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The console version of Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls Online was the best-selling PS4 title on PSN this June.
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The one sport in which no one knows the score or the leader until the contest ends is boxing.
The famous North American landmark constantly moving backward is Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2.5 feet each year because of all the water that rushes over it every minute.
Only two vegetables — asparagus and rhubarb — can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons.
The only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching it, is baseball.
The fruit that has its seeds on the outside is a strawberry.
In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine and hasn't been cut in any way. This is possible because the bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place. The bottle is left in place for the whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.
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Children's Caring Roles and Responsibilities within the Family in Africa
Version of Record online: 3 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00386.x
© 2010 The Author. Geography Compass © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Geography Compass
Volume 4, Issue 10, pages 1477–1496, October 2010
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In many Sub-Saharan African countries, the care of chronically ill, disabled or elderly relatives is usually regarded as the responsibility of family members, within a broader landscape of often overburdened healthcare systems, the expense of medical fees, very limited access to social protection and policies that emphasise home-based care. Recent studies have demonstrated that children and youth, particularly girls and young women, take on considerable caring roles for chronically ill and elderly and young relatives in Africa. This article reviews the available research on young people's caring roles and responsibilities within families affected by chronic illness and disability in Sub-Saharan Africa. I discuss how children's caring roles challenge global and local constructions of childhood and suggest ways of conceptualising the socio-spatial and embodied dimensions of children's everyday care work within diverse household forms. I analyse evidence on outcomes of caring and children's resilience in managing their caring responsibilities and examine the complex array of processes that influence whether children take on caring roles within the family. I argue that relational, intergenerational and lifecourse approaches to researching children's caring responsibilities within the family have considerable potential for future geographical research and could provide further insights into the ways that care is embedded in social relationships, cultural norms and structural inequalities operating in different configurations in particular places.


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Attorneys who submitted anti-gay briefs to the Supreme Court in favor of California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act are continuing the mischaracterization of a 2002 study on child development to suggest same-sex parents are less fit than opposite-sex parents, according to the non-profit that produced the study.
The 2002 study — which is is referenced in both the DOMA and Prop 8 briefs filed on Tuesday — is titled "Marriage from a Child's Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children and What Can We Do About It?" and was produced by the D.C.-based non-profit Child Trends, an organization that seeks to improve the lives of children by through research.
Carol Emig, president of Child Trends, said in a statement to the Washington Blade that attorneys who wrote these briefs misconstrued the group's study in arguments against same-sex marriage because the findings say nothing about the quality of life for children raised by same-sex parents.
"The Child Trends brief in question summarizes research conducted in 2002, when same-sex parents were not identified in large national surveys," Emig said. "Therefore, no conclusions can be drawn from this research about the well-being of children raised by same-sex parents."
Emig added, "We have pointed this out repeatedly, yet to our dismay we continue to see our 2002 research mischaracterized by some opponents of same-sex marriage."
Child Trends' study concludes, among other things, that "the family structure that helps children the most is a family headed by two biological parents." The study makes references to children raised by single parents and stepparents, but no explicit reference to same-sex parents is found in the report.
In the DOMA brief, signed by attorneys House General Counsel Kerry Kircher and former U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement, the Child Trends study is cited on page 47 as part of an argument that having DOMA on the books encourages childrearing by biological parents.
Article continues below"Of course, only relationships between opposite-sex couples can result in children being raised by both of their biological parents," the brief adds. "Therefore, when government offers special encouragement and support for relationships that can result in mothers and fathers jointly raising their biological children, it rationally furthers its legitimate interest in promoting this type of family structure in a way that extending similar regulation to other relationships would not."
In the Prop 8 brief, signed by lead attorneys with ProtectMarriage.com, Andrew Pugno and Charles Cooper, the Child Trends study is referenced on page 37 as "a leading survey of social science research" under the argument that Proposition 8 furthers responsible procreation and child bearing.
"Because same-sex relationships cannot naturally produce offspring, they do not implicate the State's interest in responsible procreation and childrearing in the same way that opposite-sex relationships do," the brief states.
Attorneys affiliated with ProtectMarriage.com and the House Republican-led Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group didn't respond to the Blade's request for comment on the apparent misuse of the study in their legal briefs. The DOMA brief was filed in the case of Windsor v. United States and the Prop 8 brief was filed in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry.


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Court Slams Leviev for Sneaking Past Bondholders, Repaying Banks
Judge VardaAlshech did not spare Lev Leviev the lash of her tongue yesterday, after learning that the owner of Africa Israel had repaid some private debt to banks, just before the company's agreement with bondholders was due to be weighed by the court. His move could weigh against him when the question of ownership over Africa Israel comes up, she said.
Leviev's privately-owned company Memorand Management, through which he owns the controlling stake in Africa Israel Investments, recently repaid NIS 670 million in debts to several banks. That information was included in a petition filed a few days ago in the Tel Aviv District Court by Zohar Greenberg, the lawyer representing certain bondholders in Africa Israel.
In his motion Greenberg had asked the court to block Africa Israel's payments to the banks - payments that he said were due today.
On further investigation Greenberg discovered that the payments to the banks were to be delivered by Memorand. Greenberg tried to amend his motion once he discovered that information, but because of the strike by court stenographers, Judge Varda Alshech was not updated about the new development.
On Monday Alshech issued an injunction against Africa Israel to stop it from transferring money to the banks, by which time Memorand had already transferred about NIS 410 million to Bank Hapoalim and close to NIS 260 million to Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot, Israel Discount and First International banks.
Alshech ruled that any amount of the NIS 670 million that has not yet been transferred, should not be. She noted that her decision to order Africa Israel to withhold any payments to banks was issued despite the circumstances and applies to any amounts not yet transferred but cannot apply to payments made to bank creditors prior to the decision.
Alshech lambasted Africa Israel for claiming insolvency at every opportunity, while at the same time arranging to repay debts to creditors other than the bondholders.
"The company seems to be declaring future, if not current, insolvency, and claiming inability to pay bondholders on one hand, while at the same time paying other creditors," wrote Alshech. "With all due respect for the corporate veil, the seeker of a debt arrangement is all the more obligated fairness and good faith toward its creditors. In these circumstances, steps that appear not to be in keeping with this greater obligation could affect the court's opinion when considering the proposed debt arrangement," Alshech warned.
Last week the representatives of the 12 long-term bond series (Africa Israel issued 13 bond series) rejected Africa Israel's compromise proposal, which included an immediate payment of NIS 100 million-NIS 120 million upon the approval of the debt arrangement. Court approval of Africa Israel's NIS 8 billion debt arrangement is still pending. Africa Israel failed to repay its debt to series B9 bondholders on the appointed date, November 10.
