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Williamson, Derwyn Omar
April 15, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
Sadly passed away on 29th March 2019 aged 39 years.
He will be deeply missed by all of his family, friends and colleagues.
A celebration for his life will take place at St. Anne's Church, Grantham on Friday 31st May at 1.45pm No flowers please.
Donations in Derwyn's memory may be forwarded to Robert Holland Funeral Director, 14, St. Catherine's Road, Grantham. NG31 6TS
January 15, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
Terry Short has died at Grantham Hospital on 10th January following a short illness.
The funeral service will be at Grantham crematorium on Tuesday 22nd January at 1:30pm, family flowers only please.
Donations in memory of Terry to St Barnabas Hospice may be donated on the day or forwarded to Price & Son funeral directors, Castlegate, Grantham, who are making the arrangements.
Loss of popular former Grantham businessman
October 31, 2018 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment
Well known former Grantham cycle retailer, Donald Richard Ray (Don), died on Thursday 25th October at Hospice, Isle of Man, aged 86.
Loving father to six children, grandfather, and great grandfather to many.
Born in Catford in 1932, his father was in the RAF, his mother was a Granthamian.
He was educated at the King's School and worked at various places, including Aveling-Barford, but was perhaps best known as the proprietor of DonRay Cycles in Swinegate for over 25 years until 1989.
He was a founding member of the Witham Wheelers, President of King's school Old Boys and a school Governor and Trustee, President of the Chamber of Trade and Vice President of Grantham Lions.
Don retired with his wife Jean to their beloved Isle of Man in 1997.
The funeral will take place at Dalby church in the island on Friday 2nd November at Noon, arrangements have been made by David Lancaster, tel 01624 842945.
Any donations in lieu of flowers to Hospice, Isle of Man, 01624 647431.
Former Grantham woman dies
September 27, 2018 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
The wife of a former Grantham police sergeant, Barbara Holmes (nee Danson), has died at her home in Boston. She was 70.
Born on Sharpe Road, Mrs Holmes was a pupil at the National School and Grantham Girls Central School.
She married police officer Mick Holmes, in 1967 and they made their first home at Denton Avenue.
Funeral arrangements are at Boston Crematorium Chapel, at 11.30am on Monday 8th October.
Malcolm G Knapp – Funeral arrangements
August 12, 2018 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment
Malcolm Knapp
The leading expert on Grantham and its history, Malcolm G Knapp, died on Thursday aged 87.
Mr Knapp published a number of books about the town, firstly in collaboration with Michael Pointer, before going solo.
Grantham-born, he went to Brownlow School, then King's School.
He did his National Service in the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Most of his working life was in the stores at local factories, including Coles Cranes and Aveling Barford.
In the 1950s/60s he ran Grantham Rhythm Club at the Five Bells, and organised many bus trips to De Montfort Hall, Leicester, to see the leading American big band tours of the day.
But it was as a local historian he is best known, by writing books, giving talks and leading walks around the town as a green badge guide.
Grantham will never be quite the same again.
The funeral service will be held at St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, at 1.30pm on Tuesday 4th September 2018.
Former Grantham Journal editor dies
August 9, 2018 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
A former Grantham Journal editor died suddenly at his Hunstanton holiday home on Saturday.
Malcolm Scott, 81, was appointed editor in January 1985, shortly after the local paper was bought by EMAP. He took over from Fred Goodliff.
Mr Scott, who lived in Lincoln, leaves a widow, Bridget.
Malcolm Scott
He joined the Journal from the Newmarket Journal and his first influence at Grantham was to change the format of the Journal from broadsheet to tabloid.
He made his home at Harlaxton during that time.
Other titles he edited during his career included Spalding Guardian, the Bury Free Press, the Newmarket Journal and the Lynn News office in the 1990s as the managing director of EMAP Anglia.
An experienced and highly respected journalist and author, Mr Scott was the son of a Methodist minister.
Mr Scott took early retirement because of cancer from which he made a remarkable recovery – surviving for a further 25 years.
On his retirement Mr Scott did consultancy work and then took up writing again, winning a national award.
As well as his wife, Bridget, Mr Scott leaves a daughter, Melanie, from his first marriage and two grandsons.
John Pinchbeck, Journal sports editor during Mr Scott's reign said: "He was a great editor and human being.
"There was nothing not to like about him.
"We were still in touch by facebook less than two weeks ago. It's quite a shock."
Grantham loses popular singer
June 15, 2018 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
Mr John Wood of Grantham died in Grantham Hospital last Saturday, following a long illness. He was 83.
After qualifying at University of London, Mr Wood joined British Gypsum at Staunton-in-the-Vale, near Long Bennington, in the laboratory, becoming chief chemist. He then moved to the East Leake Works.
He continued to live in Grantham throughout and was an enthusiastic singer. Over the years was a member of Grantham Choral Society, Grantham Singers and Grantham Operatic Society.
Arrangements have been made by Robert Holland Funerals, for Thursday 5th July at 11.30am, at Grantham crematorium.
Grantham loses another sporting hero
May 19, 2018 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment
It is with great sadness we report the passing of former Grantham Town and local league footballer, Ron Harrison
Born at Antrim, Northern Ireland, Ronald Clinton Harrison was a Grantham Town central defender who had played in the Grantham League for Navenby and Fulbeck.
He went to Fulbeck Primary School and Leadenham Secondary Modern (later Wiliiam Robertson).
He made his debut for Grantham Town in the opening Midland League match of the 1966/67 season at Goole Town, scoring his first goal for the club in October against Loughborough United.
He played in many of that season's games, including the FA Cup ties against Wimbledon and Oldham Athletic and over the next few years also made appearances in FA Cup Proper rounds against Altrincham, Chelmsford City, Swindon Town, the second match against Oldham Athletic, Stockport County and Rotherham United.
Towards the end of the decade Ronnie and the team began to start putting together some trophies and medals and by the club's entry into the Southern League he had played his part in the two Midland League Championships and the two Midland League Cup victories.
Also, within the FA Trophy competition there were the highlights of playing in front of 6,714 spectators at Worcester City and a London Road Quarter-Final tie against Yeovil Town.
Elsewhere he scored one of the goals that secured the Lincolnshire County Cup victory over Scunthorpe United and he had already been awarded a joint Testimonial, along with Mick Chambers, when a Leicester City side came to London Road in May 1971.
As Grantham moved into the Southern League, there was soon another FA Cup Proper appearance for Ronnie when the club played Bradford City and this was followed only months later with another league championship winner's medal.
The 1973/74 season was one of the greatest seasons in the club's history and Ronnie played his part in every round of that year's FA Cup run, including the ties against Rochdale and Middlesbrough.
The following two seasons still saw Ronnie as an important member of the side and he was rewarded with another FA Cup memory when the club played Port Vale in November 1975.
After a fairly uneventful following campaign, the 1977/78 season unfortunately saw Grantham battling at the foot of the table all year.
It was also a year which saw Ronnie's final goal for the club when he scored in the April 1978 fixture at home to Dover, a game which saw a rare victory for The Gingerbreads.
Despite playing in the side for many of the games after the Summer break, his appearance in the October 1978 FA Cup tie at Boston FC was to be his last for the team, with the imminent departure of Terry Bly just around the corner.
However, he continued to be involved with the club and even went on to have two spells as Grantham manager, first midway through the 1979/80 season after Bob Norris left the club, and then towards the end of the following season with the departure of Geoff Barker.
Off the field, Ronnie served an apprenticeship with Ruston and Hornsby, followed by a short spell at Steelweld before moving the BMARCo.
In 1992 he opened his own engineering company off Swingbridge Road, up to retirement.
Grantham loses music teacher who inspired so many
Geoff Winter (1932-2018)
Grantham lost one it's most influencial musicians yesterday, when former teacher, organist and all-round inspiration Geoff Winter died, aged 85.
There are few people in Grantham who have had anything do with music, who hasn't been influenced by Geoff, either tutored or by one of the groups, school events or festivals he created.
