First, let's get this out of the way: Why make your own dulce de leche? Doesn't it cook for an awfully long time? Are we sure it's worth it?
Yes. Firstly and most pragmatically of all, because dulce de leche isn't always in your supermarket when you need it. When I set out to make April Bloomfield's Banoffee Pie, for example, all I could find was a squeeze bottle in the ice cream section. It had 12 ingredients and the consistency of acrylic paint. Why would I bother making a nice pie with an Achilles' heel like that?
But even if you can buy finer quality dulce de leche, or its goat-milky sister cajeta, making your own can be hands-off, less expensive, and seriously easy, with as little as one ingredient and a dish or two to wash—and, maybe best of all, you get to take back control.
There are loads of ways to DIY, with varying positions on the effort-to-reward spectrum—from microwaving (fast, not so good) to slowly stirring cow's or goat's milk and sugar over a low flame for as long as you can stand (sloooow, gooood). The method that most people talk about—perhaps out of a macabre fascination with the idea of exploding cans of hot caramel—is to submerge a can of sweetened condensed milk in boiling water for about three hours.
But no matter how risk-averse you are, or your feelings on bursting cans or BPA, one of the worst parts about cooking in the can (whether it's in a pot of boiling water, a pressure cooker, or a crock pot) is that the can acts as a black box. You can't interact with what's inside until it's completely done. Because, of course, "If you attempt to open a hot, or even warm can, an extremely hot jet of [dulce] may explode out and result in severe burns."
Which is why David Lebovitz's method ditches the can immediately. He pours sweetened condensed milk into a pie plate, covers it with foil, plunks it into a bigger pan of hot water, and then roasts it in the oven at 425° F for about an hour. In essence, he's recreating the physical environment of the can, in a more accessible form. He's also the first person I've seen to not only add salt, but to suggest other riffs like a vanilla bean at the beginning, or a tablespoon of sherry at the end. Sherry. I like this.
This is the only path to dulce de leche that lets you easily get in to taste and tweak, without also requiring regular or constant stirring—the best of all worlds, the happiest medium for control freaks and tinkerers who nonetheless don't want to be tied for hours to a pot.
Want it free-flowing, to drizzle over ice cream and cakes? Pull it from the oven early. Or are you looking for something darker and fudgier, to spread on cookies? (Or toast, which our photographer James Ransom survived on when he lived in Argentina? He would want you to know that the bread was different than what's pictured above—more like soft French bread. Sorry, James!) You can do that, too.
You can keep it traditional and pure, or, whenever you feel like it, you can add dried chile or cocoa or miso or marzipan or tomato! Then use your creation in a million ways, to glaze scones or banana breads or anchor spicy-sweet barbecue sauces or fish sauce-y dressings.
Where else will you take it?
Got a genius recipe to share—from a classic cookbook, an online source, or anywhere, really? Please send it my way (and tell me what's so smart about it) at [email protected]. Thanks to our Books Editor & Stylist Ali Slagle for this one, and to James Ransom, who acted as dulce de leche lifestyle consultant.
I have been cooking this for 2 hours now in a covered pie plate in a water bath in my oven which is a calibrated Wolf Range. So far nothing. I usually do the can sweetened condensed milk in water for 3 hours and that always works. I'm assuming that this will indeed turn into Dulce de Leche but so far for me the 1 hour at 425 is not working at all.
My mother made dulce de leche every week or so for 30+ years.
would not have to check the water level. Either way, love the results!
Nicole.......THAT sounds Genius. Would you share the specifics?
Nicole, do you use SCM in the canning jars in your crockpot? I would love to know how to make the caramel from just milk without the added sugar as I need to limit my sugar intake.
The first time I ever made dulce de leche I used this technique. That was at least a decade ago, and I found the recipe (albeit sans salt) printed right there on the can of sweetened condensed milk. Genius indeed.
I made some dulce de leche this way earlier this week, and it was excellent. I added some fleur de sel and vanilla bean paste at the end. Yum!
Adding a taste of alcohol to dulce de leche (aka cajeta) has always been one of the two ways commercial cajeta is made in Mexico: quemada ('burned'--the plain kind) or envinada (with white wine). Both are available in any store here that sells groceries, from the smallest mom-n-pop on the corner to the biggest of the big box stores.
I do make traditional Cajeta and Dulce de Leche from fresh milk but never use any added sweetener or packaged ingredients. The long slow cooking and constant stirring for the real stuff brings out the natural milk sugars - no canned milk needed. I don't understand why you would start with SCM and cook it some more.
Connie- this makes so much sense to me, making it from fresh milk, organic for sure. Does it just take longer than we SCM is used? Thanks!
I don't know how long it lasts - we've always eaten it before it got too old, lol. I just make it the old fashioned way and simmer milk, stirring constantly so it doesn't stick to the bottom, until it completely boils down into thick caramely goodness. It takes a bit of nerve to let it cook down so much. Last time I made it I added cardamom pods as I was cooking it down. I always use raw milk but I suppose that it would work fine with pasteurized and homogenized milk.
I can't believe David didn't suggest using it to make the brownies in his 'The Sweet Life in Paris' as they are awesome!!!
This idea came from Flo Braker - also a San Franciscan in Baking For All Occasions. I think David counts her as an influencer as well. I've made this many times and loved it.
Love the idea of roasting it, I'll have to give that a try! I've done mine in sterilized canning jars, in my crockpot. It cooks and seals at the same time so they make great gifts! I just watch the color and take them out when they look the right shade of caramel for me.


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TOA Talents Bag Japan Award at Design Competition
The One Academy's creative talents had recently partaken in the Asia Student Package Design Competition (ASPaC) 2018 and won big. The participants from The One Academy bagged a total of seven awards with their stunning handiwork. Winning one Honourable Award and six Merit Awards, Chow Zhen Lu, Yap Jia Ern, Foo Wai Kee, Kylie Chia Ying Yee, Jeslyn Ooi , Chew Siew Qi and Lim Shiau Ting have proved that creativity and talent knows no borders.
This competition serves as an international cultural exchange project which aims to provide a platform for young talented designers across Asia from countries such as South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam to showcase their work. The winners are given the opportunity to exhibit their design and entries in participating countries as well as attend company visits and workshops organised. This in turn provides them immeasurable experience and the chance to explore creative culture in other parts and regions of Asia. The theme for this year was 'Innovation' and the partakers surely delivered their best!
When asked about their journey during this competition, all of them agreed that this competition was truly challenging but fruitful. Kylie Chia recounted that she felt truly content and confident upon hearing she had won a Merit Award for her design whereas Chew Siew Qi said she felt a sense of encouragement for her skills and abilities.
However, their path to success was not all smooth sailing as each of them faced their own set of challenges. One of the challenges overcame was the mechanism of the packaging itself. Each participant had a unique approach to the competition's theme of 'Innovation' and with big ideas comes the challenge of executing it perfectly. To produce a worthy design, the students had to look past conventional packaging available in the market and come up with something new thus leading to them exploring new mechanisms. Although this proved to be challenging, they persevered.
Foo Wai Kee, who received a Merit Award, thanked The One Academy for providing classes and the knowledge to execute her winning design. She also noted that the feedback and comments she received from lecturers on her handiwork was helpful as she was able to improve herself and her work based on it. Similarly, Yap Jia Ern also thanked the college for not only bearing the costs of delivering the submission but also the lecturers for providing constructive criticism on which she improved herself on.
Their advice for future participants was to never give up and always keep practising. "Hard work becomes good work" said Foo Wai Kee. Kylie Chia's advice to students is to just go for it. "Don't doubt yourself and try, because if you don't try you will never know", she concluded. This serves as inspiration to all creatives out there that hard work and dedication will get you closer to success.