On Monday Lipa Meir, the lawyer representing the 12 long-term bond series, published the bondholders' response to the court concerning developments since the hearing two weeks ago in Tel Aviv District Court. The representatives argue that under the circumstances, the principle of equality should be maintained and distributions among the various series in the framework of such an arrangement should be based on the relative share of each series.
Representatives of the long-term series say that payment of a significant cash sum to series B9 and the other short-term series bondholders would precipitate a similar demand from the bank creditors, whose debt is also short-term and under the original loan terms is due immediately.
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The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that the rules taking effect Monday triple the time from 10 to 30 years that an offender must remain on a state registry. Offenders also are required to register in person with the local sheriff within three days of changing addresses.
Offenders also are required to stay at least 300 feet away from a place where children gather, like day care centers and schools. One offender said his sheriff said he couldn't go to church because there was a nursery in the building.
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Women who farm or are directly involved in farming need resources and information that can help them better understand farming today. Women in agriculture also are without a network to support them. North Central Iowa lacked an opportunity to meet this need.
Participants at the 2007 conference in Clear Lake requested that the conference be continued in 2008. The ISU Extension team of 4 County Directors and the Farm Management Field Specialist and a committee of women from different agriculture backgrounds and different communities met to plan a second 1-1/2 day conference for women who farm or work in the agriculture industry. The program started on Friday afternoon in Clear Lake with a pre-conference workshop on "Developing Your Marketing Plan," followed by a keynote speaker, Paul Lasley, and 5 workshops, and continued through Saturday with workshops and a lunch speaker, Karey Klaghorn. Twenty-nine workshops were offered on 23 topics. 105 people attended from across the state, with 34% attending for the second time. Opportunities were provided for time to network.
Those completing the evaluation rated the conference a 4.6 on a scale of 1-5 (poor to excellent). Comments both on the evaluation and to the committee were to continue the conference, and included thank yous for providing this opportunity. Comments and suggestions filled 7 typewritten pages and all were extremely positive. "This conference has inspired me to keep learning. As a young wife and mother, I depend on my husband to take care of farming and planning. After attending this conference, I realize I need to learn about these important issues that directly affect my family's livelihood." "I plan on discussing what I learned with my husband and hope to help keep track of markets when he's too busy with fieldwork." Four of the first year sponsors contributed $4,200 to continue the conference. Carryover funds helped keep the registration to $55. Several banks and an elevator paid the registration fee for their customers and staff who attended. Plans are underway for 2009.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — High winds have buffeted the Oregon coast in the wake of an unusual snowstorm — and there's more wind in the forecast.
The National Weather Service says a gust of 60 mph was recorded at midday Wednesday at Garibaldi on the north coast while Lincoln City had a gust of 53 mph and Newport reported a 51 mph gust.
Meteorologist Jon Bonk says another storm is expected into Thursday with winds of 35-45 mph along the beaches and gusts of 65 to 75 mph in exposed areas of the central and north coast.
The region is reeling from snow and ice that closed highways, delayed school openings and left some people without power.
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Axway API Gateway
Powering an API-first architecture for digital business transformation
Still have questions about what Axway API Gateway can do for your business?
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API Gateway provides everything you need to develop, integrate and manage APIs and web services that securely bridge back-end services with digital business applications across cloud and mobile. Consistent high performance and fast response times enable millisecond-latency transactions in demanding SLA-driven environments.
In addition to a graphical "configure-not-code" environment for agile and fast API development and management, you also get true end-to-end and real-time operational monitoring, analytics and reporting that gives all types of users — technical, business, and operational — optimal data-flow visibility into API usage and back-end service performance.
Axway API Gateway Key Capabilities
Manage the end-to-end lifecycle for APIs and web services
APIs and web services have a lifecycle that spans development, testing, deployment, administration and monitoring. Unlike other solutions that cover only parts of the API lifecycle, can't handle web services, or are merely building blocks for custom integration, Axway API Management provides a comprehensive platform that gives you control of the entire end-to-end lifecycle — from conception to consumption to usage monitoring and management.
Axway API Manager provides consistency across development and management of native REST APIs, developed APIs that require back-end integration, and existing web services. No matter how an API is implemented, it can be defined, registered and published to the API catalog in the same way.
You can also use Axway API Policy Studio to build a library of standardized corporate policies (for caching, threat protection, etc.) that developers can choose from when they register a new API or web service.
Control access, block attacks and govern data flows to satisfy stringent security, compliance and SLA requirements
API security breaches can cause brand damage, revenue loss, and compliance penalties. Axway API Gateway provides comprehensive security and pre-built identity management integrations to thwart attacks on APIs, control access to them, and secure the data they send and receive.
Axway API Gateway security features and certifications include:
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Axway API Gateway preserves your investments in web services by treating new REST APIs and existing web services equally. You can use it to:
- Register and publish web services in the API catalog on your Axway API Portal to provide a consistent experience for self-service browsing and consumption
- Manage the lifecycle of web services, including organization and application authorization, quota monitoring and management, and API Key support
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• Per-API and per-client usage
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Implement web service and protocol abstraction, transformation, and orchestration
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- BoliviaRetailFunding via Fundación Pro Mujer
Chicas De O...BoliviaRetailFunding via Fundación Pro Mujer
DioniciaBoliviaClothingFunding via Emprender
Las Mañaneras Group
The loan they'll get will benefit small businesswomen such as Claudina. She says she has been a member of Pro Mujer for two years, joining on the invitation of an advisor from the institution who visited her at her house. Currently she has a business selling crafts (textiles), which she set up several years ago on her own initiative.
The loan she's getting now is to increase her capital to buy wool, which she'll acquire at the street markets in the city of El Alto. After production, she'll sell in her sales stall.
This form of work allows her to generate income to support her household as much as possible because she's married and has five children. When asked what she likes about Pro Mujer she says the health training and the loans.
El crédito que sacaran beneficiara a pequeñas microempresarias donde la señora Claudina es integrante, ella indica que hace dos años que integra Pro Mujer, ingresando por invitación de una promotora de la institución que le fue a visitar a su casa. En la actualidad ella tiene un negocio de venta de artesanías (tejido), negocio que implemento hace varios años por iniciativa propia.
El crédito que ahora sacará es para el aumento de capital (compra de lana) que adquirirá de las ferias de la ciudad de El Alto y posteriormente a la elaboración lo comercializará en su espacio de venta. Esta forma de trabajo le permite generar recursos para mantener en lo posible a su hogar pues ella es casada y tiene cinco hijos.
