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Cookbook cover image courtesy of Random House
- Yield
- serves 4
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons peeled and sliced ginger
- Dried red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 1/2 to 2 pounds salmon fillets
- Place the sugar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, dash of red pepper flakes, garlic, and lime juice in a medium nonreactive saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the sauce forms a glaze. Set aside.
- Preheat the broiler.
- Place the salmon fillets on a broiler pan and baste with the sauce. Let sit for 15 minutes. Broil them until cooked through, about 8 minutes, basting again with the glaze.
- Remove the salmon from the heat and baste once more with the glaze before serving.
Nutritional analysis provided by TasteBook, using the USDA Nutrition Database
From New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook by Roger Berkowitz & Jane Doerfer Copyright (c) 2003 by Roger Berkowitz & Jane Doerfer Published by Broadway Books.
Roger Berkowitz, president and CEO of Legal Sea Foods since 1992, started working in his family's fish market at the age of ten. He frequently offers his expert opinion on the fishing industry on network news segments (CNN, CBS News, Eye on America, NBC Nightly News), has given culinary advice and demonstrations on the Today Show and Good Morning America, and lectures widely. He and his wife, Lynne, live in Newton, Massachusetts.
Jane Doerfer coauthored the previous Legal Sea Foods Cookbook with George Berkowitz. She is the author of several cookbooks, including Going Solo in the Kitchen.
Edward Koren is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and has illustrated a number of books, including A Dog's Life and How to Eat Like a Child. He lives in Vermont.


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The mills represent a large part of Westbrook's history, but another part comprises the legacies of local businesses making good for its citizens. During Westbrook's earliest days, the businesses of lumbering and blacksmith helped to make the town more inhabitable. It was a time "everything was done by hand...here by honest and hard work, a competence was acquired". Local made products contributed to successful businesses in Westbrook, but a connection to the community was always a necessary ingredient.
|The above image, courtesy of Maine Historical Society, shows two of Westbrook's early Main Street buildings: the Presumpscot House and the Brigham Block. This image is from 1880 but later the The Brigham Block would house Porell's and The Men's Shop.
A story about such a connection can be told by hearing about one of Westbrook's successful, long-term businesses of the twentieth century. In the 1926 Directory of Westbrook, Gorham and Windham, there amongst the residential listings is the name of a clothing business that was founded only a few years before: The Men's Shop. The three proprietors of the business were named as Hormidas Vincent, Auguste Albert, and Emile Thuotte along with its address as 874 Main Street.
The business would later lose a partner but my grandfather, Auguste "Gus" Albert, would remain at its heart and soul until his death in 1982. Over the years, The Men's Shop never lost its focus on quality products and personalized customer service. Certainly, these characteristics held true for other long-term Westbrook businesses as well, such as McLellan's Department Store, or A. H. Benoit Co., where my grandfather worked as a clerk when he was a young boy.
The legacy of Auguste Albert's salesmanship and personal connection to his customers was carried on through his son Roland, and later through his grandson Peter. Of course, there were other major players in the success of The Men's Shop, but the Alberts may have been the key contributors for turning the business into a culture. The business acumen of Auguste and Roland were extended to the community with their involvement and leadership in the Westbrook Chamber of Commerce. Motivated by the pride I felt for my grandfather's business and his standing in the community, I created a family history blog in his honor called August Legacy.
In May 2010, I was fortunate to sit down with Peter Albert at his home in Westbrook as he reflected on his twenty years of experience with the business. Three themes that emerged from that conversation could easily be themes that relate the stories of other businesses in Westbrook that proved the test of time. Quality products, knowing your customers, and adjusting to the changing local economy stood out as factors that led the Men's Shop to serve the residents of Westbrook for seventy-five years. In describing how the business thrived in the heyday, Peter gave a picture of Westbrook as "a close-knit town, everybody knew everyone, the shops on Main Street were busy, and people supported the downtown businesses".
1. Karen Sherman Ketover (ed.), Fabius M. Ray's Story of Westbrook (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998), p. 184-185.
2. Portland Directory Company. Directory of Westbrook, Gorham and Windham (Maine). (Portland, Maine: Portland Directory Company/Fred L Tower Companies, 1926), p. 172.


