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My grandmother – the one on my father's side – was a school teacher. Kindergarten in fact. She had a smile and something nice to say to everyone. She kept cookies in her car to give to toll collectors. She couldn't sit in a restaurant without engaging the baby at the next table. She kept a list next to her kitchen phone of birthdays and anniversaries.
Every time Bubbie took the train down from Philadelphia to visit us, she would collect piles of paper Amtrak conductor hats for us (and her students). One of my favorite memories is her wearing one of those conductor hats and leading all of the grandchildren in a parade around the island in my aunt's kitchen. Well, she was the caboose, leading from behind, but the conductor nonetheless.
Before she and my grandfather passed away, we had Thanksgiving at their house every year.
I loved that house. When they bought it, Poppie had two requirements – it had to be made out of brick and its street number had to be 212 – the boiling point of water. He was an engineer and was in the Army Air Corps (precursor to the US Airforce) when he met Bubbie (before she was a bubbie).
Whenever we pulled into their driveway, I would run to the front door. I never had to ring the doorbell or knock because the door was always open behind the screen. I could step right into the living room with its rocking chair, fireplace and potbelly stove. The first floor formed a circle around the stairwell. I used follow that circuit like it was a train track and I was the engine. Through the living room into the den past the bathroom into the pink kitchen around the corner to the dining room and back to the front door.
Thanksgiving at Bubbie and Poppie's was a family affair on par with Pesach. But with bread and no long prelude to dinner. Food and family was the event. And Bubbie reigned over it. You could say she was the train conductor. At least she had the hat for it.
Bubbie directed my dad to add the leaf to the dining room table. Then we added another table. Every once in a while we added a third, the table chugging through the doorway into the living room, past the front door towards that potbelly stove.
She directed me to set each place with a dinner and salad plate, two forks, two spoons, one knife, two glasses, and a napkin in a napkin ring. There were always napkin rings. Bubbie had to remind me to put the napkins on the left next to the forks. Because I always forgot and put them on the right. Sometimes I still do.
Bubbie directed my mother to add fresh dill to the chicken soup. My uncle Michael to stud the sweet potatoes with marshmallows. My aunt Leslie, whom I call Sessie, to cut the vegetables. My aunt Linda to entertain me with stories of when I was younger, like the time when I woke up her and Michael in the den on the sofabed, holding a diaper and asking to be changed.
Bubbie removed from the fridge the applesauce she had made from scratch. It's my dad's favorite.
The first to arrive was always Bubbie's "kid" brother Sidney who walked in with the tell-tale click-clicking of a box of tictacs in his shirt pocket and a still-dripping bucket of pickles and olives plucked from the barrel at his favorite pickler. He always had always a fresh twenty for each of the kids.
And then everyone else arrived with those kids. Everyone seems to remember my chasing my cousin Gary around the meandering table, shouting, "Gawee…Gawee…" I will deny it if you ask me.
Around this time of the evening, Uncle Sidney would just turn the volume down on his hearing aid.
Before the parade of dishes, we would pour the wine, Poppie would make a toast, and Bubbie would say shehecheyanu – a prayer of thanks for bringing the whole family together to her table.
Dinner started with soup. And then turkey filled with stuffing. Cranberry sauce from a can with mandarin oranges. Salad. Green beans. Roasted potatoes. And those sweet sweet potatoes.
We'd clear the table and then the adults would retire to the sofa in the living room for a few minutes and the kids would gather on the floor in front of the TV to watch The Wizard of Oz.
It was only recently that I ever saw the end of the movie, because once dessert was on the table, no one cared about those red ruby slippers anymore.
Dessert started with a fruit-filled jello mold. Really, every year, a jello mold. And then pumpkin pie, and my favorite – my mother's chocolate chip pound cake.
When Bubbie passed away, we transferred her china and silver to Sessie's nearby house.
Sessie hosted most holiday meals after that, carrying on the tradition of keeping the family together. Sometimes we fit at the dining room table. Sometimes we need three tables lined up in the living room. Sometimes we set out the good china and silver. Sometimes we set out the everyday dishes.
This year, I offered to help plan our Thanksgiving menu. Here's what we've got so far:
Wild mushroom soup
Green salad
Cornbread stuffing
Cranberry sauce from a can *sigh* because my mother loves it
Green beans with lemon sauce
Roasted butternut squash with balsamic onions
Bread – probably something with some combination of cranberry-orange-pumpkin-whole wheat
Fruit platter
Pumpkin pie
Chocolate chip pound cake
So far, our count is at 9. I think we'll still fit around Sessie's dining room table to say shehecheyanu.
** A slightly modified version of this post, along with my recipe for roasted butternut squash with balsamic onions, first appeared a week ago on KosherEye. **
Chocolate chip pound cake
This is the cake my mom made most often when I was a kid. She got the recipe from her good friend Helen. It's a dense cake studded with chocolate chips that I think is best eaten with a cup of tea or coffee. It's not a moist, fluffy cake, but it's what I grew up with and I like it this way. Also, we always coat the chocolate chips with some flour before adding them to the cake so that they don't all sink to the bottom. I'm not sure it makes a difference, but, well, that's what we do.
This recipe makes a huge cake and I often end up freezing half. Actually, I might like the frozen cake even better, snuck out of the freezer in the middle of the night, unwrapped from its plastic, and cut into a sliver or two with the false hope that no one would notice. Luckily, growing up with a chocoholic dad meant that generally any sweets theft was assumed to be his. Sorry dad!
– 1 C margarine or butter
– 1 C sugar
– 4 eggs
– 1 t vanilla
– 1 C almond milk, non-dairy creamer, or milk (I use almond milk, my mom uses the non-dairy creamer)
– 3 C flour + a little more
– 1 T baking powder
– 1-2 C chocolate chips
Prep. Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease a bundt (or whatever) pan – this is not necessary if you're using non-stick…which I highly recommend. Put chocolate chips and a few pinches of flour in a ziplock bag and shake to coat the chips.
Mix. Cream margarine/butter and sugar until light yellow. Add eggs one at a time, mixing in between. Add vanilla. Add a little almond milk, then a little sifted flour and baking powder. Keep alternating liquid and flour mixture until they are both added. I usually do this in about 3 rounds. Add the flour-coated chocolate chips and mix by hand.
Bake. Pour batter into a bundt pan (or whatever you have). Bake 55-60 minutes until golden brown on top and a toothpick comes out clean. If you're dividing the cake between two loaf pans, which my mom often does, bake for 30-40 minutes. Note, if you freeze the entire second loaf, no one can really get away with sneaking slivers undetected.

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For many years I did not know how little baby George died. I had been to the cemetery and viewed his tombstone next to his father but I didn't understand why he had died so young?
On my last trip to Minnesota in 2007, I found a brief article in the Brainerd newspaper that described the whole ordeal.
George Alexander was only 18 months old. He died on the 19th of June 1881 on the way to Brainerd from Pine River. Apparently he drank some German Cough balsam that was filled with probably codeine and his little body could not handle the amount of narcotic and he died en route probably in his mother's arms as George tried desperately to get them to Brainerd and get help. They were too late.
There is no mention of the death of the baby in the Whipple papers at the Minnesota Historical Society (Methodist Episcopal). The papers are very difficult to read and I have actually looked at them twice to see if I could make out anything else.
The article appears in the Brainerd Tribune, Saturday, June 25, 1881 under Local News – Death of Baby George A. Barclay.
1) Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Barclay desire to express their heartfelt thanks to the citizens of this place for their kind sympathy and attentions manifested during their recent bereavement, and for the assistance rendered during the last solemn rites at the funeral of their lamented child.
2) A sad occurrence transpired in the family of Mr. George Barclay, postmaster at Pine River, last Saturday. Their infant child, about seventeen months old, had in some manner got hold of a bottle of German cough balsam , and drank the whole of it. No physician being nearer Pine River than Brainerd, Mr. and Mrs. Barclay immediately started with the child for this place. But the effects of the potion were to speedy, as just upon arriving in town the child expired. This is a very severe blow to the bereaved parents, and the sympathies of the community are heartily enlisted in their behalf. The remains were interred in the Brainerd cemetery on Monday.
George Alexander is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd, MN location: Center N 1/2 Lot 17 Block 7. He is next to his father and mother, George and Amarilla Barclay.
Written on the tombstone for baby George is the following:
Sacred to the memory George A. infant son of G.A. & A. Barclay died June 19, 1881 1 yr. 5 mo. 9 days. Underneath this stone do lie as much virtue as could die which when alive did vigor give to us much beauty as could live.
There is a little lamb on the top of the tombstone. This tombstone is to the right of the father, George A. Barclay in Evergreen Cemetery in Brainered, MN.


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#1: TIPS FOR WRITING BETTER GOD DAMN POETRY PART 1: I'm not a big fan of how to guides, especially how to guides on writing, but I really enjoyed writing this. I decided to shoot from the hip. Say what I truly feel. Focus less on the structure of poetry and more on the what keeps me going.
#2: THE OBNOXIOUS SOUND OF MUSIC UPSTAIRS: Most of my pieces I write and five minutes later, I post them to my blog. The fact that this is something I wrote a couple years ago and still held up on my blog made me extremely happy. I don't write short stories or prose very often, but I was happy to find myself writing this piece, that not only helped me rationalize alot of things from my past, but also better understand love.
#3: MTV: When I sat down to write this, I thought it was gonna be shit. I thought it was gonna be pure angst and cheesy and trying too hard to be trendy, but in the end, I don't feel that it's any of those things. I didn't realize until the comments started coming in that this piece wasn't just about MTV. It was about the things we lose along the way, sometimes include our whole selves.
#4: AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT: A personal favorite. My trip to California really inspired this one in me. I wanted to speak of this iconic idea of America that we've created in our memories and our history, and maybe point us to the fact that it's time to redefine what it means to be an American.
#5: I AM AN APARTMENT BUILDING: One of those ones where you know the title, and the rest just kind of comes from there. I feel like this piece really helped me to rationalize a lot of aspects of who I am in so many ways. My roommate and I talk about how I don't really edit, but what I seem to do is rewrite the same poems in different ways until I get what I'm after. This one seems to be a later, but I don't think necessarily better version of SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A COWBOY ARGUING WITH A BUDDHIST MONK.
More than anything, what I'd like to say is thank you. Thank you to anyone and everyone who stops by and reads my blog. Poetry is not something that is easily made a career. No one gets into poetry for the money. What I'm in it from is to share something I felt with the growing circle of people around me. I want to inspire people to be better. I want to challenge people to rethink who they are. I want to make a personal connection with someone on the other side of the world as me, and I have been lucky enough to get to connect to so many fantastic people, all with incredible stories and nothing but kindness to give back to me. You're not a poet until someone reads your poem. I believe that too. Often times, I'll read poems to my family and friends, and whenever I hit that publish button on wordpress, the same rush of satisfaction and honesty hits me.
Let's make 2013 the best year there ever was. The world didn't end, so we still have a responsibility to make our resolutions as courageous as we can, and our words equally as brave.
Love, Brice
p.s. let me know what your favorite pieces were. 🙂


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This is a postcard from my own collection.
The picture is of the locally famous Dick Hudson's in Eldwick, near Bingley, West Yorkshire.
The postcard has some damage to the corners and the back, mainly from being stuck in an album and then removed. Any publisher information is obscured by the damage to the back of the card.
You can see below that the postcard has been postally used. The date is 9 March 1917. I would guess that the card has been sent to a young man fighting in WW1, although there is no postal address.
The text on the card is:-
Dear Fred
Packed your parcel tonight and hope you get it in good condition. The weather is still very winterly and bitterly cold. Had snow all the week. Hope you are keeping well considering state of affairs.
The rest of the text is not very clear. It certainly mentions father and mother but I'm not sure if it was sent by Fred's parents or if the sender is just mentioning them.
Dick Hudson's itself has no family connection at all. The pub is still there and I have visited several times.
Since the 17th century there has been a traveller's tavern on what was an old pack horse trail from Bingley to Ilkley. The original tavern called 'The Plough Boy' was at a former farmhouse at Rattle Bank on the Otley Road. However following construction of a new road the liquor license of the old pub was transferred to a Mr Tommy Anderson at Highgate Farm – the site of the present day pub.
Back in 1809 the farm and the public house – now called 'The Fleece Inn' became the property of Thomas Hudson in whose family they remained until 1895. Thomas passed on 'The Fleece Inn' to his son Richard in 1850 and he stayed as landlord for nearly thirty years. It was during 'Dick's' stewardship that the tavern became so popular with Airedale's urban workers resulting in the more familiar name of 'Dick Hudson's'.
Two other members of the Hudson family subsequently ran the pub following the death of the celebrated Dick Hudson in 1878.
Towards the end of the 19th century an Austrian business man became proprietor of the inn and had great plans to commercialise the site with fountains and pleasure gardens . None of these plans came to pass but in 1900 the old farmhouse and tavern were demolished and replaced by the present day building. The first landlord of this new inn was Mr J Newsome who was succeeded by his brother in law in 1913.
If you ever happen to be in the area it's well worth a visit – Dick Hudson's


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See Conducting a Literature Survey, Part 1 for the beginning portion of this discussion.
Conducting a literature survey can be an overwhelming task, especially to the beginning genealogist, but it doesn't have to be. Following are some tips to make the process both manageable and fruitful.
One of the best helps for managing genealogical research is in the creation and maintenance of lists of published works available for the localities in which we research. These lists are a go-by for conducting a literature survey, and provide information at a glance about the histories and transcribed or abstracted records available within the area under focus. Best of all, they're highly useful: since our ancestors tended to "lump" into clusters, several related families with different surnames might be located within each locality; thus, the lists can be used over and over again without having to duplicate the creation process when moving from one research project to the next within a given locale.
Such lists are easy to create, but somewhat harder to maintain. To start, search WorldCat for the locality. Write down every relevant hit the search returns, being sure to include the full title of the work, the author, publisher, the copyright date, and other identifying data. If the book is available in a nearby library, include that information as well.
As with family histories, many records abstracts may be available in leaflet or folder form or otherwise published in a very limited manner, in which case the researcher has three options: 1) ask other researchers in the target locality about the availability of published works; 2) read articles about families who lived in the target locality, being sure to search source citations for possible helpful publications; or 3) obtain a thorough knowledge of the unpublished "primary" records available for the locality. These are all steps one should take when researching in a new locality.
