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Please see below for latest LCC guidance which means Northern will not be reopening to more children from Monday June 1st. The last few days have reminded me why I am the luckiest headteacher in the whole wide world. I might have had to make the most difficult and heartbreaking decision this week to keep you all safe but the love and support you have shared in response to this has made me speechless - thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your messages to your teachers this week were amazingly appreciated too. This is why the Northern community is an amazing place to be - we miss you all so much. You will find the letter sharing the plans for re-opening with as little risk as possible below in 'Latest News'. It has been lovely to see and hear this week that you are all remembering to keep wearing your smile so that the whole world feels brighter. Parents, just know that as always I am here if you need anything at all, even if it is just a chat - just email firstname.lastname@example.com Keep safe. Mrs Marr
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"I can get in my car right now and go; I feel like I can get in my car right now and win Martinsville," Hamlin said Wednesday.
But he can't race this weekend at Martinsville. He'll be watching from pit road as Mark Martin drives his car, and that might be the most painful part of the injury that has sidelined Hamlin for the first time in his career.
"I think I'm over the physical part of this, now I just have to get over the mental part of it," he said. "I'm going to feel fine the next four to five weeks. You have to look at the bigger picture. It's tough for me to swallow that now. I have to make sure I'm able to sustain another hit."
Hamlin was injured in a crash on the last lap of the March 24 race at California while racing with Joey Logano for the win. Doctors have told him he should expect to miss at least five races, but Hamlin is personally targeting the April 27 race at home track Richmond for his return.
Nobody has told him he can race at Richmond, where he hosts his annual charity race, but nobody has told him it's impossible.
Same thing for his championship chances his season.
His Joe Gibbs Racing team was devastated after the accident, certain the title hopes for the No. 11 Toyota were finished. But when they did the math it became clear that Hamlin could miss five races and technically still find a way to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
So Hamlin is ruling nothing out right now about a comeback.
"It's not going to be easy," he said. "I'd like to cross that bridge when I get there. I don't want the chance at a championship to decide when I get back in the car. I want to do it when it's most safe. I want to do it when everyone, doctors, me, etc., are comfortable with me getting back in the car, not just because 'If we don't get in this week then our season is done.' "
Wearing a brace under his shirt, Hamlin struggled at times to breathe while speaking to a small group of reporters at Joe Gibbs Racing in his first extended interview since the accident. His girlfriend, Jordan, stopped by with their two month old daughter, Taylor James, and his mother, Mary Lou. Turns out he has a heart murmur; doctors discovered it after the accident and believe it's hereditary.
Hamlin touched on how the lone upside in his injury is the time he now has to spend with his new baby. But fatherhood has put this incident into perspective and forced Hamlin to consider this injury could have been much, much worse.
"I'm thankful that my spine fractured where it did ... if it would have shifted and hit my spinal cord then you have paralysis and that's real," he said. "I got really upset in the hospital in California when they told me what it was. I was in so much pain, I thought it was never-ending pain that was never going away. I felt that maybe I was done forever."
There are parts of him that are at peace with his situation, but it's not clear if things ever will be right with Logano, his former teammate. Hamlin made it clear he does not blame Logano for his injury, but holds him responsible for the incident.
"The injury was circumstantial. A wreck on a two-mile speedway, you risk getting hurt," Hamlin said. "That frustrates me the most. Listening to him say, 'I'm sure Denny's fine, these cars are safe.' That really gets to me because he's taking for granted no matter how hard you wreck, you're going to be fine.
"That's why people don't wreck each other intentionally on big racetracks. This is what can happen. He was being very careless and not caring about any repercussions and taking for granted how safe the cars have been over the years."
And Hamlin is adamant the accident was intentional.
"How is it not intentional? It's not like he got loose because I took air off him," Hamlin said. "I saw him getting closer, and I moved up the track. He was just going to keep going until he ran into us. Whatever happened after that, I'm sure he didn't mean to wreck or get me hurt, but he meant to run into us, there's no doubt. He didn't get loose with the back. He drove into us with the front. That's a guy seeing I was going to get the better of him that week. He wasn't going to let that happen. He hit the gas until he hit something."
Hamlin was composed the entire time he spoke to reporters Wednesday, but uncharacteristically grew emotional doing a later taped segment for ESPN. He was asked to watch an interview Logano had done with the network about the incident and Hamlin's injury, and Hamlin was clearly agitated during the viewing.
