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The Drayton family's contributions to Summerville and South Carolina will be the topic of discussion at the Summerville Preservation Society's meeting tomorrow night.
The society will hear presentations from Winslow Hastie, a current board member of the Historic Charleston Foundation and a descendant of the Drayton family, and Lisa Randle, Director of Research and Education at Magnolia Gardens.
The two guest speakers will address the significant contributions of the Drayton family, especially Rev. John Grimke Drayton, Rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church. In addition, they will discuss the history of Drayton Hall and Magnolia Gardens as well as the importance of phosphate mining after the War Between the States.
Hastie and Randle will also discuss the Native American interest at Magnolia and the Drayton Family Connection to Summerville.
The program is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 in the Old Town Hall, 201 W. Carolina Avenue, Summerville. Seating is limited. For more information call Heyward Hutson at 871-4276.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Still Serving Veterans, a Huntsville-based organization, is being awarded a "Seal of Distinction Award" by Activision's Call Of Duty Endowment.
The award recognizes the most effective and efficient non-profits focused on veteran job placement into high quality careers.
This isn't the first time Still Serving Veterans has been recognized with this endowment.
"Still Serving Veterans is honored and excited to be named as one of the original recipients of the Call of Duty Endowment's Seal of Distinction Award," said Will Webb, President of Still Serving Veterans. "We are blessed to be a multi-year CODE grant recipient, and are thrilled that our service to Veterans continues to be recognized. In 2013, the Endowment provided us with substantial funding to leverage our successful support of veterans on behalf of their 'chapterization' model. CODE's support and leadership helped us launch a pilot satellite office which lays the groundwork for our expansion throughout Alabama and our region. We look forward to a continued partnership with the Endowment to help us push the envelope on employment services for veterans in Alabama and beyond. Meaningful post-military careers are the best 'thank yous' we can give the veterans who sacrificed on our behalf."


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Through a series of investigations, this 1994 book documents how corruption, apathy, incompetence, and politics undermined the Chicago Public School system. It addresses social promotion of students, corruption among staff and contractors, student discipline, teacher dismissal processes, the role of the unions, revolving leadership, and the lack of a political will. Reclaiming Our Schools provides specific recommendations for improvement and was used as a roadmap for the reform movement launched in the system in 1995. Most of its recommendations have since been implemented.
Maribeth Vander Weele was appointed in 1998 by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley as Inspector General of Chicago Public Schools. Previously, she joined the management team that began overhauling the nation's third largest school system in 1995, focusing on reforms addressing social promotion, truancy, corruption, employee ethics and management systems. From 1990 to 1995, she investigated the system as an education writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, where she received several journalism awards. She has been a freelance contributor to Prime Time Live, Washington Monthly, City Journal, America's Agenda, and Executive Educator. A frequent lecturer on urban education, she is certified as an Inspector General by the Association of Inspectors General. She is a graduate of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.


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This is a guest post from fellow ipVA member and CEO Andrew Watson. Andrew will contribute to Tangible IP from time-to-time on areas of IP strategy and around contractual IP.
As my first post onto our blog, I'll first pay Jordan the compliment of having been so disciplined and persistent in getting this and our new website up and running.
When scouting through the blog, the post on IAM's hunt for the top IP strategists particularly caught my eye. IAM has contacted us and asked who we would nominate: It's a hard question to answer.
The reason it's hard is, to date, I don't see many people who are genuinely delivering IP strategies to the level and calibre you would find of a Bain or Booz Allen consulting product. I see patent strategies, licensing strategies and lots of components of an IP strategy, but very little joined up thinking with the business. And very few that actually lead the business.
Inside the IP elite, I'd guess that each of Microsoft, Qualcomm, Philips, Nokia, Google, Intel (and so on) all have their resident IP strategists. But, without being rude, it's a lot easier to build an IP strategy inside a company with large piles of incumbent IP and established brands and sizeable budgets to spend than it is inside the small cap companies who are building from the ground up.
So to my mind, the best IP strategists are those working inside small cap companies and making a tangible difference to shareholder value. At this level of the market the myriad of boutique consultancies make it very hard to work out the good from the not so good. And the people to ask about who's good are their clients or those who have directly assessed their work (like the Legal 500 does): not other practitioners in the field.
As I've not had the opportunity to directly review many other people's IP strategies in writing or action, I'm struggling to comment on who the best are to IAM. I know that Duncan Bucknell has a good reputation, and I have also heard good reports on Severin de Wit's work. But how could a strategy be judged other than by reviewing it and talking to clients to see if it made a real difference? I have worked with Craig Opperman at Morgan Lewis previously, and enjoyed the experience so I could objectively give him a vote in the top.
I'm too modest to to promote our own work, but I do think we do some good stuff and our clients seem to get a lot of strategic direction out of it. Tom Ewing is my own personal favourite IP strategist to work alongside here at ipVA.
Determining the top IP strategists is a tough question. Maybe when we have a standard on what a good IP strategy looks like (with IP defined in its widest sense), the frame of reference around the answer might be whole lot easier.
