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OSHA Guidelines for Personal Protective Equipment: Are Your Employees Wearing The Right Stuff?
Work Safely: Personal protective equipment is required for many functions in pallet and lumber operations. What you don't know could cost you big time in terms of lost production or fines. Use these tips to ensure compliance and improve safety conditions at your facility.
By Joshua Hughes
Date Posted: 10/1/2007
A decade ago, you could have walked into many pallet and lumber operations and not seen any employees wearing ear, eye, hand or foot protection. But that is all starting to change as companies realize the value in safety and are actively requiring personnel in the plant to wear the right stuff.
If you think personal protective equipment (PPE) is something you wear in a sporting competition, this article is for you. PPE has become the first line of defense against many potential injuries. In the pallet and lumber industries, there are lots of opportunities for injuries from falls to cuts to long-term exposure issues.
Even if an employee doesn't think PPE will help, that is not a reason for them not to wear required equipment. Companies must require it to comply with the law and keep workers safe. Getting employees to wear PPE can be difficult because it may seem awkward at first. The degree to which management monitors it and rewards compliance will impact how workers adapt to it.
Figuring out what type of PPE is needed for your plant starts with a hazard assessment. When assessing a facility there are certain things that must be looked for that fall into these different categories which include: sources of electricity, sources of motion (such as machines or processes where movement may exist that could result in an impact between personnel and equipment), sources of high temperature (which may result in burns, eye injuries or fire), types of chemicals used in the workplace, sources of harmful dusts, sources of light radiation, excessive noise or vibrations, potential for falling or dropping objects, any sharp objects that could poke, cut, stab or puncture.
Management should take steps to reduce these hazards as much as possible. PPE is to be considered just another level of safety. It should not be viewed as a substitute for good engineering, work practice and administrative controls.
Common PPE would include: gloves, foot and eye protection, protective hearing devices (earplugs, muffs), hard hats, respirators, back belts, aprons and full body suits. Respiratory protection can be a big issue in sawmills and other facilities that produce large amounts of dust and matter in the air.
Wood dust and chemicals used for finishing products may cause skin and respiratory diseases. One device that can help take care of respiratory issues very easily would be a mouth guard that goes over the mouth and nose to keep saw dust and other unhealthy matter in the air from being breathed in.
Employers are responsible for paying for PPE and, for example, distributing hearing protection to all general industry employees who are exposed to an 8-hour TWA of 85 decibels. There is no cost to employees. This is in accordance with the Occupational Noise Exposure Standard 29 CFR (1910.95). Employees are given the choice of ear plugs or ear muffs from a variety of designated producers, or at least the option of one model of each of the two suited for proper ear protection.
When ear protection or other PPE wears out, it must be replaced by the employer unless otherwise it was not taken care of or abused by the employee, and in that case the employee is required to replace it.
PPE should be used as situations demand it, in other words you wouldn't need ear plugs when there wasn't any noise, but you might need another type of PPE in that same situation.
Employers and employees alike should understand the different types of PPE and employers should know how to conduct a basic hazard assessment of a work place.
Just because you comply with OSHA standards may not be enough; state and local laws can vary. Twenty-four states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island have adopted their own standards. For the most part, these states have adopted requirements that are identical to federal OSHA standards. However, there are some variances in requirements or enforcement policies. As a result, it always pays to check with state labor officials. OSHA offers voluntary assistance programs and free consultations to help businesses learn state and federal laws on these and other issues. You can find out more by visiting www.osha.gov.
Here are some tips to consider for proper use of PPE.
• Select PPE which ensures a level of protection greater than the minimum required to protect employees from a specific hazard.
• PPE that is comfortable and fits well will encourage employee use, but PPE that does not fit correctly can make the difference between being safely covered or dangerously exposed.
• PPE should be in good repair, correctly size for the worker and appropriate for the task.
• PPE should only be worn when required. Eyewear or other PPE should be worn only when required, because if worn when not truly necessary PPE may confuse vision or work and do more harm than good. But if situations arise where there is dust, metal fragments, wood shavings, or other materials flying in the air, PPE should be worn. If corrosive materials are used in a work site, this would call for PPE as well.
• Hearing and eye protection are at the top of the list for anyone handling powered tools that have the potential to spark off and/or shoot pieces of metal in random directions.
• Helmets should be worn anywhere the possibility for head injury may occur, whether from a falling beam or ricocheted nail.
• Protective foot wear is important to protect feet and toes for employees cutting wood, sorting pallets or carrying large heavy material from one place to another. Sneakers and open-toe shoes are not sufficient protection for most functions within a pallet or lumber plant. Check the label inside the safety shoes and boots to see exactly what level of protection it provides. For example, some shoes or boots provide impact protection while other varieties protect against punctures resulting from stepping on a sharp object.
• Not only is wearing the right equipment important, but using it properly should always be a top priority. Management should provide instruction about how to use PPE and not assume that workers instinctively know how to use it properly.
• Employees performing sorting operations where they could be injured should wear gloves.
• Safety glasses provide more protection than regular glasses because their lenses are impact resistant and frames are generally stronger.
• The major type of ear protection devices include: expandable foam plugs, pre-molded/reusable plugs, canal caps and earmuffs. Check the following database to find out what might work best for you application: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/hpcomp.html.
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An Israeli couple were among four dead on Saturday when a lone gunman opened fire in front of a Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium.
The couple was later identified as Emmanuel and Mira Riva of Tel Aviv. The Riva's, who were in Brussels on an organized tour, leave behind two teenage daughters.
The other two victims were an employee and a volunteer at the Jewish museum. Police continue to hunt for the gunman and a suspected accomplice who was driving the get-away car.
Israeli President Shimon Peres called leaders of the Belgian Jewish community to express Israel's solidarity. Peres later urged European leaders to recognize Saturday's shooting for what it is - a vile act of anti-Semitism.
Members of the Belgian Jewish community said the situation is rapidly becoming unbearable.
"Anti-Semitism has grown. We see it on TV, in the media and in our newspapers," Betty Dan, director of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Belgium, told Israel's Walla! News. "We feel that our children have no future in Europe. It's not like 20 years ago. There is always security around us. You cannot go out with a yarmulke or a Star of David freely."
In a statement issued just hours after the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there is a very clear reason for the current rise in anti-Semitism.
"This act of murder is the result of constant incitement against Jews and their state," Netanyahu said. "Slander and lies against the State of Israel continue to be heard on European soil even as the crimes against humanity and acts of murder being perpetrated in our region are systematically ignored."
At Sunday's cabinet meeting, Netanyahu slammed European Union hypocrisy when it comes to violence against Jews and Israelis.
"There are European officials who are quick to condemn any construction of an apartment in Jerusalem, but do not rush to denounce or condemn the murder of Jews here or in Europe itself - and even worse, also welcome unions with a terrorist like Hamas, who calls for Israel's destruction," said the prime minister.
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How to find customers by automating your marketing
B2B marketing presents unique challenges from marketing to consumers because of the different way businesses research and purchase.
Business decisions are less emotional and more data-driven, requiring a labor-intensive research phase involving customer testimonials, ROI analysis, product demonstrations, web searches, and rounds of emails and phone calls.
Businesses are constantly jumping between offline and online resources to gather this information and the result is a longer, more complex sales cycle. B2B marketers struggle to accurately monitor this sales cycle, often losing track of who just started browsing, who is in serious research mode, and who has the green light to purchase.
In a perfect world, a business can monitor a prospect's interaction across different marketing channels and knows exactly when to send in the sales team to provide closer attention. The real world is a bit murkier, unfortunately, causing many salespeople to jump in too early (wasting their time on a still-cool lead), or reach out too late (and losing a lead to a competitor).
Enter the concept of marketing automation (MA). A relatively recent trend in marketing, it's an effective method of integrating multiple marketing efforts into a single software application. The software performs most of the common and repetitive marketing tasks, such as sending email, tracking website visitation, creating lead capture forms and landing pages, tracking downloads and scheduling communications.
The software places a strong focus on inbound marketing (versus outbound calls or email blasts) by helping users create and promote useful content such as white papers, blogs, case studies and webinars – exactly what information-hungry businesspeople crave. With MA, the quality of a lead is more prized than the quantity of leads captured.