He seemed near tears when asked for his response to Logano's comments.
"I'm the one who has to go through rehab three times a week," he told ESPN. "I have to wear this back brace. I have a daughter I'd like to play with when I get older. So don't take my health for granted just because you want to retaliate."
Hamlin and Logano have been feuding since the closing laps of the season-opening Daytona 500, when Hamlin accused Logano of clogging up traffic. The two then tangled at Bristol, with Hamlin dumping Logano and Logano angrily confronting him after the race.
But Hamlin said Logano exacted his payback in that race - and in doing so cost his teammate Brad Keselowski the win at Bristol - so there was no need for Logano to still be angry at him at Fontana. Still, he said Logano seems intent on not being pushed around on the track and it's costing him dearly in results.
"He had the fastest car for two weeks in a row and instead of winning the races he got into incidents with drivers because he's just not patient enough," Hamlin said. "You have to win with the cars you've got capable of winning and I just think that he hasn't driven up in the top-five that often in his career, and he did for two weeks in a row and he got in incidents both times. Maybe it's a different culture up there that he's not used to or what, but it's not just me.
"I watched California, I watched him cut off numerous guys throughout that race. This has all been about Joey standing up for himself. It's not that. It's the drivers that he's cutting off standing up for themselves. You've got to either change your driving style or continue to get in the incidents week after week."
Hamlin doesn't mind that NASCAR declined to penalize Logano or Tony Stewart, who confronted Logano on pit road after California for blocking him on the final restart. He said the closing laps of the race were similar to the 1979 Daytona 500, and the drivers will mete out their own justice on the track.
"That all comes back around. These guys can make your life hell. The repercussions come. It was what our sport was raised on and got us to the point we're at right now," Hamlin said. "I don't question anything Tony says. He is a man of his word usually. Tony is one of the guys that everyone knows you want to stay on his good side."


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We had a great time teaching classes to the retailers who attended. We offered classes about the new Pop 'N Cuts die system, Stamp2Cut and the eclips machine, and a class with a fun mix of new designs by Eileen Hull, Hero Arts, Dena Designs, and Scrappy Cat.
We also participated in the evening make and take session which featured a dessert bar (yum!). On the final day we participated in the trade show where Karen and Jill both demonstrated products.
During the in-between times we played tourist and visited downtown Boston to site see. We visited Boston Harbor and Quincy Market.
We snapped so many cell phone photos that 3 of the 4 cell phones died before making it back to our car. (Hmmn. . . where did we park that car?)
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Simply an example of race flavor.
A typically civil breed of sphinx who were originally guards and watchman for humanoid temples. When the number of elmpheens grew in times of plenty, they took to other jobs in the cities and lands they inhabited. Slowly, acceptance grew and they integrated into civilized societies, making their way amongst humanoid cultures as contributing members. They lack the wild, unrefined bestial nature of their sphinx cousins. Perhaps they've lived with humans too long, but they are rarely found in the wilds.
Much like the humans they have lived with for centuries, elmpheens have a wide array of personality types. However, most are still ruled by their basic habits of sleep and periods of intense alertness.
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Elmpheens appear much like androsphinxes or gynosphinxes, though their features are distinctly more humanoid. Most all elmpheens wear some manner of clothing out of modesty. Like humans, their coloration varies, but tends toward light browns. Their fur is short and soft to the touch, but is most like that of a horse or lion in covering, giving them a sleek appearance. They sport hair on their heads that is a different color than that of the fur on their bodies, typically a darker color. Colors vary from pale blondes to blacks. Males don't grow beards, but some grow slight manes or goatees. Their front paws somewhat resemble hands, but lack the dextrous nature and ability to grasp objects well. Their nails are sharp and hard. Elmpheen ears are certainly cat-like, twitching and turning at sounds. Their eyes are also cat-like, but otherwise their faces are very human in appearance, though, when they smile, their sharp teeth are revealed. Thankfully, these teeth do little to show their true face, as elmpheens are omnivores, like humans, and eat a variety of foods (and not humans, typically).
A pair of feathered wings sprouts from their backs, typically of the same color as their fur, though occasionally in the color of their hair. Even then, the colors might be mixed in the plumage. Young elmpheens have tiny wings incapable of much of anything. As they mature, with proper training, elmpheens take to the skies, if awkwardly at first.
