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The LEGO Ambassador Program - 2011 and beyond
Overall Purpose: Give the AFOL Community a gathering place to be represented as a whole to the LEGO Group, interact with members of the LEGO Group and interact with one another.
The LEGO Group's Promise to the AFOL Community: The Goal of the LEGO Group in this endeavor is to give a highly engaging discussion platform to the chosen representatives within the AFOL Community, and to provide consistent interactions that will encourage participation. The LEGO Group's hope is that the AFOL Community is able to gain more insight into how the company works and also have a direct line to the employees of the LEGO Group in order to share their ideas and suggestions. The LEGO Group wants to give the AFOL community special access to put forth ideas that can affect the way the company does things.
The LEGO Group will check the forum regularly, respond to every thread, and feedback for other parts of the LEGO Group will be reported directly to the correct parties.
What the LEGO Group hopes to gain from this program: The LEGO Group hopes to build relationships with, gain insights and ideas from, and provide feedback to the LEGO Ambassadors and the AFOL communities they represent.
Section 1: Definitions of the Groups Represented
Section 2: Format
Section 3: Gaining Membership
Section 4: Tasks and Touch Points
Appendix A: Example LUG qualifications application
Section 1: Definitions of the Groups Represented
LUG: LEGO User Group. This is a Group of Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) who gather together in person or via online communities around their common interest in the LEGO Hobby and all things associated with it. Different types of LUGs can include:
- In person clubs centered around a city or region
- Online communities centered around specific themes
- Interactive Blog sites that focus on the LEGO product and AFOL community.
AFOL Community: Adult Fan of LEGO. This is anyone above the age of 18 who still chooses the LEGO hobby as one of their primary hobbies. Many choose to be part of the AFOL community but it isn't necessary to be part of the online/offline community to be considered an AFOL.
TFOL: Teen Fan of LEGO. This is anyone between the ages of 13-17 who chooses the LEGO hobby as one of their primary hobbies. TFOLs interact as part of the AFOL Community.
LEGO Group Employees: The main point of contact within the LEGO Ambassador program will be the LEGO Community Engagement and Communications Team, but there will be opportunities for many other aspects of the company to be involved.
- LEGO Community Engagement and Communications (CEC): This is the entity within the LEGO Group charged with interacting with online and offline LUGs. This group has been referred to as the LEGO Community Team (LCT).
Section 2: Format
The idea behind the LEGO Ambassador Programs format is to give LUGs the opportunity to choose a representative of their group to act as their Ambassador and voice to the LEGO Group. The entire program will therefore be as thorough as possible a representation of the entire AFOL community.
Entry (expanded in more detail in section 3):
- The LEGO Ambassador Program will consist of representatives from all LUGs that meet the requirements for entry into the program and submit their qualifications to the LEGO Group during the "open window" periods to sign up.
- "Open Window" Periods to sign up for the Program will occur every six months and will last for four weeks at a time. LUGs that do not turn in their qualifications during one "open window" will have to wait for the next one.
- Once a LUG has gained entry into the program they will be able to keep a representative in the group indefinitely as long as they continue to meet the qualifications.
Interactions (expanded in more detail in section 4):
- Discussions will take place in an online forum provided by the LEGO Group.
- There will also be occasions where Ambassadors may have the opportunity to meet LEGO Employees in person at various AFOL events.
How to treat information received in the program:
- No NDA's will be signed so that dialogue and discussions can be shared back with the LUGs
- In some cases the LEGO Group will ask member to wait before sharing certain information, but these instances will be made very clear in the forums.
- A release form will be required in order to give LEGO Ambassadors the freedom to submit ideas directly to the LEGO Group.
Section 3: Gaining Membership
Joining the LEGO Ambassador Program is a two step Process:
Step 1 - submit your qualifications:
Apply as a LUG for a spot in the program. Groups seeking a spot in the LEGO Ambassador Program will be asked to provide specific information in the following categories to show what part they play in the AFOL Community.
- When submitting an application and then every three months onward LUGs will be asked to provide a current member figure. This figure can be:
o For offline clubs: Number of members who attend meetings or are on the LUG's forum
o For online communities: Site traffic for the previous year month period and number of registered users.
Why membership figures are important: It helps the LEGO Group know how many people are being represented by the LEGO Ambassador Program and therefore how effective the overall program has the potential to be.
Requirements for your application:
Offline - Your LUG should have a minimum of ten active members before you apply to the program. Active members are members who have participated in at least one LUG activity in the last year.
Online - You LUG should show that there are at least 10 people that contribute to your site (people putting up posts/forum threads and people commenting on posts/ forum threads).
LUGs must be able to prove that they've been in existence for at least one year in order to gain representation in the LEGO Ambassador Program.
Why longevity is important: This is important because it rewards groups who have taken the effort to establish themselves and solidify their identities within the AFOL Community.
LUGs need to show that they are an active community.
- LUGs must provide information to show that they have actively engaged in community oriented activities within the previous year. For example:
o Forums and Blogs should tell the LEGO Group how many new posts they've had in the previous six months.
o Offline LUGs should report what shows they have participated in (with public attendance if available).
o Online and offline LUGs should include a list of all community oriented activities they have participated in (contests, swap meets, etc.)
Why activity is important: This helps us know that the LUGs being represented within the LEGO Ambassador Program are alive and well. It also helps us keep track of some of the great things LUGs are participating in so we can share it with our colleagues.
Requirements: Each applying LUG needs to show at least 2 activities for the previous year.
Who needs to provide this information?
- All LUGs seeking to gain entrance into the program during the "open window" period.
- All LUGS already in the program that wish to continue in the program.
How often does this information need to be updated?
Every LUG that participates in the LEGO Ambassador Program will need to provide updated information every three months to remain qualified for the program. The information that needs to be continuously submitted is:
- Accurate member figures for offline LUGs and site traffic/number of registered users for online LUGs
- List of events with public attendance numbers for offline LUGs and list of special activities for online LUGs
Note: If your LUG has not participated in a show or activity during a three month period LUGS should just submit an email stating this. It will not disqualify them from the program. The LEGO Group wants to be kept up to date as best as possible though. LUGs that have no activities over the course of a one year period will be asked to leave the program.
Step 2 - provide a representative:
Part of the application process is for the LUG to select a representative. The process for choosing a representative needs to take place inside each LUG and then the representative should be submitted to the LEGO Group as part of the application.
Is there a process that the LEGO Group wants LUGs to follow when selecting a representative?
No, this process should be internal to the LUG and the LEGO Group will not interfere with the LUG's selection.
Note: Only one representative per LUG.
