text:
Flirt – v.: 1. To come close to reaching or experiencing something.
Over the past few games, the Phillies have flirted with the idea that they would, for good, break out of their three-week-long slumber. It didn't happen.
For 6 1/3 innings tonight, Cole Hamels flirted with a no-hitter. It didn't happen.
In the 9th inning, the team flirted with a comeback against Padres closer Heath Bell. You can tell where this is headed.
What did happen was another failure to produce a victory on a night where a win was attainable. Cole Hamels pitched eight great innings, tossing 121 pitches, while striking out six and walking two. He baffled Padres hitters all night until he threw two mistakes in order. A fastball right down the heart of the plate was sent into the flowers in left field by Adrian Gonzalez. Scott Hairston, who owns Hamels in his career (5-for-13 with 3 homers) took a curveball and demolished it into left field as well, and just like that, the night was over.
Adjectives are becoming harder and harder to find that can truly demonstrate just how bad things are for the Phillies offense. Hamels has been one of the pitchers who have dealt with this. For the third time this season, Hamels pitched eight innings and did not leave with a win.
Hamels took the high road after the game when discussing the offensive struggles. "We know what job we have to do," said Hamels. We know that if we keep plugging away with the type of team we have, the good things will come around."
Raul Ibanez also reiterated that sentiment. "This teams gonna hit. We're not doing it right now, but I have a lot of confidence that it's going to happen." Ibanez also went on to say that it'll be a battle to kick this awful slump. "The only way to get out of things is to keep fighting through it,' Ibanez said. "This teams not gonna quit, there's too much talent in the room and there's a lot of season left. It's frustrating, but it's a confident group of guys that work their tails off."
Right now, that mix of talent, dedication, and will to succeed just isn't cutting it. Tonight, Ibanez finished 1-for-3, and like his cohorts, had a few ugly at-bats. The only run was plated by Placido Polanco in a ninth inning comeback attempt that fell short. Ryan Howard knocked him home with two outs, giving Jayson Werth an opportunity to exercise his demons with the tying run on. He could not.
For the second straight night, Werth struck out to end a close game. Afterwards, Charlie Manuel said, "He's [Werth] trying to hard." The right-fielder's slump has reached an unsightly 3-for-38 since May 26.
Chase Utley also watched his average dip to .260, the lowest he's ever seen at this point in the season since becoming a full-time player in 2005. His 0-for-4 tonight is an indicator of how it's been going lately for this team. Even the immortal Utley has found a kryptonite.
Two parallels have developed as this slump rolls on. One is the absence of Jimmy Rollins, which began again on May 22. Since that time, the Phillies are 4-11. Coincidence? Also, "Binocular-gate", or whatever it's been referred to as, happened in Mid-May. After the game, Manuel was asked if he thought that had anything to do with the downward spiral this team has been on. Of course, Manuel denied it saying, "if we're stealing them, we got 'em wrong," which drew a good laugh from the media. Still, this disastrous three-week stretch has been anything but a laughing matter. It's been more of a joke.
At this point, all they can do is wait it out. Manuel will try to find a way to manipulate the bats. Ibanez will fight on. Utley will remain quiet and calm. Howard will hit home runs. Werth will find a groove.
But when?
42 Comments
Don't know what's funnier watching the phills lose, or watching that little kid get caught drinking beer. Stay classy Philladelphia
Nice writeup for yet another heartbreaker of a game. One of the only consolations for a Phils fan at a time like this is to be able to share the frustration (beyond frustration, approaching agony at this point!) with fellow Phans. Thanks for that, to you and to the rest of Phillies Nation.
Time for Charlie to bench Chase and Werth for 3 games like he did with Rollins last year. Granted the whole team is in a major rut, but when they do get something going Utley or Werth are always up and strike out or worse. Thankfully the Braves are losing and doing us a favor or I would really be in panic mode.
Phils are heading below .500.They have the Yanks,Red Sox and Twins coming up.It is time to shake the lineup up or make a trade. We don't know when Rollins will come back. Howard has done nothing since his new contract.He has become a singles hitter.Is Utley hurt again and not telling anyone? Can he lose his swing that fast? Where is that quick,short compact swing? Werth needs to go with the pitch. How can Ibanez lose so much power in one year?
Great post, Pat… seems cool and balanced and PATIENT… we'll get out of this guys. Have some phaith.
The team will rebound strongly in 2011 and win it all. Good things come t those who wait.
They look awful out there I mean what's wrong with this team?howard does seem like a singles hitter anymore and werth is in a awful slump that's gotta end soon he's much better than this…when I saw utley .260 average my jaw dropped I mean wow and ibanez has fell off the face of the earth I'm beginning to wonder if he was on something last season maybe it's time to bench him and call up domonic brown because charlie gotta shake things up until these guys break out of this slump..
You guys already made it to the WS the last two years and won it one of those times. Don't get greedy. People will start to think you're Yankees fans.
I'm feeling fine. Chase is just in a slump. Sorry to break your man crushes. Chase is not hurt. He is in a slump. Stop making excuses.
must be drunk to be a phillies fan!!!!
Lets Go Nats!
Now I know the Phillies are going bad when the one Nats fan is here trolling.
As for MysteryMet up there. Yeah, stay classy, because it's so classy to troll the blog of another team.
I like the idea of Werth "exercising" his demons. Put 'em on a treadmill!
This offensive slump is blowing my mind. It has just gone on too damn long. Halladay, Hamels, and Moyer can't carry this team on their own. If this carries on the Phils could dig themselves a pretty deep hole to have to climb out of later in the season.
This is getting harder and harder to watch.
Perhaps even changing the batting order would help?
How about:
Castro (or Valdez)
Really, if Cholly insist that these men can bang their collective selves out of a slump, let them taste a little something different. Perhaps not make it so easy on them. I remember when changing Vic in the lineup had incredible results last year. Who knows and why not try?
I really have no words. Except for utter frustration.
I mean, how long can we all keep saying, "But the Phillies pitching has been really good through it all." ????
And can someone PLEEEEAAASSEEE tell Jayson Werth that it's really ok to wait and swing at pitches IN the strike zone !!??!!??
If the Phils lose and the Mets win tonight, we will be in THIRD place. Baffling.
With a right hander on the mound, sit Werth tonight. No worries about Howard, took a good walk, pounded the double to the opposite way. Utley looks absolutely terrible right now, but there aren't a lot of options until (if) Rollins comes back. Vic had a decent game, PP steady as ever. Not quite a wasted start by Hamels – at least the bullpen should be fresh.
I don't expect the Phils to win every night, but the lack of runs is terribly frustrating. 3 weeks of games with stranded runners, feel like we're out of the game if we're down by 2 runs. I like your line up Brooks, but for tonight I'd put Gload in the 2 hole, whoever is playing short at 7. Francisco off the bench if a lefty is brought in (for either Ibanez or Gload). Let Werth sit a few days, get his head on straight.
This team better get it together before the weekend. They will be sitting in 3rd or 4th place after their interleague matchups are over.
At one point do we stop calling it a slump? At the end of this month? Next?
Dominic Brown needs to be called up ASAP for Raul. I think he could be the spark that ignites this lineup.
Pingback: Jesse Biddle Selected To Play In Front of Vomiteurs, Taserings, and Drunk Children; Phillies Lose Again | Small Fox News
Jimmy Rollins' return to this lineup will mean everything. He will be instrumental in pulling this team out of the slump. Then we bring up Domonic Brown to platoon and get some experience hitting major league pitching. We probably won't make it to the post season this year, but should have some real fun. The key, enjoy what we have…. a team that is clearly like a race engine in desperate need of a tune-up.
Raise your hand if you're tired of a Cole Hamels "gem" being ended by a home run. Why is it that when Roy Halladay and even Kyle Kendrick make "mistakes" they turn into double to the gap, but when Cole makes a mistake, it ends up in the flowers. 1HR every 5.56 innings isn't gonna get it done regardless of how the rest of the game goes.
I don't understand why Ibanez has become the whipping boy for the current slump. Utley, the #3, and best hitter on the team, has done nothing for a month. Vic – leadoff guy, had two hits last night, but a whole lot of o-fers before (in his defense, he's not a lead-off guy, but an obs of .325 is low for anyone). Werth, the protection for Howard, has been striking out 20xs for every homer (ok, probably not that bad, but it seems that way), yet somehow dropping the # 6 hitter for an AA player is going to turn the streak around?
Over the past month, I'd rather see Ibanez up there with a guy in scoring position than Utley or Werth, yet he's the guy that has to go. Are the white boys untouchable?
Yes, the Phillies are in a deep sleep offensively. A team that has seen the top of the mountain only to stumble and tumble down the great divide. Once a bellweather, now a laughingstock. This is a team that will set a new record for breaking hearts and smashing dreams.
So, fellow fans, to survive this calamity you need to look at it philosophically. We in Philly are in crisis, a crisis that runs parallel to the Gulf Oil disaster. When the leak is plugged, our bats will come alive. It is that simple. Somehow, somewhere all this is tied together and it is much more complicated than our small human minds can fathom.
There is only one logical explanation for this.
Right after the 4th shot in the shootout vs the Rangers, some Phila fan tried to bargain with the gods of sports. Obviously to get to game 6 of the
Stanley cup finals, one has to concede something big. Like what, though?
'Last place in the NFL East ' for the Eagles? T he gods scoffed. " Already taken care of '
" Last place in he Eastern Division for the Sixers? " . Again, the gods snickered.
The Gods would accept only one thing in return. " Last place in the NL EAST '
So the blame is clearly on some Phlia. fan with a Flyers bias!!
bfo_33, the difference is that the Ibanez slump has been for a full calendar year, while the Utley and Werth slumps have been for three weeks. Unless you're totally clueless (which you very well might be), you should easily be able to see that difference.
I'm Ted Bell.
Ugh…forget it, just call me when it's the All-Star Break. At least then the Phillies on that team won't feel guilty because they'll be with a group that's been trying to beat their opponent for 14 years. Maybe they can all draw some inspiration from the '07 Phitins who were facing a similar drought…
Teej- the really sad thing is, as a 56 year old fan of Philly sports, I had already thought of that scenario. I have become so jaded and superstitious that I will look for almost any excuse for why my team is sucking. I HAD NOT, however, related it to the Gulf spill, as someone upthread has. I may get bashed for this, but in the grand scheme of things, the Phillies slump is NOTHING compared to what's happening in the Gulf.
GAZE_NJ It will most certainly get it done if he doesn't allow any other runs, as he did tonight. And stop with the "HR every [x] IP" thing, that's a dumb way of phrasing it. All the cool kids use HR/9. Cole's HR/9 is 1.62 right now, but that will come down as his 17% HR/FB mark falls back to the league average of ~11%. So fear not!
Thanks Ted Bell, now I am suddenly enlightened. If I chose to evaluate games by looking at a box score, I could somewhat understand your view, though it is quite difficult for someone as clueless as me to evaluate a swing like that. With my limited mental capacity, I find it much easier to watch the games.
Almighty Bell, when was the last time you saw Chase Utley take a decent swing? I don't know if he is hurt, deranged, or possessed, but he looks overmatched against pretty much everyone right now. He is a detriment to the team batting #3. Ibanez has the appearance (at least in my impaired observation, although clearly you operate at another plane and see something quite different) of turning his swing around. Right now, when Utley comes up with a guy on first, I take a sigh of relief when he strikes out on a 92 mph fastball down the middle – at least it wasn't a double play. With Werth's size, he's going to run into a fastball every once in a while, give him a chance to hit one out. Utley is all swing mechanics and bat speed, both which look terrible. His best chance to get on base is hbp.
Utley will go down in history as the best hitting Phils 2nd baseman ever. But if Ibanez doesn't get a pass for playing hurt after carrying the team for the first half last year, I'm not sure why Utley does for sucking right now. Then again, I'm clueless. On the bright side, at least BP has their best and brightest working on the spill in the Gulf. Maybe someday the region will be able to support fishing again.
Ibanez is not the the "whipping boy" for the entire slump, but he is catching a lot of heat and various reasons: 1) He has been a horrible offensive player for almost an entire 162 game season; 2) he has been a horrible defensive player the whole time; 3) he is the poster boy for RAJ's "find my player and pay him any price" approach; 4) we can't get rid of him. He's like the oil spill…we just have to keep on watching the horror w/o any ability to stop it; 5) Now, he is starting to get desperate. Swinging at pitches out of the strike zone….way out of the strike zone.
Its a shame. He's a nice guy. But his contract is such a bleeder. No one will go near him. Maybe he'll be a man and take a buy out.
The Dipsy
Actually I am pretty satisfied with a split vs the Padres. To me Howard is getting there – if he wants to hit a single instead of a strike-out that is OK with me.
Utley is a mystery, I don't remember a slump like this but I agree that short compact swing is not there – all of a sudden he is hitting to left field with popups and grounders. Means to me that he has lost reaction time with his swing. Why I don't know.
As for Werth his numbers are returning to the mean. He is NOT a .300 hitter – he had a fantastic first six weeks but that was an aberration. He has always been streaky and unfortunately this is the inevitable valley after the peak. When he comes around I expect he will settle around .270.
Very tough schedule coming up for the Phils. Best we take the fish because then we face the big boys. I hope for .500 for the month so third place does seem likely by the end of June. Should still be in the hunt for a big August/Sep finish.
Bob – my brotha. Satisfied with a split?
The Dipsy
Ok I've stayed quiet b/c for some reason my typing upsets Chuck. But this slump has been really hard. I'm keeping the faith but I feel like I'm having flashbacks to the Phillies that used to make me cry every summer. Howard IS striking out. A lot. And at $19 mil/this yr & the new contract at dollars that could single-handedly clean-up the BP oil spill he should be hitting better than a single when he does get a hit. He's paid to be 'clutch', that's what the big bucks are for. He and Utley are raking it in & not doing anything. Meanwhile they're conveniently directly ahead of Werth in the line-up and happily letting him take all the truly terrible flak for this slump. And we all know one guy is not to blame. It's irrational. Of all the guys on this team Werth is the one with the incentive to do well, in fact to the best. And he came out blazing this season as we saw. Based on his numbers getting better the past 3 yrs, I had thought he could be better than a .270 avg (not .340 or anything) but I guess that remains to be seen. He must be in hell right now. That's all I can think. And this upcoming series of games, Marlins, BoSox, Yankees, has me – flatout scared.
Phan, you say that Howard and Utley are "happily letting him (Werth) take all the truly terrible flak for this slump." Come off it! Werth is currently striking out at a higher rate than either Utley or Howard, usually with men in scoring position, and it appears from most the posts of late that it's Ibanez who's taking the flak.
(I don't see anyone saying "release Werth!", or even "platoon Werth!")
Probably because that would be patently ridiculous, as the circumstances of Ibanez are far different from those of either Utley, Howard, or Werth.
Can we all please stop referring to the Gulf Oil Spill?? It has NOTHING at all to do with baseball or the Phillies….and what's going on down there is in a totally different league of events and issues from that of the world of Philadelphia sports.
Phan….I'm not sure where the reference to me came from.
Who said they were happy with a split? Really???
Thanks Phylan. Striking out at a higher rate, what – 3 or 4 more strike outs than Utley over the past 3 wks?! Wow, well at least Werth's a heck of a lot cheaper than Utley & Howard. And let's face facts, they're all doing it with men on base. Werth didn't leave the huge number of men on base that this entire team has done over the past month or so on his own. Come on. One of these guys is as bad as the next one. Blaming one over the other is silly, it's looking for a scape goat, the thoughtless, easy way out. Werth got booed last night but I didn't hear that happen to Utley or Howard. And for some bizarre unknown reason Utley still leads his position in the All Star voting. I can't fathom that. I'm also not down w/the booing & name calling. I don't understand what it's supposed to do except make the players feel worse & extend the pissy feelings all the way around.
Chuck: I've posted maybe a total of 5 times. I just lurked before and since. Prob the last 2 times you resp'd negatively directly to my posts. Just for kicks, ck back & see. That's where the ref came from & that's why I haven't posted in awhile. It's not worth it to me b/c then it isn't fun. This is a forum for everyone's thoughts and ideas about a team we all hope everyone likes/loves and wants the best for. I know I do. Moving forward – I just want this "slump" to be over. How long does it go on before it's officially "reality". And the fact that these guys are pros and they look so amazingly lost scares the holy hell out of me. It's like they have no clue what to do next. I mean if they don't, who does?
I don't think a more appropriate situation for the term "frustrating" has ever been demonstrated than the last month of Phillies play. At least a Mets fan from last year saw a bunch of regulars go down. We're getting good to great pitching (which was the question mark after Halladay), but not scoring (was supposed to be our strong point).
On the bright side, we're still in it. I've purged my sarcasm for the month, now I am back to irrational exhuberance. Sweep the Fish!
The oil spill is nothing to laugh at but I just saw a kid wearing a t-shirt that cracked me up. BP – We're bring oil to America's shores. I died laughing because BP's billion dollar image change to their new sunflower logo is forever going to be associated with the worst environmental disaster to strike America. Check out the shirt here – http://bit.ly/bJAuTb
I wonder if they should come to their senses and finish with all the oil. Alternative technologies is already there to replace it!