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Last year was a big one for Steve Arrington, a member of the influential Dayton funk band Slave — one of the most sampled bands in hip-hop history — and a solo star in his own right with Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame. He released Higher, a collaborative album with modern disciple Dam-Funk, guested on Dam-Funk and Snoop Dogg's 7 Days Of Funk album, and gave a live interview to noted hip-hop journalist Andrew Noz as part of Red Bull Music Academy's lecture series. He returned to music in 2009 after taking off two decades to be a minister, but suddenly he was back in a big way.
Now Arrington is emptying the vaults. Next week he'll release WAY OUT (80-84), a collection that matches one disc of his biggest hits with a second disc of previously unheard rarities. The rarities disc, featuring "unreleased songs deemed too progressive by Atlantic Records" and previously unfinished works recorded with Hall Of Fame, is streaming below in full. It veers between unassailable funk grooves and stylistic experiments in jazz, psychedelia, new wave, and ambient balladry. For longtime fans, this is a must-hear, an unexpected blessing from a guy who already gave the world so much great music. For newcomers, it makes a fine gateway drug en route to life as a "Funk And Roll Junky." Listen and be totally amazed with his funky ways.
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The redeveloped Markets Field held its first fixture on Friday, June 5 when Limerick FC hosted Drogheda Utd in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. Redevelopment work on the former greyhound stadium, which is considered to be the spiritual home of senior soccer in Limerick, has been on-going since January 2015. The venue is a Category 2 UEFA stadium with a capacity of 3,075 and the main stand has seating capacity for 1,340.
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Manhattan D.A. will move to exonerate two men convicted of killing Malcolm X
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Nov 17 (Reuters) - Two men convicted of killing Black activist and civil rights advocate Malcolm X in 1965 will be exonerated, the Manhattan district attorney's office said on Wednesday, saying it will move to "vacate the wrongful convictions."
It would be an official acknowledgement of errors made in the case.
Malcolm X rose to prominence as the national spokesman of the Nation of Islam, an African-American Muslim group that espoused Black separatism. He spent over a decade with the group before becoming disillusioned, publicly breaking with it in 1964 and moderating some of his earlier views on racial separation.
He was shot dead at New York City's Audubon Ballroom while preparing to deliver a speech. Three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted in the shooting. In 1966, the three defendants were found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
The conviction of the third man, who had confessed to the murder at the time of his trial, still stands.
The district attorney's move was first reported by the New York Times and confirmed to Reuters by a spokesperson for the Manhattan D.A.'s office.
In an interview with the Times, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. apologized on behalf of law enforcement, which he said had failed the families of the two men - Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam.
Both men spent decades in prison. Aziz, 83, was released in 1985. Islam was released in 1987 and died in 2009 at age 74.
"This points to the truth that law enforcement over history has often failed to live up to its responsibilities," Vance said. "These men did not get the justice that they deserved."
"D.A. Vance, @innocence, and Shanies Law Office will move to vacate the wrongful convictions of two men for the murder of Malcolm X. More to come tomorrow," Vance said in a tweet, referring to the Innocence Project and the law firm representing the men.
A nearly two-year investigation conducted jointly by the Manhattan D.A. and lawyers for the two men found that prosecutors and law enforcement agencies withheld key evidence that, had it been turned over, would likely have led to the pair's acquittal, according to the Times.
"This wasn't a mere oversight," said Deborah Francois, a lawyer with Shanies Law Office. "This was a product of extreme and gross official misconduct."
Some historians and scholars have contended that the wrong men were convicted. Vance's office said last year it would review the convictions in the case.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Leslie Adler
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Overcoming adversity: Jacky's story of becoming an Ultrarunner
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Jacky is an amputee trail and ultrarunner and member of the Altra Red Team. Despite the fact that she's only been running for 3 years, she has already worked her way from marathons to 50ks up to a 50 mile race. She has fallen in love with trail running, specifically ultradistance events.
In 2001, Jackie developed a lump in her left leg. "The lump was the size of a golf ball and my doctor immediately sent me in for a biopsy," she recalls. The results came back showing an Ewing Sarcoma (cancerous) tumor that had attached to the nerve of her foot. If they removed the tumor, she would lose the use of her foot and be wheelchair bound, so amputation was the best solution. Jacky was devastated by the news and, at the time, it felt like her life was over. The incredibly good news was that the cancer didn't spread --after the amputation she would be cancer-free.
Despite the setback of the leg amputation, Jacky was determined to live the best life she could as an amputee so put her head down and pressed on. She went back to work four weeks after the amputation, and she was playing squash after six weeks.
Jacky's husband is a runner and in 2016 felt inspired to give it a try. Jacky had never been a runner before the amputation so when she told people she was going to start running they were skeptical, but others' doubts didn't stop her and she went on her first run. Jacky didn't have a running blade at the time and the prosthetic she had was made for walking, but she ran a 5k race on it. She felt slow, uncomfortable and the prosthetic was heavy, so she thought 5k would the longest distance she would ever manage. She wanted to go further but felt frustrated with the leg. Soon after that first 5k, Jacky started to research prosthetics and came up with a plan to get a proper prosthetic.
When Jacky got her running blade she was pleasantly surprised; the added bounce made her feel like she was flying and gave her the confidence and opportunity to try longer races. By the end of 2016 she ran her first half marathon and soon after was running marathons. Jacky was enjoying her new found love of running on the road but wanted to push herself further so decided to give trail running a go. After being warned that trail running on a prosthetic would be difficult, or even impossible, she started with short, cautious runs. Jacky did learn that blades have no grip in the mud (kind of a problem on a rainy North Carolina day!), she also encountered the added challenge of the blades curved base which catches roots, meaning she had to be careful to pick it up high enough. Although some people told her she could not trail run with a blade, she proved that with a little adaptation, she could! And once she added some trail shoe grip to her blade she was golden.
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Becoming a trail runner as an amputee has certainly had its challenges but Jacky doesn't let that get her down. She carries duct tape with her in case something breaks and has worked through blisters on her stump and the suction going out on her blade socket.
Jacky is excited to push her body even further in 2019. She's already completed the Umstead 50 miler and the Uwharrie 20-mile which is considered one of the hardest races in NC, and she is running the Quest for the Crest 50k and the Trans Rockies in August this year. Her bucket list includes races such as Javelina Jundred, Yeti 100 and Western States. She looks forward to conquering these milestone races just as she conquered cancer and amputation.
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San Francisco blues-rock quintet The Stone Foxes have announced their very first UK headline tour. The ten-date February run will kick off at Start The Bus, Bristol on February 3rd and finish at The Gladstone, Brighton on February 13th. The band will play Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on February 12th.
The Stone Foxes will be touring in support of their latest album Twelve Spells, which will be getting a full UK physical release on March 18th and is available digitally now.
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Intimate moments, as found on 'Cold Like A Killer' and 'Jericho', command attention like a captivating sermon. Yet they can also belt a creeping powerhouse vocals and cutting guitar, reminiscent of Alabama Shakes intertwined with the charm of Father John Misty.
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a vendor can't manage making a home loan repayment, the vendor most likely can not manage to make repair services or deal with up the residence. Not just that, however the seller's lender has little motivation to cooperate with a short sale unless the cost is in line with themarket. Banks normally do not discount the rate they will approve for a brief sale home, also if the home requires work.
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What To Offer On A Home That Is Overpriced The vendor might have a legal representative or an agreement. Or the vendor could have nothing officially prepared to approve offers. You need to submit a deal in composing, listing your info, the owner information as well as the terms you are using, including rate as well as closing escrow timelines. In Georgia, you can acquire a Georgia Residential Sales Agreement as well as Joint Escrow Recommendations theme made use of by property representatives. This helps you, the purchaser, confirm that all disclosures and examination timelines are adhered to. The design template is totally free online or offered at regional realty agent associations. After you send your offer, the vendor could either accept it as well as enter escrow or make you a counteroffer.
To properly evaluate a home loan program, customers have to consider for how long they plans to maintain the finance. A flexible financing might make even more sense if preparing to sell the house in a few years. If keeping your home for a longer duration, a fixed lending might be better.


