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GreenwichBrunswick School
100 Maher Avenue
Greenwich, CT, 06830
(203)625-5800All-boys (Nonsectarians)951 students | Gr. PK-12
WallingfordChoate Rosemary Hall
333 Christian Street
Wallingford, CT, 06492
(203)697-2239(Nonsectarians)864 students | Gr. 9-12
New HavenHopkins School
986 Forest Road
New Haven, CT, 06515
(203)397-1001(Nonsectarians)710 students | Gr. 7-12
SuffieldSuffield Academy
185 N Main St
Suffield, CT, 06078
(860)668-7315(Nonsectarians)413 students | Gr. 9-12
LakevilleThe Hotchkiss School
Po Box 800
Lakeville, CT, 06039
(860)435-3205(Nonsectarians)567 students | Gr. 9-12
WindsorThe Loomis Chaffee School
4 Batchelder Road
Windsor, CT, 06095
(860)687-6400(Nonsectarians)650 students | Gr. 9-12
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There are few people in the Severna Park High School community who don't know the name Officer Swartz.
The school's resource officer is hard to miss with his tall and dominant presence. But it's Alex Swartz's smile and beaming friendliness that puts parents at ease and offers students support and companionship.
Swartz, a Severna Park High graduate, is currently in his second year as the school's resource officer and says his job combines, "a little bit of everything."
"Of course we are here for police work," Swartz said. "Anything that entails breaking or enforcing the law. You also come into counseling, mentoring and securing the school."
During school days, Swartz can rarely be found in his office. He gets to school at 6:30 a.m. to take care of desk work, and spends the day walking around the school and patrolling the halls.
"I try to be out of the office as much as possible," Swartz said. "I like to be in the cafeteria at lunch time, because that's when the kids can just talk and you can hear what is going on in their lives."
From the students who come in to ask questions during the interview, to the teachers that drop by to crack a joke, it is obvious Swartz is well known, well liked and vice versa.
Swartz can't say enough about how much he enjoys working with the students and mentoring them.
"I enjoy high school just because you are dealing with kids right before they are going to be on their own," he said. "It's fun to be in their lives right now when they are molding ideas about what they want to do, who they want to be. The growth I see in them is amazing."
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One of the only things Swartz talks more passionately about than his students is his work with the police force.
Each year he participates in the Police Unity Tour, which is a 300-mile bike ride from New Jersey to DC. The event honors those who were killed in the line of duty.
Before becoming a resource officer, Swartz worked the roads as a police officer. He was seriously injured by a drunk driver—twice—breaking his back once and his neck twice.
In 2007, he was standing next to his car when a drunk driver crushed Swartz between two cars. And in 2010 he was standing behind his car with the trunk open when he was hit into the trunk.
The experience left him with a profound appreciation for the sacrifices law enforcement officers make, which is why he participates in the Police Unity Tour.
"Being in that position and surviving, I want to give back to families that had a dad, sons, sisters or mothers die on the job," Swartz said. "They weren't as fortunate as I was. It means a lot to me to do something to give back to the police department as well."
Calling Severna Park Home
With his days of patrolling behind him, Swartz plans to call Severna Park High School home for as long as they let him stay—especially now that he feels he's made a connection with the kids.
"I feel that big time," Swartz said. "It's nice when you finally reach some of the kids where they come to me and say 'I am having a hard time today.' I have always left the door open. Any kid—it doesn't matter if they are in trouble, causing trouble, get straight A's—it doesn't matter I'm here to help."
Swartz also spoke of his fondness for the staff. He said many of the teachers live close by, and there is a real sense of community within the school. He says that helps make his job easier and is something he is grateful for.
"I think I am fortunate here," Swartz said. "I have seen the way this staff works together, and it is amazing. It just seems like everyone is willing to talk and work together. It's a breath of fresh air to work here."
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MANCHESTER, Tenn. — When it's remarked to Jeff Tweedy while walking backstage at the recent Bonnaroo Music Festival that it's a shame he won't have time to catch most of the festival's other acts, he turns and smiles.
"Yeah, well, I don't really like music."
The Wilco songwriter and frontman is, of course, an obsessive music listener. And on the band's new album, "Wilco (The Album)," Tweedy exuberantly expresses his love of both rock music and its fans.
On the album's tongue-in-cheek opener, "Wilco (The Song)," Tweedy sings: "Do you dabble in depression?/ Is someone twisting a knife in your back? ... Wilco will love you, baby."
The song — like the album's arch title — is a bit of a goof. But it's also an earnest ode to Wilco's fans and, more generally, to rock music fandom.
Tweedy says the song isn't necessarily about Wilco loving you, but the feeling of connecting with any musician. At one point, he planned an extended part of the song where he rattled off J.Lo, Nick Lowe and Devo — and even briefly pursued getting them to sing on the song.
"Does music provide a consolation that you can't find anywhere else in most people's lives? I would say yes," says Tweedy. "I don't see any reason not to acknowledge that in an exuberant kind of way."
On Wilco's seventh album — and first to retain the same lineup — Tweedy & Co. have seemingly arrived at a plateau in their career: confident, relaxed and not afraid to, say, perform on the "Tonight" show dressed in country music-style sequin suits — as they did in a recent appearance.
Tweedy calls the record a "Whitman sampler of the different aspects and obsessions of Wilco." He believes that came out of a five-night residency they held last year in their hometown, Chicago, that forced the band — which includes the expert guitarist Nels Cline — to lay "some claim of ownership" to the varied Wilco catalog.
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It will then total one.
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NIGHT & DAY: Flaming Lips bringing oddball antics to Artpark
The Lips will bring what's sure to be an odd-looking playlist — among the band's songs are "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)" and "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles" — to Lewiston this summer for a dynamic and lavish stage show to Artpark on July 22. Tickets for the concert go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
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It's been known for a while that girls start puberty earlier than they did in the past, sometimes as young as 7 or 8. But it's been unclear whether boys also go through puberty earlier. Now, a study from the American Academy of Pediatrics helps answer that question.
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The city of Rome may be the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, but as far as bright, glitzy decorations, Christmas there has always been a rather sober affair.
And yet at Christmastime, there's one area where Romans pull out all the stops — the dinner table.
Even with the economic crisis, outdoor markets, grocery shops and fishmongers are crowded with customers.
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You might not expect "Santa's Helper" to be a career-altering gig, but for David Sedaris, it changed everything. The writer and humorist spent a season working at Macy's as a department store elf. He described his short tenure as Crumpet the Elf in "The Santaland Diaries," an essay that he read on Morning Edition in 1992.
Instantly, a classic was born. Sedaris' reading has become an NPR holiday tradition. Click the "Listen" link above to hear Sedaris read his tale.
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The Monday after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., toys and stuffed animals began arriving by the truckload. Ten days later, the gymnasium at Edmond Town Hall in the center of Newtown is full of them.
"When I realized that it was getting so large, I thought that we should get this to the children before the holidays," says Ann Benore, a caseworker for Newtown Social Services.
There are long reads and then there are long reads. And now that the winter solstice has passed, we have more daylight to read them by. Slate indulges big time with its annual Music Club.
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The weekends on All Things Considered series Movies I've Seen A Million Times features filmmakers, actors, writers and directors talking about the movies that they never get tired of watching.
On his last day hosting weekends on All Things Considered, Guy Raz tells us about the movie that he could watch a million times, Richard Linklater's School of Rock.
On his last day as the host of weekends on All Things Considered before moving to NPR's TED Radio Hour, Guy Raz looks back at some of his memorable music interviews from the past 3 1/2 years.
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And if you're just tuning in, this is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.
Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was buried under so many feet of concrete in 2004 that it took gravediggers six hours to get to his body last month. And his body was exhumed because his widow suspects he was murdered, poisoned by the radioactive element polonium 210.
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All over India, an unusual name has been popping up on signs in restaurants and businesses: Hitler.
Yes, Hitler. As in Adolph. Just last year there was even a Punjabi movie called Hero Hitler in Love.
To understand why a name generally associated with mass murder is turning up on storefronts around the country, reporter David Shaftel investigated and wrote about it in a recent issue of Bloomberg Businessweek.