The automation part of MA comes from the ability to create simple rules tied to your prospects' online behavior and then have automatic marketing activities tied to that rule.
For example, a person clicking two email links and then downloading an online report 14 days later would be invited to a sales webinar, while the salesperson covering their state would be notified. All this would happen automatically. While it sounds complex, the new wave of MA software is built to be incredibly user-friendly.
In the example above, the person received a timely, relevant communication while the business also received greater visibility into where that lead is in the sales cycle.
Most MA companies integrate customer database information, such as revenue, past purchase history and location, with the marketing analytics. A business can combine these two data sources to create an incredibly detailed score for each lead based on their marketing engagement and business characteristics. Future marketing then can be automatically scheduled using these scores.
Which B2B businesses can benefit from MA? Good candidates operate in several different online marketing channels (and need better integration and visibility), have a sales team that often chases cold leads and are typically behind on their marketing campaigns due to lack of time and resources. In other words, most B2B businesses.
MA requires a lot of integration and standardization of your marketing activities, so make sure your different applications are ready to be brought under one roof. If you're intimidated by the thought of integrating all of your marketing channels, you might not be ready for MA.
MA providers receiving attention recently are Eloqua, Marketo, Hubspot, Pardot and Nurture HQ. Like most web-based software, they range from very complex and powerful, providing things such as industry benchmarks for marketing campaigns, to just providing the basics for lead scoring, campaign execution and measurement.
Here are a few best practices for selecting and implementing your MA solution:
• Lots of features are nice, but make sure all members of your team find it easy to use. There are several powerful options on the market that end up gathering dust because they require a master's degree to operate.
• Select a platform with A/B testing and marketing benchmarks. MA will gather and integrate lots of data for you, so it helps to constantly run tests and have benchmarks to know how well you're performing.
• Focus on posting very useful, exclusive information on your site and requiring emails to download. You then can link this download activity with other information tied to that email address (such as enewsletter opens and click) to determine the interest level of your leads.
The basic elements of MA — email marketing, online measurement, lead capture and scoring — are nothing new. The genius is how MA brings it all together with an easy dashboard, integrates it with a sales database and automates the activities that should be automated.
It's about being more effective with your marketing and more efficient with your time – two goals that every business should have.
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I think this may be a difference of opinion in what the dead are due. Some people don't like to speak ill of the dead and others see that the dead are owed nothing but the truth and, of course, all opinions in between.Best thing I have found with such a fundamental difference of opinion is to smile, nod and, if you are personally offended (ie it's a relative or a friend being bad mouthed) ask them not to speak so in front of you.
This morning, after the death of Margaret Thatcher was announced, I came across someone saying they would dance on her grave for the (perceived) horrible things English people suffered when she was prime minister. I replied that I don't condone speaking ill of the dead, especially someone who has just passed.My in-laws asked a lawyer they knew to do the work on MIL's mother's estate. MIL was unhappy (most likely in denial) that the estate was nearly destitute, and when the lawyer passed away, she was very happy and frequently spoke ill of the lawyer. IMHO, this kind of thing goes beyond the pale, and is just mean. How does one respond to meanness?
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Marquette's doctoral program in educational policy and leadership is designed to foster the development of scholar-practitioners. It asks students to inquire deeply into the process of teaching and learning and examine how the organization of schools shapes the process of teaching and learning.
In addition, Marquette's doctoral program asks students to acquire adjacent disciplinary strengths that provide contexts for considering what knowledge is of most worth, how forms of knowledge are socially distributed and what educational measures might help bring about a more just society. Students are expected to gain expertise in research that will enable them to contribute to the ways we think about education and develop technological and other practical skills that will enable them to implement strategies for change.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of Marquette's doctoral program in educational policy and leadership can expect to be able to:
A Marquette doctoral student must complete a program of study prepared in consultation with his or her adviser and outlined on an approved Doctoral Program Planning form. The program must include a MINIMUM of 45 credit hours of course work beyond the master's degree (at least 33 of which must be in the College of Education) and 12 credit hours of dissertation work. In addition, the doctoral student must pass a qualifying examination and submit and successfully defend an approved dissertation.
A doctoral program requires a supporting (minor) area of study, composed of 12 credit hours of work in or outside the College of Education. All doctoral students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of post-bachelor's course work in research skills, which includes research methods, measurement, statistics and computer science.
With 12 additional credits and a research project that focuses on an aspect of school district leadership, it is possible to combine the doctoral degree with course work that leads to a Wisconsin District Administrator License. The student needs to work closely with his/her adviser upon admission to develop a program of study that will meet the doctoral and licensure requirements.
Here is one possible program of study:
Courses for Educational Policy and Leadership Doctoral Program Seminars (9 credits)
Prerequisite: Completion of 33 doctoral credits or consent of adviser. The focus of this seminar will be on preparation of the qualifying paper and preparation for the oral defense. Grading will be S/U.
Foundations (12 credits)
At least 2 of the following foundations courses required, including EDPL 349.
Other suggested foundations courses (Courses not listed below may be approved with administrative consent)
Research (12-15 credits)*
And at least one of the following electives:
* Departmental consent required. Student must have necessary background in statistics to meet prerequisites.
Elective sequence: (12 credits)
An elective sequence is an area of specialization consisting of four approved courses (at 200 level or higher) that hold together conceptually and can potentially support dissertation research. Students may take some of this course work at other institutions.
Recent doctoral students have elected to take courses in anthropology, history, PSYCology, sociology and education. In addition, students often elect to do one directed reading course (independent study) as part of the elective sequence.
Dissertation (12 hours required)
Total: 57-60 credits
All applicants for the doctoral program in education must meet Graduate School requirements (including the 3.0 GPA requirement) plus the following program requirements:
The following must be submitted to Marquette's Graduate School by January 15:
Requests for admission to the doctoral program are considered once per year. Deadline for submission of materials is January 15. Applicants will be notified by March 15.
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RAMALLAH [MENL] -- Nearly a decade later, a Palestinian man succumbed toinjuries he sustained during the uprising against Israel in the West Bank.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Plaxico Burress is trying to rationalize why he's out of work right now, and he's doing so via advice he gives his 2-year-old daughter, Giovanna, who has a penchant for walking into things because she's not looking straight ahead.
"Baby, you can't see what's in front of you," Burress tells Giovanna, "if you're looking at what's going by you."
The free-agent wide receiver, a former Super Bowl hero still unsigned after the first quarter of the NFL season, believes others are looking at what's behind him – a history of behavioral issues and an 18-month prison stint after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub in 2008, an incident that disrupted his NFL career and, he believes, continues to doom him.
"Nobody's even seen me and put me out on the field. That's the sad part about it," the former New York Giants, Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers receiver, told USA TODAY Sports by phone Wednesday. "Right now, if I was to sign with a team and go out and play, I'm going to do some damage, because I'm back to being the player I know I can be.
"Being 35 has nothing to do with it. I'm a young 35, played two years of college, misse
d a couple of years going through my situation.
"But as far as the way I feel now and what I know I can do, looking at TV and looking at other guys, I just have to sit there, shake my head, laugh and use it as motivation to keep going and keep working hard."
QUITTIN' TIME?No, says Rex, his 'D' got tired
If there were a situation ideal for Burress, it would've been rejoining the Jets this week following the loss of Santonio Holmes to a season-ending foot injury. Burress was on a plane when Holmes got hurt and, when he turned his phone on, text messages came flooding in.
The Jets are trying to keep up appearances after injuries to Holmes and cornerback Darrelle Revis (torn ACL) by saying the season's not over. Coach Rex Ryan told reporters Wednesday, "Last I checked, we were on top of our division," tied with the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills.
So what better way to show they haven't given up hope than to sign … Jason Hill?
"I don't know who he is," Burress said, "I'm sorry."
Hill is the former San Francisco 49er and Jacksonville Jaguar who was cut by the Denver Broncos at the end of camp and is now the newest Jets wide receiver because, as Ryan said, the team was looking for a younger target with more speed than Burress.
