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Cheap & Good Eats: Top 5 Budget Lunch Spots in Midtown (Think Duck Soup and Pho)
This super-cheap pork banh mi is from one of our favorite midtown spots in the old Little Saigon, Cali Sandwich.
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Last week, we rounded up the Top 5 Budget Lunch Spots in Montrose and River Oaks. Today it's all about Midtown. With some remnants of the old Little Saigon and plenty of bars and restaurants, this area has no shortage of great food.
Here's our list of the best cheap (under $10) lunch spots that Midtown has to offer:
Note: For the purposes of this post, Midtown is defined as south of I-45 (the Pierce Elevated), west of Highway 288, north of Highway 59 and east of Bagby. See a map here.
Honorable Mentions: Harry's Restaurant & Café, which falls just outside the border but has massive breakfast plates and Greek and American cafeteria-style lunch specials, mostly all of which are under $10; and hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese joint Kim Tai, famous for its duck soup and popular comfort food, banh bot chien.
5. Cali Sandwich & Les Givral's
Both Les Givral's and Cali Sandwich (pictured above) are mostly famous for one thing: their cheap and delicious banh mi ($3 to $4). You can't go wrong with either spot, so we'd go with whichever has the shorter line during their booming lunch hours. Expect no frills but extremely quick (albeit a bit curt) service and tasty sandwiches with authentic Vietnamese flavors. We like the Xiu Mai, a classic sandwich with tender and plump pork meatballs and all the usual fixin's -- carrots, cucumber, cilantro and more.
Half a flatbread and a Caesar salad combine for the perfect lunch at Blackfinne..
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On Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Blackfinne offers $7.99 to $9.99 lunch specials in addition to its regular menu. We like the crab cake sliders, topped with apple slaw and served with fries; or the Pick 2 special -- with choices of soup, appetizer salads and half-portioned flatbread pizzas. Service is fast, making it a perfect workday pick-me-up.
We'll give you one guess what Pho Saigon is famous for.
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If you follow our series Where the Chefs Eat, you'll find many of them frequent this midtown pho spot. And if there's one thing we know, it's that you can trust a Houston chef. Start with a pork and shrimp spring roll ($1.25, or $2.40 for two), then finish with a comforting bowl of chicken, beef or seafood pho ($6.15). We like the #18 because it's packed with all types of beef -- eye round steak, well-done flank, fatty brisket, soft tendon and tripe.
Wings, pizza and bocce, all at Luigi's. Does lunch get any better?
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2. Luigi's
With wood-fired pizzas available by the slice and an outdoor bocce court, this mom-and-pop pizzeria is the perfect spot for a lazy lunch. Bring a six-pack or a bottle of wine and relax on the patio with a slice of New York-style pizza. We like the Caprese ($3.19), topped with fresh basil, plump tomatoes and creamy buffalo-style mozzarella. If you're in the mood for something more, try the hearty beef lasagna ($8.99), which is served with breadsticks and a small salad; or the pepper-and-onion-studded cheese steak ($6.99), served on crusty French bread.
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1. Spec's Deli
Loyal patrons of the midtown Spec's know it's more than merely a liquor store. Its deli makes some of the best sliced-to-order sandwiches in town. Like the Reuben to Die for, stuffed with hot corned beef, sauerkraut and Russian dressing; or the California Dreamin', with sliced turkey, Havarti, avocado, cucumber and sprouts. Both sandwiches are loaded with one-third of a pound of meat for a reasonable $7.99. But that's not all this place has. Check out the daily lunch specials, soups, burgers, fries and more.
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Eric and Ashli Votaw, Eudora, announce the birth of a son, Lincoln Miles Votaw, on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at Olathe Medical Center.
Lincoln weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 18 inches long. He has an older sister, Maci, 5, and an older brother, Maddox, 2.
Grandparents are Craig and Madlyn Adams, Olathe, and Alan and Delores Votaw, Eudora.
Great-grandparents are Florence Adams, Humboldt, and Everett and Margaret Votaw and Paul and Doris Oelschlaeger, all of Eudora.
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Utah governor may be open to paying FLDS trust fiduciary
There is a sign the state eventually may pay the $5.6 million owed to fiduciary Bruce Wisan for his oversight of the United Effort Plan, the trust which benefits current and former members of the FLDS.
Wisan on Tuesday attended a meeting of an obscure government body called the Board of Examiners. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is a member.
Wisan on Thursday told me Herbert, speaking in his capacity as a board member, spoke "pretty favorably" about making the payment.
"The governor thought he could get on board if we comply with certain requirements," Wisan said.
Among the requirements, according to Wisan:
• The state gets a deed for land within the trust so it can recoup the $5.6 million later.
• The trust doesn't come back later for more money from the state.
