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While we are still not over the exhilarating events of this year's season finale, we think it's about time to take a step back and assess the season as a whole. There were a lot of ups and downs, no doubt about that, but this post will focus on the ups. Here are our five favourite episodes from season 4 of Castle, in order of appearance. Enjoy!
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J Shares the Castle Love Forever and For "Always": A Review of the Suspense, Revelations, and Grand Romance in the Season Finale 4×23
Things happened. Big things. Things that are meaningful and irrevocable and wonderful. So let's jump right in as I try, like so many fans out there, to make sense of my Castle/Beckett feelings.
We begin with Beckett clinging to the edge of a building, calling out for Castle as she loses her grip. Just as all hope seems lost, we cut to three days earlier. Oh, season finales. After discovering what appears to be a gang-related murder in an alley, Beckett, Castle, and the boys soon discover a link to Montgomery's home and the files he was trying to keep hidden. Drama, stolen glances, and intensity ensue, highlighting how much Castle, Ryan, and Esposito love Beckett in their own ways. Each of them will do pretty much anything to support Beckett and keep her safe, and we see this play out throughout the episode. Of course, Castle is keeping a secret about the files and the case, and we all know that it's only a matter of time until it comes out.
Castle and Beckett Resurrect Their Romance…and Some Zombies! J on Castle 4×22 "Undead Again"
We're heading in the right direction, people. I mean, sure, we're celebrating the fact that Castle and Beckett are even talking to each other at all, let alone talking about their feelings, but after the last few episodes we'll take what we can get. It's no secret that I was getting a little sick of the constant evading, concealing, and inability to communicate, and I was thoroughly fed up with Castle when he said this would be his last case working with Detective Beckett. I knew it wasn't going to prove true, but somehow that made it even more annoying. Enough already!
Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I can comment on the actual episode. I felt that "Undead Again" was all about one person knowing better than another and pulling the wool over their eyes. This plays out in the zombie storyline, but also more significantly in Castle and Beckett's relationship. In terms of the zombies, we (or the characters) are fooled into believing that they might actually be the walking undead. When that theory is debunked, we see the case of one "zombie" being manipulated into committing a crime against his will and without his knowledge. See: pulling the wool over his eyes. As for Castle and Beckett, they simply can't keep up their charade any longer, and there are many layers of the charade: first and foremost is the fact that they're in love with each other and not acting on it, second is Beckett hiding from Castle that she heard him say he loved her last year, third is Castle hiding his knowledge that she heard him, and fourth is Castle hiding info about Johanna Beckett's murder and Kate's shooting (which will most certainly come up in the finale next week).
Lanie is the Star of "The Limey" (If Only Someone Would Follow Her Advice): J Reviews Castle 4×20
As was to be expected, nothing in the way of relationship advancement happened in "The Limey". However, I actually liked this episode better than last week's for a few reasons, not the least of which is that we got some real character development on the part of Kate Beckett. While "47 Seconds" followed Castle closely through his childish reaction to finding out Kate's secret, this week we go home with Beckett, seeing things from her point of view and gaining insight into the character. I wasn't happy with the lack of discussion between Castle and Beckett (no surprise there), but watching Beckett grapple with her feelings is far more interesting than Castle pouting about her betrayal.
Lanie was really the best part of this episode in my opinion. She tells it like it is, and always has. She's been aware of the attraction between Castle and Beckett from day one, and has never been shy about encouraging her friend to go for it with "writer boy". In "The Limey", we not only see her supporting Kate, but also confronting her about her feelings for Castle. And when she does, it doesn't take long for Beckett to admit to those feelings. In the course of the initial conversation in Kate's apartment, this moment happens almost casually, but it's actually a huge deal for Beckett! She has been denying her feelings and declaring she isn't ready for ages, so the fact that she owns up to being crazy about Castle is a really big step for her.
Frustration Builds in "47 Seconds": J Reviews Castle 4×19
We were all looking forward to "47 Seconds". It was to be the episode in which something finally happens between Castle and Beckett. And while I suppose something did happen, it's certainly not anything I am pleased or impressed with. I'm waiting until the end of the season for the writers of Castle to convince me that the events of this episode were justified, because right now they seem like yet another contrived device to keep the two main characters apart.
Allow me to clarify. I'm not talking about Beckett's secret coming out, because (a) that was bound to happen and (b) it is kind of a big deal. Beckett heard Castle say "I love you" after she was shot in last season's finale, and neglecting to mention it to him for almost a year is on the list of things you probably shouldn't do to the man you're clearly in love with. Thus the main drama of the episode is established, with a bombing setting the stage for Castle and Beckett to ponder how precious and uncertain their time is. It seems like the perfect opportunity for the couple to finally act on their feelings, make out, make babies, do all those things Stana Katic keeps advising for the characters.
Bright Colours and Dueling Divas: J on Castle 4×18 "A Dance with Death"
It was nice to have Castle back after a three-week hiatus, especially because this season seems to be flying by. While I could have done with a slightly more engaging plot, I will let that slide given the big things that seem to be in store for our favourite crime-fighting pair in the episodes to come this season. "A Dance with Death" was light and not particularly memorable, but had some small moments and side storylines that definitely deserve a mention. And so. To begin.
For the most part, I was digging Beckett's brightly-coloured wardrobe this episode. She's definitely much more casual this season (and has been following an ever-increasing casual trajectory throughout the show) but we don't often see her in those popping colours. From bright orange to electric blue to berry pink, this says a lot about what she as a character is comfortable with. Often when Beckett feels unsafe, threatened, or vulnerable, the dark colours and turtlenecks come out in great abundance. Here her wardrobe tells us that she is totally comfortable with herself, her job, her relationship with her co-workers, and her relationship with Castle. This might be lulling both Kate and the viewer into a false sense of security since I have a feeling one or both of the big secrets being kept by Castle and Beckett are going to come out before the end of season 4. But for now, hooray for colour!
Never Take Advice from a Potential Mass Murderer: J on the Dos and Don'ts of Castle 4×16 "Linchpin"
Like last week, this review is mostly going to focus on characters and relationships because to be honest I wasn't particularly interested in the whole double-agent, CIA, massive conspiracy, WWIII plot line. Of course, that's kind of the norm for me when I watch Castle; I'm much more invested in Rick and Kate's romance than in any of the cases that they solve. There were definitely some moments I liked in this week's conclusion to the two-parter, but on the whole I don't think either "Pandora" or "Linchpin" will break any records for favourite Castle episode.
My main criticism (I'll get it out of the way now, and then move on to the fun stuff) is that the episode itself was, well, a little bit boring. As far as Castle's two-part cliff-hangers go, I didn't like this year's installment nearly as much as the ones that preceded it. The stakes just didn't seem as high (or I wasn't made to feel they were as high), and I know that's really weird to say given that World War Three was the potential outcome of this episode. I guess what I mean is that a stronger impression is made when the characters' lives are more directly involved in the case…like the crazy guy murdering people in the name of Nikki Heat, stalking Beckett, and blowing up her apartment in season 2. Even last year's two-parter felt more personal (though on a much larger scale), perhaps because Castle and Beckett were locked together in a freezer and then faced with a dirty bomb about to blow up in their faces. But mainly I think those episodes worked really well because it was all up to Castle and Beckett to solve the case and save everyone. Here, there were too many double-agents and shifting allegiances to keep track of; Castle and Beckett could barely do anything but observe and get carried along by the CIA. If they have absolutely no clue what's going on (which they didn't until the very end of "Linchpin"), then neither do we, and I think that's what diluted the episode's overall impact.