Many records abstracts are also published in genealogical and historical periodicals, such as those mentioned in Part 1 of this discussion. When conducting searches in PERSI and periodical indices, search not only for the target surname, but also for the locality in which those ancestors lived. Doing so will turn up a broader array of useful articles than a simple name or surname search. Include records abstracts published in periodicals when creating lists of published works for the area under study. Back issues of periodicals can often be purchased from the publisher, or are generally available at libraries in or around the locality they cover.
Online book sellers and auction houses (Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and eBay, for instance) are excellent places to search for copies of publications, as are the many genealogy-specific publishing houses. Genealogical Publishing Company and Heritage Books are two popular companies with large selections, but there are also many smaller publishing companies that may deal only with works pertaining to a certain region or county (e.g. Teresita Press).
Many histories and published records abstracts are out of print. Some have been reprinted and may be available through the sellers mentioned previously, but there are still many other useful histories and genealogies that have not been reprinted. The latter may be available through, for instance, Google Books or the Library of Congress, but they may also languish uncatalogued in the Special Collections section of larger repositories, making published, documented genealogies of other area families a necessary addition to one's reading list.
Be creative when searching for published works. Mailing lists and message boards are excellent ways to learn of useful material, new or old, as is networking with other local genealogists. Keep in mind that new histories and records abstracts are being published all the time. One way to keep up with this is to order catalogues from publishing companies, but another way is to stay in touch with authors who continually publish about a locality of interest. In this way, one may more easily maintain lists of published works.
The key to keeping the literature survey in hand is to be methodical and remain organized. Do not hapharzardly slosh through the literature. Rather, systematically search each work, recording the results in a research log, making copies when necessary, and checking each item off of the compiled list as it is searched. Promptly file any information found, being certain to note any clues or inconsistencies which need follow-up work. Include negative search results as well so that there is no question whether a work was searched for information on that project. In this way, the survey becomes a useful tool in the research process, rather than generating an overload of information.
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Inspired by the changing seasons, I wanted to create a giant tree quilt with falling leaves. Rosemarie Lavin's Spa line, with it's hues of brown, blue, and green, was a perfect fit. And when I went shopping for a backing fabric, Joanna at Wish Upon a Quilt pointed me towards this Joel Dewberry print. Genius!
Bethany Pease (http://www.bethanyquilts.com) amazed me again with her mad skillz. I was worried that the overall tree pattern was getting lost among the busy prints, but she masterfully added bark to the trees, stems to the leaves, and swirly winds in the sky to really bring the quilt to life.
Check out this detail work. Amazing.
Since I have had solids on my mind since returning from Quilt Market in Houston (thanks, Cherri!), I can't help but imagine this quilt made from mostly solids with a few select prints mixed in. My wife also had the brilliant idea to make this as a family tree quilt, with the leaves doubling as signature blocks for family members. Wouldn't that be amazing?
I'm calling this pattern "rooted", and I am very proud of it. And since it's really just made up of squares and half-square triangles (HST's), it's great for both beginners and more experienced sewists.
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Small Game James at Fenway: 0-6 in six starts, 8.04 ERA and a 1.893 WHIP, having allowed 43 hits and 10 walks in 28 innings.
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Why Do Even Trivial Improvements Take So Long To Adopt?
Last week, I outlined two simple rules for floating-point conversion:
- On input, treat a decimal value as an exact rational number; round that number to floating-point according to the normal rounding rules.
- On output, produce the decimal value with the smallest number of significant digits that yields exactly the same value when converted back to floating-point.
Although these rules are not easy to implement, reasonably fast implementations do exist. Moreover, these rules usually avoid annoyances such as printing numbers with long strings of trailing nines or zeroes followed by one or more garbage digits, and allow programmers to write floating-point numbers in human readable-form without losing information. In fact, it is hard to think of any disadvantages that might weigh against the advantages of this approach. So why doesn't every C++ implementation follow these rules?
To help understand the answer to this question, consider something that happened to me many years ago. I was part of a group providing software support for a university mainframe. One day we figured out that we could provide slightly more memory to our users by default. Because this change increased, rather than decreased, the resources available to user programs, we thought that the change would be so transparent that few if any users would even notice. Were we ever wrong!
The first sign of trouble was when a user reported that a program that he had been running every day was now unaccountably producing different results with the same input. We tested the program with the old, smaller memory limits and found that indeed, changing the program's memory allocation changed its results. We told that to the user, and explained that the only way in which this could happen was if the program contained a bug that was causing it to access uninitialized memory. Perhaps reducing the amount of memory available to a program might cause it to stop working, but there was no way in which increasing the amount of memory available could do so.
The user went away, and we thought the problem had been solved. Shortly after that, the facility director ordered us to roll back the memory expansion until the user had found the problem. His rationale was that the program was behaving satisfactorily before the change; it was behaving differently now; therefore, the change had broken something.
I tried to explain to the director that the program could not possibly have been working correctly before the change, and therefore that what we had really discovered was that the program's results should not have been trusted. His answer was that he really didn't care about that; a change in behavior was a change in behavior, and until we could prove to this user's satisfaction that everything was working properly, we had to roll back the change.
This happened long enough ago that I have forgotten how the problem was eventually resolved. Someone probably looked at the user's program and figured out what it had been doing wrong, and once it had been fixed, the memory-limit change no longer caused a behavior change. However, the lesson has stayed with me:
When a change to the programming environment changes a program's behavior, that environment change is considered suspicious until proven otherwise.
This lesson is true even when the behavior change is trivial. The reason is that it is often far from trivial to determine whether a change in a program's behavior is trivial or profound. As an example, I once knew someone who ran a suite of floating-point accuracy tests every night on the computer he normally used. One day, this suite started producing different results than it had done previously. It took a lot of investigation, but what he finally found was that the electrical contacts on the floating-point circuit board had corroded, with a net effect of causing certain floating-point computations to be done in single precision instead of double precision.
As another example, consider the 1994 bug in floating-point division on the Intel Pentium chip. On chips with this bug, dividing 4,195,835 by 3,145,727 would yield 1.333739… instead of the correct value 1.333820… . Many programs did not encounter this bug at all, but others would show the problem only by very subtle changes in their results.
Because of how programmers behave when they encounter problems of this sort, changing how a programming system behaves at all is much harder than adding new behavior — even when the change is a clear improvement. There will always be some programmers who consider any kind of change to be a bug.
In addition to the social pressure created by this behavior on the part of programmers, C++ is in an unusual situation that makes improvements of this kind even harder to adopt than they might be in other languages. We'll talk about that situation in detail next week.


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You may be surprised to learn this, but it is possible for you to be freezing while you are near the equator. Such is the topography of Ecuador, a country that straddles the equator. Ecuador is essentially three countries rolled into one. There is La Costa, the low elevation region next to the Pacific Ocean. There is El Oriente, the region in the eastern part of the country that comprises the Amazon rainforest. And there is La Sierra, the high altitude strip of land that runs north to south along the Andes in the center of the country. This is where you might experience a tropical chill so fierce it will penetrate your bones.
Three distinct regions, one distinct country. For the traveler, the diversity of Ecuador's geography offers a varied way to see the country. You can soak up the sun and play in the surf along the coast. You can scale high altitude mountains and hang with indigenous people in the Andes. You can explore the dense rainforest of the Amazon in the east. No matter where you go you will find that the people of Ecuador are as warm and as inviting as any you will find in the world.
Start with: Ecuador Travel Facts.
