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2008 News Release Archive
A new year can mean new resolutions for both children and adults alike. But whether you're young or old, it can be tough to keep those good habits throughout the year. There's why a little careful planning and ongoing follow-up can go a long way. "Kids are not too young to also participate in the fun of setting New Years resolutions," says Dr. April Nesin, pediatric clinical psychologist at St. Louis Children's Hospital. "In fact, parents and children may have more success if they make New Years resolutions as a family, with every family member having a specific part, and all are accountable."
St. Louis Children's Hospital is among the top 5 pediatric hospitals in the United States according to the results of a comprehensive study of more than 100 children's hospitals released today by Parents magazine. St. Louis Children's Hospital's #5 ranking is the highest overall for the hospital since the survey began in 2001. St. Louis Children's is the only hospital in Missouri, Illinois, and the surrounding eight-state region to make the list.
St. Louis-area families now have a new home for Child Safety. St. Louis Children's Hospital has unveiled a newly-expanded "Safety Stop," an onsite area where certified safety experts will offer free safety consultation appointments and discounted products to hospital patients and families in the community. In addition to helmet, car seat and home safety information and products, Safety Stop also will include consultations for the hospital's new Safe Escape Program, which offers families of children with disabilities and special health care needs education, information and equipment to prepare for safe evacuation during emergencies or natural disasters.
St. Louis Children's Hospital is the only pediatric hospital in the region to receive three national honors from the US Department of Health and Human Services for organ donation and transplantation. During the Fourth National Learning Congress on Organ Donation and Transplantation, held in October in Nashville, Tennessee, Children's Hospital received a Medal of Honor for achieving a 75% conversion rate for organ donation in the last twelve months. This was the fourth consecutive year St. Louis Children's Hospital received the honor.
Children are four times more likely to be hit by a car on Halloween than any other night of the year. Burns, falls and other serious injuries can make October 31st as frightening for parents as it is for their little goblins. "The single most important thing is for kids to wear costumes that can be easily seen by drivers," says Dr. Joseph Gunn, emergency medicine physician at St. Louis Children's Hospital, "and be very careful about obeying the rules of crossing the streets."
Children with sickle cell disease at St. Louis Children's Hospital will be wrapped in the warmth of a stranger's kindness this winter. That stranger, 102-year-old Corrine Fick, has donated more than 100 blankets to the children. Fick, who is legally blind and nearly deaf, began making the blankets to improve her manual dexterity, at the recommendation of her physical therapist.
Clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects, has long been thought to have a genetic component. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have found the first gene linked to clubfoot in humans. Their research will be published in the Nov. 7 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
Two weeks after an American Heart Association study outlined the success of miniaturized heart assist pumps, the Berlin heart – a pediatric ventricular assist device – received unconditional FDA approval for clinical trails. In the study, led by Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi, Cardiothoracic Surgeon at St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, nine pediatric patients with severe heart failure were successfully kept alive for an average of 35 days with miniaturized heart assist pumps while awaiting a heart transplant.
In the last 10 years, the St. Louis area has seen an alarming increase in new diagnoses of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among 13-24 year-olds. Between 1997-2007, more than 50 new diagnoses of HIV were made each year among adolescents and young adults, who are often disconnected from the health-care system or support services. Nationwide, St. Louis has among the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in this age group.
The sights and sounds of the Great Forest Park Balloon Race had special meaning this year for children treated at St. Louis Children's Hospital for severe to profound hearing problems. Patients, families, medical and hospital staff celebrated a surgical milestone – the 500th Pediatric Cochlear Implant that occurred this past spring, making the hospital's Cochlear Implant Program one of the largest and most successful in the region.
Visitors at the world-renowned Saint Louis Zoo will now receive medical support provided by nationally-ranked St. Louis Children's Hospital. About 20 hospital paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) will staff the Zoo's first official first aid station to provide medical help for visitors, Zoo employees and volunteers needing treatment for minor injuries.
Diseases are spread easily at daycare and at school. Children spread germs more than adults. Young children share toys and often put their hands in their mouths. Children tend to wash their hands less. All of these things put them at a higher risk of getting sick. Find out what you should know and what you should do about sickness at school.
Many families will celebrate America's independence this year with fireworks. While fireworks may be sold legally in some municipalities, most safety experts continue to advise against private use, especially by children. "There are no safe fireworks," says Doug Carlson, MD, pediatric emergency physician at St. Louis Children's Hospital. "Even the simple ones like sparklers can cause severe burns to young children if they're not supervised."
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has announced sweeping changes to its pediatric organ allocation policy, giving more weight to the severity of a child's illness, and less to his or her geographical location. Physicians at pediatric transplant centers, like St. Louis Children's Hospital, believe this will shorten the wait for organs for the very sickest young patients who, in the past, had to compete with older, less severely ill patients for the same organs.
The fourth consecutive year of Camp Rhythm took place in late June at Babler State Park in Chesterfield, MO. Camp Rhythm is the first camp in the St. Louis area dedicated to the needs of children with heart problems. St. Louis Children's Hospital developed "Camp Rhythm," to address the special needs of children who've had heart surgeries, even heart transplants or have congenital heart problems. At Camp Rhythm, children proudly display their chest scars and take comfort in their common surgical and medical experiences.
St. Louis Children's Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation's top children's hospitals in all of the seven specialties rated by US News & World Report in the 2008 edition of "America's Best Children's Hospitals." St. Louis Children's Hospital ranked 6tth in neurology and neurosurgery, 11th in neonatal care, 12th in respiratory disorders, 17th in general pediatrics, cancer care, heart and heart surgery, and 23rd in digestive disorders.
Couples thinking about "trying for a baby" may want to put their plans on hold for three to six months as they prepare their bodies for a healthy conception that will give their babies the best chance to avoid birth defects. "The most important time in a pregnancy is the first four to eight weeks when most of a fetus's organs are being formed," said F. Sessions Cole, M.D., director of newborn medicine at St. Louis Children's Hospital and professor of pediatrics, cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine.
St. Louis, MO– Physicians, nurses and child advocates at St. Louis Children's Hospital joined U.S. Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond in congratulating the Children's Trust Fund (CTF) for 25 years of fighting child abuse and neglect. In a reception at the hospital, physician leaders also thanked Bond for his longtime dedication to children's health issues and support of legislation to train medical professionals who care for children.
St. Louis Children's Hospital presented its annual Advocacy Awards to James Buford, president and chief executive officer of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, and state Sen. James Clayborne, Belleville, whose 57th district encompasses much of the Metro-East area. The awards were established in 1994 to recognize local and state leaders who use their positions, influence and resources to do what's right for children.
Devan Hall is a sixteen-year-old sophomore at Francis Howell High School in St. Charles. With his tall, skinny build, it's no surprise he had "hoop dreams" on the basketball court. What was surprising, however, was that playing his favorite sport could kill him. When Devan was eight, he learned he had Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that affects the entire body, including the skeleton, eyes and heart.
Failure to successfully transition from the womb to the outside world can result in a lifetime of difficulty– from learning disabilities, to vision impairment, to cerebral palsy. It can also be deadly. Now, doctors at St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine are using a therapy they call 'therapeutic hypothermia,' which can mitigate those effects, or prevent them altogether, in certain populations of babies.
It may not be what's on his plate that's causing your child's weight gain. He could be drinking himself into obesity, according to pediatric dietitians. St. Louis Children's Hospital registered dietitian, Tara Todd, says high calorie drinks – even fruit juices – can add up fast. Soda, energy drinks and fruit juices are some of the main culprits for weight gain in kids.
Two pediatric eye surgeons expressed alarm over what they label a "21st century snake oil" scam. Recent newspaper stories – including several from Missouri -- have reported parents flying their children to main land China for umbilical cord stem cell (CSC) infusions. The cost of these treatments, paid for entirely out-of-pocket by the parents, can be $50,000 or more. CSCs are extracted from the umbilical cords of Chinese mothers and their newborns, and injected into the fluid around the spinal cord of the American children.