"If Rex feels that way, more power to him. He has a voice that's more powerful than mine because he stands in front of the podium every day and is the head coach of the New York Jets," said Burress, who hasn't heard from the Jets at all. "But I was out of football for 30 months going into that situation. If I can go out there and start in the NFL after not being in football for 30 months and get (612) yards and eight touchdowns, I know one thing is for sure – I'm going to be better than I was last year.
"So what does that say?"
It says NFL teams don't believe him.
"My opportunity is going to come and when it comes, it'll say more about the league than it does about me. To be honest, there are a lot of people that don't want to answer those questions," said Burress, who worked out for the Patriots last month. "If I go in, I shine and have a two- or three-touchdown game just coming off the couch, what does that say about you or the people I'm playing against? You put me out there right now and I go out there and dominate, have a couple of touchdowns or a hundred-yard game, then you just got to shake your head and smile and laugh."
Burress said he's down to 225 pounds and has improved his speed and explosiveness. He admits he realized about seven games into last season his legs "weren't underneath" him, though he pinned that more on the rust following his time in prison than his advancing age.
If true, that leaves the whispers Burress said he hears about his character as the biggest reason he's not back in the NFL. After last season, there were rumblings he was a distraction for Mark Sanchez. This week, the New York Daily News reported the Jets believe Burress' return would "hamper" the team's starting quarterback.
"Me being detrimental to another grown man is preposterous," Burress said, adding this about his attitude last season: "Man, I was the happiest person you could find. I was back playing football and doing what I love to do. There would be times I was frustrated because I know I could do some things my legs wouldn't allow me to do because I'd been away for some time. But as far as me having an impact on another man and how he performs, if you believe that, there's something wrong with you."
Ryan called Burress a "tremendous person" and said whoever signs him is "going to get an excellent football player."
It just won't be the Jets, apparently.
"It doesn't bother me they didn't pick up the phone and call me," Burress said with a chuckle. "One thing's for sure, I know I'm going to score some touchdowns."
And if he doesn't?
"It'll be a shock and a surprise to me, my family and everybody else on the outside," he said. "If I don't play, it has nothing to do with anything performance-based. And that would be the terrible part about it.
"Don't let it be because of what somebody says or what I've done in my past, let it be because I can't physically go out and perform anymore."


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BROOMFIELD -- The way the Broomfield boys basketball team has been rolling through Northern League play, the Eagles are looking like they might well go unscathed.
Aside from a last-second, one-point victory on the road against Thompson Valley, no one in the conference has come within single digits of Broomfield.
So the Eagles -- ranked eighth in Class 4A in the Denver Post coaches poll -- were ready to make a statement against another top-flight foe in Saturday's non-conference showdown against No. 5 Pueblo East.
And after controlling play for most of the game, Broomfield fended off a pair of fourth-quarter rallies for a 69-64 triumph.
"We purposely scheduled this game so we knew we'd have a tough test getting ready for playoffs," Broomfield coach Terrence Dunn said.
Broomfield improved to 14-3 overall, winning for the 10th game in a row. The Eagles have six games remaining in the regular season, with a rematch against Thompson Valley on Feb. 12 likely the biggest hurdle.
Besides Thompson Valley, "(Northern League teams) don't give us that playoff feel these guys can give us," said 6-foot-5 Broomfield senior Spenser Reeb, who led all scorers with 20 points Saturday.
Broomfield never trailed, but the win didn't come easily.
In a game chopped up by 50 foul calls, neither team got in a consistent offensive rhythm, with both coming up with much of their offense in transition or at the foul line.
Broomfield gained some breathing room twice in the second half, but both times Pueblo East, also the Eagles, fought back.
Down as many as 17 in the third quarter, Pueblo East (14-2) used an 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter and shave Broomfield's lead to 52-45.
BHS fought off that threat and looked like it had put an exclamation point on the victory with back-to-back open court dunks by Alec McLain and Dan Perse that made it 66-52 with 1:57 to play in the game.
But East gave Broomfield fits with its full-court press over the final two minutes and got to within 66-62 with 40 seconds to go before Evan Kihn hit three of four free throws to finally ice the victory.
Pueblo East, which had won 12 straight, was in foul trouble almost from the start and saw two starters foul out, including JohnPaul Eggert, who led the team with 18 points. But East went to the line plenty themselves, hitting 17 of 23 free throws.
"It's tough on both teams," Pueblo East coach Dave Ryder, whose squad ousted Broomfield in the 2010 state quarterfinals, said of all the fouls. "You've got to play through that. That's part of the mental toughness thing we talk about."
All four of Broomfield's players who average double figures scored 10 or more points. In addition to Reeb, Kihn hit 14 of 21 free throws on his way to 18 points. McLain added 16 points, and Perse had 10.
After three early-season losses against tough competition -- 5A Fairview and Highlands Ranch, and 4A No. 1 Lewis-Palmer -- Broomfield walked away from Saturday night's measuring-stick victory feeling like ample strides had been made.
"It's definitely good playing good competition like that," Kihn said. "They're a good team, and we might see them again."
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Broomfield 69, Pueblo East 64
At Broomfield HS
Jara 0 0-0 0, Gradisar 3 0-0 7, Rode 2 0-0 4, D. Gavin 5 6-7 16, Eggert 5 6-9 18, T. Gavin 2 5-6 9, Valdez 5 0-1 10. Totals 22 17-23 64.
Jukkala 1 0-2 3, Macrae 0 0-0 10, Perse 5 0-0 10, Reeb 7 5-7 20, Ericson 0 0-0 0, Kihn 2 14-21 18, McLain 8 0-0 16, Hull 1 0-4 2. Totals 24 19-34 69.
Score by quarters:
Pueblo East 7 17 13 27 -- 64
Broomfield 16 18 18 17 -- 69
3-point field goals -- Pueblo East (3): Eggert 2, Gradisar; Broomfield (2): Jukkala, Reeb. Total fouls -- Pueblo East 26, Broomfield 24. Fouled out -- Eggert, Valdez. Technicals -- None.


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Wow, that was a great end to the arc... I'd say series (the fact all of the characters are shown made it seem like the very last episode too...), but it seems there is one last episode left, to focus on the truth of what happened in Tachibana's past. Wonder what, wonder what... (Not Mya, shame...)
Umeharaaaaaaaaa! You act like that, but you're going to Karaoke with only girls, aren't you! Harem! You traitor! (;_; )
And guooooooooh! What a great couple (at main two)! I'm jealous!
...Yeah, may everyone be happy on Christmas... ( -_-)
As if everyone were having such a great time as you two.........
Though one thing unfortunate about this arc was the fact everything about Ayatsuji's sister was skipped...
So... What was that all about anyways? You introduce the problem but don't ever solve or properly explain it?
So -1/10, for 9/10.
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Wonderful, WONDERFUL powerful ending to the arc and the show. And incredibly satisfying.
Since they managed to cram a highly complex character study into 4 episodes with alot of minor details and clues to pick up, leading up to a logical and fairly dramatic resolution, I'll draw the third 10 in my life, as summary rating for the arc. An incredibly multifaceted and interesting character - Ayatsuji - was finally led to a happy conclusion.
Definitely the top arc in my opinion.
Edit: After rewatching the key scenes a third time, I realized that I forgot to give Nazuka Kaori (the Tsukasa VA) some huge, huuuuuuge kudos for this episode. The gradual changes from Facade to the outburst and full release were simply awe-inspiring. What a great pick.
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Looks like AIC was too busy Christmas shopping to remember Yukari's subplot
Boo at Hibiki for chickening out at the last second Haruka is 'lovely' as usual, but we've seen plenty of her already. It's time for Hibiki's 'NICE BODY' to shine
Drunk sensei is the best Shame that she doesn't get an arc.
Overall, this arc was easily the best of the lot since inner Ayatsuji was such a blast to watch, and it had the right mix of comedy and drama (whereas the previous arcs were light on the latter). It would have been perfect if not for that dangling plot thread, but it's still enjoyable nonetheless.
Maybe Miya will be the dark horse and trump all of them with her arc. Nishishishi~
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I think it's safe to say that Tsukasa definitely had the most interesting arc. This series started off strong and grabbed everyone's attention with Haruka and did likewise with the ending.
