Spending the holidays in two different homes can be difficult for the children of divorced parents. Your divorce decree probably states how long distance travel arrangements are to be handled, such as how to notify the other parent about the travel arrangements and how to pay for the tickets. However, there are many additional things you can do to make long distance visitation easier for your children.
You can go beyond the requirements of the court order by preparing the children, setting a good example, and taking a positive approach to holiday visitation. For example, you can prepare your children for long distance visits by helping them pack and letting them know their visitation schedule well in advance. You can set a good example by helping them chose a holiday gift for the other parent and keeping conversations about the other spouse positive. And most of all, you can set a tone that allows the children to relax and enjoy their visit. Don't show anxiety and encourage excitement about upcoming long distance visits. Your cheerful attitude will reduce your children's stress, help them start new traditions, and help them create a new sense of normal for the holidays.


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Softball defeats Georgetown in extra innings
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After a duo of cracking Grand Nationals, the Flat Classic trials are now upon as and there's a real treat on ITV4 this week with two days at Newmarket on the terrestrial network.
Let's get straight to it, and the 1.50pm at Newmarket Tuesday is a 6f handicap. TOMMY TAYLOR was a real eye-catcher on his seasonal debut at Doncaster when out the back before running on strongly in a big field. He has great each-way claims for Kevin Ryan and Tom Eaves.
Next up is the 2.25pm, the Listed Free Handicap over 7f. SHINE SO BRIGHT was placed in the Richmond, Mill Reef and Gimcrack Stakes last season. Many of those runs suggested this step up in trip would suit for Andrew Balding and Silvestre de Sousa who has a new contract with the King Power owners of this horse.
The 3.00pm is the Listed Feilden Stakes over 1m 1f. KICK ON was a few places behind Western Australia when they ran in the Group One Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster, but I suspect my selection has more scope to improve. He looked good when winning his maiden and has Oisin Murphy on board which is a big plus.
And finally, ITV show the 1,000 Guineas Classic trial that is the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes over 7f at 15.35pm. MAIN EDITION ran some cracking races last season and looked sure to stay 7f but didn't quite get home in two tries. She may well have strengthened up as a three-year-old and has fine each-way claims.
So best of luck and let's get those Yeeehaaas! going for the Flat. You hear me Paddy?


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Indian Navy Planning To Dump Its Plan To Acquire Third Aircraft Carrier – Reports
The Indian Navy has reportedly clarified its stance to the federal government that the construction of six nuclear-powered attack submarines would take precedence over the third aircraft carrier, to counter the rapid expansion of the Chinese military activity in the Indian Ocean.
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According to the Indian daily Hindustan Times, the decision was taken during the Indian Navy's recently-held Combined Commanders Conference at Kevadia in Gujarat.
Analyzing the maritime scenario on the Indo-Pacific along with Beijing's ambitions, it was decided that the nuclear submarines (aka SSNs) should take priority over the project to build the third heavy aircraft carrier called IAC-2 (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier-2).
The HT reports also mentions that the Navy will seek Acceptance of Necessity (AON) approval from the government on the SSN project, keeping in mind that China has developed the capability to build Type 055 (Renhai-class) destroyers in just five years.
The question of the viability of spending billions on nuclear submarines is linked to the issue of operational requirements.
While a conventional diesel-electric submarine has to surface frequently to run diesel engines and charge the battery (thereby losing its main virtue of stealth), a nuclear submarine is run by a nuclear reactor and can run almost indefinitely underwater without the need to surface – almost indefinitely – only bound by human restrictions of supply needs. An SSN could patrol the entire length of the Indian Ocean without surfacing even once.
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The Indian Navy currently has two commissioned nuclear-powered submarines and 15 conventional diesel-electric subs. One more nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) would be commissioned by the end of this year.
Three more diesel-electric attack submarines shall be delivered and commissioned by early 2023, with two of them already undergoing sea trials. The service shall also commission its second heavy aircraft carrier (IAC-1) by the end of 2021.
Indian Navy submarine 'Karanj'
The report also mentioned that the Indian government is looking forward to tie-ups with France over joint development and construction of the new subs, which is already helping New Delhi with the construction of Kalvari-class diesel-electric boats (based on French Scorpene-class).
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"For many states in Asia and Oceania, a growing perception of China as a threat is the main driver for arms imports. More large imports are planned, and several states in the region are also aiming to produce their own major arms," Siemon T. Wezeman, a senior researcher at SIPRI said earlier this month.
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"It's understandable that some might wonder if we need yet another Beatles package. For Beatles fans, the answer, after spending an evening binge-watching the two Blu-ray discs and later reading the well-produced hard covered book that houses the discs, is clearly "yes", we do need to see what we've mostly only heard.
You can read Analog Planet's in-depth review in its entirety, here.
#thebeatles1 is out November 6.
i hope there is a day where we can all listen to beatles music.
I bought this blueray video but some videos no good quality , not remasterized, love me do, from me to you, she loves you , cant buy me love, A hard days night......you promes remasterized and they are no good high quality.
Why do have have to wait so long for this...Now...Please give me Let it Be before I die.
The Beatles 1+ is a must have deluxe edition. I love the Beatles.


