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PLAYERS: Willie Mitchell, Anze Kopitar, Dean Lombardi, Jeff Carter, Dustin Penner, Justin Williams, Kevin Westgarth
TEAMS: Los Angeles Kings
TEAMS: Los Angeles Kings
Who said training camp was boring? So far, the Stanley Cup champion Kings have made one trade and it was revealed Monday that defenseman Willie Mitchell had knee surgery a couple of months ago, and later Anze Kopitar tested his injured knee in a brief session. Mitchell, who suffered a setback following surgery during the lockout, pushed too hard too soon during his rehabilitation, according to Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi. Still, the fact that Mitchell had surgery came as something of a surprise. Coach Darryl Sutter mentioned it, almost off-handedly, in the context of rehabilitation for Mitchell. "He Mitchell is way behind what he should have been," Sutter said. "He should have been a couple of weeks. Now he's already almost at seven." Mitchell, a veteran presence during the run to the Stanley Cup, has not been on the ice with the Kings during camp. Lombardi, in a brief conversation Monday, said the injury to Mitchell's knee was not a ligament issue. The procedure was to remove some cartilage. The Kings did receive some positive news on the injury front. Kopitar, fitted with a knee brace, skated on his own after practice for about half an hour. "I really didn't know what to expect," Kopitar said. "It felt good. We'll see how, day by day, how I progress. I wanted to get the turns in and the crossovers there's a little bit of discomfort. But to be honest, I thought it would be a little worse than it was." For now, Jeff Carter has been moved to center. During the first two sessions of camp, Carter has centered Dustin Penner and Justin Williams. Newcomer Anthony Stewart, acquired Sunday from Carolina for Kevin Westgarth, made his first appearance at Kings camp. The power forward found an uncommon hockey home during the lockout, playing 19 games in Nottingham, England. "No better team to get traded to than the Stanley Cup champions," Stewart said. "I'm not here just to be a warm body. I want to be an impact player and get in the lineup as soon as possible and show what I can do." -Lisa Dillman
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Raiders part ways with Cable
The Raiders announced Tuesday that they will not pick up the option on Tom Cable's contract, ending his tenure as the team's head coach.
Raiders finish undefeated vs. AFC West
Michael Bush rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown and the short-handed Raiders beat playoff-bound Kansas City 31-10 Sunday to gain a unique NFL distinction.
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You can add Tom Cable's name to the group of coaches who may not be returning for 2011. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Sunday that Cable is unlikely to return to the Raiders next season.
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Davis faces decision on whether to stick with Cable
Despite the improvement Oakland showed in 2010, there is still uncertainty in terms of head coach Tom Cable's status for next season.
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Peyton Manning threw three touchdown passes and iced the game with a 27-yard keeper to help the Colts beat the Raiders 31-26 Sunday in a game that turned out to have little playoff meaning.
Raiders TE Miller returning to form
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Three Week 16 games blacked out
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Oakland blew a 10-point third-quarter lead on Sunday, and its defense struggled to contain RBs Maurice Jones-Drew and Rashad Jennings, who each had more than 100 yards rushing.
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David Garrard threw three touchdown passes, Maurice Jones-Drew and Rashad Jennings each topped 100 yards rushing and the Jaguars beat the Raiders 38-31 Sunday in a wild game that featured six touchdowns of at least 30 yards.
The Raiders re-signed Barnes.||||||| Barnes has spent the past four seasons with the Raiders. He has played 47 games and started 30 over that span. He has started 25 games at right tackle the past two years, missing seven games in 2012 with a groin injury.
The Oakland Raiders have officially announced a one-year deal to bring back Barnes.||||||| The team made the announcement on Thursday, a day after Barnes' agent said the two sides had agreed on a contract that could pay Barnes up to $2 million this season. After spending most of his first two years with the Raiders as a reserve, Barnes started all 16 games at right tackle last year.
The Oakland Raiders have agreed on a $2 million, one-year contract to bring back Barnes.||||||| Barnes' agent, Kenneth Zuckerman, said Wednesday the sides had reached a deal to keep Barnes in Oakland for a fourth season. After spending most of his first two years with the Raiders as a reserve, Barnes started all 16 games at right tackle last year.
The Oakland Raiders have re-signed Barnes to a one-year contract.||||||| Barnes signed a one-year deal last year to come to Oakland after four years in Jacksonville. He was expected to compete for a starting left tackle spot with Mario Henderson but broke his left ankle in training camp. He appeared in just six games last season. Henderson allowed an NFL-worst 10 1/2 sacks last season.
Barnes is expected to miss the start of the regular season after an MRI revealed a fractured left ankle.||||||| Barnes, who signed a one-year contract with the Raiders in March, was injured when offensive lineman James Marten blocked defensive end Ryan Boschetti into the back of Barnes' left leg during a team scrimmage Tuesday. He is expected to be out six to eight weeks. Barnes was signed to compete with Mario Henderson for the Raiders' left tackle job in what is considered to be Oakland's most crucial camp battle.

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Last Man in Tower
By Aravind Adiga (Atlantic, $32.99, softcover, 421pages)
Aravind Adiga is astute about business, character and economics as he paints a humorous, immoral and stimulating picture of cooperative living.
This is a delicate and nuanced examination of the nature of personal corruption.
The Man Booker prize-winning author of The White Tiger, delivers a dexterous narrative of contemporary India where he targets social structures surrounding citizens that create a motionless state, defying advancement.
Jealousy and gluttony are allowed to flourish because a void has resulted from mismanaged governance.
It's an impressive set-up, with Mumbai as the backdrop. Ruthless real estate developer Dharmen Shah wants to build a luxury apartment complex and offers to buy out residents of Vishram Society.
Tower B, with its young executives, come to the table immediately, but such is not the case with Tower A.
The inhabitants there pride themselves on their respectability–their "pucca" way of life in their "unimpeachably pucca" apartment building.