text: Hello, my daughter is now 16 days old. We were doing great bf up until she was about one week old. Since then I've been having trouble getting her to stay latched on. She will latch on and everything looks right and she take a few swallows but then she will pull off again. We do this over and over until she gets a full feeding. Sometimes she will stay on for 10 mins or more but usually she pulls off right away. I thought it might be because my milk is coming out too fast, but she also pulls off after I pump and soften my breast. One thing I've noticed is her jaw is sort of clicking or snapping before she pulls off and the times she stays on her jaw doesn't seem to do this... Does anyone have any ideas? I'm very worried that I am getting her started off wrong... Thanks

subset: commoncrawl


text:
If you wish to attach one or more files enter the details below. You may also attach files by dragging and dropping them in the message box.
Post by blythe » Tue Jul 24, 2012 07:46 am
Post by blythe » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:28 pm
Post by alviarin » Mon Jul 23, 2012 00:00 am
Post by arwen » Sun Jul 22, 2012 04:10 pm
Post by arwen » Fri Jul 20, 2012 05:43 pm
blythe wrote:For your readings that are going up and down - search Caryn's posts, she has a lot of good explanations about the biology. If I'm understanding right, it's like there is an "argument" between mom's body and the placenta, so sometimes levels are high, sometimes they are low. But it's virtually inevitable that the placenta will win by hijacking mom's internal systems, it's just a matter of when. That's why we just say "keep watching and reporting".
Post by alexis » Thu Jul 19, 2012 04:36 pm
Post by blythe » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:52 pm
Post by arwen » Wed Jul 18, 2012 03:36 pm
Post by hannahsmom » Wed Jul 18, 2012 03:05 pm
Post by arwen » Wed Jul 18, 2012 02:05 pm


text:
Man held in jail on theft chargesApril 06,2013Man held in jail
on theft charges
BENNINGTON An Arlington man is being held in jail after being accused of taking two cartons of cigarettes from a Manchester store March 27 and some miscellaneous items from an Arlington doctors office March 9.
Benjamin S. Payne, 32, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court this week on a felony charge of burglary and two misdemeanor charges of petty larceny.
Payne pleaded innocent Monday but at a hearing Tuesday, defense attorney Lucy McCarthy said her client would not object to being held in prison because the Department of Corrections revoked his furlough.
Police said Payne took some tourniquets and needles from Arlington Family Practice on March 9. The combined value of the items was about $1.50, police said
Payne was also accused of taking two cartons of cigarettes and going through an employees handbag at Maplefields store in Manchester on March 27. He was charged with burglary because police said he entered an area of the store not open to the public.
Police said the incident at Maplefields was recorded by the stores video surveillance system.
Payne was charged Friday as a habitual offender, which allows a judge to sentence him to up to life in prison if hes convicted. Payne has previous felony convictions for escaping from furlough, burglary and identity theft.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
BETHEL, Vt. Full StoryHONOLULU (AP) A group of Hawaii musicians and a Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant provided... Full Story
- Most Popular
- Most Emailed


text:
Holiday Homes and Villas with sailing nearby in Coast of Greece
We have found 1 properties to book, based on your search for Holiday Homes and Villas with sailing nearby in Coast of Greece, Greece.
Villa Agnanti Self Catering with Outdoor Pool Coast of Greece
Holiday Home in Attica, Attica, Greece
A luxury private swimming pool exclusive villa, located in the picturesque Sesi Beach in Marathon, 1 hour drive from Athens. It consists of 11 sea view ensuite bedrooms, 2 lobbies ...
£ 2,900.00 - £ 6,900.00 per week
Sleeps: 30Pet & Dog Friendly Pets Welcome
Please wait while loading...


