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What it is: The historic�Waban Arches are regularly covered in spray paint. Some like it, some don�t. Whether or not it stays is the decision of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
Earlier this month, a Townsman letter-writer suggested that the graffiti that covers nearly every inch of the�Waban Arches bridge be considered an art installation.
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which�owns and oversees the bridge, doesn�t see it that way.
"I don�t think it�s an appropriate location for that kind of art," said MWRA Communications Director Ria Convery.
According to police, an MWRA employee called on two separate occasions earlier this month to report damage to a fence on the property, and also made note of the ongoing graffiti issue on the bridge.
According to Convery, the MWRA, which�has its crews remove the graffiti in Wellesley�as often as possible, faces similar issues along the length of the aqueduct. "It�s an ongoing issue," she said. "It�s not unique."
The Sudbury Aqueduct is 16 miles long� and runs from Framingham to Boston. In Wellesley, the aqueduct is part of a trail� that incorporates the Waban Arches.
Because the aqueduct is state property, the State Police check the area routinely, and the MWRA notifies the Wellesley Police as well, but the town police generally only respond directly when suspicious activity is reported, Convery said.
"We work with state police and local police to try and catch them," Convery said last week, "but kids will be kids."
Despite the letter-writer�s suggestion that the town leave the spray painted areas alone, and remove the paint each year as part of a renewable art project, it�s not the town�s decision to make and it�s not a project the MWRA wants any part in.
"I don�t think that�s something we�d be interested in doing," she said.
Convery said she was unsure what the cost has been to remove the graffiti, but the work falls under the department�s maintenance budget and is done in-house.
Have a question about something you've seen or heard about around town?� Contact reporterJordan Mayblum @ firstname.lastname@example.com and he'll do his best to track down the answer.
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Ted Lange on Nickelson: 'Denver is really going to miss his presence'
Ted Lange (Isaac from "The Love Boat") is also a playwright who has had several of his comedies (including "Four Queens, No Trump") staged at the Shadow Theatre under Jeffrey Nickelson.
We spoke to him today about the death of the company's founder.
Some excerpts:
"It was devastating because he is such a good guy. It just breaks my heart that these guys who are really committed to doing something, for whatever reason — they don't get to finish their run. It's not right.
"But at least he left a legacy of the theater.
"He and I used to sit around and talk theater politics and theater strategy, and that's what I'll miss. Because, being in my position, sometimes people wear a mask, do you know what I mean? The great thing about Jeffrey and I is that we could sit down, no B.S. involved, and just talk straight up, which I am going really to miss, because there is only a handful of people that I can do that with.
"We hit it off immediately. That was the beauty of it. We hit it off. We were friends.
"But the great thing about Jeffery was, he was never intimidated by anybody, because he knew how talented he was. That gave us common ground. I could be up-front and not have to be careful about how I approach a subject. That was the beauty of it, and that's certainly not everywhere, either in Hollywood or in New York. That's why I loved coming to Denver. I love the city.
"Denver doesn't know it yet, but they are really going to miss his presence. I don't think they fully realize it yet, but they are going to feel it. Hopefully these new people who are running the (Shadow Theatre) will take the baton and run the next leg of the race, so to speak.
"The beauty of this guy is that I didn't have to tap dance. He trusted me. I trusted him, and we ran the same road. We were running the same race.
"He was a great guy. And that's what hurts. Not only as an artist; not only as a friend — he was just a good guy. He's passed on now, and he had so much more to offer.
"Fifty-three is young. I know he had a lot more things in his brain that could have found the light of day.
"I'll always respect that his word was in gold.
"I just mourn his passing, but I'm very pleased that I got to see him on his journey; that we connected. And I think that's a wonderful thing,
"For whatever time he was here, I got to be a part of that guy's life and we touched each other, you know?

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Filed under: ComputersAfter months of back and forth and hand wringing, it looks like the strange tale of the Lower Merion school district may finally be coming to a close. In advance of the new school year, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger has announced that the federal government will not be filing charges against the district or its employees over the controversial use of tracking software on school-issued laptops that snapped webcam photos of students. Memeger says that an investigation turned up no evidence of criminal intent. Still, if we were students in the district, we might choose to turn down the offer of a free, school-issued laptop. [From: Google/AP]
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"I want to be a part of the curriculum. I want to be taught and read." These would big words coming from anyone, but they are particularly startling flying out of the mouth of a diminutive young woman (she stands about 4 feet 10 inches), clad in a brown and yellow polka-dotted sundress and teetering on the edge of strappy platform sandals.
If you saw her in a high school cafeteria, you could easily take Kao Kalia Yang for a student – and not much more than a sophomore. But sitting here in her office in a scruffy section of St. Paul, she channels adulthood through an almost uncanny earnestness.
"I have always been this way," she explains in a tiny, lilting voice. "I look young but inside I have the wisdom of the old."
Wisdom is what Ms. Yang will need to complete the task she has set for herself in life: speaking for a people who have no voice. She wants to tell their stories, earn them recognition, and help them find home.
Although she is already well on her way. At the age of 28, with the recent release of "The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir" Yang became the first Hmong writer to publish a full-length book in the United States. It's a remarkable achievement for a young woman who, as an immigrant child, struggled painfully with the English language. But it's also a fitting milestone for a would-be reformer who believes that words can help to make a better world.
Yang's ethnicity is deeply felt. Her earliest memory is of being asked who she is and knowing that the right answer was "I am Hmong." Yet the Hmong have no homeland and their written language was almost lost in long years of suppression. The Hmong are believed to have originated in China – at least they are known to have been living there as many as 3,000 to 5,000 years ago. But centuries of oppression drove them into Laos. There, for about 200 years, they lived a simple rural life sometimes described as idyllic – until the Vietnam War. When fighting in Vietnam spilled across the border into Laos, 30,000 Hmong men and boys were recruited by the CIA in an operation known as "the Secret War."
