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WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- President Obama said Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups had "no place" in government.
"This is pretty straightforward," Obama said Monday during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron. "If in fact IRS personnel engaged in the kinds of practices that's been reported on, and intentionally targeting conservative [groups], that's outrageous and there's no place for it."
"They have to be held fully accountable," he said.
The American public must have "absolute confidence" that laws are being administered in a non-partisan way.
"We don't want the IRS being perceived as biased or anything less than neutral in how they operate," he said.
He said he did not want to comment on any specific finding because the inspector general was conducting an investigation.
"But if you've got an IRS operating in anything less than a neutral, non-partisan manner, then it is outrageous ... and people have to be held accountable ... ."
U.S. Internal Revenue Service inquiry of conservative groups included those lobbying to "make America a better place to live," new details emerging about the IRS investigation indicated. That lever goes beyond what the IRS admitted Friday, which was that it targeted groups with "Tea Party" or "patriot" in their names, several media outlets reported Monday, based on draft findings from disclosures to congressional investigators by the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration.
The audit follows complaints last year by numerous Tea Party and other conservative groups they had been singled out and subjected to extreme and improper questioning. Many groups say they were asked for donor lists and other sensitive information.
Lois Lerner, head of the IRS tax-exempt-organizations division, said Friday the agency was "apologetic" for "absolutely inappropriate" actions by lower-level workers.
Obama said he learned about the matter Friday.
The full report by Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration is to be released this week.
At various points over the past two years, the Cincinnati IRS office, which is in charge of evaluating applications for tax-exempt status, focused on groups making statements that "criticize how the country is being run" and those involved in educating Americans "on the Constitution and Bill of Rights," the draft report cited by The Washington Post indicated.
By June 2011 some IRS specialists were probing applications of groups focusing on "government spending, government debt or taxes [and] education of the public by advocacy/lobbying to 'make America a better place to live,'" the report cited by the Journal indicated.
The inspector general's investigation also found the head of the IRS tax-exempt-organizations division knew as early as June 2011 conservative groups were being inappropriately targeted -- several months before Douglas Shulman, IRS commissioner at the time, denied to a congressional committee the agency was targeting conservative groups, the newspapers said.
The findings don't make clear who came up with the idea to give extra scrutiny to certain conservative groups, The Wall Street Journal said.
But a government official told the Journal the final report will say IRS officials told investigators no one outside the IRS was involved in developing the profiling criteria.
The audit follows complaints last year by numerous Tea Party and other conservative groups they had been singled out and subjected to extreme and improper questioning.
Many groups say they were asked for donor lists and other sensitive information.
Lerner was briefed on the effort in June 2011, the newspapers said. On Friday she said she learned of the profiling effort from news reports.
The New York Times said the audit indicates Lerner seemed to work hard to switch the focus from conservatives to all types of political advocacy groups.


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(NewsUSA) – Nothing does more to enhance the look and feel of a home than windows — especially if your house still has rickety single-pane glass windows. But replacing old windows doesn't just add comfort by eliminating drafts, CNN Money says homeowners can see a significant return on their investment from increased resale value. Replacement windows can also help save money on energy bills every year.
According to a survey by Remodeling Magazine, the return on investment for replacing your windows is among the highest of typical remodeling projects. Not to mention, these estimates are modest with the emergence of more energy-efficient windows. Windows that not only can regulate temperature but also maximize sunlight in winter make a significant difference when heat and cooling bills are due.
Advancements in energy-efficient windows are helping homeowners save more on energy bills, not to mention recoup some of the cost of window replacement. The latest window designs include a combination of energy efficiency, durability and aesthetics. The Tuscany Series from Milgard, for example, comes Energy Star rated and is made from tough, durable vinyl.
But when homeowners are making an upfront purchase as expensive as new windows, they must be sure it's the right time. Look for the following signs to inform you it's time for new windows:
* Drafts. Drafts mean windows are no longer properly insulated, which may include the weather stripping.
* Soft wood. Tap window frames with a blunt tool to see if it can be easily pushed into the wood. Soft wood tends to be a sign of decay, mold or termite damage.
* Peeling paint on exterior. Moisture can travel through poorly sealed windows and back out to the outside of the house, which often causes exterior paint to peel and flake off.
* Problems opening or closing. Old windows have seen their share of fresh paint, meaning they may stick or fail to open at all. While it's annoying to have a window that won't open, it's also a safety threat and a fire hazard.
For more information about replacing your windows, go to www.milgard.com. The website's shopping tools section can help you select the right new windows for your home.
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Honolulu, HI – The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, June 25, 2015, starting at 10:00 a.m., at the Honolulu Airport, Conference Room #4, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The public is invited to participate in person. Anyone requiring special accommodations to participate at the meeting may call HHSC at (808) 733-4151, for assistance.
Click here to view/download the meeting agenda.
HHSC operates 13 facilities throughout the state of Hawaii: East Hawaii region: Hilo Medical Center, Ka'u Hospital, Hale Ho'ola Hamakua and Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home; West Hawaii region: Kona Community Hospital and Kohala Hospital; Maui region; Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital, and Lanai Community Hospital; Oahu region: Leahi Hospital and Maluhia; and Kauai region: West Kauai Medical Center, and Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital, in addition to two non-profit affiliates.
Established in 1996, HHSC is a public benefit corporation of the State of Hawaii. As the state's safety-net healthcare system, HHSC continues to fulfill the state's promise to provide quality, hometown healthcare.


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Diageo has pulled out of talks to buy a stake in top-selling tequila brand Jose Cuervo in a surprise move that fueled speculation that the world's biggest spirits maker could now set its sights on smaller rival Beam Inc.
The collapse of discussions with Cuervo, which has a distribution deal with Diageo due to end in June 2013, will leave Diageo without a major tequila brand and Cuervo without a distributor outside its home market of Mexico.
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Shares of Beam, which owns the world's No. 2 tequila, Sauza, were up 3.5 percent at $61.99 in New York, while Diageo shares were down 1.4 percent at 1860 pence in London. Shares of French rival Pernod, which an industry source said could now link up with Cuervo, were up nearly 1 percent in Paris.
Faced with sluggish growth in recession-hit European economies, Diageo has been looking to tap burgeoning middle classes in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where it aims to make around half of its turnover by 2015.
A deal with Jose Cuervo, valued at about $3 billion, would have given the British group access to the emerging Mexican spirits market and a stronger product range there to go with its Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka brands.
Diageo, Cuervo's distributor outside Mexico, had been expected to take a stake in the business with the possibility of gaining majority control at a later date.
But the firm said in a statement on Tuesday that discussions had broken down without agreement, after the two companies had been wrangling over price for more than a year.
RBC analysts noted that Cuervo only accounted for about 3 percent of Diageo revenue and 2 percent of profit, and said the failure of the deal might free up funds for other transactions.
A weekend newspaper report said Diageo had held talks with Japanese brewer Suntory over a joint bid for Beam worth over $10 billion. Diageo declined to comment.
"Whether Diageo was just using the threat of buying Beam as a bargaining tool with Cuervo is hard to say. But now the market will probably ascribe a higher probability that Diageo will take a look closer at Beam's portfolio," said analysts at Davy.
Some analysts, however, have said Diageo may not want to pay the price Beam would command, while anti-trust regulators may also prove to be a hurdle. The maker of Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and Knob Creek bourbons beat quarterly profit expectations last month and is considered a success story since going public. .
The company's shares gained 13 percent since Nov. 27 amid speculation about a takeover. Adding in Tuesday's jump, Beam's market capitalization stood at $9.85 billion.
A Beam spokesman declined to comment on rumour or speculation.
Cuervo is owned by the Beckmann family, heirs to the Cuervo family who founded the company in the Mexican town of Tequila in 1795. The business is the clear leader in tequila's two biggest markets, the United States and Mexico, ahead of Sauza.
However, Cuervo's U.S. share has been gradually declining. It was one of Diageo's lowest margin brands and was not realising its potential in the United States, Diageo's Walsh said when talks started in 2011.
Beckmann-owned Proximo would be the most likely distributor for Cuervo in the United States once the Diageo agreement ends, UBS analysts said.
"Cuervo has two problems at the moment: they are mono-product and mono-geography. They absolutely need to diversify the business to maintain its value," an industry source said.
The source added that Pernod Ricard, the world's second-largest spirits group and the firm behind Absolut vodka and Mumm champagne, could now look at Cuervo, and also Beam.
"Having more tequila in their portfolio would not hurt," the source said. Pernod sells small, high-end tequila brands, but like Diageo, does not own a mass-market brand.