text:
On May 2, millions of Americans will gather at National Day of Prayer events across the nation. The 2013 theme for the 62nd annual observance of this day is "Pray for America", based on the scripture reference, "In His name the nations will put their hope." (Matthew 12:21)
Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the Karnes County National Day of Prayer Service, which will be held in the Kenedy High School Gym, Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. The event will include a brief message, prayer led by members of the community and special music presented by several area churches.


text:
Technology has a definite cycle. After a decade of dominance by thin clients, rich-client technology is making a comeback. Numerous organizations are building their applications as rich clients and many of them are basing their applications on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). The term "rich client" implies first that the application provides the user with a rich experience; second, it implies that the application is a client for some server. While it is not necessarily the case that a rich client has a corresponding server component, this is often the case.
Rich clients are in many ways comparable to fat clients. Both provide the user with a native desktop experience, presenting information and functionality for the user that is difficult, undesirable, or impossible to deliver using thin-client technology. However, rich clients provide so much more. Where fat clients tend to be large monolithic applications that are difficult to deploy and update, rich clients are lighter weight and based on a component model that makes them relatively easy to deploy and update. Historically, fat clients have been built to be platform specific; today's rich-client technologies expose the power of the underlying platform, but hide away the details of that platform, allowing the developer to focus on the task rather than idiosyncratic details of any particular platform.
Rich clients also tend to be more scalable than fat clients. Traditionally, fat clients connect directly to a database. This limits the environments where fat clients can run (firewalls may restrict connections from the fat client to the database) and the scalability of the application (the total number of connections from the clients to the server) may be limited by the database. Rich clients tend to leverage application servers that are responsible for making connections to the database. This sort of configuration is very flexible (firewall friendly) and is highly scalable. Of course, there is nothing in the technology that necessarily limits fat clients from communicating with an application server, it's just that in the heyday of fat-client technology, application servers didn't exist like they do now.
There are no rules that state that a rich-client application must be a client for some corresponding server. Many organizations leveraging rich-client technology are building robust, extendable, updatable, localized, standalone applications. Similarly, while rich clients tend to leverage application servers, there is no rule or technology limitation that forces this to be true. There is no reason why a rich-client application cannot access a database directly.
Rich-client technology represents a marriage of the strengths of fat-client and thin-client technology: rich user experience, highly scalable, platform-independent, and fairly easy to deploy and update.
The Eclipse RCP is the functionality that lies at the core of the Eclipse platform. When most people think of Eclipse, they think of the Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE). If you strip away the parts of Eclipse that make it an IDE, you're left with a core that provides the fundamental workbench functionality, including support for movable and stackable window components (editors and views), menus, tool bars, push buttons, tables, trees, and much more. This core functionality is Eclipse RCP.
Eclipse RCP offers the application developer:
Although it is actually an inappropriate use of the term, Eclipse RCP can be considered middleware for building rich-client applications. It provides the infrastructure that your application needs, which allows developers to focus on core application functionality not the plumbing. Don't reinvent the wheel: use Eclipse RCP.
The Eclipse RCP is composed of numerous components, and each component contributes to some part of the overall functionality of the environment. In fact, almost all of the Eclipse RCP is made of components; every part of RCP, with the exception of a small amount of bootstrap code is a component. Components are more commonly known as plug-ins in Eclipse circles (or bundles in OSGi terminology). The term "plug-in" implies that the functionality contained within the component is somehow second class, or an add-on to built-in functionality. This is not the case; Eclipse RCP treats all plug-ins as equals and there is no explicit notion of built-in versus custom. The plug-ins that you create to contribute your application's behavior are run alongside those that make up Eclipse RCP.
A natural way to start the development of a rich-client application is to begin with a single plug-in. Within a single plug-in, you can define the entire user interface, business logic, and object model for your application. Creating a new Eclipse Rich Client Platform application is as easy as selecting menu item File>New>Project..., choosing to create a new Plug-in Project, and following steps presented by the resulting wizard. On the Content page of the wizard, be sure to answer "Yes" to the question, "Would you like to create a rich client application?" The Templates page of the wizard is shown in Figure 1; here we choose to create an RCP application with a view.
Figure 1. The Templates page from the New Plug-in Project wizard
This will create a new plug-in that contains the parts necessary for an RCP application including configuration of the workbench (menu bar and tool bar) and a single view containing a table (see Figure 2).
Figure 2. The wizard creates a fully functional RCP application
The wizard generates the following classes:
Application class contains a single method,
run(Object args) that is responsible for running the application (oddly enough). This method bootstraps and opens the workbench window. When this method exits, the application shuts down.
ApplicationActionBarAdvisor class is responsible for building the menu bar, tool bar, and status line. The generated class creates a menu bar with a single File menu with an Exit item. You can add the
fillCoolBar(ICoolBarManager coolBar) method to add a toolbar to your workbench window. Similarly, you can add the
fillStatusLine(IStatusLineManager statusLine) method to add a status line to the workbench window
ApplicationWorkbenchAdvisor class provides numerous hooks into the application life cycle. You can, for example, add methods that are invoked when the application is started or shutdown. The generated implementation doesn't do very much other than specify the initial perspective presented to the user.
ApplicationWorkbenchAdvisor, the
ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor class provides hooks into the workbench life cycle. You can add methods that are invoked when a workbench window is created, opened, restored, or closed. The generated implementation provides a
preWindowOpen() method that sets the initial size and title of the window, as well as the visibility of the tool bar and status line (both are not visible).
false to
true (and adding a few more views to your application) the user can customize the position of the views to his heart's content.
View class contains a table with a handful of hardcoded entries. This is where you can render the appearance of your application. If a table is what you need, you can customize the one provided by hooking it up to your object model, or you can completely replace the table with the widget or widgets.
The next step is to modify the generated code by either changing or adding menus, menu items, tool bars, views, and editors as required.
Building an application in this manner provides exposes the developer to a lot of useful infrastructure. More than just a collection of windowing components, the RCP application provides the framework for managing your application's user interface, including higher level notions of editors and views (with the ability to reposition and stack), tool bars, menus, selection management, and must more. However, building an application in this manner only scratches the surface of the power that Eclipse enables. This is a fine first foray into Eclipse application building; the natural next step is to start building real components.
Plug-ins are a powerful feature of the Eclipse platform. In fact, the Eclipse SDK is itself a collection of plug-ins; there is very little in Eclipse that is not a plug-in (just a relatively small amount of bootstrap code). This makes Eclipse very extensible. New functionality can be added to the SDK by creating one or more plug-ins that are dynamically discovered and installed by the framework. Plug-ins are discovered by virtue of being present; there is no manifest that needs to be updated when you add a plug-in.
Like the Eclipse SDK, RCP applications are an assembly of plug-ins. Plug-ins come in many different shapes and sizes. As demonstrated above, you can build an entire Eclipse RCP application using a single plug-in added to the collection of plug-ins that implement RCP itself. Or you can build an RCP application as a collection of many plug-ins that each implement some piece of the application.
There are many benefits to building your RCP application as a collection of many plug-ins, including:
An obvious way to partition your application is to separate your domain-specific business logic and object models into one plug-in and your user interface into another. By doing so, you are effectively layering your application along the lines recommended by the model-view-controller pattern. That is, your application's business logic--contained within its own plug-in--is unconcerned with the specifics of the user interface (ideally, it is void of any notion of any particular user interface technology or language). A second plug-in provides the user interface code (view and controller layers) and is void of any implementation of business logic. The user interface plug-in has the business logic plug-in as a dependency and makes use of the models defined in it. This style of architecture is very similar to what you might find in a Java EE application: a web module (WAR file) contains servlets as controllers and JSPs as views; other JAR files contain the business logic and object model.
The Eclipse component model provides a great service in this style of architecture. By imposing a visibility model, Eclipse actively discourages the developer from including user interface code in the model (of course, real programmers can figure out ways around this). The collection of user interface plug-ins all have the business logic plug-in (and others) as dependencies: the views can see the model, but not the other way around. By encouraging this style of separation, the level of coupling in the code is reduced which makes the code far less brittle in the face of change and infinitely more reusable.
When your application code is partitioned into multiple plug-ins, creating an RCP application is a process of assembling those plug-ins into a coherent whole. Defining the set of plug-ins required by application is one of the roles of a product configuration. A product configuration is also the place where branding information, including the location of the splash screen, window icons, about image and text, and more.
Assembling an application from a collection of plug-ins is a straightforward process. In fact, the biggest challenge in the process is the artistic processes around branding the application: as part of the branding process, you can add a splash screen, window icons, launcher icons, and an about graphic. You create a product configuration for your application by selecting menu entry File>New>Product Configuration. The wizard is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. The "New Product Configuration" wizard
As part of creating a new product configuration, you need to specify a parent plug-in project. Typically, this is the plug-in that defines the application. There are three different ways to create the initial configuration:
You can create multiple product configurations. You might do this if, for example, it makes sense to include additional optional plug-ins that enhance the functionality of a base application. The second option in the wizard is intended to facilitate the creation of multiple similar configurations.
On the Configuration tab of the product configuration editor (see Figure 4), you're invited to specify the names of the plug-ins that your application requires.
Figure 4. The Configuration page of the product configuration editor
The list of plug-ins needs to include the application plug-in along with all of the other plug-ins that your application requires. The editor does help you sort out what plug-ins you'll need. After you've added your application's plug-ins to the list, click the button labeled Add Required Plug-ins; this will add all the plug-ins that are referenced by your plug-ins, the plug-ins required by those plug-ins and so on. This set will include many plug-ins from the Eclipse platform itself. When you use this button, you only need to include your top-level plug-ins and the editor will do the rest by finding and adding the plug-ins that those top-level plug-ins depend on. It is also possible to configure a product using features; in fact, you need to use features to use the update mechanism.
The Launcher is concerned with the executable that starts your application. On this page, you can specify an icon and name to display in the file browser. The Branding page is concerned with (oddly enough) branding the application. This includes identification of a splash screen, location of optional start up progress bar, window icons, and an about dialog. The information that you specify on these pages is used when you export the project.
When the application is exported, all the plug-ins listed on the Configuration page are built (if necessary) and copied, along with the branding information, and essential Eclipse configuration to a directory on your file system. This directory, combined with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), is all you need to run your application.
You don't have to export your application to run it; you can run it directly from within the workbench. This is a great way to test your configuration and use the debugger to identify and solve problems. There are two options on the Overview page of the product configuration editor that can be used to run your application. These options, presented as hyperlinks labeled "Launch the product" and "Launch the product in Debug mode" create and run launch configuration either in run or debug mode.
Thus far, this discussion has been focused on an application composed of some very well-defined sets of plug-ins. One of the greater strengths of Eclipse is its ability to dynamically discover and load components. This grants the developer considerable power to build very extensible applications. Taken to the extreme, you can build your RCP applications as foundations with your own open API.
In the book Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plug-Ins, the authors discuss several rules concerned with extensibility. First, the Invitation Rule states, "Whenever possible, let others contribute to your contributions." To let others contribute, you can define your own set of extension points that permit other developers to augment your application with their own behavior. The Eclipse workbench makes heavy use of this mechanism to let developers add their own views, editors, entries to menus, and more.
Consider an RCP application that manages a to do list. The core functionality of this application provides an object representation of a to do task and the ability visualize a list of tasks. The visual representation of the list is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. The To Do View
By itself, this application is moderately interesting. But by opening up the application to extension, significant power is granted to a broader community. It would be relatively easy to build this application with a hardcoded mechanism for storing the task information. But rather than hardcoding, you might consider opening the application to allow other developers to hook their own storage mechanism into your code through an extension point. Your initial implementation can leverage the extension point to provide the ability to store information in a local database. Another developer might extend your application to store information on a remote server using a web service or some other mechanism.
Consider also how your application interacts with the desktop. It is relatively easy to provide drag-and-drop support for an application. But drag from where? In your initial implementation, you might provide the ability to drag text from a browser into your application. If you build extension points into your application, you can grant other developers the ability to extend your application to drag information from other applications such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.
By creating an extension point, you grant yourself and other developers the ability to extend your application without changing it. Using extension points that dynamically discover the available extension makes your application totally customizable. It may not, for example, make sense to include the ability to drag and drop from Outlook in the version of your application you package for Linux; for that configuration, you can simply just not include the plug-in that provides support for Outlook.
Of course, making effective use of the extension point mechanism takes practice.
Eclipse RCP is a powerful framework for building rich-client applications and more. An initial look at RCP reveals tight integration into the host platform with a native look and feel, window management, customizability featuring stackable editors and views, and more. But this only scratches the surface. At the heart of RCP lies an OSGi-compliant component model that opens a world of power and flexibility. Components are dynamically discovered and loaded as required; they can be updated and extended.
An evolutionary approach to adopting Eclipse RCP is natural. Your initial foray into Eclipse RCP will likely be focus on the user interface aspects. As you become more familiar with the component model, the partitioning of application code into multiple plug-ins follows. Ultimately, with the development of domain-specific platforms based on multiple extensible plug-ins, the real power of Eclipse RCP is unlocked.
Wayne Beaton is employed by The Eclipse Foundation where he works as an evangelist, spreading the word and helping folks adopt Eclipse technologies.
Return to ONJava.com.
Copyright © 2017 O'Reilly Media, Inc.


