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Less than 20 minutes after watching his team dispatch of the Rockford IceHogs, Kevin Constantine kind of hinted that either the IceHogs or the Aeros would make the playoffs ... probably not both.
To be sure, he did not say that directly, but when asked about the importance of taking the most points in this four-game mid-season series, he answered with this:
"Both teams have been dead even for about two weeks in the standings. Always hovering one, two, three, four games over five hundred. Somewhere in that range. They're both good teams. They both might make the playoffs, but maybe only one of the two teams will make the playoffs of the two. So it's kind of just a mini-playoff series."
Talking about the playoffs, at least that specifically, is usually not something a head coach will bring up in early January. He kind of left it open-ended, but I kind of laughed when I realized that he was thinking the same thing I was. The West division is as close now as it has been since the second week of the season. The Stars lost its lead on the division to Milwaukee last night and only nine points separate first place from last place. It is quite possible that all seven teams in the division finish with 40 wins; that means three decent hockey teams are going to be golfing at the end of 80 games.
The point of this post is to reiterate just how important this stretch of four games against Rockford is to both teams. The Aeros have the edge so far, getting the first two points, and they have the advantage tonight in regards to the schedule. The IceHogs will be playing their fourth in five today after Saturday's 2-1 loss against the Rampage.
Wade Dubielewicz won his eighth game in net Friday, and too, admitted that both teams were treating this stretch of games against Rockford with a little more intensity.
"That is what we are talking about, I guarantee you that is what they are taking about," said Dubielewicz. "Not that we expect it, but a four game sweep either way would be detrimental to either team. Tonight we got game one, and we are happy about that.
"That is the team that we are chasing, and now we are going to re-group, go out there Sunday and try to take Game 2. We'll take a look at the tape of the game from (Friday) find the holes in our game and find a way to give a better 60-minute effort."
Ah, the full 60-minute effort. Something that has escaped this team for much of the year. They have shown the ability to blow two- and three-goal leads and they have stolen points when they didn't deserve them.
Matt Kassian, one of the best talkers on the team, was great Friday. He talked about his annual goal and he, too, mentioned this four-game mini series against the IceHogs.
"It really is just like a little playoff series, and you don't even want to give them one point," said Kassian. "Every game is a like a four-point game, so if you can come out on top with three or four wins in this series, then it's really going to help us out and get us into a good spot."
As for what happens in today's game, that remains to be seen. I expect the Aeros, knowing what's at stake by their own admission Friday, to come out and throttle the IceHogs while they are down.
Anything less, though, that a complete and cerebral effort, will be a disappointment. Rockford would love to take full advtange and even the four-game mini series.
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OK, Christmas is over, enough of the nice stuff.
Let's talk about the State Legislature. Governor Paterson's proposed budget aims to close a projected $15.4 billion deficit. He wants to cut aid for all kinds of services and establish or raise no fewer than 137 taxes and fees.
You'd think the Legislature -- with its gold-plated operation, including some 3,500 employees -- might be in line for a funding whack.
Wrong, bureaucrat-breath.
Paterson's budget for the Legislature, based on this request from the Senate and Assembly, cuts spending by $6.2 million, or 2.7 percent. That leaves lawmakers with $219.8 million to spend.
Which means New York voters and taxpayers will continue to underwrite the third-costliest legislature in the nation. And, according to this study, the most dysfunctional.
The $6.2 million spending cut amounts to four-tenths of one percent of what's needed to come up with to close the deficit. The legislature can't do better than this?
By contrast, the proposed budget would raise the tax on beer and wine to bring in $63 million more next year. (Higher taxes on beer? Now that's an outage!)
While Paterson wants state employees to defer five days of pay and give up a scheduled 3 percent salary increase, his budget doesn't call for any financial sacrifice on the part of legislators. Their $16.9 million in salaries remain intact. Every penny. Ditto for their $2.9 million stipends for carrying out such important duties as being senior minority party member on numerous do-nothing committees.
Many of the other perks of incumbency also remain largely, if not entirely, untouched.
For example, the budget lines for postage and printing are down just a tad, $200,000, leaving the Senate and Assembly with $11.3 million for preserve-our-jobs goodies such as direct mail newsletters.
Anybody think the Legislature should lead by example? Maybe start by taking the same $63 million hit that we beer drinkers, and our wine-sipping wives, are about to take?
We could launch a movement, starting with a bumper sticker that reads: "I'm a beer drinker, and I vote!"
Hey, I could be onto something.
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Your grandpappy had to walk four miles through waist-deep snow to get to school in the morning, uphill all the way, as he never tires of reminding you. But in some ways, he had things easier in his day.
When he grew up and got a job, no one ever gave him a Blackberry and told him to keep it handy at all times. When he asked for a day off, no one said, "Just make sure you're available." If he was a real workaholic, maybe he called the office from vacation to check in, but he certainly didn't spend the flight answering emails. A conference was something he did in a conference room, not from the deck of his fishing boat, via Bluetooth.
If you have a job anywhere in the Information Economy — or anywhere in the modern workforce, really — all of the preceding will surely be drearily familiar. Even as the evidence piles up that working more than 40 hours a week kills your productivity while vacations, weekends, lunch hours and other breaks boost it dramatically, workers are ceding more and more of their free time to their employers, afraid of looking like slackers at a time when good jobs are scarce.
That's not just paranoid thinking. A recent study published by the MIT Sloan Management Review underscored the importance of being seen by one's boss as available at all times. According to the authors, telecommuters tend to get worse performance reviews than their peers who work on site, even when objective measures show their work to be of equal quality. Accounting for the difference, they concluded,
is what we call passive face time. By that we are not referring to active interactions with coworkers or clients, but merely to being seen in the workplace. To be credited with passive face time you need only be observed at work; no information is required about what you are doing or how well you are doing it.
In other words, even when your boss doesn't have any work for you to do, she wants to know you're available if something comes up, and not just during business hours. That's supremely depressing for those of us who value our free time.
Fortunately, it can also be turned to your advantage, provided you're not above a little innocent subterfuge. Call it "perception management." The same tools that keep you tethered to your job 24/7 — your smart phone, your email, your social media accounts — can also be used to cultivate the impression that you're on high alert when you're actually checked out.
Here at FORBES, we're no strangers to the demands of the always-on workforce. I canvassed my colleagues, as well as some of our social media followers, with the question: How do you fake being an always-on employee while keeping your off hours as work-free as possible?
All of the "faking" would stress me out more than any type of actual work. When someone is being deceptive in any way, their blood pressure rises and heart rate goes up. That is what lie detectors track, and i does not sound very restful to me. If it is necessary to be deceptive to survive in current office environments, that is unacceptable. The best way to be productive while living a meaningful life is to be your own boss. That is the ONLY way to avoid the ridiculous circus that modern communications technology has created in our lives.
For some practical suggestions of how to 'escape the office without taking time off' check out this article – http://ow.ly/gbBec
Fortunately, my low pay job is also low in demands, so I rarely have to worry about anything more than the occasional call to cover a missing shift.
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In keeping with the previous theme, I'm further obfuscating the Danish chronology by finishing blogging about that trip half way through our blogging about the IPCPR show in New Orleans that took place almost two weeks later. Still, not one to leave a chronology without its terminus, it seems time for me to launch into the last day and a bit of that trip before I write any more about New Orleans...