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When New Jersey-based bath and body company, DollyMoo, contacted me about trying their organic scrubs and body oils, I was nervous. I love when indie beauty brands contact me, especially when they are quasi-local to me, but always feel the pressure that they are crossing their fingers I'll love their product enough to write about it to help them garner awareness. That pressure is always there for me because I understand what it means to be a start-up beauty business…and I know what it means when your budget is ridiculously small when it comes to sending product out for review. Why do I feel the pressure? Because there have been many times that the product is just not something I can endorse for one reason or another and it makes me feel sooooo bad.
Thankfully, this was not one of those times.
DollyMoo is created by two sisters, Amy and Nicci. They sent me Coconut Citrus in both their Body Scrub and Body Oil to try. And let me tell you, the smell alone makes you long for the warm summer sun, sipping something cold and refreshing while taking in the scents of the beach…wearing your SPF of course! The scrub combats dry skin without much of a fight, although if you have any scratches or cuts at all avoid using the scrub in those areas as this is a salt scrub (i.e. cuts will sting). While the scrub sloughs off dry, flaky skin, the oils seal in moisture. (Tip: It's great to use prior to shaving!)
Application of the Body Oil only requires 1 pump (per leg, arm, etc.) It's best to apply it as soon as you get out of the shower without skin being completely dry. This helps the oil seal in that moisture that is so very necessary in the winter when fireplaces, wood stoves and thermostats set high dehydrate the skin. It will feel a bit greasy at first (it is an oil after all), but I found that it absorbed into my skin by the time I was putting on my clothes.
Definitely a product line that delivers on its promises. Your skin will be hydrated and healthy and it will smell so good! Check out their products at www.dollymoo.com. Have you tried their collection?
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Shannon began A Girl's Gotta Spa! beauty blog in 2005 to morph her love of beauty and in educating women on what truly works and what does not. In 2013 she launched a bath and body line as an extention of the beauty blog. One thing she always has on her at all times? Lip balm.


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Let's Kick It Into Gear…
I don't get it…
On Monday, the Yankees are totally befuddled by Max
Scherzer, but on Tuesday, they defeat annual Cy Young contender Justin
Verlander. Monday's game was so
disappointing. After a lethargic
performance the previous day against Bryan Bullington and the Kansas City
Royals, they continued the lackluster offensive ways against Scherzer
and the Detroit Tigers in losing 3-1.
The losing pitcher was Javier Vazquez. While only giving up 2 runs, he threw a
startling 106 pitches in just four innings.
At this point, the Yankees cannot depend upon Vazquez for the duration
of the season. The inability to acquire
Cliff Lee is even more magnified today than it was the day Lee was dealt to
Texas. The Yankees don't have a Jeremy
Hellickson in the farm system (at least not one that's ready to make the impact
Hellickson can for the Tampa Bay Rays).
So, Monday's loss, which allowed the Rays to tie the Yanks in the AL
East standings was definitely 'advantage-Rays'.
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Tuesday, CC Sabathia was on the hill but things
started poorly when former Yank Austin Jackson hit a lead-off homer. After that, CC settled in and earned his 16th
win despite another home run in the 7th (a solo dinger by Brandon
Inge) as the Yanks won, 6-2. They merely
kept pace with the Rays, who also won, along with the charging Boston Red Sox
who also emerged victorious.
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This game was about how much Brett Gardner means to
the Yankees offense when he is hitting.
As long as he can get on base, things happen. He scored a run in the bottom of the first on
Nick Swisher's single, and he doubled in the 6th when any other
Yankee would not have made it past first base.
He subsequently scored on Derek Jeter's single.
The Yankees have their share of injury woes, with
Alex Rodriguez and Lance Berkman in the dreaded DTD status. Despite the recent offensive woes, hopefully,
the team can build upon today's win to put together a nice winning streak.
I would be remiss for not acknowledging the passing
of legend Bobby Thomson. What baseball
fan who appreciates the history of the game hasn't heard the famed "Shot Heard 'Round
the World"? His home run in the decisive
1951 play-off game with the Brooklyn Dodgers gave the New York Giants the NL
Pennant ("The Giants win the Pennant!
The Giants win the Pennant!"). The
team would go on to lose to the Yankees in the World Series, but there is no
doubt that Thomson's home run was one of the greatest in major league
In my usual off-topic comment, it appears that
Brett Favre will be quarterbacking the Minnesota Vikings in 2010. He flew to Minnesota today, and an
announcement regarding his decision is forthcoming. However, close friend, kicker Ryan Longwell, is
saying that Favre has decided to return (surprise, surprise). The only person that's probably disappointed
is Tavaris Jackson, but T-Jack should be ready if Favre falters. If I were the Vikings GM, I'd be on the phone
trying to deal QB Sage Rosenfels. I'd
like to see the Vikings give the third QB slot to rookie Joe Webb. Is it really time for football again? Wow, this has been an incredibly fast
off-season. It seems like just yesterday
that Favre should have just ran instead of trying to throw in the loss to the
New Orleans Saints…
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This Lomonosov cup and saucer set is so beautiful! The photos don't do justice. The blue on the photo looks a little dull and dark, but in real life is vibrant and beautiful, with gold making this a very exquisite set. Great for yourself or as a great gift!