text:
So-Youn Kim
{{#if:So-Youn|Firstname::So-Youn|}} {{#if:|[[Middlename::{{{middlename}}}]]|}} {{#if:Kim|Lastname::Kim|}}
{{#if:2009/11/16|Passed away: Date of death::2009/11/16|}}
|Served in::Morocco
|Started Service:|}}
|Started service in::2008|}}
|Group Code|}}
|,|x|Group code was::x}}
|,|x|Name of community was::x}}{{#arraymap:|,|x|, Name of community was::x}}{{#arraymap:|,|x|, Name of community was::x}}
|,|x|Name of region was::x}}{{#arraymap:|,|x|, Name of region was::x}}{{#arraymap:|,|x|,Name of region was::x}}
|{{#if:YouthServed in sector::Youth|}}
|,|x|Primary assignment was::x}}{{#arraymap:|,|x|, Primary assignment was::x}}{{#arraymap:|,|x|, Primary assignment was::x}}
|Cause of death:|}}
|Cause of death::Septic Shock|}}
|[[Age at death::{{{ageatdeath}}}]]|}}
|Volunteer's Homestate|}}
|Is from state::California|}}
|{{#if:Morocco|Passed away while serving in: Morocco|}}
|{{#ask:Served in::Morocco|format=list|limit=15}}
|{{#if:2009/11/16|Passed away in: 2009/11/16|}}
|{{#if:2009/11/16|{{#ask:Date of death::2009/11/16|format=list|limit=15}}|}}
|{{#if:California|From US State: California|}}
|{{#if:California|{{#ask:Is from state::California|format=list|limit=15}}|}}
|{{#if:Youth|Youth in Morocco|}}
|{{#if:Youth|{{#ask:Served in::MoroccoServed in sector::Youth|format=list|limit=15}}|}}
|Other Volunteers who passed away while serving in Peace Corps.
|{{#ask:Date of death::+|format=list|limit=15}}
|Source: FOIA request #10076 (June 2010)
{{#if:2008|}} {{#if:[[category:{{{yearserviceended}}}]]|}} {{#if:2008|}} {{#if:Tamegroute||}} {{#if:Zagora province||}} {{#if:|[[category:]]|}} {{#if:2009/11/16||}} {{#if:California||}}
Blog: http://fabulouslymundane.blogspot.com/
- Peace Corps press release about her death
- http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1507
About So-Youn
Ms. Kim of San Francisco was 23 years old. She graduated from Stanford University in 2007 and began her Peace Corps service in September 2008. Ms. Kim served as a youth development volunteer in Tamegroute, a small village within the Zagora province. Ms. Kim's primary assignment was serving in a youth center where she was involved in a wide range of activities in her dual role as English teacher and youth development worker. In addition to her primary assignment, Ms. Kim sought out additional activities focused on helping the pottery cooperative in Tamegroute and developing an apprenticeship program. She loved to teach children, support the cooperative and respect the historic craft. In September of 2008, Ms. Kim submitted a thoughtful and hopeful Peace Corps aspiration statement. She described her outlook on her service project, and wrote, "Youth development work is effective when young people are taught to become educated, empowered, and responsible members of their communities while being given space to explore and share the challenges of their own individual identities." This is an ethos and passion Ms. Kim brought with her to Morocco. Ms. Kim passed away on November 16 in Marrakech unexpectedly after an illness. The exact cause of death remains unknown.


text:
paris... eat, stay, shop.
Friday, April 20, 2012
visiting paris for the first time and only staying 3.5 days makes me no expert. but our hotel was amazing and so were the restaurants we tried.
don't let the english name fool you. eggs and co. is as french as they come with a line out the door for weekend brunch. cutest little place i ever did see and the food didn't disappoint.
paris by mouth was our go-to source for all things food related. it breaks down restaurants by neighborhood which is crazy helpful when you're tired of walking and ready to eat.
poilane bakery was full of chocolate croissants, shortbread cookies, and apple turnovers.
more amazing food:
cosi- sandwich shop baking fresh from the oven focaccia bread
fish la boissonnerie- everybody knows your name type of wine bar with a vegetarian friendly menu (score!)
semilla- contemporary bistro with an open kitchen
and of course we stopped by laduree for macarons.
we stayed in saint germain (the 6th arrondissement) and all food recs come from this neighborhood alone. as much exploring as we did, we stuck to our hood for food.
americanized or not, the bensimon store was around the corner from our hotel. i also fell in love with the dresses at chattawak. the store owner described chattawak (in her best broken english) as a parisian young ladies shop. i left the store with this and this.
our boutiquey hotel felt like home after a long day of walking the streets. the smallish room was cozy, minimal, and inexplicably clean.
where do you eat, stay, and shop in paris?
24 comments:
- Susan said...
I have heard so many great things about Eggs & Co.! So glad you didn't miss a classic like Ladurée...my fav. I have so many favorites, too many to list here, but they all exist in my paris archives if you're curious. ;)
- April 20, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Quindome said...
A guide broken down by neighborhood is smart! I've never been to Paris, but this looks lovely. Maybe I missed the reason, but what was the reason for going to Paris for such a short jaunt? Seems like the best long weekend ever!
- April 20, 2012 at 8:44 AM
- the southern hostess said...
Those stacks of Bensimons look like heaven to me. Sounds like y'all packed a lot of goodness into those three days!
- April 20, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Michelle Kendrick Hartney said...
That's the same place we stayed last time I was in Paris. So lovely!
- April 20, 2012 at 8:51 AM
- Tibs said...
Have to write down the name of that hotel - looks exactly what needed for a short break in Paris.
Nice post with lots of information - Thanks for sharing!
- April 20, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- Kim said...
Looks like you had an amazing trip! I love the dresses you purchased from the "Parisian young ladies'" shop. I don't remember too much about where I ate in Paris, but I did enjoy a picnic under the Eiffel Tower with goodies from Fauchon.
- April 20, 2012 at 9:37 AM
- in dreams said...
chattawak has such cute clothes! :) i was more into the museums than the food, sadly, mainly because i was by myself. but i'm totally checking out eggs+co the next time i go, since i hope to be visiting with someone who loves eating as much as i do (and pretty much hates museums, haha).
- April 20, 2012 at 11:32 AM
- Patrice said...
I don't know, you may have only been there for only 3.5 days, but you sound like a pretty great expert to me! Love all the shops, the eats and those Bensimon towers. How cool!
- April 20, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- Lonely Wife Project said...
I need to bookmark this for my trip in the fall.
- April 20, 2012 at 2:17 PM
- Tara Celeste said...
Just pinned this so I can reference it when we go in August. Looks like you had a wonderful time!
- April 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM
- Tara Celeste said...
- This comment has been removed by the author.
- April 20, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- Mara Kofoed said...
so freaking dreamy!!!
- April 20, 2012 at 5:31 PM
- Lena at A Crimson Kiss said...
I love that you guys really made the most of just 3 1/2 days–you were Parisian sponges! The last time I was in Paris I was with my family, so it was a more indulgent stay than I'd be able to pull off these days, but I'd definitely squeeze in a glass of Champagne at Brasserie Lipp, if only for the ambiance!
- April 20, 2012 at 5:51 PM
- Christine said...
I hope you guys had a great time :) When I lived in Paris my favorite restaurants were Les P'tites Indécises (they have a vegetarian menu), Rose Bakery, Chez Omar (lovely warm ambiance and everyone is so friendly), L'Homme Tranquille (they also have a vegetarian menu), Merci, Breizh Café (must try a crêpe caramel au beurre salé!), Le Bar à Soupes (four types of soup/salads everyday), and Godjo for Ethiopian food. Talking about my favorite restaurants makes me count the days til I move back!
- April 22, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- rebecca said...
great tips for our next visit. thanks. :)
- April 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM
- Justine said...
This post makes me want to visit Paris even more!
- April 22, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- Monica L. Shulman said...
I think I really need to go back to Paris soon. Saint Germain is my favorite place to stay bc it's just so quaint and charming. My favorite street is rue du seine but I also really like rue du buci. Such great little hotels and restaurants and shops. I adore the little dresses you bought!
I'm bookmarking this bc you can NEVER have too many tips about Paris and anyone who goes is an immediate expert...there's so much to see and do and eat...and buy, of course:)
- April 23, 2012 at 2:37 PM
- Linds said...
oooh love and miss Poilane beyond words. looks like the perfect mini Parisian getaway... Saint Germain is my favorite.
- April 24, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Inessa said...
I am planning on going next year and this post is so helpful. Thank you
- April 24, 2012 at 1:57 PM
- Rebeka said...
OOhh chocolate croissants? I'm drooling. All of your food sounds amazing! AND those dresses!! SO cute! Good work!
- April 24, 2012 at 7:18 PM
- Aubrey said...
Rebecca, overall was it hard to come by vegetarian friendly places to eat?
Your stay looks amazing! I hope to make it to Paris someday.
- April 24, 2012 at 10:50 PM
- rebecca said...
yes, i could usually find a vegetarian option after i figured out what the heck the menu said. :)
- April 24, 2012 at 10:57 PM
- nikeheel said...
So amazing ! Love those little case and the potos you post ! So beautiful . Thanks !
- April 26, 2012 at 4:45 AM
- Falcon said...
I too stayed at The Villa Saint Germain, best breakfast ever! Oh how I miss Paris :)
- July 15, 2012 at 2:03 AM