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Petro Rud
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Petro Rud was born on April 25th, 1955 in an average Ukrainian family living in Zhytomyr region. Petro Rud finished Vrublivsk secondary school, Ivanopil vocational school, after that he was employed as a worker and then served in Soviet army. After that Petro Rud worked at Korosten tank plant as an operator, deputy director and then as the director of Korosten Municipal Milk Plant (1987—1992). Marital status — Married. Has a daughter — Oksana. In 1990, Petro Rud graduated from Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (Later it received the status of National Agrarian University). In February, 1992, Petro Rud was appointed for the position of Director of "Zhytomyr Butter Plant".
The leading role of the director was recognized by enterprise's personnel in April 1988, when at the general meeting the decision was made to name products with the trade mark of Rud. It has become the evidence of high quality of products, decency of Company eliminating any falsifications.
Originally we were giving consideration to more than 60 versions of a brand name, however eventually it has been given the name of Director. It was not a matter of personal ambitions. The urge was there to enable consumers to see through lens of the brand name a certain personality assuming responsibility for the Company's activities and anything that might be regarding its products.
So, the factory team has decided on giving to the brand a name of Director, i.e. RUD.
In 1999, the company was again presented to award For Technology and Product Quality. Along with that, Petro Rud was awarded with breastplate — Golden Jaguar — For Achievements in the sphere of standardization, metrology, certification and accreditation. Later on, Director of "Zhytomyr Butter Plant" was registered in the Golden Book of Ukrainian Entrepreneurship.
Dairy products became subject of interest for World Trade Leaders' Club, represented by more than 145 countries, and Chairman of the Board — Mr. Petro Rud was invited to take part in the Club meeting in Germany. This fact is considered to be the nextg step in the worldwide recognition of "Zhytomyr Butter Plant". It was confirmed by recognition for excellence — international award For Technology and Product Quality. After such recognition the enterprise was registered in the International Catalogue.
Thereupon, the name of Zhytomyr Butter Plant Director was written in the Golden Book of Ukrainian Entrepreneurship
For the first time in Zhytomyr region, he was awarded with diploma of national program "Person of the year — 2003"
In 2003, the Board of Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine awarded Petro Rud with labor distinction — Honor Plate, Ukrainian Ice Cream Association — with breastplate "Honorary Specialist in the field of ice cream production in Ukraine".
By decree of the President of Ukraine in August 2005, Petro Rud was awarded with the order — "For Services", of the III grade. Petro Rud takes the position of Adviser on Foodstuff Industry Technology items in Engineer academy of Ukraine, full member Of Ukrainian Academy for Cybernetics, Honoured officer within Ukrainian Industry (2001). Petro Rud is the deputy of Zhytomyr Regional Council, member of committee on social and economic development. For personal contribution in modern social development, Petro Rud was awarded with medal — "Leader of ХХІ century".
Perfection of RUD TM Products
Within the framework of "ХІІІ International Forum — Quality Days in Kyiv-2004" for the best quality management, the Chairman of the board Mr. Petro Rud was recognized for excellence by presenting the certificate — "Recognition in Europe" by European Fund for Quality Management. This is considered to be one of the greatest successes of the Company' s personnel. Perfection of Rud company's products is being recognized within Europe. A lot could be written about the recognition of Petro Rud and company's personnel, as such honest, fair, competent person, and highly professional, reliable and fair personnel organized by him, could not stay unnoticed.
Petro Rud as Manager of PJSC "Zhytomyr Butter Plant",
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Ask a relativist if pedophilia is wrong, and he may say that if it is against the law, it is simply wrong for that society. His framing of civil law is governed by whether people get "hurt," rather than by "right" or "wrong." His argument will be that pedophilia hurts children. But if someone takes pictures of naked children and posts them on the Internet without their knowledge (so that it's not hurting them), then by his criteria it must be morally okay. So press him on the point: Is pedophilia morally wrong? If he says that it is not, ask for his name and address, because you need to inform his neighbors and the local police that he is okay with pedophilia. If he admits that it is morally wrong even though society may say it is right, then what Hitler did was also wrong; therefore, there are moral absolutes. At the root of relativism is the desire to get rid of moral accountability. But no matter what the world believes, we are all accountable for keeping an absolute moral standard of a very real God or face a very real hell, and we must warn people of that fact.
The relativist's conscience is seared, so with the help of God you must awaken it. Say to him, "Let's just assume that there is a heaven. Do you think you would be good enough to go there?" He will almost certainly say that he is (see Prov. 20:6), so take him through the Good Person test. You are simply moving from the intellect (the place of argument) to the conscience (the place of the knowledge of right and wrong), so that it will do its God-given duty.


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German muralist and artist, Hendrik Beikirch, recently released his latest publication documenting his most recent project, Siberia, through The Montresso Foundation in Marrakech, Morocco. Accompanying a large solo exhibition comprising of large scale portraits created after his visits to the remote region of Russia, the artist worked once again with the same institution that introduced his previous Tracing Morocco series and publication.
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El fin de la paz es la décima novela de la serie Aprendiz de Jedi, basada en el universo de Star Wars, y está escrita por Jude Watson. Fue publicada por Scholastic Press en inglés (octubre de 2000) y por Alberto Santos Editor en español.

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Durante generaciones los mundos de Rutan y Senali han intercambiado a sus herederos para favorecer su entendimiento cultural. Cuando uno de los herederos no quiere volver a su planeta estalla un conflicto parece el fin de la paz. Una guerra masiva estallará si Obi-Wan Kenobi y su maestro no hacen algo para impedirlo.

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Learn how to mentally prepare for basic training in this Howcast video with Sergeant Michael Volkin.
How to mentally prepare for basic training. Get ready for this. People won't like you at basic training, but don't take it personally. You're in a high stress environment, and you're not really there to make friends. You're there to graduate, and be part of the US military. So don't worry if nobody likes you, okay? Here's another tip...wake up early. If you're going to basic training on the east coast, and you live on the west coast, you should probably wake up at about 2am. And don't just wake up and watch cartoons. I want you to get a good workout in. Go for a morning run. Because that's what you're gonna be doing at basic training, alright? So wake up nice and early. Probably between 4 and 5am is when you'll be waking up at basic training. Another tip, stop your habits, snacking, smoking, crack cocaine. Whatever your habit is, there's no snacking at basic training. So stop it now, or stop on your drill sergeant's terms. And that's a less pleasant experience. Another tip, eat quick. Tell your Mom I told you it was okay. You have less than 3 minutes to eat your meals at basic training. So you wanna eat very fast. Chew your food, but don't choke on it. Basic training is mostly a mental challenge. By preparing properly, you will make life a lot easier.


Since the national lodging market has hit a touch of droop, you don't find out about them as much in media's component stories however I recollect around a half year prior when each other day CNN Money was covering some new idea land organization that was slicing commission rates and how everything would mean the finish of the great model of land commission framework.
I recall, since it was around that time that following three years in land, I had gotten my business permit and had setup my very own land firm. The idea of rehashing the wheel sounded dreadfully alluring particularly since we were attempting to locate our own little specialty in the land world. What's more, what preferable position to be in over to give full administration land to a negligible portion of the expense? Who wouldn't need that, correct?
As a matter of fact not a lot of individuals. I saw later why. The expense of pitching the home to the mortgage holder is auxiliary to the real offer of the home. At the end of the day, the venders thinks more about whether their home will offer versus the amount it will cost them to offer it. Markdown land organizations have had great accomplishment in hot markets where properties for all intents and purposes offer themselves like California and Florida. Be that as it may, in the white collar class America, land remains a trust based business and albeit unreasonable, bring down evaluated administrations are generally esteemed to be less reliable.
For example, when we initially began the organization as a markdown land firm I had this "splendid" thought regarding how I would offer to offer around 30 homes for totally free. The arrangement was to get enough presentation of the homes I was offering for nothing to compensate for the exertion. Okay trust it that individuals would just not have any desire to do it? They would not like to offer their home for nothing. The ease (or for this situation, no cost) thought has a "pipe dream" advance to it that influences it to appear to be shady notwithstanding when genuine in the first place.
I figure the land exemplary framework will hold up for a long while if not ever.
Erion Shehaj is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Adviser with Signature Real Estate – A Houston Based Real Estate Brokerage that has some expertise in private land and venture land.


It's not my birthday… or anyone's birthday that I know of today… BUT cake batter never gets old. These little guys are a healthier swap for my favourite childhood activity….eating the raw cake batter.. AH!!! They are super easy to make and are no-bake.
These look delectable! Cannot wait to give these a try. You are quite the culinary virtuoso.