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The beautiful thing about Zach Galifiankis' Rolling Stone interview is how clear it is that the comedian could give a tiny monkey-in-a-denim-vest's bottom about fame or what everyone in American thinks of him. Take Zach Galifianakis' Ke$ha run-in, for example. "I saw that Ke$ha woman the other day," the actor reveals about running into the singer at a bar. "She was sitting by herself, and I walked up to her and said, 'Listen, I got your e-mail. Your music is really bad! I don't know who listens to it, but I imagine it's, like, six-year-olds – and it's a bad message.'" First January Jones, now Ke-Dollar Sign-Ha. That man's just saying what we're all thinking!
The Hangover Part II star also seems pretty unconcerned with causally revealing The Hangover Part III plot, which the magazine says "ditches the format of the first two and focuses on his character escaping from a mental institution with help from the wolf pack." Sighs Galifianakis as if he was talking about visiting his great-aunt, "They want to do a Hangover III. I'm getting fricking phone calls already." Slowly, the distance between Galifianakis and his character Alan gets smaller which each passing day… As it should be.
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I Don't Understand Why the Nats Acquired Jonathan Papelbon, Plus More Angels in the Outfield
I knew the Philadelphia Phillies would trade closer Jonathan Papelbon. But I didn't think he would be traded to the Washington Nationals.
But Papelbon is the Nats' new closer and the Phillies have pitching prospect Nick Pivetta.
I don't get this trade and I'm sure former Nats closer Drew Storen doesn't get it either.
It's not like Storen was struggling. In 38 appearances this season, Storen is 1-0 with a 1.73 ERA with 29 saves. Papelbon is 2-1 with a 1.59 ERA with 17 saves in 37 appearances. Don't get me wrong. Papelbon's numbers are good for having pitched for the worst team in MLB. But Papelbon is seven years older than Storen (34 vs. 27) and making more than twice as much money ($13 million vs. $5.7 million). And yet the Nats have signed Papelbon through 2016 while Storen becomes a free agent and the Nats are apparently prepared to have him walk away. In the meantime, Storen will have to pitch the eighth inning.


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How do you let loose? Be specific. Tell me how it FEELS. Use words or images. Songs if you must. That is too easy. Songs
by going on the internet and it feels good
when i am on the way to the gym, my heart feels like it could burst from my chest. and i now know why. was watching a wonderful documentry yesterday 'Hard Time'.<br />
a film crew spent a year following the day to day activities of the Las Vegas Jail. where all the arrested are taken before trial, pretrial, awaiting their bail, for some , it never comes, some are spending weeks, months, and yes, years in the step before actual prison. the wait... but a particular interview with one inmate said it all for me, he had been there for years, "i'm tired of looking at men" , and it hit like a ton of bricks for me. i just escaped the hell of 22 years in a 'packinghouse' , a place where the meat we all enjoy walk in on hoof, but leave in a box, nicely packaged for the consumer to consume. i was a family man, i always bid to do the highest paying job, which meant the physically hardest job, whch meant the jobs where only men worked, which meant being sequestered from all contact with the fairer of the sexs, which meant when i was up to it, sometimes 16 hour days, 6 days a week. i hated my effing job, but i did what had signed on to do, and now i have made it out of that pit, after 22 years i'm out, and when i go to the gym for my workouts, it's sheer sheer sheer heaven on earth, the women working out to enhance what they have or to keep with what they have been blessed with, or others like me who have lbs. to shed, due to my rehab from having to sit on the couch for so long, and there i will go till i can't go no more. i have grandsons that i will soon be spotting and doing cardio with. my God...thank you !, (hope i wasn't too specific)
this former indentured servant thanks you
All of this is in the past but this is how I used to do it. Get off work on Friday about 4 or 5. Go straight home and eat, then shower, shave and get dressed. Then I'd let loose, sometimes until Monday morning.
I did for a few years there. I was capable of working all day, the partying all night and working all day again. I can't do that now.
Im a loose cannon :)
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Superintendent Dennis Carlson recently spoke at a state capitol press conference in support of legislation that aims to cut down on violence through early mental illness initiatives.
According to the school district, the legislation is sponsored by Sen. John Hoffman, who is a former Anoka-Hennepin School Board member.
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1) you have a mod chip somewhere
2) it is softmodded and someone removed the HBC. Without you being able to get to your settings you cannot banner bomb. You can try the twilight hack depending on the firmware you have however if you have 4.x you wont be able to. So the only other option would be to the smash bros hack.
Do me a favor. Power down your wii, before you power it back up hold the reset button and press power. Hopefully it will load preloader. If it does not see if bootmii is installed. You can tell by taking the sd card out and while powering on the system the blue led light on the disc tray will flash 2 times in 1 second.
If we can get that information we can help you further.
while the seller declared "it was a NTSC japan version with soft mod", u can't expect a wiikey modchip inside. Nor, u could settle the #001 error with a wiikey_1.9s_update disc.
perhaps, those softmodded Jap_Wii are capable to play the "oldie" jap game disc fm China-copycats.
at ur case, the OPERA message shows the wii is now semi-bricked ! No big deal. Semibrick could be easily solved. Search for the "semi-brick fix". Lots of threads in this Forum, already.
edit: check and advice the Serial Number as labelled on the side of Wii. Wish ur NTSC-Jap wii was not a softmodded Korean Wii. If Korean, u get another story....
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Sociallyantisocial- I have tried that power down and turning it on holding the reset button, but no preloader, also the blue light only blinks once.
With both the twilight hack and the smash bros hack would i need the original game disc from japan?
also my serial number is LAH1011XXXX1
and when i put a Pal game into the wii it asks for a parental code. I know this can be fixed by going into settings.