Matthew Smyth, M.D. was among 1,291 Initiates from around the world who became Fellows of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) during convocation ceremonies at the College's recent 93rd annual Clinical Congress in New Orleans in October 2007.Dr. Smyth received a medical doctorate degree in 1996 from the University of California, San Francisco, and is currently practicing at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital located in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2005, Dr. Smyth attained board certification from the American Board of Neurological Surgery.


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Air Algerie Flight AH5017 disappears from radar
ALGIERS, Algeria – A flight operated by Air Algerie and carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso to Algeria's capital disappeared from radar early Thursday, the plane's owner said.
Air navigation services lost track of the Swiftair MD-83 about 50 minutes after takeoff from Ougadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, at 9:55 p.m. EDT Wednesday, the official Algerian news agency said. That means that Flight 5017 had been missing for hours before the news was made public.
The flight path of the plane from Ouagadougou, the capital of the west African nation of Burkina Faso, to Algiers wasn't immediately clear. Ougadougou is in a nearly straight line south of Algiers, passing over Mali where unrest continues in the north.
Swiftair, a private Spanish airline, said the plane carrying 110 passengers and six crew left Burkina Faso for Algiers at 9:17 p.m. EDT Wednesday, but had not arrived at the scheduled time of 1:10 a.m. EDT Thursday.
Swiftair said it has not been possible to make contact with the plane.
The company said it was trying to ascertain what had happened to the plane.
It said the crew included two pilots and four cabin staff.
"In keeping with procedures, Air Algerie has launched its emergency plan," the APS news agency quoted the airline as saying.


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Romance in the night
David Esbjornson triumphs in Central Park re-imagining of Much Ado
By CHRISTOPHER BYRNE
Michal Daniel
Sean Patrick Thomas, as Borachio, Julio Monge, as Conrade, and Christopher Evan Welch, as Don John, form an effective triumvirate of villainy in David Esbjornsons stunning production of Much Ado about Nothing in Central Park.
To be really great, a romantic comedy needs those moments when, no matter how many times youve seen it or how well you know the story, you fear in your heart that the happy ending may not come after all. This is true of such classics as Pride and Prejudice or relatively recent hits like Youve Got Mail, and its true of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing. Will Beatrice and Benedick end up together? Will Heros virtue be vindicated? These moments provide that delicious, escapist tension in which we indulge again and again because they let us believe that even if all is going against us, a happy ending is possible.
From church basements to regional theaters, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and three different productions in Central Park, I have never left Much Ado without feeling giddy and gleeful, the corners of my mouth stretched from smiling and my eyes wet from tearing up, and a wonderful sense of well-being. Lets face it: Im a sucker for this play. It is also one of Shakespeares richest and most sophisticated comedies, with more complex characters and subtle humor than, say, The Taming of the Shrew or A Midsummer Nights Dream.
Yet even with brilliant material, a brilliant production is not a given, as my experience will attest. For Much Ado in particular, success depends on the casting, the performances and the direction.
Nonetheless, simply to call the Public Theatres current production of Much Ado in Central Park a success is almost insultingly insufficient. David Esbjornsons magnificent production is consistently brilliant, and there isnt a detail of the script or a character that isnt beautifully rendered. What typically hampers productions of this play is that the focus is all on Beatrice and Benedick and the other characters more or less fade behind the comedy of their battling relationship and ultimate love. Hero and Claudio are allowed to become plastic, and virtually no attention is paid to Heros father, Leonato and his brother Antonio.
Not so here. Esbjornson has gone for the center of each character and elicited performances from even the most minor characters that are both compelling and original. As a result, this Beatrice and Benedick are sillier but also more sympathetic because we see them in the context of a fully developed world.
Esbjornson has chosen to set the play at the end of World War I. Its a wonderful decision. The Victorian social order of the older characters must give way to the new conquerors of the world, and the role of women is changing dramatically too. In this setting, Beatrices remaining single appears to be her choice not the result of her being too curst for any man to find her appealing. Indeed, Benedick broke her heart before he went to war, and she is afraid to risk again, hiding behind her wit and larger-than-life personality. It takes trickery by their friends to convince Benedick and Beatrice that they do love each other, and, in this reading, once that is accomplished it is Benedick who seems to need Beatrice more. He may be a war hero, but he has a fragile ego that fears rejection, and his swagger is mostly bluster used disguise a softer and more sentimental heart.
Claudio and Hero, though younger, want to fit into the social structure as it existed before the war. Claudios shock that Hero has been unfaithfula trick worked by Don John, the bastard brother of Don Pedro, the Duke whom Claudio and Benedick serve, that is intended to hurt Claudioseems not just to smear Heros character but to destroy Claudios faith in the social order. He is duped as much by the lies of Don John as by his sense of how things should be. Hero has remained faithful, but as a woman at home during a war that changed all the rules about roles, she may have had chances to stray.
Esbjornson weaves all this together with an air of romanticism that is infectious.
The wonderful cast is the other element that makes this production shine. As Beatrice, Kristen Johnston has a comic maturity that finds both the hilarity and the vulnerabilities of the character. Jimmy Smits is a sensational Benedick, at times subtle and ay others clearly playing off his heartthrob status, but always committed to the role. Like Johnston, Smits makes every moment count, whether its slapstick or suppressed passion. Together, the interplay between Benedick and Beatrice is so compelling because we know these people, and we know how thorny the path can get when we fall in love.
Elisabeth Waterston is a perfect Hero and though delicate, plays her with a fire often missing from the part. Lorenzo Pisoni as Claudio finds a depth in the role also often absent. In his performance, we see more than a handsome, privileged man who escaped being killed in the war, we see a man who doesnt want the world he fought for to change.
As Leonato, Sam Waterston is amazing. His is a tough part that demands a lot of emotional extremes, but Waterston does a beautiful job finding grief in rage and grace in grief.
Among the bad guys, Christopher Evan Welch is especially good as Don John. His rage at losing his place by the accident of birth gives him a seething and nasty quality thats wonderfully done. Sean Patrick Thomas as Borachio, who puts the evil plot in motion, plays the role with delicious malevolence.
Brian Murray as Dogberry is perfect. Its a tough part, but Murray is the kind of actor who, as his many successes with Beckett and Albee demonstrate, knows how to trust a text, and he delivers the most understated and ineptly loveable performance of the role Ive ever seen.
The rest of the company, including Peter Francis James in a commanding performance as Don Pedro, Dominic Chainese who plays Antonio with fire, and Laura Kai Chen as Margaret, Jayne Houdyshell as Ursula, and Steven Skybell as Friar Francis are all delightful.
The terrific set is by Christine Jones and the lovely costumes by Jess Goldstein with excellent lighting by Michael Chybowski who manages the feat of transition from light to dark as night falls with impressive fluidity.
Taken all together, from the romance to the comedy, the heartbreak, and the ultimate rejoicing, this Much Ado has vibrant freshness and urgent energy that suffuses every moment of the play and draws one into the familiar story as if one were seeing it for the first timeand thats how to do romantic comedy.
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ROME (AP) — Armed groups on Saturday abducted two Italian priests and a Canadian nun working as missionaries in northern Cameroon, Italy's government and Catholic church officials said.
Italy's foreign ministry identified the priests as Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri, but declined to give other details, including the Canadian's identity, to avoid compromising efforts for the missionaries' release.
A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini, said Pope Francis was praying for the three and "expressed hope for a solution."
Italy cautions against travel to the area, which is 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border with Nigeria "in consideration of the risk of kidnappings due to presence of jihadist elements coming from Nigeria."
"It isn't ruled out that those who carried out the abduction belong to the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram," Vatican Radio said.
Boko Haram has warned Cameroon to stay out of its fight with the Nigerian military, threatening otherwise to carry its war for an Islamic state into the neighboring country.
