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The news of the passing of Sister Benedict Kesock, OSB, came after a returning from a trip covering an event and the plan to work with a program to help children on Saturday February 22, 2014. "Children give me life," was a favorite quote that Sister B, as she was affectionately known, shared with the hundreds of thousands of children, parents, and people who had the honor of knowing her in the 40 years that she served as a teacher, principal, and spiritual counselor at St. Charles School in Arlington, Virginia.
In visiting the Benedictine Monastery in Bristow, Virginia, on Sunday February 16, 2013, the snow had covered the grounds of the holy place and had given a peaceful and serene image to the land. At that time, as she rested in her room, the sisters who had taken care of her received flowers and gifts for her knowing that the time was near.
"Do not cry for me," she said. "I am at peace." And she was. The example she gave in the last weeks of her life followed the teachings she had lived by for half a century. Sister Benedict practiced what she taught others. The quiet dignity that she displayed in the last days of her life showed a concern for others.
"You have always been a perfect gentleman," were her last words to the present writer as she looked at the bouquet of lilies he brought to her and that she so loved. As she motioned with her caring hand, that had wiped away so many tears of her children over the years, she gave a final blessing as the writer bent down to kiss her on the cheek for the last time.
"Thank you for all the love that you have given to the children. Thank you for the lessons that you have taught to so many parents. Thank you for your life. Thank you Sister B."
Sister Benedict Kesock died on Friday February 21, 2014. She leaves behind a loving family and thousands of children and parents who will never forget her life of service to children and the lessons that she taught to children and parents alike.
All services for Sister Benedict will take place at Saint Benedict Monastery, 9535 Linton Hall Road, Bristow, Virginia. Viewing will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25 with a Vigil Service being held Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. The funeral for Sister Benedict will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 26 at 10:30 a.m. with burial in the sisters' cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested for Saint Charles School in Arlington, Virginia.
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Ok so I have been watching the show deadliest warrior and they have warriors from different ages fight each other to who was the best. So I want to know who would win between a Ninja and Pirate. I am not talking about Somalia Pirates, but instead the old style pirates.
Ninjas: Stealth, Swords, training to kill, various weapons
Pirates: Swords, Gun Powder which means guns and connons, likes to party alot
So which would win?

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text: On the Context-Dependency of Inequality Aversion – Experimental Evidence and a Stylized Model – Volume 6 Jena Economic Research Papers 2012-06-04 2012 2007 2012-023 Experimental economics envy game We consider three-person envy games with a proposer, a responder, and a dummy player. In this class of games, the proposer, rather than allocating a constant pie, chooses the pie size which the responder can then accept or reject while the dummy player can only refuse his own share. While the agreement payoffs for the responder and the dummy are exogenously given, the proposer acts as the residual claimant who - in case of responder acceptance - receives whatever is left after the two exogenously given agreement payoffs have been deducted from the pie. Consistent with earlier findings from three-person generosity games, we find inequality aversion to be strongly context-dependent and affected by the (in)equality of exogenously given agreement payoffs. Motivated by these findings, we present a stylized model on context-dependent inequality aversion that accounts for the observed effects. jportal_jpjournal_00000016 2012-06-05T07:04:45.734Z 2012-06-05T07:04:30.834Z


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America's insane culture of fear from 'Zero tolerance' to Iran
NEWARK, Del. — Finding character witnesses when you are 6 years old is not easy. But there was Zachary Christie last week at a school disciplinary committee hearing with his karate instructor and his mother's fiancé by his side to vouch for him.
Zachary's offense? Taking a Cub Scout utensil that can serve as a knife, fork and spoon to school. He was so excited about joining the Scouts that he wanted to use it at lunch. School officials concluded that he had violated their zero-tolerance policy on weapons, and Zachary now faces 45 days in the district's reform school.
via It's a Fork, It's a Spoon, It's a … Weapon? – NYTimes.com
When great tragedy happens in this country (say, planes flying into towers or two young men shooting up their high school,) Americans typically react in the following fashion:
- Freak the fuck out
- Believe whatever the loudest politician tells them
- Assign blame to a convenient, but usually incorrect target
- Participate in a reactive, hyper-totalitarian government policy
- Repeat at next tragedy
The list applies to the post-9/11 hysteria, but it also applies to post-Columbine America. "Zero-tolerance" policy arose from the string of shooting sprees in American high schools. As usual, schools did not thoughtfully analyze what kind of school environment (complete with hierarchical sects and rampant bullying) is inspiring such horrific shootings. Rather, schools followed steps 1 through 5, and opted for a hyper-totalitarian state within a state where children are all treated as suspects, including little Zachary Christie.
Really, Delaware? The six-year-old is going to shank someone with his Swiss Army knife? Such overzealous, reactionary policies distract from the very real problems in schools: low test scores, budget cuts, bullying, and so on.
In Going Postal, author Mark Ames looks at the phenomenon of school and workplace shootings in America, but rather than assigning blame to obvious (and incorrect) targets like Marilyn Manson, Ames digs deeper. He proposes that modern workplace and school violence emerged soon after Reaganomics began in the 1980s when the wealth divide widened, and Reagan did everything in his power to support his friends, the CEOs of corporations, while screwing the workers. The result is a corporate culture where Americans work harder for longer hours for less. They have no job security, are buried in debt, and occasionally one of them snaps and shoots their co-workers.
Ames argues — quite convincingly — that schoolyard and office massacres are modern-day slave rebellions. The overly oppressive and exploitative nature of hyper-Capitalism, the neutering of unions, and the overall degradation of employees, neighborhoods, communities, and society have resulted in a culture of fear and violence. While Bowling For Columbine blamed the guns, Ames blames the culture, which includes reactionary policies like "Zero tolerance" that end up hurting innocents like Zachary while the real causes of our sick society go untreated.
Even if one doesn't buy the "Blame Reagan" theory, Ames's solution of treating the sickness, and not just the symptoms, is compelling enough to warrant some kind of implementation. The opposite approach, which is the current "solution" of treating workers and students like suspects, is an excellent way to breed more paranoia, fear, and violence. If kids weren't ready to snap before, a day of bag inspections, metal detector, and locker searches guarantees they'll at least hate their schools if not harbor fantasies of putting down their oppressors.
Furthermore, the problem goes deeper than the workplaces and schools. The culture itself is sick, which is why America has a military budget that is almost as much as the rest of the world's defense spending combined, and is over nine times larger than the military budget of China, and yet Americans feel more afraid, and more paranoid, than ever. Everyone is against us, we're told. Everyone hates our freedom, and our amazing culture. China wants to overtake us. The entire Middle East wants us dead. Europeans laugh at us, and think we're stupid. Emperor Penguins are plotting something. Canada is about to attack.
And then there's Iran. Don't even get us started on Iran.
Until Americans decide to break this addiction to "The List," this cycle of irrationality will continue into the foreseeable future. Sadly, it doesn't seem as though Americans or their politicians remember the catastrophic mistakes that led to the invasion of Iraq because they're repeating the exact same behavior with Iran. Let's consult "The List." Are American's freaking out? Check. Do they believe what the loudest politicians tell them (namely that Iran is an imminent threat to the US)? Check. Are they participating in a reactive hyper-totalitarian government policy? According to the Pew Research Center, a strong majority – 61% – of Americans say that it is more important to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, even if it means taking military action. Check.
It appears as though Americans are one trumped-up confrontation away from supporting a full-scale attack on a country with a population of 65 million people (more than two thirds of the population are under 30-years-old). Scary stuff.
Rather than looking closely at their country's imperialist, bullying behavior, Americans are quick to blame Iranians for pursuing nuclear technology. But why shouldn't they? Iran needs power, and concerning defense, how else is a nation to react when a psychotic western empire invaded its neighboring country six years ago? By laying down their weapons, or by ratcheting up their defenses?
Iranian leaders would have to be positively suicidal to ever, ever nuke Israel or any other country, since the US would vaporize them, but that reality never comes up. Another topic that never seems to come up is the fact that Israel has nuclear weapons. Lots of them. Although no official statistics exist, it has been estimated that Israel possesses between 60 to 400 thermonuclear weapons. So Iran has hostile enemies all over the place. If it was any other country, the United States would probably applaud them for defending their borders.
Alas, Iran is on the "Axis of Evil," and so we pretend that Israel has no nuclear weapons (purchased with US taxpayer money,) and that Iran has no right to protect its citizens. As a result, the options of diplomacy and containment are treated as sweet, idealistic notions, but the chant of "bomb, bomb, bomb" forever drowns out rational discourse.
Zachary Christie should not be sent to reform school. His parents should give him a strong talking to about how knives are not toys. "Zero tolerance" is a stupid idea whether we're dealing with a little boy or a nation of 65 million people. Showing tolerance is a good thing especially when dealing with children, who frequently mess up and need to be given second chances. Schools are not boot camps, and children need to be shown compassion and love, or they will never offer their fellow citizens similar kindness when they develop into fully formed humans. If you show children nothing but cruelty, and intolerance, then they repeat that behavior and grow up to become Republicans.
Similarly (although on a macro scale,) America should not bomb Iran. Diplomacy should be given preferential treatment, and America should stop policing the world. Everyone needs to calm down because, thus far, freaking out and bombing the planet have not yet brought us peace. Let's give rational debate and self-examination a chance.
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April 23, 2010
OJAI, Calif.--No 50 Arizona took three of six doubles wins in the second day of play at the 2010 Pac-10 Conference Championships Friday, in Ojai, Calif.
In the doubles main draw, senior Claire Reitsch and sophomore Natasha Marks took a win over Stanford's Mallory Burdette and Stacey Tan 8-4 in the round of 16. In the quarterfinal round, the Wildcat duo fell to Washington's pair of Vinise Chan and Lina Xu 8-6.
In the invitational draw, sophomore Debora Castany and junior Jane Huh took a first round bye before falling to California's duo of Stephany Chang and Nelly Radeva 8-4 in the quarterfinal round.
Sophomore Sarah Landsman and senior Natalia Toporowska defeated Washington State's Ksenia Googe and Andjela Kankaras 8-2 in the round of 16, and then fell to Arizona State tandem of Ashlee Brown and Sianna Simmons 8-2.
Freshman Elizabeth Hammond and sophomore Shannon Cassidy went up against USC's Cristalia Andrews and Valeria Pulido. The duo from USC topped the Wildcat pair 8-1.
Complete Results:
Doubles Main Draw
Round of 16
Marks/Rietsch UA def. M. Burdette/Tan STAN 8-4
Chan/Xu WASH def. Marks/Rietsch UA 8-6
Invitational Doubles
Round of 16
Castany/Huh UA, Bye
Andrews/Pulido USC def. Cassidy/Hammond UA 8-1
Landsman/Toporowska UA def. Googe/Kankaras WSU 8-2
Chang/Radeva CAL def. Castany/Huh UA 8-4
Brown/Simmons ASU def. Landman/Toporowska UA 8-2
Singles Back Draw:
McDevitt ORE def. Hammond UA 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
Huh UA def. Wisico WASH 6-0, 6-0
Skozowski CAL def. Toporowska UA 6-3, 6-4
Dillon STAN def. Cassidy UA 6-0, 6-0
Landsman UA def. du Toit ORE 6-2, 6-1


