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Hi everyone, i was wondering how hard it was to output to a csv spreadsheet file. My program currently outputs to textfile but i wanted to make it a bit nice by putting it in a spreadsheet. Ive been having a look round and i cnt seem to find many resources to have a look at the see how this can be done, is it a really difficult task? Can anyone point me in the direction of sources to research?
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text: Hello everybody. I'm making a program which saves a student record and saves them into a .txt file . At the beginning of the program it should load the contents of the txt file and load it into a linked list. (I attached the codes).. Everything else is working fine except for the part where i load the contents of the text file to a linked list. please help me it's taking me ages just to figure it out.

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Hi GOOD DAY!
I a a newbie to C++.
I got a question. Could you give me some suggestion?
i am modify a small edit tool now.
How to improve a new function that user could configure a different edit tool which user installed at their local OS to Open "*txt" file?
My program default take us Notepad to open *.txt file.
But i want to imporve the function which user could open the explore and select one edit tool(such as my local editplus) ,Save the change. and user coudl open view file (.txt) with the new editplus now.
(I find that "WinSCP" improved the fucntion, it is really very cool.)


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Alumnus becomes one of 11 UF Law grads to serve as president of a university
By Lindsey Tercilla (4JM)
Student writer
Newly elected Henderson State University President Glendell Jones (LLMT 96) has joined a select group. As of July 1, he became one of 11 UF Law alumni to become president of a university or college.
In doing so, Jones also became the first black president of any traditionally white institution in Arkansas.
"Growing up a poor kid from an uneducated family was the biggest obstacle I've had to overcome," Jones said. "It's because of this that I believe there is no better place to make a difference in the lives of young people than higher education."
The Henderson State presidency had been open three times in the last 10 years, Jones said. As a Henderson State alumnus with an accounting degree, Jones felt called to the 3,779-student public liberal arts college. He applied for the position the third time it opened.
"The fact that it's my alma mater had a special role in it," he said. "It's a very special opportunity for me to pay it forward."
Jones earned a juris doctor from the University of Arkansas. After taking tax courses while at Arkansas, Jones decided to specialize in tax and attend UF Law.
Jones said his time in UF Law's Graduate Tax program taught him how to advocate and analyze.
"I've had to be an advocate and a strong communicator and that's a skill set you can only acquire through such a program," he said. "It's the best LL.M.T. program in the country, period."
U.S. News & World Report rankings go a long way to supporting Jones' assessment. The program is ranked first among public law schools and second overall in the nation.
As a UF Law student, Jones was a graduate assistant to Professor Michael Friel.
Graduate assistants, Friel said, are selected by a professor to assist the professor with his or her research and are chosen based on merit.
"Glen impressed me on a number of levels. He had a really extraordinary work ethic and that was apparent," he said. "I was very glad to see that he went into teaching because the way he worked with students made it clear that he'd be a great teacher."
Friel believes that Jones' transition into higher education seemed natural, and that Jones' love of tax determined his teaching path.
"Tax brought him into the educational environment where he was ready to flourish," Friel said.
After graduating from UF Law, Jones began teaching at Arkansas State and simultaneously built a small private practice that catered to attorneys and CPAs.
Jones taught at both Arkansas State and Henderson State after leaving private practice.
Jones believes that tax played a large role in preparing him for where he is today.
"Learning to communicate complex matters in a manner that is easily understood by others has served me very well. As a result, I truly believe that if you can do taxation you can do anything," he said.
Friel also believes that Jones' understanding of what a professor does will allow him to excel in his position as president.
In addition to understanding the needs of faculty, Jones has a drive for community service.
"When you dealt with Glen you recognized you were dealing with someone who really cared about the community he was a part of," Friel said.
Jones' advice to current law students revolves around service.
"Pursue your dreams and make serving others your passion," he said. "Live a life in which you strive to make a difference in the lives of others and you will find that everything else will take care of itself."
In his spare time, Jones enjoys fly fishing, taking daily walks and spending time with his wife and two children. He and his wife met during law school and they have been married for 17 years.


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Mothra, I'm a certified practitioner of traditional and alternative healing arts since over 20 years now.Mothra wrote:I'm so tired of people using the "mental illness is like diabetes or cancer" argument. That analogy is not true.
Before anything manifests on a physical level there was ignorance, disharmony and suffering in the mind and "soul",= "wrong thinking", hate, fear, depression, a lack of harmony, mindfulness, depletion of strenght and abuse of the body and mind with all that entails. And it may stem from previous lives.
It would lead too far to share the complete experience, it's stuff for books.
But ill is ill.
A mentally ill person suffers just as much if not more than a physically ill person.
All illness is suffering, no matter if the level is physical or immaterial, more: Body and mind are mirrors of each other.
To disconnect them is insane, to miss their interconnectedness ignorant.
So, my approach is holistic.
Whether it is a disharmony manifesting in the body or in the mind -it springs from the same root. In the largest meaning of the word it is ignorance of what will cause suffering.
And that root is the game I pursuit.
And it may be a person's karma to be sickly..
If you need suttas, let me know.


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Hedge Fund Manager Loses Battle Over $1 Million Shoe Collection
In an anti-climatic finish to the Court Case of the Century, hedge fund manager Daniel Shak withdrew his lawsuit seeking his share of his ex-wife's million dollar shoe collection. Beth Shak, the ex-wife, and, according to the New York Post, a "pretty pro poker player," denied any wrong doing, saying Mr. Shak knew about the collection and even encouraged it. As Ms. Shak told the Post:
"He would always say, 'I'm busy! Leave me alone! Just go shopping or something!' And I would give in and just go do it."
Perhaps this wasn't the best or most cost effective way to ignore his wife, who, as Mr. Shak probably noticed at some point, has a Christian Louboutin stiletto tattooed on her pelvic bone.
"I wanted love and emotional support and affection, but there was nothing. He would say, 'Stop! Get away from me!' I tried to keep track of what I was buying, but I lost control."
"God only knows how many pairs of shoes I've bought in a week."
It may be technically true that only God knows the totals for her average shopping week, but Ms. Shak ended up with a some 1,200 pairs, a total that's proved difficult to manage.
"My closet is in complete chaos," she said about her new home in suburban Philadelphia. "It's a disaster. I spend three or four hours a day in there trying to clean it up and keep it neat."
The case lasted through Tuesday morning when one of two things probably happened: either Mr. Shak realized he couldn't win, or he grew deeply embarrassed for all involved parties and decided his share of the collection just wasn't worth it. I'm guessing the first one, but who can know. Either way, he withdrew his case that afternoon.
I think it's safe to say the judge spoke for all of us when she responded, "Well, thanks for wasting everybody's time."
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Wow! What an art exhibit! Visiting the Cortez Cultural Center's Mancos School Art Exhibit was an amazing experience. It is hard to believe that only one teacher, Kim Russell, was able to accomplish this great exhibit with children ages kindergarten through high school. It was playful and enchanting, and the abilities of many of the students were above the bar. It was also heartwarming to see the love and respect for their teacher in the children's eyes and the admiration for her in the adults' actions, viewed at the reception for the art work. This is a must-see exhibit.
Lynn Gann
Via CortezJournal.com


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Freddy Sanchez deal analysis
The Giants started their offseason moves by signing 2B Freddy Sanchez to a two-year deal for a reported $12 million.
It's a deal that his mutually beneficial for the Giants and Sanchez.
For the Giants, they were faced with the decision of picking up Sanchez's $8.1 million option for 2010. After trading away prized pitching prospect Tim Alderson, the Giants were almost obligated to pick up that option. Otherwise, they would have traded Alderson for 25 games from Sanchez would have been viewed a huge bust for the Giants.
So given that, the Giants got Sanchez for about $4 million for 2011. That's one way of thinking about it.
For Sanchez, he gets $6 million a season for the next two season. If he had ventured into free agency, it's uncertain what he might have garnered, given he was coming off an injury-filled season.
Sanchez says he's ahead of schedule rehabbing for the shoulder and leg issues that cut short his 2009 season. Sanchez averaged 150 games played from 2006-08, when he batted. 344, .304 and .271.
Assuming he comes back healthy, the Giants get a professional hitter and some continuity at second base they haven't enjoyed in a couple of seasons.


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There's a whole lot wrong with this Gizmodo piece on the proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System. In fact, the fuckup per sentence ratio is higher than in any piece I've seen this month outside of Mercola.com. The Solar Energy Zone "Initiative" wasn't "signed into law" by Obama — it was a record of decision issued by the Interior Department on an agency program as the culmination of an environmental assessment, rather than a bill passed by Congress and sent to the President's desk. (Which means Obama didn't sign it and it's not a law.) Palen will very likely not start construction this year: the California Energy Commission is casting a sober eye at contractor BrightSource's technology on its proposed Hidden Hills project, which is much closer to approval. The towers at Hidden Hills will be just as tall as those at Palen, if either plant ever gets built, and Hidden Hills will likely go up first, meaning that the Gizmodo headline is wrong.
