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The annual Penguin Plunge at Hampton Beach is scheduled for Feb. 5 starting at noon. Hundreds of people will be jumping into the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for this amazing organization. The mission of Special Olympics New Hampshire is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Plungers and their guests relax at the Casino Ballroom before the plunge. At 11:30 a.m. the cos-

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When the timer hits zero, the wave runs down the beach and plunges into the Atlantic! For more information and a photo of a past plunge, check out p. 38.

What else is happening in February?

Valentine’s Day, of course. Plan to do something nice on Valentine’s Day, even if it’s just giving a card. If you’re looking for other ideas for gifts or date nights, check out the next issue of the Scene, on stands Feb. 9.

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Do you know what the Pettengill House in Salisbury is all about? The Scene talked to its executive director, Deb Smith, for some insight into the nonprofit social services agency on p. 17.

Care to try a high tea experience? The Silver Fountain Inn and Tea Parlor in Dover offers a traditional tea experience; find out more about it on p. 22.

Rye author Denis Lipman will be discussing his book A Yank Back to England at Hampton Falls Free Library on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The Scene talked to Lipman about the book and how he started writing on p. 28.

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Seabrook Recreation and Community Center The Seabrook Recreation and Community Center is offering nearly a dozen fitness classes for adults this winter.

RSVP bone builders, a 10-week class geared toward senior citizens, takes place Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m., instructed by Tom Wright.

“This class provides the opportunity for participants to increase muscle strength, bone density and balance,” Program Director Cassandra Carter said.

Strength circuit, a 10-week course designed for ages 16-plus, kicks off Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., led by Tina Harley.

“This class will work on strengthening the core, legs, and arms as well as other areas of the body,” Carter said. “This class incorporates stretching and strengthening with exercise balls and hand weights. Other equipment may also be introduced throughout the class.”

Other classes include Zumba, strength circuit, dance/movement/toning and walking club.

“They promote living a healthy lifestyle and getting fit,” Carter said. “They’re fun, exciting, and you get to meet new people.”

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“The girls complete a self-esteem group for about 30 minutes each week and then go outside for a run/walk program,” Parrott said. “At the end of the 10 weeks, they run in a local road race.”

Parrott started the running program after research showed girls began to worry about how others think about them.

“This is when self-esteem in girls starts to drop; their grades drop; they are more at risk for body image/food issues,” Parrott said.

“Research shows that being active and realizing how powerful our bodies are will decrease this risk.”

Lt. Tony King also coordinates pick-up basketball to develop a good relationship with youth and law enforcement.

For information, call 978-462-7611, email salisburyparksandrecreation@gmail.com, or visit salisburyma.gov/parks-and-recreation-commission.

Salisbury Parks and Recreation Commission The Salisbury Parks and Recreation Commission takes a different approach and doesn’t offer traditional classes. Rather, it offers a free recreational volleyball pick-up league Mondays at the Boys & Girls Club, 18 Maple St., led by instructor Ronalee Parrott.

“We’ve had years where there’s barely enough people to play, and years when we have such a large group that we rotate entire teams to play,” Parrott said.

The department will also partner with the Boys & Girls Club to kick off a free Girls On Rye Recreation Four classes are offered, many of which The Run 10-week program after February break are available for Active, Alive and Over 55 for 3rd to 6th grade girls. club members only, at the Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Road.

Ping Pong Club In Live Long and Strong, Alexis Mason teachHampton Parks and Recreation is accepting es an ‘on your feet’ fitness program designed for registrations for its new family-friendly Ping ages 55 and up, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 Pong Club, open to ages 8 through adult. to 11 a.m.

Sessions are Wednesday evenings from 6 Administration and Programs Assistant Victo 8 p.m. at the Tuck Building on Park Avetoria Loring said Live Long and Strong is nue in Hampton. Some equipment will be low-impact, moderately paced cardio-aerobic provided by the Rec Department. The cost exercises paired with light strength training. to join the club is $10 per person. To sign In Stretch and Balance, Vivian Lefebvre up, stop by the Hampton Recreation office, strengthens major muscle groups and works located in the town office building at 100 on balance with a combination of standing and Winnacunnet Road in Hampton. For more seated exercises Tuesdays, 9 to 10 a.m., and information call 926-3932.

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Loring works mostly with the older population and said what she sees is incredible.

“It’s amazing to see people in their 80s do aerobics and cardio exercises, march, walk, move their arms, and stand,” Loring said. “I’ve seen younger people who aren’t able to do that.

That shows it’s important to keep active as long as you can.”

Loring said many people go out to lunch after class to develop a bond.

Gyrokinesis, a holistic movement, aimed at 30 to 55 year olds is held Mondays, 9 to 10 a.m., taught by Kathryn Londoff, at $55 for a 5-week session. Adult Yoga and Meditation, which builds inner and outer strength, is Tuesdays, 9 to 10:30 a.m., taught by Jeanie Ryan, at $99 per 6-week session.

For information, call 603-964-6281, e-mail larthur@town.rye.nh.us, or visit town.rye.nh.us.

Hampton Parks and Recreation The Hampton Parks and Recreation offers two winter courses, Zumba and Pilates taught by Kat Cooper, at the Tuck Building on Park Avenue.

Program Coordinator Rene’ Boudreau said Zumba is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Pilates is held just before Zumba from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“It’s non-aggressive,” Boudreau said. “It tends to be an older crowd in their 40s and 50s.”

Boudreau advised people to wear comfortable gym clothes to both classes.

Classes are $28 per 6-week session.

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With 2017 upon us, many have resolved to get and stay fit this year. In the Jan. 12 Seacoast Scene, the cover story “Strong in ’17” was all about building a better body through exercise (go to seacoastscene.net to find that issue). But without making proper nutrition a priority, local experts said any fitness goals are likely to fall short.

“Food is energy,” said Jennifer Desrosiers, owner of Laney & Lu Café in Exeter. “It’s information for your body, and if you take a moment to stop and listen, your body will tell you if what you eat serves you usually within 30 to 60 minutes of eating. One of the comments I hear the most from my health coaching clients once they’ve upgraded their diets is that they didn’t realize just how bad they felt. You’re not supposed to feel achy, lethargic and bloated. Eat what makes you feel like you can take on the world.”

Here are some factors to consider when you’re trying to eat well for health, strength and energy.