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Flood causes sewage to overflow in Ascot Road
Fed-up homeowners have been living with sewage in their gardens for two months after flood water caused drains to overflow in Ascot Road.
June Dobbs lives in the road and says there has been overflowing sewage in her garden since December, with a pumping station in Ascot Road unable to cope.
She said: "We've had one day when it dried up but you get residue left on patio. It starts up again, Thames Water log it, say 'there's nothing we can do, its the pumping station'.
"I accept flooding but it is the sewage that's the problem. The smell comes up through the plug-hole in our kitchen. There's bits of toilet paper in the garden."
A spokesman for Thames Water said the pumping station is 'overwhelmed' with the amount of water after 'constant rainfall'.
They added that the company is working 'flat out' to resolve sewer problems.


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Men's Cross Country a Program-Best 11th at NCAAs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (11/17/12) - The Princeton men's cross country team finished 11th, a program best, at the 2012 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, Nov. 17.
The junior trio of Chris Bendtsen, Alejandro Arroyo Yamin and Tyler Udland paced the Tigers as all three finished in the top 100. Bendtsen clocked in at 30:07.6 to finish 43rd overall, Arroyo Yamin was 58th overall at 30:24.4 and Udland ran a 30:33.5 for 79th place. Senior Michael Franklin was the fourth Tiger across the line at 31:00.5 to finish 134th and sophomore Matt McDonald was 151st at 31:06.7. Sophomore Eddie Owens and junior Jonathan Vitez rounded out the Princeton seven.
Oklahoma State won the national championship with a score of 72. Wisconsin was a distant second with 135 points and Colorado was third with 158.
Princeton captured 358 points in its 13th appearance at the NCAAs. This is the Tigers' best finish in program history, bettering the 12th-place finish from 2010 that included Olympian Donn Cabral.
Princeton Finishers
43. Chris Bendtsen 30:07.6
58. Alejandro Arroyo Yamin 30:24.4
79. Tyler Udland 30:33.5
134. Michael Franklin 31:00.5
151. Matt McDonald 31:06.7
160. Eddie Owens 31:12.3
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On Sunday, June 6 at 3:00pm in Bayport-Blue Point High School - BAFFA (Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts) is presenting a free symphony orchestra and chorus. The show will feature music from Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio and many more Disney favorites. There will be sing along and play along.
The first 50 children with stuffed animals will receive chimes to rehearse and play along with the symphony. It will be an afternoon of music for children and families.
This concert is made possible in part by a grant from New York State, thanks to Senator Brian X. Foley.
Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.
June 6, 2010
3:00 pm
Bayport-Blue Point High School
200 Snedecor Avenue
Bayport, NY 11705
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Alto-Shaam's Smoker Ovens also have the ability to cold smoke cheese, fish and other foods you'd least expect, without using any heat. This opens up the boundaries and allows you to do more than you would be able to do with competitors' smoker ovens currently on the market. 3. Various Sizes/Configurations
Every foodservice kitchen has its own needs and capacity requirements, that's why Alto-Shaam has both single compartment and double compartment stacked ovens for you to pick from. Furthermore, you can choose from a number of exteriors, from heavy-duty stainless steel to black or burgundy panels to fit the aesthetic and demands of your business. 4. "Cooking & Holding" In Only The Best
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Installing Your Ice MachineOne of the most important things you can do after you've bought a commercial ice machine is to make sure it is properly installed. Installation can directly effect the performance of your unit, so it's critical that your salesman and whoever is installing it takes time to go over routine site inspection check points with you. Doing this ensures that your set-up has everything needed for optimal performance, including adequate utilities. Now generally speaking, there are 4 core components that are absolutely necessary for your ice machine's install: Power, Water, Space and Drainage. Here you will find details on each that will help you in the process:
Before you power up your ice machine, you'll need to know what kind of voltage and amperage requirements the unit has. The electrical specs vary from machine to machine, so for some smaller units, a simple wall-plug connection may be sufficient while other times a separate disconnect will be needed. If the latter is the case, a visit from an electrician is advised so that the circuit breaker and wiring is administered properly. Remember that commercial ice machines require their own dedicated circuit so be sure to take note of what your unit needs before proceeding.
Commercial ice machines need access to a water connection with adequate water flow to ensure it stays in operation. It is highly recommended to purchase a water filtration system along with your machine as doing so will improve the quality of your beverages, the taste of your ice, and the longevity of your unit. Without an inline water filter, the build-up of scale, sediment, lime and minerals from the water will corrode the interior of the machine, diminishing the life span of the unit while degrading the quality of the ice. Remember that ICE IS FOOD and dirty ice has the potential to sicken your patrons or yourself. 3. SPACE
Whenever installing a new ice machine, clearance is incredibly important to the placement of the unit. Ice makers work hard throughout the day (and often through the night) to keep up with your establishment's ice demand, and naturally, they can get overheated easily if they aren't given room to "breathe" during peak hours of operation. The ice machine has to ventilate and have enough clearance to cool off and circulate air, particularly in climates where the ambient temperature is high for a large portion of the year. Make sure that you know the dimensions and specifications of both the machine and the designated place for it in your home or business to ensure that it will fit beneath any counters or in between any walls with adequate room to spare. Space also plays a large role when thinking about maintenance and serviceability down the line. Having easy access to all sides of the unit will help speed up the repair process. {For self-contained air cooled ice machines, it's generally advisable to have 6'' of clearance at the rear, the top and on the sides.}
Another important feature when thinking about install is Drainage. With every ice production cycle, there is excess water that needs to be purged out as well as melted ice/water that needs to be drained from the bin. The ice maker (and the storage bin) will either need a floor drain and/or a drain pump for the water that was not frozen into ice during the freeze cycle. (This water, which is often called the purge water, didn't freeze onto the evaporator plate because it contained impurities and minerals that kept it from freezing more quickly than the clean, pure water. Purging this "impure" water out is critical to the ice making process and keeps those impurities from settling into your ice machine.) Furthermore, self-contained ice makers and modular ice makers with an attached ice bin, have to rid their bins of ice that's melted and has been sitting in the system for a period of time. For restaurants and other institutions that have time to plan, integrating a floor drain into the facility is a good option, while those that don't have the floor drain will need a designated drain pump to rid the unit of excess water. Ask our team of sales representatives about drain pumps and accessories when buying an ice maker from our site- you can reach us at 800-319-0690! Even if it's not online, we'd be happy to help you find what you need from a local parts dealer!
A Buying Guide: Finding the Right Commercial Slicer For YouBuying a commercial food slicer is an investment that requires a good understanding of your specific needs. There are many factors that go into finding the right slicer, and with this guide, we'll walk you through what those are so you can find the best unit for your business. 1. What Are You Slicing? The first and most obvious question to ask yourself would be What Are You Slicing? Commercial food slicers are divided into various tiers depending on what (and how much) you slice. It's very important to understand how much you think you'll be using the machine as over-exerting it can cause it to burn out prematurely. a.) Light Duty/Standard/Economy Slicers- Designed to slice deli meat but frequency of use is kept to a minimum. (Note that it's not recommended to slice cheese on a light duty/economy model.) (Less than 2 hours of slicing recommended per day) b.) Medium Duty Slicers- Designed to slice meats (and cheeses on occasion) but only for a couple of hours out of the day. (Between 2-4 hours of slicing) c.) Heavy Duty Slicers- Whether it's frozen food product, blocks of hard cheese or large portions of meat, heavy duty slicers can handle it all and can perform for hours on end. (Over 4 hours of slicing) 2. Size and Power The next distinguishing factor to make a decision on is the size and horsepower of your slicer. Obviously, the higher the horsepower the more you can expect to get out of your slicer. When taking size into consideration, you'll first need to know the size of the carriage (how big is the product being sliced? Will it fit inside the carriage?) Also, how big is the blade? Generally speaking, the light duty/standard slicers have a smaller blade (9-10 inches) and lesser horsepower while the medium duty and heavy duty slicers have larger blades (approximately 12 to 14 inches) and greater horsepower. 3. Price At the end of the day, price is a huge factor in the purchasing process, that's why we strive to offer a product selection that will fit every price point. For a price-conscious, commercial-grade slicer you can trust we highly recommend the 10'' and 12'' semi-automatic models by Jaxpro Foodservice Products. With ETL and NSF listings, these foodsafe, belt-driven slicers deliver the best, precision-based slicing performance at a low cost and reliable efficiency. Slicers by Globe, Hobart and Univex to name a few are available at a considerably higher price point but they are equipped with different features and benefits, like removable carriages for easy cleaning and maintenance, that may or may not make it worth the extra dollars, depending on your unique needs. 4. Automatic vs. Manual At Mission Restaurant Supply you'll find a large diversity of electric slicers, from manual to automatic and semi-automatic. Deciding which type you'll need is a question of how much you're slicing daily. Automatic Slicers are a great investment for the larger operation, like big grocery stores, that need a machine that will slice bulk product on a continual basis. The operator can program the unit to the desired slicing thickness and the desired number of slices, and it will perform without an operator needed. Doing this not only increases efficiency and productivity but it saves you time and labor. Note that most automatic slicers also have the option to be operated manually. On the other hand, a semi-automatic slicer has all the functionality that an automatic does except for that it can't be pre-programmed to produce a definitive number of slices. In other words, it will continue to move the carriage back and forth across the the slicing blade until the unit is turned off. Lastly, the manual slicers require an operator to manually move the carriage back and forth over the slicing blade and these models are a great investment for restaurants, delis and other foodservice venues that simply want a reliable unit that can be used throughout the day for small batches. 5. Manufacturer Brand Recognition plays a significant role in the purchasing process for many restaurateurs, that's why our shelves are stocked with commercial slicers by brands you can trust, like Globe, Univex and Berkel to name a few. Making a smart investment starts with having confidence in a product and knowing the history and details behind a brand. We encourage you to call us at 800-319-0690 should you have any questions on a product or manufacturer and allow us to help you make the best decision.