If this series was a graph, it would be like a reverse bell curve.
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I was surprised at the end. I thought the show would end at episode 24.
Well my favorite arc has come to a close. I still want to know about Tsukasa's sister though. I am a little disappointed that the anime didn't go into detail about it.
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Ah, what a wonderful conclusion. Yes, they could have fleshed more of her story out, but Tsukasa ended well. This arc had more of a mature feel to it, and it was heartwarming the way it ended.
I really loved how Tsukasa gave Junichi that beating. He really deserved it.
Tsukasa Jr. was also really cute. She looks just like her mother.
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Ah~ nice end, nice end.
Should I be expecting images of Tsukasa's 4-hit combo to hit the net soon?
Takahashi-sensei sobered up real quick. She went from stumbling down the hall to sober and giving Tsukasa & Junichi they're privacy in a matter of seconds.
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Dammit makers ruined my perfect haruka ending by throwing in another awesome 10 year later epilogue for ayatsuji QQ
though they made up for it with sexy haruka service
my inner haruka fanboyism tells me haruka is best but i really dont know now =/
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Well now I guess the saying "saving the best till last" fits this show perfectly.
I did put Karou's arc as no.1 simply cause the fanboy in me just wouldn't have it any other way but even tho Karou is still my no.1 girl Tsukasa is by the far the best arc of the series.
This was great and it was a great way to finish up.
Nice combo attack from Tsukasa, wonder how many button presses that took?
Drunk Maya-chan again!
I liked how she just shouts out she wants a boyfriend and the other teacher responds with "ehh?....I think you should cut back on the drink"
Oh and some Haruka and Sae service!
Now I'm eagerly awaiting the next ep as it's something I've been looking forward to for some time!
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Same here with me, Dobby. I wish they put one for Kaoru as well(Is a fanboy of her). As for Tsukasa's arc, I can say that it was fun to watch and get to know her. I loved when she cried and hit Junichi and Junichi(you masochist) laid there with a smile and hugged her. That scene was quite powerful. Then we get to see her 10 years later with Junichi's child(mini Tsukasa)?! Man, did that bring a smile to my face. Well done, Tsukasa. Ten. Next stop. Kamizaki Risa. I is curious.
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So, I suppose this is one of those episodes where everyone with speculations can say they were correct in a way.
It became pretty clear at the beginning (as soon as she started the fake-crying) that this was all an act she was putting on after all -- a front thick enough to keep even Junichi out, but designed around a preconception that this was who he wanted her to be. So indeed, he just needed to affirm that he liked all sides of her (including that inner part) and she could be herself with him again. It was due to that inner, honest part that he fell in love with her, so without that she just wasn't the same. The funny thing is that, in a way, this means that Junichi's idea was actually right -- that apologizing and getting everyone's help would make the festival work; that's just what she did and all was well with the festival. And it did come out after all that -- deep down -- she had an objective beyond just her pride and selfishness in making the festival a success as well (it wasn't just about looking good on her resume -- her kindness isn't all part of the facade), so he was right to assume that making the festival work was important to her (and more important than her pride). And in the end, he was able embrace her honestly and completely, and showed that he understood that both sides of Tsukasa were good and he wanted it all. That along with the revelation brought things into balance, and now Tsukasa can be her "true self" with him (warts and all), demonstrated by her opening up and telling him about her past, and the change from an "agreement" to a "promise".
So in the end, it's a "perfect ending", but still a bit less than "pure"; it sort of validates that you might need to use a facade with others to get ahead, but you should at least be honest with those you love. Perhaps that itself is just being honest, too.
And the epilogue was great, of course. Hope the Blu-Rays add one for the other heroines that were missing one.
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It seems like New Zealand museums are setting a new trend for staging scientific dissections of big interesting animals and getting the public involved in them online.
It's a great way to engage visitors with the scientific activities of natural history museums – it takes the behind-the-scenes stuff out into the public arena. And it can be a real boost to public knowledge and understanding about animal biology and conservation.
Today Auckland Museum is holding a dissection of a Great White Shark and you can view it on their website from 2pm. The necropsy, or animal autopsy, will raise public awareness of this magnificent, and vulnerable fish species.
Here at Te Papa we have also had great success with making some recent scientific examinations and dissections available online. In April 2008 a team of scientists thawed and examined a colossal squid, but didn't dissect it. This is the colossal squid now on display , along with lots of info explaining it's anatomy. While the team examined the big colossal squid specimen they dissected a smaller, incomplete colossal squid specimen and a giant squid specimen and blogged about it live. The information we got from dissecting these other big squid specimens was vital to understanding the biology of the colossal squid, and then communicating this in the exhibition.
After the success of the squid investigations we then decided to blog about a dissection of a pygmy right whale in May 2008. Looking at our blog stats we still have heaps of people going to these posts about the pygmy right whale heart and lungs – somewhat strange, but true. I'm not sure why these posts would be so popular – so if anyone out there knows please tell me!
Then in July 2008 the Melbourne Museum held a public dissection of a giant squid, which you can view here.
From big molluscs we have now moved on to big fish! It's great to see these new ways of communicating science in museums being explored and our museum-based scientists taking centre stage – I'm interested to know what others think about this.


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The presence of water supply protection lands and restrictions on internal combustion engines make West Waushacum Lake is an ideal location for paddle boat fishing. Those fishing in spring and early summer will find stocked trout in abundance. Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Chain Pickerel, and Largemouth Bass are also abundant with the occasional larger fish. White Perch and Smallmouth Bass are present but in much lower abundance. West Waushacum Pond has produced Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Black Crappie, White Perch, and Rainbow Trout that meet minimum sizes for recognition by the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program.
West Washacum Pond is a 120 acre great pond located off of Gates road in Sterling. The pond bottom is comprised of rocks and gravel with areas of mud and aquatic vegetation common along the shoreline and shallow shoals. The shores of West Waushacum pond lie within the Department of Conservation and Recreation water supply protection lands and are free from development. Access to the Quag is provided via a narrow channel under the central mass bikepath on the western shore.
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Total - 2.8 miles
West Waushacum Pond: 1.9 miles
The Quag: 0.9 miles
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Car top launch alongside road. Dirt parking lot across the street.
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Max depth: 31 feet
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Transparency: 8 to 10 feet
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Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Kameido Shrine, Tokyo
Date: 1930s by Watanabe
Size: koban, approx. 5.1" X 7.3" overall
Condition: Fine, no flaws noted, attached to its original backing sheet
Impression: Fine, excellent registration, solid key lines, and good surface texture
Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso
Documentation: Hb-s3 in Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, Hotei, 2003, see page 153, Volume 1
Notes: Rarely seen koban by Hasui from the book Shinto and its Architecture
About Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Hasui is the most celebrated Japanese woodblock print designer of landscapes during the 20th century, and one of the primary artists of the shin hanga ("new prints") movement. As a youth, Hasui studied in the studio of Kaburagi Kiyokata, where he concentrated on watercolor paintings of kabuki stars, landscape and other genre works, which were often published as illustrations. In the early Taisho period, Hasui was introduced to the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo who had been drawn to the talent of Kaburagi Kiyokata's students. Shortly thereafter, Hasui began designing woodblock prints for Watanabe, eventually accumulating a body of work of over 600 different print designs with Watanabe and a few other publishers including Doi. In 1956 Hasui was named a Living National Treasure of Japan by the Japanese government.