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List your accomplishments that you are proud of and that you enjoyed. They need not be career-related. Select seven and identify the skills you used in achieving each accomplishment. Identify your passions too: what motivated you and what you enjoyed about each accomplishment.
In the job description what are the required skills and the optional skills? Which of these skills are the most relevant? Based on your knowledge of the field and the position, what additional skills would enable you to do the job properly and extremely well? If you show how with your unique skills you can exceed their expectations, then you will have differentiated yourself as an exemplary candidate.
If "What I Have" matches "What They Need" then you are targeting the right job. Move on to the next question.
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Q: Would rent control benefit the San Diego economy?
NO: We need to encourage development of housing in the city and county of San Diego. The "City of Villages" program needs to be revived and moderate density development encouraged on the routes of the old and new trolley system and at park and ride locations. We need to continue to review the permitting and development fee costs to speed up approval for qualified projects and control fees that continue to increase. The goal is "workforce housing" for the thousands of young people that are working and can't find moderate priced hosing now in our area. Or we risk losing their talent to other job markets in the Midwest.
NO: The goals of rent control and actual consequences are polar opposites. Studies show price controls in whatever form lead to shortages. Nothing brings private building to a halt like rent control. It incentivizes apartments being converted into condominiums, creates black markets, makes new housing even less affordable for average families to live, and increases homelessness in the area. Rental housing is drastically reduced to accommodate a growing population and to replace existing housing wearing out.
NO: Rental rates in San Diego are too high, a situation that is not only bad for tenants who struggle to pay rent but also for the local economy. However, a fundamental cause of high rents is a shortage of rental units relative to the housing needs of the region. Imposing rent controls treats a symptom, not the underlying problem. Expanding the supply of rental housing needs to be a key component of the solution.
NO: Rent regulation is shortsighted policy, not progressive strategy. Rent control limits housing stock investment, decreasing unit growth and stagnating property tax revenue. We have a housing shortage, a non-functional mass transit system, and an unrealistic climate control program. All three of these issues can be addressed as a set. Policy allowing increased density of low- to moderate-income housing along transit corridors effectively attacks all three problems and should be incentivized.
NO: There is a problem with housing affordability, especially with high rents for those with lower incomes. That is putting stress on households and hurting business, as it makes it more difficult to attract workers and raises labor costs if businesses respond by raising wages. But rent control, while providing temporary relief, may make the long-run situation worse. The problem is the lack of construction of both single-family and multi-family residential units. Controlling rents would reduce the incentive to build more multi-family units.
NO: Rent control would reduce the availability of rental properties making it much harder to find a place to rent and lead to a deterioration in the quality of what would be available. A better plan is to address factors reducing the supply of affordable housing such as zoning, regulatory burdens on development, and efficient use of publicly controlled land.
NO: There may be no more discredited public policy blunder in U.S. civic history over the past 60 years than rent control. Its practice in New York City and other cities has long been studied and universally determined as wrongheaded in its approach to stabilize rent levels. Among the maladies directly attributable to rent control include discouraging development of new supply of rental housing; creating bloated regulatory bureaucracies; stifling reinvestment, repair and rehabilitation of apartments; and fueling cheating and black market trading. The only method to stabilizing rents is to build more inventory.
NO: Any of our panelists that answer "yes" should be forced to visit the rent controlled units in NYC or learn what a catastrophe Nixon's price controls were in 1971, requiring a government oversight board for all price changes. Worse even was the transition back to a free market. Rent controls result in landlords no longer willing to maintain units. The quality of our housing stock would slip over time. Amenities would not be maintained, nor extra services. Terrible idea!
NO: In other cities like Washington, D.C., or San Francisco, rent control often takes a greater share of units off the market, which worsens availability and many (people) stay in their homes longer due to capped rent, which prevents other working- or low-income families from having access to those units. Additionally, landlords can match market rents once units become available – which harms subsequent renters. Rent control remains a controversial topic; it's not the long-term answer to our housing problem and it wouldn't benefit our local economy.
NO: Rent control has been shown to be an ineffective and counterproductive policy that can lead to reducing the quality and quantity of available housing units. Rising rents helps to attract new investment into housing units with new construction and the rehabilitation of older and nonresidential buildings, resulting in additional quality rental units. Providing financial assistance to needy renters and subsidies to new construction offer more benefits to the economy than rent control.
NO: Although the intention is good, rent control tends to be more harmful than helpful. It reduces market efficiency. It disincentives reinvestment and development and increases the prices for those who cannot find a controlled unit. It is difficult to ensure that the system is fair and only benefits the intended populations. Look at San Francisco and New York City: soaring rental prices, rampant abuse, while natural gentrification continues. The solution is encouraging the development of more units.
NO: Rent control does more harm than good. It is poor economics which, despite its good intentions, leads to the creation of less housing. By capping the price of housing, rent control can increase demand and reduce available supply, thereby causing a shortage. Arguably, rent control reduces the quality of available housing, deters investment and raises rents on tenants who are excluded from its protections.
NO: It would discourage building at a time when we need more, not less, housing supply. It would cause landlords to neglect repairs and maintenance and to not invest in long-term improvements. With prices suppressed below market levels, demand would exceed supply. As a result, rent control would invite discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or other criteria to determine who gains access to the limited number of units. Rent control is bad economic policy.
NO: It has been proven in many cities across the country that over time, rent control is ineffective in its objective of increasing affordability for the community. Rent control leads to a loss of housing supply. It also leaves no incentive for landlords to make improvements to the property. Increasing housing supply as well as eliminating unnecessary regulations and fees for construction will increase supply and therefore affordability for renters and homeowners.
NO: Almost all economists agree that rent control will worsen an urban housing situation in the long run, especially for affordable housing. New York City provides the best data set: landlords letting properties run down to drive out tenants so the building can be turned into higher-end condos; "key" deposits costing thousands; illegal subletting; rich investment bankers living in rent-controlled housing; widespread fraud and a large bureaucracy created to enforce rent controls. The list goes on and on.
NO: I'm not a supporter of rent control. It stifles residential development and contributes to a lack of affordable housing. Instead, government should work with the building industry to find ways of lowering the cost of development so more affordable housing can be built. Improving and expanding the incentives to developers to build more affordable housing, permitting higher density developments and reducing the entitlement costs would be a much better approach to achieving an adequate housing inventory.