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Its broad rich lands and proximity to the river had long made the area known as Norhfield, Massachusetts, a favorite settlement site for Native Peoples. By the 1600s, the town sat between the Pocumtuck lands to the south and the Wabenaki (Abenaki) to the north, contested but settled by the remnants of the Squakheag. When settlers from Northampton sought new settlements to the north of Deerfield they purchased the fertile lands in 1672 from the Squakheags. The first English village was named Squakheag. Besieged and then evacuated during King Philip's War (1675-76), it was resettled six years later, but again deserted in 1688 after a bloody raid. It remained unsettled, too exposed to the low-level hostilities that continued along Massachusetts' northern border, for the next twenty-five years. Finally, in 1713, at the end of Queen Anne's War, English settlers returned. By 1790, 868 people were living there and the number grew steadily to more than 1,700 by 1830. In 1879, Dwight Moody, a famous Chicago evangelist, chose Northfield for the site of two new seminaries, one for girls (The Northfield Seminary) and one for boys (The Mount Hermon Boys' School). The schools merged in 1971 as Northfield Mount Hermon School, a premier co-educational preparatory school. Today, as in the past, most of the population of the town of Northfield is located along the Connecticut River. A set of rugged, forested hills, lightly populated, lies to the east. Its total population is nearly 3,000 people, a number that has steadily grown through the decades.
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Fight Leads To Thursday Lockdown At South Terrebonne
HOUMA, La. (AP) — A fight involving several students led to an afternoon lockdown at South Terrebonne High School.
The Courier of Houma reports that the fight at first involved two female students. Then some male students jumped in.
Five students were arrested after the Thursday brawl. Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said a deputy used a stun device on an 18-year-old student.
Officials said a lockdown was ordered to keep the fight from escalating.


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RC cola and a Moon Pie? Jerry Closer said you could break a trade embargo with a ship full of moon pies followed by a ship full of RC.
More evidence that Mizzou is a poor fit, culturally, in the SEC. Now, pass me a coke.https://tastyresearch.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/popvssodamap.png
WTF Boone County?
Never realized how few/how big of counties some of those western states have. Woopig. The giver of knowledge.
RC cola and a Moon Pie? Jerry Clower said you could break a trade embargo with a ship full of moon pies followed by a ship full of RC.Edit: damn autocorrect
Booger County and Newton County: no data. They hung up when asked about "coke".Lot of injun res and government land.
How do you know Booger County?
I'm referring to Madison in AR. I think there's some like Christian, Stone and Barry in MO that might be called Booger up there, too.Mean doin's in Madison back in the 70s-80s. Sheriff suspicioned to be killed, stuff like that.I like reading about the folk vernacular; and bullshitting with old timers.
Booger County is specifically Eastern Douglas County is Southern MO, the purple one.
Gimme a liter of Cola!
I would love to read some history behind what makes that map what it is. For example, why such an huge number of "soda" drinkers in the St Louis and significant surrounding area? I assume there's a correlation somehow to the Mississippi River. Also, Wisconsin. There could almost be a border war there.aMm like this interests me.
Map also reflects the ma-zur-rah vs ma-zoo-ree split. Wifey is from ma-zur-rah and will quickly correct anyone who says it wrong.
Oh god. It's Missour-ee. The Missourah aMm has been adopted by the flatlanders (North of I-44, of course). It's especially bad in politicians who try to gain some type of 'rural cred'. It's the most vile of many vile things about my adopted home state.


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No bail change for man charged in newlywed crashBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
August 20. 2013 10:11PM
DOVER — A Somersworth man charged with killing a bride and injuring her husband in an alcohol-related accident in Rollinsford last month will remain in jail on $75,000 cash only bail.
Matthew Tsopas, 43, of 24 Blackwater Road in Somersworth, faces two counts of negligent homicide, aggravated driving while intoxicated and two counts of conduct after an accident stemming from a crash along Route 4 on July 20.
On July 24, Tsopas entered no plea to the five felonies and was transferred from Wentworth-Douglass Hospital to Strafford County Jail. Later in the month, bail was reduced from $250,000 to $75,000 cash.
After Tsopas asked the court to allow him to use surety to be released from custody, the judge decided against changing bail following a bail review hearing Tuesday morning, according to Strafford County Attorney Thomas Velardi.
"I've consistently argued he (Tsopas) was a flight risk based on the actions after the accident," Velardi said, referring to how Tsopas allegedly fled the scene and took off his clothes following the fatal crash.
Velardi said the state feels Tsopas was "uncontrollable" and would be difficult to monitor if released on bail.
He said Timothy Harrington, who represents Tsopas, argued he was not a flight risk as Tsopas has family in the area and has no previous criminal record. Harrington could not be reached for comment.
While the case has been bound over to Superior Court since Tsopas waived his probable cause hearing in district court last month, Velardi said the matter has not been brought forward to a grand jury yet.
Velardi said New Hampshire State Police investigators continue to actively collect and process evidence. He added he did not know when Tsopas could be indicted or what charges he could face, a process which is based on the facts.
Investigators believe an Infiniti G35, driven by Tsopas, struck a Kia Spectra, driven by a honeymooning couple from Minnesota. As a result, Leah Fonda Preiss sustained fatal injuries while Brian Preiss was eventually transported to a Massachusetts hospital for head, wrist and internal injuries.
At the time of the crash, the couple had been married for nine days.
Police believe speed and alcohol were factors in the crash and investigators were looking into whether Tsopas allegedly crashed into several vehicles at the American Legion Post in Rollinsford prior to the fatal accident.


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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is taking questions next week at a prestigious Chicago economic group meeting during a fundraising trip to Illinois. Group representatives told The Associated Press about the trip Monday.
Christie is to speak to the Economic Club of Chicago at 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 11, and is expected to field questions moderated by a chief executive of Motorola Solutions, Inc. Christie also plans to later hold private meetings with donors and headline a fundraising dinner.
The event will mark the first time Christie has answered questions in person in more than a month, since his Jan. 9 response to revelations that at least one top aide had a role in a September traffic blocking scheme that has shadowed the potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate since.


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CRESTVIEW � In addition to caring for their own flocks, two local ministers tend to a flock on the side.
CRESTVIEW � In addition to caring for their own flocks, two local ministers tend to a flock on the side.
Its members wear blue.
The Rev. Mark Broadhead, pastor of the Laurel Hill and Crestview Presbyterian churches, established the Crestview Police Department�s volunteer chaplains program in 2008.
Broadhead built the Crestview program as an informal chaplaincy headed by a former officer, Sgt. Dave Bracewell, a local pastor and the then-Crestview SWAT team sniper.
Joining Broadhead as the second police chaplain is the Rev. Paul Mixon, pastor of Out of This World Ministries in Crestview. Both have credentials through the International Conference of Police Chaplains.
Chaplain training
"Training is needed by non-law enforcement chaplains to understand how to respond to the officers, to be an asset to them, and not be a liability," Broadhead said.
Prospective chaplains must complete 12 basic courses with a minimum of 35 classroom hours to reach the first level of credentialing, Broadhead said.
He has an additional 36 hours of training in critical incident stress management, which prepares chaplains and emergency responders for major traumas such as line-of-duty death, a mass shooting or a community-wide catastrophe.
Chaplains' duties include accompanying officers on patrol and helping them defuse domestic situations.
They also help officers make death notifications and serve as intermediaries among the police, residents and support agencies such as the Trauma Intervention Program.
"And I listen to venting," Broadhead said. "But there's not so much anymore, though."
However, following last year�s dismissal of former Chief Brian Mitchell and one of his majors, Broadhead said there was "lots of venting."
Keeping cops strong
"It's a neutral area within the department," police spokesperson Lt. Andrew Schneider said. "If you have problems, you don't want to talk to your boss about or family issues � anything that might interfere with your work � that's why we have this program.
"We have to stay strong while we're on call, but we're human, too. We have emotions too, and (often), these things build up. We have to have somebody we can talk to."
Crestview's police chaplains provide marriage counseling, personal counseling and suicide prevention intervention for officers.
Joys and rewards
During a spring seminar called "Help! I Love a Cop!" officers and spouses discussed the transition between finishing a shift and returning home.
The transition can be stressful for both officers and their families, Broadhead said.
