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'Pretty Little Liars,' Season 3, Episode 14, 'She's Better Now': TV Recap
In the mid-season return of "Pretty Little Liars," the emphasis is on Mona 2.0, or 1.0., returning to halls of Rosewood High School, and her quest for forgiveness for her transgressions. But, first, she must get the ladies and the whole school to believe that she has changed.
Mona –sans hoodie– pops up in Hanna's bedroom and she's looking for forgiveness in the middle of the night to help guide her transition from the psych ward to high school. After spending the last few years majoring in torture, Mona swears she has changed thanks to a the news meds. And, she's not against a little bribery to prove her point.
In the early morning/late evening hours, while Mona is attempt to win back classmates by popping up in their home, an unidentified skateboarder in a hoodie is kicking, pushing down the street being followed aggressively by hooded sweatshirt driving assailant, later identified as Toby. Because, when in the evening, potential killers and victims alike wear black hoodies. It makes life simple.
After the death of Garrett, Emily's mom and dad have begun operation lockdown to keep her safe. Meanwhile, Aria and Spencer are discussing Garrett's last comments about her father.
After awakening Hanna for a chat, Mona leaves behind a basket of muffins that her grandmother discovers. "Maybe you need to let this girl have a chance to win you back. If I was her, I would fight to the death to have you as my friend," says Hanna's grandma.
Later on at school, Mona's return is noted and it looks like the school has not forgiven and forgotten. In class, Aria is reprimanded for texting and the gang stays behind in solidarity, maybe? As a viewer, if you're like me, then you may have spent a good portion of that time trying to figure out what type of phone Aria was carrying because it has a full keyboard. Does anyone know? I'm hoping it's not a BlackBerry because that's not very 2013.
Meanwhile, Mona discovers brains stabbed to the locker room. Apparently, someone placed the brain of a cow in her locker room. After the brain incident, a video of Mona pleading goes viral–and becomes well liked. Can the once-cuckoo student be accepted and forgiven by her peers?
A limping Lucas and a janitor from the Lost Woods Resort raises the suspicions of the ladies. Seeing Mona's belongings in the janitor's closet makes the ladies believe something might not be right.
Aria is still keeping mum about Ezra's secret son. On her way out of the apartment, she stumbles upon a baby boy gift basket and a note about her blooming lies.
Spencer attempts to warn Jason about the dangers of a relationship with Mona. Meanwhile, Lucas comes bearing cash and secrets: Like, how Mona 1.0 returned to high school well before she received permission to return to school, which might explain the belongings downstairs in the janitor's closet.
Throughout the show, Emily has been dealing with her lockdown. Her father has found the app for safety and he's keeping her safe from danger. Later, inexplicably, Emily climbs out of her bedroom window after getting a hold of her father's iPhone and manages to exit her personal Fort Knox.
She is seen later with the other three ladies at the janitor's closet looking for Mona's belongings. What they find? A's diary. The diary reveals a secret Mr. Montgomery has been carrying around: an affair.
The girls are almost discovered by the Inn Keeper-Janitor and find themselves cornered when Toby comes to the rescue. Outside, an explosion in one of the booth areas shows us that things haven't changed much around the halls of Rosewood.
Meredith, the teacher, has been injured and the suspects: the PLL. A note left behind will lead to the real suspect. But, unfortunately, there are no handwriting experts at the Montgomery household.
Jason –who is once again warned by Meredith– is later being treated by Mona on the stairs for a burn on his side. Hmmm. Is he responsible for setting the fire or was he an innocent party?
Before the credits pop up, A or Toby or Lucas or a Man or Woman in a hooded sweatshirt is seen unscrewing the bolts of a bicycle. A young man gets on the bike and an off-screen yell suggests there's a man down.