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According to a report in last week's Big Deal column in the New York Times, the swanky Spence School has gone to contract to purchase the spectacular Wanamaker-Munn mansion on Manhattan's East 90th Street that was owned by international socialite Aimee de Heeren until she died in 2006 at the ripe old age of 103. Your Mama discussed the legendary 12,000+ square foot townhouse in mid-February.
Although no one in the know–including listing agent Kirk Henckels, who is Miz de Heeren's cuzzin by marriage–is speaking on the record yet, it's rumored that the deal is for an amount "in the high 20s," which is perhaps considerably less than the blistering $33,000,000 asking price.
A representative of the all gurls school, which costs fancy folks upwards of $20,000 to matriculate and educate their daughters, told Mister Josh Barbanel at Big Deal that she didn't know what sort of plans the school had for altering or preserving the original details and layout of the dee-vinely dignified and elegant 7 story house that includes 10 working fireplaces, 5 bedrooms, 4 full and 2 half bathrooms as well as an entire floor devoted to 5 staff bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
Your Mama can only hope they will treat it with some kindness and care.
For those who care, the Spence school has graduated many well known rich and famous ladees such as Jade Jagger, Gwyneth Paltrow, Serena Altschul, Kerry Washington and Elizabeth Montgomery, who y'all surely know as the blond actress who twinkled her nose on Bewitched.
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What an incredible townhouse. Her other homes were nothing to sneeze at either. The woman lived like royalty to be sure.
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From a utilitarian standpoint, a school makes sense but all too often institutional needs are the death knoll for these great houses. Quite simply, it will no longer be a home. At least is doesn't sound like it will be torn down to build a Best Buy. Let's hope someone will have the opportunity to photograph it as it is for posterity.
sad to hear it may become a school as it will clearly be altered to accommodate it's needs. Have to say, $20,000 is the norm for private schools. I almost pay that for PRE-SCHOOL!
While the building will no doubt be altered, it would not be impossible for a historic preservationist to come in and restore it to its former glory should Spence ever tire of the property. I agree that this is a better alternative than it being bulldozed for a big box store or something similarly atrocious.
Spence tuition is about double your estimate.
pch said...
No clue about Spence (day school, right?) but I just checked the tuition at both of my old schools (junior high and high) in New England -- each in the low 40s annually. Includes room/board, but not books, laundry, et al. Day students pay less, more like the mid-to-high 20s.
This is almost triple what it was when I was a student back in the 80s. A lot of money, especially if you have multiple kids, but well worth it in my estimation.
They're going to connect the above property to their current buildings on 91st so it will be an entire block deep - According to NYMAG school guide, tuition for Spence is indeed $22,000 so Mama is correct ...
pch, I agree with your persective. I attended private schools in New England growing up too, but lived at home rather than board. I wasn't exactly thrilled about it at the time, and envied my public school friends. In hindsight, I can now appreciate the benefits I couldn't then.
It's a sad tradeoff, to be sure; converting it to an institution of higher learning will mean it (hopefully) isn't razed (although there's no guarantee), but the land it stands on is just too valuable.
Perhaps the Spence School will put it to some good use, such as executive offices, where the impact will be structurally and cosmetically limited.
Many see such private schools in the 21st century as an anachronism, but as long as there are parents out there with the money to burn, they will continue to thrive.
My Catholic High School tuition per semester was more than my college . . .
Wow...$20k for preschool. That really says something sorry about the state of our country, don't it?
I could understand spending that much on boys, but on girls by themselves? What are they thinking?
What a shame, as if...but I guess it's better than the American way, 'Tear it down and install a parking lot'...
Nah, it would certainly be a parking ramp...$$$$$$... I would have wished for a house museum with happy bluehaired docents telling visitors how the Old Girl used to live and entertain.
Spence is def. close to $40k per year for middle/upper school.
I forgot, PLUS required donations that you MUST give.
Mike Cook said...
I think Mama is closer. It's a day school, so there are no boarding fees to take into account.
Both the lower school on 93rd and the upper school on 91st are in historically significant buildings. Of course there will be alterations, but I'm sure every effort will be made to preserve the de Heeren home's architectural beauty and detail.
As a current Spence student, who has talked with both the President of the Board of Trustees and our highly esteemed head of school, I can nearly promise you that MANY period details will be left in place. No athletic facilities are anticipated, so no worries that a sacred bedroom shall become a wretched gym. Most likely, the rooms will become classroom and office space (our entire business office has been annexed to a tiny Park Ave studio since around 2000), and perhaps, if we're lucky, a lecture hall.
We've already conquered adversity to the restoration of the 93rd street mansion, which although modernized, still retains many of its beautiful original details.
And for your reference - upper school tuition is currently $32,500, and expect to pay at least $5,000 more, depending on how much you donate to the annual fund.


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Jonathan Stuart Davies (born 28 October 1994) is an English middle- and long-distance runner. He represented Great Britain at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won two medals at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Davies is also a talented cross country runner, winning the under 23 race at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships and the senior mixed relay at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships. In 2020 JD took his maiden British title when winning the 3000m at the 2020 British Indoor Athletics Championships.

International competitions

Personal bests
Outdoor
800 metres – 1:48.94 (Stretford 2017)
1500 metres – 3:39.00 (Watford 2017)
One mile – 3:59.36 (Stirling 2020)
3000 metres – 7:45.75 (Bromley 2020)
5000 metres – 13:23.94 (Oordegem (BEL)	29 MAY 2016)
10,000 metres – 29:24.07 (Parliament Hill 2015)
3000 metres steeplechase – 9:17.46 (Chelmsford 2015)
5 kilometres – 13:44 (Armagh 2020)
10 kilometres – 29:18 (Manchester 2015)
Indoor
1500 metres – 3:47.26 (Sheffield 2018)
3000 metres – 7:50.18 (Boston 2018)
5000 metres – 13:58.04 (Birmingham 2017)

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The Tories' plan to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants will face stiff opposition in the House of Lords this week, amid growing concern that it will compromise the independence of charities and add hugely to government debt.
In a move that has support from a cross-party group of peers – as well as the former head of the civil service, Lord Kerslake, who is a crossbencher – Labour has tabled an amendment to the charities bill that would pave the way for a prolonged parliamentary battle over one of the most controversial policies outlined in the Tory manifesto.
Fears that Argentina will default hit the country's markets yesterday, with the Merval stock index tumbling 3.5% and the cost to insure $10M of its debt for one year rising to a whopping $6.6M. The turmoil came after a lawyer representing Argentina's government told a U.S. court on Wednesday that it would choose to default rather than pay bondholders who won't accept restructured debt that was issued following the 2001 default.


After a too-long hiatus, Jeep's lineup will once again feature a pickup truck.
Customers have been asking for a Jeep truck for years, ever since the automaker discontinued the Comanche in 1992. The long wait seems to have been worth it though, as Jeep describes the all-new 2020 Gladiator as "the most capable midsize truck ever." The body-on-frame Gladiator also claims best-in-class towing and 4×4 payload.
In a segment that includes models with serious off-road capabilities such as the Toyota Tacoma, Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon, and Ford Ranger, those are big claims indeed.
Off-road capability comes courtesy of two advanced 4×4 systems that offer full-time torque management for optimal grip in low-traction conditions.
Sport and Overland models get Command-Trac four-wheel-drive which features a two-speed transfer case with a 2.72:1 low-range gear ratio, and heavy-duty third-generation Dana 44 front and rear axles with a 3.73 rear axle ratio. An optional Trac-Lok limited-slip rear differential provides extra torque and grip during low-traction situations — such as driving over sand, gravel, snow or ice.
The range-topping Gladiator Rubicon features the more advanced Rock-Trac 4×4 system that packs heavy-duty third-generation Dana 44 front and rear axles with a "4LO" ratio of 4:1. Additionally, it gets Tru-Lok locking differentials and a 4.10 front and rear axle ratio.
The Rubicon also offers improved articulation and suspension travel thanks to the electronic sway-bar disconnect. When equipped with the standard six-speed manual transmission, the Gladiator Rubicon has a crawl ratio of 84.2:1 — 77.2:1 on models equipped with the eight-speed automatic transmission.
Other off-road bits include the skid plates, front and rear tow hooks, steel heavy-duty rear bumper (standard on Rubicon), and front steel winch-ready bumper with removable end caps (optional on Rubicon).
Put together, all of this hardware gives the Gladiator Rubicon an approach angle of 43.6 degrees, breakover angle of 20.3 degrees, departure angle of 26 degrees, and ground clearance of 11.1 inches (282 mm). It's also capable of up to 30 inches (762 mm) of water fording.
As for the utility-related claims, the 2020 Gladiator has a towing capacity of up to 7,650 lbs (3,470 kg) and a maximum payload of 1,600 lbs (725 kg).
The Gladiator will be motivated by two V6 powertrains. The standard 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 delivers 285 horsepower and 260 lb-ft (352 Nm) of torque. Available from 2020, the optional 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 will make 260 hp and 442 lb-ft (599 Nm) of torque. Both engines offer stop-start as standard. The gasoline unit is linked to a six-speed manual gearbox or an eight-speed auto, while the diesel only comes with the automatic transmission.
The all-new Jeep Gladiator will be built alongside the mechanically-related Wrangler JL at the Toledo plant in Ohio in the first half of 2019, and will arrive in U.S. dealerships in the second quarter of 2019.
Does it have the Jeep Death Wobble?
I'm pretty sure that everyone who drives it will die. Eventually.
I looked at ALL 293 photos. Did I miss it? Where's the TWO door version?
Unfortunately it's only available with 4-doors. I'm not sure why that's the case but hopefully they'll offer a 2-door version too.
I like it and think they've done a good job here. I'd take one in that pale Forest Service green color too.