Where to go
There is one other part of Ecuador that attracts the attention of a lot of visitors. The Galapagos Islands are 965 kilometers (600 miles) from the mainland and despite the influx of tourists they remain almost as pure as they were back in the day of Charles Darwin. Not everyone agrees with the notion of spoiling the beauty by visiting, but those who do choose to visit will find a one of a kind habitat.
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Serves 4
2 lbs. fresh broccoli crowns, cut into spears
2 cups of "cheeze" melted and mixed with veggie broth – please ask me if you have questions.. (or if not vegan, any cheese sauce)
3-4 cups strips of any vegan "chicken" or "turkey" substitute, soaked in a HOT "chickeny" broth
6 cloves garlic, chopped
fresh cut herbs
salt and freshly ground pepper
2 cups or so of cooked alphabet pasta – FUN for the KIDS!
1 T. lemon juice- add to the cheese mix
2 cups bread crumbs
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Spread the chopped broccoli in the bottom of 1/9 x 13″ baking pan. Cover that with the "chicken" sub and pasta. Sprinkle with salt and grind pepper, garlic, onion salt.. any other spices that you like over that to taste add fresh cut herbs to the mix.
Spread the vegan "cheese" over the top
Sprinkle evenly with the breadcrumbs and then spread and push down so some of the breadcrumbs are in the "cheese".
Bake for 20 minutes and serve hot.


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La Salle let an 18-point halftime lead slip away in the first 13 minutes of the second half, but scored the final five points to defeat fourth-seeded Kansas State 63-61 in front of 19,301 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Sprint Center on Friday.
Jerrell Wright scored the final seven points from the line for La Salle (23-9), which advanced to play Mississippi in Sunday's third round.
Wright led the 13th-seeded Explorers with 21 points. Ramon Galloway added 19 for La Salle. Shane Southwell and Jordan Henriquez had 17 points apiece for Kansas State.
Kansas State (27-9), which appeared lethargic in the first half, used the energy of the crowd to surge back into contention.
La Salle is the team that had reason to be sluggish. The Explorers had just 40 hours between the end of their victory over Boise State Wednesday night at the First Four in Dayton and the tip-off to Friday's game.
But when the Wildcats took a 60-58 lead with 4:54 left, it was the Explorers who had life left. The Wildcats missed their last eight shots in the game, including Angel Rodriguez's baseline jumper just before the buzzer.
The Wildcats stormed out of the gate in the second half, cutting an 18-point deficit to 44-34 with an 8-0 run. After a basket by Wright extended the lead back to 12 points, Kansas State continued it rally. The Wildcats outscored La Salle 9-3 and had the margin down to just six points by the 11:56 mark.
After trading a few baskets, the Wildcats finally grabbed their first lead of the game at the 7:12 mark when Rodney McGruder tipped in a Southwell miss.
But the Wildcats couldn't shake the Explorers. K-State's largest lead of the game was two points, and when the Wildcats suddenly went cold from the field, victory eluded them.
La Salle jumped out quickly in the first half, scoring the first six points on two 3-pointers and grabbing a 24-9 lead by the second media timeout. The Explorers led by as many 19 points at 35-16, and led 44-26 at the half.
The Wildcats couldn't do much right. They were 11-of-29 from the field, including 1-of-8 from 3-point range. Southwell led the Wildcats with nine points at intermission.
Meanwhile, La Salle was torrid from the field. The Explorers hit 58 percent of their first-half shots (18-of-31), and they were 6-of-11 (55 percent) from long-range. They were led by Galloway, who had 15 points. Wright also had 10 points.
The Wildcats were 13th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4 to 1). But in the first half, they had four assists and seven turnovers, while LaSalle had 10 assists and just two turnovers.
NOTES: This game was a rematch of the first round of the 1988 NCAA Tournament. All-American Mitch Richmond led Kansas State past La Salle and All-American Lionel Simmons, 66-53. Kansas State advanced to the Elite 8 that season...The Explorers were looking for a second win in the tournament for the first time since 1955, when they reached the championship game in defense of their national title. Kansas State was in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year, 27th overall. The Wildcats stand 33-30 all time, including reaching four Final Fours and the 1951 national championship game.


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Look carefully at the numbers. What do you notice? Can you make another square using the numbers 1 to 16, that displays the same properties?
Watch this animation. What do you notice? What happens when you try more or fewer cubes in a bundle?
Can you design a new shape for the twenty-eight squares and arrange the numbers in a logical way? What patterns do you notice?
This challenge, written for the Young Mathematicians' Award, invites you to explore 'centred squares'.
This challenge asks you to investigate the total number of cards that would be sent if four children send one to all three others. How many would be sent if there were five children? Six?
This number has 903 digits. What is the sum of all 903 digits?
Write the numbers up to 64 in an interesting way so that the shape they make at the end is interesting, different, more exciting ... than just a square.
This challenge is to design different step arrangements, which must go along a distance of 6 on the steps and must end up at 6 high.
Let's suppose that you are going to have a magazine which has 16 pages of A5 size. Can you find some different ways to make these pages? Investigate the pattern for each if you number the pages.
Investigate the totals you get when adding numbers on the diagonal of this pattern in threes.
Complete these two jigsaws then put one on top of the other. What happens when you add the 'touching' numbers? What happens when you change the position of the jigsaws?
Investigate the numbers that come up on a die as you roll it in the direction of north, south, east and west, without going over the path it's already made.
This article for primary teachers outlines how we can encourage children to create, identify, extend and explain number patterns and why being able to do so is useful.
Make new patterns from simple turning instructions. You can have a go using pencil and paper or with a floor robot.
These upper primary activities offer opportunities for children to recognise, extend and explain number patterns.
A case is found with a combination lock. There is one clue about the number needed to open the case. Can you find the number and open the case?
This activity creates an opportunity to explore all kinds of number-related patterns.
How do you know if your set of dominoes is complete?
Using only the red and white rods, how many different ways are there to make up the other rods?
Make an estimate of how many light fittings you can see. Was your estimate a good one? How can you decide?
Investigate and explain the patterns that you see from recording just the units digits of numbers in the times tables.
Investigate $1^n + 19^n + 20^n + 51^n + 57^n + 80^n + 82^n $ and $2^n + 12^n + 31^n + 40^n + 69^n + 71^n + 85^n$ for different values of n.
Using only the red and white rods, how many different ways are there to make up the other colours of rod?
Here are some ideas to try in the classroom for using counters to investigate number patterns.
In each of the pictures the invitation is for you to: Count what you see. Identify how you think the pattern would continue.
Use the numbers in the box below to make the base of a top-heavy pyramid whose top number is 200.
Whenever two chameleons of different colours meet they change colour to the third colour. Describe the shortest sequence of meetings in which all the chameleons change to green if you start with 12. . . .
Arrange the numbers 1 to 16 into a 4 by 4 array. Choose a number. Cross out the numbers on the same row and column. Repeat this process. Add up you four numbers. Why do they always add up to 34?
Bellringers have a special way to write down the patterns they ring. Learn about these patterns and draw some of your own.
Imagine a machine with four coloured lights which respond to different rules. Can you find the smallest possible number which will make all four colours light up?
In this investigation, we look at Pascal's Triangle in a slightly different way - rotated and with the top line of ones taken off.
How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?
There are exactly 3 ways to add 4 odd numbers to get 10. Find all the ways of adding 8 odd numbers to get 20. To be sure of getting all the solutions you will need to be systematic. What about. . . .
Can you find any perfect numbers? Read this article to find out more...
