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"To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. "
Chris Holifield
As a young worker at fast-food joints, Chris Holifield daydreamed about owning her own company instead of focusing on the business at hand and this led on some occasions to her getting fired. "I probably was not the ideal employee," she admitted, adding that she couldn't help "telling people how to streamline and be efficient and what might be better." Now she calls the shots as the owner, president and CEO of Elite Aviation, a charter and aircraft management company based at Van Nuys Airport in Southern California.
Holifield comes from humble beginnings, having grown up in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, the daughter of a Spanish housekeeper and a Cuban factory worker. As a single mother, she attended classes at Mission College, a two-year community college.
After her stints in the fast-food business, she had a job where she helped to place children in foster care. "I've always liked serving people, so that was a fantastic job for me," she recalled. At St. Anne's Maternity Home for unwed mothers, Holifield worked in an outreach program to schools, helping young women understand the challenges of teen pregnancy and how that would affect their lives.
A series of increasingly responsible positions followed. Holifield worked for Los Angeles city and county politicians, including State Senate president David Roberti, Los Angeles County supervisor Yvonne Braithwaite Burke and councilman Ernani Bernardi. Bernardi was a general contractor, and working for him fueled her growing interest in developing properties. She started by flipping houses, then formed a development company and began constructing apartment buildings.
A few years ago, Holifield and her then-husband Charles Brumbaugh bought Elite Aviation, just before the economy started to tank. Last July, after the couple split, she ended up as the company's sole owner, and since then she has been putting her own firm yet feminine touch on the operation. For example, she launched Elite Attache, which handles highly customized requests for charter clients, and established a West Coast Piaggio Avanti II sales center. And she hopes to grow Elite Aviation even larger, possibly by purchasing a European charter company.
Rumor says you were fired from your fast-food jobs. Did you leave thinking you could show them how to do it better?
Yes I did! And I now manage the aircraft of a plane owner whose company I was fired from.
Does he know that?
We won't ask you who it is then. How did you first get to flex your entrepreneurial muscles?
That came through working many years in politics. I learned the basic business skills to succeed. How to manage large budgets. I had the opportunity to meet many developers. I started buying and selling homes. It was a part-time job, something that I did on my own. I'd renovate them, sell them and then move to a nicer home and do the same. I like taking something raw and building it and watching it grow and then going, "Wow, look at what I did!" Then I started a development company with a partner and we developed many units throughout California.
How did you get interested in aviation?
I reached the point in my development company that I could no longer afford to be [sitting around] at airports. I'd have three or four developments going on at the same time, throughout California. And my time was at a premium. So I started flying on private jets so that I could go to my three meetings and be home with my son for dinner.
How did you learn about business jet travel?
When I worked for the president of the California State Senate, we flew [privately] many times.
Right away you perceived the value of business aviation?
I got to a point where me sitting in an airport was [costing] literally thousands of dollars. You have to constantly analyze and plan your time and look at issues that are standing in the way of growth.
Obviously you had to be there face to face?
These are meetings with important people, elected officials, city inspectors, but not only that, when you're in development it's also important for you to check your projects and see for yourself how they're coming along.
What was your impression of private aviation the first times that you flew?
I wondered why I was paying thousands of dollars and I couldn't have little things like coffee or hand towels. Why are people rude when I walk into their FBO? Why isn't anybody greeting me? I saw that was, from a business perspective, just bad service.
Do you think that's fairly common?
I have flown many private jet charter companies and there was a perpetual feeling that I'm paying all this money and people aren't meeting my needs. When you fly a private jet, it's far beyond putting a client in a plane. You have to meet every single need and request. They're paying you a lot of money. And when you're meeting a client's needs, your company is profitable and when you're profitable and your company's happy, you can keep growing.
When I'm flying a client, I want to pay attention to every detail. If my client said, "I want a turkey sandwich with peanut butter on it"–I'm not saying anybody did–I wanted it to be there because for me as a business person it was important to make a good impression.
What led to buying Elite Aviation?
My interest came from not being able to find anyone that was meeting my needs or my clients' needs. I remember once being on a redeye to New York. I'm a simple girl and I don't ask for a lot, but starting a 7:30 meeting with no coffee was very problematic for me. I have had other trips where there's no soap, the glasses are stained, there's lipstick on them. I found those things appalling. It doesn't have anything to do with being in a private jet. That kind of service is appalling anywhere.
How did you find out about Elite Aviation being available?
I was a client. I found out that it was up for sale. And I thought, "I could be really good at this." Because I've flown everybody else. I'm detail-oriented. And most importantly, I am the client. I know everything you shouldn't do on a plane and I know everything you should do.
What kind of research did you do?
You have to come in with your corporate counsel, the accountants, and review profit-and-loss statements, the whole accounting division, balance sheets and so forth. And look at audited financials. For me Elite was a company that I could fix. I have the same feeling about this company that I had when I started my first real estate company, and everybody told me, "Don't do it, you can't compete. First of all, you're a woman–it's a guy's world–and you can't compete in L.A. because there are too many developers."
