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Ed. Note: Leonardo has only been on display in Dinosaur Mummy CSI: Cretaceous Science Investigation for a few weeks – but we've already gotten a ton of fascinating questions from visitors. In this post, Dr. Bakker answers them. If you have a question about Leonardo – or anything on exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science – send it to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll post the answer here.
Dinosaur Mummy CSI presents scans of Leonardo that show gut contents and even a possible heart. Does Leonardo have lungs preserved?
There are some curious iron concretions revealed by the x-rays here but nothing definite.
Duck-bill dinosaurs do not have hollowed-out bones of the sort we see in birds and raptors and tyrannosaurs. Therefore we don't expect that they had the very small lungs and big air chambers in the body cavity characteristic of modern birds.
The lungs would be tucked up high in the chest, covered by rib numbers 3,4,5,6 – if the lungs were like those of birds and crocodiles.
The drawings of Leonardo in the exhibit are very colorful – how do you know what colors dinosaurs had on their skin?
…theoretical stripes.
Think "Okapi." That's the giraffe-like thing in wet woodlands today.
Dinosaurs had bird-style eyes, so camouflage had to match habitat colors. Dull browns and greys were not good enough to fool an eagle-eyed gorgosaur.
Early Judithian environs had wet forests with big conifer trees and, in the rainy season, thick underbrush. Dry season would bring browns & rust colors.
So……..Mike Berglund (a dinosaur illustrator) has made a testable theory with his partially banded Brachy. Breaking the profile by having the tail a different color would help flummox predators, who would have a more difficult time seeing the whole body and tail shape. The thick verticals would help the beast blend in among the tree trunks.
How can we test color ideas? More paleo-environmental research. More thinking about fossil pollen, turtles, crocodiles & salamanders….all witnesses to rainfall, groundwater, and floral geometry.
What animals alive today would be most like Leonardo?
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The Antelope Family – most diverse family of medium-large planteaters on land today. The Antelope Family includes cows and buffalo, gazelles and oryx, funny-faced hartebeest and gnu, cute duikers and stately eland. Muskoxen and sheep and goats. Antelope supply most of the prey for lions, leopards, cheetah and hyenas.
The Duckbill Family is the most diverse, big-ish plant-eaters in the last part of the dinosaurian age, the Late Cretaceous. The Duckbill Family includes our HMNS Edmontosaurus, and the Trombone Dinosaur, Parasaurolophus (kids' favorite). And the "Good-Mother" Maiasaura, who left us fossil eggs and nests. Leo's species, Brachylophosaurus, is a duckbill too. Duckbills supplied most of the prey for all the tyrannosaur meateaters, such as Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurusand the famous Tyrannosaurus rex.
The technical name for the Antelope Family is Family Bovidae, or "bovids" for short.
The technical name for the Duck Bill Family is Family Hadrosauridae, or "hadrosaurs" for short.*
Want to learn more about Leonardo and other dinosaurs?
See how we moved the 6-ton fossil into the museum.
See David Temple repairing and gluing a fossil back together.
Draw a dinosaur with Dr. Bakker.


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I'm still savoring the New Yorker December 3, 2012 food issue, nursing it like a café au lait in a bowl so large you get to warm up both hands as you lift it to your lips. The issue itself is comforting, inviting, lingering-inducing. You may have caught a glimpse of it sprawling across my table next to my salad earlier this week. The article that's on my mind now is one about young French female CEO Apollonia Poilâne, her business, her traditions, and her bread. Of course, it's not really her bread, but her family's bread, a legacy started eighty years ago in Paris by her grandfather Pierre Poilâne and their first eponymous bakery. And, one might argue that it's not really her family's bread, but France's bread. Poilâne's signature miche, a 4-pound round loaf with a mild sourdough flavor, is often sold by the half, sliced in long tranches for tartines (open-faced sandwiches). In fact, the term pain Poilâne has become synonymous with sandwich bread (like the British term Hoover for vacuum).
Apollonia Poilâne has several ideas about the eating of bread, including:
1) Bread should not steal the quality of the meal.
2) I don't believe in making bread at home.
3) It's terribly wrong to eat bread while it's still cooling.
And yet, I broke every single one of those rules last week when I made Jim Lahey's game-changing bread recipe. After two prior failed attempts, I was inspired to try baking this bread one more time after reading Tamar Adler's "How to Have Balance" chapter in which she says "Bread can be the thing you're eating, not a prelude to the meal, or an afterthought."