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The gloomy view stems from the predominant perception that the global community is not acting fast enough to avert the worst consequences of climate change. Only less than one-third of respondents think otherwise.
Adding to the general feeling of frustration is the recently announced US intent to withdraw from the treaty as well as the rise of nationalist and protectionist agendas that are at odds with global frameworks and collective action. The absence of binding measures and lack of capital are cited as major roadblocks to achieving the goals set in Paris.
Other obstacles to achieving Paris goals are public apathy, protection for fossil fuel industry, priority for economic growth, lack of capital, among others.
The report found climate optimism has been declining since 2009 across most regions, as experts are decreasingly likely to feel that climate progress will avert major damage. In contrast, U.S. sustainability professionals' views have remained fairly consistent since 2009. Around 10 percent of them are certain that climate progress is occurring fast enough to avert major damage.
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Experts note that companies have increased their efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly in the U.S., where skepticism about government leadership is strong.
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The experts say that use of renewable energy and reduction of emissions in the supply chain are some of the most effective measures companies can take. On a global scale, economic instruments such as trading schemes and carbon taxes are seen as the most effective, alongside regulatory approaches and new technologies.
As far as countries go, German continues to rank high as a global leader. China makes a surprise appearance at the top of the list because of its ambitious goals on electrification of transportation and a pending announcement of a national emissions trading scheme. These two countries are followed by Sweden, Denmark and France, respectively.


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The culture of Australia is wide and seems to be accessible only to certain individuals or groups. In particular, the culture of the Aborigines is exclusively theirs. Australian sports that are attracting much public attention are male participants. After all, the Australian landscape, especially the interior of Australia, is a hot and secluded place. Tourists are invited to visit Australia through influential marketing programs that promote an Australian image that Australians identify.
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I should probably change the title of these things from "work" to something more accurate but you get the idea so let's cool it with the nitpicking and move on.
For the most part we have had unbelievable fall weather here out on the coast. Normally it is non-stop rain from Oct 1 until June 30th (That's a lie. It just feels like that.) but we had seemingly dodged that. Until a couple of days ago.
It's been a while since I have been out in the Vancouver rain and I can honestly say I sort of miss it. When you only deal with it on occasion it's actually pretty attractive. Sort of like drinking White Russians.
So with that in mind, on the first day after setting the clocks back, I ventured out into our city and snapped a few shots to capture the mood. These were all shot with my 5D mkII and 70-200mm f4L.
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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Congressman Brian Babin has joined several Texas energy companies that are claiming they may go bankrupt because of Mexico's double dealing.
U.S. Rep. Babin is calling on President Donald Trump to intervene and force Mexico to make good on a $229 million contract for two massive offshore rigs.
As FOX 26 News has been reporting, more than a hundred American companies, most of them based in Texas, built the custom equipment only to have Mexico's national oil company Pemex refuse to pay for the order.
Rep. Babin says the breach of faith has put thousands of jobs and dozens of businesses in jeopardy. He is calling on President Trump to freeze any trade pact with Mexico until the Pemex rig contract is resolved.
"We can't let them be mistreated by a giant behemoth like the Mexican government," said Rep. Babin. "We've got small businesses facing off with the sovereign Mexican government on this operation and I don't think our people are being treated fairly."
Pemex tells FOX 26 that the deal was terminated because the equipment failed to meet its specifications, a claim the American companies call "absolutely false."