You purchased Elite in 2007, just before the economy tanked.
This company was in the hole millions of dollars, and within 24 months of the acquisition, it was revenue neutral. That is a very difficult thing to do.
How is Elite doing now?
We are in total profitability mode. We are flying twice as much as we were last year. I'm proud to say that I'm looking at expansion abroad. We manage 13 aircraft here and we fly globally. We are a one-stop shop. We have our own maintenance and repair facility, catering, sales, acquisitions, charter.
What sets Elite apart?
Do you have five hours? Number one, I am the client. I am very, very, very detail-oriented. I want to make sure that every client need and request is met, be it for that vintage champagne that's hard to find or for an exclusive shopping excursion for the wife while the husband's doing business. Whatever my client needs so that his trip is successful, that's what we do.
What happens when you fall short?
If you're flying at 2 or 3 in the morning and [call about] a problem, you will get a live voice from an Elite Aviation employee. I tell all of my pilots, the flight attendants, whoever is onboard the plane with a client, if there is a problem, we own up to it, we fix it. I want to receive a phone call myself about the problem and I'll be the first person on the phone with the client saying, "I'm very sorry. This was the problem. We apologize. I want to assure you it will be fixed when you board your flight."
Was that a marked change from before you bought Elite?
I changed everything when I bought Elite. Van Nuys is extremely competitive and my clients aren't going to call and say, "I'm not flying you again because your front-desk person was rude." They're not going to call me and go, "Your flight attendant didn't pay attention to details." I have spent time doing a lot of training with my team about service and how important it is to pay attention to detail.
You're careful about who you hire?
I have been involved in every single hire since I took over the company. I have very high expectations for my staff.
You don't see a lot of woman-owned aviation businesses. Was it a surprise to you to see how much of a boys' club aviation is?
I was in the boys' club in politics, I was in the boys' club in my real estate development company. I'm very comfortable in the boys' club. The boys' club likes me. I'm about business, I'm practical, I'm to the point and I've had no problem whatsoever.
Would you like to see more women involved in aviation?
Very much so. Two of my top executives are women. I tried desperately to find a woman corporate counsel. They do exist, but unfortunately I've not been able to find someone that fits me. When I say "fits me," I mean someone that pays attention to detail.
Would you like to build Elite Aviation into something big?
Big doesn't even begin to describe it. Having started my first company from nothing and having a track record of establishing a successful business, I know that Elite will be successful beyond anything anyone can possibly imagine.
Résumé: Chris Holifield
Position: Owner, president and CEO, Elite Aviation
Education: Some college, planning to complete a degree program.
Personal: Two sons. Hopes to learn to fly along with younger son. Favorite aircraft are Piaggio Avanti II and Gulfstream GIV.
Very impressive. Do you have manager for your flight department? If not i believe. Im very experienced, with 30,000 flight hours.
Captian Craig D. Christensen
CDC & Associates, Ltd.
email@example.com. 920-886-8816. Cell. 920-205-8844
Very proud to read of how this courageous woman started with nothing and build herself to this stage. Good for you and I am so proud to have sat and talked to such an amazing, down to earth and humble person. God bless you!
Findng an extreme detail oriented woman is hard as such a feat doesn't come naturally for a woman. Not the type at business level. It's related to focus. Extreme focus, something which is more suitable to men. Think of the type of focus needed in Chess, Physics or Mathematics.
By extension, having three women, including miss Holifield at the top is odd to me. What are the odds of having three women who can focus at the level of execs? Very slim.
~ The Netherlands
Reading your story was amazing. I am so impressed, as a woman owned business. You inspire me so much to keep moving forward in my business!!!
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George E. "Skipper" Lowis Jr. of Dayton, NY died April 2, 2014. Born Sept. 4, 1927, the son of the late George E. Lowis Sr. and Louise
(Franklin) Lowis. Survived by his wife of 66 years, Marlene (Griem) Lowis; daughters Nancy (Charles) Arrigo, Linda (Fredric) Weyand, Melissa (Lee Schmittendorf) Peters, and Joni (Ronald) Rose, four grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews
and cousins. Predeceased by one sister, Betty Allen. Skip operated his own excavating business from 1950 until his retirement at which time he enjoyed running machinery on his farm. He was an avid NASCAR fan having himself raced in early sanctioned NASCAR races. He enjoyed operating his various machinery, a good glass of beer, making wine, ice fishing, traveling, cutting firewood, Sunday morning pol-
ka music, reading and visiting with his many friends. His favorite times were spent surrounded by his family. He was a member of the American Legion Post 1593, Operating Engineers Local 17, Fredonia Beaver Club, Gowanda Slovenian Club, Dayton Volunteer Fire Company, Exempt, and the Dayton IOOF until its closure. Skip was one of the best examples of "The Greatest Generation That Ever
Lived," and was a WWII Veteran serving in the Army attaining the rank of Sergeant. Arrangements are private. Memorials may be
made to Roswell Park Cancer Institute or the charity of one's choice.