• There is an agreement in place between Wisan and the Utah Attorney General's Office about how the trust is terminated.
The termination method favored by a majority of those who attended a community meeting in Colorado City last month was to give deeds for homes and property to beneficiaries in the towns of Hidale and Colorado City, and to do away with the collective governance the community has known since the 1940s.
Herbert omitted the Wisan payment from the budget proposed last week. Ultimately, it will be up to the Utah Legislature to appropriate the money, or not. But Herbert's support would seem to make a payment more likely.
Paying the money would please Wisan and 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg, who ordered the payment.
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Cleveland Browns ban national media from rookie minicamp in fear of 'Tebow situation' surrounding Johnny Manziel
But it appears that the organization is taking measures to control the hype surrounding Manziel as the season approaches.
According to Bart Hubbuch of The New York Post, the Browns will not allow national media to attend the team's rookie minicamp this weekend in fear of a "Tebow situation" surrounding Manziel.
Wow, the Browns told me the national media is barred from their rookie minicamp this weekend due to the team's "tight grip" on Manziel.
— Bart Hubbuch (@HubbuchNYP) May 13, 2014
Browns PR director told me: "We don't want this to be a Tebow situation. It's not going to be Johnny Football Mania out there."
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Hubbuch later tweeted he was forced to cancel his flight due to the Browns' decision. This news comes just a day after Browns owner Jimmy Haslam told the media that Manziel has been told he is the team's backup until he earns the starting role.
If the Browns didn't want the Johnny Manziel circus, THEN WHY DRAFT THE GUY?
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AhYap's Weird Chinese New Year
Feb 28th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized
What can be weird about my Chinese New Year?
1. All people eat mandarin oranges, even Malay and Indians buy them. But I haven't eat one this year. I eat some last year, but I didn't eat any in 2004 as well. I love to eat, I just don't eat. Hmmmm, what is the logic?
2. All people buy new clothes. Chinese believe they have to buy NEW clothes for NEW year so they can have good luck. If they don't wear NEW clothes in NEW year, they will have very bad luck for the whole year! Bullshit. I didn't buy and wear any new clothes for CNY in 2003 and 2004. And I do very well in 2003 and 2004. I buy new clothes in 2002, 2005 and 2006 (no money in 2002, girl friend force me to buy in 2005 and 2006), and those are my fuck up years, having screw up in almost everything (study, work, love) in 2002 and do nothing productive in 2005 and 2006.
3. People like the food in CNY, chickens, ducks, pigs, yucks, I hate bloody meat. Lion and tiger eat meat because they don't have a choice, they can't think. But human can think. And if human really meant to eat meat like animals, then do the way animals do. EAT RAW MEAT! No lion cook their dinner before they eat. And no tomato sauce please!
4. Ang Pow sucks. I receive around 30-50 ang pows every year (my grandfather have 1 daughter and 10 sons, the daughter is the eldest making 10 sons a straight set, who say probability works?) Quantity doesn't mean anything. The total income from my ang pows total to less than RM100 for many years. These guys don't understand inflation, 20 years ago, the ang pow size is RM2. Today they still give RM2, don't they know Pop Piah was selling for 40 cents 20 years ago and now it is selling for RM1.30 for the SAME POP PIAH? My parents also give me RM2 ang pow for many years. Note: Not RM2 from Papa and RM2 from Mama, it is RM2 from Papa and Mama together sharing the same ang pow!!! So I tunjuk perasaan (boycott) 2 years ago by refusing their ang pow. It worked and they agree to increase it to RM10 per person. Wahahaha.
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Their eyes slit, just as their tongues
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Inspecting their meal; I was prey
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The masks they hide behind
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Give them victory?
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But not above the cover; Guarded
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The Carlsbad city council's decision Tuesday to decrease the salary adjustments for several department heads and executive staff will have unknown consequences for the city and has left questions in its wake as to what to do about the funds already dispersed.
According to Carlsbad City Administrator Steve McCutcheon, the city has contacted New Mexico's Department of Finance and Administration for guidance in resolving the situation.
"Our goal is to make sure that we carry out the will of the council in an administratively responsible manner given the complexities of people having received those wages for a period of time," McCutcheon said. Employees began receiving the approved wages July 1.
The city will wait on a response from the Department of Finance and Administration regarding how to proceed. McCutcheon assures that the proper procedure will be followed, though it is uncertain what will need to be done regarding the situation or when the DFA will give its recommendation. Until then, he refuses to speculate on whether the wages paid out will have to be returned to the city or if another option exists.
Jon Tully, former city administrator, calls the council's decision "unfair" and "reprehensible" stating that the council had ample time to avoid the current situation. "They had at least 30 days before July 1 if they felt strongly that the interim budget shouldn't have included those salary raises, and they had two council meetings in that time," Tully said.