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Friday, September 28, 2001, Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH INDEX
C H A N D I G A R H S T O R I E S
Docs fail to get ultrasound centres registered
Kulwinder Sanga
SAS Nagar, September 27
Doctors in the town are adopting a casual approach to the law on the compulsory registration of ultrasonography centres. So far, only four out of the 20-odd centres here have got registered with the Ropar Civil Surgeon, while three others, including one on the premises of a gurdwara, have applied for registration.
Apart from this, the Civil Hospital itself has sent the relevant documents to the office of the Ropar Civil Surgeon for its own registration.
On May 4 this year, the Supreme Court, disturbed over the misuse of technology for effecting female foeticide and the sharp drop in the male-female ratio, had directed the Centre and the state governments to strictly enforce the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 (PNDT Act), and even amend it, if necessary, to remove the shortcomings. On the same day the Union Health Minister, Dr C.P. Thakur, had in a statement in Delhi warned doctors that their names would be struck off from the register of the Medical Council of India if they were found guilty of indulging in female foeticide.
Vide a Punjab Government notification dated June 20, 2001, the registration of all ultrasonographic centres, including portable USG sets is mandatory under the PNDT Act. But most of the doctors here have not taken the notification seriously. As per the records of the Civil Hospital there are at least 17 centres in the town using the ultrasound facility.
It is learnt that on the directions of the Ropar Civil Surgeon the local Civil Hospital had written letters to seven medical centres on September 19 asking them to get themselves registered under the Act.
However, replying to the letter, a doctor of one of the medical centres in Phase VII stated that his hospital was basically a clinic for general patients. And in emergency cases a qualified registered radiologist for ultrasound was called. And as he was not having the facility at his hospital it would be unfair to ask for the payment of a registration fee.
Mr Sat Pal Singla, Appropriate Authority, PNDT Act, and Senior Medical Officer in charge of the local Civil Hospital, said today that those hospitals which did not have their own ultrasound machine but a radiologist was coming to do the work there with a portable machine also had to get the premises registered along with the registration of the radiologist. The registration fee was Rs 3,000.
Dr Singla said the appropriate authority under the Act could inspect any premises where pre-natal sex determination tests were being conducted and initiate appropriate action against the offenders.
Dr Singla said that letters to all those medical centres using ultrasound facility who had not got themselves registered were sent today. They all should get themselves registered by October 15 failing which punitive action would be taken against them.
DAVSSS-8 shuttlers excel
Our Sports Reporter
Chandigarh, September 27
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, shuttlers clinched two titles in under-19 and under-17 sections of the UT Inter-school badminton tournament ( boys) concluded here today at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23. The under-14 boys title was bagged by Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35.
In under-19 final, DAVSSS-8 outplayed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, at 2-1 while third place was bagged by GMSSS-23. In under-17 final, DAVSSS-8 defeated GMSSS-16 at 2-0 while third place went to MRASSS-27.
In under-14, GMSSS-35 outclassed Bhavan Vidyalya, Sector 27, at 2-0 and third place was taken by MRASSS-27.
Results: (U-19) — DAVSSS-8 b GMSSS-35, 2-1 (Akash b Robin; Paras b Puneet; Akash and Puneet b Robin and Paras); (u-17) — DAVSSS-8 b GMSSS-16, 2-0 (Narinder b Anurag; Mandeep b Arvind); (u-14) — GMSSS-35 b BV-27, 2-0 (Gurkiran b Manish ; Ankur b Aman Sethi).
Meanwhile, in the Inter-School Lawn Tennis Tournament, St Stephens' School, Sector 45, won the under-14 boys title when they outplayed Bhavan Vidyalya School, Sector 27. The winning team players included, Simerveer Singh, Rohit Malhotra, Akshit Chaudhary and Tanveer Sandhu.
Swimming meet
The MCM DAV College for Women bagged the Panjab University Inter-college Swimming (women) Championship with 65 points while in men section, Government College, Ludhiana, clinched the championship. In women section, Government College for Girls, Sector 11, secured second place while DAV College, Hoshiarpur, third and Panjab University campus was placed at fourth place. In men section, DAV College, Chandigarh, bagged the second place, Punjab Engineering college, Chandigarh got the third place while Panjab University campus team was placed at fourth place.
In waterpolo section, DAV College, Hoshiarpur, was placed at first place while DAV College, Chandigarh, got second place and Panjab University campus get third position.
Cricket championship
St John's High School, Sector 26, outplayed St Joseph's School, Sector 44, by eight wickets while St Kabir Public School, Sector 26 defeated St Anne's Convent School, Sector 32, by 37 runs in the under-10 section of the 4th Blessed Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament played here today at St John's School grounds. In under-16 section, Army School, Chandi Mandir, beat New Public School, Sector 18, by a narrow margin of eight runs.
Squash tourney
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu of YPS, SAS Nagar, made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Junior squash championships, in progress at Sydney. As per fax message received the 12-year-old Harinder Pal got the better of sixth seed Zac Alexander at 9-2, 9-1 (conceded) and he will now meet seventh seed Nathan Kam who defeated second seed Tim Cowell.
Jr Golf set for exciting finish
Jaskirat Singh Dullet of Black Elephant Golf Club played a one-under card of 71 today to draw level with the leader, Harinder Gupta, in Category A on the penultimate day of the Chandigarh Open Junior and Subjunior Golf Tournament here today. Both had a score of 220 after the third round.
The play became more interesting since players were playing after the cut had been applied. The course was playing exceedingly well.
Jaskirat Singh scored three birdies and had 14 pars. Harinder Gupta of Chandigarh Golf Club also had three birdies.
In category 'B' (13 to 14 years) Karan Vasudeva of Delhi Golf Club continued to lead on the third day. He played a 7-over card. Following him was Madhav Verma, again of Delhi Golf Club. He also played a 7-over. After the third day Karan Vasudeva was on 236 and Madhav Verma on 239.
In category 'C' (11 to 12 years) local favourite Ajeetesh Sandhu continued to lead with a three-day total of 260. He played to a total of 87 and scored a birdie on hole No 2. Viraj Gadhoke of Delhi Golf Club played a card of 86, one less than Ajeetesh Sandhu. With a difference of one stroke between Ajeetesh Sandhu & Viraj Gadhoke, tomorrows' match is going to be exciting.
In category 'D' (under 10 years) Young Kanshik Madan of Delhi Golf Club continued to lead with a two-day total of 184, Rahul Bakshi of Chandigarh Golf Club produced a card of 95 and had a total of 195 after two days.
Among the girls Manali Talwar continued to lead. She had a score of 84 and a total of 248 for three days. Neha Mafithia was second with a three-day score of 253.
Category 'A': Harinder Gupta 220, Jaskirat Singh Dulle 220, Shaurya Singh 233, Lakhan Singh 235, Deepak Kumar 236.
Category 'B': Karan Vasudeva 236, Madhav Verma 239, Aditya Singh 244, Anirban Lahiri 246, Nitin Mittal 252.
Category 'C': Ajeetesh Sandhu 260, Viraj Gadhoke 261, Raghav Vahi 265, Fatehbir S Dhaliwal 267, Sidharth Seth 287.
Category 'D': Kanshik Madan 184, Rahul Bakshi 190, Madhav Soi 192, Abheyjit Chada 197, Madhav Bal 198.
UT gets rap on road projects
Ajay Banerjee
The Union Ministry of Surface Transport has taken the Chandigarh Administration to task, saying it has been slow in carrying out major works relating to new roads and double-laning of the existing ones despite getting Rs 3 crore for specified projects from the Government of India.
The Union Surface Transport Minister, Major-Gen B.C. Khanduri (retd), has written a letter to the Chandigarh Administration virtually rapping the Administration on its knuckles for the slow progress. In the strongly worded letter, the minister says the Union Ministry of Surface Transport (MOST) has sanctioned Rs 3 crore for double-laning and repair of the national highway passing through Chandigarh.
Out of this amount, Rs 1 crore was sent in April this year and nothing has moved for five months. The minister goes on to tell the Administration that despite the initiatives taken by the ministry no funds have been utilised and that no utilisation certificate has been sent. "Had the available resources been utilised, some of the roads in the Union Territory could have improved," Major-Gen Khanduri adds.
Interestingly, the minister's rap comes at a time when no work has been carried out on double-laning the outer Dakshin Marg despite sanction of the money from the MOST. Residents have been feeling that works have slowed down and the MOST letter makes it virtually official that no progress had been made.
Sources said in the past five months one needless issue after the other has held back the work. First, it started with the appointment of the Chief Engineer.
The contractors were not shortlisted. And till date the tenders have not been finalised. The Engineering Department's middle level officials have been waiting for their promotions, while the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting has been postponed several times.


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Q: Genshi: curly brace inside complex expression causes ParseError I have the following Genshi HTML template snippet that is being used to generate HTML.

    ${'Hello {name}'.format(name='foo')}

Genshi throws a fit over this due to the curly braces in the string.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python36\lib\site-packages\genshi\input.py", line 161, in _generate
    self.expat.Parse(data, False)
xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 137, column 34

Is there a way to escape the curly braces?  Is there something better I should be using than the ${...code...} syntax?

A: Unless you're doing something more complex (code/function), you could do:

    Hello ${name}  // or just Hello $name

For something complex, use the code block syntax:

  <?python
      def greeting(name):
          return 'Hello {name}'.format(name=name) ?>
  ${greeting('foo')}

