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DRC's Membership Department and Education Department have received wonderful letters from some of the dolphins' youngest fans.
Kaleigh wrote to thank us for giving her information about endangered dolphins and then asked what she could do to help dolphins herself.
Lilian asked for some pictures of dolphins. She wants to make posters for her neighborhood field because people litter. Lilian then wondered, ". . . if people can carry things full like water bottles (sic) why can't people carry them empty?"
That's a great question, Lilian!
Mallory shows that you're never too young to fall in love with dolphins and try to help. When she was 16 months old, she and her family visited DRC and Mallory loved seeing the dolphins up close. She has a charity piggy bank in which she saved over $13 herself before her second birthday! Her family then threw her a dolphin-themed birthday party and asked for donations in lieu of gifts. Mallory collected over $50 to send to the dolphins.
She and her family hope to visit DRC again when Mallory is 3 and can participate in some of the activities we offer. We hope they come again, too, so we can thank her in person.
Finally, a young student named Olivia came to DRC with classmates and teachers from The Calhoun School in New York City for a week-long DolphinLab program. She was inspired to write this poem about some of the dolphins in the DRC family.
I am Pandora and my belly is pink. My handler points downward and I start to sink.
My name is Pax and I like to fly. Jumping and diving and reaching the sky.
I am Rainbow and sleek, but I am gentle when I kiss your cheek.
My name is Sandy and I am long. Come here and listen to my sweet dolphin song.
I am Santini and I lay in the sun, but I see a blue bucket which signals the fun!
My name is Talon but I am no bird, and I am obedient, just say the word.
I am Tanner, but I cannot tan. I think the whole world is my #1 fan.
My name is Tursi, just watch me dive. Up in the air, I feel so alive!
My name is Aleta and I am so sweet. All of my friends are the ones I will keep.
I am Kibby and I am cool. I swim and I play and I chase fish by the schools.
We love the fact that the dolphins in the DRC family inspire people of all ages to care more about marine mammals and the environment. How great to see so many put that caring into action!
Monday, July 14, 2008
From the Hearts of Children
DRC's Membership Department and Education Department have received wonderful letters from some of the dolphins' youngest fans.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
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SEX and the SOUTH
So it is 12:53 and I get off at 1..but im cramming in a post...So I saw Sex in the City last night! at 12AM, yea we were pressed...It was BRILLIANT, and you only use brilliant when something is epic.I lashed out a few times in the movie though, my favorite self quote was when Carrie was going back to her and BIG's swanky apartment to get the Manolo's out of that heavenly closet-and they weren't there, I said "o shit, somebody stole the shoes!" (laughter from audience)...yea...a few "WTF" came out too..you will see why once you sit in the theatre. It was a beautiful movie, absolutely STUNNING clothes..I was surprised at how much designer shit I could name, I guess all those dollars wasted on pretending to like Vogue have done me good! The theatre was packed and everyone was dressed up like duh. I was coming from a party so I had on this poofy black Luella dress, with a jean jacket...(lol), a pirates baseball cap u know the one(???lol), and them sparklely silver tennis shoes from urban that have become my trademark, O and I cant forget the vintage frames! (I rarely discuss my wardrobe so bear with me), and some bamboos..everyone was looking at me like WTF? Mind you I live in the durty south (Richmond, VA) and everyone is always like WTF to my awesome wardrobe lol/jk, and in my head I'm like "Bitch do you own Manolo's? no you don't...and neither do I, but i got me some Jessica Simpsons!!!" So that kinda made my day...
I loved this movie, almost more than I loved The Devil Wears Prada, probably more than The Devil Wears Prada..I think I may even buy the DVD--yea i'm cheap like that! If you don't see it, you will totally be out of the "i-pretend-like-i-am-a-fashionista-because-i-know-who-betseyjohnson-is" loop...but was betsey johnson in this movie? no! so maybe u shouldn't see it...lol
hahahahahahahaahahaaaa...ima bitch for that
yay me
God save the Baltimorians!!!!
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part tre?
I have been watching this all morning long...and I cant decipher it, all I know is that it's the only one that actually has flashing lights in it. kudos again? maybe? I do like this one though, only because it deals with "old money"...maybe the "death of old money"..iono..im at work, i'l fill you in later lol. watch and enjoy...at least Kanye West creates great tea-time conversation or conversation over starbucks and black and milds lol
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1 oz of Cascara Sagrada Bark in a plastic zip bag. It is wildcrafted, cut and sifted.
Cascara Sagrada is commonly used in warding spells, protection magic, can help in court and legal matters, and money spells.
Latin Name: Rhamnus purshiana
Common Names: Cascara Sagrada Bark
The bioregion known to some geographers as Cascadia corresponds to the Pacific Northwest and encompasses Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Western Alberta and Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Northern California. It is a unique area that is home to a rich diversity of medicinal herbs and other plants, including Rhamnus purshiana, from which comes one of the more familiar herbs otherwise known as Cascara Sagrada Bark. In the original lingua franca of Cascadia, known as Tsinuk Wawa, or "Chinook Jargon," this Native American herb was called chittam or tsittikum, and was used primarily as a laxative. (In fact, the actual term was tsittikum stik, which literally translates into something rather less polite than "defecation tree.")
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Mitt Romney said his fellow Republicans were wrong to agree to a deal last summer that included a series of automatic cuts to defense spending in exchange for an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
The Republican presidential nominee said in an interview airing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that GOP lawmakers made a "big mistake" in signing off on the deal, which prevented a U.S. default on its borrowing obligations.
"I thought it was a mistake on the part of the White House to propose it. I think it was a mistake for Republicans to go along with it," Romney said.
That deal included a series of automatic cuts, including $55 billion in cuts to defense spending, set to take place automatically in January. The automatic cuts, known as the "sequester," were designed to be so politically distasteful so that lawmakers would have an incentive to reach some alternative compromise. But they reached no deal, and the sequester looms just a few months on the horizon.
Congress earlier this summer passed a bill requiring the Obama administration to detail how these defense cuts would be implemented if they do go forth, and the president signed it into law. That deadline passed this week without the required report, and Romney pounced.
"The president was responsible for coming out with specific changes they'd make to the defense budget. It was supposed to have come out this last week. He has violated the law that he in fact signed," Romney said. "The American people need to understand how it is that our defense is going to be so badly cut."
As for the GOP presidential nominee, he said he would maintain defense spending at the current gross domestic product (GDP) level.
"Well, I want to maintain defense spending at the current level of the GDP. I don't want to keep bringing it down as the president's doing," he said. "This sequestration idea of the White House, which is cutting our defense, I think is an extraordinary miscalculation in the wrong direction."