text:
Home | Advertise | About | Contact
Sign In
Reader Comments (0)
News from 10-20-30 years ago
November 15, 2012 | Vol. 39, No. 46
This Petersburg Vessel Owners Association ledger from 1958 was recently found. It shows that membership dues back then were $5 per vessel.
November 10, 1982: As dredging and parking lot construction for the new small boat harbor nears completion, Department of Transportation Project engineer John Edwards says the harbor may be operational by next fall. The dredging, which began in mi...
For access to this article please sign in or subscribe.
Petersburg Pilot | P.O. Box 930, Petersburg, AK 99833
Ph: (907) 772-9393 | firstname.lastname@example.com | www.petersburgpilot.com Content and information copyright 2015 Pilot Publishing, Inc.
Powered by ROAR Online Publication Software
© Copyright 2015 Lions Light Corp.
— Software for newspapers & magazines


text:
"All the books and magazines that you sent me helped re-enforce my new-found Catholic beliefs. After reading them and praying, I now have no doubts about the Catholic faith and I am rejoicing in the truth. It is good to know the truth! God bless Catholic Answers!"
"The tradition of the Apostles has been made manifest throughout the world, and can be found in every Church by those who wish to know the truth."


text:
Your Holiday Party Headquarters
View Menu
20-40% Off All Soaps & Lotions!
Shop Now
20% Off Wreaths, Doormats & Wall Décor
20% Off Le Creuset Tartan
+ Free Fast Shipping
20% Off Silicone Tools + Free Fast Shipping
Up to 70% Off Exclusive Shun Cutlery
20% Off Technivorm Coffee Makers
20% Off Williams-Sonoma Bakeware
20% Off The Original Peppermint Bark
20% Off Bar Event
Gifts for the Outdoor Chef
Thank you for stopping by to view our registry!! :)
Registrant appreciates gift cards in any amount.
Some of the items requested may only be available online or through the Williams-Sonoma catalog. Please see an Associate for assistance or call our registry center at 800.541.0015.


text:
Skip to comments.Fish Swam the Sahara, Bolstering Out of Africa Theory
Posted on 12/29/2010 11:42:33 AM PST by decimon
Fish may have once swum across the Sahara, a finding that could shed light on how humanity made its way out of Africa, researchers said.
The cradle of humanity lies south of the Sahara, which begs the question as to how our species made its way past it. The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, and would seem a major barrier for any humans striving to migrate off the continent.
Scientists have often focused on the Nile Valley as the corridor by which humans left Africa. However, considerable research efforts have failed to uncover evidence for its consistent use by people leaving the continent, and precisely how watery it has been over time is controversial.
Now it turns out the Sahara might not have been quite as impassable as once thought - not only for humanity, but for fish as well.
"Fish appeared to have swam across the Sahara during its last wet phase sometime between 10,000 and 6,000 years ago," researcher Nick Drake, a geographer at King's College London, told LiveScience. "The Sahara is not a barrier to the migrations of animals and people. Thus it is possible - likely? -that early modern humans did so, and this could explain how we got out of Africa."
Using satellite imagery and digital maps of the landscape, the researchers found the Sahara was once covered by a dense network of rivers, lakes and inland deltas. This large waterway channeled water and animals into and across the Sahara during wet, "green" times. [See digital map of ancient Sahara]
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Only yesterday ping.
They rode on the backs of fish?
The Sahara was once a lush forest, IIRC.
Every once and awhile I feel like quacking. Does that help?
As if the climate of this region would be identical during a major Ice Age.
If the Sahara once contained large bodies of water, couldn't that be an indication that there was once more water (in liquid form) on the surface of the earth than there is now?
And wouldn't THAT potentially be an indication that the polar ice caps were SMALLER at that time than they are now?
And wouldn't THAT be an indication that the earth was WARMER then than it is now?
Could that be POSSIBLE?
That is s common misperception. In fact, Chuck Norris lit a fart in what was once known as the Sahara Forest.
I'm impressed if you remember at all. ;-)
Hello ... ? It's called the "Flood of Noah" ...
But did they do the backstroke?
Shhh! That's Biblical! ;)
The place was once a forest. The fossils aren't just those of fishes.
How exactly do climate conditions which persisted some 6 to 10 thousand years ago impact the out of Africa theory? It seems that climate over the last 500,000 years (or perhaps 7mil years) would have to be considered together with the fossil record. Cherry picking doesn't usually work.
I thought it was the Argonne Forest.
The cradle of humanity lies south of the Sahara, which begs the question as to how our species made its way past it.
Archaeologists Claim to Have Found Oldest Human Remains in Israel
Avi Gopher, who led the team, told Agence France-Presse that it calls into question the widely held view that modern humans originated in Africa.
They seem to be looking at the last wet phase as an indicator of conditions in prior wet phases.
My objection is to the way studies are presented in the news. I don't really question the idea that most of our ancestors originated in Africa. Overemphasis of isolated studies does no one any good. You may recall the assertion that dry woodlands prompted bipedal ape evolution while now this seems to have come after bipedal apes roamed the rainforest.
Yeah, Chuck did the same thing to Aragorn's forest. Really P.O.'d a lot of Ents.
The easiest way past the Sahara is to follow the banks of the Nile from Lake Victoria!
Now, that's ENTertainment!
California also has recurring pluvials.
Maybe during the flood of Noah
thanks ADemocratNoMore for the link in FReepmail.
How Earth's orbital shift shaped the Sahara
Physorg Earth Sciences | December 21, 2010 | Anuradha K. Herath
Posted on 12/21/2010 10:03:52 AM PST by LucyT
· join list or digest · view topics · view or post blog · bookmark · post a topic · subscribe ·
Antiquity Journal
& archive
Archaeology Channel
Bronze Age Forum
Nat Geographic
Science Daily
Science News
Texas AM
Excerpt, or Link only?
· Science topic · science keyword · Books/Literature topic · pages keyword ·
That's OK. Their bark is worse than their bite.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.


text:
Dr. Michael Kotarski
Associate Professor of Biology
- Email:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone:
- 716.286.8255
Dr. Kotarski is one of two geneticists on the Biology faculty at Niagara University. He teaches courses in Genetics, Medical Genetics and Developmental Biology as well as a little bit of Anatomy and Ecology.
Dr. Kotarski conducts research on the molecular evolution of plants, which overlaps teaching by taking students to the Rocky Mountain National Park for a summer course. He has an active undergraduate research group who learn to isolate DNA, amplify and sequence it, and conduct bioinformatics and phylogenetic analysis with the data.
Dr. Kotarski is one of the directors of the Freshman Support Program (formerly BURP), aimed at keeping freshman Biology majors in college, on campus and in the sciences.
Current Research
Dr. Kotarski was trained as a classical geneticist at a time when molecular biology and cloning was just beginning, so his postdoc training was in molecular work. His particular educational "generation" is perhaps the last to have both aspects of genetics.
Working in animal genetics for nearly 30 years, Dr. Kotarski recently switched to the molecular evolution of plants using all of his classical and molecular training, combined with DNA sequence analysis to study evolution.
Current projects include (1) The speciation of Gesneriad plants (African violets, Petrocosmea and others); (2) The evolution of the chalcone synthase protein in plants, an interdisciplinary project involving molecular modeling with Dr. Mary McCourt; and (3) assisting Dr. Bill Edwards with the ecological genetics of the salamander Plethodon cinereus. These salamanders are the canaries in the coal mine for land disruption and global climate change.
Educational Background
Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA (1985-1987)
NIH Postdoctoral Trainee, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (1981-1985)
Pre-doctoral Trainee, Department of Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Ph.D. in Genetics (1976-1981)
Undergraduate, Department of Biology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, BA in Biology (1972-1976).
Current Involvement
Dr. Kotarski's research on Gesneriad plants has allowed him to contribute to national societies (African Violet Society of America and The Gesneriad Society) and to lead regional societies (past president of the Western NY African Violet & Gesneriad society). These societies give him the opportunity to speak at numerous venues to adult audiences about science and biology.
Service to NU students is in the form of the freshman retention program as a model for retention programs at small universities and as chairman of the board of The Eastern Colleges Science Conference (ECSC), a regional consortium of 30 institutions dedicated to undergraduate research.