The Pros Of Ceramic Knives
In the world of cutlery, there's been a quiet yet undeniable growth in the popularity of Ceramic Knives. By now, chances are you've heard of their unique properties and perhaps how they've helped fellow chefs and kitchen enthusiasts in their day-to-day routine.
For many people, the higher price point is a deterring factor in the purchasing process. However, in our experience, these knives have a way of selling themselves when people understand the kinds of opportunities that can be bettered in your kitchen by going ceramic.
A good education can go a long way when buying, selling and even using a product, so here are a few educational tools for understanding the benefits of Ceramic Cutlery!
- Sharpness: We've all been there. You go to cut something and your knife is dull as a door stop. Resharpening is a pain but it's an absolute necessity for keeping your knives in tip-top shape. This is the first and foremost feature that sets a metal knife apart from its ceramic counterpart. Ceramic knives are in composition an entirely different tool, with a hard ceramic blade made by fire sintering pressed powder. The result is a lightweight yet highly effective tool that can slice, peel, cut and more with absolute precision. Our ceramic knives online are made by the Jaccard Corporation and they will hold their edge up to 10 years, a huge upgrade from traditional steel knives that need constant resharpening for the best results! In the event that your knife does need resharpening down the line, Jaccard makes it super easy for you. Simply send your knife to the factory and they will sharpen it for you, on the house! One misconception of ceramic knives, given their long-lasting sharp edge and strength, is that they can cut through any number of hard objects, from frozen foods to bones and tough meat. Ceramic knives are lightweight in nature as they've been sharpened down to a point of thinness that is aimed for softer, more delicate food items, like cheeses and fruit. The non-stick blade ensures that each slice falls away from the knife and the perforated knife cover protects the blade from chipping or breaking over time. {Keep in mind that Ceramic Knives are more brittle than metal knives and therefore can break or chip if dropped. Jaccard's rounded blade tips help prevent the tip from chipping over time.}
- Composition: One of the biggest pros to buying a ceramic knife comes from its composition. The pure ceramic blade is nonreactive, meaning that fruits and delicate vegetables won't brown after being sliced by the knife. (Say goodbye to instantly-browned apples and avocados!) Ceramic blades also eliminate the metallic odor and taste associated with steel blades. Furthermore, since ceramic knives are rid of metal, you'll never have to worry about rusting.
- Easy Clean-ability: Ceramic Knives are very easy to care for, needing only a quick rinse under warm water to keep them clean. This is because, unlike metal bladed knives, ceramic blades are dense and have minimal pores in their make up, keeping unwanted juices, dirt and more from getting deeper into the knife.
- Comfort: Jaccard's ceramic knives are super lightweight keeping your staff fatigue-free throughout long hours of food preparation. Furthermore, these knives are outfitted with ergonomic handles so that you get the best maneuverability and slicing performance with every use.Discover a new level of slicing with a Ceramic Knife by Jaccard and browse through our growing selection of chefs knives, santoku knives and utility knives so you can stock your kitchen with the best! Keep in mind that ceramic knives are not an all-purpose alternative to your standard, trusty chef's knife, but they do create a great opportunity for better slicing of a versatile array of more delicate foods. We hope you enjoy!
A Pressing MatterWhat is it about a hot cup of french press coffee? It's bold and delicious, super simple to make, and does just the trick when you need a morning, mid afternoon or late evening pick me up. At MissionRS.com, there are a number of french press coffee makers by Bodum that will deliver perfect results. Simply remove the lid, add coffee grounds (approximately 1-2 tablespoon scoops per cup of water), fill with hot water and plunge! For best results, pour just enough water to cover the grounds and wait 30-45 seconds. Stir and add more hot water, waiting 3-4 minutes to allow the oils from the coffee to permeate the water. Then put the lid on and plunge slowly. It's also recommended not to leave the coffee in the carafe for a long period of time as the coffee will grow stronger and more bitter when left exposed to the grounds. We also advise that you buy coffee grounds that are more coarse as they'll be easier to steep and press with the best results. The colorful Bodum Coffee Presses at Mission Restaurant Supply start at just $19.99 and truly offer a more bold flavor and satisfying taste that coffee drinkers will love. Plus, you can say goodbye to coffee filters since these presses only need the (included) mesh-lined plunger to get a great tasting cup of jo. What's not to love? These French Presses make a great gift for the coffee aficionado in your life and they are the perfect complement to your home kitchen. Try one out today and let us know what you think!
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Why Do Chefs Across The Nation Trust Garland?Buying new kitchen equipment is never an inexpensive ordeal, but long-time restaurant owners know that making a smart, high quality investment will pay off in the long haul. After all, the
equipment is the heart and soul of a restaurant kitchen and investing in healthy, powerful, adept equipment will ensure a long, successful life.
A quality product is a quality investment and that's exactly what The Garland Group believes. Since 1864, this foodservice manufacturer has been creating a line of range cooktops and stoves that are designed to meet the needs and the challenges chefs face on a day-to-day basis. Since then, the brand has been acquired by Manitowoc Foodservice and has expanded to include various other types of cooking equipment, from salamander broilers to fryers, but ranges continue to make up the forefront of their expertise. If your restaurant or foodservice operation is in the market for a new range, don't miss this article which will highlight some of the main reasons why chefs across the nation trust Garland for their businesses:
Garland prides themselves in being cutting edge and ahead of the curve, but most importantly, they pride themselves in their quality construction. By utilizing the most durable materials and engineering the product to withstand the rigorous demands of a commercial kitchen, Garland ranges are able to last over the years and they are also easy to clean and maintain.
Though Garland is known throughtout the industry for having very few maintenance issues, there are inevitable moments and unforseen circumstances when an issue may arise. Lucky for you, Garland's Support Team will be there and their unwavering commitment to the brand is a great confidence factor for potential buyers. Whether you need to trouble shoot an issue over the phone or you need help locating the nearest authorized service agent in your area, Garland Support is the team that's known industry-wide for being readily accessible while being able to solve your problems as quickly as possible.
A Chef's Design
Garland has set itself in a different league from its competitors by designing products that actually solve problems chefs face every day. The brand's design team uncovers the large and small obstacles chefs encounter and creates solutions for these obstacles by making the chef a central part of the design and engineering process.
Garland is heralded by renowned chefs nationwide for their willingness to work with customers in designing their ultimate kitchen set-up. Whether it's a Garland island suite or a list of tight specifications, the brand will make it a priority to design your kitchen just how you like it.
Power & Cost
Garland designs every range and stove with the power to keep up in a fast-paced kitchen. Built to consistently deliver unwavering heat, the Garland line creates a dependability that chefs can rely on while increasing consistency and efficiency in the back of the house. Garland also prides itself in being able to offer all these beneficial features at a competitive price point that kitchens large and small can enjoy.
Tamales of the WorldWith the Holidays nearly here, the emergence of Tamales is one thing we're all getting excited about here at Mission. We are helping sponsor the 3rd annual Tamales Holiday Festival at the famed Pearl Brewery in San Antonio on Saturday, December 1. The festival will run from 12 pm-6 pm and we'd love for all of you to stop by if you are in town. Read more about the event here! Here is a little information for all those who're unfamiliar with Tamales or for those who just want to learn more about this tasty food: The tamal, as it is correctly and properly referred to, is a Latin American dish that's traditionally made of masa and is wrapped in a leaf paper or corn husk, then steamed and boiled until warm and tender. The wrapper keeps the tamales hot and in one piece, and it is removed before eating, leaving a delicious, flavorful treat. Tamales are generally stuffed with meats, but this varies depending on where you are. It's history dates back to the Ancient Mayans and its presence today is one that is undeniable in certain parts of the world. {The United States has enjoyed tamales since the late 1800s!} In Mexico particularly, and in other countries around the world, the tamal is an important part of their cultures and their culinary traditions. Interestingly, tamales are prepared differently depending on the location in which it is made. For example, in Mexico, there are different kinds of tamales in different states and regions of the country. Most variations are filled with chicken or pork, but the list goes on and on, ranging from spicy fillings to sweet tamales, tamales de dulce, that are filled with raisins, dried fruit, and sugar.
Want to try a great, traditional Beef Tamal recipe? This one looks pretty good!
In Central American countries like Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras, tamales normally don't have a stuffing of any kind (no meat, cheese, peppers, etc.) and they are served more as the bread/starch portion of a meal. In more tropical parts of the world like Oaxaca or Veracruz, and even in Peru and Bolivia, the leaves from banana trees or plantains are used to wrap the tamales, and the tamales themselves are generally much bigger, thicker, and more square in shape.The interesting thing is that tamales have a worldly presence. The tamal is a global concept that different cultures take and recreate in their own ways. In the Far East and in India, the people have embraced their own tamals, replacing some of the key ingredients with rice dough, fish paste, and spices to name a few. Tamales can be found on most Mexican restaurant menus year-round, but they are traditionally most popular during special Holidays and celebrations, mainly because they are an all-day affair to make! The process isn't a quick one, but once you try it, you will be convinced that it was worth the time, effort, and the sweat! You can read some great tips on AllRecipes.com about How to Make Tamales- view here!
This Holiday Season keep your eyes peeled for Tamales on restaurant menus and at other Holiday events, fundraisers, and more! Come see us at the Pearl if you get a chance! This is the perfect opportunity to sample tamales from some of the city's experts!
The Highest Quality at the Lowest PriceThis new 20 quart food mixer by Jaxpro Foodservice combines the quality construction and performance of a commercial unit with a price point that can be enjoyed by all. Discover all the great features and benefits this Jaxpro mixer has to offer and equip your kitchen with savings when you invest in Jaxpro. To learn more about the brand, visit our site or visit the Jaxpro brand page!