Following the visit at Orlik, we came to the first distance driving of the trip, all the way up to Aalborg in the far north of Jylland. Crossing over from the island of Funen to Jylland, the only part of Denmark that is part of continental Europe, and then north from there, Kevin and I spent a few hours in the car, generally getting goofier and goofier as the lack of sleep and long stretch in the car took its toll. That, my dear reader, is how the Mac Baren vs. Orlik Throwdown came to be. Put two purportedly grown up men in a car on little sleep for a few ours without any adult (read: female) supervision and they tend to act more and more like teenage boys. Give them an internet connection and two highly trafficked websites and they'll do it publicly. We had it pretty much worked out by the time we made it to Aalborg, then spent the next couple of hours putting it together and getting it up. The drive is beautiful; to my eye, there are few places as beautiful as the gently rolling countryside of rural Denmark.
The following morning, we headed even farther north, to Frederikshavn, near the very tip of Jylland, near where the Baltic Sea and North Sea come together. This is where Mogens 'Johs' Johanssen makes about two thousand pipes each year. By himself. I've been in dozens of pipe workshops in a nine countries and I've watched many pipe makers work. Johs, as one might expect for one who makes that many hand shaped pipes a year, is insanely fast. We posted a video of Johs shaping a pipe back in late July, right after I got home from the trip. Johs' pipes are among the best values out there, ranging up from (on Smokingpipes.com) $68, and it's really this execution at speed model that he has that makes this possible.
Having sat and had coffee, Johs took us on a little tour of the workshop. At first, the place seems tiny, but one little room opens into another and it's really a pretty good size. In the back room, he has bags upon bags of briar that he had recently purchased, many thousands of blocks in all. It didn't take much pushing at all to get him to shape a pipe for us, so we could video the process and get some photos of that too. Plus, unlike a lot of other makers, I'd never actually seen him shape a pipe, so that was interesting too.
After a couple of hours, we said our goodbyes and headed back south, for the long trek back to Copenhagen. Kevin's girlfriend had flown in part way through our trip there and I had to deliver him to her, then I had plans to have dinner with Nanna and her family that night. Most every time I go to Denmark, my visit to Lars' home is with his daughter, Nanna. I'll pick her up somewhere in Copenhagen and we'll trek up there together. For this trip though, her second son, Mathis, who was just two months old, made things a little more difficult. Instead, we settled on dinner at her home.
Nanna has been making fewer pipes than she'd like lately, as the two baby boys have consumed a lot of her time. It seems like every time I speak with her, she has plans to spend more time in the workshop; these plans are usually semi-successful. I certainly do not envy her trying to continue to make pipes regularly (which she's done an admirable job of) while contending with two infants. Still, things should begin to settle down some over the next couple of months and she'll be able to return to a more productive routine. There are lots of folks clamoring for her pipes right now, not that they don't when she's in full production mode, it's just a little more extreme right now.
We had a really nice dinner altogether, with Nanna, her husband Daniel, and her kids. I must sadly report that Sixten is now twenty months old and still not making pipes, though Nanna says he's expressing a lot of interest, especially with his experimental 'bite pattern' rustication finish, artistically rendered by trying to eat the briar. This makes sense, I think, given that Sixten smeared, threw, dropped or otherwise did not eat nearly as much food as he managed to consume at dinner. People tell me that this is par for the course, but I think he should really get with the pipe making...
Nanna and I have been friends for years, but I didn't know her husband Daniel terribly well; it was really nice getting to know him, and getting to see Sixten again (even if he isn't pulling his weight in the workshop yet), and meeting Mathis for the first time. Dinner was an excellent, freshly caught salmon from a friend who had just returned from a fishing trip to Iceland, and we spent a few hours just catching up and talking pipes. We could have spent all night chatting, but the travel and short nights were really catching up with me and I called it a night before it got too late.
By the time I was heading to the airport the following morning, I was both a little sad to be leaving, I love Denmark and my Danish friends, but also thoroughly exhausted and ready to be home, at least for a little while before we left for New Orleans altogether a couple of weeks later. While the pace of the trip is anything but leisurely and much of it is work, it's also enormously fun every year. It's a wonderful reminder of how lucky I am to be able to do what I do.


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Rain could begin falling this afternoon, leaving about .25 inches in the Baltimore Metro area.
Wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph in the afternoon, and up to an additional 1 inch of rain is possible Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Temperatures Tuesday could get as high as the mid-40s, with the low around 40 degrees, the forecast states.
Wednesday will begin as cloudy, as there's a chance of rain showers, according to the forecast. But there will be sunshine later, with highs in the mid-50s.
The low Wednesday will be in the low 30s for the Lutherville and Hunt Valley areas, and the mid-30s for most of Baltimore County and Baltimore.
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Original recipe yields 4 dozen
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese. Beat in 1/4 cup of sugar and vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; stir until well blended. Turn out dough onto a piece of plastic wrap and press together to form a ball. Divide the ball into 4 portions, wrap each one in plastic and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small bowl, toss together the brown sugar, 6 tablespoons white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and the chopped dried apricots. Set aside.
- Roll out each portion of dough into a circle about 1/8 inch thick. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the apricot preserves over each circle, then sprinkle each one with some of the dried apricot mixture. Using a knife, cut each circle into 12 wedges like a pizza. Starting at the wide end, roll each piece individually up towards the point. Bend the ends around to form a crescent. If dough is sticky, return it to the refrigerator to chill. Place rugelach point sides down, two inches apart into a parchment lined or greased baking sheet. Brush with milk then sprinkle with a mixture of the remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Bake for 16 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden. Rotate the cookie sheet halfway through to ensure even baking. Remove from baking sheet to cool on wire racks.
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This was my first attempt at rugelach too and I found the process time consumming but worth it. The dough was very easy to make. Be sure to use flour when rolling it otherwise it will be sticky. I baked them on parchment paper which worked wonderfully since the filling does come out. They lifted right off. I made some with chocolate (I used a dark chocolate spread but Nutella work well too) with crushed nuts. Be sure to roll out the dough fairly thin. I found that to be key. Once the filling has been spread, I suggest rolling the entire thing and then cutting it using a pizza cutter. They come out log shaped that way but they still look nice and it is less time consumming. Thanks for the great recipe.
This was my first attempt at Rugelach. I can't believe how good it is! I used a different preserve for each ball of dough and they were all excellent! My only advice is to heavily grease your cookie sheets. The non-stick cookie sheets are really not effective. The preserves bubble over and stick to the tray. Other than that, these were easy and tasted fabulous!
I've made these Rugelach about 3 times already and they are always such a hit, now that Christmas is nearing am going to be making these non stop to give away as gifts. It really is time consuming but if you do have the time you must make them, they are so elegant and delicious theres not a single person that won't enjoy them especially if you make different flavors I usually make apricot, strawberry, rasberry and chocolate (I melt Godiva bittersweet chips in the microwave and just add a splash of heavy cream)
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Amount Per Serving (48 total)
- Calories
- 100 cal
- 5%
- Fat
- 5.6 g
- 9%
- Carbs
- 11.9 g
- 4%
- Protein
- 1.1 g
- 2%
- Cholesterol
- 15 mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 29 mg
- 1%
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There was no mincing of words: recovering from Sandy will be difficult, and a decision on federal flood insurance made months before the storm struck will make things even harder.
Brick residents got the low-down on the difficult decisions that loom in the future for many families following Sandy - brought on mainly by the impending flood insurance hurdle that could cripple already-strained finances for many - at a series of Sandy Information Fairs held at Brick Township High School Saturday morning.
Brick is the first town in New Jersey to offer such information sessions, said Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis.
The township's administration brought together local officials with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the program, which began with an overall presentation, then broke down into one-on-one sessions in classrooms.
The result was a packed Brick Township High School auditorium for four morning presentations.
Before the gloom and doom, there was a bright side: a strong community, the mayor said.