I just want the settings to work again so i can see if i can get those fuzzy lines off my tv.
Thanks again
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I just realized that from the serial number and other threads that my console is actually a PAL-australian, which is good cause im from aus.
But ive downloaded the fix discs for my reason and still nothing. =( I've looked at the adaptor, and i think its usa, cause it says RVL002(usa)
could this be causing the fuzzying? hmmmm this just gets worse
Guess i gotta keep searching
If you mean adaptor as in power transformer then I wouldn't have thought a USA 110v transformer would work in Australia. Check the power values written on the label to verify this.
Sounds to me as if someone has updated this Wii to Japan and removed softmods before selling it on.
With a bit of luck it'll be on 3.4 or less, after all if it was disc updated the most it could
be is 3.4.
Rent a copy of Zelda Twilight Princess and try the TP hack first. I heard that Super Smash hack was USA only.
Not really doing much Wii stuff these days.
Thanks for your reply Tealc,
I meant ac adaptor, the one im using with the wii is a RVL-002 output DC12V 3.7A input AC100-245V 52w 50/60hz
And for the wii- RVL-001 rating 12V 45W
I've put a genuine pal game in there (wii sports) but it has a parental code lock, which i cant change cause settings, does this mean I wont be able to put the twilight Princess in there?
Your transformer is fine, it's multi-voltage.
Actually you might be right, if Zelda also asks for parental lock you won't be able to load it and run the hack.
I'd never even heard of parental lock on Wii before this post.
Not really doing much Wii stuff these days.
this is what happenes if you install jap firmware on a pal wii (tested) the only way around it (settings) is getting a pal firmware installed! how?
just out of curriosity what have you got as channels on the wii screen other than disc channel/shop/photo/weather/mii????
any other channels non official??
P.s dont ever get a ps 3 ARRRRGHHHH!!!
nearly there ive just got to try it with parental controls on!
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Ok i just changed my firmware to jap3.2 and am getting the operra style message going into settings.
i have put parental controls on and unable to load zelda.
however the hackmii installer can be used to load install homebrew using wii/datamanagment/channels then select sd card and pop in an sd card with the hackmii installer on it. i just used hackmii 2! worked fine.
so at least you will have homebrew installed.
what next, im off to try something! I'LL BE BACK!
I just installed IOS60patchedwad and then installed pal 4.1wad. so im now on 4.1 pal firmware. but check with one of the mods before installing wad system menus or going to 4.1 in case you need a certain Cios.
any games loaded via backuplaunchers will bypass parental controls but im not sure how you are going to get rid of parental controls???????
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I guess the interception RGIII threw against Kansas St that cost his team the game is a nonfactor. Baylor winning and he throws the INT on his end of the field and K State kicks a field goal. Yeah..he earned it.
You'rer a complete idiot and the reason these people continue to do this. If they knew the consequences would be this severe it would be a deterent.
IF a grasshopper had a gun, a bird wouldn't mess with him..
Like to see them hold your child at gunpoint..threaten to shoot them..and then see if you think they are thugs..
Yeah..but she was running away with the peoples belongings..about 6 months ago a black thug kicked in my front door with my wife asleep on the couch..luckily for her he ran when she screamed..I would love to have been there to shoot him in the face,back of the head,thru both lungs..wherever i could have..this situation, while tragic, could have easily been avoided by these people NOT KICKING IN SOMEONES DOOR.
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They are in the right hands. What an idiotic post. If guns kill people I guess pencils misspell words huh?? Have you ever seen a gun jump out of the closet and shoot someone by itself? Please explain how this is the guns fault?
I agree. They say the risk vs reward part of your brain isnt fully developed until around age 25. But one article states that all the boys are high school dropouts. Why allow your child to date and hang with people like that? They have clearly shown that they have no decent decision making skills what so ever.
I can speak yo experience on this one. I was pulled over a couple of years ago in HUntsville around midnight. There was 3 of us driving in from Clarksville TN headed south of Huntsville. We had been on the road for 4 hours and I had a couple of beers while the 2 guys with men had drank the whole trip. When the officer first approached my door he said my tag light was out. He took my licence and went to run it. When he came back I asked again why he pulled me over and he stated my headlight was out. So I asked, "Which is it? Is my tag light out or my headlight out?" He said it was my headlight and now all of a sudden he says you swerved too and that he smelled alcohol. I was honest and told him I had drank a couple of beers and that the guys with me had been drinking. Other officers arrived and asked if I would take a Field sobriety test and I said yes. I was given 7 different things to do and including standing on one foot,head back,eys closed,arms out, and counted to 40 without moving. I passed all easily but they arrested me anyway. They told the 2 guys in the truck with me to take my truck. They had drank much more than me and still had beer in the floor board under their feet. Neither was given a test, just to take my truck and leave. 2200 hundred dollars and year one later, they threw the trumped up charges out of court. Although the officers were cordial as was I, I also learned that even if you blow under .08, say .04 for example, well under the legal limit, if they deem you rude or belligerent, they can still charge you with DUI. I'm sure this is still happening.