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the emperor has new clothes
bzr has just changed the base class for its test suite from 'unittest.TestCase' to 'testtools.TestCase'. This change has cleaned up a bunch of test logic, deleted a significant amount of code (much of which was redundant with Python unittest) and added some useful and important features.
bzr has only been able to make this change due to testtools expanding its mission from a simple 'aggregation of proven unittest extensions' into one where new extensions that *make unittest more extensible*. My deepest thanks to Jonathan for permitting me to use testtools as the vehicle to put these extension-enabling-extensions (and for his patience in reviewing said changes!).
The change was pretty easy: The bulk of the changes were in bzrlib.tests and bzrlib.tests.test_selftest. I chose to cleanup an ugly API at the same time which added a little scattershot across a number of tests. And there are more changes that can be done to take better advantage of testtools – the amount of deleted and cleaned up code isn't complete. Even so, its a pretty clear win:
18 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 496 deletions(-)
What went?
bzr had an implementation of TestCase.run. This function is the main workhorse of Python's unittest module, and yet sadly it has to be replaced to change the exceptions that can be raised(to signal new outcomes), or to improve on test cleanup. Testtools provides an API to permit registering new exception types and handlers for them. Like python 2.7 testtools also provides the TestCase.addCleanup API, and these two things combined mean that bzr no longer needs to reimplement the run method.
For expected failures, bzr uses a helper method TestCase.expectFailure to perform an existing assertion and convert the test into an expected failure if that assertion does not trigger. This was another feature testtools already provides and thus got deleted.
All the custom code for skipping and expected failures got deleted, and the other outcomes bzr uses turned into extensions (as per the run discussion above).
In bzr test cases generate a log (because bzr generates a log) and previously the TestResult in bzrlib inspected each test that had been executed to extract the log. This was made simpler by using the details API that testtools provides (see testtools.TestCase.addDetail), which permits tests to add arbitrary data in a semi-structured fashion. This is supported by subunit and a long standing bug with bzr selftest --parallel was fixed as a result – logs from tests run in other processes are now carried across the process barrier intact and are presented cleanly.
Some other minor cleanups are in unittest compatibility code, where bzr would degrade gracefully with unittest runners, and testtools provides such logic comprehensively, so all that got deleted too.
Whats new?
I think the most significant new facility that testtools offers bzrlib is assertThat. This assertion is inspired by the very nice assertThat in JUnit (which has changed substantially since Python's unittest was written based on it). This assertion separates the two concerns of 'raise an exception' and 'decide if an exception should be raised'. The separation allows for better reuse of custom checking code, because it permits composition in a cleaner way than extra assertion methods permit. Testtools does not include many matchers as yet, but matchers are easy to write, and if one were to write a small adapter to the hamcrest library, there are a bunch of ready made matchers there (though they have a very Java feel – such as is not meaning is – which is why Testtools did not use that library).
Secondly, the addDetail API referenced above, in combination with testtools.TestCase.addOnException will permit capturing the entire working area when a test fails, something that developers currently have to fiddle about with breakpoints to achieve. This hasn't been done, but is a straight forward patch I hope to do in the new year.
Lastly, Testtools offers testtools.TestCase.getUniqueInteger and testtools.TestCase.getUniqueString, which are not as yet used in bzr tests, but we may start using them soon.
Beyond that, the other features of testtools are already present in bzrlib, and we simply need to find and delete more duplicated code.