"They could have taken care of those raises."
McCutcheon and Tully do agree that the city of Carlsbad employees will continue to do their work in a professional manner and to the best of their abilities despite the disappointment of the council's vote.
"The workers didn't ask for the raise, but Mr. Tully was trying to get them up to parity with other municipalities. I am sure they were terribly disappointed," McCutcheon said of the workers who were slotted to receive the pay increase.
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he FirstMerit Towpath Century Ride on May 18 and May 19 will see about 70 bicycle riders riding the length of Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Cleveland to New Philadelphia.
The Ohio & Erie Canalway folks explain that a fundraising ride is 101 miles long, but it has "endless possibilities."
The FirstMerit Towpath Century Ride on May 18 and May 19 will see about 70 bicycle riders riding the length of Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Cleveland to New Philadelphia. Participants will raise funds for the continued development of the Towpath trail and its connector trails.
Riders will secure pledges per mile to raise at least $750, but each will have a goal of $1,000, said Tim Miller, development manager for Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition. Riders can choose a single day or a two-day ride, both of which include transportation, water stops, meals, snacks and breakdown support.
Teams of riders (two, three or four riders on a team) also can be formed, with riders dividing up the ride into two segments of about 65 miles and about 35 miles.
Miller noted that the FirstMerit Towpath Century ride travels near historic sites, with participants riding on crushed limestone and pavement. The route begins at Cleveland and travels through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, as well as Akron, Canal Fulton, Massillon, and Dover, before reaching New Philadelphia.
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Skiing, sowboarding and tubing at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania has continued into April, thanks to a March snowstorm that totaled almost two feet.
In all, the resort received 50 inches of snow during March, said resort officials. Thirty-three slopes and trails — spring groomed granular surface — are open. Base depth is 24-42 inches. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ohio has peregrine falcons nesting in several locations, according to Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Last year, the state had 36 confirmed pairs, from which 23 sites produced 59 fledglings. ODNR officials said at least 48 next sites have been documented in Ohio, but not all are active.
Ohio reintroduced peregrine falcons in 1989, releasing several pairs in cities, where they could nest on high buildings, between 1989 and 1992. Ohio downgraded the peregrine falcon species from, endangered to threatened in 2008.
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During May, hours are 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday. June through August, hours are 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday. In September and October, hours are 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily.
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If you've set up your Info.plist's CFBundleDocumentTypes array properly (either 'LSItemContentTypes' or 'CFBundleTypeExtensions'), then you just need to set up an NSApplication delegate and implement the delegate method, application:openFile:.
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How to access a bean in a web application
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Jul 28, 2011 01:27:17
I am used to calling the application.xml from main class(public static void main). In any web application I used to load the data in the xxx-servlet.xml instead of accessing the bean. Now as i am developing an application, I am not getting where to declare the Application context to access the beans. If I am in the DAO layer I have to declare the "ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPath....()" in the dao class to access the beans related to dao tasks. If I am in the business layer I have to declare the application context in each of the business classes to access the beans related to business tasks. If this is the case I have got to access the application context in almost all the classes which is Weird. Could someone please guide me how to proceed and guide me if there is any mistake in my approach towards dealing the issue. Thanks in advance.
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If you are following the MVC architecture "controller---service -- dao" then you have to implement Spring IOC concept where you need to implement setter injection ..
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VenkataPrasad Regula
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Jul 29, 2011 10:02:06
I am sorry for confusing you all. What I exactly means is as below:
DAO Layer
If I have ten classes in dao layer and I need to access beans from the bean.xml, I need to declare and instantiate the application context in all the ten class to access the beans.
Business layer
SAme way in Business layer too. If I have 20 classes in business layer I need to declare the application context in all the 20 classes to access the concerned beans from.
My question is, is there a way where I can declare it at a place and access from all the other classes.
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Jul 29, 2011 16:18:09
First, let me correct what Hitesh said: When you do DI in Spring, setter injection with XML configuration files is just *ONE OF MANY* ways. Spring has long supported constructor injection as well. And with recent versions of Spring (starting with 2.5) you can @Autowire inject into virtually anything (setter method, constructor argument, arbitrary method argument, private member variable, etc). And with even newer Spring versions (3.0 and 3.1) you can ditch the XML and use Java-based configuration instead of XML.
Now to the original question: If you're doing a web application layered as you describe, there's no need to load up the application context everytime you need it...in fact, that would most definitely be the *wrong* way to do it.
Spring's DispatcherServlet and ContextLoaderListener can load their application contexts *once* given a set of configuration files (either XML or Java-based configuration). You need never worry about actually loading the application context manually. The context will be loaded up, the beans created, and their dependencies injected.