"We had roving bands of young people around after the storm, but they weren't looting houses, they were helping their friends and neighbors," said Acropolis.
Most of the good news stopped there, however.
"It is not going to be an easy road," Acropolis said, estimating his own flood insurance bill will rise to between $4,000 and $5,000 per year from $1,600 - even after he raises his house. "It's not going to be a short road, either."
Forget the fiscal cliff. Around here, it's the insurance cliff over which many residents think they will tumble.
Sandy or Not, It Was Coming
Though brought into the public discourse by Sandy, the law that brought the potential for flood insurance rates - required by those who have mortgages on homes in flood zones - to skyrocket to five-figure annual bills dates back to the summer.
Remember that debate on whether to extend Stafford student loan programs? That measure was attached to a transportation bill after a bipartisan compromise. But also attached to that bill - which was eventually signed into law by President Barack Obama - was the decision to end subsidies to the National Flood Insurance Program.
That means for residents who do not raise their homes to the elevation required under the base flood elevation standard for their lot, annual flood insurance rates may skyrocket to levels exceeding $20,000 even for the most modest of homes.
"I asked FEMA about this, and their answer was, 'there are going to be some very difficult decisions to make,'" said Acropolis.
Residents can view whether they are in a flood zone, and what their elevation requirement may be, online.
FEMA has released its advisory base flood elevation maps, which are expected to be adopted by the Brick council as rebuilding begins.
But for residents whose homes in flood zones are still standing - damaged or not - leaving them at ground level will not be an option unless they are willing to contend with the increased flood insurance premiums, which will be unaffordable for the vast majority of homeowners.
Residents in flood zones are divided into 'A' and 'V' zones. Both zones require homes to be raised, however those in 'V,' or "velocity" zones, must have special piling foundations installed as well. In other words, a home in a 'V' zone cannot simply be raised on cinderblocks.
FEMA decided to release its advisory maps to the public since many people are now facing the task of rebuilding after Sandy. But even if the storm had never hit New Jersey, the new maps - as well as the end of federal subsidies for flood insurance - would have come to fruition. In fact, specific storms such as Sandy are not necessarily taken into account when the maps are created, said Ryan Pietrimeli, of FEMA.
The new maps just being released were the result of an 18 month-long process.
"Hurricane Sandy itself wasn't actually included in the analysis we did to come up with the advisories," said Pietrimeli. "There were enough storm events similar to Sandy where we didn't have to re-do the analysis."
Sandy ranged from a 10-year storm to a 300-year storm depending on which town is being discussed, and the maps mainly come from hydrology and topography studies, Pietrimeli said.
A Catch 22 for Residents
The "tough decisions" FEMA representatives warned Acropolis about will doubtlessly hit home for many Brick families, as well as families throughout Ocean County.
"Our houses are not worth what they once were," said Acropolis.
If one's home was damaged beyond 50 percent, as calculated by the municipality, and the homeowner had flood insurance, he or she may qualify for what is known as an Increased Cost of Compliance, or ICC, grant.
The $30,000 grant is specifically aimed at allowing homeowners to raise their homes to comply with the new maps, which will be released in their final form this summer.
"It's probably not going to be enough to get you all the way there, but it's a start," said Pietrimeli.
Some houses, however, may not be able to be raised. And if they were not damaged to more than 50 percent of their improvement value during Sandy, they will not qualify for the ICC grant. In some cases, Acropolis said, raising a house may not be worth it, since homeowners could find themselves underwater financially between the cost of raising their home and their mortgage.
"Galveston, Texas lost 16 percent of its population," said Acropolis, after new flood maps were issued there. "That is going to be the case for some people who just don't have the money. It is not going to be an easy road."
"If your house is less than $150,000, it may not be save-able if you're in a 'V' zone."
"If you're on a slab, it really is not cost-effective for you to raise that house," Acropolis added. "You could do it, sure, but it would cost you $60,000 or $70,000 to raise a ranch."
The Small Business Administration is willing to lend homeowners whose homes were damaged $200,000 at a very low interest rate, a representative from that agency said.
Acropolis said the township will apply for hazard mitigation funds - grants distributed to communities by the federal government that can be turned over to residents in need. However that funding is two to three years away.
"The pot of funding that is available is going to be much smaller than the need to access that pot," said Pietrimeli.
Township officials said for homeowners who can raise their homes, zoning ordinances will be amended to compensate for the extra required height.
For now, there are no simple answers and no silver bullet solutions, officials agreed.
One thing for sure is that Brick will eventually look significantly different, both on the mainland as well as the barrier island.
"If anyone has been down to the Outer Banks or Corolla [N.C.], that is how Brick Township is going to look in five to 10 years," said Acropolis.


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Many Indiana high school basketball experts believe Class 3A No. 2 Bowman Academy — reportedly ranked ninth in the nation by MaxPreps after Saturday's overtime loss to Chicago Simeon — may be the best team in the entire state.
If that's the case, Clarksville (5-1) has proven it can play with the best.
After beating Jeffersonville 63-45 on Saturday, the Class 2A No. 7 Generals nearly overcame a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit but eventually fell short of the defending Class 2A champions, 79-76.
"It was an honor to be invited to play [in the showcase] against the No. 9 team in the country," Clarksville coach Jason Connell said. "To take them to the wire says a lot about where our program is."
After trailing 67-53 early in the fourth quarter, Clarksville cut the gap to 77-71 with 30 seconds left. Calvin McEwen had an open look to cut it to three but missed. The Generals made it 77-73 after Marquise Parrish scored his career-high 27th point with eight seconds remaining.
Bowman's Justin King hit a pair of free throw for a 79-73 lead and McEwen nailed his fifth 3 at the buzzer.
"What a game," Connell said. "That was a lot of fun. We're disappointed we loss, but I thought our kids gave a great showing. You couldn't ask for a better effort. We had a chance to win that game. I'm proud of them."
Parrish scored on a fast break to make it 8-7 Clarksville with 5:30 to go in the first period. That was the Generals' final lead after the Eagles went on an 11-0 run on seven General turnovers.
However, Clarksville went on a flourish of its own to cut the gap to 28-22 at the end of the first quarter. Parrish scored nine points in the opening period but Clarksville had nine of its 25 turnovers in the frame.
Clarksville got within 32-29 early in the second quarter before Devon Dillard went on a personal 6-0 run. Again Clarksville answered, this time with five straight free throws to make it 40-34. The Generals missed their final eight field goal attempts of the half and trailed 44-34 at the break.
The Eagles were able to push the advantage to 54-38 early in the third before another Clarksville rally. Parrish drove to the bucket for two points, scored on an putback from his own miss and hit a pair of free throws to make it 56-49. Dillard scored on a turnaround jumper in the final seconds of the penultimate period to give Bowman a 60-51 heading into the final eight minutes.
The Eagles started the fourth on a 7-2 run for a comfortable 67-53 lead before Parrish and McEwen led the Generals back. Back-to-back 3s by McEwen and D.J. Coleman got Clarksville within eight at 73-65 with 3:13 remaining.
Andrew Jones hit two free throws and Parrish scored in the paint around a Bowman bucket to make it 75-69.
Justin King, who was named the game's MVP, held the Generals off with four free throws in the final minute.
"We got down 14 and I said 'How are we going to respond?'" Connell recalled. "We battled and found a way to get back in the game. I'm never happy with a loss, but I'm proud of them."
Parrish led all scorers with a career-high 27 points.
"He's a kid that just needs confidence," Connell said. "He's hard on himself. He attacked tonight. He wasn't scared. It was great to see him play that way."