Once Tower A was pink, now a "rainwater-stained, fungus-licked grey", it's falling into a state of disrepair unchecked by its incompetent secretary.
As the sale deadline looms, tensions rise among the neighbours, who were once-civil, as only one man stands in Shah's way: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher.
Along with an unofficial 'parliament', the individuals have histories that are complicated with sensitive receptiveness. Many of them are long-time residents, set in their ways and not getting any younger. Friends become enemies, acquaintances turn into co-conspirators, all the while, exploring the appeal of collusion.
Last Man in Tower delivers a picture that is multi-faceted and convincing with remarkable characters.
However, Adiga's anger is undisputed as the India he describes shows cities expanding at a rapid rate and exacting an impossible price from a vastly distinctive swath of the population.
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Niagara Gazette — I've already written some, and I'll be writing more about the departure of Falls Police Superintendent John Chella.
But there's another commander who be leaving next Friday, in his words, "walking arm-and-arm out the door" with the superintendent. He's not someone who seeks the spotlight, and I think he'd be perfectly all right if I let him leave without saying a word.
Sorry "Cap," can't do that.
To say my working, professional relationship with Capt. Morris Shamrock has been one that reporters always hope for is an understatement. Almost from the day I arrived at the Gazette, the captain reached out to me to talk about the work "his guys," as he calls the detectives and Roving Anti-Crime Unit officers in the Narcotics Division, do.
He would tell me how important he thought it was for the public to know about the investigations, the raids, the arrests, the seizures that "his guys" were undertaking and making.
"It's how the citizens can keep score," he would say.
That was how the public would be able to tell who was winning and who was losing in the never-ending war on crime.
I didn't really know the "Cap" all that well when I got here. But he seemed to know about me.
Maybe it was my prior work at News 4 Buffalo, maybe he "checked me out" with others in law enforcement that I had covered in the past. Whatever it was, I'm deeply appreciative that he was willing to open up the opportunity for us to cover his officers and detectives' work and let you have an inside view of what they do, how they do it and how that impacts your life.
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Portrait of a Master: Linda Buchanan (USA)
Ms. Buchanan is a former world champion triathlete who has been playing Masters Water Polo for about 10 years now. She started for a simple reason: namely, several women she swam with formed a local women's Masters Team. "The way they talked about it", she says, "made it sound fun. So, I tried one practice and was hooked."
She continues to play, however, because of the challenges water polo provides, as well as the dynamics of teamwork, which she didn't experience as much as an individual athlete. "I play for fun, fitness, competition and friendship", she concedes, but "learning something new is motivating and competing in polo keeps me swimming and exercising more than I might have otherwise."
Working and communicating with her teammates under the stress of a game is where she believes the sporting benefits lie. "Handling that", she says, "has provided huge life lessons for me."
In reality, her transition into water polo followed an extensive background in swimming. "I started swimming when I was 10. My whole family swam, including my brother Greg, who plays Masters polo as well. Honestly, I was not great; I did make the Division III All-American, on a relay. Trying to improve my swimming made me curious about technique and training, which was the basis of 20+ years of coaching – Masters and Age Group".
Athletic and multi-talented, in the early 80s she got into triathlons, a venture that would lead to great success. "I won a big race in Los Angles in 1983 and, as a result, got a Nike sponsorship. That year I also won the World Championships, which I won again in 1986. I was also named 1986 Triathlete of the Year. I raced nationally and internationally for five years until injuries and 'age' (I was 30, which was old then!) crept in and I decided to retire". Her years as a triathlete allowed her to make a living from sport, having also gained sponsorship from companies like Anhueser-Busch and Specialized Bikes.
Since taking up water polo, Ms. Buchanan – a college lecturer - has discovered new sides to competitive sports. "Polo is hard, and may even seem unapproachable, but I've found the water polo community to be encouraging for newcomers", she says. Presently, she practices with her team twice a week, and she tries to make it to the pool an additional 3 or 4 days. She also cycles twice a week, but say the key to her fitness is actually yoga.
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Ms. Buchanan is proud to note that her team won the 40s Division at this year's Masters Nationals. "This year we didn't have some of our normal key players, including former National team members Maggi Kelly and Simone LaPay. So, we really had to work and strategise about our games, which made the victory more rewarding", she explains. The water polo programme she is involved with, she says, which has allowed her to learn from and play with multiple former National players, has been generally successful on a Masters level and it is hoped the trend will continue.
Moreover, Ms. Buchanan observes that US Women's Masters has grown tremendously in the past eight years. "The first year that US Master's Nationals included women – 2001 – there were only four teams; all competing as open. By 2009, there were 33 women's teams in four age groups: 12 in the 20s, 7 in the 30s, 7 in the 40s and 7 in the 50s. Her message, therefore, to potential Masters: "As someone once said to me, 'I figure I'm not going to get any better at the things I already do, why not learn something new?' It keeps you young!"
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If you're one of the few still without the original Wii, Nintendo is offering up a little Christmas cheer—in the form of a black Wii bundle.
The company just announced plans to start selling new bundle, which will include a black Wii, with a matching black Wii Remote Plus controller and a black Nunchuk controller. Rounding out the package will be the New Super Mario Bros. Wii game and a Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack CD.
New Super Mario Bros. is one of the Wii's top selling games, with more than 20 million units sold worldwide. The CD, well… is just kind of weird. Still, if those gaming sounds in your head aren't enough, this extra will not be something that's sold separately.
Nintendo's new Wii bundle will be available for $149.99, starting October 23, 2011. A standard bundle, which includes the Wii console (white or black), matching Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk controllers, the Mario Kart Wii game and Wii Wheel accessory, will continue to sell for the same price.
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907 - Recount: Healing Efficiency
What is the enhancement in mind? How should it look and feel?
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Everyone will agree that Recount is a 'must-have' addon. However, with change in healing rotations recently to emphasize mana conservation, only two windows will give Healers a decent overview of their output: the "Healing Done", and "Overhealing Done". This had led, unfortunately to many players spamming AOE heals and mana-expensive single-target instant heals and HOTs in order to boost their overall heals-per-second (HPS) and keep their raid topped up. This has led to many healers finding that they are out of mana before the encounter is finished.