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Following the success of the first four editions of The Beatles' BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles, the corporation decided to commission a further 11 editions. The first in this new run was recorded on this day at Studio Five in Maida Vale Studios, London. Read more »
Recording: She Loves You, I'll Get You
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
On this day The Beatles recorded both sides of their fourth UK single, which was released on 23 August 1963. Read more »
Live: ABC Cinema, Great Yarmouth
This was the first of a 10-week series of seaside dates for The Beatles – two shows at the ABC Cinema on Regent Road, Great Yarmouth. Read more »
Live: Queen's Hall, Leeds
This was The Beatles' only appearance at Leeds' Queen's Hall, although they did perform at the city's Odeon Cinema on three other occasions. Read more »
Lennon and McCartney finish writing She Loves You
The day after they began writing She Loves You in a Newcastle hotel room, John Lennon and Paul McCartney finished the song in the dining room of McCartney's family home at 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool. Read more »
Live: Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle
This was The Beatles' second and final concert at the Majestic Ballroom. They had previously appeared at the venue on 28 January 1963.
This was the group's final appearance in a ballroom run by Top Rank, although they continued to perform in cinemas and theatres operated by the company.
Before the show, in a room at the Turk's Hotel in Newcastle, John Lennon and Paul McCartney began writing their next single, She Loves You.
John and I wrote She Loves You together. There was a Bobby Rydell song out at the time and, as often happens, you think of one song when you write another.
We were in a van up in Newcastle. I'd planned an 'answering song' where a couple of us would sing 'She loves you...' and the other one answers, 'Yeah, yeah.' We decided that that was a crummy idea as it was, but at least we then had the idea for a song called She Loves You. So we sat in the hotel bedroom for a few hours and wrote it.
They wrote while facing each other on twin beds in their shared hotel room.
We must have had a few hours before the show so we said, 'Oh, great! Let's have a ciggy and write a song!' So that's how we began 'She Loves You'. I remember for some reason thinking of Bobby Rydell; he must have had a hit that we were interested in. I remember thinking of him and sitting on the bed in this hotel somewhere with John in the afternoon daylight.
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
The song was completed the following day at McCartney's family home, 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool.
Live: Astoria Ballroom, Middlesbrough
This was The Beatles' only concert in the Yorkshire town of Middlesbrough. The support act was Billingham group The Johnny Taylor 5.
Radio: Saturday Club
The Beatles' fourth appearance on the BBC's Saturday Club radio show was recorded on this day at the Playhouse Theatre in London. Read more »
Television: Summer Spin
The Beatles headlined a special edition of Summer Spin - the summer title of Thank Your Lucky Stars - dedicated to Mersey Beat groups. It was recorded at Alpha TV Studios in Birmingham. Read more »
Live: Town Hall, Abergavenny
The Beatles took to the stage later than usual at the Town Hall in Abergavenny, Wales, due to John Lennon's appearance on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury earlier in the evening. Read more »
Television: Juke Box Jury
John Lennon appeared without the other Beatles on an edition of the BBC television show Juke Box Jury, recorded on this day and transmitted the following Saturday at 6.35pm. Read more »
Live: Odeon Cinema, Guildford
This was The Beatles' only live appearance in Guildford, Surrey. Read more »
John Lennon's assault of Bob Wooler reaches the national press
News that John Lennon had assaulted Cavern Club DJ Bob Wooler at Paul McCartney's 21st birthday party three days earlier reached the national press on this day.
The report was written by journalist Don Short, who later became a friend and confidant to the group. It appeared on the back page of the Daily Mirror newspaper, and was headlined: Beatle in brawl says 'Sorry I socked you'.
Guitarist John Lennon, 22-year-old leader of The Beatles "pop" group, said last night: "Why did I have to go and punch my best friend?
"I was so high I didn't realise what I was doing"
Then he sent off a telegram apologising to 29-year-old Liverpool "rock" show compere and disc jockey Bob Wooler, who was nursing a black eye, bruised ribs and torn knuckles.
The night before Bob and John were both at a Liverpool party to celebrate the 21st birthday of another of the Beatles, Paul McCartney.
Other "beat" music stars - including members of the Shadows and the Pacemakers - were at the party in Dinas-lane, Huyton, Liverpool, when a fight started.
Yesterday Wooler said: "I don't know why he did it. I was booted in the face. I begged him to stop.
"Finally he was pulled off by other people at the party.
"I have been a friend of the Beatles for a long time. I have often compered shows where they have appeared. OI am terribly upset about this - physically as well as mentally."
Wooler was treated for his injuries in hospital, where he was driven by Mr Brian Epstein, who has the Beatles under contract.
Epstein said last night: "I did not see the incident. All I did was to drive him to the hospital. I can only hope he gets well soon."