Premium tequilas, which are high margin and high growth, are made entirely from the blue agave plant that grows in the Mexican state of Jalisco, while cheaper brands are mixed with spirit derived from sugar cane and other sources.
Diageo said it could fill the mass-market void through innovation, acquisitions and partnerships. The company's North America President Larry Schwartz told analysts that if Diageo were to buy another tequila, it would like it to be 100 percent agave, but still be affordable.
Like Cuervo, Sauza's main brand is a mixed tequila, but its Sauza Blue, Hornitos and Tres Generaciones lines are pure agave.
Diageo could also focus on innovating with its high-end Don Julio brand, while it digests other acquisitions.
Last month, it paid $2.1 billion for a majority stake in India's largest spirits company United Spirits, and it has also secured smaller deals for producers of baiju, cachaca and raki in China, Brazil and Turkey.
The group, whose brands also include Smirnoff vodka, Tanqueray gin, and Baileys liqueur, was advised on the Jose Cuervo talks by Goldman Sachs and HSBC. The Beckmanns have been advised by Barclays.


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Boldly following where one other Alberta town has gone before, the community of St. Paul is considering adopting an alien theme to boost tourism.
A proposal from a town marketing committee calls for alien-themed garbage cans on St. Paul's main street, providing information on crop circles and cattle mutilations, painting six blocks of green sidewalks, putting alien statues in parks and hosting UFO conferences.
The out-of-this world concept has created a heated debate in the town of 5,000, located about 160 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
Some residents say that going alien would make St. Paul "a freak show."
The community already has a UFO landing pad that was built as a Canada centennial project in 1967.
Some of the town's residents consider the roadside attraction an embarrassment because, unlike Roswell, N.M., or Nevada's Area 51, St. Paul has no real UFO claim.
But Dayna Dickens, tourism co-ordinator for the town of Vulcan, says taking the thematic risk could make other towns in the St. Paul area green with envy.
"I would encourage them wholeheartedly," says Dickens.
"I think there might even be opportunities for us to work together."
Vulcan, Alta., adopted a Star Trek theme more than 15 years ago that has been a boon to its economy and generated stories in the New York Times and major entertainment magazines.
The town of 2,000 was named in 1915 for the Roman god of fire. But after an economic slump, Vulcan decided in the mid-1990s to capitalize on the fictional home world of the alien Vulcans from the Star Trek TV and movie series, building a replica of the Starship Enterprise and putting up a space-age tourism information and visitor centre.
According to Dickens, the town is now being considered to host the world premiere of a new Star Trek movie scheduled to debut May 8, 2009.
After pitching the idea in January, visits to the town this past winter -- the slowest tourism period of the year -- jumped 75 per cent to 3,000 visits.
In March, Paramount executives phoned expressing interest after noticing international press clippings on Vulcan, about 110 kilometres southeast of Calgary.
"It's really made a significant difference for the town," Dickens said of the Star Trek theme.
"I would encourage any community take that risk. If it marketed properly, dare I say, it can take you to the stars."
Danny White, chairman of St. Paul's marketing committee, says an intergalactic theme may seem alien to people in the agriculture and oil-and-gas community. But it could be just the hook St. Paul needs to sell its other amenities, such as its recreational potential in the lake district of northeastern Alberta.
"If you think about it strictly from a marketing standpoint, building on the UFO idea is not making fun of St. Paul. The sky really is the limit," said White, a local radio sales manager.
St. Paul's UFO landing pad attraction has never been fully embraced by the community, with only two businesses adopting an alien theme -- UFO Pizza and the Galaxy Motel.
For such a concept to work, there must be a total commitment on the part of the community, according to Roger Brooks, a Seattle-based tourism marketing consultant.
Vulcan's town website, for instance, is totally designed around the Star Trek theme.
No matter how bizarre or out-of-place an idea might seem, Brooks said communities should be focused on the end result of generating economic activity.
"It has to be based on feasibility, not local sentiment. Tourism marketing is about cash," Brooks told an Alberta tourism conference last fall in Banff.


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thousands of images ranging from azaleas to zebras, Kathy McClure has probably
photographed it. As a 28-year resident of Queen Creek she has observed the
growth of the East valley, loves to explore the Sonoran desert which surrounds
her and to record the nature artwork - from the miniscule to the grandiose.
Her images include tiny flowers, magnificent horses, exotic lands and rushing
rivers. McClure avoids digital manipulation, instead choosing to depict realistic
and surrealistic views of actual subjects along the paths she travels. Boyce
Thompson Arboretum's gallery is a fitting showcase for her work this month
as McClure has been inspired here by the tiny purple flowers of the Fairy
Duster and the magnificent swath of color which spreads across 4400 foot tall
Picketpost Mountain at sunset.
A self-taught photographer, McClure has been behind the camera since she received a Brownie on her eighth birthday. Over the years she progressed from summer camp candids to photographing horses and ambitious desert landscapes.
Pinal County backroads, canyons, and mountains are her favorite subject; travels to national parks and foreign lands have added thousands of images to her collections of flowers, animals, and landscapes. McClure is currently a member of the Cobre Valley Fine Arts Guild in Globe, the Tubac Center of the Arts, and the Mesa Art League. Her award-winning photography has been featured in magazine articles and on covers. Framed artwork is available at the Cobre Valley Center of the Arts and during her exhibition here at the Arboretum. Unframed artwork is available through art.com (search for "KCM Photos"). McClure prints are also available as custom-framed décor for home or office. To contact the artist email her at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 480.987.3257.
Our gallery here at Boyce Thompson Arboretum is just inside the main entrance to the visitor center building. Admission is taken from 8-4 daily, and is required to enter the grounds - even simply to view the monthly gallery exhibit. Arboretum non-members pay daily admission of $7.50 for adults and $3 for ages 5-12. Visitors are invited to meet the artist at her reception Feb. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The show will remain in the visitor center gallery until Monday, Feb. 28. Next month's gallery show at BTA will be photography by Edith Krueger Nye; if you'd care to see last month's exhibit by Pam Smyth CLICK HERE, or to view the December exhibit by Tina Faust CLICK HERE


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The Pacific Coast Breeders Cup Stallion Auction brought in over $29,000 with 31 stallions participating. The highest breedings were Baske Fire($3,000) to Diana MaClaskey or Sherwood, Oregon and Montana Firenze($3,000) to Susan MacDonald of Langley, B.C Canada. The Abel Family of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada was also the highest bidder of 3 breedings!. The evening was a huge success and a great time was had by all! We look forward to a bigger & better 2013!
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By Thompson & Bender for NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital
Sep. 12, 2018: NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital announced it is hosting the "Be Well Bash," a wellness and injury prevention event for all ages. This free event will take place Saturday, September 29, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, rain or shine, on the front lawn of Bronxville High School.
NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence is sponsoring this free program for K-12 student athletes, weekend warriors, and seniors. The community can meet clinicians from the Columbia Orthopedics and Sports Medicine program and specialists in primary care, cardiology, and a host of specialties to learn about how to stay healthy and achieve their goals. It will be an afternoon filled with activities including the NFL PLAY 60 Skills and Drills program and the New York City Football Club Street Team program; injury prevention workshops; music; food; entertainment; face painting; and much more.
"Whether you are young or 'young at heart,' you can get yourselves active, fit, and strong in a safe and healthy way, and we'll show you how," said Michael J. Fosina, MPH, FACHE, president of NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital. "The Be Well Bash will be a fun and casual way for our clinicians to meet the community and answer their questions."
Members of the Be Well Bash committee are Mayor Mary Marvin, Bronxville Chamber of Commerce executive director Nicole Tuck, Bronxville Chamber of Commerce board member Bob Krause, Bronxville High School athletic director Karen Peterson, and representatives from NewYork-Presbyterian and the Columbia Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Program.
"We are so excited and honored to be the host of what is truly a groundbreaking event in the world of sports and wellness," said Mayor Mary Marvin. "We hope to be the home of such a positive community event for years to come."
For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1081602022015333/.
Editor's note: As a public service, MyhometownBronxville publishes articles from local institutions, officeholders, and individuals. MyhometownBronxville does not fact-check statements therein, and any opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the thinking of its staff.
By Peggy Williams, Executive Director, The Bronxville School Foundation Dec. 5, 2018: For the twelfth consecutive year, the Annual Katie Welling Memorial Run was held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving....