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I had to get a new snare side hoop for my Sonor Phonic snare. I got it last night, and brought it home, test fitted it on the drum, and it fit! Yay! Then I started putting the tuning screws in....they did not fit. The holes in the hoop are too small. I plan on bringing it back today with a couple of screws to run through a couple of different hoops that my shop has to see if any of them are different. Ok, now brace yourselves:
Worst case scenario: all of the hoops have the same diameter holes, and my tuning screws wont fit any of them. Next step is buying a round chainsaw file, and filing the holes round and bigger to fit my screws. Is this a completely bad idea? I know its just the holes, but I dont know if it will have any sort of adverse effect on the hoop itself. I know everyone is going to tell me its a bad idea, but its much better than drilling them out on a drill press, which also ran through my head. I figured the filing was less stress and pressure on the hoop, and less chance of injury to myself or the hoop. Anybody ever run into this? What did you do? thanks, and be gentle! lol
Update: Nevermind! Problem solved.
Ludwig Element 6 piece. Axis X pedals. Kasza cymbals. I play the crap out of my drums.
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Amazon may not be losing money on Kindle Fire after all
October 3, 2011 | 11:24 am
By Chris Meadows
Is Amazon really losing money on every Fire it sells? We mentioned an estimate putting the cost of its hardware at $250. Since then, I noticed another estimate putting it at $210, meaning a significantly smaller loss. Now, Light Reading suggests that the cost of the components of a Kindle Fire might be closer to $150, meaning Amazon can sell it at $199 and make a $49 profit.
Amazon cut costs on the hardware with its smaller screen size, by not including cameras or a mic, and by including half as much storage as the lowest-end models of both the PlayBook and the iPad 2. Connectivity is also a big cost to tablets as Amazon saves more than $20 by going Wi-Fi only.
The piece includes a table comparing price by component for the Fire, the Blackberry PlayBook, and the 32GB 3G iPad 2.
The article points out that even if Amazon were taking a loss on the tablet, it would still make it up on all the services and media that make up its content ecosystem. Apple already offers a similar ecosystem at premium prices, where other tablet makers have failed to make an impact, but Amazon is aiming at the lower end where it don't have to compete directly with Apple.
TechInsight VP of Business Intelligence Jeff Brown says, "This is the first aggressive foray into the low end. And it will be hard for others to respond because Amazon has this media business."
(Found via Gizmodo.)
Making the Switch from Laptop to Tablet
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AndroidPIT App Center shutting down. Leaves Fire users in a bind
Morning Links: NYC to offer free public WiFi by 2015. Taking notes on the iPad
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Agree with Rob in Denver. A component cost of $150 does not leave $50 on the table for Amazon, it leaves $50 on the table for the Chinese (I assume) manufacturing company, the shipping company, Amazon, and the USPS (free shipping with purchase). On the other hand, I'm betting that Amazon can drive down the costs and that they're also able to negotiate some deals that leave their component costs significantly lower than spot.
l cant wait to get one, looks super and not overpriced like apple l think.


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I've been looking at getting a .308 Bolt Action rifle for quite a while now and this one is packing a lot of features I really like into a stock package. I can't wait to see one in person and hope it meets my expectations. Comes stock with a flash suppressor, iron sights, detachable box magazine, and scope mount rings in the box. According to their site, if you take off the flash suppressor the threads are already good to go for a suppressor if you choose to buy one. No need to put together a custom rifle for features like detachable magazines or barrel threading on this sucker!
For anybody that's been seriously looking at single column polymer 9mm subcompacts such as the Kahr PM9 or the Kel-Tec PF-9, this might be one to keep an eye on. Seems like it's going to be built on the same design platform as their LCP but a bit larger and chambered in 9mm with an 8rd box magazine. Since the world of super compact polymer 9mm carry pieces is still in it's infancy, it should be interesting to see how this stacks up against it's pre-existing competition.
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German Monk arrested in sex case: amazingly, no children involved! (Jesus still hopping mad though)
The medieval Abbey of Maria Laach in Rhineland-Palatine is not what most people would consider to be your typical gay bachelor pad. It was founded in 1093 and has served as a Benedictine Abbey from the twelfth century to 1802 and was re-established in the 1890s.
Anyway, the Abbey did a Paris Hilton today. That is, it managed to get its name splashed all over the papers in a tiresome and lurid way – thanks to one of its more adventurous monks:
A 49-year-old German monk may face criminal charges after he was caught stealing gay porn DVDs from a shop. A search of his room at Abbey found more than 200 similar DVDs.
The Benedictine monk was challenged when he tried to steal four DVDs from a sex shop in the Bavarian city of Würzburg, reports Abendzeitung newspaper. He ran for it, dumping the DVDs in a bin, but was caught by police officers.
Ah well, stealing isn't very nice – and still both a sin and a crime – but it's better than we've become used to when it comes to members of the Church and their sexual behaviour. Since the DVDs were on sale in an official shop, one can at least assume that no altar boys were hurt during the making of these films.
Still, monks stealing DVDs from sex shops: it would be fun to know what Jesus would have made of that one. Although it's fair to say that it would probably not be the only thing that He'd find hard to swallow.
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Everything in nodejs is non-blocking which is nice, but how would I go about making function alls that have to be one after the other without having a huge nested list of callbacks?
You don't have to nest your callbacks.
There are many patterns in writing asynchronous code.
For instance, this matrioska-nested-style...
... can be rewritten in a cleaner (but more verbose) way:
Another option is using a module to abstract serial and parallel execution of callbacks.
It's "a simple control-flow library for node.JS that makes parallel execution, serial execution, and error handling painless".