Geoff was born in Gorse Rise, around the corner from Hill Avenue where lived with his wife Cecilia.
He went first to Brownlow Infants School, Castlegate then to Harrowby Infants and finally Kings School.
He had been showing an interest in music since the age of two and this was especially encouraged by Kings' music teacher and St Wulfram's church organist Stephen 'Soloman' Mundy who encouraged him on both piano and church organ.
From there Geoff went to teacher training specialising in music at St John's College, York.
On his return, he became organist first at St John's, Manthorpe, then St Anne's, before taking over at St John in Spittlegate in 1960 – where he is still in post. Mr Winter is also a choirmaster at St John's.
He also became music master at St Wulfram's School (1956-65) then St Hugh's School until retiring in 1989 although until recently he gave private lessons.
His influence on Grantham's music is legendary. He was musical director of Grantham Singers, joint founder with Vincent Cable of Grantham Operatic Society and a founder member of Grantham Music Festival.
And his family continue to be influenced by his love of music. Married to Cecilia (patron saint of church music), his daughter Helen is a professional singer. Granddaughter Rebecca is a member of the Soldier's Wives' choir while son and grandson were both in local pop groups.
In the Queen's 2013 New Year's Honours he was awarded a British Empire Medal in recognition of his contribution to music.
His funeral will be held at St John's Church on Thursday May 17th at 1:30pm. All welcome to attend.
This will then be followed by a private service at Grantham Crematorium after which the family will return to St John's for the reception
Grantham music teacher and church organist Geoff Winter receives the British Empire Medal (BEM) from Lord Lt of Lincolnshire Tony Worth at St John in Spittlegate. Below, joined by his wife Cecilia at the same event. Church, 23rd March 2013.
Funeral arrangements for former singer/DJ
The funeral arrangements have now been made for former singer with the Magic Roundabout and Mad Hatters Disco DJ, Michael Lee, who died earlier this month.
It is on Wednesday 2nd May at 2.45pm at St Wulfram's Church followed by a cremation.
His celebration of life will be at The Railway Club afterwards.
Flowers or donations to British Heart foundation are all welcome.
Mick Lee of the Mad Hatters Disco in 1984
Tributes paid to war hero who died in Grantham
April 1, 2018 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
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Loss of a great Grantham sportsman
March 22, 2018 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
POPULAR Grantham sportsman Vic Heppenstall has died aged 86.
He was best known as an umpire with Belvoir Cricket Club, but he also helped coach many youngsters in the area for 30 years. For his help with Kings School cricketers, he was presented in 2014 with a portrait of himself by former West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers.
A post on Belvoir CC's fb site says "The passing of "Vic" as everyone associated with cricket knew him, has saddened not only the cricketing fraternity, but everyone that ever met him. He was just one of the good guys."
Among his other interest were collecting cricket-associated neckties.
Before retiring, he was proprietor of Grantham Shopfitters.
In 1972, he removed the original cast-ironwork which mounted the Guildhall clock which had become badly corroded and sections were disintegrating. It was replaced by an incurved pyramid was fabricated from strength and lightness with a copper covering, keeping the weight down to 250kgs.
Funeral arrangements are for Wednesday 11th April at 2pm at St Wulfram's Church.
Sir Garfield (Gary) Sobers, the legendary West Indies cricketer, considered one of cricket's greatest all-rounders presents a portrait to Grantham & Belvoir's legendary umpire Vic Heppenstall.
Vic Heppenstall waves from the Guildhall in January 1972 when the old capping had been removed from the Guildhall Clock.
Vic (left) and council workers prepare to put the new cap on the Guildhall Clock in 1972
Former Grantham teacher who played opposite Joan Collins, dies
December 9, 2017 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment
Actor, author, teacher and creator of a favour TV children's character, Paul Groves has died at Avery Lodge Care Home. He was 87.
He will be best known locally as Enbglish teacher ar St Hugh's for more than 20 years, although he also worked on the stage, for TV and writing chidren's books.
Paul Groves began in the acting profession and went on to become one of Britain's most prolific children's writers.
Born in Oxford in 1930, Paul showed a talent for acting at a young age and was encouraged by his father with whom he performed in amateur productions with.
At the age of 12 he appeared on stage in the D'Oyly Carte production of Mikado at the New Theatre in Oxford in front of a packed house.
After attending the City of Oxford School, Paul earned a scholarship to study at RADA with fellow students Warren Mitchell and Joan Collins.
The following three years saw Paul perform in a variety of plays, including a stint at the Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.
Becoming disillusioned with acting, Paul trained to be a teacher in 1957.
He moved to Grantham in 1961 to head the English department at St Hugh's School, where he taught for 23 years.
The move was a turning point in his life and set him on the path to becoming a children's writer.
He said: "Some time after moving to the school, I noticed there were a number of pupils for whom there was no material to help them learn to read and write.
"I decided to fill the gaps in the market."
This realisation prompted Paul to create the Tempo series of books which helped reintroduce the use of phonics.
Following this, Paul created Egbert Nosh in a bedtime story created for his two daughters, Wendy and Sally.
The story of a house which followed its owner was later read on Play School and, in 1970, was made into the only colour cartoons the BBC produced.
Paul's most famous series of books is Bangers and Mash, 50 tales about naughty chimpanzees designed to introduce humour into teaching children to read.
The stories were enriched by Edward McLachlan's illustrations.
ITV aired 25 cartoons in the 1970s which increased the chimps' popularity.
Paul's educational best-seller came in the form of Smudge and Chewpen – books to encourage children to correct common grammatical errors – which were in print for more than 20 years.
With 215 publications under his belt Paul returned to his thespian roots to become a playwright and performer.
Together with Howard Imber, he completed a Gilbert and Sullivan spoof called "Here's a How-do-you-do" which they promoted nationally and locally.
At the age of 74 he began performing a stand-up comedy routine.
He was a former president and co-founder of Grantham Writers.
The funeral service will be held at Grantham Crematorium, at 2pm on Tuesday 19th December. Arrangements by Robert Holland.
Grantham loses two great entertainers
Grantham has lost two musicians who make their mark on the town's lively music scene in the 1960s.
Mick 'Pedlar' Palmer was lead guitarist with a number of local groups, including Triangle, The Donnas and The Atmonics.
His funeral service will be at Grantham Crematorium at 1pm on Monday 2nd October
Best known as his alter ego Ricky Elvin, John Murphy (aka Rumfitt) he cut his first disc, Singing the Blues, at a penny-in-the slot recorder in America, while serving as a bellboy on the Queen Mary.
He sent a copy to 'Uncle' Harry Sanders, manager at the Granada, who played it to the audience on Sunday evening to rapturous applause.
He joined local group The Pontiacs as a singer and went with them on a European tour of American airbases.
After the group disbanded, he became resident singer at the Peacock, Redmile for a number of years.
His funeral service will be at Grantham Crematorium at 2pm on Monday, October 9
Ann Caroline Nix
May 16, 2017 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment
Dave Nix says…
It is with great Sadness that I announce the Death of my Beloved Wife Ann Caroline Nix (nee Ann Slater)
Ann went to KGGS where I'm certain she would have had many friends.
Sadly as is often the way, we moved away she lost touch them.
I'm sure she would love some of you to be there when she departs on her final journey.
The funeral will take place at Grantham Crematorium on Friday 2nd June at 1pm. No formal dress code wear whatever you like.
I really hope some of her old friends read this.
Frank Angeloni
January 19, 2017 by Grantham Matters 6 Comments
Franceso Elia Angeloni, better know as 'Frank', has died following a long illness. He was 68.
Born at Croxton Kerrial, he was the son of former naval pow Albino and his wife Pamela.
He claimed to have a 'finely tuned ear' and could diagnose a car fault simply by listening to it.
He worked for Franks Taxis and was the former owner of Abbey Cabs.
His son Mark said: "He was always the life and soul.
"He never turned away anyone who needed help. He was head and rock of our family. We will miss him greatly."
The funeral service will be held at Grantham Crematorium at 11am on Friday 17th February. Arrangements are by Robert Holland Funeral Services. Everyone welcome to attend.
The family request no flowers, but donations to Marie Curie rapid response unit, can be made at Robert Holland, St Catherine's Road.