Ballet Muscle
Ballet Muscle offer professional ballet lessons and ballet classes for children (including a class for boys) and adults. Owner Peter Cirolia danced alongside the famed New York City Ballet in productions choreographed by the immortal George Balanchine and studied under world renowned dancers like Mikhail Barishnakov, Peter Boal, Jack Soto and Elliot Feld. This experience and training provides Peter with an incredible ability to teach dance skills and bring the joy of dancing to all his students.
10 South Division Street
New Rochelle, New York914-365-1862
Ballet Arts-The Performing Arts Center of Southern Westchester
Established in 1977, Ballet Arts-The Performing Arts Center of Southern Westchester offers a complete program of Performing Arts education for all ages. 28 teachers conduct over 60 classes per week including Ballet with piano accompaniment, Jazz, Ballroom, Tap, Irish Step, Lyrical Dance and Hip-Hop.
New Classes: Creative Movement and Story Time Dance for 2 and 3 year old boys and girls taught by Selena Colburn, "Selena Ballerina".
Have a look; http://www.ballet-arts.net/PreBallet.html
Fitness classes include Zumba, Pilates & personal training. Classes are available for students ages 2 to Adult in every skill level. Private Dance, Voice & Instrument Lessons at our studio or in your home are available by appointment. Seasonal and Summer Performing Arts Camps. Themed Birthday Parties-Children and parents enjoy play dance and music with our staff-you have fun and we'll clean up.
Centre Stage is our on site Dance, Gymnastics, Ice Skating and Fitness Apparel and Accessories Boutique. Specialty Dance footwear, Unique Costumes, Gifts and Collectables.
Sheran Daniele, Founder & Artistic Director. 504 Fifth Avenue, Pelham914 738 8300www.ballet-arts.net firstname.lastname@example.com
Scarsdale Ballet Studio
The Scarsdale Ballet Studio "offers classical ballet training" to students of all levels ages three and up. Students who are enrolled in ballet classes may also study Pointe, Variations, Jazz, Lyrical Dance and Contemporary Ballet (a fusion of classical ballet, jazz and modern dance)
Artistic Director: Diana White 696R White Plains Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 (Near Lord and Taylor in the Vernon Hills Shopping Center) 914.725.8754 www.scarsdaleballetstudio.com
Tuckahoe Youth Association
The Tuckahoe Youth Association ("TYA") is a chartered Babe Ruth baseball and softball program that goes from T-ball to the Majors. The program is for resident boys ages 5 to 12 and resident girls ages 5 to 16. Play begins in mid-April and runs through June. Games are played at Labriola Field weekday evening and on Saturdays
League President: Rafael firstname.lastname@example.com http://tuckahoe.baberuthonline.com
Eastchester Little League
914-722-6246 http://www.eastchester.org/departments/recreation/faq
Frozen Ropes
Frozen Ropes is a baseball and softball instruction company. They have locations throughout the United States, including White Plains. Their White Plains facility offers a myriad of programs including hitting and pitching clinics, camps and much more.
email@example.com 55 South BroadwayWhite Plains, New York 10601 914-993-6355 http://www.frozenropes.com/trainingcenters/default.asp?location=WhitePlains
Eastchester Instructional Basketball League (EIBL)
The Eastchester Instructional Basketball League is an instructional league that "emphasizes learning and fun." The league is for boys and girls in grades 4-8.
Eastchester Recreation Department 40 Mill Road Eastchester, New York 10709 914-771-3311 www.eastchester.org/departments/recreation
Citibabes Scarsdale
Citibabes is the only family membership club that offers best-in-class education, services and activities for both children and adults. With a commitment to providing the best resources, finest amenities and most highly trained professionals all under one roof, Citibabes offers a nurturing and dynamic environment where children can learn, experiment and flourish through various experiences, while parents and caregivers gain a deeper understanding of their children's individuality and range of interests. Child-centered signature classes include art, cooking, dance, language, music & movement, sports and science. All programs are housed in a 9,000 sq ft facility in the heart of Scarsdale, including a 1,500 sq ft indoor playground.
Citibabes offers innovative children's classes, including a preschool, birthday parties, parenting seminars, an adult gym with private training options and a gourmet café. With offerings for little and big ones, Citibabes is the ultimate resource for the whole family for innovative, enriching and fun!
Citibabes Scarsdale, is located at7 Popham Road, 3rd Floor, Scarsdale, NY 10583. 914 725 3334. Visit www.citibabes.com to learn more.
KI Martial Arts - Westchester Krav Maga - - Offers Kick Boxing, Fitness Conditioning & Self Defense Conditioning!
World Cup Karate Champion, Sensei Vladimir Zolottev, is proud to provide you and your family with the highest caliber, quality, Competition Level Instruction in Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Krav Maga, Kick Boxing, KI Conditioning, Self Defense & Fitness Conditioning! Specialized Kick Boxing, Fitness Conditioning and Self Defense classes are designed to motivate, energize and keep you in the best physical condition!
Designed for each individual, our professional instructors gear the classes to you and your physical conditioning needs.You will be challenged! You will enjoy yourself! All are welcome! Novices and advanced athletes! KI Martial Arts / Westchester Krav Maga helps you achieve your goals! All classes are specialized to motivate and inspire each of KI's students.
*Children's classes are available for Children ages 3 and up. *Teen and Adult classes are geared to enhance the mind, body and spirit. *Family classes are a wonderful bonding experience. *Ladies Only classes provide intensive training in a private setting. *Special Needs Classes are dedicated to the individualized needs of the student.
All Ages & Levels are Welcome!
Please come in and visit KI Martial Art's & Westchester Krav Maga's, state of the art, self-defense, training and fitness center. KI Martial Arts & Westchester Krav Maga also offers Private Training & Fun-Filled Birthday Parties! Ask about KI's Current Promotions and Special Pricing! Please come in for a Free Class!
Right now they have a $99 Special! 6 Weeks for $99! A FREE Uniform and a FREE T-Shirt are Included!
125a Marbledale Road, Tuckahoe (914) 961-1111 Sensei Vladimir Zolottev
Ballet Muscle offer personal training and fitness classes. Owner Peter Cirolia brings to the health- fitness profession, experience and enthusiasm rarely seen in a fitness professional and ballet master. Peter's experience as a ballet dancer alongside the famed New York City Ballet helped develop an appreciation and intimate understanding of body mechanics, nutrition and peak achievement techniques which set him apart from his competitors as a fitness training pro. Through his consulting, teaching and unique individual instruction, Peter Cirolia has helped individuals from all walks of life ranging from beginner to elite athlete achieve their individual health, nutritional and wellness goals. Personal training sessions can be conducted in the privacy of your home or at Peter's private training studio.
New Rochelle, New York 914-365-1862
Bikram Yoga Larchmont
2444 Boston Post RoadLarchmont, New York 10538 914-833-9703 www.bikramyogalarchmont.com
Bikram Yoga at Yoga Spa
321 East Main StreetElmsford, New York 10523 914-345-9642
858 Scarsdale AvenueScarsdale, New York 10583 914-725-9400 www.bodyfitstudio.com
Center for Movement
846 Scarsdale AvenueScarsdale, New York 10483 914-722-7646 www.centerformovement.com
Changes Personal Training
Gerald DeCarlo Tuckahoe, New York 914-337-4200
16 Columbus AvenueTuckahoe, New York 10707 914-771-7680 www.curvesoftuckahoe.com
Dynamic Personal Training
Michael Paccetti and Joseph Netrda 7 Sunnyside Terrace Eastchester, New York 10708 914-961-1500
Equinox Fitness
500 White Plains Road Scarsdale, New York 914-472-9000 website
World Cup Karate Champion, Sensei Vladimir Zolottev, is proud to provide you and your family with the highest caliber, quality, Competition Level Instruction in Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Krav Maga, Kick Boxing, KI Conditioning, Self Defense & Fitness Conditioning! Specialized Kick Boxing, Fitness Conditioning and Self Defense classes are designed to motivate, energize and keep you in the best physical condition!
Millennium Trainer
Millennium Trainer offers personal training. They make personal training affordable for everyone with multiple options for training either in a gym setting or at home where they can assist with a custom budget built gym in the privacy of your own home. Multiple training locations and session packages available to suit your needs. Contact them at 914-912-2088 or email@example.com!
Move Fitness
72 Palmer Avenue Bronxville, New York 10708 914-771-9771 www.fitnessbymove.com
Phoenix Fitness Club
135 Marbledale RoadTuckahoe, New York 10707 914-961-6900 www.phoenixfit.com
Physique Pilates Studio at the JCC mid Westchester
999 Wilmot RoadScarsdale, New York 10583 Contact: Annette Jackson, Director914-472-3300 x225www.jccmw.org
Smart Moves Pilates
SmartMoves Pilates offers private sessions and duets in the pilates equipment. Improve your posture, strengthen your core and stretch. Experience the benefits of this wonderful technique! Certified instructors. Parking available in front of the building. By appointment only.