What you actually want to do is find out why your operations are blocking and recode them so they are non-blocking. Remove the dependencies on each other. You need to change the way you're thinking about non-blocking IO.
Using a library to allow you to run this type code in a synchronous blocking manner is just a poor crutch.
You will be significantly better off learning how to write non blocking code in node.js because that's what it is designed to do.


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Quick, Simple and Delish!! Thanks for sharing!
Tried this one last night, my grandson wanted to make something and this seemed simple for him. We didn't care for it.
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I used a little of the pinneapple juice as well as a little more sweet and sour sauce. Perfect with rice.
So super yummy! They were a big pot luck hit.
My husband and brother loved it! I will definitely be adding this to my regular rotation :-)
Whoever Tiffany is, she changed our lives forever. My family's fav now. I am in Brasil, gonna make this for the fam here tonight! 10 out of 10! Everyone doesn't want the hot, but I do. I can make it just sweet and sour for others, hot and sour for those who like it hot! Thanks so much!!!
I made it and put it over rice. It was fast and easy! This will likely go in my rotation just based on how easy it is to throw together. :) And if you live near an IKEA, their meatballs are great for this. My two year old even loved it!
Made it tonight and put it over couscous. It was delicious and easy to make. All I ask for in a recipe. Thanks so much for the idea.
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Posted at: 12/12/2012 5:55 PM
Updated at: 12/12/2012 6:36 PM
By: Brianna Long
(ABC 6 NEWS) -- There's a push at the state capital Wednesday from some health care workers to become unionized. They cite low wages, and lack of benefits as the reason for the push.
Every day, Crystal Smith does chores like laundry and dishes. However, it's not at her own home. She works as a personal care assistant, or PCA, going in to homes of elderly, or disabled people to help them out.
"We do what we can to make sure it's safe for them and keep them in their environment instead of going into the nursing home. They need to be in the setting of their home," said Smith.
"I admire the PCA workers. They have very difficult work. They're compensation is modest and so most often PCA workers that do that work could probably work somewhere else and make more," said Jeff Severson, the administrator of CNS Home Health Care.
Those low wages are part of the reason some PCA workers were at the state capitol Wednesday, making their case to form a union.
"I think when they talk about unionizing it may confuse some people. Some may think its about trying to negotiate higher wages with the employer, but I think the real goal is to raise awareness with the state to make changes with the program," said Severson.
These workers are paid with Medicaid dollars at rates set by the state. A union could act as a lobbying group, to get more funding to the program. But not everyone thinks it's the right way to go about change.
"It's not going to fly. It's not going to work. A union is not for this industry," said Omar Hassan, the administrator of Roblund Home Health Care. He says the unique work of PCAs makes unionizing difficult.
"It's a different shift, different times, based on the needs of the patients and the service that they get to deliver. So anywhere from 30 minutes to 11 hours, 12 hours a day," said Hassan.
But for Smith, it's worth a shot.
"Then we can work together and make things better and safe for the client and it would be beneficial to all of us that we got somebody that's pushing and working hard for us" said Smith.
This is just the beginning of the process to join a union. The workers are talking with the Minnesota chapter of the service employees international union.


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Today Retired Educators
What: The luncheon will honor the high school students who are scholarship recipients.
When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. May 23
Where: Cherokee Place United Methodist Church, 2105 Cosgrove Ave.
Allaboard Toastmasters
What: Allaboard Toastmasters is an organization that will help one develop or improve one's communication, listening and leadership skills in a fun and supporting environment.
When: 6:30-7:30 p.m. May 23
Where: First Baptist Church, 141 St. James Ave., Goose Creek
Price: Free
More Info: 797-0301 or http://allaboard.toastmastersclubs.org/
Friday Blue Star Highway
What: The Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker dedication service is sponsored by the Town & Village Garden Club, with support of local veterans' groups, American Legion Post 126 and VFW Post 9509, and the town of Moncks Corner. Local and state officials, veterans and Garden Club representatives will attend. The National Garden Clubs, the parent organization for Blue Star Memorial Highways, pays tribute to U.S. Armed Forces and was started after World War II.
When: 10 a.m. May 24
Where: Berkeley County Government office complex, 1003 Highway 52
Price: None
More Info: 761-1359
Monday Memorial Day
What: American Legion Post 166 Goose Creek will host its annual Memorial Day Observance at Carolina Gardens. There will be a reception at the Post afterwards.
When: Noon-1 p.m. May 27
Where: American Legion Post 166, 116 Howe Hall Road
More info: Call 553-5454 or visit the website at email@example.com.
Trident Tek Talkers
What: Trident Tek TalkersToastmasters is an organization that will help one develop or improve one's communication, listening and leadership skills in a fun and supporting environment.
When: Noon-1 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of each month
Where: Trident Technical College, The College Center in Building 920
More Info: 797-0301
Running Club Group
What: Everyone is welcome to join the Charleston Running Club every Monday for a 3-mile run through Patriots Point.
WHEN: 6:15 p.m. Mondays
Where: Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park, Harry M. Hallman Blvd.
Price: Free
More Info: 566-2742 or www.charlestonrunningclub.com/
Azalea Society
What: The Rev. John Drayton Chapter of the Azalea Society of America will meet.