text:
I am a mother of 5, I have many health problems so I am unable to work. We have never been able to have new furniture we just get the hand me downs from friends and relatives. I really hate my red white and blue couch with flowers for one its ugly and for 2 its falling apart all the stuffing is coming out. Please help my family have our first brand new living room set. Thanks and God bless
my ugly red whitte and blue flower couch
By: sarahdickinson5Subscribe Channel: Contests Location: lowville NY
1 Comment
This story is inappropriate and should be flagged for moderation. Please choose from one of the following options:
You have indicated this comment should be removed.
The comment has been submitted for review. Thank you .
says ... on Wednesday, Jan 18 at 7:08 PM
Be serious.80079532
Inappropriate? Alert Us!


text:
You're probably paying too much for cell phone service. Wirefly compares hundreds of plans to help you save. Enter what you need (minutes, data, texts) into Wirefly's innovative plan comparison tools and see your savings instantly.Sponsored Listing
- Other Operating Systems (23)
- Windows (23)
- Linux (22)
- Mac (15)
- Grouping and Descriptive Categories (14)
- Modern (12)
- Android (10)
- Embedded Operating Systems (6)
Games/Entertainment Software
- Real Time Strategy
- First Person Shooters
- Turn Based Strategy
- Role-Playing
- Simulation
- Multi-User Dungeons (MUD)
- Puzzle Games
- Board Games
- Side-Scrolling/Arcade Games
- Console-based Games
- Game development framework
Hot topics in Games/Entertainment Softwaregames facebook password hack game complete website source code arcade-style 2d unity dungeon games free games setup hacking simulation albion all downlodable games
- OS: AmigaOS ×
NetHack is a popular single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems.1,619 weekly downloads
free heroes2 engine
Free implementation of Heroes of the Might and Magic II engine. SDL is used.144 weekly downloads
Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion
Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) is a cross-platform port of Raven Software's Hexen II source. It is based on an older linux port, Anvil of Thyrion. HoT includes countless bug fixes, improved music, sound and video modes, opengl improvements, support for many operating systems and architectures, and documentation among many others.315 weekly downloads
Blobwars: Metal Blob Solid
2D platform game81 weekly downloads
Mega-Lo-Mania-like god game: wage war from the stone age to the future10 weekly downloads
Ri-li Game.
A arcade game. You drive a toy wood engine in many levels. You must collect all the coaches. This game looks like the game snake.94 weekly downloads
No Gravity (Classic)
No Gravity is a fantastic and futuristic universe made of five intergalactic worlds. An arcade type game with great playability, where it is easy to plunge into space battles against spacefighters, space stations and more !16 weekly downloads
Help Hannah's Horse
An arcade game best described as a cross between pacman and fastfood. Collect the pills and carrots while avoiding the ghosts! Cute and colourful!20 weekly downloads
GNU Robbo
This is ATARI XE/XL game ported to Linux. This game was very popular and was one of the greatest ATARI games. You can see similarities to sokoban, but this game has more features like shooting, unfriendly animals.... SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer and SDL_ttf11 weekly downloads
Solitaire cardgame for Amiga computers using MUI graphics interface. Original version developed by Kai Nickel. The program(s) use(s) C as main programming language.1 weekly downloads
Amberworld is (going to be) an interpreter for the Amiga classic Ambermoon (by Thalion) and games with a similar engine (Dragonflight, Amberstar, Albion). This project needs support, looking for an 680x0 assembler geek.2 weekly downloads
Eat the Whistle GPL
Eat the whistle GPL is a football simulation game written in C that works on many platforms (win32/linux/macosx/amigaos/morphos), it uses the SDL framework. It has a multiplayer internet playing option in alpha stage.12 weekly downloads
A cross-platform interpreter for many point-and-click adventure games744 weekly downloads
ColdBeer mud client
MUD client for use with the Discworld MUD, if it works for any other MUDs that's a bonus!6 weekly downloads
Minimig Amiga
Minimig is an open source FPGA Amiga chipset re-implementation created and designed by Dennis van Weeren - http://home.hetnet.nl/~weeren001/1 weekly downloads
Dune 3: Return of the Guild
"Dune 3: Return of the Guild" is a real time strategy a sequel to "Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis".
An open-source game library collection for the Amiga and similar operating systems. It is intended to grow into an engine for general-purpose game usage.
Cross-platform reimplementation of AMOS BASIC (runtime)16 weekly downloads
Amega One
Traditional Shoot'em Up game for AmigaOS3.x and compatible.
Twin Distress
Twin Distress is a simple puzzle game where you must remove all of the blocks of the same color from the screen before the time runs out. Features include different skill levels, high scores, sound & music.4 weekly downloads
Escape Towards The Unknown GPL
General Purpose Engine for Graphic Adventures.9 weekly downloads
Operation Gigabyte
A 3D shoot-em-up for the Commodore Amiga produced in 1998. Playable on the UAE and Fellow family of emulators.8 weekly downloads
The Old Console
Roms,Emulators,Nes Roms,Snes Roms,Nintendo Roms,Atari,Bios,Amiga,Commodore,Sega


text:
The local running community knew of no participants from here, and those residents who have loved ones in Boston were eager to learn they were far from the scene of the crime.
Yet how do we deal with the new norm – living in America post 9/11, and now after the cruel and cowardly twin bomb attacks at the conclusion of a world-famous sporting event?
Perhaps, we could take notes from the people of Boston, who, according to news reports, were shaken but determined to return to their workday routines on Tuesday.
Despite the explosions which claimed three lives, maimed and injured dozens and shattered the calm of a beautiful day, the citizens wanted to return to work as a message of defiance to the perpetrators – whether home-grown terrorists or al-Qaeda extremists.
"I simply refuse to let a few deranged people intimidate me and get me away from my routine," said an information technology manager for a Boston pharmaceutical company.
Yet, these bombings leave us feeling extremely vulnerable. It seems now that evildoers can target Americans anywhere they gather at any time, even when having fun.
In a column Tuesday on Fox News, Dr. Keith Ablow pointed out, "We are vulnerable, because we are free and strong. These qualities attract the ire of those who would have us shackled and weak, who are consumed by hatred for individual possibilities, rather than love for what a free person can dream about and strive for and accomplish."
He added we should tell our children this: "We are attacked in America because we speak about and believe in the power of people to guide themselves through life, to make their own decisions, to think their own thoughts, to speak freely and to pursue their own happiness."
So how best to defeat the terrorists? Be vigilant of suspicious activity, especially in a crowd; however, do what you were planning to do anyway.
Gather up the family and go to a ball game. Take your spouse or significant other and attend a concert or play. Get your friends and join a watercolor workshop. Run a marathon or 5K race. Attend a prayer service. Go fishing.
For those of us far from Boston, the best way to fight back is to show to these cowards that we are Americans and we won't cower in fear.
– Chip Latcham


text:
Be vigilant to keep kids safe through the summer
The sound of children yelling and playing is starting to fill the air as the school year comes to an end.
It is a good time to remember some summer safety tips, for parents, children and drivers.
Everyone thinks of driving safely at the beginning of the school year, but it is just as important, if not more so, at the end of the school year.
Children will be running back and forth along streets. Balls will be hit into the street. Children will ride bikes out between parked cars. It all is an obstacle course for the motorist driving through residential areas.
Drivers are reminded to keep their speed down and be on a constant watch for children playing.
They won't think twice about darting into the street.
Neighborhoods aren't the only place to watch out for children. Parks and playgrounds will be filled during the summer months. Even the ringing of the ice cream truck will bring youngsters running.
A safe summer for children also is the responsibility of parents. Give children a reminder lecture about not playing in the street or running into traffic. Children should only cross the street at corners or crosswalks.
Bicycle safety also is important. Children must have proper fitting helmets. A severe head injury can result without the use of a good bike helmet. Make sure the bike is in good working order, with properly inflated tires and brakes that work.
Parents also need to talk to their children about where they should ride bikes. In residential areas, riders need to be aware of pedestrians on sidewalks. Bikes should never be ridden on the street.
Swimming pool safety also needs to be remembered. Never leave a child or children alone in or around a pool. Tragedy could strike in a matter of a minute.
Keep a close eye on children when heading out of the city to a country park with a lake.
Children can get into trouble if they don't have proper activities to keep them busy. That can be tough with the busy schedule of parents today.
Parents should make plans to take advantage of summer activities available, and take trips to local zoos or other educational places, such as museums.
Summer is a fun time for children. But a broken arm or leg can ruin the season's fun.
Watch children carefully during the summer break.