A Tense (and Somewhat Confusing) Cliff-hanger: J on Castle 4×15 "Pandora"
Stana Katic, talking about the end of this week's episode "Pandora", joked that the creators of Castle are forcing Rick and Kate to face each of the elements to see if they survive. So far we've had fire (in 2×17/2×18 when Kate's apartment blows up), ice (3×16/3×17 when they get locked in a freezer) and now water as their car plunges down toward Davy Jones's Locker at the end of 4×15. And of course, in true cliff-hanger form, that's how the episode ends. I can only imagine that next season's two-parter will involve them being buried underground but narrowly escaping (as they always do).
Actually, in a lot of ways "Pandora" reminded me of the previous Castle two-parters, and not just because it concluded with the same nerve-wracking "to be continued" ending. Plot-wise, I sort of saw it as a combination of the double episodes of season 2 and season 3 as well. There's definitely a Jordan Shaw-esque quality to Sophia Turner, the bedroom-voiced CIA agent who has a history with Castle. Beckett's jealousy over Castle bonding with Jordan and being impressed with her cool gadgets in "Tick Tick Tick" and "Boom" is definitely reflected again here: she's just oozing with jealousy! And the broader themes of terrorism and national security in "Pandora" bring to mind last year's two-parter in which a dirty bomb threatens the city of New York. However I also found that I wasn't quite as invested in the plotline as I was during either of those two stories.
Castle and Beckett Discover Puppy Love: J on Castle 4×13 "An Embarrassment of Bitches"
"An Embarrassment of Bitches" was pretty much as light and fluffy as TV episodes come, and that's saying something coming from a show that doesn't take itself terribly seriously to begin with. What with celebrity dogs and reality TV stars, this episode of Castle was frothy and cute but not really plot-advancing. Still we had fun watching it, laughing at the one-liners (which ranged from lame to quite funny) and "awww"ing over the puppies, Castle, and Beckett.
Like Beckett, I don't follow reality TV or its stars, so the parallels to certain real-life celebs were kind of lost on me. But my viewing of Castle is far more focused on the relationships than the cases anyway so I wasn't too fazed. However a few eyebrows were raised upon hearing that Beckett objects to reality TV because she doesn't like fiction masquerading as truth. Oh, Kate, if only you could hear yourself! Faithful viewers know that Beckett has been concealing the knowledge that Castle confessed his love for her, so her dislike of omissions, concealment, or downright lying (depending on how harshly you want to judge Beckett) is a bit rich.
J's Thoughts on Castle 4×11 "Till Death Do Us Part": Some Funny Moments but Where's the Dancing?
I liked this episode well enough, but I wasn't crazy about it. Knowing that it was going to be the "Ryan's wedding episode" I was really hoping for, um, more of the actual wedding…is that weird? Much as I enjoyed the final scene (which I'll get into later) I felt it was a case of too little too late in terms of the plot and pacing of the episode.
Castle and Beckett's case begins when they find a dead naked dude covered with some fruit. As they dig further into this guy's life – full of secret identities, espionage, and picking up women – in addition to watching Ryan prepare for his upcoming wedding with Jenny, their conversations inevitably turn to sex, commitment, honesty, and marriage. While most of these exchanges are light-hearted and teasing, they do reveal how much Castle and Beckett are scoping each other out for that day when they WILL tie the knot for real. Sometimes they seem perfectly oblivious to the romantic undertones (or overtones – they weren't that subtle) of their own words.


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Faculty Footnotes: Professors and Alumni Attend Inter-Orthodox Consultation
March 2–9, 2011 • Off-Campus Event
From March 2-9, 2011, Professors Peter Bouteneff and Paul Meyendorff traveled to Aghia Napa, Cyprus, to participate in an Inter-Orthodox Consultation hosted by the Orthodox Archbishopric of Cyprus. The consultation, sponsored by the World Council of Churches (WCC), was convened to prepare a common Orthodox response to a Faith an Order statement on "The Nature and Mission of the Church."
Nearly forty Eastern and Oriental Orthodox representatives from across the entire globe, including hierarchs, clergy, and scholars, attended the meeting. Professors Bouteneff and Meyendorff each presented papers, and Dr. Bouteneff was the primary drafter of the Orthodox response. The final text of the response will soon be posted on the website of the World Council of Churches: www.oikoumene.org.
"The fact that two representatives from St. Vladimir's Seminary were invited testifies to the important role of the seminary in both the Orthodox and ecumenical worlds," noted Dr. Meyendorff.
Also attending the meeting were two SVOTS alumni: Dr. Tamara Grdzelidze, who serves as Program Executive of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order in Geneva, Switzerland; and Dr. Antonios Kireopoulos, Associate General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, responsible for Faith and Order and Interfaith relations.
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New England Law Employment Statistics
The Career Services Office (CSO) at New England Law | Boston is committed to helping students achieve their career goals during law school and beyond. The following employment summaries provide details concerning our three most recent graduating classes. Please visit the CSO's main web page for a full listing of resources and programs for students and alumni.


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Kim Kardashian Shows Off Either a Baby Bump or Salt-Related Bloat. Hard to Say. [PHOTO]
Just in case you somehow forgot that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are bringing a bouncing baby something into the world, Kim wants to remind you with a photo of her supposed baby bump -- which doesn't look much different than the average stomach after it's had a big meal or too many salty snacks.
To share the bump with us (the "excited" world), Kim posted a photo of herself and her sister Khloe on Instagram along with the caption, "Well hello there! #PoppedOuttaNowhere!!!"
We're guessing Kim's four-month pregnancy chose to make itself known just to remind her that she is in fact still knocked up and should maybe start reading some parenting books or something. Or he just did a little growing up during his recent adventures.


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Do consumers care if the companies they buy products and services from are socially responsible? The models that companies adopt for their corporate social responsibility efforts continue to evolve, but what impact do the varied strategies have on consumer sentiment?
For the recent study, as it did in 2011, Nielsen used stated willingness to spend more on goods and services from companies that have implemented programs to give back to society as a proxy for how much consumers care about brand investments in social impact. The results provide one simple gauge for whether consumers care—about cause marketing, shared value, conscious capitalism or other pursuits of corporate social impact—and they help to quantify the growing desire among consumers to reward the companies they view as socially responsible.


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- To increase the level of understanding and cooperation between referees and coaches.
- To let coaches know what is expected of them during the match, from WSSL referees.
- To get feedback from coaches as to how we coaches and referees can better work together to improve the players' soccer experience.
We Are All On The Same Team:
Coaches and referees all want the same thing- a fair, safe and fun game for the kids. So:
- Always keep in mind that audible/visible criticism of referees by coaches or parents will work to undermine the referee's authority. Such criticism often leads to a poorly controlled match that is less safe, less fair and less fun for the players.
- Always keep in mind that the referees are not your adversaries. They are volunteers, the same as you, and they must be treated respectfully.
- Talk to the referees before the match. Arrive early. Be approachable and friendly. Make sure you introduce yourself.
- Talk again after the game. Make sure you thank the referee team for their efforts. Please do this even if you think the referee had a bad game or made some bad calls. (We'll discuss how to handle that a little later.)