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DAVID S. LANSING, 76, died unexpectedly at his home Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. He was born on Sept. 9, 1937, in Schenectady, son of the late Donald and Dorothy (Whitbeck) Lansing. Arrangements are incomplete and have been entrusted to W.M. Marvin's Funeral Home in Elizabethtown.


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Reporting from Mexico City — The manner in which drug traffickers have undermined Mexico's democracy was illustrated Sunday in Michoacan, home state of President Felipe Calderon and site of violent local elections.
Dozens of candidates dropped out of their races because of threats from drug-trafficking cartels. A mayor was assassinated a week before the vote as he campaigned on behalf of Calderon's sister, who is running for governor.


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You have no idea how much this cheered me up just now.
I for one, think this is a major improvement. Look how empowered he is! And it's relevant to the character as someone who is powered by the sun, he'd want to maximize the amount of sunlight he receives, right? It's not like it makes sense for him to cover himself from chin to toe.
In fact, I think some strappy sandals might be an improvement.
strappy high heeled sandals would increase his height making him closer to the sun. and if wonderwoman can fight in heels it can't be that hard, right?
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Along with the 2 joint calls, several supporting measures shall fuel the development of high quality Synthetic Biology research by enhancing interdisciplinarity and overcoming fragmentation in Synthetic Biology.
Policy activities:
The ERA-Net will assist the member states to develop their national communities and programmes in Synthetic Biology by:
- building national research capacity and expertise by providing recommendations through the white paper and sharing best practise
- avoiding duplication and fragmentation by sharing of information on the national activities of the partners
The white paper will provide an identification and prioritisation of research needs. It will also outline promising application fields and routes for innovation, upstream governance foresight forms, and linkages to EU infrastructure initiatives.
Due to the societal and ethical relevance of Synthetic Biology, ERASynBio will work on aspects of public engagement, standardisations, practises of good governance, integration of social scientists, ethical and IPR relevant issues. All these questions will be addressed by several measures including workshops and consultations. Their results will be made available to the public via the white paper, through this website and on the newsletter.
Science relevant activities:
Along with the joint calls, ERASynBio will foster the education of early-career researchers via a joint mobility programme, exchange career options, supporting iGEM and two thematically orientated summer schools. Furthermore, linkages between research organisations shall be enhanced through strategic meetings and the twinning programme.
Industrial activities:
Synthetic Biology will boost applications in various and diverse industrial areas and the ERA-Net will therefore develop interactions with this sector from the very start of the project. ERASynBio will use several mechanisms to approach industrial representatives (with a special focus to SMEs) and connect them to other stakeholders, including: the industrial representatives of the advisory board; through dedicated meetings on industrial issues and developments; and via the communication channels on the web portal. The efforts of ERASynBio towards standardization and clarification of intellectual property issues will also enhance development of the industry in this sector.


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We never know how long we will be on this earth, and probably only a few of us want to "live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse," as the actor John Derek so famously said. But although life is a crap shoot, a little thing called life expectancy can reassure us, even just a tad, about how long we might be around.
In the US, the current life expectancy is at an all-time high of just over 78 years. White women have the highest life expectancy (81 years), then black women (77 years), white men (76 years), and black men (70 years).
In other good news, mortality has declined from the following leading causes of death:
- Heart disease (down nearly 4 percent)
- Cancer (down 2 percent)
- Stroke (down nearly 5 percent)
- Accidents/unintentional injuries (down nearly 2 percent)
But for the first time in almost a century, life expectancy is decreasing for a significant number of American women. A recent study published in , an open-access journal of the Public Library of Science, reveals a "reversal of fortune" for women in 1,000 of the U.S.'s 3,141 counties. In these counties, located in rural and low-income areas, women's life expectancy has decreased five years since 1983.
The downward trend results from smoking, obesity and high blood pressure, says one of the study's co-authors, Majid Ezzati of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health. The affected segment of the population lives in the Southeast, Appalachia, Texas, the southern Midwest, a small pocket of Maine and along the Mississippi River. In the West, it seems, we're living longer. But with obesity levels increasing all over the nation, how long will that last?
Obviously, it is important for public-health workers and policy makers to address the issues that were revealed in this study with education programs and improved healthcare coverage and access in the affected counties. For the rest of us, this study is an important reminder that increasing life expectancy is not guaranteed. Still, there are specific steps we can all take to improve our chances of living to a ripe old age.
Three lifestyle habits in particular greatly contribute to longevity:
- Healthy diet: Eat a diet that is high in fresh fruits and vegetables and that is low in packaged and processed food and in trans-fats. Learn more about from the American Heart Association.
- Exercise: Get at least 30 minutes of brisk walking most days of the week or a higher intensity exercise for at least 20 minutes three days a week in order to reap the most health benefits. Get the skinny on exercise .
- Smoking cessation. Just don't smoke. Period. If you smoke, a can help you quit.
In addition to the three most important lifestyle habits, there are steps you can take to further increase your odds of hitting your life expectancy, and maybe even surpassing it to become a supercentenarian, someone who lives past the age of 110.
- Make sure your blood pressure and cholesterol are at healthy levels. If they are not, consult with your health care provider about possible treatments.
- Keep up to date with age-appropriate screening tests, such as mammograms and colonoscopies.
- Take general safety precautions: wear a helmet while biking, wear seatbelts, have smoke detectors in the house, practice safe sex.
While there are no guarantees that practicing these habits will ensure that you live till the cows come home, they will certainly help put the odds in your favor. And if there's one arena where you want the best odds you can get, it's the arena of life expectancy. So, live slow, die old and leave that corpse to science.