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If you want your kid to learn how to ride a bike at an early age, then a balance bike is what you need. As you know, balance bikes come in different sizes, and there is no such thing as one size fits all because your kid will grow up eventually. The minimum seat height of a bike should be 1 to 1.5 inch below a child's inseam. The minimum seat heights for bike range from 10 to 26.5 inches, so a bike that fits a one-year-old isn't going to fit a five-year-old. For most kids, 12″ bikes are the best place to start, but the frames of 12-inch bikes can vary greatly with size, which is why it is best to rely on a bikes minimum and maximum seat height rather than tire size.
Balance bike tires can be solid foam, pneumatic or standard air, rubber - solid and honeycomb and plastic. The two main types are pneumatic (air) and foam. Air tires are the best all-around as they provide the most cushion and traction. Foam, rubber, and plastic tires are cheaper, lighter, and puncture proof, but provide much less traction and little cushioning. When considering the weight of a balance bike, you don't want a bike to weight more than 30 percent of your child's weight. In case you are searching a balance bike for your kid, here are some of the best you might want to look into.
Let your kids enjoy exploring on their own with the Berg Toys Junior bike that is perfect for teaching your children age 2-5 balance. This walk bike features 28 PSI Air Filled Tube Tires with Hybrid Tread for smooth rolling, and the tires have a sealed bearing that makes rolling effortless. Boasts an adjustable bicycle seat and handlebars and rigged rear frame tubes that act as comfortable foot rests. Each tire has sealed bearing in each of the color-coordinated rims that allow for the karts smooth roll. It stands at 25in tall, 17in wide, and 34in long, with a weight of 15 pounds. The Berg Toys Juniors has a 2-year warranty.
The Early Rider Bonsai delivers an outstandingly beautiful wooden bike with all the performance benefits of an aluminum frame. It is suitable for 1.5 to 3.5-year-olds. It features a weather-proof marine ply, made from FSC-grade birch veneers. A twin bladed, vertical drop outs, weather proof marine ply fork and aluminum flat bar measuring 25.4mm x 340mm. Product dimensions are 28.6 x 16 x 5.7 inches and weigh 10.3 pounds. The manufacturer provides a 2-year warranty for this bike. This stunning innovation and design smash the boundaries between performance and cost.
The Ridgeback Scoot Balance Bike is designed to meet the challenging demands of kids age 3-6. It features a sturdy 6061 aluminum frame that will not flex, deform or twist. Built like a real bike, not a toy. Rear V-brake provides excellent stopping power and brake cable is routed through the frame for clean lines. Heavy duty inflated rubber tires are puncture resistant. Rims are aluminum, laced to hubs with serviceable wheel bearings. It is available in 8 vibrant colors to suit any taste. Impeccably painted finish with decals under the topcoat makes Scoot easy to clean. Other features include an adjustable reach brake lever, internally routed brake cable, finely upholstered saddle with carrying handle, quick release seat post clamp, two seat posts, one long and one short. This balance bike weighs 11.3 pounds.
The Alley Runner Balance Bike is one of the best looking runner bikes on the market with its lightweight aluminum frame and forks. It features 12-inch pneumatic wheels, riveted faux leather seat, Adjustable seat height and a minimum seat height of 35cm. Also features an integrated headset, aluminum stem, and an anatomically correct, custom made contemporary faux leather saddle finish it off in style. The quality and geometry are the best you can give to your kid and still the price is reasonable.
The 12 Sport model offers every feature a child could want, and It is the perfect balance of performance, options, and value. It is easy, safe, and natural way for toddlers to learn to ride on two wheels without the hassles and complications of pedals or training wheels. Stress-free to assemble and adjust, lowest seat height, lightest weight, and widest adjustment range that properly fits 18 months to 5-year-olds. It is maintenance-free, lightweight tires guaranteed to last a long time and never go flat. Tool-free for quick assembly and no tools needed for seat and handlebar adjustment. This balance bike weighs 6.7 pounds and can support a rider weight of 60 pounds.
The Tykesbykes Charger is a high-quality balance bike designed for children 4-7 years old. It features a rear brake with cable routed through the frame to keep them out of the way; easy to reach brake lever designed for small hands. High-Grade paint and graphics with a clear coat finish to look good for longer and no peeling stickers. It is designed with wide BMX style handlebars, wide tires and low center of gravity to increase control and stability, so kids learn faster. All required tools and Instructions are included, comes 90 percent assembled and the high-quality components make this bike built to last. This balance bike weighs 13 pounds.
The new Scoot XL is similar in frame design and components with the exception of 14-inch wheels and a slightly larger frame size which works well for bigger kids ages 5-8 years. It features 6061 Aluminum alloy frame, inflated rubber tires by Vee Rubber, aluminum wheels, and full bearing hubs, rounded dome nuts on wheels, superior aluminum V-brake, adjustable reach child-specific brake lever. Internally routed brake cable for clean lines and finely upholstered saddle with integrated carrying handle. Quick release seat post clamp can be upgraded to 1 of 6 colors, and two seat posts included for growing kids. Furthermore, there is no weight limit and is strong enough to support an adult.


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Elder Alumni Spotlight: Greg Kesterman '97
Adam Duwel '21, Video Editor|February 5, 2021
Elder High School Alum Greg Kesterman is the Hamilton County Health Commissioner after working in the Health Department for 15 years.
About a year ago he was named interim health commissioner. After a couple of months of being interim commissioner, he was named the permanent Health Commissioner.
Kesterman was thrust into the COVID Pandemic as he was settling into his new office a year ago. "It has been a year of turmoil and lots of change. I am really fortunate to have a great people to work with." Kesterman has been the face of Public Health here in Hamilton County during one of the most difficult and challenging times the world has ever faced. During one of the most difficult and uncertain times Kesterman says that he is pleased with how the public has responded. "Our Hamilton County residents have really done a great job and really saved lives here in the county." In Hamilton County, Covid-19 cases have been steadily decreasing as more and more folks are getting vaccinated. To date, Hamilton County has vaccinated about 8% of the county population. Most of those receiving the vaccine so far have been those 65 and older and healthcare workers. The next big push for the county is getting teachers and folks with special needs vaccinated.
One of the largest public schools in the state, Cincinnati Public started to vaccinate their staff last week. Elder staff and teachers will be receiving their first shot sometime in February.
Just this past week it was announced that the state of Ohio has passed total cases with total vaccines administered. A step in the right direction.
JUST IN: Ohio vaccinations have officially have surpassed the number of all-time COVID-19 cases:
Vaccine Started: 908,096
Total Cases: 906,727@FOX19
— Trevor Peters (@TrevorPetersTV) February 3, 2021
Kesterman, who has yet to have a normal day at the office due to the pressing issue of the pandemic, has his eyes set on goals for the Health Department in the future, post Covid world.
"We recently received a three million dollar grant for Lead housing issues. I'd really like to see improvements within our housing program. We have a lot of opportunities to create program enhancements and create the best programs in the nation."
Kesterman takes question from the media after the first Covid cases are found in Hamilton County. (Cincy Enquirer) March 2020
Kesterman is hopeful that by taking the steps of mask wearing and social distancing we can curb the pandemic enough to start seeing things of the 'old world' come back sometime in 2021. Although that isn't a guarantee of any sorts, everything has to go smoothly as we push out more vaccines.
Adam Duwel
Elder Alum
Greg Kesterman
Hamilton County Health
Adam Duwel '21, Video Editor
"To infinity and beyond!"- Toy Story