And so I planned a meal in which the bread was the centerpiece, placed squarely in the middle of the plate with just a few adornments. Butter, honey, Chevrot, olive oil, salt. When we took the bread out of the oven, flipping it from the pot to the cutting board, we leaned in to hear the murmuring of the crust – microscopic cracks forming as the bread cooled and contracted. In Appolonia's words, ça chante, it sings. We couldn't wait for the bread to cool, and as we made the first cuts, the steam filled our noses, the rich scent of … bread, but really the feeling of home. We tore the first naked slice in half, chewing it, thoughtfully, entranced. Jim Lahey's no-knead bread There are two very similar versions of the recipe – the one on the Sullivan Street Bakery site and the one that Mark Bittman published in the New York Times. I added a little extra yeast and salt – next time I'd add more salt. While there is very little work that goes into making the bread, it does require a lot of time, so you do need to plan in advance. The whole process from start to finish – mixing, two rises, baking – takes 15 – 21 hours. I like to start the dough the afternoon before, give it an 18-hour first rise, and then bake the bread around 11 am in time for lunch. If you want to cut down on time, check out this video that recommends adding red wine vinegar (!) to the mix. Here are a few lessons that I learned along the way.
Make sure you have a heavy pot with a tight-fitting lid. I use a Le Creuset cocotte (French oven). The standard black knob that comes with the pot can't sustain the high heat required; either replace it with a stainless one or remove the knob and fill the hole with some aluminum foil. The first time I made the bread, I used a covered tagine whose loose-fitting top not only let the steam out, but cracked when I removed it from the oven.
Don't fuss with the dough. Refrain from peeking at it, lifting the plastic, kneading, or poking too much to check its rise. I put the bowl on top of the refrigerator to help me resist temptation.
The most difficult part of the whole recipe is transferring the dough into the hot pot. You want to do this quickly so you can cover the pot and get it back into the oven as fast as possible. I found that this was easiest when I placed the tea towel holding the dough on a cookie sheet so that I could let the dough tumble into the pot.
Makes one 1½-pound loaf.
– 3 cups all-purpose (or bread) flour, more for dusting
-1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
– 2 t salt
– 1 5/8 C warm water
– Cornmeal (or wheat bran)
Stir. In a large bowl combine flour, yeast and salt. Add water, and use your hands to stir everything around until blended. The dough will be very wet and sticky and will look shaggy – messy and scruffy and unkempt.
Rise. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferably 18, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees. The dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles.
Rest. Lightly flour your counter and roll the dough out on it in a jiggly mass. Sprinkle the dough with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap (right on the counter) and let it rest for 15 minutes.
Rise again. Using just enough flour to keep the dough from sticking to the work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape the dough into a ball. Generously coat a cotton towel (not terry cloth) with cornmeal (or flour or wheat bran). Put the dough seam side down on the towel and dust with more cornmeal (or flour or wheat bran). Cover the dough with another cotton towel and let rise for about 2 hours. When it is ready, the dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger. I placed the dough and towels on a cookie sheet and placed the whole thing on top of my refrigerator.
Heat. At least a half-hour before dough is ready, heat the oven to 450ºF. Put a 6- to 8-quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex, or ceramic) in oven as it heats. If you're not sure which of your pots to use, go with the larger one – the bread is beautiful when it's shaped free form.
Transfer. When the dough is ready, grab your oven mitts and carefully remove the pot from oven. Slide your hand under the towel and turn the dough over into the pot, seam side up. There will be some cornmeal on what is now the top. It will look like a mess, but that's OK. Shake the pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes.
Bake. Cover with lid and bake for 30 minutes, and then remove the lid and bake another 15 to 30 minutes, until loaf is browned.
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced Monday that its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) will now provide increased transparency in mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae and in securities backed by loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.
FINRA says it will begin to disseminate information through TRACE for so-called specified pool transactions in agency pass-through mortgage-backed securities and SBA-backed securities, representing approximately 3,500 trades totaling $18 billion in par value, on an average daily basis.
FINRA Vice President Ola Persson said in a statement that "With today's announcement, TRACE has brought historic transparency to the mortgage-backed market," adding that FINRA will soon file with the Securities and Exchange Commission to bring transparency to asset-backed securities — including those backed by auto loans, credit card receivables and student loans.