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Stephen Stratford blogs about his lunch date yesterday:
To Hamilton this morning to attend another Media Bites luncheon in the company of another 100 or so of Steve Braunias's closest personal friends. The guests were students from Wintec's journalism course (where Steve is editor in residence), Waikato journalists, Auckland media types, Colin Meads, local freeloaders (i.e. me) and a gaggle of MPs: Jacinda Ardern, David Bennett, Sue Moroney, Tim Macindoe and some chap from the Greens I've never heard of.
Peters was late, of course. "He likes to make a dramatic entrance," announced Steve, who seemed more concerned by the non-appearance of David Shearer, leader of the Opposition. I wanted to call out, "He's here, he's just invisible." (He did turn up eventually and I had a chat with him after the show. He seems a very nice man. Who knew?)NBR has posted online the official text of the speech here. It was the usual stuff, a mixture of charm, bluster, fudging the historical record and blaming the media – especially two social-media operatives, Whale Oil and "a mischievious [that's how he pronounced it] blogger known as Kiwiblog" who apparently are responsible for NZ First's dismal result in the last election.When in government Peters was notorious for not reading Cabinet papers. He seemed not to have read his speech either – we were all discovering it together. We were on the same journey. At one point he extemporised then went back to the speech notes – and repeated a couple of paragraphs. He didn't notice but we all did.
Winston Peters is certainly far less a coherent communicator than he was. That has been evident since his return to the House at the end of last year. It's no surprise that he was unfamiliar with his speech notes yeaterday.
Stratford then comments on some of Peters' one-lines:
Also not in the speech notes:On Gerry Brownlee: "some illiterate woodwork teacher".On Paula Bennett: a sexist remark which I shan't repeat.On Rupert Murdoch: "Murdoch owns half the media in this country."
On Kim Dotcom: "Tim Dotcom".On Jacinda Ardern: "Jacinda Ahearn".On the media: "The media has magical reasons to exist."
Where things really got strange was when questions came from the floor. Joshua Drummond, the Waikato Times's superb most-Mondays columnist, said, "I've read Richard Prosser's book. Is he OK?" Peters had to defend his crazed MP but after more questions from Joshua finished, defeated, with:We're a freedom party in that respect.
And of course it wouldn't be a Winston Peters speech without the obligatory reference to you-know-who:
David Slack asked, "What is the next question the media should be asking John Banks?" Peters replied:
Well, Mike, why does he keep changing his position on asset sales?More blather followed about finance and speculation, all of it about John Key and all of it economically illiterate, as I said to Joshua later. He replied, "But he's very politically literate." Yes. I suppose that's why he is still with us.Among the audience eyebrows had been raised and eyeballs had rolled throughout. But not as much as when – after some shameless pandering to the audience about how wonderful "TV7" is – he got onto immigration and Asians, as we all knew he would eventually:Drive down Dominion Road, there's 150 restaurants. Now there can't be that many people eating.Winston Peters is 67.
Winston Peters is indeed 67. By the time of the next election he will be fast closing on 70. One wonders if there is any future for New Zealand First in a post-Winston era, which must come at some point in the future.


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'Unstoppable' not unwatchable
Director Tony Scott continues his love affair with Denzel Washington and errant trains in "Unstoppable," the latest Scott-Washington collaboration since a strangely bearded John Travolta took "Pelham 1 2 3."
Unlike "Pelham," "Unstoppable" is a capable thriller that fits Scott's frenetic style like a work glove - durable and intentionally rough around the edges.
Scott's sensory-overload style, filled with shaky camerawork, quick pans and zooms, and staggered footage, is an ideal fit for a thriller involving a loud, barreling runaway train.
After a few expository introductions, we're in for a ride with veteran locomotive engineer Frank Barnes (Washington, "Training Day") and rookie conductor Will Colson (Chris Pine, "Star Trek").
Hauling cargo across Pennsylvania, Frank and Will learn they're on track - and a collision course - with a half-mile long, unmanned, runaway train loaded with highly combustible chemicals that could level a town six times over.
Due to a very human error, courtesy of bumbling yard worker Dewey (Ethan Suplee, TV's My Name is Earl), the runaway train, locked at 75 mph, is bound for the town of Stanton, where a hairpin curve will send it careening off track and into a haphazardly placed fuel yard.
While train yard manager Connie (Rosario Dawson, "Clerks 2") and railway VP Garvin (Kevin Dunn, "Transformers") attempt to remedy the situation from their respective offices, Frank and Will realize they're the railway's best bet at saving the day - and hundreds of thousands of lives.
Delivering convincing and dynamic performances, Washington and Pine perform admirably in what boils down to a popcorn action movie, despite the obligatory, tacked-on drama involving their troubled lives at home.
Another swell performance comes from the film's antagonist - a train - thanks to Scott's in-your-face direction. Scott manages to bring this metallic and volatile hulk to life through a frenzied combination of noise and striking visuals.
"Unstoppable" also benefits from a minimal amount of computer-generated imagery, with Scott opting for actual stunt work, models and sets - three refreshing components seldom seen anymore in modern action cinema.
While there's action aplenty, "Unstoppable" lags at times, as Frank and Will's adventure stretches on to the point of being unstoppable in its own right. But before it loses too much speed, Scott throttles ahead with a suspenseful, though surprisingly short, climax that has you rooting for our heroes all the live long day.
"Unstoppable," rated PG-13 for sequences of action and peril, and some language, is playing at Regal Cinema 7 in Boone. For show times, visit http://www.mountaintimes.com/movies.


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While most of us were still guessing what Olivier Theyskens was dreaming up for Theory, model Diana Gartner had the inside track. "I've known him since the beginning, since before he was famous," she says. "And he hasn't changed a bit—he is such a nice person." Gartner worked with Theyskens at Theory HQ in New York over the summer, and together they found local hangouts like Pastis to replace their old Parisian haunts. The German model moved from Frankfurt to Paris when she was just 19, and kicked off her career with star appearances at Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel. "My friend gave me the YSL retrospective book for my birthday," she says. "The next night I went to bed early with a cup of tea and my new book, and there I was in the Mondrian dress." Having taken a break from modeling, Gartner is combining her comeback with a career in interior design. "You don't realize how much fashion is a part of you until you leave," she says. "Then all of a sudden you step back into the studio and it's like 'Oh, I'm home.'"
What's she's wearing:
Mara Hoffman top
Alexis Mabille leggings
Sigerson Morrison boots