When: 6:30 p.m. May 27
Where: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Ashley River Road
Shag Lessons
What: The Summerville Shag Club offers free shag lessons every Monday night, except holidays. You do not need a partner for lessons. Juniors at 6 p.m., basic adult at 7 p.m., open dance with DJ Sharon Johnson until 10 p.m. Cash bar, food available for purchase.
When: 6 p.m. junior shag lesson, 7 p.m. adult basic lesson, 8-10 p.m. open dance, Mondays
Where: Summerville Country Club, 400 Country Club Blvd.
Price: Free
More Info: 214-0242 or www.summervilleshaggers.com
Tuesday Needlepoint Guild
What: The Charleston Chapter of American Needlepoint Guild will host its weekly meeting.
When: 10 a.m. Tuesdays
Where: St. Andrews Parish UMC, 3225 Ashley River Road
Price: Free
More Info: 875-5562
Legal Marketing
What: The Legal Marketing Association Southeastern Chapter Charleston City Group Business Development Luncheon will be held. The program will feature Christina R. Fritsch, the president and business development/technology consultant of Clients First Consulting. The interactive session will provide attendees with a business development road map to help steer them in the right direction and accelerate their business development efforts.
When: Noon-1:30 p.m. May 28
Where: Sermet's Corner, 276 King St.
Price: LMASE members $30; nonmembers: $40
More Info: 576-5539
Business Networking
What: Join group every Tuesday at noon for the best networking in Charleston. Group is dedicated to helping you succeed and provides an educational moment, information on local events, free advertising and more.
When: Noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesdays
Where: Big Horns, 7832 Rivers Ave.
More Info: 628-2283 or www.greatbusinessnetworking.com
Friday, May 31 Women in Defense
What: Women In Defense will present Tom Leonard with Leonard Strategic Advantage as guest speaker for the upcoming luncheon. Leonard has been president of companies such as Samsonite USA, Pro Golf Discount and Dippin' Dots Ice Cream. He will speak on Strategic Planning and Growth.
When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. May 31
Where: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Charleston Airport, 7401 Northwoods Blvd.
Price: $20 members/$25 nonmembers. RSVP by May 28 to email@example.com.
Saturday, June 1 Berkeley GOP Breakfast
What: The Berkeley County Republican Party Breakfast will present a speaker who will discuss local, state and national issues.
When: 9 a.m. June 1
Where: American Legion Post 166, 116 Howe Hall Road
Price: $6 for breakfast
More Info: 688-4975
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Most Disappointing Game: Asura's Wrath
I thoroughly enjoyed most of Asura's Wrath, and the hype surrounding the game wasn't altogether undeserved, but the combination of the way the ending worked and a stupid error on my part left a very bad taste in my mouth. I know that these days we tend to try and not think so much in terms of gameplay hours = value, but most of Asura's wrath's value for money comes from wanting to replay levels to obtain higher scores. Since I've never been the type of person to care much about scores and am far more concerned with enjoying the story, the fact that Capcom forced players to pay extra for the ending was ridiculous. Locking out the last 30 seconds of transition between the disc ending and the DLC ending behind S-ranking 5 levels took the ridiculousness to a level that, for me, was a dealbreaker.
Best Music: Sound Shapes
I am generally not a huge fan of platformers, but the combination of music creation and platforming in Sound Shapes is excellent. If you own either a Vita or a PS3 and are in to music at all, you must pick up this game. The whole soundtrack is incredible, but it contains the first new solo material that Beck has released since 2008, which is definitely the most exciting part for me.
I should probably make it clear here that I did not play Hotline Miami or Fez, but I have listened to their respective soundtracks. While I loved them, I think it's best to stick to soundtracks of games I've actually played. I'm thinking about picking up both games in the new year, but the backlog, it is huge.
Best 2011 Game I Played in 2012: Skyrim
I traded in my PS3 copy of Skyrim late in 2011, when I knew I could still get a good amount of money back for it and wound up getting a 360 copy for my birthday in February. I logged something like 80 hours on the 360 version and still am only about halfway through the main quest line and am still a good bit away from being finished with my personal Skyrim bucket list. Skyrim is definitely one of the two games I had the most fun with in 2012, the other will be in my top 5 below. Eventually I'll finish the things I want to accomplish in it, but I don't see myself being finished with that world for quite some time. I think only the release of the next Elder Scrolls game will stop me from picking this up and doing some adventuring from time to time.
Top 5 Games of 2012
I focused a great deal on playing games in my backlog in 2012, and there weren't a large number of titles released that I was interested in playing, so a top 5 is probably better for me this year than a top 10.
5. Analogue: A Hate Story
Christine Love's visual novel projects have been a little hit or miss for me. I generally cite Digital: A Love Story as one of the most interesting games I've ever played. The project in between Digital and Analogue, Don't Take it Personally, in comparison was a tremendous disappointment. She has completely redeemed herself in my eyes, however, with her latest effort. In Analogue, the player takes on the role as a sort of space archaeologist who has discovered a seemingly abandoned ship floating in the middle of space. Upon accessing the records of the ship, the player meets two separate A.I.s who tell an amazing story of the development and eventually decline of the ship's society and culture. If you enjoy visual novels at all or, like me, are an archivist who loves reading old personal letters and diaries, this game is pretty well a must play.
4. Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom
As a huge fan of shoujo manga and anime, I was thrilled when I heard that Aksys was planning to localize the main title in the Hakuoki series of Otome games. I am not fond of many of the themes in Hakuoki (its story focuses on the Shinsengumi's struggle against the Imperial forces in Japan and makes them vampires or demons or something), but it was a terrific example to me of how much better Otome games are than their anime adaptations. These days, likely due to the slumping economy and the temptation of cross-marketing, many shoujo anime titles are being adapted from Otome games, and these anime series are generally not particularly good. They are typically general to a fault, involving the protagonist in every drama possible in order to introduce as many of the romantic options as can be fit in to 12 episodes so as to entice viewers to purchase the game for further details. As a Western fan without access to the games, this is extremely frustrating. Hakuoki, whose anime adaptation is probably one of the best examples of exactly how crappy these anime adaptations can be, however, has several engaging stories to tell, some of which have a lot more emotional depth than I'm used to seeing in typical japanese pop fiction. I didn't finish all ofthe character routes in the game, but I thoroughly enjoyed those that I did, and will definitely pick this up again in the future when I want this style of gameplay.
3. Style Savvy: Trendsetters
Probably my most pleasant surprise of 2012, Style Savvy: Trendsetters is probably the best game for girls I've ever played. While I often say that I'm not a big fan of games for girls, this generally has more to do with what games for girls actually wind up being than my having trouble with the concept itself. Trendsetters is a fairly simple management sim: the player manages a fashion boutique, provides customers with items in the style they want, chooses which fashions to sell in their boutique and competes in taste-based fashion contests. While it's simple, if you have any interest in fashion, you should get a good deal of play time out of it. It's addictive, the clothes in the game look great, the character models are cute, and it's full of female characters who are working hard and succeeding in their respective careers. While some have complained that all of the character models and clothes are the same size (ie small and skinny), this is more of a mechanical limitation than anything else as having all the models and clothes be the same size makes the game a lot easier to fit on to one cartridge. Other than Skyrim, playing Trendsetters is probably the most fun I had with games all year.
2. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
I loved 999. I would probably put that game in my personal top 10 games of all time. As a sequel to 999, Virtue's Last Reward definitely did not disappoint, though I did not like it quite as much as the original. VLR took many of the principles introduced in 999 and amped them up to the next level in ways that were exquisitely crafted and well-thought out, and the changes to the flow chart system enabling the player to jump between nodes as in Radiant Historia is probably one of the best gameplay refinements I've ever seen in a sequel. That said, I felt like the sheer number of paths and endings in VLR divvied up all of the game's information in a way that I wasn't too fond of. I found that many of the character endings were totally unsatisfying, because the writers wanted to save all the best revelations for the True Ending. As there was a much smaller number of endings 999, I felt like each playthrough gave me just enough information to keep going and see what another start might bring me the next time around. VLR was a little too spread out for my taste to the point where a few times I really had to force myself to keep playing it. Also, in my opinion, only Luna's path in VLR came close to delivering the creepy atmosphere that I felt was present pretty well all the time in 999.
1. Journey
I don't think a game has ever taken me on such an emotional journey in such a short amount of time as Journey did. Beautiful art style and graphics, amazing atmosphere, and gorgeous music combine here to make one of the most incredible experiences that games, for me, have ever had to offer. In the roughly 2-3 hours that it took me on my first playthrough, I felt curious, puzzled, elated, horrified, miserable, and elated all over again. All of this occurred without actual characters or dialog or really anything aside from gameplay and atmosphere. Journey is one of the best examples that games have so much more to offer than violence.


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It would be great if we could bookmark digest posts (just like the topic says). I don't think this is possible now and it would be great if the designers could add this!!
re: Tatum
Perhaps this has already been discussed and I missed it...but there doesn't seem to be any way to search the digests. It seems you can only page through them.
I envision the digests as a quick reference guide. Want to know about how to store garlic? See if there is a blurb in the digest.


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Dazzling display
Traveling on Christmas Lane, all one has to do is follow the candy canes to see a dazzling display of thousands upon thousands of lights.
The show on Christmas Lane, located off of White Hill Road, has become a yearly tradition for many Lee County families, including the family behind the lights.
Danny Jackson, of Jackson Bros. BBQ & Produce, and his family have decorated the family's property for local enjoyment for more than a decade. This year, he and his brother, Larry, have been the two main decorators.
"It's a joy," Danny Jackson said. "We feel blessed by this community and want to do this because so many people enjoy it. It touches so many kids' lives."
The tradition began when the Jacksons began to decorate their family property in 1999, and the number of lights grew with each year, Jackson said.
Something new is added each year, and it takes more than four weeks to display all 100,000 lights, Jackson said. Now hundreds of cars drive through the property in the nights leading up to Christmas.
"We try to make it bigger, better and brighter each year," he said, adding that this year, there is a memorial tree in honor of his now late brothers, Leland and Mitchell.
Throughout the year, the community is good to the family store and restaurant, he said, and the light show is a way to thank the area for its support. Originally, Jackson would only tell his friends and customers about the display, but the word spread through social media.
Lowell Hart saw the light display last year and decided to take his friend Mark Scott to view this year's show.
"You never would have know it was here," Hart said. "Someone has gone to a lot of effort and creativity for this display."
Scott agreed and said he wanted to thank the people who put the show together.
Christians United Outreach Center Executive Director Teresa Dew Kelly brought her 5-year-old grandson, Wyatt, to experience the lights. Wyatt's favorite part, he said, was Snoopy in his airplane.