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@douglas137 Tu as récupéré ou les deux skins ? Tu pourrais me les envoyer stp ?
Hey. Really nice script @muthaphurka However I am experiencing a problem. Whenever I use the flash speed (when I press SHIFT for fast running) (mod by JulioNIB) with your skin, I'm loosing 15-20 fps. I have even created a thread on this forum website. Do you also have this problem? Or you don't loose fps at all when running fast ?


There are few places on Earth that stimulate the imagination as much as the Amazon Rainforest of South America. This gigantic rainforest covers over 2.1 million square miles and is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, which makes it one of this world's ultimate wildlife viewing destinations. Taking a boat down the Amazon river and exploring the rainforest it intersects would be the adventure of a lifetime and is worthy of being on any serious traveler's bucket list.
What better place to watch an amazing sunset than over one of this world's most beautiful monuments. The Taj Mahal, which was constructed beginning in 1632 as a tribute to Shah Jahan's third wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their fourteenth child, is visited by over seven million tourists a year. Over twenty-eight different types of precious jewels are used in the decoration of this beautiful marble monument.
One of the most beautiful times to visit the Taj Mahal is around sunrise. With the sun coming up over the beautiful marble of the monument, the color will absolutely blow your mind. I would certainly rank seeing the Taj Mahal at sunrise as one of the top travel experiences that I think all travelers should have in their lifetime.
This wouldn't be a proper top travel experiences list if I didn't mention one of the most popular tourist locations on Earth. Yes, the Great Pyramids of Giza are a well-known tourist destination. However, there is a really good reason why they are such a well-known tourist destination. They are one of this world's greatest, and oldest, engineering marvels. The Great Pyramid was built between 2560 and 2540 BCE for the great Pharaoh Khufu and was the tallest structure on Earth for thousands of years after being built.
One of the most magical times to see the pyramids is at sunset. It is quite a spectacular view to see the sun setting behind these spectacular structures. If you are looking for an amazing travel experience, it is really tough to beat seeing the Great Pyramids of Giza at sunset. Every traveler should have this on their list of travel experiences to have before they die.
The Galápagos Islands is a dream destination of mine that I was finally able to cross off my bucket list last year. As one of the premier wildlife destinations in the world to travel to, the Galápagos attract animal lovers from around the globe each year. After all, nowhere else in the world are you able to see penguins at the equator. If you are thinking about taking a trip to the Galápagos, I would start by reviewing my Everything You Need to Know to Visit the Galápagos Islands Guide to get you started.
Hiking to Machu Picchu is a travel adventure that I was lucky enough to cross off my bucket list just last year, and I am still in utter amazement about how breathtakingly beautiful this site is. It's hard to imagine that this site all but disappeared for nearly 500 years, only to be rediscovered in 1911. You really aren't able to comprehend the beauty and majesty of Machu Picchu until you see it with your own eyes. If you are thinking about crossing a trek to Machu Picchu off of your bucket list, I would suggest you start by reviewing my Ultimate Guide to Hiking the Inca Trail.
As one of this planet's "wonders of the world", the Great Wall of China probably doesn't need much of an introduction. This absolute marvel of engineering almost speaks for itself. When putting together a list of the Top Travel Adventures in the world, it is almost impossible then to not mention the Great Wall. At over 13,170 miles long, there is a lot of the wall to explore. So the next time you are looking for an amazing travel experience to plan, keep a walk on the Great Wall of China in mind.
This is an adventure that I will be lucky enough to cross off my list later this year. I cannot tell you how excited I am to be able to dive in one of this world's most infamous reefs. The amount of marine wildlife that lives in the Great Barrier Reef is mind-blowing, which is why it is one of this world's premier diving and snorkeling destinations. As much as 10% of the world's fish population, in addition to a plethora of other marine wildlife, calls the Great Barrier Reef it's home. This is why diving in the Great Barrier Reef has made its way onto my top travel experiences to have before you die list.
I have touched on some absolutely epic landscapes in my list of the top 50 travel experiences to have before you die, but when it comes to epic landscapes, it is hard to imagine one being more epic than the tallest mountain in the world. Mount Everest is so high that its summit is at the cruising altitude for jet airliners. At 29,029 feet tall, this mountain dwarfs anything else on Earth in terms of height.
While climbing Mount Everest is a feat that most of us can't ever see us being able to accomplish, that doesn't mean you can't experience the majesty of this special place. Hiking to the base camp, which is the lowest altitude camp that climbers use when ascending Mount Everest, is an accomplishment in-and-of-itself and allows travelers to get a great view of the mountain and see first-hand how special this place is. However, if you want to make the hike you will need to do it from the Nepalese side because China has recently closed the Tibetan side to tourists because of a problem with trash that has been left behind.
The roughly 80-mile hike from Kathmandu to the base camp of Mount Everest typically takes around 12-days to complete. You will spend roughly 9 days hiking up to the camp and then 3-days hiking back. While getting to the camp and seeing Mount Everest is the ultimate goal, you will be treated to absolutely breathtaking scenery along the way. No list of the ultimate travel experiences a traveler can have before they die is complete without a trek to Mount Everest Base Camp on it.
I was lucky enough to cross this item off my list a few years back, and boy did this adventure live up to expectations. There are few wildlife adventures out there that come close to matching the wildebeest migration on the Serengeti in Tanzania and the Masaai Mara in Keyna. Each year, roughly 1.5 million wildebeest, along with roughly 200,000 zebra and a host of antelope species, make the loop between the Serengeti and the Masaai Mara to follow the rains. It is truly an event that you have to see to appreciate. If you would like to cross this item off your bucket list, I would suggest you start by reading my Serengeti National Park Safari Guide to get you started.
The top place on my travel bucket list for some time has been a trip to Antarctica, and for good reason. The seventh continent is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It certainly is one of the wildest and the dryest. In fact, most people don't realize that it receives so little precipitation that it is actually classified as a desert. With a chance to see icebergs as big as skyscrapers and observe some of the highest concentrations of marine wildlife in the world, taking an Antarctic cruise is well-deserving of being in the top spot in my top travel experiences to have before you die.
I've walked the great wall and it is fantastic! Great list.
Wow Josh, I'm surprised that being perpetual travelers, that the only place we've been to on your list is the Amazon, when we were living in Ecuador. You've inspired me to add some more places to my bucket list. Thanks for a great post!
Yes! Antarctica and Everest Base Camp are near the top of my list too!


This is such an easy pot holder pattern to sew and customize to your liking! It's great for personal use, to sell at craft shows, or to give as a handmade gift from the heart. These sets of pot holders have been one of my best sellers at craft shows. Everyone loves them! With step by step detailed instructions and tips, along with several pictures for guidance, anyone can make these special potholders. There's also a free downloadable PDF of the pattern instructions for your convenience.
Use your creativity to make this your own. I make the front of the pot holders a lot of different ways – patchwork, applique, with a pocket, adding trim, etc. Just make sure that you have a 9 1/2″ square when you're finished.
It's nice to have a helper.
I cut out one set with the front all one piece, and another set with four patchwork squares. I cut the patchwork squares 5″ x 5″. When I sew them together with a 1/4″ seam allowance, I will have a 9 1/2″ square.
Cutting Tip: I used to cut out everything with my rotary cutter but I went through blades so fast that I stopped. Now I use my rotary cutter for the fabric, but for the batting and insul-brite I measure and draw the squares with a permanent marker, and cut it out with scissors.
This is the fabric that I'm using for this tutorial. I like to use kitchen-like fabric for pot holders so I'm using herb packets and pots on a brown background for the front. I like to use a heavy cotton twill or canvas for the back and loop.
First, fold the 2 strips in half lengthwise, right side on the outside and iron. Then fold the lengthwise raw edges to the crease in the center. Iron. With everything folded, raw edges on the inside, line up the outside edge and iron.
Edgestitch down both sides of the folded strips.
Tip: I like to use my blind hem stitch foot so I have a guide for straight stitches.
Find the center of the front pieces along the top edge and baste a strip to the right side of each front making a loop.
Layer the fabric in this order, bottom to top.
The fabric is layered this way so that the silver side of the insul-brite will be facing the outside on the back of the potholder where it's needed.
Line up the edges of the layers and sew with a 1/2 inch seam allowance, leaving an opening in the bottom.
Tip: Because there are so many layers I like to use my walking foot so that my fabric doesn't stretch out, but it isn't necessary.
Tip: Another way to keep the fabric from stretching is to to use a heavier cotton like twill for the back and loop. This is what I usually do, and with the heavier fabric on top, it eliminates the stretching.
Turn the pot holders right side out through the opening in the bottom. Make sure to poke the corners out the best you can.
Iron the potholders and iron the opening on the bottom closed along the seam allowance. The better this is ironed, the easier it is to sew. Stitch the opening closed, close to the edge.
Topstitch around the entire pot holder.
Tip: If the feed dog won't move the fabric forward when you start to sew it is probably because the presser foot isn't level. Just wedge something under the presser foot in the back to level it out. There's a tool that you can buy to do this but I just use whatever I have handy – usually sticky notes.
A couple of detail pictures.
For your convenience, download the PDF.
I'm not familiar with insul-brite. Does the potholder only have protection for the hand on one side?
Insul-brite gives added protection. It does more than a layer of batting because one side of the insul-brite reflects heat away from it. There will be protection on both sides, but it works better if the reflective side is facing the hot object. Thanks for your question!
What a great tutorial from WAY BACK in 2015… so glad I found it. I'm anxious to give these pot holders a try. Your directions and photos are exceptionally detailed and your personal tips are such a valuable bonus. Thank you for so freely sharing after you did all the work.


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I am again running an annual book fair for a worthy high school. This year (along with Powells Books) we are helping Ballou High School in Washington DC. I have a post up at GLW explaining how it all works and, most importantly, a video of how empty the school's shelves are. They made the video in January and there were 1,150 books in the library and 1,200 kids in the school - which is less than a book a kid which is, honestly, appalling.
Don't get me started on how I feel about the fact that the librarian has to get people like me to help them fill those shelves.
We have 900+ books on the list which is a mighty big thing and while we've sold more than 400 so far, we have a long haul to go to get them all on the way by the 20th when the fair shuts down. Melissa Jackson, the librarian, doesn't really believe it will happen. We've always sold out before though and I do hope, for her and her students, we can do it again.
This sounds like a cause GeekDads can really get behind. Let's join with Guys Lit Wire and give Ballou Senior High a hand in reaching their goal!