85 Pondfield Rd Bronxville NY 10708. 917-862-5227www.smartmoves-pilates.net
Yoga Haven
firstname.lastname@example.com Main Street, 2nd FloorTuckahoe, New York 10707 914-337-1437www.yogahaven.com
Eastchester Blue Devils (Pop Warner) Football
The Eastchester Blue Devils Football is an organized youth football and cheerleader program for boys and girls ages 6 to 14. The season is from August through November.
President Rick Trizano firstname.lastname@example.com
Lake Isle
Lake Isle is an Eastchester Town-owned facility that is open to all residents and a limited number of non residents. Town residents are defined as those people whose "permanent and primary domicile is located within Eastchester, Bronxville, or Tuckahoe. " Along with five swimming pools and eight Har-Tru tennis courts, they have a par 70, 18-hole championship golf course. Fees for non-residents are higher than for residents.
http://www.eastchester.org/departments/lakeisle 660 White Plains Road Eastchester, New York 10709 914-961-3453
Saxon Woods Golf Course
The Saxon Woods golf course was designed by Tom Winton and opened to the public in 1931. Today, all 18 tees have been renovated, along with several greens. There is also a new restaurant and concession at the course. It is a public course
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/Golf/SaxonWoods.htm 314 Old Mamaroneck Road Scarsdale, New York 10583 914-231-3461
Sprain Lake Golf Course
Sprain Lake Golf Course was also designed by Tom Winton. It is characterized by "small greens, rolling terrain and a number of highly challenging holes, with an abundance of water hazards and difficult shots." All 18 tees have been renovated and expanded and the 10th and 13th greens have been upgraded. It is a public course.
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/Golf/SprainLake.htm East Grassy Sprain Road Yonkers, New York 914-231-3481
Siwanoy Country Club
Siwanoy is a private country club in Bronxville that offers swimming, tennis, paddle tennis, dining and golf.
www.Siwanoycc.com Pondfield Road Bronxville, New York 10708 914-337-3840
GymCats Gymnastics
Gymcats is an 8700 sq. foot fully equipped facility that has been serving Westchester for over 30 years. They offer beginner through advanced gymnastics instruction for girls & boys ages 18 months & up. They also offer birthday parties, private lessons and summer camp. Their friendly and energetic staff is always focused on SAFETY, FITNESS & FUN. "Our goal at GymCats Gymnastics is to build a physical and mental foundation for all sports and to promote athleticism and good health through participation in gymnastics."
GymCats GymnasticsOne Odell plaza, Yonkers, 10701Exit 9 off the Saw Mill River Pkwy.914-965-7676www.gymcats.net
Spotlight Gymnastics
Spotlight Gymnastics was founded in 1986 "to provide gymnastics training for children of all ages and abilities." They offer classes from September through June divided into fall, winter, and spring Sessions. They also offer summer camp in conjunction with Bronxville Recreation Council. Their philosophy "is to teach gymnastics and fitness in a fun, safe environment and to raise the student's self-esteem."
email@example.com Pelhamdale Avenue Pelham Manor, New York 10803 914-738-7305 www.spotlightgym.com
Sage Hill Farm
Sage Hill Farm is a full-service boarding and training facility specializing in hunters, equitation and ponies. We offer expert training for horses and riders, attentive horse care and uncrowded riding rings. We emphasize safety and enjoyment in a pleasant, supportive environment where everyone is encouraged to progress toward their riding goals.Sage Hill Farm welcomes riders of all ages and abilities. Our adults, juniors and young riders successfully compete on the A and AA-rated show circuit as well as at local rated one-day shows. Sage Hill also offers a lesson program on experienced, willing and safe school horses and ponies. Situated on 30 beautiful acres in Yorktown Heights, the farm is easily accessible to Bronxville. For more information, please contact Stephanie Demmon at 203-981-9781.
1300 Baptist Church RdYorktown Heights, NY email@example.com
Twin Lake Farm
960B California Road Eastchester, New York 914-961-2192
Westchester Skating Academy
The Westchester Skating Academy was built in 1996 and has become "the premiere skating facility in the Westchester County area." It offers all levels of instruction and competition in skating and the sport of ice hockey including youth and adult leagues and instruction.
Hockey Department914-347-8232Judson Selig ext email@example.com Hagen ext firstname.lastname@example.com
Bronxville Youth Lacrosse Association
The Bronxville Youth Lacrosse Association (BYLA) is a parent-run and coached lacrosse league that includes the following programs:
-Co-ed instructional clinic for Grades K & 1-Girls instructional clinic for Grade 2 & 3-Boys instructional clinic for Grade 2-Girls travel programs for Grade 4 and Grades 5-6-Boys travel programs for Grades 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8
Most programs are open enrollment and no experience is necessary. However, some travel teams may limit roster size based on tryouts. The season starts in March and runs through the end of the school year.
Contact: Liza firstname.lastname@example.com www.bronxvillelacrosse.org
Westchester & Fairfield Swimming & Lifeguarding
Westchester & Fairfield Swimming & Lifeguarding is a proud provider of American Red Cross Programs including Swim Camp, Lifeguard Training, CPR/AED and WSI (Water Safety Instructor). Swim Camp focuses on individual swim development and water safety for all levels and ages. Campers are instructed in small groups of similar age, skill and experience. Our staff includes seasoned American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors and Lifeguards selected not only for their expertise in teaching aquatic skills, but also their ability to provide exceptional role models for our campers. For the accomplished swimmer, WFSL makes a commitment to provide more than just job skills in the aquatics field, but to provide skills that could potentially save a life through Lifeguard Training, CPR/AED and WSI. With a commitment to "safety first, safety always!" WFSL trains students to be proficient in skill, prepared for emergency and professional in caliber."
Katherine firstname.lastname@example.com www.westfairswim.com
World Cup Karate Champion, Sensei Vladimir Zolottev, is proud to provide you and your family with the highest caliber, quality, Competition Level Instruction in Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Krav Maga, Kick Boxing, KI Conditioning, Self Defense & Fitness Conditioning! Specialized Kick Boxing, Fitness Conditioning, Cage Fitness and Self Defense classes are designed to motivate, energize and keep you in the best physical condition!
Designed for each individual, our professional instructors gear the classes to you and your physical conditioning needs.You will be challenged! You will enjoy yourself! All are welcome! Novices and advanced athletes! KI Martial Arts - Westchester Krav Maga helps you achieve your goals! All classes are specialized to motivate and inspire each of KI's students.
Please come in and visit KI Martial Arts - Westchester Krav Maga's, state of the art, self-defense, training and fitness center. KI Martial Arts - Westchester Krav Maga also offers Private Training & Fun-Filled Birthday Parties! Ask about KI's Current Promotions and Special Pricing! Please come in for a Free Class!
Bronxville Village Paddle
The Village of Bronxville has four lighted Reilly paddle tennis courts which are available to residents and non-residents for a nominal permit fee for the season. Permits and all information pertaining to paddle can be found at www.bronxvillepaddle.com or by visiting Bronxville Village Hall.
Eastchester Youth Soccer League
The Eastchester Youth Soccer League is a soccer program for "town residents in Kindergarten through 9th grade." The league is held at various town and school fields in the fall and spring.
Gerald Fischoff 914-472-3196 www.eysoccer.com
The Patriots "Football" Club
The Patriots "Football" Club was founded in 1996 by Don Cupertino. It was founded as a premier division of the Eastchester Youth Soccer Association but is now a standalone organization. The Club fields 13 teams with over 200 players from Westchester and surrounding counties. They are hosting tryouts for 2007-2008 on Saturday October 27 and November 3, 2007 at Tibbetts Brook Park Turf Field #3.
Don Cupertino 914-738-6878 www.Patriotsfc.com
Westchester Youth Soccer League
The Westchester Youth Soccer League (WYSL) was established in the 1970s. It is an affiliate of the United States Soccer Association, which is a member of the United States Soccer Federation, the governing body for soccer in the United States. The WYSL sponsors Fall and Spring seasonal travel soccer for its member clubs, including a High School mini-season in the Fall, and a Select Program featuring summer tournament play.