Like I said: many, many errors. But this one's the worst, and it's the very first paragraph:
The US government holds vast tracts of public lands—more than a 654 million acres, in fact—for public use such as national parks as well as for military use like test ranges and proving grounds. But most of the time, much of that land is left to rot when it could be producing clean solar energy for our ever-increasing power needs.
"Left to rot."
"Left to rot."
"Left to rot."
What is it with some of these tech writers? Any landscape that doesn't look like fucking Trantor is useless to them, sounds like.


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Embryonic Tissue Development Needs More than Just DNA
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
For many creatures, embryonic development involves the amazing unfolding of a single cell into an animal with billions of cells, each with a specific structure and function. How does a small ball of identical dividing cells know when to start or stop its growth, as well as when or where (not to mention how) to begin differentiating into various types of tissues?
Scientists have believed that these critically timed triggers are programmed into the DNA, but a recent study of epithelial cells in certain roundworms showed that this assumption, though valid in most cases, does not explain everything.
Of the four main tissue types—which also include muscle, nervous, and connective—epithelial tissue consists of pancake-shaped cells that form the outer and inner linings of many organs such as the stomach, as well as the outer lining of the whole organism. During embryonic development, what triggers a stem cell to differentiate into an epithelial cell?
In a study published in the journal Nature, analyses were performed on the tiny Caenorhabditis elegans roundworm, which has been the subject of countless biological investigations. Researchers stimulated muscle contractions in worm embryos by attaching and manipulating a tiny needle, and found that the contraction of nearby muscle cells triggered epithelial cell development. They wrote, "Contractile forces seem to act like yin and yang in development: too much force will tear a tissue apart, but moderate and sustained force will promote differentiation."1
This discovery has profound implications for the roundworm and, by extension, for any other animal that relies on embryonic muscle contraction for proper development. First, the fact that specific elements other than DNA—in this case, nearby cells and their contractile motions—are required for proper development removes evolution from contention as a possible origins hypothesis, since evolution supposedly operates by making changes to DNA.2 So if something other than DNA is needed to develop and sustain life forms, then evolution is out.
Second, the specifications required for proper skin development are so precise and numerous that an ingenious Designer is required to explain them. For example, the muscle contractions are specified to a certain force for a certain length of time.
Also, the nearby cells must be equipped with a cellular structure called a "hemidesmosome," a button of sorts that anchors epithelial cells together. But this study found that the "hemidesmosome is not only an attachment structure, but also a mechanosensor that responds to tension by triggering signalling [sic] processes."1
In other words, this structure senses the nearby muscle contractions and converts those mechanical signals into chemical messengers. These chemicals in turn communicate to the cell that it is time to differentiate into epithelial tissue.
So, what does it take to make epithelial tissue in roundworms, and possibly in other creatures? The answer is: precisely the right DNA, the right hemidesmosomes, the right kinds of nearby muscle cells, and the right strength and duration of muscle contractions. Without all these features already in place and fine-tuned to work together, there would be no epithelial tissue, and as a result, no surviving creature.
Skin development could not have evolved by a gradual addition of traits, because this would require a version of the animal that did not already have all the required traits. Such a transitional form would have died, and the animal would not exist today. And since it certainly exists, it must have been created.
- Zhang, H. et al. 2011. A tension-induced mechanotransduction pathway promotes epithelial morphogenesis. Nature. 471 (7336): 99-103.
- Similarly, proper ear development requires not only DNA, but ciliary motion. See Thomas, B. The Delicate Balance of Ear Crystals. ICR News. Posted on icr.org December 9, 2008, accessed May 24, 2011.
Image credit: Copyright © 2011 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. Adapted for use in accordance with federal copyright (fair use doctrine) law. Usage by ICR does not imply endorsement of copyright holders.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on May 26, 2011.
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Meet the Future: U.S. outfielders
Latest crop carries lofty expectations into Yankee Stadium
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
Needless to say, the bar for outfielders on the U.S. Team in the XM Satellite Radio All-Star Futures Game has been set fairly high. The quintet on this year's roster has a lot to live up to, and a lot to look forward to, as every one on the above list has seen the big leagues.
This year's outfield crop has one more thing to anticipate when it comes together at Yankee Stadium on Sunday: a possible trip to Beijing for the Olympics. Which of the outfielders will be able to wear the USA jersey beyond Sunday's game remains to be seen, but as the details below indicate, the group has tools-a-plenty to work with.
Dexter Fowler, Tulsa (Double-A Rockies)
Fowler is a quintessential high-ceiling, toolsy outfielder. The Rockies selected him in the 14th round of the 2004 Draft as his stock fell mostly because of a baseball commitment to Miami as well as the possibility of the athletic outfielder heading to an Ivy League school to play basketball. Colorado was able to get him signed and has been cultivating his talent ever since.
The road has been a bit rocky as Fowler has had his past two seasons derailed by injuries -- he played just 99 games in 2006 and 65 a year ago. He's been healthy this year, and all that tremendous raw ability is starting to come together for the center fielder.
The 6-4, 175-pound switch-hitter has always shown terrific speed, both offensively and in center. Playing at age 22 in the Double-A Texas League, Fowler has begun to sharpen his other skills. He's hit .330 through his first 84 games, and the power is starting to come as well: His .517 SLG (nine homers, six triples, 23 doubles) is by far a career high. He's also drawing walks at a nice clip, leading to a .409 OBP. He started the Texas League All-Star Game for the North squad, walking twice and stealing a base. He's tied for the league lead in total bases, and he's in the top 10 in a host of offensive categories. When the Rockies drafted him, the hope was he'd develop into a terrific all-around star. It's looking like he's a lot closer to becoming that than some anticipated before this year began.
Greg Golson, Reading (Double-A Phillies)
Like Fowler, Golson was a 2004 draftee, though he was taken in the first round by Philadelphia. Also like Fowler, he's got tools galore and it's taken him a while to turn ability into performance.
He spent the better part of two seasons in Class A Lakewood, but he started to put some things together in 2007. He's got terrific speed (114 steals in his career, 33 caught) and began to show more ability at the plate. Between Clearwater and Reading, Golson had 15 homers, 32 doubles, 68 RBIs and 30 steals.
He's kept it going in 2008, his first full season in Double-A. The 22-year-old hit .299 over his first 62 games with 17 steals, 13 doubles, two triples and seven homers to earn a spot in the Eastern League All-Star Game. A wrist injury has kept him out of the lineup since mid-June, but he's been hitting this week and should be good to go on Sunday.
Andrew McCutchen, Indianapolis (Triple-A Pirates)
The 2005 Draft has already produced a ridiculous amount of talent in the big leagues. McCutchen, taken No. 11 overall by Pittsburgh, should join that group in the not-too-distant future.
Yet another toolsy center fielder, he's shown somewhat surprising pop for a guy listed at 5-foot-11, 175 pounds. He's reached double digits in both home runs and stolen bases in each of his first two full pro seasons and will get to those plateaus shortly as a 21-year-old in Triple-A.
Through his first 88 games, the International League All-Star has hit .286 with 19 doubles and eight homers to go along with 24 stolen bases. Forty-two walks has led to a .372 OBP, and he's been especially hot of late, hitting .364 over his first seven games in July. It's a question of when, not if, he gets called up to Pittsburgh, and it shouldn't surprise anyone to see him with a starting outfield spot at PNC Park on Opening Day in 2009.
Colby Rasmus, Memphis (Triple-A Cardinals)
The Twins' Denard Span was originally slated to be on the roster, but he's in the big leagues. It's a nice luxury to have a talent like Rasmus to step in.
A 2007 Futures Gamer and a 2005 first-round pick (28th overall), it looked for a while this spring like Rasmus would also be on a big-league roster by now. Instead, the 21-year-old center fielder has spent the season in Triple-A. He's hit .249 with 11 homers and 14 doubles to go along with 13 steals. That's right, another five-tool center fielder for manager Davey Johnson to utilize on Sunday.
Those stats only tell a partial story. Rasmus, who led the Texas League in homers with 29 a year ago, got off to an awful start this season. He hit just .210 in April and .218 in May with an OPS of .683 and .630, respectively. He shook that off with a torrid June in which he hit .333 with four homers and eight doubles for a .535 SLG and .976 OPS. A hip flexor has kept him out of the lineup since July 1, leaving his availability a bit in question.
Nate Schierholtz, Fresno (Triple-A Giants)
The Giants' second-round pick in 2003, Shierholtz has made a slow and steady climb up the ladder. He's done nothing but hit every step of the way, hitting .304 in his Minor League career and slugging .508.
He's in his second year at Fresno, but he hasn't let that get him down. The corner outfielder has hit .294 this year with 12 homers and 52 RBIs through 76 games. He's added nine steals to boot. After making his big-league debut last year -- and hitting .304 over 39 games -- the hope was he'd stick in San Francisco out of Spring Training. But he pressed a bit and got caught in a numbers game. He's likely to get another call to the bigs with the way he's been producing, but don't be shocked if the Giants have to wait until he returns from China to do so.
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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My hobbies- aside from cosplay and the school that sucks my life away are singing, cello, writing, clubbing etc., and used to be astronomy but idk not so much anymore.