I propose then a third counter: possibly named "Healing Efficiency", which would measure which healer was best able to time his or her healing spell with the group/raid member that needed it the most - effectively eliminating wasteful overheals and lost mana. The calculation for this list would be quite simple: subtract "Overhealing Done" from "Healing Done" Higher numbers equate to more timely heals and efficient use of mana; lower numbers is simply spam healing.
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It wasn't just the name that caught my eye while looking through Food Network's offerings for Easter treats. Robin's Egg Easter Basket Cupcakes does have a nice ring to it, though. These cute cupcakes are easy to make and easy to decorate but look like something only a bakery could deliver. A trip down the candy aisle at the grocery store will give you all the tools you need for a festive Easter treat.
I have included a recipe for Raspberry Cream Cupcakes from Food Network that are as delicious "un-decorated" as they are decorated. If time is your enemy, the regular cupcakes made from a boxed mix work well and are great to decorate.
Robin's Egg Easter Basket Cupcakes
Prepare cupcakes as directed on box. Let cool.
1 (1 lb) box Confectioner's sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 tsp. almond or vanilla extract
1/4 cup water plus 1 Tablespoon, if needed
Green and blue food coloring
In an electric mixer, add all ingredients to bowl and blend until well-mixed. Separate icing into separate bowls and tint with food coloring.
To color coconut:
Add shredded coconut to plastic bag with two to three drops of food coloring. Toss bag and shake until well-blended.
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Recipe by Giada De Laurentiis, Food Network
1 (18.25-oz.) box white cake mix (recommended: Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe)
1 1/3 cups water
3 large eggs whites
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons almond extract
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 (6-ounce) containers fresh raspberries, cut in half or 1 (16-oz.) container fresh strawberries, chopped
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup powdered sugar, plus additional for dusting
Line muffin cups with muffin papers. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Using an electric mixer, beat the cake mix, water, egg whites, melted butter, almond extract and vanilla extract in a large bowl for 2 minutes, or until the batter is well blended. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake the cupcakes until they are very pale golden on top, about 15 minutes. Cool the cupcakes completely.
Using a fork, coarsely mash 1 1/2 containers of raspberries in a medium bowl. Beat the cream and 1/3 cup of powdered sugar in a large bowl until firm peaks form. Fold the mashed raspberries into the whipped cream.
Remove the muffin papers from the cupcakes and cut the tops off each cupcake. Spoon the raspberry whipped cream atop the cupcake bottoms. Place the cupcake tops on the cupcakes. Dust with more powdered sugar or decorate with icing. Serve with the remaining berries.


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Hows Markets have a sale on choice tri-tip every few weeks, i was que-ing it all summer long. Sometimes $2.99 or $3.99 a lb.. Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder and Onion Powder.
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Actually it is usually trimmed and the internet Ad today says $2.99 trimmed, I do not know if I have ever gotten untrimmed from them.
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BurgerBoy you are correct. just went to to recycle bin. Front Page Hows USDA Choice Trimmed Tri tip Roast 2.99/lb limit 3 roasts. Page 3 USDA Choice Trimmed Tri Tip Steak 3.99/lb. Anyway try the ones at Vons when you get a chance just curious what you think. I like em allot. My son loves this meat. Great Sandwich too. Bollios from the mexican bakery tosted in the oven till crisp. Blend 1 can Chipolte Peppers in Adobo sauce in a blender mix a few spoons in with mayo till your liking spread evenly on both sides of Bollio. Assemble with Arugula. One heck of a sandwich either hot or cold..
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I have had Von's about a month ago, it was good also. I just love Hows, great people, great service and you know the meat is choice or prime. Von's has Ranchers reserve or whateve their house brand is, the last time I check with the FDA, they grade meat Prime, Choice, Select and all other! Angus means nothing Ranchers Reserve, Restaurant Cut and some of the other gimicks stores use is terrible! Long Live The Hughes Family! IMHO


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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online
February 25, 2014
Donald C. Davis
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Donald C. Davis of Burt, husband of Nancy Bowes Davis, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Our Lady of Peace Lewiston, NY. Donald was born in Theresa, NY on November 16, 1934. Son of the late Fairman and Rita Beauhiah Davis.
Don and Nancy were married for 53 years. He was a Union Carpenter for years before starting his company Davis Builders. Donald was a member of NRA, AARP, Citizens right to keep and bear arms, NYS Sheriff Association, 32nd degree Mason and a previous member of Newfane F & AM. He loved tinkering in the shop, making miniature decoys and was fond of animals.
Father of Jamie Davis and Robin (Mary) Davis of Watertown, NY. Cousin of Sampie (Sandra) Sutton of Alexandria Bay, NY and James Sutton of San Diego, CA. Also survived by three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
No prior visitation. A graveside service will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Wilson, NY on FRIDAY at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated by the family to Save-A-Pet, PO Box 114, Newfane, NY 14108, SPCA of Niagara 2100 Lockport Rd., Niagara Falls, NY 14304 or Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Rd., Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
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By Jessica Bruha
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — A Norman woman was charged with embezzlement Wednesday in Cleveland County District Court.
Monica Renae Helberg, 35, of Norman, was charged for allegedly embezzling around $10,500 from Children's Place, 3357 W. Main St. Helberg was the store manager at the time she allegedly embezzled the money, according to the affidavit.
During an interview at the Norman Police Department, Helberg said she took two end-of-day deposit bags from Dec. 21 and 22 in 2012. The bags contained more than $10,000, which was a mixture of cash and customer's checks, the affidavit stated.
Helberg only used the cash from the deposits and destroyed the checks by shredding them, she told police in the interview.
"The defendant (Helberg) stated that she had taken the deposit to 'pay back' other end-of-day deposits that she had 'borrowed' money from for personal expenses," the affidavit stated.