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MASON, Esquire…whose world renowned deapartment store is where H. M. The Queen does her shopping for the Royal Household. OMG! Yummie! I absolutely adore Fortnum & Mason's for the Cheeses, Game PIes, Chocolates, Wines, Jams, Paddinton Bear's Marmalade and lots, lots MORE!!!! Restaurants, Menswear and other goodies abound. Tons better tha harrods, the haunt of the culture-less, spiritually bankrupt nouveau riche! Wahahahah! 🙂 Not to mention, but I will mention it anyway, now owned by vile state sponsor of radical islamic terrorism…queer qatar.
This month, Fortnum's will introduce delicious new additions from Highgrove in beautiful new packaging. This fresh look is inspired by the magnificent gardens and grounds of HRH The Prince of Wales' home in Gloucestershire and has touches of botanical motifs. Alongside brand-new products across tea, coffee and confectionery, many of the recipes in the Highgrove collection have been reworked with exemplary new ingredients. Following a long relationship between the two brands, based on shared principles of providing the finest foods created by artisanal producers, Fortnum & Mason is delighted to unveil this new range that elegantly unites iconic provenance with craftmanship.
Among the new additions is the Organic Garden Berry Tea, with a sunshine-bright infusion of sweet, ripe berries that embodies the gardens, as well as an elegant, medium roast Organic Coffee Blend with tasting notes of chocolate and dried fruits. Newness in sweets includes a sublime new salted caramel fudge, crafted in Cornwall by a family-run confectioner, and Almonds, Hazelnuts and Ginger, all covered in delicious organic chocolate. These moreish treats are perfect for after-dinner or make for a delicious gift.
In over 35 years since HRH The Prince of Wales has lived at Highgrove, the land has flourished producing the very finest organic food. In addition to the new design illustrating this, the rework of the packaging also considers sustainability – one of the brand's key focuses. All single use and non-recyclable plastic has been removed and teabags will be made from Soylon – a compostable corn-starch material. All labels will be paper backed with no plastic used and, in the new year, all compostable flow wraps will cover biscuits.
Fortnum's has also worked with Highgrove to create a vintage organic champagne to celebrate the landmark 70thbirthday of HRH The Prince of Wales.
Alongside these new products, Highgrove's refreshed collection brings customers the quality and provenance they have grown to expect from the brand across organic preserves, biscuits, confectionery and alcohol, all made by small artisanal producers.
New products will debut exclusively in all Fortnum & Mason stores and on www.fortnumandmason.comon 22nd October 2018, in addition to Highgrove stores. The full list of products is available on request.
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I took a photo but don't know how to post it. Tree down across the Katy south of 70, you can ride under it on one side if you duck, but it might trip up a casual rider.
Gorc doesn't cut Katy trees but thank you for the update. I think the state parks deals with downed Katy trees.
I didn't know who to contact but I figured this would be a way to get the word out.
Technically, I believe that the Katy Trail falls under DNR, ... my bad, let's try this again.
As Matt mentioned above this response, GORC doesn't have a maintenance/tree removal agreement with Missouri's DNR/State Parks. Our only agreement for that type of thing (that I am aware of) is with Castlewood State Park. Like our cutting in St. Louis County Parks/St. Charles County Parks*, we are required to have USFS Cutting Cards, wear the safety gear combo of gloves/chaps/helmet(w/facesheild)/ear protection, etc.
*The Lost Valley trail system falls under Missouri Department of Conservation supervision. At their request, we do our best to report downed & hazard trees to them via their office, #; (636) 441-4554. , or the Lost Valley section of the forum [https://forum.gorctr...-county-region/].
There was another one down today on my way to defiance for lunch. When i got there i sent an email to the ranger for the katy i found on this page https://mostateparks...ranger-contactswhen i got back a worker had just finished clearing it. He said he was sent my email and photo.


Each year the American Maine-Anjou Association recognizes two producers for their efforts to promote and improve the breed. This year we recognize Dennis Garwood, Green Valley Cattle Co., as the Maine Man and Everett Forkner, Truline Maines, as the Maine Breeder of the year.
Everett Forkner focuses his Maine-Anjou breeding program on high performing females – a selection tool he developed during his more than 40 years in the purebred hog business. "I discovered through my years of experience in the pig business that the female is the most important part of the pedigree. Females are the key to our whole breeding program," says Forkner, 70, who operates Truline Maines with his wife, Ruby, and sons Mike and Steve.
Forkner's son, Steve, oversees the 500-sow purebred nucleus purebred swine herd that Forkner started more than 40 years ago when he returned to his family's farm and livestock operation in Richards, Mo., after college. His other son, Mike, operates the 2,000 acre row crop operation.
After achieving national and international recognition in the hog business, in 1989 Forkner made the decision to diversify and re-enter the purebred cattle business. "I started in the cattle business as a 4-H member showing Polled Hereford cattle. I always had a love for the cattle business," says Forkner, who opted to raise Maine-Anjou his second time around.
"The breed has a tremendous amount of potential for the commercial industry." He says the breed's disposition and performance will improve the profitability of most commercial herds. However, he feels that many commercial cattlemen only see the breed's show qualities. "The reputation that the breed has right now is more show ring orientated than commercial," he says. "In our operation, we are trying to make the cattle commercially orientated first and show ring acceptable second." As a breed we need more purebred Maine-Anjou breeders dedicated to improving the purebred Maine-Anjou base to better serve the needs of the commercial cattle industry.
Before he selects a bull or female, he first reviews what he refers to as the "economic traits" of its mother – birth weight, weaning weight, milk production, fleshing ease, average daily gain and feedlot performance. "The commercial man is more interested in what the numbers say and the performance results they receive than how they look," he says.
From its beginnings Truline has selected calving ease as one of the primary traits they have worked to develop. Their efforts paid off in TLM Bouncer, the breed's leading calving ease bull. Twenty years in the Maine-Anjou business, Forkner won't be retiring anytime soon.
"I love breeding livestock. The joy comes from the anticipation for the next generation – the next calf crop coming from a new female and new bull that you just put back," Forkner says.


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Great Tapestry of Scotland in Galashiels gains five-star status
The chief brings his new show to the Borders
A treat for cello lovers
Renowned cellist, Philip Higham, will be playing a programme of Bach solo cello suites at Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, next week.
Thursday, 2nd March 2017, 9:19 am
Updated Friday, 24th March 2017, 11:12 am
Philip Higham Principal Cello with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Recently appointed Principal Cello with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Philip was already a rising star among cellists when he played for Music in Peebles in 2010.
For this eagerly awaited return visit, Philip will play three of Bach's Suites for Solo Cello. This sublime music represents the pinnacle of the cello repertoire and Philip Higham's performances, in recital and on CD, are considered among the finest.
Philip was born in Edinburgh and still lives there. He studied with Ruth Beauchamp at St Mary's Music School and subsequently at the Royal Northern College of Music with Emma Ferrand and Ralph Kirshbaum.
He was the first UK cellist to win first prize in the Bach Leipzig competition and went on to win many other major competitions and is now in great demand as a solo performer all over the world.
He has been described as 'possessing that rare combination of refined technique with subtle and expressive musicianship... all the qualities of a world-class artist' (The Strad), and has been praised for his 'expansive but tender playing' (Gramophone).
You can hear Philip's breathtaking performance on Tuesday, March 7, at 7.30pm. Tickets £14 (£7 if accompanied by child under 12) from www.eastgatearts.com or 01721 725777.
Film star Mel Gibson no longer in with claim to shame after Irish actor fails to play a blinder as Scot
An Ode tae the Bard frae Jesse Rae
Indie rockers end their national tour with a pilgrimage to the Borders
IN PICTURES: Kelso's new play park opening goes with a bang
Cinderella and co really did have a ball in Lauder
Award-winning Scottish folk band launch their first tour since lockdown in the Borders tomorrow night, Friday, October 1
IN PICTURES: Ladies' day at Kelso Races
All roads lead to Mosspaul for Ali
Kelso club is back in tune


According to a former CEDS employee, the breeding facility was initially designed to accommodate 500 breeders, but this figure would be largely exceeded to date.
In 1982, the facility already held 200 females and approximately 1000 dogs and puppies at all times.
Each female would give birth to approximately 8 puppies per year which would result in an annual total of 4000 puppies from the age of 4 months, sold to laboratories for among other things, toxicology experiments.
The turnover of the CEDS recorded on December 31, 2011 amounted to € 1 315 400.
The centre currently employs about a dozen people.