What to expect during the "open window" period:
When the LEGO Group posts for an open window the LUG will need to send their qualifications application with a representative to the appointed LEGO Group Employee. LUGs will be contacted back after their email is received to acknowledge receipt of that email.
Once the LEGO Group has processed the qualification applications they will let the LUGs know whether or not they have met the qualifications. Once this has happened the LUG can let the LEGO Group know who their representative will be and this person will be added to the LEGO Ambassador Discussion list.
Expectations for how to treat one another:
All members of the program will be expected to live up to a few expectations:
- Respect your fellow fans
- Respect the LEGO representatives you're interacting with
- Actively participate in the program - post at least once a month
Summary: Please treat everyone involved in the program with respect and do your best to actively participate in the program.
Removal from the LEGO Ambassador Program:
If the LEGO Group feels a representative is not living up to the above expectations they will send that representative a warning email to let them know how their behavior is negatively affecting the program. The representative will be asked to adjust their behavior.
If the representative shows no desire to adjust their attitude then the LEGO Group will remove them from the program and request a new representative from the LUG they represented. If the LUG does not wish to send a replacement then they will be removed from the program altogether.
Section 4 -Tasks and Touch Points
Discussion: The LEGO Ambassadors will be expected to participate in discussion topics brought up by the LEGO Group and by their fellow Ambassadors. You do not need to comment in every topic but please be involved where you're able to be.
Gain feedback from their LUGs: Work with the LUGs you represent to gain feedback either on your own initiatives or to answer questions posed by the LEGO Group.
Ask Questions: This is your opportunity to ask whatever you want of the LEGO Group either on your own behalf or on behalf of the LUG you represent.
Present ideas: If you have ideas then this is the place to bring them. You have signed a release form specifically for this purpose.
Spread News: Occasionally the LEGO Ambassadors will be given news to spread to the rest of the AFOL community, but the focus of the program is not to be reporters for the LEGO Group. Any information shared via the the LEGO Ambassador Program may be shared with the rest of the community or public. Press releases and new items will be reported directly via the LEGO Affiliate program (this is a mailing list that all Ambassadors will be added to).
Online - LEGO Project Rooms
This is the online forum where LEGO Ambassador discussions take place. New representative s will be given access to this forum once they enter the program.
Offline - the LEGO Community Engagement and Communications team will post
events they will be attending on the LEGO Ambassador Forum so that LEGO Ambassadors have the opportunity to link up with them in person and get to know them better.
Expectations - how much time will be put into the program?
The program is a vehicle to give the LEGO Ambassadors opportunities to work with one another and with the LEGO Group. The members of the program (including the LEGO Group) will get out of this program what they are willing to put into it.
The LEGO Community Team will work to schedule people as best as possible to minimize downtime from the LEGO Group within the discussion forum.
Forms to be signed:
Representatives that become a part of the LEGO Ambassador program will be asked to sign a release form upon entry into the program. This will allow them to freely submit ideas to the LEGO Group. The release form is a waiver acknowledging that the LEGO Ambassador in question does not desire to retain ownership of the ideas they are giving to the LEGO Group. This is to give the AFOL community the best possible ability to feedback into the company what they want out of LEGO Products and the LEGO Group.
Appendix A: LUG Qualifications Application Example
Here is an example of the form you'll need to submit with your qualifications to the LEGO Group. We would like to see the forms as either PDFs or MSword documents.
Remember you are applying on behalf of the whole group and not as individual members.
BrickLUG (placeholder name) LUG Qualification Application
General information:
Group Name: BrickLUG
Location: LUG location for offline, blogs and forums can put primary language/nation or denote global coverage here
Website: If you have one
Primary contact person: name/email
Identity: Write a short description of what aspect of the AFOL Community you think your LUG represents.
Overall Number of Members: total number of members for an offline club and registered members of a site for online LUGS.
Active members in the Last six months: Number people who have shown up to at least one LUG activity or posted online that you would consider members
Describe when your LUG was started and how long you have been doing things together as a LUG.
Events (if applicable):
Name of event
Location of the event
Number of club members participating
Number of public visitors at the event (to the best of your knowledge)
Repeat for as many events as you have participated in within the last six months.
Site Traffic (if applicable):
How many unique visitors did you have in the last six months?
How many registered members does your site have?
How many posts have gone on your site in the last six months?
Special Activities (if applicable):
Has your LUG put on any contests?
Has your LUG done any other types of community building that you think are relevant here?
How to list your activities:
Events and special activities:
Name of Activity:
Date of Activity:
Location of Activity: (physical or on the website)
Number of LUG members who participated:
Number of public attendees:
Description of your representative:
Name of Representative:
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When it comes to writing a mystery novel, several local authors, who attended the Mystery Florida Conference last weekend, admitted they draw most of their ideas from everyday life. By having professional experience, stand-up comedian Don Bruns, pilot Ward Larsen and attorney H. Terrell Griffin can add authenticity to their elements of suspense. But there's also a level of creativity and imagination that is always at work.
In terms of the elements of a mystery novel, first and foremost, the villain must be introduced within the first 50 pages of the novel, they say. Second, as the novel moves forward, the stakes should get bigger and the suspense should build, but the writer mustn't lose credibility with the reader.
"I think when the readers finish, they have to say, 'I should have seen that coming,'" Griffin said.
With their newest novels launching just weeks apart, the three authors hope to schedule a joint book signing event for December.
The plot
Bruns: Tim Dorsey has always these serial killers, who puts guys into a barrel and puts plaster of Paris in there and the guys end up talking to each other inside while it's hardening. Or, he beheads them by cutting their heads off with a wire.
Griffin: You can't decide someone is going to jump 20 feet over a wall. It has to be plausible. You're looking at the elements of the set-up — what gets this guy involved and why does he feel the need to get involved.
Larsen: As a writer, you know the beginning and end, but the middle, you have to keep the train going and keep it interesting. Sometimes you get into a box and have to go back.
The protagonist
Bruns: The protagonist has to find out what it is that's put him in danger with the bad guys.
Larsen: Maybe there's a guy who kicks a dog, and the villain goes after him and kills him.
Griffin: But the guy who kicked the dog may have been running a soup kitchen. Writers are worse than lawyers sitting around and talking — we have sick minds.
The villain
Bruns: The villain has to be multidimensional — not just the bad guy.
Whether you hate or love the villain, he has to have character. You can like or hate the quality; he can be a nice guy, member of the church choir, but maybe he had to do drugs or hustle women. Early in the novel, you're not aware of how bad he is.
Larsen: Who is your favorite villain? Most people say "Silence of the Lambs."
Griffin: I've had villains who are pillars of the community and others who are mean, nasty people. It's a control thing.