As many as a third of the Hmong in Laos at the time were killed in the war. But the US pulled out in 1975, and promises of help for the Hmong were not fulfilled.
That's where Yang's story starts. The Vietnamese government issued a death warrant against the Hmong for their role in the Vietnam War. Thousands more Hmong were hunted down and killed. (By some estimates, another third of Laos's Hmong perished at this time.) Yang's parents were teenagers in 1975 when both their families were forced into hiding in the Laotian jungle where the two young people met. Their first child (Yang's sister, Dawb) was born in 1979 while her parents were being held in captivity by Vietnamese soldiers. Yang herself was born in 1980 in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp after the family made a narrow escape across the Mekong River to Thailand. Cordoned off on a 400-acre piece of land, Ban Vinai was home to 35,000 to 45,000 Hmong refugees – including the Yangs – between 1980 and 1987. They finally were resettled in St. Paul, Minn., where many Hmong refugees had preceded them – perhaps too many. (About 180,000 Hmong live in the US, mostly in California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.)
There was no hero's welcome in America. On the contrary, the Hmong often met with hostility. Not only did most Americans know nothing of their service during the Vietnam War, they couldn't distinguish them from their former persecutors, the Chinese and the Vietnamese.
"In America," Yang writes, "there was no Hmong – as if we hadn't existed at all in America's eyes." At the same time, "we had no more lands to return to."
It's a harsh story and yet Yang has no bitterness. "She has so much hope," says Chris Fischbach, Yang's senior editor at Coffee House Press, publishers of "The Latehomecomer." "She believes so much in democracy." She sees her quest to tell the story of the Hmong, "as a splendid burden," says Mr. Fischbach. "She feels so lucky to be speaking for the people who can't tell their own story."
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Yang's entry into America, at age 7, wasn't easy. Her parents, who had only rudimentary educations and whose skills were best suited to a rural environment, fought to learn job skills and to understand the new world around them. And Yang was mostly silent in her first years here.
Her sister, Dawb, she writes, "had the kind of intelligence that a teacher could see." But Yang herself was "perpetually biting my lower lips ... I didn't speak easily or well." Obsessed with the fear that her voice didn't sound normal in English, Yang whispered at school and gave only monosyllabic replies to her teachers' questions – a strategy that caused most to ignore her after a while.
But finally, in high school, Yang caught her English teacher's attention with a thoughtful essay asking whether Romeo and Juliet were bound by love or lust. The teacher told Yang she had a "talent for literature." Suddenly, writes Yang, "she opened up a real possibility that I could excel."
She won a scholarship to highly selective Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. There, she says, she faced culture shock, living and interacting with students who communicated through e-mail and thought vacations to Paris were ordinary fare. But through meeting new people and having new experiences, she says, "I was forced to become braver."
Another seminal event happened while Yang was in college. Her grandmother, the beloved family matriarch, died. "My grandmother had so much fear of being forgotten," says Yang, eyes moist and voice trembling as she remembers. Her grandmother was illiterate and yet as a shaman and healer, she carried much of Hmong tradition and wisdom within her.
"She understood herself so profoundly," says Yang. "I loved books and looked for answers there. She found answers inside herself." In tribute, Yang began writing her book as a series of "love letters" to her grandmother.
Today, Yang travels wherever she is invited to read from her book and speak about the Hmong. "People cry at her readings all the time," says Fischbach. Other immigrants say, "I'm not Hmong, but this is my experience."
• • •
For the Hmong, Yang's words have special resonance. "As soon as I heard about her book I said, 'That's my story, too!' " says Nancy Lee, a St. Paul high school junior. "[I] did chores and then nagged my mom for the last $5" to be able to buy "The Latehomecomer."
"We all know her," says Helen Hang, owner of St. Paul's Chili Pepper Cafe. "We all know the book."
Yang and her sister rent an office in St. Paul's Frogtown, where many Hmong live. There, Dawb practices public interest law while Yang sits on community boards, works as a court interpreter, and does whatever else she feels needs doing for the Hmong. Between them, the two say they earn just enough to pay their rent.
That's typical of the Hmong, says Jeff Lindsay, an Appleton, Wis., resident who lives among the Hmong and maintains a website explaining their history and culture. "They're entrepreneurial but there is less interest in moneymaking." For so many generations, he says, "being Hmong meant just surviving." And surviving meant helping one another.
But as devoted as Yang is to her people, she does not believe she will be content to stop with their story. She has a higher goal in mind.
"I want the human word to have the power to change the human life. Through language," explains the young woman who found it so hard to learn English, "I really believe that we can learn to become better." But first she says, "I start with the Hmong because I know the Hmong."


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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Funding Opportunity Title
Disclosure of HIV-Status to Children in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings (R01)
Activity Code
Research Project Grant
Announcement Type
Related Notices
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number
Companion FOA
RFA-HD-12-205, R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
FOA Purpose
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to assess intervention studies of the process of disclosure of HIV infection status to children infected and affected by HIV in low-resource settings and for the process of HIV-infected women (and other caretakers) disclosing their HIV status to their children, or both. This area of investigation is neglected, profoundly understudied and of high importance to millions of children and their families in these settings. Where procedures for pediatric HIV disclosure in low-resource settings have already been developed or identified, or where two or more disclosure models are already implemented or under consideration in HIV care programs in low-resource settings, applications are sought to evaluate disclosure intervention models, assess the effect of the disclosure intervention on psychological, behavioral and medical outcomes in the child and family unit, and, where possible, evaluate the comparative effectiveness of two or more disclosure interventions. Such studies might include interventions for disclosing to HIV-infected children their own HIV status and/or for assisting HIV-infected mothers, fathers, and other caretakers in disclosing their HIV status to their children or both. In the body of this FOA, "disclosure" is meant to include any of these processes, and "adult" is meant to include any caretaker responsible for the well-being of the child(ren).