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Leave it to the "God of Thunder" to make it rain.
"Thor: The Dark World" brought in an estimated $86.1 million over the weekend, putting the Marvel sequel several "realms" away from the competition. The new "Thor" ruled much of the rest of Midgard, er, Earth over the weekend, too. "Thor: The Dark World" opened a week earlier overseas, expanding over the weekend to the tune of $94 million for a foreign market total of $241 million.
Chris Hemsworth's latest swing-of-the-hammer won't reach the $1 billion-plus worldwide grosses of "The Avengers" or "Iron Man 3," but that certainly isn't much to complain about. Even with a price tag of $170 million (plus marketing), the second Marvel movie to follow in the wake of the gargantuan success of "The Avengers" is still a hit. Frankly, only in the high stakes world of superhero franchises can an $86 million opening (below Disney's own forecasts) be considered a disappointment.
The opening weekend for "The Dark World" was more than 31 percent that of its 2011 predecessor, "Thor." The sequel saw the return of Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, as well as Tom Hiddleston's Loki and of course, Hemsworth. Audiences became more familiar with Loki and Thor thanks to "The Avengers," no doubt influencing the success of the second "Thor" film.
Tom Hiddleston Has A Slumber Party, And You're Invited!
"Thor: The Dark World" also boasted a five-minute preview of next year's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," as well as no less than two mid-credits/post-credits scenes and a surprise cameo (which the cast recently explained to MTV News). Audiences gave "The Dark World" a CinemaScore of A-. Reviews weren't as enthusiastic for this one as the last, but remained mostly positive.
Hemsworth will have to chow down on the massive amounts of chicken, steak, veggies and brown rice he told us about in the not-too-distant future, with "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" scheduled for May 1, 2015. Hiddleston is off the hook for now; producers confirmed he won't be the villain in "Age of Ultron," giving him time for more slumber parties with our own Josh Horowitz.
As for the rest of the box office, "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" was a distant #2. But its $11.3 million haul represented a decent hold, making it the second biggest "Jackass" related movie with $78.7 million domestically thus far. Kid-friendly Thanksgiving movie "Free Birds" and grownup comedy "Last Vegas" both made roughly the same amount as "Bad Grandpa"; it's possible that the order of the Top 5 could switch around when all of the final numbers are tallied. At press time, "Free Birds" was #3 and "Vegas" #4.
That left the #5 spot for last week's #1, "Enders Game." The sci-fi potential franchise starter has made $44 million since it opened. Considering its long journey to the screen (the first book in the Young Adult series was published in 1985), the $110 million production tag and the PR trouble that erupted due to the author's views against marriage equality, "Enders Game" is a flop.
"Thor: The Dark World" will likely continue its reign until November 22, when a fellow sequel will steal its thunder. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" promises to be an even bigger smash than last year's series debut, which made $690 million worldwide.