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Editor's Note: Most collectibles are displayed on shelves, hung on walls or snuggled into a corner of the living room. WorthPoint's Mary Brenneman came across a type of "collectible" that wouldn't make it through the front door and needs plenty of space to spin—the wooden carousel.
Carousels have ignited the imagination of Americans of all ages since their golden days in the late 1890s through the 1920s when carousel makers in New York, Pennsylvania and Kansas built elaborate ones destined for parks and resorts and simple ones that would travel by train and horse-drawn wagons to small towns all across the country.
Out of the 2,000 to 3,000 wood carousels built in America, there are fewer than 200 left. Most of the surviving carousels are on the East and West coasts. Colorado has five that together tell a fascinating story of America's carousels.
Back in the late 1990s, I spent a good part of a year researching, writing and producing a documentary about Colorado's historic carousels. This article is based on the documentary, which I am posting in segments on the WorthPoint Web site with the permission of the Colorado Carousel Society.
"Jewel of American Carousels"
The Kit Carson County carousel is Colorado's oldest, a national landmark, often called the "Jewel of American Carousels." It is the only one in America that still has all of its original paint and the only surviving menagerie carousel from the Philadelphia Toboggan Co., once the premier builder of carousels in America. The carousel's Wurlitzer Monster Military Band Organ is the only one left like it in the world—still in its original cabinet and still playing the music it played almost a century ago.
The Philadelphia Toboggan Co., or PTC, built 74 carousels. Today fewer than 30 survive. This one, PTC #6, the sixth one the company built, is among the finest American carousels in existence.
Although it is a PTC carousel, the design and patterns for the animals came from an earlier company owned by E. Joy Morris, who sold it to PTC in the early 1900s. That purchase helped PTC emerge as a major player in the carousel business.
The Kit Carson County carousel is significant because it is virtually the same as it was when it was built in 1905. It still has the original paint. You can still see the artists original pencil markings on the back of a giraffe. It is also the only menagerie and the only stationary PTC carousel that still exists.
Philadelphia Toboggan's carousels were beautiful, elaborate, artistic and expensive, the best that money could buy.
Magical and ornate decorations
Everywhere you look, there is something to catch your eye. Nothing is allowed to distract you from the magic. Everything is covered, decorated and ornate. Even the drive machinery is hidden, obscured by oil paintings, the original ones from 1905—paintings, that like the music, lift you up and away.
You can see the craftsmanship in the detail. The toed animals have dewclaws. The hoofed animals have shoes. The antlers on the deer and the horse tails are real. All the eyes are made of glass, not the painted wood you see on many carousels.
The carousel was just an amusement ride, but the men who carved these animals and built these carousels were fine craftsmen and artists. And it is a testament to the quality of their work that nearly 100 years later, we can still ride this carousel and appreciate that quality.
For Barbara Charles, a founding member of the National Carousel Association and carousel historian, the Kit Carson County carousel is a good example of a community coming together to preserve its heritage.
"This carousel is just a super example of what a community can do. It is considered a pinnacle of preservation. And every year, they add something new. They worked on the animals—restored those. They worked on the military-band organ. So it sounds just like it did originally with all its old rolls. The valances were put in recently. The lights. The paintings. These are all the original paintings, and they have been carefully touched up. It is just loved by the community, and it shows."
Every spring, carousel volunteers make certain that the torch is carried on, that a new generation learns about this magnificent machine and the story of the county commissioners who made a good decision 70 years ago but weren't appreciated at the time.
Volunteers tell the tale
As the carousel goes round and round, the volunteers tell the story all over again, how the carousel was at Elitch's, a family-owned amusement park in Denver; how in the late 1920s, there was a technological innovation that allowed the new carousels to go up and down, as well revolve.
According to volunteer Jo Downey, who is a founding member of the Colorado Carousel Society and along with others worked hard to preserve the Kit Carson County carousel, "Elitch's had it from 1905 to 1928, but Elitch's wanted a new one. They wanted one that goes up and down. So they sold this one to Kit Carson County for $1,200."
Volunteer Ted Wickham continues the story. ". . . and that was a tremendous amount of money to be spent in those days. A dollar those days looked as big as a house. Two of the commissioners, the way I understand it, lost their seats when they were up for election the next time, and the third person decided not to run. So the people got back at 'em in that way."
But the carousel surprised them all. At a nickel a ride, it paid for itself in just a couple of years.
In 1931, during the Great Depression, the county fair was canceled, and the carousel building was filled with cornstalks and hay. Then the rats and snakes and pigeons moved in. The rats ate the hay and chewed through the rubber tubing and the bellows on the band organ. When the fair started back up in 1937, some people in the county wanted to burn down the entire infested mess, but they decided to clean it up with soap and water instead.
"The animals were getting very chipped and torn and bruised and broken, and so in 1976 when Colorado was 100 years old and the United States was 200 years old, we started restoring it to celebrate the centennial and the bicentennial. It has a Wurlitzer Monster Military Band Organ that is the sound you hear. [Restoring it] was the first thing we did," Jo Downey said.
"We have lots of things besides horses. The one that is Elitch's now has just horses. We have the only menagerie carousel carved by this company left in the whole world. There is a dog on that carousel—there are four other dogs like that, but they all belong to people who are collectors or they are in museums. But the magic of the carousel is because all the animals are still on this platform and you can ride it. If you have a carousel in your living room, it is nice to look at, but you have lost all of that magic."
The Wurlitzer Monster Military Band Organ
Back in 1905 when this carousel was built, amplified music didn't exist. There were no tapes, no CDs, no big speakers. Music was either live or from mechanical machines.
The Wurlitzer Monster Military Band Organ, with its 100 instruments and rolls of paper that made music, was a marvel to behold. This is the finest example of the three monster-band organs left in the world.
And finally, on a summer night during the Kit Carson County Fair, a sort of life Olympics of the Plains with blue ribbons for the best of everything—jams and jellies, pickles and peppers, quilts and steer—it's time for the magic, time to ride the carousel.
It's a night when you can feel the past whisper in your ear. A night to breathe a silent thank you to county commissioners and civic-minded people as you ride round and round on one of the last of these magical carousel "collectibles."
WorthPoint—the premier Web site for art, antiques and collectibles.
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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
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Disaster and crisis response in Non-EU Member Countries
The measures set out in this Communication share the common objective of promoting efficiency, coherence and coordination between the various external policy instruments of the European Union (EU) in situations of disaster and crisis, while preserving their distinct mandates.
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Reinforcing EU Disaster and Crisis Response in third countries [COM(2005) 153 final - Not published in the Official Journal].
Ensuring a coherent and rational response
In addition to the existing external relations instruments, many internal policy instruments can be mobilised to strengthen the Community's overall response to disasters. These encompass instruments from fields such as research, the information society, justice, freedom and security and fisheries.
Diversity of capabilities is one of the strengths of the EU and is essential to meet the dual challenge of ensuring a rational, rapid and flexible response in the face of emergencies and of mobilising and developing these resources in a coherent manner.
Strengthening the response capabilities of the EU
The European Union (EU) is able to respond immediately to disasters owing to:
- the Community instruments set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96;
- the Member States' capabilities mobilised under the EC Civil Protection Mechanism.
EU military capabilities, and logistical capabilities in particular, complement delivery of aid under these two mechanisms. It is necessary, however, to ensure that military capabilities used for humanitarian missions retain their civilian and impartial nature. The Commission considers that it is essential to preserve the neutrality of the 'humanitarian space' and therefore attaches great importance to compliance with the UN Guidelines on the use of military and civil defence assets in humanitarian operations in both conflict and non-conflict situations.
The lead role of OCHA in disaster coordination is recognised by the EU. Humanitarian aid from the Community is channelled primarily through the specialised agencies of the United Nations, the Red Cross and European NGOs.
The partnerships concluded by ECHO with the above organisations and the setting-up of rapid funding procedures mean that the Community is a front-line donor in sudden disasters. In order to improve preparedness, the Commission is to fund the pre-positioning of vital immediate relief items.
To evaluate needs reliably and rapidly, it is important to be able to depend on a network of humanitarian aid experts. The Commission is to increase the number of experts from 69 to 150. They will receive training in the assessment methodologies of the other institutional actors (United Nations, Red Cross) and will be possible to deploy specialised multi-sectoral teams within 24 hours of a disaster.
In order to improve coherence of the overall EU humanitarian response, it is essential, in the Commission's view, to set up a standardised information flow. It therefore proposes:
- to develop a network of Member States' humanitarian emergency focal points;
- to improve the existing system for EU humanitarian reporting (the so-called '14 point' system), making it fully consistent with the financial tracking system of UNOCHA;
- to put its field-based humanitarian aid experts at the disposal of Member States to advise in the provision of bilateral humanitarian assistance.
The Community Civil Protection Mechanism may be used outside the EU, either on an autonomous basis or as a contribution to an intervention led by an international organisation; coordination of these activities will be ensured by the Commission and the EU Presidency.
