting opportunity for students to engage with an in-depth child study. It provides a forum in which to reflect upon the child and his/her transitional process within the context of Early Years and Key Stage 1 environment. It explores theoretical frameworks and current thinking about transition and how this can inform and enrich practice. This module offers students the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of how the process of transition can have a positive or negative impact on a child's identity. The module content encourages students to identify elements of their practice that can be enhanced so that it results in increased well-being and transformation for the child.
This module introduces students to different perspectives of 'creativity' and the impact on curriculum practice. It considers the role creativity and critical thinking plays in extending a child's conceptual and creative development. It also explores the interplay between the child, adults, the environment (physical and emotional) and legislation when considering the impact on creativity. The module explores teaching and learning through creative interpretations and analyses underlying issues that may provide barriers to learning. Students are encouraged to explore their creative skills and to relate underpinning theory to practice.
This module is a core requirement of the BA(Hons) Early Years: Education and Leadership in Practice and BA(Hons) Early Years: Teaching and Learning programmes. The content explores leadership and management theories and students are introduced to key factors that affect strategies for implementing change in their work environment. It explores current issues and dilemmas facing practitioners in the early years field and identifies strategies that may support personal and professional development. Key legislation and statutory frameworks are critiqued identifying implications for early years' settings. The module provides an overview of recent and relevant interprofessional factors that affect provision, including safeguarding and child protection.
This module introduces students to a range of methodologies, which will enable them to design and manage the implementation of a small-scale enquiry, which is pertinent to their interest and work place. They will gain an understanding of the philosophies and practices of systematic enquiry in education-related fields and its application within the professional and pedagogic contexts.
You will have the opportunity to study a foreign language, free of charge, during your time at the University on a not-for-credit basis as part of the Kingston Language Scheme. Options currently include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
We aim to ensure that all courses and modules advertised are delivered. However in some cases courses and modules may not be offered. For more information about why, and when you can expect to be notified, read our Changes to Academic Provision.
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In a wonderful program this morning on Outreach to Preschoolers, sponsored by NERTCL, Daryl Mark, Cambridge (MA) Public Library, spoke very eloquently about the residents of Cambridge and the needs they have the library can fill, and detailed the components, and success, of their Verizon eLiteracy grant. "Children need stories, and they need the joy of books," said Mark, and this was the driving force behind a Verizon eLiteracy grant that brought books into preschools. Twice a month. Two staff members have extensive backgrounds in early childhood.
The program model was three books in thirty minutes, plus songs & fingerplays. A free paperback book was given to every child. Books read in storytime were left at the preschool for two weeks (had to make this work with the system). Puppets turned out to be real stars of this project. "I am not a puppet person," said one librarian, who brought the bunny puppet. The kids sang rock a bye baby to the bunny, and developed a relationship with the bunny, which led to a storytime completed focuses on bunnies.
Librarians were also a resource to teachers, bringing materials for curriculum, and librarians attended a parent program to introduce the library to paarents. As this was a grant funded project, librarians journalled and used surveys to document the program. Scheduling was the biggest problem. Calling a day ahead to make sure it was still ok to come, was ok.
"At the library, I'm in control, but at the preschool you are not the most important thing – flexibility is really important!" said Mark. Whether the preschool teacher sat in on the storytime or not, made a difference. Teachers have a link and authority with the kids, and help with behavior and show support. Plus, librarians were modelling how to share books with the teachers. At one storytime where the kids were restless and Amy Newmark's advice about a way to give the kids a sense of their own space: Colored dots (Avery labels!) Nametags also help. Asking teachers to help gets them involved and engaged.
Sometimes language was a barrier–31% of Cambridge residents do not have English as a first langauge. Building relationships was key. One result of the grant was teachers brought their kids to the library. Noted a wide dispartiy in reading comprehension of the preschools. Short, exciting, participatory, funny, and/or scary worked well, and stories with emotion (about friendship, about parents) worked really well.
"A lof kids are not getting books and stories the way they need them … and they NEED their stories, by golly!" enthused Vicky Smith, Biddeford (ME) Public Library. Their program grew out of an idea was spurred by a local resident who wanted to volunteer to read to children. When the volunteer petered out, recognized it was am important program to continue, and decided to close the children's room on Thursday mornings to visit local preschools once a month.
New Century Grants from the State of ME of $10,000 started an outreach program called Bookshare in Biddeford ME. No money was used for staff; Smith pruchased extra picture books, bags to put them in, and a paperback book for every child to take home with a "Please come to the library with your child" letter for their parent. The letter stated that parents would not be held responsible for damaged books, and there was a very positive response to this clause. A library card drive component was unsuccessful, BUT they now see a lot of kids who wouldn't normally come into the library.
Head Start and Regional Development Centers, as well as family day cares, were the targets for the service. The fantasy of a block of five day care visits from 9:30-12:30 one morning a week was just that – a fantasy! Staffing was also a bit of a challenge. Matching staff to the right venue was key. Getting the preschool teachers to participate was an educational experience, but very few o them go off to do something while we are there. Some of those family providers are so isolated, and being able to spend 5-10 minutes at the end of session, just to talk to the providers, is really really important for THEM." advises if you decide to start a program of this sort, build time in, because the family providers really need it.