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College Hockey:First half: That's a wrap
True, we are only a third of the way into the ECAC Hockey regular-season schedule, but many teams have seen a full 50 percent of their dockets already. Time to make some half-informed assessments!
Let's face it, QU is the story
No point in tip-toeing around the Most Obvious Fact of the Fall: The Bobcats are 8-0-0 in league play, seven points ahead of second-place Dartmouth (although the Big Green have two games in hand). Quinnipiac has the ECAC's best offense (3.88 goals per game) and best defense (1.12 goals against per game, nearly half the amount allowed by second-ranked Dartmouth).
Coach Rand Pecknold indicates that his stallions (the Jones twins, Matthew Peca, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, even Jeremy Langlois) have yet to hit full stride. That should be scary, but it may actually prove necessary if the Q hopes to keep up its blistering pace in 2013: 11 of QU's remaining 17 games (and nine of 14 remaining league games) are against teams currently boasting winning records. (Nine of the Bobcats' 17 first-half games were against teams that are above .500 today.)
Back on the bright side, history suggests that the Cats are likely just one good weekend away from locking up a first-round home series.
Knights slay Saints
It's almost like it's a rivalry.
Clarkson swept Route 11 rival St. Lawrence with wins in Canton and Lake Placid last week, claiming the season series with a game yet to be played (at Cheel Arena on Jan. 19). These were Tech's first back-to-back victories over SLU since March 8-9, 2002… which were playoff games. At home.
So suffice to say, this doesn't happen very often.
Granted, these tilts were not played on consecutive evenings – Clarkson topped SLU 4-1 at Appleton last Wednesday, and 3-1 in LP on Saturday – but there is no denying that it was a much-celebrated sweep for the guys in green & gold. Freshman goalie Greg Lewis stopped 34 of 35 shots for the Knights, the results sent SLU to its first two-game – then three-game – losing streaks of the year, and for an extra dash of salt it should be noted that the outcomes postponed a 1,000th-victory celebration for the St. Lawrence program for at least another week. The Saints' next millenial bid: Saturday, at home against Vermont.
Michalek leaves Harvard… for now
If you were only looking at stats, this wouldn't be worthy of much mention – and it still may well not be, in the long run – but I was finally able to get confirmation from Harvard head coach Ted Donato that highly regarded goaltending prospect Steve Michalek has left school for Cedar Rapids of the USHL, but that both parties hope for his return to the program at a later point in time.
The six-foot-two Minnesota Wild draft pick played in 24 games last season, and was the de facto No. 1 goalie for the Crimson for the first half of the season before sophomore (now junior) Raphael Girard took the reins. Michalek finished his rookie season with an .894 save rate and 3.19 goals-against average, and did not see any action this fall.
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HEADLINES : Washington
Wash. Legislature passes budget proposal
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington state Legislature approved a supplemental budget Wednesday, setting the stage for adjournment of a double overtime legislative session.
The Senate passed the measure on a 44-2 bipartisan vote, sending it to the governor for her signature. The House earlier passed the negotiated agreement on a 64-34 vote. Lawmakers worked through the early morning hours passing several bills before taking up the budget.
Sen. Ed Murray, Senate Democrats' lead budget writer, lauded the fact that lawmakers didn't make cuts to K-12 or higher education, as they have in past budgets.
"That's key," he said following the vote.
Gov. Chris Gregoire had called lawmakers back into a second special session at midnight Tuesday after they failed to complete their work by the end of the first 30-day special session.
The budget plan relies heavily on an accounting maneuver, valued at $238 million, in which the state would temporarily claim control of local sales taxes before they are redistributed back to jurisdictions at their usual time - roughly a month after they are collected. Some social safety net programs that were at risk of being cut were preserved.


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Producer Harvey Weinstein and actress Meryl Streep will be taking on the National Rifle Association in a film the mogul promises will make members "wish they weren't alive after I'm done with them," Emily Miller of The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Miller was following up on an appearance Weinstein made earlier that day on The Howard Stern Show, where the Hollywood bigwig and huge Obama contributor further declared "I don't think we need guns in this country and I hate it."
That attitude was evident when Weinstein was interviewed by Piers Morgan last November and insisted "Countries embarrass us around the world. And this is the only country in the world, we don't have gun law. I watched you, you know, talked about that.
"You know, quite frankly it's embarrassing," he complained. "Obama was not embarrassing. The country is embarrassing."
Weinstein was not all that embarrassed when he perceived his own safety on the line, upping his security when he felt threatened by the Church of Scientology following an angry response to the film "The Master," which his company distributed, and which "did not make back its $30 million budget."
As for Weinstein's threat to make NRA members rue the day they were born, and the notion that gun owners should somehow be afraid of that, there is a strong "Bring it on!" sentiment, as colleague Dave Workman explains in his latest column.
"If history is any indicator, the NRA has enjoyed rising membership and gun sales have been booming while the Left attack machine has been in overdrive for the past year, trying to diminish gun rights," Workman writes. "Based on that experience, a sneering feature film attacking gun rights could result in an NRA membership overload and bring even more people through the doors of gun shops and sporting goods stores."
The one reality that's been demonstrated time and again is that AstroTurf money is no match for motivated and committed grassroots activists, and against those who will not disarm, it is useless.
It's curious that a producer with his track record has seemingly forgotten that people, particularly in challenged economic times, go to movies to be entertained and awed by spectacular effects, not to be lectured to, and a project born out of personal hatred that sets out to alienate such a significant portion of the public is doomed from the start at the box office (although it will no doubt be critically acclaimed by "progressive" political and media elites). If Weinstein wishes to spend millions of dollars on a social engineering project, all gun owners need do is nothing, except maybe ridicule him and dare him to.
If you're a regular Gun Rights Examiner reader and believe it provides news and perspectives you won't find in the mainstream press, please subscribe to this column and help spread the word by sharing links, promoting it on social media like Facebook (David Codrea) and Twitter (@dcodrea), and telling your like-minded friends about it. And for more commentary, be sure to visit "The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance."
When your turn to be tested comes, how will you fare? Wouldn't it be better to stop the antis before they get that far? How can we, if most gun owners let a relative handful of activists do all the work? The latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is online, and you can read it before the issue hits the stands. Click here to read "The Unconstitutional State."
Suggested Links
- Hollywood continues to exemplify hypocrisy on guns
- Sean Penn owning guns after domestic violence plea raises legal questions
- Matt Damon projects 'The Bourne Hypocrisy' on 'Stand Your Ground' laws
- To Stallone and Schwarzenegger, your guns are 'the expendables'
- Reese Witherspoon arrest shows privileged hypocrisy of anti-gun elitists