Reminder about AYSO and Safe Haven Philosophies:
- Two in Particular- Positive Coaching and Good Sportsmanship.
- Yelling at or being disrespectful to referees is not consistent with these two stated philosophies.
- Volunteers (coaches and referees) are role models. The coach sets the tone for the team. Both players and parents will follow your lead, so please make it a positive one.
Discussions About Calls or "No-Calls":
- Discussions should never be public.
- As a general rule, they should never be during the game; wait until half time or after the match is over.
- The discussions should always be in a proper, respectful tone. Have a conversation, not an argument.
- Consult our Laws of the Game page and the FIFA Law Book, if necessary.
- Remember that people see things from different angles and in different ways. Be open to the other point of view.
- If you feel there is a real problem with the referee (obvious bias, total lack of understanding of the rules, inappropriate attitude), please bring this to the attention of your division head and chief referee.
Specific Situations:
- Players' equipment: please do not ask the referees to ignore the rules, i.e. - our no jewelry policy. Important safety issues cannot be overlooked.
- Unbalanced teams - if you are supposed to be playing 6 v 6, and your team shows up with 7, and the other team shows up with 5, use the "Everyone Plays" and "Balanced Teams" philosophy to find a way to play 6 v 6 that is simple and fair. Your players will do whatever you ask/tell them to do.
During the game:
- No subbing on the fly!
- Don't interfere with re-starts by micromanaging. You cannot diagram a play every time there is a throw-in.
Feedback: What Do Coaches Want/Expect From Referees?
If you have any thoughts on this, please email someone on the coach or referee leadership team:
- Alan Leverenz- Regional Coach Administrator: email@example.com
- Richard Safran- Regional Referee Administrator: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Sara Fischer- Regional Director of Referee Instruction: email@example.com
- Michael Titowsky- Referee Instructor: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Some Republicans must be worried about Mitch McConnell's Kentucky Senate seat, because conservative super PAC American Crossroads mocked Ashley Judd in an attack ad released Wednesday, depicting her as a Hollywood radical who looks down on Kentuckians as hillbillies. The 44-year-old actress and liberal activist is said to be considering a 2014 Senate bid, though she has yet to officially announce her candidacy.
American Crossroads, the conservative organization founded by Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove, put up $10,000 in digital advertising for the spot, which will run for two weeks, according to Roll Call.
The mock campaign ad satirically casts Judd as an Obama-loving Hollywood liberal who looks down on Kentuckians.
Judd's rep released a statement in response to the ad saying, "Ashley thanks Senator McConnell, Karl Rove, and their negative allies for all the attention as she considers her future political plans, although a decision hasn't been made yet."
Judd told The Louisville Courier-Journal last month that she was "taking a close look" at a run for office.
"The people of Kentucky need a fighter," Judd said. "And certainly going back 10 generations, I've got some fighters from those hills in my family."


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Tuesday, June 26, 2012) – The Colorado Rapids and Special Olympics Colorado (SOCO) have formed a partnership for a series of events throughout the summer, culminating with the 2012 Championship Cup Series, a two-game competition involving Special Olympics soccer teams from the Denver and Seattle areas. The first match takes place in Seattle on July 8, and will be followed on July 28, immediately after the Rapids match against Seattle Sounders FC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
"Our athletes and coaches are very excited to represent Colorado," says Mindy Watrous, President and CEO of Special Olympics Colorado. "This is a wonderful opportunity for them to develop new friendships, enhance their soccer skills, and experience world-class soccer both in Colorado and the Northwest. The Rapids have welcomed this concept with great enthusiasm and have helped us develop a very unique experience that our athletes will always remember."
"We are thrilled to join with Special Olympics Colorado to provide a one-of-a-kind opportunity to these athletes and staff," said Tim Hinchey, President of the Colorado Rapids. "The passion and skill of these athletes is an inspiration to everyone at our club, and we are very proud that they will be wearing our colors and representing the Rapids. We look forward to establishing a tradition between our organizations in the future, and we can't wait to see them in action here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on July 28."
The 2012 Special Olympics Rapids team received their uniforms and travel equipment at the team's practice last night, with Colorado Rapids players Conor Casey and Brian Mullan lending a hand.
The Special Olympics Rapids team began practicing in early June, and the 11-member All-Star team is comprised of six SOCO athletes and five partner athletes under the direction of coaches Ilima Kane and Philip Knight of Denver. The team will travel to Seattle on July 6, and trip will include a UNITY Match with Sounders FC development players, on-field introduction during the Rapids-Sounders game at XBOX Pitch at CenturyLink Field, and the first game, a 5v5 match between the two Special Olympics teams at the Sounders Training Facility in Tukwila, Washington on Sunday, July 8 at 11:00 a.m. PT.
The second game of the series will take place on Saturday, July 28, immediately following the Rapids match against the Seattle Sounders at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The teams will play a traditional 11v11 style of play in two, 20-minute halves. On Sunday, July 29, the All-Star teams will participate in a skills clinic at the Rapids Practice Fields with Colorado's Technical Staff.
Each team is co-ed and its players range in age from 16 to 21. The Colorado Rapids, in partnership with adidas, will outfit each athlete with authentic Colorado Rapids uniforms, travel apparel, cleats and a team travel bag. Dick's Sporting Goods, sponsor of the Colorado Rapids and Special Olympics Colorado, is supporting the official travel team headed to Seattle.
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Outreach: 2018 Alternative Spring Break
The Pipeline Project is excited to announce that our applications for our 2018 Literacy Arts Alternative Spring Break Program are open! Looking for a meaningful way to spend your spring break? Look no further!
Pipeline recruits a group of UW undergraduates to volunteer on a Literacy Arts project with elementary, middle or high school kids in rural and tribal communities around Washington during spring break.
Outreach: 2017-2018 Student Ambassador Application–NOW OPEN!
Dear Friends of OMAD,
On behalf of the OMAD Multicultural Outreach & Recruitment Office, I am pleased to announce the 2017-2018 Student Ambassador Program is accepting new applications.
Please help us spread the word to your outstanding students interested in making a difference!
What is a Student Ambassador?
Working as part of the Multicultural Outreach & Recruitment team, Student Ambassadors are influential student leaders engaged in creative, empowerment-based activities to encourage high school and middle-school students to pursue higher education.
Leadership/outreach opportunity: Alternative Spring Break
It's time to apply for Alternative Spring Break (ASB) – a chance for UW students to contribute to rural and tribal communities around Washington, have a cross-cultural, immersive exchange, and team-teach and mentor in K-12 settings!
We could not be more excited to advertise our two SCIENCE ASB programs (STEM and Environmental Science), flyers attached, which serve youth ages 10-18.
(If you are interested in Literacy ASB, applications will be out for that Monday Nov 13th!)
By building relationships and providing dynamic curriculum, Science ASB programs cultivate an interest in science, the self-esteem, and the leadership of the K-12 youth we work with.
Unite UW!
Please help us spread the word for this great cultural exchange program that builds a bridge between domestic students and international students. Fall quarter applications closes on September 28th. And it is undergraduates only at this point.
Let us make this large UW campus smaller for you! Unite UW is now accepting fall quarter applications!
With approximately 31,000 undergraduates on campus, we understand the challenge to adapt and to connect.
Unite UW Spring Applications are open!