The document listed personal expenses as a car payment, trips to see friends, dining out and other things.
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Help! My tzatziki sucks!!
Just back from 3 weeks in Greece and had tzatziki at least once a day. Loved theirs. I can't get the same richness, sweetness and mouth feel that I had in Greece. I am using a 0% Skotidakis brand Greek Yogurt that is made in Eugene, Ontario and like it better than the available Liberte as it is richer in taste and thicker. I am almost 100% sure that I have to use a full fat Greek yogurt to get that great taste. I would prefer staying with a lower fat yogurt as we eat a lot of it. My question....would EVO, a tbsp. or 2, help to add the "fat dimension"? Or is there anything else to add for flavour other than the grated cucumber, garlic, dill/mint, and some lemon juice?
I use full fat yogurt and drain it in cheesecloth (or coffee filters) overnight. I think the fat makes a big difference and adding EVOO wouldn't be the same. How do you do your cucumbers? Do you seed, cut, salt and drain? Making sure to eliminate some of the liquid helps. And, salt is important.
My tzatziki has a lot more ingredients than yours. My Greek cousins never leave a bit, so I assume that it is pretty darn good. To be honest, I really dislike Greek yogurt, so I make my own thickened yogurt by draining 2 cups of either Stonyfield 0% or Brown Cow 0%. However, I assume that using about 1 3/4 cups of Greek Yogurt would make you happier.
1 lb cucumbers
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups yogurt
1/4 cup red-win vinegar [I buy a Greek one which is very light. If you don't, reduce a bit]
1 tbl extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, put through a press or shredded on a microplane
1/2 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp white pepper
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tbl minced dill
So, I start the day before [usually] by draining my yogurt. Then shred the cucumbe, toss with salt and let it drain in a colander.
Stir the yogurt and cucumbers together. Stir in the vinegar, oil, garlic, sugar and pepper. Then stir in the sour cream [btw, I add this for company, omit for myself] and then the dill. Taste, adjust the salt, garlic and vinegar. Let sit in the fridge for a couple of hours, and serve.
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Isolda and Smtucker. You were right about the sugar. It made a vast difference in the taste of my tzatziki! I used the 0% Skotidakis Greek Yogurt and I decided to try the sugar before I added some other ingredients, such as sour cream, that were suggested. I didn't need anything more. Just the yogurt, cucumber, sugar, dill and a little acid. (I used a little Champagne vinegar but could use lemon or red wine vinegar). We are finding the tzatziki is tasting delicious and we use it on everything. Thanks!
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Wonderful! I bet that the Champagne vinegar is a really nice acid for this dish. Not too harsh. I can't imagine not including garlic, but isn't this why we cook at home? To flavor our food just as we want?
I am so happy for you that you have found your own "house" tzatziki recipe.
Curiosity: if you would be willing to add, say, 2 tbsp. of olive oil to your tzatziki to help with the texture of the finished product, why wouldn't you be ok with using a full-fat yogurt? Is there more than the equivalent of 2 tbsp. of fat in the yogurt? Fat, after all, is fat - milk fat, olive oil, bacon grease - the calories are the same. I'm not asking this to be smart-ass - I actually am wondering about this. I've noticed several posts recently where people were willing to use olive oil in place of butter because of some perceived superiority of the olive oil. And these folks aren't vegans.
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I'm not going to argue superiority, but there are real differences in chemical makeup among fats, which affects how they interact with your body. It's not just a question of calories/fuel. Some fats are saturated (most from animal sources, and a few plant fats -- coconut; avocado?), others unsaturated. It's a complex subject that I'm not up to tackling here, but is covered in very understandable detail in Harold McGee's _On Food and Cooking_.
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I take all this food chemistry with a large dollop of salt. I won't argue with you about the relative healthiness of various fats because I can't back any of my beliefs up with science, but I'll always prefer a whole food - whether it's caffeinated coffee, or a whole egg or full-fat yogurt - to something that's been meddled with. My gut feeling is to trust whole foods. Eat less of them if you must, but don't mess with them. Of course, there's a whole diet industry that's built on the exact opposite theory - so clearly I'm out of step with much of the world.
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I do agree with you Nyleve. I think you are saying "eat in moderation". I am comfortable though, with lots of 0% fat yogurts that haven't been meddled with and since we eat a lot of yogurt, I prefer the 0% when possible. I have a scale for weighing meats etc.. and am amazed when "eye balling" a cut of meat and thinking it isn't much, seeing that it is twice the weight I anticipated.
I have had good luck with drained yogurt and half sour cream, that takes care of the lack of richness! I think that it is a common device to imitate the the yogurt in Greece.
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I've found that full fat Greek yogurt here in the US is very close to what I've had in Greece. The trouble is that most Greek-style yogurts in the US are not made with whole, unpasteurized milk. They're very hard to find. The next best thing is draining organic, whole milk yogurt.
I just made a gorgeous leg of lamb for Father's Day, and used Ina Garten's tzatziki recipe, and it was wonderful! She adds a 1/2 cup of sour cream to it, it has wonderful flavor, all has full fat.
the tzatziki you had in Greece was likely made with *sheep's* milk yogurt, which is often richer & sweeter than yogurt made from cow's milk - i'll bet that's why you're having trouble replicating it...try using drained sheep's milk yogurt and see if that tastes more like it.
Add grey sea salt and white pepper. If you are using low fat yogurt, consider leaving the cucumber out so that it does not add more liquid. For essence and color you can just grate in some peel. You can also try making it with labneh. To die for darling. To die for. :)
Deborah, since you live in Ontario I thought I'd post a photo of an amazing pressed yogurt that I purchase at a local Persian shop. Without a doubt, it produces the most delicious tzatziki I've ever made. Unfortunately I can't read the label so I thought if I posted it, perhaps someone else could assist. My favourite Greek recipe for tzatziki comes from a cookbook called The Olive & The Caper. Interestingly, it calls for 1 tbsp of red wine vinegar for every 500ml of yogurt. We've been very pleased w the results.