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September 2001 was remembered, and still is, by most as being the fateful time when many died in the 9/11 attacks. On that day I was swimming in one of Galicia's amazing rivers and enjoying the late-summer sun near the town of Ponte Caldelas. However what most history books will forget is that a few days earlier a more momentous occasion happened…
My father, later to be known to the unfortunate locals of Pontevedra as DJ Dennis, moved to Pontevedra in Spring 2001. His first description of Pontevedra was that, "…it smells like cabbage and is full of hippies." Hmmm, hardly the most inspiring image.
Trying to dispel my fears and encourage me to visit him in the vile smelling town of flower people Dennis "sold" me three things about why Pontevedra was a good place to visit;
1) The town has an amazing medieval centre where there are so many bars. Two of his favourites being O Grifon and The Highlander.
2) The area of Galicia is unspoilt by tourists, in particular the English and the Germans (neither are particular welcome when trying to enjoy a holiday).
3) There is a man, called Fran, who loves a lot of things English, in particular real ale and Liverpool FC, and who regularly argues in the streets with another man who supports Manchester United.
The images of 1 and 2 were good. Of number 3 I pictured an aging, grumpy man who was showing the signs of alcohol abuse. Maybe this was a vision of Fran in 2009!
Once I'd finally plucked up the courage, and stocked up with LSD, I ventured to Galicia for the first time via flights to Paris and Porto. My first night in Pontevedra was a relaxing evening eating tapas and drinking wine in La Alqueria Mudejar. My second night in Pontevedra was less serene, the first meeting between Thompson and Mendez Brea.
I stood in O Grifon for the first time and, armed with shoebox full of bottles of real ales, I awaited the entrance of the quickly becoming infamous Fran. Every time a person entered O Grifon I peered over towards the door to see if the man I expected to look like a Galician Columbo had arrived. Still no sign of the wizened US detective look-a-like but then out-of-the-blue a younger (slightly younger!) man said hello to Dennis and then proceeded to introduce himself to me. Alas Fran was not "Pedro" Falk but in fact a Galician version of Hugh Grant. Obviously a far less handsome and far less charismatic version.
Handing over the real ales (some of Yorkshire's finest) I was shocked and surprised to hear Fran announce that he'd already tried and tasted each and every bottle that I'd brought from Old Blighty. Knowing him as I do now the only shock would have been if he had said that he'd not heard of the ales!!!
Several pints later and a friendship was born. Over the next few years I continued to visit Pontevedra and enjoyed many many, generally alcohol-fuelled, meetings with Fran, his family and friends (all of which I now consider my friends apart from the Argie, Lutsky ha, ha, ha, ha). Whether I was staying at Fran's home in Bon or meeting him in London or Liverpool during one of his Old Blighty pub crawls, the beer and nonsensical discussions were never far away.
In September 2005, and despite Fran's best advice, I proposed to my now wife Lizzi, whilst at the Grand Canyon. This gesture not only led me to being off the market to the rest of the world's women but it also led to the planning of the first game of the Anglo-Galicia Cup.
As is traditional a stag party would be in order and our plan was to hold it in Pontevedra and include the inaugural Anglo-Galicia Cup match. Many questions were pondered…Had Pontevedra ever accommodated such a party? Could Pontevedra hold and recover from such a party?? Would the game harness Anglo-Galician relations or would there be blood spilt on the pitch and/or in the bars afterwards??? And most importantly, who would come out on top of the first meeting between these newly spawned rivals?????????
Regardless of the above, 17 Englishmen (The Sheffield Stags) invaded an unsuspecting Pontevedra in April 2007. On Sunday April 29th, and after the Stags were "entertained" by the Porcos Bravos to a large and very heavy meal (including numerous bottles of local wine (the type that turns a table cloth blue!) and local firewater), the first whistle of the Anglo-Galicia Cup sounded (or was that the ringing left in my ears after the Aguardiente?)…
…the rest is fast becoming an integral part of footballing history.