Cuando se le consulta qué le gusta de Pro Mujer, ella responde que le gusta las capacitaciones del área de salud y crédito.
Additional Information
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Bolivia
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 9 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Dec 7, 2012
- Listed
- Jan 1, 2013
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Covered
- Ended:
- Aug 17, 2013


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When I was in middle school on a band trip, my friend and I stole some bobby pins from a local dime store. A store detective spotted us from about 500 yards away. He marched us up to the front of the store and bawled us out in front of about 100 people. Or so it seemed. I was mortified. But he let us go. I never stole anything again.
Column as I see 'em …
Now that 2010 is in the books, a shout out goes to each and every one of our readers and advertisers for making the year an outstanding one.
It's no secret that nationally, newspapering is a tough nut to crack these days. Large daily metro papers have really taken it on the chin, losing readers and advertisers at an alarming rate.
My friends are amazing. Throughout every stage of my life, I've been blessed to have friends that I'm sure I couldn't live without.
Between Christmas and New Year's, I took a much-needed vacation and was able to catch up with several of those amazing friends, and I even rediscovered a few gems that reminded me how blessed I've been to keep such wonderful people in my life.
OK, repeat after me, two sticks, two sticks.
That's how I'm going to try to remember to write 2011, not 2010, anymore.
Writing the date on something comes almost automatically, but when it first gets here it seems to take us a while to adjust and stop writing the old year. Hopefully, the two sticks mantra will help.
Each new year offers an opportunity for a fresh start. It's a time to make changes in our lives, or at least to make resolutions for change. But change is hard, usually. Habits are hard to change.
To the editor:
I just read [last week's edition of] The Anderson News and I am wondering if everyone who loses their job will get a front page article about it, with the fired employee going on and on about how unfair it is.
Mr. Chip Chambers applauded the constitutional right to run for office. The county judge-executive has the constitutional right to hire and fire the county road supervisor.
To the editor:
I just wanted to let you know I enjoyed following the library story ["Spending more, taxing less," Dec. 15 edition]. It was a great example of how our tax system works.
The article in last week's paper about [ousted highway foreman] Chip Chambers and the hypocrisy of local government was priceless, as well. I loved the picture of him receiving the $25 gift certificate. If only the fiscal court could be that tight with our tax money.
I appreciate all the good work you do with the paper.
To the editor:
Well, well, it looks like Washington, DC, here in good old Anderson County.
Was it pure politics when Judge-Executive John Wayne Conway praised [former highway forman Chip] Chambers, saying he was the best county highway supervisor in the state?
Now, Conway says, Chambers just doesn't fit in.
I know I speak for many and, at this point, we whole- heartedly don't think Conway fits in with "we, the people's" agenda.
To the editor:
I just wanted to thank The Anderson News for helping us out.
We are getting such a great response from everything you have put in your paper. We are desperate for volunteers, so this is extremely helpful.
Your efforts are greatly appreciated. We hope to continue this partnership with The Anderson News.
Thank you!
Bailey Preston
Franklin County CASA
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Dr. Clark Huang, MD, FACS
Head & Neck Surgeon
Book an Appointment
Qualifications and Experience
- Medical School - Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Doctor of Medicine
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center (Fellowship)
Hospital Affiliations
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
- Chinese (Mandarin)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Otolaryngology
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
In-Network Insurances
- Aetna
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- Ear, Nose & Throat Doctor
- Head & Neck Surgeon
Professional Statement
Dr. Clark Huang specializes in general practice, otolaryngology in New York, New York. Details of Dr. Huang's 19 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Yeshiva University.
Zocdoc Awards
Verified Patient Reviews
Office is in a great building in Midtown East; friendly staff who remembered my name on the way out; Dr. Huang was considerate and kind and efficient. I almost forgot I had a fiber optic cable being shoved up my nose (he legitimately had good tricks for easing the discomfort). Will have no qualms returning soon.
My visit with Dr. Huang couldn't have been better. He saw me right on time, he was friendly, got straight to the point and knew right away what was wrong. Top marks.
Dr. Huang was very efficient and made me feel at ease.
Great..Thank you Dr Huang.
Dr. Huang is patient, kind, and thoughtful. I felt as though he cared about me as a patient. The people who work in his office were helpful and gave me quick and accurate information. They were very professional and courteous.
Quick dr easy to talk to
Perfect. Excellent physician
His friendly, approachable manner and good humor made for a very smooth and pleasant visit. He gave good advice and takes good care to treat you with respect and consideration.
Great doctor and very nice guy. I have been seeing him for many years and highly recommend him.
I thought it could have been better and more thorough.
Dr Huang was extremely pleasant and hospitable. He listened to my concerns and gave his diagnosis. I would highly recommend him.
Great doctor, listened to all of my concerns and had clear answers that made sense! Highly recommend.
Amazingly comfortable despite the required tool needed to service me. Very patient and calm my anxiety. The travel from Brooklyn was worth it.
Felt very comfortable. Dr. Huang was very informative and mild mannered.
Dr. Haung was very professional, thorough and easy to talk to. He answered all my questions and addressed all my concern in a warm and professional manner. Dr. Haung has great bedside manner!!!!!
Very Sweet and comprehensive:-)
It was an extremely rushed and short visit. I got done literally in 5 minutes, and he didn't seem to ask much questions or give me time. The antibiotics he prescribed really gave me a lot of problems, I found out later there were other shorter course alternatives.
Excellent Doctor. Wait time was short, the doctor was friendly, knowledgeable and addressed all my concerns. Staff was friendly as well. Highly recommended.
Dr. Huang was quick, yet thorough, and had a very nice "bedside" manner. He answered all of my questions, and I was extremely happy with my appointment, and with the reservation and check-in process through ZocDoc. The doctor's staff were all friendly and efficient.
Dr. Huang was excellent! He was very warm and easy to talk to yet professional. He took time to explain the situation and treatment. I forgot to ask a few questions in the appointment and called his office to inquire, Dr. Huang called me back personally to answer my questions in a short time. Would highly recommend him to friends or family.
He's the BEST!
Great doctor with very good customer service and support team.
Professional, courteous, and very informative on my condition. Took the time to listen to my concerns and responded well to my questions.
Dr. Huang is a great physician. He thoroughly understands and explains his diagnosis of your condition and/or any questions that you may have during your visit. He doesn't rush your visits with open ended answers that leave you feeling doubtful about why you made an appointment to visit in the first place. All in all I felt very comfortable with Dr. Huang, he understands patient care!