John Lennon, in London with the Beatles last night, said: "I had a great deal to drink at the party and very little to eat.
"By the time this happened I didn't know what I was doing.
"Bob is the last person in the world I would want to have a fight with. I can only hope he realises that I was too far gone to know what I was doing."
One of the men who was at the party said: "I looked out of a window and saw Bob Wooler staggering about with blood all over his face. He was saying: 'Get Brian Epstein.'
"I learned later that John Lennon had attacked Wooler.'
PUNCH-LINE: Lennon helped to write The Beatles' latest hit tune "From Me To You."
John Lennon apologises for assaulting Bob Wooler
Two days after he assaulted Cavern Club DJ Bob Wooler for insinuating he had had an affair with Brian Epstein, John Lennon sent a telegram to apologise.
The incident took place at Paul McCartney's 21st birthday party on 18 June 1963.
The telegram was sent on Epstein's orders, and read: "Really sorry Bob. Terribly worried to realise what I had done. What more can I say?"
The Beatles Ltd is formed
With the success of The Beatles looking assured, and expectations for better things as their fame grew across the United Kingdom, Brian Epstein formed The Beatles Limited to handle their legal and business affairs. Read more »
Radio: Easy Beat
The Beatles' second appearance on the BBC radio show Easy Beat necessitated a rush back to London following Paul McCartney's 21st birthday celebrations. Read more »
Paul McCartney's 21st birthday party
Paul McCartney celebrated his 21st birthday with a party held at his Aunt Gin's house at 147 Dinas Lane, Huyton, Liverpool. Read more »
Radio: Pop Go The Beatles
The initial run of The Beatles' BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles was intended to have four editions. The last of these was recorded on this day, though more were to follow once the BBC realised they had a hit show. Read more »
Live: Odeon Cinema, Romford
This was the last of six 'Mersey Beat Showcase' concerts, a format devised by Brian Epstein which consisted of one-off shows featuring his stable of artists. The first took place on 7 March 1963. Read more »
Live: City Hall, Salisbury
The Beatles' only concert in Salisbury, Wiltshire, was booked in April 1963 by Brian Epstein. Read more »

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OkCupid & Match.com: A Branding Strategy
A corporate marketing article by Thunderbird students Noah Emery, Kate Gillette, Megan Groves, Roger Li, Christian Lorentzen, Ullas Rameshappa and Amanda Roberson
Executive Summary: In this paper, we will provide an overview of the existing and growing online dating market as it pertains to the United States. Focusing on two brands, Match.com (Match) and OkCupid, we will explore options for Interactive Corporation, the holding company for both dating sites, to simultaneously grow the online dating market and increase visibility and profitability of newly acquired OkCupid, a much younger brand. After analysis of product, promotion, placement and pricing as well as segmentation, targeting and positioning of each brand, we recommend the following: a dual-branding strategy that capitalizes on Match's industry experience in order to grow the market and maximize OkCupid's potential value.


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Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series introducing the new attorneys working in the 5th Judicial District.
BRECKENRIDGE - As general counsel for a small company that held the Spicy Pickle franchise brand, Jeff Patty had to deal with the tougher side of corporate law.
"We were a small company with a lot of the big boy problems," he said.
But when the recession caught up with the company - most of the Spicy Pickle locations in Colorado have been closed - Patty found himself faced with an opportunity to get out of the office and into a different kind of law.
"This is a big change," he said. "The other job was great, but I was only in the office and I was on the phone and on the computer all day. I was reading these huge regulatory pieces. I wanted to be on my feet, arguing in front of a court and particularly, doing something that had a little more meaning to me."
Patty joined the District Attorney's office as a deputy prosecutor handling misdemeanor cases in January, when newly elected DA Bruce Brown brought in a new crew of deputies.
It is a job Patty has been chasing for years.
"I wanted to be in the courtroom," he said. "My last semester of law school I applied up here for this job, but I hadn't taken the bar yet. They filled the position before I had the bar completed."
But the private-industry job cropped up soon after, and was the kind of position most new attorneys would jump at. Patty took it, but kept his eyes open for opportunities to move into criminal law.
Eight years later, Patty is now able to spend as many as four or more days per week in the courtroom handling county court matters, although he says he hasn't had a trial yet.