About Hasui's koban-sized prints
The shin hanga publisher Watanabe produced small prints in three differnt formats: octavo, postcard and koban. Collectively they are referred to as Hasui's postcard prints. They were marketed first in Watanabe's 1931 sales catalog. All of the postcard sized prints were unsigned and carry only the Hasui 9 or 10 seals (as found in Appendix III of Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints.) With the exception of prints made after 1989 (Heisei era), these prints do not bear a Watanabe publisher seal.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Showing up in Chile with no job Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Showing up in Chile with no job Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Chile View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message eclecticJoined: 09 Nov 2006Posts: 1122 Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:21 am Post subject: Showing up in Chile with no job and only a BA in English plus 2 years teaching English in Korea. What are the chances of me landing comething decent within 30 days ANYWHERE in CHile that will cover my rent/food bills? What in this case is "decent" in order to break even these days? Back to top DiaJoined: 09 Apr 2008Posts: 92 Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:33 am Post subject: I wonder if nobodys answering because your question is kinda too wide ended and depends on circumstances. The chances of finding a job in 30 days? hard to say. depends on what time of year you show up, how quickly you move and tap into leads and resources, how well you interview, and probably more than any of that...plain old luck. it could happen, but nobody can guarantee it to you. whats decent will depend on your lifestyle and what city you end up in, since you said youre willing to go anywhere. i have heard ranges of a little over a thousand US dollars for being decent in Santiago. you could get by on less in other cities. "decent"... does that include entertainment, travel, visa processes, long term stability, do you need health care... etc? its possible to get by with a few hundred thousand pesos a month if you live a simple life. but i think after you get settled your standards may raise a little. I think its worth a try and chances are you'll at least get by until you find something that you consider decent. good luck Back to top SeHablaInglesJoined: 17 Nov 2009Posts: 35Location: Santiago Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Showing up in Chile with no job eclectic wrote: and only a BA in English plus 2 years teaching English in Korea. What are the chances of me landing comething decent within 30 days ANYWHERE in CHile that will cover my rent/food bills? What in this case is "decent" in order to break even these days? Hi eclectic, The pick of the jobs here are on offer NOW until the end of March. That's because the new academic year is kicking off pretty soon. It also coincides with the end of the summer holidays. I can't speak about outside Santiago but in the capital city you will get work quite easily although not having a TEFL may require some convincing by you. To live comfortably here and save a bit for trips/slow months, I reckon you need to be earning $600,000 CLP ($1200 USD) per month. The best way to do that is get about 20 hours a week through a school and try to pick up a couple of private students. If you want some more specifics then contact me on my website or send me a PM. Hope that helps, El Profe Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Chile All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Isaiah 62:12
"And they shall be called 'the Holy People,' and the 'Redeemed of the Lord,
and you shall be called Sought Out, a City Not Forsaken.'"
You are now back to work, back to school, or back to the old grindstone, depending on your age and vocation. Why does Christmas have to end? You may feel sad that today you find yourself back in the same old things. If you would rather be at home with your family, you are not alone. We don't want Christmas to end with all the fuzzy-good feelings with family and friends. Well just remember, that Christmas is never over in the hearts of Christians. Now, and even in heaven to come, you live in the blessed love of the Emmanuel, Jesus Christ, the One who is with you and guiding you each and every day.
If you are feeling moody, blue or just tired, don't think that nothing is going right. God's love for you today doesn't depend on you and your feelings; your peace and comfort and joy are anchored in Jesus Christ. In Christ, you are never forsaken by God; you are always loved by the merciful and gracious God and Father. In Christ, your life is filled with meaning and you are never alone. In Christ, today and this year, you are blessed. God will work for the good of everything you face this year. So Immanuel, "God with us", gives us joy, hope, peace and purpose in every moment throughout the year.
Today is His Day. Today is a gift from your Lord and another day to receive from His gifts and blessings! Each day you can rise, and like Luther, begin in the name of the Triune God Father, Son and Holy Spirit. You step into each day blessed in the Lord. You can live each day knowing that you are the blessed child of the Creator-Father who loves you in His perfect love.
Christ has taken your mourning and turned it to celebration. He has turned defeat into victory. He has taken shame and turned it into the fullness of joy in Jesus Christ. Do not go through each day 'waiting for the other shoe to drop' as things may look bleak or even impossible.
Your heavenly Father has saved you by His undeserved love, and continues to lead you forward in His peace each day. This is the peace that only He has accomplished and only He can give you. The world did not end on December 21st as was errantly predicted or suggested. I was certain it wouldn't, because Jesus said clearly that His day to return was not knowable by man, not even to Jesus in His humanity. Your Lord will not give the devil, the world or our sinful human nature total power over us.
Christ has redeemed you in spite of your self. He has rescued you back from sin, death and the devil. Your gracious, heavenly Father continues to love you perfectly. In your worst moments this year, God still reaches out to you with His Word of comfort and peace and victory through Jesus Christ. All this God has done, and continues to do, as He blesses you with forgiveness, life and salvation through your victorious Savior, Jesus Christ the Lord.
We now are celebrating the season of Epiphany. Epiphany is about God revealing Himself to us in Jesus Christ. We can say with Simeon each and every day, "Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your Word, for mine eyes have seen Your salvation."
You are forgiven through Jesus Christ. You are the delight of the Lord as the Holy Spirit lives in you and guides you each day. You are His, the sheep of His pasture and His beloved. As you move forward into this year, you live as the Bride of Christ, for you are His Church. So, begin each day confessing with joy that you are a baptized child of God who is destined for great things.
Continued Christmas blessings as you rejoice each day in the confidence of God's love and peace.
"What Adam lost, none could reclaim, And Paradise was barred
Until the second Adam came To mend what sin had marred.
For when the time was full and right God sent His only Son;
He came to us as life and light And our redemption won." (Lutheran Service Book. Hymn 362, Vs 2)


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Fox Valley Repertory will deliver an early Christmas gift to local theater audiences with its production of Roger Bean's nostalgic holiday show, "The Winter Wonderettes," running Nov. 15-Dec. 30 at Pheasant Run Resort.
It's a sprightly sequel to another of Bean's popular jukebox-musical works, "The Marvelous Wonderettes." The same four female singers who entertained at the Springfield High School Senior Prom of 1958 and then at the 10-year class reunion now return to liven things up at the Harper's Hardware 1968 holiday party.
Expect to hear "Winter Wonderland," "Jingle Bell Rock," "Sleigh Ride" and nearly 20 other numbers in keeping with the season. There's also an irreverent "Christmas Around the World" section.
"'The Winter Wonderettes' is very funny and family-friendly – just not always politically correct," said Patrick Stinson, director and choreographer. "It features all the great Christmas songs of the '50s and '60s presented by a talented quartet that sings, dances and at times makes fools of themselves."
Stinson expressed strong support for his cast – Kristine Burdi, as Missy, the ringleader; Katrina Kuntz, as Suzy, the fun blonde; Natalie Myre, as the vixen, Cindy Lou; and Nicole Horton, as Betty Jean.
"All of them have either understudied or actually been in this or the original version of the show. They know their characters well, and everyone's catching on fast learning the music and movements," he said. "There's a lot going on, and these four actors prove equally adept at comic flair and harmony."
Admittedly, Stinson said, while "The Winter Wonderettes" doesn't carry as heady a message as "A Christmas Carol," there's definitely more than fluff to its storyline. He noted that when employees at the hardware store get a pink slip instead of the expected Christmas bonus, it conveys the message of tough financial times – back then and in the current economy.
The show also highlights how its four characters have matured over the years as they deal with real-world issues involving marriage and children and cope with a sluggish job market.
Another of Stinson's goals is that "The Winter Wonderettes" helps audiences to tap into "a feeling of nostalgia ... what Christmas was like when they were kids" – whether they grew up during the '60s or not. "Our costume, set, props and lighting designers are all working together to create that environment," he said.
Chicago-born Stinson recently moved to Lincoln, N.H., where he is executive director for North Country Center for the Arts – Papermill Theatre. He last directed Fox Valley Repertory's youth group a year ago in "All Shook Up."
'The Winter Wonderettes'
When: Preview show is Nov. 15 and 16. The regular show will run Nov. 17 through Dec. 30.
Where: Fox Valley Repertory at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles
Cost: Tickets cost $32 on Fridays (and limited Thursday performances) and $42 on Saturdays and Sundays.
Phone: 630-584-6342
Website: www.foxvalleyrep.org


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About the Book
As unconventional a biography as Dennis Hopper was a man, Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream by Tom Folsom charts his roller coaster life and career through the lens of the landscape of American popular culture.
The chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider. The prophetic madman in the jungle in Apocalypse Now. The terrifying psychopath in Blue Velvet. The kid gone wrong in Rebel Without a Cause. The actor taken under the wing of James Dean, a friendship that set Dennis Hopper on his path to becoming a star. A quintessentially American dreamer longing to be the next Orson Welles. The hell-raising director who revolutionized Hollywood.