Aromatic hops of European origin. Malheur Zestig has a high level of bitter units and a balanced hop flavor.
Get this from the Rarebeerclub.com While trying to order, Jolly Pumpkin's Los Vivos y Muertos Saison, they had to replace that beer with this one due to the Government shut down in early October 2013. While I was a bit disappointed, great talks about this beer made me think otherwise. Since I had ordered previously to get the JP beer, I was sent this one instead. Not a bad choice at all considering that it is made by the brewery who has ties to De Halve Maan Brewery. I was pleasantly surprised.
Aftertaste is mildly hoppy but floral, herbal, fruity and honey sweet. This is one good Belgian beer. Very nice, smooth and refreshing. Hidden alcohol and moderate drinkability.
Overall, an amazing great Belgian IPA. It hits the right places. Nice Flowers and hop character and releasing some very nice bread, yeast, spicy and fruity flavors. Definitely recommended if you love Belgian beers for sure.
I picked this one up since I was really curious. Dubbles and Doppel bocks are both really good beer styles in Belgium and Germany. However but to put them together and with figs and dates, this was definitely up my alley in terms of sweet beer goodness. The aromas of this beer include raisin bread, nuts, caramel, figs, toffee, fruit cake, bananas and cloves. The flavors are quite pleasant. You definitely get those nice Belgian bready notes and some toffee rich notes of the doppel along with bananas, raisins, dates, figs, plums, dried fruits, pecans, some hazelnut, caramel, earthy and spicy notes, fruit cake, slight vanilla, tangy and slightly tart cranberries, passion fruit, very small minty, molasses and licorice hints as well as a slight port wine flavor to it that reminded me of a Trois Pistoles light (If there ever was one). Ofcourse this is not the almighty Trois Pistoles, but needless to say, this beer turned out to be good. The earthy and minty or licorice like notes keep some of the excess sweetness away which tries to keep this hybrid balance. Overall I enjoyed this beer quite a lot. Definitely worth trying. So much so that I might get another one soon.
Blonde ale with malty sweetness and a touch of fruity spiciness, Noble Hops aromas and notes of citrus. Suitable to serve to kings, or pretenders to the iron throne.
Ommegang makes some of the best beers in the world but this beer seems like a marketing gimmick really. Regardless, I was able to get a bottle to review for a couple of bucks. The artwork is amazing I will give it that 😛 so I tried to pair some awesome artwork to go with it. The aromas are of some of the best beer fragrances but typically the same as you would find in a tripel or Belgian blonde with fragrances of caramel and honey biscuit bread, banana, bubble gum, apples, peppercorns, citrus, flowers, lemon grass, slight apricot and spices like cloves. The flavors are close to an Allagash Curiex or even the Duvel Rustica. Peppercorns, honey, toasted biscuit bread, slight lemon, grassy notes, slight sour apples, peach, bananas, bubble gum, orange juice, whole grains, clove spice and coriander. It is a very awesome beer for sure, but don't expect nothing new from what you would get from some of the best Tripels and Belgian Pales out there. Even so, this is a great gateway beer for those seeking into trying Belgian beers. Hence the reason why it is more of a lighter bodied beer than some of Ommegang's best (Art of Darkness or Three Philosophers) in my opinion ofcourse ;). Still worth a pickup. I will admit that as the beer warms up, it does get even sweeter flavors, almost like a vanilla and burnt sugar flavor, so I guess just give it a moment while drinking it, it could surprise you.
The second verse of our "Twelve Beers of Christmas" saga begins with caramel and toasty, nutty malt with a luscious layer of chocolate. Happy Holidays!
The 2nd bottle their 12 days of Christmas. As soon as I opened the bottle I got a rush of amazing dark fruit character. Raspberries, cherries, grapes, raisins, plums, cranberries, blue berries, chocolate, cinnamon, ginger spice, hazelnut, dulce de leche caramel and some sweet bread mocha fragrance as well. The flavors are of dark chocolate covered raisins, cherries, slight wine funkyness, dulce de leche caramel, vanilla, oak, coffee, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecan pie, roasted almonds, chocolate mocha, whipped cream and coffee cake. This is a luscious desert in a bottle. I would only have to assume it is to die for when floated with ice cream. I will admit, I almost wanted to chew although it is just liquid ;). The aftertaste is a lot like a caramel, chocolate mocha, whipped cream and coffee. As for the alcohol it does no deter from the drink-ability or the flavor. It is kinda smooth going down for a 12% which is quite unheard of. What really wins for this is the flavor. Just way good. This beer has probably been aging for quite a while and has developed a great amount of complexity. It is freaking delicious.
Bush de Noël (Scaldis Noel) by Brasserie Dubuisson Frères sprl is a 12%ABV Belgian Strong Dark Ale.
Like it's epic counter part, this beer has fragrances of banana, caramel, some dark fruit noted, nutmeg, cinnamon and all spice. This awesome beer is only a small sample of a strong Belgian beer that screams with flavors like a quad or a Dubbel. There are some flavors of a litle bit of bourbon, cinnamon, banana cloves, coriander spice, all spice, nutmeg, sweet bread like, citrus, raisins, blueberries, pilsner grain, vinous grapes, and graham crackers. It is indeed a lighter version in terms of flavor complexity than what is found in the aged version. Still complex and strong though. A strong Christmas beer with a lot of delight. Drinks like a Trois Pistoles as well. So yeah, I think I am being reasonable to say that is is worth a try and a sipper :P. One if the best Christmas Belgian beers for sure.
Ommegang XV 15th Aniversary Ale is a 9.6% ABV Belgian Trappist Dark Ale Reserve. I am already a huge fan of Ommegang as they do Belgian beers very well. This is no exception and I seriously think it can go toe to toe with the Trappist styles of Belgian. Just like Westvleteren 12. This is pretty good and hard to find. Probably because it is still trickling down the distribution chains.
Ommegang XV Reserve Ale is an Extraordinary and uncommon ale, even by our refined standards.
One year in creation-and brewed but once- Ommegang XV Reserve Celebrates Fifteen years of creating fine Belgian-Style Ales.
This Celebratory ale honors our ancestry, and pays homage to the world's most desired ales- The Legendary Trappist Ales of Belgium.
Like the revered Trappist Ales, Ommegang XV reserve is brewed with only the finest ingredients and with devotion and care-creating an ale with strikingly complex aromas and flavors.
Deep, Dark, and Elegant, this ale will delight and satisfy today and will age gracefully in the cellar.


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Michael Keaton explains Spider-Man: Homecoming's Vulture relevance, says you're going to "like him"
By Bradley Russell 2017-01-23T11:41:35.22Z News
If the Marvel Cinematic Universe has one big flaw it's that, Loki aside, its villains are pretty bland and one-dimensional. But have no fear, Spider-Man: Homecoming's Vulture looks to buck the trend with Michael Keaton saying people are actually going to "like him."
Michael Keaton has already donned the latex boots of superheroes (Batman) and even bird-brained costumed crusaders (Birdman… kinda) but Vulture will be a whole 'nother ball game grounded in reality, as he revealed to EW.
"The character actually has more relevance [to modern-day life]," Keaton stated, before adding, "There's a B-story to this guy that's kind of really interesting and really relevant."
Not only will viewers identify with Vulture in how he fits into our word but, shock, horror, they might actually like him according to Keaton: "A lot of people are going to like him, probably more than they want to, would be my guess."
Spider-Man has previous with trying to create likeable, tragic villains and it's never quite worked out. Here's hoping Michael Keaton can prove to be a great foil for Spidey and an interesting, likeable villain.
Directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, and Donald Glover, Spider-Man: Homecoming will hit theaters on July 7, 2017.
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Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a large shallow baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Rinse stalk and sprouts. Trim off discolored outside leaves and remove sprouts on one side of the stalk so that the stalk can lay flat on the sheet pan. Place the removed sprouts onto the side of the pan.
Whisk together 1/4 c. olive oil and honey. With a basting brush, apply mixture over Brussels sprout stalk and loose sprouts. Be sure to brush oil mixture on all sides of the stalk. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Roast in the oven for 40-45 minutes until sprouts are evenly browned and tender.
In a small bowl, combine orange zest and pomegranate arils (seeds) and set aside.
Transfer roasted stalk to a large platter along with the loose Brussels sprouts. Top with a drizzle of olive oil. Sprinkle with the orange zest and pomegranate mixture. Use serving tongs to gently twist the sprout from the stalk.
Pair with Mandolin Pinot Noir.
Raw Brussels sprout stalks make festive centerpieces for the holiday table when combined with cabbage heads, squash, pomegranates and fresh flowers.


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Q: how to compare a list's elements 3 at a time in prolog Given a list (A) I want to be able to create a new list (B) that contains only the elements of A that are the smallest or the biggest compared to their next and previous element. My problem is that I don't know how to do the comparisons of each element with its previous one.
(This question may be silly but I'm new to prolog and any help would be appreciated.)

A: You could start with something like that:
compareElem([]).
compareElem([H,H1,H2|B]):-compareElem(B),
                          compare(?Order, H1,H2),
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where ?Order is the order of comparison (like '<' or '>'). See compare/3.
Some queries:
?- compareElem([1,2,3,4,5,6]).
true.