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The Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Rome
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
12/8/2012 (4 years ago)
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Keywords: Fr. G. Peter Irving III, Holy Innocents Long Beach, Immaculate Conception, Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the United States of America, Marian, rosary,
LONG BEACH, CA (Catholic Online) Today we celebrate with profound joy the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
At the outset, I hasten to stipulate what the Immaculate Conception is not because, for whatever reason, people, even Catholics, often confuse the Immaculate Conception with the Incarnation.
The Immaculate Conception does not refer to the conception of Jesus in the womb of His mother, Mary. That exceedingly momentous event, 'when the Word became flesh and dwelt among us," in the virginal and spotless womb of His mother is solemnly commemorated by the Church nine months before Christmas on March 25 (Solemnity of the Annunciation).
The Immaculate Conception, in contrast, refers to the conception of Mary as the fruit of the pure, marital embrace of her holy parents, St. Joachim and St. Anne. The Church has solemnly defined that "from the first instant" of Our Lady's conception God mightily intervened and by a singular grace and privilege, and in view of the foreseen merits of her Son's saving Death, preserved her from every stain of sin.
This means that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin and furthermore that she never committed any sin, not even a venial sin, throughout her whole life, until the day she was gloriously assumed into heaven body and soul.
The Collect from today's Mass expresses this sublime truth in succinct, precise and accessible language:
"O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw, so, through her intercession, we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence ." (Collect from the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Many modern Protestant Christians reject this teaching and see it as one fraught with serious flaws. They argue that it is a Catholic invention that has no basis in Scripture. They further contend that if Mary never sinned then she did not need a savior and this is not only wrong but an affront to Christ Himself who shed His blood on the cross for the redemption of all mankind.
Before I give a brief response to these objections, I think it is illustrative to point out that the Protestant reformers of the 16th century would not exactly agree with many of their modern Protestant counterparts, especially some in the Evangelical wing who tend to be more pronounced in their denial of Catholic Marian doctrines.
The German reformer, Martin Luther, was profuse in his praise of Mary and defended not only her sinlessness but also her Divine Maternity, her Perpetual Virginity, her Assumption into heaven and Marian devotions. Most Evangelical Christians, for whom I have the utmost respect (they are our allies in the defense of life, marriage and religious freedom), would be shocked to know this. But it is true and easy enough to find out but not so easy to explain away.
One of the scriptural sources of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception is Luke 1:28. Tons of ink has been spilt over this verse alone and one could go on endlessly examining it. The key element of this verse is the Greek word, kecharitômenç. Some translations render this word, "highly favored." Indeed, the Blessed Virgin Mary was "highly favored" by God but the original Greek conveys something more.
Without going into a long, detailed word analysis, suffice it to say that, kecharitĂ´menç, translated properly, "full of grace," implies a permanent quality of utter holiness that embraced Mary's whole life, from beginning to end, and that this perduring sinlessness was not of her own making but rather one which was received as a free gift from God, a grace (in Greek, charis, a word which is contained in the very word kecharitĂ´menç).Â
This is, in Biblical terms, what is meant by the theological term, Immaculate Conception. Immaculate comes from the Latin, sine and macula, literally, without stain. Mary is, by God's grace, full of grace from beginning to end.
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception, far from indicating that Mary had no need of a savior, teaches that she was redeemed, but in a most lavish way.
We are redeemed by the grace of Christ after the fact of our sins. Mary was redeemed by the grace of Christ before sin could even get near her. This was so God could "prepare a worthy Mother for [His] Son" (Preface of today's Mass).
Here's how the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains it:
"The 'splendor of an entirely unique holiness' by which Mary is 'enriched from the first instant of her conception' comes wholly from Christ: she is 'redeemed, in a more exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son'" (492).
We might say, tweaking the lyrics of a popular Protestant hymn, that the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was wrought by a "most amazing grace."
Sin makes us enemies of God. The name "Satan" means "adversary" or "enemy." We may not think of it in these terms but every sin, even the smallest of sins, makes us, in some sense, adversaries or enemies of God. When one sins, one is opposing God and His divine will.
God chose Our Lady and made her Immaculate so that He would have a most faithful ally in carrying out His plan of redemption. She was not, as some might be tempted to think, a mere passive instrument in the hands of God, a kind of disposable incubator for the Word Incarnate. On the contrary, she was a real, flesh and blood, human being, who cooperated freely with God's plan of salvation.
In the prayers of today's Mass we ask God our Lord through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary that we may be "cleansed" and "delivered from all our faults," and "healed" of the wounds caused by our sins. In the Preface, she is called an "advocate of grace and a model of holiness."
In our own struggle to be "holy and without blemish before God" we have no greater aide than Mary Most Holy who by her free and total "yes" to God crushed the head of the ancient serpent, the devil, and opened the door of the world to the Word made flesh, our Redeemer.