Dennis Hopper's extraordinary journey takes him to superhero highs and plummeting lows. Capturing the magic and the madness of his American Dream, Hopper is a wild ride through Dennis's many lives. Written in a rebel spirit, complemented with iconic photographs, and packed with insights from his fellow actors, artists, and friends, Hopper tells the story of a half-century of rebellion waged at the edge of pop culture.
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Critical Praise
"Guns, motorcycles, mug shots, drugs, paintings, madness. Even by Hollywood standards, Dennis Hopper led an extraordinary life…Tom Folsom structures Hopper, his book about the man, in a time-bending, sensational style reminiscent of Hopper's most out-there projects." —Details
"Tom Folsom tears through the life of Dennis Hopper in Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream." —Vanity Fair
"Rollicking." —GQ
"Folsom has neatly framed actor Dennis Hopper." —Wall Street Journal
"Mr. Folsom plays the part of [Hopper's] spiritual medium, taking us through each chapter of the Kansas-born, James Dean-worshipping, psychedelic psychotic's life, describing exactly what was going through the mind of the semi-tragic American almost-hero at each juncture." —New York Observer
"Folsom carries the reader on a caffeine-and-other-substance-fueled ride." —New York Post
"Folsom does an admirable job capturing Hopper's manic and spirited personality in prose." —Publishers Weekly
"Hip…frank…a rich portrayal of an unconventional, free-wheeling thinker whose checkered experiences shock and beguile on the page." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Fortunately for him, Dennis Hopper has gotten the biographer he deserves. Which is to say, Folsom's gonzo prose pulsates with Hopper's manic energy and fits his madness like a glove." —Peter Biskind, New York Times bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
"Tom Folsom's Hopper is an electric and rollicking, tour de force profile of Hollywood's great outlaw chameleon. All the wild-eyed stories and high-octane pathos in these pages make me miss the edgy, 'grand artiste' Hopper anew. A knockout book!" —Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Cronkite
"Dennis did a lot for motorcycling with his movie Easy Rider. Folsom has written a book that shows Dennis's life like it was: crazy but brilliant." —Ralph "Sonny" Barger, author of the New York Times bestseller Hell's Angel and former head of the Oakland chapter of the Hell's Angels
"Essential reading for anyone interested in Dennis Hopper, the explosive sixties, Hollywood, American cinema, and the art of the twentieth century. But watch out—this visceral book puts you right in it, and some of it is jaw-dropping." —Philippe Mora, director of Mad Dog Morgan, starring Dennis Hopper
"What a terrific book about Dennis Hopper—he would have loved it and hated it. Beautifully written, stunningly accurate, Hopper captures all the wonderful and terrifying contradictions of the sweet, sad, funny, angry, and loving man that was Dennis." —Henry Jaglom, actor, playwright, and director of Tracks, starring Dennis Hopper
"Dennis Hopper was unlike any human I've ever met: consumed with passion for his subject, aesthetically brave, yet possessing a gentle heart. Though I would have said it couldn't be done, Tom Folsom has captured the real Dennis." —Karen Black, actress and Dennis Hopper's costar in Easy Rider
Product Details
- Imprint: It Books
- On Sale: 03/05/2013
- Pages: 336
- List Price: 10.99 CAD
- BISAC1: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
- BISAC2: PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General
- BISAC3: ART / Popular Culture


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Introduction to the ASM 2.0 Bytecode Frameworkby Eugene Kuleshov
Java features such as dynamic class loading and reflection make it a dynamic language. However, in many cases, reflection is not sufficient, and developers need to generate bytecode from non-Java source code, such as scripting languages like Groovy (JSR-241) or BeanShell (JSR-274), or from metadata such as an OR-mapping configuration. When working with existing classes, and especially when original Java sources are not available, some tools may need to do a static analysis of the interdependencies or even method behavior in order to produce test coverage or metrics, or to detect bugs and anti-patterns. New features added to into Java 5, such as annotations and generics, affected bytecode structure and require special attention from bytecode manipulation tools to maintain good performance. This article will give an overview of one of the smallest and fastest bytecode manipulation frameworks available for Java.
Framework Structure
Related Reading
Hardcore Java
The ASM bytecode manipulation framework is written in Java and uses a visitor-based approach to generate bytecode and drive transformations of existing classes. It allows developers to avoid dealing directly with a class constant pool and offsets within method bytecode, thus hiding bytecode complexity from the developer and providing better performance, compared to other tools such as BCEL, SERP, or Javassist.
ASM is divided into several packages that allow flexible bundling. The packaging arrangement is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Arrangement of ASM packages
- The Core package provides an API to read, write, and transform Java bytecode and defines a foundation for the other packages. This package is sufficient to generate Java bytecode and to implement the majority of bytecode transformations.
- The Tree package provides in-memory representation of Java bytecode.
- The Analysis package provides basic data-flow analyses and type-checking algorithms for Java method bytecode stored in structures from the tree package.
- The Commons package (added in ASM 2.0) provides several commonly used bytecode transformations and adapters to simplify bytecode generation.
- The Util package contains several helper classes and simple bytecode verifiers that can help in development or testing.
- The XML package provides an adapter to convert bytecode structures to and from XML, and SAX-compliant adapters that allow the use of XSLT to define bytecode transformations.
The next few sections will give an introduction to the Core
package of the ASM framework. To get a better understanding of
the organization of this package, you have to have some basic
understanding of the bytecode structures that are defined in the
specification. Here is a high-level diagram of the class file
format (
[*] marks repeatable structures).
| Header and Constant Stack |
| [*] Class Attributes |
| [*] Fields | Field Name, Descriptor, etc |
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| | [*] Field Attributes |
| [*] Methods | Method Name, Descriptor, etc |
| +------------------------------|
| | Method max stack and locals |
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| | [*] Method Code table |
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| | [*] Method Exception table |
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Swimming Injury Prevention
Nearly 203,600 swimming-related injuries were treated in emergency rooms, doctors' offices, and clinics in 2009 according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers the following tips to prevent swimming injuries.
- Learn how to swim and do not swim alone. Swim in supervised areas where lifeguards are present. Inexperienced swimmers should wear lifejackets in the water.
- Do not attempt to swim if you are too tired, too cold, or overheated.
- When swimming in open water, never run and enter waves headfirst. Make sure the water is free of undercurrents and other hazards.
- Do not swim in a lake or river after a storm if the water seems to be rising or if there is flooding because currents may become strong. The clarity and depth of the water may have changed, and new hazards may be present.
- Check weather reports before going swimming to avoid being in the water during storms, fog, or high winds. Because water conducts electricity, being in the water during an electrical storm is dangerous.
- Remember that alcohol and water don't mix. Alcohol affects not only judgment, but it slows movement and impairs vision. It can reduce swimming skills and make it harder to stay warm.
- Be knowledgeable about first aid and be able to administer it for minor injuries, such as facial cuts, bruises, or minor tendonitis, strains, or sprains.
- Prevent "swimmer's ear" by drying the ear canal with a cotton tip after swimming.
- Be prepared for emergency situations and have a plan to reach medical personnel to treat injuries such as concussions, dislocations, bruises, wrist or finger sprains, and fractures.
- Do not dive in shallow water.
- Avoid diving into murky water. You should be able to see the bottom of a pool at the deepest point.
- Check the shape of the full diving area to make sure it is deep enough.
- Dive only off the end of a diving board. Do not run on the board, try to dive far out, or bounce more than once. Swim away from the board immediately after the dive, to allow room for the next diver. Make sure there is only one person on the board at a time.
- Always take time to warm up and stretch. Research studies have shown that cold muscles are more prone to injury. Warm up with jumping jacks, stationary cycling or running or walking in place for 3 to 5 minutes. Then slowly and gently stretch, holding each stretch for 30 seconds.
- The most common swimming injury is shoulder pain due to repetitive motion. The best way to prevent this is with a general exercise program to strengthen the muscles around the shoulder and upper back.
- Do not swim vigorously if you have a fever, upper respiratory infection, or ear infection.