Posted Date
February 9, 2011
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)
October 29, 2011
Letter of Intent Due Date
October 29, 2011
Application Due Date(s)
November 29, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Not applicable
Scientific Merit Review
February/March 2012
Advisory Council Review
May 2012
Earliest Start Date(s)
July 2012
Expiration Date
November 30, 2011
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
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Section IV. Application and Submission Information
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This FOA issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to assess intervention studies of the process of disclosure of HIV infection status to children infected and affected by HIV in low-resource settings and for the process of HIV-infected women (and other caretakers) disclosing their HIV status to their children, or both. This area of investigation is neglected, profoundly understudied and of high importance to millions of children and their families in these settings. Where procedures for pediatric HIV disclosure in low-resource settings have already been developed or identified, or where two or more disclosure models are already implemented or under consideration in HIV care programs in low-resource settings, applications are sought to evaluate disclosure intervention models, assess the effect of the disclosure intervention on psychological, behavioral and medical outcomes in the child and family unit, and, where possible, evaluate the comparative effectiveness of two or more disclosure interventions. Such studies might include interventions for disclosing to HIV-infected children their own HIV status and/or for assisting HIV-infected mothers, fathers and other caretakers in disclosing their HIV status to their children or both. In the body of this FOA, "disclosure" is meant to include any of these processes, and "adult" is meant to include any caretaker responsible for the well-being of the child(ren).
Programs to improve prevention of mother-to-child
transmission are reaching ever greater numbers of pregnant women worldwide, and
programs to diagnose, treat and improve survival of HIV-infected children are
continuing to reach greater numbers of children in lower-resource settings –
especially sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, the increasing availability of
antiretroviral therapy (ART) means that HIV-infected individuals are living
longer and are increasingly likely to have children. It thus becomes
increasingly important to understand the current practice, barriers and
facilitators, cultural influences, and effects of disclosing to HIV-infected
children their HIV status and of HIV-infected mothers and fathers disclosing
their status to their children. It is essential to develop effective, validated
HIV-disclosure intervention approaches that are appropriate for the cultural,
developmental, and gender context, and that HIV treatment program personnel can
be trained to use for assisting children, mothers, fathers, and families with
HIV disclosure to children in low-resource settings.
Disclosure of a child's HIV infection to the child in an appropriate manner has long been recommended in the United States [AAP 1999, reaffirmed 2009]. Rather than a single event, disclosure generally represents an ongoing, dynamic process that takes place over many visits and several years, based on multiple factors, including the child's developmental level, child's health status, approaching age of potential sexual debut, and the parent/caretaker's readiness for disclosure to the child [Lesch 2007]. Disclosure of HIV status to children can be associated with less parental depression [Lipson 1994], higher self-esteem [Lipson 1994] and fewer behavioral problems in the child, closer relationship between the child and parent/caregiver [Wiener 1998], improvement in the child's understanding of and coping with their medical condition [Funck-Brentano, 1997] ], increased adherence to medications [Mellins 2004], and even greater improvement in immunologic status (CD4 count) [Sherman 2000]. On the other hand, some studies have also demonstrated increase in stress levels following disclosure [Funck-Brentano, 1997]. Disclosure to HIV-infected children entering adolescence also provides the opportunity for counseling about prevention of HIV transmission prior to sexual debut (AAP 1999/2009).
A mother's disclosure of her own HIV diagnosis to her HIV-infected and uninfected children can be difficult. Many women avoid or delay disclosure to their children because they feel they do not know how to do it, and they worry that their children will disclose the information to others [Corona 2006; Murphy 2008]. Disclosure by HIV-infected fathers and other caretakers to their children is also expected to be difficult but has not been studied.
The WHO and most national pediatric HIV guidelines [South Africa 2005; Zambia 2007; Ethiopia 2008; Uganda 2003] recommend developmentally appropriate disclosure to children. Unfortunately, the resources available for training providers in low-resource setting about pediatric HIV disclosure are largely based on the Western disclosure model and experience [Abrams, ICAP pediatric clinical manual, ANECCA 2004].
A study of disclosure in pediatric HIV clinics in Soweto, South Africa, revealed that primary caregivers of children with HIV typically do not disclose HIV status to their children, despite the fact that these children often ask questions about their illness [Kouyoumdjian 2005]. In Zambia, only 38% of 11-15 year-old youth enrolled in HIV care were aware of their diagnosis, even though the majority was receiving antiretroviral therapy [Menon JAIDS 2007]. Overall, youth evinced high rates of mental health problems; however, rates of emotional problems were higher among the youth whose infection status had not been disclosed. Among similarly aged HIV-uninfected children whose mothers were HIV-infected in South Africa, only 44% had been told of their mother's HIV infection; male children and children whose mothers had never been married were significantly less likely to be told of their mothers' diagnosis [Palin AIDS Behav 2008].
Disclosure of mothers' or children's HIV diagnosis to children in lower-resource settings is further impeded by the very low rate with which women, diagnosed with HIV infection during antenatal care, disclose their HIV infection to their husbands and partners in such settings [Medley Bull WHO 2004].
As millions of children infected and affected by HIV in low-resource settings are expected to survive childhood through adolescence and into adulthood, there is an increasing need for evidence-based approaches to disclosure of HIV diagnosis to children. The profound lack of data about effective and appropriate disclosure models and near absence of published disclosure intervention studies and longitudinal studies of the effects of disclosure on children and family over time highlight the need for investigation of disclosure practices and barriers in these settings and for trials of disclosure interventions.
Applications are requested for design and evaluation of
protocols for pediatric HIV disclosure that address developmental, gender, and
cultural issues involved in the process. Such protocols must consider the
acceptability of such processes to adults and medical personnel and their
impact on medical, adherence, behavioral, psychological, and social outcomes in
the affected children and family units over time. They must also be evaluated
for their ability to be effectively implemented and sustained in various HIV
care program settings. Approaches could include standardized training in
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community level interventions to change culture norms concerning disclosure.