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Today's News Synopsis:
Zillow reported home prices increase by 5% to $158,300, marking the sixth consecutive month to show price increases. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced today they will be offering relief to those recently affected by the tornado in Oklahoma. The states that were helped the most by the recent national mortgage servicing settlement were those who were the most affected by the foreclosure crisis.
In The News:
Housing Wire – "Hardest-hit states record the most relief from servicers" (5-21-13)
"States hit the hardest by the foreclosure crisis benefited the most from the multi-billion dollar national mortgage servicing settlement, according to first-quarter 2013 data released by Joseph Smith, an independent monitor overseeing the distribution of aid."
Bloomberg – "Fannie Mae Said to Plan $2 Billion CMBS Offering to Cut Holdings" (5-21-13)
"Fannie Mae plans to sell $2 billion of commercial-mortgage bonds issued before the credit market seizure as it seeks to reduce holdings of illiquid assets, according to three people familiar with the offering."
Inman – "FHA policy shift leaves many condos ineligible for financing" (5-21-13)
"Is FHA intentionally targeting condominiums, trying to exclude hundreds or thousands of them around the country from qualifying for financing under its mortgage insurance program?"
DS News – "Home Prices Climb by at Least 5% for 6th Straight Month in April" (5-21-13)
"The majority of metros covered in Zillow's Real Estate Market Reports saw home values inch up from March to April, the company reported Tuesday."
Housing Wire – "QM likely to shrink mortgage lending space" (5-21-13)
"Despite the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau attempt to make the ability-to-repay rule flexible, members of the financial committee addressed a variety of risks that come with the qualified mortgage, including the high risk of lenders reducing lending volume based on the changes."
Realty Times – "Homeownership Is Not a Tax Loophole" (5-21-13)
"It has been said that Congress does two things well: Nothing and Overreacting. In an important sense, last week's message from Realtors® to their representatives in Washington was that legislators should do the former and not the latter."
DS News – "GSEs Announce Relief to Borrowers Impacted by Oklahoma Tornado" (5-21-13)
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reminded servicers of mortgage relief options available to homeowners whose residences were affected by the tornado that ravaged areas in Oklahoma."
Realty Trac – "Principal Forgiveness Would Save Taxpayers Billions" (5-21-13)
"Principal forgiveness is once again on the menu in Washington, this time spurred on by a new report which says taxpayers could save as much as $2.8 billion if troubled borrowers simply owed less."
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Bruce Norris of The Norris Group will be presenting How to Make a Million in the Next 24 Months in Orange on Saturday, June 1, 2013.
Bruce Norris of The Norris Group will be presenting his Free Pre-Event Webinar for California Comeback 2: Fast, Furious & Dangerous with Chino Valley on Friday, June 7, 2013.
Bruce Norris of The Norris Group will be speaking at the Cutting Edge Financial Tactics Brunch in Costa Mesa on Saturday, June 8, 2013.
Looking Back:
A bank closed in Alabama, bringing the then total for 2012 to 24. Delinquencies were on the rise again according to a preliminary report by the Lender Processing Services. In another big story, four states were back at their highest employment since the recession, these states being Alaska, North Dakota, Texas, and Louisiana.
For more information about The Norris Group's California hard money loans or our California Trust Deed investments, visit the website or call our office at 951-780-5856 for more information. For upcoming California real estate investor training and events, visit The Norris Group website and our California investor calendar. You'll also find our award-winning real estate radio show on KTIE 590am at 6pm on Saturdays or you can listen to over 170 podcasts in our free investor radio archive.


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Doc Pomus wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs including some of the greatest in Rock and Roll history. Elvis Presley recorded at least 20 of those songs ("Little Sister" and "Viva Las Vegas" among the biggest hits). He also wrote songs for The Drifters, The Coasters, Dion and the Belmonts, Ray Charles and other Hall of Fame inductees.
The 2012 documentary A.K.A Doc Pomus will be shown at the Rock Hall on Wednesday, January 15th at 7pm in the Foster Theater. This event is free with a reservation through the Rock Hall's website.
The film delves into Doc's life not only as a songwriter but his lifelong battle with polio. He was confined to crutches and a wheelchair at the age of six. A family members says during the film: "I think my brother had everything going against him in the history of the world from poverty to illness to incapacitation, you could not create a worse scenario for failure."
Born Jerome Solon Felder, he initially used Doc Pomus as a stage name to perform blues songs in Brooklyn to keep his identity hidden from his parents. At 19, he landed a job in the famed Brill Building as a songwriter and never stopped writing until his death in 1991.
The film features interviews with Doc's collaborators and friends, including Dr. John, Leiber and Stoller and B.B. King and is narrated by Lou Reed.
Doc Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a songwriter.


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The fall of 2009 brought the concept of Strobox to life through an iPhone app. In 2010, we created a community site to share the diagrams generated by the app. In 2011 we published our first book. And only less than a year later, you are holding our 2nd volume of hopefully something of an annual tradition. It contains a selection of fifty of the most amazing and popular photos shot by just as many talented community members from every category you can imagine.
The main difference in this book is that we asked photographers to provide more detailed background and technical stories that are not available on our website. Photos were chosen from much bigger pool of those submitted during 2011 and Mark Wallace helped to curate and select those that would make it in this book.
Similar to our previous volume, Strobox vol. 2 seeks to showcase our community's achievements, acknowledge our top contributors, and most importantly, help us financially sustain our online community. We're also sharing the book's profit amongst every photographer who joined us for this initiative and whose work you can see in the pages of this book.
For hardcover version go to http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3378703
Lighting is one of the key factors to consider when taking a good photo. And even though we all know a great shot when we see one, it's often difficult to understand just how it was lit. Until now, photos didn't come with details of the lighting scheme. Our solution is to provide a place for all types of photographers to share how they set up that amazing photo. When you learn something, we've done well!
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Strobox Volume 3 (Softcover) Published October 27, 2013
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Authorities in Texas released a composite sketch today of a man they say kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman at a local shopping mall earlier this month.
Houston Police are seeking the man in connection with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a female employee of the Baybrook Mall on December 6, 2013.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic or Middle Eastern male in his early 20's, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing approximately 180 pounds. He reportedly had a feminine voice and was wearing a gauge earring, about the size of a quarter, in each ear.
According to police, the twenty-four year-old victim was reportedly walking to her car in the mall parking lot after finishing her shift. She was seated inside the vehicle when an unknown male (suspect) drove up to her vehicle. The male began waving at her using the light from his cell phone to get her attention.
The victim believed the man needed help and opened her car door. At that time, the male told the woman he had a weapon in his pocket, and demanded she get into his vehicle, which was only described as "tan". The suspect reportedly drove the woman to an unknown location near the mall, where he physically and sexually assaulted her. The woman was then driven back and dropped off at the mall parking lot, and the suspect fled the scene.
Houston Police are urging anyone with information in this case to contact the HPD Special Crimes Division at 713-308-1100 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.


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LASIK eye surgery is designed to improve eyesight for those who are nearsighted, farsighted or have astigmatism. A laser is used to reshape the eyes' surface. This area of the eye is known as the cornea. The goal is reduce and/or eliminate the need for glasses and contact lenses. In the best-case scenario, a patient's 20/20 vision is restored and their need for corrective lenses is eliminated.
However, as with any medical or surgical procedure, these results are not guaranteed and there may be side effects. Common side effects include dry eyes, glares, halos, (as in the patient may see halos and glares) the continued need for glasses or contacts and decreased night vision. Serious complications are rare, but they can occur. There is also the risk of infection and in extreme cases complete loss of vision.
The FDA has warned some LASIK providers in Florida and other states, such as Indiana, California, Texas and Georgia, because their advertising fails to alert potential patients about the possible risks and side effects.
The FDA wants consumers to know that once the cornea is reshaped, it cannot be undone. There is also a risk that additional procedures may be needed to achieve optimal results. Providers who ignore the FDA warning could face civil penalties.