- Educate guests about the pool, such as depth markings, lighting, diving board location, surface, and time for use.
- Set enforceable hours for pool use and secure it with fencing to keep people out during inappropriate hours.
- Do not allow guests to swim alone or to consume alcohol or drugs while swimming.
- When the pool is in use, always have someone present who is trained in water safety and life-saving techniques.
Source: American Red Cross; U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 2009 NEISS data and estimates, based on injuries treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, ambulatory care facilities, clinics and hospital emergency rooms; American Spinal Injury Association.
Database: CPSC's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS, 2007-2009)
for additional info on Tips To Prevent Swimming Injuries
Last reviewed: June 2011
Copyright 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons


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Ok, just installed Lunascape in dutch with all rendering engines it is supporting.
My experiences:
- a lot of settings, also every rendering engine does have it's own settings
- Very complete incl. rss engine etc...
- Much slower then Opera-Next 11.50 I am using now, for all rendering engines. The Trident engine is the fastest on my pc?!!!!
- When opening a lot of tabs, the browser is not responding for some time because of loading
- Also with webkit I did not notice any rendering problems
For me Opera is much more my favorite then Lunascape. Faster, more responsive and to be honoust, I do not need three rendering engines; one which is stable and fast will do it for me.
What I do not like about [Lunascape];
- Slow devoloping process,
not clear how fast they are updating their browser when security risc is found
... a 3 engine browser is a bit of a novelty that I could not resist!
... a 3 engine browser is a bit of a novelty that I could not resist!
It is more useful for some testing of web pages than for regular use ...


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i will be in Bangkok, Sukhumvit area, for a month from the middle of November and looking for tennis social groups.
i am 37, F, and used to compete on tours as a pro and would like to have singles/doubles games at night.
any tips will be greatly appreciated. i prefer the area, Sukhumvit 20-40.


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Statesville resident Heather DuBose admits the past couple of years have been hard, very hard.
"We were best friends," said DuBose, "we did everything together. She was my biggest fan and my biggest supporter."
DuBose has struggled emotionally since the death of her mother, Denise Lee McCoy, who died of lung cancer in April 2011.
"Her passing devastated me. It took me down to a level I had never been my entire life," DuBose told WBTV.
Every year on May 4th, her mother's birthday, DuBose has released balloons with a special message attached, in an effort to find peace.
"That's my way to show her that she will never be forgotten," she said.
"My heart is full of pain from losing you, but full of love for having you in my life," part of the message she sent up this year read. "I hope that as you look down from heaven that you are proud of me. I know that I'm not close to being half the person you were, but I try to be just a small pinch!"
Last week, the pain of her mother's death hit a plateau.
"I was lying in bed one morning and I just felt like I couldn't go on. And I begged her. 'Mom please give me something, please show me a sign'," DuBose told WBTV.
Four days after her request, she got an email from a cousin asking her to call a Deputy Sheriff in Franklin County, Virginia.
Deputy Paul Crandall found the balloon, complete with Heather's now weather-worn note still visible on it.
Crandall went hunting on a whim one day after finishing his overnight patrol shift with the Sheriff's Office.
"I was up in the tree stand and I looked over my right shoulder. I saw it shining there when the sun hit it," Crandall said. "Soon as I picked it up I could tell it was a balloon."
WBTV's Kristen Hampton went to Rocky Mount, Virginia to visit Crandall at the same spot he found the balloon, deep in the woods.
The $1 Mylar heart-shaped balloon was pink when DuBose released it in May. The color has faded to silver now, but the writing is still readable.
So he went to Google and searched for any information he could find about Denise McCoy. He came across her obituary on the internet and saw family members listed.
That's when he decided to give her family a call.
"I thought they would want to hear about it and know about it. That it was found," he told WBTV. "Especially so far away."
Crandall's discovery means more to DuBose, she says, than words can ever describe.
"I have an angel four-hours away that I don't even know," DuBose said.
"She was very emotional. And she just kept thanking me and saying you just don't know what this means," Crandall said. "I believe, ultimately, in God and that he directs our paths and that he directs our every footstep."
So has DuBose found the peace that she was searching for?
"Yes," she said through tears as she wiped her eyes. "I have peace."
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Propped up on crutches, evidence of tears in his red eyes, Kobe Bryant gave what had to be one of the hardest interviews of his career. In front of his locker was the picture of why the Lakers' thrilling 118-116 win over the Warriors was irrelevant. Bryant's season is likely over.
An MRI is expected to confirm what the Lakers said doctors suspect is a torn left Achilles tendon. Even if the Lakers beat out Utah for the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, Kobe won't be going to the playoffs.
KOBE: "I made a move that I make a million times and it just popped."
Here is the transcript from his postgame interview, plus others …


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Weddings are full of references to the bride. From the traditional "Bridal Chorus," played during the ceremony, to friends and family members making up the "bridal party" to the holding of a "bridal shower" where the bride-to-be is doted upon and presented with a myriad of wonderful gifts, one might wonder just how the groom fits into the grand scheme of things. After all, it seems he doesn't share equal wedding-day billing.
In the past, grooms did take a backseat when it came to weddings, preferring to have their fiancées do the majority of the planning. However, these days men are becoming involved in more activities that were traditionally thought of as womanly tasks - caring for children, helping with housework, and taking an active role in wedding planning. The trouble is, the majority of wedding resources are still skewed toward the female audience, leaving men searching for advice catering to the masculine ear.
"The groom has wedding responsibilities and wants to help with wedding planning, but he's often in the dark about what to do," says Mark Walerstein, founder of GroomsOnline (www.groomsonline.com), an informational Web site offering tips, pointers and timesaving hints designed to make the planning process more fun, relaxing and rewarding for the man.
The groom, best man or groomsmen can check out the site for wedding-day checklists, attire pointers and bachelor party planning ideas. In addition, there's even a full-service online gift shop so that gifts can be purchased for wedding party members, parents ... and the ladies, too.
When planning your upcoming wedding, keep these top tips in mind, courtesy of GroomsOnline.com.
· Gather paperwork - Make it your responsibility to apply for the wedding license, research blood-test requirements, and coordinate passport applications if needed for international travel. In addition, add the bride's name to financial accounts, wills or insurance policies if you have mutually decided this will be in your best interests.
· Arrange transportation - Interview limousine companies or other transportation arrangements and finalize the details. Make sure you provide accurate directions to and from the ceremony and to your reception location as well. Present the company with a schedule or timeline so that the limo will be on time.
· Plan the honeymoon - Once your locale is decided upon, go about booking the trip and securing transportation to and from the airport, which could be provided by your best man.
· Coordinate groomsmen's attire - In addition to your own attire, set up fittings for tuxedo rental or purchase for your wedding party. Make sure everyone is provided with the necessary components (i.e. tie, vest, cummerbund and shoes) prior to the wedding day. Also arrange to have the tuxedos returned after the wedding by a groomsman so you can dash off on your honeymoon.
· Pick up the rings - After selecting your wedding bands, make sure they are sized correctly and pick them up from the jeweler. Be sure they are brought to the ceremony and in safekeeping with the best man.
· Reward the woman in your life - Pick up a heartfelt gift for your bride-to-be so she knows how much the wedding means to you, too.


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WindStone Golf Club
Ringgold, Ga. • June 2 - 5
RINGGOLD, Ga. — Yao-Chun Yang of Troy, Mich., watched a four-shot lead on No. 13 become a one-shot lead heading to No. 18, but was able to hold off playing partner Jackson Beindorf of Vero Beach, Fla., for the win at 66-71-70-207. In the Girls Division, first-round leader Kyndall Ardoin of Gibsland, La., dropped a 7-foot putt on No. 18 to prevent a playoff with second-round leader Sherlyn Popelka of Reunion, Fla. Ardoin closed the tournament with a total of 65-72-75—212 to win by one.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic was held at WindStone Golf Club. The tournament field consisted of 71 boys and 27 girls, ages 12-18, from 17 states and China. The Boys Division was played at 6,484 yards and the Girls Division at 5,797 yards.