FINRA announced at its July 11 board meeting that it will soon file proposed rule amendments with the SEC to disseminate transactions in the above-mentioned asset-backed securities.
TRACE will disseminate transaction information such as the time of the trade, price and volume. For security identification, in lieu of the CUSIP, FINRA will provide the key characteristics of the security. Transactions must be reported to TRACE within two hours of execution, and are disseminated as soon as received (the reporting timeframe will be reduced to one hour after six months).
On Nov. 12, FINRA began disseminating transaction information for agency pass-through mortgage-backed securities traded "to-be-announced" (TBA). "Together, the market for agency pass-through mortgage-backed securities traded either TBA or specified and SBA-backed securities represent over 90% of the par value traded in all asset- and mortgage-backed securities," FINRA says.
Market professionals are able to access the information via major market data vendors. Retail investors will have free access to this data through FINRA's Market Data Center starting July 29. In addition to making transaction information available, FINRA has developed a comprehensive online learning center — Smart Bond Investing — where retail investors can become familiar with the full range of bond types, features and considerations when investing in bonds.
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Zucchini Fritters
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Zucchini and fruit cake have one thing in common. They both are passed around a lot. Though we don't grow zucchini, generous friends and neighbors keep our cupboards full and we never want for it. While I've lots of recipes for zucchini, I still keep my eyes open for new or different ways in which to prepare it. That's how I happened upon this fritter recipe developed by Michael Symon. Recipes for fritters abound, but his has a Greek flair that makes it especially interesting. The addition of mint and dill and a healthy portion of feta cheese set his fritters apart from others I have tried. You will love these, but if you decide to make them there is a potential problem you should be aware of.
Watery zucchini will spoil the fritters.To avoid that, I use a potato ricer to squeeze as much liquid from them as I possibly can. If the fritter mixture is too damp, the fritters will separate while being fried and leave you with a greasy mess. While these can be made ahead of time and reheated, I don't recommend doing that. My preference is to serve them freshly fried and hot. They can be served with Greek yogurt, or tzatziki if you prefer. They are a bit of work to assemble, but the fritters are delicious and worth the effort. Here's the recipe.
Zucchini Fritters...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Michael Symon
2 pounds zucchini
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon chopped mint
1-1/2 tablespoon chopped dill
1 large scallion, white and green parts sliced thinly on the bias
2 teaspoons minced garlic
Zest of one lemon
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup (4-oz.) feta cheese, roughly chopped
1 egg
3 tablespoons flour
Canola oil for frying
Greek yogurt
Fresh dill, to garnish
Additional lemon zest, to garnish
1) Grate zucchini onto a clean kitchen towel using the large holes of a box grater. Sprinkle with salt. Set aside for 30 minutes. Wring as much liquid out of the zucchini as possible, discarding liquid. I use a potato ricer for this task.
2) In a medium bowl, combine zucchini, mint, dill, scallion, garlic, lemon zest, pepper and feta. Stir in egg and flour and mix until well combined.
3) Heat enough canola oil in a pan over medium high heat to come halfway up sides of fritters. Form fritters, using 1/4 cup measure, and place gently into hot oil. Fry, turning once, until fritters are golden brown on each side, about 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels for a minute. Plate and garnish with a dollop of Greek yogurt or tzatziki, fresh dill and lemon zest. Yield: 8 fritters.
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67 comments :
- Joanne said...
I made this as I was cooking through Symon's cookbook and fell absolutely in love. I squeezed the water out with paper towels and it took some serious arm strength, but it was well worth it!
- September 21, 2010 at 9:04 PM
- Josie @Skinny Way Of Life said...
I really like the addition of Feta Cheese, I never would have thought to add that! very cleaver, I bet the flavor is amazing : )
- September 21, 2010 at 9:06 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This is the yummiest looking zucchini recipe I've ever seen. So brown and crispy. The spices sound so good, and the cheese, as well. Everyone around here grows it, and then tries to get rid of it!
- September 21, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- The Words Crafter said...
I actually only tried zucchini a couple years ago. Shame, I know! But I loved it. I can eat it all day raw. This sounds really really good! A friend of mine at work would love this so I'm sharing it with her...
Have a great Wednesday!
- September 21, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Can't wait to try these- yum!
- September 21, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Sasha said...
I adore fritters like these.
I love the addition of feta cheese in the recipe : )
- September 21, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- Nammi said...