The Commission proposes to adopt several immediate measures which will contribute to improving the Mechanism and maximising the impact of its assistance within the existing legal framework. In the longer term more ambitious structural reforms of the Mechanism can be envisaged, underpinned by additional financial resources and aimed at a more robust civil protection capability.
Good-quality assessment of needs at an early stage is essential at all intervention stages. In order to strengthen the efficiency of Community reconstruction aid, the Commission will establish assessment and planning teams bringing together desk officers and sectoral specialists from across the Commission and its 130 Delegations.
The teams should be ready for mobilisation at short notice for missions of up to one month and should be able to draw upon external experts. To establish these teams:
- a roster of in-house expertise will be established;
- a common training course will be developed;
- measures will be taken to ensure that staff can be detached from their functions and mobilised rapidly.
The Commission considers that the Civil-Military Planning Cell of the European Union Military Staff within the Council Secretariat has a crucial role to play in developing the EU's crisis response. Given the breadth of experience it has in managing relief and post-conflict stabilisation measures, the Commission has appointed two representatives to the Civil-Military Cell in order to promote coherence between the planning assumptions of the EC and the CFSP measures.
The need for longer-term structural measures
The Commission has announced the creation of a light structure to improve real-time policy coordination within its departments when facing crisis situations outside the Union. This would both increase the flow of information to decision-makers and strengthen coordination with the General Secretariat of the Council.
The Commission will continue to work on setting up a common logistical and administrative support platform for external actions, which will ensure provision of timely mission administration, logistics and procurement. It will also put in place a number of interim measures to accelerate the procurement for CFSP missions.
The creation of a stability instrument seeks to streamline the Community's response by creating a single integrated financial instrument.
Preventive measures, early warning system and disaster preparedness
Rapid response capacities need to be accompanied by an enhanced strategy for disaster prevention, preparedness and early warning. To that end the Community is considering the establishment of an ACP-EC natural disaster facility (see Annex II).
Taking the results of the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Reductions (Hyogo Declaration and Framework for Action 2005-2015) as a starting point, the Commission will focus on:
- integrating disaster risk reduction into sustainable development policies and into programmes in countries that have been affected by disaster;
- strengthening capacities to become resilient to natural disasters;
- developing a people-centred early warning system;
- identifying, assessing and monitoring disaster risks;
- reducing the underlying risk factors.
The Commission will encourage regional and sub-regional organisations to play a part in the implementation of early warning and alert systems by adopting a multi-hazard approach. The EC will focus on humanitarian aid and development assistance directed at local preparedness and national action, emergency communication and mitigation plans, including capacity building at national and regional level for disaster reduction. Specific tools will be developed in cooperation with the Commission's Joint Research Centre and OCHA, such as the Global Disaster Alert System (GDAS).
To enhance the effectiveness of early warning, the information systems, databases, satellites and ground measurement networks available to the international community must be significantly improved. To that end, the Commission will develop its programmes in the following fora:
- the UN's International Strategy for Disaster Reduction;
- the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), which will implement the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) (PDF).
Protection and support to EU citizens
To provide assistance to European citizens affected by a major crisis, the Commission supports the work of the Consular Affairs Group on the strengthening of consular cooperation and of the Police Cooperation Working Group on the setting-up of a coordinated EU mechanism for identifying disaster victims.
This Communication includes two annexes. The first is a report on the measures taken by the Commission in response to the tsunami disaster. The second illustrates the range of Community instruments and programmes which contribute to early warning and disaster preparedness across the world.
This Communication is the Commission's response to the Community Action Plan presented by the Luxembourg Presidency at the "General Affairs and External Relations Council" (GAERC) of 31 January 2005, following the flooding around the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004. In the Communication, the President of the Commission submitted a plan on the long-term development of the EU's capability to anticipate and react to future disasters and crisis situations.
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The AFL will look to overhaul its concussion management guidelines following an international conference on the issue.
The AFL is proposing changes to include a requirement for club doctors to make greater use of video footage of the injury incident in their assessment of player fitness.
There will also be a necessity for medical supervision of any follow-up self-assessment tests conducted by players.
The AFL had three representatives including AFL Medical Commissioner Dr Peter Harcourt at the Fourth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Zurich last week.
Leading sporting bodies from around the world including the IOC, FIFA, the NFL, NHL and IRB attended.
"This global conference has again provided us with invaluable information that can be applied to our own concussion management policies," Dr Harcourt said.
"It confirmed that the AFL concussion strategy is robust and reflects current best practice."
The evidence reinforced the AFL's approach that there is no definitive scientific evidence that helmets specifically prevent concussion or other brain injuries.
The AFL will also revise its concussion approach for children including those involved in the Auskick program.
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EAST GREENBUSH -- A Castleton man was arrested last Thursday afternoon for alleged forcible touching and kissing of a 98-year-old resident of a local senior home, police said.
Wallace Wheeler, 68, had been visiting a relative residing at the Evergreen Commons facility for several years, Police Chief Christopher Lavin said.
During those visits, Wheeler had developed relationships with the other residents, according to Ken Blass, a spokesperson for the facility. After his sister's death in late Dec. 2011, Wheeler continued visiting the facility to see the acquaintances he had met previously.
"He would occasionally bring the likes of candy and so forth in," Blass said. According to interviews conducted with floor residents, "he made no one feel uncomfortable at all."
Wheeler did not raise the staff's suspicion until shortly before the incident occurred. The Wednesday before the incident staff had been alerted that "something was odd," Blass said, but that there had been "no ongoing knowledge of any kind of impropriety."
After signing in Thursday, Aug. 30, Wheeler was seen by an alert staff member and another visitor kissing and touching the woman in an open common area near a nurse's station. The woman suffers from dementia.
According to the facility logbook, Wheeler only stayed at the facility for a very short time that day.
The facility contacted police Thursday afternoon, and Wheeler was arrested soon thereafter. Wallace has been charged with felony sexual abuse, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years, and forcible touching, a misdemeanor.
Wheeler was arraigned in East Greenbush Town Court and has since been sent to Rensselaer County Jail. He will be back in court Thursday.
In a statement released Tuesday, Evergreen Common stated: "We feel this is an isolated incident that has not occurred previously or with other residents." Since Evergreen took over the private facility in 2004, there have been no other reported incidents of inappropriate sexual behavior.
The 1070 Luther Road facility has several security precautions in place at the facility. All visitors must enter through the single, front entrance before coming to a security desk check-in where they must sign-in and be issued a visitor's pass before they can pass into the complex.
Representatives of the facility do not know the frequency of his visits at this time. However, logbooks turned over to authorities are expected to yield an answer.
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Rivals.com football recruiting analysts weigh in on topics in a roundtable format.
Mike Farrell: Not that it was by choice, but PittsburghClick Which school has hurt itself in recruiting the most by its coaching change this offseason?Here to view this Link. appears to be in trouble. The Panthers fired a good fit and recruiter in Dave Wannstedt, hired Mike Haywood, who was fired pretty much immediately after domestic violence charges were brought against him, and then hired Todd GrahamClick Which school has hurt itself in recruiting the most by its coaching change this offseason?Here to view this Link. as the man for the future - only to see him bolt for Arizona StateClick Which school has hurt itself in recruiting the most by its coaching change this offseason?Here to view this Link. after a year. While I don't think it will hurt them this year because most of their top recruits are either out of other options or never wanted to leave the area in the first place, Pitt is now looked upon by many recruits and families as a stop-gap job and not a final destination. The Panthers had a guy who lived and breathed Pitt football, showed him the door and now they are looking for their fourth coach in a little over a year. Not good for the future. Athletic director Steve Pederson has made the head coaching job a mockery.
Adam Gorney: I would say without question it's been Penn State. Obviously, the circumstances aren't normal but the Nittany Lions have already lost a few top-notch prospects and many others could leave as well after the school fired Joe Paterno as the child sex scandal continues to rock State College. Getting rid of Paterno surely hurt recruiting but the bungling of hiring a new coach has also been a factor in this whole mess. When the Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach, Baylor's associate head coach and Harvard's coach are three leading candidates that doesn't inspire a lot of people, especially when Ohio State just hired Urban Meyer and he smells blood in the water.
Josh Helmholdt: The situation at Penn State has gone from bad to worse. I'm not sure I have seen a more destructive coaching transition in all my years of covering the sport. You have an ugly breakup with the legendary head coach whose name is synonymous with your program. There is a lingering scandal that makes people's skin crawl. And to top it off, we're well into the second month of a coaching search that seems to be going nowhere real fast. I really liked the class Penn State was putting together before the scandal broke, but recruits are bailing quickly and the longer this coaching search goes on the more commitments they will lose.
Chris Nee: Penn State's coaching change combined with an ongoing scandal and a slow-paced search for a replacement has simply led to too much uncertainty in Happy Valley. The right hire and a fresh start for that program will be critical in January to make a late surge. With the likes of Urban Meyer at Ohio State, top-tier prospects are being swallowed up.
Brian Perroni: The coaching search at Penn State has seemed to drag on and doesn't look to be concluding anytime soon. The longer the Nittany Lions go without a coach the more recruits will be poached by other schools. There's enough turmoil in State College already; they can't afford to be without a head coach.