?- compareElem([1,2,3,4,5,3]).
false.

of course to apply this example you must ensure that the list has 3n elements, this is just a basic example. Together with this comparison you can generate the other list

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This article lists political parties in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia has a multi-party parliament. The legislature was mostly dominated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, until it was succeeded by the Prosperity Party in December 2019. The latest general election would have taken place in August 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent general election took place in 2021.

List

Parliamentary parties

Other national parties
National parties without members of parliament  include:

Other regional parties

Defunct Parties

Notes
1. In 2022, a party of the same name sent in application for a registration license, it was denied by The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) in August of the same year.

References

External links
List of registered political parties on the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs webpage
Alphabet Soup, a 1995 list of Ethiopian parties prepared by the UN

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New project to bring world-class medicines 'smart' packaging capability to the UK
Manufacturing | Packaging | Sustainability
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), the UK's technology innovation provider for process manufacturing, announced it has begun the first phase of its 'Medicines Smart Packaging' project
This phase of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) funded project, known as SmartMed, will begin the process of crystallising the needs for innovation in the smart packaging of medicines and medical devices leading to the creation of an innovation capability.
The healthcare sector is in the midst of change, driven by multiple factors including longer life expectancies, a rise in chronic disease and a shift in the pharmaceutical industry towards advanced and personalised therapies.
There is also an increasing number of people taking multiple medicines, putting pressure on the NHS to be able to track exactly where drugs are going and when patients are taking them.
With the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt's target for digital-led NHS treatment by 2018, there is increasing expectation on the sector to use technology, such as smart packaging, to address these issues.
Using smart packaging would also benefit organisations such as distribution companies, who could track and monitor medicines throughout the supply chain, as well as pharmaceutical companies who could use sensors to monitor environmental conditions during storage and delivery including temperature, humidity and damage, to ensure that medicines are effective when they reach the patient.
Smart packaging for medicines could feature printed sensors that can also be used to help with patient compliance. This is a major issue for healthcare, because patients that do not take their medicines as prescribed not only risk their health, but also contribute to significant economic losses for healthcare providers such as the NHS in the UK.
"From manufacture to clinical supply to patients, digital technologies and new types of material have the potential to revolutionise the way in medicines are packaged and therapies of all kinds are delivered. Innovation in this area can help to improve both the effectiveness and experience of treatments for patients," said Richard Baker, Head of Policy and Strategy at the North East LEP.
"The North East has established strengths in technologies like printable electronics, product formulation and digital application which, if brought together, could make a step change in medicines delivery and also develop approaches of value to other industries such as food and consumer products. We are delighted to be working with CPI and other partners on this project, which will aim to ensure that the North East takes a leading role in this area."
The Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP), a partnership between the UK government and industry, has endorsed the creation of a national centre of excellence in packaging for medicines.
This will support the development of the next generation of packaging technology and the associated smart devices required for new and novel medicines, including specialist packaging needed throughout the manufacturing supply chain.
The proposed world-class centre of excellence would allow medicine manufacturing and medical technology companies to build their niche capabilities and differentiate themselves in the global marketplace, securing activity and creating jobs.
CPI will be hosting a series of workshops to speak to the pharmaceutical industry, distribution companies, NHS, pharmacies and patient groups to assess their need for these innovations and the proposed capability creation.
CPI is happy to hear from any companies or groups that may be interested in taking part in these workshops, please contact info@uk-cpi.com for more information.
"The project will focus on defining and crystallising the user requirements leading to a significant and globally recognised innovation capability in the North East, helping UK companies to stay at the forefront," says Alex Cole, Centre for Process Innovation.
Centre for Process Innovation
Pfizer partners with Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre
MicrofluidX makes key collaboration for microfluidics platform
CPI CEO passes the torch
CPI and Oxford University join forces to lower NADH production cost
Rapid formulation stability screening platform tests real-world use
Research partnership removes bottleneck from AAV development
Innovation centre works with pharma giants on continuous manufacturing
Catapult creates open-access facility for liquid manufacturing research
Pilot line for nanopharmaceuticals up and running in the UK
Continuous wet granulation manufacturing underway at CPI
Partnership to develop cost effective regenerative medicine
CPI heads European formulated product project
Stream Bio shares development of its bioimaging probes
Medicines manufacturing centre planned to strengthen UK pharma
Research hub aims to tackle the spread of new diseases


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Dinner and a Show: The Sound of Music!
Within 3-5 days, you will receive an email from the restaurant group asking for your date preferences and to reserve your showtime. Please do not book your showtime through the Thalian Hall website or box office. Alcohol and gratuity not included.
Showtimes February 27-March 8!
This deal is good for a $50 gift certificate to YoSake, Taste the Olive and Vine, Anne Bonny's or Dram + Morsel, and two tickets to The Sound of Music
Purchasers will receive an email to the address registered to their encoredeals account with redemption instructions. Alcohol and gratuity not included.
The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain's immediate service in their navy. The family's narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. The motion picture version remains the most popular movie musical of all time.
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Dorothy Dehner (1901 - 1994) fue una escultora estadounidense, enmarcada dentro del expresionismo abstracto. Su obra se encuentra incluida en las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Mujeres Artistas y el Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
"Dorothy Dehner" en Artcyclopedia.
Entrevista con Dorothy Dehner (Oct 1965 & Dic 1966), Archivos de Arte Estadounidense, Institución smithsoniana
Dorothy Dehner, Museo Nacional de Mujeres Artistas
Dorothy Dehner, Museo de Arte Estadounidense Smithsoniano
 Documentos Dorothy Dehner en los Archivos Smithsonianos de Arte Estadounidense

Escultoras de Estados Unidos
Escultores de Estados Unidos del siglo XX
Pintores del Expresionismo abstracto
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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are used to render key resources unavailable. A classic DDoS attack disrupts a financial institution's website and temporarily blocks the ability of consumers to bank online. A more strategic attack makes a key resource inaccessible during a critical period. Some examples of this type of attack may include rendering a florist's website unavailable on Valentine's Day, slowing or blocking access to tax documents in mid-April or disrupting communication during a critical trading window. Prominent DDoS attacks have been conducted against financial institutions, news organizations, internet security resource providers and government agencies. All organizations that rely on network resources are considered potential targets.
Attacks can and have targeted any system that relies on internet connectivity. The financial services sector is a frequent target of large-scale DDoS attacks and continues to face ever-growing attacks. While these incidents are well documented, this segment of our nation's economy is not a special case and some of the largest attacks have been directed at security-related sites and services. Over the past five years the scale of attacks has increased tenfold. It is not clear if current network infrastructure could withstand future attacks if they continue to increase in scale.
This project addresses three related DDoS defense challenges. First, DDoSD is working to increase deployment of best practices that would slow attack scale growth, specifically a technique called Internet Best Current Practice 38 that blocks forged packets at or near the source. Second, DDoSD is seeking to defend networks against massive one terabit per second (Tbps) scale attacks through development of collaboration tools suitable for medium-scale organizations. Last, the project is working to defend emergency management systems—both current 911 and Next Generation 911 systems—from Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) attacks.
Some DDoS attacks make use of spoofed source addresses. Existing best practices filter out forged addresses at the network periphery. Additional best practices extend this guidance to more complex deployments. The collection of anti-spoofing best practices could help mitigate DDoS attacks that rely on forged addresses. Measurement and analysis tools are required to test whether new anti-spoofing deployments are successful, verify existing anti-spoofing practices are working correctly, and provide evidence to demonstrate both advantages and limitations when anti-spoofing best practices are deployed in an organization.
The distributed nature of DDoS attacks provides several advantages to the attacker. An attack often comes from a large number of compromised computers that span multiple organizations. Further, as network bandwidth and computational power increases, the attacker benefits from the increased resources that provide them the capability to conduct more powerful attacks. To counter this threat, organizations that make use of network services must invest in resources that keep pace with the increasing significance of the attacks.
This technical topic area seeks to address new variations of denial of service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attack concepts are being directed at a growing range of services. For example, in spring 2013 DHS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued warnings for DDoS attacks targeting emergency management services such as 911 systems. Systems including—but not limited to—mobile devices, cyber-physical systems and critical infrastructure components are potential targets for these attacks. Too often the response to new types of attacks and targets is reactive; attackers develop new techniques and/or target new systems and this change in course drives mitigation efforts. Therefore, the goal is to identify potential targets for DDoS that have not been subject to known large-scale DDoS attacks and develop DDoS mitigation capabilities that will be able to withstand a DDoS attack that is double in magnitude from the capabilities of the target's DDoS defense capability at the beginning of the project.
The NetBrane effort is developing a DDoS detection-and-mitigation system to defend against Internet DDoS attacks. The system combines high-speed packet capture (100 Gigabits per second [Gbps] or more) with machine learning to detect traffic anomalies, even if they are obscure; Software Defined Networking (SDN) to deploy fine-grain filtering rules that can be pushed instantly; and proactive defenses using network structural information and tips from hacker activities.
This effort's novel approach is to shift the advantage from a TDoS attacker to the network administrator by developing the capability to authenticate callers and detect fraudulent call spoofing. These solutions—based on a series of filters that assign a risk-threat score to every call—will enable 911 systems administrators to better respond to and manage TDoS threats.
The Spoofer project provides the capability to measure whether a network is compliant with one of the most critical and longstanding, yet still elusive best practices—BCP38/84. This best practice supports source address validation, i.e., ensuring all packets leaving a network use only source addresses belonging to that network.
This effort is developing a solution that integrates cost effective National Emergency Number Association (NENA) complication Border Control Function (BCF), VoIP firewall, and Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) defenses, and smart call handling. This solution will assist in filling capability and resilience gaps with continued operations in the face of TDoS and DDoS attacks.
SENSS is deployable with the current internet service provider (ISP) infrastructure, which enables any ISP to offer automated services for DDoS diagnosis and mitigation, and the capability for a victim to query its own ISP regarding in-bound traffic, routes to prefixes, and helping detect best points for mitigation.
The Drawbridge effort focuses on deploying DDoS filters upstream and placing filters at prime locations on the network to minimize attack traffic to the victim. Ideally, this approach will also lower overall DDoS traffic impact on the internet.
DHS S&T is developing tools and technologies to protect critical infrastructure sectors, including emergency communications from cyberattacks. S&T has partnered with SecureLogix, a telecommunications security company, to develop mitigation solutions to enhance the functionality of Next Generation 911 (NG911) call centers from cyberattacks. Hear from S&T's DDoSD program manager Dr. Ann Cox and SecureLogix's Mark Collier talk about S&T's solutions for securing NG911 call centers.