My son doesnt like zucchini, so this is a great way to discuise it :) have a nice day !
- September 21, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- Sushma Mallya said...
Zucchini fritters looks so crispy and you have made them really well...have a lovely day mary,take care
- September 21, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Daisy Roshan said...
lovely fritters - color and texture!
- September 21, 2010 at 10:36 PM
- Puja said...
The fritters look so good n crispy..a very awesome combo of ingredients.!!
US Masala
- September 21, 2010 at 11:08 PM
- marla {family fresh cooking} said...
Thanks for these tips on how to make great zucchini fritters. The sound wonderful, the mint is a nice addition too.
- September 21, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- Red Nomad OZ said...
Sounds sensational! Liquid can also be removed from grated zucchini by using a salad spinner (yes, I have a great capacity for doing as little as possible. AND ... I've got a great zucchini cake recipe - I get complimented whenever I make it, but noone (especially children) can work out what's in it!
Happy travels!
- September 21, 2010 at 11:15 PM
- Unknown said...
I love zucchini...and I'm always looking for new ways to make it, I tend to get a rut and make it the same way night after night! Oh, and I LOVE Michale Symon...every recipe I have tried of his has turned out to be fantastic! I've seen this one before, now it's going to be a must try!
- September 21, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- Monet said...
So that is why my fritters always fall apart...I need to get more of that liquid out! I love eating these babies, but I haven't had much success making them...I'm going to have to give your recipe a try!
- September 21, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- Unknown said...
This one is one of my favourites....It's really a very tasty dish...
- September 22, 2010 at 12:11 AM
- RamblingTart said...
Mmm, these look so good, Mary! I love the notion of serving them with tzatziki. How delicious!! :-)
- September 22, 2010 at 12:19 AM
- Adelina said...
They look splendid- and served them hot is the key indeed!
- September 22, 2010 at 12:21 AM
- Kerstin said...
My hubby would love these with all the dill and mint, they look so tasty!
- September 22, 2010 at 12:22 AM
- Pondside said...
A recipe with the word 'fritter' in it will always get my attention!
- September 22, 2010 at 12:25 AM
- sophia said...
The hardest thing about this is getting the liquid out! But SO worth it! And YAY CHEESE!! Sorry, I get so cheesily happy when I see someone including cheese.
- September 22, 2010 at 1:39 AM
- Diane said...
Yum. Yum, Diane
- September 22, 2010 at 1:40 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Yum--I have seen these before and I love the feta, mint and dill.
- September 22, 2010 at 2:19 AM
- MaryMoh said...
Wow...that piece of fritters looks really tempting. Loev the colour. I would go dipping into chili sauce...yum. Just the other day, I had zucchini fritter sticks in a restaurant served with hummus. It was really good. Thanks very much for sharing . Hope you have alovely day.
- September 22, 2010 at 3:06 AM
- Katerina said...
These are exactly the herbs we are using in Greece to make these fritters. We call them zucchini kefte. This is an appetizer I always order when we eat in tavernas. Delicious.
- September 22, 2010 at 3:22 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
These zucchini fritters look simply mouthwatering!The addition of feta gave these fritters a real kick!
- September 22, 2010 at 3:47 AM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
Mary, your Zucchini fritters sound healthy and delicious.
- September 22, 2010 at 4:02 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Gorgeous zucchini fritters, yummm!
- September 22, 2010 at 5:12 AM
- Jeannie said...
These fritters look so delicious, my boys would love these very much!
- September 22, 2010 at 6:13 AM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
Mary, I really like the addition of the feta cheese in the fritters. It must give it a nice moistness as well as a wonderful flavor.
- September 22, 2010 at 6:59 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
These are one of my Greek favourites Mary. I love the addition of feta into the mix.
- September 22, 2010 at 7:16 AM
- Faith said...
These sound incredible with all the fresh herbs in there. Also, I love the addition of feta, how delicious!
- September 22, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- chriesi said...
These sound mighty delicious!
- September 22, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Hi Mary,
le " zucchine " fritte, tagliate alla julienne, è un piatto tipico italiano.
Buonissime !
Buona giornata.
- September 22, 2010 at 7:57 AM
- Rachana said...
These fritters look so yumm. Love the addition of feta cheese.
- September 22, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Pam said...
They look great and delicious, for sure! Have to try this!