Jones added 19 points and McEwen finished with 18 for the Generals, who stayed in the game at the foul line, where they outscored the Eagles 28-12 at the stripe.
Clarksville is back in action Friday when it faces crosstown rival Providence (5-0) in the opening round of the Silver Creek Holiday Tournament. The Class 2A No. 6 Pioneers will be the third consecutive ranked team the Generals will have faced.
Clarksville 22 12 16 25—76
Bowman Academy 28 16 15 19—79
Clarksville (5-1): Calvin McEwen 18, D.J. Coleman 8, Evan Guenthner 2, Marquise Parrish 27, Andrew Jones 19, Aham Yennes 2.
Bowman Academy (5-1): Martin Schiele 9, Arthur Haggard 7, Darnon Riddle 4, Austin Daniels 2, Davon Dillard 12, Justin King 18, Raynard Perry 6, Anthony Cole 13, DeShawn Franklin 2.
3-point field goals: Clarksville 7 (McEwen 5, Coleman 2); Bowman Academy 3 (Schiele 2, Haggard).
Rebounds: Clarksville 29, Bowman Academy 28.
Turnovers: Clarksville 25, Bowman Academy 22.


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Cancer is present in 160/100,000 males and 186/100,000 females worldwide, with some variability in frequency between countries.[1] The majority of these individuals (60%) experience pain, and 25% to 30% will have severe pain.[2,3] Those with common malignancies (eg, pancreatic or lung cancer) are likely to have pain at presentation to an oncologist or with their initial diagnosis. It is also likely that with certain cancers, opioids will be needed before chemotherapy treatment is started and that opioids will be more frequently prescribed than chemotherapy.
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Dr. Beth Berkowitz, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary, has been awarded the 2006 Baron Book Prize for her book Execution and Invention: Death Penalty Discourse in Early Rabbinic and Christian Cultures (Oxford University Press 2006).
Presented by the American Academy for Jewish Research, the Baron Book Prize recognizes the author of an outstanding first book in Jewish studies that makes a significant contribution to the field. All winners must have received their doctorates within the past seven years.
Execution and Invention argues that the ancient Rabbis augment their own authority through their laws of capital punishment. This argument runs counter to the commonly held position that the Rabbis opposed capital punishment and did everything they could to abolish it.
Dr. Berkowitz specializes in rabbinic literature, Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity, ritual studies, theories and methods in the study of religion, and cultural criticism. Dr. Berkowitz received a bachelor of arts, master of philosophy, and doctorate in religious studies from Columbia University. In addition, she holds a master of arts from University of Chicago Divinity School. She was a post-doctoral fellow in the Program of Judaic Studies in the Religious Studies Department at Yale University from 2001 to 2003.
Dr. Berkowitz has taught at Columbia University and Yale University. Currently, she is working on a book titled Anxieties of Identity in Jewish Reading: Leviticus 18:3 and the Laws of the Gentiles.
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Gas Taxation Without Representation
Gas taxes are going up, whether voters like it or not.
Effective in July, eight states increased their gasoline tax rates. 11 others are said to be considering similar action, according to Transportation for America, a Washington D.C.-based public advocacy group.
According to another organization, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 16 states now have taxes that are automatically set to rise in conjunction with either an increase in wholesale gasoline prices or the general inflation rate.
ITEP spokesman Carl Davis says such increases are long overdue because those states, like many others, are wrestling with rising costs to maintain transportation infrastructure while the federal gas tax (18.4 cents per gallon) that was dedicated to those expenses has not changed in 20 years.
[Read the U.S. News Debate: Will Obama's Plan to Enforce Oil Market Regulations Lower Gas Prices?]
While few folks would argue with the notion that states need to produce the revenue needed to repair or rebuild highways and bridges, one might be concerned by the manner with which some tax increases were ultimately determined. For the sake of brevity, let's take a look at Wyoming and California.
In Wyoming, voters received a 10 cent increase in the gas tax, erasing a price advantage it maintained against six bordering states whose gas taxes ranged from 8 to 10 cents higher. As a result, Wyoming families can expect to pay an additional $114 per year for fuel on average, according to state estimates.
Sen. Charles Scott, R-Casper, who opposed the bill, said the legislation had been heavily lobbied for by "commercial interests," specifically, a coalition of 18 organizations led by the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, including the mineral, trucking, tourism and ranching industries, as well as the Wyoming Association of Municipalities and the Wyoming Association of County Commissioners.
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Scott said his constituents opposed the tax two-to-one on grounds they cannot afford to pay more taxes in the current economy. They also felt they were absorbing costs that should be rightfully paid by the trucking industry.
In California, the highest-taxed state bumped its fuel tax up 3.5 cents to 72 cents per gallon. Ron White from the Los Angeles Times reported that the excise tax increase was approved by five people. He wrote: "The five-member California Board of Equalization is an elected body whose members serve four-year terms. They are rarely in the news. The board voted 3 to 2 for the excise tax rise. Gasoline distributors or gas station operators could choose to pass all of the increase on to consumers, or just some of it."
Are we incurring too much taxation without adequate representation? If we are, hasn't history shown us where that might lead us?
Gregg Laskoski is a senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.com.


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Why You Should Consider a Women's College
Women who graduate from these institutions enter the working world with greater confidence.
For high school seniors, it's the exciting and stressful season of prioritizing colleges and completing applications. Should you consider a women's college? It's worth thinking about.
Those of us who went to women's colleges (I went to Bryn Mawr) are never surprised to hear the news that the "first" woman ever to do x, y or z, just happened to graduate from such a school. For example, many "firsts" in the world of government were graduates of women's colleges, including:
In the world of business, the first woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company was Katharine Graham, who graduated from Vassar College (more than 30 years before it opened its doors to men). Similar "firsts" populate the world of medicine, journalism, and science – the first woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church, the first woman general in the U.S. Army, the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature and the first woman to climb three of the world's tallest peaks. Then there's the first woman president of a major American university, and the first woman president of Harvard – current President Drew Faust, a Bryn Mawr grad. And don't forget one of our most significant glass-ceiling breakers, Hillary Clinton, a graduate of Wellesley College.
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Indeed, the women who break various glass ceilings in society are often those who were nurtured as young women at women's colleges.
Why would that be? Why the connection? There's no doubt that women's colleges produce strong, self-assured young women who aren't afraid to tackle daunting challenges.
First, of course, there are the well-documented findings that classrooms of only (or mainly) women students result in those students participating more actively in the classroom, and reporting higher levels of active learning, higher order thinking, and more academic challenge throughout their four years than women in coed settings report. Students at women's colleges also report more interaction with faculty. It may simply be that faculty take women more seriously and spend more time nurturing their learning when impressive young men aren't around to dominate the classroom and the faculty members' attention. Just ask the women at Harvard Business School, who've been struggling to break through in classroom discussions and professors' eyes. In women's colleges, faculty and administrators set high standards for the women students and make clear their expectation that the graduates will achieve great things. This surely leaves a lasting impact on the students.
Studies also show that students at women's colleges are much more likely to earn PhDs than are their counterparts at coed colleges. And they are dozens of times more likely to stick with math and hard science studies than women who attend coed colleges. Not twice as likely to stick with it but dozens of times more likely. Nobody knows why, but the vast majority of women who enter coed colleges thinking they will major in math or chemistry or some other hard science drop out of those fields (as compared to the "soft sciences" such as sociology and psychology). In contrast, women stick with those studies in women's colleges, and go on to careers in those fields. Something is going on in the classrooms at coed colleges to discourage women from math and sciences; or something supportive is happening in women's college classrooms that coed schools may need to take a look at.