In closing, let us turn to Immaculate Mary, our Mother, in the words of the ancient prayer, Alma Mater Redemptoris, and say to her:
Loving mother of the Redeemer, gate of heaven, star of the sea, assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again. To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator, yet remained a virgin after as before. You who received Gabriel's joyful greeting, have pity on us poor sinners. Amen.
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October 30, 2012, 10:29:13 PM »
I have a Pro KA that as many know, has a plastic casing and the gears get stripped rather easily. My dh has repaired the machine numerous times since I began pumping out the pizza dough over the past year. Between bread, pasta, pizza dough, the poor machine can't keep up with the demand for just my family alone. I desire to purchase a commercial mixer and was considering the KA 7 qt Commercial as it has a metal casing, unlike all of the other KA now on the market are plastic. The plastic casing wears out and the so do the gears. I wanted to stay with the KA so I could use all of my KA attachments. Considered a Hobart N50, until I watched a youtube review which said making even small batches of pizza dough in the machine a couple of times a week would burn up the motor. The guy recommended a 20 lt spiral mixer instead. So I got to thinking that we're going to be repairing my KA, I can keep it, run my attachments with it, make my angle food cake in it and will look for a commercial spiral mixer instead. So here I am. I'm doing this only for my family and we love my pizza!! I have a son, who is single, that I cook for and make up fresh frozen meals. I will make up to 17 individual frozen pizzas every couple of weeks. Up to 5 batches of pizza dough. I use a Authentic Vera Pizza Napoletana Dough Recipe but use a pastry flour...here in Mexico, different flours are very hard to find but it turns out amazing, even when I mix some whole wheat into the batch. Those of you who can recommend a their small countertop spiral mixers or a fork mixer, I'm all eyes for reading about it.
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I found this list from a previous thread, is there any order to which one is the best?
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October 30, 2012, 11:44:06 PM »
Bienvenida, Lori.
You will be hard-pressed to get a consensus about which is "best" since there are so many factors around each person's unique requirements. I own several mixing devices and also make a wide range of different breads. My current position is that hand-kneading using the stretch-and-fold method is as good, if not better, than using an electric mixer. Especially for Neapolitan-style crusts, very little kneading is necessary to develop the proper amount of gluten. With the exception of very stiff, brioche-style doughs, I no longer use a mixer.
Today I made up a batch of stiff bagel dough using high-gluten flour - no kneading, just a few folds, and it came out perfectly. Every year around this time I bake up a big batch of
pan de muerto
, which uses a brioche-like dough. I bet I could do a small batch by hand, but will probably haul out the fork mixer just because of the large amount of dough.
At any rate, I am answering a different question than the one you asked, but my advice would be to try the manual, stretch-and-fold method before you invest in a commercial mixer. When it comes to gluten development for Neapolitan dough, less is more.
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ahhh, what a wonderful clue! I did hand mix my most recent dough and yep, it came out great! I also make brioche for cinnamon rolls...I think what I need, after reading some of these threads and researching the internet, is a multi purpose dough mixer, heavy on the pizza dough. Our climate is spring like year round, so a machine that heats the dough while mixing probably wouldn't be the best for our area. I was happy with my KA Pro HD until I started breaking the gears. I want something that's going to hold up to the stress of kneading dough. Flour types will be limited to semolina flour, low gluten flours, having to add wheat gluten & a multi purpose white flour. Hydration % is still a new topic for me but will probably gravitate to understand that soon. Looking at what I normally make are you saying that going "Carolyn Ingalls" homestead style may be best? I do occasionally make bagels as well.
It's too bad that there are such few reviews for the KA commercial 7 qt. model. If someone could tell me that it would hold up for me, I'd get that one, but after reviewing the Hobart N50, it scared me off. I know they aren't even the same model or made by the same company anymore but if a Hobart is considered the best of it's line and a couple of small batches of pizza dough a week will burn up the motor, what kind of damage am I going to do to a KA? I don't know that I would never venture off and try to make another style pizza dough. It's just what has worked for me since I started.
After reading further this evening, I think a spiral may be what I'd like but I'm so unsure of which brand to take a look at. Also wondering if there is a brand sold here in Mexico that is reliable?
also came across this blog with a list of spiral mixers on the market, i'll put the link here so I don't lose it:
Starting to have another uh huh moment....the odds of finding a spiral mixer 7-10 qt in the US or Mexico probably isn't going to happen? Or I'm limited to the Avancini brand? That pretty much narrows down the options. haha
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I love my countertop spiral mixer. The really nice thing about a spiral mixer is how great it is with a very wide range of dough hydrations, and the mixing action produces a better product than a planetary mixer like a hobart/kitchen aid. There are very few smaller spiral mixers available, and I cant think of any that are made in the USA. If you want one thats definitely going to last, go with a european one rather than a chinese one. A forum member Jconk007 is bringing in some really top quality smaller mixers from italy with excellent prices, so you should contact him if you decide to look into going that route. His email is
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Thanks Scottr!