"On a call, the officer has to cut through the drama and get to the facts," Broadhead said. "At home, they can't cut through the drama. That can be frustrating."
However, he said, there are also joyful occasions that come when a pastor accepts the police chaplain's badge.
"I've performed two weddings for officers, and I have two more coming up," he said. "And (this month), we're having a picnic for the officers and their families."
Broadhead also conducted training in April at the International Conference of Police Chaplains Region 8 conference hosted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
"It's a very rewarding privilege to be able to give something back to these fine officers," Broadhead said.
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Author Notes: When considering holiday recipes, I try to embrace versatility. After all, holiday dining is not confined to one meal period. Equally important is the time in between the ceremonial, family luncheon—breakfast and lunch the next day, the four o'clock snack. Since the holidays almost always involve feeding more mouths than usual, I think it is essential to assess mileage as well as flavor. This toast is colorful and hearty in its own right, but it also serves the handy function of putting leftovers to good use, particularly if you make the sautéed kale and roasted sweet potatoes as side dishes for a big holiday meal. This way, you get three dishes for the price of one! —Cristina Sciarra
Food52 Review: This is the perfect breakfast if you're feeling like you've been overindulging—especially with the sweets—but still want something comforting and substantial. Chunks of sweet potato roasted in a little maple syrup, and kale wilted with onion and shallot make a nest for a soft poached egg, and all of this perches atop a chunky slice of toast layered with tangy pecorino. When you cut into the egg, the yolk becomes a silky sauce for all of the other elements. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 2
small sweet potatoes
tablespoons unsalted butter
tablespoon canola oil
teaspoon ginger
sea salt, pepper
tablespoon maple syrup
bunch kale
tablespoon olive oil
small white onion
cup chicken (or vegetable) stock
tablespoon apple cider vinegar
thick slices pain de mie
Pecorino cheese, grated or thinly sliced
teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- Sweet Potatoes: Preheat oven to 375°F. Peel and cube potatoes. In a sheet pan (I like to line mine with foil to make cleaning a cinch), hand toss potatoes with canola oil, 1 tablespoon melted butter, maple syrup, ginger, salt and pepper. Roast for about 45 minutes, or until potatoes are lightly caramelized and cooked through.
- Kale: Wash kale and remove stems. Mince shallot and onion, and set in a wide pan with olive oil and ½ tablespoon butter. Cook on medium heat until the shallots and onion are transparent. Add chicken stock. Roughly chop kale, and add to the pan. Stir to incorporate. Cook until the liquid evaporates and the kale is cooked, keeping in mind that kale takes a while to become soft. At the very end, add apple vinegar, and salt and pepper, to taste.
- Eggs: In a medium pot, poach eggs in simmering water for about 3 minutes. When done, remove from water and set aside on parchment paper.
- Toast: Toast slices of bread (you can use any kind you like, but I like pain de mie for it's milkiness, and it's structure. Just make sure the bread you choose can withstand all you will pile on top of it). Just before serving, scrape a thin layer of butter on each slice.
- Assembly: Place desired amount of cheese on top of toast. Use a slotted spoon to deposit kale on top of the cheese slices, to remove any excess moisture. Fork sweet potatoes on top of the kale, and then rest a poached egg on top of the sweet potatoes. Finish with a dusting of nutmeg, salt and pepper.
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After a bye weekend, the Colorado Rapids U-16 Development Academy squad returns to action this weekend against local rivals Colorado Rush at 12:30 p.m. MT on Saturday at the Sedalia Polo Fields in Sedalia, Colo. Heading into the match the U-16s are 3-2-5 and in sixth place in 13 team the Frontier Division of the Central Conference (based on points per game).
The last three weeks have been tough for the U-16s, and they will look to rebound from two scoreless draws and two losses in their last four games. On Oct. 25 and 27, the U-16s played back-to-back scoreless draws agaisnt Texans SC Houston and Houston Dynamo.
The U-16s started the season strong, going undefeated in their first eight games until falling 2-1 to Solar Chelsea SC on Nov. 2. They suffered their second loss of the season the following day, dropping a 1-0 result to FC Dallas. Sunday's game was made particularly difficult when several players were called up to the U-18 squad.
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posted on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 11:24 am
It's my understanding that the mixture framework may be viewed as a generalization of the multiple groups framework except that group membership is unobserved or missing, at least for the case where there are only y variables in the mixture. This seems to be implied in Appendix 8 of the Mplus manual where the mixture M step for y|c is described as a multiple groups analysis where the within-group likelihoods are weighted by the posterior probabilities of group membership.
To test my understanding of this, I ran a balanced samples multiple group model and then a mixture model with the same parameterization and full training data. In the mixture model I also fixed the intercept of the latent class regression model to 0 so that the proportions would be set to 50/50. Running the two models yielded equivalent parameter estimates and SEs, and the number of estimated parameters was the same for both models. But I'm puzzling over the fact that the log-likelihood values (and hence the AIC, BIC etc) from the two models were different, and substantially so. The LL from the MG model was -1995.8 and the LL from the Mixture model was -2273.1.
Is there some scalar that goes into the LL for the mixture model that does not go into the LL for multiple groups (e.g., some penalty for estimating more than one class)? I can't think of any other reason why, with the same parameter estimates within groups (and hence same within-group model implied means and covariances), the LL would differ. Or do I not understand the relation between the multiple groups model and mixture model correctly?
Thanks in advance for any clarification.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 11:45 am
There is a direct correspondence between a mixture model with training data and a multiple group model. This is the same for the one class model and a regular model. There must be something in your setup that is causing the difference. I would be happy to look at it and find the difference if you send me both outputs and the data. Please send them to
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 10:05 am
Thank you for sending the two outputs. You set the models up exactly correctly. As an alternative, you could have let the thresholds be free. They would have been estimated at the same values at which you fixed them.
Parameter estimates and standard errors are exactly the same between the multiple group and mixture model with training data. The loglikelihoods are different because the training data essentially turns the latent class variable into an observed variable so that it becomes part of the likelihood. The loglikelihood for the mixture model differs by the value 400*log 0.5 where 400 is the sample size and .5 in the probability of being in each class.
Allison Tracy
posted on Monday, April 01, 2002 - 8:25 am
In the manual (p. 371) you state that "More general analyses are also possible using training data in this way, such as path analysis with an unordered, polytomous observed mediating variable, extending the model to include the u and y parts." Do you have an example of an analysis using both training data and a latent class indicator? I'd be interested in seeing how this works.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 8:23 am
Are you specifically interested in having the unordered polytomous variable be a mediating variable? If not, what model are you interested in?
Allison Tracy
posted on Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 11:27 am
I haven't thought of a specific model, but am just exploring the range of models Mplus offers. Could you give an example of the latent class as mediator? That sounds like a compelling model type that may come in handy.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 7:33 am
Under Examples Using Mplus/Mixture Applications, the paper by Muthen and Muthen (2002) shows such a situation.
EXAMPLE 2 and 3: Growth mixture modeling of NLSY cohort 64 with covariates centered at 25: four-class model of heavy drinking with classes predicting alcohol dependence.
posted on Friday, April 04, 2003 - 5:40 am
A quick question about training data. I have a four class model. I would like to specify the training data so that one subset of cases will be constrained to go into either class 1 or class 2 but NOT class 3 or class 4. Conversely, the other subset of cases would be constrained to go into either class 3 or class 4 but NOT class 1 or 2. For each case, I want the posterior probability of class membership to be free for the two classes they are allowed to belong to. Would using the following training data for the two subsets of cases accomplish this?
.5 .5 0 0 (subset 1)
0 0 .5 .5 (subset 2)
If not, any suggestions would be appreciated.
posted on Friday, April 04, 2003 - 6:01 am
Use 0/1 to denote not allowed/allowed to be classified into the class in question. So, in your example you should have:
1 1 0 0
0 0 1 1
posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 10:24 pm
In regard to mixture models with training data, is there any work indicating how many (or what proportion) of the sample need to be classified cases in order for them to have a substantial influence on the estimates? Does this differ between categorical and continuous manifest indicators?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 6:47 am
I don't know of any such study.
posted on Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 12:08 pm
You may want to take a look at Hosmer (1973) in the mixture reference list on the Mplus web site. Apparently a rather small proportion helps. More know-how is most likely needed here so perhaps you want to study it using Mplus Monte Carlo simulations.