Westchester Youth Soccer League 271 North Ave. Suite 206 New Rochelle, NY 10801 Phone: (914) 235-5110 Fax: (914) 235-5323 www.wyslsoccer.org
Louis de Chiarro Salon & Spa
The Louis de Chiarro Salon, formerly located in Eastchester, has opened a brand new spacious and elegant Salon and Spa in Tuckahoe. Louis is a well known hair stylist in the community and worked in Bronxville before opening his own Salon over eight years ago. His new Salon & Spa offers expert hair services and a full line of spa services including manicures, pedicures, facials, massages, microdermabration, body treatments and more. The Salon is located on the first floor. The Spa is on the second floor and is a great place for a day of relaxation and beauty for you and your friends, a pre-wedding party for the bride or a day of beauty for your Mom! The Spa is run by Antonio Da Silveira who ran a five star Spa in New York City prior to coming to Louis de Chiarro.
The Salon offers the new sensation smoothing treatment. Brazilian Blowout Acai Smoothing is a great treatment that makes your hair silky and cuts the blow drying time in half. Your hair the way you always want Smooth, frizz-free, Radiant. $150.00.
Also, for the month of April, the Spa is offering 20% Off on Any Facial or Massage. Additionally, Mother's Day is coming and you can receive also 10% Off on a gift card purchase.
82 Lake AvenueTuckahoe, NY 10707914-337-7881
World Cup Karate Champion, Sensei Vladimir Zolottev, is proud to provide you and your family with the highest caliber, quality, Competition Level Instruction in Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Krav Maga, Kick Boxing, KI Conditioning, Self Defense & Fitness Conditioning! Specialized Kick Boxing, Fitness Conditioning, Cage Fitness and Self Defense classes are designed to motivate, energize and keep you in the best physical condition!
Parisi Speed School
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The NATIONALLY RENOWNED speed and performance training program has come to Westchester! From athletes 7 years old all the way to the Pros, Parisi Speed School EMPOWERS athletes to improve their athletic performance by focusing on SPEED, strength, flexibility, endurance, agility, and SELF-CONFIDENCE. If you or your team is looking to get faster, stronger, and DOMINATE any sport, Parisi Speed School will get you there!
Parisi Speed Schoolpowered by Equalize FitnessOne Odell Plaza, Yonkers Exit 9 off the Sawmill River Pkwy914-751-6655 914-751-6655 www.parisischool.comwww.equalizefitness.com
Aqua Tots
Aqua Tots believes that "learning to swim is a life skill that every child should know." It is their goal "for all children, as young as possible to be safe and competent in and around the water." They want to instill "a love to swimming to all of [their] students while teaching them to respect the water."
2900 Purchase StreetPurchase, New York 10577 914-450-0526 www.aquatots123.com
Badger Swim Club:
Badger Swim Club is the only USA Swimming Level IV Club in Westchester County. There are only 33 such clubs in the country. The USA Swimming Club Recognition Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in operation, performance, and the support and development of USA Swimming.
Badger Swim Club914-834-1084www.badgerswimclub.com
Rye YMCA
The Rye YMCA is a "family-oriented community service organization, which welcomes all people and promotes positive values through programs that build spirit, mind and body." They offer Aquatics for all ages, including Adult Swim Instruction and a Masters Swimming Program.
Rye YMCA 21 Locust Avenue Rye, New York 10580 914-967-6363 www.Ryeymca.org
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College offers community swim and fitness classes for children and adults. Available classes listed online at www.GoGryphons.com/rec . Further questions 2-mail email@example.com.
Katherine firstname.lastname@example.com www.westfairswim.com
White Plains YWCA
The White Plains YWCA offers swim classes to children of all ages. This includes Wee Splash for 6 to 18 months, Wee Splash Too for 18+ months and Wee Fish for children ages 3 to 5. There are also more class options.
515 North Street White Plains, New York 914-949-6227 http://www.ywcawhiteplains.com/html/swim_classes.html
Badget Swim Club is the only USA Swimming Level IV Club in Westchester County. There are only 33 such clubs in the country. The USA Swimming Club Recognition Program is a voluntary program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in operation, performance, and the support and development of USA Swimming.
The Gael Aquatic Club
The Gael Aquatic Club is "a competitive age group swim club located at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York" It was formed in 1984 and its swimmers have been "state finalists, Eastern United States Swimming Zone All Star selections, All County high school swimmers and many USS meet event winners." They offer programs for children age 6 and up.
Director: Nick Cava email@example.com Coach, Brian firstname.lastname@example.com College715 North AvenueNew Rochelle, New York 10801-1890914-633-2323www.gaelac.com
YWCA Middies Swimming
The YWCA Middles Swim Team is a "fully sanctioned YWCA and USA Swimming program. It involves a year round commitment on the part of the swimmer including participation in meets." They offer four levels of professional instruction and training for swimmers six years and older. Over the past 21 years, they have had swimmers "qualify and swim in the Olympics, US Olympic Trials, the Olympic Festival, USA Nationals, US Open, National Junior Championships, Regionals and Zones and have attained many Top 8 finishes." Additionally, "the Middies have won the YWCA National Championships for the past 20 consecutive years and now hold many individual and relay records."
YWCA MiddiesWhite Plains YWCA515 North StreetWhite Plains, New York914-422-1585www.middiesswimming.org
Tuckahoe Squash
30 Elm StreetTuckahoe, NY 10707914-961-7529https://www.tuckahoesquash.com/
Squash at Chelsea PiersSquash at Chelsea Piers in Stamford, Connecticut features 11 international courts and 1 hardball doubles court, located within a beautiful and spacious private club setting. Chelsea Piers runs exceptional junior squash programs, clinics and and summer camp programs for beginner through and elite players.
The impressive facility is run by one of the great squash leaders and players in the past two decades, former world #1 and current US National coach, Natalie Grainger. Natalie has built a highly successful junior and active adult program, attracting many top ranked juniors to practice and compete for Chelsea Piers as part of the Elite Squash Program (ESP).
Chelsea Piers hosts numerous US Squash tournaments (Junior Gold, Silver & Bronze) annually. Chelsea Piers is truly the epicenter of squash in Fairfield County!
1 Blachley Road Stamford, CT 06902
The Bronxville Field Club
Established in 1926, the Bronxville Field Club is a private club with first class facilities for tennis, squash and paddle tennis and swimming. It offers a strong junior squash program.
The Bronxville Field Club 40 Locust Lane Bronxville, New York 10708 914-664-3585
Westchester Squash
Westchester Squash in Mamaroneck, which has four international courts, has squash programs for all playing levels from the recreational player to the nationally ranked junior. The club also hosts the Westchester Open and the Westchester Junior Open. It also offers a variety of membership options.
Westchester Squash 628 Fayette Avenue Mamaroneck, New York 10543 914-698-0095 www.westchestersquash.com
Established in 1926, the Bronxville Field Club is a private club with first class facilities for tennis, squash and paddle tennis and swimming. It offers a strong junior squash program.
The Bronxville Field Club 40 Locust Lane Bronxville, New York 10708 914-664-3585 www.Bronxvillefieldclub.com
College Racquet Club
Located in Bronxville, the College Racquet Club offers tennis programs for children and juniors age 5 to 15 as well as clinics for women. It is both an indoor and outdoor facility. They teach all different levels from beginner to tournament level players. The Director of Tennis, Neil Tarangioli, is Head Coach of the Concordia College tennis team and has been recognized for many years as an outstanding player and coach, including being named Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in 1999-2000.
Director of Tennis: Neil Tarangioli 171 White Plains Road Bronxville, New York 10708 914-961-3955
Lake Isle
Lake Isle is an Eastchester Town-owned facility that is open to all residents and a limited number of non residents. Town residents are defined as those people whose "permanent and primary domicile is located within Eastchester, Bronxville, or Tuckahoe. " Along with five swimming pools and an 18-hole golf course, they have eight Har-Tru tennis courts. Fees for non-residents are higher than for residents.
660 White Plains Road Eastchester, New York 10709 914-961-3453 http://www.eastchester.org/departments/lakeisle
Siwanoy is a private country club in Bronxville that offers swimming, tennis, paddle tennis, dining and golf.
Pondfield Road Bronxville, New York 10708 914-337-3840 www.Siwanoycc.com
Village Tennis Courts
Bronxville has public tennis courts located in the heart of town. They are available for play mid April through November. Anyone willing to pay the fee is eligible to play. They offer private and group lessons for adults and children and also have a women's team that plays matches in the Westchester County Recreation League starting in the spring.