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In recent years, the range of styles Afghan weavers are exploring has exploded.
And, with the quality of weaving high and the use of natural colors and hand-spun wool frequent, that means a whole new world of rugs to enjoy.
Just consider these examples:
- An Ikat rug (photo above) inspired by Central Asian ikat tie-dye designs.
- Or a Suzani rug inspired by Central Asian embroidery traditions (photo below).
These, plus spirited reproductions of Persian town and village rugs like Bijars and Herizes, are all part of the ongoing renaissance of Afghan rug weaving.
They are available from Nomad Rugs in San Francisco.
The return of Afghanistan as a notable rug producer is taking place as parts of the country are stable despite the violence elsewhere and weavers who were formerly refugees have returned home.
We talked with Chris Wahlgren, who trades in the best of the new Afghan rugs, to learn more about what is behind them.
Wahlgren, the owner of Nomad Rugs in San-Francisco, sees the new rugs as the latest chapter in a long and fascinating story.
It's the story of how Afghan weavers have been able to repeatedly re-invent themselves over the past three decades as their own lives have been repeatedly turned upside down.
The three decades of turmoil began with the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and continue today with the war on the Taliban.
Nomad Rugs in San Francisco.
Before 1979, Wahlgren notes, Afghan weavers were almost entirely focused upon the traditional Red Rugs of Central Asia, that is, the traditional designs of the Turkmen and neighboring weaving population's of the region.
"In those days, it was any size as long as it was red," he says.
But with the Soviet invasion, and the flight of millions of people to refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran, everything began to change.
Particularly in Pakistan, with its direct links to the Western market, huge numbers of refugees turned to weaving rugs as a way to stay afloat.
And to connect to the market, they began to innovate.
Some of the refugees' first innovations were not very successful as they tried to directly compete with Pakistan's own domestic production of large and finely-woven Pak-Persian carpets.
Whereas the Pak-Persians were in bright colors, the Afghans wove theirs in the darker brown colors they themselves preferred.
The results were somewhat gloomy looking pieces the Pakistani traders dismissively called "Kargali," meaning camp, carpets and which are forgotten today.
But the Afghan weavers kept experimenting.
They produced Khal Mohammadi rugs with non-traditional Turkmen-inspired designs, Kazaks with Caucasian-inspired designs and, more recently, Ziegler-Chobis with Indo-Persian inspired designs.
All were successes on the international market.
Nomad Rugs in San Francisco.
One reason for the success, particularly of the Chobi carpets, was the refugees' willingness to return to the labor-intensive traditional practices of using natural colors.
That put them at the forefront of what is still a relatively new trend in the rug business and something which many customers like but not all carpet makers are ready to try.
Wahlgren says that much of the credit for introducing Afghan weavers to the natural color revival goes to Western rug dealers who promoted it in the refugee camps in the early 80s.
Those dealers included Chris Walter and others who were personally familiar with the pioneering DOBAG natural-dye project in Turkey and believed it could give the refugee market weavers a market edge.
Today, some Afghan weavers remain in the Pakistani camps while many others have returned to Afghanistan. And in both places, experimentation has become central to Afghan weaving culture.
But one thing that has not changed for Afghan weavers is the difficulty of letting the rest of the world know who weaves the beautiful pieces they produce.
That is because almost all of their production continues to go to Western markets via the port of Karachi, where it is labeled for export as a product of Pakistan.
The "Made in Pakistan' label is put on the work of Afghan weavers still in Pakistani refugee camps because they are physically in Pakistan. And the work of weavers in Afghanistan gets the label because a lack of facilities there means their rugs usually are still washed and trimmed in Pakistan.
The photo is provided by Wahlgren received it from a contact in Afghanistan.
Wahlgren says that dealers today increasingly highlight the Afghan rugs' origin because it is a positive selling point.
The dealers point to the value-added that comes from the careful work Afghan weavers do based on their own centuries-long tradition of weaving and the esteem carpets hold in their culture.
But there is something more.
Unlike in many more stable rug-producing countries like India and China where large rug workshops are the rule, much Afghan weaving is still done at home.
"In Afghan rugs, you often can feel the weaver's personality," Wahlgren says. "Their rugs feel more handmade and not mass-produced."


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P.S. Thank you to everyone with your encouraging comments on the last post. You are all great!
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P.S. Thank you to everyone with your encouraging comments on the last post. You are all great!
39 comments:
- butiksofie said...
I am addicted to this label:-), blogged some stuff in the last couple of weeks, love it!hughs Anja
- June 23, 2011 at 1:30 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Oh girl, you are speaking my language with ANTHRO...I am lucky to have a store just five blocks from my WORK! And the BOOTS with the skirt; that is what I am wearing this year and I love it. I am wearing TULLE underneath my dresses or skirts with my booties! SO DARLING! How are you precious one? Enjoying your summer? I am .....off to clean my house to host a local blogging pal!!!! LOVE TO YOU, Anita
- June 23, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Ana Degenaar said...
Perfect picks!
Don't Forget this giveaway ends tomorrow!
- June 23, 2011 at 4:27 AM
I love the lengths of the skirts! The clothes are so beautiful!
My summer is going well. Filled with work in a fast city. I miss waking up to ride my bike by the river. However, I must let you know that I love my job. I am learning so much!
You talked about painting. I have been painting a lot. Mostly rubbish as I have no talent..haha.
How are you?
I love you very much!
- June 23, 2011 at 5:11 AM
- Something Old, Something New said...
Love these new pieces! They have a very 'tribal' feel to them - perfect for summer in the sun!
- June 23, 2011 at 5:21 AM
- Ali said...
some great tribal prints going on! and being anthropologie, beautiful styling as always.
no summer for me, but Sydney's weather is pretty lovely at the moment so I can't complain.
- June 23, 2011 at 6:33 AM
- Martina said...
Gorgeous look - Fiesta, here we come! Have a lovely day :)
- June 23, 2011 at 7:09 AM
- classiq said...
They have the most amazing lookbooks and campaigns. An eclectic inspiration. :)Ada
- June 23, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- Jen said...
These are such great prints! I'm in love with that long skirt!!
Happy Thursday Darling! xo
Quote Prints
- June 23, 2011 at 7:45 AM
- fashionhogger said...
SANGRIA did you say!?! Yes, please!
I don't even care about anything else as long as my summer has some sangria.
- June 23, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- ellie's desk said...
Such amazing things..with so much character. Thanks for the note and thoughts.
Really, hope your summer is lovely. So humid here and lots of mosquitoes to combat. But we have raspberries! in the back yard.
- June 23, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- cb said...
i love that bag and the the first skirt is gorgeous! i am a sucker for tribal prints! i love anthro...wish it wasnt out of my price range...bt hey things go on sale and i have scored really good there!
- June 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Bad Joan said...
They have a great collection this summer! The skirt in the first image is awesome!
- June 23, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Gorgeous Glam said...
these are great I want them all!!
- June 23, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- Gloria said...
Beautiful!! The stirred sangria dress is so classy...:)
Summer is hot,,,but we are doing good! I hope you are enjoying yours as well!
- June 23, 2011 at 2:58 PM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
I love these!!! I'd wear every single one! :)
- June 23, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- MapleandVine said...
love anthro :) that long skirt is so pretty
- June 23, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Cornflakes and Honey said...
Beautiful. Oh I wish it was summer now, currently in the depths of winter right no in Oz. Sigh! Nice to see summery images though :-) x
- June 23, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Deidre said...
I love anthropologie so much! Seriously, I think if I could live in their catalogue I'd be a happy girl.
It's winter in Australia, so I am tucked in blankets wearing my fingerless gloves :)
- June 23, 2011 at 10:24 PM
- Marie said...
Mine's been a little busy. I like the last dress.:D
Happy Friday!:D
***** Marie *****
- June 23, 2011 at 11:20 PM
- this free bird said...
that picture with the boots is so up my alley. and ps-we've had cloud coverage every day except yesterday. today was 60 degrees all day, but i'm not realllly complaining too much.
my wrist is though :(
- June 24, 2011 at 12:00 AM
- StephieB said...
I love all of these! Oh why oh why is there no Anthropologie here in Sydney?! I know - it's so my credit card doesn't die from exhaustion! Happy weekend to you, Stephie x
- June 24, 2011 at 3:23 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Just popping in to say BONJOUR my beautiful friend! Anita
- June 24, 2011 at 5:19 AM
- heather said...
these are just beautiful! and i love what the colors were inspired by!!!
it was only hot hear for a couple days, i´m back to wearing long sleeves for most of the day. but summer is coming along i suppose!
- June 24, 2011 at 10:35 PM
- tinajo said...
I can´t WAIT to get to Chicago and hit this store - I just got two skirts home I ordered from their sale and they were great! :-)
- June 25, 2011 at 3:43 AM
- Michele said...
Love Anthropologie and love the selections on this post. Summertime is my favorite time of year. Having my sons around is just the best and the warm weather and watching everyone outside enjoying themselves just makes me feel good.
Hope your summer is looking good too!
- June 25, 2011 at 5:02 AM
- Anna Walker said...
Clothes inspired by summer food and sangria!? How fun! :D They look lovely! Anthropologie has amazing things!
- June 25, 2011 at 11:23 AM
- Madeleine Roberts said...
"The Path of the Sun" line is amazing. The vibrant colors and print motifs are the epitome of summer. I love the "stirred sangria" look which is a little more tame. I also adore "tangerine sky." I think both of these looks have a hint of preppy that I always love.
Also thank you for your very, very thoughtful comment on blog. It met so much to me.
- June 25, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Meream said...
I am an Anthropologie lurker and I found these extremely pretty. Perfect inspirations for my beach getaway next month :)
- June 26, 2011 at 3:38 AM
- Unknown said...
LOvely collection!!!
How are you dear friend??
The weather is rainy and cold around here, winter is coming.
Our visitors have just left and we already miss them all!!!
I wish you have a wonderful week!!!
Love, Bela
- June 26, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Signe said...
Such beauty, and perfect for summer!
- June 26, 2011 at 11:39 AM
- amy b.s. said...
great patterns.
- June 27, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Amanda said...
oh how i love anthro!!!!! that long skirt is amazing! :) my summer is coming along nicely so far! i hope you have a blessed week! xo
- June 27, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- lauren said...
um, yeah. i will take one of each ;)
giveaway time with Shabby Apple!!!!!
- June 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- kendall k. said...
Love that maxi skirt!
- June 27, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- Diana said...
The patterns are so fun and very South Western. Love that skirt with the boots! :) Summer is going good...how about you sweety?
- June 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Punctuation Mark said...
i love these ethnic inspired prints... they are so cool!
- June 27, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- shopgirl said...
I love these outfits! They would go great with the jewellery I'm making for one of my shops!
- June 28, 2011 at 12:14 AM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
A Big Hello Poppie Girl! Here I am again finally getting over to you! I have really been slacking with Blogging! I have been trying not to spend so much time on the computer! I use to stay up late, but here lately I fall asleep with Myah! Oh, I am getting old, lol!
Anyway, love the post! I really love the stirred sagaria! So cute!
Love ya Poppie Girl
gi gi
- June 28, 2011 at 9:46 PM