Emil Coman
posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 7:40 am
I am trying to run a simple mixture analysis, the �model� is just 2 variables correlated�but I seek to unmix a latent class of specific size, say N=27 off all 290 cases in my data, is it possible? Something like
CLASSES = who (2);
model: %overall%
varX with varY;
but can something be added to fix the size of the groups extracted, like NOBSERVATIONS = 263 27;, which I know is not the right code�
Thanks, Emil
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 3:03 pm
You cannot specify the size of the latent classes. This is determined by the model and the data.
Yi-fu Chen
posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 12:42 pm
Hi, Dr. Muthen,
I have four probability variables derived from previous mixture analysis. My next step is to use the four variables as training variables and estimate more complicated mixture models. In these models, group 1 and group 3 should have similar proportions in the sample.
When using training=t1 t2 t3 t4 (Probabilities) or (Membership), I am able to put the following constraint in the %overall% section
[c#1] (a);
[c#3] (a);
But when I used the priors option (which is preferred), mplus gave me an error message that I can't estimate [c#1] and [c#3].
My question is: is there a way that I can constrain c#1 and c#3 equal when training (priors) was used?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 5:13 pm
Please send your two outputs to Support.
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Dr. Bulla's research interests are in the area of invertebrate and microbial molecular biology with particular focus on the biochemical and biophysical characterization of insecticidal toxin receptors in insects.
Research InterestsMany subspecies of the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis produce various parasporal crystal proteins, also known as Cry toxins, that exhibit insecticidal activity upon binding to specific receptors in the midgut of susceptible insects. One such receptor, BT-R1(210 kDa), is a cadherin located in the midgut epithelium of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. It has a high binding affinity (Kd~1 nM) for the Cry1A toxins of B. thuringiensis. Truncation analysis of BT-R1 revealed that the only fragment capable of binding the Cry1A toxins of B. thuringiensis is a contiguous 169-amino acid sequence adjacent to the membrane-proximal extracellular domain. The purified toxin-binding fragment acts as an antagonist to Cry1Ab toxin by blocking the binding of toxin to the tobacco hornworm midgut and inhibiting insecticidal action. Exogenous Cry1Ab toxin bound to intact COS-7 cells expressing BT-R1 cDNA, subsequently killing the cells. Recruitment of BT-R1 by B. thuringiensis indicates that the bacterium interacts with a specific cell adhesion molecule during its pathogenesis. Apparently, Cry toxins, like other bacterial toxins, attack epithelial barriers by targeting cell adhesion molecules within susceptible insect hosts.
1. Dorsch, J.A., M. Candas, N.B. Griko, W.S.A. Maaty, E.G. Midboe, , R.K. Vadlamudi and L.A. Bulla, Jr. 2002. Cry1A toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis bind specifically to a region adjacent to the membrane-proximal extracellular domain of BT-R1 in Manduca sexta: involvement of a cadherin in the entomopathogenicity of Bacillus thuringiensis. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32:1025-1036.
2. Midboe, E.G., M. Candas and L.A. Bulla, Jr. 2003. Expression of a midgutspecific cadherin BT-R1 during the development of Manduca sexta larva. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 135:125-137.
3. Griko, N., M. Candas, X. Zhang, M. Junker and L.A. Bulla, Jr. 2003. Selective antagonism to the cadherin BT-R1 interferes with calcium-induced adhesion of epithelial membrane vesicles. Biochem. 43:1393-1400.
4. Kakhniashvili, D.G., L.A Bulla, Jr. and S.R. Goodman. 2004. The human erythrocyte proteome: analysis by ion trap mass spectrometry. Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 5:501-509.
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Allen Lessels' UNH Notebook: Victory has nice ring to itBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 15. 2012 10:51PM
College Football WeekendNo. 19/16 Towson at No. 7 UNH
When: Saturday, noon
Where: Cowell Stadium, Durham
Records: Towson is 6-4 overall, 5-2 in the CAA; UNH is 8-2, 6-1
Fact: UNH can clinch its first outright CAA championship with a victory. Coach Sean McDonnell's Wildcats, who are already assured at least a share of the league championship for the first time since 2005, can also receive the CAA's autobid to the NCAA Championship tournament with a loss and a James Madison win against Old Dominion. A third scenario for the CAA autobid would come with a loss and victories by ODU, Richmond (over William & Mary) and Delaware (against Villanova).
Radio: Wildcats Sports Radio Network (WGIR 610 AM, WQSO 96.7 FM, WPKX 930 AM, WNTK 99.7 FM, WCNL 1010 AM, WUVY 1490 AM, WASR 1420 AM.
Dartmouth at Princeton
When: Saturday, 1 p.m.
Where: Princeton Stadium, Princeton, N.J.
Records: Dartmouth is 5-4 overall, 3-3 in the Ivy League; Princeton is 5-4, 4-2
Fact: Dartmouth fell from Ivy League title contention last weekend when it lost to Brown, 28-24, at Memorial Field in Hanover. In that game, Dominick Pierre ran for second quarter touchdowns of 33 and 6 yards as the Big Green built a 17-7 advantage.
Radio: WFRD 99.3 FM
It's Championship Month in Durham, and the University of New Hampshire football team has narrowed the focus even a bit more and tabbed this Ring Week.
The challenge is straight ahead: If the Wildcats can beat hard-charging Towson on Saturday at Cowell Stadium, they will be sole champions of the Colonial Athletic Association for the first time since 1994.
A win would serve other purposes, too. It would keep UNH at least in the conversation for a home game in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision tournament and avenge a tough loss at Towson last year.
So here they go.
The Wildcats are riding a six-game win streak, are 8-2 overall, 6-1 in the CAA and moved up to the No. 7 ranking in the country this week.
Towson, the defending CAA champion and pre-season pick to win the league this year, is 6-4 and 5-2 and fighting to keep its season going. The Tigers need to win to have any chance to make the playoffs.
Towson has won its last three games and two of its losses were to FBS teams, Kent State, 41-21, and LSU, 38-22.
UNH once again boasts a powerful offense and this season it's been extremely well-balanced.
"I think we're starting to buy into ourselves and how good we can be offensively," said junior running back Chris Setian, a threat both running and catching passes. "We're not even running on all cylinders yet. We still haven't hit a game where we absolutely break out. Well, we did against ODU, but we even made mistakes in that game."
The Wildcats collected 725 yards of offense in that one, a 64-61 loss at Old Dominion on Sept. 22.
UNH got into a similar shootout at Towson last season. The Wildcats were ranked No. 7 then, too, and went into the game with a 7-2 overall record.
They piled up a season-high 611 yards of offense that day, nearly 100 more than Towson's 517.
But UNH had no answer for running back Terrance West, then a Towson freshman. He carried the ball 23 times for 261 yards and four touchdowns, with scores of 72, 2, 69 and 2 yards.
The Wildcat defense, which has been better against the run this season, will need to be again on Saturday.
That balanced UNH offense could help keep West and the Tiger offense off the field, too.
The Wildcats are averaging 237 yards a game rushing this year and 246 passing and are second in the league in total offense with 483 yards a game.
The top five teams are seeded for the FCS tournament and if the Wildcats can break into that group - they'll need some help in the form of upsets above them - they would get a home game for the tournament.
The Sports Network predicted in a projected tournament bracket this week that UNH would get a bye for the first round and then play a second-round game at Appalachian State.
Before any of that and before the tournament draw is announced on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPNU, the Wildcats have but one concern: Saturday's Ring Game.
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THE No. 5-ranked men's hockey team restarts its long road-trip with games at UMass-Lowell tonight at 7 and Boston University on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats had been on the road for three straight and then stopped by the Whittemore Center last Saturday night and knocked off Vermont, 4-0.
