PULSE.A VERY DIFFERENT BOOSTER Booster - A data-parallel language. "The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989. : When your toddler is old enough to sit on a chair at the dinner table, make sure the chair is secure with the Hisita Booster Seat booster seat n. 1. A car seat for a small child that lifts the child by several inches, designed for use with an adult seat belt. 2. A seat placed on top of the seat of a chair, used to elevate a small child at a table. . The plastic base features grooves for the chair's feet and safety straps, preventing it from rocking or tipping over. Instead of being placed on the seat of the chair, the Hisita (pronounced hi-seat-ah) goes under the chair and boosts it 3 inches. It allows kids to safely seat themselves at the table and prevents rocking and tipping of chairs. The Hisita has nonslip non·slip adj. Designed to prevent or inhibit slipping: a bathtub with a nonslip surface. nonslip Adjective designed to prevent slipping: steps and long straps to attach to chairs. It's a safer option than conventional booster seats, but it seems that it could be a potential crumb catcher. The Hisita has a suggested retail price of $49.99 and can be ordered online at www.pregnancystore.com. - Nicole Sunkes COUNTDOWN TO BABY: Pregnancy can be a time of joy - and confusion for many mothers-to-be. To help women prepare, pregnancy and parenting Web site BabyCenter has published ``The BabyCenter Essential Guide to Pregnancy and Birth'' (Rodale; $14.95), giving pregnant women a week-by-week look at what to expect. Also included are tips on health, nutrition, fitness and emotional health from time of conception to birth. Available at babycenter.com. - Serena Maria Daniels HEALTHIEST CHAIR EVER: Physical activity is essential to good health, but as people age and their bodies change, it can become harder to remain fit. To meet the physical needs of seniors, California-based Continuing Fitness has developed the Resistance Chair, an exercise system that features a set of elastic bands that seniors can use to strengthen their arms, chest, shoulders, abdomen abdomen, in humans and other vertebrates, portion of the trunk between the diaphragm and lower pelvis. In humans the wall of the abdomen is a muscular structure covered by fascia, fat, and skin. , back and legs, all while remaining in a seated position. The Resistance Chair can be used in gyms, health-care facilities and the home. Available for $229.95. Information: www.continuingfitness.com. - Dekera Johnson SUPERHEROS - AND DANCING: It's hard to be a couch potato couch potato An Americanism for a sedentary person, usually ♂, whose predominant non-work activity consists in lying on a couch, watching TV. See Television intoxication 'syndrome.'. Cf Vigorous exercise. when watching ``LazyTown,'' the comic/action series starring Icelandic creator Magnus Scheving. The show, which airs at 10:30 a.m. weekdays on Nick Jr., pits health-conscious superhero su·per·he·ro n. pl. su·per·he·roes A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. Sportacus against junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food villain VILLAIN., An epithet used to cast contempt and contumely on the person to whom it is applied. 2. To call a man a villain in a letter written to a third person, will entitle him to an action without proof of special damages. 1 Bos. & Pull. 331. Robbie Rotten rot·ten adj. rot·ten·er, rot·ten·est 1. Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed. 2. Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid. 3. and is filled with energetic dance songs. The show receives prime-time treatment later this month with the premiere of ``LazyTown's New Superhero.'' The one-hour special features a vacation-bound Sportacus teaching his superhero ways to his 8-year-old friend, Stephanie. The training helps Stephanie transform into a superheroine with her very own pink suit. ``LazyTown's New Superhero'' airs 8 p.m. Aug. 15 on Nick Jr. - D.J. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Hisita Booster Seat) (2) no caption (book: ``The BabyCenter Essential Guide to Pregnancy and Birth'') (3) no caption (Resistance Chair) (4) no caption (``LazyTown's New Superhero'') |
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