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Esta é a divisão territorial administrativa do Estado de São Paulo vigente a partir do ano de 1997, incluindo a área territorial dos municípios.

O Estado de São Paulo possuía 625 municípios até 1996 e passou a contar com 645 municípios em 1 de janeiro de 1997, quando foram instalados os últimos 20 municípios criados pelas leis nº 8.550 de 30 de dezembro de 1993 e nº 9.330 de 27 de dezembro de 1995, alterando a lei nº 8.092 de 28 de fevereiro de 1964 que é a legislação base da divisão territorial administrativa do estado.Já a criação de distritos a partir da Constituição de 1988 passou a ser de competência dos municípios através de leis municipais, deixando de ser competência estadual. Por isso a data de criação a partir deste ano é a da inclusão na Divisão Territorial Brasileira feita pelo IBGE.

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Vanishing Girls
by Lauren OliverLauren Oliver
Vanishing Girls 4 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 28 reviews.
bookmon1 More than 1 year ago
Nicole, better known to family and friends as Nick, has always been close to her younger sister, Dara. Dara has always been good at everything. Dara even manages to snare John Parker. Nicole considered John her best friend and secretly had a crush on him. After a horrible car accident, everyone's lives are drastically changed. Dara is scarred, her friends disappear and her parents separate. In an effort to get away from the ongoing drama, Nick takes a summer job at FanLand, an old-fashioned amusement park. She likes her job, but is nervous when she finds out John Parker works there, too. Dara seems to vanish on her birthday. Nick is very concerned because a younger girl, Madeline Snow, has recently disappeared. The targeted audience of VANISHING GIRLS is young adults. I am way past that age group, but I was totally engaged with this novel from the first page. The universal themes of sibling rivalry and family issues affect us all no matter what our age. Told in alternating chapters by Dara and Nick, the reader slowly learns the details behind the car accident and the sisters' relationship. The author states that she drew on her relationship with her own sister in developing Nick and Dara. Lauren Oliver is excellent in creating suspense. The reader will want to set aside some quiet reading time because once you start VANISHING GIRLS you won't want to put it down. Lauren Oliver has written other young adult novels and an adult novel, ROOMS. I am so glad to see quality young adult novels being written. When I was young, there was not much between juvenile novels and adult ones.
Loved the book
Rarely am I surprised by an ending, but I was this time.
This was such a bizarre book. The beginning is a bit strange and confusing, but once you get used to the format, it was an interesting read. The story was okay, and the writing was good. The portrayal of teenagers is (sadly) more accurate than some people would like to admit, what with the drinking and hook-up culture that abounds. The poor decisions that define the entire book are just as realistic. My problem with this book is the twist that comes toward the end. It throws the whole book into a swirl of confusion. Maybe a second read-through would help me see the whole story more clearly, but I don't really want to read this book again. The twist was so out of left field that it turns me off of the story. The writing was good, the dialogue realistic, and the mysteries prevalent throughout the whole story. It wraps up in a satisfying way, despite the twist I would recommend this book to young adults who enjoy an odd twist in mystery stories. Definitely written for older teenagers and young adults, as there is a lot of cursing. But overall, the twist just ruined what was an interesting story for me.
Often in life there are usually two ways things can be categorized by. One category is like and the other is dislike. In the case of Lauren Oliver's novel, Vanishing Girls I found myself categorizing it as a dislike. Yet, it had what normally makes me love a novel. Her compelling plot consisted of mystery, romance and family, all things that I find intriguing in a book. However, it was too much of too many plots trying to occur at once and explaining in length things that didn't need to be played out. I found myself wishing she had spent longer on the end of the book rather than the beginning because it felt rushed which ultimately led to some confusion at the end. Lauren Oliver starts the novel off by explaining the friendship these two sisters had. One that every sibling wishes they had. The kind that are inseparable at the hip and enjoy hanging out with each other instead of bickering and arguing over the smallest things. And although things seem good in paradise things take a turn for the slippery slope when Dara the younger of the two sisters, takes Nicole's or Nick's best guy friend Parker. Things seem to fall apart as Dara spends more time with Parker and less with Nicole as well as cutting Nicole out of the triangle, leaving to fend for herself and wondering when did she deserve to loose them both. Ironically though this does not seem to be the worst for them as we find out later on in the story that there was an accident that changed everything. As Nicole explains in the novel she can only remember "the before the accident and the after the accident but, nothing in between". One of her vivid memories from before is the split her parents took when her father requested a divorce and left her mother for a blonde woman named Cheryll who does not know how to stop talking. An after memory she remembers is her parents briefly being in the same room with each other in the hospital but on opposite sides of the room. Another after the accident thought it that Nicole has been living with her father on the other side of town so that she does not have to Dara her sister who has been avoiding her for reasons that unfortunately can not be spoken about. Yet with a new job at an amusement park given to her forcefully by her parents who "think it will be good for her" she finds her guy best friend Parker and eventually they reunite into something similar to what they were before the accident and before Dara scooped him away out of the grasp of Nicole's hands. However, everything is not perfect in their town as a little girl named Madeline Snow goes missing. The efforts of everyone around them seem to be projected towards finding her. Oddly enough Madeline Snow and Dara seem to be somehow connected with each other in Nicole's mind. Just as everyone is struggling to find Madeline, Nicole is struggling to regain her best friend and sister Dara. Leaving notes for Dara on her pillow for her to open and sending texts that never get responses, Nicole continuously try to break the streak of avoidance between each other in hopes to return to what they were before the accident and once again become the inseparable best friends they once were. However, Dara's stubbornness is a little more gruesome than Nicole imagined and finds it much harder than she thought it would be to start fresh. At Nicole's new job she meets many new people who do give her a positive new start to the beginning of the "after the accident" but when Dara doesn't show to her bir
LisaDunckley More than 1 year ago
This is a story of two sisters. Nick is the older, smarter, more responsible sister. Dara is the pretty, popular, younger sister who drinks and parties. The book goes back and forth between Dara and Nick, and also alternates between before and after a horrible car accident that is one of the defining moments of the book. The book explores the complex relationships between sisters, who are close friends some of the time, and competitors some of the time, who are in love with the same guy, who came through the car accident in different ways. Well written (as are all of Lauren Oliver's books), this is a suspenseful and enjoyable YA read.
WhatsBeyondForks More than 1 year ago
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver was an emotional story on so many levels. There must be something in the literary waters, because I keep getting drawn to these emotional books lately. Dara and Nick hurt my heart. Seeing the two sisters at such odds with one another was painful to read. Vanishing Girls was almost a coming of age story through tragedy, because there was first loves, sibling rivalry, heartbreak, loss.. so many things that teens go through along with the added tensions of the accident. It will definitely bring out some feels.
TulaneGirl More than 1 year ago
Nick and Dara are two peas in a pod. Sisters, only 11 months apart, they are inseparable . . . Until. Until Parker - their childhood friend - confuses love. Until Dara starts hanging out with older men. Until Nick drives them off the road. My favorite part of the book was the bond between Nick and Dara. The love between them was such a pleasure to read. Sure, they had their issues with each other. But underneath the jealousy, envy, and competition, was love. Which was why I was so disappointed by the ending. Oh, I wasn't disappointed by the "twist" at the end. I was disappointed that Nick found forgiveness so quickly after discovering what happened when she and Dara had their car accident. I think it perhaps would have been a bit more compelling had the novel been longer with more resolution at the end. Also, I didn't like that she was moving forward with Parker. There's always something kind of icky for me when there's a love triangle with sisters involved. Particularly with the bond between Dara and Nicole, I didn't buy that Nicole would be open to Parker after the events with Dara.
lrhubble More than 1 year ago
An Amazing Book Contemporary Young Adult Suspense, Romantic Elements Dara and Nick used to be inseparable. That was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the sisters estranged. Nick thinks Dara is just playing around when Dara vanishes on her birthday. Madeline Snow a nine-year-old girl has also vanished. Now Nick is becoming increasingly convinced that both disappearances are linked. Nick has to find her sister before it's too late. This is an amazing book that has so many twists and turns that the reader will be taken on a roller coaster ride. Just as the reader thinks they might have an idea of what is going on another twist is thrown in that will have reader wondering if they have any idea of just where this story is headed. It will also have readers wanting to read other books by this author as this one just doesn't let the reader go until the very last page. This is a must read for any reader that enjoys psychological thrillers.