Elmpheens get along with most other civil humanoids who are aware of them. If not, they often get treated like their wild cousins, which is to say, poorly.
Being trained and raised for centuries as loyal guards and protectors, some elmpheens feel this call and are bent toward lawfulness if not goodness as well. Though, elmpheens are a diverse group and may be of any alignment.
They hailed from warm climates, which they prefer. Their thin coats to little against winter chills. Among warmer lands, most settle in fertile areas with lands to till and crops to grow.
They have no creator god of their own. Mostly, they follow whatever gods are known to them in the lands they inhabit.
Elmpheens are fluent with Common. Some seek to learn the wild language of Sylvan.
Elmpheens might have only one name. Some might follow a family name as a lineage from some great hero or figure of note in their ancestry.
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Taking levels in Mythic Beast Paragon (3.5e Racial Paragon Class) is almost a must. For flavor, it is recommended to take:
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Father Pat's Pastoral Ponderings
Dennis the Areopagite
October 3, 2010
Because their appearance in history was brief — and most of them, within a generation or so, were absorbed into the Christian Church — rather little is known of the disciples of John the Baptist. The early Christians, who regarded John as significant almost exclusively as the forerunner and herald of Jesus the Messiah, showed little interest in John's disciples — except, of course, when the latter became Christians (cf. John 1:35-42).
Josephus, the only non-Christian writer of the period who mentions John, provides a variant picture: For the author of The Antiquities of the Jews, the Baptist was memorable chiefly as a moral teacher: "Herod slew him, who was a good man and exhorted his Jewish hearers to virtue (arete), both by justice towards one another and piety towards God." John's baptism, said Josephus, required a prior moral reform, "the righteousness of a thoroughly cleansed soul." For this reason, Herod feared John and decided to strike first, prior to a possible rebellion (18.5.2 §117-118).
This description of John's activity is interesting: For Herod, he represented more than a movement based on single conversions and the moral efforts of individuals. Had that been the case, the king would scarcely have thought it politically dangerous. The danger Herod foresaw in the "John the Baptist Movement" had to do, rather, with its discernible social character. At least in an informal way, the thing was becoming recognizably organized.
Among early Christian writers, rather little attention is given to this social or communal aspect of John's ministry. Even Mark, who provides the lively account of his martyrdom at the hands of Herod (6:14-29), describes that act solely in terms of cruelty and vindictiveness within Herod's family; he conveys not the faintest hint of its communal or political significance.
The New Testament writers, in describing the message of John, generally emphasize personal conversion (Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3). Beyond that, they comment that John's disciples, like the Pharisees, were much given to fasting (Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:18; Luke 5:33). Otherwise, they generally note almost nothing of how John's disciples were socially distinctive.
The exception is Luke. Were it not for Luke, we would have little sense of the extensive reach of John's social influence over his disciples long after his death. Nor would we have guessed that this influence spread far into non-Palestinian Judaism. Twenty years later, Luke tells us — and hundreds of miles from Jordan's banks where he baptized — the disciples of John made up a recognizable group, readily distinguished from other Jews (Acts 19:3-4). From Luke we also know of an accomplished biblical scholar from Egypt, who counted himself one of the disciples of John (18:24-26).
Among the notable features distinguishing these disciples, Luke speaks of their particular manner of prayer, rather much as the Lord's Prayer was a distinguishing mark of Christians (Luke 11:1). For the rest, the teaching of John, as reported by Luke, was reminiscent of Israel's famous "social prophets," like Amos and Isaiah.
That is, John stressed the concerns people must have for one another. Luke alone records the detailed application of this concern: "So the people asked him, saying, 'What shall we do then?' He answered and said to them, 'He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.' Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, 'Teacher, what shall we do?' And he said to them, 'Collect no more than what is appointed for you'" (Luke 3:10-13). Here we have the practical details of the social virtue Josephus saw in John's teaching: "justice towards one another."
Finally, it appears that John's moral influence extended beyond the Jews. Luke also tells us of certain soldiers — foreign forces commissioned by Rome to maintain order in the Holy Land — who approached John for counsel: "Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, 'And what shall we do?' So he said to them, 'Do not intimidate or falsely accuse anyone, and be content with your wages'" (3:14).