Really, the only time you create and load your own application context is when writing a small application within a main() method. But knowing how to do that as a beginner helps you understand the basics of Spring. Once you advance past the basics, you'll rely less on those application context classes directly and just count on the framework (via DispatcherServlet and ContextLoaderListener) to load the context for you.
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A Roman Model for Why Giles Kills Ben
Author's Note: the following contains spoilers both for the fifth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and for Virgil's Aeneid.
[1] At the end of Season Five of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the television show's 100th episode, the main character dies. Buffy's self-sacrifice saves the world, averts an apocalypse, and defeats a god ("The Gift," 5022, written and directed by Joss Whedon). Her death is the gift she can offer, saving her sister, her friends, and the world from destruction. Greater love hath no man than this, clearly. This final episode of the season closed with the camera lingering on a gravestone that reads "Buffy Anne Summers | 1981-2001 | Beloved Sister | Devoted Friend | She Saved the World | A Lot." A pretty effective cliffhanger, really, which sent many fans to the internet for more information, even leading some to suggest that rumors of the show's move from one network to another (WB to UPN) were in fact a hoax.[1] Was this the end of the series? If so, the sense of closure was magisterial. As it turns out, the imagery of the Christ-like sacrifice of the main character continued the following September with a resurrection, as Buffy was brought back to life for two more seasons.[2]
[2] Popular culture today can easily appropriate Christian topoi, so that, for many viewers, Buffy's self-sacrifice was clearly The Right Choice: "it is in line with our sensibilities" (Held 238)[3] Though it involves loss for her, for the other characters (the image of the vampire Spike weeping when he realizes that Buffy is dead was particularly moving, unexpectedly), and—at the time—for many fans, it was, in its way, inevitable. Which is why another death in the same episode is as problematic as it is. Glorificus ("Glory", the "Big Bad" of season 5) is a minor deity that exists inside a human host, a young doctor named Ben who has also served as a possible love interest for Buffy throughout the season. The hypostatic union of Glory and Ben means that only one of the two can appear at a time, and Glorificus has power only in Glory-form, not in Ben-form. Glory is seeking a mystical "Key" that she needs to wreak hell on earth. The Key is Buffy's sister Dawn, a character introduced at the beginning of the season, though the narrative establishes that from Buffy's perspective she has always had a sister, and that this is her closest blood relative[4] (Buffy's mother, Joyce Summers, had died earlier in the season, in "The Body," 5016). Both Ben and Dawn are vessels for a greater power, and "The Gift" emphasizes that connection, as well as their respective innocence. Xander directly compares the two as he contemplates killing Ben: "What about Ben? He can be killed, right? I mean, I know he's an innocent, but, you know, not, like 'Dawn' innocent. We could kill a ... a regular guy... God." The link between Ben and Dawn at the human level directly mirrors the link between Glory and the Key at the non-human level, so that any interruption at the human level (such as by killing Ben or Dawn) will prevent Glory from attaining the Key. Buffy's self-sacrifice interrupts this pattern, substituting herself for Dawn in the equation.
[3] The climactic duel features some particularly tight scripting. Lighter episodes from the season, seemingly introduced as respite from the increasingly dark principal story arc, contribute elements that are recapitulated in the fight with Glory: the Buffybot, Xander's job as a construction worker, and Olaf the troll's enchanted hammer all become instrumental in the defeat of Glory. In the final battle, Buffy slams the hammer into Glory repeatedly, until, bleeding and exhausted, Glory morphs into the human Ben. Then Buffy hesitates. She clearly has the ability to kill Ben, and with him Glory, but she refuses. She tells Ben/Glory to stay away from "me and mine," drops the hammer, and leaves to rescue her sister.
[4] Then Giles appears. Rupert Giles, Buffy's Watcher and surrogate father-figure, asks in his quiet English accent, "Can you move?" Ben, defeated and prostrate, says haltingly, "Need a minute. She could have killed me." Giles pauses, then answers: "No she couldn't. Never. And sooner or later Glory will re-emerge, and make Buffy pay for that mercy—and the world with her. Buffy even knows that, and still she couldn't take a human life. She's a hero, you see. She's not like us." The speech is delivered calmly: he takes out his glasses and puts them on while speaking. The heroism of the Vampire Slayer is defined in Christian terms, with mercy and self-sacrifice as cardinal virtues. Ben doesn't understand what Giles is saying—"Us?" he asks— whereupon Giles calmly suffocates Ben until he no longer breathes.