I was long time ago in the doctor's office, It was pleasure to see the doctor again!
Had never been to an ENT and went for a specific problem. He knew what it was right away and they did a couple of quick tests to verify. I left feeling confident that it was correctly handled. I also was able to ask him other assorted questions I had about ENT issues that were not related to that specific incident and he was helpful in answering.
very experienced and thorough visit. Waiting time is less than 15 min. Quick consultation. Don't have to come back for follow up.
Excellent doctor with a great personality. Staff is extremely friendly and helpful.
Very friendly and attentive. Recommended!
I visited him on the next day after visiting an urgent care, and I am glad I did, and I am glad that he had a time slot available. I made an appointment a few hours before my visit.
Diagnosed problem immediately.
Excellent doctor great location
Excellent, honest, quick, smart!
He was great the first time I saw him but during the follow up appointment he didn't really want to listen and rushed me out of the appointment.
No wait time at all. Dr Huang was very professional and friendly
Dr. Huang saw me right away and seemed very professional and knowledgeable.
Nice office. Friendly staff. Dr. Huang is very kind and friendly. Very happy with my visit.
Dr. Huang was very easy to talk to. He was waiting for me upon my arrival to the exam room with computer in hand that stored all my medical info! Very impressed and would highly recommend.
I was seen within 15 minutes of my appt time, Dr. Huang has a super nice personality, allowed me time to explain my condition, and laughed with me as I tried to act out my problems- any doctor who can chuckle and not just have a stern face gets an automatic star. I felt very comfortable with him, his assessment of my condition and the time and care he took with me. I did not feel rushed, I didn't wait long and the staff was friendly. I will be following up with him and will recommend him to family and friends.
Dr. Huang's bedside manner was easy going and kind. He was knowledgeable and reassuring. The office staff were also very kind and professional. I highly recommend Dr. Huang.
Great consultation
He's very nice and reassuring, easy to talk to yet professional
He was very professional, friendly and good information
Dr. Huang was professional, thorough, kind, gentle and completely attentive to all my needs. I would highly recommend him.
Such a pleasant experience. The receptionist was very friendly despite it being early in the morning. I was in with the doctor in less than 5 minutes. Dr. Huang was not only friendly, but also informative. He also made sure I was comfortable. I was in and out in 30 minutes, and I would definitely recommend him!
Very pleasant.
I saw two doctors who both were wonderful to talk to. They made me feel welcome. We even got a few chuckles in. I will definitely recommend this office for those with hearing issues.
Great! We like Dr. Huang and the staff in his office!
Dr. Huang was so personable and prescribed me medication that got me feeling better almost immediately. He booked a follow up appointment with me so that he could make sure my sinus issues were resolved before I had to get on a flight shortly after. Great ENT!
Dr. Huang was professional and very personable. I made an appointment the day before on zocdoc - super convenient! He listened to me and did all of the appropriate tests to diagnose my issue. He warned me before doing anything that would hurt/be uncomfortable. He prescribed me the necessary items and I look forward to returning to his office in a few weeks for a follow-up.
Dr. Huang was kind, competent, and funny. I enjoyed my visit very much and am glad I found him. They called me in as soon as I arrived - I wasn't even finished checking in! It was a great visit.
I was seen right away and my issue was treated the same day. The doctor and staff were friendly and they followed up with my request for an earlier appointment which I greatly appreciated since I needed an appointment ASAP.
Very positive appointment. Very thorough diagnostic process.
Very good doctor..knew what he was doing and saying. Job well done!
He is a very efficiant and a great doctor. I'll come back to see him for sure.
Very good appointment.
My daughter felt comfortable and she he was very explanatory
Very pleasant and congenial. He has ordered some exams, so we have not yet reached a diagnosis.
Dr. Huang is very personable and likable. He's informative but efficient. Excellent staff as well.
Liked him very much. Very personable and was thorough in describing the procedures to be performed.
Efficient examine and visit and very responsive to questions. I left feeling that all of my concerns had been addressed.
Very helpful. Explained everything to me (I was very nervous).Office staff was very friendly, and I was seen right away. The doctor was great, very personable and polite. Would definitely recommend.
It was a good visit but I expected him to be able to take care of my chest congestion. He did find a post nasal drip which is probably the cause of my chest congestion and cough but he recommended I visit my pulminologist.
Dr. Huang was very knowledgable! Diagnosed me quickly yet thorough. Sent all my medication to my pharmacy directly. The staff was very pleasant and nice. The office ran efficiently and seemed very organized.
Highly recommended if you want an ENT doctor in midtown. My original appointment was for 11:15 am but the office was able to make a last minute change to 10:30 am to accommodate my schedule. The staff is friendly, professional, and courteous. I waited 5-10 minutes after filling out the requisite paperwork after checking in. Dr. Huang is clear and efficient in his communication and prescription. His staff offered me a coupon for the prescription I was picking up, which shaved about $100 off the prescription bill.
nice staff office and doctor
No wait. Seemed very knowledgeable and had a very good demeanor. Following up on his recommendations.
Dr Huang was great, He never rushed at all and answered every question slowly and entirely. Great doc.
My time with Dr Huang was short and wonderful. All of the nurses seemed happy to be there and saw that I was taken care of. The office was clean and clutter free, also there were no crying babies. Dr. Huang was clear and thoughtful in his work. He was also very humorous. I look forward to seeing him again.
I'm so glad to have found Dr. Huang on ZocDoc, he has such great bedside manner and is highly knowledgeable in his area. Great experience.
Efficient and friendly office. Excellent bedside manner. Very informative and willing to share knowledge about what was found during the examination.
Friendly staff, quick visit yet very informative. Dr.Huang was very knowledgeable and friendly. Made me feel at ease about testing being done. Will definitely recommend him.
Nice office, nice doctor & nice staff!! What else can I say? : )
Dr. Huang was very easy to talk to, a great listener, and is really on top of his profession. His office staff was so friendly, nice, and efficient. I'll see him in 3 weeks for my follow up visit!
I think the doctor is great and very efficient. He listened to me and asked in very details. Highly recommend! The staff are also very helpful.
Excellent as always with effective medication.
Staff was very professional. Dr. Huang came highly recommended and I went to him for a second opinion. He was competent, thorough in his explanations, professional. I would definitely recommend Dr. Huang based on my visit and the service offered to a family member with a more complicated clinical picture which Dr. Huang correctly diagnosed, saving what would have been an unnecessary procedure .