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It is good to see others making yogurt. I have been making Greek yogurt for almost a year. I heat the milk up in a 2 quart glass pyrex measurer in my microwave until it reaches 175 F. This takes about 16 minutes. I let it cool on a cooling rack with a flat freezer pack under it until it gets under 120 F. Takes maybe 30 minutes or so. Stir in 2 teas. previous yogurt. Heat my oven for 1 minute to get warm and then shut off. Turn on my oven light and keep on. This will help keep the oven warm. Cover the top of the Pyrex and wrap in a large towel. Set in oven overnight. Drain in the morning in my chinois strainer I bought from Amazon -- very efficient tool. Refrigerate and enjoy. I like to make a simple blueberry sauce with frozen blueberries, water, sugar, and cornstarch. Layer it with my yogurt in a clear plastic Ball brand freezer jam cup. Put the lid on and send it to school with the kids. They love it, too.
suggestions: use raw milk and get the beneficial enzymes (don't heat above 115 F or it destroys the compounds); filter out the whey until you get a fairly clear liquid, and use this for lacto-fermentation--I make pickled veggies of all sorts, chutneys, beet kvass, bread & fruit kvass, relishes etc.--see Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions for the simple recipes--also, be sure to save enough starter for the next batch
Great recipe and method for making home made yogurt. I add powdered milk and don't boil the milk before adding the culture am I flirting with disaster?
I've been making my own yogurt for a few months now using a very similar recipe that I got from my mother-in-law, a traditional Lebanese cook. It's delicious! I use lowfat milk and drain it for about 30 minutes in a colander lined with a kitchen towel so it's thick-ish. I make it a half-gallon at a time, and I usually get about 3 1.5-cup jars of yogurt. In fact, I have some setting right now! FYI, A Cook -- you only have to use commercial yogurt the first time you make it. After that, you use your previously made yogurt as a starter for the next batch. I don't use the ice bath, just let the pot cool on the stove -- I found that the ice bath cooled it down too quickly, and I've always been worried that the ice water will get into the pot somehow. Once I mix in the milk, I leave it in an unheated oven, covered with a lid and a towel, until it's ready.
@nokitchen - in my (long years of) experience, house made yogurt is always much milder than store-bought, though the acid-ish flavor intensifies somewhat over time. You could always stir some lemon juice into each serving, or vinegar, I guess. A much easier method of making yogurt - heat 1 half gallon milk, preferably not Ultra High Heat Pasteurized, in crock pot to 180. Unplug, let cool to 110. Stir in 2-3 Tbsp live-culture yogurt. Wrap whole thing in beach towel, let sit overnight. Wake up to great yogurt!
By coincidence, right before this posted I started making a yogurt using a recipe from another site (sorry!). The differences between their recipe and this one came down to a) they didn't call for the ice bath to speed cooling - indeed, they seemed to think an hour of so of exposure to local bacteria would be good for it; b) less milk in the starter and c) incubating 5 degrees cooler (at 105-110 as opposed to 110-115). My result wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. It was as if yogurt and sour cream had a baby. If I want it more yogurty and less sour creamy, what should I change next time? Less incubation time? Higher temperature? Also, the process fouled my cheesecloth beyond cleaning -- worse than when I make cheese! Is there a way to salvage it without throwing it in the wash and exposing it to harsh clothing detergents?
Hooray...I'd always wanted to try this - thanks epicurious. With some homemade granola and fruit...a perfect breakfast. The the reviewer from Reno, sarcasm is always hilarious when the person using it is ironically ignorant, so thanks for the laugh. No...it's not odd to start yogurt with store bought. You need the bacteria, so unless you have a genetics lab next to your kitchen you'll need it. If you tried making yogurt without living yogurt cultures you'd end up with a pot of lactococci bacteria (and possibly worse), which would taste terrible and make you horribly ill. So don't skip that step unless you're really pining for a visit to the emergency room.
I prefer the taste of my own vs commercial plain yogurts, with the exception of a particular Greek brand. And I know exactly what's in my yogurt when I make it. About 25 years ago I lived in Africa. My friends and I thought it was the closest we would ever come to pioneer living, and we shared yogurt cultures with each other. Our method was not quite the science project this recipe is. Scald 1 litre of milk, allow to cool until you can comfortably hold a finger in it for 10 seconds. Stir in 2 Tbl.starter, cover bowl and keep relatively warm but not too hot for about 8 hours. Refrigerate. Eat.
Read the article on yogurt making posted on the site...it will explain everything, included how to use yogurt as a starter.


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Claremore Daily Progress
August 20, 2013
County plans razing of trees
Mark Friedel
Staff Writer
Rogers County commissioners voted Monday to not keep the two existing Red Oak trees located on the east and south side of the old courthouse.
The trees will be cut down to make room for more parking areas in front of the current Rogers County Courthouse, said District 3 Commissioner Kirt Thacker.
Thacker said after speaking with architect Kim Reeves, no hard numbers were given, but the process needed to keep the trees would be expensive.
"There is no way of knowing if the trees will survive the stress of the courthouse demolition and preparation of the new parking lot. There's nothing really special about these trees," he said. "Will Rogers never tied his horse to one. I think we ought to take them down and plant new trees."
Commissioners Mike Helm, Dan DeLozier and Kirt Thacker all voted yes to the removal of the 30-year-old trees.
Preliminary plans for a plaza to be constructed in front of the new courthouse have been completed, said Thacker.
"I received a design from the architect (Kim Reeves), last week and he told me that we would lose close to 12 parking spaces, eight on the east side and three, possibly four spots on the south side if we keep the trees. Roots will grow up under the sidewalks, causing us to tear them down later."
Helm said wood from the trees will somehow be salvaged and plans have been discussed to carve part of a tree trunk into a statue of Will Rogers.
Commissioners met Monday afternoon for a special meeting to open bids for the demolition of the old courthouse. Out of four bids, one was awarded, said County Clerk employee Nelson McSwaim.
DT Services, Inc. of Tulsa will provide demolition service for a total of $150,665. Service includes demolition, hauling of materials, as well as, hauling of dirt to be leveled for plaza construction.
The date for the demolition of the old courthouse has not yet been released.


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Think you know Spain? Think it's all sangria, bullfighting and paella? Then you've not been to Galicia.
See also: Things to Do in Santiago de Compostela
Cities and Towns in GaliciaMajor cities and towns in Galicia, in order of 'importance' to the tourist:
- Santiago de Compostela
- Fisterra
- A Coruña
- Ribadavia and the Ribeiro District
- Pontevedra
- Vigo
Galicia in a week
Start in Santiago de Compostela (two days), and then visit A Coruña (two days). After that, head north to the coast and head west and then south, checking out any town or village that takes your fancy (making sure you check out Fisterra).
Note that public transport along the coast is poor - if you want the freedom to really explore, you'll need to hire a car. Compare Prices on Car Hire in Spain.
- Enjoy the fabulous green countryside - it's everywhere. Have your ideas dispelled of what Spain looks like as you are surrounded by rolling hills and green pastures.
- Visit Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, the final destination of those on the Camino de Santiago.
- Visit the end of the world in Fisterra. Fisterra was the most-western point of the Roman Empire and it was believed that the sun was extinguished each night as it set in the sea. The awful weather there really adds to the feeling that you've reached the end of the planet!
- Eat Pulpo a la Gallega, boiled octopus with paprika, at a restaurant in A Coruña or Santiago de Compostela. It may sound gross, and it certainly isn't to everyone's taste, but it is a quintessential part of Galician cuisine and a lot of people can't get enough of it. Read more about Galician food.
- Go up the Torre de Hércules in A Coruña and check out the breathtaking coastline.
Places to Add if You Have Time
Other popular cities in Galicia include Ourense, Vigo and Pontevedra.
Arrival and DepartureThe main international airport for north-west Spain is in Santiago de Compostela, though there is also an airport in A Coruña and Oviedo too.