In low-resource settings where two or more disclosure models are already implemented or under consideration in area HIV care programs, applications are requested for evaluation of comparative effectiveness of different approaches to disclosure. Effectiveness will be measured longitudinally from multiple informants and in multiple dimensions, including but not limited to: individual and family satisfaction with the disclosure process; change in measures (before and after disclosure) of child self-esteem, parent/caretaker self-esteem, child depression, parent/caretaker depression, parent/child relationship, stress and coping ability in children and their mothers/caretakers, parent/caretaker self-efficacy, child quality of life, and parent/caretaker quality of life; HIV care program staff confidence and willingness to assist families with disclosure; HIV program indicators for achieving disclosure; relation of disclosure status to health status (e.g. HIV clinical and immunologic status, adherence to care and to medications); and community-level impact.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Home prices continued to post strong annual increases but the pace of monthly gains reflects a slowdown in the housing recovery. According to the latest report from CoreLogic, home prices rose 12.4% in August from a year earlier, the 18th consecutive annual increase. What's more, CoreLogic's Pending Home Price Index projects another 12.7% year-over-year gain in September. Excluding distressed sales, the share of which has been declining, home prices rose 11.2% in August and are projected to show an annual gain of 12.2% in September. But the month-over-month gains are moderating. Home prices rose 0.9% in August from July or by 1% excluding distressed sales. And the pending home sales index indicates a further slowdown in September, with home prices projected to rise by a muted 0.2% over August or 0.7% excluding distressed sales. "After a strong run, the rate of home price appreciation slowed in August. In addition to normal seasonality, the recent sharp rise in mortgage rates off their historic lows was a clear driver behind the slowdown," said Anand Nallathambi, president and CEO of CoreLogic. "We anticipate moderate gains in home prices over the balance of this year, supported by the recent downward trend in rates and continued tight supplies of homes in many markets." Excluding distressed sales, the five states with the highest year-over-year home price appreciation in August were Nevada (+23.4%), California (+19.8%), Arizona (+14%), Utah (+13.7%) and Florida (+13.5%). -- Written by Shanthi Bharatwaj in New York. >Contact by Email. Follow @shavenk
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Contemporary Projects 11: Hard Targets—Masculinity and Sport
Mark Bradford, Harun Farocki, Brian Jungen, Shaun Leonardo, Collier Schorr, and Joe Sola—the six artists included in Contemporary Projects 11: Hard Targets-Masculinity and Sport —all work to revise the time-honored archetype of the male athlete as an aggressive, overtly heterosexual, hyper-competitive, and emotionally remote subject. Instead, they offer opposing views of masculinity and sport, and of the entire theatre of athletic play, including the rituals and accoutrements that surround this intimate, male dominated world. Each examines the way masculinity is characterized and performed in a sporting context, and each suggests the existence of complex systems of desire and identification that accompany the way we view and consume athletes and sporting events.
Curated by Christopher Bedford, contemporary art, this exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and made possible by Nike Sportswear and the Contemporary Projects Endowment Fund. Contributors to the fund include Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lidow, Ronnie and Vidal Sassoon, Steve Martin, The Broad Art Foundation, Bob Crewe, Tony and Gail Ganz, Ansley I. Graham Trust, Peter Norton Family Foundation, Barry and Julie Smooke, and Sandra and Jacob Y. Terner.
Image: Mark Bradford, Practice, 2003, digital-video projection with sound, 3 minutes, courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, © Mark Bradford.


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Zucchini pickles sound interesting, Denny.
Take fresh Zucc, slice lengthwise in 1/4 strips. Toss with salt, pepper and olive oil. (may have to cut in half if they're larger) Grill them till they're charred then thin out some of that Pesto with a little buttermilk and pour it over the top....lovely.
Update 32 quarts of Tomatoes, 24 quarts of stock, 36 quarts of pickles, 24 pints of beets, 30 quarts of beans (dilly and plain), 10 pounds each of califlower, broccoli,corn and beans frozen. Jalapenoes and sweet peppers are still in the house ripening.Hard to get to be 300# mostly healthy without good food in the house.See your doctor yearly, as your milege my vary. Do your Loved ones a favor go get yourself a yearly physical, every one of you! Even you skinny bastards. :p


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Being a vegan in Portland, Tofurkey day is approaching and I'm naturally weighing the options of at least 12 vegan potlucks or take out from Bay Leaf or Sweetpea (omg, the dinner rolls!!). I went to 2 potlucks over the weekend as it is, and that's normal! Now, being a creepy cat lady hermit without family in the state, I'm also highly considering taking the day off from sage and pumpkin, making Ethiopian style greens, and watching Charlie Brown on repeat. Maybe. I may make an exception for pumpkin hot toddies. Perhaps.
All this potential busy-ness or personal time over the holiday weekend doesn't mean that I'm not totally entranced by all the seasonal menu planning around me, via blog posts and holiday specials at the grocery store and farmers markets, etc.
With that, here are some things that have caught my eye recently.
Thanksgiving Day Ideas I'd like you to make for me:
- Our Veggie Kitchen's Turkey Gravy (inspired by the next link)
- Vegan Dad's Smoked Turkey Lunch Meat
- Melomeal's Barley Cherry Pecan Stuffing Mel has a ton of Frugal Thanksgiving recipes up!
- Joni's Seitan en Croûte from 500 Vegan Recipes. Just look at it!
- Bryanna Clark Grogan's Spiced Vegan Pumpkin Pie – consider using coconut milk! It could change your view of this holiday.
- Bryanna's Buttermilk Biscuits – beautiful things.
- The Thanksgiving Cake Incident from Vegan Good Things. Whoa.
- Joanna's Mushroom Dressing from Potluck Mania. Classic.
- Bryan P. McCarthy's Vegan Turkey Roast on Everyday Dish. I've made this a couple times and like to roast cubed vegetables in the pan, as well.