To see if the books were being used, Smith left books behind in the bag, placed very neatly, spine up. Asking the kids what books they liked in the interim helped prompt the providers that rereading is important. Nice messy bags were a good sign.
Curriculum support was an important component, and sometimes a challenge (books on dentistry!). The need for more duplicates was a surprise – 20-30 copies of pumpkin books, snow books, etc. It so simportant to be able to give them what they need at the time they need. Plus, you don't have to replace them too often.
"We do it BETTER," emphasized Smith, when talking about WHY this program was so important. She pointed out that many providers have "garbage" books, and we have the "good" books. And "we know how to share stories in ways that children are going to respond with joy and delight."
Book list of hits:
We're Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly
Ginger by Charlotte Voake
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Where's My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
More, More, More said the Baby by Vera Williams
Charlie Parker PLayed BeBop by Chris Raschka
Mole Sisters by Roslyn Schwartz
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson
When Sophie Gets Angry–Really Really Angry by Molly Bang
Snip, Snap, What's That? by Mara Bergman
Do Pigs Have Stripes?and others by Melanie Walsh
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Hi, Pizza Man! by Virginia Walters
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Favorites from Bookshare
Apple Pie that Papa Baked by Laurel Thompson
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Hidden Alphabet by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Lemons Are not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Filed under: nela2007 | Tagged: grant, nela2007, NERTCL, outreach, preschool |


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Join the 16 Wishes Street Team!
16 Wishes Street Team Contest! Starting Tuesday, June 29th most Borders nationwide (U.S.) will have your favorite 16 Wishes gear in stock--bracelets, apparel, the Soundtrack (featuring tracks from Debby Ryan) and more!
Photograph yourself in front of a Borders where you can find 16 Wishes merchandise, and you could win a PROP FROM THE MOVIE: Abby' star mirror!
TO ENTER: Post a link to your photo and tell us about your favorite product, and be entered to win!
Contest ends July 16th, 1O:OO ET.
Can't find the 16 Wishes merchandise at your local Borders? No problem! If your Borders doesn't have the gear, you can still qualify. Just send us the photo and tell us where the store is located so we can get them the goods!
You're so amazing & so sweet!
Can fans in Europe participate in some way?
I LOVE 16 Wishes and Debby Ryan!!!
the picture of me in front of Borders in
Santa Monica where I met Debby Ryan
is on this web page: http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/DorkySnorky/CD%20Covers/Meeting%20Debby%20Ryan%20at%20Borders/
How do you view your pic? When I click on the link, it says you have to enter a password. Thanks!!
I'm gonna post a picture.i'm gonna go to Borders,take a pic, buy some stuff then when i come home i am going to upload it on the computer , talk about my favorite thing and i'll be entered.yay!
I LOVE!!!!! 16 WISHES its the best i loved when celeste gave you the clothes to where in frount of krista cook and dont werid about krista cook because she was just julous about you haveing ever thing that you want and not her!!!. HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY DEBBY right back……!!!!!!
I LOVE 16 Wishes and Debby Ryan!!!
the picture of me in front of Borders in
Santa Monica where I met Debby Ryan
is on this web page: http://tweetphoto.com/29931866
16 Wishes
I couldn't go to a Borders,
hard to find in Europe :p
But I made a photo of 16 Wishes items I really love
Link: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=529562929&albumID=668871&imageID=6927697
You're so amazing, so sweet & 16 Wishes is so great!
With love,
from Belgium (l)
Here's is my photo,
Borders of Puerto Rico !!!!!!
My favorite item must be the Jac Vanek bracelet. Im going very soon to Borders to buy one.
Hi Debby, My favorite item is the 16 Wishes Book. It's similar and a bit different than the movie!
Here's a pic of me in front of a nearby Borders
Go 16 Wishes!!
my favorite 16 wishes item is abby's 16 wishes wishlist and heres where theres a photo of me:
my favorite 16 wishes item is abby's 16 wishes wishlist and heres where theres a photo of me:
I'd have to say my favorite 16 wishes Item is the 16 wishes CD, I bought it and all the songs are awesome!
When is the winner going to be posted?
hey i am so happy because on google look up mariah olmo santiago and im there or email@example.com it has one of my emails
Jasmine Thats Nasty
I Could Not Get The Photo Cause We Dont Have A Borders.What I Would Want is The BFF Necklace and KeyChain.
I wish I could get the poster and calender in Britain
your the best in acting
Hi 16 wishes.
How are you doing good.
This is Trevor Russell from Milton wi.
we all moved to Wisconsin.
How are you.
what are steps for 16 wishes?
Hi 16 Wishes! My FAVE Merch From 16 Wishes is the Light Up Diary-Journal! We Do Not Have a Borders near us, so I Cannot post a pic. Am I Still Qualified for This Contest?Have you Picked a Winner for this Contest??
i want the candles please i've searched every were
soulchao there is no such thing as thouse kind of candles.
only in movies.
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