text:
View UFV's historical photo collection on Flickr and the UFV Timeline.
» Fraser Valley College (FVC) founded
» Over 2300 students attending FVC in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, Hope and Agassiz
» FVC Chilliwack campus Trades programming established
» FVC establishes permanent campus in Abbotsford
» FVC opens Agriculture Centre in Chilliwack
» Fraser Valley College gains university-college status and becomes University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV)
» UCFV offers its first Baccalaureate degrees» UCFV Health Sciences Centre opens in Chilliwack
» UCFV Heritage Park Centre campus opens in Mission» UCFV and Coastal Aviation (CPA) launch aviation degree
» Founding of UCFV Alumni Association
» UCFV awarded Federal Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies
» Solicitor General establishes UCFV Research Chair in Criminal Justice
» Over 11,000 students attending UCFV» UCFV Cascades basketball and soccer teams enter CIS league» Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies opens» First BBA cohort begins study in Chandigarh, India
» First master's degrees awarded» Launch of BBA (Trades Management) and Teacher Education program» Appointment of BC Regional Innovation Chair on Canada-India Business and EconomicDevelopment» Baker House, UCFV's new on-campus student residence, welcomes first students» Trades and Technology Centre opens at Canada Education Park campus
» UCFV becomes the University of the Fraser Valley and installs first Chancellor
» Opened a renovated $20-million classroom block on Abbotsford campus featuring business and visual arts wings» Launched the Centre for Social Research and the Global Development Institute
» Began construction on new learning block on the Chilliwack campus at Canada Education Park» Introduced new graduate certificate programs
» UFV grows to serve approximately 15,000 students, including 800 international students» UFV's economic impact to Fraser Valley grows to at least half a billion» Launched Master of Social Work Program» UFV awarded second Canada Research Chair in Food Security and the Environment
» Developed UFV institutional learning outcomes, with input from students, staff, faculty and the community» Opened the $44-million, 150,000 square-foot reonvated building at the Canada Education Park, Chilliwack campus, and moved most of the programs from the yale Road campus to this new location» Opened UFV's Clearbrook centre location in the heart of Abbotsford's civic square» Hosted a national conference on Indigenizing the Academy, held at the CEP Aboriginal gathering place
» UFV Cascades women's volleyball and men's and women's golf win national championships» UFV and UFV Student Union Society launch Campus Connector Shuttle Bus service between Abbotsford and Chilliwack
» UFV celebrates 40th anniversary on April 4» UFV opens Agriculture Centre of Excellence at Chilliwack campus at Canada Education Park» UFV opens Five Corners location in downtown Chilliwack
Dr. Larry Blake, 1974–1979
Dr. Barry Moore, 1979–1987
Dr. Peter Jones, 1987–1997
Dr. Harold A. (Skip) Bassford, 1998–2009
Dr. Mark Evered, 2009 – present
Doug Hamilton, 1974–1979
Betty Meagher, 1979–1982
Ross Belsher, 1982–1984
Bill Harris, 1984–1987
John Wiens, 1987–1990
Brian Minter, 1990–1994
Dr. Noel Hall, 1994–1999
Phyllis Stenson, 1999–2002
Rob Nicklom, 2002–2008
Rod Thomson, 2008–2011
Larry Stinson, 2011 – 2013
Barry Delany, 2013 – present
UFV is committed to provide students with the skills they will need to thrive in the world and become the talented and creative leaders of tomorrow.


text:
Prevention Is Theme of National Public Health Week
Next week is National Public Health Week and Jefferson County Public Health is gearing up.
Supervising Public Health nurse Patti Esford says the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country, but we don't always get a good return on that investment.
Out of every dollar spent on health care, 75 cents are spent on preventable chronic diseases, while only 3 cents are spent preventing those diseases.
National Public Health Week is April 1 through 7
For more information, visit the national website at www.nphw.org or the Jefferson County Public Health site at www.jcphs.org.
You can also visit the organization's Facebook page.
Most Popular
Saturday, December 10, 2016, Watertown, NY


text:
Sorry, no content matched your criteria.
Sorry, no content matched your criteria.
Alicia Keys;
Alicia Keys;
Anthony D. Romero;
Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Dr. Paul Farmer;
Founding Director of Partners in Health;
Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
David Bornstein;
New York Times Opinionator Journalist;
Author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
Irshad Manji;
Founder, Moral Courage Project
Mireille Cronin Mather;
Executive Director, Foundation for Sustainable Development
Daniel Epstein;
Founder of Unreasonable Institute; Unreasonable Group
Trabian Shorters;
Vice President of Communities, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Gabriel Brodbar;
Director, Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship
John Sexton;
President, New York University
Ellen Schall;
Former Dean, NYU Robert Wagner School of Public Service
Andrew Rich;
Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Susan Davis;
Co-author, Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know; Founding President & CEO, BRAC USA
- Ann Veneman
Former Executive Director of UNICEF,
Former US Secretary of Agriculture.


text:
Gov. Scott Walker is not backing down from his accounting of how many jobs Wisconsin has created since he took office in 2011, even though an independent review has disputed it.
Walker said in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press that he stands by his way of counting total jobs, which relies on 18 months of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That shows the state has added about 86,000 private sector jobs.
But Politifact gave Walker a "Pants on Fire" rating for using that number, since officials within Walker's administration had cautioned against using partial years' worth of data.
Walker said that isn't perfect, but it's the best available measure. And he concedes the best measure is using a year's worth of numbers.


text:
Fun, creative, and and eye stopper for sure. This design was made fresh for you from our team. We saw the need for more paper-like designs so we decided to make this one. Let us know what you think!
This Design includes:
- Custom re-sizeable graphics
- Easy and customizable Photoshop files
- Fully organized layers
- Unique Design
This Design DOES NOT include:
- Fonts (but a help file with links to download them)
- Some Photographs used in screen shots
We aim to give you pioneering and creative designs that you won't find anywhere else. Please show your support with a purchase today!
Contact us here: www.blkmtnstudio.com


text: Come celebrate with Anabolic America for 4th of July! Our annual BOOM! BOOM! sale will run starting NOW through the 6th of July , Anabolic America is giving 40% off at checkout exclusively to our forum supporters! You can get the discount by using promo code Independence2014 . All payments must be complete by July 8th to qualify for this promotion and discount. Happy 4th of July from Anabolic America!


text:
to bigasshall.com!
We present to you huge collection of asses
big booty
big ass
anal fucking
anal sex
hot ass
big butt
All galleries and links are provided by 3rd parties. We take no responsibility for the content on any website which we link to.
Trade | Webmasters
Powered by bigasshall.com, 2008


text:
Cricket Photos
View cricket photos of all teams on Yahoo Eurosport UK. Find test match international and county cricket picture galleries from the latest events here.
Koeman slams Everton after Watford defeat
Despite taking the lead at Vicarage Road, Everton were beaten by Watford, and Ronald Koeman was left frustrated by his side's attitude. More »Omnisport - 17 hours ago
Wenger confirms Mustafi to miss three weeks
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed Shkodran Mustafi will be out for the Premier League's busy Christmas period due to injury. More »Omnisport - 13 hours ago
Snodgrass apologises after controversial penalty
The 3-3 Premier League draw between Hull City and Crystal Palace included a controversial penalty and Robert Snodgrass has apologised. More »Omnisport - 14 hours ago
Bradley delighted by Swansea response and clean sheet
Swansea City are off the bottom of the Premier League following a 3-0 win over Sunderland, and Bob Bradley was thrilled with their focus. More »Omnisport - 15 hours ago
Wenger lauds Arsenal composure in comeback triumph
Arsenal fell behind to Stoke City, but battled back to secure a win that sent Arsene Wenger's side top of the Premier League. More »Omnisport - 15 hours ago


text:
Palm Beach Money
Tag: IRS rule changes for 2013
2013 money goodies no matter who wins the election
- 5:24 pm Saturday, October 20th, 2012 by Dian Vujovich
With all the talk of fiscal cliffs, financial responsibilities, debt solutions, tax increases or decreases, etc. etc., there is some good, and ehh, money-related news coming our way that isn't dependent upon who will be residing in the White House in 2013.
Let's begin with the oldsters. About 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly checks a bit plumper beginning in January. The increase amounts to 1.7 percent. That adds about $21 a month to the average S.S. check —it's $1,237 a month. Or, about $252 a year. That's roughly enough for a few cases of cheap wine or [More]
Posted in Banking, Money Schemes, Stock Market, Uncategorized


text:
Toyota is hoping to take a bigger chunk out of the full-size truck market with its all new 2014 Tundra.
The company showed off the new truck Thursday at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show.
The new Tundra goes head-to-head with the current full-size truck champions, the Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado.
However, chipping into those sales is no small feat. GM sells about five times as many full-size trucks as Toyota. Ford's full-size truck numbers are about six times the sales of Toyota's. The Ram line of trucks outsells the Tundra by about 3 to 1.
Adding to the competition, GM will soon start selling new versions of the Silverado and Sierra full-size trucks, and Ford recently showed a concept truck that hints at the next F-series.
To compete, Toyota fully redesigned the Tundra, though it's not dramatically different from the outgoing model. Styling is similar, with more sculpted body panels that Toyota says gives the truck a more muscular appearance.
The massive chrome grille in the front is a little wider and taller than the old model. Meanwhile, the hood of the new truck is 1.6 inches taller.
Toyota plans to sell five different models of the new Tundra, starting with the SR model, which will be a basic work model.
Upgrading to the SR5 gives the buyer a little more chrome on the outside and fog lights. The Limited model includes leather seats and wood grain trim.
There are two premium models with their own distinctive leather interiors: The Platinum with black leather seats and the 1794 Ranch model, which is named after the ranch in Texas which is the site of the current Tundra factory.
The new truck goes on sale in September and pricing will be announced closer to that date.