Court Reservations One Week in Advance Dorothy Adolph 914-779-4023 (call Tues & Fri 9:00 – 1:00pm)
Court Reservations Same Week Tennis Center 914-793-9629
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Nearly everyone has heard of developmental dyslexia - a learning disorder characterized by poor reading skills despite otherwise sufficient schooling - but have you heard of developmental dyscalculia? Many people have not. Here is part 2 in a week-long series on this lesser-known learning disorder. (See part one, and a companion post on comparative numerical cognition in humans and animals at The Thoughtful Animal)
Developmental Dyscalculia: Definition, Prevalence, and Prognosis
If we're going to seriously discuss a developmental learning disorder, the first thing that might be done is to define it. Ruth Shalev and colleagues, from the Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, have provided two different definitions for developmental dyscalculia. First, they offer that developmental dyscalculia is a specific, genetically determined learning disability in a child with normal intelligence. The usefulness of this definition, however, is limited when it comes to differentiating students with dyscalculia and students who are simply weak in arithmetic. A more recent definition according to the DSM-IV-R is offered as well, which defines developmental dyscalculia as a learning disability in mathematics, the diagnosis of which is established when arithmetic performance is substantially below that expected for age, intelligence, and education.
Prevalence studies have been carried out in various parts of the world, all with (surprise!) different definitions for developmental dyscalculia. Despite the definitional inconsistency, the prevalence of developmental dyscalculia across countries is fairly uniform, at about 3-6% of the school population. That percentage is similar to the the prevalence of other developmental learning disorders, such as developmental dyslexia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The manifestation of developmental dyscalculia generally changes with age and grade. First graders (age 5-6) typically present with problems in the retrieval of basic arithmetic facts and in basic computational exercises. By the time children reach age 9-10, they've finally mastered counting skills, are able to match written Arabic numerals to quantities of objects, understand concepts of equivalence or inequivalence, and understand the ordinal value of numbers. They also are generally proficient with handling money and understanding the calendar, two skills which require basic arithmetic proficiency. Instead, children diagnosed with developmental dyscalculia at this age present with deficits in the retrieval of overlearned information such as multiplication tables. In an attempt to bypass their difficulty in solving basic arithmetic problems, these children will use inefficient strategies in calculation. Errors typically include inattention to the mathematical operator, use of the wrong sign, forgetting to "carry over," or misplacement of digits.
The best kind of study of a developmental learning disorder is one in which the same groups of individuals are studied over the course of months or years, in what is called a longitudinal study. Choose your favorite overused analogy: longitudinal studies are the gold standard, the holy grail, the raison d'être of developmental scientists. Longitudinal studies of dyscalculia, however, are few and far between, so not much is known about the prognosis of those individuals who are diagnosed with developmental dyscalculia. In one short longitudinal study, Shalev and her colleagues examined a group of 140 ten and eleven year old children who had developmental dyscalculia, and reexamined them at age thirteen and fourteen. Their performance, after three years, was still poor, with 95% of the group scoring in the lowest quartile of their school class. Fifty percent continued to meet the research criteria for developmental dyscalculia. The group did a second follow-up in 2005, when the group was finishing high school, at age sixteen and seventeen:
- 51% of the group could not solve 7x8 (versus 17% of controls);
- 71% could not solve 37x24 (versus 27%);
- 49% could not solve 45x3 (versus 15%); and
- 63% could not solve 5/9 + 2/9 (versus 17%).
Forty percent of the group scored in the lowest fifth centile for their grade; ninety-one percent in the lowest quartile. Children whose diagnosis of developmental dyscalculia had persisted also presented with more behavioral and emotional problems than those who no longer qualified for the diagnosis. These problems included anxiety/depression, somatic problems, withdrawal, aggression, and delinquent behavior. Cognitive factors associated with persistent developmental dyscalculia were lower IQ, inattention, and writing problems.
Unlike dyslexia, ADHD, and other learning disorders, which affect more males than females, developmental dyscalculia shows a more equal distribution between the sexes. To date, no convincing answer has been offered for why the usual predominance of boys is not observed for developmental dyscalculia. Many researchers have attributed other non-neurological factors to the etiology of developmental dyscalculia*, some of which may preferentially impact girls more than boys, including lower socioeconomic status, mathematics-induced anxiety, overcrowded classrooms, and more mainstreaming in schools. Differential treatment towards girls by math teachers is also a potential confound.
*This brings up an important point for any psychopathology, which is the notion of equifinality. When a pathology (such as dyscalculia, but also e.g. depression, social anxiety, schizophrenia, any of the personality disorders, etc), is defined based on presentation of symptoms, there are often multiple biological and experiential trajectories that can result in such an outcome. One subset of individuals who are diagnosed with dyscalculia may possess some genetic variant that impairs their numerical abilities, while another set of individuals may show the same set of symptoms due to environmental factors such as SES or gender. This is why it is so hard to study psychopathology, and why any one variable only accounts for a small amount of the variance in a disorder.
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Get Your Literature On
Shalev, R., Manor, O., Kerem, B., Ayali, M., Badichi, N., Friedlander, Y., & Gross-Tsur, V. (2001). Developmental Dyscalculia Is a Familial Learning Disability Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34 (1), 59-65 DOI: 10.1177/002221940103400105
Shalev, R., & Gross-Tzur, V. (2001). Developmental dyscalculia Pediatric Neurology, 24 (5), 337-342 DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(00)00258-7
Shalev, R., Auerbach, J., Manor, O., & Gross-Tsur, V. (2000). Developmental dyscalculia: prevalence and prognosis European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 9 (S2) DOI: 10.1007/s007870070009


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What stuff do you believe in even though you dont have evidence and are atheist? I believe in aliens and some sort of afterlife. I also believe theres a 4th density that has different laws of physics. The 4th density im talking about is not about time. I believe theres alot of stuff the universe can do that would seem supernatural. I believe in magic and supernatural like powers that humans arent capable of.
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The Collectors is a sequel to Baldacci's The Camel Club in which he introduced his unlikely team of crime fighters to the world. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately in this case, I did not read the first book of the series before tackling The Collectors but I am told that Baldacci toned down the silliness of his characters in this second book. If that is the case, I assume that the first book must have consistently read as a novel filled with cartoon characters because, at times, this one certainly does. We meet stereotypical computer genius Milton Farb, cowardly librarian Caleb Shaw, highly decorated
When the public assassination of the Speaker of the House (an event that does not seem to much worry the
But that is only one of the plot lines in The Collectors because only a few hundred miles away Annabelle Conroy is planning the perfect "long con" by which to avenge the murder of her mother and get her hands on millions of dollars belonging to the mobster casino owner who killed her. Using a rather contrived set of circumstances, Baldacci does manage to get Annabelle to D.C. just in time for him to combine the two plotlines into one story. Sadly for Baldacci and his readers, the book becomes considerably less interesting once the con artist plotline is shut down and the even more fantastical spy plot takes center stage on its own.
The Collectors suffers from several major weaknesses: characters who never come to feel even remotely like real people, stilted dialogue that makes it even more difficult to ignore the unlikely characters, and padded plotlines that should have been suspenseful but were not. But even worse, the book only brings one of its two plotlines to a resolution, and does so much too easily and quickly based on the previous 500 pages of build up to Baldacci's finale. Readers who care enough about Annabelle Conroy, easily the best character in the book, will have to read book three in the Camel Club series to find out whether or not she made the right decision by remaining in the
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JOEL wrote:TMC wrote:JOEL wrote:Im looking to trade BIG BEN for a WR......any takers?
Eh... no. But I've sent you a proposal that includes a WR.
as much as i enjoyed your proposal..... it really needed to be re-thunk.
Not there yet... so I've made a counterproposal to counter your counterproposal (say that fast 10 times without breathing and I might consider reducing my demands ).


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Intermedia Expands into Switch and Data East Coast Data Center to Increase Geographic Diversity and Network Resiliency
TAMPA, Fla. - Oct. 7, 2009 -- Switch and Data (NASDAQ:SDXC), a leading provider of network-neutral data center and Internet exchange services, announced today that Intermedia, the leading hosted Microsoft Exchange provider, has added a Switch and Data site on the East Coast as its fourth data center to support its growing Microsoft Exchange hosting business. This new site adds geographic diversity and network resiliency to allow Intermedia to meet the unprecedented demand of small- and medium-sized businesses for a hosted email solution that offers enterprise-grade performance and reliability.