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We've decided to purchase medium hive/supers 5 frame nucs with carniolan queens. I have been reading and surfing alot and have seen plenty of instructions and even videos on how to install bee packages. However, I have seen very little on how to install nucs.
I know it is probably a silly sounding question. I'm sure it is as simple as placing the frames in your hive. But I have never handled bees and am interested in details. Like.... do I smoke them, should we leave them in the nuc box for awhile close to the hives, what order do we remove the frames from the nuc....Etc.
We will be picking them up and transporting them about 7 hours. What is the best way to transport them in a minivan?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
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Brave New World: Metaverse Classroom
Using the Second Life online universe as a teaching and marketing tool. by Zeke Wright '07
Second Life is no computer game. It's a "metaverse," or alternate universe. It exists online, and its population is growing daily. There is no predetermined way to play, and you don't win or lose. Users do enjoy a "virtual life."
Kim Gregson, associate professor of television-radio, early on recognized the metaverse's educational potential; now Second Life is an integral part of her Qualitative Research Methods class. And with the support of dean Dianne Lynch, the Park School and Ithaca College are taking full advantage of Second Life and related digital media.
Millions of people have registered since the program went public in 2003. They spend their time "in-world" in any way they choose. They can explore, own property, build houses, and buy clothes for their virtual selves. This open-endedness makes Second Life an exciting prospect for participants and, increasingly, businesses, entrepreneurs, and institutions of higher learning.
After Gregson's students create accounts, they are set loose, first to observe, later to interview the inhabitants of Second Life — a huge and diverse pool of people from around the world. Austra Zubkovs '07, a TV-R major who was in Gregson's class in the fall, cites the ease with which students can access research subjects.
The promise of 3D virtual realities has existed since the inception of personal computers and the Internet. As technology expands and broadband becomes more available, the ability to create and maintain a virtual world with thousands of active participants at a time has been realized. The possibilities are endless, Gregson says. "Everything is created by the users, and students can study everything." The introduction of in-world banks was one example. The in-world currency, the Linden dollar (after Linden Labs, the company that developed Second Life), can be converted to and from U.S. dollars, with ATMs located throughout Second Life. What role do banks play? How do they function without a government? These are some of the questions Gregson's students ponder.
Second Life is being used for things that would be impossible or costly in real life. There is a large-scale model of a heart, complete with murmur, for medical students to explore. The International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium both hold universally accessible educational events. And Zubkovs, with Gregson and assistant professor of philosophy and religion Rachel Wagner, is documenting religious items found in Second Life. (The research was presented at the 2007 Pop Culture Association conference.)
The past few months have seen a marked increase in the presence of learning institutions in-world, "and it's just going to blossom," Gregson says. Today, more than 100 schools from throughout the world are buying islands and even holding classes in Second Life. The Park School has already purchased two islands, where faculty and students are creating buildings and an IC community. Virtual land is discounted for academic institutions, so for IC a small island of about 16 acres costs $980. Along with this initial cost comes a monthly land use fee for maintenance of $150.
Lynch acknowledges the important role in coming years of what she calls "immersive and participatory media." "It's our responsibility," she says, "to stay ahead of the curve." Lynch credits alumni and parents for contributing to the Ithaca Fund for the Park School, which has allowed her to purchase in-world property and increase the school's presence.
November marked the first time a user became a millionaire from profits earned entirely inside Second Life — and that's a million real U.S. dollars. German citizen Ailin Graef created her fortune based on extensive virtual real-estate holdings, which she develops for resale or lease. Real estate barons like Graef build malls in which technically adept tenants open stores selling the virtual goods they've created (clothes, furniture, bicycles, anything), and pay rent. It adds up, and the landlords can convert their Lindens into U.S. dollars. But with the recent creation of an in-world stock market, maybe it'd be wise to reinvest.
Second Life is the largest and most successful such program to date. Linden Labs is privately held, so there's no way to know its annual revenues, but the large and growing company revolves around the metaverse.
Not everyone is out to make a profit in Second Life; many are just looking for a good time, a challenge, or a learning experience. IC will now be able to broadcast speakers who come to campus. Norman Solomon's recent talk, for example, could be streamed into Second Life. Such exposure for IC could make Second Life an additional avenue for recruiting students or faculty.
Tom Torello '87, executive director of marketing communications, calls Second Life "a place we need to be." And while the metaverse itself might not be the future, it's certainly a harbinger of things to come.
Learn more at Kim Gregson's faculty home page.