At my first appointment with Dr. Huang I mentioned to him my past medical history which included having meningitis 7 years ago. Would you like to know his response? This is the honest to god truth. "What were you thinking?! Meningitis?! Why would you get that?!" I should have walked out of his office immediately but was a little stunned & not thinking straight especially since i was extremely congested. I went for a follow up appointment and his tone was completely the opposite. He sat on his computer typing the whole time, only looking up at me once. Don't waste your time.
Really great all around. Great personality. Took my concerns seriously. Did diagnostic procedures that day, in office, told me his thoughts, started me on medication, with follow up in a few weeks. Saved me time, money, and stress. Felt in good hands. First zoc doc review but was motivated to write one for such a good experience. Thanks!
Quickly seen. The doctor and staff were all very nice. Nice building as well.
I highly recommend Dr. Huang! Dr. Huang and his office staff couldn't have been nicer- they are all very professional and very friendly. I was seen promptly on the day of my appointment and felt well taken-care of. He's great.
Dr. Huang was friendly, patient, and informative. He diagnosed the problem within minutes and explained exactly what was happening and what the treatment should be. I couldn't have asked for a better visit!
I wish specialists for more frequent/serious health issues I have treated me like this!
Dr. Huang was exceptionally professional, thorough, and attentive to all needs and requests. I was seen on time, and the exam itself felt to last an adequate amount of time, allowing enough time for detailed consultation. I would HIGHLY recommend him to any of my closest friends and family.
I needed a quick appointment with an ENT because of a (confirmed) sinus infection. I debated whether I should trust my health to a Dr. I neither knew nor knew of. Zocdoc was a last resort, and even then I was suspicious of any specialist who was too available. I chose Dr, Huang because he fit the profile. Boy, did I luck out! He was waiting for me! He took a short, directed medical history, repeated little of what I had filled out (online the night before) and made a straight ahead no holds barred diagnosis, explained how what I had been told in the past was only partially right,told me the potential for resolution through medicine (which he emailed to my pharmacy while talking), and what surgery would entail. All this within the confines of a 15-20 minute appointment. He was professional, personable, knowledgeable, authoritative, completely confidence-inspiring. I couldn't recommend him, or this Zocdocs experience more highly.
Excellent doctor - very professional, explained my issue clearly and had a very reasonable treatment plan
The doctor was very great about addressing my concerns and listing potential prognoses in a direct and clear manner. He was patient with further questions I had.
Good diagnosis, gave me a fresh perspective on my condition and a path forward.
He was phenomenal! Very professional, friendly and got my results right away. His office knew I was coming in for a hearing test and made sure I made the appointment for the right day. Office and various meeting rooms were very clean and nice.
This was my first visit. I thought Dr. Huang was courteous and professional and had good insights about my condition.
I would see the doctor again. Very efficient and capable doctor. Received immediate relief from earache.
ZocDoc reviews don't lie! Dr. Huang was knowledgeable, friendly, and patient in listening to my concerns and explaining his diagnosis and treatment. His office was also extremely well-run and efficient. I had the shortest appointment I've ever experienced (a good thing). I filled out my forms online, walked in, was called into the exam room within 2 minutes, and Dr. Huang was sitting inside waiting to treat me. I was able to get quality medical care in less than 20 minutes, which is a rarity and blessing these days. I was also pleased to find that Dr. Huang and I are fellow alumni of the same university! I highly recommend his practice!
Dr. Huang was lovely. He took his time in our appointment and explained everything. I felt comfortable asking questions. Very calm and friendly.
Great overall experience... it was my first time to ?the office! I was greeted and taken care of by ?the receptionist quickly. Upon meeting ?the doctor I was very comfortable. He was very friendly and knowledgeable and worried how I was doing through out my exam. I recommend him highly and will go back myself
He has been the most efective doctor I've visited in NY
Dr. Huang was amazing, comforting, friendly, professional, and quick. HIGHLY recommend.
I felt very welcome and comfortable around Dr. Huang. He listened to my symptoms and talked through everything he was going to do or prescribe to help treat me. He was very friendly and knowledgeable and the office was clean and organized. The staff was friendly and helpful, as well. Definitely recommend!
Dr. Huang was very knowledgeable, fast, and professional. He was already waiting in the office when I was called in (that almost never happens at doctor's offices), and he took tons of notes and offered a number of insights and alternatives for the issue I was having. Also, I was back at my office within 30 minutes - highly recommended.
The doctor was very professional and attentive. Office was very clean and modern.
no waiting and efficient work
Dr. Huang found what was causing my issues immediately when two other ENTs missed it! It was also wonderful to get led into the exam room and have the doctor waiting there for me. I was in and out of the appointment in less than 20 minutes! Everyone else at the office was also very nice.
Professional and concerned.
Dr. Huang was wonderful! Very sweet-natured and caring.
very professional, personable and helpful. full recommend Dr. Huang.
He was very personable, and gentle with my ears. I tend to be a nervous nelly, but he was very patient and kind as he addressed my inner ear issues. Highly recommended!
The receptionist was very friendly and I was seen very quickly by the doctor. He took the time to listen to my concerns and I would definitely go back to this office again.
Dr. Huang is great, I will definitely go back to him. He is welcoming, knowledgeable, and thorough. The whole experience was very positive!
My visit was good. Dr. Huang was very friendly and helpful.
Great doctor, very patient, explains everything. Would highly recommend.
The whole staff was super friendly and efficient and everyone explained all the steps very clearly. Couldn't have had a better experience!
Dr Huang is great!!! short waiting, speaks Chinese, kindly explain all concerns.
He was very personable and clear! My first painless doctors experience since living in NY. The office is nice, and so is the whole staff. Two thumbs up.
Dr. Huang was very knowledgeable. He gave me a diagnosis right away.
He was very professional, got straight to business. He asked me my history and based on my answers and a test determined what treatments I needed. He was polite.
Great, friendly and comprehensive when faced with an inventory of questions! Funny too.
Very good bedside manner, took time to listen to the problem and make recommendations. Downside is that wait times in the office are long, but I suppose that's the flip side of spending time with your patients.
Fantastic. Very knowledgeable and thorough. Tries to help you understand what is going on and why.
Dr. Huang was very helpful and attentive to all of my questions. I would highly recommend him!
I was highly impressed with this office. The staff was extremely professional and even friendly. Then when the nurse said "The doctor is ready to see you".... The doctor was actually ready to see me. I was walked back to his office, where he was waiting for me. Amazingly good for my attitude, compared with being taken to an empty, cold room, as in most offices. Dr. Huang seemed knowledgeable, was thorough but quick, and explained his procedures thoroughly. I didn't have a complicated problem, so I can't say a lot about his ability to handle difficult cases, but I certainly felt good about what he did do.