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LMC Welcomes First Baby of the New Year
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome its first baby of the New Year!
Baby Amy Re'Ann Gause was born at 3:30 a.m. on January 1 to Tara Gause of Chapin. Baby Amy joins big sister Reagan, age 7.
The newborn weighed 5 lbs 14 oz, and was 19 1/4 inches long.
Mom expected to deliver the baby girl on January 14th, but Amy decided to arrive two weeks early, on New Year's Day, which is also her grandparents' wedding anniversary.
There was a lot of excitement leading up to the birth.
"The nurses kept saying, 'We're going to have a New Year's baby!'" Tara said.
Superstitions and old wives' tales say that babies born on New Year's Day will be lucky for life and that the family will have good luck the year of the baby's birth.
Congratulations to the whole family.
Lexington Medical Center delivers more babies than any other hospital in the Midlands and has been voted "Best Place to Have A Baby" by readers of Palmetto Parent magazine. To learn more about our Women's Services, visit our website.


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TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- An older woman's sleep/wake cycle and levels of physical activity may affect her risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests.
It found that the risk of dementia or "mild cognitive impairment" (a state that sometimes precedes dementia) was higher in older women with weaker circadian rhythms who are either less physically active or more active later in the day, compared to those who have a stronger circadian rhythm and are more active earlier in the day.
"We've known for some time that circadian rhythms, what people often refer to as the 'body clock,' can have an impact on our brain and our ability to function normally," lead author Greg Tranah, a scientist at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, said in an institute news release.
"What our findings suggest is that future interventions such as increased physical activity or using light exposure interventions to influence circadian rhythms, could help influence cognitive [mental] outcomes in older women," he explained.
Tranah and colleagues analyzed data from almost 1,300 healthy women, over age 75, who were followed for five years. At the end of that time, 15 percent of the women had developed dementia and 24 percent had some form of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Women with weaker circadian rhythms who had lower levels of physical activity or who were most active later in the day were 80 percent more likely to develop dementia or MCI than those with stronger circadian rhythms who were active earlier in the day, the team found.
"To our knowledge this is the first study to show such a strong connection between circadian activity rhythm and the subsequent development of dementia or MCI," Tranah said. The finding marks an association only, however, and cannot prove cause-and-effect.
"The reasons why this is so are not yet clear," he added. "The changes in circadian rhythm may directly influence the onset of dementia or MCI, or the decrease in activity may be a consequence, a warning sign if you like, that changes are already taking place in the brain. Identifying what the reason is could help us develop therapies to delay, or slow down, the development of brain problems in the elderly."
The study was published online Dec. 7 in Annals of Neurology.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about dementia.


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One of the biggest rumours surrounding Apple's new laptop range was that it would include a lovely new Blu-ray drive. Oh, how wrong the predictors were.
Not only did the range not contain BD capabilities, Steve Jobs isn't wholly convinced that the time is right for such a HD drive.
Licensing problems
Speaking at Apple's big announcement in Cupertino yesterday, Jobs said: "Blu-ray is a bag of hurt. I don't mean from the consumer point of view. It's great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex.
"We're waiting until things settle down, and waiting until Blu-ray takes off before we burden our customers with the cost of licensing."
So, not only has Steve Jobs scuppered any Blu-ray/Apple collaboration for the near future, he also brought a new phrase into the techie dictionary – "bag of hurt". Brilliant.


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Tonner has sent out a message informing collectors that they are working on this problem. Some joker blamed Mattel. Of course that was just a joke but this kind of activity is very frightening and happening more and more.
This is the warning I got when I went to the main Tonner website:
When arriving at the Effanbee site I don't get the same warning but the site is blocked with another warning:
A very interesting and informative page about this warning is posted by Google. If you are interested in learning more about malicious software, safe browsing and the warning, click here.
Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!
Tonner has informed us that Tonner Direct is NOT affected by the malware.