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PDF2 PDF |Add To My Favorites | Version: 02/24/14 - Amended Senate 06/04/13 - Amended Senate 04/25/13 - Amended Assembly 03/19/13 - Amended Assembly 02/20/13 - Introduced
AB-621 Local government: bonds.(2013-2014)
AB621:v95#DOCUMENT
Amended IN Senate February 24, 2014
Amended IN Senate June 04, 2013
Amended IN Assembly April 25, 2013
Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2013
Introduced by Assembly Member Wagner
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Beth Gaines and Harkey)
An act to add Section 53593.5 to the Government Code, relating to local government.
AB 621, as amended, Wagner. Local government: bonds.
Existing law prohibits an investment firm, as defined, from having specified interests in a new issue of bonds from a local agency.
This bill would prohibit a local agency from entering into a financial advisory, legal advisory, underwriting, or similar relationship with an individual or firm, with respect to a bond issue that requires voter approval on or after January 1, 2014, if that individual or firm provided or will provide bond campaign services to the bond campaign. The bill would specifically exempt from that prohibition a relationship between a local agency and an individual or firm entered into before the public agency takes action to place a new issue of bonds on the ballot for voter approval on or after January 1, 2014. The bill would also prohibit a local agency from entering into an underwriting relationship with an individual or firm, with respect to a new issue of bonds that requires voter approval on or after January 1, 2014, if the local agency has a financial advisory relationship with that individual or firm with respect to the same issue of bonds. The bill would define certain terms for those purposes.
(a) (1) A local agency shall not enter into a financial advisory, legal advisory, underwriting, or other similar relationship with an individual or firm, with respect to a new issue of bonds that requires voter approval on or after January 1, 2014, if that individual or firm provided or will provide bond campaign services to the bond campaign. This paragraph does not apply to a financial advisory, legal advisory, underwriting, or other similar relationship between a local agency and an individual or firm entered into before the public agency takes action to place a new issue of bonds on the ballot for voter approval on or after January 1, 2014.
(2) A local agency shall not enter into an underwriting relationship with an individual or firm, with respect to a new issue of bonds that requires voter approval on or after January 1, 2014, if the local agency has a financial advisory relationship with that individual or firm with respect to the same issue of bonds.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) (A) "Bond campaign services" includes fundraising, donation by the individual or firm to the bond campaign, public opinion polling, election strategy and management, organization of campaign volunteers, get-out-the-vote services, development of campaign literature, and advocacy materials.
(B) "Bond campaign services" does not include either of the following:
(i) Advice and support related to the preparation of tax rate statements and other documentation required for inclusion in the voter pamphlet published by the applicable county registrar of voters.
(ii) Public opinion polling that is conducted before a bond measure is placed on the ballot for the purposes of gathering information regarding, and evaluating the potential for, the adoption of the bond measure by the electorate.
(2) "Individual" means a person engaged in the business of providing financial advice, legal advice, underwriting, or other similar services.