The book Vanishing Girls is a book written by Lauren Oliver. This book is a mix between a thriller, fiction, and a mystery. This book starts off with Nicole, better known as Nick and her younger sister, Dara. They started off as close as could be, they never fought or disagreed and they shared the same interests in just about everything. A life long best friend, John Parker is close with both girls. Both girls are in love with him without realizing. Until a horrible car accident changed both the girls lives. It left everyone, included themselves scarred and full of regret. They went from being irresistibly close, to avoiding one another. Even though tensions rise between the girls, some things still stayed the same. When a little girl of the name Madelyn Snow goes missing Nick finds herself tied up with the little girl more than she would have expected. Things continue to get weirder when Dara goes missing on the night of her birthday dinner. This leaves Nick to piece everything together, the sisters are complete opposites of eachother so this causes Nick to put herself in Dara's shoes to understand everything. This entire book is written through the flashbacks, and present-day accounts of "before" and "after" the accident. Oliver went off track with the disappearance of Madelyn Snow, it made the novel confusing to follow and took away from the actual story. She attempted to, but too much time was spent on it. While reading this book it was hard for me to piece events together because of the way everything was explained. Although, the book never got boring once. There were so many new events constantly happening, however, that also continued to make it more confusing. Oliver did a great job at building up the suspense throughout the story, it left me asking questions the entire time. After something big would happen you would not find out why, or how until later on in the novel. It made you want to keep reading more. I would recommend this book for teens, and young adults.
Really good story
I found the book boring and hard to get through. Also the plot twist ending really confused me
I had preordered this but when i started it the first time i quickly got confused with all of the dates. I picked it back up yesterday and thought i knew so much. The plot twist then tore my heart and ripped it to shreds. Will probably reread sometime soon
Goldenfurproductions More than 1 year ago
MY THOUGHTS I honestly had no idea what this book was about when I picked it up. I just wanted more Lauren Oliver genius and I found that. I was very surprised by this book. This book focuses on two sisters, Dara and Nick. After a car accident, the two sisters have drifted apart. Dara has always been known as the party girl, while Nick has always been the good girl. Now, Dara is tired of how Nick is the favorite and Nick just wants to be able to talk to Dara again. At the same time, they're family is in shambles and no one can seem to understand why the sisters are acting the way they are. Then, Dara disappears and Nick is desperate to find her. Throughout, we will find out what lead to the accident, and along with Nick, we will find out the secrets that Dana kept. The way this book is organized is confusing at first. Not only do we get points of view from both sisters, but this book also has 'Before' chapters and 'After' chapters. They aren't really labeled as such, just with the date, so it takes a bit of thinking to realize where you are in the timeline. I don't really know if the Before chapters were really that necessary, though we didn't get much of them. I kind of feel like we could've have been given that info in the 'After' chapters, but it's not that big of a deal. This book also has little news stories added in, which I actually did think were very nice and gave little hints of things that would be important to the plot. This book overall has a very interesting feel to it. It's described as a 'psychological thriller', but I think this book has strong contemporary aspects. In the beginning, the only main mystery is what lead to the accident, as neither sister mentions it, and little mentions of the missing young girl. The thriller aspect may come later, with Nick trying to find her sister and discovering her secrets, but for some reason it doesn't have a strong thriller vibe until the very end. I must say, though, that there is a lot of mystery involved in this book. Overall, this book has a major focus on the sisters and their broken relationship. Lastly, I need to mention that there is a plot twist, one that I both love and hate. I love it for the same reason that I hate it, if that makes any sense. I generally love plot twist because they surprise me, screw up my mind, and are twisted genius. I love this about the twist, I REALLY didn't see this one coming. While I liked that, there wasn't really anything to hint at it. I look back to find hints and all it does is confuse me. So, while I find the genius in the twist and it's one of the best I've seen (We Were Liars still tops it, though. Nothing can beat that one), I need to be able to wrap my mind around it and I'm still shaking my head in confusion. IN CONCLUSION Overall, I did very much enjoy this book! Lauren Oliver is a wonderful writer and she wrote a fantastic mystery involving two sisters! I have a love/hate relationship with the twist, but I really do think that this book is worth reading!
Andrea17 More than 1 year ago
Vanishing Girls sucked me in from the beginning. We start the story with a short scene between Nick and Dara, learning that they have always been close despite their varying tastes. Having a wonderful relationship with my own sister, I found it fascinating that after a car accident these two could not be further apart. And not in the snide remarks and dirty looks kind of way, but the full on avoiding kind of way. Nick has even moved out of her mother's house and moved in with her father in attempt to give Dara space and time apart. I am sometimes wary when authors have dual narratives, that are equally dominate, as I've seen it work wonders and I've seen it crash and burn - either one voice is too strong or neither voice is great. In Vanishing Girls both narratives are strong and allow us to get to know both Nick and Dara, along with the pain they are both holding on to, both individually and as a unit. I was drawn to both of these girls, hoping they would find their peace with one another and move one from what happened that fateful night. The other aspect of the narrative that I enjoyed, which others may find confusing, is it jumps around in time - but I didn't find it difficult to keep straight. One chapter may be after the accident, while the next takes place beforehand, then we read a diary entry before heading back to present time. It added to the story and is a driving force. Not only is the plot compelling and tense, but Lauren's writing is beautiful. She knows how to pull her readers into the story and hold them in there. I didn't find myself wavering or pulling away from the story because the world and characters she has created are wonderfully written. A thrilling read about the relationship between two sisters, the secrets between them, and finding the strength to forgive, Vanishing Girls will keep you flipping pages until the very end.
Brooke-The-Cover-Contessa More than 1 year ago
I want to thank HarperTeen for providing me with a copy of this book to read and give an honest review. Receiving this book for free has in no way altered my opinion or review. I love Lauren Oliver! So when I saw she was publishing a new book I jumped right on it. And I was not disappointed! I was hoping I'd get the same feels from this book that I did what I read Before I Fall, and I really did! In alternating points of view, we meet Nick and Dara, best friends and sisters. After suffering a tragic car accident,the sisters are estranged and we watch the story unfold between the two. Nick holds a ton of guilt over the accident. Throughout the book she and Dara do not interact, the rift between them too big to mend. We also meet Parker, Dara and Nick's best friend. He's also the object of their affections. I loved Parker's character. He was sweet and endearing and very genuine. I also love that the romance didn't one up the plot line. We really got to know the characters without having to worry about them always being in romantic situations. But the romantic element was just the right amount. Both Nick and Dara have pulled away into themselves after their tragedy. One of the things I had issue with was we really didn't see what their life was before the accident. When we meet them, they are so far removed from any friends they may have had, completely and totally isolated. The other thing I had issue with was the secondary plot. While there were some elements of the vanishing I understood having in the book, there were others that pulled me out of the story, giving me information I really didn't feel was needed to keep the story on track. I will say that I figured out the plot twist fairly early on, but it didn't really take away from my enjoyment of the book. I found myself pushing on because I really needed to know how it all wound up (and of course if I was right!). The ending was a fairly nice wrap up, although I will say my happily ever after mind really wanted just a bit more. Would I recommend this book? Certainly. I think Oliver has such a knack for really pulling her readers into her stories, grabbing on with both hands and not letting them go. I will advise that you should sit down and commit to reading this book all at once. I took a bit of a break and when I picked it back up, I had forgotten what had happened and it took me a bit to get back into it. If you're an Oliver fan, this book certainly will not disappoint!
Ashiers More than 1 year ago
I pre-ordered this book for my nook with high hopes because I have never read something by Lauren Oliver that I didn't like. It definitely did not disappoint! The plot twists were well done, much better than other books she has written. You can tell that she as an author has grown a bit since her first few teen books. I loved the way she goes back and fourth between times and narrators because it gives the whole story a very real feeling. The themes of rivalry and hate are very real, especially between Nick (Nicole) and Dara. I think anyone that has grown up in a sibling's shadow will be able to relate to both characters very well. I won't spoil it, but the end of the book made me want to go back and read the entire thing again because it was WOW! I enjoy books like this with a nice twist. It's almost like a "Gone Girl" or "Girl on the Train" for teens. The twist is that good!
Amazing book full of suspence and lots of twists you'd never expect.
This book held my interest the entire time and did not disappoint.