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - The link that everyone with EF English First MUST read! 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 The link that everyone with EF English First MUST read! Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Indonesia View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message BookwormJoined: 28 Oct 2003Posts: 36 Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:54 am Post subject: The link that everyone with EF English First MUST read! See: http://www.englishfirst.com/partnersinfo/what.asp for the connection between MacDonalds and EF! Back to top ls650Joined: 10 May 2003Posts: 3484Location: British Columbia Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject: The same post in two different threads? Working for EF must have really put a bee in your bonnet... Back to top willyJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 215Location: Samarinda,Kalimantan,Indonesia(left TW) Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:27 pm Post subject: ONE MORE REPOST I GUESS THATS WHY THE LOW PAY, I HAVE MET MANY TEACHERS FROM THERE MOST NOT HAPPY THEY GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS TO GET MORE EF 5-6.6 MIL? ILP 7-8MIL OR 10 MIL IN CORP. BUT CORP. MANAGEMENT IS VERY BAD; NO ONE STAYS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR! THAT SAYS IT ALL! O AND NATIONAL + SCHOOLS PAY 15-17MIL OR INTERNAL SCHOOLS PAY US 1,800+++ SO AS YOU CAN SEE EF IS THE BOTTOM WELL UNLESS YOU DRIVE A BUS HA HA Buy a Franchise What made McDonald different? Ray Kroc, the man who founded McDonald's, did not agree with how the franchise companies of his day operated. When he started in 1958, he realized that most franchisors were shortsighted and tried to make as much money up front as possible. They designed franchise packages which kept their franchisee's profits low, driving most out of business. In the end this system hurt everybody, including the franchisor. Ray Kroc believed franchising should work differently. As he put it, "If the franchisee doesn't make money, neither do we." Today McDonald's has over 14,000 restaurants all over the world. And McDonald's success shows how right ray Kroc was. At EF English First, proudly we honor this same ideal. THIS IS FROM http://www.englishfirst.com/partnersinfo/what.asp Back to top BookwormJoined: 28 Oct 2003Posts: 36 Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:21 am Post subject: ls650 wrote: Working for EF must have really put a bee in your bonnet... Strange. Imagine if someone were to lament just how bad, say, the death camps of WWII were and then if someone else retorted: "Working for those death camps must have really put a bee in your bonnet.." Your reply, of course, would be something akin to: My posting a thread about the death camps does not entail that I must have worked in them, does it? You would doubtless ignore that moron for the rest of your days for propogating such a childish entailment. I suggest you do the same in this case. Back to top AKAJoined: 04 Jul 2003Posts: 184Location: China Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:47 am Post subject: But you did work for them in China, got the sack, and have subsequently behaved in a psychotic manner. You like stalking, you'll get it. Back to top willyJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 215Location: Samarinda,Kalimantan,Indonesia(left TW) Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:21 pm Post subject: AKA I LIKE THE PIG, THINK I WILL KEEP HIM. IF EVERY ONE LOVED THERE JOB? WELL WE CANT HAVE A HAPPY WROLD CAN WE, NO ONE WOULD HAVE USE FOR MONEY. WE WORK TO MAKE SOME ONE RICH RIGHT, I HAVE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO GOT RICH FROM WORKING FOR SOME ONE ELES, HAVE YOU? AND VERY FEW BOSSES MAKE MORE IF YOU ARE HAPPY, AFTER ALL WHO CARES THERE ARE LOTS OF NEW TEACHERS [email protected] Back to top kevbrisJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 21 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:21 am Post subject: Good stuff this, Who cares as to wether you are happy or not teaching wherever you are. I have had unhappy teachers around me many times and my advise is.......move on. EF is about making money and not looking after your well being. Use the choice theory and make sure you understand what you are getting into before you latch on to an EF job. Willy has got it right. You do not make any money working for others. Buy yourself a franchise. Manado sounds great. No Ef yet. be happy Back to top kevbrisJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 21 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 2:55 am Post subject: Good'ay Willy You mentioned something earlier about corp management Can you tell me more about this bunch. Who are they and whats the go there? thanks mate Back to top willyJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 215Location: Samarinda,Kalimantan,Indonesia(left TW) Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 6:12 am Post subject: Whats to say ILP corporate training, if you are a girl its a good place to work if not, well try it before you sing a contract, maybe you will be the one who likes it. 10 mil, 40hrs. A week thats about 20 teaching and the rest in the office o and then there is reports mid and final and travel its about 2hr. per class not paid lets see thats 20 hrs more. So about 60+ hrs you give them, you get 10 mil and stress they give you per week??? Not my Idea of a good job Back to top Java JavaJoined: 24 Mar 2003Posts: 3Location: Asia Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:41 pm Post subject: Interesting "But you did work for them in China, got the sack, and have subsequently behaved in a psychotic manner. You like stalking, you'll get it" I suppose Willy, if you are constantly getting sacked, you would get to like the pig and of course want to keep it rather than look at the psychotic behavior. Do pigs fly?? Back to top kevbrisJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 21 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject: Well Willy, I can understand now what you mean. !0 million is not the best and with all the other crap(associated fuctions) that goes with it................makes it a bad deal. Whats the go with females...........I am male. How do things differ there??? Forget java-java's comments..................sound like he has #$%$%^$& for brains anyway catch ya Back to top willyJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 215Location: Samarinda,Kalimantan,Indonesia(left TW) Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject: well my pig flys why, whats wrong with yours? maybe you should give him some Java!! Its this thing with some of the managers they feel threatened by men and act accordingly; like people with pigs if you think they will bit you must control them but if you take the time you will find they just want to eat too. Or more to the point: A black man stole form my house so all black men should be in chins????? Some people are very narrow minded. Anyway if you are a good teacher there are good jobs out there. 4.5- 6mil thats like working in KFC; I would rather baby sit in TW. At least I would make $ then I could take a vacation and come to Indo. And live it up!!!! Back to top BedevilledJoined: 02 Aug 2004Posts: 28Location: Medan, North Sumatera Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:29 am Post subject: okay, alright the schools are shit, I get it. Blah blah blah! My motives for wanting to get back to Bali are a little different than most, I would imagine and what I am interested in is a job. I can put up with shit if it's a means to an end. My fiancé is Balinese and currently living and working here in Medan with me. I'm in my 15th month teaching in Medan. I am lucky that I have no complaints about the school here. They're great and bend over backwards to keep us (a.k.a native English teachers) happy. However, it's unfortunate they don't run a school in Bali. We're looking to settle down for the long haul and I'm looking for a career position in Bali. I'm assuming the staunch defenders in this thread are quite presumably from the very English schools that are being slagged. This message is for you: I WANT A JOB!! send me a message if you're interested. I'm canadian and not using teaching as a means to travel and see the world. I've been everywhere from Ecuador to Egypt and I've sewn all my wild oats. I'm looking for a career position. Back to top TEAM_PAPUAJoined: 24 May 2004Posts: 1679Location: HOLE Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:52 am Post subject: 8 Quote: But you did work for them in China, got the sack How do you get the sack from EF China? 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The Robert Chambers House, located on East Bend Road, is one of the best-executed and most intact Greek Revival residences in the county. The elaborate doorway represents the most academically correct use of the relatively sophisticated Greek Doric order in Boone County. It contains engaged columns and original leaded glass sidelights. Contained in the rear ell is a recessed porch with square columns.
The house was built by mason Jessie Kelly; the woodwork, and perhaps the Greek details, were executed by master woodworker Thomas Zane Roberts. The Caldwell family has lovingly preserved the house for half a century. The house was added to the National Register in 1975.