Yes I have 5l and 8l single phase for USA available
These are made in Italy by Mecnosud I don't have power for computer to attach the link but will get it to you ASAP I will also give you the names of 2 forum members who have purchased them 1 a 5 and 1 an 8
Once they are gone it while be some time before (if)they become available again. shoot me an email
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and I will hook you up and save you a bunch. These are great mixers And will probably out last you and I
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November 05, 2012, 01:59:39 AM »
Is there any non commercial mixer that mixes 4 pounds of pizza dough well, without breaking it over time? If I used my current KA PRO HD kneading on a speed 2, would it keep it from breaking? Anyone try that? I can knead by hand but I have a swollen wrist and am wondering if my machine could at least knead a batch or two on a the kneading 2 speed w/out stripping the gears?
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I have mixed and 11lb batch of dough in my Bosch universal plus. I found that with a batch that size I could not fit all the ingredients in the mixer if they were all put in at the same time. To get around this I put in all the ingredients that could fit and had to leave out some of the flour. I turned the machine on for a few seconds which compacted the ingredients. After that initial short mix there was enough room to fit the remaining flour in there.
I have found that for hydrations above 63% the electrolux dlx mixer is probably better, while 63% and lower hydrations seem to come out better in the bosch universal plus. This number can go up or down for each mixer slightly depending on flour type and other factors, but in general, if you like a very wet dough you should look into the dlx, and if you are doing medium to low hydrations the bosch is your best bet.
I hope you can save your money and avoid a new mixer, but both of these mixers are much less expensive than a countertop commercial mixer and will have no problem with 4lbs + of dough. Both of these mixers will outlast a kitchen aid many times over.
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I did little bit of reselling of these commercial mixers based on consignment basis. I can tell you in terms of Brand name whether you are going for floor model or counter top model, best brand is Hobart.
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I have a Bosch Universal Plus and accesories. I wasn't happy with the small volume performance. It seemed to like medium and large batches and even thrived on larger batches. I am selling it because I do batches of 1 to 3 small pizzas and my wife wants a KA Commercial 8 qt for her cookies and cake baking.
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November 27, 2013, 07:29:32 AM »
Moms Pizza, if you only need to mix 5 pounds of dough, give a look at the Ankarsrum Assistent .
It will handle 5 pounds with no problem, and should last forever. I picked up a used one and it works great. If you want to do any searches on it, look for posts on the Electrolux Assistent, Verona Assistent, Magic Mill DLX, - it has always been made by the same company in Sweden, but has had different US importers, who put their label on it, over the years. It is a little different in operation than a normal mixer, but within a few tries you should have no problem figuring it out. I have found it does a better job with the roller than the dough hook, but most of what I make is pretty high hydration. The other thing that is pretty special about it, is that it will handle very small amounts of dough as well. Here is a video of it in operation - though I don't use it the way they do, I stay with my bakers percentages
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November 27, 2013, 08:09:20 AM »
In our shop we have this countertop 10qt mixer. I have used it for 2 years now with no issues for small dough/baked goods batches. I agree Hobart is the best american made mixer. We have a 30 year old 20qt hobart and a newer 20qt thunderbird. The hobart is far superior all around but for home use any of the cheaper knockoffs should last all your days. Walter
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November 27, 2013, 09:52:42 AM »
Spiral Mixers
are the ideal machine for restaurants, confectioners, bakeries and home use. Although forked mixers are superior for high-hydration doughs, spiral mixers allow you to mix wider varieties of dough. Both mixers produce better gluten development due to a lack of heat but spiral mixers cut your mixing time in half.
Mecnosud in Italy has a line of these from 7 quart size up to 60 qt. here is a 7 qt one on ebay
for $1,288.
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Are you selling that mixer?
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Quote from: Pete-zza on November 27, 2013, 10:09:09 AM
Are you selling that mixer?
Nope, but i'm friends with the seller.
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I second the Ankarsrum recommendation - it weighs more than a Bosch UP, but a LOT less than any Hobart or commercial mixer! I think it weighs about 18 lbs. It comes with both a SS and a plastic bowl.
The Bosch UP might do you as well, but you have to buy a SS bowl at an extra expense of $140 for that - though you can probably get it for around half that on amazon.de (just put the page through google translate). And there is the small batch issue, which must be addressed with additional attachments ranging from a $6 solution to, if that doesn't work for you, a $60+ solution. So, increased cost there if you need that capability. Brings it closer to the cost of the Ankarsrum.
There is a learning curve attached to either mixer. They don't look like or behave like the standard home stand mixers we are used to. Neither company does a very good job of helping the US user over that speed bump, either. But if you buy from Pleasant Hill Grain, they have excellent customer service and years of experience in tutoring people in the proper use of their new mixers.
