This is a good laugh, see below! J  

                 Can't eat pork,

Swine flu...

Can't eat chicken,

Bird flu.

Can't eat Beef,

Mad cow....

Can't eat eggs,

Salmonella.

Can't eat fish,

 heavy metal poisons in their waters.

Can't eat fruits and veggies,

insecticides and herbicides.

Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I believe that leaves Chocolate and ice cream!!!!!!!!

Remember - - - 'STRESSED'

spelled backwards! is

'DESSERTS'

Send this to four people and you will lose 2 pounds

  Delete it and you will gain 10 pounds immediately!

That's why I had to pass this on - -

-      - - didn't want to risk it - - -

   And I wanted to put a smile on your face.

Have a good day!

I remember almost four years ago when I was last in the USA--my twin sister had just gotten married and when I was at the airport her new husband gave me a web camera. Although I enjoy internet technology and had had a personal blog for a while, I had said that I would NEVER use a web camera. Well, you know what they say--NEVER say NEVER... Anyway, we used the web camera for communicating over MSN and later Skype and I was even able to join my entire family for Christmas although I was sitting in Finland. Eventually, it dawned on me that this type of technology would work great for language training and the more I thought about it, the more I was hooked on the idea of live online language training. Later, when I saw a virtual classroom, I was hooked even more. Anyway, I've been thinking lately about why a student would choose to study live online and here are some of my brainstorms. Please add to this list in the comments if you can think of more. Thanks!

1. This type of learning is a new novel way and some people like to try new things.
2. If a person spends a lot of time on the internet, why not try it?
3. It is difficult to find a native speaker to teach you at the time that you are available i.e. late at night or early in the morning.
4. Not only are you learning a language, you are learning to use the computer in a different way: application & screensharing, uploading pictures, etc.
5. This is a great way to meet new people whether it is your teacher or other students in the classroom.
6. This type of learning makes the world seem much smaller as you can be in Japan and have conversation with a native speaker of English living in Finland.
7. This type of learning is perfect for people on the go. I have taught people in China sitting at a McDonalds...so someone who travels can still meet his/her class from the hotel.
8. Convenience: the student doesn't have to leave home.
9. The student doesn't need to rush to get to class--just turn on the computer.
10. This type of learning makes it easier to communicate with teachers and classmates outside of class.

So, these are my brainstorms (and my colleague Jan's)--how about you? What do you think?

If you are language learner and are intrigued--check out my website at www.cwcnow.com   (I can offer up to 14 different languages)

I can't believe I have been back from Italy for five days and haven't posted anything.  Italy was great!  The food, my travel companions, the people I met, everything.  I was so blessed to be able to go!  I didn't take all that many pictures of my time there, but my travel companions took a lot.  All told, there were 350 pictures.  The following are my favorite ones:

         

I kinda dropped the ball on one picture a day in 2009, huh?  Well, it just started getting busy, running out of ideas, etc., etc., excuses, excuses.  Anyway, this morning I woke up in a hotel in Germany and will be flying on to Italy later this morning.  Am quite excited...  Check back for pictures as I will try to upload them as much as I can!

I color my to-do lists once I'm done with 'em... Today, I sent out about 75 emails one at a time...hopefully I get some response!

Alpo loves to lick people's feet, so be careful if you ever come visit us...

Today I had a 'make-up & more' party at my house!  Here is a picture of three of the participants in their masks!

Self-portrait of Holly & Alpo at the end of a very very busy week.  Boy was I tired!

I didn't have my camera for day fifteen because my students borrowed it for a photo/video scavenger hunt I sent them on.  Here is one of the pictures!