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New Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer Screenshots
That trailer revealed the "Free Roam" mode plus a leveling system that unlocks "new avatars, outfits, mounts, playlists and challenges." And as we wait for Rockstar to reveal the competitive multiplayer modes, we'll have to settle for some new screenshots: Red Dead Redemption will be released on May 18 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America. Gamers abroad will have to wait until May 21 to posse up.
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But what about Chris Martin?
Star Magazine photo assumed the dumbest story last week about Jessica Simpson dealing with Tiger Woods suggesting they had an affair. Simpson immediately denied the report and according to Gossip Cop she had her lawyer send over a warning, demanding a retraction. Or else. The lawyer must have been in a rush. There were a lot of typos. Nonetheless, the message is clear. That sh-t did not go down. Porny wants you to know it.
Unlike Chris Martin. When Star broke the exclusive alleging that Gwyneth's husband was cheating on her with that pathetic Kate Bosworth, Chris's reps announced they'd be taking legal action. So far no legal action has been taken. Just saying.
As for Jessica… well… aside from denying she f-cked Tiger Woods, she also spent the weekend cleaning out her ear with her main gay Ken Paves. This is not a euphemism for finger banging. Porny posted a video of her ear candling on her Twitter. Have you ever had your ears candled? I did it once. My mother totally believed it in for about 3 months and made me and Jacek try it one Christmas a few years ago. It was alright for me but I prefer my ear scraper.
Chinese folks know about the ear scraper. You non-Chinese will probably think it's gross but seriously, the ear scraper is the best thing ever. Picture a metal rod about the thickness of two toothpicks with a rounded miniature half scoop on one end. Like the teeny tiniest spoon in the world. That's an ear scraper. We stick the scoop side in our ear and gently carefully scratch and scrape away the wax. It feels GOOD. And in all my ear experience, nothing works like it, nothing gets an ear itch like an ear scraper.
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All You Need is Love Bugs: Beatle Songs Drive Netflix Series
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OK, I admit I'm late to the gate on this one but thanks to Toy Insider's review merchandise from Sweet Suite 2017 (AKA "The SWAG Box") I'm now hip to the joys of Netflix' Beat Bugs series. After encountering a HiJinx Toys' Fab Figure with a blister pack touting "inspired by music made famous by The Beatles" I just had to know more.
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The Library Application
All of the JDBC code to create the Library database, connect to it, query it, and otherwise add to or update it is contained within the Database class. This class is made a singleton by setting the constructor to private and adding a static getInstance method. The Database class is part of the library.data package within our application project, along with the Book and Patron classes, which match their respective database tables.
In JavaFX, variables are declared with reverse syntax compared with Java. For instance, the following line declares a variable of type String:
var name: String;
The following declares and assigns a variable in JavaFX:
var name: String = "Eric Bruno";
In our application, Library is the main class, which contains the JavaFX components, layout, and code for the main application window. In this class and others that need to access the database, an reference the singleton Database object is added:
public class Library { public-read var listviewBooks: javafx.scene.control.ListView; ... var db: Database = Database.getInstance(); ... }
The database is used to populate the Books and Patrons lists, and is quite simple to do. For instance, the code below populates the Books list using the book's title, author, and checked-out status:
function populateBooksListview(): Void { // Get the latest list of books var bookArray: Book[] = db.getBooks(); // Add books to the listview listviewBooks.items = null; for ( book in bookArray ) { var entry: String = "\"{book.name}\" (author: {book.author}"; if ( book.checkedOut > 0 ) { entry = "CHECKED OUT: {entry}" } insert entry into listviewBooks.items; } }
Let's look at the query behind the getBooks method. To make it easier to execute queries in JDBC and ensure all of the resources are cleaned-up, I've created a class called QueryTool (available for downloadhere]). It handles getting a JDBC Connection, which works with connection pools as well, and it ensures that transactions are committed and all resources are cleaned up when the query is complete. Example 3 shows QueryTool in action, returning a list of all of the books in our library.
public Book[] getBooks() { QueryTool query = null; try { query = new QueryTool(con); String req = "SELECT * FROM APP.BOOK ORDER BY NAME"; PreparedStatement ps = query.setQuery( req ); ResultSet rs = query.exec(); Vector bookVect = new Vector(); while ( rs.next() ) { Book book = new Book(); book.id = rs.getInt("ID"); book.name = rs.getString("NAME"); book.author = rs.getString("AUTHOR"); book.publisher = rs.getString("PUBLISHER"); book.checkedOut = rs.getInt("CHECKEDOUT"); book.active = rs.getInt("ACTIVE"); if ( book.active > 0 ) bookVect.add(book); } // Convert the Vector to an array Book[] books = new Book[bookVect.size()]; bookVect.toArray(books); return books; } catch ( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { query.close(); } return null; }
The QueryTool object is declared outside of the try..catch..finally scope as the close method is called in the finally block. This ensures that the Statement and ResultSet are closed even if the query raises an Exception. The SQL is straightforward, where all books are selected from the BOOK table, sorted by the BOOK.NAME column (the book title). Each active book (a book may be marked inactive if it's never returned, say) is added to a Vector, which is converted to an array and returned to the caller (the JavaFX Script code in this case). For instance, this array is stored and displayed in the Books list in the main Library window.
To borrow a book, you must select an available book from the Books list, a patron from the Patrons list, and click on the button labeled Checkout Book (see Figure 10). An alert will pop up informing you whether or not the book was successfully checked out.
The code that processes the button click gets the selected book and patron objects, verifies that the book can be borrowed, and calls the database to borrow it (see Listing 2). The JDBC code to check out the book updates the BOOK record to set the CHECKEDOUT column to the borrowing patron's ID, and adds a row to the CHECKEDOUT table with both the patron and book ids (see Listing 3).
function btnCheckoutAction(): Void { // Get the selected book var selected: Integer = listviewBooks.selectedIndex; if (selected == -1) return; var book: Book = bookArray[selected]; // Get the selected patron selected = listviewPatrons.selectedIndex; if (selected == -1) return; var patron: Patron = patronArray[selected]; // Checkout the book and update the books listview if (db.checkoutBook(book.id, patron.id) == true) { // Update the books listview to show the book checked out populateBooksListview(); // Open a small window to verify the checkout var alert: AlertUser = AlertUser { style: StageStyle.TRANSPARENT text: "Book checked out successfully" } } else { // Open a small window to show it failed var alert: AlertUser = AlertUser { style: StageStyle.TRANSPARENT text: "Book was not checked out!" color: Color.RED } } }
Notice that the Overdue Books list shows one book, borrowed by our very own Jon Erickson in this made-up example, and that books that are borrowed are displayed in the list with the text "CHECK OUT" preceding the title. These are all elements that reflect the state of the database.
public boolean checkoutBook(int bookid, int patronid) { Book book = getBook(bookid); if ( book == null ) return false; Patron patron = getPatron(patronid); if ( patron == null ) return false; // Is the book already checked out or lost? if ( book.checkedOut > 0 || book.active == 0) return false; // Is the patron in good standing? if ( patron.active == 0 ) return false; // Calculate the due date (today + two weeks) Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 14); int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1; int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR); // Add the check-out record QueryTool query = null; try { query = new QueryTool(con); String req = "INSERT INTO APP.CHECKEDOUT " + "(BOOKID, PATRONID, MONTHDUE, DAYDUE, YEARDUE) " + "VALUES(?,?,?,?,?)"; PreparedStatement ps = query.setQuery(req); ps.setInt(1, bookid); ps.setInt(2, patronid); ps.setInt(3, month); ps.setInt(4, day); ps.setInt(5, year); query.exec(); } catch ( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); return false; } finally { query.close(); } // Update the book record (checkedout field is the patron id) try { query = new QueryTool(con); String req = "UPDATE APP.BOOK SET \"CHECKEDOUT\"=" + patronid + " WHERE \"ID\"=" + bookid; query.setQuery(req); query.exec(); } catch ( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); return false; } finally { query.close(); } return true; }
When a book is returned, the user clicks on the Return Book button. As a result, a second window is displayed showing all of the currently borrowed books (see Example 4).
function btnReturnBookAction(): Void { // Open a new window to return a book returnBook = ReturnBook { onClose: function () { returnBook = null; populateBooksListview(); populateOverdueListview(); } } }
The ReturnBook class extends Stage (see Listing 4); instantiating it opens a window as a result (see Figure 11). The init block creates the components of the Scene, which are arranged in a panel according to their x and y coordinates. Clicking on the button labeled Return updates the database and closes the child window.
package libraryapp; import javafx.stage.Stage; import libraryapp.data.*; import javafx.scene.paint.Color; import javafx.stage.StageStyle; public class ReturnBook extends Stage { override var title = "Return Borrowed Books"; public-read var label: javafx.scene.control.Label; public-read var btnReturn: javafx.scene.control.Button; public-read var listviewBooks: javafx.scene.control.ListView; var db: Database = Database.getInstance(); var bookArray: Book[]; function populateBooksListview() : Void { var allBooks: Book[] = db.getBooks(); // Add only checked-out books to the listview listviewBooks.items = null; bookArray = null; for ( book in allBooks ) { if ( book.checkedOut > 0 ) { // The checkedout field is the patron id var patron: Patron = db.getPatron(book.checkedOut); var duedate: String = db.getDueDate(book.id); var entry: String = "\"{book.name}\" (borrower: "; entry = entry.concat( "{patron.firstName} {patron.lastName}"); entry = entry.concat( ") Due: {duedate}"); insert entry into listviewBooks.items; insert book into bookArray; } } } init { label = javafx.scene.control.Label { layoutX: 6.0 layoutY: 6.0 text: "Checked out books:" }; btnReturn = javafx.scene.control.Button { layoutX: 413.0 layoutY: 227.0 text: "Return" action: btnReturnAction }; listviewBooks = javafx.scene.control.ListView { layoutX: 6.0 layoutY: 27.0 width: 465.0 height: 194.0 layoutInfo: javafx.scene.layout.LayoutInfo { width: bind listviewBooks.width height: bind listviewBooks.height } }; scene = javafx.scene.Scene { width: 480.0 height: 259.0 content: javafx.scene.layout.Panel { content: getDesignRootNodes () } }; this.populateBooksListview(); } public function getDesignRootNodes () : javafx.scene.Node[] { [ label, btnReturn, listviewBooks, ] } public function getDesignScene (): javafx.scene.Scene { scene } function btnReturnAction(): Void { // Get the selected book and mark it as returned var selected: Integer = listviewBooks.selectedIndex; if ( selected == -1 ) return; var success: Boolean = db.returnBook(bookArray[selected].id); close(); } }
When the Return Books window is closed, the ReturnBooks.onClose method in Example 4 is executed. As a result, the lists of all books and overdue books are updated to reflect the changes.