Home » Engagement » Account-based marketing not working? Try these 4 fixes.
Account-based marketing (ABM) is the latest strategy to improve your marketing ROI. But most organizations are doing it wrong. Let's help you fix that.
According to ITSMA, 85% of marketers surveyed said that they believe account-based marketing outperforms other marketing efforts.
It's a nice belief. It even makes sense. The problem is, only half of them said they actually see a significantly higher ROI.
Sure, your new implementation might show a marginal 5-10% increase in ROI. But what about 50%, 100%, and 200%? Aren't those the numbers you should be after?
Account-based marketing is a highly-targeted approach. That means you're spending both your time and resources on th most profitable accounts and improving conversion rates with a focused effort.
Unfortunately, as we just learned, many marketers are missing the full value that account-based marketing offers.
Instead of developing a true ABM strategy, they are treating the initiative like glorified marketing segmentation. Which is better than nothing, but not nearly as powerful as it could be.
So what sets a true ABM strategy apart? By the end of this article, you'll see the difference between ABM and other marketing approaches. You'll be able to update your ABM strategy and gain the knowledge you need to close more deals.
But first, let's take a look at the main problems with traditional marketing and how ABM aims to solve them.
Traditional segmentation separates leads into different buckets (the "segments") so that you can market to them with more specific messaging. For example: eCommerce store owners versus Fortune 500 marketing managers.
It often relies on tracking the lead's behavior online to take a guess at where they land. What lead magnets did they download?
It still relies on lumping leads into broad categories.
It's reactionary – you can only segment based on the behavior you successfully track online.
It requires the customer to find you, engage with your content, and opt into your funnel.
This weak structure is probably why Forrester found that, on average, only 0.75% of leads that companies generate actually result in sales. Only 0.75%? That's less than 1%!
It starts with specific and personalized targeting right out of the gate by identifying the key influencers inside companies you'd like to work with. You then engage those key players directly with personalized marketing.
It's personal and specific. You eliminate the broad buckets that only connect with the customer halfway.
It's proactive because you'll plan specifically for key accounts and key individuals (and then tweak your plan based on their reactions).
This can lead to serious results for your bottom line.
While you'll bring in fewer leads, an effective ABM strategy will actually raise your marketing ROI because each lead will be worth more.
Which explains why 78% of B2B Marketers surveyed in 2016 said that ABM was important or very important to their marketing strategy and 86% said that its importance has been growing over the past two years.
Something there tells us it's only a matter of time before the 22% realize they're missing out on something big.
The problem is that many businesses say they're doing account-based marketing but fail to see it all the way through.
They fall into bad habits or take shortcuts and end up with a glorified segmentation campaign. It's a great starting point, but there is so much more to a full-scale ABM strategy.
Even if you are seeing results, unless you're following these techniques, you're probably not getting as much as you could from account-based marketing. Let's fix that.
So, what exactly is account-based marketing if not segmentation?
Account-based marketing is segmented marketing all grown up. As we learned above, the main distinction is that the segmentation starts before you even make contact. And this acts as a filter against wasting time on unqualified deals.
It's best suited for B2B companies selling to mid-size to enterprise-level businesses with multiple stakeholders that influence the purchase decision. Because it's designed to reach these key influencers individually and turn them into advocates for your product who will do some of the selling for you.
With a smaller business, it's easier for sales to get in front of the key decision-maker personally, so there's less need to create multiple internal advocates.
That doesn't mean it can't be effective on a smaller scale, but it's important to keep in mind what this technique was developed for so you can properly apply it.
Automation still plays a major role in most companies' ABM strategies.
And what about people's positions? Phone numbers? The organizational chart? With the length of most B2B sales cycles, it's important to keep this up to date. People change positions, offices, and companies all the time.
You need to make sure you're hitting all the right people and have all the information you need to do so.
This is why it's important to keep your data clean and organized.
If your team doesn't trust the data, they can't operate efficiently or effectively. And if the data isn't accurate, it can lead to deal-killing mistakes.
There's nothing more awkward than repeating a conversation with a prospect on the phone. Or worse, giving them information that conflicts with your marketing materials!
This is why it's so alarming that only 24% of managers surveyed said that their organizations have the right data for effective marketing. And just 31% felt their data was sufficient for good sales.
To fix this, you need to regularly update or delete out-of-date information.
And it's not just quantitative marketing data that matters. Your team should be keeping detailed qualitative notes inside your CRM so that everyone knows where the account stands.
Account-based marketing requires marketers to think a bit more like salespeople, and it requires salespeople to think a bit more like marketers. There isn't the same hand-off that happens in traditional marketing where the marketing team finds and develops the lead before passing it off to the sales team to nurture and close it.
It's a good idea to include your sales team right from the beginning.
Salespeople often have a better intuition about which deals are likely to close, so they need to be involved in selecting the target accounts right from the very beginning. They can also help you identify the right influencers inside the organization to target.
I know what you're thinking: it's brutally tough to get sales and marketing to work together. But consider running weekly status updates where both teams meet together to discuss your ABM leads and their status. Both teams can find mutual benefits by exchanging information, allowing marketers to better touch on pain points to bring in leads for the sales team.
And it's not just in the beginning. The sales team should keep the marketing team updated throughout the process so that the marketers can continue to hit them with the right content and resources to aid them in the decision-making process.
This is why organizations with "tightly-aligned" sales and marketing teams see 38% higher sales win rates along with 36% higher customer retention rates.
The problem is that, despite the clear benefits, Forrester research reports that only 8% of companies believe they have strong alignment between these departments.
To fix this, your organization should follow RollWorks' process for sales and marketing alignment.
Accountability is key because it encourages the teams to coordinate their efforts toward a common goal. For example, when marketing is measured solely by the number of leads generated, it incentivizes them to focus on quantity, not quality.
If this is how you measure results, then disqualifying leads would cause them to report worse metrics even though it would be in the best interest of the company to do so.
A fully-integrated Sales Pipeline CRM will help you keep track of where leads that close are coming from and how they engage with different content in addition to traditional sales interactions. Key sales pipeline data like opportunity, contact and visit can help you customize your messaging for each account based on their stage in the buying journey.
This will let you analyze the win probability of each account based on their interactions with marketing content so you can deploy the right sales talent.
It will also show which lead sources are most effective for specific types of clients and help you refine which ads you send to help reinforce the sales proposals.
Nearly 30% of B2B marketing budgets are dedicated to content marketing.
It's expensive to create content that is high-quality, data-driven, professional, well-researched, and well-designed.
You'll spend hours conducting research. Then someone needs to write it up, someone else needs to design graphics, and it will go through a few rounds of editing. Finally, you'll get an end product you can show to your customer.
But you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time.
Repurposing content is one of the most effective ways to boost your marketing ROI.
You've already done all the research and effort organizing information. Maximize its value by converting it into different formats that will connect with different targets.
Traditional repurposing strategies focus on maximizing exposure. There's no harm to your ABM strategy by ranking higher on Google and getting your brand published as industry experts.
But with ABM, your goal isn't simply to attract more inbound leads, it's to improve the conversion rates of your qualified target accounts.
If your sales and marketing teams are tightly integrated, then you can be more efficient with your content resources and extract maximum value.
You'll know what specific challenges customers face and what types of media they respond to. You can see which format drives the most sales in your CRM as you track click-through rates and response rates with RollWorks contact-level reporting.
Pair that with qualitative feedback from your sales team, and you'll be able to take your most popular content and update the format to connect better with your influencers.
Depending on your persona type, you can structure different content offerings.
For instance, if you are communicating with C-Suite executives, they might want more formal content like SlideShare presentations, guides and a full consultation. Whereas smaller target accounts might prefer an in-depth webinar or a detailed eBook.
You can then deliver the content in the format most effective for the specific persona of different influencers.
Since account-based marketing is focused on closing mid to large size deals, you need to spend time nurturing leads over time before trying to close the sale.
In a 2017 interview, nearly half of marketers said their normal sales cycle was long and complex, involving many decision influencers. Another 19% said that these complex deals made up about half of their sales.
Looking at this particular study, it's critical to analyze the data set. In the study, both B2B and B2C teams were surveyed. Considering that most B2C sales are simple, one-time, direct purchases (think clothing, food, toys), it's likely that the 48% "complex sales" are B2B.
A Double Funnel strategy involves first using lead-gen to find new opportunities you might not have considered, and then piping those opportunities into your ABM campaigns.
Using a Double Funnel approach can be highly more effective than keeping your funnels separate, and it's something we recommend constantly to those who are first starting out with account-based marketing.
Of course, you'll want to make sure you're selecting the right accounts to target, which makes nurturing them much easier.
Check out a handy criteria checklist for selecting ABM accounts here.
Now that you have the right accounts, good data, integrated teams, and a content library (you've already implemented the other tips right?), you need to apply them all to nurturing your leads with multi-channel marketing.
But if you look at the younger demographic, there are a number of channels that seem to be on the rise like social media and online video.
Direct mail still works, even though it has become less preferred by most buyers (see chart above). Less than 30% of those under 34 years old favor it.
That just means you need to step it up and get creative. Don't send a boring brochure that the recipient will just toss in the trash.
Let's take a look how Workfront effectively used direct mail in an ABM campaign when their competitor announced they were no longer supporting their product going forward.
First, they leveraged traditional telemarketing to find companies that used their competitor's product and interviewed them to find out what they liked and disliked about the product.
They then used the data in their CRM to analyze the characteristics of recently closed deals—particularly those that switched from a competitor's product.
From this they created a list of 2,000 target customers and influencers to reach out to and used clever messaging around Valentine's Day.
For their top 500 prospects, they also sent a bouquet of flowers to make sure they'd stand out (and to place a daily reminder in the prospects' offices).
Imagine going home and telling your husband or wife that someone else sent you flowers at work on valentines day when they didn't!
That's bound to be a memorable conversation.
By investing a bit in identifying their highest value prospects, they were able to justify going the extra mile for them. That's what account-based marketing is all about.
When you send information kits, take the time to personalize them and offer incentives (like discounts, free trials, and freebies) for the client to schedule meetings with you. This will have the client coming to you to redeem their reward rather than you chasing them.
Sending useful swag can be a great way to keep your brand present in their mind with your logo on their desk every day.
But make sure that you pair this with quality. It will only make you look bad when you send a cheap water bottle a week after HubSpot sent a nice metal one.
If you can't afford to invest in quality, don't send anything at all. Or better yet, narrow down your list of top prospects and spend the money where it will bring the most results.
And please, no more cheap pens. Those really aren't cool.
While direct mail can be a powerful tool, it's quickly becoming a saturated tactic.
Nearly every B2B company is sending direct mail nowadays and the positive effects are wearing thin.
Using display ads in addition to direct mail is a great way to make a bigger impression.
In fact, our most successful ABM campaign used precisely this one-two punch. You can read about the full account-based marketing campaign here.
In our campaign we leveraged our ABM platform's personalized ads to ensure we stayed top of mind during the entire buyer journey. For example, these ABM ads pulled the company name into the ad unit itself, ensuring that we grabbed their attention. We saw immediate results here, as our CPA decreased by 42% with these targeted ads (compared to a test group that saw non-company-specific ads).
68% of B2B companies use personalized landing pages. Why?
Personalized landing pages target the specific interests of visitors, making it far more likely to appeal to them.
The only risk with custom landing pages is getting the "custom" part of it wrong. This is why choosing a good landing page provider is crucial to creating the right post-click experience for the right prospect.
When you're juggling several different channels at once, automation can be a life-saver. It can help you touch more customers with less effort.
In the complex world of B2B sales, you can expect that generic messaging will be less effective.
If you have a broad, traditional funnel, you're probably willing to sacrifice some of your leads for the time you save when you automate your promotions. But with ABM, it's important to nurture every single lead. After all, you hand picked them!
Most people can tell the difference between a message that a real person wrote and a template response that a computer filled out. If your automation feels impersonal, your entire ABM strategy will suffer.
ABM is all about building relationships, you simply can't make people feel like just another lead in the system.
That doesn't mean that you can't use automation with ABM.
If you use a cookie-based ABM vendor with a solid targeting background you can provide personalized messaging at scale. RollWorks, for instance, can pull in information from your CRM and serve it directly in your display ads.
Remember that the goal of ABM is to increase ROI by growing revenue, not reducing costs. It's okay to spend a little extra time personalizing your assets if it leads to a signed deal.
ABM is all about treating your most valuable prospects like the VIPs that they are.
ABM is a targeted approach that finally takes advantage of all the data available to modern B2B marketers and pairs it with AI (artificial intelligence) to make marketing well…more intelligent.
The main takeaway you should get from this post is that there are dozens of ways to run both effective and ineffective account-based marketing campaigns.
The targeting you choose, the content you choose, and the platform you run everything on can make a big difference between ultimate success and just another cost in your excel sheet.
If you're curious to see how other companies have started running ABM campaigns, you can browse through The Big Book of ABM Campaigns, which was co-written with Bizible, Datanyze, LiveRamp, and Radius. It includes 5 ABM campaigns that each company actually ran, along with pictures and lessons learned.