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The cougar is on the prowl! Anjanette Astoria got her first job as an exotic dancer in November 2006 at a club called Antonio's in Empire, California. In February 2007, after she had joined the adult social networking site xPeeps.com, XXX veteran Steve Holmes invited her to be in an adult film. She also made a connection with the legendary Ron Jeremy through xPeeps and MySpace before meeting him at San Francisco's Virgin Megastore. These porn vets helped Anjanette with advice and contacts. She moved to Sacramento in 2009 and started getting more work in adult film. With Lisa Ann as her agent, Anjanette found work with many major porn studios as well as producing her own movies. At the same time, Anjanette was getting plenty of feature dancing gigs throughout California and had to decide whether movies or dance were her top priority. In late 2009, she committed to making movies full time and launched Exotica 3000 Productions & Shinefish Films.
In the following year Anjanette's popularity skyrocketed with the release of three major movies: "Cougar on the Prowl," mainstream flick "River Road," and "The Session." The last of these three was cast almost entirely on xPeeps, as Anjanette's way of giving back to the site she credits with getting her career started. She rounded out the year with a few other smaller titles such as "Pissexy Momma," "Pissexy," and "Overexposed." To close out a great 2010, Anjanette launched her own website to help her forge a closer connection to her fans who can't make it to see her feature dance.
Anjanette is a real-life MILF, the mother of five kids. In this and in all areas of her life, she is one sexy momma who believes in keeping it real.


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Even demurely dressed, Kate Upton, Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann keep heating things up on the red carpet while they do the global press rounds for their upcoming buddy comedy, "The Other Woman."
The film's leading ladies debuted the flick Tuesday in London at the Curzon Mayfair, just one day after premiering it in Amsterdam.
Seems that even Mann, who's married to raunch-com producer Judd Apatow, finds her comely costars hard to resist, goosing the leather-clad Diaz's perky posterior right on the red carpet for all the world to see (and for photographers to capture).
There's something about Cameron indeed. Sorry, Kate.
Diaz wore a short-sleeved black leather dress from the Row and nude Manolo Blahnik pumps; Mann wore a printed Giles dress and black Roger Vivier shoes, and Upton donned a flowing black William vintage dress and nude Christian Louboutin pumps, according to JustJared. Despite their somewhat conservative choices, the trio still packed a serious pulchritudinous punch.
Diaz, 40, who recently wrote "The Body Book," plays an unwitting mistress to a married man, played by "Game of Thrones" hottie Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Mann plays his wife and Upton, about half the age of her costars, plays yet another of his conquests. As their characters find out about one another, they scheme to take down the philandering fool who hoodwinked them all.
"I love these women. They literally could not have been better partners," Diaz said of their chemistry," (via the Daily Mail).
"We just had so much fun together. They're such great women. They're such good-hearted, nurturing generous lovely women who are so talented and completely just the best partners you could have."
The trio hung out quite a bit while they were filming in New York and even when they weren't (as seen in Instagram posts from each of the women).
"We became really close friends," Mann, 41, said, adding that they had a lot of fun offscreen.
Diaz ("There's Something About Mary," "The Sweetest Thing") and Mann ("Knocked Up," "This Is 40") have had a long history in the grown-up rom-com genre, but they welcomed Upton to the industry as the Sports Illustrated cover model made her acting debut in a starring role.
"I consider them very close friends," 21-year-old Upton said of her costars. "And I feel like when I started modeling I didn't really have anybody that helped me find my path or gave me advice. And I thought it would be the same in acting, but it's not. Leslie and Cameron are people that I know I can call whenever I need help or have advice or even just have a girls' night."
Upton also shared a premiere photo on social media, showcasing herself alongside her costars.
"Great time in London last night! #theotherwoman @camerondiaz #lesliemann," she wrote.
"The Other Woman" is directed by Nick Cassavetes and also stars Taylor Kinney, Nicki Minaj and Don Johnson. The film hits U.S. theaters April 25.
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by Michael Caruso
Chestnut Hill's Woodmere Art Museum resumed its series of Sunday afternoon classical musical recitals April 7 with the help of Opera Philadelphia. In conjunction with the company's forthcoming production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" in the Academy of Music April 19, 21, 24, 26 and 28, Michael Bolton (not the pop singer) presented selections from five Mozart operas. With the collaboration of pianist Elise Auerbach, sopranos Kelly Ann Bixby and Rebecca Siler, baritone John David Miles and Bolton, himself, in one selection, the afternoon's large and enthusiastic audience heard arias and duets from "The Abduction from the Seraglio," "Idomeneo," "The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute."
With Auerbach at the piano, Siler got the music-making underway with a nicely phrased and brightly projected aria from "Abduction," a work Mozart composed early in his operatic career that took full advantage of the craze for all things Turkish in late 18th century Vienna. The westward onslaught of the Ottoman Empire, which had seemed inevitable and unstoppable only a few decades earlier, had been halted. Almost overnight, the Turks were transformed from a specter of terror to an object of jest. Mozart made the most of this change with an opera that both highlighted the ingenuity of a European woman in a fight to save her beloved as well as the incompetence of the sultan's empire.
Bixby followed with a solid performance of an aria from "Idomeneo," Mozart's first operatic masterpiece written in the style of the Italian baroque "opera seria." It was the favorite form of Handel before he began composing English oratorios such as "Messiah." Mozart's opus is probably the last great example of the style before Gluck "reformed" opera of its extravagant absurdities and Mozart, himself, established a more realistic style.
"The Magic Flute" was Mozart's final opera, coming after "Cosi fan tutte" (Thus do they all) and "La clemenza di Tito" (The Clemency of Titus). "The Magic Flute" is a fable of good versus evil. Its Masonic-inspired libretto turns the tables on the audience more than once, and some of its music borders on the style of the popular music-theater of the day, but much of it is beautifully set for the voice, and Siler, Bixby, Miles and Bolton sang it well. Pianist Auerbach effectively conjured up the sounds of a full orchestra throughout the entire program.
The Choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, under the direction of Zachary Hemenway, will be joined by the choirs of Christ Church, Alexandria, VA, and Church of the Redeemer Bethesda, MD, 5 p.m. Sunday, April 21, for Choral Evensong.
After missing the previous weekend's set of concerts due to illness, Dutch-born conductor Jaap van Zweden took the podium of the Philadelphia Orchestra to lead the ensemble in an all-Russian program Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, in the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall. I caught the second of the performances and heard sterling renditions of Tchaikovsky's "Souvenir de Florence" and Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony.
"Souvenir de Florence" was originally cast for string sextet. Its arrangement for full string orchestra was by Drew Lucas, with these concerts marking the fuller version's first performance by the Philadelphians. van Zweden elicited exemplary playing Saturday night, and the audience responded with a resounding ovation.
There were no fond memories for Prokofiev when he composed his Fifth Symphony during the final year of World War II. They were brutal times for the Russians – the result of both the Nazi invaders and Stalin's earlier purges – and Prokofiev used them as musical fodder for his finest symphonic effort. It's a score that employs the fullest complement of an orchestra, and van Zweden and the Philadelphians offered a rendition that was both overwhelming and moving.


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The Toe Jam isn't just fun for the riders and esteemed members of the wakeskate media– it has its fans too. This year we decided to get their take on the event, in words and pictures. Thanks to every one who submitted their stuff from the Toe Jam 2008 Rail Jam!– BG
By David Lollar
When I left work on Wednesday evening to haul ass to Toe Jam registration and the Volume 7 Premier, I knew that this was going to be the best weekend in a while. I showed up to the Aloma Bar and Grill a little late, but luckily I made it just in time to help my wife and friend Charlie finish off the first pitcher. Luckily for me, anything wakeskating related never starts on time. The room was filled with rippers registering for the next day's event. Everyone was there taking pictures, laughing, and having just a plain old good time. The mood was as mellow and relaxed just like all wakeskating events. There was no yelling or urgency at all to get anything done.
As the lights finally dimmed as I was floored with what was going on on the screen. There is no reason you should not by Volume 7. So far what I have seen its going to be the most epic Volume to date. So many bangers and everyone was killing it, especially Danny and George; plus the soundtrack was on point 100%. Do not pass this one up.
We woke up a bit late, so we tried to get out to the Projects as fast as possible to see the first round. There are about 48 entries this year at the first stop, so there are about 7 heats. Drinking Yeungling and sittng on the grass, we got to see some most impressive wakeskating. There were several new faces who stood out. Nick Dauzat with his huge popped tricks — getting 4 feet off the water in the flats should say it all. Andrew Pastura with his infinite amount of switch tech tricks. And Blake Steele with all around steeze throughout his run. Nick Taylor of course destroyed it, as well as Clint T. Gib Gibbons nailed a Varial Heelflip that had the whole crowd in awe.