Also, Loblaws recently added a Greek Yogurt to its President's Choice product line. Though I've never needed to use it for tzatziki, I really like this yogurt for its thick texture and creamy flavour. SInce it has 0% MF, I thought I'd mention it in case you hadn't tried that brand yet.
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You absolutely could do that smilingal. I often use tzatziki as a dip for veggies. I add 3 of the baby cucumbers, grated and drained to my recipe and I still think it would be delicious atop cucumber slices. . . I love the fresh flavours of cucumber. I also love it on grilled veggies!
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i am still so stuck - I am the one making that greek tasting this weekend - I think I am now finalized at spanakopita, galaktoboureko and am thinking of cucumber slices with a small dollop of tzatziki. All need to be finger food or easily eaten and served. The galaktoboureko I am thinking of serving in the little white paper cups - but I guess I will need to provide forks along with the little plates.
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What are you stuck on smilingal? Were you hoping to avoid forks or, just looking for other menu items? I've made the spanakopita in little triangles so they can be picked up w one hand. Another option would be mini souvlaki served in a plastic cup w a dollop of tzatziki in the bottom.
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i guess I have been frustrated with making the final menu selections so that I can get the ingredients and move forward. The spanakopita are definites. I guess the galaktoboureko is almost a definite - I have been considering trying lilgi's recipe for Kourambiethes - so that the forks wouldn't be necessary - but I really loved the flavor of the galaktoboureko - I suppose with all the sugar that goes into the recipe - what is there not to like - and also yesterday, I realized after I came home, that i purchased the wrong size of souffle cups from Restaurant Depot to serve it in - so today I go back for those! So now, it would just be that third thing that I would like to present - and I am hoping that the tzatziki won't slide off the cucumber - but I think it should be ok.
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that sounds like a nice idea! I was just coming back to tell you that I've done enough analyzing....lol - I had just cut the english cucumber into about 1/2" pieces, futzed around with a ziplock baggie and a tip and squoze out the filling and was satisfied. Perhaps I will try your suggestion - but I am stopping the fretting about the ingredients. Now off to the stores - and also going to look for pretty platters.
Thanks so much!
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Maybe the pressed yoghurt is labneh, Breadcrumbs?
As an aside, I think the full fat (10%) Greek yoghurt (or in my case Turkish) is much more delicious than the 0% version, and even the 3.5% is a big improvement. Yoghurt is a reasonably healthy product anyway, so why not push the boat out?
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i am planning on making this in the next few days - I have made it once before a few years ago - it is from a CIA course that I took:
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup grated cucumber, with or without skin, squeezed dry
1 tsp minced garlic
1 TBS minced fresh dill
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
Wondering how this compares with some of your tried and true favorites?
I found that 2% vs 0% makes a big difference. I don't know your brands but Fage makes 2% that is Greek and is pretty good. I don't bother draining it.
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Deborah, if you can't find Fage where you are, there's a thread about making your own called "Success! Homemade 'Fage' Yogurt! Easy! Cheap!"
Deborah - I'm so glad you posted; I'd also love to make an outstanding tzatziki. If you come up with something you think is great, please report back.
suggestions as you experiment:
--temper the raw garlic in the lemon juice for 1/2 hour before proceeding to mix everything
--seed the cukes before salting/draining
--try a bit of honey instead of sugar, goes better with the milky flavour, I think
--sometimes I add a pinch of minced shallot with the garlic to give it an onion-y flavour
Probably getting further from pure tzatziki, but works for me
Although I don't follow this recipe specifically, I do add the splash of ouzo - not enough to taste it, just a little glug - it really does made a difference.
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It's common practice to drizzle some olive oil on tzatziki in Greece and in Greek homes- regardless of whether full fat, low-fat or fat-free yogurt is used. The olive oil isn't meant to replace the fat that's missing when one uses lower fat or fat-free yogurt, it adds texture and flavour to any tzatziki, regardless of the fat content of the yogurt being used.
I've been using non-fat Greek-style yogurt for my tzatziki this summer, and it doesn't suck.


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Tarama (tah-RAH-mah) is a popular no-cook / no-bake Bulgarian appetizer made with fish roe, olive oil and lemon juice. This affordable appetizer (because it's made with carp or cod roe instead of the pricey sturgeon) is usually served with toasted bread and garnished with cured black olives, parsley or celery leaves and a drizzle of olive oil. It is similar to Greek taramosalata.
Makes 4-6 servings of Bulgarian Tarama
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
- 8 tablespoons smoked or unsmoked carp or cod roe
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon finely grated onion
- In the bowl of a food processor (or using an immersion blender), puree roe. Add lemon juice and mix. Slowly pour the oil through the food chute until it is well incorporated. Add the lemon juice and give a final pulse. If tarama is too thick, add water a little at a time to give an easily spreadable consistency.
- Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate. When ready to serve, drizzle with a little olive oil, sprinkle with paprika and garnish with a few olives and parsley or celery leaves.


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Total Time: 25 minutes
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds asparagus, cut into 2 inch pieces
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 celery stalk, chopped
- 2 leeks, chopped (white part only)
- 1 medium potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 3 1/2 cups fat-free reduced sodium chicken or vegetable broth
- 1/2 cup fat-free sour cream
Transfer soup to a blender and puree until smooth. You may need to do this in two stages. Return soup to Dutch oven, add sour cream and stir on low heat until blended.
Serves 6
Per Serving Calories 102, Calories from Fat 16, Total Fat 1.8g (sat 0.3g), Cholesterol 2mg, Sodium 376mg, Carbohydrate 16.8g, Fiber 3.8g, Protein 4.8g


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Congratulations, NCAA, you finally brought justice to town. For today, you have stripped Reggie Bush of his Heisman Trophy. For those unfamiliar, Reggie Bush has been accused of accepting gifts and money while he was playing for USC, a violation of NCAA rules which require student athletes to live on the income of a homeless person.