[5] Giles eschews mercy and takes a human life, an act not without consequence in the Buffyverse. His words deny this is an act of heroism, but in that he is, arguably, wrong. His murder of Ben serves a greater good—Glory is finally stopped—and it protects those he loves, particularly Buffy. His solution has been considered as a possible course of action previously in the episode, but it was rejected outright by Buffy. It has been argued "Buffy Should've Killed Ben" but she fails to do so because of her (implicit) retributivistic sense of justice (Held 236-38). Contrasting this with Giles's utilitarianism does provide a "hard case" that allows intellectual exploration of justice and justification. However, the hard case is premised on some assumptions that are not necessarily valid for a decision made by a character in the series. For example, justice is defined in terms of the relationship between an individual's act and the state, and the discussion is framed in terms of state justice. Buffy is not a representative or agent of the state (whatever that might mean in this context), and makes her decisions based on individual values (perceptions of sisterhood, blood ties). So, indeed, does Giles, who is motivated by his duty ("I've sworn to protect this sorry world") and concern to maintain Buffy's heroic status ("She's a hero, you see").[5] The act will have repercussions for Giles (he will return to England early in season 6, recognizing that Buffy no longer needs his guiding example), but it does serve to lessen the Slayer's burden, if only slightly and (in the minutes before her death) momentarily.[6] Indeed, there is no indication that Buffy ever discovers what happens to Ben. Giles exhibits a pre-Christian heroism, and it is in fact very similar to the situation in which Aeneas finds himself at the end of Virgil's Aeneid, book 12, lines 919-52.[7]
[6] In making this association, I am not requiring there to be a causal relationship between the two works. Certainly, many of the writers and producers associated with Buffy may have read the Aeneid in translation. At the level of the characters within the series, it is more certain that we should expect Giles to have read the Aeneid in Latin. Not only does the poem remain a fundamental text in Latin pedagogy in England, but in addition the depiction of the Underworld in Aeneid 6 may be imagined to be a basic component of Giles's training as a Watcher, alongside other works of Latin epic, such as the Necromancy in book 6 of Lucan's Civil War (Pharsalia), if such a hypothetical bibliobiography may be constructed for a fictional character. The connection I am suggesting instead operates for the modern audience of both works, whereby the knowledge of one enriches and amplifies the ethical context of the other. Does the literary representation of an ethical choice in Virgil allow for a better understanding of why Giles kills Ben?
[7] Like Aeneas, Giles feels an obligation to those institutions larger than himself: the Watchers' Council, the Slayer, and those supernatural powers of Good with whom he is allied in the fight against Evil. This cosmic dimension assures us that what he feels is pietas in the Roman sense. Aeneas is paradigmatically pius—it is his standard epithet in Virgil, occurring e.g. at Aeneid 1. 305—and this characterizes him throughout the poem. His sense of duty to the gods and his destiny motivates much of his action of the poem, and serves to keep him in many ways distant from much of the poem's readership. Further, Giles's paternal concern for Buffy can profitably be read against Aeneas' guardianship of Evander's son Pallas, granted at Aeneid 8. 514-19, though the analogy is not perfect: while younger like Pallas, Buffy remains the central character whose existence is necessary within the dramatic world to maintain cosmic balance. Giles does not appear to act out of passion—at least not any more. Previous episodes in the series (particularly "The Dark Age," 2008, and "Band Candy," 3006) have made clear that in his youth Giles had been wild. "Ripper" Giles was impulsive, aggressive, and much more traditionally masculine than the tweed-wearing Watcher the series presents. He was also more committed to direct action in his past, and thus in several ways evokes the guts-for-glory attitude of Aeneas in the Trojan War, which exists in the back-story of the Aeneid. Recalling his conduct as Troy was attacked, Aeneas recounts, "I went where I was driven [. . .] into the fighting and the flames, where the grim Fury of war called me" (Aeneid 2. 337); "like wolves foraging blindly on a misty night, driven out of their lairs by a ravening hunger that gives them no rest and leaving behind their young to wait for them with their throats all dry, we ran the gauntlet of the enemy to certain death" (Aeneid 2. 355-59). Both Giles and Aeneas have matured in their travels, but the sense remains that obligation is a coat covering a passionate tumult beneath. Aeneas usually keeps his passion repressed, but it does break through to the surface when Turnus kills Pallas and exults over the corpse, taking Pallas' baldric as a spoil (10. 474-509). Once the news reaches Aeneas, "Everything that stood before him he harvested with the sword, cutting a broad swathe through the enemy ranks, and burning with rage as he looked for this Turnus flushed with slaughter" (10. 513-15). The furor is always there, and it can surface as it does at the end of the Aeneid, or at the beginning of "The Gift" ("Yes we bloody well are [talking about this]!" Giles yells at Buffy). This brings us to each man's moment of decision.