In the meantime, he and his family are settling into Summit County, a place he says he would like to remain for years to come.
"I know from talking with folks up here and everywhere, the opinions are the same," he said. "There's no better place to live and it will be difficult to find a community that's quite like this."
Patty was born in Louisiana, but raised in Texas where he completed high school in Texas after his father was transferred. He spent his teenage years in a Abilene, a city of 100,000 surrounded by tiny rural towns. It was a setting that reminds him of Summit County.
But he didn't grow up wanting to be a lawyer.
"When I was in middle school I was going to be an astronaut," he said. "Once I got past the height limit, that dream was crushed. So I became an attorney."
He attended law school at Regent University in Virginia Beach before moving to the Denver area, where he'd dreamed of living since childhood.
In his new post he's in the midst of a learning curve that comes with transitioning between areas of the law, and said right now, he's focused on pursuing his job with excellence.
"To see that those that are unfortunately victims in our community have a voice and are able to attain some measure of justice ... and to see those that did what they did are brought to justice, there's a great satisfaction that you can be part of a system that tries to do anything we can to right the wrongs," he said.


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School Reform
Don't forget high school students
February 21, 2013
School reform in West Virginia has to start somewhere, and clearly, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and others involved in setting strategy were right to focus on younger childre....
I don't think it's an accident that as soon as more and more moms started putting their kids on meds because they displayed symptoms of being a normal kids-school test scores started going down hill. Kids today are being over medicated and the test scores prove it.
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OK the meddage board gate is open! Release The Cracken-oh sorry! I meant, release the S.M.O.M'S! AKA, Single Moms On Meds. They post about what wonderful caring mothers they are-ALL DAY LONG-and then pump their kids full of drugs because they are tweens who feel awkward about being around other people-as any normal teenager would? Sounds like what Wood County really needs are some parenting classes-to teach some of these ladies that there's more to raising a child then feeding them drugs. Last month, truancy and drugs an issue. Now it's grades? We need a new direction people!
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MrAlex, all of your supporting points are valid but your conclusion is bogus.
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To conserve the tiger, the top carnivore in Asian forests, the methods we use and the approaches we take to understand their ecological needs and conservation must encompass the large spatial scales at which they live their lives.
Our understanding of their ecological needs has been restrained by the size of our study areas, or at best the reserves where we study them, and thus, a holistic picture of these top carnivores living in larger landscapes does not emerge, resulting in an incomplete understanding of their needs and the conservation actions we must take to secure their future in the wild. No one person or organization alone has the resources to understand and secure the future of this splendid great predator in the wild.
Securing a future for wild tiger populations requires developing ways and means to establish and maintain the socio-economic and scientific partnerships that are necessary to understand and sustain wild tigers at the large landscape scales at which they live.
As top carnivores in the landscapes where they live, tigers play a key role in structuring and preserving biodiversity in Asian forests. They are what conservationists commonly refer to as an umbrella species. Securing a future for wild tigers is an essential component in stemming the loss of and maintaining biodiversity in many Asian forests.
With the guidance of Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, the Smithsonian Institution was one of the first international organizations to answer the call when the tigers was declared endangered in 1968 and established the Smithsonian-Nepal Tiger Ecology Project in 1972.
This project produced a cadre of conservation leaders and developed a deep understanding of tiger behavioral ecology and conservation actions necessary to maintain tigers in those habitats fragments where tiger still live in Nepal. This has proven a highly successful strategy. See "Building An Arc" in Smithsonian Magazine.
In the early 1990s, tiger experts realized that unless some innovative new approaches were takes we would soon lose wild tigers from all Asian landscape, even those where there had been some moderate success in their conservation in the past.
Grounded in the philosophy that sound science is necessary for good conservation policy and action, the National Zoo has supported an innovative and experimental approach to securing a future for wild tigers based on the premise that partnerships are a key to making top carnivore conservation science and action effective.
Our vehicle to encourage and support these partnerships is the Save The Tiger Fund (STF), a joint project of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the ExxonMobil Corporation. Over the last 11 years the STF has provided 28 percent of all the on-the-ground NGO funding for tiger conservation science and action in 13 of the 14 tiger range states.