Consider calories — but not too much

Though it’s the focus of many diets, Dr. Hilary Trojano of Summit Holistic Medicine in Exeter said counting calories should not be the primary concern when it comes to healthy eating.

“The equation — taking in less calories than calories going out equates to weight loss — is an oversimplification,” she said.

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Pearla Phillips, nutritionist and owner of Fit Body Transformations in Brentwood, agrees and steers everyone with whom she works away from simply “counting calories.”

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It’s the kind of food you’re that eating matters, they say.

For Trojano, eating healthy can be broken down into two practical concepts with the first being one of food rotation.

“Eating the same foods day in and day out not only limits the types of nutrients we are feeding our bodies, but it also can lead to the creation of food sensitivities,” she said.

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Her other concept is one of balance.

“Having the right balance of proteins, carbohydrates — in the form of veggies, sweet potatoes, and fruits — and fats at each meal is key for a healthy lifestyle and weight management,” she said.

Rather than counting calories, Desrosiers helps her customers reframe how they view fat, which she said is not, in fact, the enemy.

“The fat-free, low-fat craze that became popular in the ’80s created a massive epidemic of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes,” she said. “Fat is flavor, and when food companies stripped out the fat, they replaced it with sugar. Our bodies are designed to run on healthy fats.”

Acknowledging it can be counterintuitive, she said that eating a diet rich in healthy fats like those from nuts, seeds, coconut oil and olives can help you lose weight.

Eileen Behan, RD, who offers services at several Core Nutrition Counseling centers on the Seacoast and is the author of several books on nutrition, said you should fill half your plate with vegetables at meal times and drink water or tea or coffee with little or no sugar.

“Choose fish, poultry, beans and nuts for protein and limit red meat and cheese,” she said. “Eat plenty of whole fruit of all colors, too.”

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eat often enough, you will increase your metabolism and burn fat,” she said.

In helping her patients determine whether or not something is a whole food, Trojano said she asks if the food has a nutrition label. If it does have such a label, then it cannot be considered a whole food.

Desrosiers agrees and said the advice she gives to her clients as a health and wellness coach is simple.

“If it comes in a box or a bag with a list of ingredients that you can’t understand, it probably doesn’t serve you,” she said.

“Steer clear of over-processed sugar, grains and vegetable oils.”

According to Desrosiers, there is not just one way to eat right, however, as she said what works for one person may not work for another. She cited guidelines that work well for almost everyone.

“I think Michael Pollan, author of many great books, including How To Eat, said it best: ‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants,’’ she said. “There is an important distinction, though, that ‘food’ implies ‘real, nutrient-dense food.”’

Melissa Snow, a registered dietitian nutritionist at Whole Life Health Care in Newington, said that whole foods provide the kind of fuel our bodies are intended to receive. She noted that whole foods are broken down into nutrients that supply all the chemical pathways involved in JENNIFER DESROSIERS energy production, hormone balance, immune function, and neurotransmitter production.

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Jennifer Desrosiers, owner of Laney & Lu Café in Exeter, shares her Top 3 superfoods.

Leafy greens. Desrosiers recommends eating seven to nine cups of vegetables daily. “It may sound like a lot, but across two or three meals a day it’s completely doable. Leafy greens contain essential vitamins and minerals, support reducing the risks of disease, have anti-inflammatory properties and boost energy.”

Coconut oil. Desrosiers says coconut oil has literally changed her life since she introduced it into her diet five years ago.

Containing medium-chain fatty acids that promote brain and gut health, it is, she says, “an amazing source of clean energy.”

“I use coconut oil for low- to mediumheat cooking, in my coffee, on my toast, and as a moisturizer. Contrary to popular belief in the 1980s, coconut oil can promote weight loss or the storage of unwanted fat as well as increase the feeling of fullness.”

Chia seeds. Viewed as “strength food” since as far back as the Mayans, according to Desrosiers, chia seeds can now be found in almost every grocery store.

“These tiny seeds are versatile and offer you sustained energy and satisfaction.

They are packed with essential fiber, protein, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids.” She said chia seeds are also hygroscopic, which means they absorb moisture. “You can add them to salad dressings, make ... pudding with nut milks or simply add to your water.”

our food packaged in a box or a bag, undermining our creativity and confidence in the kitchen,” she said. “That’s not the case.”

Eating local

In order to incorporate nutrient-dense food into your diet, Desrosiers says, it’s helpful to eat local, which she said is much more than an economic initiative.

“When you purchase products directly from a local farm, they are typically going to have more nutrients than anything that looks similar at a local supermarket,” she said. “What you get at a supermarket took a couple weeks to get here and has already lost some of its nutrient value before it even hits the shelf.”

Snow a wealth of scientific evidence indicates the health benefits of eating local.

“Locally grown food has a higher nutrient content due to decreased time from harvest to table,” she said.

Citing a robust local agricultural industry, Desrosiers said she works with many farms, including Stout Oak and Meadow’s Mirth, to ensure that her menu at Laney & Lu Café features vegetables “harvested and sold at peak freshness.”

“As a community, we are all rallying around the importance of eating local, fresh and whole,” she said.

Desrosiers cited New Hampshire Community Seafood as an example of a local business working to promote healthy eating and environmental sustainability.

“They offer ‘dock to dish’ fish and seafood fished in sustainable ways in our local waterways,” she said. “They focus on under-utilized species, protecting overfished populations. … Healthy eating and environmental sustainability are interconnected.”

Snow said winter farmers markets are another way to source local food, as well as the Seacoast Area Mobile Market.

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Snow referred to eating local as the proverbial “win-win,” as it results in decreased environmental impact and supports local farming, which is good for the economy.

“It is also considered a promising way to feed our growing population using more sustainable methods and it’s healthier for our bodies,” she said. “You could say that it is the foundation that brings people and communities together by connecting us with our food supply, creating opportunities for cooking and breaking bread together.”

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For many people, eating healthy equates with “expensive,” which Desrosiers said is not necessarily the case. She said one “out More superfood recommendations Local nutritionists are fans of the following:

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Beyond food While working out and proper nutrition are essential to a healthy life, Trojano said there are other factors that contribute to an individual’s ability to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy way. These factors include: • Psychological stress levels • Exercise history • Dietary history • Hormone balance • Quality and amount of sleep • Toxic chemical exposure (for example, alcohol, tobacco, processed foods, caffeine and pharmaceutical drugs) “Overall, seeing your food as medicine helps you make better decisions about what and how to eat,” Trojano said.

of the box” solution would be to speak with a local farmer and buy an entire animal, or sign up for a weekly vegetable share.