- September 22, 2010 at 8:06 AM
- Martha said...
There is always so much to do with zucchini -- these look good!
- September 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Unknown said...
These look good, love the feta, mint and dill:)
- September 22, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I'm one of those neighbors who loves to find a bag of zucchini on my porch. And I'm happy to find this recipe on one of my most trusted blogs. Thank you!
Happy autumn!
- September 22, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Cathy said...
I love the Greek influence in this version of zucchini fritters. I'll serve mine with tzatziki sauce. Delish.
- September 22, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Claudia said...
The Greek ingredients are a taste treat. Wishing my zucchini was not done. There's always the farmers market this weekend...
- September 22, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Pam said...
These look wonderful Mary. My neighbor Jack just gave me some zucchini - I may have to try this recipe using them.
- September 22, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Mhel said...
Hi Mary! Thanks for taking time in reading my blog! Im glad youve found me. Im your newest follower. By the way, PFB is now open for voting, and I have posted my first entry. I do hope vote for me! Catch you later for more recipes. Love the zuchinnie fritters by the way. I used to make ball fritters out of zuchinnis(kolokothykeftedes) with tzaziki dip too. Its one of my favorite Greek treat... U
- September 22, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Unknown said...
Love the addition of feta! Need to make these...
- September 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm off to the farmers maeket today and may have to pick up some zuc's! These look fabulous Mary! I love dill, mint and feta! Thanks for sharing all the info too!
- September 22, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Your zucchini fritters look fabulous, Mary! That's a great idea you have about using a potato masher to get the excess water out.
- September 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- black eyed susans kitchen said...
I have got to try this recipe! I have been making stuffed zucchini all summer and we are a little tired of it, but this sounds delicious and right up our alley!
- September 22, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- StephenC said...
I love zucchini. Peter, not so much. I think I could serve him these fritters. I've had some success grating zucchini (food processor) and drying it out in a 200 degree oven for a while.
- September 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Cherine said...
Those zucchini fritters look absolutely yummy!!
- September 22, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- Choclette said...
These certainly do look a bit different and I'm always after different ways of eating courgettes. I'm just off to cook supper - courgette curry, but rather wishing I was having these now.
- September 22, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Lori said...
I love zucchini fritters- I eat mine all summer long. Now I have a new recipe to try. Thanks Mary.
- September 22, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Jann said...
This is one of my favorite dishes! Your recipes looks absolutely delicious! Beautiful post again!!!
- September 22, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Rita said...
I love this kind of recipe.Now that is one great way of cooking with zucchini; thank you.
- September 22, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Satya said...
fritters looks so delicious n crisy ..never made zucchini fritters before ..thanks for sharing
- September 22, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Allie and Pattie said...
Oooh, my Sicilian Grandma loved these! She would make a meal of them or have them for breakfast. These are gorgeous!
xoxo Pattie
- September 22, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- Nithu said...
Wow! Those are some awesome fritters right there. Love to have a bite.
- September 22, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- PeggyR said...
Another great recipe. I'm always amazed at how many ways there are to cook zucchini.
- September 22, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Jennifer said...
I have always wanted to make Zuchinni Fritters! They look mouthwatering. p.s. I was looking around your blog yeseterday and saw your kitchen, gorgeous!
- September 22, 2010 at 5:17 PM
- High Plains Drifters said...
Still an abundance of locally grown zucchini at the farmer's markets, so will have to add this to the list. love the idea of greek yogurt atop. cheers!
- September 22, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Elisa said...
These are very popular in Croatia. My mother in law makes them all the time. They are so delicious. I'm curious to prepare them with mint. I will have to bookmark the recipe to I can make a comparison.
- September 22, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- 3 hungry tummies said...
They look so appetizing! The days are getting warmer and they will be more garden parties..these are just perfect!
- September 22, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Yum! I just like the name fritters.
- September 22, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
These look like a fabulous way to use the prolific zucchini! Thanks for the ricer tip. :)
- September 22, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Beth said...
This looks great. What a delicious way to use all that zucchini!
- September 23, 2010 at 3:56 AM
- FOODESSA said...
Mary...it's very early in the A.M. here and it's difficult to just content myself with a cup of coffee...you're making me want lunch right now!
I totally agree about the zucchini's water content. What I usually do is put the shreds of zucchini in a cheese cloth within a colander topped with a weight for at least an hour or more.