[8] For Aeneas, the slaying of Turnus is an act during wartime against an enemy inscribed in the context of the poem with historical and literary precedents so that their combat and Turnus' death could have been completely unproblematic. Aeneas will not be going to the Hague anytime soon for killing Turnus. The difficulty comes in intention. Virgil lets us know something that would only be evident to Aeneas and Turnus in their final moment: that Aeneas is thinking of Pallas as his sword strikes home. This moment of anger, in which Aeneas' behavior evokes the furor of his opponent Turnus, has been much studied,[8] but its deliberate ambiguity is what is relevant here. Multiple and conflicting motivations inform the series of specific moments leading up to the climactic duel. Defeated, Turnus supplicates for mercy and even begins to persuade Aeneas to spare his life (12. 938-41). Then Aeneas sees Pallas' baldric now worn by Turnus. This introduces a new motive, one that is completely intimate. The glance evokes "a whole nexus of feelings [which] may be seen working on Aeneas" (Lyne 225) privately and instantly that serve to remove any certainty from an understanding of the work. Virgil's reluctance to tease out implications means that Aeneas cannot be censured within the poem. The Aeneid masterfully has anticipated for its readership all that will follow from this act, from the marriage to Lavinia and the birth of Silvius to the founding of Alba Longa and Rome, down to the day of Augustus and beyond (see especially Aeneid 6. 756-66, 6. 788-97, 8. 47-48, 8. 626-29, 8. 675-81, 12. 937). There is a darkness present in the future, too. It will not be filled with res laetae ("happy times," Aeneid 2. 783), as future Romans will have to fight Carthaginians (Aeneid 4. 622-29). Aeneas himself will have a short life (Aeneid 1. 263-66), but will be deified (Aeneid 1. 259-60, 12. 794-95). A safe and prosperous future for his people is guaranteed in the slaying of Turnus, but there are contradictions that remove certainty that Aeneas' action is "justified." [9] Similarly, the complex emotions fostered by Aeneas' glance at Pallas' baldric makes it difficult for us to see this action in its unmitigated glory.
[9] So it is with Giles. In killing Ben Giles recognizes his own culpability: "She's not like us." Ben himself may be innocent, and the audience may like him—just as it is hard not to enjoy the wall-leaping heroics of Turnus (Aeneid 9.691-818), who in turn may evoke historical figures such as Coriolanus (see Plutarch, Coriolanus 8; Scott-Kilvert 20-21.) But within Ben is the power to destroy the sense of order for which the Slayer strives. We do not see rage in Giles—his detachment instead evokes Aeneas from most other parts of the poem—but we do have his recognition of the ethical problem he faces. When he kills Ben, he acts quickly, deliberately, and, unlike Aeneas, never looks away. Earlier in the episode, Giles and Buffy had articulated their relationship to the coming events: "This is how many apocalypses for us now?" asks Buffy; "Oh, uh, well..." says Giles, sitting and taking off his glasses, "Six, at least. Feels like a hundred." Giles has concluded that once Glory's ritual sacrifice of Dawn begins, the only resolution is to kill Dawn in order to prevent the ritual's completion. This Buffy refuses to do. She also says she will stop Giles if he acts on this intention. In the end the alternative is to give her own life, which is in a way easier—it is the culturally sanctioned "Christian" answer.[10] Giles' view is different: "I've sworn to protect this sorry world, and sometimes that means saying and doing what other people can't. What they shouldn't have to." He is talking about sacrificing Dawn, but the statement plays itself out in the decision to kill Ben, who is not a friend, not among the Slayer's inner circle of Scoobies, and consequently more easily classified as an enemy, despite his lack of agency in Glory's actions. Ben's threat exists only in potential. Neither he nor Dawn choose to be active in the situation, and so the audience reasonably expects the story to avoid both deaths.
[10] Rather than problematizing the situation as in the Aeneid, "The Gift" presents a moral dilemma apparently simplified from the one anticipated, which can be read against the principal heroic model the episode and series presents, that of Buffy the Slayer. That doesn't make Giles's decision unproblematic. Giles' calm does not provide the explanation of motivation that Aeneas' glance at Pallas's baldric does for readers of the Aeneid. But it does remain a private act, lost in the confusion of the season-ending apocalypse, which the show and its characters are unwilling to judge. An earlier invocation of the St. Crispin's Day speech in Shakespeare's Henry V (IV.iii.20-67) by Giles and Spike provides a further ironic distance between the nature of the battle they expect to fight and the one they do. The difference between Buffy and Giles resides in the presumed default morality of the situation: that is, in what ethical framework each member of the audience brings to the episode. The moral positions staked out by the characters will not correspond to that of a given audience member, in most cases. The conflict does provide an opportunity for the audience to evaluate the differences between a "Christian" decision in a post-Christian context and a "Roman" decision in a post-classical context, and this in turn echoes with a larger debate about the inherited values a culture possesses. That the killing might have been excusable if it were not completely tied up with personal emotions should make the audience less comfortable with Giles' action and not more. The choices made by Aeneas and Giles both recognize the ambiguities of the human condition, drawing contrasts between the expression of private emotions and the public face of leadership. Virgil encourages us to be wary of any direct evaluation of another's ethical choice. Even given the intimate details not available to us in life, uncertainty will always exist. Both "The Gift" and the Aeneid are profound human explorations of the excuses we provide under the guise of ethics. Neither allows the audience easily to put aside the concerns of morality, but it is only in making choices that we have a chance for heroism.