Attentive and caring!
He was extremely knowledgable and friendly. I asked a ton of questions which he took time to answer and didn't make me feel rushed. I will definitely go back in the future if I have any issues.
Professional and patient
It was not the first time I have seen Dr. Huang - as always everything went smoothly and I value his recommendations.
Staff is very friendly and attentive. Provider is thorough and knowledgeable. Great experience. Definitely recommend.
Five stars isn't even enough! I saw Dr. Huang as a follow up after a visit to the ER two days prior. I was in a lot of pain and very fearful of enduring more. Dr. Huang was gentle, understanding, and very thorough. I left his office pain free and slept for the first time in 48 hours. I have since been in for follow up visits three times. Every visit is met by professional, well run and organized office, very lovely staff, and excellent care by Dr. Huang. I recommend this doctor with my highest regard!
very professional, will definitely recommend him to anyone thats looking for an ENT
I am never one to rate anything on-line but felt compelled due to the exemplary service by Dr. Huang and his team. All paperwork could be done on-line, which made the appointment much easier then filling it all out in the office. My appointment was for 11:45 and at exactly 11:45 I was called in to see him. Rather than being led to an empty office, Dr. Huang was waiting for me. He was efficient, coordial and informative. Great bedside mannor and took the time to talk and more importantly, listen. The whole process was refreshing and the process was leaps and bounds over my normal doctor visits. Highly recommended.
I have been seeing Dr Huang for a quite some years now..and he is very thorough, Professional, personable and knowledgeable... His diagnosis is always A+ with my symptoms...and his remedies work....
Quick, professional, patient, listened to my complaints thoroughly. No waiting time.
Mr. Huang was very professional and competent. I feelt I was in very good hands. I highly recomend him.
The staff was kind and I saw him at the appointment time schedule. I barely waited. Dr. Huang was professional, attentive, knowledgable and personable.
fast, professional and thorough. we'll see the results...
Like everyone else said...... office was super organized. I went on my lunch break and was in and out in no more than 25 minutes! Doctor was nice and friendly too.
Dr. Huang was great - kind, thorough, and understanding. Great bedside manner. Highly recommend.
Dr. Huang is great! He was very courteous, knowledgeable and friendly. Also, there was practically no wait time at all.
I think my visit with Dr. C. Huang went well.
To the point and very professional. I was in and out which is how I like my doctor visits!
I wouldn't exactly describe Dr. Huang as warm, instead he was straight forward and to the point. He did make small talk and made me feel at ease. The exam was thorough and I felt like I recieved adequate care
Very good visit. Diagnosed and fixed my issue on the spot!
Wish all dr appt's were this quick & easy!
Friendly and knowledgeable doctor.
Dr. Huang was professional and easy to talk to. I did feel that the charges for a "procedure" were a bit high to simply look up my nose with a scope! I didn't realize the charge until after my second visit and noticed he charged for it each time. I am not so sure this is a procedure as much as something that should be standard for an ENT doctor.
I went to Dr. Huang for an ENT consultation. He was very information and well worth the visit. It was my first visit to Dr. Huang and it took under 10 minutes to see him.
Dr. Huang was fast, professional, courteous, and above all knowledgable. He explained everything to me in a way that didn't feel condescending, and I would definitely return and recommend him to friends.
He was great and answered all my questions. Very efficient
Very friendly and welcoming!
Dr. Huang saw me right away, and was very professional and clear. My only issue was that I felt he sort of mocked my name, as it isn't common or easily pronounced. Other than that, I would recommend him.
Dr. Huang is a true professional. Very knowledgeable and friendly. Prescribed me antibiotics and made recommendations for my sinus congestion.
Very friendly, helpful, cheerful and funny! For sure going back when I need him!
He was awesome. Explained my condition in a way that was simple to understand.
He and his stuffs were excellent from my first appointment to explain the process and took care me. They are super professional and I would highly recommend him.
Extremely approachable, clear, and professional. One of the best experiences I have had in a doctor's office.
I've seen Dr. Huang several times and so far he has been the best Otolaryngologist for the condition that I have and I have recommended him to my co workers.
He is the best!
My experience with Dr. Huang was seamless. He listened carefully, was both kind and jovial, and quickly addressed my symptoms. Highly recommended.
Most thorough doctor I've been to in a while. Took extensive notes as I was talking and took time explain things. Additionally, first time I've had a doc give me a full diagnosis of what's going on. Normally it's "could be this or that or this..."
Staff is very friendly and so is the doctor. He handled my problems right away!
Dr. Huang was extremely professional, thorough and a good listener. I am very pleased with my session with Dr. Huang and would recommend him .
Dr. Huang was very kind and helpful and there is very little waiting time.
Great guy, efficient, professional. I'll go again.
I had a great experience with Dr. Huang. I had to get a cauterization procedure done and he walked me through the entire process. I would definitely recommend him!
Dr. Huang is friendly and courteous. Overall I felt he has a very clear understanding of the issues and is able to arrive at the correct diagnosis swiftly. Definitely recommended...
Dr. Huang was very personable, kind, and helpful. Wait was less than five minutes, and staff were very kind.
Very personable, approachable, friendly and knowledgable. Would recommend.
The doctor was very curteous and professional. He took the time to listen, was quick and efficient, and explained things clearly.
Fast,friendly service
Nice guy. Smart, courteous.
It was super easy to schedule. The staff followed up with me promptly to confirm my appointment. The office was clean.
The doctor took me RIGHT on time. Can't stress that enough. No waiting! Very friendly, professional, and helpful. Highly recommend!
Dr. Huang was very nice and patient with my questions and concerns. I'm sure that doctors overall have to deal with patients coming in already self-diagnosing themselves, so he was gracious with my ideas and asked probing questions to help confirm or rule out possible problems. Finally, this was one of the quickest check-in to getting called time of any doctor I've been to in NYC.
Very satisfied.


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National Women's Studies Association 2012 Conference: Feminism Unbound: Imagining a Feminist Future
This project focuses on how the It Gets Better Project utilizes social networks constructively to help LGBTQ youth facing harassment, bullying, and rejection. Through audio and visual content analysis, the study examines themes and messages of It Gets Better Project videos, distinguishing between messages made by LGBTQ contributors and those made by allies. Preliminary research indicates LGBTQ contributors focus more directly on homophobic bullying, often including emotional personal coming out stories, while allies use bullying in broader contexts. This research provides a critical lens for analyzing the impact of social networking to a contemporary issue.