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Did you know The Bead Shop has been in Manchester since 1993 and over the years we have met some very inspiring people who love beads. We have shared all of our jewellery making & craft ideas with our customers & learnt new designs & tricks.
Whether you are looking for beads, gemstones or our jewellery findings, The Bead Shop has everything you'll need and more. The Bead Shop can guide you through everything, which includes our jewellery making guidelines and even helping you make jewellery making into more than a hobby!
Although we can't convey the atmosphere of our UK bead store online, we hope you find the site as fun and enticing as shopping in person. We pride ourselves on our unique and stylish beads from all around the world, which includes glass beads and Swarovski Crystals. As bead lovers, we are always finding amazing new products and adding them to our website and also specialise in wholesale orders.


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Long-Term Joblessness and EarningsMarch 2014
The annual earnings of male workers who experienced long-term joblessness in the 1980–1982 twin recessions declined, on average, by more than 85 percent in the year following their job loss
Workers aged 25–55 who left their jobs voluntarily or involuntarily during this period had mean Social Security earnings of $29,781 in 1980 and estimated earnings losses of $25,499 in the year after their employment separation.
Long-term joblessness among these men had a persistent, negative association with subsequent earnings over a 20-year period
Twenty years after the job loss, average earnings were still not fully recovered and reflected a decline of 36 percent (an estimated loss of $10,710).
Removing individuals with pre-existing work limitations from consideration, the long-term reduction in earnings was smaller (particularly for voluntary job leavers) but still substantial
Among men who did not have a work limitation prior to separating from employment, the estimated loss of earnings after 20 years was 27 percent ($8,410).
Overall, these findings suggest that the impact of prolonged unemployment on earnings was not limited to the years immediately surrounding the job loss, but rather leads to substantial declines in long-term earnings, even for individuals without pre-existing health problems that limit work.
- From 2007 to 2009, the United States economy went through the Great Recession, during which many individuals experienced long-term joblessness.
- The long-term effects of job loss on earnings can have significant implications for retirement security by reducing future Social Security benefits and savings.
- Examining the effects of the 1980 to 1982 recession on those who experienced long-term unemployment may provide insight into future patterns for individuals affected by the Great Recession.
Key Terms
- Long-term joblessness refers to unemployment lasting more than one year.
- Work limitation refers to a health condition limiting or preventing the type of work an individual can do.
- Involuntary job leavers are individuals who listed the reason for losing their last job as being laid off or discharged. Voluntary job leavers are those who listed any other reason./li>
SOURCE: Couch, Ken, Gayle Reznik, Christopher R. Tamborini, and Howard Iams. 2013. "Economic and Health Implications of Long-Term Unemployment: Earnings, Disability Benefits, and Mortality." Research in Labor Economics 38: 259–305.
NOTES: These results are based on fixed-effects and propensity score matching methods, using data from the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation and longitudinal records from the Social Security Administration.
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For the week ending 28 June 2003 / 28 Sivan 5763
Saved by the Mishna
"I leaned down into my bag to take out my Mishna I think thats what saved my life and then the blast occurred, sending my glasses flying across the bus."
Thus spoke Major Yaakov Engelberg from his bed in Jerusalems Shaare Zedek Hospital where he was taken from the scene of a suicide bombing.
Engelberg was one of the victims of an explosion on a No. 6 Egged bus at Jerusalems French Hill intersection on May 18 caused by a Palestinian terrorist. Seven passengers were killed and twenty wounded, four of them seriously, when a 19-year old Hamas activist from Hebron, disguised as a religious Jew with kippa and tallit, blew himself up. Thanks to his move for his Mishnayot volume Engelberg got away with only light wounds.