The STF investment strategy for wild tiger conservation is guided by the Save The Tiger Fund Council. Senior Scientist John Seidensticker serves as Council chairman. Dr. Seidensticker was founding principal investigator of the Smithsonian-Nepal Tiger Ecology Project. His professional career has focused on understanding and encouraging landscape patterns and conditions where tigers can persist. The National Zoo makes Dr. Seidensticker's time and expertise available to guide the STF Council as an essential element in our major contribution and commitment towards securing a future for wild tigers.
When the operations with the Save The Tiger Fund began in 1995, it supported the development and publication of a new vision about how to think about saving tigers on their home ground: A Framework for Identifying High Priority Areas and Actions for the Conservation of Tigers in the Wild. A follow-on report, Setting Priorities for the Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015, tracked changes over the last decade. With their powerful images and quantities, evidence and narrative, these documents are framing a new vision and setting a new course in saving wild tigers.
This vision is grounded in sustainability, landscapes, bioregions, and in tiger ecology. It is promoting activities that result in a reduction in the numbers of tigers killed for consumption and about activities to promote human-tiger coexistence.
The National Zoo recognizes and supports this need and its value. It is based on the working hypothesis that for tigers to survive over the long-term, populations of tigers and their prey must be managed at a landscape scale that includes core areas of protection, buffer zones, dispersal corridors, and the restoration of degraded lands, coupled with initiatives through which the conservation of tigers directly or indirectly meets the needs of local people.
This ecological approach to conserving tigers recognizes not only their genetic distinctiveness across their range but also behavioral, demographic, and ecological distinctiveness. It recognizes the value of tigers as top predators in ecosystems and their role as "umbrella species" for conservation of other species and ecological processes.
In short, the conservation question is: How do we link up space with adequate prey and other critical resources, including some separation from human disturbances, for about 100 adult, reproducing females in each of the 20 or so global priority tiger landscapes or Tiger Conservation Landscapes, TCLs? And do the local folks feel good about it or at least see some value coming to them from this effort?
The principle conference that addressed the future of wild tiger was organized by Dr. Seidensticker and his colleagues as Tigers: 2000, a symposium held at the Zoological Society of London in 1997. Based on the symposium and with 79 co-authors Dr. Seidensticker published Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-dominated Landscapes in 1999. Riding the Tiger serves as the primary reference guiding tiger conservation efforts today.
When it comes to tigers, we, as conservation biologists, have two tasks in our quest to keep these splendid great predators in the neighborhood. We have to tease the risks and opportunities apart and devise the tactics and strategies of coexistence between tigers and people.
We have to provide decision-makers with viable alternatives to dead tigers through road maps that make landscapes with tigers worth more than landscapes without tigers, this is the scientific and engineering side of the conservation equation. We must also provide the vision of why this should matter at all to anyone, the metaphysical side of the conservation equation.
Stephen Kellert reminds us that "Support for endangered species conservation will emerge when people believe that this effort enhances the prospects of a more materially, emotional, and spiritually worthwhile life for themselves, their families, and communities. This may not constitute a particularly easy task but it may be unavoidable."
When the Save The Tiger Fund was initiated, there was a focus on the activity—"saving the tiger"—rather than on a result "supporting sustainable wild tiger populations in their significant habitats." This was the source of some confusion with our potential partners and even among ourselves.
Through the symposium in London, the STF Year of the Tiger Conference in 1998 in Dallas and in the book Riding the Tiger emphasis has been shifted from an activity-driven to a results-driven agenda seeking to secure a future for wild tigers in their significant habitats.
Consider the imagery created by Steve Humphrey and Brad Stith in their "conservation is a three-legged stool" metaphor: "The conservation of species and undamaged habitats is like a three-legged stool. Each leg is necessary but not sufficient. The legs of the conservation stool are sustainable use of natural resources, species recovery, and habitat preservation. Conservation can progress by focusing on each of these, defining their limits, developing improvements and preventing dysfunction."
Save The Tiger Fund experience is showing that we must add a fourth leg to the stool: This fourth leg in the conservation stool is the human dimension because we simply will not progress unless we take this into our formulations. This is the essential component in securing the endangered spaces needed by this magnificent, endangered top carnivore.