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Sept. 1, 2010
PULLMAN, Wash. - The Washington State women's tennis team has been honored by the International Tennis Association (ITA) for their academic achievement for the 2009-2010 season. Elisabeth Fournier, Jessica Gomez, Cara Brown and Jackie Owens were also honored by the ITA for their individual academic achievements.
During the 2009-10 season the Cougs earned a 3.47 grade point average as a team. Any team that receives a 3.2 or higher cumulative GPA is eligible for this award.
To be recognized as an ITA Scholar-Athlete, student-athletes must be a varsity letter winner, maintain a 3.5 GPA during the current season, and have been enrolled in their school for at least two semesters.
Fournier, an economic sciences major, earned a 3.90 GPA as a sophomore. This is her second consecutive honor from the ITA. Gomez, a management information systems major maintained a 3.57 GPA during her junior campaign. Gomez was also honored last year as a sophomore.
Owens, who earned a 4.00 GPA as WSU's lone freshman in 2010, is interested in a communication degree. Brown, who is no longer with the Cougs, earned a 4.00 GPA during her freshman year.
The 2009-10 season marks the fourth consecutive year that the Cougar tennis team has been honored by the ITA for their academic achievements.


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Augusta Travel Guide: 8 reviews and 4 photos
Augusta is a small town, about 40 miles west of St. Louis, in the northeast portion of Missouri's wine producing region. It was founded in 1836, as Mount Pleasant, by Leonard Harold, who had been led to the area by Daniel Boone. By the 1850's the town had become known as Augusta. The town has several buildings from its early eras, which are listed on the National Historic Register. The town sits near the Missouri River, with nearby bluffs providing distant views. Augusta is also located along the Katy Trail, a walking and bike trail, which spans over 200 miles across central Missouri. The town has several festivals throughout the year, restaurants, bed & breakfasts & a micro-brewery. The Mount Pleasant Winery is located within the town. There are several wineries nearby as well. A good website for the town is: www.augusta-missouri.com.
Daniel Boone, and several members of his family, must have been some of the most restless people to ever walk the face of the earth. Besides having numerous farms, homes and visitations in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee, Daniel Boone also spent around twenty years of his life in the area around Augusta. The family had numerous homes in this area as well. A map which details these various locations can be found at: www.rootsweb.com/~moboonhs/map.html. There is also a very good listing of important area historical events on this page. One of the Boone family's main homes is located in Defiance, near Augusta. You can visit and tour this home. An informative website is: www.greatrriverroad.com/stcharles/boonehome.html
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(Yeah, so I watch a lot of Harrison Ford movies these days. What of it?)
Witness is a favourite crime movie of my parents' and it caught my eye on their DVD shelf when I was visiting them recently, not just because of Harrison Ford's likeness on the cover, also because of the title, "Witness". You see, the literary theory I'm using for my thesis is the theory of Testimony and Witness. The theoretics of testimony have arisen in the wake of the Holocaust and were founded primarily by Shoshana Felman and Dori Laub in their book Testimony – Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis, and History. The basic idea of testimony theory is to debate how or, indeed, whether it is possible for literature and art in general to bear testimony of an event that is so horrible that it leaves no witnesses capable of giving testimony of its horrors (i.e. the Holocaust). I find it a most inspiring branch of literary theory because of the fact that it ties together literature with reality; it seems so meaningful to me.
As a consequence I've been reading a lot of books lately with the words "Witness" or "Testimony" in their titles, and that's why this 1985 movie caught my eye. I had seen the movie once before on T.V., but I was about 15 or so, and all I remembered from the movie was that:
- A cute little Amish boy named Samuel witnesses a murder
- Harrison Ford is a cop who goes to live among the Amish
- Harrison Ford and the Amish raise a barn in a field
- The little boy's mother takes a spongebath, and Harrison Ford sneaks a peek at her, and –
- I was daydreaming for weeks afterwards about escaping from my complicated!!1!!! existence as a highschool girl and going to Pennsylvania to live the simple life as an Amish woman, taking spongebathes, and raising cute little sons with biblical names, and, possibly, getting involved with a random hot cop at some point.
So I decided it was time to re-watch it and see if the movie might have anything to contribute with in terms of the theory of testimony.
So did it, you ask? No, it didn't, not really. That would have been a little surprising anyway. Felman & Laub's Testimony wasn't even released until seven years after Witness premiered. But it's still an excellent and rather underrated movie (one of the best crime flicks there is, I'll venture), and it did have some very interesting things to say about witnessing that I definitely didn't remember from the first time I watched it.
Police Corruption and the Impossibility of Witnessing
The story deals with police corruption (the murder young Samuel witnesses is related to a group of crooky Philadelphia policemen who deal impounded drugs), and I'd never really thought of this before, but police corruption is a kind of crisis of witnessing in its own right. Not in the sense we see in Felman & Laub's book, where testimony becomes impossible because the Holocaust leaves no witnesses, but in the sense that if what we witness is police corruption, then we have no one to turn to with our testimony. Testimony is a triple concept that presupposes the act of seeing, knowing, and telling about it, and as Paul Ricoeur has noted, language and society could not exist if not for this institution of truth that the credible witness makes. In the legal sense, this institution is dependent on the police. The police are supposed to administrate our testimony, but if they are corrupt our testimony is, at best, ignored, or, at worst, used against us.
This is what John Book learns the hard way at the beginning of the movie as he falls victim to attempted assasination after he has reported the police corruption to his boss. And so it becomes more than just a Hollywood shtick when John flees the city along with Samuel and his mother Rachel to go underground with them in their Amish community.
The Amish as Reluctant Witnesses
Because the Amish community may be the one place John can go where he may be able to free himself of the damning testimony that has made a fugitive out of him. I won't claim to be an expert on the Amish, but from the way the community is depicted in the movie, it is a community that to some degree avoids being witnesses. In a poignant scene, Samuel's grandfather Eli talks to Samuel about his having witnessed the evil and violence of the outside world. "By seeing you become one of them," Eli says, "What you take into your hands, you take into your heart. 'Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing'."
The Amish community, in other words, offers John Book a chance to escape from the realm of testimony, at least for a while. That this can only be temporary goes without saying – even if the bad guys weren't able to track down Book, the entire Amish approach to life is too different from his: John wants nothing more than to touch the unclean things – to pick them up by his hands and throw them into the trash.
Like any good crime flick, however, nothing is entirely black or white, and the theme of witnessing is twisted and turned several times throughout the movie, making the Amish the eager witnesses, and John Book the reluctant one. "You'll see so many things!" Rachel's Amish suitor Daniel tells Samuel with an excited smile as Samuel is set out for his first visit to Philadelphia at the out-set of the movie. Similarly, when Samuel first delivers his dangerous testimony by pointing to a picture of McFee in the police court, a shocked John Book covers Samuel's pointing finger with his own hand.