- Chelsea's Whole Grain Quinoa Stuffing and Thanksgiving Gluten Roast up on the Bob's Red Mill Blog. I just may be eating some of that stuffing tomorrow, wink wink.
- The Double-Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake from Fat Free Vegan. Why have I not been to a potluck where this is present?!?
- and of course, the Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls from Don't Eat Off the Sidewalk. Pretty please?
Ye Olde Get Sconed! Thanksgiving-related porn follows, featuring quite a sweet potato pie casseroles, more pies, mac & cheeze, rolls, and an apple cider, garlic & herb marinated tofurkey, among other classics:
And if you're dishes rule, don't forget to take a picture and send your photos to Vegansaurus!
And please, share!


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. politicians face a stark choice over the next six weeks: come together on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, or prepare for a recession as companies seek other places to invest, said the CEOs of NYSE Euronext NYX.N and Honeywell International Inc (HON.N).
President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans have sounded conciliatory notes on the fiscal cliff since last week's election, but there is still plenty of skepticism in the business community on the chances of a deal, NYSE's Duncan Niederauer and Honeywell's David Cote told Reuters on Tuesday.
In August 2011, Congress did not agree on raising the U.S. debt ceiling until the last possible minute, leading to massive volatility in equity markets and a downgrade of America's debt rating.
"If the debt ceiling was playing with fire, this is nitroglycerine," said Cote. "If they go off the cliff, I think it would spark a recession that's a lot bigger than economists think. Some think it would just be a small fire. I think it could turn into a conflagration."
Since the election, markets have been focused on the fiscal cliff of steep government spending cuts and tax rises due to be implemented under existing law in early 2013 and the uncertainty surrounding it, along with more long-term fears about the size of the U.S. debt, Big Board boss Niederauer said.
"The next 60 days are critical," he said.
He said the market seemed to be pricing in more uncertainty in the months ahead, and that there could be an upside surprise in store if real progress is made in the lame-duck session of Congress, which would set the table for a credible solution to conquering the debt burden in the following months.
Niederauer said that uncertainty - including around simple things like what the corporate tax rate will be in 2013 - makes it difficult for companies to make plans to invest and hire workers in the United States, further stifling economic growth.
While the economy has struggled since the recession, corporations are sitting on stockpiles of cash and are waiting for a signal as to where to invest, said Niederauer.
If politicians are not able to create some certainty in the markets by putting aside partisan ideas, and making real progress in the next 60 days on fiscal issues, money will likely go elsewhere, both Niederauer and Cote said.
"We simply won't be investing in the United States. We will be investing elsewhere, where we have more certainty of the outcome," Niederauer said.
"Capital is a coward," said Cote of Honeywell, a diversified manufacturer. "You don't go to places that are excessively risky or have more risk in them than you are willing to take."
He said that with many of the world's big democracies - Japan, India, the EU, the United States - in gridlock because of debt, somebody needs to exercise some leadership.
"There is a real opportunity for presidential leadership. That is the one guy in the entire country who could make this argument to the American public and give it to them holistic instead of in pieces," Cote said.
Both Cote and Niederauer said they were optimistic a deal will be reached in time.
Democrats and Republicans generally agree on the need to avoid about $600 billion in deficit-reduction measures set to start in 2013. But they are at odds how to get over the immediate crisis, divided over whether to extend tax cuts for everyone, as Republicans want, or just for those earning below $250,000, as the president wants.
Solving the problem requires "both an increase in taxes and significant entitlement reform, along with discretionary spending cuts if this is going to work, and we need this to work," Cote said.
Both Cote and Niederauer are part of an ad hoc lobby group called Fix the Debt, made up of CEOs pushing for long-term deficit reduction, and Cote is one of several CEOs meeting with President Obama on Wednesday to discuss fiscal issues.
"He (Obama) fully understands the significance of not just the fiscal cliff, but long-term debt, to our economy and what that's doing to hold us back and wants to do something that's going to really make a difference here long-term," he said.
Obama also plans to hold a news conference on Wednesday, during which he will be questioned about negotiations.
Cote said it was not reasonable to expect Congress to come up with the bigger $4 trillion answer by the end of the year. It could, however, put a mechanism in place to develop a simplified tax system that collects more, simplified Medicare/Medicaid that spends considerably less, and discretionary spending cuts, by a specified date such as July 4, he said.
Of the $4 trillion in deficit reduction, which would be phased in over 10 years, Cote said a plan might include $1 dollar in tax increases for every $3 of spending cuts.
There would also need to be a backup - like a Simpson-Bowles, a Domenici-Rivlin, or another $4 trillion debt reduction plan - that would automatically kick in if the plan is not ready by the target date.
Cote, whose name has been brought up by pundits as a potential replacement for Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, said he has not given that role much thought.
"It's nice to be thought about, but I like what I am doing," he said when asked if he would consider the job if offered.
Top executives scheduled to meet with the president on Wednesday include the CEOs of General Electric Co (GE.N), Wal-Mart (WMT.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N), Procter and Gamble Co (PG.N), American Express (AXP.N), Chevron Corp (CVX.N), International Business Machines (IBM.N), PepsiCo Inc PEP.N, Xerox Corp (XRX.N), and Aetna Inc (AET.N).
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They might be a little snooty, but it would be hard to find a family more welcome in these parts than the Crawleys of "Downton Abbey" — at least in Owings Mills, home of Maryland Public Television.
Just as "American Idol" in its heyday used to attract tens of thousands of new viewers to Fox affiliates like WBFF in Baltimore, so has "Downton Abbey" come to be a ratings, promotional and fundraising bonanza for PBS affiliates like MPT.
"The total audience for 'Downton Abbey' is nearly twice what our other leading programs deliver on an episode-by-episode basis," says Steven Schupak, chief content officer.