Yang and Beindorf battled through steady play on the front nine. Beindorf missed a 3-footer on No. 9 to give Yang a two-shot lead at the turn. Beindorf's misses continued on No. 10 after his tee shot went out-of-bounds on the right side. A birdie by Yang on No. 12 pushed his lead to four going to No. 13.
After an attempt to play it safe on No. 17, Yang put his approach shot on the par-5, 10 feet past the hole. When Beindorf barely missed holing out for an eagle on that same hole, Yang let his nerves kick in.
"I just couldn't get past how close that [Beindorf's third shot] was to going in," Yang said. "I kept thinking about it and made a three-putt. When I got to No. 18, I told myself to be calm and I hit the fairway."
After Beindorf hit an errant approach shot to the green, Yang regained confidence. "When Jackson pushed his second shot left of the green and mine was on the green, I had no more pressure," he said.
Completing the top five in the Boys Division were Phillip Choi of Orlando, who shot a low round of the day at 66, Keith Mitchell of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Beindorf with three round totals of 1-under-par 209. Jade Scott of Daingerfield, Texas, finished fifth at 73-70-68—211.
In her first AJGA win, Ardoin too was feeling nerves. A familiar putt she remembered from the practice round put her nerves to rest, and gave her the championship.
"I was pretty confident on that last putt because I remembered it from the practice round," she said. "Anything can happen on the final day, and it does. I'm excited though, I'm glad that putt fell."
Rounding out the top three in the Girls Division was second-place Popelka with a three-round total of 68-68-77—213. Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale, Ga., and Kristina Wong of Bradenton, Fla., tied for third at 214.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.
The largest Association of its kind, the AJGA has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of more than 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and more than 25 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's second Premier Partner.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.
For more information about the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic please contact AJGA National Headquarters at 770-868-4200 or visit the AJGA Web site at ajga.org.


text: This weekend, Eli's Cheesecake will be in attendance at the annual gala for the "For the Love of Chocolate" Foundation. The foundation provides scholarships to students who wish to pursue a career in pastry arts. Eli's Cheesecake will be sponsoring the event and offering chocolate-dipped cheesecake to those attending. If you would like to learn more about the foundation or purchase a ticket for the event this Saturday, please click here.


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Minesh Patel of Memphis has paid $2.3 million for the 63-room Fairfield Inn & Suites at 6010 Macon Cove in Northeast Memphis.
Patel bought the 30,000-square-foot, three-story hotel in a Nov. 18 special warranty deed from RLJ II – F Memphis LLC, an affiliate of Bethesda, Md.-based RLJ Lodging Trust. That company bought the hotel in June 2006 for $2.3 million from Limited Service – Austin North Airport LLC.
Built in 1995, the hotel sits on 1.5 acres along the north side of Macon Cove near its intersection with Sycamore View Road and just south of the Sycamore View exit on Interstate 40. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal is $1.6 million.
In conjunction with the purchase, Minesh Patel and Jagruti Patel filed a $3.8 million commercial deed of trust through Centennial Bank.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
Daily News staff
The Marston Group PLC, a Memphis certified public accounting and financial consulting firm, has added Terry Courtenay as a member of the firm's practice.
Courtenay, a certified public accountant, has experience providing tax and advisory services to predominantly family-held businesses, and he's worked with a variety of businesses, including in the fields of real estate and agriculture.
The Marston Group was founded in 1985.
– Andy Meek
The Mid-South Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has added 10 people from the Memphis area to its board of trustees.
They are Andrew Forsdick, owner of Addison Capital Advisors; Kerry Hayes, director of public relations for Doug Carpenter & Associates LLC; Terry Lawrence, project manager at AutoZone Inc.; Ginger Leeke, esthetician with Eden Spa; Alan Lindgren, owner of Speed of Sound LLC; Karen Malogroski, owner of Bikes Plus; Tracy Pearson, vice president and general manager, food service, International Paper Co.; Michelle Rappaport-Moore, psychotherapist with The Experiential Healing Center; Dr. N. Shah, pediatric neurologist with Le Bonheur Children's Hospital; and Suzanne Williamson, vice president of market, Boscos Corp./Roma Pomodori Inc.
Country music group Diamond Rio is being honored at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Classic game and will perform at the halftime of this year's matchup in Memphis.
The group will receive an outstanding achievement award, which is presented each year in recognition of excellence in the field of music and entertainment. The group will perform at a gala function the night before the game and then again at halftime on New Year's Eve.
Previous recipients of the award include Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Little Richard, Alabama, The Beach Boys, Clint Black and more.
The Grammy award-winning group has sold more than 10 million records and been selected as the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year four times.
– The Associated Press
Four key members of Congress say that all airlines – not just low-fare carriers – should be able to bid on gates and landing rights that American Airlines and US Airways will give up after their merger.
The leaders of the House and Senate transportation committees say they're worried that unless the big airlines can bid, service between Washington and some smaller cities may be lost.
The U.S. Justice Department settled a lawsuit against the merger earlier this month after American and US Airways agreed to give up gates and landing rights at several big airports, notably Washington's Reagan National Airport.
On Friday, top Democrats and Republicans on the transportation committees released a letter that they sent to Attorney General Eric Holder protesting terms of that settlement.
U.S. job openings and overall hiring both reached five-year highs in September, signaling steady improvement in the job market.
Job postings rose 69,000 to a seasonally adjusted 3.9 million, the Labor Department said Friday. That's the most since March 2008, just a few months after the Great Recession began. It's also close to the roughly 4 million job openings each month that are consistent with healthier job markets.
Total hiring increased 26,000 to 4.6 million, the highest level since August 2008. The gain suggests employers are not only posting more jobs but are also taking greater steps to fill them.
September's total hiring is still below the roughly 5 million people who are typically hired in sturdier job markets.
The number of people who quit their jobs in September dipped from August but was still about 15 percent higher than a year earlier. People usually quit their jobs when they have another one lined up, or when they are certain they can find one. More quits is a sign of confidence in the job market.
The growth in hiring, job openings and quits points to more movement in the job market, which can create opportunities for those out of work or who are looking for another job.
It also shows that competition for jobs is easing. There were 2.88 unemployed people, on average, for each available job in September. That's the lowest since August 2008 and down from 7 to 1 in July 2009, just after the recession ended. In a healthy economy, the ratio is usually about 2 to 1.
Unemployment is still high at 7.3 percent. But other reports suggest the job market is healing.
Mississippi's unemployment rate held at 8.5 percent in October, according to figures released Friday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The jobless rate in August and September also was 8.5 percent. The unemployment rate was 9.1 percent in October 2012.
The labor force declined by more than 7,000 people between September and October. Mississippi's labor force has fallen every month in 2013.
Mississippi had 109,000 unemployed people in October, down 1,000 from September and also down from 121,000 in October 2012.
The national unemployment rate was little changed from September at 7.3 percent and was 0.6 percentage point lower than in October 2012.
The Obama administration says people will have another eight days this year to sign up for insurance under the health care law and still get coverage by Jan. 1
The extra wiggle room announced Friday is important because it could prevent people from having a break in coverage on account of the government's balky enrollment website. That's critical for those losing current individual policies that don't measure up under the law, and also for high-risk patients in a small federal insurance program that ends Jan. 1. Under the change people will have until Dec. 23 to enroll and still be covered the first year.


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Baltimore vs San Francisco
Okay the AFCCG/NFCCG is tommorrow... This is where you get to say before the game starts who you think will be in the Superbowl this year.
San Fran - Baltimore?
San Fran - New England?
Atlanta - Baltimore?
Atlanta - New England?
(My personal feeling is San Fran - New England. Really would like to see Baltimore beat the Pats but I don't think they will up at Gillette. I would like to be wrong about this.)
Baltimore vs San Francisco
Pats and Niners.
Niners v. Pats
Niners probably win big, just a better overall team, which really showed the first time they played other than a 15 minute stretch or so
Ravens - Falcons..... Bird Bowl
lock it up, pats will be winning another Lombardi
That Brady picture must not be new. Here are some photos from recent years.
Can't forget these either.
Now quit being a dickhead.
Ah, southparkca is an old **** with a stick up his ass. I see. That explains it all.