PS - I own a Bosch Compact and formerly owned a Hobart era KA mixer - I am MUCH happier with the Bosch Compact, although I was devoted to the KA for decades. The Bosch is just a better machine.
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Zensojourner, I have the Compact , and I agree with you it is a very well engineered mixer. Based on price and weight, it is a great machine. It is still on my counter, though the Assistent drove my Bosch Concept to the attic. It isn't alone, when I got a Bosch Universal, the Universal displaced a KA to the attic as well.
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- 11-29-2012, 06:59 PM Thread Author #1
AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
Anyone else experiencing at least an hour or more delay (if you ever get the message at all) on voice mail the last few days? It's bad today esp. I called myself from work and left a test message at 3pm and its almost 6 and I still don't have it. I have two work calls from clients that I got one message from after I called their number back. The other call I still don't have the message. Both callers emailed to let me know they left me messages as well.
I have shut down and powered the phone back on, and reset the network settings and so far no change. So I wanted to make sure that was not just me, or if it was network wide.
Last edited by ame; 11-29-2012 at 07:51 PM.
- 11-29-2012, 08:24 PM Thread Author #3
AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
I have spoken to the engineers that are dealing with my "situation" and both said nothing that they knew of and they would both look into it and check back with me. Ill call again tomorrow since they're both gone for the day. I have not called through the system to get a regular tech though. And my husband knows of no outages either.
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
1-call AT&T Tech Support yourself and ask them to look into it and maybe they can troubleshoot over the phone, Make sure you use a Landline and not your phone.
2- Try and setup your voice mail over again from scratch using a Landline and see what that does but I would opt to call Tech Support first. Best of luck and let us know.
- 11-30-2012, 07:20 PM Thread Author #5
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
Yea I am going to just go through the tech support. The engineers cannot find an issue with the system. Though we are all thinking it's about "that time again" so I might end up with a new phone again, bec everyone's pointing at the damn phone again. I sure wish someone would find the weak link in this drama so I could not have a new phone every few weeks to set up and put a new damn screen protector on. I also would like to upgrade to the 5 but til they find the problem that's not happening.
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
Did AT&T resolve your voice mail issue?
- 12-03-2012, 12:44 PM Thread Author #7
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
Nope not yet. Right now they're blaming Apple hardware. I am going to call again later today and try and get another tech.
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
Interesting, did they explain how so?
Anyone else on AT&T having this issue?
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As john asked please let us know what happens as we would like to know. We both Have Verizon and have at least me no voice mail problems at all as far as the visual voice mail.
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No issues here also on Verizon. That is why I think it's a carrier issue. But keep us posted
- 12-07-2012, 12:41 PM Thread Author #11
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
If this does not work then I would work with the genius bar as mentioned before and or AppleCare tech Support. Once again let us know what happens.
- 12-12-2012, 06:34 PM Thread Author #13
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
There's threads around about other issues, but this is a 15 month ongoing drama. The carrier has NO idea what is going on, it started when my iPhone4 got stolen.
- 12-12-2012, 07:39 PM #14iMore Newbie
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I am on AT&T, using a 4S, and have not had an issue. I agree with others, reset your voice mail from scratch. I did have an issue of wifi dropping all the time, and only cellular being used. I turned off the cellular so it would not eat up data when streaming music. iOS 6.0.1 seemed to fix this. I would think it is on AT&T's side, reference the voice mail problem.
- 12-13-2012, 01:31 PM Thread Author #15
Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
That has been done and has not solved the issue.
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Thank you and best of luck to you.
- 12-14-2012, 12:13 PM Thread Author #17
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Don't take this "the wrong way?" Too late!
1) I have spent a total, over the last 15 months, more than 117 (yes ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN) hours on the phone with AT&T tech support and engineers, like ACTUAL engineers, top ranking, making major money, radio frequency etc, engineers working on this and other issues that have been occurring since my iPhone4 was stolen in Sept 2011. I have a "dedicated" vice president of customer experience that I contact through three different phone numbers and even his personal email address as well as his work address, and the contact information for two others within the ranks that all convene for updates. I send weekly updates with dates and times and locations of every "loss of service". I have spent entire days and entire weekends running traceroutes, testing calls in and outbound while they sat at my dining table, my work desk, in front of my home, my parents home, my inlaws home, my place of work, my husbands place of work, several friends homes, several locations I frequent, running test calls and data. No one can find the problem. No one thinks it's their fault, it's always someone else's fault, some other department's fault.
2) I have driven 3,311 miles round trip between Apple and AT&T stores and offices getting new SIM cards, new phones and dealing with Genii and various techs and sales people at offices and stores within my home area and others and spent a significant amount on gas to get my vehicle there in the meantime. In addition to paying my nearly $250 monthly bill on time every month like every other customer of the company.
3) I have reset and redone my voicemail a grand total of 33 times prior to just this last month, in which I have done so 6 times, after going from bottom tier techs to top tier techs to engineers, to RF techs and engineers to urgent care techs. All of which to appease each new tech who thinks the last tech has done it wrong.