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LONDON: For the third consecutive year, Australia has won the title of world's happiest industralized country, followed by Sweden and Canada.
Australia earned top honors thanks to the strength of its economy as well as health, safety and housing standards, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's new Better Life Index. The survey of 30 countries also looked at issues such as work-life balance, community, and life satisfaction.
The world's happiest countries according to the survery are:
1. Australia
2. Sweden
3. Canada
4. Norway
5. Switzerland
6. United States
7. Denmark
8. The Netherlands
9. Iceland
10. United Kingdom
Countries faring less well on the happiness scale include Turkey, Mexico and Chile.
Last year, the United Nations unveiled the first-ever World Happiness Report, which pegged Northern European countries, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Iceland, as among the happiest in the world.


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This is Bella Raksin's cheesecake recipe. She was my neighbor. My best friend's mom. A beautiful and graceful woman. An amazing baker. My sister Tova makes this recipe every week for Shabbat breakfast, and now that my son's favorite food is cheesecake so do I. It's a quick and basic cheesecake recipe that always hits the spot. In my family we call it "Bella's Cheesecake".
12 oz of whipped cream cheese (1 and a half containers if using 8 oz containers)
1/2 cup of sour cream
2 eggs
1/2 cup of sugar
1 tablesspoon vanilla sugar
1 graham cracker crust
Blend the cream cheese, sour cream eggs, sugar, and vanilla together. Pour cheese mixture into crust. Bake on 350′ for an hour. Serve plain with fresh fruit and chocolate sauce on the side, or top with strawberry slices and chocolate spread, or jam heated up and spread on top or caramel sauce. It's a simple basic recipe that tastes great on it's own or with whatever topping you are craving at the moment!
~ Recipe submitted by Nina Safar in honor of Bella Raksin


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A soccer fan who has been watching for decades has certain expectations of different teams. Brazil is known as a soccer powerhouse having won the World Cup five times already, more than any other country. Croatia, though never having won any major tournament, usually packs a pretty good punch. For only having been a nation for little over 20 years, they are usually able to conjur up enough of an attack to make any team that writes them off as an easy win sorry. While their opening match of the 2014 World Cup was exciting to watch and left fans on the edge of their seats, they did not live up to what a seasoned soccer fan might expect. Brazil did not completely dominate the game with their fancy footwork and Croatia did not prove to be a menacing threat.
Mexico once dominated the North American soccer region, but they just barely qualified for this World Cup by the skin of their teeth. Cameroon has one of the highest played soccer professionals in the world on their side. Their first 2014 World Cup match was filled with drama with three disallowed goals in the first half. Mexico controled most of the game, but Cameroon had more goal scoring opportunities. It was all good soccer, but the stuff that ignites a passion for the world's most popular sport in the hearts of millions of cheering fans was reserved for the third match of the tournament.
Spain had never won a major tournament until 2008 and has won everything since then. Their current squad is comprised of superstars of the highest calliber. Netherlands, though never having won the World Cup before, are always a dominant threat. The match between these two teams was a rematch of the 2010 World Cup final. Spain scored first and things looked like they might be a repeat of the match from four years ago. But this time the Netherlands tied it up just before the half. Then the Netherlands scored another goal and another and another with an end result of 5-1. No one could have predicted such a phenomenal game. The more they scored, the more electricity pulsed through soccer fans everywhere. The excitement was contagious.
Chili has seen some ups and downs in recent times, but seemed to have pulled their act together for their match against Australia. The Aussies are almost always good enough to make it to the World Cup, but never good enough to get very far in the tourament. This time seems no different.
Many soccer fans expect to see very specific styles of play from each country, but so far this World Cup has been full of surprises.


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White Nokia is very very sexy. The Lumia 900 is a slick piece of hardware and shockingly the Windows OS is really nice. Was at AT&T store, and yes, they do have the white L900. However, you will have to wait until 22nd to get it.On other note: While I was at the AT&T store, there were 5 people buying the Cyan L900, and some talking to the salesperson on the Windows Phone.I also went to Microsoft Store, and there were 7 people at the bar buying and activating the Cyan & Black L900. The atmosphere was awesome! Good to know that Windows + Nokia L900 are doing well (very well indeed)
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On this page you will find links to research and discussions about the payoff of investment in adult education. Does an investment in adult education and literacy lead to improved English language and other basic skills? To preparedness for higher education? To better jobs? To increased earnings? If so, what is the evidence from research?


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Sasmsung Galaxy Pro announced, it's like a smaller Moto Droid Pro
Samsung has unveiled yet another mid-end Android smartphone, but this time we're talking about a special handset – one that comes with a landscape touchscreen display (2.8 inches), and a full QWERTY keyboard below it.
Of course, Samsung already has somewhat similar smartphones (B7350 Omnia PRO 4, i780), but these run Windows Mobile, not Android like the Galaxy Pro – which, of course, can be seen as a smaller Motorola Droid Pro.
The new handset comes with Wi-Fi (you can turn it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot), HSDPA, Samsung Hub, and a 3MP autofocus camera.
Three UK has announced that it would sell the Galaxy Pro in the UK soon. Here's a video preview of the handset:
At the moment, the Samsung Galaxy Pro runs Android 2.2 Froyo, but maybe an upgrade to 2.3 Gingerbread is scheduled for later this year. There's no word on the price of the smartphone yet.


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|Kiser Leads Idaho at Regionals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Idaho senior Hannah Kiser placed 16th overall to lead the Vandals at the NCCA West Region Cross Country Championships on Friday at the Haggin Oaks Golf Course.
Kiser ran a 20:04 over the course to pace the Idaho women at the meet to a 19th-place finish out of 32 teams. Finishing in the top-25 puts Kiser in the position to be considered for an individual selection to the NCAA Championships, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23, at Terre Haute, Ind.
Freshman Nicholas Boersma led the men's team as he took 107th out of 187 runners on the men's 10K course with a time of 32:03. Sophomore Santos Vargas was Idaho's second finisher with a time of 33:06 followed by freshman Nathan Stark with a time of 34:31.
Senior Holly Stanton Browning was the second finisher on the women's side with a 90th overall placing and a time of 21:17. Sophomore Abby Larson took 126th overall in 21:45, senior Emily Paradis was 143rd in 21:58 and sophomore' Alex Siemens wrapped up the team score with a time of 22:00 and 144th overall.


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The only child of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, John Carter Cash, told The Guardian that enough of his legendary father's unreleased music exists for a few more albums down the road.
A number of albums have been offered since the singer's 2003 death. "Out Among the Stars," comprised of music recorded in the 1980s, came out this week. Producer Rick Rubin has released two other posthumous Johnny Cash albums - "American V: A Hundred Highways" in 2006 and "American VI: Ain't No Grave" in 2010.
In addition, two months after Cash's death, a five-disc boxed set was sold, containing outtakes and alternate versions of previously released material as well as a collection of gospel songs.
"Out Among the Stars" contains 12 previously unreleased songs recorded with producer Billy Sherrill in 1981 and 1984, including duets with June Carter Cash and Waylon Jennings. John Carter Cash told the Associated Press in 2013, of uncovering the recordings, "We were like, my goodness, this is a beautiful record that nobody has ever heard."