Mike Farrell: I think it's quarterback Zeke PikeClick Name one prospect for which the Under Armour or U.S. Army games is most critical?Here to view this Link., who is committed to AuburnClick Name one prospect for which the Under Armour or U.S. Army games is most critical?Here to view this Link.. He'll play in the Army Bowl and is coming off a poor season and some off-the-field troubles so he really needs to redeem himself and show that he has the ability to be the next great SEC quarterback.
Adam Gorney: The Army game is most critical for two players and that is top-rated Dorial Green-Beckham and four-star defensive end Arik Armstead. This could be Green-Beckham's opportunity to put a stamp on the No. 1 ranking without debate or consideration for other players if he can dominate all week in San Antonio. No one doubts his unbelievable skills but finally competing against some of the nation's best players will give everyone an opportunity to see whether he's without a doubt No. 1 in this class. Armstead's week is also crucial since he would have a great chance to be a five-star offensive tackle but if he can prove himself at defensive end then a bump in the rankings might be warranted. We've always believed his brightest future is at offensive tackle but he wants to play defense in college so this could be his chance to prove that he can legitimately excel there as well.
Josh Helmholdt: Cleveland Heights (Ohio) offensive tackle Kyle Dodson missed all but four games of his junior season and played in 11 games as a senior. That is just 15 games of varsity football over a two-year stretch. There are many in Ohio who feel Dodson has the highest ceiling of any offensive lineman in the state's 2012 class. Getting game and practice experience against fellow Division I prospects will certainly help Dodson's learning curve, and he has a chance to see his stock soar if he comes in and performs like many say he is capable of.
Chris Nee: Orlando (Fla.) Dr. Phillips wide receiver Trey Griffey is determined to use the Under Armour All-America Game to generate more interest. He enters with double-digit offers but is hoping to lure more significant BCS interest. He is capable of doing so as a great red zone target.
Brian Perroni: Mario Edwards is huge for a defensive end. There are a lot of people who think he's destined to play defensive tackle in college. He can prove his doubters wrong or right at the UA practices against elite offensive linemen.
Mike Farrell: I think it's the FloridaClick What bowl game is particularly critical this year in terms of helping recruiting for a certain school?Here to view this Link.-Ohio StateClick What bowl game is particularly critical this year in terms of helping recruiting for a certain school?Here to view this Link. matchup in the Gator Bowl ,and it's important for Will MuschampClick What bowl game is particularly critical this year in terms of helping recruiting for a certain school?Here to view this Link. and the Gators. While Urban MeyerClick What bowl game is particularly critical this year in terms of helping recruiting for a certain school?Here to view this Link. won't be coaching the Buckeyes, the irony and importance of this matchup is clear. Muschamp replaced the Gators' legend, recruiting has not gone as well as it did under Meyer and he had the worst season at Florida in a long time. He is losing coaches, he is losing recruits and things are not looking good in Gainesville. A loss to Ohio State, Meyer's new school, would only enhance the negative comparisons between the two coaches even if Meyer is absent. The Gators must win and win big.
Adam Gorney: Especially out West, there might be some particular attention paid to the Holiday Bowl between California and Texas. The Golden Bears usually have huge recruiting weekends in December and January, and beating the Longhorns might be a big-time boost to their efforts. Both teams are 7-5 and had identical conference records so it's definitely possible for Cal to win this game. Letting prospects see a win against one of the highest-regarded programs in the country could help things moving closer to National Signing Day.
Josh Helmholdt: The Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando on Dec. 29 is important for both Florida State and Notre Dame. Neither fan base is particularly jazzed about the season either team had after high expectations back in the summer. For Notre Dame, how the Irish fare against the Seminoles could have an impact on the last month of the recruiting process as well. The Irish have a solid class of 16 commitments, though a couple of their bigger recruits are still taking visits to other schools. They have roughly a half-dozen more scholarships to fill in 2012 and several four- and five-star prospects they are still pursuing. A 9-4 mark looks a whole lot better than 8-5, especially if their performance in the game instills confidence in the future direction of the program.
Chris Nee: Oklahoma State finishing with a win and making a statement that it should have been given more consideration for a shot at the BCS National Championship Game would be crucial. A win builds instant excitement for next year and that program's quest for reaching that next level. Prospects are recognizing Oklahoma State's success, so it'd be big to end on a high note with a national audience watching the Fiesta Bowl.
Brian Perroni: I don't think prospects really take bowl games too much into account. They're basically glorified exhibitions. I guess the winner of the national championship game could see an advantage.


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Just did my first post in the forums, I thought I'd drop by and introduce myself here.
I'm a 22-year-old psychology student in New York, and I got interested in Buddhism last semester in an Eastern religions class. What struck me were the similarities between psychotherapeutic practices and Buddhism. Mindfulness is a technique used in both, and psychoanalysis (especially that of Carl Jung) emphasizes finding a wholeness of our self in which all sides, light and dark, good and evil, are seen as one, which reminds me very much of the Buddhist world-view. I wasn't raised in any religion really, and I've recently been looking for a system of belief to fill that void. I've been going through therapy and breaking down a lot of the ways I used to view the world, but I'd now like a new one. I haven't decided to convert to Buddhism as of yet, but I'm very much interested in learning as much as I can about it, if for no other reason than to appreciate a belief system that prefigured so much of what I'm currently studying in my career path.
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Hi Dash,
Welcome to the board. Good news: NY is a good place to be if you're interested in finding out more about Buddhism first hand.
I wish you all the best in your path.
Welcome to the board. Good news: NY is a good place to be if you're interested in finding out more about Buddhism first hand.
I wish you all the best in your path.
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Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
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Was intrigued to read of things such as
There seems to be some excellent initiatives . . .
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If you'd like to become more resilient, consider these tips:
- Get connected. Building strong, positive relationships with loved ones and friends can provide you with needed support and acceptance in both good times and bad. Establish other important connections by doing volunteer work, getting involved in your community, or joining a faith or spiritual community.
- Make every day meaningful. Do something that gives you a sense of accomplishment and purpose every day. Set goals to help you look toward the future with meaning.
- Learn from experience. Think back on how you've coped with hardships in the past. Consider the skills and strategies that helped you through rough times. You might even write about past experiences in a journal to help you identify both positive and negative behavior patterns — and guide your behavior in the future.
- Remain hopeful. You can't change what's happened in the past, but you can always look toward the future. Accepting and even anticipating change makes it easier to adapt and view new challenges with less anxiety.
- Take care of yourself. Tend to your own needs and feelings, both physically and emotionally. Participate in activities and hobbies you enjoy. Include physical activity in your daily routine. Get plenty of sleep. Eat a healthy diet. To restore an inner sense of peace or calm, practice stress management and relaxation techniques, such as yoga, meditation, guided imagery, deep breathing or prayer.
- Be proactive. Don't ignore your problems or try to wish them away. Instead, figure out what needs to be done, make a plan and take action. Although it can take time to recover from a major setback, traumatic event or loss, know that your situation can improve if you actively work at it.
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I just got a cherry tree this year and noticed yesterday the prettiest bug/fly I have ever seen. I got my husband to take a couple of pictures I am attaching one to this post hoping someone can ID it for me.
He also managed to catch a picture of a different bug (not as pretty as the first one) I will list it as the other bug again another one I have never seen before so please can someone ID it
thanks in advance
Pretty bug is a Ruby -Tail Wasp one of the Chrysididae but I am unsure of the species
Thank you for your swift answer,I am very glad I got a cherry tree so I could see the pretty wasp.
It is one of the lovely (if you're not a bee) ruby tailed wasps, perhaps Chrysis ignita
- http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/species/ruby-tailed-wasp
There are a few species, and they are difficult to differentiate.
- http://nationalinsectweek.co.uk/insect_info/what_insect/ruby_tailed_wasp.htm
- http://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=wasp/chrysididae/chrysidinae/chrysis-ignita
- http://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19406
The other one...
I find too small to make-out in the photo, but I'd say it was a fly.
They are both feeding at petiolar glands on those (cherry?) leaves.
Thank you for your swift answer I am glad I got a cherry tree so I could see this very pretty wasp.


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Equipped with a fast bootstrap diode and resistor, the components enable high efficiency in a compact construction. This makes them ideal for space-saving installations in consumer electronics as well as household appliances. They can also be used in fans, pumps, engines and forklifts. This family of driver ICs, designed for use with power semiconductors such as in the newest CoolMOS generation, exhibit improved switching behavior which reduces energy loss in a multitude of power applications.
"With the introduction of the Compact products, we can offer an in-depth driver IC program that differentiates by application as well functionality. The EiceDriver Compact is aimed directly at the mass market in consumer as well as industrial areas," said Oliver Hellmund, responsible for marketing the EiceDRIVER at Infineon. Depending on current strength and packaging, the price per component ranges from €0.31 to €0.61 for orders of 10,000 units. Along with the Compact class, the EiceDRIVER family also includes the EiceDRIVER Safe, which is designed exclusively to meet high demand on security and reliability in the industrial market. The EiceDRIVER Enhanced class offers improved functionality in the industrial and, to a degree, the consumer markets.