Such, then, were the disciples of John the Baptist, both Jews and Gentiles, who turned their hearts to God in piety and their hands to one another in justice. Luke clearly knew them first-hand — and liked them.
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Meecham started out in seminal 90's house/rave group Bizarre Inc. alongside Carl Tuner and Dean Meredith. They had a string of hits including "Playing With Knives" and "I'm Gonna Get You", both of which charted in the UK (the former hit #3, the latter #4) as well as the US (#47), and both are considered "club classics".
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After their second album, 1996's Surprise, was commercially disappointing, Bizarre Inc. disappeared until 1999, when Meredith and Meecham resurfaced with Steve "Fella" Kotey as Chicken Lips. Since then, it's been full steam ahead, with the boys finding a home at DC Recordings (scheduled to have its own Technophilia post anytime soon) as Big Two Hundred, aka "the dark side of Chicken Lips", and two side projects: Meredith as White Light Circus and Meecham as TEM.


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The 38th Toronto International Film Festival has confirmed the return of its Asian Film Summit, to be held during their festival on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.
Returning to the Shangri-La Hotel for its second year, the summit is part of TIFF's ongoing commitment to build bridges* between Asian cinema and the West – something we can really appreciate here at Reel Asian.
Director Keanu Reeves will participate in a case study examining the US-China co-production of Man of Tai Chi (太極俠). Maybe Reeves will also spill what it was like to work with kung-fu cinema legend Yuen Wo-ping 袁和平! Other speakers confirmed include Japanese industry titan Tatsumi "Tom" Yoda 依田巽 and Quentin Tarantino's favourite HK film director, Johnnie To Kei-fung 杜琪峯.
Another session to look forward to will be a panel on working cross-culturally, featuring Michael Lake, CEO of Pinewood Iskander Malaysia Studios; Sanjeev Lamba, CEO of Reliance Big Pictures (Mumbai); and Canadian producer Shan Tam 譚芷珊 (of Finding Mr. Right and Rumble In The Bronx).
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After a bout of bankruptcy reorganization failed to revive its flagging business, scrapbooking retailer Archiver's said it will close all 33 of its stores across the country by mid-February.
The Minnetonka-based company, which sold everything from quirky stickers to museum-quality archival paper for do-it-yourself crafters, announced the news by posting a statement on its website Thursday, prompting an outcry from loyal customers on social media.
"The economy has changed, our industry has changed, and our customers' needs have changed," the statement said. The missive added that over the past few years, "the combination of a weak economy and new technology resulted in steady declines in the memory craft business, significantly impacting Archiver's and many other retailers and vendors in the craft industry."
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The 14-year-old firm filed for bankruptcy protection last April in an effort to restructure about $10 million in debt. It shuttered 11 stores in the nine months since the filing and cut costs, but the efforts apparently weren't sufficient to save the company.
Two shareholders in Archiver's said Friday that investor losses would total more than $25 million and that shareholders would get nothing after the bankruptcy and liquidation. Creditors are expected to receive far less than what they are owed. According to the initial bankruptcy filing, 20 secured creditors were owed about $461,000, while dozens of unsecured creditors were owed close to $5 million.
The company began in 1999 at a time when scrapbooking was becoming something of a craze. Magazines devoted solely to scrapbooking and whole new segments arose in keepsake supplies. And today, more than 23 million Americans engage in some type of scrapbooking, according to the Craft & Hobby Association, a New Jersey-based trade group.
Bruce Thomson, a Twin Cities entrepreneur, launched Archiver's just as the market was taking off, and the business eventually spread to 17 states beyond Minnesota.
Thomson won backing from about a dozen affluent local investors who saw Archiver's as an understandable enterprise, with real estate and other tangible assets, at a time when many early-stage backers were losing money in Internet and telecom-related firms.
The rise of digital photography initially fueled the scrapbooking phenomenon by making it easier than ever for people to take and print their own photos. But eventually, services such as Shutterfly made it easier to make scrapbooks and other keepsake items using digital photos and artwork on a computer program, then have them printed and bound.
In its statement, Archiver's said, "In the midst of this change, Archiver's has tried to adapt. We've brought in new products, new brands, added more sales and coupons, introduced Archiver's Memory Lab and streamlined our operations. However, despite our best efforts, our stores simply do not generate the sales needed to support the business."