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Cat Cora -- The DUI Mug Shot
Cat Cora The DUI Mug Shot (Well Done)
TMZ has obtained Cat Cora's mug shot ... taken 11 days after the celebrity chef was arrested for DUI in Santa Barbara.
The Food Network chef was popped for drunk driving on June 17 -- after she rear-ended another vehicle ... and proceeded to call the people in the other car "nerds." Cops say her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.
Cat was released hours after she was arrested ... but never took her mug shot.
But on June 28, Cat returned to the station to take her make up photo ... and it's pretty damn good as far as mug shots go.
Cat has since apologized for the arrest -- saying, "I deeply regret my decision to drive that evening after my designated driver became unavailable. I learned a very important lesson from this experience and take full accountability for my actions."
Like we said, the mug shot's not bad at all ... so we gotta ask ...
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A percentage of every workshop participants fee benefits Channel Islands Park Foundation, the non-profit, philanthropic partner of Channel Islands National Park.
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The Muppets finally returned to the big screen last year in a big way with director James Bobin's The Muppets. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who downright hated the movie, as The Muppets was a funny, loveable ode to the classic characters. Jason Segel had a huge hand in bringing them back to the big screen, as he got the ball rolling on the project as an executive producer and co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller. Just the other day we heard that Disney was moving forward on a sequel to The Muppets, but given his busy schedule juggling How I Met Your Mother and his film projects, Segel wouldn't have a hand in the screenplay this time around. Stoller and Bobin are writing the follow-up, but it was hard to imagine that Segel wouldn't at least reprise his role as Gary.
Earlier today, Steve got the chance to speak with Segel at the press day for the upcoming dramedy Jeff, Who Lives at Home, and the actor confirmed that not only will he not be co-writing the Muppets sequel, he also won't be starring in it. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.
When asked if the rumors were true that he wouldn't be involved in The Muppets sequel, including not starring, Segel responded affirmatively:
"It's true but it's totally amicable. My goal was to bring The Muppets back and I did that leaving them in very good hands, my writing partner and James Bobin the director. I did what I set out to do, and now I wanna pursue more human-related projects (laughs)."
I thought Segel's charm and upbeat personality suited him extremely well for a starring role in a Muppets movie, and while I'm certainly sad that we won't be seeing more of Gary I don't really think it's a huge blow storywise to the follow-up. As Matt pointed out in the previous post regarding a possible Segel-less Muppets sequel, the actor was careful to make sure that the movie wasn't entirely about Gary. The real stars of the movie were Walter and Kermit, and I'm assuming a sequel will most likely be following Walter's adventures as a full member of the reunited Muppets.
While it sounds like we won't see Gary in the direct sequel, Segel's leaving the door open to return in some capacity to the production, reiterating that his ultimate goal was just to bring The Muppets back:
"All I wanted to do was to set the stage for them to do whatever they wanted. I'm sure I'll return in some capacity here and there, but that was half a decade of my life. Five years of hard work. I'm ready for a little puppet break."
I definitely don't blame Segel for not wanting to spend another two years on another Muppet movie, especially given how hard he worked to bring them back in the first place. Between How I Met Your Mother and his burgeoning film career, he's already got quite a bit on his plate. I'm confident that the sequel is in great hands with Stoller and Bobin, and can't wait to see what they have in store. You can watch the portion of the interview in which Segel talks about The Muppets sequel below, and be sure to look out for the full interview closer to the release of Jeff, Who Lives at Home.


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And the CITY Award Goes to …June 5, 2012
The finalists for the Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors' seventh annual CITY (Cosmetic Innovator of The Year) Awards were announced last week.
Unlike the Oscars most years, there isn't a clear favorite for one CITY nominee to win really big with something—such as five of the prestigious awards.
Nevertheless, please get your ballots out, ladies and gents ...
Here's who could be winning CITYs—usually, one per category—during the dinner ceremony June 20 at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York City along with my picks (not that I have a say in any of this).


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Your first step in finding out what's happening on campus is the UMass Events Calendar. The calendar includes information on all types of events: art and exhibits, lectures and seminars, music, film, theater and dance, sports, and special events.
UMass Amherst offers a broad range of opportunities to get involved in the arts, no matter your experience or your interest. Even if you're not majoring in the arts, you can participate in arts performances and ensembles at UMass Amherst through the various departments.
Check out their websites to learn more: Music, Dance, and Theater.


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Can somebody please teach me how to edit existent files with java? I just need basics like how do you add lines to a file, search lines in a file and delete lines in a file.
If you guys give me a guide i will waste a lot of time i don't have trying to understand it because i am terrible at understanding guides so if you please want to help me just write me out few lines of codes and say how it works.
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this is what i use to create new files.
File userFileLog = new File(userFileId); if(!userFileLog.exists()) { PrintWriter output2 = new PrintWriter(userFileLog); output2.print("Text"); output2.close(); }
so what do i do if the file does exist? I need to add some lines and remove some from that file.