Works Cited
Anderson, Wendy Love. "Prophecy Girl and The Powers That Be: The Philosophy of Religion in the Buffyverse." South: 212-26.
Anderson, William S. The Art of the Aeneid. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1969.
Burnell, Peter. "The Death of Turnus and Roman Morality." Greece and Rome 37 (1987) 186-200.
Erickson, Gregory. "'Sometimes You Need a Story': American Christianity, Vampires, and Buffy." Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Ed. Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. 108-119.
Galinsky, Karl. "How to Be Philosophical About the End of the Aeneid." ICS 19 (1994): 191-201.
Held, Jacob M. "Justifying the Means: Punishment in the Buffyverse." South: 227-38.
Hertz, Todd. "Don't Let Your Kids Watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer." ChristianityToday.com (Sept. 18, 2002): http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/136/31.0.html.
Horsfall, Nicholas, ed. A Companion to the Study of Virgil. Leiden, New York, and Köln: E. J. Brill, 1995.
Little, D. A. "The Death of Turnus and the Pessimism of the Aeneid." AUMLA 33 (1970): 67-76.
Lyne, R. O. A. M. "Vergil and the Politics of War." Oxford Readings in Vergil's Aeneid. Ed. S. J. Harrison. Oxford and New York: Oxford U P, 1990. 316-38. Reprinted from Classical Quarterly 33 (1983) 188-203.
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[1] See Millman.
[2] Christian symbolism is a central component to the series, beyond the trappings that might be expected in a vampire story, and about this there have been some valuable discussions. Wendy Anderson concentrates on "Amends" (3010), an episode in which Whedon himself acknowledges "it's hard to ignore the idea of a 'Christmas miracle' here" (cited in Anderson, "Prophecy" 213); Anderson (225-26) and Hertz see Christological associations in "Grave" (6021), the final episode of Season Six. Erickson connects the series' religious perspective particularly to the postmodern (some would say post-Christian) expressions of Christianity in America.
[3] Held criticizes Buffy's choice, however, as discussed in paragraph 5.
[4] One online magazine, awarding Buffy the title "Theologian of the Year," compares the relationship between Buffy and Dawn in this episode with Christ and the Church (Skippy R).
[5] All of these motives are open to examination, and from the perspective of state-imposed justice both characters might be culpable. I would argue that neither is concerned about Held's questions, however. Whatever measure they use to justify their own actions, the scale is simultaneously individual and cosmological; it is not concerned with society or the state (Giles is not concerned that he might go to jail if he kills Ben, for example). This is why Held's concern about whether an action is "justified" (e.g on 238) sits somewhat uneasily with me. In the absence of an absolute scale by which to measure these things, both Buffy and Giles can believe themselves to be justified in their decisions.
[6] Petrova diminishes the moral implications of Giles's decision in three ways. First, she perceives the consequences of murder in purely psychological terms ("…whoever does it will be incurring feelings of guilt otherwise he would have left Buffy to do it"). Second, since the guilt is not evident, she concludes, "Giles objectifies the evil [. . .] it is not in him, but he is merely the carrier" (this then parallels Giles with Ben). Both of these assumptions seem incompatible with a cosmology where Good and Evil are locked in a timeless battle across dimensions. Third, she later claims "We cannot say that Giles is evil when he kills Ben, because he doesn't seem to have any choice about it." This effectively removes even the possibility of heroism from Giles. Of course he has a choice: it may be a crummy choice, but it is a choice nonetheless. Buffy chose to leave Ben alive and face the risk of Glory's return to spare a human life. Giles chooses to eliminate that possibility. Right or wrong, it is a choice. I would instead argue that both choices are heroic, but by different standards of heroism.
[7] All Virgil references are to the Latin text; lineation in translations may vary. West is cited here.
[8] Representative views from different perspectives can be found in Anderson, The Art of the Aeneid 91-100, Burnell, Galinsky , Horsfall 192-216, Little, Lyne, Putnam, West.
[9] O'Hara 88-122, argues that the prophecies of the Aeneid deliberately mislead Aeneas, and that the fulfillment is consistently bleaker than the prediction.
[10] While mercy (Latin clementia) is a virtue in Stoic ethics and clearly informs the ethical choices of the Aeneid (see Lyne), it does not extend to self-sacrifice.