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Silver Lake, Lake Gerar and Lake Comegys have the distinction of being the ONLY naturally formed freshwater lakes in the state and are closer to the Atlantic Ocean than any other lake on the Atlantic coast.
On May 13, 2004, the Delaware Senate and House of Representatives passed concurrent resolution No. 37, which recognizes the lakes as natural treasurers to Delaware and the United States.


Learning from Life: Learning to be your own Heroine in your life!
We just flew home from Austin tonight. It was hard to leave the kids, but felt good that most of their house was unpacked and cleaned; and best of all...it looked like HOME! Little Kai is such a cutie, so glad we had that time with him. Our son and his family are on a great adventure starting off on his own business, together I am sure they will do a great job. Their talents truly compliment each other. They already have some friends there so...that makes us feel good too!
Tonight it is late and I need to head to bed, but wanted to mention one thing. I receive emails too often from people who have suffered from sexual abuse. Most of the problem is, even when they get brave enough to tell... they aren't believed or they are even BLAMED ( if you can believe that !) Not being believed or blamed, can send you down many self destructive roads IF you aren't careful. I guess the truth is...you have to believe in yourself...before you can start down that road of healing. When you finally realized that every day that you continue to keep quiet, stay a victim, hurt yourself...that you are just continuing to give your abuser...power over you. The moment you stand up and say "NO MORE" is when you life will begin to turn around. You will be able to see things much clearer and you will start taking care of yourself and start protecting yourself. You will begin to get the power that you need to become a SURVIVOR! Then and only then, will your life really start to begin. So please if you yourself have been abused or someone you know is being abused....help them, pray for them and most of all believe them! Help them to read this quote below and realize that they truly can become their own Heroine or Hero in their life.


On another topic entirely, I had a small epiphany yesterday. debela explained to me that a hobby is not something you pursue full-bore all the time. That, she said, is a *job*. A hobby is something you do a bit of here and there to enjoy and relax and it was *okay* to not put yourself into it a hundred and ninety percent. Doing six or seven drawings a year constitutes a hobby, for example.
I feel like much less of a loser now. I have plenty of hobbies! Photography! Art! Baking! I could, like, get back into macrame or something! (Don't look at me like that. For some reason I really like macrame. Maybe it's my 1960s reincarnation cropping up. I don't know. I just like it. Of course, there's only so many plant holders you can make.) If I could find a fabric store, I could have sewing as a hobby! (Why does Ireland not have fabric stores? The mind, she boggles.) Who knew there were such freedoms in the world!
You all think I'm a lunatic now, don't you.
You just have to 'ask'!
Dude, I wish I could spell!
Weaving is a good hobby.
You could settle down, get a few sheep, a few fields of cotten and flax.
And don't forget the goats.
For the GOAT ICE CREAM!
And I'm delighted that you're writing the intro, too!
" debela explained to me that a hobby is not something you pursue full-bore all the time."
I have just been stricken by the clue-hammer.
As for the macrame...you could knot some clothing, I suppose, although it might be a bit drafty for Ireland.
*jaw drops* I have just been stricken by the clue-hammer.
God, no. Macrame clothing really is 1960s, and it was ugly then. I'm not that desperate.
We of the Fashion Police are pleased to hear it.
What kind of fabric did you want? I have fabric under the spare room bed. I have *lots* of fabric under the spare room bed. I have ... you get the idea.


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Q: ASP.NET MVC HttpPostedFileBase storage In ASP.NET MVC, to upload a file I simply use <input type="file" ... />, and the action I post the form to takes an HttpPostedFileBase as parameter. So far, so good. Now the question is: Does the HttpPostedFileBase only contain metadata and reference a temporary file on the server's disk, or does the object contain the actual bytes? This is important because of scalability, since I have a scenario where it would be very convenient to keep the HttpPostedFileBase in the session, but I'm afraid this might quickly fill up the server's memory if the object contains the actual bytes of the uploaded file.

A: It keeps the data in memory.  If you are worried about scalability, you probably need to plan for a web farm and it wouldn't be good to have many large items in your session any how.  So probably best to manage these yourself (with files or the database and store the filename/id in the session).
The decision really depends on how many and how large the files are and what you do with them (i.e. do you need them every request, or maybe need one file in some session 20 minutes from now).