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Bisons fall in finale
After back-to-back shutouts in Saturday's double header, the Bisons finally saw the opposition put a run on the board. Jeff Larish crushed a solo homerun in the second inning to give the Mud Hens the 1-0 edge.
Toledo would strike again in the next inning. The Mud Hens put together a two-out rally in the third, plating three runs , taking the 4-0 advantage. Scott Sizemore plated two on an RBI double and Jeff Larish singled in another for his second RBI of the day.
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Catholics in Arlington gathered for Mass at churches throughout the county during the weekend as Pope John Paul II died in Rome. On Friday, Bishop Paul Loverde of the Arlington Diocese celebrated Mass for the ailing 84-year-old pontiff at St. Thomas Moore Cathedral and again on Saturday evening and Sunday morning after his death. Loverde, who had met with the Pope several times, said his legacy will be one of human kindness and a respect for life.
"Pope John Paul II has strenuously, unfailingly and eloquently upheld the dignity of the human person from conception until natural death," Loverde said. "His profound, indeed, mystical spiritual life, his pastoral visits to the Diocese of Rome and throughout the world, his brilliant intellect coupled with his welcoming personality, his passionate defense of the truth, his ability to draw closer to Christ peoples of every culture and nation, especially the young, and his patient and persevering acceptance of the cross of physical limitation, infirmity and suffering, especially in these latter years of his pontificate: this only begins to describe the immense influence this Holy Father has had since 1978."
The ailing 84-year-old pontiff, according to statements from the Vatican, slipped in and out of consciousness Saturday and developed a high fever. He died Saturday evening around 9:30 p.m. Rome time in his apartment. The pope had suffered from Parkinson's disease for years. Outside, the faithful filled St. Peter's Square in a vigil.
"THIS IS REALLY the first pope that I've known since I was a young man," said Steve Luteran, executive director of Catholic Charities in Arlington. "I've admired him as a champion of the poor and the underprivileged and for his teachings in Catholic social doctrine."
Luteran added the pope's legacy is grounded in his respect for life, his compassion for others and strong beliefs in humanity.
"He spoke out vehemently for the dignity of people," Luteran said. "He taught that we are all responsible for one another and promoted a culture of life around the world. He will be sorely missed. This is a difficult time for the church."
Among the pope's many strengths, according to Dr. Brian M. Doyle — an assistant professor at Marymount University with a Ph. D in Theology— was his ability to embrace modern media, rarely shying away from television cameras and being in the public eye.
"He was media savvy and he took advantage of the media to get the word across," Doyle, a resident of Arlington said.
As a world leader, the pope will also be remembered for efforts to strengthen ties with people of other cultures and faiths. An outspoken opponent of Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories and of the war in Iraq, he gained great respect among Muslims.
"There is a great sense of loss in our community," Imam Johari Abdul-Malik of the Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque said. "This was a papacy that came at a critical point in relations between the west, as it is signified by Christianity, and the Muslim world."
Abdul-Malik added that the pope's involvement with the United Nations on the question of Israeli Palestinian relations was important to many of the Muslim faith.
"It was a relief to us to have a pope who could speak with such a clear voice for the rights of the oppressed," he said.
The pope's meetings in 1996 and 1998 with Warith Deen Mohammed, the son of Elijah Muhammed, founder of the Nation of Islam, he added, also helped to foster ties between the church and Muslims in the United States.
"John Paul II realized that with the growth of Islam, Judaism and other religions, outreach to people of other religions is critical," Doyle said.
With the coming of a new pope, Doyle said he expects the church may undergo some changes but a radical transformation is not likely.
"It's hard to know whether the pope that is elected will be progressive or traditional," Doyle said. "Things never move quickly in the church. It's not like when there's a new president and everyone expects things to change over night."
Doyle, a Catholic, saw the pope last in 1995 during a visit to Baltimore. Father Jack Peterson, chaplain and director of Marymount's campus ministry, had a chance to meet the pontiff shortly after graduating from college. He shook the pope's hand.
"It was an incredibly powerful experience," he said. "If I hadn't been shoved up against a railing at that moment, I might have fallen to my knees."
Peterson offered Mass in honor of the pope at Marymount's chapel Monday afternoon.
The estimated 1 billion Catholic followers across the globe will have a new pontiff in the coming weeks. Catholic doctrine dictates the College of Cardinals, the interim body governing the church, must meet in the next 20 days to elect the pope's successor. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first Pope elected from outside Italy in 450 years.
ACCORDING TO Soren Johnson, spokesman for the diocese, the Arlington Diocese's web site, www.arlingtondiocese.org is getting thousands of hits from people looking for information related to the pope's death. An on-line condolence book is available at the site and mourners can leave messages.


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A revolutionary rehabilitation system has stroke patients ambling onto Wii Balance boards–at home–to play versions of games like Wii Resort and Wii Sports, under the watchful eye of a remotely located therapist. For the first time, therapists can assign "homework therapy," giving patients an opportunity to get continuous monitored therapy services and rehab at home with ease.
"Wehab" is the brainchild of researchers at the University of Notre Dame, and it aims to change the future of stroke therapy. A great deal of balance retraining is needed for stroke patients to perform basic tasks like walking and dressing; rehabilitation requires the patient to put in many hours every day and is often a tedious, time consuming and expensive process. Therapists typically use mirrors and guesswork to assess any progress patients make and it is easy to miss out on little improvements. Given only subjective feedback and constrained by needing to visit a hospital or a therapy center physically, patients can take months or years to regain their motor functions.
"Patients do improve with training, but they do it very slowly," says Dr. Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, an expert in interactive technologies for neuro-rehabilitation at the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute in Portugal. "What is really needed here is real time feedback on performance that can be given to patients that they can understand and use to correct their pose or movements."
Designed to address these issues, the Wehab suite consists of Nintendo Wii balance boards and web cameras that obtains data on the patient's movements. Therapists lead the patients through normal rehabilitation exercises on the Wehab and the information is fed into a customized software program that runs on a low-cost Windows-based computer. The software logs, analyzes, and visualizes the data on a large monitor, giving patients the ability to track and see their own progress in real time. Eliminating guesswork and the need to rely solely on therapist's feedback, patients can experiment with postural changes to see its effects on their performance. "Proper feedback on the small improvements made can boost motivation and therefore can have an additional positive effect on recovery," says Badia.
While therapists have been using regular Wii games in rehabilitation exercises for some time now, the gaming platform alone isn't a plug-and-play solution for rehabilitation.
"For many of the stroke patients, there are significant cognitive deficits that make it difficult for them to keep up with a normal paced game," says Aaron Striegel, the lead researcher on the project. "The typical older age of a stroke patient also complicates matters in that their reaction time is likely a bit slower than what a typical game is targeted at."
Fine-tuning within any game or activity is also impossible since no such controls exist within the original software. With many games, the system is also memory-less and doesn't record data in a way that can be analyzed and assessed later. For game-oriented therapy to be really effective, important aspects such as repetition, intensity, personalization, and goal orientation need to be worked in.
Striegel's Wehab takes all these factors into account and goes a step further. They plan to create a take-home version of Wehab that hospitals can assign to their patients to continue their therapy at home. This is critical because there are many real constraints.
"In the U.S., the payment system is tight on what and how long a stroke client can receive therapy," says Jeanne Harper, a therapist at Skills 4 Living Therapy. "Stroke clients can get return of function months and years after their stroke, and often they do not get uninterrupted continuous therapy services, and often not coordinated services."
Striegel's solution is to incorporate cloud computing and Internet access into Wehab's design to allow the patient to perform rehab activities from the comfort of their home.
"You plug in the WeHab system to your TV where it automatically connects to the Internet via a 3G or 4G data connection," says Striegel. "On first starting it up, you are connected to your therapist who video chats with you to answer any questions as you start your rehab in the home setting. Under the watchful eyes of your therapist who can see you and the readings from your screen, you are walked through balance therapy exactly like you experienced in the clinic."
Patients perform tasks monitored remotely by their therapists and work together to achieve targets. They data can be seen by both patient and therapist in real time, allowing the latter to direct the patients to new activities based on improvements. Homework therapy is queued up in the system to be worked on when switched on next. Wehab also phones home each day to share the patient's progress with the therapist who modifies the program accordingly. Not only does the therapist know exactly how far the home therapy is coming along, but they can also tailor the on-site therapy to be as effective as possible.
Gaming-based rehabilitation technologies such as the Wehab could have more benefits than those readily seen.
"The most interesting part of this technology is how you program it," says Dr James Patton, codirector of the Rehabilitation Institute at Chicago's Rehab Robotics Lab. "Done correctly, it can give you massive amounts of valuable information, it can diagnose, track progress, prognosticate on the future of recovery, and even decide on the treatment programs a person may need. Treatment can be wildly creative that can monitor, encourage, and even deceive people into doing things they could not before. In fact, at this simple price point, the inevitable mass availability of such systems should bring many creative minds to the table who can develop endless interesting experiences to improve balance and many other motor functions."
How well patients take to the system and how often they will use it are questions that still need to be answered. "One disadvantage may be the intent of having patients perform this at home independently, given the fact that it requires a certain level of balance to get in and off the platform," says Karen Lafferty, a PT field clinician with Bayada Nurses, a national home health care company. "This could be a safety issue." The Notre Dame team is working on resolving these questions and others with the stroke rehab unit at the Memorial hospital in South Bend, Indiana, where prototypes of the system are currently being utilized.
Costing less than $1,500, the system will be available in the market sometime in 2012, making long-term therapy truly affordable–stroke patients can expect to live a better quality of life, instead of being forced into a nursing home.
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DWTS Petra Nemcova Talks On Her Happy Hearts Fund And Her Engagement And Wedding To Jamie Bellman
Is this not some really happy news or what being this Tsunami survivor has been through so much?!! Season 12 Dancing With The Stars contestant and model Peta Nemcova is getting married to British actor Jamie Bellman. She sat down with The Telegraph to talk about her charity, the Happy Hearts Fund, and about the upcoming wedding which will be held in June 2012. Her wedding dress will be designed by Marchesa. More below. Congradulations Petra!!! One of the sweetest and most loving contestants ever to be on Dancing With The Stars!