4) I have had 2 new accounts and 2 new phone numbers set up in an attempt to find the error and have run through all of the testing associated with it, hoping to find all of the issues.
I am VERY WELL AWARE that "NOBODY ELSE" is having these issues. I am also very well aware that it's related to the theft of my phone, which occurred when some jacka$$ stuck his douchey little hand in my purse and took it out while I was having dinner. This is not how I want to spend my days.
I posted this thread in an attempt to see if this was yet another issue related to my situation or if the ATT voicemail system was down. And judging by the response, it was another issue, so thanks for the judgement and obnoxious response. Ill continue to do what I was already doing which is not "just drop it".
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Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
Hi~~ I'm just letting you know that both me and my roommate have the same issues with our iphones--it just started this week. We both can access our voicemail boxes by pressing and holding 1, but there are no voicemail notifications and the visual voicemails are delayed by days and sometimes not gotten at all. We both tried resetting network and "all" and nothing has helped. We are both frustrated too >__< We haven't gone to AT&T yet as this is a new issue, but will soon. We both also have different Iphones--> mine is a 4s and hers is a 3. This is really frustrating.
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I have an iPhone 5 that I have had since launch on AT&T. I too have been having issues with my visual voicemail being majorly delayed without notifications. Usually by the time I realize I got any voicemails, there are several stacked up from earlier in the day or maybe the day prior. I have not contacted AT&T yet concerning this issue as I have just researched it to see if anyone else was experiencing the same thing. I will be calling tech support tomorrow or Monday to try to get ahold of them about this.
Also, this is the 3rd iPhone I have had on this same phone line and I have never had any issue like this before now.
- 12-15-2012, 11:54 AM Thread Author #21
AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
Interesting so several starting this week? I wonder what that's about... I still haven't gotten a couple voicemails I know I was expecting. One of which I left myself.
- 12-15-2012, 07:40 PM #24iMore Specialist
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I've been having voicemail issues... For some reason too, my google voice got disassociated from my AT&T number... So then used the AT&T voicemail... But it's been acting up. So re-activated my google voice for voice mail... Fcuk AT&T
- 12-04-2015, 02:44 PM #25iMore Nanite
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Re: AT&T voice mail not coming to phone?
I'm seeing the same issue since I upgraded to an iphone6s.
I worked with multiple people at AT&T and the voicemail finally showed up after hard-resetting the iphone. It worked for a couple of days.
Today I'm not getting voicemail again - doing a hard reset fixed it again. All the missing voicemail showed up.
I'm on IOS 9.1. and everything is current.
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Skip to comments.U.S. Ambassador Rice: Of Course Americans Aren't Unpopular in the Middle East
Posted on 09/17/2012 7:42:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
It seems the administration is hell bent on sticking with the "this isn't about America, it's about a film," argument when it comes to increasing violence from radical Islamists around the world. Despite images of rioters burning in effigy the American flag and photos and dolls representing President Obama in dozens of countries around the world, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said over the weekend that America isn't "impotent" in the Middle East and that the popularity of the United States hasn't been degraded.
After showing Rice a map of protests in 33 countries around the world in recent days, I asked Rice, "President Obama pledged to repair America's relationships with the Muslim world. Why does the U.S. seem so impotent? And why is the U.S. even less popular today in some of these Muslim and Arab countries than it was four years ago?"
"We're not impotent, we're not even less popular, to challenge that assessment," Rice said in response. "What happened this week in Cairo, in Benghazi and many other parts of the region was a result, a direct result, of a heinous and offensive video that was widely disseminated, that the U.S. government had nothing to do with, which we have made clear is reprehensible and disgusting."
Apparently, the burning of Americans flags just isn't a strong enough indicator for this administration to understand what's really going on here.
Interesting phrasing, but exactly which planet is she referring to?
Maybe she meant "Americans" like Obama.
There was video on Fox this morning of militant Muslims in Pah-kee-stan burning a picture of Obama ...or maybe it was Alfred E. Newman.
The title should read:
U.S. Ambassador Rice: Of Course American's money not Unpopular in the Middle East
that isn't really what the administration is saying. rice's comments, taken together with carney's statement about the attacks not being about administration policy can only boil down to one thing:
the administration is saying, "this isn't about us obamites. they love us. it's the rest of you bass-ackwards americans that they hate".
watch and listen. see if that isn't the consistent theme running just beneath the surface.
So, when does Ambassador Susie plan to embark on a good will tour so the muslim peoples can show her how much they admire obama and the USA? Maybe she could travel with Cankles and Huma, the mother of all Weiners
It's called : " DIPLOSPEAK " i.e. all BS, all the time.
this isnt about us obamites. they love us. its the rest of you bass-ackwards americans that they hate.
See, there are some "shared values" between muslims and the current administration- they all despise America and Americans
Today in "Pok-e-ston" they're burning pictures of Obama while chanting "Obama, Obama, we are all Osama".