As punishment for this heinous crime, the school was hit with tons of sanctions which absolutely in no way resulted in their head coach bolting for the NFL and Lane Kiffin slithering into town. It's been a sore spot for USC fans up to this point that Bush, the man who caused all of the problems, had yet to be punished. But that's no more. Because now he's without his Heisman Trophy, an assuredly crushing blow to a man with a Superbowl ring and photo of himself doing poolside pushups with Kim Kardashian on his back to his credit.
Huh. That would be one way to get us to exercise more. Anyway, while it might seem like a minor thing, being stripped of a Heisman Trophy is something no previous Heisman winner has had to endure. It's never happened before. Not once. Not even one time. Not a single Heisman winner in history has ever done anything despicable enough to warrant losing their trophy until now.
But now that we've started a trend, why not see where we can go with it? Here are five more Heisman winners who should be stripped of their title…
Ricky Williams – 1998 – University of Texas
If you think we're going to suggest that Ricky Williams should lose his Heisman Trophy due to his admitted marijuana use and multiple failed drug tests, think again. We're definitely not the type of site to get all up in arms about a little weed. Quite the opposite, actually.
Our problem is that Ricky Williams has to be the first professional anything ever who couldn't balance a weed habit and full time employment. If the weed you're smoking is resulting in you not being able to work, the weed you're smoking is probably heroin. Now there's a problem. By all means, give up a few years of your NFL career to overcome your heroin addiction. But weed? Shut up and play ball.
Matt Leinart – 2004 – USC
Hey, see the chicks in that picture with Heisman winner Matt Leinart? The one in front is excited to be having her picture taken with an NFL quarterback. The chick in back? She has him on her fantasy team.
Matt Leinart has been making an ass of himself since the day he left college. He came right into the NFL on some supermodel shit and promptly found himself benched in favor of Kurt Warner, who most NFL fans assumed was dead by that point. After Kurt did the job Leinart was supposed to do for two more years, it appeared that Matt's day had finally come when Warner announced his retirement prior to the 2010 season so he could focus his full attention on being more Jesus-y and hoping his wife never cuts her hair again.
Good news for Matt Leinart, right? Wrong. With Warner out of the way, Leinart immediately went about losing the starting job that he never really had anyway to Derek Anderson. Somehow, running for your life behind a porous offensive line and splitting bench time with Brady Quinn in Cleveland produces better results than two years of tutelage under a future Hall of Fame quarterback.
Leinart was unceremoniously released by Arizona and is now in the running to be Matt Schaub's backup in Houston. And this guy gets to keep his Heisman? Bananas.
Archie Griffin – 1975 – Ohio State University
What's that, obnoxious internet commenter? Yes, you're right, despite what we may have indicated here, Archie Griffin won the Heisman Trophy twice. Not just in 1975, but also in 1974. And that's exactly why he can afford to lose one.
You know who else has won two Heisman Trophies? Nobody, that's who. Furthermore, do you know who doesn't have even one Heisman Trophy? Us, that's who. Do the right thing, Archie Griffin. Quit showboating and give up a trophy. Nobody needs two of those things.
Rashaan Salaam – 1994 – University of Colorado
Are Heisman Trophy winners who go on to do absolutely nothing of note in the NFL anything special? Not at all, in fact it happens all the time. Some Heisman winners don't even make it to the NFL (enjoy that day job, Jason White!). So why should Rashaan Salaam give back his trophy? Because the person writing this is a Bears fan, and the Bears wasted a first round draft pick on this clown.
Thanks for nothing, Rashaan Salaam.
O.J. Simpson – 1968 – USC
When we said this at the beginning of this article…
while it might seem like a minor thing, being stripped of a Heisman Trophy is something no previous Heisman winner has had to endure. It's never happened before. Not once. Not even one time. Not a single Heisman winner in history has ever done anything despicable enough to warrant losing their trophy until now.
…you probably knew right away that we were headed down this road. OJ Simpson is one of only three Heisman winners selected first in the draft and subsequently inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He's also one of only one Heisman winner to escape a murder charge for slaughtering his wife and an acquaintance. He then followed that up by writing a book about how he would have committed the crime "if" he did it and making a decent living signing memorabilia at horror movie conventions. Classy!
For awhile there it seemed like OJ was going to be able to fade into the background and live out the rest of his days nailing naive white chicks in Beverly Hills, but that would be way too easy for OJ. Instead, he robbed a Las Vegas sports memorabilia dealer at gunpoint and was sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Getting off on a murder charge for a crime that 98% of the population believed you committed should be like surviving a shark attack. You acknowledge that you nearly lost everything and decide that, going forward, it's best to not to be fucking around in the water. Except here, the water is a metaphor for not putting yourself in situations that may find you getting all stabby and shooty with people. But OJ didn't take his acquittal that way, and now he's in prison for real.
He doesn't deserve to lose his Heisman for his crimes, he deserves to lose it because he's a dumbass.


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A bill that would introduce Las Vegas-style live gambling to the Eastern Cherokee reservation has tentatively passed the House. Governor Bev Perdue struck a deal with leaders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, but lawmakers must change state law in order for the arrangement to move forward. Republican Thomas West is a sponsor of the bill.
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2008 National Book Award winners announced
Novelist Peter Matthiessen and poet Mark Doty and were among the winners at Wednesday night's 2008 National Book Awards Ceremony held at a posh Manhattan financial district dining establishment that was once the corporate headquarters of National City Bank, the predecessor of today's beleaguered Citibank.
Matthiessen won the National Book Award for fiction for his compilation Shadow Country (Modern Library), a re-edited and condensed version of his 1990's trilogy Killing Mr. Watson (1990), Lost Man's River (1997), and Bone by Bone (1999), based on accounts of Florida planter Edgar J. Watson's death shortly after the Southwest Florida Hurricane of 1910. Buffalo readers may recall that Matthiessen read from the trilogy in a memorable Buffalo reading at Hallwalls nearly a decade ago.