"Having that large an audience is a wonderful thing for a PBS affiliate," he adds. "It raises all our boats and brings more attention to our channel and its other offerings. And that kind of attention provides an opportunity to leverage its popularity with other MPT activities. For the longest time, PBS has been searching for a program you can call a big hit. And when you have it, you have to do everything you can to take advantage."
Season 4 of the highest-rated drama in PBS history begins tonight with the first of eight new episodes, picking up six months after the death of Matthew Crawley, husband of Lady Mary and financial savior of the ever-threatened estate. But like other PBS affiliates around the country, MPT has been riding the wave of last year's success for months with pledge drives keyed to "Downton," public screenings of yet-to-air episodes and even a trip to England for area fans of the show to see Highclere Castle, where the show is filmed.
Viewership from Seasons 2 to 3 more than doubled on MPT, with the number of adult viewers rising from 69,458 in 2012 to 161,408 for last year's run. Nationally, the audience for Season 3 of "Downton Abbey" clocked in at 24.1 million.
By public television standards, those are game-changing ratings. The only commercial network with more Maryland viewers on Sunday nights when "Downton" aired last year was CBS, which featured "The Good Wife," then the highest-rated drama on network TV. Public television rarely beats the commercial networks in primetime, head-to-head competition during a sweeps ratings period.
Indicative of both the show's popularity and the ways in which MPT has been trying to "leverage" that appeal are two "screening events" being held this weekend at the Music Center at Strathmore in Montgomery County and at the Gordon Center for Performing Arts in Owings Mills.
Tickets were free but had to be ordered in advance, and both were sellouts, according to Schupak. Strathmore officially seats 1,976, while the Gordon Center's capacity is 550.
"Approximately 2,000 at Strathmore [on Friday] for a television show that is being delivered to everyone's home two days later — that's unbelievable," Schupak says. "We did this last year, and a lot of folks came in costumes. … It's a wonderful way for people to see other fans of the program up close and share their passion for the stories and characters."
An even better way to share their passion was to take the MPT/Virgin Atlantic "Christmas trip" to Highclere Castle.
It included: an "MPT exclusive Christmas season event" and a three-course dinner served in the castle's library.
The tour was also a sellout, with about 70 fans from the MPT viewing area on board, according to Larry Unger, MPT's president and CEO, who accompanied the group.
"This sort of venture wins friends for MPT and deepens connections between us and viewers," Unger wrote in an email. "The Christmas Ball at Highclere was really very well done, and I heard nothing but wonderful things from the folks on the trip."
Rick Lore, vice president for development, was also on the tour, which provided an excellent opportunity for fundraising.
"Many of the people who take a trip such as this are some of our biggest supporters," Schupak says. "And so, it was wonderful to build that relationship with the people who support us at higher level — or could be a prospect for someone who could do that in the future."
Schupak says the tour was so successful that MPT is talking about trying it with another popular public television show, "Doc Martin," a comedy starring Martin Clunes as a smug London surgeon who suddenly finds himself in general practice in the quirky, seaside Cornish village of Portwenn.
While the business models for commercial and public TV obviously differ — with one based on advertising revenue and the other on contributions, grants and public funding — MPT's efforts to leverage the success of "Downton" are not all that different from what Fox affiliates did with "Idol."
Stations like Baltimore's WBFF ran "Idol" contests and brought the winners out to Los Angeles for the finals, providing them with backstage access to the judges and contestants. And just as MPT relentlessly promotes "Downton" in many of its other shows, so did Fox 45 pepper its daytime newscasts with "live coverage" by one of its reporters from Los Angeles during the final weeks of the season.
The idea is to bring some of your customers as close to the flame as you can, while reminding all of them that only you have the flame.
But as savvy as MPT and Virgin Atlantic might be in promoting their UK trips on-air and in social media, in the end, it still comes down to content. Viewers will only want to go on those real trips to Highclere Castle or Portwenn if the TV viewing experience is a pleasurable one — if the shows transport them to those fictional worlds and they enjoy the hour or half-hour they spend there.
Sunday's opening episode of Season 4 of "Downton Abbey" is astonishingly efficient in instantly drawing viewers back into its richly textured upstairs/downstairs milieu.
As the house comes to a new day's life, news of a servant's desertion in the night spreads through the kitchen, halls and rooms.
Meanwhile, Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) lies in bed listening but emotionally unresponsive to the waking cries of her infant son. The bleak landscape the camera shows as she rises and looks out her bedroom window mirrors her inner life in the aftermath of her husband's death.
Creator-writer Julian Fellowes and director David Evans create the mood and tone of her depression with a few sure-handed brush strokes of the landscape. Much of the drama in the first episode comes from the struggle to pull her back from what one character refers to as the "land of the dead."
As that language suggests, "Downton" is a series that fully embraces its melodramatic core — improbable excesses and all. And while there's nothing quite as large and historic as the sinking of the Titanic or World War I to send the Crawleys catapulting down the road to possible ruin in Season 4, they are perfectly capable of doing it on their own — especially the smug, hidebound and knuckleheaded Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), who becomes more a foil than ever to the women who surround him.
None cuts him down to size in Season 4 quite like his mother, Violet (Maggie Smith). And I am happy to report that the countess dowager has a larger role than ever this year — and most of the very best lines from Fellowes.
Who wouldn't want to visit a TV world where a talent like Maggie Smith is showcased and a character like Violet Crawley is cherished?
Smart call by MPT in guessing that some viewers would want to dress up like such characters or even journey to the place where this Sunday-night magic is made.


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June 20, 1925 - March 19, 2013
Cornwall, NY
Wallace F. "Wally" Bywater of Cornwall entered into eternal rest on March 19, 2013 at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh. He was 87.
Son of the late Wallace E. and Lauretta (Lord) Bywater, he was born June 20, 1925 in Groton, MA. Wally married Sharon Gethard in 1962 in Newark, NJ.