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When I first pulled up the newly launched video for the single "Dollar Chills" from Australia's so-called "party thrash" team DZ Deathrays, the first thing to instantly register in my horror-saturated brain was "Hell yeah, looks like that Chromeskull cat from the Laid To Rest movies put a pretty sick band together." As groovy as that prospect sounds in theory, it probably wouldn't go over to well in reality... but like I said, my head just naturally goes there. But this sonic death-dealing duo from Down Under are a whole new kind of monster, and they make a big, insane noise that's both frightening and exciting. I went in search of more, finally getting my hands on their debut full-length album Bloodstreams. Check out the review below the fold, and give that creepy-cool "Dollar Chills" vid a peek for yourself...
Originally formed in Brisbane as a roof-raising party band, DZ Deathrays was created by vocalist/guitarist Shane Parsons and drummer Simon Ridley, who managed to transform this deceptively simple combo into a mighty blast of crazed, chaotic heavy-beat experimental rock, thanks to some damn impressive arrangements and colorful, track-stacked production (by Richard Pike, whose credits include electro-rockers PVT). One of their first forays into North America was last year's SXSW fest, where they grabbed international attention, and this year they've scored the #4 spot on NME's "20 Most Exciting Bands for 2012" list. They're heading back to the US this year, so I wanted to get familiar with their work pronto.
It turns out these guys aren't a one-trick pony, because Bloodstreams is more than just a party jam record. I realized this immediately with the brief intro/title track, which showcases the band's (and producer Pike's) ability to transform Parsons' freestyle noodling into a bizarre sci-fi soundscape, blended with electronic sequences and psychedelic noise to lead you into their maniacal but fascinating world. The heavy begins with the raucous "Teenage Kickstarts," which lays out their minimal formula of super-short, hot and catchy anthems propelled by simple but skull-shattering beats and a cycling guitar hook. While you're still reeling from that one, they're already slipping into "Dollar Chills," an effects-driven mood piece with multi-tracked melodic vocals and a dangerously sensual mood.
Quirky, programmed guitar arpeggios are sprinkled through the darker, lower-key "Dumb It Down" and the amazing "Debt Death," which is also one of the band's creepier cuts, interspersed with a massive chord progression and chorus screams that pan across the stereo field (this one's awesome in a decent pair of headphones). "Gebbie Street," a track carried over from one the band's earlier recordings, has one of the album's standout riffs, backed by rock organ and jungle-style rhythms that climax in a rap-rock groove reminiscent of early Rage Against the Machine. After more fast-and-furious, bare bones party punk in "L.A. Lightning," we get the surprising cool-down tune "Play Dead Until You're Dead," which has a distinct early '90s UK club flavor, but with a rawer edge. The relentless cymbal crashes of "Dinomight" occasionally give way to an exchange of talk-sung chants and a house-rocking shouted chorus that is sure to be one of their favorite live numbers. The record closes with the slow-rolling '80s alt-pop vibe of "Trans AM," with Parsons' filtered vocals hovering over a wide sweep of gritty guitar harmonics, feedback and synth tweaking.
Capturing just the right balance of danceable punk and experimental psychedelic mood-rock, Bloodstreams is a hint of strange and amazing things to come from a band that deserves the attention they've been getting this year... but these songs are clearly meant to live and breathe in a live situation, so be on the lookout for them on the next tour. In the meantime, check out the visually stunning and skull-tacular "Dollar Chills" vid below!