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The efforts to keep jazz alive in Northern California take many forms. Here are two organizations doing their part and worthy of your attention and support.
Friends of Big Band Jazz (FBBJ) is a California 501(c)3 corporation whose mission is to perpetuate big band jazz music as an American art form. We accomplish this by supporting an annual series of public concerts of a 19-piece jazz band (the Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra), and from the proceeds of these performances and the sales of the band's CDs, support young musician jazz education.
Proceeds from our Friends of Big Band Jazz Membership, Sponsor a Musician Program and from ticket sales plus the funding from our Bronze, Silver and Gold Member contributors, have enabled our organization to do great things in the world of jazz and jazz education, such as giving scholarships to deserving students for various Jazz Summer Camps, being a sponsor of the tours of the Stan Kenton Alumni Band Being a sponsor of the Prescott, Arizona Jazz Summit and Student Workshops, sponsoring free concerts for music students and sponsoring performances and workshops by our musicians in schools. Please make a tax deductible donation.
The mission of the Nor–Cal Jazz Festival is to promote all facets of Jazz Music throughout the Northern California Region creating greater visibility for both the music and performers and to support youth jazz programs. Nor-Cal Jazz will award scholarships in each location to insure our goal of supporting youth jazz programs. The Nor-Cal Jazz Festival is a non-profit project in cooperation with Upstate Community Enhancement Foundation (Friends of the Arts) - a 501c3 non-profit corporation.
Here is the festival schedule.
April 26 at Old City Hall, Redding
Main Stage
5 p.m.: Charles Valona Trio
6:30 p.m.: Stoyanoff Quintet
8 p.m.: The Usual Suspects
Gallery Stage
4:15 p.m.: Bernie Baker-Bruce Calin Duo
5:45 p.m.: Tyler Mansfield Duo
April 27 at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chic
Noon: Pleasant Valley High School Jazz Band
12:45 p.m.: Chico High Jazz Band
1:45 p.m.: Bogg
2:30 p.m.: Eric Peter
3:30 p.m.: The Usual Suspects
4:15 p.m.: Charlie Robinson and David Elke
5 p.m.: Jonathan Stoyanoff Quintet
6:15 p.m.: Mark Levine
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I've been trying to migrate an IIS7 webserver (rather large one), and so far am appalled by the state of msdeploy and using it for what I need to do. Enough on that, here's my current problem:
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Clubs: Aston Villa FC, Manchester City FC
• Born on the south coast of England in Hastings, he played youth football for local club Brighton & Hove Albion FC but was bought by Aston Villa FC at 16; made his Premier League debut on May 2 1998 against Sheffield Wednesday FC.
• Also made his European debut as a 17-year-old – against Strømsgodset IF in the first round of the 1998/99 UEFA Cup – and was an England international at 19, making his bow in a Wembley friendly against Ukraine on 31 May 2000 and winning a place in Kevin Keegan's squad for UEFA EURO 2000.
• A regular figure for Villa over the next few seasons, he developed his game under four different managers – John Gregory, Graham Taylor, David O'Leary and Martin O'Neill – and served as club captain; made 441 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 52 goals, but failed to win a trophy.
• After a dalliance with Liverpool FC in the summer of 2008, he joined Manchester City FC 12 months later, signing a five-year contract; went on to win his first major honour, the FA Cup in 2011, appear for the first time in the UEFA Champions League and help Roberto Mancini's side to the English title in May 2012.
• A regular in England's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, he made three appearances at the finals in South Africa; missed out on UEFA EURO 2012 after picking up a groin injury in preparation.
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Elusys Therapeutics extended its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). Under the agreement, both parties will continue to perform collaborative research to develop therapeutics against anthrax and other unspecified biowarfare agents, using Elusys' HP Antibody™ technology.
"Elusys' work in biodefense began in 2000 with the initial USAMRIID collaboration, and our anthrax therapeutic, Anthim, evolved from that early research," remarks George Elston, vp of finance and government affairs. "Elusys has since advanced Anthim into the final stages of clinical development, and today, this important countermeasure is well-positioned for stockpiling by the U.S. Government under Project BioShield."
Elusys has also received funding from the DoD and the NIH, with a total of $20 million from the U.S. government. "We are encouraged that Congress has passed S. 3678, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act," says Elston. "This legislation will help important countermeasures, such as Anthim, complete the expensive advanced development process necessary for purchase by the U.S. Government."
Anthim was granted fast-track status and orphan drug designation. A high-affinity Mab targeting the anthrax toxin protective antigen, it is being developed for prophylaxis and postexposure treatment of inhalation anthrax. Anthim's low effective dose allows for rapid intramuscular delivery.
Heteropolymer (HP) antibodies represent a new approach for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, distinct from traditional antibody therapy. By targeting the CR1 immune receptor, HP antibodies enhance a natural clearance mechanism and direct the rapid removal of pathogens from the circulation through tissue macrophages.
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Henry O. Bjoring WMA
County: Beltrami
Directions: Twelve miles northwest of Bemidji off County State Aid Highway 22 (Grange Road) to township road (Grant Creek Road).
Restrictions: There are private residences in close proximity to this WMA on Grant Creek Road and an adjoining active cattle farm on the south boundary.
Description: This WMA is mixed pine and aspen forest in a mixed forest and agricultural landscape. The Jack pine on this unit is mature to over-mature. There are also two areas of aspen regeneration on the WMA. This unit provides good deer habitat.
Deer, bear, and ruffed grouse hunting opportunities exist along with forest wildlife viewing opportunities.
The main purpose of this WMA is to protect and manage forest wildlife habitat.
At this scale, these WMA boundaries are general, and do not accurately represent the actual legal boundaries. WMA users still need to verify public lands boundaries by observing boundary signs and contacting local DNR Wildlife offices.


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(CNN)Here's some background information about Big Ben, the clock and bell in Elizabeth Tower, formerly St. Stephen's Tower, at the Houses of Parliament in London. It is one of the most famous landmarks in England.
The name "Big Ben" originally referred to just the bell of the clock, but has also come to indicate the clock, the tower and the bell.
Big Ben chimes on the hour and has quarter bells that chime every fifteen minutes.
September 28, 1843 - Construction on the clock tower begins. The foundation stone is laid nearly ten feet (3 meters) deep.
September 28, 1843 - Construction on the clock tower begins. The foundation stone is laid nearly ten feet (3 meters) deep.
February 1852 - Clockmaker Edward John Dent wins the competition to design the clock, beating Benjamin Lewis Vuillamy.
1853 - Dent passes away, but his stepson, Frederick Dent, finishes building the Great Clock in 1854.
August 1856 - The bell is cast in northern England and transported to London. It develops a crack measuring almost 4 feet (1.2 meters) in October 1857. Rather than recast the first bell, a second bell is cast by George Mears in 1858.
April 10, 1858 - The second bell, 2.5 tons lighter than the original, is cast or molded.
1859 - Construction on the tower is complete, five years overdue.
May 31, 1859 - The clock begins keeping time.
July 11, 1859 - Big Ben chimes for the first time.
September 1859 - Big Ben cracks two months after its first chime and remains silent for the next four years. The fourth quarter bell rings out the hour. In 1863, the bell is turned so an undamaged portion is now struck with a smaller hammer. The crack is still there today.
1923 - Big Ben's chimes are broadcast to the United Kingdom for the first time by BBC Radio, on New Year's Eve.
1939-April 1945 - The clock dials are unlit due to wartime blackout regulations.
August 1976 - Nine months of repairs begin.
2007 - Big Ben is silent for seven weeks for maintenance.
2009 - Special events all year mark Big Ben's 150th anniversary.
2011 - It becomes apparent that Big Ben has started to lean to one side. It is estimated that there is a change of less than one millimeter per year.
September 12, 2012 - St. Stephen's Tower is renamed Elizabeth Tower in honor of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, or 60th anniversary on the throne.
October 2015 - According to a parliamentary report seen by both the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Times newspapers: British lawmakers believe Big Ben may stop working altogether if it is not refurbished. The report claims that a structural overhaul is necessary at a cost of about $45 million (£29.9 million) -- in work that would see it shut down for four months.
Bell Characteristics:
8'-8'' in diameter
8'-8'' in diameter
7'-2" high
Weighs 13 tons
Elizabeth Tower, where the bell resides, stands 316 feet (96 meters) tall.
The bell can be heard as far as 9 miles away.
The clock that Ben rings for weighs about 5 1/2 tons. Each of the four clock faces is 23 ft. in diameter, the hour hands are 9 ft long, the minute hands are 14 ft. long and the numbers are 2 ft high.


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