“The price per pound will be way better than at the grocery store,” she said. “If buying at the grocery store is a necessity, look for pastured whenever possible, and always avoid antibiotics and hormones, which can interfere with your own health.”

For produce when expense is a concern, Desrosiers suggests you consider buying frozen fruits and vegetables, as they are typically picked at peak ripeness and flash frozen.

Behan said the simplest thing is to eat a fruit or vegetable or both with every meal and snack.

“Research indicates if we all ate the recommended servings of fruit and vegetables, all dietary-related disease would decline,” she said.

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Once you procure those whole, local foods, Desrosiers said, her best advice is to get back into the kitchen.

“These days, getting into the kitchen needs to be scheduled in your calendar just like going to the gym or picking the kids up from hockey practice,” she said. “It doesn’t do a body good to go to the gym and then dive into a ‘low-fat muffin’ from Dunkin Donuts.”

In returning to the kitchen, she suggests writing down a meal plan for the week that can inform your shopping list. She said you should then set aside a specific time block — a couple hours on a Sunday afternoon, for instance — when you can prep all your meals.

“You can fill the Crock-Pot, make healthy snacks like grab bags of seeds and nuts, or fill up jars of chia seed pudding,” Avoid the hype According to Phillips, you should be leery of labels when shopping, especially those that promote being fat-free or gluten-free.

“The most important thing you can do is read the ingredient list,” she said. “If there are items you cannot pronounce, you shouldn’t eat it. There are more chemicals and preservatives in these types of food.”

Phillips said you should also not believe the hype associated with the front of the packaging or labels. She said products might indicate “Zero Trans Fats” on the front of the label, but then one of the first ingredients will be hydrogenated oil or partially hydrogenated oil.

“This is just another word for ‘trans fat,’” she said.

she said. “Keep it simple and plan dinners that will take less than 20 minutes to complete.”

Desrosiers said she also advises her clients to make meal preparation a family affair when possible.

“It creates an opportunity to connect with your family and creates importance around food and health,” she said. “If you can get the whole family involved, it will make eating healthier that much easier to implement.”

Behan agrees.

“Research shows meals prepared at home are more balanced and children who learn to cook when young tend to cook when older and therefore have healthier diets,” Behan said.

Snow noted that involving children in the kitchen also helps save time getting food on the table and preparing alternatives to packaged foods, such as making your own granola, energy bars, smoothies or healthy muffins. She said another consideration for parents is to treat the after-school hunger period as an opportunity to serve raw vegetables with hummus or a healthy dip prepared using yogurt or legumes.

“Serve healthy snacks that are more satisfying, like half a sandwich and a glass of milk, nuts and fresh fruit, or toast with peanut butter,” she said. “Homemade smoothies with yogurt and fruit are another great option.”

For Desrosiers, eating healthily does not mean you must deprive yourself of all the things you love. She instead suggests striking a balance and cited her own approach to vanilla ice cream as an example.

“Rather than deny myself ice cream, I will splurge on the highest-quality ice cream so that I feel completely at peace that I’m still taking care of myself,” she said. “I make a decision that I deserve to have a treat.”

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I started at Pettengill House in 1998. I was originally hired as a community organizer and program co-coordinator for At Risk Youth Services. My plan was to stay two years — so much for my plans!

What is the mission of The Pettengill House?

Our mission is to support and empower individuals, children and families by providing education, comprehensive case management and basic needs. We also coordinate community supports that help stabilize individuals and families.

As executive director, what is your primary role and responsibility?

My primary role is to oversee agency programs and initiatives and the day-today operations. I am a hands-on executive director and continue to work directly with children, families and individuals, too.

What is the most challenging part about your job?

Fundraising and grants are always a challenge. It’s also challenging to address the needs of children and families in need.

There are very few days when my schedule is not revised to address critical needs and people in crisis.

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The most rewarding part of my job is seeing the smiling face of a child when the family comes out of homelessness or having them skip out of our agency before the start of school with a new backpack and school supplies. I love watching the first generation of a family finish high school and head off to college. Seeing people make real progress from all kinds of challenging circumstances is the best part of every day.

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We also believe in self-determination, personal responsibility and self-sufficiency.

We work hard to make sure our programs support these beliefs. I’m also very excited at some of the local and state awards we’ve won in the last couple of years.

We were thrilled to receive the Hometown Hero Award from Boston Fox News 2014 and other awards from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. I know our success and effectiveness is the direct result of community support and dedicated volunteers. We couldn’t do what we do without them. I also know that the true hometown heroes are the individuals, children and families we serve every day. They keep moving forward despite many challenges.

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For Winnacunnet High School senior Hannah Doherty, who lives in Hampton, staying busy is not a problem.

“I balance it all pretty well,” said Doherty, who said she plays softball for a travel squad as well as for the school in addition to running winter track and holding down a job at Market Basket.

“Once I’m done with school sports, I’ll do more shifts — my schedule is pretty full.”

She has hit her stride in school, too, with the Digital Media Arts program at the Seacoast School of Technology in Exeter. Noting that she would like to eventually create logos and work in advertising, Doherty said her focus now is on web design with an eye toward learning video production in her last semester.

“Last year, I learned graphic design and animation,” she said. “I love the program. I’m glad I’m able to take it. If you know what you want to do in the future, it’s an amazing opportunity.”

For her, the most exciting part of her experience at SST may also be its most challenging.

“You start with a new program like Adobe Illustrator and then move right on to another,” she said. “I find it to be such a challenge for me.”

Aside from technical skills, Doherty said she has also learned how to communicate more effectively with others and work as part of a team.

“Working and talking with others who want to go into the field is very helpful,” she added.

It may also be helpful that skills in media and graphic design seem to run in her family, as she said her grandfather has created logos all his life. She expressed enthusiasm at the opportunity to work with him, too.

“He drew a logo for a local company and then I put down what he drew into Adobe Illustrator,” she said. “We then spent time on my computer making it look good. … I translated what he drew into a digital design — it was fun.”

In looking toward the future, Doherty envisions creating logos and working in the field of advertising for a career. For now, though, she wants to continue to improve her abilities in the program.