But Nancy Nally, editor of the website www.scrapbook update.com, said the $3.5 billion industry isn't necessarily shrinking, it's just in transition.
"Everyone keeps claiming the sky is falling in the scrapbooking industry. I don't think it's falling as bad as people think it is," she said. "A chain the size of Archiver's just can't turn on a dime."
More scrapbookers are engaging in paper crafting and mixed media now, as well as plastic pocket scrapbooking systems such as Project Life, created by scrapbooking guru Becky Higgins.
In addition, Nally said, more people are posting the photos they snapped on their smartphones on Facebook and Instagram instead of printing them out and creating scrapbooks.
Archiver's said it will continue to offer classes through the middle of January and will hold its weekly Scrap Mania gatherings, where customers meet to work on projects together, until the closing in mid-February.


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There are some commands that take file name and there are some case where you need to give file name. But there are some cases where you want to modify the file before passing it to the command. What do you do in these case's?
I had a file containing huge amount of data and for some testing I wanted to pass only the first few lines of the file and not the complete file. And since the file only accepted filename and would not take any input from the STDIN so only option was to create a file with the required data in a temporary file. So, I sat back to figure out some way to do it and finally found I can use this:
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The "testcommand" parameter "-f" requires a filename. And here we are passing the file to the command after filtering it with head command. You can use any bash command inside the <() combination.
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Building Babel follows a year in the life of Sharif El-Gamal, developer of the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque," a Muslim-led community center two blocks from the World Trade Center. With unlimited access to his home and office, the film paints a portrait of a Muslim-American businessman up against impossible odds. A passionate Brooklyn-born Muslim, Sharif El-Gamal sees Park51 as a centerpiece of his own Muslim American identity. Born of a Polish-Catholic mother and Egyptian-Muslim father, El-Gamal only turned to Islam after 9/11 shook his faith to the core, and sees Park51 as a way to give back to the Lower Manhattan community. Married to a Muslim convert and the father of two daughters, Sharif represents an Islam that remains foreign to most Americans, especially given the way the media and politicians have continued to use Park51 as a point of controversy. Despite a principle goal of helping to rebuild Lower Manhattan, opposition to the plan has been virulent and non-stop. Thousands of Americans have rallied against the prospect of a Muslim institution being constructed in such proximity to Ground Zero, and Park51 has become an internationally discussed symbol of Islam's relationship to the Western world. Building Babel follows Park51's development through the daily experiences and struggles of the men and women trying to make it a reality.


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LOS ANGELES -- 24 Hour Fitness, San Ramon, CA, denies allegations of discrimination made in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The lawsuit, Fulcher vs. 24 Hour Fitness, was filed in Alameda County (CA) Superior Court by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and the Oakland, CA, law firm of Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs claim that 24 Hour discriminated against employees on the basis of race, color, national origin and gender. Specifically, the plaintiffs claim that 24 Hour subjected minority and female employees to discrimination regarding promotions to management positions and equal compensation in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and the California Business and Profession Code.
"24 Hour Fitness is an equal employment opportunity employer, and we are deeply committed to providing a work environment that is free from unlawful discrimination and retaliation," 24 Hour said in a statement. "24 Hour Fitness makes its hiring and promotional decisions without regard to race, national origin, gender or any other protected basis. We firmly deny the allegations made in the complaint, and we expect to prevail when all the facts are heard."
The lawsuit asks the court to order 24 Hour to end its alleged discriminatory employment practices and to provide back pay and damages to the employees who claim they have been treated unfairly.
Lead plaintiff Raoul Fulcher Jr., said in a press release that he has been passed over for promotions because he is African-American.
"Usually, the coach gives the ball to the best player, but at 24 Hour Fitness, that is not the case," Fulcher said.
Plaintiff Richard Lopez said he was the only Latino membership counselor at the 24 Hour club in Concord, CA.
"I did everything I could to reach out to our Spanish-speaking membership, and yet I could not get a fair shake and the promotion I deserved," Lopez said in the release.
One of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs is Bill Lann Lee, who served as the assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in the Clinton administration.
"24 Hour Fitness promises customers a family fitness environment," Lee said in a statement. "But 24 Hour Fitness does not treat its minority and women employees as part of the family. Qualified, experienced minorities and women work lower-level jobs but don't get a chance at management jobs. Breaking the promise of equal opportunity is against the law."