At the National Zoo and through the Save The Tiger Fund, we have focused the central mission in the activity of tiger conservation into saving wild tigers. Further, we see that wild tigers can be symbols of ecosystems in recovery rather than as symbols of ecosystems in decline. This is our strategic objective. Now we work to identify the barriers to achieving this and then break these down into technically practical and politically feasible scales.
Dr. Ullas Karanth, author of The Way of
the Tiger and National Zoo Research Associate, put the concept this way: "...vision, persistence, thinking at the
right social and spatial scales, and constructive dialogue
are keys to the tiger's future." There isn't
a conservationist more committed to bringing good science
to tiger conservation than Dr. Karanth, but he recognizes
fully the importance of right vision and knows the tiger
will be lost without right vision, no matter how good the
After 30-odd years of seeking to save wild tigers we know there is no one way, no silver bullet. There will be different roadmaps for different bioregions and contexts because such is the nature of the social and natural landscapes of Asia. After 30-odd years of trying, we have learned that the solution has to fit the site and we must understand the tiger's needs in each tiger landscape.
Then we must translated our vision into shared understanding and commonality of purpose with our partners and ask: Have we communicated strategy, and linked strategy to performance measures? Have we set targets? Do we have a feedback system relative to strategy? That is where we are focusing our creative energy at the National Zoo in seeking to secure a future for wild tigers. We cannot achieve this unless our zoo visitors join in our effort. Saving tigers takes all of us working together in partnerships.
The challenge of saving tigers is
at the heart of conservation. To paraphrase Marjorie Stoneman
the tiger
is a test. If we pass, we get to keep the planet.


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Washington Program
The Washington Program integrates work and study in a four-course credit program. All courses must be completed for a letter grade. Students will normally not have the credit/no credit option on any program courses. The program will permit this option only in extraordinary circumstances (e.g., serious illness) and only with the consent of both the course instructor and the program director.
Government 30: Internship in Politics. This course is an intensive internship in which students work five days a week. This full-time presence distinguishes Claremont interns from most other interns and allows them to be treated as regular junior staff and integrated quickly into office routines as trusted employees who can meet deadlines.
Read the list of internships Washington Program students have recently completed.
Government 125: Readings in American National Politics. This course examines how Washington, particularly the executive branch leadership, makes U.S. foreign policy. In practical terms, students will focus on the President and his interactions with the heads of the National Security Council, Congress, the State Department, the Department of Defense, and the intelligence community. In thematic terms, students will concentrate on the policies and politics that pertain to national security, diplomacy, development, defense, and intelligence. By the end of this seminar, students will understand the main domestic policymakers, institutions, and political factors that - - all in a Washington, DC context - - go into shaping American foreign policy. Taught by Professor Elizabeth Spalding.
Government 126: Policy Analysis: This course takes an advanced look at the federal budget in all its component parts, including defense and domestic discretionary spending, mandatory programs, and revenue. Students will learn how the President, through the Office of Management and Budget, puts together his annual budget proposal to the Congress and how Congress does its work to fund programs and legislate on the tax code. Most importantly, the course integrates policy and process with politics so students come away with a practical and comprehensive look at the federal budget. Taught by Professor John Haskell.
Government 127: Research on the Political Process. This course is a tutorial designed to produce a major research paper. Frequent meetings and communications between the instructor and each student cover everything from possible paper topics to the final draft. Since paper topics almost always relate to the student's internship, on-the-job supervisors or colleagues may also become involved in the research project. Taught by Professor Adam Wolfson.


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Next week we'll keep on celebrating the Olympic spirit with a Camp Sunny Patch Triathlon! (Download the printable at http://blog.MelissaAndDoug.com on Monday, July 30.)
You'll need:
- a baby pool or water table
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On a 5-0 vote Talent City Council decided on Wednesday to continue its appeal of Jackson County rulings that grant approvals for the Mountain View Paving operation located on Bear Creek just outside city limits.
Almost 100 people attended and 20 spoke at a public hearing held before the vote on potential withdrawal from the appeal. Town residents protested noise, smells and dust arising from the operation, but building industry representatives supported Mountain View for providing an alternative source of asphalt.
City officials had explored withdrawing their appeal as part of an arrangement with Mountain View to mitigate impact of the plant and ultimately to purchase the site for open space.
Any arrangement would have required environmental group Rogue Advocates also to withdraw its appeal. However, the group has decided to not participate in any negotiated arrangement.