The weapon
Bruns: To me, the situation where damage is done has to be more inventive than a gun. There's a book where the situation is two guys taking a guy out of the bar and pouring Drano down his throat. That's inventive. Or stuffing a grenade down his pants — I just made that up.
Larsen: Often it's most interesting when improvised. Let's see, there's a table with glass and a pen. What can I do with it? In one book I read, someone changed the address on a guy's GPS and made him go off into a pond. I killed a guy with a forklift in my last book.
Griffin: I've used a pistol, RPH and a 50-caliber machine gun.
Bruns: My favorite Dorsey is when this guy's at a stoplight in Tampa and there's loud music behind him. Next thing you know, he's tied up in a hotel room surrounded by music so loud he explodes.
If you use an alcohol-based pepper spray followed by a stun gun, you will have one toasty villain.

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Council card spending: Almost $300k in travel expenses
CITY of Ballarat staff used their work purchase cards for almost $300,000 worth of travel, accommodation and meeting expenses in the past three years.
Between 2010-11 and 2012-13, total meeting and conference costs were $102,190, while $66,576 was spent on accommodation and $51,675 allocated for travel and taxis.
A bill of $38,706 was racked up for airfares, while $32,908 was spent on international travel and delegations.
That figure included a $8338 transaction for "Super Trade Mission India" in January 2012 and $3500 for a return travel trip to Ballarat's sister city Inagawa in October 2012.
City of Ballarat chief executive officer Anthony Schinck defended the amounts, saying that much of it went to ensuring Ballarat was able to effectively lobby for projects and investment.
He conceded the public may think the money spent on accommodation and hospitality was high, but said it was being spent properly.
"Realistically when you're comparing those numbers to the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars that we're attempting to attract ... those numbers look OK," Mr Schinck said.
Total spending on the council debit cards has increased from $1.9 million to $3.7 million in the 2012-13 financial year, according to analysis of transactions made in the past three financial years.
The council puts the increase down to a new policy for procurement to use the cards more often, which it says is cheaper and better at fraud detection.
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Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Tartlets
18 hors d'œuvres
1 sheet of Pepperidge Farm frozen puff pastry, thawed (packaged with 2 per box, so this is an easy recipe to double)
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 red onion, sliced thinly
4 ounces of goat cheese
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Remove the frozen puff pastry from the freezer and let it set at room temperature for 20-40 minutes, or in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Start by caramelizing the onions in a saute pan in olive oil over medium heat. This will take 10-15 minutes. Keep stirring until they start to turn brown... you're bringing out the sugar in the onion and creating a caramel. When they have turned slightly brown in color, remove them from the heat.
Unfold the puff pastry sheet and place it on a lightly floured cutting board. Cut it along the folds into three long pieces, then cut the large piece into 5-6 smaller rectangles. Pile onions in the center of each piece, then top with chunks of the goat cheese.
Place the pastries on a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray, lined with parchment paper or a Silpat. Bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes until puffed and the edges are brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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I am a science writer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have spent nearly all of my career writing for the New York Times, both as a staff writer and on contract. I also write books. The latest is "Dirt Is Good", about how children between the ages of one and three acquire a healthy microbiome. I wrote it with two leaders in the field, Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight. It was published in 2017 by St. Martin's Press. Before that, I helped write "Missing Microbes", the story of how antibiotics are affecting our children's health (not in a good way). The title author is Matin Blaser, another leader in the story of how out microbes keep us healthy or make us sick. The book before that was Sleights of Mind— what the neuroscience magic reveals about our everyday deceptions— written with two terrific neuroscientists, Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez Conde. (Pub date Nov 9, 2010, Holt.)
For the past fifteen years, I have specialized in the brain sciences, although I'm prepared to write on any interesting topic that comes my way. I particularly like stories about the environment, earth sciences and all things biological.
As the recipient of a Templeton Journalism Fellowship, I spent several weeks in the summer of 2007 at Cambridge University in England, discussing science and religion. I recently wrote an article on the neurophysiology of spiritual experience. (see articles)
I have received three recent honors -- I am a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and in November 2013 I was the first journalism fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. In addition I'm the vice-chair of a new nonprofit investigative journalism projected called Searchlight New Mexico. We're doing fabulous work.
For pleasure, I am a cyclist, hiker, skier and runner. Recent adventures have taken me to Nepal (hiking to Annapurna Base Camp in a snowstorm), to Burma (mountain bike ride across the north), down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon (the paddle boat is most fun) and, in August 2008, trekking in the unbelievably steep Japan Alps. 2009 took me to Italy. In 2010 and 2011 I traveled to Rajasthan India to ride my bike and to South America for some sightseeing and trekking. 2014 included a bike trip to South Africa. In September 2015 I cycled the Dalmatian coast and saw where Game of Thrones is filmed. In January 2016 I led a Times Journeys expedition to the Galapagos. 2017 involved trips to Iceland and Japan. 2019 took me on a hike across northern England and back to the Galapagos with the Times.
I grew up in Port Washington, New York, attended Northwestern University for two years and transferred to the University of California at Berkeley where I graduated in 1965 with a major in poltical science. I went into the Peace Corps in 1965, to Sarawak, Borneo, where I lived upriver and taught elementary school. Upon returning in 1967, I was hired at the United Nations bureau of the New York Times as a clerk.. and the rest is history.
I have two adult children, Matt Blakeslee (a fourth generation science writer) and Abi Blakeslee Kelleher (a clinical psychologist)— plus five grandchildren. Matt lives in Santa Fe while Abi now abides in Bozeman, Montana. I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I am currently rifling through the files of my grandfather (Howard W. Blakeslee) who pioneered the field of science reporting in 1928 and my father (Alton L. Blakeslee) who followed Howard at the Associated Press for stories that (in today's terms) amaze, entertain and bedazzle us with their perspicacity, naiveté, and sheer breaking news-ness of times past. I may turn this triaged trove into a blog and then a book, or just put it out for people to enjoy. Stay tuned.


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Are you still doing the Gabe quilts! I have one and will get it too you within the next 2 weeks)
Hope all is well and thrilled to hear that your little guy had a good checkup... All's well here and am so very greatful for it all... Life is good!
So wish Missouri was a whole lot closer..))) Hugs, Barbara
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Carol..had the CT but doc got cancelled. I will go again Fri. Sorry for the delay in getting back with you.
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Due date for Whitnee's quilt is end Feb.
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It is estimated that 550,000 people make up the Kosovo diaspora. Almost three-quarters of them live in Germany, Switzerland, and Serbia.