"It is not Christmas until you've taken a stroll on Candy Cane Lane," Dew said.
Sarah Griffin viewed the lights with her 3-year-old son, Kaleb, and said she enjoyed the amount of lights and being able to see them through the trees driving up to the property.
Griffin's mother, Tommie Angel, said she was glad to bring her daughter and her grandson to view the display.
"I think it's wonderful that the property owners bring such joy to the children," Angel said.
The lights will continue to glow through Jan. 1 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Jackson said he only asks that people be considerate of the property and his neighbors.
"We hope you enjoy the Christmas Lane light show," he said. "They've been good to us, and we want to return the favor."


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Nigel Slater's Real Food
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About the Show
Nigel Slater creates recipes for people with busy lives who still want to eat well. He believes it's possible to make a tasty meal just as quickly as fast food.
Series 1 Summary
Nigel Slater, the author of several critically acclaimed and highly popular books, hosts his first television series. Nigel's theory is that it is possible to make a meal in the time it takes a ready meal to heat up or order a home delivery pizza. Each of the eight programmes devotes itself to one ingredient.
Episode 1 - Chicken
This episode is devoted to chicken. Nigella Lawson helps find the perfect roast bird.
Episode 2 - Potatoes
This episode is devoted to potatoes. Nigel is passionate about the humble spud. Recipes include a zingy fish and chip salad and Nigel's secret recipe for a magic chip butty.
Episode 3 - Ice Cream
Nigel creates hedonistic recipes, from ice scream sundae with chocolate sauce to caramelised apples and praline ice cream. Nigella Lawson shows Nigel how easy it is to make fresh fig ice cream.
Episode 4 - Garlic
Garlic is another of Nigel's passions and he eats a roast chicken with 40 cloves of garlic cooked by chef Alastair Little
Episode 5 - Cheese
Nigel Slater devotes a whole episode to cheese, concentrating on soft varieties
Episode 6 - Chocolate
Nigel creates a series of wicked and decadent but divine deserts, including a fudgy, densely flavoured espresso cake and chocolate truffles
Episode 7 - Sausages
Real food means big flavoured, unpretentious cooking: bold food made from good ingredients. In this episode, Nigel uses sausages in conventional recipes as well as a basis for a pasta sauce.
Episode 8 - Sandwiches
Nigel devotes the final programme of the series to the pursuit of culinary perfection between two slices of bread


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Have you ever seen the movie Kinsey?
A scientist and professor who studies wasps develops an overwhelming interest in sex and is immortalized by his writings on the subject. His good-natured wife is brought along for the ride as Our Hero's interest grows less academic and more practical. Nice movie. Strong plot, full-frontal male nudity, the works (and I hereby disavow whatever link the editors attached to "full-frontal nudity").
OK. Now take that same basic plot, replace wasps with snails, and you'll be reminded of the story of Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex. Sure, there's some significant differences (Comfort actually went from personal interest into writing, rather than the other way around, and neither of his wives rolled with it as well as Kinsey's wife is portrayed as doing). But there are echoes, as well.
Comfort's story is told in The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex and Other True Stories, a collection by Pagan Kennedy, who has an awesome pen name (according to Wikipedia, her given first name is Pamela, and Wikipedia is always right!1). In it, we start with a 14-year-old boy blowing his hand off with homemade fireworks, and ends with an 80-year-old stroke victim mourning that his greatest work has become his albatross2. In between, Comfort evolves from awkward, brainy virgin, to married professor with a fetish for watching his wife do manual labor in a bikini, to de facto bigamist, to chronicler of the kinky and crusader against monogamy, using his methodical sexperiments as the basis for his best-know book and living in an orgiastic commune. Later in life, he crusades against ageism, insistent that the human brain is impervious to aging — and then is hit by a series of strokes3.
Kennedy's other stories revolve around interesting, if less notorious, figures. Scientists figure out how to feed the poor or rewire the brain; a teenage girl becomes a champion weightlifter; a performance artist makes a nuisance of himself; an indie rocker comes into his own. Finally, the book is summed up with a few stories from Kennedy's own life. She installs a wood stove into her home in order to utilize all the firewood the locals give away on Craigslist; she waxes lovingly on her relationship with her roommate 4; she goes camping; she reflects on her family.
Good move for Kennedy to start with the strongest story and work her way down to the personal fluff. If I wasn't sucked into the book by her compelling profiles, I'd never give enough of a shit to read the essays at the back of the book.
Overall, I did enjoy it. As with any collection, some works are going to be stronger than others, and some are going to resonate with the reader more than others. That's to be expected.
I recommend this book — if only because the title will freak out your fellow travelers on the bus. Heh.
1. Obviously not true. Still about as good as Encyclopedia Britannica, though.
2. That's right, bitches. I'm making you read poetry. You're gonna get cultured and you're gonna like it!
3. I'm going to keep on using big words. Dictionary.com works. Look them the fuck up.
4. And now you're going to waste half your day getting sucked into that site. MuahahahahahaHAHAHAHA!!!! Ahem. Sorry.


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SAVEUR magazine's Associate Food Editor, Ben Mims, shows you how to decorate a bûche de noël (yule log cake), a popular holiday cake that originated in Paris bakeries. Go to saveur.com for recipes and ideas.
Directed by Alex Lisowski, alexlisowski.com. Edited by Laura Tomaselli, lauratomaselli.com.
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