The seven devices in the new2EDL EiceDriver Compact class are designed for use with IGBTs as well as with MOSFETs. They are available in DSO-8 and DSO-14 packages. The output current for the new devices is set to 0.5 or 2.3 amps. With the integrated low-resistance and very fast bootstrap diode, the 2EDL EiceDRIVER sets new standards in the market of driver ICs with more than two amp output current strength. The bandwidth of the EiceDRIVER range enables a variety of applications. Driver ICs in the DSO-14 assembly also have extended creepage. This means they meet requirements for higher protection classes and can even be used in industrial applications.
The level-shift in the new EiceDRIVER Compact series is based on Silicon-on-Insulator technology. This places the active transistor layer on the


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Nationals said to have interest in Uggla
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Uggla was in contract talks with the Marlins until both sides reached an impasse this weekend. Multiple reports then surfaced that Florida was looking to trade the right-handed hitting slugger.
It's not a secret that Uggla has a fan in Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo. In fact, it was Rizzo -- then the scouting director of the D-backs -- who drafted Uggla in the 11th round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft.
Rizzo was upset four years later when Uggla was taken by the Marlins in the 2005 Rule 5 Draft. According to a person familiar with the situation, Rizzo advised the D-backs that Uggla should stay in Arizona, but his advice fell on deaf ears and Uggla was left unprotected.
Uggla went on to become a two-time All-Star with the Marlins. Since entering the Major Leagues in 2006, Uggla has averaged 30.8 home runs and 93 RBIs. He also won his first National League Silver Slugger award after hitting .287 with 33 home runs and 105 RBIs this past season.
Entering the 2011 season, the Nationals' second baseman is expected to be Danny Espinosa, who hit .214 with six home runs and 15 RBIs.
If the Marlins trade Uggla, they want pitching and a catcher in return. In the past, teams have inquired about right-hander Jordan Zimmermann, but Washington seems unwilling to part with the right-hander. By 2012, Zimmermann and right-hander Stephen Strasburg are expected to be on the front end of Washington's rotation. Strasburg is recovering from elbow reconstruction and is expected to miss most of the 2011 season.
The Nationals have catching depth which includes Ivan Rodriguez, Wilson Ramos, Jesus Flores and Derek Norris. Manager Jim Riggleman said at the end of the 2010 season that Rodriguez and Ramos would platoon behind the plate to start next season, while Ramos would take over the No. 1 spot after the All-Star break.
Last Wednesday, Rizzo said that Flores could compete with Rodriguez and Ramos for the two spots behind the plate. Flores missed almost two years because of a right shoulder injury, but he has fully recovered.
Entering Monday's action, Flores was 4-for-15 (.267) with two RBIs for Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Winter League.
Norris is currently playing in the Arizona Fall League and is 13-for-47 (.277) with four home runs and 19 RBIs. Scouts believe he has a Major League bat, but needs work behind the plate.
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MRI reveals slight oblique strain for McDonald
By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
"It's not very severe, but still you don't know how long it takes so we'll just have to wait and see," McDonald said. "Until I swing pain free, it does me no good to rush a time frame."
The D-backs did not waste any time. They placed McDonald on the 15-day disabled list.
It turns out the injury was not recent. McDonald said he thought it happened when he tried to break up a double play while the team was in Kansas City in mid-May.
"It's just been nagging ever since," McDonald said. "It finally got a little worse and I couldn't get it out of there."
Saunders feels ready to return after sim game
PHOENIX -- D-backs left-hander Joe Saunders threw 51 pitches in a simulated game Tuesday and pronounced himself ready to return to the rotation.
The D-backs, however, might choose to have him make a Minor League rehab start.
Saunders threw 17 pitches and sat down to simulate an inning break and then did the same thing two more times.
"He threw the ball good," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "A lot of life in his arm a lot of arm speed. We'll see how he feels tomorrow and see from there."
Teammates Henry Blanco, Lyle Overbay and Ryan Roberts stood in against Saunders.
"It felt great," Saunders said. "It felt great to get back on the mound. It was a little weird throwing to my own hitters, but they said it was coming out good. My arm felt amazing so hopefully I can get back out there ASAP."
Saunders was scratched from his start June 22 against the Cubs when he was unable to get his shoulder loose while warming up in the bullpen.
"I want to just be sure, that's all," Gibson said about his reasoning for wanting Saunders to make a possible rehab start on Sunday.
"I want to come here and pitch for the club and start contributing again," Saunders said. "I don't know what the plan is, but we'll talk about that. I feel like I'm ready. I feel like I can pitch soon like even this week so we'll cross that bridge when we have to."
Hill collects two more hits in bid for Final Vote
PHOENIX -- Aaron Hill certainly didn't do anything Tuesday night to hurt his case for winning the MLB.com Final Vote presented by Firestone.
Hill went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored in the D-backs' 9-5 loss to the Padres at Chase Field.
Teammates wore T-shirts emblazoned with #FinHillVote during batting practice as a way of showing their support.
At the end of the third inning there was an announcement made in the ballpark asking fans to take out their mobile phones and text in votes for Hill.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 27
Now I'm certain. This is definitely the best arc we've had so far, and it isn't even over yet.
Strictly speaking, nothing much happened, but this arc has been filled with some interesting subplots regarding each of the club members. So I'm going to divide my thoughts into bullets.
In terms of sheer fun, this episode was off the charts.
I'm almost sad that the show will shift its focus onto the mystery from the next episode onward.
|2012-07-22, 23:25
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User of the "Fast Draw"
Why do I suddenly think the manga senpai is connected to the thefts and she let Mayaka off easy because she took the manga ? Of course don't really care too much about the mystery since the episode was too much fun. Nice when mystery is a bit secondary to everything else in the story.
|2012-07-23, 00:49
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Australia
This arc is an example of how to do slice of life right - being entertaining while having subtle character development. Definitely the best episodes in the whole series, thus far. The cooking comp was surprisingly thrilling, and who would have guessed that broken pen would end up saving them?
|2012-07-23, 01:09
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Join Date: Jul 2007
After watching the subs, realized some mistakes that i made when watching the raw. Nevertheless, its still good when watching it again and again. The cooking competition never cease to amuse and thrill me.. truly a good episode among the episodes in Kanya Festival arc.
Btw i started to like the main motto of Hyouka "Watashi Kininarimasu!"... though its been the favourite line of Chitanda, but when the cooking club president (CVed by the long time collaborator of Kyoani's popular series, Tomokazu Sugita), it made me laughed so much, i kept repeating that scene again and again.
Truly, episode 14 is the best for me in this arc. I hope next episode would be even better than today.
Btw tho i cnnt change my vote already, but at this point, i can feel that my score point for episode 14 is 9/10.
|2012-07-23, 01:10
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I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
The senpai just isn't that hostile. Mayaka's been pressuring herself for nothing. The senpai has probably just gone to fetch a copy of the manga.
I wonder if the chain of deals can continue? Does Oreki have a leftover bag of cookies?
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|2012-07-23, 01:19
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Great Commandy One
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: 3 times the passion of the usual flamenco
Irisu teaching Eru the rules of psychological coercion? Especially that last advice?
.... it's as if a million Oreki's screamed in horror, and then were suddenly silenced. Hope you can run fast Oreki Houtarou, for soon there will be nowhere left to hide
Also, good to see even Houtarou pitching in to help with the cooking competition - they telegraphed that a mile away with the flour exchange, but still didn't diminish the awesomeness of the moment. And Eru show's who's the goddess of cooking. Go girl
|2012-07-23, 01:34
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Staring into your soul.
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: At the darkness beyond time.
this was the best episode ive seen of this series, i even have gotten to get fond of oreki and schitanda, and even if slice of life are not my thing, i really enjoyed this episode, and im not very fond of they coming back to the mysteries, like i sadi before, this works as a slice of life, since the mysteries are very lacking in every aspect.
|2012-07-23, 02:10
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Orthodox Haruhiist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Making metal ... for fish
Age: 37
In this episode of Hyouka!
- Chitanda gets Irisu to move some pamphlets.
- THE HYPNOTOAD Chitanda convinces the Ice Queen Irisu to teach her some of her techniques ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD...
- Oreki trades a gun for a bag of flour! Which he uses to be a BIG DAMN HERO.
- The school kleptomaniac strikes again!
The cultural festival arc continues in this episode. Mayaka admits to her nemesis that she doesn't have the manga from last episode. She is then exiled to the gulag made to do posters. Chitanda gets her old pal Irisu to move some anthologies for her, and causes her some yuri-flavored embarrassment by deciding that Irisu wanted to shake hands to finalize the deal (instead she, imperiously, wants a sample of the merchandise.) Chitanda then goes all HYPNOTOAD on Irisu and extracts some tips from her. Comically, Irisu reacts in almost the same way Houtarou usually does.