Kosovo Albanian migration to Western Europe happened in three waves. The first, during the late 60s and early 70s, consisted mostly of unskilled guest workers from rural areas. The second, in the 80s and early 90s, comprised better educated professionals from urban areas. The last exodus of Kosovars, most of them refugees and asylum seekers, left during the Kosovo war between 1998 and 1999.
Neither the number of jobs nor the amount of available agricultural land have kept pace with Kosovo's growing population during the last decades. For many people migration provided the only hope of escaping poverty. In sayings, songs and poems, work migration has come to be equated with suffering. "He who first went out on the migrant trail," goes one saying, "may God never give him peace!"
As one poem goes:
The father is a stranger in his own house,
Damn the black migration!
Child after child is born,
And the father is not there to call.
In economic terms remittances from abroad have helped fuel a construction boom in Kosovo, also increasing the number of retail shops, cafes, taxis, car mechanics and petrol stations. Relying on worker remittances alone doesn't produce sustainable growth, however. In fact, rural Kosovo has been trapped in a vicious circle of underdevelopment and migration. According to Jane Jacobs, an economist:
"Remittances, while they last, do alleviate poverty in abandoned regions, just as any forms of transfer payments from rich to poor regions alleviate poverty while they last. The money buys imports for people and institutions which they would otherwise have to go without, but that is all it does… It does nothing to convert stagnation to development."
However, transfers have provided a lifeline that has kept many rural families above the poverty line. Recently, changes in immigration policy in important host countries like Germany have put an abrupt end to migration. Since 1999 more people have returned to Kosovo – voluntarily or by force – than were able to leave. While in 1999 around 30 percent of all Kosovar households received remittances in cash or in kind from relatives abroad, this number has dropped to 15% in 2006. The estimated value of remittances dropped from €166 million in 2003, to €123 million in 2004.
The high dependence on remittances has also helped to preserve one of Europe's oldest and most conservative institutions: the traditional patriarchal household.
- See: ESI report Cutting the lifeline. Migration, Families and the Future of Kosovo, 18 September 2006.
- ESI picture story: Cutting the lifeline
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|CBRE's 2017 Class A office forecast hit the proverbial "bullseye"
Last year, our forecast model estimated -150,000 sq. ft. of Class A negative net demand, while actual absorption registered -214,000 sq. ft. of losses.
|CBRE Research is forecasting +800,000 sq. ft. of Class A net absorption for 2018
Our current forecast model projects 2018 Class A net absorption in a range between 650,000 sq. ft. and 950,000 sq. ft.
|Model outputs are based on key inputs and assumptions
Job growth, sublease expirations, net occupied deliveries, and major lease expirations are included, while assumptions used in the model include expectations for local economic momentum and sq. ft. demanded per new job.
|Potential improvements and limitations shouldn't be glossed over
We ascertain the addition of a momentum element to the 2018 forecast will more accurately model Houston's office real estate cycle. Long-term trends and a limited relationship between demand and job growth are limiting factors.


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How to combine images with the same dimensions in a grid?
I would like to arrange images without any space between their edges as each piece is made to connect with others.
The images should not necessarily be merged but simply tiled.
My ultimate purpose is to use a Manipulate to generate different arrangements.
So, how can I place those images in a coordinate system so I can define 9 positions and assign those locations to the images without any space between them ?
Below my attempt using Grid and 2 example of the desired Output once I figure this out. Those composition were generated using Java Scripts.
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The Green Belt
For nearly 40 years, the Iron Curtain divided Europe. From the Barents to the Black Sea, there ran a barrier which displayed its inhumane side most strongly in Germany. It cut up a country into East and West, separated families and friends for decades. And yet nature conquered the frontier strip. The "Green Belt" was created, with valuable habitats full of rare animals and plants. Learn more about this living monument to recent contemporary German history and the vision of the European Green Belt: Borders separate. Nature unites!
Experience Green Belt
The Green Belt has a great deal to offer. You just have to discover it. Visit the regions of Elbe-Altmark-Wendland, the Harz region or the nature parks Thuringian Forest / Thuringian Slate Mountains / Franconian Forest. Experience the uniqueness and great diversity of this unparalleled network of habitats across Germany. Find out how nature conservation can be combined with sustainable tourism.


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UK Boy Banned From Wearing Christian Band in School
A six-year-old boy attending a U.K. primary school is at the center of a controversy regarding the school's ban of his Christian bracelet and his father's outrage over alleged discrimination of his son's expression of faith.
The young student, Eddie Thompson, was forced to hand over the symbolic band when a teacher discovered the Christian bracelet under his sock when he scratched his ankle, reported U.K.-based Daily Mail. The boy's father was upset after learning that his son was no longer allowed to wear the Christian band.
The father, Peter Thompson, told the Daily Mail that his son had chosen the bracelet at a local Christian bookshop and had been wearing it unseen for the past six months. "We are a Christian family and Eddie's band was a reflection of this," said Thompson. "He wears the band because he wants to feel that God is always with him."
Although Thompson has demanded an apology from the head at Estfeld Primary in Tickhill, the school stands by its explanation, which is that the bracelet violates the school's uniform policy.
Head teacher Diane Risley said: "At Tickhill Estfeld the safety and well-being of all pupils is taken extremely seriously and the school has a clear uniform policy in place to help families understand what pupils can and cannot wear whilst at school."
Thompson's issues with his son being banned from wearing a faith symbol is similar to the 2010 case of Nadia Eweilda, a British Airways check-in worker who refused to hide her cross necklace at work.
Eweilda believes that the British Airways had openly discriminated against Christians by not allowing them to wear religious symbols while they allowed other religious groups to showcase their faith with turbans and other headdresses. Eweilda brought British Airways before the employment tribunal and the tribunal decided that she was treated as any other employee who went against uniform policy.
But just this past Jan. 15, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Nadia Eweilda, citing that the United Kingdom under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights had infringed upon Eweilda's religious rights. Some hailed Nadia Eweilda's victory represents a small step in religious tolerance in Europe.


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Byrderers Row lives. Was it worth the call from the governor?
The energized, fun-size Mets…the ones with an honest-to-god top of the order…the ones whose outfield is no longer a punch line but is arguably a strength…they remain as they've been for the past six or so weeks. These are the Mets on which Marlon Byrd anchors right field and the cleanup spot, the Mets who win slightly more often than they lose, the Mets who aren't automatically fighting Sominex for market share.
They're ours from now 'til year's end, whether we want them as such or not.