A hearing on the appeals will be held before the Jackson County Hearings Officer on June 24.
— Tony Boom
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Few things in life are as soothing and relaxing as sipping on a cup of freshly brewed tea on a cold winter morning or while reading the newspaper. In fact, certain cultures have enjoyed tea for over a thousand years. Whether preparing a delicate and refined white tea, a blend of black tea with citrus tones for breakfast, or a tasty and trendy pot of delicious Chai, one oft-forgotten but essential factor to take into account in the best brews is water temperature. For the most intense flavors and refreshing aromas, the temperature of the water must be carefully controlled. Williams-Sonoma offers a variety of the finest tea kettles to ensure an exquisite brew, day after day. Our Breville Variable-Temperature Tea & Coffee Kettle heats water with unmatched precision for each tea type. Pre-programmed settings make choosing the correct temperature as easy as pushing a button, while a hold function keeps water at the selected heat for 20 minutes.
When entertaining a number of friends for a tranquil afternoon together, a bakeware set lets you make mouthwatering muffins or delightful scones that are sure to impress. Our elegant tea cups can create a nice ambience and also make excellent gifts. If you want to enjoy your morning cup of tea but barely have enough time to prepare it before heading off to work, the Breville One-Touch Tea Maker can help. Its 10-ounce removable tea basket lets you select your favorite tea or blend, push the appropriate pre-programmed setting – whether for white tea, green tea, herbal blends, Oolong, or black tea – and walk away. The basket will automatically lower into the water and retract when ready to avoid oversteeping. Choose from one of our popular teas for delicious results.


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Location: Functional Foods Research Unit
Project Number: 5010-41000-152-00
Start Date: Dec 13, 2010
End Date: May 03, 2015
Steam jet cooking technology will be investigated as an efficient method for producing amylose helical inclusion complexes with functional properties relevant to a wide range of food and industrial applications. Whereas many types of such complexes have been prepared in small quantities under laboratory conditions, this research will focus on developing thermomechanical production methods using only starch, water, and specific ligands of interest to form complexes that can be used for applications currently employing covalently modified starches, expensive natural gums, and other materials. Preliminary experiments with high amylose starch and sodium palmitate have demonstrated that amylose inclusion complexes could be readily formed in high yields in jet cooked starch dispersions. A series of anionic, cationic, and uncharged ligands will be investigated in terms of ability to form complexes thermomechanically with various commodity starches such as normal dent, high amylose, and waxy cornstarch, and their morphological, chemical, and physical properties will be determined. Specific ligands will be chosen for particular end-use applications, including surfactants, lubricants, papermaking retention aids, flocculating agents, and controlled release agents for food and non-food products. The complexes possessing crystalline spherulite morphology will be investigated as solid supports for the growth of microbes in liquid culture and as a dispersal medium for microbial products. For each application, the best ligands will be selected from available candidates, sufficient quantities of amylose inclusion complexes will be prepared using steam jet cooking methods, and laboratory tests will be performed to determine the performance of the complexes for the specific end use. As the efficacy of these products are successfully demonstrated, prototype products will be prepared and collaboration with the private sector will be sought for transfer of the technology to the private sector for field testing and market development.


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Vienna is a freeware, open source RSS/Atom newsreader for the Mac OS X operating system. It provides features comparable to commercial newsreaders, but both it and the source code are freely available for download.
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- Simple and intuitive user interface.
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- Custom article display styles.
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- Blogging integration.
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- Localised into several languages.
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There is magic to camping in winter. It is one of the most advanced and challenging of outdoor adventures. Special considerations for winter camping include the following:
References: Okpik: Cold Weather Camping, Boy Scout Handbook, Scoutmaster Handbook, and Camping Sparklers
Beyond camping, a number of cold-weather activities present challenges to the Scout and leader, such as cross-country skiing, ice skating, sledding, snowmobiling, ice fishing, and snowshoeing. Essential ingredients for fun include skill training and an awareness of the hazards unique to these activities. Snow conditions, hazardous terrain, special clothing needs, and emergency survival are important issues for a safe and successful experience.
Be sure your winter outdoor activity always follows these guidelines:
Reference: Health and Safety Guide, No. 34415