“I think what I love the most is seeing my improvement from the beginning,”

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she said. “I never thought I’d be good drawing on a computer, and I am.”

She said she is also in the middle of applying to four-year colleges and said she plans on majoring in graphic design.

“I want to go to a college in the general area,” she said. “I’m excited to see where I end up going.”

For any student on the fence about whether to pursue a program at a Career and Technical Center, Doherty said she strongly advises it.

“This is so useful,” she said. “I’m going to be a step ahead of everybody.”

She said the ability to earn a certification in some programs is another important consideration.

“It gets you that much closer to your career,” she said. “I’m here five days a week and it is something I am definitely passionate about. I’m glad I’m here.”

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How to stop a car that creeps on hills while parked Dear Car Talk: I have a new, manual-transmission 2016 Subaru Forester with 3,600 miles on it. When I park on a hill and put the car in first gear, it creeps downhill in

By Ray Magliozzi increments, regardless whether it faces uphill or downhill. This also happens when I add the hand brake at a “reasonable” pull. To get it to not creep down the hill, I have to pull the brake handle almost vertical. This seems wrong, but the dealer where I bought the car says they can’t get it to lose position on a hill, and he tells me that engines these days have less compression.

But my 2008 Subaru had even less compression than the Forester, and first gear held hills just fine, both forward and backward. Is this the new normal? I’ve been driving stick shifts for five decades, and this is my first experience with this issue in a new engine. — Poke Do you live on Lombard Street, Poke?

Under normal conditions, if you put your transmission in first gear or reverse, there ought to be enough compression in a 2.5-liter engine to keep the car from rolling. Of course, if you’re on a steep hill, or you have 100 bowling balls in the back seat, the weight

of the car can overcome the compression of the engine and cause the car to move.

That’s why we have — wait for it — the parking brake! And if pulling the parkingbrake lever all the way up stops the car from rolling, that’s exactly what you should do. Now, the parking brake may need to be adjusted. Ask your dealer to check it for you.

You also can chock the wheels by turning them toward the curb, which means the car would have to overcome both the inertia of the engine and the height of the curb to roll away.

You also could try lassoing the car to a tree.

My other suggestion is to have the service manager come with you to where you park the car, and show him that it rolls. Even better, ask him to drive separately in another 2016 Forrester so that you can compare the two.

If another new 2016 Forrester stays put, then I suppose your compression could be bad or your clutch could be slipping. But I find either of those possibility unlikely because (1) the car is brand new and you’d notice poor performance if the compression were bad, and (2) you’ve been driving stick shifts for five decades, and presumably haven’t burned out the clutch in 3,600 miles.

On the other hand, if you’ve recently lent the car to your nephew, Leroy, a slipping clutch would be the first thing I’d check for.

But I’m guessing this has mostly to do with where you park. You can try using reverse instead of first, as it often has a slightly taller gear ratio. But I think you’ll find that the ultimate solution is to make regular and firm use of the parking brake, Poke.

Dear Car Talk: I remember reading about the Tucker automobile that tried to come out around 1950. It had a headlight in the center of the grille that turned with the direction of the steering wheel. It sounds like a good idea to me. Why hasn’t that idea been incorporated in other cars? I would appreciate your comments. — Harry The 1948 Tucker (called the Tucker 48) had a bunch of innovative safety features, including a perimeter frame for crash protection, a reinforced roof in case of rollovers, a padded dashboard and a shatterproof glass windshield — all stuff we take for granted today.

But most people remember that “third eyeball,” “Cyclops” headlight in the middle of the front grille that turned with the steering wheel.

It was a great idea, and guess what, Harry?

You can now get it on an increasing number of new cars, often as optional equipment. Not the third, middle eye, but regular headlights that swivel with the direction of the car.

They’re called adaptive headlights, and they usually work with small electric motors that can adjust the aim of the headlights about 15 degrees in either direction.

Like everything else these days, they use computer power to figure out how fast the car is going (so your headlights aren’t flying back and forth every time you parallel park), the angle of the steering wheel and how quickly the car is turning.

Based on those inputs, the electric motors aim the lights to try to keep their illumination on the road ahead of you while you’re making a turn, rather than lighting up the trees at the side of the road.

Some cars also use a separate “side”pointing light for very-low-speed turning, like when you’re turning off the road into a driveway. That can be helpful, too.

The adaptive headlights we’ve tested work really well. They’re absolutely a desirable safety feature. I suspect they’ll trickle down to more and more affordable cars over the next few years. But even now, you can get them on certain cars as common as the VW Jetta, Minis, the Mazda 3 and 6, the 2017 Hyundai Elantra and the Subaru Outback.

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FOOD

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Built in 1871, this Victorian Bed & Breakfast boasts one of the only Britishinspired tea parlors in the Seacoast area.

Pam Pidgeon and her husband Jim opened the doors of the Silver Fountain Inn in 2014 and have since welcomed visitors from all over the country.

“Dover is definitely a summer and fall destination,” Pam Pidgeon said. “During those months we rarely have vacancies, but once Nov. 1 hits we start getting about a third of the occupancy. We quickly realized that unless we found a way to raise revenue in the off season, we weren’t going to survive. It wasn’t until my mom invited me to join her and her friends to high tea that I got the idea to open my own tea parlor.”

Pidgeon has received much praise since Why tea?

Here are five reasons why you might want to consider trying tea, courtesy of webmd.com and today.com.

1. Green tea is rich in antioxidants that can increase your body’s ability to burn fat as fuel. It is also been found to ward off certain types of cancers and neurological diseases.

2. Consumption of black tea may help prevent lung damage caused by cigarette smoke and may also reduce the risk of stroke.

3. Herbal teas such as chamomile are antispasmodics and work to soothe irritable bowel and nausea symptoms.

4. Tea is cheaper and easier to make than coffee, saving you time and money.

5. All teas are naturally calorie-free. (Be wary of instant teas that are high in sugar or contain artificial sweeteners.)

starting her new business, and she attributes much of her success to the majestic ambiance of the tea room. Italian carved plaster ceilings, chandeliers imported from Belgium, and a French Caen sandstone fireplace are just some of its gorgeous postCivil War-era accents.

The Silver Fountain Inn emanates a certain charm and has a knack for transporting guests to another time. Whether you imagine yourself dining aboard the Titanic or inside the walls of Downton Abbey, there is no questioning the quality of the inn’s specialty teas and desserts.