Please help distribute the blurb below for Unit UW program, an official cultural exchange program housed at the Division of Student Life. We are recruiting 30 domestic and 30 international/exchange students for spring. Thank you so much.
Unite UW, Portal to the World
Find your community, broaden your horizon! Unite UW is now accepting applications for spring quarter. Student Life's Unite UW is an on campus cultural and personal exchange program that connects domestic students with exchange/international students.
Volunteer for MESA Day 2017!
It is that time of the year again: MESA Day 2017!
And we need YOU! Volunteers to help us prepare for, set up, and run our STEM Celebration and Competition.
You have either volunteered in the past or signed up to volunteer, we would like to see you at MESA Day again this year.
Also, please share this volunteer opportunity with your extended network.
Pipeline Project Spring Tutoring Opportunites
Pipeline Project is currently recruiting for Spring Quarter tutor and mentor opportunities. We are a tutoring outreach program that aims to connect UW undergraduates with tutoring and mentoring opportunities in Seattle Public K-12 Schools and local community organizations servicing K-12 students. We partner with over 50 K-12 schools, who are flexible and eager to have wonderful UW students be tutors.
Volunteer! Seattle Clean Street clean up in CD
We are excited to announce our first clean-up of 2017!
Saturday, January 28
Here's what you need to know:
10:00 AM Saturday, January 28
1698 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122.
(Central District!)
What to bring:
We will provide all necessary equipment
(trash grabbers, bags, and gloves).
As usual, we will provide coffee and a light breakfast.
Bring appropriate clothing for the weather!
Volunteer: Become a MESA Tutor
Pipeline Project Literacy Arts Alternative Spring Break 2017
We know it's the first week of Winter Quarter, but why not plan your Spring Break plans now! Apply to Pipeline's amazing FREE domestic study abroad to rural and tribal parts of Washington State for spring break. Applications to Literacy Arts Alternative Spring Break are open until January 13th.
The Pipeline Project recruits a group of UW undergraduates to volunteer on a literacy arts project with elementary, middle or high school kids in rural Washington during spring break.


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Well, it's about time Lancaster County Council finally took up the controversial issue of B-3 commercial zoning again.
Since council lifted the Panhandle's moratorium on B-3 zoning last June (five days before it was set to expire anyway), the issue had been dead in the water, despite several Panhandle residents' strident calls to bring it back to council's attention.
A highlight of the county high school track season takes center stage, Saturday, April 20, on the Lancaster High School track at the Rice Athletics Building.
The seventh annual KLS Running for Ryan features the county track meet at LHS. Boys and girls squads from Andrew Jackson, Buford, Indian Land and host Lancaster will be there to earn track bragging rights for the 2013 season.
In the past few years, Lancaster County has produced state champions and state qualifiers, and the annual meet seems to bring out the best from around the county.
The leadership for the future of the University of South Carolina Lancaster will be handled by a familiar figure.
Dr. Walt Collins III, USCL assistant dean of student affairs, was selected from a field of three candidates to replace Dr. John Catalano and lead USCL into its promising future.
Catalano, who guided USCL as dean for 11 years, announced his retirement in June, effective the end of the year.
Collins, a Clinton, N.C. native, has been a key part of USCL since 2002.
There's a lot of Palmetto pride on display in Lancaster County schools these days and with good reason – 11 of the county's schools recently won Palmetto Gold and Silver awards for the 2011-12 school year from the S.C. Department of Education.
And while that total number is lower than last year's 16 winning county schools, the number of gold award winners actually doubled from four last year to eight this year, despite a more rigourus criteria.
No one is immune. Loss of a job. Devastating medical issue. Death of a working spouse. Divorce. The list is endless. An individual or family's economic status can change almost immediately – for numerous reasons.
Life happens. And when it does, people often find themselves suddenly in need. Elaine Adkins knows. Adkins, executive director of HOPE (Helping Other People Effectively) in Lancaster, meets these people everyday.
In the future, a life will be saved, because of the new emergency helicopter landing pad in Kershaw.
It might be a car wreck victim, a person suffering from a stroke, heart attack or a youngster bitten by a poisonous snake.
No matter, quick and efficient help and the helicopter pad, which will allow the patient to be flown to receive critical medical assistance, is going to be vital.
Direct thanks can be attributed to Talf Wrenn.
A trio of outstanding people have left us in recent weeks, but their mark will be on Lancaster County for years to come.
Lib Wilson, Walter Craig Sr. and Jimmy Moreland Sr. died, but their legacy of community involvement will live on.
Lib Wilson
Any time a Lancaster woman meets with success, she can be grateful that Lib Wilson blazed the way.
In the last few issues, we reported stories where local residents' vocal opposition to plans resulted in the scrapping of those plans – first with the proposed moving of the Indian Land recycling/convenience center from Jim Wilson Road to Shelley Mullis Road and then with a requested rezoning of two acres at Collins and Henry Harris roads.
The public outcry over moving the recycling/convenience center got an added boost from the fact that Lancaster County planned to move the site next to the Deputy Roy Hardin Park, where the county owns additional land.
Face it, folks. Some people don't need to carry guns – openly or concealed.
Recent tragedies, where innocent people sitting in classrooms, a shopping mall and movie theater were slaughtered by crazed, gun-toting fanatics, are a testament to that fact.
We don't think anyone with common sense will deny that those perpetrators should not be allowed to own or carry a gun for obvious reasons.
Buford High School senior wrestler Dylan Altman has a coveted gold medal to show for his persistence.
Altman, the Jackets' 132-pounder, captured an individual state championship as he won the gold medal on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Anderson Civic Center.
A year prior, Altman fell short in a bid to capture the 120-pound Class AAA state title to end his junior campaign.
Altman used his miss at the shot of "grabbing the brass ring" to power his run to the state championship this year.
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Use the information on this page to move forward if you are seeking admittance to Howard College from another college or university.
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- Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination – Senate Bill 1107 requires all students under 30 years of age entering a public, private or independent institution of higher education in Texas as of January 2012 and thereafter to provide documentation that they have had a meningococcal vaccine or "booster" dose within the past five years and at least 10 days prior to the first day of class. (Click on the link for further information about this requirement and a list of exemptions for this requirement.)
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Enjoying the latest and greatest that Linux has to offer? Here are 5 things you should do to get even more from your Ubuntu 9.04
1) Configure Firewall
If you are concern about your security, then it is pertinent that you activate the firewall and prevent any unauthorized access to your computer.
UFW is installed by default, but if you need a graphical interface, install GUFW.
sudo apt-get install gufw
2) Enable the repositories
Every time I do a fresh install of Ubuntu, the first thing that I do is to enable the universe, multiverse, backport and Canonical's 'partner' repositories. These repositories open up new application choices and allow you to install popular third party software easily and quickly.
Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager.
Click on Settings -> Repositories.
Check all the boxes.
Go to the Third-Party Software tab. Check all the boxes.
Click on Close button and press the Reload button at the top left corner to update the repositories.
3) Wine
Wine is a must-have application for those who can't live without their Windows applications, It allows you to install your Windows application in your Ubuntu machine and run them like native Windows apps.
sudo apt-get install wine
Once you have installed Wine, remember to run the configuration (Applications -> Wine -> Configure Wine) before attempting to install your favorite Windows app.