This activity asks you to collect information about the birds you see in the garden. Are there patterns in the data or do the birds seem to visit randomly?
The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.
A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
What are the coordinates of this shape after it has been transformed in the ways described? Compare these with the original coordinates. What do you notice about the numbers?
Rectangles are considered different if they vary in size or have different locations. How many different rectangles can be drawn on a chessboard?
What is the remainder when 2^{164}is divided by 7?
What are the last two digits of 2^(2^2003)?
Mathematics is the study of patterns. Studying pattern is an opportunity to observe, hypothesise, experiment, discover and create.
The sum of the numbers 4 and 1 [1/3] is the same as the product of 4 and 1 [1/3]; that is to say 4 + 1 [1/3] = 4 � 1 [1/3]. What other numbers have the sum equal to the product and can this be so. . . .
Can you dissect a square into: 4, 7, 10, 13... other squares? 6, 9, 12, 15... other squares? 8, 11, 14... other squares?
What is the last digit of the number 1 / 5^903 ?
What can you say about the values of n that make $7^n + 3^n$ a multiple of 10? Are there other pairs of integers between 1 and 10 which have similar properties?
Libby Jared helped to set up NRICH and this is one of her favourite problems. It's a problem suitable for a wide age range and best tackled practically.


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In the first installment of this two-part series on developing Android Apps with Scala and Scaloid, I explained how Scaloid simplifies and reduces the required Android code as much as possible while leveraging type safety. In this article, I explain how to utilize asynchronous task processing, the execution of methods from system services, and specific Scaloid classes and traits.
Creating a Scaloid Project Based on a Template
The easiest way to start a new Scaloid project is to use one of the available template projects as a starting point. Following the instructions on how to do this can be difficult, so I provide some details on starting a successful Scaloid project with Maven. Scaloid also works with Scala's simple build tool (sbt although there were issues in previous versions.
First, you need to fork the Hello world of Scaloid for maven project from its GitHub repository. Then, open the pom.xml file, located in the root folder, and change the value of the target Android SDK platform from 8 to the API Level value of the Android Virtual Device you want to target. You can find the value in project -> build > plugins -> plugin -> configuration -> sdk -> platform. The following lines show the default value and the previous lines in the XML file:
... <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId> <artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.6.0</version> <configuration> <androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile> <assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory> <resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory> <nativeLibrariesDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/native</nativeLibrariesDirectory> <sdk> <platform>8</platform> </sdk> ...
The Android Virtual Device Manager displays the list of your existing virtual devices. Use the API level for one of your devices instead of the default 8. If you keep the 8 and you are working with a more modern API level, the build will fail. For example, Figure 1 shows a single entry in the Android Virtual Device Manager with an API Level equal to 18. In this case, it is necessary to replace 8 with 18, so both the build and deploy will work for that API Level installed in the Android SDK. Obviously, you will need to install and use the minimum API Level you want to support for your Android App.
Figure 1: The Android Virtual Device Manager displaying one virtual device with its API Level.
You can also check the minimum API Level installed in the Android SDK by checking the API value in the Android SDK Manager (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: The Android SDK Manager displaying the installed API Level, Android 4.3 (API 18).
The AndroidManifest.xml file specifies the main Scala class for the App that extends SActivity and the minimum required SDK version. Here again, you need to update the value for uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion to the minimum API Level you want to support. Notice that activity android:name="org.scaloid.hello.HelloScaloidActivity" specifies that the main activity is HelloScaloidActivity, located in the org.scaloid.hello package. The following lines show the edited version of the AndroidManifest.xml file in the Maven Scaloid template:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="org.scaloid.hello" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0-SNAPSHOT"> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="18" /> <application android:label="@string/app_name"> <activity android:name="org.scaloid.hello.HelloScaloidActivity"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest>
As you might notice, the only difference with the AndroidManifest.xml file when you develop apps in Java is that the target class for each activity you define in the XML file is a Scala class instead of a Java class.
You can use the Maven call mvn clean package to build the project and generate the Android Application Package File, known as an APK, with the Android debug certificate. The build process runs Proguard to optimize the size of the final app.
After a successful build, you can use the mvn android:deploy Maven call to deploy the generated APK to all the devices connected with the Android Debug bridge.
If you work with the Scala IDE for Eclipse or just Eclipse, you can generate the project files for Eclipse with the mvn eclipse:eclipse Maven call (Figure 3).
Figure 3: The hello-scaloid-maven project structure in Eclipse, opened after Maven generated the project files for Eclipse.
Once you have the template project running on the Android device you use for debugging purposes, you can replace HelloScaloidActivity.scala with your new Scala file indicating your main activity. Then, you can make the necessary changes to the AndroidManifest.xml file with the activities definitions and the required permissions. This way, you can easily start a new Scaloid project.
Running Asynchronous Jobs and Notifying the UI
The Android API provides the android.os.AsyncTask helper class around Thread and Handler to enable you to perform background operations and publish results on the UI thread without having to manipulate threads and/or handlers. Scaloid makes it easier to run a job with an asynchronous execution and notify the UI thread without using AsyncTask. You can combine the use of the runOnUiThread method to schedule the execution on the UI thread and scala.concurrent.ops.spawn to evaluate an expression asynchronously. Because Scaloid handles runOnUiThread for you in some methods (such as alert, toast and spinnerDialog), the code is even easier to read and understand.
The following lines define a runJob method that retrieves the contents of a URL and returns the first 10 lines as a string separated by \n. The method takes some time to retrieve the contents of the URL, so it is a great candidate for an asynchronous execution.
def runJob(uri: String): String = scala.io.Source.fromURL(uri).getLines().take(10).mkString("\n")
The following lines simulate a sign-in process that takes some time when you click the Sign In button. The code requires import scala.concurrent.ops._ because it uses spawn to call the runJob method with an asynchronous execution. Notice that the code is really easy to read because there aren't many different methods (which AsyncTask usage would require). The code displays a spinner dialog while the asynchronous job is running (see Figure 4), dismisses the dialog when it finishes, and shows an alert with the result of the runJob method (see Figure 5). There is no need to use the runOnUiThread method because both spinnerDialog and alert handle the execution on the UI thread for you. The spinnerDialog method reduces the code required to call ProgressDialog.show because Scaloid uses the implicit context I explained in the previous article. I've excluded exception handling to simplify the code.
SButton("Sign in").onClick({ val progressDialog = spinnerDialog("Scaloid App", "Authentication in progress...") spawn { val result = runJob("http://drdobbs.com") progressDialog.dismiss() alert("Welcome to the Scaloid App. Check the results:", result) } })
Figure 4: The App displaying the spinner dialog while an asynchronous job is retrieving contents from a URL.
Figure 5: The App displaying the results of the asynchronous job.


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Alan Jones lives a couple of blocks east of Main with his partner Linda Graham and two furry family members: Maurie, a goofy Goldendoodle, and Kiera, a somewhat more dignified poodle.
Jones is semi-retired. He used to be a cat person, but for the past few years he has enjoyed the company of his dogs.
Their daily exercise is his. Until recently, that exercise included a walk up to Charles Tupper high school's green space where, before or after school hours when the field wasn't in use, he would let Kiera and Maurie run free as he chatted with other dog owners.
"It's a real community," Jones says.
At least it was. Until the day he noticed a woman watching as the dogs romped. She took out a camera, snapped a few photos and disappeared.