The competent Mets of Marlon Byrd's unforeseen heyday aren't Byrd's alone. On defense he flanks super rook Juan Lagares — maybe not super like Yasel Puig this year or Bryce Harper last year, but as scintillating as any frosh Met outfielder has been since, geez, Strawberry in 1983? Dykstra 1985? Ochoa 1996? Agbayani 1999? Maybe Jay Payton. Jay came in third for Rookie of the Year in 2000, but it was a light year in the National League; Rick Ankiel came in second. The point is it's been a long while since the Mets have had anybody come up from the minors and show more than the briefest of Nieuwenhuisian flashes out there, even if it's been only a short while since Lagares laid claim to center field. He could be Pat Howell or Jeff Duncan for all we know. For now, he's close enough to Tommie Agee.
Lagares, in turn, flanks Eric Young, Jr., who almost homered in Miami (weird fence for a weird park) and has definitely transformed the leadoff spot and left field into assets, or things other than liabilities. Even when slumping, he seems a threat to do something besides slump deeper. We've gotten too used to guys who succeed for a moment but can't convince us they're worth a damn.
But we come back to Byrd because unlike Young or Lagares or any other Met, he was the one we thought might have some trade value for a team that's inching rather than racing its way out of Mudville as the final third of 2013 approaches. Get something substantial for Byrd and maybe it bodes well for 2014. Get something of a "something — anything" nature for Byrd, and at least we're not moaning a year from now, "Can you believe we just let him walk?" Or do what was done, which was stay put, stand pat and stick it out. The 2013 Mets with Marlon Byrd figure to be a better bet than the 2013 Mets sans Marlon Byrd. But a better bet to do what, exactly?
Most of my constructions end with question marks because I don't know. The Mets didn't kick Byrd out of the nest. I'm not unhappy about that. I'm going to assume the presence of his name amid the prevailing swap chatter didn't elicit a stampede to Sandy Alderson's hold button. I'm not thinking this is the start of a beautiful long-term relationship with the 35-year-old Byrd or anything like that. I doubt it should be. The Byrd-led Mets have played about as well as one can imagine them having played since June 16, yet for all that they are 24-18, hardly the stuff of Rays on a roll. The Phillies and Nationals have gone largely catatonic yet we have somehow failed to pass either of them. Perhaps finishing a hyperdistant second to Atlanta isn't much of a goal, but as long as we're nearby, it would be nice to get there.
Alderson suggested Young-Lagares-Byrd has been, over the last month, "maybe the most productive outfield in baseball," which, on the surface, sounds camera-ready to join "skill set" "meaningful games in September," "lobby" and, most recently, "what outfield?" in the Mets Executive Hall of WTF? Yet there is a touch of evidence to back up Alderson's assertion, as long as one accepts the terms of productivity as chronologically limited. Whether the Mets' outfield is crushing it at a more consistent rate than its 29 peer groups is irrelevant. It's better than what was expected out of left, center and right from the Mets, and the overall Mets experience has improved in accordance with the ascendance of our flycatching trio.
Doesn't mean we're set, and nobody said we are. This season has had a real "just go with it" quality from the start. There is no coherent executional philosophy in evidence, which is about par for an organization that doesn't have enough pieces to set in place for such luxuries. Twelve pitchers? Thirteen pitchers? Four-man bench? Six-man rotation? No backup shortstop? This one sits for a week? That one plays for a week? "Momentum" is paramount? Just go with it. It's only the 2013 Mets.
Yet it's been kind of working. It didn't work great in Miami Wednesday night, but did you really believe we could sweep the Marlins in the Loriatorium? Taking two of three there with one to go (guess what day it is…Guess What DAY IT IS!) may be a sign that the antiapocalypse is finally upon us, that the Mets aren't Chad Quallsing their way to the end of the season. They may not totally fall on their faces as they have through August and September these past several anni. Shoot, they practically skated across July. Maybe they'll finish second. Maybe they won't. Maybe Terry Collins will be worth retaining. Maybe he won't. Maybe all the Harvey Days and Wheeler Days and Días de Mejia will begin to pile up into whole weeks, then months of anticipation once the maturing starting staff is surrounded by position players we wouldn't dare dream of desiring to trade just because it's July 31.
We probably could've gotten a bag of balls for Marlon Byrd. But y'know what? This isn't quite a bag of balls season anymore. I can respect that.


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These students are in their second year of college at the Maharishi Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa. They will graduate with a Bachelor's in Business Administration in 2015.
As you can see, they had fun taking pictures for their Kiva profiles!
The ladies took the task very seriously. They dressed to impress and made last minute touch-ups to their hair and make-up. And then there was the posing…it was a Kiva photo shoot!
But let me back up and explain how these particular students became Kiva borrowers.
1. All of the students in this cohort were invited to attend a meeting explaining Kiva and the loans offered to them.
The one year loan provides R14,000 (~ $1,550) towards tuition and R425 (~ $50) per month towards living expenses, which most students use for transportation to school.
2. Students interested in Kiva loans fill out applications, including questions about how the Kiva loan would benefit them.
3. A staff meeting is held to select which students will receive loans.
Students are evaluated on academic standing, work study record, financial stability, family circumstances, attitude, and attendence.
Gift provides insight into a student's work study performance, Peter evaluates their academic performance and attendance, and Max asseses their financial stability.
If all three give their approval, the student is accepted for a Kiva loan. If there are any concerns, the student is interviewed by Eric to get a better sense of their circumstances.
5. Selected students attend another meeting to take a Kiva quiz, sign their contracts, and take profile pictures.
6. Max and I upload the loans to the Kiva website. The great thing about working with college students? They can write their own profiles! We ask them a series of questions and use their written responses for profiles.
For example, when Gontse was asked how the Kiva loan would change his life, he said:
"The Kiva loan will help me and change my life, so that I will focus more on my academics and never stress a lot about my fees. The stipend will help me a lot in the way of transport to school, as I'm using a train to come to school every day, and my other small needs as a student at MI."
You can lend to Gontse here.
When Thabang was asked what he's studying and which classes he prefers, he said:
"I am doing a bachelor Degree in Business (BBA). The classes that I enjoy the most are Business Management and Leadership because I love or like to lead and manage people and things around me."
7. You--the lender--select a student and lend!
Lend to Thabang here.
Or Bokang, Lwazi, Siboniso, Tshepo, Kagiso, or Vusi.
And Jacob here.
When asked about his goals after graduation, Jacob said:
"After graduation, I would love to work as a financial analyst and work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. A couple of years thereafter, I would like to open my own consulting company. I would love to work in London, UK, but my heart will always remain in Africa, where I'd also open offices around the continent in order to play in the development of Africa's wealth."
There are more student loans funding now! Please find them here and select "Higher Education" under Attributes.
And in case you're wondering why I've only linked to the fellas, it's because the girls fund faster. Give some love to the guys, too!