4) Ubuntu-Restricted-extras
Can't listen to MP3? Can't watch Youtube video? Can't run Java? Don't worry, all you need to do is to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package and it will install all the necessary files/codecs for you. Some common applications in the package include MP3 codec, Adobe Flash player, Java runtime and Microsoft core fonts.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
5) Download Ubuntu Tweak and VLC
Download Ubuntu Tweak here and install it by double clicking the .deb file
Download VLC by this command
sudo apt-get install vlc


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DIY Nixie Tube Thermometer Kit
Surprisingly, not caffeinated!
- Fun with the "LEDs" of yesteryear
- Limited edition DIY kit for makers
- Soldering experience required
We offer a delicious caffeinated candy powder called Nixie Tubes. This kit does not contain anything edible. Seriously, don't eat any of this stuff, it will probably kill you. Real nixie tubes are the "LEDs" of yesteryear. They proudly displayed their digits on scientific equipment, voltmeters, counters, and control panels. While they're no longer in production, we've managed to scrounge up some limited edition DIY sets that let you build your own Nixie Tube Thermometer.
You'll need a few skillz to put it together, but if you can wield a soldering iron and read a schematic, you're in business. You could also use the parts to hack together something completely different. If you do, be sure to send us an email about it and a photo of what monstrosity of awesomesauce you created. We'd love to see it.
Product Specifications
- DIY kit to build a Nixie Tube Thermometer
- Displays: fahrenheit, celsius, kelvin, and humidity
- Built in Motion sensor to change display and transition
- Transition types: slow fade, random flash, and off
- Blue LED accent lights
- Rear port for external temperature sensor
- Microprocessor controlled
- Case with brass hardware included
- Display tubes: IN-14 and 19
- Power supply: AC/DC 5V@500mA (included)
- Dimensions: 5 3/4" x 3 1/4" x 2.5"
- Assembly Instructions


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ST. CHARLES - October 14, 2013 - Just last month, Lisa Marie Presley made Memphis history when she performed at the famous Levitt Shell stage where Elvis first sang in 1954. On Saturday, October 26th, the daughter of the King of Rock & Roll will rock the Arcada Theatre, as part of the star's "Storm & Grace" cross country tour of country, rock and blues. The star also incorporates a children's charity event into all her shows. Tickets are $29 and are available at www.oshows.com.
Ron Onesti, who owns the Arcada Theatre, said it's an honor for him to welcome the King's daughter, who has an understandable reputation for being selective about where she performs. Lisa Marie, who grew up at her father's famous Memphis mansion "Graceland," actually performed "Heartbreaker" at the VH1 Divas Duets with rocker Pat Benatar, another star who recently performed at The Arcada.
"One of the things I love most about having my own theatre is that I get to bring in some of the most fascinating people in the world," Onesti said. "Not only is Miss Presley the only child of one of the most influential performers of all time, she is a stunning, breathtaking and striking performer with charisma and raw talent."
A fan favorite for Presley, who is 45 and a mother of four, was her 2007 single "In the Ghetto," which Elvis Presley had originally released in 1969. In the new version, Lisa Marie "duets" with her father, and the video, released with the single, reached No. 1 on the iTunes sales.
On the tour, Presley is introducing fans to her new charity partner, World Vision, which address the root causes of poverty through various community endeavors.
"I am very excited to align myself and this tour with World Vision," said Presley, a longtime children's advocate. "There will be a display table set up at each show with pictures of children from all over the world, who desperately need sponsors."
Onesti said Presley's charitable outreach is not surprising, given the legacy her father also left, with countless contributions to the less fortunate.
The Arcada Theatre is located at 105 E. Main Street in downtown St. Charles, and recent performers have included Don Rickles, Bret Michaels, Joan Rivers, Hugh Jackman, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Martin Short, The GoGos, Helen Reddy and Molly Ringwald.


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Delta Stewardship Council Job Opportunities
Join the Council team! Our Job Opportunities page has an alphabetical listing of job vacancies at the Delta Stewardship Council. Job vacancies are available to persons with civil service eligibility.
How to get a State Job
To be employed by a department of state government, you must take an examination to obtain civil service list eligibility. Learn about the steps involved in becoming a California State Employee.
State Exam Information
Examinations conducted by the Council and other applicable State agencies are listed here. Each exam bulletin lays out specific information on the position, how and where to apply, deadlines for applying, and the minimum requirements for entrance to the exam. Please be sure to read all exam materials carefully to ensure maximum success in your efforts to obtain a state job.
State Salary And Benefits Information
All civil service classes have salary ranges with minimum and maximum rates. State employees enjoy a very competitive benefits package that includes health, dental and vision coverage; 11 paid holidays; a 401 (k) Plan and a 457 Plan; a flexible savings program for pre-tax medical and dependent care; a group legal plan; and paid vacation and sick leave.


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No matter how good your club and staff are, you are going to receive complaints. How do you handle those complaints if they are about one of your most prized employee groups — your trainers?
Over the years, we've learned how best to handle these situations. Once you receive a complaint, you have two response objectives and ways to handle them. The tactical response is to contact the complaining member(s). The strategic response is to look internally for root causes before taking action.
Surveying your members on a regular basis (perhaps quarterly), codifying the results and taking tactical and strategic action can create change that helps keep your members longer or makes them want to come back when they leave. When surveying becomes part of your regular operations, you create an ever-changing business designed around the customer experience.
So let's look at how we addressed a general complaint we received about six years ago when we did a survey of our members, to which we received about 350 responses.
Complaint: "Most of your staff is great, but your trainers will only talk to you if they're paid. They seem arrogant."
The wrong response to your member: "Our trainers are excellent at their jobs and are focused on their clients. It is important that they give their undivided attention to their clients. Have you tried working with a trainer?"
What the member heard: "You're wrong and we aren't about to change anything. Can we sell you something?"
The correct response to your member: "Thank you for your input. I am sorry your experience has not been positive. We will be discussing what we can do to remedy this. I will personally let you know what actions we are taking."
What the member heard: "My input was listened to, they care about what I have to say, and I am important enough that they are going to keep me informed."
So far so good. Our tactical response created a positive feeling with that member.
Our next step was taking a strategic response to discover the root cause of the problem because you cannot just assume it is a "bad attitude." My first reaction to the complaint was anger at our trainers. I wanted to yell, "Are you kidding me? What the #$%@ are you doing out there? I just gave you all a raise!" Fortunately, I have learned to mentally act out my tendency toward adolescent behavior before it actually happens…most of the time.
Instead, we brought our trainers into a meeting and showed them the 15 negative comments specific to trainers. (The member and employee names were blacked out.) We also had 45 positive comments, which were printed separately and withheld until later in the meeting.
Once the trainers read the negative comments, we asked what they thought. They were defensive. Undaunted, we continued to ask a lot of "how" and "why" questions: Why do you think members might see you as arrogant or too "stand-offish?" How can we portray something different to members?
We discovered a gap in how we train our staff and an issue with our trainer compensation. I had implemented, with buy-in from our trainers, an across-the-board raise on all personal training pay with the tradeoff that they would have no floor hours (paid time in which they are generating no revenue). This ranks as one of my dumber ideas. My effort to reduce waste in payroll resulted in members making comments such as: "Your trainers don't talk to anyone unless they are getting paid. They sit in the snack bar and read or drink coffee." I had to realize that of course they do this because that is what I set up in the compensation plan.
We agreed to immediate changes that made our trainers happy, made all of us more money and made negative comments about our trainers all but vanish.