A few minutes later, animal control swooped in, doling out fines of $250.
"We were in the corner and had an escape route," said Jones. "We were able to slip away."
Jones says the community of dog lovers has been driven away, leaving the green space unused — although Jones said neighbours miss the canine community: loitering and illicit activity has increased where the dogs used to play.
The bust Jones witnessed was part of the City of Vancouver's much-publicized 2011 adoption of a zero-tolerance approach to dog bylaw infractions.
In 2005, off-leash bylaw infraction fees were jacked up from $25 to a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $2000.
Even with heftier fines, zero-tolerance was introduced because, said Sarah Hicks, manager of animal services for the City of Vancouver, "The proactive approach to having dog owners monitor their own behaviour wasn't working."
Although animal control is a City of Vancouver department, the Vancouver park board, an elected body, is behind the enforcement measures: "The political responsibility lies with the park board. The park board decides how much money is allocated to dogs and parks, it's never come to council," said Coun. Geoff Meggs.
Animal control and the Vancouver park board work closely on enforcement, but none of the licensing revenues go toward improving park access and amenities for dogs.
Since ramping up enforcement in early 2011, the number of tickets for off-leash dog offences jumped 30 per cent compared to the previous year.
The city employs 12 full-time animal control enforcement officers that are deployed seven days a week, from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. Hicks wants her troops out even earlier, but said their union won't allow it. Yet.
Jones said he has been chased across fields by increasingly aggressive enforcement officers who lie in wait, staking out the area like secret agents, videotaping and taking photos that can later be used in court.
"I consider it a huge waste of resources," said Jones, dryly.
Hicks said her department responds to complaints from the public, and receives more than 4,000 calls per year.
In 2011, 118 of those calls involved bite complaints.
Although there was no single incident that prompted her department to ramp up ticketing, Hicks said safety is a primary concern.
"We had a horrible incident on the seawall a couple of years ago of a biker being jumped on and he had horrible injuries from an off-leash dog with lifelong consequences."
Critics view it as a cash grab, but Hicks said the money raised through ticketing goes into general city revenues, and is nowhere near enough to cover the cost of the pound and paying enforcement staff.
The total budget for animal control, including running the pound and staffing enforcement is $1.8 million annually.
Total revenue for animal control was just under $900,000 in 2011, $780,000 of which was raised through licensing. That number does not include ticketing revenue said Hicks.
The battle between dog owners and non-dog owners is not new, but as the days get longer, and more people and pooches flood the parks and beaches, the conflicts are escalating.
"It's one of the most polarized, charged issues there is," said Geoff Meggs, who has a dog, and uses Charleson park. "In my neighbourhood park there have been a number of feuds over the years."
"Ticketing is up," said Hicks, of 2012's first quarter.
City data shows 208 dog owners have been dinged for off-leash dogs and 125 nabbed for not having a licence already this year.
Some of the most likely places to get caught include Balaclava Park at 29th and Dunbar, George Wainborn Park on Beach Crescent and Trout Lake.
On a recent crisp, sunny weekend day at Kits beach (where, full disclosure, I was walking my dog), the conflict was all part of the local colour. As a young student wiped away tears, a uniformed enforcement officer with a take-no-prisoners face wrote her up ($150 for walking on the sand with her pocket-sized dog on a leash). A second officer marched off to bust a chihuahua frisking below the tide line, and a unicyclist sped by, calling out "Is this what our city is coming to? A person can't even walk their dog? Shame on you!"
Hadden Park the small crescent of beach and "postage stamp" of grass north of the Maritime museum is a good example of what's wrong with parks policy says dog-owner Suzanne Foreman: It's the only off-leash dog park serving Kitsilano — too far for many to walk to, it is inaccessible, unlit at night, has one overflowing garbage can and no fresh water for dogs. Adding to the problem, each year on May 1 the dog beach loses its full-time off-leash designation and goes to part-time hours: 6 a.m. until 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. until 10 p.m.
Dog owners want more dedicated off-leash space and less harassment. Meanwhile, the vocal citizens who don't like dogs, are afraid of them or don't want to get knocked over on their morning run, want more enforcement and stricter segregation.
Bylaw enforcement officers have no authority to detain violators or force compliance. If scofflaws give a fake name, hide in a bush or scoop up their pup and run, officers can take a photo of the fleeing perps but that's about it.
Ann Pepper, a mother of three, wants animal enforcement officers given special constable status with greater powers — and is seeking a complete moratorium on dog park development in Vancouver until further studies can be done.
Pepper works with anti-off-leash advocates iCare Vancouver to lobby for more rules and better compliance.
"I originally had no opinions about it either way," said Pepper. When she had children, everything changed. "A dog can be like a horse to a child. They can come rushing up and you can't predict what will happen. Even if nothing happens, a child can be frightened," Pepper said.
"It's just very difficult to talk about. If you say anything to dog owners, they can get really, really upset."
Pepper knows just how upset: she served on the city's failed 2006 dog strategy task force, a group of three dog owners and three non-dog owners tasked with coming up with recommendations.
The discussions, she said, were so difficult and fraught with hostility that the group was unable to come to any consensus, even when a facilitator was brought in.
The issue is so delicate that many who oppose off-leash dogs in Vancouver park were unwilling to go on record with The Sun. As one Vancouver mom who reached out to us through Twitter explained, many of her friends have dogs and she doesn't want them to hate her. It's complicated.
The City of Vancouver has 35 off-leash areas, although only 16 of these have full-time hours and only two are fenced. Some have off-leash hours in the early morning or late at night; some that are off-leash during fall and winter revert to leash-only between June and October.
Vancouver is home to approximately 145,500 dogs, according to park board data, and 36 per cent of Vancouver households have a dog. Of those, only about 22,000 are licensed.
Studies show dog-owners are overwhelmingly more likely than non-dog owners to use parks daily and their presence can reduce crime and vandalism in little-used areas.
A study for the Trust for Public Land in the U.S. showed dog parks are the greatest growth area for city parks — a growth that's been compared to the playground movement of the 1800s.
Cities like Portland have developed environmentally sensitive dog park strategies with green waste management, amenities like shade for owners, water for the dogs and lighting for dark mornings.
The Vancouver park board recently produced a 45-page report on off-leash space that shows Vancouver is lagging.
Calgary, for example, has one off-leash area per 7,151 residents; Vancouver has one per 17,200.
The draft principles posted on the park board website state that off-leash areas are an important part of the park system, need to work for all park users and point toward physical separation of off-leash areas as a solution that can work for all.
But critics say the work of the park board doesn't go far enough, and plans for public consultation are vague at best.
Park board chair Aaron Jasper, who lives in the dense West End, said that for him, the issue is not just political: "It is high on my personal agenda."
Jasper has a young child, is a frequent park user and does not have a dog himself. He helped create the fenced-in gravel dog area in Nelson park.
"Our current policy is part of the problem — staggered hours off-leash and undefined leash areas that are only visible by looking at a Google map."
Jasper said he is hoping for more public feedback on the draft principles posted online.
Jasper told The Sun he doesn't have a problem with dogs, but he doesn't believe off-leash time is necessary for city-dwelling canines — something many experts would disagree with.
"I grew up in the suburbs and we raised boxers. We walked those dogs every single day on a leash. I don't buy this notion that dogs are going to be depressed if they are not going to be let off leash."
Jasper said the park board will be "going down the road of enshrining fenced-off areas for dogs and moving away from the current policy of staggered hours."