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Libro raro e da collezione. Ottime condizioni, pari al nuovo. Presenti timbro del precedente proprietario sulla prima pagina, e un piccolo numero di catalogazione sul basso dorso.
Autografato dall'Autore.
This book is an attempt to present a spiritual world-view – a new hierarchy of values which will hopefully impart a sense of deeper meaning to life in a difficult age. Such a presentation must necessarily be in broad terms; one may the seek the specific path most suited to his or her own temperament. There are many ways up the mountain, but all lead to the summit. That summit is something towards which more and more of us today are aspiring. The quest for meaning is a noteworthy development of our time. It touches people of all ages and walks of life. It reflects a profound dissatisfaction and disillusionment with materialistic values and the greed which often accompanies them. Man is now seeking a vision that will lift him above a perspective that has proved itself incapable of offering fulfillment. The wind of the spirit blows afresh through our consciousness, bringing with it a new sense of joy and enthusiasm – a word whose original significance we have forgotten, but which once meant "filled by God".


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Gas explosion at Florida jail kills two prisoners and injures 150
Escambia County jail in Pensecola partially collapsed in blast but officials play down link between explosion and torrential rain
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An apparent gas explosion rocked a jail in the Florida Panhandle late Wednesday, killing two inmates, injuring more than 100 other people, and causing the building to partially collapse, according to a county spokeswoman.
At the blast site Thursday morning, glass was strewn about on the ground in front of the jail. The front of the building appeared bowed out, with cracks throughout.
The explosion happened about 11 pm CDT at a booking facility at the Escambia County jail, and as many as 150 inmate and corrections officers were injured, said Kathleen Castro, the county's public information manager. About 600 inmates were in the Pensacola building at the time, and the uninjured were taken to jails in neighboring counties, she said.


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Join as for a mixed level gentle flow yoga class where we will explore all the elements of a yoga practice - breath, positive affirmations, poses, meditation and relaxation. The goal of this class to open up your body, mind and spirit so that you may feel a newfound sense of joy in your life. All ages and levels are welcome as modifications will be provided when needed. Mats and props are available at the library, but feel free to bring your own.
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Maria Guse is a certified yoga teacher, Pilates teacher, and Reiki practitioner who has been teaching fitness in the mind/body field for over 13 years. She has her own Pilates studio here in Brentwood and has been teaching Pilates at The Brentwood Library since 2014 and is thrilled to be adding yoga to her offerings now.
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Here are select October 2012 rulings of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on civil law:
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Assignment of credit; dation in payment. An assignment of credit is an agreement by virtue of which the owner of a credit, known as the assignor, by a legal cause, such as sale, dation in payment, exchange or donation, and without the consent of the debtor, transfers his credit and accessory rights to another, known as the assignee, who acquires the power to enforce it to the same extent as the assignor could enforce it against the debtor. It may be in the form of sale, but at times it may constitute a dation in payment, such as when a debtor, in order to obtain a release from his debt, assigns to his creditor a credit he has against a third person. As a dation in payment, the assignment of credit operates as a mode of extinguishing the obligation; the delivery and transmission of ownership of a thing (in this case, the credit due from a third person) by the debtor to the creditor is accepted as the equivalent of the performance of the obligation.
The terms of the compromise judgment of the parties, however, did not convey an intent to equate the assignment of Magdalena's retirement benefits as the equivalent of the payment of the debt due the spouses Serfino. There was actually no assignment of credit; if at all, the compromise judgment merely identified the fund from which payment for the judgment debt would be sourced. Only when Magdalena has received and turned over to the spouses Serfino the portion of her retirement benefits corresponding to the debt due would the debt be deemed paid. Since no valid assignment of credit took place, the spouses Serfino cannot validly claim ownership of the retirement benefits that were deposited with FEBTC. Without ownership rights over the amount, they suffered no pecuniary loss that has to be compensated by actual damages. Sps. Godfrey and Gerardina Serfino vs. Far East Bank and Trust Company, Inc., now Bank of the Philippine Islands.G.R. No. 171845. October 10, 2012
Compromise agreement; relation to original agreement; interest. Petitioner argues that the compromise agreement created an obligation separate from the original loan, for which respondent is now liable. By stating that the compromise agreement and the original loan transaction are distinct, petitioner would now attempt to exact payment on both. This goes against the very purpose of the parties entering into a compromise agreement, which was to extinguish the obligation under the loan. Petitioner may not seek the enforcement of both the compromise agreement and payment of the loan, even in the event that the compromise agreement remains unfulfilled.
The Court had previously tagged a 5% monthly interest rate agreed upon as "excessive, iniquitous, unconscionable and exorbitant, contrary to morals, and the law." We need not unsettle the principle we had affirmed in a plethora of cases that stipulated interest rates of 3% per month and higher are excessive, iniquitous, unconscionable, and exorbitant. Arthur F. Mechavez vs. Marlyn M, Bermudez G.R. No. 185368. October 11, 2012


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Camu-camu has never been documented as a traditional herbal remedy for any condition in the Amazon region. In fact, it was not widely eaten as a fruit by the indigenous people, due to its sour, acidic taste. In recent years, the fruits have become popular in Iquitos, Peru, where they are made into drinks and ice creams.
Camu-camu fruit has the highest recorded amount of natural vitamin C known. Oranges provide 500-4,000 ppm vitamin C; acerola has tested in the range of 16,000 to 172,000 ppm. Camu-camu provides up to 500,000 ppm, or about 2 grams of vitamin C per 100 grams of fruit. In comparison to oranges, camu-camu provides thirty times more vitamin C, ten times more iron, three times more niacin, twice as much riboflavin, and 50% more phosphorus. Camu-camu is also a significant source of potassium, providing 711 mg per kg of fruit. It also has a full complement of minerals and amino acids that can aid in the absorption of vitamin C. Alpha-pinene and d-limonene -- compounds known as terpenes -- predominate as the volatile compounds in this fruit.
As with any vitamin C-rich fruit, however, the time between harvesting and consumption is crucial; the fruit may lose up to a quarter of its vitamin C content in less than a month (even if frozen). Even with this loss, camu-camu still has a dramatic edge over its next challenger, acerola, for vitamin C content.
In addition to the chemicals mentioned above, camu-camu contains beta-carotene, calcium, leucine, protein, serine, thiamin, and valine.
There has been no research conducted or published on any medicinal or therapeutic properties of camu-camu. However, there are a few herbal supplement companies in the United States marketing camu-camu extracts in powders and pills and alluding to claims of its benefits-from curing viral infections and colds/flu and cold sores and autoimmune disorders to even weight loss. There is some research suggesting high dosages of vitamin C offer a benefit for various illnesses and conditions, yet even some of those studies are controversial. And, remember, this research is on vitamin C, not on camu-camu specifically.
Camu-camu is a great source of natural vitamin C. In addition, it comes with many other naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that may well help with the absorption and efficient uptake of vitamin C. This is thought to be superior to just taking an ascorbic acid tablet alone.
Some of the extraordinary medicinal properties of this Amazon rain forest fruit are described by Gary Null, Ph.D., a nationally known nutritionist and researcher. In discussing the holistic treatment of depression he lists 19 plants containing chemical compounds with antidepressant properties. In order of potency, Camu camu is listed second in effectiveness. Some have been able to gradually wean themselves off of their anti-depression prescription medication (such as Zoloft and Prozac) under medical supervision and substitute camu camu powder with no relapse into depression. Although the amount taken varies for different people, some have taken, on an empty stomach, 1/2 teaspoon of camu camu powder in a glass of water four times daily. Others have taken one tsp. either once or twice daily. One alternative health care provider in New York City has had twenty patients on Zoloft and Prozac gradually wean themselves off these medications while taking camu camu and they have succeeded in avoiding depression. Good results have also been noted for patients who are anxious, talkative, and those with panic attacks.
The statements contained herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The information is intended for education and information purposes only. This information is not intended to be used to diagnose, prescribe or replace proper medical care. The plant described herein is not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, mitigate or prevent any disease.
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