When handling member complaints, it also helps if you know who you are and what you stand for. For instance, we don't panic when we get comments about not offering programs or amenities that aren't part of who we are as a club.
The most important thing in handling complaints is to keep your cool, listen and respond appropriately. Your members will appreciate it.
Blair McHaney is CEO of Confluence Fitness Partners Inc., which does business as Gold's Gym of the Wenatchee Valley in Wenatchee, WA. He also previously served as president of the Gold's Gym Franchisee Association.


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Two Decades of AIDS:Scenes from an Epidemic
Sometimes, it seems that HIV/AIDS is still a "new" disease, a foreign invader infiltrating our bodies and our communities, one that we are still only starting to understand and still can't control. Other times, it seems as though HIV/AIDS has been with us forever, looming over our lives and shaping our reality. But this year, 2001, actually marks two decades since the AIDS epidemic first came to light in the spring of 1981.
It was on June 5, 1981 that a report first appeared in the medical literature about five gay men with pneumonia in Los Angeles whose immune systems had collapsed. By the next month, in a famous article in The New York Times_, word of the new "gay plague" began to reach the population at large. Since then, the history of the AIDS epidemic has brought some of the lowest lows of discrimination, hatred, ignorance and fear and some of the highest highs of courage, compassion, dedication, and hope._
The history of AIDS has yet to be written, but we can already begin to identify some of its major turning points. The vignettes on the following pages (some of which originally appeared in the magazine A&U_) offer some scenes from the history of an epidemic._
The "march of science" is viewed by many as one of smooth, steady progress: each advance builds upon a previous one, each new problem is solved by an innovative new scientific solution. Ironically, however, dramatic advances in the treatment of three serious diseases -- hemophilia, hepatitis B, and smallpox -- in the 1970s may actually have ended up worsening the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
Hemophilia: The Factor VIII Breakthrough
People with the genetic disease hemophilia (almost all of whom are men) are unable to form normal blood clots, which can turn even minor internal bleeding into a life-threatening event. Through history, many entire families of hemophiliacs would die young, with those who survived childhood would be crippled by arthritis caused by uncontrolled bleeding into joints.
In the 1960s, however, blood fractionating technology made it possible to derive concentrated blood factors (particularly one known as Factor VIII) which could be injected directly into the bodies of hemophiliacs in order to stop bleeding. By the 1970s, families whose lives might once have promised to be short and painful had the hope of much longer, healthier lives in which they could participate in a much broader range of physical activities. The only catch was that Factor VIII concentrate was drawn from the pooled blood of as many as 60,000 people.
By 1982, it had become clear that massive numbers of hemophiliacs were being infected with a previously unknown bloodborne pathogen that destroyed the immune system. More than 50 percent of the roughly 20,000 hemophiliacs in the United States would eventually test HIV-positive; by 1996 over 4,000 Americans with hemophilia had died of AIDS. Perhaps most tragically, the deaths were once again clustered in families -- but this time not just among hemophiliacs themselves but also often to their spouses and, in some cases, their children.
Hepatitis B: Development of a Vaccine
After the "antibiotics revolution" of the 1940s, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as gonorrhea and syphilis lost their power to inspire dread. Because they were caused by bacteria, they could be easily cured, sometimes by a single dose of drugs like penicillin or erythromycin.
However, antibiotics had no efficacy against diseases caused by viruses, including the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) which attacks the liver and can lead to severe illness and even death. Thus, while rates of all STDs skyrocketed during the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, those of viral origin were of the greatest concern, since they remained incurable. In the case of viral STDs, the most that could be done was to treat the symptoms of infection and to search for a vaccine for those not yet infected.
In the mid-1970s, researchers undertook intensive studies among gay male communities, whose members were disproportionately infected with HBV. After vigorous outreach and intensive study, a vaccine for the virus was developed: it would from then on be possible to vaccinate anyone at high risk to protect them from infection. Thus, with science firmly in control, there was no need to change sexual behaviors to avoid disease. Until, of course, another viral STD hit epidemic proportions a few years later. Its name: genital herpes, and it was considered the most intractable viral STD of its time.
Smallpox: Global Eradication
One of the deadliest viruses in history, smallpox has been circulating in human populations throughout the world since prehistoric times. So virulent is smallpox that upon its introduction into the Americans by Europeans in the 15th century, it wiped out as much as half of the native population. Its effects were as awful as its reach: pustules broke out all over the body and caused of patches of skin to slough off; internal bleeding led to black vomit; disfiguration, blindness, and often death followed.
Although a vaccine was developed in the 18th century, it was not until 1966 that a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) set out to systematically vaccinate the global population, ultimately reaching hundreds of millions of individuals and, in the process, leaving ever-fewer hosts for the virus. By December 1977, the WHO was able to issue a proclamation certifying that "smallpox has been eradicated from the world." This was a stunning success, one of the greatest in biomedical history.
And so, by 1980, it had become clear that, at long last, science had triumphed. Hemophilia had been rendered manageable, Hepatitis B could be protected against, and smallpox was consigned to history. The age of infectious disease was over, and the world's medical and scientific establishment was finally able to let down its guard.
Document Zero: The Publication of the First Report of AIDS, June 5, 1981
When did AIDS begin? It all depends upon what you mean by the question.
It now seems clear that HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus itself, has been around for decades, conceivably even for centuries. We may never know when HIV first crossed over from its original animal hosts. But when thinking of "AIDS" -- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- as a medical construct, a classification created by medical and public health authorities, it becomes easy to pinpoint the specific day on which AIDS first came into view: June 5, 1981.
On that day, of course, no one had ever heard of HIV or of AIDS, which was first known by several other names particularly GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency). Throughout the 1970s, small numbers of people had been dying from HIV-related causes, one at a time, here and there. But such deaths were rare enough and random enough for no real pattern to emerge. And so, it was not until mid-1981 that the epidemic first reached proportions large enough for it to be picked up by the public health monitoring and surveillance system.
It thus came to be that on June 5, 1981 the CDC publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) included a nondescript article entitled simply "Pneumocystis Pneumonia -- Los Angeles." Based on cases from Drs. Michael Gottlieb and Joel Weisman, this is the so-called "Document Zero" of the AIDS epidemic, the one from which all others proceed.
"In the period October 1980-May 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles," began the article.
"Pneumocystis pneumonia in the United States is almost exclusively limited to severely immunosuppressed patients," continued the article, in the first signal of things to come. "The fact that these patients were all homosexuals suggests an association between some aspect of a homosexual lifestyle or disease acquired though sexual contact and Pneumocystis pneumonia in this population . . . . [raising] the possibility of a cellular-immune dysfunction related to a common exposure that predisposes individuals to opportunistic infections."
The article then went on to recount the five case histories, which encapsulate an early history of the sudden, ferocious impact of AIDS. A "previously healthy 33-year old man" developed PCP and oral candidiasis, dying May 3, 1981. Another 30-year-old man was diagnosed with PCP after "a 5-month history of fever each day and of elevated liver function tests"; yet another had esophageal and oral candidiasis. And a 29-year-old man, who three years earlier had battled Hodgkin's disease, died in March 1981. The last, at age 36, had cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and a "4-month history of fever, dyspnea, and cough."