24 Hour faced a similar discrimination lawsuit last year, but in May, that case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning the plaintiffs are barred from filing another case on the same claim.
24 Hour was once again the No. 1 club on Club Industry's Top 100 Clubs list, which was released in this month's issue of the magazine. The company generated $1.352 billion in revenue in 2009 from the more than 425 clubs it operates nationwide.


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HESS International Educational Organization is the most recognized English school in Taiwan. We employ more than 500 native English-speaking teachers and have almost 30 years of experience looking after both new and experienced teachers. In addition to our competitive salary, HESS guarantees your teaching hours, awards annual student-return rate and contract-completion bonuses. You don't need a TEFL certificate (bachelor's degree holders) in order to apply. In fact, after completing the free training program, you will earn your TEFL while getting paid for your practicum teaching!
HESS also offers free airport pick-up for new teachers, paid hotel accommodation during training, and a comprehensive initial training before arriving at your school. In addition, new teachers are eligible to take advantage of an interest-free start-up loan of NT$30,000 (US$1,000)! After initial training is complete, new teachers will be offered housing/location assistance from staff at their assigned branch.
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1. Free TEFL Certification Training Program: Teachers earn a HESS TEFL Certificate after completing our intensive, 120+ hour training program. 2. Materials provided: We write our own professional, award-winning curricula with lesson plans made for you. 3. Location options: HESS has full-time positions island-wide, and we are able to accommodate couples and friends coming together. 4. Support and job security: Train in a large group and make friends and find roommates. We'll help you organize your documents and find accommodation. All of our schools have a reliable Western management structure. 5. Interest-free start-up loan: We offer a NT$30,000 (US$1,000) loan to help you get on your feet in Taiwan. 6. Guaranteed hours: We guarantee a minimum number of hours above what most schools can offer (20-25 hours minimum per week, depending on contract).7. Competitive hourly pay: NT$580/hour (US$19/hour) starting pay is complemented by NT$0-40/hour pay raises every year.8. Bonuses: Your base pay is complimented by yearly contract renewal bonuses after the first year and student return-rate bonuses (avg. NT$25,000/year).9. Advancement opportunities: We offer roles in curriculum writing, management, training, marketing, multimedia and more!(US$1 = NT$33 approx.)
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He was standing maybe 50 yards inside the fence, scratching an itch by rubbing his neck against the trunk of a dead post oak.
My friend, the talking mule.
Even from that distance, I could see he was improved. The last time we talked, he'd been in a foul humor, and his personal appearance wasn't up to par. That was when we were still sweating through those wicked 100-plus-degree days.
I got an apple out of my sack and pitched it up a little way as a signal. Before I caught it on the way down, here he came, walking fast to the fence. I thought for a second he was going into a trot. I've heard him brag about winning mule races when he was young, but I've never seen him get out of first gear.
"Howdy, stranger," he said, showing a big mouthful of teeth. "Congratulations on your release, and welcome to the free world."
That's his idea of a joke, which he lays on me when I haven't stopped to see him in a long time. I've heard all his jokes. He hasn't hit me with a new one in the past two years.
I handed him the apple and waited while he finished it off. Took him maybe four chomps. This mule cleans up really well. His red coat was slick and shiny. I told him he was looking splendid, and he nodded in agreement. All mules are vain as high school cheerleaders.
"Well," he said, nosing my sack, expecting another apple, "we've had a little rain since your last visit, and things are looking up here on the ranch. We could use another foot of moisture, but I think now we'll survive if these wet fronts keep coming through. Are you saving those apples for next Halloween or what?"
I gave him another apple. It hadn't disappeared behind all those teeth before the mule swung away from the fence and pretended to be interested in two cows. They'd come up in the hope of getting an apple, I guess.
The mule wasn't really interested in the cows. He hates cows. What spooked him was, a pickup had topped the rise on the blacktop. When I visit with this mule, if anybody else comes near us, he shuts down. Won't say a word.
For that reason, I've never convinced anybody that the mule really talks to me, and I've about given up trying. It's just something I'll have to live with.
When the pickup whizzed on past, I asked the mule if he would be moving his residence. When we talked before, things were so bad in the cow business, he thought the ranch was about to be sold, and he worried that he might be sold along with the land.
He hates the idea of being sold, since it implies that he is owned. He refuses to be owned.