UNH plays at Colorado College next Friday night and at the University of Denver on Saturday before returning home to play UMass-Lowell on Nov. 30.
Lowell has played a tough schedule and is 2-4-1 overall and 1-3-1 in Hockey East. Junior Doug Carr has a 2-3-1 record with a .911 save percentage and 2.25 goals-against average.
BU is 5-3-0 overall and 4-2-0 in the league going into a game tonight at Vermont.
Casey DeSmith, a sophomore goalie out of Rochester, is on quite a roll for the Wildcats and has three shutouts in his last four games.
He has an outstanding save percentage of .953 and a goals-against average of 1.36. Those numbers improve to .968 and 0.98 in Hockey East games.
UNH's penalty killing has been impressive, too. The Wildcats have allowed opponents just two power-play goals on 29 chances. Plus, they have scored two short-handed goals.
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Quanzell Lambert, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker from Sicklerville, N.J., hasn't seen much time on the field this weekend, but he has more than 20 offers to back up his skills.
He was unable to attend Friday Night Lights at the University of Florida on Friday due to inclement weather.
"I was trying to make it yesterday, but my dad's flight got delayed because of the thunderstorms so I was pretty upset about that," Lambert said.
Although the linebacker wasn't able to contribute much to the Midwest team at Gridiron Kings on Saturday, he said he still had fun.
"I didn't really get to play," he said. "I was just sitting out because I didn't want to mess up anything and my leg was kinda tight."
The rest of summer he plans to turn his attention to football and work on winning a championship during the school year.
He doesn't have many visits arranged to colleges, but he will start to line up his official visits soon.
Friday Night Lights would have been the first time Lambert visited Florida. He still plans to visit sometime soon even though the Gators offered late.
"I am definitely going to try and make it down there," he said. "It is definitely a school I will look at."
Beside a strong athletic program, coaching staff and team, the linebacker is interested in a school known for its academics.
"I want to be a mechanical engineer," Lambert said. "I know engineering is going to be hard at a school just playing football also, so I want a school that is going to help me finish because I don't want to change up my major."
While Lambert is unsure of his top three schools, Bryce Treggs, a 5-foot-11, 170 pound wide receiver from Inglewood, Cal., had no hesitation in reaffirming his commitment to California.
With friends like Cayleb Jones and Conner Brew at Texas and running back Mike Davis, who is committed to Florida, Treggs has faced pressure to commit elsewhere, but not enough to get him to visit Florida anytime soon.
"I have about 20 offers but I'm not worried about that, I am committed to Cal, and I am solid with that," Treggs said. "My dad played there, I could come in there and start as a freshman because they only have about four receivers on scholarship when I get there so competition is wide open and that's all I ask for."


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The board will spend $741,965 for approved cotton monitoring, up from last year's $526,082. There are now 51 Acala and Pima cotton varieties on the board's approved list. All of these funds are raised by assessing planting seed sales.
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Toyota aims sleeker Avalon at younger buyers
NAPA, Calif. -- The moribund full-sized sedan segment gets a shot in the arm with the arrival of the redesigned 2013 Toyota Avalon in early December.
The new version of the U.S.-built Avalon has a sleeker silhouette and a more dynamic front fascia than its staid forerunner. A hybrid version gets 40 mpg.
The basics: While the Avalon's wheelbase remains the same, its overall length has been shaved by more than 2 inches.
The direct-injection, 3.5-liter V-6 and six-speed automatic transmission are carryovers, although added paddle shifters trigger engine rpm blips on downshifts. The Avalon has a speedy 6.7-second 0-to-60 time after shedding 120 pounds.
In sport mode, the throttle opening, gearshifts and steering response are more immediate. In eco mode, the throttle opening is retarded, and air conditioning is dialed back.
The hybrid model uses the same 2.5-liter four-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine as the Camry Hybrid but gets slightly less fuel economy at 40-mpg city/39-mpg highway. The hybrid can go 680 miles on a full tank of gasoline and travel at up to 25 mph in EV mode.
Notable features: Avalon chief engineer Randy Stephens is a suspension engineer by trade, and his car shows it. The old Avalon wallowed like an overloaded swordfish boat in a typhoon. The redesigned version has stiffer front lower-arm bushings and rear stabilizer bar, and added rebound springs, resulting in a firmer drive with less jounce to the driver.
A partition bracket behind the rear seats makes the chassis stiffer, but the rear seats can no longer fold forward.
As with the Cadillac Cue system, the touch pad on the Avalon's center console uses "capacitive" sensors to detect a user's touch and interpret the finger swipes. But while the Cadillac's can be unresponsive, the Avalon's factory settings seem overly sensitive.
The trunk gains a small amount of cubic footage and has a lower liftover height.
Standard features include SmartKey; acoustic windshield and front window glass; a 140-watt stereo with CD, USB, Bluetooth and Pandora; heated leather seats; cruise control; 10 airbags; and 17-inch wheels.
What Toyota says: "It was time to alter the present course and revitalize Avalon's rather conservative image to something more vibrant and youthful," said Kevin Hunter, president of Toyota's Calty design studio in California. "Compared to our competitors that have a rather tall, flat and bulky presence, we wanted Avalon to be lean, low and sculptural."
Compromises and shortcomings: To drop the base price by $2,205, Toyota deleted some standard features, such as a sunroof that many owners said they didn't need. (Toyota announced pricing for the model today. Click here for more.)
The old three-across rear bench seat has been replaced with seats that are better bolstered, making the middle seat suitable only for children. The reclining rear seat was discontinued to make room for side airbags. Front headroom is a bit tight for a 6-footer when the sunroof option is included.
The base and mid-grade telematics screen is too small, and its maps are unreadable; the user interface is balky and unintuitive.
The market: Toyota expects annual sales to more than double from its current level to about 70,000, with an 80-20 sales split between the V-6 and the hybrid models. Toyota hopes to increase the proportion of leases from 5 percent to 25 percent of sales.
The current Avalon has a median customer age of 67, the oldest in the segment. But after the new version was unveiled a few months ago, Toyota heard from more than 100,000 hand-raisers with a median age in the low 50s.
The skinny: With more modern styling and scads of technology, the new Avalon may succeed in finding a wider and younger universe of buyers.
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What will the Food Safety Modernization Act, if put into effect, do to Ms. Obama's backyard garden? Congress has taken up the issue of food safety because of the headline-grabbing occurrences of, primarily bacterial, outbreaks of disease in fresh meat and produce. With the exception of eggs, most E. coli and salmonella outbreaks are a result of human or animal contamination in the growing or processing of the product. This is the reason organically-grown produce is especially vulnerable. Unable to use chemical fertilizer, pesticides or insecticides, organic growers must make an extra effort to reduce organisms carried by using manure fertilizer, invasive insects and vermin.
I have a garden. I battle many of tomato's natural adversaries! I appreciate how difficult it must be for a gardener to ward off the tomato worms, hungry caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers, bugs, birds and rodents by hand, to keep it "organic." I use early season Sevin and pyrethrums because I'm lazy, I guess, or just don't have the time. Besides, I get healthier tomatoes and more of them!
So what would the Food Safety bill have to do with Ms. Obama's garden? Would she be allowed to take her tomatoes, lettuce and celery down to the Saturday morning Farmer's Market? Or serve them in a salad to guests of the White House? I expect the bill would limit her options. An FDA spokesman said the Food Safety bill could actually "kill the very farmers they are trying to help."
Amendments that place lesser restrictions on smaller producers have been discussed to reduce their paperwork burden. But, does that make the product safer than blueberries from Chile and avocados from Mexico? I don't think so. Congress is trying to avoid eliminating the availability of home-grown fresh meat and produce to consumers with the new law. Sometimes politics enters in and skews the science. Some amendments discussed even want to inflict laws based on where the food is sold or how much the farmer earns, which has nothing to do with food safety!