Houtarou is set upon by the Ghosts of Halloween Past, who are peeved at him for lighting bags of dog doo on fire in front of their door in the days of his wild youth. Actually, it's just a couple of Girl Scouts pushing cookies. Houtarou offers to trade them a gun and an anthology for some cookies. For his trouble, he gets a bag of flour, and the knowledge that he set a pair of Girl Scouts off on a life of crime.
The cooking competition starts, and a thinly-disguised Kyon is its president (he even makes reference to a Mobius Strip when his vice president talks about how much time Satoshi is taking ... we see what you did there, KyoAni.) Satoshi's nemesis decides to play unfair by bringing an actual apprentice chef. However, Satoshi counters with a Chitanda; who, besides being THE HYPNOTOAD, is also a highly-efficient cooking robot. Too efficient, as it turns out, because she's left nothing for Mayaka to cook anything with except some scraps.
But that's just fine, because it takes Mayaka most of the episode to escape from the gulag finish her poster. It's a desperate dash for her to get to the field of battle, only for her to despair at the lack of ingredients as the clock runs down . . . BUT WAIT! Houtarou, like a big damn hero, rides to the rescue with that bag of flour. And then it's an emotional (it's absolutely amazing how tense it was watching this, and how surprisingly emotional the payoff at the end was) race against the clock as we root for Mayaka to finish her dish.
She finishes in the nick of time, the ChitandaxHoutarou and MayakaxSatoshi ships gets teased just a little more, the Classics Club wins the cooking contest, and the school klepto strikes again.
This episode was more fun than a man should be allowed to have in 22 minutes.
9 bags of flour out of 10.
|2012-07-23, 04:28
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Irregular Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2010
Age: 31
Sugita-san's character never fail to make me laugh. I'm pretty sure all the random shouting are his ad-lib. All his not-serious characters did that.
I've been watching the last three episodes in succession, due to some traveling. A lot has been said about how these three episodes do a good job on make the viewers actually feel like they're experiencing the festival themselves. I have to say it works even better watching in one go because the "excitement" never goes down.
Looks like we'll dive back to a mystery-solving episode next week though. I wonder if they'll change the tone or just keep up this "fun" atmosphere. I sure hope it'll be the later.
|2012-07-23, 04:29
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Still watching the episode as of typing this... anyway... someone in the production committee is an SNK fan. First Nakoruru and now we have King. Would have liked a Kula or Athena but I guess it's too flashy or out of place.
|2012-07-23, 04:33
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He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
Age: 30
|2012-07-23, 05:01
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: In my room
Another perfect episode for me and to top it all from other episode. Irusu-sempai shows up again! to teach Chitanda how to dominate
good drawing skills Mayaka and good cooking skills for Chitanda. Oreki being Oreki -_- didn't even bother to go out of his little shelter. The ending points out that next episode its time for Oreki to walk out of his little room and start solving the mystery which surely makes Chitanda curious enough to bug him to move.
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Sweep bid comes up short as Iwakuma struggles
OAKLAND -- The Mariners weren't fast enough to keep up with the A's on Sunday.
Seattle recorded five hits, sent eight runners to the plate and loaded the bases twice in the second inning but mustered only two runs because of its deficient speed.Full Game Coverage
OAKLAND -- The Mariners weren't fast enough to keep up with the A's on Sunday.
Seattle recorded five hits, sent eight runners to the plate and loaded the bases twice in the second inning but mustered only two runs because of its deficient speed.Full Game Coverage
The Mariners' inability to capitalize that inning, combined with an offensive onslaught by the A's late in the game against a floundering bullpen, resulted in a loss in Sunday's series finale at O.co Coliseum. Seattle (31-39) fell, 10-2, to Oakland (42-29) to drop back down to 10 1/2 games behind the first-place A's in the American League West after winning the first two games of the series. The Mariners have yet to sweep a series this season.
Oakland displayed greater horsepower around the basepaths, turning modest hits into a triple and double in the second and third innings, respectively. Two innings later, catcher John Jaso scored from first on a double from Yoenis Cespedes for the A's go-ahead run, with Cespedes scoring one batter later off a single -- the eighth hit yielded by Hisashi Iwakuma of the game.
"We were still in the ballgame," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We just didn't answer them. We have to go back and forth with them and answer when that happens."
Iwakuma allowed four runs on the day to snap Seattle's streak of eight consecutive quality starts by Mariners pitchers. They entered Sunday having surrendered only two runs in the last six games.
The Mariners' All-Star candidate hadn't allowed an earned run in his previous 31 1/3 innings, but he struggled from the beginning against the A's, allowing runners to reach second base or beyond in each of his first four innings. He eclipsed 60 pitches midway through the inning and ended his outing with 92 pitches through five innings.
"They were being very aggressive from early in the counts and that got to me," Iwakuma said. The right-hander was in trouble early and often, tossing the ball high in the zone and rarely making first-pitch strikes.
Shaky starts led to high pitch counts for both starters. A's starter Bartolo Colon allowed the five hits in the second before reverting back to the form he's displayed during his six-game winning streak. He retired 15 of the next 16 batters following the two-run second.
"He got stronger throughout the game," Mariners catcher Mike Zunino said. "He was working the bottom of the zone, expanding, trying to do what he can do. He threw a lot of strikes today and got a lot of outs and a lot of ground-ball outs."
Seattle's bats simply vanished, but Oakland's were heating up. In the seventh, the Mariners went down in order with three straight ground balls to shortstop Adam Rosales, while the A's hit back-to-back towering home runs off reliever Blake Beavan.
"You don't want to stop against a team like that that's been swinging the bat well all series," said A's right fielder Josh Reddick, who had a career-high-tying four hits for Oakland and intimidated Zunino from tagging from third base on a flyout in the second inning.
The Mariners' recently defective bullpen reared its head once again to continue the trend started by Iwakuma. Tom Wilhelmsen, who was demoted from the closer's role Friday because of his four blown saves since May 20, replaced Beavan in the middle of the inning but couldn't shut the door on the A's attack.
He immediately loaded the bases by giving up an single and walked in a run in the next at-bat, later allowing a sacrifice fly for the A's eighth run of the day. Carter Capps wasn't any better, surrendering two home runs in the eighth.
"When you know you can turn the ball over with a lead it gives you confidence," Zunino said. "It's one of those things that as a group we have to be a little bit better."
The Mariners, who haven't scored more than four runs in 10 games, have waited all week for their hitting and bullpen to rise to the play of their starting pitching. Instead, it was Iwakuma who mirrored the two, creating a trifecta of dismal play as they continue middling as third place in the AL West standings.
Jeff Kirshman is an associate reporter for MLB.com.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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OCEAN CITY – Locals in Ocean City may not understand what all the fuss about Rodney the Lifeguard is about, but he's already creating quite a buzz off the island and as hoped, for the island.
Ocean City Public Relations Director Donna Abbott has been fielding numerous press inquiries from both regional and national news organizations about the town's new mascot of sorts, and coupled with the "value" angle that the various media outlets are hoping to showcase this season, Ocean City has been getting more exposure than usual.
"The media seems to be focusing on value this year, and Ocean City is picking up momentum in the coverage we are getting because we offer so many free events and have so many great deals here," said Abbott. "It is also helpful, from a regional standpoint, that we are a drive-to destination, and our Rodney campaign has been very well received thus far."
Although residents of Ocean City may not see the town's Rodney commercials, as they are shown in five major markets on the east coast, including New York, Abbott said the character is catching on and drawing interest from major news organizations like Fox News and the Weather Channel and has received mentions in major newspapers like the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today.
"Last year's 'end of the world' campaign earned us coverage unlike anything I've ever seen before, and this campaign, though not as immediate, has been very timely, and continues to build similar to that campaign," said Abbott.
Abbott said the coverage is "valuable exposure that money just can't buy" and helps to keep the resort "top of mind" in the early part of this summer season.
As phase two of the campaign, the town's advertising company, MGH, has planned to take both Mayor Rick Meehan and the actor who plays Rodney the Lifeguard (NYC-based actor Blake Adams) on the road to Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Baltimore on June 22-24 to do a three-city press tour and will also set up a lifeguard stand in the heart of each city and put on an "Ocean City Experience" type of spectacle.
"It will be a very intense couple of days, and we are getting exposure that MGH had negotiated when they bought ad times, so this is all coverage that we don't have to pay for," said Abbott.
Meehan said that he looks forward to the upcoming three-city tour and is happy the Rodney character will be going along to take some of spotlight too.
"I've had my 15 minutes of fame [with last year's end of the world campaign], and I like to tell people that Rodney is my alter-ego," said Meehan. "The easiest thing I can do is talk about Ocean City, and all I have to do is remind people of the great things the town has to offer and that being a tourist is a lot of fun. The only hard thing is remembering the exact dates of certain events."
For all the complete story and all the week's news, see The Dispatch tomorrow morning.


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Vildy Flirty~ good presentation, but...
But also the mining industry is big in Arizona. is But the mining industry is also big in Arizona.
Peoples is People. It's Hanny/Sammy slang.
Ugh, boys. =/
Eek, no cold. *shudders*
Uhm, I'm chatting with you, so, i don't think i have anything else to say.