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The 48th annual Bedford Fall Foliage Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in downtown Bedford.
There will be food and craft vendors, live music and children's activities.
An antique car parade will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Parking is available for $7 at Old Bedford Village and Bedford County Fairgrounds, and free shuttles are available.
Information: www.bedfordfallfestival.com.
Musical storyteller
Local songwriter Tim Dabbs will perform at noon Tuesday at First Lutheran Church, 415 Vine St., downtown Johnstown, for the church's recital series.
Many of his songs are inspired by the Johnstown area, such as "The Day the Rumors Came True," a haunting tale of the Johnstown Flood of 1889, or "Cambria Bells," about the rise and fall of the Johnstown steel industry and the immigrants who built it.
Precious memories
Jimmy Fortune, former member of the Statler Brothers, will perform in memory of Richland student Kiersten Robertson at 7 p.m. Saturday at Richland Performing Arts Center, One Academic Ave., Richland Township.
Proceeds benefit the Kiersten Robertson Memorial Scholarship.
Tickets are $24 for adults and $22 for students and senior citizens.
Information: 269-0300 or www.richlandpac.com.
Symphony debut
The opening concert by Johnstown Symphony Orchestra will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Richland Township. The concert will feature Romanian-born violinist Lenuta Ciulei.
Tickets are $35 for adults and $10 for students.
Information: 535-6738 or 269-7200.
Sumptuous sewing
"Ex Machina – 34 Years of Costuming by Winnie Voytko" will be on display Saturday through Nov. 5 at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, 411 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
Information: 536-5399.
Canine cleanliness
"Harry the Dirty Dog" will be presented as part of the Coal-ala-Bear Children's Series at 2 p.m. Sunday at Arcadia Theater, 1418 Graham Ave., Windber.
The show will benefit the Somerset County Humane Society.
Tickets are $6.
Information: 467-9070.
Spooky hikes
Spirits of the Summit evening walking tours will begin at 6 Saturday at the visitor center at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, off the Gallitzin exit of U.S. Route 22.
Tours will be held at 6, 6:20, 6:40, 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8, 8:20 and 8:40.
Space for the 50-minute tours is limited to 15 people per tour, so reservations are required. Tours will be held rain or shine.
The cost is $2 per person,
Information: 886-6150 or www.nps.gov/alpo.
Graphic drama
"The Pillowman" by Martin McDonagh will be presented at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Oct. 19 and 20 at Venue of Merging Arts, 305 Chestnut St. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
The play centers on a writer in a totalitarian police state who is interrogated because of a series of brutal child murders based on his stories.
Due to graphic violence, mature themes and coarse language, no one younger than age 17 will be permitted.
The cast features Wes Layton, Paula Carroll, Scott Jeffreys, Ethan Leydig, Randy Jeffreys, Jennifer Johnson and Lisa Polaski.
The play is directed by Kate Davis.
Michele Johnston is stage manager; Sarah Elston, assistant stage manager; Bruce Standley, set design/tech director; and Michael Nicholson, makeup artist.
Tickets are $10.
Information: 410-2245.
Creepy costumes
A Spooktacular Sale of Haunts from the Past will be presented from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Second Sunday Antique Boutique at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, 411 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
Admission is free.
Information: 536-5399.
Basket benefits
A basket party to benefit 3-year-old Dexter Horner will be held Sunday at Ace's, 316 Chestnut St. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
Doors will open at 1 p.m.
Tickets are $10, which includes 25 tickets, food and door prizes.
A basket party to benefit the Hollsopple Train Station will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Oakwood Restaurant, 1600 Cambridge Drive, Davidsville.
Doors will open at 1.
Tickets, which are $10, include a light lunch and 26 basket tickets.
Fall fun
An Oktoberfest Celebration will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at LaurelWood Care Center, 100 Woodmont Road, Upper Yoder Township.
Musical entertainment will be provided by the Rhythm Masters.
Refreshments and tours will be provided, and reservations are required.
Information: 255-1488 or mylaurelwoodcarecenter.com.
Vale Wood Farms Pumpkin Patch will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 21 at Vale Wood Farms, 517 Vale Wood Road, Loretto.
Admission is $3 per person, and hayride farm tours are available for an additional $2 per person.
Children ages 2 and younger will be admitted free.
Information: 886-7171 or (800) 861-MILK.
A corn maze presented by Weakland Farms, Route 164, Portage, is open from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 1 to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 28. The farm closes at 9.
Information: www.weaklandfarms.com.
HallowBoo, the family-oriented Halloween event, will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 28 at Idlewild Park, Route 30 East, Ligonier.
The cost is $26.99, and children ages 2 and younger will be admitted free.
Information: www.idlewild.com.
An Old School Fest will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Strongstown Homecoming & Historical Society, 14895 Route 422 Highway East, Strongstown.
There will be food, children's activities, door prizes, fall and Christmas decor and crafts, fall produce and theme baskets.
The 28th annual Autumnfest will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 20-21 and 27-28 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort.
There is a fine arts theme this weekend, and other themes will feature antique tractors and cars for Oct. 20-21 and chocolate and chili for Oct. 27-28.
There is a $5 per car parking fee during Autumnfest weekends, and complimentary shuttle service will be available throughout the parking lots.
Information: www.7springs.com or (800) 452-2223.
Benefit news
A free Social Security seminar will be held at 1 p.m. today at Cambria County Library, 248 Main St., downtown Johnstown.
A representative from the Social Security Administration will be at the 55 Plus Classic Corner to answer questions regarding Social Security benefits.
The program is informal and free to the public, and no reservations are necessary.
Information: 536-5131.
Artistic kids
The first of two three-week series of Saturday Art Classes for Kids will be held Saturday, Oct. 20 and Oct. 27 at The Learning Lamp, 2025 Bedford St., Stonycreek Township.
In "Self Expression in Painting," which will be held Saturday, Oct. 20 and Oct. 27, students will explore the basics of color mixing and Native American imagery while creating a self-portrait with acrylic painting on canvas.
Children in Pre-K and kindergarten will meet from 9 to 10 a.m., and children in Grades 1-3 will be in session from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Tuition for both age groups is $25.
Extended classes for Grades 4 and older will be held Saturdays from noon to 1:30 p.m., and tuition will be $38.
All tuition includes cost of supplies for three sessions per month.
Information: 262-0732 or www.thelearninglamp.org.
Camp benefit
A Quilt Auction and Chicken Barbecue will be held Saturday at Camp Sequanota, 368 Sequanota Road, Boswell, near Jennerstown.
Craft vendor sales will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and quilt auction will begin at 2, with other handcrafted items also available for purchase.
Chicken barbecue will be available for eat-in or takeout beginning at 4.
Information: 629-6627.
Dining sampler
"Taste of the Laurel Highlands" fundraiser to benefit the Somerset auxiliary of Johnstown Symphony Orchestra will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Green Gables Restaurant, 7712 Somerset Pike, Jennerstown.
Food from 16 area restaurants will be showcased.
Tickets are $25.
Information: 443-2433.
Through the lens
An exhibition of works by members of the Greater Johnstown Camera Club will be on display through Sunday at The Galleria, 500 Galleria Drive, Richland Township. The display will be located near Bon Ton on the first floor.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Book bargains
Friends of the Cambria County Library's Inclined To Read Bookstore will feature murder mysteries and Halloween books for the month of October at the library at 248 Main St., downtown Johnstown.
There also are books by R.L. Stine in the children's section.
Hardbacks are $1, and paperbacks are 25 cents each or five for $1.
Bookstore hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.
Information: 536-5131.
Rock musical
The rock musical "Next to Normal" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday at Cresson Lake Playhouse, 279 Shapiro Road, Loretto.
Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door.
Information: 472-4333 or www.cressonlake.com.
Country sisters
"Sister Mary Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree" will be presented at 2 and 8 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Playhouse, Jennerstown.
Ticket prices range from $17 to $39.
Information: 629-9201, option 1, or www.MountainPlayhouse.org.
Stewart tribute
"Jimmy Stewart & Friends," featuring comedian Rich Little, will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Toretti Auditorium at Kovalchick Convention & Athletic Complex on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Little will re-create Stewart and 25 other celebrities in the benefit for the Jimmy Stewart Museum.
Special guests will be Nick Clooney and Judy Stewart.
Tickets are $45.
Information: (800) 298-4200 or comcastTIX.com.
Artistic variety
"In All Directions," wood carvings, watercolors and pencil drawings by Sally Stewart, will be on display through Oct. 26 at Community Arts Center of Cambria County, 1217 Menoher Blvd., Westmont.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
Information: 255-6515.
Artistic display
"Retrospective" by Johnstown artist Mark Ed will be on display through Nov. 3 at Art Works in Johnstown, 413 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
The exhibit will cover 30 years of Ed's work and will feature more than 200 pieces, including oil paintings, mixed media paintings, sculptures and other art work.
Admission is free.
Information: 535-2020.
Historic exhibit
"125 Year of Organized Jewish Life: 1888 to 2013," the Johnstown Jewish Community Heritage Project, will be on display through September 2013 at Heritage Discovery Center, 201 Sixth Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
The exhibition illuminates the history, traditions and achievements of Johnstown's Jewish community.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Information: 539-1889.
Artistic views
"A Sense of Place" featuring work by Willi Singleton and Joyce Werwie Perry will be on display through Nov. 2 at the Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, 214 S. Harrison Ave., Somerset.
Singleton makes ceramics using unprocessed clay forms with plant ashes.
Perry takes inspiration from photos to craft small encaustic, or painted, wax pieces and also will exhibit large oil paintings done with knives.
Information: 443-2433 or www.laurelarts.org.
Paints and prints
The work of Jan and Jonathan Heath will be exhibited by the Bedford County Arts Center through October 27 at the Anderson House, 137 E. Pitt St., Bedford.
Jonathan Heath has painted professionally since 1972 and is a self-taught painter, working in watercolor, oil and acrylic.
Jan Heath has been making prints for more than 30 years, and all of her prints are hand pulled, signed and numbered.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.
Information: 623-1538.
Lifelong art
A collection of Colleen Browning's works will be on display at several locations of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art.
"Colleen Browning: Early Works" through Nov. 3 at the Ligonier Valley location, One Boucher Lane, Ligonier.
"Colleen Browning: Magic Realist" through Saturday at the Loretto location on the campus of St. Francis University.
"Colleen Browning: Drawings" through Jan. 12 at the Altoona location, 1210 11th Ave.
Artistic faith
"Seeing and Believing: Art Encounters Faith" will be on display through Dec. 8 in the Margery Wolf-Kuhn Gallery at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto on the campus of St. Francis University.
The 45-piece exhibition features paintings, drawings, prints and photographs representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and American Indian spirituality.
Information: 472-3920 or www.sama-art.org.
Varied art
The annual juried exhibition "Artists in Our Midst" will be on display through Jan. 19 in the Shirley and Fred A. Pechter Gallery at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona, 1210 Eleventh Ave., Altoona.
The exhibition will have 77 works created by 27 local and regional artists who are members of Art in Common.
The wide variety of media will include photography, watercolor, wood, acrylic, oil, clay, fiber arts and mixed media.
The museum will celebrate the exhibition at a Blue Monday program at 6 p.m. Monday featuring a light dinner set to the music of Stormy.
The cost of the program is $20 per person or $10 for Art in Common members.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
Information: 946-4464 or www.sama-art.org.
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Yahoo!'s Graham Bensinger sits down with Team USA basketball star Kobe Bryant to find out what happens if they don't win gold, his relationship with Coach K, and why he didn't take a shot in the team's first practice.
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Lake in the Hills native Josh Scholl will perform every weekend in October at the "Dead Man's Party" at Six Flags Great America's Fright Fest, according to the Northwest Herald.
The 2001 Jacobs High School graduate also currently has a new single on the radio "City Lights" and won last year's Karaoke Battle USA — an ABC reality show, according to the NW Herald.
Scholl told the NW Herald he plays an evil doctor on stage at the Dead Man's Party who controls zombies and sings and dances along to Alice Cooper.
The Fright Fest website has more information on the Dead Man's Party.