As we begin the season of Advent and a new liturgical year, the faculty, staff, and students of Christ the King Seminary would like to offer you a blessed season of hope and joyful waiting on the coming of the Lord! We also believe this new beginning of a season of expectation is the perfect opportunity to give you a brief description of seminary life today as compared to around fifty years ago, as well as offer you a glimpse into changes that will be forthcoming. Our purpose is to provide a clear portrayal of seminary life, while giving you some useful information to share with others. We want to reassure you that our formation process of preparing seminarians for the priesthood, as well as future deacons and other men and women for various ministries in the Church, provides them with the resources they need for a comprehensive development in their discipleship.
The formation process at the seminary involves several years of prayerful reflection and growth in discipleship to Jesus Christ in a community setting, so that candidates may become comfortable with and committed to their priestly identity in Him. The primary agent in the seminarian's formation is God - the Holy Trinity. Life in the seminary demands the integration of the human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral dimensions of the candidate over years of community life, including feedback from the faithful in parish settings. In the years of discernment, the seminarian cooperates with God's call as he tries to take on the mind and heart of Christ. The journey, then, is a growth in freedom in response to God's call and is meant to clarify one's vocation as consistent with God's will for that person.
In this brief essay, we shall compare both the application process and the life of seminary formation from the period before Vatican II to today. Afterwards, we would like to outline for you some forthcoming changes in seminary life that will add greater clarity to the various stages, discernment, and growth of seminarians during their formation years.
Today's application process for a seminarian candidate usually takes almost a year as he journeys with his vocation director. The applicant shares his family history, educational and occupational backgrounds, sacramental life, and reflections on his vocational journey. Each applicant undergoes a comprehensive psychological assessment at an accredited counseling center and provides letters of recommendation from people outside his family. Finally, the applicant interviews with his local bishop and the respective seminary he would attend before being accepted. Fifty years ago, the application process was not as extensive and did not include the detailed assessments, background histories, and interviews. Instead, it was more a matter of being recommended by one's pastor and accepted by the diocese and seminary based on briefer family information forms.
Prior to Vatican II the seminary formation program generally consisted of adhering to the particular seminary schedule and navigating the academic demands. Little attention was given to the seminarian's pastoral development and integral, balanced, personal formation. The formation teams consisted almost exclusively of priests, many of whom were primarily professors and not necessarily equipped to accompany the seminarians in their emotional and psychological development.
1970: The Congregation for the Clergy promulgated what essentially is a guideline for priestly formation (known as the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis).
1985: After the promulgation of the new Code of Canon Law in 1983, adaptations were made to those guidelines.
1992: Pope Saint John Paul II published his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, "I Will Give You Shepherds" (Pastores dabo vobis), which further clarified the form and focus priestly formation should have. The various bishops' conferences around the world were tasked to apply these guidelines for use in their context.
2005: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released the fifth edition of the Program for Priestly Formation (PPF). This is the guideline currently in use at Christ the King Seminary.
The PPF in use in the dioceses across the U.S. centers around the integral development of the seminarians in the four dimensions of life previously mentioned: human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral. These four dimensions of priestly formation provide the framework for assessing a seminarian's integral development and growth regarding God's call.
Because of these developments, today's formation teams still consist mostly of priests, but often have lay men and women members to contribute to the teams' insights. Our formation team at Christ the King Seminary is currently made up of three priests and two lay women, and has representation from all four dimensions of formation. Daily life in the seminary consists of regular community prayer, the celebration of the Eucharist, academic classes, and meals in common. Ours is one of only a few seminaries that educates seminarians, deacon candidates, clergy, religious, and laity together in the same classroom and ministerial experiences. This allows them to learn from each other as they seek to develop collaborative working relationships, a model they will carry forward in their later service to the people of God.
The formation team meets weekly to review the life of formation in the seminary and the progress of the seminarians. Weekly, second- and third-year seminarians spend a day at a pastoral field education assignment outside the seminary. The formation advisor, the formation team, faculty assessments, and seminarian peer assessments give regular feedback to the seminarian so that he can come to an honest awareness of his strengths and weaknesses as he works with his spiritual director. When inappropriate behaviors are observed in a seminarian, he is challenged to confront them, assess his vocation, and respond accordingly.
Seminarians have access to professional counseling services if needed. Every seminarian also attends an approved clinical pastoral education (CPE) program, usually in a hospital setting, to assist in his growth of self-awareness and ministerial presence. During a year of pastoral immersion in a parish, the seminary formation team, parish pastor, and a parish evaluation team of lay men and women accompany the seminarian's pastoral growth and offer feedback. All this remains a standard part of the formation process and discernment at Christ the King Seminary, as it does at most other seminaries. In summary, great strides have been made in the formation of seminarians for the priesthood during the past fifty years.
On December 8, 2016, the Congregation for the Clergy issued a new set of seminary formation guidelines, "The Gift of the Priestly Vocation" (the new Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis), essentially a rewrite of the 1970 Ratio listed above. The USCCB, hopefully together with a broad-based team of consultors, will use it as a framework for updating the PPF. Seminaries around the country will then make internal changes and shifts of emphasis in response to the new guidelines.
Propaedeutic or Introductory Stage - Before entrance into the seminary the new Ratio recommends that each candidate have an introductory (propaedeutic) year, which would form the basis of the commitment to the spiritual life. As such, it is a year of prayer and spiritual direction, an immersion in community life to allow for dedicated time of growth in self-awareness and of training in the catechism.
Stage of Philosophical Studies (Discipleship) - This stage continues the lifelong discipleship in which all the baptized participate. For the seminarian, the primary focus is the authenticity and maturity of his humanity, so that he can truly offer a free response to God's call. The area of human formation, then, provides the concentration of this stage, educating the seminarian "in the truth of his being, in freedom and in self-control."
Stage of Theological Studies (Configuration) - The years of theological training are designed to enable the seminarian to take on the mind and heart of Christ. The seminarian begins a journey of following Christ, the Good Shepherd and humble Servant, so that united to Him he can learn to live his life as a gift of self to others. These years of theological study allow the seminarian to establish a priestly identity of service and a missionary mindset of reaching out to those who go astray in their own discipleship.
The Pastoral Stage (Vocational Synthesis) - The document points out that this stage is designed for the period in which the seminarian has left the seminary, been ordained to the transitional diaconate, and entered pastoral ministry just prior to his ordination to the priesthood. The stage introduces the candidate to pastoral ministry and the new responsibilities he will conduct in a spirit of service. It also allows him to prepare for his commitment to priestly ordination.
The information offered here provides only a small glimpse into what the bishops may decide to amend in the present PPF. In the ongoing attempts to make priestly formation as comprehensively balanced and effective as possible, the process will always require the sincerity and integrity of seminarians and formators alike, and the prayerful support and accompaniment of the entire people of God.
We hope this information on seminary life today lifts the veil on some of the mystery surrounding formation to the priesthood and gives you more confidence about the process. Christ the King Seminary remains an invaluable resource for animating the spread of the Gospel and strengthening our communities of faith in Western New York. We continue working to adapt to the changing demands of seminary formation, supporting all our students so that they may serve Christ in today's church with faith-filled integrity and generosity. In this season of Advent, we await the coming of Christ with renewed hope and eager anticipation. God has promised to remain with us to the end of time. May what we have shared here reassure your trust in God's faithful promise to continue nurturing the Church with his Word and sacraments by preparing dedicated priests, deacons, and lay ministers to serve us in the future.


This monograph presents the most extensive study to this day of Anna Bērzkalne. After giving an overview of the studies concerning the period and Bērzkalne's personality (Chapter I), it examines her biography (Chapter II). Overall, Bērzkalne's professional activities are analysed in the context of international folkloristics. A major part of the book Anna Bērzkalne (Chapter III) is dedicated to illuminating her cross-border professional contacts and how Latvian folkloristics was advanced through contact from other European countries due to Bērzkalne's international openness. When it comes to the methodological basis of the Archives of Latvian Folklore (Chapter IV), several foreign patterns can be observed which were brought to Latvia by Bērzkalne. The concluding part of the monograph (Chapter V) is devoted to the presence of the 'Finnish school' or the historic-geographical method in works by Anna Bērzkalne. Bērzkalne considered the introduction of the method in Latvia to be her scholarly duty. She consistently promoted the historic-geographical method of folklore research and the folkloristic work of Estonian and Finnish colleagues in her published works and presentations.
The primary sources of Rita Treija's monograph Anna Bērzkalne consist of a wide range of unpublished material and Anna Bērzkalne's scholarly and popular publications as well as those of her contemporaries. The epistolary body studied consists of several hundred personal correspondence items. Anna Bērzkalne exchanged letters primarily with the researchers from Estonia, Finland, and Germany. But the geography of the international contacts also covers Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy. There are letters by Anna Bērzkalne's folklore teachers (Walter Anderson, Kaarle Krohn, and John Meier), close foreign colleagues and friends (Oskar Loorits, Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio) and other folklorists in Anna Bērzkalne's fund at the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts of the Academic Library of the University of Latvia.
The other part of the correspondence, the letters written by Anna Bērzkalne, as well as other documents tracing her life paths can be found in the holdings of various foreign archives. For the purposes of the present study, the following foreign archives have been examined for the materials: the Estonian Cultural History Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum, (Eesti Kirjandusmuuseumi Kultuurilooline Arhiiv) and the Estonian Historical Archives (Eesti Ajalooarhiiv) in Tartu, the Literary Archives of the Finnish Literature Society, (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Kirjallisuusarkisto) in Helsinki, the German Folksong Archive (Deutsches Volksliedarchiv) in Freiburg, and the Danish Folklore Archives at the Royal Library, (Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Dansk Folkemindesamling) in Copenhagen, the National Archives of the Republic of Tatarstan (Национальный архив Республики Татарстан) in Kazan.
Anna Bērzkalne's private documents as well as the official correspondence and the institutional records are also kept by other document repositories in Latvia besides the Academic Library of the University of Latvia: the Archives of Latvian Folklore, the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia; the Madona Museum of Local History and Art; the History Museum of the University of Latvia; the Archives of the University of Latvia; the Department of the Rare Books and Manuscripts, the Baltic Central Library, the Department of the Small Prints of the National Library of Latvia; the Latvian State Historical Archives; the State Archives of Latvia; the National History Museum of Latvia; the Literature and Music Museum. Other sources of information and research include several interviews conducted by the author of the book.