At its perhaps clunkiest and least subtle, the theme of witnessing is also present in the name of the main character: John Book. The name is undoubtedly a reference to the tenth and eleventh chapter of The Revelation of St. John, in which John is given a book to eat and is asked to "prophesy" and in which we are introduced to the two witnesses of Revelation.
Rachel at her Bath
The differences between the Amish and John's world come into play most obviously in the increasingly romantic relationship between John and Rachel. Love stories between two opposites are always touching, and so are doomed love stories, and of course you just know that a love affair between the hard-boiled cop and the Amish woman is bound to be a doomed one. What I especially like about it, however, is that it manages to be an erotic cinematic love story in a way that is both unconventional and ties in very well with the theme of testimony and witnessing.
There is no actual sex scene between John Book and Rachel Lapp, and I would say that it is open to discussion wether the two ever even have sex off-screen. Even so, we get a startlingly erotic scene between the two – the sponge bathing scene mentioned earlier. This is also an example of a movie scene that manages to use frontal nudity in a meaningful, rather than pornographic way.
In the scene, we see a semi-nude Rachel washing herself with a sponge. The camera lingers on Rachel, the dim lighting of the scene emphasizing the aesthetics of her body, but we only gradually become aware of the fact that John Book is actually watching Rachel in the process: Along with Rachel we see John in the reflection of Rachel's mirror, gazing at Rachel through a partly opened door. The image of John's face between the door and the door frame recalls the image earlier in the movie of Samuel watching the murder unfold from a bathroom stall, and it thus re-establishes the theme of witnessing: John Book witnesses Rachel's semi-nudity in the shower.
As any art connoiseur will know, the image of a man peeping at a woman at her bath is a recurrent image within art history: There are numerous interpretations in paintings of the old testament story of the Elders peeping at Susanna at her Bath (or, indeed, of Peeping Tom looking at Lady Godiva. Or Actaeon looking at Artemis at her bath).
The image is piquant not just because of the naked female body, but because the part of the spectator is emphasized: As spectators contemplating the picture showing Susanna in her bath, we in turn become a kind of double to the peeping Elders, staring as we do at the naked Susanna. (There is without doubt a lot more to be said about this motif, but I am not an art historian, so I will leave it at this).
In the scene in Witness, however, the peeping Tom situation gets an extra dimension, because as Rachel sees John, she doesn't turn away bashfully or try to hide her nudity as is the case with Susanna. Instead, Rachel turns and looks directly at John (and, thus, directly into the camera, facing us, and meeting us with what feminist film theorists term the taboo of the female gaze), returning his gaze and revealing her exposed and naked breasts, and this is what gives the situation its sense of something reciprocally erotic. Not only does John witness Rachel's nudity, Rachel witnesses John looking at her, and her gaze back at him is testimony to the fact that she's aware of what he has witnessed.
One might argue that the theme of witnessing is also there in the scene in which John and Rachel dance together in the barn loft after John manages to fix his car radio. The song that they are dancing to is Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World", the lyrics revolving around the theme of knowing versus not knowing ("Don't know much about history/Don't know much about geography/[…] But I do know that I love you.").
But the sponge bathing/peeping Tom scene is definitely the more memorable love scene, and the one that truly reveals to us how much is at stake for both John and Rachel in this budding relationship. It's also worth noting that John never touches Rachel in this scene, and actually casts down his gaze, seemingly overwhelmed with the situation. Just as Rachel engages in an markedly un-Amish situation of witnessing, the usually very hands-on cop John keeps "separate" from Rachel and "touch[es] not.
Update: (March 2 2010) I discuss the bath scene in another entry, here, for those interested.
Death by Corn and Raising the Barn
There are also plenty of scenes where the theme of witnessing isn't especially prominent and in which the movie is allowed to be simply an exciting crime flick. The scene where the dirty cops catch up with John Book and chase him around the farm is an example of this. The scene in the silo, where one of the dirty cops finds his death in the corn is especially outstanding. A most disturbing movie moment! And brilliantly effective. Choking to death as tons and tons of corn is being poured over you has to be one of the more unusual deaths in the history of crime flicks, and there is something almost biblical about perishing in a flood of corn, so it goes well with the biblical theme of the movie.
And then there are scenes in the movie that are just so aesthetically pleasing that they transcend the genre. Kelly McGillis looks beautiful, like she stepped out of a Dutch 17th century oil painting in all of her scenes. And the barn raising scene is an absolute classic: pictures and music really come together in this beautiful scene. I've heard some people say that they regret that the music wasn't arranged for a full orchestra instead of a synthesizer, but I actually disagree. I think the synthesizer lends to the scene that kind of dreamlike, transcendental touch that electronic music excels at. One might also argue that the synthesizer music combined with the old-timey images of straw-hat-donning craftsmen raising a barn establishes the conflict between 80s cop John and the old-fashioned community of the Amish. In any case, I think a full orchestra would have been over the top and kind of cheesy.
You can watch the scene here (sadly, I could only find a German dubbed version):
Awesome Ford, Adorable Haas, and a Random Viggo Mortensen Cameo
And then the movie is very well acted. John Book is often mentioned as Harrison Ford's best performance ever, and I'm inclined to agree. Ford plays equally convincing John's scenes as a hardboiled cop whacking drugdealers and his more sensitive ones like the one where he stands breathless and passive in front of Rachel. Kelly McGillis has a good take on the hidden spunk of her otherwise demure Amish character, and Lukas Haas is absolutely adorable as Samuel and a very appropriate cast: His big, dark, expressive eyes alone are enough to strike up the theme of witnessing.
Also, the attentive viewer may spot a very young Viggo Mortensen as one of the men inthe Amish community. Don't blink or you'll miss him, though. He hardly even has any lines.
Clunky German Lines
Oh, and speaking of the Amish and their lines; that's one of my only peeves about this movie. The Amish are depicted as speaking German to each other, but I don't think the movie was meant for an audience that actually understood the language, because the lines they've written for them are awful. Very clunky. The Amish go around saying ridiculous things to each other like "The man is afraid! Very bad!" (after seeing a near-fatally wounded John Book for the first time) or "Those are not his own clothes – those are the clothes of Jacob!" (after Rachel has lend John some clothes that belonged to her late husband Jacob). They might have hired some kind of German speaking coach to help them write some better lines. Nobody talks like that.