Chelsea~ Yeah, he told me.
A while ago, we chatted for about an hour... or more...
Pixie~ All righty, will do.
Sammy Chrome~ No problemo, missy.
Cassidy~ Hello!
I THINK that's all...
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It's really getting hard to be creative with wedding proposals these days. After all, we've seen proposals on basketball courts, in large stadiums and even during a faux airplane crash.
But we've never seen one quite like this. As HLN affiliate WSVN reports, one man decided the best way to pop the question was underwater.


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Clojure, its contrib libraries, and ClojureScript, are distributed under the Eclipse Public License. Anyone can submit bug reports or enhancement requests by creating a ticket on JIRA (a list of tickets categorized by project is here), and attach a patch implementing the change if they desire. Only patches written by someone who has signed a Clojure Contributor Agreement (CA) will be considered for inclusion. Instructions for submitting a CA, and a list of the contributors are given here (over 500 800 contributors as of January 2013August 2014).
If you do not wish to submit a CA, you can also participate in discussions in the Clojure Google group or the #clojure IRC channel, and someone else may become interested in implementing your ideas.
For Clojure, there are several contributors with the authorization to be Clojure screeners (there are 9 screeners as of Feb 2013 – the list is here). They examine Clojure tickets and patches, deciding what to do with them. If they approve of a ticket with a patch, then Rich Hickey also examines the patch. If he approves, then the patch is committed.
The project leads, Clojure screeners, and Rich Hickey all work on Clojure as volunteers, in their spare time, many of them since 2007 when Clojure was first released.
More details on how to create a ticket here, how to create a patch here, and about the ticket work flow here.
Other articles that may be of interest:
Signing the Contributor Agreement grants Rich Hickey joint ownership of your contributions. In exchange, Rich Hickey guarantees that Clojure will always be available under an open-source license approved by either the Free Software Foundation or the Open Source Initiative.
Why does
The requirement to mail a signed CA on paper was set up in 2007 (TBD: verify if that is the correct year), before there were as many choices for electronic methods as exist today. It is the most easy to defend if there were ever a legal challenge to the copyright of any of the Clojure code. There has been some discussion in October 2012 on the Clojure Dev Google group about allowing electronic submission of CAs, too, but there is no process in place for that yet.
Link to Clojure Dev discussion thread
my CA email confirmation say "Clojure CA (between <my-company> and Rich Hickey) is Signed and Filed!"
This is a quirk of Adobe EchoSign specific to users whose email account is already associated with an Adobe EchoSign account. In those cases, EchoSign will use the company name from your existing profile in the subject line rather than the individual name that was signed on the form. Don't worry! This has no effect - the agreement is as signed and attached in the email.
Other projects hosted on GitHub accept pull requests. Why not Clojure?
Rich Hickey prefers to evaluate patches attached to JIRA tickets. This is not to make it more difficult for contributors, or for legal reasons, but because of his work flow preferences. It is easier for himworkflow preferences. The process of creating JIRA tickets and patches is documented and not terribly difficult.
Link to Oct 2012 Clojure Google group message from Rich Hickey on this topic
But what about all of the people who won't contribute if you don't change your process to suit them?
If some people choose not to go through the steps for the current process, that is unfortunate. The process of creating JIRA tickets and patches is documented and not terribly difficult. We understand that submitting a physical signed CA is slow and/or expensive from many parts of the world, and hopefully there will be an electronic method in place in the future.


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(an image from Alicia Scherson's "Play")
Film/Video Curator Dave Filipi reports on his recent visit to a festival in the Czech Republic:
This July, I made my fifth visit to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The city, a beautiful and historic spa town in the western portion of the Czech Republic, is the ideal setting for a festival. Beautiful architecture and vistas are everywhere and hundreds of Czech youths descend on the town during the festival, often sleeping in tents to save their crowns for film tickets and delicious Czech beer. Unlike past festivals, this year I was invited to sit on the jury of the Forum of Independents; a small program strand devoted to oft-overlooked independent cinema from around the world. I hesitate to say that sitting in a room watching movies all day is hard work, but when you're at the mercy of the festival for the films instead of your own tastes it can get a bit grueling during your fourth film before dinner time. The winning film in our category was Play (pictured), the first feature from Chilean director Alicia Scherson. The prize, a new digital movie camera, is sponsored by Czech Television. Also on the jury with me was Rui Pereira, director of the Lisbon International Independent Film Festival. He was a great guy and I wouldn't be surprised if a group of new Portuguese films made their way to the Wexner Center sometime in 2007 (and I make my way to Lisbon). The film I was dying to see at the festival was Jafar Panahi's latest, Offside (pictured, after jump). Shot during the World Cup qualifying match between Bahrain and Iran in late 2005,
(an image from Jafar Panahi's "Offside")
the film is about the frustration and humiliation faced by a group of passionate female soccer fans. In Iran, women typically are not allowed to attend men's soccer matches. The film is a wonderful film about sports fanaticism and the experience of women in a theocracy' all against the backdrop of a historic soccer match. Simply, it's a great, great film. Hopefully, we'll be screening it sometime in February 2007.
My lasting memory of each Karlovy Vary festival' aside from the fresh, delicious pivo' is the enthusiasm of the young people attending the festival. Each and every screening, whether it is a new Hollywood film or a deliberately-paced Polish documentary, is packed with (largely) Czech youth open to any film they are about to see. For a film programmer it's an invigorating environment in which to spend a week-and-a-half.
(images courtesy Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary)
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Art Opening at City Administration Building
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The City of Colorado Springs will host an Art Opening in the lobby of the City Administration Building (30 S. Nevada Avenue) on Friday, June 7th from 4 - 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Two astounding, local artists will present their newest works at the City Administration Building for the third quarter exhibition. In partnership withCOPPeR and the Public Art Commission, the City of Colorado Springs welcomes local artists to exhibit in the City Administration Building throughout 2013.
About the artists:
Tracey Eastlandspecializes in Polymer Clay Mosaics, creating colorful tiles that work together to create vivid imagery.
Rose Leggequilts to create fiber art with her hand painted, printed, and drawn fabrics. Her pieces have been featured in Quilting Arts and other magazines.


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Becoming Rubilicious: What color should my tutu be?
The past couple weeks have been quite exciting. I have started up walking in the evenings because summer is here and I want to take advantage of every minute of the outdoors as possible. It is so pretty with great views of the mountains. I can get some fresh air and vitamin D and–my favorite–it is FREE to walk and jog. I don't have to worry about monthly dues or having the right equipment. All I have to do is get out, walk and enjoy.
Our Employee Wellness program at Teton Valley Health Care also encourages us to get out and enjoy the mountain air. We've been doing some group hikes after work, and we went on our first hike of the season earlier this month.
I'd never been on Sheeps Bridge trail in Teton Canyon. It was a great, mellow hike with wildflowers in bloom. This was a great teaser and warm up for my ultimate goal this summer, to hike Table Mountain.
While the rest of my coworkers (and their dogs) had a fairly uneventful trek in and out of the Canyon, my trip was not with out a minor technological mishap. As we got to the end of the trail, we walked around the creek for a little bit before turning back. The creek water was gushing. It looked so beautiful and welcoming. So naturally I went to feel the water, and as I bent down to touch it, I noticed something falling out of my shirt. Instantly, I knew what it was. I said to myself "Oh, there goes my phone!"
But I didn't mind too much, really. In fact, I don't think I've ever felt so light about losing something so expensive. The whole thing was quite funny, if you ask me. Maybe my lack of reaction was because I'm trying to simplify my life with less expensive things … Well, maybe not. The next day I went out and bought another expensive phone!
My family also came to visit us recently from Arizona. They stayed with us for two weeks. It was fun having them here. They enjoyed our small town Fourth of July style (meaning just the parade, lol). I was sad to see them leave, but it's always great to see family!
Last weekend I did the Tin Cup Challenge. I completed my second 5K!
My wellness goals for the summer include:
1. Do three 5K (2 down 1 to go. YAY!)
2. Try to hike up to Table Mountain (meaning go as far as I can) by the end of the summer
I did run most of the Tin Cup 5K, I proudly can say. As I was getting tired, my little bad angel started to tell me "you can't do it, just give up" but then my good angel started to tell me "yes you can, you are almost there, just think of your goals and how far you have come." So then my will power kicked in and I was able to finish out at 40 minutes, 12 seconds. Not bad for a newbie, right!
Don't forget you can still donate to your favorite valley nonprofit through the TCC until July 28. The Teton Valley Hospital Foundation is a participating nonprofit, and the organization would be grateful for your support.
I'm registered to do my third 5K on Aug. 16, which I can't wait for because it is a neon color run (way too fun!).
I need your help on choosing what color tutu I should make for the neon color run! Send me your ideas on the TVHC facebook page, or leave a comment on this post below, and tag your suggestions, #rubistutu. I have to stay stylish, even when I run!
Disclaimer: This blog discusses my personal wellness goals and is in no way a soapbox to tell anyone else how to eat, exercise and/or live their lives.