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Women students' success happens outside the classroom as well. The editor of the student newspaper, head of the student government and all the other positions on campus are, by definition, held by women. Such leadership roles offer a terrific learning experience.
The campus communities also tend to be nurturing and supportive. Women's colleges develop very strong community bonds, passed down through generations of female graduates. "Traditions" at women's colleges differ from those at coed, with regular "step sings," "lantern night," "hoop races," special tea parties, and "canoe sings" – not unlike the special songs and traditions a girl might find at an all-girls' summer camp, and many of them common to all women's colleges. My husband said he didn't fully appreciate my college experience until he saw me at a reunion, singing ancient songs in Greek and Latin, in the dark night, with lanterns (colored by class year) swinging from our hands. The reality is that young men are simply less willing to stand around singing ancient songs in Greek and Latin about wisdom and beauty.
Citing all the studies about how women's colleges succeed so much better at nurturing and educating young women, Smith College offers the perfect tag line: "Of course, the world is coeducational. But Smith women enter it more confidently than women graduates of coed schools." A women's college might just be worth considering when you make your college choice this Fall.


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ENDANGERING: Richard J. Miller, 28, 401 Ohio St. Apt. 1 was charged with endangering the welfare of a child Wednesday. The police responded to the report of a domestic incident on Ohio Street on Tuesday. According to the report, Miller found the Internet modem was left on when he came home from work. A juvenile was watching television. He allegedly threw her down and she hit her head on the floor. No injury was reported. Child protective services was contacted. An arrest package was filed and Miller turned himself in at the police station at 3:15 a.m.
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POSSESSION: Kellie A. Heinz, 22, 54 Gold St., Buffalo was charged Monday with introduction of and possession of contraband while in prison. Niagara County Sheriff's deputies were called to the Niagara County Jail, where Heinz was reportedly visiting an inmate. She reportedly passed tobacco and rolling papers in a condom to the inmate, which correction officers found after the visit. Heinz is due today in town court.
MISCHIEF: Daniel W. Schaw, 31, 308 Dorwood Park, Ransomville was charged Wednesday with fourth-degree criminal mischief. Deputies were called to Sunoco on South Transit Road where an employee reported seeing Schaw on security cameras as he started throwing items from the shelves. Schaw reportedly damaged a shelving unit, which was about $50, the report said. An employee said a member of Schaw's family had just been fired from Sunoco. Schaw was taken to Niagara County Jail on $200 bail and is set to appear today in town court.
HARASSMENT: David M. Cox, 46, of Amherst was charged Monday with second-degree harassment, New York State Police said. Troopers reported that Cox was given an appearance ticket following a domestic dispute.
LARCENY: A Fisk Road man told deputies Tuesday an unknown person took a compactor from his property. The Whacker compactor was on a trailer parked in the victim's driveway and was valued at $3,000, the report said.


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Obituary: Charles Rupert Jamison
Date: January 16, 2013
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Charles Rupert Jamison, 91, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 29.
Born in Spartanburg, S.C., Mr. Jamison studied at Wofford College. After graduation, he served as a flight instructor in the United States Navy during World War II. Flying became his lifelong passion. While an executive at Mead Johnson Company in Evansville, Ind., he also developed a hanger facility at the Evansville Memorial Airport, had an airplane fuel franchise, and formed the Jamison Corporation for real-estate investments.
Mr. Jamison retired to Longboat Key, where he indulged in his favorite pastimes: sailing, tennis and entertaining. He worshipped at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, and was a member of Bird Key Yacht Club and The Field Club.
Mr. Jamison was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Alexa, and his stepdaughter, Susan Pegram Harrison.
He is survived by his children, Meredith Jamison and Charles Jamison; stepdaughters, Alexa Harrison Moss and Julie Harrison; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial gifts may be made in Mr. Jamison's honor to Habitat for Humanity.
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It's a camp created strictly for girls; no boys allowed.
The Learning Lamp, in partnership with Pitt-Johnstown, is hosting a weeklong camp, "Girls Got Engineering," in the university's Engineering and Science Building with the goal of getting area girls in grades six through eight interested in pursuing careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
"Girls are a minority in engineering and many are capable but don't see this as an option because they don't have the exposure, so this camp is an opportunity to help young girls develop their talents and see this as an alternative," said Amy Miller, camp instructor and department head and associate professor in UPJ's mechanical engineering technology department.
Over the course of the camp, the girls will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on activities that will cover the different types of engineering and include designing, building and testing solar-powered cars, a robotic hydraulic arm and water rockets.
They also will take part in a "how things work" activity where they'll bring in something such as a remote control, take it apart and then do a presentation to the group on what they've learned on how everything fits together.
Miller said the perfect time to get girls interested in STEM careers is the middle school years, because once they get to high school they'll need to take classes, such as calculus and physics, that will get them started down the right path.
"Women do offer a different perspective to the field and it's important that we continue to do these programs so girls can see what engineering is all about," she said. "It is hard work, but a lot of fun and can be a very rewarding career."
The camp wraps up Friday and is being funded in part by grants from the National Girls Collaborative Project and Female Alliance STEM Excellence organizations.
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The Raleigh City Council is giving $2,500 to the nonprofit advocacy group WakeUP Wake County this month to help sponsor a series of water quality forums.
WakeUP Wake is a nonpartisan group, but it has clashed with local and state Republican leaders over issues such as transit, the environment and schools. Raleigh utilities director John Carman noted during the council meeting that he disagrees with the group about the citys future water needs but sees the value of the forums.
Its rare for the city council to allocate money outside its annual budget contributions to arts and human services organizations. Ive got a lot of heartburn about granting sponsorship requests, because if we start down that road well have a line out the door, Councilman Bonner Gaylord said.
But the vote was unanimous, and Councilman Wayne Maiorano said the water quality forums are worth pitching in for.
This happens to be one thats closely aligned with a lot of the strategic initiatives the city is undertaking, Maiorano said. It seems to be one we could be supportive of without setting a precedent.
The first WakeUP forum is set for March 13. The topic is Can development improve water quality?
Chapel Hill joins Medicaid push
The Chapel Hill Town Council joined other groups urging the state to reverse course on last years decision to reject federal dollars that would have expanded Medicaid.
Chapel Hill resident Bill Murray told council members Monday that Gov. Pat McCrory and the legislatures decision to reject the Medicaid portion of federal health care reform affected roughly 560,000 state residents.
Murray is a board member of the nonprofit group Health Care for All North Carolina. The town will send the signed resolution to Orange Countys state legislators, Reps. Verla Insko and Graig Meyer, said deputy town clerk Amy Harvey.
Under the Affordable Care Act, states can expand Medicaid, a federal-state health insurance program for the poor. The federal government pays 100 percent of the costs for the first three years, and then 90 percent. The governor said last year he didnt know how much the states share would cost.
Murray said lawmakers didnt consider thousands of jobs that would be lost or how many people might die without care.
The obvious logic to that is people who are poor are lazy. If you give them money, theyll be lazier, he said. The flaw in the logic here is the money does not go to the poor. It goes to medical providers doctors, nurses, secretaries, clerks, people handing out the pharmacy drugs, the people who make the drugs.
Morrisville narrows council candidates to two
The Morrisville Town Council has named two finalists for a vacant council seat.
Kris Gardner, 37, an attorney, and Jason Faber, 40, managing partner at Perimeter Studio & Conference Center, are vying for the seat left vacant since last fall, when then-Councilman Mark Stohlman was elected mayor. Two years remain in the seats term.