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by Sean Michaels
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Sean Michaels is a Montreal- based writer who founded Said the Gramophone, one of the earliest music blogs, in 2003. His debut novel, Us Conductors, is inspired by the true life and loves of the Russian scientist, inventor and spy Lev Termen — creator of the eerie sounding electronic instrument the theremin.
Q Tell us about your book.A Us Conductors is the story of Lev Sergeyvich Termen, a Russian scientist and spy, who lived in St. Petersburg and New York and fell head over heels in love with a young violinist named Clara. Termen is most famous for inventing the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments. It's an almost magical device, played without touching it, just by moving your hands in the air. It made Termen a star of the 1920s and 1930s, brushing shoulders with Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Rockefeller and Stalin. Termen really lived, and Clara did, too. Us Conductors is fiction, but it's inspired by their true and extraordinary lives. It's a book about inventions, electricity, the lies we tell ourselves. And there's a little kung-fu.
Q What inspired you to write about the theremin?
A I've always been drawn to magical stories, stories of real life tripping into the incredible. Usually they're fables or fairy-tales, magic realist yarns. But I felt the same thing reading Termen's biography: here was an impossible truth.
Q I loved the breadth of its geography — from laboratories to dance halls, Carnegie Hall to the Siberian gulag. I loved the music. I loved the riddle of Termen's relationships: How had this happened? Where was his heart?
A So I set out to make up some answers. To the questions raised by Termen and to others, secret ones, that I had been nursing myself. It didn't hurt that the theremin itself is such a marvel. Despite its reputation as a kooky sci-fi sound effect, the instrument is completely changed in the hands (near the hands?) of a virtuoso. With Clara Rockmore, Lydia Kavina or Quebec's Peter Pringle, the theremin's not a warbling UFO. It's an eerie, perfect singer.
Q How did your experience as a music journalist influence the way you approached the life of Lev Termen?
A I've always been really interested in the personal experience of music. Not the socio-historical context, the charts, the gear, but the way each one of us uniquely experiences a song. Listening closely to music, a story unfolds. It's even true at live shows — in the basement jazz club, at the church recital, jostling in the mosh-pit — we're in our own heads and hearts, transported. When they're lousy, or lousily rendered, these private stories seem solipsistic — they're no more interesting than hearing about a friend's dream. But reading about the experience of music can also be very powerful. It can illuminate a song or even an entire genre — showing you the way someone else got in. And sometimes there's the jolting feeling of recognition: an apprehension that despite the fundamental distance between each of us, the separation of our secret selves, we are at moments alike. That's blustery talk. But small, personal experiences are what I've tried to focus on in the best of my music writing — for places like McSweeney's and Plan B, or on my blog Said the Gramophone. Approaching this novel — a book about music, musical instruments and musicians — I wanted to pay attention to the same stuff. I devoted very few pages to the mechanism of the theremin or to the minutiae of its playing: instead I thought about the way the instrument's heard. What do the characters feel when they hear it? How do those feelings change? Is the theremin exciting? Seductive? Terrifying? Can it sound angry?
Q What was it like to develop a musical playlist for the novel?
A I came up with two different playlists for Us Conductors, which you can play on my website (usconductors.byseanmichaels.com). It was a fun and also agonizing experience to distil four years of listening to a couple of hours of tunes. There are pristine theremin pieces by performers like Clara Rockmore; there's jazz and swing like the kind that fills the first half of the book, by Artie Shaw and Louis Armstrong; there are pieces that appear directly in the text, like Ravel's Boléro, Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust or Saint-Saëns' The Swan. There's also music from outside of Us Conductors' era: rough wonders by Low and Radiohead, the mysteries of Tim Hecker and Colin Stetson, ghostly classical by Arvo Pärt. And a set of echoing, spectral songs from the '80s post-punk era. One of the book's secrets is its indebtedness to the Cocteau Twins, Joy Division and Kate Bush. References are hidden, like coins slipped into sheets. Underneath all the chapters about coiled wires and Soviet spies, speakeasies and gold mines, you can listen for those noisy songs, ugly and gorgeous, shimmering. I hope you'll hear them.
Sean Michaels is appearing at 7:30 p.m., May 7, at Vancouver Writers Festival Incite event in the Alice MacKay Room, at VPL's Central Branch, 350 West Georgia St.


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Lansing officials confirmed the resignation next week of the Lansing Community Library Director Kim Turner.
Lansing officials confirmed the resignation next week of the Lansing Community Library Director Kim Turner.
City Administrator Mike Smith said Turner's resignation is effective May 1, having submitted a letter informing the city of her decision two weeks before.
"She's not in the office now," Smith said, though he declined to provide details on her departure.
Turner was hired at the library in 2009 after her husband, Ken, retired from the military. She oversaw the transition of the facility from its first location inside a small space at the Lansing Activity Center to the city's renovated Municipal Center, across the street from City Hall.
"She did a really good job for us," he said. "She came with a lot of ideas."
Library volunteer Diana Hanley submitted a few comments from library users to the Leavenworth Times to indicate the community's appreciation of Turner's tenure.
"Thank you for creating such a wonderful and fun story time. You are amazing, making such a positive difference in our children's lives and for military families, making it a memorable time," said one of the submitted comments.
Smith said the city is already on the lookout for Turner's replacement. He estimated the process will take about 60 to 90 days.
"A good director is hard to find," he said, adding that the city hopes to continue many of the programs started under Turner's leadership.
In the meantime, Smith said he put together a group of existing department managers to serve as the acting administrators for the library, with volunteers helping to run the facility as well. The city also announced Thursday that the library's hours will be amended until further notice. The library will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The library will be closed Sunday.


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'The Name high over all'
Jesus and the Transformation of Worship
Jamie Grant
- Jamie Grant is Vice Principal and tutor in Biblical Studies at Highland Theological College in Dingwall, Scotland. Before studying theology, Jamie worked with IFES in Poland. View all resources by Jamie Grant
In the fourth in a five-part series on worship, Jamie Grant looks at the way the coming of Christ has impracted worship in the biblical scheme.


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September 2010
New Zealand, about the size of Colorado, is located in the Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. It is an island nation which includes the Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Dependent areas are the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau. The capital city of New Zealand is Wellington, the southernmost national capital in the world; other cities are Auckland, Christchurch, and Hamilton. New Zealand is 17 hours ahead of Washington, D.C. during Standard Time.
The climate is temperate to subtropical, with sharp regional contrasts. The terrain is highly varied and consists of snowcapped mountains to lowland plains; Aoraki-Mount Cook (3,754 m) is the highest point of elevation and the Pacific Ocean (0 m), at sea level, is the lowest point. Current environmental issues include deforestation, soil erosion, and native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species.
Most of the 4 million New Zealanders are of British origin. About 15% claim descent from the indigenous Maori population, which is of Polynesian origin. Nearly 76% of the people, including a large majority of Maori, live on the North Island. In addition, 265,974 Pacific peoples live in New Zealand. During the late 1870s, natural increase permanently replaced immigration as the chief contributor to population growth and accounted for more than 75% of population growth in the 20th century. Nearly 85% of New Zealand's population lives in urban areas (with almost one-third in Auckland alone. New Zealanders colloquially refer to themselves as "Kiwis," after the country's native bird. Official languages are English, Maori, and New Zealand Sign Language.
In 1840, the Polynesian Maori entered into an agreement with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, which recognized the British monarch as sovereign. In that same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the United Kingdom militarily in both World Wars. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances. Since 1907, New Zealand's government has been a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy; Queen Elizabeth II has been chief of state since 1952.
The country's Geographic Board, which assigns, approves, or discontinues place names for geographic features, undersea features, and Crown-protected areas has announced discussions on alternative English and Maori names in the future. This follows the discovery that New Zealand's two main island names, North Island and South Island, were not legally registered as official names. The Board is a statutory body of government operating under the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008.
Natural hazards such as volcanic activity and earthquakes are common, though usually not severe. However, on September 3, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the South Island region of New Zealand.
For more information on the earthquake, see the United States Geological Survey (USGS) web site.
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There are no summer vacations for technology vendors as many came to market in August with a variety of product releases in a variety of niches. From high-profile releases, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and the latest version of Apple's Mac OS X, to more niche plays such as AMD's new FirePro APUs and Toshiba's PX-series SSDs, there was something for everyone.
For solution providers, identifying the potential for new business opportunities that accompany releases can be the key to getting ahead of the curve in various market trends. Check out CRN's picks for the hottest tech releases in August.