All the teas served at the inn are loose leaf and shipped in from the Tea Smith, a Midwest supplier originally based in Portsmouth. Tea connoisseur or not, you will be impressed by the inn’s abundant selection of teas, which range from classic blends like English Breakfast and Earl Grey to exotic oolongs to green teas infused with fruity extracts.

Voted Best Tea Experience by Yankee Magazine last year, the Silver Fountain Tea Parlor offers guests the unique opportunity to experience high tea. For those who wish to indulge in this old-time British custom, Pidgeon recommends ordering the Duchess, a three-tiered platter of carefully crafted tea sandwiches, homemade scones and other desserts. The Hummingbird and Chandelier platters also offer essential spreads for your table but are served in smaller portions.

If high tea is not quite your style, you have the option to order more simple luncheon fare. Guests may choose from a variety of sandwiches, quiches, soups and salads, and these specials change each month. Some of the tasty offerings featured on January’s menu include a turkey and brie sandwich, a spinach and avocado salad, and a roasted carrot and ginger soup.

“A lot of people visit us to experience high tea, but it’s not for everyone,” Pid-

geon said. “That’s why we try to keep it somewhat casual in here. You can dress formally if you’d like to, but it’s certainly not mandatory. You can make the experience whatever you want it to be.”

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It is currently serving lunch daily Monday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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AT THE GOODS MARKET AND CAFÉ The Goods Market and Café (29 Vaughan Mall, Portsmouth, 603-373-8415, thegoodsnh.com) brings fresh local produce for quick and filling food, tucked into a bright atmosphere of warm country woods. For those who miss the typical breakfast hours, hot breakfasts can be enjoyed all day, as well as lunches and dinners that are served with a little Mexican kick. The Goods team is as welcoming as their array of homemade chocolates. Jacqui Harmon — who also owns the Serenity Market and Café in Rye — gave the Scene an inside look at what makes The Goods the next big hit downtown.

How long has The Goods Market and Café been open?

We opened the day after Thanksgiving.

What’s the relationship between this café and the Serenity Market and Café in Rye? I’ve had Serenity for seven and a half years. I fell in love with the location. I previously owned a chocolate shop downtown, and I sold my chocolate on the beach and saw this old barn with high ceilings for lease when I was on my way back from the beach one day.

Do you have to balance time between The Goods and Serenity?

We all switch off between locations.

Each person takes a couple days here or there. Customers are so familiar with the employees at Serenity that I don’t have to worry about what’s going on over there that often.

How did The Goods originate?

I ended up closing the chocolate factory and then just being in Rye with the

Serenity, and Rye can be a bit of a difficult situation because in the winter nobody’s going to the beach. I was longing for a location downtown that could be more year-round, and this just fell into my lap and the price was right.

What do you think sets The Goods apart from other restaurants around you?

This is more of a quick stop. Everything else here is like a sit-down restaurant, so if you’re in a rush or you’re on your way to work, we have very few places where you can grab food or even coffee. ... We also have a market, which the town lacks, and I have my fishing license here to get fresh fish off the boat and sell steamed lobsters with butter and lemon. We’ll also sell fresh meat as part of the market, and we have ready-made dinners to go that are inexpensive and individually prepared. In the next month, we’ll start serving beer and wine.

How would you describe the dining environment?

It’s a little bit of a city feel smacked into a Rye barn. So you’ve got that mixture of

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a city and a country going on, but we’re in New England so it’s a chill and relaxed place to be.

And your employees?

Everybody who works for me has been around for a long time and knows me very well. My philosophy for working is that we all have to do it. I don’t want to work with people who are negative or in a bad mood.

We’re all super happy and positive here so that it doesn’t feel like work. Everyone who works for me gets to do what they love and what they’re best at.

What’s your personal favorite from the menu?

I’m kind of vegetarian or pescatarian, so I would likely order the haddock burrito. We blacken the haddock, so it’s got that Cajun blackened spice to it, and it has an amazing sauce that’s called a garlic crema.

It’s Brazilian with lime, garlic and cilantro, and the wrap comes with avocado, black olives and feta. It’s an amazing sandwich.

Do you have any seasonal specials people can expect?

Our current winter menu puts on warm, hot foods. When it’s 95 degrees out, you don’t want a hot steak sub, so we keep these options for the winter, and in the summer we switch it up with colder-type options with salads and fresh fruits, or cold sandwiches and wraps. We have one fantastic sandwich called the San Francisco Street Burrito. We make our own roast beef in house, and we take the end pieces of it and slow roast it until it falls apart like pulled pork. That goes in the wrap with the garlic crema, sriracha, Napa cabbage for a crunch, and a fresh citrus salsa made with grapefruit, blood orange, and cilantro. Lobster served on warm, buttery croissants will become a popular item, too, as the summer approaches.

Do you have any popular menu items?

Oh, yeah, the Little Havana wrap. It’s got a light spice of sriracha, Cuban-style pulled pork, two fried eggs, black beans, melted cheddar, and drizzled with our barbecue sauce, cilantro and sour cream.

Everyone’s kind of freaking out about this one, even an officer who was in here this morning. He was like, “Yeah, baby!”

What else can be expected from The Goods during the warmer tourist season?

In addition to what we have now, we’ll bring in local products from farmers for a sort of farmers market for downtown, with flowers, produce, dairy products, plants, beer and wine. We’ll have an open outdoor seating area, and we’ll have more homemade chocolates, fresh chocolate milk for sale by the pint that will also be used for milkshakes, and we’ll also serve street crepes. They come in a cone-shaped cup, made hot and fresh, and topped with ice cream, fresh fruit and Nutella. We have a baker from Me & Ollie’s, Eli, and he’ll put out fresh breads for us, as well as cakes and other sweets in the future.

We’re hoping that this will be a real hot spot during the summer with the fresh market, street crepes and live music.

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We are currently in the middle of New Hampshire Wine Week, one of the best weeks of the year for wine enthusiasts. If you’re going to be buying some wine to keep — or if you received wine as a gift for the holidays — make sure you store it properly so it is good for years to come.

While I have written about this topic before, I am always in search of budgetfriendly ideas. Many us dream about having a wine cellar in our homes, but not all of us have the space or funds to make that dream come true. A true wine cellar can cost thousands of dollars just to construct, and then it is a significant investment every month to keep it at the ideal temperature.