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NIA Moving to Heal
Thursday, September 19, 2019
The class will be taught by Sheila Queen, NIA Blue Belt and Moving to Heal Instructor.
Nia is a holistic fitness practice that combines dance, martial arts & healing arts (mindfulness). It is based on the intelligent design of the body. Each workout brings mindfulness to your dance movement experience that will leave you feeling energized, mentally clear and emotionally balanced. It is non-impact, done barefoot and is adaptable to individual needs and abilities.
Nia Moving to Heal is a modified Nia experience, designed for anybody seeking a gentler movement practice to complement and facilitate healing of body, mind, emotions, and spirit. This class will help you feel better move by move, breath by breath. Each class has a focus & intention to assist you in "Dancing Through Life".
For over 35 years Nia has been helping people use movement to feel better. Your body is designed to move! No matter what your physical circumstances, you can use movement as medicine.Open to all.
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Los Angeles D-Fenders Earn Split with Sioux Falls Skyforce
Offensively, the Sioux Falls Skyforce can look back at the second game against the Los Angeles D-Fenders and be plenty proud. However, the visitors put together an impressive three point shooting display to pick up the 128-121 victory at the Sanford Pentagon on Saturday night. The loss stops a seven-game win streak for the Skyforce.
Overall, the D-Fenders were the team in control for a large portion of this contest. The lead changed hands for the final time with 9:56 remaining in the second quarter. There was a brief tie early in the third quarter and Los Angeles built a 17 point spread early in the fourth quarter. A 26-11 spurt by Sioux Falls made it 111-109 midway through the fourth, but the home team could draw no closer as 3,003 fans followed the action.
Sioux Falls (10-3) saw their streak snapped despite shooting better than 50 percent of their field goals and 10 of 24 from long range. The D-Fenders (4-7) shot about the same percentage from the floor overall, but was a blistering 15 of 25 on the long ones. Four D-Fenders converted the 15 bombs with the ringleader being C.J. Williams (34 points) followed by Jamario Moon (24 points), Manny Harris (24 points) and Andre Ingram (20 points) to spur the Los Angeles attack.
On the Sioux Falls side, DeAndre Liggins continues to be the standard bearer for doing whatever is needed at the time. His 27 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists were a testament to his all-around game while Justin Hamilton notched 27 of his own with 10 rebounds. Rookie A.J. Davis picked up his second straight double-double (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Charlie Westbrook provided 16 points and 6 assists off the bench.
Monday night will mark the return to action for Sioux Falls as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants will play host. Meanwhile Los Angeles will visit the Idaho Stampede on Monday as well.


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Google and Microsoft will today throw their weight behind calls to introduce programming and software coding lessons in Britain's schools.
Google and Microsoft will today throw their weight behind calls to introduce programming and software coding lessons in Britain's schools.
They agree with the results of the Next Gen report, published earlier this year, to which the government is expected to announce its response.
Next Gen argues that the UK should be a global hub for video games and special effects. But the report also stated there needed to be changes in the country's education system for this to happen.
Google and Microsoft are joining a range of companies including Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Electronic Arts, Activision, Talk Talk and the Guardian Media Group, that have already announced their support for the report.
"Coding is the new Latin," Alex Hope, co-author of that Next Gen report, told the BBC.
Hope - whose visual effects company has worked on blockbuster films such as Harry Potter and Inception - said the high tech industry was one of the UK's best growth prospects. He added: "We need to give kids a proper understanding of computers if [pupils are] to compete for all kinds of jobs."
Calls have strengthened to modernise the school IT curriculum as students and employers complained that education was focused on basic IT skills rather than in-depth programming.
Additionally, the number of students studying computing has dwindled. The number applying to study the subject at university fell from 16,500 in 2003 to 10,600 four years later, the BBC noted.
Additionally, the subject has become increasingly dominated by males, with women making up only 13 percent of applicants.
Today, Google's lead UK engineer and Microsoft's UK education head will join Hope in calling for a new IT curriculum.
"The government is looking for opportunities for growth," he said. "Therefore they need to train the programmers that creative and other hi-tech firms need to build their businesses.
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In 2012, Internet giant Google seems to have been going out of its way to alienate its core users. At the beginning of the year, the company introduced the new "Search plus your world" initiative that pushes content from Google+ to the top of users' search results listings. Soon after, it announced a comprehensive revamp to its privacy policies so the company could collate information about users across all its services — search, YouTube, Gmail, Google+, Blogger, and more — and use it to target advertising everywhere. Although many folks couldn't care one way or another, both moves struck a raw nerve with long-time Google users. The company that once lived by the mantra "don't be evil" now seemed to be hell-bent on prying deeper into its users lives and compromising behaviors of its core services.
The question is: Does Google feel any backlash from these decisions, or is it simply too entrenched to rattle? If people don't like what Google's new moves, are they taking their eyeballs (and clicks, and searches) elsewhere? Or do they continue to use Google anyway, despite being uncomfortable with the company's new directions? We took a closer look to find out.
Google has expanded into a myriad of Internet services over the years, but Google started out as a search engine, and Internet search is still the heart of Google's business and the basis for most users' interactions with Google. After all, when used as a verb, "Google" doesn't mean connect with friends, view advertising, check out online video, or wake up an Android device: It means "search."
Have Google's recent changes impacted its search business? The early verdict is no. Market analysis firm Comscore has released its search engine rankings for February 2012, and while those figures probably don't yet reflect any changes from Google's privacy policy revamp (which went into effect March 1), they show Google is still growing its search business, at least in the United States. During February, Comscore found that Google accounted for 66.4 percent of the U.S. search market, up from 66.2 percent in January. Those gains came primarily at the expense of Yahoo, which saw its share drop 0.3 percent from month to month in February, to 13.8 percent. Microsoft's Bing search service also saw a 0.1 increase between January and February.
Nonetheless, discomfort with search as it relates to online privacy seems to be at the forefront of many users' minds. A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that some 83 percent of respondents use Google's search engine, but 73 percent say they don't want search engines tracking their searches or other online behaviors.
Search Plus Your World
The Pew survey looked into the reasons users are uncomfortable with search tracking and results personalization. Those 73 percent of users who didn't want search engines tracking them viewed it as an invasion of privacy, but another 65 percent — almost two thirds of respondents — expressed concern that personalized search results would restrict the information presented to them in search results. In other words, by attempting to tailor search results to Google's perceptions of users' interests, it might in effect be putting horseblinders on them, demoting or omitting other items.