A total of 16 people applied for the seat. One was disqualified because the listed address was in Cary, and two others withdrew.
The council is expected to choose a new member on March 11.
Hunt leads Durham Committee
Former Durham city councilman and state Sen. Ralph Hunt has been elected chairman of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, one of the citys major political-action organizations.
Hunt was installed earlier this month for a two-year term. Other new officers of the group include bail bondsman Omar Beasley, former county commissioner Deborah Giles and retired educator Mignon Schooler as vice-chairmen.
Walter Jackson, former city affirmative action administrator, and real-estate broker Preston Edwards are chairman and vice-chairman of the committee.
Other new officers are Nathan Garrett Jr., treasurer; Paulette Morrison-Danner, executive secretary; Shielvonda Haith, recording secretary; CDestine Couch, assistant recording secretary; Michael Palmer, civic committee chairman, and Pamela Oxendine, vice chairwoman of the civic committee.
Political events
• U.S. Senate candidates Ted Alexander, Greg Brannon, Heather Grant, Mark Harris and Edward Kryn will take part in a forum at The Republican Women of Cary and Southwestern Wake meeting on Thursday at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary. Check-in and social time is 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon. Lunch is $20. RSVP to Sue Rousselo at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Vila Printed Kimono Blazer
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We all want to do what's best for our pets. As technicians, we hold ourselves to a higher standard because of our additional
training and education, but even we can still fall into typical assumptions. This article is about my cat's experience with
feline lumbosacral disease. Through this process, as a pet owner, I discovered that it's a disease technicians need to be
better informed about.
Initial evaluation
Palliative medical therapy was started with a combination of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) and gabapentin, an anticonvulsant
that can help with neurogenic pain when given in lower doses as an adjunct medication. Pollux was given 2.5 mg/kg of gabapentin orally twice a day and meloxicam
at a loading dose of 0.1 mg/kg orally once a day for three days and then at a maintenance dose of 0.025 mg/kg orally two or
three times a week. Note that though these drugs are commonly used with success in such cases, it is extralabel use. Gabapentin
is not FDA-approved for use in dogs and cats, and meloxicam is only FDA-approved for injection in cats. Pollux was much more
comfortable and active initially, but the clinical signs recurred several months later.
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One July day in 2006, designated hitter Jim Eriotes of the Sioux Falls Canaries led off the game by striking out on a fastball in the low 80s and was promptly benched.
Frustrated by his performance, Eriotes offered this comment after his team beat the St. Joe Blacksnakes, 5-3, in a minor league contest. "If I got a couple more at-bats, I'd get a hit. Easy."
Eriotes, who fouled off one of the four pitches he saw, was 83 years old at the time, making him the oldest player to appear in an official baseball game. Reportedly, his confidence stemmed from his ability to hit pitches approaching 100 miles per hour in a batting cage.
A new survey conducted by Braun Research for Adecco Staffing suggests that many companies also feel older workers can still hit the fastball. The study says that hiring managers are three times more likely to hire someone over the age of 50 versus someone in their 20s or early 30s (the so-called Millennials).
Seasoned workers are viewed as more reliable and professional, while their younger counterparts are seen as more creative and motivated. Mature workers were also overwhelmingly considered to be better listeners and writers.
The knock on creativity bugs me. As a seasoned communications expert, I don't feel I've lost the knack to come up with new ideas. But it's not surprising to associate creativity with younger workers, because numerous studies show that staying creative helps keep us young.
For example, George Washington University psychiatrist Gene Cohen conducted a two-year study of healthy adults over the age of 65, and he found that those who participated in artistic activities, such as singing in a choir, painting or writing, had fewer medical problems or took less medicine than those in a control group who didn't participate in creative pursuits.
Cohen, who wrote the book "The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain," argues that most people really don't start hitting their creative stride until their 40s and 50s, partly because they reach a point in their lives in which they are confident in their individuality and don't feel the need to conform.
As we age, we have an obligation to grow by experiencing new things, taking classes, participating in social groups, and unleashing our inner selves. It's nice to know that we are reliable. So are old Volvos. The trick is to make sure that we use the wealth of our experience as a foundation for new experiences, and not as an excuse to rely upon old habits.
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NEW - Fiesta Trio & Chips | $10.49
Scoop up our trifecta of fresh-made flavorful dips with zesty, chunky guacamole, spicy roasted chipotle salsa and creamy queso blanco.
Big & Bold Sampler | $12.49
The perfect trio of Truffle Parmesan Fries served with garlic basil aioli dipping sauce, a half-portion of our BLT Pizzetta and jalapeño poppers with ranch dressing.
Buffalo Chicken Wings | $9.99
Jumbo chicken wings glazed with our spicy wing sauce. Served with crisp celery and blue cheese dressing to cool the heat.
Wings & Things Sampler | $13.49
Our spicy buffalo chicken wings and golden cheese sticks partnered with onion loops and house-made potato chips, with ketchup, blue cheese and marinara sauce for dipping.
Crab Rangoon Dip | $8.99
A new recipe with hot white Cheddar, cream cheese and real crab, seasoned with herbs and spices, and served with a plate of fresh wonton chips and Thai coconut sauce.
Veggie Triple Feature | $7.99
Icebox carrots, jicama and celery sticks, served with oven-toasted pizzetta strips, hummus and creamy blue cheese or ranch dressing.
Queso Blanco Dip & Chips | $7.99
Diced tomato and green chilies in a white Cheddar cheese dip served with fresh tortilla chips.
Loaded Chipotle Chicken Chips | $9.99
House-made, ripple-cut Yukon potato chips fully loaded with grilled chicken breast, crisp bacon, chipotle mayonnaise, jalapeños, Cheddar Jack cheese, diced tomatoes and scallions.
Thai Bang Shrimp | $8.99
Crisped golden shrimp topped with a zesty Thai bang sauce.
Breadstick Sampler | $6.99
Two soft pretzel Bavarian breadsticks and six cheesy Pizzetta strips with queso blanco and marinara sauces for dipping.
Golden Mozzarella Sticks | $8.99
Delicious mozzarella cheese crusted with breadcrumbs and fried to crispy golden perfection. Topped with our Parmesan blend and served with marinara sauce.
Loaded Potato Skins | $8.49
Crispy potato skins covered in melted Cheddar and Jack cheese, topped with hickory bacon, sour cream and green onions. Add crab rangoon dip. $2.99
Truffle Parmesan Fries | $7.99
Crispy fries topped with white truffle oil and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Perfect when dipped in garlic basil aioli sauce.
Tenders & Fish
Served with classic-cut fries. Substitute onion loops or Parmesan fries for only $0.99.
Crispy Fish and Chips | $12.49
Cold-water cod dipped in a beer batter and fried to a delicious crisp. Served with tartar sauce.
Chicken Tenders | $11.99
Traditional crispy chicken tenders with your choice of barbecue sauce, ranch or honey mustard for dipping.
Thai Coconut Chicken Tenders | $12.49
Our beer-battered golden chicken tenders served with a Thai coconut red chili glaze and sweet house-made ponzu sauce for dipping.
Buffalo Chicken Tenders | $12.49
Beer-battered, perfectly golden chicken tenders. Spice them up or cool the heat with buffalo and blue cheese dipping sauces.
Served with classic-cut fries. Substitute onion loops or Parmesan fries for only $0.99.
Jalapeño Chipotle Big Burger | $12.99
This burger packs the heat with Pepper Jack cheese, jalapeño poppers, chipotle mayonnaise and Applewood-smoked bacon, all contained on a toasted Kaiser roll.