Maybe I've mentioned before that it's not easy talking to a mule. In these conversations, I have to be careful when I refer to the man who owns the ranch where the mule lives. I mustn't call him the mule's owner. The mule calls him "my man."
"We've got a fresh supply of financing," he told me, "so I'll not be moving any time soon. My man's brought in a big load of hay for these old sisters, so maybe now they can quit gnawing bark off the fence posts."
"Old sisters" is what he calls the cows. He never passes up an opportunity to put down the intelligence of cows. He once told me it's like living with a herd of giant amoeba.
I wondered if he'd care to comment on the year just past, and he said, "Why, yes, what I love the most about the year 2011 is that it's gone, and I hope never to see or hear anything of it again. Last summer was the worst I ever spent, and if I thought next year would be more of the same, I'd drag up and move to Alaska or some foreign country like that."
How about this new year? Any comment? How about the general election coming up next November? Some of the customers have wanted this mule to issue predictions on weather, and football scores, and political races. I've tried, but he's always refused.
So I was a little surprised when, after his fifth apple, he waved an ear and stomped a fire-ant mound with a foreleg and said:
"Well, the Republicans are trying to commit suicide, looks to me like. So far, they haven't put up a candidate that could beat Grandma in a sack race."
Full disclosure: This mule is a Democrat. You'd think, here in a state as red as Texas, readers would be more interested what a Republican mule has to say. But this is the only talking mule I know, and he says all mules are Democrats.
Was he predicting, then, that the Democrats would recapture the White House in November?
He said yes, but he wouldn't bet much on it. "Because the Democrats are so good at shooting themselves in the foot."
Then he took the last apple in my sack, and walked away.


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If you jump on Steam before 10am PT on December 26, you can download the multiplayer shooter for free. The only catch is that you need to install it, not just "purchase" it, and once that deadline has passed, you'll still own the copy.
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19th Parkinson's Unity Walk Will be Held on Saturday, April 27, 2013
For Immediate Release
Parkinson's Unity Walk
19th Parkinson's Unity Walk Will be Held on Saturday, April 27, 2013
Join us in making every step count
at the largest grassroots Parkinson's fundraiser in the U.S.
(Kingston, N.J., November 29, 2012) The Parkinson Alliance announced today that the 19th Parkinson's Unity Walk will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in New York City's Central Park.
Fundraising is already underway nationwide and we are encouraged by the response thus far from our supporters. We are building awareness about how vital contributions are in funding ground-breaking research on better treatments and hopefully, one day a cure.
In 2012, over $1.8 million was awarded to research funded by seven major U.S. Parkinson's disease organizations. Since the Walk's inception in 1994, one hundred percent of all of the donations raised for the Unity Walk has been and continues to be designated for research. Proceeds from the event are shared among seven major Parkinson's disease foundations: American Parkinson Disease Association, National Parkinson Foundation, Parkinson's Action Network, Parkinson's Disease Foundation, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, The Parkinson Alliance, and The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center.
The generosity of sponsors allows the Parkinson's Unity Walk to donate one hundred percent of all donations directly to research. Abbott, a leading global health care company, is the Premier Sponsor and Proud Partner of the 19th Parkinson's Unity Walk.
"Take action with the Parkinson's Unity Walk because it is your chance to become empowered during Parkinson's disease awareness month. Every donor and participant will count. Combined individual efforts can generate a large impact. Together, more funds can be raised and we can give hope to those living with the daily symptoms. As their support system, let's act on behalf of someone living with Parkinson's," states Carol Walton, CEO of The Parkinson Alliance.
Walton added that the Parkinson's Unity Walk is a chance for the community to unite, gather information, and be informed. "When thousands of people unite in one location, helpful hints can be shared with each other. This can positively impact someone's quality of life the rest of the year."
To register for the 19th Parkinson's Unity Walk, visit www.unitywalk.org or call 866-789-9255.
About The Parkinson Alliance:
The Parkinson Alliance® is a national non-profit organization, dedicated to raising funds to help finance the most promising research to find the cause and cure for Parkinson's disease; and is the umbrella organization for the Parkinson's Unity Walk®. The Parkinson's Unity Walk is the largest grassroots fundraiser event for Parkinson's disease in the country. Since its inaugural walk in 1994, 100% of donations have gone to research.