It permits me to do other things in the meantime ;o)
Ciao for now and flavourful wishes,
- September 23, 2010 at 5:54 AM
- Susi's Kochen und Backen said...
These are some delicious looking Zucchini Fritters but what really makes me want them is the very unique addition of Feta! Beautiful recipe :o)
- September 23, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Sydney said...
I have been looking for new zucchini recipes and this is great! Thanks. :) I found your blog on foodbuzz - I live in Eugene, too! Did you enter the PFB Competition?
- September 23, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Manasi said...
I Must try these! Can u suggest some substitute for the egg?
- September 22, 2011 at 12:50 AM


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Teacher training data (Dataset 7, Teacher Training Data) includes information on the Tribes professional development training for teachers such as when the teacher received the training, the number of days of the offered training that the teacher received, and whether the teacher received the follow-up or remote training.The student roster file (Dataset 8, Student Roster Data) includes the student study identification number, student demographic information (grade, gender, arbitrary district and school identification numbers), teacher study identification number, student consent status, and samples selected for student interview and parent survey administration. The teacher roster file (Dataset 9, Teacher Roster Data) includes teacher study identification number, grade taught, arbitrary district and school identification numbers, treatment group assignment, and teacher consent status. To reduce Cohort 1 non-response bias in the analysis, the Student Roster Data (Dataset 8) includes the variable "WEIGHT". Sucessfully recruited students were weighted by the inverse of the sampling rate in each classroom. For example, if eleven students in a classroom did not return consent forms, researchers randomly sampled seven of those eleven students for more intensive follow up. If four of the seven sampled students were sucessfully recruited, researchers weighted the four cases by the inverse of the within class sampling rate, or 11/7. Students within the classroom who had already returned consent forms received a weight of 1. Students in Cohort 2 received a weight of 1. The variable WEIGHT is also found in the three student level analysis files (Dataset 10, Student Impact Analysis Data, Dataset 11, Student Followup Impact Analysis Data, and Dataset 12, Student Interview Analysis Data). ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Standardized missing values.; Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.; Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.. Presence of Common Scales: Student Archival Data (Dataset 1) includes the total scale scores for English language arts and Mathematics from the California Standards Tests (CST).Teacher Checklist Data (Dataset 2) includes measures obtained from the Achenbach Behavior Checklist (teacher form) (ABCL) and the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS-2). The Parent Checklist Data (Dataset 3) includes measures obtained from the Achenbach Behavior Checklist (parent form) (ABCL) and the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS-2). Response Rates: The response rate for Dataset 1, Student Archival Data, was 97 percent. The Teacher Checklist Data (Dataset 2) response rate was 94 percent. The Parent Checklist Data (Dataset 3) response rate was 78 percent. The response rate for Dataset 4, Student Interview Data, was 58 percent. The Teacher Survey Data (Dataset 5) response rate was 94 percent. All Kindergarten through Fifth grade students and teachers in the San Francisco Unified School District between 2007 and 2010. Smallest Geographic Unit: none The sample for Dataset 1 through Dataset 9 were selected as follows. Recruitment of districts and schools for the study began in February, 2006. The project targeted districts and schools that were ethnically and economically diverse, with staff who were interested in implementing Tribes and willing to support a randomized trial research design. The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) responded postively to a solicitation to participate in the study. Seven SFUSD schools (Cohort 1) with nearly half the required classrooms entered the experiment in the Fall of 2007. For Cohort 2, which includes schools from the SFUSD as well as four other school districts, the recruitment strategy focused on schools instead of districts using a mass mailing to elementary schools in the larger Bay Area. Year-round schools were initially targeted, followed by public and charter schools. By the end of June 2008, an additional four schools had been recruited. However, the recruitment of teachers from those schools had to wait until staff returned in August 2008.Presentations at staff meetings about the field trial, samples of the data collection instruments, and handouts detailing study requirements reinforced the necessity that those teachers assigned to the experimental group had to aviod sharing Tribes strategies with teachers assigned to the control group. Additional efforts were made to recruit teachers hired late within the SFUSD via personal contacts and phone calls, and with the assistance of the site coordinator. Of the 208 potential teachers in the eligiblity pool, 166 returned consent forms and 42 either directly or indirectly refused to participate. Of the teachers who did not return the consent form, follow-up efforts revealed that most of these teachers had either retired, moved to other positions in the district, went on maternity leave, or left the district altogether. Once signed consent were received from the teachers