Mushroom Swiss Burger | $10.49
Sautéed mushrooms and Swiss cheese top an all-American beef burger with lettuce and tomato on a toasted brioche-style Kaiser roll.
Steakhouse Prime Rib Big Burger | $12.99
Prime rib piled high on our half-pound Angus beef patty, fl avored with crispy onion strings, Parmesan peppercorn aioli and Swiss cheese.
Bacon Cheeseburger | $10.99
Our classic aged Cheddar cheeseburger dressed with crispy bacon and topped with lettuce and tomato on a brioche-style Kaiser roll.
Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger | $12.99
This burger is completely bacon-ized with white Cheddar bacon sauce, thick-cut Applewood-smoked bacon, crispy onion straws and bacon ranch dressing.
Classic Cheeseburger | $9.99
Our all-American beef burger with Cheddar cheese, crisp lettuce and sliced tomatoes on a toasted brioche-style Kaiser roll.
Served with house-made potato chips. Substitute classic-cut fries for $0.99, or onion loops or Parmesan fries for only $1.99.
Steakhouse Prime Rib Griller | $11.49
Delicately sliced prime rib topped with crisp onion straws, Parmesan peppercorn aioli and melted Pepper Jack cheese, served on Texas toast.
Lime Chicken Griller | $9.99
Perfectly grilled and seasoned lime chicken with creamy garlic basil aioli, lettuce and tomato on a toasted brioche-style Kaiser roll.
Applewood-Smoked Bacon BLT | $10.49
A heaping helping of thick-cut Applewood-smoked bacon with fresh lettuce, tomato and Parmesan peppercorn aioli on Texas toast.
Double-Decker Club | $10.99
Shaved ham, turkey, and crisp Applewood-smoked bacon piled high on Texas toast with fresh lettuce, ripe tomatoes, and Parmesan peppercorn aioli.
Southwest Fajita Chicken Wrap | $10.99
Melted Cheddar Jack cheese and grilled chicken, fire-roasted red and green bell peppers and diced tomatoes rolled in a flour tortilla. Served with sour cream and salsa.
Quesadillas & Tacos
Thai Bang Shrimp Tacos | $10.99
White corn tortillas layered together with southwest sauce and Cheddar Jack cheese, then topped with sweet and sour slaw and crunchy breaded shrimp drizzled with Thai bang sauce. Served with fresh tortilla chips and house-made salsa.
Smoked Brisket Quesadillas | $10.99
Flour tortillas heaping with tender brisket, Kansas City-style barbecue sauce, crispy onions and Cheddar Jack cheese, melted to perfection. Served with barbecue sauce and sour cream.
Fire-Roasted Veggie Quesadillas | $9.99
Grill-toasted flour tortillas filled with bell peppers, sweet onions, tomatoes, shredded Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses.
Classic Chicken Quesadillas | $10.49
Southwest seasoned grilled chicken and shredded Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses melted inside grill-toasted flour tortillas.
Flatbread Pizzettas
Served with marinara sauce for dipping
Classic Supreme | $10.99
A fully loaded flatbread sprinkled generously with a blend of Italian cheeses and topped with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, peppers and onions.
Tuscan Pepperoni | $9.99
Crispy flatbread with mozzarella and provolone cheeses and shaved pepperoni.
A twist on the classic sandwich, this flavorful flatbread is loaded with thick-cut Applewood-smoked bacon, Cheddar Jack cheese, fresh tomatoes, basil and arugula.
Margherita | $9.99
Olive oil brushed over flatbread with mozzarella and provolone cheeses, fresh Roma tomato slices and fresh basil.
Golden toasted flatbread sandwiches served with house-made potato chips. Substitute classic-cut fries for $0.99, or onion loops or Parmesan fries for only $1.99.
Chipotle Chicken and Bacon | $10.99
Grilled chicken, smoky chipotle sauce, melted Cheddar Jack cheese and bacon sandwiched between a golden flatbread. Served with chipotle-style mayonnaise.
Sicilian | $9.99
This meat lovers' Pizzini features salami, pepperoni, ham and melted mozzarella with lettuce and tomato sandwiched between a golden flatbread. Served with garlic basil aioli.
Smokehouse Beef and Cheddar | $10.99
Smoked beef brisket and melted cheddar topped with sweet and sour slaw and barbecue sauce and sandwiched between a golden flatbread. Served with our Carolina-style barbecue sauce.
Barbeque Brisket & Cheddar | $10.99
Tenderly-smoked brisket, sweet & sour slaw and melted Cheddar Jack cheese, with Kansas City-style BBQ sauce on top and on the side.
Select salads available as a wrap and served with a seasonal fruit medley.
Asian Chicken Salad | $11.49
Grilled chicken on a bed of crisp greens tossed with sweet Asian dressing and topped with crispy wonton strips and toasted almonds. Available as a wrap with a side of seasonal fruit.
Fresh Fruit Salad | $9.99
Fresh strawberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple and melon, topped with toasted pecans and a house-made honey, citrus and yogurt drizzle.
Wedge Salad | $9.99
Chilled iceberg lettuce with chopped tomatoes, sweet onions, blue cheese crumbles and bacon with house-made creamy blue cheese dressing.
Chicken Caesar Salad | $11.49
Crisp romaine lettuce topped with grilled, all-natural chicken breast, house-made Caesar dressing and grated Parmesan cheese. Available as a wrap with a side of seasonal fruit.
NEW - Tacos Carne Asada | $11.99
Two seasoned beef carne asada tacos with savory Applewood-smoked bacon, lively corn salsa, pico de gallo and a cool avocado-lime crema wrapped in double-layered corn tortillas. Served with fresh corn tortilla chips and salsa.
NEW - Roast Chicken Chimichurri | $13.99
A juicy, generous chicken breast marinated in a vibrant cilantro and garlic sauce. Served with street corn and a side of lime rice topped with a chorizo cream sauce.
NEW - Tacos Chicken Tinga | $11.49
Two tacos with tangy, perfectly seasoned chicken, juicy pineapple chunks, pico de gallo and pickled red onions served in double-layered corn tortillas. Served with fresh corn tortilla chips and salsa.
Tenderloin Tips | $15.99
Tenderloin steak tips with sautéed mushrooms and pearl onions in a red wine demi glace. Served with red bliss mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
Blackened Salmon | $14.99
Our Cajun-spiced salmon served with red bliss mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
Asian Steak and Shrimp Bowl | $15.99
Jumbo shrimp, tender steak, seared vegetables and toasted almonds are served over white jasmine rice, drizzled with our sweet ponzu sauce and topped with cilantro.
Bruschetta Shrimp Pasta | $14.99
Pan-seared jumbo shrimp tossed in zesty seasoning with corkscrew pasta and creamy sundried tomato sauce, and sprinkled with fresh tomato and basil bruschetta.
Bistro Chicken Mac and Cheese | $11.99
Sliced chicken breast on top of our corkscrew pasta, blended with a zesty white cheese sauce and sprinkled with buttery toasted breadcrumbs and bacon.
Chicken Alfredo | $12.49
Seared chicken breast sliced and served over fresh pappardelle pasta noodles covered in creamy alfredo sauce and topped with fresh house-made bruschetta.
Kid's Meals
Kid-friendly portions for ages 12 and younger.
Cheese Quesadilla | $7.49
Served with apple slices, fries and your choice of a soft drink or 2% milk.
Chicken Quesadilla | $7.49
Served with apple slices, fries and your choice of a soft drink or 2% milk.
Chicken Tenders | $7.49
Served with apple slices, fries and your choice of a soft drink or 2% milk.