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For the Transat Jacques Vabre, violent low-pressure systems sweeping in from the West forced the race committee to postpone the start of the 11th edition for the second time and to cancel the MOD70 20nm prologue for the Sultanate of Oman's flagship campaign Oman Air-Musandam and their competitor, Edmond de Rothschild.
Oman Air Musandam MOD70 skipper Sidney Gavignet (FRA) with co skipper Damian Foxall (IRL) in rough weather
Originally planned for Sunday, weather conditions delayed the scheduled start to Monday for the IMOCA 60s, Class 40s and Multi 50s, with a prologue planned for the two MOD70s, but late Sunday night the race committee decided to further postpone until Thursday at the earliest for all except the MOD70s that might be able to slip out on Wednesday.
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'Starting this race in November is always challenging, we had a low pressure come through last night and there is another one coming through tomorrow and the most important thing for the race committee is to get us off safely,' said Damian Foxall from Ireland who has over 350,000 nautical miles behind him, a recent Volvo Ocean Race win with Groupama and is on his third Transat Jacques Vabre.
Oman Air-Musandam skipper, Sidney Gavignet (FRA), who has his fair share of single-handed, double-handed and Volvo Ocean Races under his belt explained the challenges that the race committee faces: 'The fleet is made up of very fast boats with the MOD70s; intermediate boats with the Multi 50s and the IMOCA 60s and then the Class 40s which are a bit slower and mixed amateur and professional crews. For this reason it is very difficult to find a window.
'It is easier for us because we go quickly so we need a small window of opportunity to get out of the English Channel and to Finisterre from where we can consider we are in good shape, still very safety conscious, of course, but looking for speed as well. For the Class 40s it takes some time to get out of the Channel and through Biscay, so it is more complicated,' he said.
The Transat Jaques Vabre 2013. Le Havre - Itajai, Brazil The Oman Air Musandam MOD70 skipper Sidney Gavignet (FRA) with co skipper Damian Foxall (IRL)
'The MOD70s are very seaworthy boats, they are one design, well built and really reliable. We have been sailing them hard all year in very rough conditions, but of course with the current conditions of very high westerlies blowing against the tide, the sea state is very steep and rough. They are boat-breaking conditions out there right now,' added Damian.
For the race organisation sending a fleet of 43 boats out – that is 86 people on the water – is a major decision and a big responsibility. 'It is hard. I think they made the right decision to delay, these conditions are boat breaking – in Biscay there is a four to five metre sea state whipped up by the westerlies that have been blowing for the last three days, but now the challenge is to find the right window to start,' said Sidney.
In the meantime, the Oman Air-Musandam duo will continue with their routine of gym, weather checks and boat checks until the race committee calls for a start.
'We are ready to go and looking forward to the warmer weather in the South!' said Sidney as the skies opened once more over Le Havre.
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The end of one year and start of another encourages reflection and resolution. The past year has been a most significant one for the UCSF AIDS Research Institute, and progress in 2014 makes me optimistic about the New Year. In 2014, the ARI conducted a truly detailed assessment in the course of our first top-to-bottom strategic review and plan in many years. Led by professional consultants and our own expert staff, we reaffirmed the substantial scale and impressive quality of the HIV enterprise across the University and were not surprised that ours remains the leading coordinated HIV effort in the world—and the only program ranked #1 by US News and World Report in all of UCSF.
At the same time, we were confronted with a harsh reality facing all of biomedical research including ours: Research funding has not recovered with the rest of the economy; and HIV has, for many, faded from sight, yet the needs of our ARI community at UCSF are more pressing than ever. The tools at our disposal are ever more potent, and the opportunities more exciting. ARI member investigators lead the world in searching for an HIV cure; our broad community is engaged in a serious campaign to make San Francisco the first city in the world to end HIV transmission, AIDS deaths and stigma; and our care programs continue to be models for the world to address the most important challenges in all affected populations.
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I believe the New Year will be a strong one for the ARI. We have defined milestones to mark our progress even as we recognize the certainty of new opportunities and challenges arising in our global endeavor. We are fully moved in at our new Mission Bay home, co-located in Mission Hall with our close partner Global Health Sciences as well as the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, AIDS Education and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Clinical & Translational Science Institute. We are now just a block away from the Center for AIDS Research, Center for HIV Information and Gladstone Institutes, and within minutes by shuttle of our major group of colleagues at San Francisco General.
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Comics Writer Greg Rucka 'Will Cut a Throat' to Work on Mass Effect
Greg Rucka doesn't seem like somebody who needs help making his dreams come true. This is, after all, a man who wrote Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman comics all at the same time. He's also managed to craft incredibly tense dramas in creator-owned series like Queen & Country, Whiteout and Stumptown. But the… »