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Definition: A trait is an element of personality that is relatively stable throughout the lifespan and across contexts. In other words, a trait is a consistent element of self that makes that person who he is. Traits are the general tendencies you'd list if you were asked to describe your child or your best friend.
Traits affect our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Psychologists who support the trait theory of personality believe that there are five basic traits (called the "Big Five"): extraversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, neuroticism and agreeableness.
Related terms: Neuroticism, introversion, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness
McAdams, Dan, & Olson, Bradley. Personality Development: Continuity and Change Over the Life Course. Annual Review of Psychology. 2010. 61: 517-542.


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CUMBRIA County Council's adoption team are kick starting a county wide drive to find more adopters by touring on a vintage bus.
During National Adoption Week, which starts on Monday, the adoption team will be on a double decker 1959 Bristol Lodekka visiting Penrith, Kendal and Carlisle. The doors will be open for people to hop aboard and have a chat with the team and find out if adoption is for them.
They hope that National Adoption Week will provide inspiration for people to come forward and consider adopting one of the 51 children in Cumbria waiting for adoptive families.
National Adoption Week is organised by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) and aims to raise awareness of adoption and encourage potential parents to come forward. There are an estimated 4,000 children across the UK needing adoption every year.
The team are hoping to raise awareness of the children waiting for adoptive families and to let people know about the high quality support they'll get from the council if they are interested.
The bus will be in the following locations each day from 10 - 4pm • Kendal, Tues 5 Nov - Market Square • Penrith, Wed 6 Nov - Penrith market, Great Dockray car park • Carlisle, Thurs 7 Nov - Pedestrianised area.
Coun Anne Burns, Cabinet Member for Children's Services, said: "This is about getting out there, spreading the message about adoption and giving people the confidence to find out more. People can expect a high quality, professional and personal service from our adoption team. The team has matched hundreds of children with families in Cumbria over the years, they have the skills, expertise and experience to support people through the adoption process and match them with child who will thrive in their care. I know they place a lot of importance on the quality of the relationship adopters have with them. Adoption is a big decision but people can be confident that we will be there for them throughtout."
Alan Wood, Deputy Chief Executive of BAAF, said: "Every child has the right to live in a safe; loving; happy home. For those children who are unable to live within their birth family, adoption is one of the best ways to ensure this happens. There is no doubt that adoption is a life changing process for all concerned, and that there are children right now who need permanent homes to grow up in. National Adoption Week helps us all to re-focus and renew our efforts to find the loving and permanent homes required."
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Developer Portals On Github: Example From Socrata
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Civic data platform Socrata has launched a new developer area to support developers who are building apps on top of city, county, state and federal data, as well as the publishers of this data. A release of a new developer area is always worthy of note in my tracking of the API space—anytime I see a tweet or blog post about the release of new developer area, I will visit to see what is going on.
The first thing I find particularly interesting about Socrata's approach is that they published as a Github repository, using Github Pages. We are seeing more government developer areas move onto Github, because of the easy site hosting with Github Pages, and the benefits of managing your projects with Git, as well as social benefits of Github and its underlying API.
Application Developers
Socrata provides a wealth of information for application developers, including a getting started guide, robust API documentation, client libraries, and D3.js assistance for those looking to build visualizations on top of government data.
Data Publishers
On the other side of the coin, Socrata also provides data publishers with what they need to get started, clean and organize their data, and the ability publish or sync with the Socrata platform, providing R, Ruby and Java libraries that really jumpstart integration.
The second thing I really like about the new Socrata portal is that it is more educational than it is technical, and tailored to onboard the next generation of government data publishers and consumers. Socrata doesn't just provide details about API endpoints, they provide information on what is JSON and HTTP verbs. From years of experience, Socrata has a firm grasp of the amount of education the space needs to get up to speed, and it shows in their developer portal.
To provide some critique of the implementation, the formatting of the text wasn't the easiest to consume. For some reason the font-size, density and layout made it hard to spend too scan and spend time with. I'd recommend taking a look at FullContact API in separate browser tab, then flip back and forth, to demonstrate what I mean. Next I think Socrata could go further with contrasting things between developers and non-developers—the potential is there to really onboard people who don't write code, an example of this in action is over at Dwolla.
As part of my API monitoring, I think I will have to add some sort of tag for APIs that deploy their developer area via Github, so I can keep track of interesting implementations. When your developer area is published on Github, I just think it invites collaboration, and participation from the community.
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Grunion? you say? What are grunions? Well, California grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) are small silvery fish about 5 to 6 inches long found only along the coast of southern California and northern Baja California. Most of us would be unaware of their existence were it not for the unique spawning behavior of these fish. Unlike other fish, grunion come out of the water completely to lay their eggs in the wet sand of the beach. And that, my friends, makes us privy to the California grunion run, or more sprecifically, the grunion's sex life.
Along San Diego's sandy beaches, from March through September, one of the most remarkable life cycles in the sea is completed when the California grunion comes ashore to spawn.
According to the California Department of Fish and Game, as if this behavior were not strange enough, grunion make these excursions only on particular nights, and with such regularity that the time of their arrival on the beach can be predicted a year in advance. This phenomenon can be seen on many beaches in southern California. Shortly after high tide, on certain nights, sections of these beaches sometimes are covered with thousands of grunion depositing their eggs in the sand. Hence, the popularity of both grunion watching and grunion hunting.
Yep, you read it right: grunion hunting. Because, even though they are fish, you don't exactly catch them with a pole and line. Nope. Since the grunion basically wash up to your feet, you have to chase them down and grab them barehanded if you want to catch them. That's what makes grunion hunting so uniquely SoCal!
Since these fish leave the water to deposit their eggs, they may be picked up while they are briefly stranded. Often there are more people than fish, but at other times everyone catches fish. So, no expensive fishing gear is needed (just your bare hands and a bucket or sack to hold your prizes. Oh yeah, and a valid State fishing license and a willingness to get a little wet.
Quick Grunion Hunting Facts(courtesy of the Ca. Dept. of Fish and Game)
Grunion Description:Grunion are small slender fish with bluish green backs, silvery sides and bellies. Their average length is between 5 and 6 inches. Early Spanish settlers called this fish grunion, which means grunter. This term has been anglicized into grunion. Grunion are known to make a faint squeaking noise while spawning. The scientific name for the California grunion is Leuresthes tenuis, and this fish belongs to the family Atherinidae, commonly known as silversides.
Grunion Hunting Regulations: A valid State fishing license is all that is required for taking grunion. The season is closed during April and May. However, this is an excellent time for observing runs. Grunion must be taken by hand only, no appliances of any kind may be used, and no holes may be dug in the beach. There is no limit to the number that may be taken, but grunion should not be wasted.
Best Grunion Hunting Locations: The ends of beaches are often the best spots. Some of the beaches in San Diego that are known to have runs are: Del Mar, La Jolla, Mission Beach and the Coronado Strand.
Hints For A Successful Run: Although not always possible, the fewer people the better. Fires and lanterns should be used sparingly. Light may scare the fish and they will not come out of the water. After a wave has receded, flashlights may be used to help locate fish. A small gunny sack makes a good grunion creel. Finally, plan to stay late - many grunioners quit an hour after high tide and miss a good run.
Cooking Grunion: Grunion should be cleaned and scaled. For best results they should be rolled in a mixture of flour and yellow corn meal to which a little salt has been added and deep fried until golden brown. Although bony, they have a very delicate flavor and provide excellent table fare when prepared fresh.
For a schedule of the expected grunion runs in Southern California, check the Deartment of Fish and Game's site here.
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Lenoria Jones was 3 when she disappeared.
After 18 years, Tacoma police dont whether the girl was killed, kidnapped or living elsewhere. Detectives continue working the case, hoping to one day have an answer.
Lenorias aunt, who had custody of the girl and was trying to adopt her, reported Lenoria missing July 20, 1995. She told police the girl wandered away while they were shopping at Target on South 23rd Street.
Officers reviewed surveillance tapes and discovered the aunt entered the store alone. There was no evidence Lenoria ever came to Target.
When confronted, the aunt gave varying accounts of what happened to the girl. She said the girl went missing from their Hilltop home on South Sheridan Avenue that morning. Then she claimed two men snatched her.
Lenorias mother told police she called two days before the girl was reported missing and was not allowed to speak to her daughter. Its unclear how long Lenoria may have been missing before the aunt called police.
Detectives said Lenoria suffered from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and required medication at the time of her disappearance. There was speculation in 1995 that Lenoria may have accidentally overdosed on her medication.
Lenoria was 3-feet and 40 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair worn in braids. She would be 21 today if shes still alive.
Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is asking for information about the girls disappearance. Tipsters could receive up to $1,000 in reward money. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 253-591-5959.