Why are users concerned about the effects of personalization? If the results of the Pew survey are to be believed, it's because Internet users value unadulterated search results — basically, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Some 91 percent of search engine users said they found what they were looking for all the time or most of the time, and nearly as many (86 percent) said they learned something new or important along the way. That's a strong endorsement of unpersonalized, old-school search results: the famously boring "ten blue links."
Google's "Search plus your world" violates that expectation in two ways. First, it puts personalized content ahead of old-school search results, in effect saying that the material Google customized for you is more important than the plain-Jane search results Google had been returning for years. Second, the user "world" that Google taps into is so far limited to just Google+. Most Internet users who engage in social networking — the ones who may want their search results colored by their online connections — probably don't have those connections on Google+. Instead, they're on Facebook, Twitter, or other services like Reddit, Foursquare, or even Pinterest. Content from users' connections on those services is not considered a priority under Google Plus Your World — meaning for many users the service is "Search Plus a Tiny Corner of Your World."
A bit lost in the shuffle, there's actually a third way Google's Search Plus Your World compromises Google's core search business — only, this time, privacy-concerned Internet users might not mind. Google's Search Plus Your World only applies to Google users who are signed in to their Google accounts. By default, those connections now occur over SSL-encrypted connections, so potentially personal information pushed along with search results isn't exposed to all passersby as it moves from Google's network, through the public Internet, to a user's browser or device. (And if you're in a public Wi-Fi hotspot, you really don't want personal information floating around for all to see.) The use of SSL encryption an all Search Plus Your World connections means online marketers get less information about traffic they might receive from Google, including search keywords. Sure, Google still has all that information, but they aren't passing it along to other sites and services quite so profligately as they do with the boring "ten blue links."
Google's decision to base Search Plus Your World solely on Google+ (for now, anyway) probably has two primary components. The first is expedience: Google didn't need to enter into any complicated negotiations or contracts to use data from Google+ as the basis for Search Plus Your World. As an in-house operation, Google not only had access to all of Google+'s internals, it had quick access to the engineers and APIs. Can you imagine all the negotiations, lawyering, and contracts that would likely be involved for Google to integrate Facebook with Search Plus Your World? Simply put, it was faster for Google to base Search Plus Your World on Google+ than anything else.
The second factor, of course, is that Google is intensely interested in promoting Google+. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has flat-out admitted he "screwed up" Google's social strategy, failing to jump on social networking when Facebook started to surge over MySpace and then disastrously putting the company's foot in its mouth with Google Buzz (and accompanying lawsuits…and FTC settlement). Google saw a chance to significantly increase Google+'s exposure by rolling it into Search Plus Your World, hopefully giving Google+ additional traction in the social networking market. After all, Google has no more powerful way to promote Google+ than to put it front and center in Google's core Web search offering.
How has that been working out? Not so great. Google+ growth skyrocketed in 2011, thanks in no small part to the widespread adoption of Android smartphones and (one assumes) tablet devices. Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen actually forecast that Google+ could hit 400 million users by the end of 2012. However, the sheer number of Google+ accounts isn't necessarily a good metric: Comscore recently produced an analysis that found, on average, Google+ users spend three minutes a month on the service — that compares poorly to the seven hours a month Comscore claims people spend on Facebook, on average. It's undeniable that Google+ has a strong core of active users who spend a considerable amount of time on the service — even hours a day. But the time those users invest is being diluted, on average, by an apparently far greater number of users who rarely or never log in to Google+. (Comscore's methodology for both Facebook and Google+ is also a little wonky because it can't track private interactions: A significant but fundamentally unknowable number people have little public activity on either service, but are chatterboxes in private.)
However, usage time divided by the sheer number of accounts on a service isn't the only way to look at things. Another is traffic. Although Google doesn't exactly publish server logs for Google+, marketing firms can keep track of the ad impressions generated out of their networks in Google+. Chitika, one of those networks, has reported a 31.6 percent drop in Google+ traffic from November 2011 through February 2012. Again, it's not a perfect metric — Chitika's ad network may just not be well-represented in hotbeds of Google+ activity — but it is an indicator.
So, is backlash from Google's decisions to go with an all-encompassing privacy policy and introduce social search results hurting the company? For now, the results seem mixed. Google's core search business does not seem to be taking any damage — in fact, it's still gaining ground on competitors in the U.S. market, apparently thanks to tumult at Yahoo. Despite strong trepidations about privacy and online tracking, people are increasingly turning to Google for search.
However, Google+ does not seem to be garnering any benefits from integration with Google search. Google+ saw a sharp increase in new accounts and usership in the last quarter of 2011 — since then, the service doesn't seem to have been able to hold many users' interest.
Google has deep pockets, and — like Microsoft — can afford to play a long-term strategy to push Google+ to the forefront of social networking. But if Google's strategy takes too long to come to fruition, the company might find the market has moved on from social networking just as Google+ starts to come into its own. Remember when Microsoft waited five years to start competing with the iPod, and how well that worked out?
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The 22-year-old who lives in Telluride, Colo., was scheduled to return home from Sochi on Monday, nearly a week after Kenworthy was part of a historic sweep by the U.S. as slopestyle skiing made its Olympic debut.
Yet Kenworthy's medal in some ways took a backseat to his decision to adopt four puppies — along with their mother — he discovered near the media center at the base of the mountain that houses the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Kenworthy wasn't kidding. He is taking all five dogs back to the U.S. with him, but getting the paperwork done is taking some time.
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Coastella Music Festival Line-Up Announced for 2018 - a Vibrant Summer Musical Discovery
Coastella Music Festival is proud to announce its line-up for 2018, for the return of the vibrant Kapiti summer festival on 17th February 2018. Building on the growing success of the first two festivals, the 2018 line-up showcases a diverse range of local and international music from energetic folk and indie rock to Japanese banjo, brass and Balkan madness!
Iconic New Zealand band The Black Seeds will bring their contemporary groove reggae rhythms, following the release of their new album Fabric. Singer/songwriter Nadia Reid (nominated for an Apra Silver Scrolls Award for her song Richard earlier this year) joins the line-up straight back from her UK/European tour, and the Hot Potato Band (Aus) blend world music influences with an Australian edge to create a sound of brass and drums 'known to cause a severe case of happy fever'.
Other international offerings are George & Noriko (Jap/Aus) with a unique sound of Japanese banjo blues, their energetic and original music earning them a place as finalists on Australia's Got Talent 2012 and favourites at CubaDupa 2017. My Baby (NZ/Nld) join us from Amsterdam with their roots driven hypnotic dance music, and The Young Folk (Ire) have a sound which has seen them compared with Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and Crosby Stills & Nash. Jordie Lane and the Sleepers (Aus) play psychedelic rock reminiscent of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper.