A co-founder of the Paris Review in 1953, Matthiessen had previously won the National Book Award in nonfiction for The Snow Leopard, his 1978 account of a two month journey across the Tibetan plateau of the Himalayas with a group of naturalists. He is also noted for In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983), his detailed study of the Leonard Peltier case set against the backdrop of American Indian issues and history, which was challenged by a libel lawsuit that eventually reached the Supreme Court before being dismissed.
Doty received the National Book Award in Poetry for his collection Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems (HarperCollins), one of three collections of poems he has published over the past 2 years. He had previously received the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and the T.S. Eliot Award for his 1993 volume My Alexandria. He is also the author of three critically acclaimed memoirs, Heaven's Coast (1996), Firebird: A Memoir (1999), and Dog Years (2007).
Annette Gordon-Reed won this year's Nonfiction award for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton & Company), her carefully researched, much praised history of three generations of the slave family owned by Thomas Jefferson.
Judy Blundell won the Young People's Literature award for What I Saw and How I Lied (Scholastic Books). You can read a complete list of the winners, view highlights of the awards ceremony and learn more about the organization that administers the awards at National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards .
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly TruthDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is Book 5 in the enormously popular (and funny) series by Jeff Kinney. Middle schooler Greg Hefley continues to relate, in words and cartoon drawings, the story of his life in middle school and at home. According to the author, "To me, the fifth book is the linchpin of the series. Since Greg Heffley is a cartoon character but also a literary character, I've always wondered if he should grow up or stay in a state of arrested development. This book answers that question once and for all." (quotation from ABRAMS news release, July 29, 2010).
While Greg's goofy escapades and his self-centered take on life continue to be funny, Greg is growing up and becoming more aware of the world. It's a very busy school year with lots of changes. Greg is going through puberty and getting advice from health class and lots of other places. His mother writes about puberty in her column for the local paper, which embarrasses Greg; she also gives him a book to read, What the Heck Just Happened to My Body?, but Greg wants no part of it. Even his grandmother gets in the act and he knows that the next time he sees her, she'll give him the dreaded "talk" just as she did his older brother.
It's not just Greg's body that's changing. Greg and his best friend Rowley had a big fight and are no longer friends. Greg's mother goes back to school and Greg and his brothers have to take on additional responsibilities, with sometimes hilarious results. Greg is interested in boy-girl parties now and upset when he has to turn down a party invitation from one of the popular older kids because he has to be in his Uncle Gary's wedding - and it's not even Uncle Gary's first or second wedding. The boy-girl middle school overnight lock-in is a disaster for a lot of reasons, including the fact that it is 90% boys and 10% girls and there is almost a one-to-one ratio of chaperones. Poor Greg. Through it all he soldiers on.
From caring for a raw egg for 24 hours as a health class introduction to parenting to Uncle Gary's wedding to dealing with the changes in the family's schedule when his mom goes back to work to coping without his best friend, Greg decides, "There's been a lot of change all of a sudden, and I really liked things the way they were BEFORE." By the end of the book, Greg realizes, "I guess I'm just not in a big rush to grow up right now."
However, Greg is changing. One of the biggest indicators of the change in Greg over this school year, has to do with his attitude toward his broken friendship with Rowley Jefferson. At the beginning of the school year (and the book), Greg writes that he and Rowley have had a big fight and Rowley is now his "ex-best friend." As far as Greg is concerned, it's up to Rowley to do something to repair the friendship, and if Rowley doesn't, that's it; the friendship is over. By the end of the book, Greg writes, "I decided it was time for me and Rowley to put the past couple of months behind us and get our friendship back on track. Me and him have a long history together, and there's no point in throwing that away over something dumb." Greg is the one to do that by going over to Rowley's house, something he wouldn't have thought of doing earlier. While he is definitely still not a role model for anyone, Greg is growing up.
The Wimpy Kid Book Series and Other Wimpy Kid BooksThe books in the Wimpy Kid series include: Diary of a Wimpy Kid(2007), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2008), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (2009), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2009). In addition, Jeff Kinney has also written and illustrated two Wimpy Kid-related books: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (2007), and The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (2010). Click on each of the titles above to read my book reviews. Read my Diary of a Wimpy Kid feature article for a brief overview of all of the Wimpy Kid books.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series: Its PopularityThe Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has been enormously popular since the publication of the first book in the Wimpy Kid series in 2007 by Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams. According to the publisher, "More than 42 million Diary of a Wimpy Kid books will be in print in the United States and Canada as of November 9, 2010. The books have been sold in more than 37 countries in 35 languages around the world." (Source: Source: 11/3/10 news release)
Wimpy Kid Author and Illustrator Jeff KinneyDespite his success with his Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, Jeff Kinney continues to work full-time as a virtual world designer. While a student at the University of Maryland, Kinney had his own comic strip in the school newspaper. After college, he began writing Diary of a Wimpy Kid and putting it online in daily installments on FunBrain.com. Then, publisher Harry N. Abrams signed Kinney to a multi-book deal to create a Diary of a Wimpy Kid series for the Amulet Books imprint, and the books have been enormously popular with upper elementary and middle school readers. In fact, the 5 million copy first printing of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is a testimony to the popularity of the Wimpy Kid series.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth: My RecommendationSeries fans will not be disappointed in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth. All the things they liked so much in Jeff Kinney's previous Diary of a Wimpy Kid books - the diary format, the illustrations, the humor and the "voice" of the main character - are all here in full force. Also here is a taste of change, which will make readers more anxious than ever for the next episode in Greg's life.