Wally was a graduate of Groton High School class of 1943 and attended Manhattan College. He then served his country faithfully during World War II in the U.S. Army, serving with Company A in the 785th Military Police Battalion. After his military service he went on to work as a sales agent for United Airlines for 35 years. He belonged to Our Lady of the Lake Chapel. He was also a member of the American Legion Post 0152. Wally was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, and he will be most remembered for his ability to make us laugh.
Wally is survived by his loving wife, Sharon, at home; his children: Michael of Highland, NY, William and his wife, Aimee of New Windsor, NY, Maria of Cornwall, NY, Geralyn and her husband, Michael McLaughlin of Newburgh, NY, Richard of Montgomery, NY, Jean-Marie and her husband, Brian Feinstein of Northport, NY, Stephen and his wife, Margaret of Cornwall, NY, David and his wife, Elizabeth of Yardley, PA, and Joseph and his wife, Alanna of Highland, NY; his grandchildren: Sean and Catherine Bywater, Liam Bywater, Zechariah Johnson, Clara and Agnes Goldrich, Charles and Zachary McLaughlin, Maxwell and Samuel Feinstein, Rourke, Margaret, Seth, Rose and Shane Bywater, Anna and Jonathan Bywater, and Emily and Jeremy Bywater. In addition to his parents, Wally was predeceased by his brother, James.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 21st, at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Monsignor Budwick at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22nd, at Our Lady of the Lake Chapel, Rte 52, Town of Newburgh. Burial at Orange County Veteran's Cemetery will be held privately, at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Wally's name to a charity of one's choice.
To send a personal condolence, or for further information, please visit Brooksfh.com or call 845-561-8300.


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Seasonal work can provide a much-needed boost to older Americans' income—and such jobs often lead to full-time work. But older job seekers who are just now starting their search need to be quick or risk being late to the seasonal-hiring party.
The good news is that, even though a majority of employers said they would stop accepting applications for holiday season jobs as early as October, another 27% said they'd be hiring in November and 10% said they'd hire in December, according to a CareerBuilder survey of 2,099 hiring managers.
And older workers are sought by some companies: 17% of employers said they tend to hire retirees, while 34% said they focus on experienced workers who are not retired. Another 45% target college students and 23% tend to hire high-school students, according to CareerBuilder.
Some of the top sectors for seasonal hiring include retail stores, delivery companies and winter resorts. But 18% of employers in information technology, 16% in leisure and hospitality and 16% in financial services also said they will hire seasonal workers, according to the survey.
Seasonal jobs are not solely about manning a cash register or selling products, said Susan Joyce, publisher and editor at Job-Hunt.org and WorkCoachCafe.com, in Marlborough, Mass. "Not all of the seasonal jobs are sales jobs — by a long shot," she said. "There are all kinds of layers."
For example, she said, companies are looking to ramp up call-center staff to handle phone and web orders. Others seek office and administrative workers. Target Corp. TGT, +1.87% posted an ad for "floating" pharmacists to fill in for full-time employees at various stores, Joyce said.
Joyce said CoolWorks.com and Snagajob.com are useful for finding seasonal work, and you can search BackdoorJobs.com for "short-term job adventures." Also, check out RetiredBrains.com. Read: Seasonal and temp jobs for retirees.
Here are five sectors that are good bets for boomer job seekers seeking seasonal work.


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Transition into DPT
- Complete a baccalaureate degree at Clarkson University with an overall grade point average greater than or equal to 3.2
- Grade point average greater than or equal to 3.2 in all pre-requisite courses and no grade lower than a C in these courses.
- Successfully pass PT 105 and PT 305.
- Submit documentation of a minimum of 50 hours of observation/volunteer or work experience in physical therapy and/or another healthcare setting, of which a minimum of 30 hours must be completed under the supervision of a physical therapist.
- Submit three letters of recommendation. One must be from a physical therapist and one from a faculty member. None can be from family, friends or clergy.
- Submit an application to the DPT program through the Physical Therapy Common Application Service by September 20th of your senior year.


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Banners in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Here at Leeds Sign Design, we have been creating fantastic bespoke banners at low cost to our customers, for many years. No occasion or event is out of bounds and our experienced design and creation team will take your ideas and create a finished product to be proud of.
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Our banners are the perfect solution to any kind of advertising, being a flexible and affordable marketing tool in any kind of setting. Whether you're trying to highlight a promotion, draw attention to your business, display a specific product or celebrate an occasion, we have the right product to fit that requirement.
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Our personalised occasion banners are a huge hit, using your own wording and photographs, we then print onto high quality material, ensuring the finished product is of the great standard that our customers deserve. Another hugely popular product is our custom made commercial banner, used mostly for promotional information, you can choose unlimited pictures, logos and words, we will then create your banner exactly to your specification. We guarantee the finished product will serve it purpose and help your business stand out from the crowd.
Whatever your ideas or requirements, we are always willing to advise and assist in making that idea a reality. Contact us for further information and a personalised quotation.


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We are pleased to announce that our new range, Bisley Essentials, is now available to order!
Here are all the key facts: Our new Essentials range is just that. A family of products that no office can function properly without. It includes cupboards, tambour doors, lockers, drawers and combination units
As you've known Bisley for a while, you'll know that we have had, until the launch of this range, a number of product families at market-entry level – names you might recognise are AST, CST and A-series. We've now brought these together, and, with some product development, improvements and deletions, we now have one cohesive family of products which brings a bit more sense and order to our offering.
Today's storage needs were always at the front of our mind when we were developing Essentials. All the units are based around efficient storage of A4 folders and where applicable they come with the appropriate number of shelves as standard. The desk-high units accommodate two rows of practical filing with the option of extending the work surface. The combination units, with both lockers and drawers, are ideal for personal and team storage, as they provide individuals with a place to stow their own items and access team files all in one space efficient unit.
Essentials range has a five year warranty; and whilst the whole range is available on standard lead-time there will be a quick-ship offer available in five days. To enable accurate installation and remove inconvenience onsite, factory-installed levelling feet are included as standard on all of the products – not common at this price point.