A BSP hole is an error in the BSP Tree which results in visual and physical errors when editing and playing a map.
3.8 But wait! evil_blue_dude has found an experimental method to solving this!
a player can walk through walls and fall through floors.
leaking zones: level full of water for example. These tend to happen when zone sheets touch complex brushes. First check the the zone portal brush is large enough to properly seal off the zone.
a black area in UnrealEd's 3D viewport which produces a HOM (hall of mirrors) effect in the game.
If the surface belongs to a semisolid brush, see semisolid errors.
Find the hole in Zone/Portal view. The edges of the hole correspond to a BSP cut. Identifying which part of the geometry makes this cut can often solve the problem.
Changing the order often solves the problem. If additive brushes get BSP errors then it often helps if you put them to the end of the BSP rebuild sequence.
Select the diseased brush, Right Click. If it is a subtractive brush move it 'to first'. If it is an additive brush move it 'to last'.
Export the brush and delete. Add again during a later rebuild.
Change the way the geometry is put together: use subtracts in a different way.
Either outright simplify the geometry in the area, or add a zone portal somewhere judicious, thus splitting one zone into two smaller ones. This way the geometry inside the zone won't be that complex.
When brushes are rotated, stretched or vertex edited, it is important the changes are made set to transform permanently. Anything not made permanent is prone to introduce math errors, which is inherited to the BSP Tree when built.
Ragdoll: As i said over on the Semisolid Page, the use of semisolids where the player wont touch them is a myth. Use semis as much as possible for a low node count, although there are limitations.
Just recently when I was making a "cloud" for my level, I went to rebuild my geometry and then there were about 5 to 10 BSP holes! With frustration, I aligned the textures on the cloud and then I merged the polygons. After that, for a reason I don't know why, the BSP holes vanished!
Move the brush that is causing the BSP hole some minor distance.
75868 (I know I'm lazy,hopefully somebody will sum up).
The sliders in the Build window should be your last solution.
But wait! evil_blue_dude has found an experimental method to solving this!
Say you have a floor that your are falling through. evil_blue_dude would suggest brush sinking another brush (doesn't have to be complex, just a cube will do) into the offending floor, and add, retexture/align, etc.
Won't even know it as there.
OK. evil_blue_dude is done with his spree of shameless self promotion.
Keep brushes snapped to the grid. Use multiples of powers of 2 for dimensions, so vertices are on the grid too.
Try and keep a large grid size: 32 or 16 should be fine for most brushwork; drop down to 8, 4 or 2 for fine detail.
If an 8 sided cylinder will do, don't bother with 16 or 32 sides. Add curved brushes as semisolids.
The last resort is to intersect/deintersect brushes before adding them. If you need to do this, go back to "stay on the grid" above.
If you're using the grid there's no need to intersect since everything will join perfectly; if you're off-grid you're doomed anyway.
Overlapping brushes do not create BSP errors.
Brush collision information is assigned incorrectly by the BSP compiler and UnrealEd then displays the BSP anomaly that interferes with gameplay. BSP holes can be either missing sections of additive brushes (usually a rectangular section of wall) that you can see through to geometry that should be occluded from your perspective; or, the 3D Grid Black Space triangle interposed usually at the confluence of two brushes. They're UGLY and terrifying.
You can see BSP holes in the Zone Portal view; and not in the BSP cuts view. And, you can view information about BSP Tree depth in the Rebuild/Level Statistics.
See, a description of BSP Tree for clarification of the mechanics involved.
When I only build the geometry there are NO BSP holes. But when I build all there are LOTS of BSP holes! Does anybody know how this is possible? And how I can resolve it? Thanks!
If you haven't added any zone portals to your map yet then do so - this changes the BSP tree and will either solve your problem or move the Hall of Mirrors effects.
Make sure that all of the your zone portals are added to the level last - see Brush Order.
Are your semi-solids added to the level after your adds and subtracts? I've seen strange Hall of Mirrors and clipping problems with semi-solids aligned perfectly/overlapping with subtracted and added brushes.
Take a quick tour of your level in the editor and see if you can re-arrange the order of the brushes (move as many subtracts to the start as you can). Be careful when doing this - you can shaft your level if you are not careful.
Do you have zone portals overlapping areas that were subtracted after the zone portal was added?
Have a look at the Help Desk page - there are some other Hall of Mirrors type problems on there.
Apart from that, see if you can identify the piece of geometry that is causing the error and either remove it, or see if you can simplify it in some way. Good luck.
I've got two problems: 1. I have invisible collision hulls randomly appearing in my maps and I can't get rid of them; 2. The dreaded Hall of Mirrors randomly appears too, HELP ME!!!
Mmmmm, nice problems. The worst case I've ever had of Hall of Mirrors and unwanted collisions was when building DOM-Cruising. The map is based on two boats traveling through the water. The boats are solid brushes hollowed out to make room for the stuff "below deck". The first time I built the map I simply placed a zone portal (for the water) across the entire level. This gave me the sort of pain you describe. In the end I had to add my zone, subtract my solid boat brush (to make a boat shaped hole in the zone), and then re-add the boat brush.
Have you ordered all of your zone portals to be the last things processed? That can sometimes help. If you haven't zoned your level yet then consider doing so - Zoning affects the positions Hall of Mirrors and ICHs appear. Messing about with the order of geometry can also sometimes help - but be careful with it - you can royally screw up your level doing it.
Are the Hall of Mirrors and ICHs appearing in areas of particular complexity? If so, can you reduce the compexity of that area? Have you got any semi-solids intersecting (or with one surface touching) a solid brush? I've had that cause me real pain (I was building celing lights).
Ragdoll: A good way of detecting collision BSP errors (you fall through a floor) is to enable show paths. Paths will not form over dodgy BSP.
Lucy: I've been doing some complex geometry that often resultsin inexplicable mapholes. This may not work in all instances for bsp holes, but it's working in mine at least. If a complex piece of brush work is causing BSP holes, I take the complex section and intersect a cube onto it to turn it into a single brush. I turn that single brush into a static mesh and then place the static mesh where I want it. Then, I convert it back into a brush. Align the brush with the static mesh. Delete the mesh, deintersect the brush and add. Seems to work quite effectively. But I worry about any potential performance issues resulting from this. The result has a lot more cuts through the brush, so unless someone can do some stress testing to see how much of a performance hit this is, use it sparingly.
The link "http://unreal.gamedesign.net/bspfaq.html" for BSP Frequently Asked Questions has become invalid (Jan 2018). Here is a version of the Web Archive.
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Under the Oaks: Class of 2018 Meets for Convocation
By rgreene5 | 8/23/14 11:56am
SGA President Joe Incorvia's selfie at Convocation.
Multimedia Coverage by Ryan Greene, Al Drago, Lauren Cook and Patterson Huggins
"How are you going to use those 1,400 days?"
President Leo Lambert posed this question to the class of 2018, the 128th graduating class of Elon, this morning under the oaks for New Student Convocation. The newest members of the Elon community will be meeting again in just 1,365 days for graduation.
Before President Lambert spoke with the first-year students, SGA President Joe Incorvia took to the stage to introduce himself to his new peers. But first, he took a selfie.
Although the photo didn't turn out well, it didn't stop Incorvia from sharing his words of wisdom with the new Phoenix. Being a senior, Incorvia had three years of experience to share with #Elon18. He told them to "Live the Maroon Life proudly" and to take advantage of all that Elon has to offer its students, citing his study abroad opportunities and leadership positions as a way of growth.
"Your adventure begins under these oaks," Incorvia said.
As the SGA President exited the stage, the University President prepared to make his entrance. After Smith Jackson, Dean of Students and Vice President of Student Life, highlighted some of campus's newest members, Head Phoenix addressed the Class of 2018 for the first time.
Just like in years past, President Lambert had the incoming class participate in his visual "Human Bar Graph" to show them how fortunate they are to have the educational and cultural opportunities that Elon University has to offer. He encouraged the new members to "get out of their comfort zone" and meet as many people from different backgrounds as possible.
"Engage difference on campus and out in the worlds...you're going to be a better person if you try," President Lambert told the crowd.
With convocation being one of Elon's oldest ceremonies, some well-known traditions were back to welcome the Class of 2018 to their new home, one of which was a famous President Lambert quote: "You have arrived at a great banquet. For God's sake, don't make yourself a bologna sandwich."
Of course, it wouldn't be an Elon convocation without acorns. As the newest members of the Elon community filed out from under the oaks, they were given acorns that, according to President Lambert, represented the fact that every Elon student has within them everything they need to grow and become strong.
But the ceremony wasn't just for the new students: it was also for the new Elon parents.
Head Phoenix knew how many families were feeling this morning as they were preparing to head back home and leave their children to pursue their college careers.
"I can identify today with the tear in mom's eye and the lump in dad's throat."
Most Elon moms and dads will be saying goodbye to their member of the class of 2018 today at the Farewell Picnic from 12:30- 2p.m. There will be a lot of farewells in the next few days, as this is the largest incoming class campus has ever seen with approximately 1,500 students.


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ACM/IFIP/USENIX 12th International Middleware Conference (Middleware), Lisbon, Portugal, December 12-16, 2011.
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