What exactly this means — whether there will be an end to staggered hours in parks, forcing dog owners to travel farther to exercise their dogs, or whether those parks will be fenced off and made into full-time off-leash areas is yet to be decided.
By comparison, the City of Surrey is taking a leadership approach to dog-park planning: it has a new, 200-plus page 10-year master plan for off-leash development.
"The number of dogs is increasing dramatically in our cities. We decided we could solve some of our problems and it's been working," said Owen Croy, Surrey's manger of parks.
Surrey studied international models, held town hall meetings and has a goal of providing walk-to dog parks for everyone in each of its six town centres.
Innovative, environmentally sound approaches to waste management, design, citizen stewardship, parking and lighting are all part of the plan.
Croy said the city's efforts over the last 10 years helped resolve conflicts and satisfy all sides of the debate, and much more is in the works.
City of West Vancouver manager Andrew Banks said his district has 14 off-leash areas shared among approximately 3,100 local dogs, plus visitors, that make West Van's beaches and walking trails a doggie destination of choice. Keeping everyone happy is a "balancing act," said Banks, and the district is also looking at going toward more fenced-in off-leash areas.
The battle for space in Vancouver parks may be a by-product of increasing densification: parks have to serve a higher population. As the model of single-family homes becomes a thing of the past, public parks serve ever-increasing needs: they are the public's backyard. Families celebrate birthdays, trainers work out with clients, children gather.
"As density rises, the size of parks remains the same and the problems increase," said Vancouver Coun. Meggs.
Dog owner Suzanne Foreman said she is hoping for more tolerance from the city around use of alternative green spaces — like schoolyards after hours — until the city can work out a solution.
She knows her big, bouncy Briard, Georgia, could easily intimidate children, and she keeps her on a tight leash while walking on neighbourhood streets.
But Georgia is a working breed: she needs two hours a day of hard running, play and socialization to be happy and healthy.
Foreman often takes Georgia to a field adjacent to her local elementary school that is popular with dog owners after school hours.
The school principal doesn't mind, and there is a big sign on the chain-link fence saying dogs are welcome as long as dog owners clean up after them.
But animal control disagrees. Foreman received a "stern $500 warning" for throwing a ball to Georgia in the empty schoolyard at dusk, and said the climate of fear and conflict in the dog wars is exacerbated by the enforcement tactics.
"They come in, four or five of them, swoop down from different directions and converge. It's crazy — it's like a SWAT team."
The incident left her shaken, she said in an email to Mayor Gregor Robertson. (He did not reply.)
To access designated off-leash space in her neighbourhood, Foreman has to walk nearly an hour each way, or drive.
Foreman said one dog owner who uses the local school's field is in a wheelchair and has nowhere else to go.
Shannon Malmberg, a professional Vancouver dog trainer with Zen dog training, said she has concerns about what kind of dog park development the city might undertake. Dog parks where people just dump their pets after long days cooped up aren't ideal. She prefers a model that encourages shared activities with dogs.
"I'm a fan of off-leash dog walking trails where people are moving with their dogs rather than just standing. As a dog trainer, I get to see a lot of behavioural issues that come from incidents where dogs have been bullied or picked on or psychologically damaged by incidences at the park."
Separation of spaces for large and small dogs, agility areas and places where owners can work with their dogs are important, said Malmberg.
The park board has earmarked $270,000 in its capital plan for dog park improvements and development, Jasper, the board's chairman, said. "Priorities would be for some of Vancouver's dense neighbourhoods, any neighbourhoods in the downtown core."
Jasper said he hopes for "a good discussion, a good debate on a proposed new policy." The park board is re ing emails, but Jasper said public meetings aren't part of the plan.
"I've asked our staff if there are some really innovative web-based platforms for online town-hall formats," he said.
Stakeholders on both sides of the issue in Vancouver have concerns about being heard.
In an email to The Sun, off-leash opponent Anne Pepper asked: "Are we doing what is best for the city as a whole or are we simply responding to who yells the loudest?"
Dog owner Alan Jones isn't convinced anyone in Vancouver is listening — at least not to those advocating on behalf of dogs, who, of course, can't speak for themselves. In the meantime, he's driving a lot more in order to walk Maurie and Kiera. "That's not part of being a green city to me," he said.
And Foreman said she's tired of feeling vilified. "I just want to be able to walk to an off-leash park with my dog within a reasonable distance. Is that too much to ask?"
Denise Ryan is a dog owner in Vancouver, however she has been on both sides of this issue. Before adopting her Labradoodle, Charlie, Ryan wasn't keen on off-leash dogs, having been knocked over while jogging in Pacific Spirit Park on the city's west side. She has received one stern warning for allowing Charlie off leash in an undesignated area, a transgression she hopes not to repeat. However, in incident inspired her to investigate the growing rift between dog owners and non-dog owners in Vancouver.
To read and respond to the park board Dog Off Leash Area review, go to vancouver.ca/parks/info/dogparks/index.htm


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LONGMONT — The man accused of shooting at a Longmont police officer in May has been arrested on suspicion of attempt to commit first-degree murder. The bond for Jonathan Shank has been set at $10 million.
The 28-year-old Longmont man remains in a secured treatment unit at Denver Health, recovering from wounds he received when Officer Brent Cairns returned fire in the incident, which happened in the early morning hours of May 22.
Shank will make his first court appearance at 2 p.m. Monday at the Boulder County Jail, according to Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur.
"We have not physically laid hands on him," Satur said. "(But) we served the arrest warrant and this will allow the criminal court proceeding to be added to the docket and some of these other things to proceed."
On Thursday, the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender filed several motions in Boulder District Court, seeking items of discovery and requesting that a bond be set for Shanks, who had been lodged at Denver Health for several weeks but had not been arrested. Those filings precipitated Friday's arrest, Satur said.
Cairns, who was not injured in the incident, saw Shank driving without his headlights about 2:10 a.m. May 22. After Cairns pulled him over in a parking lot at 210 Ken Pratt Blvd., Shank got out of his car and started firing his Bushmaster AR-15 rifle at Cairns, according to reports. In just over a minute, 35 rounds were fired between the two, according to the investigation. Cairns hit Shank at least three times with his return fire.
Shank had a blood alcohol level of .311, more than three times the legal limit, according to reports.
The Boulder County Critical Incident Investigations Team, made up of detectives from several departments, investigated the shooting. Cairns was cleared of any wrongdoing and has been back on the job for a couple of weeks now, Satur said.
According to Boulder County Jail Division Chief Bruce Haas, Shank has been housed in the secure unit at Denver Health for the past several weeks. It's similar to a typical hospital ward, Haas said, except the patients are under armed guard.
Haas said Boulder County will be responsible for transferring Shank from Denver Health to the jail for his court appearance and then back to Denver Health. The county typically handles such transfers for municipalities in the county because of their experience in doing so, he said.
Denver Health has said that Shank has recovered enough from his wounds that he will be able to attend court proceedings, as long as he is accompanied by paramedics.
A spokeswoman for the District Attorney's office could not confirm that $10 million was a record high bond amount for Boulder County.
Tony Kindelspire can be reached at 303-684-5291 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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MSGL Summer Camp is open to Preschoolers through 1st Graders who are currently enrolled or recent alumni and while it is a really great time for all of those kids who have been here before, it is especially helpful for children new to MSGL and for the toddlers who are graduating to preschool. For these children, Summer Camp is the perfect way to ease into the routines of preschool and to set the stage for a successful start in August.