Our highly acclaimed homegrown talent includes Louis Baker with neo soul sounds, joined by his new band boasting some of the tightest, funkiest, and most solid of rhythm sections in the Wellington music scene. Mermaidens offer a mesmerising dip into the realms of post-punk and psych, and current radio favourites Glass Vaults blend subtle electronics and pulsating percussion to create a unique brand of transcendental psychedelic pop. The Frank Burkitt Band draw upon influences from folk, jazz, blues, swing, soul and all things American Roots, and Neko Ne Zna bring an energetic Balkan Gypsy brass extravaganza. On home turf in Kapiti are Jeep Road who play a mix of contemporary blues and soul.
The music and dancing will continue into the night, with the Coastella After Party (R18), with Rhombus in Dub bringing their big rolling sound and lively stage show and Olmecha Supreme featuring New Zealandʻs champion Rap Boxer "King Home Boy" and Captain Imon Starr.
Coastella features a main stage set in a natural grassy amphitheatre, a lake stage offering an idyllic setting to relax with friends, and Tiny Town returns, the 10 foot shipping container converted into an intimate musical venue, offering a chance to get up close and personal with some of the bands. Food vendors will once again be hand-picked by Visa Wellington On A Plate.
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Return buses will travel from the Wellington CBD. All details at coastella.co.nz. The bus stop is outside Pipitea Marae across the road from Freedom Furniture.
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The Black Seeds
Hot Potato Band (Aus)
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My Baby (Nld)
George & Noriko (Jap/Aus) Mermaidens
Glass Vaults
Jordie Lane & the Sleepers (Aus)
The Young Folk (Ire)
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Niko Ne Zna
Jeep Road
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CHICAGO — Robin Kelly rolled to victory Tuesday in the race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress.
As of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Democratic primary, the Matteson former state representative had 30,107 votes, or about half the total. Debbie Halvorson, a one-term former member of Congress from Crete, had 14,322 votes. Chicago Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) had 6,296 votes.
In suburban Cook County, where most of the registered voters reside in the 2nd Congressional District, 253 of 263 precincts had reported. Chicago reported 166 of 170 in as well. All votes were in from Will and Kankakee counties.
In her victory speech, Kelly credited her stance on gun control, telling her supporters, "You sent a message that was heard around our state and across the nation, a message that tells the NRA that their days of holding our country hostage are coming to an end. And their days of scaring Congress into submission on gun control are coming to a close."
Kelly, who becomes the overwhelming favorite in the April 9 special election in the heavily Democratic district, also said she'd fight for jobs, education and immigration reform.
Halvorson conceded at 8 p.m., saying, "This is a great night for Robin. She did a great job."
Halvorson also called for party unity.
"We are all Democrats," Halvorson said at an election-night event in Homewood. "We are all with Robin."
Yet, pressed to discuss the involvement of the Independence USA Super Political Action Committee financed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Halvorson cited the $2.3 million she said he spent in the race with attack ads against her for her favorable rating from the National Rifle Association and in favor of Kelly.
"That's the way it is," Halvorson said. "I can't help it."
Beale also conceded.
"I will reach out to her and offer my support because in the end I am more interested in seeing the people of the 2nd District have representation in Washington, D.C., by someone who can deliver," Beale said.
Voters from Hyde Park to Kankakee scrambled to the polls in the snow Tuesday as top contenders fought to get out the vote in a special primary to replace Jackson Jr. in Congress.
"Mother Nature isn't on anybody's side today," said Sean Howard, spokesman for Halvorson.
Yet Howard and Jon Blair, Kelly's campaign manager, both expressed confidence late in the day in the 2nd Congressional District race.
"We're not seeing the weather affect our predicted turnout at all," Blair said. "Of course, we didn't expect the vote to be terribly high to begin with."
Howard was pleased by relatively high early turnout in Will County, which he termed a "Republican stronghold" where voters appeared to be crossing over to vote Democratic — most likely to Halvorson's benefit. Halvorson indeed won both Will and Kankakee counties.
But, with most of the votes in the city and suburbs, it wasn't enough.
Beale boasted he had the ground game in relatively compact Chicago, and even started talking Tuesday of his possible replacement in the City Council, but Howard claimed turnout was "dangerously low" in the city.
Beale blamed his loss on the low turnout.
"Certainly if we could have gotten more people to the polls that would have made a difference," he said. "Bad weather and years of frustration by voters kept them from voting."
There were also five candidates on the ballot in the Republican primary, but the winner is given little chance in the heavily Democratic district in the general election.
As of 9:30 p.m., Paul McKinley had 947 votes, Eric Wallace 924 and Lenny McAllister 851.
Chicago election officials estimated turnout at 15 percent of the 120,000 registered. That was consistent with estimates in suburban Cook County and Will and Kankakee counties, with Cook having the most registered voters at 232,000.
Kelly seized on gun control as the primary issue at a time when the city's murder rate was top of the news, and it carried the election.
State Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields) picked up the early endorsement of Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, but both were blindsided by the impact of Hutchinson's favorable rating from the NRA, which proved to be the eventual weak point of Halvorson as well. Hutchinson eventually dropped out, throwing her support to Kelly.
Kelly also picked up the endorsements of top Chicago-area African-American and progressive members of Congress, including Danny Davis, Bobby Rush, Jan Schakowsky and Mike Quigley.
Guns chased state Sen. Donne Trotter (D-Chicago) from the race before he could even formally file his petitions. He, too, came to support Kelly.
Halvorson, meanwhile, didn't shy away from her opposition to a ban on assault weapons, although she tempered her support for the NRA. She also picked up the support of the Illinois State Rifle Association in a direct-mail campaign last week.
That, however, was a pop-gun compared to the $2.3 million blasted into the race by Bloomberg and his gun control-oriented Independence USA Super PAC. The group ran TV attack ads against Halvorson and in favor of Kelly that Halvorson said "compromised" the race.
Bloomberg was unapologetic, saying, "I'm part of the public. I happen to have some money."
Mayor Rahm Emanuel avoided making an endorsement, except to say the victor had to be a part of "Team Chicago" in Congress.
Beale, however, echoed charges the race was being bought, and trumpeted his own record on guns. He came up with a TV ad, but could only afford to place it on YouTube.
Joyce Washington, of South Shore, got a campaign ad on TV, but still found herself on the outside looking in at the top candidates.
The race was prompted by Jackson's resignation shortly after winning re-election in November. (He had beaten Halvorson in the Democratic primary a year ago.) Jackson went on to plead guilty to federal charges of misusing campaign funds alongside his wife, former Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th). She was replaced by Natashia Holmes, who was appointed by Emanuel.


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