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India records slowest weekly rise in active coronavirus cases
3 min read . Updated: 24 Sep 2020, 01:26 PM IST Pooja Dantewadia, Tanay Sukumar
But Kerala remained a point of worry, as it added over 10,000 active cases within a week—by far the most among all states
In fresh signs of a slowdown in the pandemic, India has begun to report more coronavirus recoveries each day than new patients. The trend began last Saturday and has lasted six days. This has helped India achieve its slowest weekly pace in the growth of active cases since the pandemic began: the number is now back below 1 million.
Most states reported a slower growth in active cases as well as deaths this week. Kerala remains a point of worry, though, as it added over 10,000 active cases within a week—by far the most among all states. Chhattisgarh, the hotspot for a few weeks, recorded a 12% rise in active cases, as compared to 41% last week. The state's testing remains dismal.
Maharashtra, where the infections had again paced up recently, improved in the last seven days.
However, such a trend need not always hold. A similar slowing trend in the whole of mid-August did not continue in early September. India now has 91,149 covid-related deaths as of Thursday morning, after a 10% weekly jump, latest data from the Union health ministry showed.
Kerala and Uttarakhand crossed 500 deaths each, while Jammu and Kashmir became the 14th state to cross 1,000 deaths. Karnataka's toll went past 8,000. Uttar Pradesh now has the fifth highest toll after it crossed Delhi.
As many as 21 states have more than 10,000 active cases now, but all except Chhattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir have crossed the 70% mark in recovery rate, or the share of patients who have been discharged. About 61% of the patients in Chhattisgarh and 69% in Jammu and Kashmir have recovered. This shows most of these two states' case-load has come in recent weeks.
With a 30% weekly growth, Kerala reported the worst jump in active cases in the last seven days, followed by 24% in Jammu and Kashmir and 18% in Uttarakhand. All calculations are based on seven-day rolling averages, which minimize the effect of volatile and delayed reporting. Only states with more than 10,000 active cases were considered.
The total number of active cases now stands at 966,382, while 4,674,987 patients have been discharged.
The five states with the most deaths—Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh—have a 68% share in the national death count. Among the states and Union territories with at least 500 deaths, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, and Assam observed the biggest jumps in their toll this week.
This week, Bengaluru in Karnataka became the third city to cross 200,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus after Pune and Delhi. Among the 219 districts with at least 5,000 confirmed cases so far, the biggest percentage spikes over the last seven days were reported by Gondiya (43%) and Chandrapur (36%) in Maharashtra and Dehradun (41%) in Uttarakhand, data compiled by howindialives.com showed.
Right since the beginning of the pandemic, data has shown that states' testing strategies can influence the numbers they report. Among the top 10 states, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh have conducted the most tests per million population over the last fortnight, and Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh the fewest, data from covid19india.org showed.
India's total count of coronavirus patients has risen to 5,732,518 as of Thursday morning. The country accounted for 34% of the 2.1 million cases added globally over the last seven days. This is the highest share by far among all countries. The United States and Brazil had 14% and 8% share each, data from the Johns Hopkins University showed.
After rising steadily, India's share in the cumulative death count has crossed 9%. In just the last seven days, the country accounted for 25% of nearly 37,000 deaths recorded globally, nearly equal to both the US and Brazil combined. Worryingly, the trajectory of deaths is still rising.
Globally, the coronavirus case count has crossed 31.8 million, including over 976,000 deaths and nearly 21.9 million recoveries (69%), data from Johns Hopkins University showed.
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Australia Hopes Indonesia will Join TPP-11
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (middle left) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (middle right) walk to where their bilateral meeting, which was held in Da Nang, Vietnam on Saturday. The two leaders discussed various issues, including the situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar and the completion of the Indonesia-Australia comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA). Australia Hopes Indonesia will Join TPP-11 (JP/Fedina S. Sundaryani)
Australia Hopes Indonesia will Join TPP-11, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has expressed hope that Indonesia will one day join the revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), popularly known as TPP-11.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (middle left) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (middle right) walk to where their bilateral meeting, which was held in Da Nang, Vietnam on Saturday. The two leaders discussed various issues, including the situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar and the completion of the Indonesia-Australia comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA). Australia Hopes Indonesia will Join TPP-11 (JP/Fedina S. Sundaryani)
The TPP was revised and signed by 11 initial founding countries—minus the United States, which withdrew from the deal last year—on Mar 8, in Santiago, Chile. The countries pledged to ratify the TPP-11 this year so it could begin to include new members in 2019.
"We try to keep the train on the track and of course it is now open for others to join. Indonesia perhaps, in the future, Mr. President [Joko Widodo], is there," Turnbull said at the CEO forum during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney on Saturday.
He said that other countries were interested in joining the TPP, including the United Kingdom (UK), even though it was not located in the Pacific region.
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"The UK expressed a strong interest in joining the TPP after it exited the European Union," he said.
Jokowi has expressed his intention to join the TPP, but has also made clear that Indonesia was in no hurry to join the trade deal.
"Caution is of the utmost importance in calculating this. Everything must be calculated for the sake of national interests. It is all still in the process," the President said in Palm Springs, the US, in February 2016.
Indonesia has yet to comment on the trade deal after the signing of TPP-11.
The TPP-11 members are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Without the US, the trade deal covers 13.5 percent of the world's GDP. Australia Hopes Indonesia will Join TPP-11 (ahw, Anton Hermansyah, The Jakarta Post)
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Q: How to connect nodes (or cells) of a table with lines or curves, with TikZ or anything else that will work with Beamer? I'd like to be able to typeset as simply as possible a table with cells joigned by arrows with TikZ (because I want to use it in conjunction with Beamer and PDFLaTeX). Here is the code I'm comfortable with, involving PSTricks macros:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{etex}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[francais]{babel}
\usepackage{pst-node,auto-pst-pdf,tabularx}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\footnotesize

\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{3}
\begin{tabular}{|l|*{8}{>{$}c<{$}|}}
\hline
Valeur $x_i$ (par ordre croissant) & 1 & 3 & 4 & ... & 20 & 23 & ... &  67\\
\hline
Effectif $n_i$ & \rnode{A}{2} & 4 & \rnode{D}{2} & ... & 3 & \rnode{G}{6} &
... & 145 \\
\hline
Effectifs cumulés & \rnode{B}{2} & \rnode{C}{6} & \rnode{E}{\,8\,} & ... &
\rnode{F}{64} & \rnode{H}{70} & ... & \ovalnode{I}{2453} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\hfill\rnode{J}{Effectif total}

\ncline[nodesep=2pt]{->}{A}{B}
\ncline[nodesep=2pt]{->}{C}{D}
\ncput*{+}
\ncline[nodesep=2pt]{->}{D}{E}
\ncput*{=}
\ncline[nodesep=2pt]{->}{F}{G}
\ncput*{+}
\ncline[nodesep=2pt]{->}{G}{H}
\ncput*{=}
\ncangle[nodesep=2pt,angleA=0,angleB=0]{->}{J}{I}

\end{frame}

\end{document}

I've searched a little, before posting, and I only found some solutions which seems quite complicated to me (eg here or here). I cannot afford at present the time investment needed to become skilled enough in TikZ (which I only master for simple drawings).
I also heard about the matrix command of TikZ, but it doesn't work with beamer on 2 different TeXlive installation at home (packages from standard Ubuntu 15.04 repositories on one, « vanilla » TeXlive installed from TUG on the other).
Here is the code I tested (grabbed from here as a working example) :

*

*the working code :
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{etex}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[francais]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
    \matrix(dict)[matrix of nodes,%below=of game,
        nodes={align=center,text width=1cm},
        row 1/.style={anchor=south},
        column 1/.style={nodes={text width=2cm,align=right}}
    ]{
        meaning & $b_1$ & $b_2$ & $b_3$ & $b_1b_2$ & $b_1b_3$ & $b_2b_3$ & $b_1b_2b_3$\\
        common list \\
        private list\\
    };
    \draw(dict-1-1.south west)--(dict-1-8.south east);
    \draw(dict-1-1.north east)--(dict-3-1.south east);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

*the not working code:
\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{etex}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[francais]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}

\begin{tikzpicture}
    \matrix(dict)[matrix of nodes,%below=of game,
        nodes={align=center,text width=1cm},
        row 1/.style={anchor=south},
        column 1/.style={nodes={text width=2cm,align=right}}
    ]{
        meaning & $b_1$ & $b_2$ & $b_3$ & $b_1b_2$ & $b_1b_3$ & $b_2b_3$ & $b_1b_2b_3$\\
        common list \\
        private list\\
    };
    \draw(dict-1-1.south west)--(dict-1-8.south east);
    \draw(dict-1-1.north east)--(dict-3-1.south east);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{frame}

\end{document}

The error at compilation time is :
! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> \pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options

egreg pointed out that my question may be duplicate with this one. But the error is different - anyway, adding the fragile option to the frame solve this peculiar problem.
Moreover, the point is not necessarily to use TikZ's matrix environment. I'd like to have a simple yet fancy and PDFLaTeX compatible way for joining nodes, whether they are in tables or not. I can do this easily with PSTricks, but it's hard to have PSTricks working with Beamer and PDFLaTeX.
Hoping someone will have an idea, preferably a simple and efficient one...
natsirt


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