Under the Food Safety bill, will local co-ops, local producers and Ms. Obama be required to place warning labels on their radishes and zucchini? If she serves it to the French Ambassador will she have to give a short announcement at the table like a flight attendant, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Joe and I will be serving you this afternoon, please give us your attention. Eating of the legally-unrestricted fresh food in front of you, none of which has been grown or processed or approved by the Food Safety Act, can result in distention, nausea and uncontrollable evacuation. Eat at our own risk. This room has several exits, please take note of the one nearest you. In case of a universal attack, emesis bags will fall from the ceiling…."
All of us in agriculture are concerned with these food-carried, usually 'operator error,' disease outbreaks, whether it stems from a packing-plant contamination of ground beef, field contamination by fruit pickers or fertilizer-contaminated home-grown cabbage. However, regardless of any laws passed, the risk of eating fresh food will always be there. In the future, I can envision genetically-modified foods or antibiotics that will resist, contain or even prevent bacterial or fungal contamination in the growing process, and someday the government will get wise and require irradiation of fresh meat and produce marketed to the public. But, for now, I will continue to grow my tomatoes and jalapeños, and I wouldn't be afraid to eat out of Ms. Obama's garden either. It's hard to beat home-grown!
Baxter Black is a former large animal veterinarian who can be followed nationwide through this column, National Public Radio, public appearances, television and also through his books, cds, videos and website, www.baxterblack.com.


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The familiar yellow Technical Instruction series from Bosch have long proved one of their most popular instructional aids. They provide a clear and concise overview of the theory of operation, component design, model variations, and technical terminology for the entire Bosch product line, and give a solid foundation for better diagnostic and servicing. Clearly written and illustrated with photos, diagrams and charts, these books are equally at home in the vocational classroom, apprentice's toolkit, or enthusiast's fireside chair. If you own a European car, you have Bosch components and systems. Each book deals with a single system, including a clear explanation of that system's principles. They also include circuit diagrams, an explanation of the Bosch model numbering system, and a glossary of technical terms. Ignition subsystem, fuel-injection subsystem, data processing in the microcomputer, lambda closed-loop controlClearly written and illustrated with photos, diagrams and charts, these books are equally at home in the vocational classroom, apprenticea#39;s toolkit, or enthusiasta#39;s fireside chair.
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The Many Benefits of Playing
There is something instantly appealing about playing the piano. We are immediately drawn to its familiar sounds, and people are quick to gather round the piano at parties and sing-alongs. In schools, churches and millions of homes across our country, the piano is part of the story of our lives.
In addition to the emotional and social income gained by making music, playing the piano offers educational and wellness benefits. Recent research supports findings that music study may be linked to higher brain function in learning. Learning to play the piano can help your child be more successful in school and develop skills that they can use their entire life:
In a study at McGill University in Montreal, children who took piano lessons for three years scored higher than their peers on tests of general and spatial cognitive development – the very faculties needed for performance in math and engineering and other pursuits.
- A University of California at Irvine study showed that students who took piano lessons along with computer puzzle-solving did better in math.
- Among older Americans, research at Michigan State University showed that keyboard lessons significantly reduced anxiety, depression and loneliness.
- Playing the piano strengthens eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.
- Kids who take piano lessons learn a lot about discipline and the rewards of hard work.
Please click on the following links for additional information on the benefits of making music:
- Your Child's Lifetime of Music
- Research Briefs – Did You Know?
- Musicality from Birth to Five Donald A. Hodge
Reprinted by permission by the American Music Conference.
This article is reprinted from pianonet.com, the official website of the National Piano Foundation


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County transit system cruising as is for now
LEXINGTON—Rides for passengers who use the Dawson County Transit bus will continue as usual, at least through the end of the calendar year.
During their regular bimonthly meeting on July 13, commissioners reappointed Barb Hollenbeck as director of the transit system through Dec. 31.
Over the past six months, county board members have considered changes to the bus system, including removing it from county responsibility, said clerk Karla Zlatkovsky.
Commissioners have researched transit systems in other Nebraska counties, most of which are run by cities not counties.
But for now, commissioners have decided to continue business as usual.
"I think they're still considering making some changes," Zlatkovsky said. "It would take at least until the end of the year to accomplish that anyway so at least the people who ride the bus aren't left without service."
Also during Friday's meeting, Parent-Child Center director Jennifer Soncksen presented an agency review and made a budget request of $15,000 for the upcoming fiscal year.
The number of clients served by the center jumped dramatically from 2010 to 2011 but has remained steady through 2012, Soncksen told commissioners.
The $15,000 for operating expenses is the same amount Soncksen has requested for the past several years, Zlatkovsky said. Commissioners contributed $9,000 last year.
This budget year, the Parent-Child Center will suffer from a number of federal budget cuts, Soncksen told the board, making the $15,000 more of a necessity.
Zlatkovsky said commissioners will consider the request with all other departments before passing the budget in September.
In other business, the board:
heard the monthly crime report from sheriff Gary Reiber, who noted that calls for service dropped from May to June.
renewed the annual contract with Seth Tausan, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service specialist, for wildlife control services. The contract price of $9,132 is unchanged from last year.
voted to change voluntary life insurance providers for county employees to Lincoln Financial through the Krull Agency of Hastings. For $170 more per month overall, the county can increase the employee life insurance benefit from $2,500 to $10,000.
tabled action on a Central Platte Natural Resources District hazard mitigation plan because the large document was not received in time. It will be considered at a future meeting.
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On these pages you can find examples of what the New Nordic Cuisine has to offer
The Romans brought the flat shelled oysters from the Atlantic region of Europe back to Italy packed in ice, snow or in barrels of sea water. Oysters are woven into the cultural fabric of Europe as the essence of fine food.
Copenhagen Food Cooperative is a member-based and member-driven food co-operative in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The number of professional Danish winegrowers is increasing, as is the quality of Danish wine. "It is interesting to produce wine at the limit of where it is possible from a purely climatic perspective," says one of the Danish winegrowers, who has gained an export order to Japan.
There are three main meals in Denmark: breakfast and dinner are typically eaten at home, whereas lunch for practical reasons has to be eaten elsewhere and often consists of a packed lunch brought from home.
Denmark has a particular love affair with everything liquorice. You'll find it in many different products here, including liquorice beer, ice-cream, chocolate, fudge, mints and of course candy.
Denmark has always been a nation of beer drinkers, ever since the Viking Age when every family brewed its own beer.
The Danish cuisine still contains elements harking back to the time before industrialisation, i.e. the time before c. 1860, the age of storage housekeeping with a cuisine based on beer and rye bread, salted pork and salted herring.
Nordic food has been making something of a comeback in recent years.
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Belt Loop and Pin
Bowling Sports Belt Loop
|The Cub Scout Bowling Belt Loop is an option for the Webelos Sportsman activity badge.
Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
- Explain to your leader or adult partner the rules of courtesy and safety for bowling.
- Show how to pick out a ball of proper weight and with finger holes that fit your hand.
- Play a complete game with your family or den.
Sports Pin Requirements
Earn the Bowling belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Give a brief history of the sport of bowling.
- Define the following terms: strike, spare, split, miss, and foul. Show their symbols for scoring.
- Demonstrate proper stance, delivery, balance, and follow-through to your leader or adult partner.
- Try different types of delivery and hand positions and see which work best for you.
- Score a complete game using a score sheet and the proper symbols.
- Play at least four games and chart your progress. Figure out your average score.
- Compete in a Scout, family, school, or community bowling tournament.
- Take bowling lessons.
- Attend a parent, high school, college, or professional bowling competition.
- Visit a bowling alley and learn about the care and maintenance of the bowling lanes, pins, and racks.
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Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program Guide, 2003 Edition (BSA Supply SKU #637685)
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Eight reservoirs open during second year of program; special permit required
PRATT — For the second consecutive year, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) will allow floatline fishing at eight reservoirs this summer. Anglers will be allowed to use floatlines only during daylight hours from July 15 through Sept. 15 at Hillsdale, Council Grove, Tuttle Creek, Kanopolis, John Redmond, Toronto, Wilson, and Pomona reservoirs. This fishing method provides an additional angling opportunity on reservoirs with untapped channel catfish populations.