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"Bob's notes" are reports from CFCA President Bob Hentzen, who regularly accompanies mission awareness trip participants. You can see Bob's full update on his Facebook page.
Photo credits go to Sreekanth Gundoji, CFCA communications liaison, for India.
After a few days at CFCA headquarters in Kansas City, I entered this trip energized and grateful for CFCA board members, co-workers and family.
We are inspired by our CFCA sponsored friends and their families in India. It is a privilege to spend these days with them.
Since 1988, the CFCA presence in India has grown to include 29,315 sponsored children and youth, 860 sponsored aging friends and 1,114 families on our waiting list.
We invite you to visit CFCA in India. We have a mission awareness trips to North/Central India in October 2013. Please check our website for details. The children, teens, aging friends and staff members would love to see you.
With a population of more than 1.2 billion people, it seemed as though half were in the Howrah train station as we waited to board the Gaya Express from Kolkata to Bhagalpur.
For me, the train rides are enjoyable, but boarding and de-boarding can be tough.It feels like a hard-fought basketball game with elbows flying under the basket. We experienced a moment of panic when a surging crowd, anxious to board, seemed to be carrying our group toward a very unattractive drop-off to the train tracks.
It was nice to spend time with three special people who worked at the CFCA-Bhagalpur office for 17 years: Father Mathew, Sister Johncy and Sister Archana. They wished us every blessing and success.
We visited the home of CFCA sponsored child Sarala, and it was very inspiring. We learned that Sarala's mother walks four hours each day to the shores of the Ganges River. She cuts, packs and hauls on her head fresh grass for their three cows and chickens. In addition to the regular sponsorship benefits they receive through CFCA, this humble family has been able to drill a functioning well within their small space. Sarala is one of 62 girls sponsored by CFCA sponsor Stephanie Angalet.
Sponsors visit CFCA-Hyderabad
Approximately 8,000 mothers, each dressed in her best sari, gathered under one roof for a day of learning and celebration.
The day rounded off with the testimony and Eucharistic celebration with Father Anthony. Father Anthony is originally from a remote village in India. Anthony was sponsored through CFCA for 10 years, and then entered the seminary. Now as a priest he directs a hostel for children from remote villages.
Final note: I bring you greetings from our dear families and colleagues in north and central India. Your solidarity with us on the trip really carries us along. Superstorm Sandy played havoc with many of our flights leaving India and entering the U.S. along the East Coast. It's back to Guatemala now, then back up to Kansas City en route to the Philippines.
God's blessings,
Bob Hentzen
Hyderabad, India
Oct. 30, 2012


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Time - It's All About Managing
Work-Life Balance
To quote a vintage Rolling Stones' song … time is on your side. You just need to know how to find it and use it to your advantage.
Who wouldn't want more time in the day? Time management is one of those tasks that, on the surface, seems easy … but if you're juggling a full workload, personal commitments, and still want to have time for a "life," how is it possible to squeeze more time in your day?
There are quite a few ways to manage your time. Whole books have been written on this topic, while simple Internet searches yield so much material that reading even the top results will put you further behind. One of the more popular pieces advises to plan only 50 percent or less of your actual schedule (LocalCareer.com). The rationale is that with just half of your time planned, you will have the flexibility to handle interruptions and unplanned client, employer or personal crises.
Sounds great, but how can you tell your manager, director, or even convince yourself that you need to leave half of your time open during the workday for unplanned matters? Short of working until midnight every night, what you need to do is find various ways to either get ahead of your schedule or manage the time you actually have in smarter ways.
What's your biggest time challenge? Most of us fall into one of two categories: Those who try to do too much and those who can't seem to focus long enough on any one matter to get anything done. As a CPA, you obviously have the ability to focus; after all, you graduated from college, passed a very rigorous CPA exam, and fulfilled your work requirements. Focus was required for all of this. However, if you do struggle staying focused, you've probably already found various ways to compensate for this burden.
Time management is the art of being able to anticipate the unknown and plan appropriately. If most of us walked into our offices each day with a To Do list already made, this list would blow up mid-morning. Instead, find a way to turn your To Do list into a more manageable set of easy-to-accomplish tasks.
Learn to Prioritize: Most of us are over-ambitious with our list of things we want to do. If we don't make our way through the list on a daily basis, the immediate feeling is that we've failed. Don't beat yourself up! Instead of listing every task, learn to prioritize large projects into daily, weekly, monthly, and even annual tasks by importance and deadline. You have to meet your deadlines, but you don't have to get everything else done as well.
Track Your Time: Knowing where and how you spend your time is valuable in knowing how you can better manage it. If you work in a timesheet environment, run your reports on a regular basis to measure how you're doing. Focus on the gaps; after all, not everyone can spend an entire workday on client work. There will be time spent on other matters within the office or perhaps in recruitment and retention, such as attending networking events. If you work in an organization that does not have electronic timesheets, try keeping time on your own. There are many online software programs and even phone/tablet apps to do this.
Ask for Help: There's nothing wrong with asking for help. If your manager or supervisor assigns you a project, assess the situation and decide if and when it is appropriate to ask for help. Not every project will require help, and sometimes, your supervisor may ask that you complete the project on your own. Is this doable? No one can decide this but you, but realize that most firms and organizations thrive on a team approach to solving problems. Realize your limitations before it's too late, particularly if your deadline is directly ahead of you.
Know Your Work Habits: Although it might seem cliché to admit you're not a "morning person," there is some validity in realizing what time of the day you are at your strongest in terms of getting things done. Pay attention to your body and your brain signals. If you know eating a big lunch puts you in nap-mode, then eat a larger breakfast and smaller lunch. Exercise in the middle of the day if this energizes you for the afternoon. No one can tell you how you feel – so determine this for yourself and find a way to manage not only time, but your energy and drive.
Time management might mean planning for the worst-case scenario, but there's no need to let emergencies rule your day. Instead, anticipate these blips and remain flexible, both in your work style and attitude. Doing so will provide a healthy balance between work and real life.