What might have been an obscure, easily forgotten medical footnote became more troubling a month later when the July 3, 1981 issue of MMWR reported yet another trend: "During the past 30 months, Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), an uncommonly reported malignancy in the United States, has been diagnosed in 26 homosexual men." The article also indicated the diagnosis of 10 additional cases of pneumonia among gay men in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. And so it noted, dryly, that "physicians should be alert for Kaposi's sarcoma, PC pneumonia, and other opportunistic infections associated with immunosuppression in homosexual men." This notice prompted the first coverage in the mass media, perhaps most notably a now-famous article on "gay cancer" buried on the inside of The New York Times.
By the end of that summer, the contours of a full-blown epidemic were coming into view. The August 28 issue of MMWR reported that an additional 70 cases of KS and PCP had been diagnosed. By the end of 1981, 150 adults and nine children had died of AIDS in the United States.
Today, the number of people, living and dead, who are believed to have ever had HIV is close to 50 million, a nearly ten million-fold increase. If the first five people known to have HIV represented a plant that stood five feet tall in 1981, with each new case representing a foot in height, the plant would now be tall enough to stretch from the earth to the moon and back -- 99 times. Thus, given the magnitude of the AIDS epidemic, "Document Zero" can in some ways be seen as among the most significant documents in history.
Finally, News Fit to Print: AIDS Makes the Front Page of The New York Times, May 25, 1983
In the earliest days of AIDS, no one could have know at first what big news AIDS would come to be. But even so, the news media remained strangely uninterested in the growing health threat of AIDS in the early 1980s.
Consider, for instance, the news coverage when in 1976, a number of middle-aged men who had met in a Philadelphia hotel for an American Legion convention were stricken by a mysterious respiratory illness -- later dubbed "Legionnaire's Disease." The New York Times, the national leader in news coverage and the country's newspaper of record, published 62 stories in the two month outbreak of the so-called "Legionnaire's Disease," which would ultimately kill 29 people and make another 182 ill. Eleven of these stories were on the front page.
Similarly, the discovery of cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules in the Chicago area in October 1982 prompted a huge spate of press coverage. The New York Times covered the story every day of October, and then ran 23 more stories in November and December. In the end, seven people died from the capsules.
By contrast, The New York Times published only three stories on AIDS in 1981, and only three more in all of 1982, none of which were on page one. Yet by the time of the Tylenol poisonings, 260 Americans had died of AIDS, and 374 more had been diagnosed. Similar disparities in news coverage exist for several other health scares of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Pointing out the extensive attention paid to these and other public health crises is not meant to imply that excessive or wasteful attention was paid to them. Legionnaire's disease was discovered in a hotel during the American bicentennial in a hotel in Philadelphia, a city whose hotels were to host millions of tourists that year. Likewise, there was no way to know how widespread the contamination of Tylenol capsules might be.
And so, the press should not be chastised for providing such extensive coverage of developments which turned out to be comparatively minor threats to the public health. In fact, the press should be given credit for the way in which these public health threats were contained. In each case, intense media scrutiny is credited with expediting government funding, advancing scientific research, and encouraging legislation urging pharmaceutical companies to find vaccines.
Indeed, it is the very effectiveness of the media that makes its neglect of AIDS all the more of an indictment. Thus it was especially sad that it was not until May 25, 1983 -- nearly two years, 1450 diagnosed cases, and 558 deaths into the epidemic -- that AIDS made the front page of The New York Times (albeit on the bottom on the page). The story finally became a front-page story only when the foot-dragging federal government at last said it was so. The story's topic was "Health Chief Calls AIDS Battle 'No.1 Priority'," a reference to a statement by the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services. AIDS had finally become "news fit to print."
A variety of reasons have been advanced for the slow response of the American media. The most obvious was overt homophobia, or a simple hostility to the gay men who were at the core of the epidemic. Another reason may have been editorial judgements that the general readership of newspapers was simply not interested in what happened to sex-crazed gay men and drug-addled junkies in the inner city, who were seen by many as getting what they deserved. A more benign argument says that the frank discussion of sexual and drug-using practices required to talk about AIDS was too much for the conservative media establishment, who chose to skirt the issue instead by speaking in vague generalities and censoring "longtime companions" out of obituaries.
Whatever the explanation, the ultimate insult of AIDS media coverage is well described by James Kinsella, author of the landmark 1989 book, Covering the Plague: AIDS and the American Media. Kinsella notes that two months before AIDS made the front page of The New York Times, "a deadly virus claiming lives" did make it onto the front page of the Times. The horror was unfolding in a small town in Austria [in which there were] . . . thirty victims who had already died.
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You know the produce on your plate is truly local when the apples in the crumble are picked from the chef's own garden.
But that should come as no surprise to the growing number of fans of Chichester's Artie's Kitchen.
This is a restaurant that is independent in every sense.
Its food is sourced from the best local suppliers. The crab from Selsey fishermen. The lamb shanks from a connoisseur butcher a few miles down the road.
Inside the former ancient grain store in Southgate, even the flint and brick walls exude a rustic honesty.
Yet it's neither the integrity of the produce nor the extraordinary charm of the building itself that make Artie's Kitchen the number one destination for the bon viveur.
The sheer quality of the final dishes mark this out as a culinary gem in the Chichester crown.
The dinner menu is simple. An a la carte choice of five starters, four mains plus two vegetarian, and three desserts including a cheeseboard.
It's constantly changing too - driven by the produce available and the creative enterprise of the chef.
When we dined on Thursday evening, we began with the baked camembert served with Cumberland sauce and hot bread (£7.50) and the timbale of Selsey crab with mango, avocado, and radish garnish with rocket, baby beetroot and wafer thin toast (£7).
Goodness, they were meals in themselves.
The camembert was baked to the point of perfection - creamy and dreamily ripe. The citrus of the mango cut through the crab exposing the rich and layered tastes of the shellfish.
For mains, roasted locally caught cod served with wild and long grain rice (£15.95) was fish at its best.
The slow cooked shank of free range lamb cooked with marfona potatoes and celeriac mash and seasonal vegetables was this dish at its best (£13.95).
An apple and cinnamon crumble served with Cornish ice cream (£4.50) - yes with the apples from the chef's garden - and a tarte aux citron with mascarpone (£4.25) completed our evening, along with some rather fine coffee.
Could the food have been any better? Well some might prefer a slightly lighter pastry in the tarte's shell. But this is a mere detail.
But a great test of any independent is the quality of the house wine. Both the red and white were great value and entirely pleasing.
AK is so good, and the service so welcoming - we were looked after by the amazing manager Anthony Dean - that we knew we had stumbled on a venue that four months after it began serving evening dinners was actually in a league normally exclusively reserved for those with Michelin accolades.
Sounds too good to be true? Try it for yourself. But be quick. When we visited there were some free tables. It won't be long before you will have to book well advance to get a chance to taste dishes this sublime.
For more information see the website http://artieskitchen.com
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To show that any idea can be transformed into something beautiful with Squarespace, we worked with Jeff to bring his passion project to life. Jeff Bridges Sleeping Tapes is a unique album of relaxing sounds, guided meditations and stories designed to lull you to sleep. The website was built with Squarespace, using Squarespace's eCommerce features that help tie it all together. With this campaign, we hope to show that Squarespace can help make any dream, no matter how wild or weird, a little bit more amazing.