I guess they didn't get the WH memo.
What a tool this woman is. Worse, she actually believes what she's saying.
It seems the administration is hell bent on sticking with the "this isn't about America, it's about a film," argument
What alternate universe do these creatures come from? They are so freaking arrogant that they actually believe people will believe that crap instead of what they are seeing on tv. And the stinking, lap dog media echos it.
This "ambassador" looks like one of Napolitano's girls.
I would advise Ambassador Rice to walk the streets of Libya or Egypt and suck up the love and take Barry, Pelosi, Reid, and Boxer along for the love feast.
The Romney campaign should be jumping all over this - any administration that doesn't even recognize a terrorist attack when it hits them in the face should NOT be in charge of anything.
Remember "connecting the dots"? These dots came to them already connected and they didn't see it!
I arrived at a completely different conclusion after getting off my flight in Kuwait. Later reinforced when regular Iraqis were allowed in the Green Zone.
But what do I know...?
We are truly living in a George Orwell dystopia here. Down is up, black is white, coming is going.
incredibly blatant liar!
Pew polls have shown for years, how much Muslims hate us, all over the world. and it has gotten WORSE under Obama!
A Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Project poll completed in June showed that in places like Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan, U.S. favorability is lower now than it was at the end of President Bush's tenure.
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The non-Christian and non-Jewish elements in the Middle East despise America for what it is, that is, not Muslim.
The Noble Islamic Gentlemen, given exceptional respect, are all the more extraordinary in that they have done very little to EARN that respect, and have, in fact, attempted in every way and at every opportunity to heap upon themselves a well-deserved reputation for being liars, murderers, thieves and generally unreliable people.
Scorpions and vipers have a more well-developed conscience and sense of decency. At least, if one stays out of range of their stinging apparatus. But militant Islamic Jihadists, they have to make predatory attacks, it is a categorical imperative, infiltrating and damaging perceived enemies at close range, the world's ultimate knife fighters, coming in by stealth and guile, only so they may be close enough to work their treachery.
The world grows weary of this mendacity.
"...the administration is saying, this isnt about us obamites. they love us. its the rest of you bass-ackwards americans that they hate.
watch and listen. see if that isnt the consistent theme running just beneath the surface."
Up is down and down is up for Obamaites.
If you are a tourist, avoid all the Middle East and North Africa as it is not safe at all. If your job requires travel to these areas, ask for protection and get life insurance that includes assassination and kid napping so your family is provided for after you are gone.
By middle east I assume she must be referring to Virginia, North and South Carolina areas of the United States. She'd be correct.
I agree...a total Kool Aid drinker for sure. Go to Breitbart and watch the video of the Ambassador being dragged down the street and finally killed. It doesn't take much to understand who hates who and it wasn't due to some silly film made in California that made them MAD!! The Muslim Brotherhood is calling the shots. President Obama and Hillary are jumping to the call...."how high??" they say. We and our Kool Aid drinking MSM will control this election and pick Obama as our leader again. He is the voice we use well. RIce is nothing but a tool that will be used to talk talk on the TV news shows by the Dims. Day by day it gets worse. Question...Who comes to a Muslim rally all decked out with an RPG and ammo??
The phrase, "aren't unpopular" is a funny thing without context.
For instance,
"Lopez brand pinatas aren't unpopular in Libya. People love hitting them with sticks until they die. In fact, the new Lopez brand "US Consulate" pinata has been a real hit!"
The Congressman has studied the ideas of liberty upon which the American Republic was formed. From his own personal study and experience, he also understands the ideology which is threatening American liberty today--from within and without.
When Col. West speaks, he speaks with authority, not with the arrogant assumptions we hear from this President and his surrogates.
The very first pictures and sounds from demonstrators in Cairo on American TV last week were messages directed at the American President in response to a specific action and the object of that action--not a film, and not a filmmaker.
Then travel there without any security detail...
They love us "to death."
Remember the Ft Hood, workplace violence? Not a terrorist attack? This administration seems to delight in making excuses for Islam, it is past ridiculous.
"Wait'll Otis sees us, he LOVES us!"
The 0bama Administration is playing both the RACE card
and the GENDER card by sending out Amb Rice to cover for Hildebeast.
Anyone other than Col. West would have been
seen as picking on the Black Girl.
The person responsible for Foreign Policy and
operation of Embassies and Consulates is Hildebeast.
The Islamonazis who raped an American journalist during the Egyptian Arab Spring thought it was just another FREE LOVE love-in.
She won't.
In a 2002 op-ed piece in the Washington Post, former Ambassador to Sudan Timothy M. Carney and news contributor Mansoor Ijaz implicated Rice and counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke in missing an opportunity to neutralize Osama bin Laden while he was still in Sudan in 1996.
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On June 15, 1963, he married the former Patricia A. Schneider at St. Francis de Sales Church in Manistique. They made their home and raised their family in Manistique.
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