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- Officials in Boulder, Broomfield counties weigh impact of fracking ruling on their bans
- Longmont fracking ruling: 'Blow to democracy' or 'win for individual property rights'?
- Longmont fracking ban timeline
- Colorado Supreme Court strikes down Longmont's voter-approved fracking ban
- Colo. Supreme Court to rule in Longmont fracking case Monday
- COGA 'disappointed' with Longmont council's move
- Longmont City Council votes unanimously to appeal judge's decision on fracking ban
- Boulder County judge strikes down Longmont fracking ban
- COGA, TOP ask judge to kill Longmont fracking ban
- Fracking: Industry lawsuit against Longmont will be decided first
- CU study on fracking's health effects is stirring debate
- Longmont mayor will not ask for Synergy revote
- Council votes 4-3 for Synergy road to well site, but may revisit
- Synergy asks for Longmont route to drilling site
- Colorado's oil/gas lawsuit against Longmont set for August trial
- Colorado Oil and Gas Association seeks to depolarize local drilling disputes
- Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville lawmakers advise drilling foes to broaden their efforts
- Boulder County commissioners want a slow start to resumed oil, gas exploration
- Boulder County's oil, gas moratorium to end June 10
- Boulder County commissioners get calls for extending oil, gas drilling timeout
- Boulder County will assess fees on oil and gas industry vehicles
- Federal Government issues new drilling rule on public land
- Boulder County commissioners extend Thursday meeting
- New Colorado law sets stricter standards for reporting oil spills
- Boulder County commissioners to consider oil/gas drilling impact fees
- Multi-community letter backs Hickenlooper in Longmont oil/gas lawsuit
- Gov. Hickenlooper orders state's oil and gas agency to review its fines, enforcement policies
- Most oil, gas measures die during Colorado Legislature's 2013 session
- Longmont's Pedrow challenges Colorado Oil and Gas Association's safety claims
- Boulder County commissioners applaud lawmakers' recent focus on oil, gas issues
- Oil and gas battles move to Colorado statehouse
- OIl/gas seismic surveying rattles Colorado homeowners
- Polis introduces oil, gas drilling bill
- Jones-Singer bill would increase oil, gas well inspections
- Longmont granted change of venue in fracking ban lawsuit
- TOP joins fracking lawsuit against Longmont
- Synergy will wait on Longmont drilling
- Firestone wells may challenge Longmont fracking ban
- Longmont's Mayor Coombs disappointed by oil and gas commission decision
- Longmont council will defend fracking ban, Coombs says
- On Longmont's edges, state law would allow wells in some residential areas
- Longmont council approves mineral leases
- Boulder County unlikely to extend drilling moratorium, commissioners say
- State fights dismissal of oil/gas lawsuit against Longmont
- Hickenlooper letter says lawsuit vs. Longmont was last resort; local oil/gas regs not needed
- Gov. Hickenlooper Longmont visit draws oil, gas protesters
- Hickenlooper to speak on Longmont oil/gas panel Wednesday
- Boulder County unveils proposed oil, gas regulations
- Longmont says COGCC has no authority to sue over oil and gas rules
- Longmont anti-fracking measure goes to ballot, but three council members urge 'no' vote
- Boulder County wants to make sure drillers 'first, do no harm'
- Longmont gets COGCA decision to protect Sandstone, Union areas from drilling
- State sues Longmont over oil and gas drilling regulations
- Longmont council: 'We expected lawsuit'
- Longmont council approves oil/gas rules 5-2
- City of Longmont, TOP agreement would meet new drilling standards
- Boulder County can't ban fracking, county staffer emphasizes
- Oil and gas industry poll: Longmont's drilling rules lack broad support
- State panel: Local oil and gas options are limited
- Colorado requires disclosure in fracking
Gov. John Hickenlooper said Monday he welcomes the increasing production of natural gas in Colorado while holding the oil and gas industry to "highest standards" to prevent any negative effects of fracking.
"I know horizontal drilling works for us, not against us," said the governor.
Hand-in-hand with that, Hickenlooper added, there must be regulations that protect Colorado residents and the environment.
"We have been able to enact one of the strongest setback rules in the nation," he said.
He added that industry and citizens benefit from responsibly developing natural-gas reserves and by putting in place "pragmatic" rules to protect the environment and human health.
"It can be done," said the governor.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of extracting natural gas from within shale-rock layers deep within the earth.
Hickenlooper made the comments during a two-day forum on shale energy at the Omni Interlocken Resort co-hosted by him and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin.
Fallin, a Republican, is the chairwoman of the National Governors Association, and Hickenlooper, a Democrat, is NGA vice chairman.
Fallin and Hickenlooper have teamed up before. In April 2012, they urged the chief executives of 19 auto companies to develop and manufacture vehicles that run on natural gas. They then went to Detroit in July 2012 and visited the automakers.
Fallin is a proponent of "safe hydraulic fracturing," saying it requires "careful management, responsible and reasonable regulation and caution when it comes to the environment and safety."
Citing a recent IHS study, she said the energy boom from shale reserves and hydraulic fracturing has led to 2.1 million jobs and $75 billion in federal and state revenues, added $283 billion to the gross domestic product and lifted household incomes by an average of more than $1,200.
"That is simply extraordinary," said Fallin. "For the first time, North American energy independence is truly a possibility."
In front of the hotel, a group of grandparents asked the governor not to "frack our grandchildren's future."
"Yesterday, I celebrated National Grandparents' Day with my two grandchildren in Lafayette," said Merrily Mazza, a retired corporate executive and a current member of East Boulder United.
"Today, I'm here to tell Gov. Hickenlooper to stop trying to force fracking next to their homes and schools with lawsuits. My grandchildren deserve a safe, healthy future in Colorado," said Mazza.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939, email@example.com or twitter.com/howardpankratz