The absolute best part of being a Montessori directress - or ANY teacher, anywhere, I imagine - is watching the children develop and grow. We spend time with your children each day, observing and guiding them, and we get to see them just as they are in that moment. And what they are, as Grace Harvey says, is "totes amazeballs" (totally amazing). They grow in strength, wisdom, and courage right before our very eyes.
Today I will just speak to their courage because courage is the thing that gets your child through his or her day without you. In more stuffy circles it might be called confidence, but when you are only 28 inches tall and mom or dad just drove out of the parking lot, you've got to be brave to pull yourself together, to turn to face that great big green space filled with people you don't know and sally forth through the rest of your morning.
Maya Angelou said, "Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistenly without courage." During last week's Summer Camp, there were many examples of children developing their courage and I will share a few.
During Friday's Bike Day, a 4-year-old friend who enthusiastically embraces everything at school stopped his bike right at my toes, looked out at the cars going by on Sagamore Parkway, and said, "I miss my dad and my mom. And my little brother. And our dog. And they are missing me, too." I listened and commiserated and soon he took off speeding around the course. His courage waned for only a moment then he got back on his bike.
The 5-year-olds are totally courageous (one might even say fearless) out on the bike course and they consider their turn during Bike Day to be a race even though there is no starting line and no trophies. As they put on their helmets, their talk is all about who will win. When D missed his turn to ride with his fellow 4-year-olds, he got to ride with the 5's (a truly courageous decision) alonside his big brother. After the race, D was a little upset that he didn't "win." His big brother reassured him, "No, you DID win, D! Did you see all those people going by you? That's because you won!" (Just a note: We have a lot of siblings at camp this year and even though we know sibling rivalry is a real thing, you couldn't tell by watching these brothers and sisters interact at school. Whether it's inviting a little sister to play or feeding a little brother apples during snack, your children take good care of each other when they are away from mom and dad.)
The exploding paint activity required all different types of bravery, especially from the teachers. For this activity, the children put a scoop of baking soda and some colored vinegar in a plastic baggie, sealed it and shook it up before throwing it on the ground to watch it explode. If there was no explosion the child could take a pin-puncher and pop the bag. Loud noises, spraying liquids - it's not an experiment for the timid.
Courage hung thick in the air under the willow tree on Friday as children experimented with the log seesaw. Little ones who started out holding our hands as they walked the length of the log until it dropped to the ground were able to do it by themselves after seven or eight attempts. One group of brave 5 and 6-year-old girls inspired their younger sisters and friends to walk the seesaw and soon there there were eight girls waiting in line for a turn. These are some of the same girls who regularly show others how to draw pictures of princesses and fairies in the classroom. For me, this experience was a reminder that when we worry that a child is "only drawing" or "only playing" it's time to take a break and get a cup of coffee while the children follow their interests.
Maria Montessori observed that by using their senses and their big, beautiful brains, children can naturally learn everything they need to about their world. All they need is a caring community of adults to prepare an environment where that learning can occur. She described it this way, "The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences."
MSGL provides such an environment in our classrooms and on our beautiful campus that has been created by you and other parents like you. When you bring your child to Summer Camp next week or to Preschool this fall, you are allowing her to bravely conduct her own experiences apart from you. And that requires real courage from both of you.
See you soon!


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University assists first responders, area residents after Hurricane Sandy
As Princeton Borough and Princeton Township started recovering from the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy, about 150 first responders working during the storm were provided with free meals by the University's Dining Services. Local residents whose homes lost power were invited to warm up, recharge phones and other electronic devices and use wireless Internet service at a hospitality center on campus.
The hospitality center, which was opened at the request of the Princeton municipal emergency operations center, "was just one of a number of ways that the University looked to provide resources to the community during the emergency," said Kristin Appelget, the University's director of community and regional affairs.
The University also offered a heavy duty electricity generator for use by Princeton municipal authorities if necessary.
Students affiliated with the University's Pace Center for Civic Engagement also volunteered at a community respite center at the John Witherspoon Middle School, where Princeton residents who lost power during Hurricane Sandy were able to take showers, charge electronic devices, get food and stay overnight.
The University's TigerTransit system provided free shuttle bus service between Princeton Junction station and the Princeton station while the "Dinky" train service was suspended in the aftermath of the storm. The TigerTransit service continued until New Jersey Transit began running shuttle buses on the route.
The University, which also lost power from the public electricity provider, had to shut down many administrative and academic buildings and run critical functions on limited power from the University's independent cogeneration plant for more than 24 hours. The plant can generate 13 megawatts of electricity, which is significantly less than the maximum campus demand when all buildings are fully operational.
However, University buildings that depend solely on electric power from the public grid remained without power for extended periods of time, and power was not restored to some University housing until Monday, Nov. 5.
Due to continued power outages in the Princeton area, several polling stations were relocated to the University's Computer Science Building on Olden Street and the University's Jadwin Gym, where a large section of the parking area was reserved for voters. More than 3,400 voters from municipal districts 1, 2, 4, 14, 15, 16 and 20 cast their votes on campus on Nov. 6.
The meals for the first responders, students who remained on campus during fall recess and employees on duty were prepared and served by a small team of Dining Services employees who were able to make it to work.
"We always use the phrase, 'it's all about food, mood and attitude,'" said Stu Orefice, executive director of Dining Services. "Despite the challenges that they faced, our staff maintained a positive attitude, and our goal was to share that spirit through our service."
Orefice continued working even though his own house was badly damaged by the storm.
"We were operating with a lean but dedicated team that made literally hundreds of people happy — by serving nearly 9,000 hot and cold meals over five days," he said. "When Frist Campus Center opened its doors on Wednesday, not many restaurants in town were open, so members of the Princeton community started coming in, and we were selling as much as we do when all our students are back."
Elsewhere on campus, hundreds of employees, many of whom were unable to reach their homes, worked in shifts to keep critical University functions running. The storm felled about 110 trees, which blocked roads and damaged vehicles, fences and other property. No injuries were reported.
Throughout the storm the University coordinated its efforts with a joint emergency operations center for Princeton Borough and Princeton Township.
The University's response to the hurricane was coordinated through an emergency operations center on campus, which was staffed by representatives from the Department of Public Safety, Facilities, Dining Services, University Services, Office of Information Technology (OIT), Office of Environmental Health and Safety, University Health Services, Campus Life, Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, Office of Human Resources, and Office of Communications, among others.


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MrPWG wrote:SuperSteen wrote:Has anyone in PWG thought of creating some kind of "official" awards? Set up some of these categories and have people e-mail their votes in to PWG and then at the Jan. 21 show announce the winners and post them on the website. These guys work hard all year and deserve some official recognition from the fans.
I actually conversed about this very topic with Dino Winwood via emails on myspace. I remember a month or so ago on the old forums was a topic about donig a PWG Winter Formal or Prom type idea. Getting the fans/wrestlers to dress up in tuxedos and such to help play up the gimmick. Why not parlay that into a PWG Award Show. Perhaps the PWGrammys? Or the Academy of PWG Awards? Ideas, Thoughts???
That's a fantastic idea!! I bet they could set up some tables in the JCC and for $15-$20 a person they could have everyone dress up and have some kind of simple meal or h'ours dourves (sp.) for an awards ceremony.