The good news for most of us is that you don’t have to have an elaborate wine cellar in your home to store your wine properly.

Even a simple wine rack will do. But the places you think are best, where you may currently have your wine, may be the worst.

There is no point in investing in some nice bottles only to have them spoil.

WineEnthusiast.com has some great tips on storing wine without having to invest a lot: • First and foremost, find a location that has a “cool, consistent temperature, preferably around 58 degrees.

• The location should also be cool and free of sunlight. It should allow for the wine to be kept free of movement as much as possible. This is why, while they may look nice, wine racks located over fridges or near kitchen appliances are not ideal, as they tend to vibrate when running. The appliances can also give off heat. Wine that gets overheated can become cooked and will taste much more like alcohol, or “hot.”

It will not be pleasant to drink.

• If you have a basement, you should utilize it. For the most part, basements make an ideal space to store wine. However, your basement shouldn’t be too humid and should stay at a relatively consistent temperature. The cooler the better, so even if you have a storage closet in your home with room for a wine rack that also meets these specifications, you can store wine in there too.

• Get creative! You do not need to purchase a fancy, expensive wine rack to hold your wine. You can repurpose old furniture and adding shelving, like an old chest of drawers. You can also use cinder blocks and some wood or adjustable metal shelv-

Try to store wine horizontally. Photo by Stefanie Phillips.

ing. Pinterest is full of ways to make one thing into something else without having to spend a lot of money. I purchased an unfinished, homemade wine rack on Craigslist for less than $30. It holds 36 bottles of wine and is the ideal shape and size for our home. Now I have a wine cabinet for displaying wine and holding my glasses and accessories, and the wine rack for overflow storage in our hallway where the heat and sunlight are minimal.

Just a reminder: Bottles should be stored horizontally to keep the cork moist and let the wine settle. This is important, especially for sparkling wines. You may see some noticeable sediment in the bottle, depending on the wine, after it lies down for an extended amount of time. This is typically normal and does not mean the wine has gone bad. This gets less important for wine bottles with synthetic corks or screw tops, but for consistency I store all of my wine horizontally.

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Rye author on A Yank Back to England Growing up on the east end of London, writer and England native Denis Lipman did not have his sights set on becoming an author.

“I ran away from school to become a magician — can you believe it?,” said Lipman, who currently lives in Rye. He found himself as a young adult in the United States mentored by magician and film director Cy Endfield. It was a dream of Lipman’s to get into filming movies, but Endfield suggested that he try writing screenplays instead.

“I sent [my first screenplay] to him and he pulled me up. He said, ‘You know, there’s a lot wrong with it, but there’s a lot of good stuff in here,” Lipman said.

Like magic, Lipman bumped up his title from writing assistant to full-time writing partner with Endfield. Along with the screenplays, he dabbled in music and theater by writing songs and plays.

“It’s actually very funny because writing was just to get to movies, yet as I was was writing I thought, ‘Oh, I actually kind of like doing this.’ So, that’s how it all started, really,” said Lipman.

A Yank Back to England, published in 2010, is Lipman’s first book, and Lipman will be reading excerpts from it at Hampton Falls Free Library on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

It was his wife, Frances, who suggested the idea of writing a travel memoir of Meet Denis Lipman Where: Hampton Falls Free Library, 7 Drinkwater Road, Hampton Falls When: Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 6:30 p.m.

Admission: Free, open to the public Contact: 926-3682, hamptonfallslibrary.org This program is part of a series, Beyond the Binding, tales told at your local area library, sponsored by the Seacoast Area Libraries.

“I like visiting where writers live; I don’t like burial sites,” he said of some of the places that are highlighted in A Yank Back to England. “There was this wonderful seaside place [we visited] called Broadstairs and it’s gorgeous. It’s where Charles Dickens had his summer home. It’s an amazing Victorian seaside town that appears pretty much the same as it did back then.”

After all of the travels Lipman and his family have done in England since their first countryside trip in the 1990s, he’s found that there are always new things to discover. A Yank Back to England is all about exploring the unheard-of locations that reside in England’s countryside, and Lipman hopes that readers will follow in his footsteps and explore the places he mentions. Most locations Lipman traveled to are accessible from London

Denis Lipman. Courtesy photo.

their family trips to England.

“A Yank Back to England is a pun. I was sort of yanked back [to England] by my wife. The thing is, I would go back to England every year to see my folks and friends in London,” Lipman said, “[but my wife] said, ‘I want a tour.’ I said, ‘Tour? What do you want to see? You’ve seen the tower of London, you’ve seen Big Ben, what more do you want to see?’

She said, ‘I want to see the countryside.’

Being an urban sort of East-ender, that freaked me out.”

He and his wife devised a plan to go on an excursion with Lipman’s parents and discover places along the English countryside. Usually, visiting his parents in England felt a lot like going to a B&B: see everyone in the morning for breakfast, leave for the day, come back late at night, and repeat. This trip to the countryside allowed Lipman to reconnect not only with his parents but also with his country.

DOES ANYTHING CHANGE? Betty Moore, executive director of the Tuck Museum, was reading Alexander Hamilton, the recent selection of the history book group sponsored by the Hampton Historical Society, when she had an “ah ha” moment. She recalled a recent donation of political booklets, almanacs and newspapers from 1820 to1870 that presented the type of political discord she was reading about during Hamilton’s time — and which is still evident today.

The idea led to a new exhibit now on display at the Tuck Museum – “Politics: Does Anything Really Change?” The materials in the exhibit belonged to the Taylor family, and were part of the estate of Arabella Taylor Tuttle, the great-granddaughter of Samuel Taylor, the owner of most of the documents. Samuel lived on the family homestead on Exeter Road in the Bride’s Hill section of Hampton. Samuel, a farmer, was active in town politics, serving as selectman in 1820, 1822 and 1829; he was also a member of the Congregational Society.

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and lack the giant mob of tourists that are commonly found at the more popular destinations.

For Lipman, visiting the countryside and reflecting on his trip made him realize that there’s more to England than just London.

Lipman’s second book, Striking Terror, hit shelves in late 2016; it’s a young adult thriller set in the Middle East about a young magician who uses magic to get out of sticky situations. Lipman is hopeful that this book appeals to both boys and girls as they relate to the main character, Micah.