Like the other books in the series, I recommend Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth for tweens and younger teens, grades 4-8. If you have a reluctant reader in your family, I recommend the entire series; it has engaged the interest of many reluctant readers. As I've mentioned before, while it's not necessary to read the books in the series in order to enjoy them, I recommend doing so to gain the maximum enjoyment out of each of the books. (Amulet Books, An Imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2009. ISBN: 9780810970687)


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Bonfire night!October 24, 2011
On Saturday, instead of tailgating with the dorm, we decided to have a bonfire night after the football game with our brother and sister dorm! Not only was there a huge bonfire but we also played a lot of fun games and explored in the woods on the property we were at (which was a little scary because it was dark). We played an egg toss game and thankfully the egg cracked in my partner's hand and not mine! One of the guys even decided to be a daredevil and jump over the fire!
The strangest things that some of us did that night was a game called "star tipping," which can only be played when its dark out. I will try to explain it to the best of my ability! Basically you have 8 people standing in a circle and one person in the middle of that circle. The person in the middle then begins to spin around while focusing on one star. After 20 seconds of spinning someone yells stop and then they flash a bright light in the spinning person's face. Then what usually happens is the person spinning falls right to the ground! I did this two times and both times it made me fall immediately! This sounds really dumb but we just had so much fun laughing and seeing everyone's reactions!


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These are just a few of the fascinating aspects of the field of "human development": the science that studies how we learn and develop psychologically, from birth to the end of life. To a large extent, the study of human development is the study of child development, because the most significant changes take place from infancy through adolescence. This very young science not only enables us to understand children and help them develop optimally, but also gives us profound insights into who we are as adults.
In Theories of Human Development, Professor Malcolm W. Watson introduces you to the six theories that have had perhaps the greatest influence on this field. You will meet the people who formulated each theory, become familiar with their philosophical backgrounds and the historical contexts in which they worked, and study the specific processes of human development that each theory describes.
Along the way, you will evaluate the strength and weaknesses of each theory. How do these six great theories complement or contradict one another? What do they tell us, as a whole, about human development?
Six Theories of How We Become Who We Are
The six major theories have had a pervasive impact on the way we, both scientists and the general public, see ourselves. They are:
Sigmund Freud's Psychodynamic Theory. The lectures discuss this theory, the earliest of the six, including such concepts as the Oedipus Complex and Freud's five stages of psycho-sexual development. Although now widely disputed, Freudian thinking is deeply imbedded in our culture and constantly influences our view of human nature.
Erik Erikson's Psycho-Social Theory. This is the theory that gave rise to the term "identity crisis." Erikson was the first to propose that the "stages" of human development spanned our entire lives, not just childhood. His ideas heavily influenced the study of personality development, especially in adolescence and adulthood.
John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth's Integrated Attachment Theory.This was the first theory to focus primarily on the formation of parent-child relationships. It explains the connection between relationships that occur early in our lives and those that happen later, including romantic ones. Attachment theory has generated thousands of scientific studies, and has led to changes in many childcare policies, such as those allowing parents to stay with their children in hospitals.
Albert Bandura's Social Learning Theory. This theory modified traditional learning theory developed by such behaviorists as B. F. Skinner, which was based on stimulus-response relationships. It considered learning to be no different among infants, children, adults, or even animals. Bandura's approach is influential in such areas as the effect of media violence on children, and the treatment of problem behaviors and disorders.
Jean Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory. Piaget's influence created a revolution in human development theory. He proposed the existence of four major stages, or "periods," during which children and adolescents master the ability to use symbols and to reason in abstract ways. This has been the most influential of the six major theories. In the 1970s and 1980s, it completely dominated the study of child development.
Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive-Mediation Theory. Alone among the major theorists, Vygotsky believed that learning came first, and caused development. He theorized that learning is a social process in which teachers, adults, and other children form supportive "scaffolding" on which each child can gradually master new skills. Vygotsky's views have had a large impact on educators.
Early Theorists: Locke, Rousseau, and even Darwin
To give you the best understanding of these theories, this course also explores the general history of the study of child development. It touches on the work of other important researchers, such as John Watson of Johns Hopkins University, who developed behaviorism, and Arnold Gesell of Yale, from whose work sprang such well-worn phrases as "just going through a stage" and "the terrible twos."
Professor Watson also discusses the era of observational research on children, which marked the beginnings of child study as a true science. This period was pioneered by scientists who began publishing detailed accounts of the development of their own children. These early "baby biographers" included Alfred Binet, who first developed intelligence testing in France, and even Charles Darwin.
You may be struck not only by how much we have learned about child development, but also by how much our attitudes toward children have changed. Until the beginning of the 19th century, there was no interest in child study and, in fact, no concern for children. Such factors as poverty and high infant mortality created an atmosphere in which children were barely tolerated, or used for labor.
In Paris in 1750, 33 percent of all newborns were left in foundling homes or on doorsteps; most died. In England, boys and girls as young as four were often sent to work in mines.
You will see how attitudes toward children gradually improved, due mostly to the efforts of physicians and religious leaders. And you will appreciate the tremendous contribution that two renowned philosophers, John Locke (1632–1704) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), have made to the field of child development. Their ideas about children—whether they are inherently good or bad, or whether they actively shape their environments or passively react to stimuli—still form much of the basis of our modern theories.
The lessons of this course are not simply about learning, behavior, and relationships in youth, but at any age. Taken as a whole, they provide our best answers to the questions of human nature—how we learn, adapt, and become who we are at every stage in life.
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Dr. Malcolm W. Watson is George and Frances Levin Professor of Psychology at Brandeis University, where he has been teaching for over 25 years. He earned his B.A. in psychology from the University of Utah and pursued his graduate education in developmental psychology at the University of Denver, where he earned his Ph.D.
Professor Watson was the recipient of the first Michael Laban Walzer Award for Excellence in Teaching at Brandeis. He also taught at Boston College and was a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network for the study of transitions in early child development.
Dr. Watson is an active researcher. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. His areas of interest include the development of symbolic play in children, the development of drawing and art in children, children's understanding of family roles and family conflicts, and the causes of aggression and violence in children and adolescents.
He has published numerous articles in journals and edited several books.
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