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Please support Senate Bill 6295. This is not about religion. It is about child welfare. The bill is supported by the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Christian Science treatment consists of practitioners praying for patients and providing care by nurses. Religious adopted medical terminology is not validated through education, board licensure or standards of care.
I am a clinician, held by law to standards, and accountable legally, civilly, criminally, ethically and morally. Religions plagiarizing terminology, to cloak prayer with no medical knowledge background, lacks safeguards for all. Christian Scientists are not state-licensed.
As a child abuse clinician, I support Sen. Mark Mullet's bill to both repeal the current wording of state law addressing the abuse and neglect of children with regard to cultural and religious practices and beliefs, and to provide a fair, clear and far more protective verbiage for children at risk.
It protects all minorities from state intrusion when the child is not at substantial risk, while making clear that real dangers to a child's health should be reported regardless of parents' religious beliefs. It aligns with Congress' 2010 child protection systems "while not allowing the differences in those beliefs and traditions to enable abuse or neglect."


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With the state of today's job market, it's not surprising that recent college graduates and professionals would consider going back to school to enhance their qualifications by pursuing a Masters Degree.
Below are three examples of jobs in varied fields that require a Masters Degree from an accredited school. Also listed are job descriptions, entry-level salaries, ideal character traits for the role, and examples of online degrees that may apply to each position. Let's take a look:
Marriage and Family Therapists
Marriage and Family Therapists typically diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, including cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of a marriage or family
- Entry-level salary: $25,540[i]
- Ideal character traits: Compassion, empathy, sensitivity, good communication skills, oral and written expressiveness and comprehension, critical thinking skills
- Learn more about Masters Degree in Society that may apply to a career as a marriage and family therapist.
School Administrators
School Administrators plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of public or private schools.
- Entry-level salary: $58,530[ii]
- Ideal character traits: Leadership, problem solving skills, excellent critical thinking skills, inductive and deductive reasoning skills, oral and written expressiveness
- Learn more about Masters Degree in Education that make apply to a career as a school administrator.
Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a physician, such as conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients
- Entry-level salary: $62,430[iii]
- Ideal character traits for this role include: social perceptiveness, problem solving skills, critical thinking skills, inductive and deductive reasoning skills, knowledge of medical sciences, service orientation, reading comprehension, oral and written expressiveness and comprehension
- Learn more about Masters Degree in Health & Medicine that may be applicable to this position.
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Hamden's Arts, Recreation & Culture Department announces the 2012-2013 Peter C. Hereld Sunday Performance Series . The series has been retitled in gratitude to Mr. Hereld, a former Hamden Arts Commissioner, for his generous support of this program.
The season will launch on October 21, 2 pm, with "A Tribute to Frank Sinatra" by Rob Zappulla, formerly a featured vocalist with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra for eight years. Zappulla's incredible voice, superb trumpet playing and extraordinary showmanship ha ve brought him accolades from around the globe.
All events will be held in the handicapped-accessible Thornton Wilder Hall, Miller Cultural Complex, 2901 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden. Admission is $7 general admission/ $5 for senior citizens, students and children 12 and under. Tickets are sold at the door only. The series is presented with generous support from the estate of former Commissioner Emeritus Peter C. Hereld. For information, please call the Arts Commission at (203) 287-2546.


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Sen. Barack Obama announced Saturday that he would donate to charity $40,350 in past political contributions, after his identity surfaced in a public corruption case headed to trial.
The case and the contributions involve Antoin Rezko, one of Obama's earliest patrons. Rezko, 52, is scheduled to go on trial next month on federal charges alleging he joined a scheme to force investment firms seeking business from Illinois state pension funds to pay kickbacks.


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San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher and his players celebrate their win over Marquette in an NCAA men's college basketball game at the Wooden Legacy tournament in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. San Deigo State won the game and the tournament championship, 67-59.
The Aztecs took on 25th-ranked Marquette in the title game of the Wooden Legacy up in Anaheim. The win was a big one for San Diego State University and helped get Steve Fisher's team a ranking in the AP's Top 25.
The team played three games over a four-day period capped off Sunday night in the title game of the Wooden Legacy at the Honda Center.
Xavier Thames was money all night. He hit this first half 3-point shot to give State a three-point lead.
The game was tight throughout, but an early second half burst, capped by a Winston Sheppard dunk put State up by nine points.
The Golden Eagles closed the gap.
Then Aztecs went to Shepard again for a short jumper that gave the Aztecs a four-point lead.
Still up four with under a minute left. Thames drove the lane but his shot was blocked. Skylar Spencer was at the rim for the shot.
The Aztecs won it 67-59 and are now 5-1 on the season.
On Monday, the school tweeted the news - San Diego State University was named among the top 25 teams in the nation:
#AztecMBB is No. 24 in the @AP_Top25 poll. #WeAreAztecs
— GoAztecs.com (@GoAztecs) December 2, 2013
The team plays cross town rival USD Thursday.
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