Grilled Cheese | $7.49
Served with apple slices, fries and your choice of a soft drink or 2% milk.
Flatbread Pizzetta | $7.49
Pepperoni or Cheese. Served with apple slices, fries and your choice of a soft drink or 2% milk.
NEW - Cinnamon Churro Sundae | $7.99
Warm cinnamon-sugar dusted churros served with caramel-drizzled vanilla ice cream on a bed of pineapple coulis and sugar-glazed strawberries.
Waffle Sundae | $7.49
Two warm Belgium waffles infused with authentic maple flavor, topped off by a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzled in luscious caramel and a generous sprinkle of sweet and savory candied bacon.
New York Cheesecake | $6.99
Indulgent New York-style cheesecake served with fresh sugar-glazed strawberries.
Chocolate Brownie Sundae | $7.99
Moist and fudgy chocolate brownie served warm with a scoop of premium ice cream on top.
Pumpkin Spice Cake Sundae | $7.99
Rich and lightly spiced pumpkin bundt cake, paired with sweet vanilla ice cream, topped with toasted pecans and finished with caramel drizzle.
Cinnamon Apple Crumble | $7.99
A warm slice of cinnamon apple crumble cake and a sweet scoop of vanilla ice cream with a caramel drizzle. Served with crisp-fried tortilla and apple slices.
Toasted S'mores Pizzetta | $6.49
Golden-brown marshmallow cream spread over our pizzetta crust, topped with Hershey's® chocolate bars, whipped cream, graham crackers, and chocolate and caramel sauces.
Popcorn | $8.50
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- Plain M&Ms | $4.25
- Peanut M&Ms | $4.25
- Sour Patch Kids | $4.25
- Junior Mints | $4.25
- Twizzlers | $4.25
- Reese's Pieces | $4.25
- Skittles | $4.25
- Welch's Fruit Snack | $3.75
- Sour Patch Watermelon | $3.75
- Buncha Crunch | $3.75
- Air Head Extreme Sour Belt | $3.75
- SunMaid Chocolate Raisins | $3.75
Martinis & Margaritas
Pomegranate Martini
Absolut Citron Vodka and Cointreau combined with pomegranate liqueur and simple syrup.
Sour Apple Martini
Premium vodka, Sour Apple Pucker and Midori shaken with sours mix to create a deliciously tart cocktail.
An absolute classic with Absolut Citron, Cointreau, cranberry juice and a kiss of lime.
Top Pick Martini
Cîroc Peach Vodka and Grand Marnier with cranberry and lime juices.
Chocolate Martini
Your choice of white or dark GODIVA Chocolate Liqueur with ABSOLUT Vanilia Vodka and cream.
El Patron Margarita
Patrón Silver Tequila, Grand Marnier, Cointreau Orange Liqueur and lime juice. Upgrade to Avión Añejo.
Real Thin 'Rita
Patrón Silver Tequila, triple sec, our light margarita mix and fresh lime and orange squeezes. Upgrade to Avión Añejo.
Golden Margarita
Cuervo Gold and Gran Marnier with sours mix and a splash of lime juice.
Mango Margarita
A fresh and fruity mix of premium tequila, triple-sec and lime juice blended with a mango smoothie.
Strawberry Margarita
Premium tequila, triple sec and lime juice blended with a strawberry smoothie.
Specialty Drinks
Crisp Apple Splash
UV Vodka, DeKuyper Pucker Sour Apple Schnapps and fruit juices.
Top Shelf Long Island Iced Tea
Grey Goose Vodka, Tanqueray No. Ten Gin, Bacardi Superior Rum, triple sec, sweet & sour and a splash of cola.
Top Shelf Long Beach Iced Tea
Grey Goose Vodka, Tanqueray No. Ten Gin, Bacardi Superior Rum, triple sec, sweet & sour and cranberry juice.
Bacardi O and light rum with orange juice, sours mix, a splash of grenadine and Meyer's Dark Rum for a delicious wave of flavor.
Caribbean Cooler
Captain Morgan and Malibu Rums with orange and pineapple juice and a splash of Blue Curaçao.
Southern Lemonade
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, peach schnapps and lemonade.
Electric Lemonade
UV Vodka, Tanqueray Gin, Bacardi Superior Rum, Blue Curacao, sweet & sour mix and Sprite.
Oreo Mudslide
A decadent cocktail with Absolut Vanilia Vodka, Kahlua and Bailey's Caramel Irish Cream, blended with Oreos into a vanilla shake and drizzled with chocolate syrup.
Southern Slam
Southern Comfort, Amaretto and Sour Apple Pucker shaken with orange juice.
A refreshing mix of muddled fresh limes and mint leaves with premium rum, simple syrup and club soda.
Skinny-Mini Mojito
DonQ Mojito Rum, club soda, lime juice and mint leaves.
Slinky Berry Lime Splash
Cruzan Strawberry Rum with strawberry and lime juices.


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While Glen and School Streets comprise the heart of Glen Cove's downtown business community, there are a growing number of empty stores showing "For Rent" signs.
This week's property is located at 57 Glen Street, which formerly hosted the Glen Cove Florist, Priscilla's Sewing and 88 Wines. Glen Cove Florist recently moved to a new location on Forest Avenue, and 88 Wines has gone out of business.
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It was a battle hard fought, and although our Democratic candidate lost the congressional seat, we had the momentum going into Election Day. In 30 days, we went from 18 points down, to losing by six points (five points in Otsego) — what a great accomplishment. Now it is time for our party to reflect on our losses and build on our victories.
And what great achievements we had on election night. Our president won, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand won, Assemblyman Bill Magee won, and our new town of Otsego councilman, Tom Hohensee, won. I am so proud of our supporters who made phone calls, knocked on doors and talked to their friends and neighbors. Everyone worked so hard for our candidates. And the Otsego County Democratic Party — you all made this possible. These victories are yours.
We can't stop here. We have more battles ahead, and we need to work together with President Obama, our two U.S senators, Gov. Cuomo, and our local Democratic officials in building our party in Otsego County. Together we will move forward in achieving our goals of putting Americans back to work, reducing the deficit, by asking all to pay their fair share, protecting rights and freedoms, and electing those who will fight for what the Democratic Party, and most Americans stands for.
I would like to congratulate Congressman Gibson on a great win; and all our elected officials, we wish you luck with the challenges ahead.
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(FILES) - A file picture taken on January 25, 2013, shows Tunisian lawyer Radhia Nasraoui (C) and Samar Badawi (R), wife of Saudi-Arabian lawyer and human rights activist Waleed Abu al-Khair, receive the Olof Palme Prize 2013, awarded by Lisbet Palme (L) at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden. A Saudi court on July 6, 2014, sentenced Waleed Abulkhair, who has had many run-ins with the authorities over his activism and for allegedly insulting authorities, to 15 years in jail and will be banned from travelling abroad for 15 years and fined 200,000 riyals (around $54,000). AFP PHOTO / ANDERS WIKLUND / SCANPIX/ SWEDEN OUTANDERS WIKLUND/AFP/Getty Images
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In some ways, the area's Christmas Day storm turned out to be more bark than bite.
Or vice versa, depending on interpretation.
The relatively small amount of precipitation that fell on Christmas Day and night, a reported half inch, did leave enough ice on the roads to cause a rash of cars sliding off the road. But the forecast of 3 to 5 inches of snow fell well short of advance billing by the National Weather Service.
"We dodged another bullet," said People's Electric Cooperative Senior Vice President Carlton Tilley.
The power company's only reported power outage as of Wednesday morning was a small area just south of Stonewall involving 17 homes. Tilley said power was restored in about four hours.
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