Floatline fishing, sometimes called "jug fishing," allows Kansas anglers to use no more than eight floatlines with no more than two hooks attached to each line. A floatline permit (available for $2.50) is required, enabling department staff to survey floatline anglers during this three-year pilot program. A valid Kansas fishing license is also required, unless exempt by law. During this season, anglers are allowed to set eight floatlines or eight setlines, but not both. In addition to floatlines, an angler may fish with two poles, or three poles with a three-pole permit ($6.50).
All floatlines must be under immediate supervision of the angler and must be removed from the water when fishing ceases. As with setlines, floatlines must be tagged with the owner's name and address. Materials used for floats are restricted to "closed cell" devices made of solid plastic, wood, or foam; metal, glass or any other hollow material is not allowed. Because closed-cell floats do not hold water, they are less likely to spread zebra mussels or other aquatic nuisance species. Even closed-cell floats should be cleaned and dried before being moved to another body of water.
For more information, consult the 2010 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary, available where licenses are sold or online at www.kdwp.state.ks.us.


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|December 9th, 2013 03:56 AM
|I have made the trip out to the bowl twice - in 2008 and 2012 - from Australia. Would love to see photos of it operational.
|November 4th, 2013 04:39 PM
How do we contact you?
Ivan Johnson
|August 27th, 2013 10:11 PM
Desert gardens ranch photo
I've been seeking a photo or photos of the desert gardens ranch and pool from its operational era, specifically the pool... Any help or leads appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Adam Stern aka Rockford
|July 20th, 2012 04:48 AM
Desert Garden Ranch - please email me
I am seeking a wide-shot photo of the main building and pool from the time when the ranch was active, and especially a photo of the front entry gate that was further down the wash - as I recall the entry gate had stone footings supporting a wrought iron arch over the driveway - I would very much like to see photos of both. I am writing a magical realist story/essay about lost desert utopias. At least will you email me so we can discuss?
Ivan Johnson
|March 28th, 2012 12:24 AM
Desert Garden Ranch
I happen to have known the owners quite well, as they were my parents. I helped with the construction and operation of the Ranch for several years until i went in the military in 1967. Feel free to contact me for Information.
|June 24th, 2011 12:20 PM
You can go to the PBarchives they will definitely have it. Good Luck.
|November 10th, 2010 01:41 AM
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|October 24th, 2010 08:09 PM
Desert Gardens Ranch
Could you please contact us at the Desert Hot Springs Historical Society. We've been doing research on the Desert Gardens Ranch and would love to talk to someone whose relatatives owned it! firstname.lastname@example.com Thanks in advance, Jeff Bowman, President
|October 20th, 2010 12:33 PM
|hello my name is Bobbie Arrey, my grand parents bill & ginger williams owned & built the desert garden nudist ranch. may i ask who you are ? and the reason you in need of this particular photo?
|October 21st, 2009 08:37 AM
|How about checking archives with the library or historical society? Never know. Good luck.
|August 1st, 2009 11:00 PM
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Need Vintage Photo Of Desert Gardens Ranch
Im seeking a photo of theDesert Gardens Ranch nudist colony/clothing optional retreat . in the hills outside Desert Hot Springs, California. This location became abandoned and the empty swimming pool became a hot spot for partyers and skateboarders, a.k.a. the nude bowl. Please dont recommend skateboarding sites, I have plenty of photos of the place when it was abandoned. Im searching far and wide for a photo of the swimming pool and main buildings before the demise of the ranch. Im more than happy to pay handsomely for this item, if it can be produced, certainly someone must have visited in the 70s and taken a photo. Ideally Im looking for one similar to the attached photo but 30 years earlier. Thanks for your time, any advice appreciated, Rockford
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NEW YORK (AP) — Keep a wary eye on that little robot vacuum humming away underneath your couch; it just might be plotting against you with others of its kind.
In "Connecting Circuits," Resonance Ensemble celebrates their 10th anniversary season by presenting two shows in repertory about humans versus robots: Karel Capek's 1920 classic, "R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots)" directed by Valetina Fratti, and Richard Manley's new play, "The Truth Quotient," directed by Eric Parness.
The pair opened Sunday night off-Broadway at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre, with Manley's work coming off as much more thought-provoking. Capek's play, originally written in Czech and undoubtedly novel and intriguing to audiences in the first few decades of its life, was meant as a satirical protest against the Western industrialization of human workers. When "R.U.R." was first produced in New York in 1922, it brought the word "robot" into popular use in America.
Whether it's the fault of Fratti's direction or this adaptation by Lee Eric Shackleford, "R.U.R." feels too long and slow. And definitely not satirical. Everything that's going to happen is telegraphed and predictable; any tension or original philosophy by the accomplished author seems to have disappeared.
Two of the most effective actors are Chris Ceraso as the last human alive, and Christine Bullen as innocently optimistic Helena, who worries about the robots' feelings. But despite the hardworking, 15-member cast doing their best to humanize (or roboticize) their respective characters, this production just feels tedious. By the time the robot workers, reprogrammed as soldiers, are rumored to be killing all humans, you might feel like cheering them on to do it faster.
On the other hand, Manley's play, "The Truth Quotient," is well-paced by Parness. Manley raises interesting questions about the nature of faith, trust and love, along with the pros and cons of self-delusion. What is "reality" and why must it be strenuously adhered to, if a happier alternative can be created? Manley's twist on solving modern-day loneliness is amusing, until it gets creepy.
Jarel Davidow, (both imperious and childlike) plays nebbishy, wealthy financier, David, who purchases a sexy, young, lifelike robot-girlfriend named Caprice, (a perky Meredith Howard), personally programmed to please and adore him. Then he procures physical replicas of his now-deceased parents, (nicely performed by Brian Tom O'Connor and Angelina Fiordellisi), but has their personalities programmed to create the intellectual, caring folks he wishes he'd had.
When long-estranged older brother Donald reappears to make amends, (Maxwell Zener, nicely incredulous), his distaste for the artificiality of David's world butts up against smooth-talking, manipulative Rachel (Shaun Bennet Wilson). She's David's persistent "customer service" contact at Nureal, the company that created and programs his artificial family.
Wilson gives a strong, nuanced performance, as omnipresent puppet-master Rachel pops up on David's large-screen TV whenever she feels like it. She increasingly controls David, confident that he'd rather be "safe and secure than free and frightened."
Is Rachel correct in thinking that David would choose the company of adoring robots over his own brother? And is she just a bit too scornful of humans when confronting Donald? Manley leaves us with a big concept to mull over: Just how much people might be willing to trade off or ignore, to gain happiness.


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Story posted April 25, 2012
I have just finished my latest monograph, "From Sovereign to Symbol" which has just been published by Oxford Press, and I am currently in Japan on a Japan Foundation Grant. I departed for Japan on August 2, and will remain there through late July 2012. I have been to Kyoto, Kanazawa, Yamaguchi and Fukuoka and expect to travel more in Japan.
The Ouchi were the most powerful daimyo family throughout the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, and relied upon cultural patronage as much as military prowess per se to assert their authority. Intriguingly, they also claimed descent from an ancient Korean prince, and these claims did not hinder their ability to achieve extremely high court rank and influence in sixteenth-century Japan.
Thomas Conlan
Professor of History and Asian Studies
Photo of me by Rurukoji, a five story pagoda built by the Ouchi in 1441.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is launching a nationwide campaign to give a polio booster to all children under 9 after a rare discovery of the virus.
Itamar Grotto, director of Israel's public health service, said the campaign started Sunday. The move is being taken after a strain of the virus was found in sewage in southern Israel in June. Experts believe the strain originated in neighboring Egypt.
Israel already immunizes its children against the disease. The new campaign gives a second boost of protection.
There have been no clinical cases of the virus, which can lead to paralysis or death. But some child carriers have been identified in Israel.
Polio remains endemic in only three countries worldwide: Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.