Lipman is working on another book for teens. He is happily retired from his days of commercial writing and will carry on writing for this age group.

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Portsmouth author Katherine Towler began writing about her friend Robert Dunn, a.k.a. the Penny Poet of Portsmouth, in 2008, eight months after his death.

“I spent so much time with him in the last years of his life, when he was sick,” Towler said via phone last week. “It had been a very powerful experience for me personally, and I felt I couldn’t fully understand the impact Robert had on me and my life until I wrote the story.”

It started as an essay, which grew and grew. Three months and 25 pages later, she felt unsatisfied. Towler was used to writing novels, not nonfiction, but just the same, the piece didn’t feel right.

“I felt that it had only begun to tell the story of who he was and what our friendship was like,” she said. “At that point I said, well, I think this needs to be a longer piece of writing.”

Towler met Dunn in 1991 when she moved to Portsmouth with her then fiance.

Dunn, a “tiny, gaunt man” with a black trenchcoat and thick glasses, was part of the downtown landscape and could be seen daily — crossing Market Square, emerging from the post office, sitting on the stone wall by the cemetery. She assumed he was homeless.

He wasn’t — however, he didn’t own things most people consider necessities in American culture today. No phone, car, computer or TV. Downtown Portsmouth residents knew him for his poetry book collections, which he sewed together himself and sold for a penny. Rumor had it he lived on coffee and cigarettes. He was content with his small, local audience, not at all interested in fame. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, he became a local celebrity.

“He lived pretty much outside the system as most of us know it, and that enabled him to remain very focused on his writing and his collections of poems,” Towler said. “It seemed to me that this was what mattered most about this story — the kind of life Robert lived. … He made me think quite a bit about how caught up we are in American culture in proving ourselves to others. … Many people want to be famous for the sake of being famous, and Robert The Penny Poet of Portsmouth

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rejected so much of that.”

Towler spent nine months recording her memories. Anytime she remembered a story or conversation with Dunn, a former Portsmouth poet laureate, she wrote it down and filed it away to be re-shaped afterward. Her fiction writing background helped in bringing these tales to life, but the process was also very different.

“The time I spent with Robert at the end of his life was very intense. We had some really powerful and interesting conversations, so I tried to recreate those. In doing so, I drew very much on fiction techniques,” she said. “I found the process of writing a memoir very different from a novel because the outline of the story was given to me. What I had to do was figure out why the story mattered — why it mattered to me, and why it might matter to readers.”

Three and a half years later, Towler has shaped those memories and stories into The Penny Poet of Portsmouth: A Memoir of Place, Solitude, and Friendship, published in March by Counterpoint Press. Around the same time, she partnered with Sid Hall and and Roger Martin in editing and publishing One of Us is Lost: Selected Poems of Robert Dunn, part of the Hobblebush Books Granite State Poetry Series.

Towler is pleasantly surprised at the audience her memoir has found; this past December, it made the Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Books list, as well as Entropy’s Best of 2016: Nonfiction Books list.

She’s also received a great deal of feedback from people who knew Dunn.

Twenty-five people were interviewed for the story, and many felt the same way she did about him.

Katherine Towler. Courtesy photo.

“I approached [the project] with some trepidation because I was writing about someone who, as I said, was a treasured figure in Portsmouth,” she said. “But people said to me over and over again, ‘I’m so happy you’re doing this because you’re keeping Robert alive.’ So many people miss him to this day, and they miss his presence.”

Now Towler is turning her attention back to short stories and fiction. She’s begun a novel but is interested in mixing up her process. She liked writing as it came to her instead of straight through, which is how she used to work.

“When you [write fiction], you can become constrained by plot, and I felt that in writing the memoir I was freed of that. I’m interested then to see if perhaps I could go back to fiction and bring some of that freedom I experienced in nonfiction with me,” she said.

— Kelly Sennott

FIVE SKETCHES Pontine Theatre presents its original stage adaptation of Sarah Orne Jewett’s Dunnet Landing Stories, a series of five sketches featuring the setting of Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs, at the Strawbery Banke Museum’s Stoodley Tavern, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, Feb. 3 through Feb. 12, Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. To bring the story to life, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers will perform with their trademark hand-carved wooden puppets, twodimensional toy theater figures and projected images.

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It’s taken Seabrook artist Don Felix a lifetime to perfect the process of making custom, one-of-a-kind copper weathervanes, which people across the country will be able to see in an upcoming episode of Handcrafted America.

The TV show airs Friday, Jan. 27, at 9:30 p.m. on INSP and is hosted by Jill Wagner (Christmas in the Smokies, Teen Wolf, Wipeout), who travels the country in search of talented artists making products the oldfashioned way. Each half-hour episode features three artists.

Producers reached out to Felix the first week of June, and filming happened in his beachside studio in August, just before he left to sell work at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair in Sunapee.

The crew was there from morning till night as Felix staged the process of making a swallow weathervane, shooting him hammering, shaping, soldering and detailing the object from a piece of copper.

“As a person, I don’t want to be in the spotlight, but if you put your heart and soul in something for a lifetime, and you get the opportunity to be recognized — the exposure doesn’t hurt, and neither does having that feather in your cap,” Felix said via phone a couple weeks before the premiere.

Felix began making weathervanes in high school at the Golden Eagle Coppersmiths.

He felt it was satisfying to create something that would stand the test of time, he said.

“When I first started, I was just pounding molds. I was making $1.60 in minimum wage. But I stayed there for three, four years.

When I graduated high school, I did the Easy Rider thing — I took off on a motorcycle for eight months and drove to California. At that point, I had no idea if I was going to come back. I was just going off to see what the rest of the world was like,” Felix said.

But he returned to make some money and

tapped back into the trade. When manufacturers began producing weathervanes faster than the business could, he taught himself to make them freehand, without molds. He started his own business in 1983.

Today he works in a studio that overlooks the ocean. He also makes copper light fixtures and sculptures, but he’s known for his weathervanes, which you’ll find all over the state, from New England College in Henniker to Throwback Brewery in North Hampton. He used to show at fairs and expos across the country, but now all his effort goes into the fair produced by the League, which he’s been a member of for 35 years.

It’s hard. The designs take time, and so does the physical labor, in part because he puts more energy into each piece than he used to. When he’s not in the studio, he’s performing administrative work.