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FTX Partners With Dolphin Entertainment to Launch NFT Marketplace
A new non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace has been announced as a collaborative effort between FTX and Dolphin Entertainment.
The team at FTX is teaming up with Dolphin Entertainment to craft a new NFT marketplace that focuses on sports and entertainment brands. While Dolphin will handle the creative side of things, FTX will be in charge of the crypto end of the business. According to Variety, the marketplace will be large-scale and consumer-facing.
The newly formed partnership will see Dolphin developing and executing the branding, production, and marketing of the platform. FTX, meanwhile, will be working behind the scenes to ensure the technical aspects of the marketplace are in good working order. The development of the platform along with what brands to target will be a joint effort. The types of brands the project is looking to snag are those revolving around sports, film & TV, music, video games & eSports, cooking, and lifestyle brands.
CEO of Dolphin Entertainment, Bill O'Dowd, stated that "To be able to offer a seamless user experience, where the wallet and the product are all in one place; to allow the consumer to pay with crypto, credit card or traditional currency; to have the product available on wholly-owned and programmed online destinations; to have the same product available for purchase directly in-app; and to also have actual customer support, when necessary, are enormous differentiating factors that FTX provides." O'Dowd goes on to say that with the two companies working together, the platform will immediately be on a level playing field with competitors that have already been operating.
Brett Harrison, President of FTXUS, added that the pairing makes and will help FTXUS access content and IPs that would have been otherwise hard to nail down. Some of those IPs Dolphin already owns including The Door, a celebrity chef platform, and Shore Fire Media, a music PR firm.
NFTs sales continue to soar
The NFT craze is looking less like a trend and is something that is here to stay with multiple reports daily on new collections of platforms. While most casual crypto fans are familiar with Beeple's $69.3 million NFT sale earlier in the year, the truth is that there have been around a dozen NFT art sales alone to eclipse the $1 million mark.
Last week, a pair of NFTs from the CryptoPunk collection sold for well north of $1 million. One for $5.45 million and the other for $3.76 million. The latter NFT was reportedly purchased by famous entrepreneur and social media influencer, Gary Vaynerchuk.
In other major NFT news, Axie Infinity became the most popular NFT marketplace in terms of volume, crossing the $571 million mark in the last month. Additionally, around $27 million in volume was seen over a 24-hour period last week, while OpenSea managed around $9 million. According to DappRadar, a third of the fifteen highest-selling NFTs in July were Axies.
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LegendsOfCrypto Partners With NBA Star
Blockchain-based NFT collectible and card trading game LegendsOfCrypto (LOCGame) have announced a global partnership with Orlando Magic's Michael Carter-Williams. The partnership will consist of several components but will feature an exclusive special edition, Michael Carter-Williams 21 card series. This series of collectible trading cards with various levels of rarity will ultimately be woven into the fabric…
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Floki Inu Lands Euro Soccer Club Deals Despite No Major Exchange Listings
In its latest effort in a $1.5M marketing blitz, Floki Inu and its helmeted Shiba dog head will appear on the shirts of two European soccer teams. Floki Inu has partnered with soccer teams SSC Napoli and Cádiz, from Italy and Spain. The deal will see the Floki Inu logo, an illustration of a Shiba…
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Tether Announces USDT Supply Peak, Crypto Twitter Cheers and Jeers
Tether, the firm behind the world's most popular stablecoin, has just announced a circulating supply milestone and an all-time high. The reactions from the crypto community, however, were mixed. On Aug 23, Tether posted a celebratory article on stablecoins in light of its USDT hitting an all-time high of 65 billion in circulating supply. The…
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IOST Onboards Ludena Protocol
Ultra-fast, decentralized blockchain network IOST announced a new partnership with the Play2Earn Project, Ludena Protocol, to accelerate the NFT and the play-to-earn game sectors of its ecosystem. The strategic partnership with Ludena Protocol has successfully developed and managed a play-to-earn game social platform with over three million worldwide gamers. Ludena Protocol continuously on-boards new games…
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'Metaverse NFTs Are One of the Most Beautiful Fruits of the Blockchain,' Says Jean Feier
BeinCrypto spoke to Jean Feier, co-founder of the MetaGameHub (MGH), about the DAO, NFTs metaverse, and fair investment. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are extremely well-known, especially in the crypto community. However, the next stage in this tokenized universe is only just becoming a much-talked-about subject. This next step is the metaverse. For Feier, NFTs in different…
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US Treasury Concerned About Stablecoins, Readying Regulation
The United States Treasury considers stablecoins to be a significant concern and is readying regulation, according to a report from Bloomberg. The United States government appears set to impose restrictions on the crypto market, as reports indicate that it will deem stablecoins a peril. Bloomberg reported on Sept 16 that U.S. Treasury officials have marked…
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GOP House drama as Dems focus on priorities
by: Tim Steele, Alexandra Limon
Kevin McCarthy struggles to become Speaker of the House
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Though there was drama over the election for a new Speaker of the House, lawmakers spent the day discussing their priorities.
Democratic lawmakers from the West, such as California's Judy Chu, Mike Levin, Lou Correa, Colorado's Jason Crow and Oregon's Earl Blumenauer, said they're ready to get to work in the new Congress.
Chu said she'll work to make "sure that we get inflation down, that we make sure that Americans can ensure to put food on the table and also pay for their rent."
She also intends to keep fighting for her priorities, including "the right for women's reproductive health and the right to an abortion."
Blumenauer said there needs to be a focus on the housing crisis.
"Most successful cities have a mismatch between housing needs and opportunities and the federal government needs to be a more active player," he said.
Now that control of the House and Senate is divided between parties, passing legislation will become more difficult. But Democratic lawmakers say they want to work with Republicans.
"I'm going to keep my focus on small business development, on national defense and national security issues and immigration reform," Crow said.
Levin said, "We can have security and humanity at the border. We need it."
Democrats said they're hopeful immigration will be one area where both parties can work together.
"Right now we have shortages of products from chips to manufacturing items, we need the workers," Correa said. "Thirty-five years have passed since the last immigration reform."
Republicans spent the day fighting among themselves as California's Kevin McCarthy struggled to get the votes to become Speaker.
"We may have a battle on the floor," McCarthy said, "but the battle is for the conference and the country."
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B.J. Blazkowicz is back to make the Nintendo Switch Nazi Free again.
Pokemon Quest is a unique entry into the series thanks to its design but the wow factor is lost due to a lack of player interaction.
Pillage and conquer on the Switch.
A new era for Nintendo.
AFKgg will be hosting a special event in honor of MAR10 Day.
Nintendo fans will be excited to learn that John Romero is selling his personal copy of Quake 64.
Known as the voice of Mario, Charles Martinet will be a Guest at SacAnime Winter 2018.
Splatoon 2 will be among the titles featured at Genesis 5.
GameStop in San Francisco is hosting a special preview weekend of Splatoon 2.
GameStop has sold out of Nintendo Switch pre-orders with in a few days.


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Protolabs celebrates 20 years
Digital manufacturer Protolabs has celebrated its 20 year anniversary with the grand opening of its manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
This new 215,000 sq. ft. facility will be Protolabs' eighth manufacturing plant in the United States, and twelfth globally.
Protolabs, which was founded in 1999, has seen rapid growth over the past two decades due to its manufacturing model that couples digital front-end part analysis with automated toolpathing to produce custom machined components in as fast as 24 hours.
Vicki Holt, president and CEO at Protolabs stated: "We are truly living in an on-demand consumer economy and that's no different for manufacturing. Our customers are hungry for manufacturing partners that can see their products through ever-shrinking life cycles and Protolabs is uniquely positioned to serve our customers' needs from early prototyping to on-demand production."
Protolabs serves more than 45,000 unique product developers each year, across three continents and 60 countries. Protolabs has grown in capabilities over the past 20 years with four flagship services and 11 manufacturing technologies. The company has also increased capacity with more than 1 million sq. ft. of manufacturing space that houses over 1,000 machines producing nearly 4 million parts each month.
"Protolabs has exceeded my wildest dreams," said Larry Lukis, Protolabs' founder. "The company was born out of personal frustration that manufacturing parts took months, when it could take days or even minutes. There needed to be a way to make it easier and faster for product developers to get prototype parts and accelerate development cycles. Protolabs has achieved that goal and made advanced manufacturing technologies accessible for everyone, from makers to startups to Fortune 500 companies."
To mark the event, an official grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Brooklyn Park facility to provide community and industry leaders with an opportunity see the facility firsthand.
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