text:
William Lee Bloomingdale
William Lee "Bill" Bloomingdale, 74, of Marietta, died Thursday (March 7, 2013) at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 11, 1938, in Whipple, to Lloyd and Nellie Greathouse Bloomingdale.
Bill was a 1957 graduate of Marietta High School, where he was named All State and the first All American in football for Marietta, and had continued on to the University of Kentucky and The Ohio State University. He had retired in 2004, following 40 years of service from BF Goodrich/RJF international. He was a member of Pinehurst Christian Church and had coached in the Marietta Bantam Baseball League.
Bill married Karen Reneta Sheppard Bloomingdale on Aug. 10, 1958, and survives along with two sons, William A. Bloomingdale (Gail Holland), Thomas L. Bloomingdale; a daughter, Kelly A. Holland (Mike), all of Marietta; eight grandchildren, Eric, Tori, Alli, Ash, Ethan and Mariah Bloomingdale, Cody and Rylee Holland; great-grandchildren, Carson and Carly Bloomingdale; sister, Janet Kay Santee (Ed ) of Marietta; good friends, Gloria Brown and Eugene Haught; their family dog, Cheyenne; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Lloyd, Jr., Richard and Bud Bloomingdale, and three sisters, Betty Burton, Mary Carver and Glenda Starkey.
Funeral services will be held at the Pinehurst Christian Church on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 2 p.m. with Evangelist Dennis Frary officiating. Friends may call at the Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in Valley Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Pinehurst Christian Church, 20307 St. Rt. 550 or the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley, P.O. Box 5, Marietta 45750. Online condolences may be expressed at www.cawleyandpeoples.com


text:
The 2014 EMEARC Meeting has now come and gone. The theme for this meeting was, Library Community in Action: advancing knowledge, collaboration and innovation. This theme was inspired by the African proverb that states, "If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together."
This meeting was the fifth EMEARC Meeting and was held in Cape Town–the first meeting to take place in Africa. It was attended by 267 individuals from member libraries and 23 OCLC staff members, making it the biggest EMEARC meeting in terms of attendance by delegates. The delegates who attended came from 27 countries within the EMEA region–11 of which were in Africa.
We also felt privileged to have the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Sandy Yee, the past Chair of the Board of Trustees, Larry Alford, and a member of the Board of Trustees, Barbara Lison, join us on this exciting occasion.
Plenary sessions
The two keynote speakers, Charles Leadbeater and Skip Prichard, did not disappoint. Charles stressed the importance of inclusivity and openness of libraries. He reminded us that we should not only think about the services that libraries provide, but also focus on the importance of partnership or relationship building. According to Charles, the survival of libraries will hinge on their ability to collaborate at an international level. He concluded his talk powerfully by reminding us that, "You will not win unless you pass (the ball)!"
Skip urged us to think about the things that we are passionate about. He stressed the importance of collaboration in his talk. The symbolism of the sequoia trees that he used in his talk was a powerful one. He pointed out that these trees help each other with their root systems—there is a lot that organizations can learn from these trees.
The second plenary session was comprised of four Lightning Talks that lasted five minutes each. The four speakers gave practical examples on how they have used the principle: "...If you want to go far, go together." Delegates discussed and voted for the most enjoyable presentation, with Denyse Knipe, Tshwane University of Technology, being the chosen winner.
The third and last plenary session focused on shared data with a presentation from Ted Fons and Richard Wallis, OCLC, followed by a story about saving the Timbuktu Archives, told by Stephanie Diakite. The combination of these themes turned out to be inspirational. It dealt with the sharing of data at both the electronic level and manuscript level.
Breakout talks
In addition to the plenary sessions and the business meetings, the EMEARC Meeting had 13 breakout talks. Some of these breakout talks were oversubscribed and on the whole they were well-attended. They provided the participants with choice and variety.
Enrichment visits
Throughout the meeting there were opportunities to take part in the Enrichment Programme, which included a visit to Centre for the Book, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University, which included a trip to Delheim Wine Farm. The visit to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, proved to be popular. About 40 delegates and OCLC staff went on this memorable trip.
Videos of the main plenary sessions are available on the EMEA website. We now look forward to EMEA Regional Council 2015, to be held in Florence, Italy.
Global and Regional Council election results
Elected to a four-year term on the Board of Trustees (effective November 2014):
- John Szabo, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Ellen Tise, Library and Information Services, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Elected Vice President/President-Elect of Global Council (effective July 1, 2014):
- Anja Smit, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Elected to EMEA Regional Council Executive Committee, for terms beginning July 1, 2014:
- Ulf-Göran Nilsson, University of Skövde, Sweden
- Amada Marcos Blázquez, IE University Library & IE Business School, Spain
Elected to Asia Pacific Regional Council Executive Committee, for terms beginning July 1, 2014:
- Howard Amos, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Hsueh-hua (Sherry) Chen, National Taiwan University Libraries, Taipei, Taiwan
- Honam Choi, Korean Institute of Science and Technology Information Center, Daejeon, South Korea
- Nor Edzan Binti Che Nasir, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Elected to the Americas Regional Council Executive Committee, for terms beginning July 1, 2014:
- Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Jay Starratt, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
- Secretary: John DeSantis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
- Executive Committee Member-at-Large: Marie DeYoung, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Executive Committee Member-at-Large: Annette Smith, National Library Service, Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados
- Executive Committee Member-at-Large: Sarah Campbell, Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine, USA
- Executive Committee Member-at-Large: Mary Konkel, College of DuPage, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Elected as Global Council Delegates from the Americas Regional Council, for terms beginning July 1, 2014:
- Regan Brumagen, The Corning Museum of Glass, Rakow Research Library, Corning, New York, USA (representing museums and archives)
- Ann Pederson, Altru Health System, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA (representing special libraries)
- Ginny Steel, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (representing research libraries)
- Lori Phillips, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA (representing academic libraries)
- Bradley Schaffner, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA (representing academic libraries)
- Kenley Neufeld, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California, USA (representing community college libraries)
- Lynette Schurdevin, Rio Rancho Public Library, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA (representing public libraries)
- Rosann Bazirjian, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (Delegate-at-Large)
- Donna Reed, Director of Libraries, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, USA (Delegate-at-Large)
ISSUE 23 contents
- Index
- President's Report
- The hope and hype of MOOCs
- MOOCs: A quick background
- MOOCs by the numbers
- WorldCat Works linked data: Connecting library resources into the core of the Web
- Right-scaling stewardship of the collective print resource
- EMEA Regional Council 2014 Annual Meeting
- 200 WorldShare Management Services libraries live!
- OCLC rolls out new discovery, knowledge base services
- Making a place in the community: Public libraries go outside the box
- At a Tipping Point: A tipping point is coming to education
- Updates
About the Author
Robert Moropa
Robert Moropa is Director and Head of the Department of Library Services, Merensky Library, University of Pretoria.


text:
You are logged in as:
After requesting your Tax Invoice online ,a PDF document will be e-mailed to you within 72 hours,to the e-mail address provided.
If a Tax Invoice has been successfully generated from the South African Airways Tax Invoice System, the onus rests on the recipient to ensure that his/her mailbox has enough space to receive an e-mail - with a PDF attachment; and that his//her service provider or exchange server allows for delivery of such e-mails. South African Airways, can not take responsibility for undelivered e-mails due to any other reasons beyond our control including the above.
Prescribed details required from the South African Revenue Service on a tax invoices
Tax invoices must ordinarily reflect all the following details (Section 20(4)):
La pianificazione può essere divertente quasi quanto il viaggio. Ti offriamo tutti gli strumenti necessari per semplificare la tua prossima trasferta, dalla prenotazione dell'hotel al noleggio dell'auto.


text:
College Church > Children and Youth Faith Formation > Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is an approach to the religious formation of the child that is rooted in Sacred Scripture, liturgy, and the educational philosophy and methods of Maria Montessori.
Each week the children gather in a room called an "atrium." This specially prepared space contains many materials that the children can work with and use. For example, there is an area in the room set aside for work with the articles of the Mass: a smaller than child-size model altar, chalice, paten, lectionary, sacramentary, tabernacle, chasubles, among other articles. Another area is dedicated to the sacrament of baptism, another has dioramas depicting key events in the life of Jesus (the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, the Presentation in the Temple, the visit of the magi, and the Last Supper), yet another for a few select parables, and a prayer table is set up in an area where the children gather to pray.
This type of religious experience is well suited to the needs and capacities of the young child.
The College Church is home to three atriums that serve 36 young parishioners, ages 3-12. If you would like information on the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd or the atriums at the College Church, please contact Angie Doerr at 314-977-7302 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Children and catechist gathered around
Children working with the Good Shepherd materials


text:
Wojtek Targosz
The teaser for grow up productions new free short film coming out sept 2012. Featuring riding by amateur and pro riders from all walks of life. ENJOY! (riders appearing in teaser: nick poohachoff, andrew brewer, brandon reis, sammy luebke, bj linne, ross patton, jordan nield, ben wynn, micah hoogeveen, danny garrity, joe bosler)


text:
by Staff
Daily News
Online Only, posted 11.24.08
Last Friday the Lannan Foundation announced that poet August Kleinzahler has won this year's $150,000 Literary Award. Lannan Fellowships, each worth $100,000, were also awarded to poets Katie Ford and Ilya Kaminsky and fiction writers Charles D'Ambrosio and Glenn Patterson.
Kleinzahler is the author of the memoir Cutty, One Rock (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004) and ten books of poetry, including his most recent, Sleeping it Off in Rapid City (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008), and The Strange Hours Travelers Keep (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003), winner of the International Griffin Poetry Prize.
Katie Ford is the author of the poetry collections Colosseum (2008) and Deposition (2002), both published by Graywolf Press. Ilya Kaminsky, a native of the former Soviet Union, is the author of Dancing in Odessa (Tupelo Press, 2004). He is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Metcalf Award, the Dorset Prize, and the Ruth Lilly Fellowship.
Charles D'Ambrosio has published three books of fiction. His latest, The Dead Fish Museum (Knopf, 2006), was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Glenn Patterson, born in Belfast, Ireland, is the author of seven novels, including The Third Party (Blackstaff Press, 2007).
The Lannan Foundation's annual Literary Award honors writers who have made significant contributions to English-language literature while the fellowships recognize writers of distinctive literary merit who demonstrate potential for continued outstanding work. Since 1989, the organization has awarded 171 poets and writers with more than thirteen million dollars.
Candidates are recommended by an anonymous network of writers; final decisions are made by Lannan's literary committee.
Subscribe to P&W Magazine |
Donate Now |
Advertise |
Sign up for E-Newsletter |
Help |
About Us |
Contact Us |
View Desktop Site
© Copyright Poets & Writers 2016. All Rights Reserved


text:
Enjoy the colour and drama of India's festive pageantry
Rose Festival, Chandigarh
The largest rose show in the country is held at the famous Rose Garden at Chandigarh every year in late February. Varieties of magnificent roses are on display during this three-day festival. Various cultural programmes consisting of classical and folk dances, musical performances, flower shows and exhibitions by local artists are other highlights of the festival.


text:
Tiered Dot Jacquard Cami
Style: 570104085
Out of Stock
A sterling example of an elegant essential. White cami layered with textured chiffon, lightweight charmeuse and silver foil dots. Triplet straps emphasize the cut-in shoulders of this modern silhouette.
- Close stretch fit.
- Fully lined in dyed-to-match stretch knit.
- 67% rayon, 29% polyester, 4% spandex. Machine wash. Imported.
- Hits at mid-hip (25" from shoulder).
Read more… Read less…