indicating their agreement to participate, they were randomized into either the Tribes experimental group or the control group. Teachers' classrooms, not students or schools, served as the unit of randomization.The procedures used to secure parental permission for student study participation differed between Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 schools. For Cohort 1, institutional review board requirements called for written parental permission (active parental consent) for students to participate in the study. Despite repeated efforts significant difficulties were encountered in securing parental consent forms, with greater difficulty in low-performing schools with large percentages of ethnic minorities. Because of those difficulties, a formal exemption from institutional review was requested and approved for Cohort 2 schools. As a result, no consent documents were required for Cohort 2, although active consent was still obtained for students selected to participate in interviews. All first through fourth grade students in Cohort 2 schools and their parents were notified of the study and given the chance to opt out if they preferred by sending in a signed form asking that their child not participate (passive parental consent). For Cohort 1, materials requesting parental consent were distributed to site coordinators at each school in spring 2007 (prior to the first implementation year). Site coordinators ensured that consent forms were distributed to all parents of students in kindergarten through third grade. After the consent materials were first distributed to parents, they were then redistributed periodically to those parents who had not yet returned consent forms. Subsequently, in fall 2007, materials requesting parental consent were distributed to parents of newly enrolled students in first through fourth grades and to parents who had not returned consent forms during the prior spring. The analytic sample for the Student Impact Analysis Data (Dataset 10) consisted of 2,309 students in first through fourth grade with parental consent in participating teachers' classrooms in Year 1.The analytic sample for the Student Followup Impact Analysis Data (Dataset 11) consisted of 661 of the participating Year 1 third and fourth grade students enrolled in a fourth grade control classroom or fifth grade classroom in Year 2.The analytic sample for the Student Interview Impact Analysis (Dataset 12) included 134 students who participated in student interviews in Year 1.The analytic sample for the Teacher Survey Impact Analysis (Dataset 13) consisted of 159 participating teachers who were randomized and had returned teacher surveys.The analytic sample for the Classroom Observation Impact Analysis (Dataset 14) included 126 participating teachers who were randomized and taught in the classrooms where a classroom observation was conducted. Funding insitution(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2006-JP-FX-0059). coded on-site observation, cognitive assessment test, face-to-face interview, self-enumerated questionnaire, on-site questionnaire The Student Roster Data (Dataset 8) can be merged with other student-level data by the student identification number variable "PERMSID".The Teacher Roster Data (Dataset 9) can be merged with other teacher-level data by the teacher identification number variable "TEACHER_STUDY_ID".Student and teacher level data can be merged by performing multiple merging steps. To merge a student-level source data file and a teacher-level data file, data users can merge the student-level file with the Student Roster Data (Dataset 8) first to obtain the teacher study identification number. Then users should determine the study period the user would like to look at (e.g., Year 1). The user should then change the name of the year-specific teacher study identification number (e.g., "TEACHER_STUDY_IDYR1") to the general teacher identification number name (i.e., "TEACHER_STUDY_ID"), and merge the file with a teacher-level data by "TEACHER_STUDY_ID".Users of this data are encouraged to see the Final Report for more information on the Tribes Learning Communities program. The Final Report related to this study is available from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) at https://www.ncjrs.gov/app/Search/Abstracts.aspx?id=259995The qualitative data were coded by the research staff and are not available in their original form.
|Metadata Access
|Hanson, Thomas L.;Delong-Cotty, Bo;Petrosino, Anthony;Izu, Jo Ann;Zheng, Hong
|ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
|United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice
|Publication Year
|Download;One or more files in this study are not available for download due to special restrictions; consult the study documentation to learn more on how to obtain the data.
|ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
|Resource Type
|Dataset;administrative records data, observational data, survey data
|Not stated
|Spatial Coverage
|{California,"San Francisco","United States","2007 - 2010","Time period: 2007--2010","2007 - 2010","Collection date: 2007--2010"}
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|{California,"San Francisco","United States","2007 - 2010","Time period: 2007--2010","2007 - 2010","Collection date: 2007--2010"}


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The postcard was sent from Barrow on 13 July 1942 to my grandparents, Mr & Mrs J Dawson, 7 Ellis Street, Brinsworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
Unfortunately I have no idea who sent the card. You will see that there are only some initials to indicate who wrote to my grandparents – they could have been friends or relatives, I simply don't know.
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