“Since I do it myself, I’m the shipper, I’m the accountant — I’m a little bit of everything,” Felix said.

Felix hasn’t seen the episode yet; he doesn’t even have the channel. He’ll watch it on Friday at a friend’s house with the rest of America. He appreciates that the producers are shedding light on handmade craftsmanship.

“The value is in the validity of it,” he said.

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The laughs are back at Hampton’s Old Salt, with a triple bill of standup comedy scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2. Graig Murphy stars with Jody Sloane and Sal Votano, part of a series that will continue every other Thursday through April.

When something makes Jody Sloane nervous or afraid, her instinct is to confront it head on. “Fear of heights, take up rock climbing; fear of the water, join the Coast Guard,” Sloane said in a recent phone interview. “That’s kind of how I tackled things that frightened me.”

This fearlessness also helped Sloane become a comedian. In middle school, she had severe social anxiety; she hid it by being a class clown.

“I didn’t know how to get kids to like me, but when I was funny I got their attention,” she said. “It worked very naturally as a way of bridging the gap between me and them.”

Moving from adolescent cut-up to telling jokes for money was a more meandering journey for Sloane. At age 13, she spotted an amphibious vehicle and became utterly charmed. When her father said it was of Coast Guard origin, she vowed to enlist one day and be a driver. In fact, her dad was wrong; Sloane joined the Coast Guard only to find out there were boats and jeeps, but no mash-up of the two.

Her hopes sank like a leaky vessel, until 2000, when she heard about the Boston Duck Tours — an enterprise run entirely on Jody Sloane Graig Murphy headlines, with Sal Votano opening Where: Old Salt, 490 Lafayette Road, Hampton When: Thursday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m.

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It got worse. A firefighter she was dating and Carol Burnett. She was also inspired by — “a real booze bag” — brought a bunch Robin Williams’ manic energy. of friends along to support her debut.

“I’m nothing like that; I have my own “Problem was, this was a Sunday night, voice, but when I was younger I wanted to and they show up after watching the foot- do it,” she said. “The biggest compliment ball game and they’re lit,” she said. “Two of I ever got was from Chance Langton, who them break out into a fistfight in the middle said to me, ‘I worked with Phyllis Diller of the room, they’re heckling, and the com- and you remind me of Phyllis Diller.’ That ics are in the back made me very hapof the room saypy; I loved her.” ing, ‘Who brought Keeping her patthese a-holes?’ I’m ter clean was her like, ‘That would be biggest challenge me.’” as a “Conducktor.”

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As a “sit down” comic, Sloane found her shyness was a distant memory.

“The jokes were working,” she said.

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• Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Time to shake things up in your life. But first put down that soda bottle.

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• Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This week you will find your clean, well-lighted space. Unfortunately, it will feature plaid wallpaper.

• Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your head is in the clouds, which is a nice change of pace from where it usually is.

• Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let negativity not affect nothing in no part of your non-life.

• Aries (March 21-April 19): Avoid manipulative people. If you don’t, then you obviously don’t love me.

• Taurus (April 20-May 20): Time with family and friends can be very rewarding. Too bad you’re an eccentric hermit.

• Gemini (May 21-June 20): Traveling will provide relief, especially for those you leave behind.

• Cancer (June 21-July 22): Indecisiveness will be your downfall. Well, maybe.

• Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have nothing to fear but fear itself — oh, and that monster under your bed.

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Awwwwwww! (1) Jasper Fiorenza, 24, was arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida, in November and charged with breaking into a home in the middle of the night. The female resident said she awoke to see Fiorenza and screamed, but that the man nonetheless delayed his getaway in order to pet the woman’s cat lounging on her bed. (2) In December, Durham, Ontario, police officer Beth Richardson was set for a disciplinary hearing (“discreditable conduct”) because, earlier in 2016, after being called to intervene at a drug user’s home, she had noticed the resident’s cat “cowering” in a corner and had taken her to a veterinarian, but without asking the owner’s permission.

Former elementary school teacher Maria Caya, who was allowed to resign quietly in 2013 from her Janesville, Wisconsin, school after arriving drunk on a student field trip, actually made money on the incident.

In November 2016, the city agreed to pay a $75,000 settlement because the police had Questionable judgments David Martinez, 25, was shot in the stomach revealed her blood-alcohol level to the press in 2013 (allegedly, “private” medical infor- during a brawl in New York City in Decemmation). The lawsuit against the police made ber. He had inadvertently initiated the chaos no mention of Caya’s having been drunk or passed out, but only that she had “become ill.”

when, trying to park in Manhattan’s East Village just after Saturday midnight, he moved an orange traffic cone that had obviously been placed to reserve the parking space. He apparently failed to realize that the parking spot was in front of the clubhouse of Hells Angels, whose members happened to take notice.

The entrepreneurial spirit

An unnamed pregnant woman convinced a reporter from Jacksonville, Florida, station WFOX-TV in December that the “positive” urine tests she was advertising on Craigslist were accurate and that she was putting herself through school by supplying them (making about $200 a day). The seller claimed that “many” pregnant women market their urine for tests even though the main use of the test seems to be “negotiation” with boyfriends or husbands.

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Matthew Bergstedt, 27, was charged with breaking into a house in Raleigh, North Carolina, in December, though he failed to anticipate that the resident was inside, stacking firewood (which he used to bloody Bergstedt’s face for his mugshot).

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(1) John Bubar, 50, was arrested in Parsonsfield, Maine, in November after repeatedly lifting his son’s mobile home with his frontend loader and dropping it. The father and son had been quarreling over rent payments and debris in the yard, and the father only eased up after realizing that his grandson was still inside the home. (2) Update: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reversed itself in December and allowed Mary Thorn of Lakeland to keep her 6-foot-long pet alligator (“Rambo”) at home with her despite a regulation requiring that a gator that size needs a more spacious roaming area. Thorn and Rambo have been together for over a decade.

Unclear on the concept

“I’m (as) tired of hearing the word ‘creep’ as any black person or gay person is of hearing certain words,” wrote Lucas Werner, 37, on his Facebook page in December after he was banned from a Starbucks in Spokane, Washington, for writing a polite dating request to a teenaged barista. Managers thought Werner was harassing the female, who is at least the age of consent, but Werner charged illegal “age discrimination” and made a “science” claim that “age gap love” makes healthier babies.

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