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Rosemary Ford
Associate Professor of Biology; Decker Professor in the Natural Sciences
- B.S., New Mexico State University, 1971
- M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1976
- Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1981
General Biology II Honors
Plant Biology
Research Program Summary
Many secrets of plant evolution can be found in their DNA sequences. I study two classes of sequences found in native Rhododendron called Gypsy and Copia. Another aspect of my research is looking at fungi that live symbiotically in these same plants. Surprisingly, many species of fungi live within their bright green leaves.


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Cry for my people.
I cry for my people… for our land. Then, I gather myself ~ building myself up on my most holy, wholly faith ~ trusting You, my Father.
I · have · faith · in · God.
You know the answer. You send our answer and we receive our answer.
You, the Creator of Heaven and earth, have made this easy. You have made this light.
I choose to believe.
Before the foundation of the earth, You made provisions for this very moment. You have provided the materials, the seen and unseen things necessary for our deliverance and abundance.
And so I call forth the solutions, the buildings, the supplies, the infrastructure, the natural resources, the tangible and intangible, the people with the giftings, graces and callings for this place at this time, the institutions of Your revelations and everything else You've ordained for our glorious uprising. I command… come forth – NOW – and remain planted in and secured by the
in me – in the Name of Jesus. Kingdom of God
We commit ourselves to You Father. We commit our ways to You · my Lord · my Master · my King.
Like Noah, we receive that we are in Your ark of safety as You show us Your new Haiti in our hearts – which manifest in our land.
In Jesus' Name, I thank You and praise You… Amen.
Referenced Scriptures to Study and Meditate:
Gen 7:1, 13, 16 Mark 9:23; 11:22-25 Ephesians 1:3-5
Deuteronomy 6 Luke 17:21 Hebrews 11
Psalm 37:3-5; 82 John 16:23-24 2 Peter 1:3-4
Isaiah 61 Romans 14:17 Jude 20
Matthew 11:28-30 1Corinthians 4:20
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- originated in mySTEP
- is completely written in Objective-C (1.0) so that it can be compiled on any system
- aims at providing the most popular documented methods of Full WebKit for the classes WebView, WebFrame, WebDataSource, etc.
- aims at rendering (X)HTML as good as possible (but not perfectly)
- is work in heavy progress - so expect larger changes throughout the whole project
- is used in the Vespucci.app Web Browser application for GNUstep
Features of the code in SVN trunk:
- parses (X)HTML into a DOM tree
- renders approx. 50% of the HTML 4.0 tags in a reasonable way (e.g. < font color="#667788">, < center>, < h2>, works)
- makes <a> links clickable and processes them
- loads <img>, is prepared for<script> etc. i.e. loads them as subresources
- is prepared to handle <frame>
- is prepared to handle <form>
- has a ECMAScript engine that parses 90% of the syntax and evaluates expressions (missing are Statements and the native Objects incl. "document", "window", "event" etc.)
- properly handle < table>, < ul> etc.
- really process forms and POST results
- properly compile and run <script>
- completion of ECMAScript engine
- all CSS processing
Some first screen shots (made by linking against Apple AppKit&Foundation)
How it Works
1. the WebView
- is the master view object and there is only one per browser (or browser tab)
- it holds the mainFrame which represents either the normal <body> or the top level <frame> or <frameset>
- if there is a <frameset> hierarchy, there are additional child WebFrames
2. the WebFrame
- is repsonsible for loading and rendering content from a specific URL
- it uses a WebDataSource to trigger loading and get callbacks
- it is also the owner of the DOMDocument tree
- JavaScript statements are evaluated in a frame context
- it is also the target of user clicks on links since it knows the base URL (through the WebDataSource)
3. the WebDataSource
- is responsible for loading data from an URL
- it may cache data and handle/synchronize loading fo subresources (e.g. for an embedded <img> tag)
- it translates the request and the response URLs
- it provides an estimated content length (for a progress indicator) and the MIMEType of the incoming data stream
- as soon as the header comes in a WebDocomentRepresentation is created and incoming segments are notified
- it also collects the incoming data, so that a WebDocomentRepresentation can handle either segments or the collected data
4. the WebDocumentRepresentation(s)
- there is one for each MIME type (the WebView provides a mapping database)
- it is responsible for parsing the incoming data stream (either completely when finished, or partially)
- and provide a better suitable representation, e.g. an NSImage or a DOMHTMLTree
- finally, it creates a WebDocumentView as the child of the WebView and attaches it to the WebFrame as the -webFrameView
- so, if you want to handle an additional MIME type, write a class that conforms to the WebDocumentRepresentation protocol
5. the DOMHTMLTree
- is only for HTML content
- is (re)built each time a new segment of HTML data comes in
- any change in the DOMHTMLTree is notified to the WebDocumentView (or one of its subviews) by setNeedsLayout
6. the WebDocumentView(s) an its subviews
- are responsible for displaying the contents of its WebDataRepresentation
- either HTML, Images, PDF or whatever (e.g. SVG, XML, ...)
- they gets notified about changes either by updates of the WebDataSource (-dadaSourceUpdated:) or directly (-setNeedsLayout:)
- if one needs layout, it must go to the DOM Tree to find out what has changed and update its size, content, children, layout etc.
- this is a little tricky/risky since the -layout method is called within -drawRect: - so changing e.g. the View frame is very critical and may result in drawing glitches
- for HTML, we do a simple trick: the WebDocumentView is an NSTextView and the DOMHTMLTree objects can be traversed to return an attributedString with embedded Tables and NSTextAttachments
7. the JavaScript engine
- is programmed according to the specificaion of [[1] ECMA-262]
- uses a simple recursive stateless parser (could be optimized in stack useage and speed by a state-table driven approach)
- parses the script into a Tree representation in a first step
- then, evaluates the expressions and statements according to the current environement
- this allows to store scripts in translated form and reevaluate them when needed (e.g. on mouse events)
- uses Foundation for basic types (string, number, boolean, null)
- uses WebScriptObject as the base Object representation
- DOMObjects are a subclass of WebScriptObjects and therefore provide bridging, so that changing a DOMHTML tree element through JavaScript automativally triggers the appropriate WebDocumentView notification


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A source-book of biological names and terms
Thomas, 1955 - Science - 317 pages
Discusses origin and significance of biological names and words.
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It's nothing we've noticed before, but it seems that the production of Game of Thrones was officially carried out by an entity called Fire and Blood Productions. At a guess, this was essentially a temporary production company created specifically for produce the pilot. It's a nice nod to the series.
It's also opened up some new production information for us. For example, for the technical gearheads out there, we now know that the popular and widely-used ARRICAM Lite was among the camera systems used on the production, shooting 35mm film, as was the ARRIFLEX 235, a light-weight handheld 35mm film camera which may have been used for spontaneous angles… or, one might speculate based on director Thomas McCarthy's previous films, the light handhelds could be used to provide a more inimate, "you are there" feeling to certain sequences.
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Soundgarden to play iTunes Festival at SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas – Soundgarden will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its landmark album "Superunknown" at South By Southwest.
The Seattle grunge rockers will play "Superunknown" front to back for the first time March 13 when they headline the third night of the iTunes Festival in Austin, Texas.
Soundgarden members Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd recently announced plans for a multi-disc reissue of "Superunknown" on June 3 with preorders available March 11. The multiplatinum album included the Grammy Award-winning hits "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman" and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, eventually selling more than 5 million copies in the U.S.
The iTunes Festival features five nights of performances during the annual SXSW music conference. Other performers include Coldplay and Keith Urban.
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