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"Real Housewives of New York City" star Bethenny Frankel is about to live up to the Bravo show's name.
The 38-year-old reality star is engaged to boyfriend Jason Hoppy, she confirmed to People.
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"It feels great, because I'm with the right person," Bethenny told the mag. "He's may be regretting it because it's been beyond a week and he's in panic mode - [but] no, we're enjoying it."
Jason, 38, popped the question on October 8 after 11 months of dating, making the big move at home in Bethenny's Upper East Side apartment.
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According to the mag, she arrived home that day to find her hallway filled with rose petals and votive candles — and her man.
"You are the love of my life. Will you marry me?" Jason asked her.
Jason told the mag that he was ready for a life with the outgoing star.
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"She is very much a handful but one thing she did say to me is she needs a man that can handle her and that I can," he said.
"Real Housewives of New York City" returns to Bravo in 2010, with two new "Housewives" — Sonja Morgan, a single mother, and Jennifer Gilbert, a married mother of three who owns an event planning company.
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Eventually -- sometime soon -- there is going to come a point where Apple and Google get tired of all the shackles being put on their phone.
Eventually the two companies will have to come up with a permanent solution to network providers throttling data speeds because iOS and Android users gobble up too much network space.
Eventually the titans of Silicon Valley will have to at least examine the financial viability of creating their own cellular networks so their phones can feel free to do what they were intended to do: Eat data. Lot and lots of data.
With the recent confirmation that AT&T has started cutting the data speeds of the top five percent of its users to better control its network, the issue will soon come to a head.
AT&T is not alone. Controlling data and offering tiered plans has become the norm for telecom companies.
Verizon followed AT&T's lead and last year dropped its unlimited data plans.
Sprint has been accused of throttling its heaviest users but the company denies the allegations.
T-Mobile users have also complained that their data usage was throttled after surpassing two gigabytes of data usage in a month.
Apple's Steve Jobs was reportedly aware of the problem. There were multiple reports towards the end of his life that the co-founder of the company wanted Apple to create its own cellular network with an unlicensed spectrum.
Google has also reportedly been exploring the possibility of creating its own data network in the United States.
Last September the search company got into the data game in Spain when it began buying bulk data from local telecoms for its employees.
And while Google didn't own the infrastructure, the fact that it was purchasing the data and then distributing it gave the company control over how it was used.
Jobs was reportedly interested in a similar set up.
The Google project in Spain was seen by some analysts as a possible test run to see if a similar set up could work in the states.
And it would make sense. The two companies are already reportedly getting ready to take on the cable company, so why not your cellular provider as well?


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Oscar-winner Jane Fonda is said to be "fine" after undergoing a procedure for breast cancer earlier this week, People and Entertainment Tonight reported on Thursday.
The 72-year-old actress and fitness star learned during a checkup a few weeks ago that she had a tumor, according to the reports. The cancer was determined to be non-invasive.
"She's 100 percent cancer-free," Fonda's rep told People. "She's completely fine and it's business as usual for her."
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A two-time Academy Award-winner for best actress, Fonda has also carved a niche over the years through the release of "Jane Fonda's Workout" videos.
Fonda is planning to release a new round of exercise DVDs in the coming months.